Root Access

12:14 AM

@studiohack Did you end up sticking to firefox? :P

12:35 AM

@SimonSheehan yes I did - reinstalled after uninstalling everything with Revo - gonna keep Chromium on hand though as an alternate browser and use it some...I feel better that its not Google's direct product...

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack indeed... are you not a fan of google for some things?

studiohack

@SimonSheehan dislike their big bro polices...

you know they read your gmail and then give you customized ads

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack They read it? Ugh... I feel so violated now. I regret switching to it all of a sudden for use with everything :/

studiohack

did I mention Firefox is a lot faster? had a lot of junk in there - still need to reinstall Windows though

Simon Sheehan

Ahh...

studiohack

12:38 AM

@SimonSheehan there is a funny but true youtube video about that - let me find it, I think you would like it :)

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack I'm using Nightly :) its awesome

@studiohack okay!

@studiohack ^

studiohack

@SimonSheehan here's the article about it on ZDnet by Mary Jo Foley - it was a creation of Microsoft, and a very good one :P (video in the link): zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/…

nightly looks awesome, you mentioned that earlier but I didn't get to reply to it... how is that? is it stable? can you use addons? faster?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack I crash LESS on these nightly builds.. I'm months ahead of the normal FF release too! You can still use addons, in fact you get to test addons and make sure they still work on this version too

studiohack

@SimonSheehan oh? will all of them work, or do you have to "force" them?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack By default it makes it so addons marked as not compatible will be installed... you can then mark them as working or not working.

studiohack

12:45 AM

studiohack's hands are slow to type since he's been outside working - but his brain is running much faster :P

@SimonSheehan interesting...I assume it does it over top of my existing installation?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Nope. You get 2 installs. They also have x64 builds of it. Only thing you need is x64 flash (which is now packaged with x86 i think...)

@studiohack Also, funny video :P Although I'm not entirely sure I believe it, i was amused

studiohack

@SimonSheehan I think there is a ring of truth - like you said, not necessarily all true

@SimonSheehan nice! another reason i need to reinstall windows, I upgraded the ram in my machine from 3 to 4 GB, but still on a 32 bit OS

I'll try the nightly - thanks!

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack considering it is from Microsoft... :P They would of course want to bash GMail so people use hotmail ;)

Super User Blog: Living on the Bleeding Edge of Firefox

Posted by Simon Sheehan on June 7th, 2011

As an avid Firefox user since it began, I’ve developed a great liking towards the browser and its consistent updates. As version 3.6 phased into a 4.0 Beta, I just had to try it out. But then I thought to myself: If i like to try out the new beta’s, why not just go to the bleeding edge? And with that, my journey began – Welcome to Nightly.

Here was our first glance at the new Firefox, bumped up to version 7 already, while most of us are still transitioning to 4.

Many of you are probably saying, “Now Simon, whats so different? Wheres the fancy UI changes?!” …

studiohack

@SimonSheehan well, duh! SU Blog to the rescue! :)

Simon Sheehan

haha, the answer to everything!

studiohack

12:49 AM

lol

reading it now -love the about:memory like you just showed me in Chromium

Simon Sheehan

:D yeah, i thought it was a great feature.

There's even MORE to that page now

Since what your seeing was of Version 7 - what you are currently running now

studiohack

it says nightly is already running - do I need to close FF 7 Stable?

yeah, very well done blog post, btw

Simon Sheehan

thanks! I haven't been able to write much in a while though :(

studiohack

@SimonSheehan its possible I'll write about my PC build - if I do, SU will sponsor it...

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Indeed! You should :D

studiohack

12:52 AM

or part of, at least... but I'm not sure how to write about it - how involved or what "angle" I should write from, since there are already a million posts about how to build a pC

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack What parts did you end up getting? Didn't you get Jeff's i7 or something?

studiohack

@SimonSheehan the Core 2 Duo pile

Simon Sheehan

Oh yeah... What did you end up building in total at the end?

It wants me to login :/

studiohack

room about it here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/1539/studiohacks-computer-build

Simon Sheehan

I shall though.

studiohack

12:53 AM

@SimonSheehan oh? you shouldn't need an account to see that? that's supposed to be the public URL

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack It said I have to be your friend :P

studiohack

What? I just looked at it without signing in

Simon Sheehan

:S

"This document is only shared with friends on Windows Live"

studiohack

working on permissions @SimonSheehan - sorry - looking into it

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Sounds good! If all else fails you can just email it or whatever works :p

studiohack

12:56 AM

skydrive.live.com/…

that ^^ work?

