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It seems that the government has extended DST until October 31. If you have the latest timezone files installed, your computers will be off by an hour starting September 1. Here's how to fix it.Download the latest timezone data. You can find it here (torrent).Unpack it in an empty directory.Install the zic application, if necessary. On most current systems, it's already installed in /usr/sbin (checked on: FreeBSD, Debian/Ubuntu, Centos, Solaris 10).Make a backup of /etc/localtime ...Shared by aqeeliz (12)Contribute comment -
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xkcd: Cautionary (372)
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- Abhinav Modi said: Linux has come a long way, but such fears still persist..
- Bill said: Sorry Dave H.- hope switching to Linux hasn't been too painful!
- Brian Rowe (Sarterus) said: WAY too true
- Graham said: That was me in first year... 6 months into Linux I was up overnight tweaking kernel options.
- Ryan said: Ubuntu hurts my eyes on my laptop. I think I'm only two or three weekends away from resolving the problem.
- timmow said: I had a flatmate like this...
- Chris said: Ha, so true...
- suren said: LOL !
- cnu said: haha
- Oren said: interesting how XKCD can post the SAME comic idea over and over and over and I still find it hilarious.
- rushabh doshi said: i've been through this phase :)
- Sean said: ... I couldn't agree with this more
- Lee said: Linux addiction is a serious problem. I have always drawn the line and compiling the kernel. Like "sweet Lady H" if you go down that road, you life as you know it is over.
- arty said: Parents, talk to your kids about Linux... before somebody else does.
- Rafael said: Converse com seus filhos sobre Linux... antes que alguém o faça.
- Skrud said: Been there. Done that.Friends don't let friends compile Gentoo.
- Mike said: ALT TAG: "This really is a true story. She doesn't know I put it in my comic since her WiFi hasn't worked for weeks." That had to be the funniest part, I know all too well about WiFi and Ubuntu.
- Pickles said: What starts out so innocently...
- panuta said: hahahahahahaha ... did I laugh enough yet? let me laugh again ... hahahahahahahahaha
- sanyam said: This really is a true story, and she doesn't know I put it in my comic because her wifi hasn't worked for weeks. :))
- lalui said: Ubuntu ;-)
- chills said: wow... It's kinda sad... but I can really relate to this one...
- Steve said: LOL
- SimpleRich said: See this Vox and Chris... it's a warning - you're ruining lives!
- Zeca said: hahaha!
- Adrian said: hahahaha
- Scottie said: So true, so true.
- Robert said: wait until they try to get dual external monitors working....
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Pair Up! Cucku Lets You Swap Data With A Backup Buddy (38)
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In the last few years we’ve seen a number of backup solutions emerge that have tried to make the backup process as painless as possible. Local backup solutions like Apple’s Time Machine back up to an external disk and tend to be quick and easy, but they also leave data exposed to theft and natural disaster. Cloud-based storage services like Mozy and Carbonite remove the risk of physical damage to a disk, but it can ...Shared by Adam Selwood (21) AJ (254) Andrew (17) Andrew (19) Andrey Kostenko (3) aqeeliz (12) Avi (17) Compuwizard123 (41) Daarxide (13) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (0) Digg Boss (21) Egor (20) ilja (17) Jaime (37) Jakob (70) Jimmy (19) joamag (17) Joel (4) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (100) jonoabroad (9) JustonWestern (17) Karl-Anders (6) Martin (4) Michael (1) Murtadh (5) paulo (45) Rainer Wasserfuhr (62) Robert (6) rojajimmy (17) Ross V (0) Shawn (36) shevdog (7) Sonja (4) syllabub (3) tig (41) Todd (27) Trey (22) turutosiya (3)Explore read four notes- Michael said: Anyone want to be my backup buddy? Scott I'm looking in your direction. I actually proposed this idea to you over a year ago. I should have developed it!
- Todd said: Yes. I need to.. eh-hem. Back up all my music.Yup. Back it up.
- Martin said: This is cool, but there is already http://www.crashplan.com/ which offers backups to friends aswell and it already has Mac support.
- Shawn said: Wow, talk about something I absolutely would NOT do.
