Linux is open source and Adobe flash is not. Fedora and many Linux patrons don’t much care about closed source software, so you’re left to figure out how to make things like Adobe Flash work. Freak Show to the rescue. To install Adobe flash, follow these steps: Open your terminal and change in to your [...]
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ATI Video Card Hot as Hell on Fedora 16 64 bit?
Posted: 14th December 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakYou’re not alone, I’m sure. For a while I’ve been avoiding Fedora if only because I wasn’t able to figure out why my ATI video card seemed to be in overdrive even when it was simply idle. The fan would turn on as if I were gaming or watching a Blu-Ray disk. I wasn’t about [...]
Another Message from Anon – Operation Facebook
Posted: 15th November 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakHow to Root a Galaxy Tab 10.1 Youtube Tutorial
Posted: 19th October 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakTags: Geek Speak
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How to Track Friends who Defriend You on Facebook
Posted: 1st September 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakTags: Tech Tips
Not that this will be relevant after November 5th, but… have you ever noticed that Facebook doesn’t include a way to tell who’s a gigantic douchebag that defriended you since they don’t like your Grandmother’s cat pictures? Yeah, me too. It’s always bugged me a little that I couldn’t tell who was a superficial flake [...]
Facebook Clearly Preparing for November 5th’s “Operation Facebook”
Posted: 31st August 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakTags: Geek Speak
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/206279/20110831/facebook-hack-hacked-hacking-white-hat-pay-paid-bugs-bug-users.htm To sum it up, basically Facebook recently created a “bug bounty” that pays clever unemployed assholes to report vulnerabilities on their site(s). Zuckerberg’s already shelled out more than $40,000, and I promise they’ve spent at least 6 figures on preparing for November 5th when Anon cripples and/or ruins FB. I think they’ve learned a [...]
Eraser – The Utility
Posted: 30th August 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakTags: Geek Speak, Tech Tips
Some people don’t know this, but when you “delete” a file on your computer, that file you thought you deleted is actually still on your hard drive – but the reference to its physical location on the platter has been removed. I’ve had a few times where I wanted to, for instance, sell a computer.. [...]
nifty remote backup script
Posted: 27th August 2011 by Freak Show in Geek SpeakTags: Geek Speak, Tech Tips
#!/bin/bash /sbin/ifdown eth1 /sbin/ifup eth1 sleep 5 serverip=10.4.0.X serveruser=username serverpass=password localdir=/backup/cpbackup/daily remotedir=/home/username bakdate=`date` host=`hostname` cd $localdir echo “Starting FTP Backup on ” $host $bakdate /usr/bin/ftp -in
Farewell Facebook :: Updated With the Real Video from Anon
Posted: 14th August 2011 by Freak Show in Geek Speak, LoL WTFTags: Geek Speak, LoL WTF
Mark Zuckerberg and Google+ can kiss my ass.
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