----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Startrek appartment
<SNIP>
>
> Odd that it's a UK auction but priced in US$, though.
>
Us Yanks have the cash, we'll buy it and have it heli-lifted over the pond.
I'm gonna install it in my garden shed between the pool and the forrest-golf
course :)
Useful tip in every email campaign (Started by me, now)
To save battery life on your Linux laptop (Kernels > 2.4):
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode (Turns off disk cache flushing)
swapoff /dev/*Your swap partition* (Make sure you have enough RAM first!)
hdparm -S # -> delay before HD spindown, in multiples of 5 seconds. I use
48, which is 4 minutes.
Also, turn off syslog and cron daemons to prevent them from starting up and
hitting the drive.
Received on Fri Jul 16 2004 - 13:30:59 BST