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GRUB Menu – Putting Windows Back on List
The Problem – upgraded Ubuntu kernel and the GRUB menu no longer had a line for starting Windows. Solution tried: Opened menu.lst for editing using command: sudo /boot/grub/menu.lst and added the following section (+ reset default – NB zero-based so item 1 is 0 etc) title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 Nope – [...]
Slow query yet indexed – collation mismatch on index?
I had a simple query with 3 tables linked with one inner and one left join. Ran indescribably slowly – unless I changed the left join to an inner join (which I didn’t want to do). Yet all the links were indexed. EXPLAIN showed that the indexes were not being used. Why? Answer – one [...]
ACTA Concerns
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is currently being negotiated under the radar. See: Computerworld article: Privacy advocates marshal to fight copyright regime – Groups converge to oppose secretive ACTA treaty Wikileaks ACTA InternetNZ blog on ACTA InternetNZ submission on ACTA There are some major concerns about existing rights being signed away. The InternetNZ submission also [...]
Fix for Firefox 3 Annoyance
Firefox 3 is great overall, even (especially) the Awesome Bar, but there is one annoyance. If you accidentally untick “Do not ask next time” when closing Firefox with multiple tabs open (e.g. by clicking anywhere above the buttons you do want – an easy mistake), it won’t ask you to “Save and Quit” again. The [...]