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-- Declare this near the top of your addon
local L = setmetatable({}, {__index=function(t,i) return i end})

-- Then for english use the english statement in the usage, like this:
tooltip:SetText( L["Click here to see something"] )

-- Later when you want to add a locale, change the declaration of L to include the new language in the base table
local L = setmetatable(GetLocale() == "koKR" and {
   ["Click here to see something"] = "something in korean",
} or {}, {__index=function(t,i) return i end})

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-- The following will convert from itemloc to inventory slot or container bag,slot

local ITEM_INVENTORY_PLAYER = 0x00300000
local ITEM_INVENTORY_BAGS = 0x00200000
local MASK_BAG = 0xf00
local MASK_SLOT = 0x3f
local bagMap = {
	[0x000] = 0,
	[0x100] = 1,
	[0x200] = 2,

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# Source: http://adventuresinswitching.blogspot.com/2008/04/convert-shn-shorten-to-mp3-or-flac-in.html

# convert all shn files in the current directory to wav
shntool conv -o wav *.shn

# convert all wav files in the current directory to mp3
for file in *.wav; do $(lame -V2 "$file" "${file%.wav}.mp3"); done

# clean up the mess
rm *.wav

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for file in *.flac; do flac -cd "$file" | lame -f –-preset extreme – "${file%.flac}.mp3"; done

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RDP Tunneling via Putty and SSH

1. Putty to the external address using ssh (e.g. yourmachine.dyndns.org)

2. Figure out the IP address of the machine inside your network that you want to connect to 
	e.g. 192.168.1.110

3. Open putty settings and add the following to the tunnels section
	Source: 3333
	Destination:192.168.1.110:3389 

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# Git functions
# Mark Embling (http://www.markembling.info/)

# Is the current directory a git repository/working copy?
function isCurrentDirectoryGitRepository {
    if ((Test-Path ".git") -eq $TRUE) {
        return $TRUE
    }
    
    # Test within parent dirs

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--[[
-- Lua solution to the Weasel Program
-- by Peter Provost <pprovost_at_gmail_dot_com>
-- See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_program
-- Alternate language solutions: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Evolutionary_algorithm#Python
--]]

local target = "METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL"
local alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ "
local c, p = 100, 0.06

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ls *.avi | % { 
  if( $_.Name -match "futurama-2(\d\d)-amc.avi") { 
    ren $_ Futurama.S02E$($Matches[1])-amc.avi 
  } 
}

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-- Replace this function with your "new" function
local function NewItem()
	return { }
end

-- Storage of released items
local pool = {}

-- Get/create a new item
local function Acquire()

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"