Simon Sheehan

Yep!

studiohack

URL must have expired or something... ah well.

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack not gaming much eh?

studiohack

@SimonSheehan last time I gamed was almost a year ago - and that was Civ IV

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Ah... I did notice you are using an Nvidia Board or something, but an ATI card.

studiohack

12:57 AM

I don't game :P - why do you ask? not powerful enough of a build?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack No no... just most people building PC's these days get super high powered GPU's, and you just have a simpler one :P

Also, Blu-Ray Players make an appearance on SU!

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Q: The necessity of component video cables

I just bought a blue ray player. When I went to set it up, it turns out they don't include all the cables needed. It says you need a component video cable to get the HD signal. However, I read elsewhere that if your audio/video cable is under 6 feet, you can get the same signal without bothering ...

av-cable

studiohack

@SimonSheehan as long as it handles triple monitor setup, I'm good... nhinkle actually showed me this one, he's using the same card...

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Oh neat. I've got a GT 220....some rebranded Nvidia crap :P

Which I do some gaming on until its roaring and making odd noises ;)

studiohack

hahahahaha

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Care to help out with that question? Pile up those votes!

studiohack

1:01 AM

whee! @SimonSheehan:

> closed as off topic by Simon Sheehan, studiohack♦ just now

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Teamwork! :P

studiohack

the diamond fits inside the k at the end of my name in plain text :P

@SimonSheehan yup! question: any ideas on an angle to write about a PC build for?

probably going to slowly save money and buy the parts gradually, and make it a Windows 8 machine

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Well maybe you should write it from the view of someone who is building it not for gaming... We've all seen the million posts on building THE ULTIMATE BUDGET GAMING PC, so that might be nice.

@studiohack I'm skipping Windows 8... Will likely move to OS X / Linux

studiohack

@SimonSheehan but I'm not using it for anything in particular, except as a future W8 triple monitor setup for being a moderator and web browsing and power to do light graphic editing and photos...

@SimonSheehan are you running Windows 7 now? or Fedora?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Is this your first PC build?

@studiohack Windows 7... dual booting is too much of a pain when you share PC's with 4 people :/

I've been an on and off Fedora user since age 7

studiohack

1:05 AM

@SimonSheehan yes

@SimonSheehan why skipping W8? not worth it? (just curious)

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Might be good to just write it as "building for the first time"

studiohack

@SimonSheehan true...

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack I tried out the developer build and everything, been following their blog.. I'm just feeling like its headed in the wrong direction, and there are better alternatives

studiohack

@SimonSheehan I see... whatever works for you :)

Simon Sheehan

For college I'm going to be needing a Macbook most likely...most of the media courses recommend it. I'd like to dual boot that.

studiohack

1:06 AM

I'm personally a strong MS guy, planning to get a WP7 around the end of the year or january

@SimonSheehan boot camp?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Probably not.. It'll more likely be some sort of EFI thing.. Can't remember the name, but its what they use on Mac I hear, for dual booting Linux and OS X

@studiohack WP7 eh? I've heard on and off reviews of it... why did you choose it?

studiohack

@SimonSheehan I see... I've heard some bloggers say the ultimate combination is a Windows OS on Mac hardware - personally, I find that hard to believe

@SimonSheehan because its Microsoft, I use Outlook and it seems to me that it would integrate with my Windows OS more tightly then anything else out there

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack they do have REALLY good hardware now... It's not really Mac Stuff anymore, just the shell of it. It's all Intel and ATI stuff. They're working more with the vendors to get features months/years before others (like thunderbolt). They're putting more into the industry... So now Windows on a Mac is quite a good idea.

You get a quality product, up to date hardware, and the prices are much more reasonable now.

We just got brand new iMac's at school... for the price, we got a great product.

I picked them actually :P

studiohack

wow cool! sounds fun :P

I still think you can do more with other OEMs, you can customize more...

