In a new GeeksWeekly show Paul becomes broke and we decide that hacking is fun... So we do lots of it! Get the low down on a cool MS Word prank and some neat tips. Here's how we broke it down for ya:
Hack Attack:
We thought you some nifty, simple XP tricks to improve your productivity. Have a listen!
Hack Attack 2:
Found a application that is only made for the Mac? No worries follow this link to the complete instruction on how to convert a Mac OS X dmg file to an iso file.
Here's a summary of it.
1. Make sure you have Perl installed in your distribution of Linux.
2. You may need to add an additional dependency in the form of a perl zlib module. So, here’s how to install it:
sudo apt-get install libcompress-zlib-perl
3. change your directory and get the script
cd /usr/bin
sudo wget http://www.blinkenlights.ch/gnupod/dmg2iso.pl
4. Make necessary changes to the script so that it points to the right zlib perl library location.
sudo gedit dmg2iso.pl
eg. In Ubuntu Linux, the zlib perl library is installed in /usr/bin/perl.
5. Make it a executable file
sudo chmod 777 dmg2iso.pl
6. You've properly installed the script. Here's how you convert a dmg to an iso file. If you have your file kept in Home, change directory to Home. Then type in
dmg2iso azureus.dmg azurues.iso
7. Wait for the process to finish, and you're done.
In the news:
1. Windoze XP SP3 is fast?
2. France whips up the pirates.
3. New features in Windows Live Messenger!
4. Google gives you storage... Again...
5. UT3 out sooner rather than later.
6. More people give up on Vista.
We also let you in on a cool MS Office prank you can pull on your friends. Here's the script you need:
Prank your friends!!! Courtesy of GW.Sub typeRand()
Dim counter As String
counter = CStr(Int((30 - 1 + 1) * Rnd + 1))Application.OnTime When:=Now + TimeValue(”00:00:” + counter), _
Name:=”TimedClose”End Sub
Sub TimedClose()
Dim maindocument As Document
Set maindocument = activedocument
counter = CStr(Int((5 - 1 + 1) * Rnd + 1))Select Case counter
Case 1
Selection.TypeText Text:=” FCUK ”
Case 2
Selection.TypeText Text:=” A$$H#LE ”
Case 3
Selection.TypeText Text:=” SH!T ”
Case 4
Selection.TypeText Text:=” B34TCH ”
Case 5
Selection.TypeText Text:=” D!CK ”
End SelectCall typeRand
End Sub
