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6:00 PM
This is the TV. Wall mounted in my case.
The surround sound
 
Attempting to not drool at the sound system ;)
 
Except I changed the Bluray player for this one:
Also that streams everything wireless off my server.
 
Very cool! What do you use for a server?
 
@SimonSheehan Quad Core 2.2 / 4GB RAM / 7.5TB LIAN LI DAS in RAID5 plus 2 x 1.5TB RAID0 OS drives for caching
 
Holy crap. Your server is almsot better than my PC :P
 
6:04 PM
My XBox 360 slim is hooked up to this:
And this:
 
So you can imagine I spend a lot of time at home. I also have 2 x Airport Expresses linked to a Time Capsule to drive the wireless
 
@Diago Wow... that's awesome.
I'd love to build a little HTPC one day
However..got other things on my list :p
 
The only 2 things left on my list is buying a house and having kids.
 
@Diago Well you've still got time for those at least!
 
6:12 PM
duuuuude
-5
Q: Captcha doesnt work with IE

winuserAll i can see is "i am human being". I dont know which version my IE is, i dont know where to check it, but it came with Windows 7, so it cant be that old. Now this is popping up errors about quality standard, i have no idea why that is so im trying to write more words here if that is part of t...

 
@slhck I get that in FF 7
 
Oh, might very well be, I just didn't even see the actual bug report in that question though
 
@studiohack Except, how exactly can we help him if he doesn't even know what browser cache is in the first place, or how to find the version of IE?
It's Super User the last time I checked, not PC 101.
 
@Diago I saw that - people...
SU! for computer enthusiasts and power users!
 
The thing I really love about MSO is that people actually write good bug reports
because they know what they're talking about
 
6:19 PM
MSO is really for intelligent discussion though..
Not helpdesk crap :P
 
MSU can be a ranting place at times - it stinks sometimes
 
@studiohack Thanks
> @winuser Actually, our FAQ does indeed say that. Super User is for computer enthusiasts and power users. We expect our users at least to know what browser cache is and how to check the version of the OS, and IE, they are running. If you can't do the basics, you are indeed in the wrong place.
@studiohack However would you be so kind to post a real bug report for the Firefox issue :)
 
@Diago do you get the same issue in FF? I would, but I'm sorta lazy and never get captcha, except once a year... :P
 
@studiohack Excuse me, you seriously think I use FF?
 
haha
 
6:23 PM
@Diago sorry? I don't know what your personal preferences are, except now that you enjoy Apple - so maybe Safari?
I use FF and love it - its not like its a horrible browser or anything lol
 
@studiohack Bingo. So no, I don't have captcha issues.
@studiohack You've obviously not used Chrome.
 
@Diago I don't - Google has too much of my info already - Big Bro is not for me - so by the same token, neither is Chrome
 
I'm alternating between FF on my laptop and chrome on my desktop..
 
@studiohack Then use Chromium. But give it a try. I guarantee it will at least make you think twice about FF.
 
@studiohack FF for mac isn't too pretty i hear. Although they recently posted some really good looking screenshots of it.
 
6:25 PM
My only issue with Chrome on the Mac is that it kicks in my NVidia card that drains my battery. So I use Safari by default.
 
@Diago Chromium? what is the difference?
 
@studiohack It's Chrome without the Google behind the scenes integration. It will only sync with Google if you tell it too. It's the father and mother of Chrome
Also it has a blue icon. Not a red/green/yellow one
 
@studiohack its an Open Source version of chrome.
 
@Diago oh? I thought it was Google's OS? - ah same name.
 
6:27 PM
@studiohack If you search SU, you will find an answer I posted with links to the actual downloads.
Now that is how SU should work :)
 
@Diago okay...gonna take a look - thanks!
 
soo, I cleaned up the meta question a bit
 
quick question - can I use it just like Chrome? addons and all?
 
I would use Chromium, but I can't compile it for the life of me :(
 
@studiohack yup, should do
 
6:28 PM
@SimonSheehan I don't even know how :P
 
sooo, afk again, see you guys around
 
Cya later @slhck
@studiohack I dont even know where to begin... tried to follow the directions and got aimlessly confused. In the end - just wasted like 500MB of bandwidth :P
 
7
A: Where can I get chromium binaries?

DiagoYou can find snapshots of all the nightly builds of Chromium here: Chromium Builds Each OS has a folder and the latest version number is available under the Latest folder or just sort by date descending.

laters @slhck
 
I found that, but the folders dont load :/
So its broken i think.
 
so where do I find some builds then?
 
