Author: sepedatua

I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

How to install a missing telnet client on Windows Vista?

Did you notice that Windows Vista fresh install do not have telnet client by default? How to install it? Easy… From Windows Vista desktop:[*] Click “Start” menu[*] Then “Control Panel”[*] Then “Programs and Features”[*] Click the “Turn Windows feature on or off” link on the left sidebar[*] If UAC enabled,, click “Continue”[*] Scroll down, place a check mark on “Telnet…

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How to: disable wvdial Auto DNS — use static DNS settings

Sometimes you wanted to get rid of your crappy ISP DNS servers for good. I’m using wvdial to dial up, here’s what I do. Steps: [*] Disable usepeerdns. Edit “/etc/ppp/peers/wvdial” file. Commented the usepeerdns line. Here’s what is should look: #usepeerdns [*] Disable Auto DNS in wvdial. Edit “/etc/wvdial.conf” file. Set Auto DNS Off. Auto DNS = Off [*] Add…

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How to fix: Google Earth crash on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

I got the following error after executing Google Earth application on Ubunto 10.04 Lucid Lynx ubuntu@ubuntu:/opt/google-earth$ /usr/local/bin/googleearth Fatal error in __driConfigOptions line 1, column 0: unknown encoding. Google Earth has caught signal 6. We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed. This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal circumstances. A bug report…

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How to: dynamically add input field in form, using Javascript

Recently I ran across this issue on a project. Whereas I need to employ a html textarea when needed (dynamic), plus the delete link. These is the Javascript part: function addElement(fieldType, fieldName, className, ctrl1, ctrl2) { var ni = document.getElementById(ctrl1); var numi = document.getElementById(ctrl2); var num = (document.getElementById(ctrl2).value -1)+ 2; numi.value = num; var divIdName = ctrl1+num; var newdiv =…

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