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35mm equivalents of various smartphones cameras (iPhone 5, Galaxy S3, etc.)

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iPhone 5 4.1mm lens, to give a 33mm equivalent field of view (source) iPhone 4S 4.3mm lens, 35mm equivalent view (source) Nokia Lumia 920 F2.0 26mm equivalent view 16:9, 28mm for 4:3 (source) HTC One X F/2.0 3.6mm lens, 28mm equivalent view (source) HTC Windows Phone 8X F2.0 28mm (source) backside illuminated sensor HTC One V (samples) Top Search Terms:iphone 5 camera 35mm equivalent (8)iphone 5 35mm equivalent (8)galaxy s3 camera lens mm (7)iphone 35mm lens equivalent (4)iphone lens equivalent (4)iphone camera 35mm

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Interior peeling on BMW 325i (and similar)

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[begin] Interior Pillars – Bimmerforums – The Ultimate BMW Forumhttp://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1228535I just took out a whole weekend to work on my interior pillars. They were originally gray and I re-did them in black suede. Here are some pictures. Sorry the pics are kinda big.… How to remove interior pillar trim – Bimmerforums – The Ultimate BMW Forumhttp://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1247064I need to remove the suede trim covers on each corners pillars. The fabric is bubbling and is about to come off. I want to

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VMWare Server not accessible via web interface?

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I recently had an issue where VMWare Server 2’s web based administrative interface was no longer available 🙁 It turns out the issue was that one of the services required by VMWare Server 2 had stopped. Starting the service again solved the issue! VMWare Host Agent VMWare Authorization service VMWare DHCP service VMWare NAT Service VMWare Server Web Access I had tried all sorts of things (Windows firewall adjustment, .hosts file editing, tomcat configuration etc.) and just a simple service

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Access VMWare Server 2 without web interface

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I am not a big fan of the web based management interface for VMWare Server 2. Thankfully, this article lists a nice variety of other ways to administer the server: VMware Communities: Web Access 🙂   Top Search Terms:vmware server web access (2)vmware server 2.0 webinterface nicht erreichbar (1)vmware server 2.0 web acces windows 8 (1)vmware server 2 web interface on mac (1)ipcop webinterface nicht erreichbar (1)ipcop vmware no web (1)how to access vmware server 2 interface (1)how start vmware

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IPCop ‘boot error’ occurs after successful installation

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Summary of article: If you mount the IPCop (or smoothwall) ISO via IPMI and then install, you are likely to get a boot error once you reboot and the ISO is unmounted. A workaround is to install via an actual DVD drive* (USB, SATA or IDE should all work) *you can remove the drive after install. All the gory details: This weekend I was at the datacenter for work. Part of my task was to setup a new firewall using

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Starcraft 2 on Linux using WINE

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Cool info on running SC2 on Linux: http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2010/07/howto-starcraft-2-on-linux-with-wine.html http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20882&iTestingId=60579 Looks like SC2 on Linux works very well! 🙂 Top Search Terms:wine starcraft 2 checking for updates (4)starcraft 2 linux checking for updates (3)starcraft 2 heart of the swarm playonlinux (2)starcraft 2 wine checking for updates (2)linux wine heart of the swarm (1)wine-1.6.2 linux starcraft 2 not installing 2014 (1)linux starcraft (1)linux sc2 (1)how to install sc2 hots on linux (1)heart of the swarm playonlinux (1)

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How to reset iTunes Match, How to delete duplicate playlists

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There are some very helpful iTunes Match tips in the second half of this Wired article: I restored my up-to-date offline library and left this machine without Match enabled for a few days while I looked up how you reset your iTunes Match account. And that’s where the fundamental problem with the service rears its head: you cannot reset it. I contacted Apple to find out if this was true, and it is. Fact of the matter, I was told,

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