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Ever wondered why OpenSource projects, pet projects have been surprisingly successful? Yes, I know there are quite a lot which weren't quite sucessful. But what draws people to the successful ones?Part of the answer, I believe, is in this talk by Dan Pink.The crux is Intrinsic motivation trumps Extrinsic motivation for a number of problems and challenges.

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It is fun to boot with less memory, set performance counters analyze them and ofcourse be surprised by the results. Interestingly, it is quite straight forward to do this on Linux and Windows.In Linux: boot-time parameter mem=X, where X is the amount of memory[MB] you want Linux to recognize. You could alter it in grub as well.In windows: bcdedit /set removememory X, where X is the amount of

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Came across an article on Hindu, snippet presented below:Genuine software has become more of an essential need. Users cannot do without original versions of operating systems such as Windows XP, Vista and Linux which are most sought after and are expensive.While I agree that users cannot do without original versions of operating systems [Well, not completely. However for argument sake, lets

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and girls.This post, after a long gap, comes from Goltwanaland.Due to some explicable reasons I have begun using Windows lately. Being a not-much-mouse-liker [read despise it] - MouseRatPoizon, Ion, Screen were/are my preferred "Window" managers - I have since begun looking for ways to manage the system through cmd.exe.Fortunately, the last entry of "help more" -- WMIC

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Official Google Blog: Google Treasure Hunt updateThe second question in the series is a small exercise in Unix.The template of the question is thus: Unzip the archive, then process the resulting files to obtain a numeric result. You'll be taking the sum of lines from files matching a certain description, and multiplying those sums together to obtain a final result. Note that files have many

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Its been a while since I last posted. So here I am, cribbing ... about VMware on LinuxWoe 1: Patch your vm- modules for each new kernel you experiment with.Notwithstanding the publicity about Hardy Heron, I decided to update my home PC from 7.04. While the upgrade in itself was a breeze, reconfiguring VMware, put me through enough to want to repent it.Patented as it is, the aforementioned

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Prior to January's "stab of the month", I was trying to figure a way for limiting bot movement in KodeKombat - without the if-elif-else constructs. This class of program control constructs like if-elif-else, switch case, translate to branch instructions in machine language which can, in theory and in practice, slow down your code.Pipelining, a feature responsible for modern processors' high

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Recently I saw Mozhi.: a Tamil movie. It has a critically acclaimed storyline and had a respectable box-office presence according to Wikipedia. The comedy is well scripted and appropriately acted out on screen -- result an enjoyable movie. Aside from the comedy, a noticeable aspect is the message conveyed -- Silence is a language. Well, the lead female protagonist does make this statement, and I

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While it is more than heartening and exhilarating to see a White Christmas and a Whiter New Year, it is an altogether different feeling to see the mercury plummet to -15 C with wind chill intensifying it to -26 C. The bright side to all this: Clear sky and a bright sun making the snow glow all the more.Was tough driving outside...... Tougher to cross a signal.......on foot.

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