I want to try out Nightly, but have a hulu episode open that I don't want to lose, so hanging in there :P

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Yes and no... I bought from Dell last, and was slightly annoyed. I mean, I absolutely love my laptop and desktop here... but quickly realized that there were a few issues behind it. Some things are locked down, I got hardware that was outdated next week.

studiohack

1:13 AM

@SimonSheehan yeah... you have a point... as long as it runs powerfully enough, I'm okay

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Indeed... I'd just really like to upgrade the video card one day, but don't think I can... it ships with only a 300w PSU :/

@studiohack But you know, in the end - I get by fine :)

I do a lot of my work at school anyway so at home it's easier and less demanding

studiohack

@SimonSheehan that's low. btw quick question, is a 600w PSU sufficient to run most basic PC builds, such as mine?

sorry, got interrupted...going to eat dinner now :P

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Enjoy! And 600w will easily be more than enough for you

Journeyman Geek

1:43 AM

@studiohack: in my experience, yes. 350 is the minimum i'd tend to use, and most of my systems are on 450 or 500 watt PSUs

assuming its of course one discrete video card, motherboard, optical drive and up to two hard drives (which is my usual set up)

Journeyman Geek

10:10 AM

oh ffs

the dell wouldn't boot into win7 with the nividia video card. works well with the crappy intel integrated graphics tho

Simon Sheehan

2:37 PM

@JourneymanGeek Is the card dead?

Journeyman Geek

its malfunctioning in a wierd way

only winxp boots

Simon Sheehan

Weird.. I assume the drivers?

Journeyman Geek

no, linux and win7 both fail, and combined with all the text mode wierdness...

(win7 freezes just before boot, linux apparently tries to go to failsafe drivers, and just sits there)

Simon Sheehan

Ah, very weird :S

@JourneymanGeek What linux distro?

Journeyman Geek

kubuntu

Simon Sheehan

2:40 PM

Ah, that might be the issue - KDE requires a LOT

Journeyman Geek

it booted before, with the same drivers

Simon Sheehan

Perhaps you could try using Arch and then build it up to something that works.

Journeyman Geek

I'll try a reinstall with the intel integrated card, and see if that works better

or just dump that crappy card, its been more trouble than its worth ;)

Simon Sheehan

Haha.. sometimes integrated stuff just WORKS :P

Journeyman Geek

it does aero, barely, and i doubt that system will ever be a gaming system ;)

Simon Sheehan

2:44 PM

@JourneymanGeek Maybe just not use aero then? :P

Journeyman Geek

nah, specs wise

its prolly the bare minimum for aero

Simon Sheehan

But if you just dont use aero, might be a fast machine :P

Journeyman Geek

has one of these en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMA_3100#GMA_3000

naw, makes no difference performance wise

anything older wouldn't do it at all

Journeyman Geek

3:09 PM

superuser.com/questions/350470/… this is amusing

Simon Sheehan

3:35 PM

This question just kind of ..sucks superuser.com/questions/351876/…

Boris_yo

@SimonSheehan Simon?

Mokubai

Hey everyone

Boris_yo

@Mokubai Hello, do you use PayPal?

Mokubai

I've used it once or twice... not regularly though

@Boris_yo Why, you having problems?

Boris_yo

@Mokubai Just want to know if it is possible to restore cancelled billing agreement.

Mokubai

3:50 PM

If they're anything like banks then the billing agreement has to be recreated completely rather than simply restored, but I don't use Paypal enough to know...

Boris_yo

@Mokubai Thanks.

William Hilsum

4:31 PM

Any chance we can reopen this - superuser.com/questions/351790/… not only because my answer is there, but, I think it is a really good topic. ... Seems to have a lot of page views as well.

Mokubai

4:44 PM

Works as a question for me, basically "I don't really get Virtualization, what's the big dealio?" a bit vague and not necessarily questionm with a firm answer, but it's less vague than some that stay open...

William Hilsum

I said ages ago that the problem thing needs to be dropped from the FAQ - there are plenty of really good questions similar to this on Stack Overflow that are not problems, but, are left open as they are good topics

William Hilsum

4:57 PM

indieroyale.com - now £2.15 - lowest it has been in a while - may want to buy if you haven't already! ... No time to play :( but, bought for later!

DMA57361

6:06 PM

@WilliamHilsum now ~£1.90, think mine was ~£1.30 since I was in very early ;)

William Hilsum

@DMA57361 Bah, I payed £2.14... Feel ripped off now! ... Well, I will hopefully get in on the next one early

DMA57361

@WilliamHilsum lol, well given the games are probably over £20 bought all separately it's hardly a rip off

William Hilsum

@DMA57361 Can anyone really complain of a few pence these days... less than a cup of coffee and should last a lot longer as well! Just don't know when I will have the time to play :(

DMA57361

heh, just squeeze half an hour a day in or something

Simon Sheehan

7:00 PM

Picked up Battlefield 3!

but PSN is extremely slow so I can't update to play online right now :/

Simon Sheehan

8:55 PM

Jets are cool...when you're team mates arent blowing them up

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