Comments for Hacker Visions http://hackervisions.org A blog at the intersection of freedom, technology, and community. Mon, 03 May 2010 03:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Backing Up Android Contacts by Eric http://hackervisions.org/?p=640&cpage=1#comment-1166 Eric Mon, 03 May 2010 03:45:31 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=640#comment-1166 If you dislike dd, there is cat. cat /data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db > /sdcard/contacts.db If you dislike dd, there is cat.

cat /data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db > /sdcard/contacts.db

]]> Comment on DD-WRT Virtual Access Point by digi http://hackervisions.org/?p=408&cpage=1#comment-1165 digi Sat, 01 May 2010 06:33:53 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=408#comment-1165 YES!! this absolutely works! plug in your info/values and it tailors the rest of the site to make it easy for you. A+++ thanks YES!! this absolutely works! plug in your info/values and it tailors the rest of the site to make it easy for you. A+++
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]]> Comment on Bkrpr by Stormy's Corner , Archive » Amazon adds e-books: reading your physical books online http://hackervisions.org/?p=313&cpage=1#comment-1155 Stormy's Corner , Archive » Amazon adds e-books: reading your physical books online Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:23:59 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=313#comment-1155 [...] I’ve read available to me online at any time is very intriguing. (That’s why I found BKRPR, a program to help you make electronic copies of all your books intriguing, but I wasn’t [...] [...] I’ve read available to me online at any time is very intriguing. (That’s why I found BKRPR, a program to help you make electronic copies of all your books intriguing, but I wasn’t [...]

]]> Comment on Backing Up Android Contacts by James Vasile http://hackervisions.org/?p=640&cpage=1#comment-1145 James Vasile Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:40 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=640#comment-1145 Anroid/Linux is not the same as GNU/Linux (which is why RMS is right that we should be using the full names to distinguish them). The various GNU pieces that we all assume come with Linux installs are missing, so unless you've gone to the considerable difficulty of installing busybox, there is no cp. Anroid/Linux is not the same as GNU/Linux (which is why RMS is right that we should be using the full names to distinguish them). The various GNU pieces that we all assume come with Linux installs are missing, so unless you’ve gone to the considerable difficulty of installing busybox, there is no cp.

]]> Comment on Backing Up Android Contacts by Ron http://hackervisions.org/?p=640&cpage=1#comment-1144 Ron Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:33:06 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=640#comment-1144 dd has never been the proper too for doing backups. Isn't there a "cp"? dd has never been the proper too for doing backups. Isn’t there a “cp”?

]]> Comment on Dead Pig Conspiracy by Ron http://hackervisions.org/?p=650&cpage=1#comment-1143 Ron Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:30:51 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=650#comment-1143 Forgot to mention: animal "rights" wienies like PETA must have threatened nervous nellies at the NGS. Forgot to mention: animal “rights” wienies like PETA must have threatened nervous nellies at the NGS.

]]> Comment on Dead Pig Conspiracy by Ron http://hackervisions.org/?p=650&cpage=1#comment-1142 Ron Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:28:09 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=650#comment-1142 Why exactly is that <i>shocking and gross</i>? Man up and realize that progress isn't made by the squeamish and weak. Why exactly is that shocking and gross? Man up and realize that progress isn’t made by the squeamish and weak.

]]> Comment on Backing Up Android Contacts by James Vasile http://hackervisions.org/?p=640&cpage=1#comment-1141 James Vasile Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:10:25 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=640#comment-1141 The whole point of doing it myself is to keep the data off of Google's servers. Their recent mishap with mapping social networks is a good example of the kind of harm I'm trying to avoid. The whole point of doing it myself is to keep the data off of Google’s servers. Their recent mishap with mapping social networks is a good example of the kind of harm I’m trying to avoid.

]]> Comment on Backing Up Android Contacts by Luis http://hackervisions.org/?p=640&cpage=1#comment-1136 Luis Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:23:12 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=640#comment-1136 If you're OK with syncing them to the great cloud in the sky, ISTR wget works fine to grab CSV out of gmail. If you’re OK with syncing them to the great cloud in the sky, ISTR wget works fine to grab CSV out of gmail.

]]> Comment on Keep Your Enemies Close by James Vasile http://hackervisions.org/?p=624&cpage=1#comment-1127 James Vasile Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:12:55 +0000 http://hackervisions.org/?p=624#comment-1127 The way SN sites allow people to access your private life without any actual interaction probably creates all kinds of asymmetrical relationships (some good and some bad), but I suppose that's baked into the nature of modeling friendship interactions as a series of semiexclusive broadcasts. It's also why we mentally distinguish between Facebook friends and "real" friends. The way SN sites allow people to access your private life without any actual interaction probably creates all kinds of asymmetrical relationships (some good and some bad), but I suppose that’s baked into the nature of modeling friendship interactions as a series of semiexclusive broadcasts. It’s also why we mentally distinguish between Facebook friends and “real” friends.

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