6:33 PM
I've tried to search and found nothing ;/
 
try this: build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/Win_Webkit_Latest/4679 @SimonSheehan latest build - try the mini installer.exe - that's what I'm downloading right now
 
No 64bit? :(
 
I need to reinstall Windows 7 - bad.
my biggest problem with FF is the memory leaks, if I leave it open more than a day, it takes more and more, like 500 or even 700 MB of RAM
 
Downloading it now
@studiohack Doesnt leak much for me anymore
 
your download will probably beat mine :P
leaks like crazy for me, I leave it open all the time
 
6:36 PM
Mines been done for a minute now:P
 
180KB/sec down @SimonSheehan - takes about 5 minutes
 
@studiohack Displeased with this download, i am...its a portable version :/
oh wait
I didnt get the mini installer
heh
Alright, NOW ive got the mini installer
 
heh :P
I have to kill FF to install... stupid
 
Now ive got chrome AND chromium open..heh
 
6:39 PM
So I just fixed a computer... It came in for a dust cleaning, and install NIC drivers. I did that then went to work on the inside
Hooked up the USB ports at the front to the RIGHT set of pins
Set the chassis fan to the motherboard instead of the Molex connection
Took out an extra 4 standoffs from under the motherboard (only 1 was even in the right place)
 
Put the HDD LED light in the right place (instead of PWR LED)
Put the speaker wire on Speaker instead of FP AUDIO
 
whee. Chromium is fast
 
And took a chink of metal from the backplate out of the USB port
 
very fast. still wary @Diago :P
 
6:40 PM
brb swapping to chromium now
 
... Simon, I'm jealous
I think I'm done
 
@Luke use the @sign to notify @SimonSheehan
 
@SimonSheehan I R JEALOUS
 
Hehe
It bursts up to 50 :p
 
Chrome is now the new FF - I remember when FF used to be cutting edge
 
6:42 PM
I remember when firefox wasnt even version 1.
It took me 8 years to get my parents to switch to FF...and now im on Chrome
 
it went from 4 to 7 in like 3 months
 
Indeed... I've been on Nightly ones, so I'm on version 10 :P
 
@SimonSheehan but you don't get your addons...that's the biggie on any browser for me
 
Well I didn't use many addons...time to get them again
adblock is what i want
@studiohack wow....the web store makes this SO EASY
 
@SimonSheehan adblock is a must - as well as lazarus
 
I'm getting an error when i search in the store
 
Oh? weird. im not
 
@SimonSheehan NICE!!
 
I had to install flash though to get it to stop bugging me
@studiohack It has tweetdeck too :O
 
flash? for separate browsers too? brother...
 
6:48 PM
Flash now works on x64 though.. no more using outdated betas on my laptop, yay!
 
installed w/o restarting! double awesome!
 
Ooh
I am on a roll tonight. So much for gaming.
 
Yeah!
 
> @winuser Actually. The feature wasn't removed. It still in precisely the same place it has been since V1. Help -> About Internet Explorer. As for the rest of your question, I really don't know, since SU doesn't have any perfect or all-knowing Gods on it.
 
I have one issue
It wont stay at the bottom on the chat here :(
 
6:49 PM
it will for me, @SimonSheehan?
 
Weird... it did this to me on FF8...
Oh now its fine. odd
 
@SimonSheehan Don't ask me which, but I know I had one or two plugins that caused that problem before
 
Odd...seems OK now though
 
you know what it is? @SimonSheehan? if you're not scrolled all the way to the bottom, it won't scroll automatically
 
@studiohack ah, that makes sense then!
 
