Category Archives: Technical

Very bad experience. Not only the size is too big for 1.7 million articles, but also very slow to delete...many times slower than just formatting the whole partition.[@more@]

Go to Control Panel. Choose printer. Then choose Add Printer. ChooseAdd a local printer. Click on Create a new port. The default in the drop down box is Local Port. Do not change that. Click Next. A dialogue box will … Continue reading →

   "Your interactive logon privilege has been disabled. Please contact your system administrator" Resolution: use Active Directory Users and Computers to modify this setting. To do this, open Active Directory Users and Computers, check "Allow Logon to terminal server"  box … Continue reading →

Vista is a big pain. Or rather the exoloop plugin for Outlook 2003. Can't get it run right. Oh well, yet another challenge. I've tried replacing the installation files that wouldn't go through during the normal installation. But seems to … Continue reading →

I just found out today that music downloading is considered a high risk online business. And registering for a high risk merchant account is a pain.[@more@]

I believe if one concentrates on shutting all the lights in one's mind, one will fall asleep faster than ever.[@more@]

Gave me problem when I tried to print business card thick paper. Not able to fully load sometimes. Problem solved unsatisfactorily. Solution: While thick paper was loading, I manually pushed feed so it wouldn't stuck halfway.  [@more@]

Create directory /mnt/usbstick:     mkdir /mnt/usbstick Mount the usb device, in my case: it's /dev/sda1:     mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick  And it's ready!!!   Sometimes when it is replugged, it needs to be remounted:     umount /mnt/usbstick      mount … Continue reading →

Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/brain-block.html Interestingly the gene halorhodopsin, found in halobacteria, is responsible for light-activated chloride pump, aiding in energy production. Hence, the existence of the bacteria in salty environment. When chloride ions are driven into neurons, they will lower the voltage … Continue reading →

 Since my linux kernel is not up to date enough for apt-get install tzdata, I had to do it manually, thanks to TechRepublic, it took only a couple minutes to get the job done. Excerpt from "http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6163042.html"  "  Manually updating … Continue reading →