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#define in apt.conf

Acquire {
  Retries "0";
  HTTP {
    Proxy "http://username:password@proxy.mystarhub.com.sg:8080";
  };
};

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    /**
     * The way to free memory arranged for Bitmaps in native memory or just not GC'ed
     * @source <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/7783511/918211">StackOverflow Thread</a>
     */
    public static void stripImageView(ImageView view) {
        if (view.getDrawable() instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
            ((BitmapDrawable) view.getDrawable()).getBitmap().recycle();
        }
        view.getDrawable().setCallback(null);
        view.setImageDrawable(null);

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    /**
     * Logging Heap Info for Android
     * @source <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/8018476/918211">StackOverflow Thread</a>
     */
    public static void logHeap(Class clazz) {
        final String APP = "MyApp";
        Double allocated = new Double(Debug.getNativeHeapAllocatedSize())/1048576d;
        Double available = new Double(Debug.getNativeHeapSize())/1048576.0d;
        Double free = new Double(Debug.getNativeHeapFreeSize())/1048576.0d;
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat();

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            <!--source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3493919/918211-->
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <executions>
                    <execution><!-- Run our version calculation script -->
                        <id>Version Calculation</id>
                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>exec</goal>

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before backup:
dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt

while restoring:
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt
aptitude install

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install aptitude
sudo aptitude -y full-upgrade
##most common used programs
sudo apt-get -y install aptitude eclipse scala htop mc powertop chromium-browser nautilus-scripts-manager flac quodlibet nautilus-open-terminal vim vim-gtk git subversion-tools p7zip-full mplayer openssh-server python-pip mesa-utils

#oracle jdk 7
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java7-installer

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mplayer -af scaletempo -speed 1.5 $1

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#http://askubuntu.com/questions/88384/how-can-i-repair-grub-how-to-get-ubuntu-back-after-installing-windows
sudo mount /dev/sdax /mnt  # make sure that sdax is correct!
for i in /sys /proc /run /dev; do sudo mount --bind "$i" "/mnt$i"; done
sudo chroot /mnt
#optional - if you have a separate boot partition
mount /boot
update-grub
grub-install /dev/sda
update-grub # I'm not sure if this is necessary, but it doesn't hurt.

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#!/bin/bash

#set correct path
HADOOP_HOME="/usr/lib/hadoop"

condition=""
fs="\t"
words=""
lines=""
chars=""

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#you'll need mencoder and x264 packages installed
#just add a video name like output.mp4 at the end
alias jpgtoh264="mencoder mf://*.jpg -nosound -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 -ovc x264 -x264encopts pass=1:bitrate=2000:crf=24 -mf type=jpg:fps=30 -o"