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This list of TAR parameters comes in really handy…. thanks vowe tar.gz -> -xvzf tar.bz2 -> -xvjf tar -> -xvf To create some archives, just replace the ‘x’ with a ‘c’ and add the files you want to pack as additional parameters So ’tar -cvjf mytar.tar.bz2 whatever/’ will create a file named mytar.tar.bz2, containing all the files and subdirs below (and including) the directory ‘whatever’.

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The project I’m working on is coming to an end. I have promised myself, that I’ll buy a portable MP3 player when it’s over. I was in K55 - the MP3 shop yesterday and had a look at the (old) Apple iPod and the Archos AV140. I have a hard time deciding. The interface of the (old) iPod I looked at beat everything else I touched hands-down. The iPod also looks much nicer. It should work with the Audigy Firewire port on my Home Theater PC (HTPC) and Mediajukebox 9. ...

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My son is almost six years old and one of the last kids on the block to bike. Even the three year old kids could do it. We didn’t understan why … Then my wife had the idea to go to a “real” cycle shop. We came out with a new (and expensive) bike. That was yesterday. This morning we went out to try it. It took him 15 minutes before he drove on his own, another 5 min to learn how to get off without falling, and 10 to start on his own. ...