6:50 PM
so use your scroll wheel or bar or whatever to go all the way down to the bottom, and it stays there...if you go up even a couple of pixels, it stays, kinda weird
@Diago you may have just converted one of the most die hard firefox users out there to Chromium
 
My scroll wheel is awful :P
Indeed, I supported FF a LOT...but this is too fast!
@studiohack chrome://memory-redirect/
Put that into your location bar thing :P
 
@studiohack Give it a few days. Although I will admit I really do like Safari on OSX.
@studiohack Also, every hack etc that works for Chrome also applies to Chromium FYI.
There are a few exceptions but not many
 
@SimonSheehan wowie!
 
yeah! I'm so impressed by this
 
@Diago it looks nice... I'm curious, can I use some addons in Chromium? like I use Google Voice a lot (but nothing else really from Google), so is there any real benefit to logging into my Google Account from the browser?
hello @tombull89
 
6:54 PM
'Evening
 
@studiohack Well, I use chrome because of the ability to sync with Chrome. I don't use GOogle Voice, and I am not a big plugin users, but the Chrome store should work for Chromium as well. I do like Chrome sync because you have the same browser no matter what machine you log into, and I used to switch machines a lot.
IT will keep Add-Ons, Themes and Settings all in sync.
 
@Diago Firefox has something similar (but w/o the addons/themes) and was a pain.
@Diago do you use Chrome or Chromium more?
 
Not been in SU Chat for a while, just transcript reading. Very angry guy a few days back about that "why is my laptop banned" - lawl
 
Hahah that was funny
 
@tombull89 lol yeah
 
6:57 PM
@studiohack Chrome. I got tired of trying to keep Chromium up to date and when I posted that answer and used it, it didn't support inline PDF's. I think it does now.
On Windows I use Chrome more. It has an IE plugin for Windows that allows you to run sites that need it in IE mode.
 
oh, there's pictures too. Wow.
 
@tombull89 where?
 
Oct 25 at 2:55, by Sathya
user image
Oct 25 at 2:53, by George Edison
user image
shakes head
 
is there some auto update thing for Chromium?
 
It is actually quite disappointing that I was offline for that.
 
6:59 PM
yeah, it wasnt pretty
@Diago It was kind of funny :P
 
This account is temporarily suspended to cool down. The suspension period ends on Oct 24 '12 at 2:36.
 
@studiohack Can I be honest? I don't remember :\
 
I said he was going to snap and....boom
 
ouch. YEAR BURN.
Although, shame, I would have hoped for 2013. Not seen a 2013 one yet.
 
@tombull89 We do those on request as well BTW. Feel free to ask at any time :)
I have not suspended someone in a while so can do with the practice
Actually I lie.
> Oct 22 user suspended for 7 days because of low-quality contributions by Diago
 
7:03 PM
I'll wait till our students start asking SU and SF to find a way round our proxy.
Then I'll edit their posts and watch their reaction through remote screen monitering ;)
although I think requesting them banned is a little harsh.
 
Haha
My school just removed a ton of sites from the proxy
we got youtube and facebook and twitter
 
I've noticed they've been using SU and Sf already so I'll have to keep an eye out.
 
Haha. Are you a teacher @tombull89 ?
 
@SimonSheehan No, junior school technican.
 
Ah okay
 
7:06 PM
Well, junior is redundant, it's just me and the network manager.
 
need to find something to replace FoxReplace on Chromium
 
Twitter is unblocked at our place, staff have access to YouTube but they have to request it. Facebook is striaght out (the kids would get NO work done)
 
We just got our own wireless network now.
because the school has one thats locked down
so we got a "guest" one
means kids bring in laptops and go on facebook more
 
haha, we've got a guest wireless as well, the kids tried to crack it but then try realised a) that's not going to happen and b) it's filtered anyway!
 
7:12 PM
although you try and explain to the kids wireless authentication and they just derp out and loose interest.
Right, Garry's Mod has finished downloading. Let's go blow up some NUCLEAR MELONS
 
Have fun!
 
Sadly, no matter how I reply to this I am going to end up doing support. sigh
 
need an addon like Badge Tabs
 
> @diago, i dont have "help" button anywhere... maybe i have removed it if it was in some useless toolbar?
 
@studiohack Did you ever see how well the MSO thread about the full list of moderators went?
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Q: Full list of Moderators

Simon SheehanWhile having a little chat tonight with studiohack over at Super User, he made a comment about how we have around 150-200 moderators on SE total. I thought about this for a moment, and realized that seeing ALL the moderators we have could be tricky. Going to 60+ sites and looking at their about p...

