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Month: July 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes So it looks like this conduit thing is stuck in your browser.
First, why would any company want to do that.
A bit of datamining, a lot of google adverts money.
I don’t know for sure but maybe this company which is by the way providing some nice software most of the time, is keeping records of the searches you are entering in google. They probably don’t really build any profile on you but at least they get a good idea of what the people they are connected to are looking for on the web.
Reading Time: 2 minutes I have been travelling many times to Düsseldorf for business.
The Nokia Siemens Networks office is located very close to the airport.
Here are some of my tricks when staying there.
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I have started to play rugby in France in 2002 at my engineering school (ECE Paris). My school team was called "XV du Camion". I played only one short season, 2002-2003.
Then I played for 4 years at ESNanterre in the suburb of Paris. I was a 2nd row and a prop.
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How to delete empty lines with vi?
Just type this in:
<esc>:g/^$/d
NOTE: This means that all the lines that just have a carriage return on them (NO Spaces), will be removed.
If you want to remove lines with empty spaces as well:
<esc>:g/^ *$/d
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Bash supports a surprising number of string manipulation functions.
For example if you want to get rid of the beginning of the name of a file or a folder on many files at a time you could do the following:
bash> ls mylongfile1 mylongfile2 mylongfile3 mylongfile4 mylongfile5 mylongfile6 mylongfile7 bash> for i in * > do > mv $i ${i:6} > done bash> ls file1 file2 file3 file4 file5 file6 file7
Reading Time: < 1 minute Compeeds have saved my life numerous times already. Some people can’t stand them, I am a strong believer and I cannot go running, play rugby, or go for a long hike without having one in my pocket.