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Blow Up Shows Off Flickr Photos Full-Screen [Flickr] (32)
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Webapp Blow Up displays Flickr photos in a full-screen slideshow for closeup browsing. When you want to show off your vacation photos from this summer that you uploaded to Flickr, head over to Blow Up Your Flickr and enter your username. Blow Up will pull down your photos and display them full screen, with a hideaway thumbnail navigation. Web site owners, you can even download the Blow Up app and install it on your own ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (23) Adam Selwood (21) Alec Peden (22) anand (26) aqeeliz (12) btvillarin (36) Caleb (28) Darrin (0) Elton (5) Eric (27) haggaret (19) Hasan (1) hibiscusroto (36) Kim A (20) Leo L (18) Lindsay (19) Lindsay (18) Logan (7) Melkir (22) Mike (25) Mike (23) Mr. Matt (43) Nicholas (26) Nico (14) Omer (9) rOckY (127) Ryan (0) Sam (55) Simon (30) SPE825 (2) Steve (3) Tony (17)Contribute comment - Free Remote/Online Backup - Cucku Backup (6)
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Google Homepage Links to Randy Pausch's Last Lecture (77)
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You may have noticed that Google's homepage has a small message at the bottom: In Memoriam Randy Pausch (1960-2008)."Pausch, the married father of three, was an energetic and fun-loving computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh when, in 2006, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A year later, despite surgery and chemotherapy, physicians discovered the cancer had spread to his liver and spleen. He had been told he had perhaps six months to ...Shared by 4r1f (5) Adam (20) ali (13) Ananya Walia (441) aqeeliz (12) Archimedix (25) Arindam (10) atul (153) Ben Shoemate (64) Brent (25) CB (30) chachra (40) Chris (12) Cogo (19) Compuwizard123 (41) Costi (13) Dev (54) dH (27) Dirk Schrama (19) Dzu (20) Erik (17) Ethan (20) Fazle Rahim (10) forcey (15) fyc (92) gautamg (8) gisc (33) guercheLE (49) Ihar Mahaniok (20) Isaac Roca @SiKNUS (19) Jdorfman (44) JeDa (19) jerobins (20) Jessica (16) jetienne (21) John (11) John (23) Jonathan Sterling (32) jonezy (10) Josh Stone (13) Joshua (22) Kaleb (10) Keshav (19) Kris (24) Lu Tao (34) LUCCHINA (275) Lucindo (24) Mathieu Ravaux (20) Mike (26) Mike F (687) MiramarMike (38) Miss P (39) mnvamsi (9) Neil (20) Nick (20) NOLFXceptMe (24) Petre (10) ricardo (20) Rick Butterfield (49) Rodrigo (22) S Anand (20) Sai Prasad Kothapalle (15) Sam (50) senpi (12) Shankar Ganesh (80) Siva (8) Stephen Lark (19) timbevil (15) totalpardo (1) veronicaromm (157) Vovasty (13) webtime (417) WherestheBox (19) xrx (49) Yvette (25) Zaki (66) 猫影 (28)Explore read seven notes- gautamg said: worthy tribute for one of the best among us who brought out the best in those around him.
- Josh Stone said: I am way late in watching this video, but wow! It's truly inspiring.
- forcey said: Pausch的演讲很幽默，很乐观
- Ihar Mahaniok said: R.I.P.And everyone should see his speech.
- Nick said: Amazing person. Good bye...
- totalpardo said: why?
- MiramarMike said: Nice touch Google ... go watch the video, it's quite amazing and inspiring
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Privacy is like a mango (1)
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“Privacy is like a mango”, said Simon Davies, Director of Privacy International, at an Open Forum on Privacy at FAST-NU in Lahore. Gus Hosein and Dave Banisar, his PI colleagues, cringed when he said that and some of us are still trying to understand what he meant. Anyhow, he got our attention. Maybe that was all he wanted to achieve. I must admit I had not given much thought to this issue prior to the ...Shared by aqeeliz (12)Contribute comment -
Ragogmakan (Google) goes to the Amazon (20)
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Last month, a group of Googlers traveled to Brazil, to conduct our first-ever project in the Amazon. Organized by our Google Earth Outreach team, we went at the special invitation of Amazon Chief Almir Naramayoga Surui, who'd invited us down to train his people on using Google Earth, YouTube, blogs and other Internet tools in order to preserve their history and culture, protect their rainforest, and create a sustainable future for their tribe.This was an ...