Success
 
7:20 PM
@SimonSheehan I did! that was awesome! :D
 
:D Indeed! I answered a question and got quite a fair bit of rep on it too
 
you did! it is also [status-planned]!
 
Yep! I can't wait to see what they do with it
 
small deal breakers in Chromium... - no FoxReplace or Badge tab alternatives... may be enough to go back to Firefox - gonna clean it up
 
@studiohack really? No alternative at all? :S wow..
you'd think there would be, hm
 
7:23 PM
@studiohack I actually can't understand people's dependance on add-ons. I spend 90% of my day in my browser, and only use 2 add ons.
 
I'm forced to use 0 addons usually :/
 
I spend a lot of time minimalizing my way of doing things. I am at a point where I can do most of the things I want with the OS defaults alone, with exception.
 
@Diago Same with me :P can't do ANYTHING at school... Except on the Macs. I get freedom there since its off the network
 
@Diago because no browser I use does exactly want I want it to do...I like webmail notifications and I need some pages to reload every. FoxReplace I use for SU, and BadgeTab lets me know when I get a new text...
 
@studiohack There is a auto reload plugin, the rest I can't help with sorry :(
 
7:28 PM
@Diago I know, found several... just ranting, that's all :)
 
I found a response
> @winuser Unfortunately technical support is not my field so I am not entirely sure where to start to help with that. Since I can't see your screen, I wouldn't even know where to start and advise you. Maybe give MS support a call, or otherwise chat to a local techie and see if they can assist.
@studiohack You should know better :P
 
@Diago lol I know. I tend to be loyal to products/brands to a fault, and I like Firefox...gonna try Chromium off and on for a few days - but am reinstalling Firefox 7 - using Revo Uninstaller
 
On that note, seeing who all came online it's my cue to wander off back to real life.
Enjoy your evening and weekend folks
 
Have a good weekend @Diago, cya later
 
laters @Diago :)
 
7:38 PM
Well, got my electorate badge.. time to work on Copy Editor and Sportsmanship
 
7:59 PM
wheee! got FF7 reinstalled with all my essential addons - runs sweet!
not so sure about Chromium now :P
 
8:14 PM
@studiohack Try Nightly firefox builds! its fun!
Getting Firefox features MONTHS before others :p
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Lauren ΨFor those of you who aren't Harry Potter fans, Quidditch is a wizard sport played on broomstick that has been modified for us non-flying people and is now pretty popular (Quidditch World Cup is coming up on November 12th-13th in NYC). In Harry Potter, a Quidditch Game ends when the Seeker catches...

 
8:25 PM
blaah! I'm bored :D
 
welcome back @slhck :P
 
hi @simon – what's new? :D
 
@slhck Can't say much since we last spoke :P Just listening to music really now.
 
ooh, that reminds me
 
I enjoy hearing bass a lot :p
 
8:27 PM
I just managed to finally hook up my HiFi system to my computer again
 
HiFi?
 
uuh it's the term we used for the speakers and receiver stuff :P
 
Ah okay! What do you use for your setup there?
 
the term's probably a bit old
 
I simply know it as being called a stereo and receiver...its how were setup at school, sorta
 
8:29 PM
I have a 5.1 BOSE system, and some huuge Sony A/V receiver
 
:O Wow, very nice.
 
primarily hooked to my TV, but I figured I could also attach it to the PC
 
Everyone has such fancy sound systems these days :P
 
haha, well, I think the computer sound systems are pretty decent as well
like the Creative ones
 
I've just got a little logitech 2.1 system... Can't use it much when people are home, I mostly use headphones
 
8:30 PM
I was amazed how these sound nowadays!
I still remember my crappy old satellite boxes with … 2 Watts or so :P
 
Haha... I'm in the cable age still :p
 
oh, "satellite speakers", are those used for mid/high frequencies only
 
OH! I see now :P
@slhck I've got those! :P
 
heh! but I think you can't even buy a set of speakers without subwoofers these days
 
Time to take a picture of my desk :p
 
8:34 PM
oh, do that!
gonna take one of mine as well
 
yep! then I can just show you, much easier
 
(just need to clean up, sec)
 
