Running “sudo rm -rf /” deletes your Linux or Mac OS X while it is running.
Running “sudo rm -rf /”
You probably wouldn’t want to do that unless you’re really really bored.
I’m terribly sick of finding out how to make Windows Vista boot first using GRUB, so I posted it here. I dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows Vista and spend most of my time using Windows Vista. Hope it helps you guys too.
First, you’ll have to launch your terminal in Ubuntu. It’s probably at Applications > Accessories > Terminal.
Type this in terminal
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
You’ll be prompted for you password as this operation requires elevated permissions.
There are some GRUB settings that you can consider changing:
timeout sec
You can change it to 5 seconds like I did so it loads into your OS faster. I’m always away from my computer during the boot up ’cause I hate to watch things boot up.
timeout 5
default num
Changing the default startup OS is extremely helpful.
default 6
(Booting up to Ubuntu or Windows Vista using GRUB.)
Why set default to 6? Windows Vista is the at position 6, remember that programmers, unlike my kindergarten teacher, loves counting from 0. From the above picture, my ‘default’ should be set to 6. It may be different in your set up.
Below is a preview of how the GRUB options look like, from the item 0 (Ubuntu) to item 6 (Windows Vista).
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel ...
initrd ...
quiet
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel ...
initrd ...
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel ...
initrd ...
quiet
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel ...
initrd ...
title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
kernel ...
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
The above codes worked for me and I hope it is helpful for you. This should work for Windows XP too I guess. Please know what you’re doing before you save anything. You may want to backup menu.lst too.
I’m not sure whose work is this but it’s really pretty:
(Turn your head to see something different.)
Turn your head a little to reveal something special.
British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China’s appalling human rights record - or face being banned from travelling to Beijing.
The move - which raises the spectre of the order given to the England football team to give a Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 - immediately provoked a storm of protest.
The controversial clause has been inserted into athletes’ contracts for the first time and forbids them from making any political comment about countries staging the Olympic Games.
(My teacher says little girls can grow up to be anything they choose! Why did you choose to be an old lady?)
[via email]
A man went on a business to China and wanted to buy some gifts for his kids. He went to a shop and found a nice looking CD player. Wary of buying inferior goods, he asked the shopkeeper, ‘What would happened if this does not work?’
The shopkeeper quietly points to the only sign in English that reads: ‘GUARANTEE NO SPOILT’
Feeling assured, he paid for the CD player and returns to his hotel. He tried to use the CD player after returning to the hotel but it would not even switch on.
He quickly return to the shop and asked for a refund or an exchange for another unit. When the shopkeeper refused to give either, the man points to the sign assuring him of a guarantee.
The shopkeeper then said, ‘Brother, you are in China. We read from the right to the left.’
[via email]
Yahoo Inc.’s board plans to reject Microsoft Corp.’s bid to buy the Internet pioneer, The Wall Street Jornal reported on its Web site Saturday.
Board members concluded the unsolicited $44.6 billion offer massively undervalues the Web pioneer, a person familiar with the situation told the newspaper.
The bid was made public Feb. 1
What could this mean for Yahoo and Microsoft?
Probably drops in shares. Yahoo probably won’t have a good year ahead. They’ve got a few key people who just left. Yahoo has Flickr, delicious.com and pretty cool stuff for developers. They lack a good ad network though.
Microsoft, being Microsoft would go on of course. But their internet arm still is pretty weak. They’ve recently bought a couple of firms to enhance their mapping services. I wish they do something with social networking instead. And Microsoft needs to have a video streaming service like YouTube. They have one that no one uses so it’s not counted.
Google is probably smiling happily right now.