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This is not an OS question, but if I erase all partitions from a hard drive and throw in the trash, what is the likelihood that some garbage genius out there will gain access to the data?
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Million thanks.

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I'm using vlc 1.1.19 on Ubuntu 11.04.

The sound and the video are not in sync. Its probably that the sound is lagging behind the picture. For some reason it's difficult for me to tell.
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I followed the instructions here: http://lists.wfu.edu/pipermail/gretl-users/2011-February/005883.html

but got the following when I executed sudo make install:

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This is a complete numpty question for Ubuntu median user.

Gretl for Natty is broken, so I navigated to packages.debian.org to get version 1.9.5.

The instructions for the package...

Hopefully this topic belongs here.

After I updated to 11.04, I've been having panel problems. I use the classic version since I dislike Unity.

Basically, when I perform an action, like right...

Hello

When I run "mexall" in Matlab 7.10.0 I get


>> mexall

Warning: You are using gcc version "4.5.2-8ubuntu4)". The version
currently supported with MEX is "4.2.3".
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The variable causing the trouble is as short as possible, and sparse matrix formulation is not possible, unfortunately.

It's a wee bit frustrating having all this memory and not being able to use...

Hello all

I hope there is someone who can give me some pointers.

I have a program in Matlab (R2010a) running on 32 bit Ubuntu 11.04, memory is 2.7 Gb and 7.9 Gb Swap. Almost immediately after...

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Just to give an example, when I type 'phi', Maxima actually gives me the letter varphi, and when I type 'gamma' or 'Gamma', in both instances it gives me the upper case.

Is there a way...

Hello

I am solving a numerical optimization problem with Matlab R2010a running on Ubuntu 10.10. Total memory is 2.7 Gib.

I am 99% sure that the model on the paper is correct as well as the...

Great, thanks.

Is it possible to block a server completely from any connectivity to my Ubuntu system so that not even Google Search will detect files from that server?

The server in question is...

But won't I have to reinstall the guest OS?

I just clicked the download link from the popup of the program itself. Naturally, the thought of checking their website for my OS version did not stream through my mind. But even with the correct...

Similar problem I think.

Any idea why Oracle is making me download an update to VirtualBox named [virtualbox-4.0_4.0.4-70112~Ubuntu~lucid_i386.deb] that conflicts with the package virtualbox-3.2...

Yup, fixed here as well.

Nope, still none.

MetaCafe also works fine.

For some unexplainable reason I am able to watch embedded videos but not videos directly on the YouTube webpage.

Very same problem here.

I'm completely lost.

I was going to create a compressed backup image file of the partition on my storage device (a la these instructions here), but when I booted the Ubuntu Live CD, PartImage could not be found in the...

I just learned the difference between Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.

Since this is a commercial issue, you can forget this thread.

Hello

I create many pdf files in LaTex through emacs/auctex. I can't use the "Comment and Markup" toolbar in Adobe Reader, presumably because the security properties show exactly that.

Can...

My only bump, I promise I won't do it again.

Any thoughts?