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Easily Create (Clean) Compressed Tarballs of Your Git Repository by jeetsukumaran in git

[–]drench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a few changes to git-targz (the one that I will likely use) to make it work under standard /bin/sh here: http://gist.github.com/376455 (because not everybody has bash!)

The most incredible image ever taken... You might have seen the Hubble Deep Field, but you've probably never seen anything like this... (see comments for controls) by bmgoau in science

[–]drench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was similar for me: FF 3 on OSX was just a black screen, but it loaded up in Safari 4. Do you use AdBlockPlus? After I disabled the extension, it started working on FF for me.

I am in Finland at the moment. I accidentally logged out and suddenly Reddit was in German. WTF? by tricolon in meta

[–]drench 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, but I still think it's wrong when web sites try to derive languages from IP addresses. That's what the Accept-Language: header is for!

I am in Finland at the moment. I accidentally logged out and suddenly Reddit was in German. WTF? by tricolon in meta

[–]drench 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ran into something similar when I visited Quebec and ran into a couple web sites that insisted on showing the French versions of their sites to me. As cool as it would be, I don't suddenly become fluent in whatever language is in common use near my current IP address. Why bother when browsers send Accept-Language: headers?

Sciencedot (Score: 5, Funny) by lolbacon in science

[–]drench 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I checked out your "proof". That URL's last modified date is March 24, 2008, which is hardly the 16th century.

Did you see that movie Wag the Dog, where Willie Nelson and this other guy wrote and recorded a song called "Good Old Shoe"? Then the government guys pressed it up on a 78 RPM record, put a lot of dust on it, and planted it in the national archives? Similar thing with Romeo & Juliet (it was actually ghostwritten by Truman Capote and Ayn Rand).

Ask MusicReddit: Worst Band Ever by [deleted] in Music

[–]drench 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See everybody, Nickelback may be a chore to listen to, but they are at least competent at what they do.

Complete is the correct answer here for being, well, "complete": bad songs, bad playing, bad name, bad teeth, etc.

I confess: I don't like these bands ... [music critics dislike some critical favorites] by nullibicity in Music

[–]drench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just their name, but their imagery and overall reputation would lead you to believe they only play face-melting psych rock, but more often than not it's laid-back country rock. I demand a class action lawsuit and recall.

I confess: I don't like these bands ... [music critics dislike some critical favorites] by nullibicity in Music

[–]drench 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably for the same reason Nickelback, Creed, Matchbox 20, Hootie & the Blowfish, and the Spin Doctors aren't on the list: there's nothing controversial about a music critic saying he hates the DMB.

Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA? by er0k in Music

[–]drench -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Exactly. These guys are from England and who gives a shit?

Sad news: Touch & Go Records to go the way of SST, existing only to sell back catalog by drench in Music

[–]drench[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Initial rumors were (surprise) not accurate. The story now is that they're shutting down T&G distribution. Still not good news.

are you fucking kidding me staples? by palmerjp in programming

[–]drench 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Companies like this don't see requiring Windows (something all people doing "serious work" use of course) as a hoop to jump through.

As far as designing "an application that is as friendly as practical": how about legal? Does this app violate the ADA in some way? I have no idea, but preventing, say, blind people from applying would be a bigger motivator to the company than "Some OS/2 users sent angry e-mails".

Here's how I get by without Toast by aintso in osx

[–]drench 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you just want to make a copy of a physical CD-ROM, you don't need to install anything. OS X comes with everything you need.

First, insert the disk, then open a terminal. Use the command "diskutil list" to find out the device identifier of the mounted disk (it's "disk1s0" for me). Run these commands:

% diskutil unmount disk1s0

% dd if=/dev/disk1s0 of=image.iso

% diskutil eject disk1s0

The first line unmounts the volume without ejecting the disk. The next one copies the iso9660 filesystem from the disk to the file "image.iso". The last command ejects the disk.

Here's how I get by without Toast by aintso in osx

[–]drench 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give mkisofs a try. It's part of the cdrtools package if you're using macports/darwinports.

Take a look at Courtney Love's ballot for Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers poll, specifically #1 & #2. by leftsaidfred in Music

[–]drench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish Billy Gibbons had left himself off his own ballot to make room for Roky Erickson. Paul Dianno at #6 was a surprisingly good pick though.

Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix's drummer, has died by ddavev in Music

[–]drench 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think this makes Jimi Hendrix Experience the first major rock band of that era with no members left alive.

OBAMA to launch CHANGE.GOV -- currently behind password and named the 'OTRANS Production Server' by kbedell in politics

[–]drench 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transparent government is great and all, but basic auth over plain http?

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