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		<title>Enable SA account MS SQL server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[for a very weird application I required SA account to be active but MS SQL server 2005 has it turned off by default. Probably Microsoft&#8217;s safest bet turn off all possible remote access  Looks like a justified move but could be a little annoying.
I couldn&#8217;t logon using the command line so thought of installing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/12/21/enabling-sa-account-ms-sql-server/</link>
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		<title>Tape for $1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPS charged me $1 for taping a ready to go box with sticker on it. The gesture priceless  what happened to all those cheerful faces delivering boxes ?
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		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/12/15/tape-for-1/</link>
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		<title>Windows Vista Bloatware :(</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vista has finally started to annoy me, Its probably that I have started to notice it. Running linux for a few months changes something fundamentally. It brings in the habit of questioning Why? and if at all you get those answers you probably start to think why not ? or How about this ? Its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/12/15/windows-vista-bloatware/</link>
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		<title>we are under and inch of snow :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It finally snowed today  after lows of upto -9C it was time it snowed. Here are pictures I clicked http://picasaweb.google.com/gnosio/Snow08?authkey=guFyN_ofmso#
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		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/12/06/we-are-under-and-inch-of-snow/</link>
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		<title>Lenovo Rocks :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its a matter of pride again. Lenovo&#8217;s support is simply outstanding. No hassles, No nonsense. I somehow managed to crack the palm rest of my T61 and it possibly happened because I held it at one of the corner edges  and as its under warranty I could order the palm rest in less that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/12/02/lenovo-rocks/</link>
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		<title>Connecting to IU secure with Ubuntu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Connecting to Indiana University&#8217;s secure wireless using Ubuntu
Security: WPA &#38; WPA2 Enterprise
Authentication: Protected EAP (PEAP)
Anonymous identity: [leave blank]
CA Certificate: [don't select]
PEAP Version: Version 0
Inner Authentication: MSCHAPv2
User Name: [your IU user name]
Password: [your passphrase]
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		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/12/01/connecting-to-iu-secure-with-ubuntu/</link>
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		<title>flush()</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spent about half an hour ..trying to see if the buffers were leaking or If I got the pointers wrong. Guess what the last packet was being written to the disk due to the goofiest reason possible. yes I forgot to flush()  
if you find your data not being written to the file specially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/11/14/flush/</link>
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		<title>hdaps on kernel 2.6.27.x</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New kernel discards the old /sys interface which saves power.
It uses the &#8220;/sys/block/%s/device/unload_heads&#8221;  instead of &#8220;/sys/block/sda/queue/protect&#8221; for parking the heads.
Kernel
The patches to the kernel could be downloaded from : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hdaps.devel/1379/raw
Build and install the kernel.
Get the lastest source of tp_smapi.
build it with HDAPS=1 flag.
install modules.
UserDaemon  : hdapsd : should be downloaded here : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hdaps.devel/1372
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/10/21/hdaps-on-kernel-2627x/</link>
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		<title>Fix buggy net drivers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[__ratelimit: 1 messages suppressed
wlan0: CTS protection disabled (BSSID=00:23:a5:28:09:19)
seems like the drivers are messed up in 2.6.26. The possible fix is to use the compat-wireless drivers. (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download)
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		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/09/25/fix-buggy-net-drivers/</link>
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		<title>Large Hadron Collider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most complex scientific instrument ever built and the highest energy particle accelerator in the world. 
The accelerator is located 100 m underground and runs through both French and Swiss territory. ( 27km circumference)
Year 2008 September 10th, marks the culmination of 20 years of work by over 8000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://l.rusticgeek.net/logbook/2008/09/10/large-hadron-collider/</link>
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