:P
I shall even label it all
And done
Desll.... facepalm
I think that means Dell.
@slhck ^ there you go :p
 
@SimonSheehan Sweet, I'd love to have a drawer for the keyboard
 
@slhck it hides it well! and clears up so much space :D
Me and my dad put it together.... fun times
@slhck desk looks very neat.. I'd like a monitor that big and ill take that macbook too... :P
 
8:45 PM
@SimonSheehan I'd take one big monitor over multiple screens, definitely – I tried extending the desktop with the MacBook, but I end up using one monitor only :P
the monitor wasn't that expensive actually
 
@slhck I'd rather have triple monitors than dual...gives you a center to focus on.
 
yeah, that would be better
but there's no space for three monitors! :D
 
Although im so used to cramming everything into one monitor now.. :p
 
oh, do you know how to solve the Rubik's cube?
 
Nope... i've been trying to for years now
It's my stress reliever.
 
8:51 PM
Ah I never even tried to solve it!
 
I did try to follow a video once...didnt work :p
 
haha yeah too much to think about :P so what are you up to for the weekend?
 
Well tomorrow i've got driving lessons at 9am.. I'd like to spend this weekend just working on looking at a job. It's on my mind and im driven more now
how about you?
 
ah, that's great if you have the motivation for it!
well, one of my band's got a gig tomorrow, releasing our first CD, so that's gonna be fun!
 
:O that's awesome. What instrument do you play?
 
8:57 PM
in that band, keyboards :D
 
neat :D What type of music do you guys play?
 
rock/pop
just listen in!
 
Oh cool, I will listen!
I'm also preparing topics for a podcast me and a few friends want to do
We've got the equipment, may as well use it
 
cool - what about?
 
Gaming... its just something well all like. We are doing it simply for fun
 
9:03 PM
aah, gaming - that thing I used to do a lot, but I kinda can't find the time anymore
 
I've sort of lost interest in it, but these guys have great stuff to talk about.. I figured that if we spend 60+ minutes a day in class talking about it, why not make it a little more interesting? :D
 
oh yeah, neat idea!
if you've got the material, that is
 
@slhck We've got material and equipment :D
 
perfect :D
 
@slhck We're finally going to make use of the schools audio room for something more than just playing music..
It drives me NUTS how that room is used
Kids go in, play music off their ipod, and crank the low up until everythings RED
 
9:07 PM
O_o
 
So our speakers sound like absolute crap in the end from kids abusing it
 
well, it's always this dilemma ... if there is no equipment or bad crappy equipment, everybody's complaining, and once there's a perfectly equipped room, they're not even using it properly
 
Indeed... :/ Its really unfortunate. Kids abuse the entire classroom like crazy :(
It bothers me that kids take a class, put no effort into it, and ruin things for the people like me who care :(
 
@WilliamHilsum thats scaring me :o
 
9:10 PM
it indeed is
@SimonSheehan Yup ..
teachers should be responsible for encouraging them to do useful stuff
 
Which way is he looking!?
it is weird!
 
@slhck Our teachers does, but kids arent too nice to him... he's a really nice guy, and they take advantage of it
 
Anyone think that game package will go down any more!? Only £2.60, but, not sure to buy or wait! ... I won't have time to play any time soon, but, for the price, I am thinking I should buy for the future!
 
which game package?
 
Anyways, dinner time, cya all later.
 
9:15 PM
have fun, later! @SimonSheehan
 
9:28 PM
wow, I got my first reversal badge :O
 
nice @slhck!
btw, congrats on the electorate badge earlier @SimonSheehan! :)
 
aah, so @simon's got two gold ones already, nice :)
 
@slhck Sorry, just took my dogs out.... This one - indieroyale.com
 
hmm, neither of those rings a bell, but I'm not a gamer at all :P
 
10:33 PM
anybody here use Chrome and log into the same site with a different username in different tabs? e.g. yahoo mail.
or youtube and gmail.. separate tabs. (they seem to be linked up). i'd like logins separate. you yahoo mail in one tab, yahoo mail in another tab. youtube in one tab, gmail in another tab. all separate.
i could google it but if anybody here already uses a good method, please speak up!
 
@slhck aiming for copy editor and sportsmanship now! Also thanks @studiohack :)
 
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