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[OS X] Make your Mac tell the time

Make your Mac tell the time To accomplish this yourself, launch Terminal (Applications/Utilities), paste in this code, and press Return: while [ 1 ];do z=`date +%S`;if [ `expr $z % 31` -eq 0 ];then say `date "+%l %M and %S seconds"`;fi;done

[Windows] - Install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7

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Install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7 Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I download Windows PowerShell 2.0 to my new Windows 7 computer? I went to the Microsoft Download page for Windows PowerShell, but I was unable to find a version for Windows 7—surely, you all did not forget to make a version of Windows PowerShell 2.0 for your latest and greatest operating system! -- TW Hello TW, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson is here to help save the day. You do not have to download Windows PowerShell 2.0 if you have Windows 7 because it is already installed. NOTE : For information on how to install Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 7, see this Hey Scripting Guy blog article: Install PowerShell 3 on Windows 7 . Unfortunately, it is kind of hidden. To launch Windows PowerShell, you can use the Search Programs and Files dialog box. All that you have to do is type the word PowerShell and press Enter . The Windows PowerShell console will launch. This is seen in the following figur