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DMA57361

8:25 AM

mornin' all

Sathya

8:45 AM

user page now shows which posts of a user were mod flagged

DMA57361

the mod users page or the public user pages?

Sathya

morning @DMA57361 & @Mokubai

@DMA57361 the public user page

vijeta

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configuration

for instance

DMA57361

ah, I see, nice

Matt Jenkins

8:59 AM

Mornin all

DMA57361

@MattJenkins morning

Mokubai

9:10 AM

morning @Sathya

morning @everyoneelse!

Matt Jenkins

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Q: iPad style devices with > 10" displays?

Are there any mobile devices that come close to the iPad's design, slimness, (relative) weight, and touch navigation but with a display considerably larger than the puny 9.7" that the iPad's display sports? I am aware of "slate" devices like the FujitsuSiemens stylistic series but these are hea...

ipad slate

Shopping recommendation...?

Mokubai

At the very least googling "android tablet" would get you a whole bucketload of suggestions...

vtc

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Voted To Close

9:27 AM

Ah, google was giving me oddness such as "Vietnam Television Company"....

Matt Jenkins

lol

did you jfgi?

Mokubai

I thought I was subtle about it, but yes...

Matt Jenkins

heh

Still can't get synergy working on this mac

I have even tried ktracing to see what it's doing but to no avail

I think I'll post a question.

The Journeyman geek

@MattJenkins : looks like a shopping recommendation to me.

Sathya

if it isn't shopping recco - it's too localized

The Journeyman geek

9:38 AM

yup

pet peeve. when folk talk about specialised programmes, they need to link

Mokubai

Verily.

Matt Jenkins

Yup.

'I am using FruityFoodleBar to do my SquirdleSplod, and it's not Splodding.'

wtf is FruityFoodleBar???

The Journeyman geek

more importantly, if its a slightly more common issue, people who DON'T use that software can help

erf. I wish i had a job, or was in a slightly less luddite household

got his request to save up for a new laptop turned down

Matt Jenkins

@The Awww....

The Journeyman geek

@MattJenkins : i estimate it'll take me a YEAR to save up with my current allowance. And really, my parents are odd. I can spend my whole allowance but i can't save it for computery stuff.

ponders asking SU for mind control software recommendations

Matt Jenkins

9:52 AM

lol

FFS SU, How many times must I tell you I'm a human?!?!?! beep click

The Journeyman geek

lol

Matt Jenkins

Your order from Scan Computers is due for delivery between 09:58-10:58

09:55 now.... tick tock tick tock

Still haven't emptied the old drives yet though - run out of DVDs (that stack of 100 didn't last long), and I am now filling up any hard drives I can find lying around, and every one's computer is 'donating' space.

I have even resorted to some old 20 gig drives I found in the garage

Mokubai

10:14 AM

Dagnabit, I could've gotten rep from that shopping question :/

Matt Jenkins

lol

Mokubai

but would I have been able to look myself in the mirror

Matt Jenkins

It would have turned you into a vampire?

Mokubai

Great minds travel in the same sewers @MattJenkins

:)

Was exactly what I was about to say

Matt Jenkins

Yup ;)

Drives are here - well, the delivery truck just drove past...

Yup, drives are here.

Now to get to work putting them in...

geocoin

10:28 AM

does anyone know why drag-and-drop operations might lose text labels in windows (vista)? tried all the usual 'advanced settings' for visual effects, switching on/off aero...

or is that a Q suitable for the main site..

Sathya

better off asking on SU @geocoin

Matt Jenkins

Hmmm... still got 41 gig to move off here first

geocoin

thought so. just thought i might get get a quick and dirty ans on here

Matt Jenkins

10:50 AM

Gah - this network copying malarky will be so much faster when my new switch arrives

geocoin

looks like it might be application specific now... (an application we're developing so not really an SU problem. might be an SO prob. Cheers.)

Sathya

cool, @geocoin

Matt Jenkins

11:48 AM

Damn, why is it that just because I know about computers that instantly makes me an expert in absolutely anything that people use computers for?

I have just landed myself a graphic design job, just because I can use a computer :/

I'm no graphic designer - still, money is money.

Mokubai

12:09 PM

@MattJenkins Any idea about this one, my Linux is rusty and while I suspect /ect/fstab is the place to look I don't know if/what to do in case of some automount application:

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Q: Linux mint 10 seems to corrupt ntfs filesystem

I have linux mint 10 and windows 7 installed on the same hd. First partition is linux, then swap, then the windows system partition and finally an NTFS partition for commonly used data i would like to share between systems. I work almost exlusively on linux, sometimes booting to windows for some...

windows-7 windows linux dual-boot linux-mint

Matt Jenkins

Not sure on that one atm, sorry

Mokubai

Fair enough, I'll suggest they take a wild stab at the fstab options and hope there isn't an automounter

Sathya

@Mokubai look at pysdm

Mokubai

@Sathya That looks much nicer than the console hacking I was going to suggest...

@Sathya As you suggested it to me did you want to answer? I'm mainly wanting to get them a good answer rather than get myself rep, though I do like the rep...

Sathya

@Mokubai go ahead, you seem to have done some background research anyway

djeikyb

12:42 PM

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Q: How can I melt a jar of honey with heat from my computer?

Introduction: I have a large plastic jar of honey. The blasted thing crystallized over the winter. I'd like to de-crystallize it using the heat of my computer. Materials: I have both Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04 installed (32 bit). Common scripting languages (perl, python) and software from Ub...

linux windows-xp heat honeypot

why closed as off topic?

the practical application is fun, for sure, but the root question is generating heat with a combination of computer software and hardware

Hmm, perhaps best posed in meta

djeikyb

1:02 PM

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Q: Please consider reopening question 260822

How can I melt a jar of honey with heat from my computer? This question was voted closed as off topic. I contend that the question is perfectly on topic. Please consider reopening this question. Reasons: The main question is how to generate heat using a combination of hardware and software. M...

support reopen-closed

Mokubai

@djeikyb It doesn't really relate to computers to be honest, you'd be just as well off using a saucepan of water and put the jar in that on the cooker... using the computer is just silly

You may as well just ask how many magnifying glasses you'd need to use on a hot day to melt the honey...

djeikyb

that's just one use. mostly i just want to generate an abnormal amount of heat with my computer without breaking it

Mokubai

Then why not ask that?

"What can I do to make my computer as hot as possible without killing it?" You'd get suggestions for stress test type software then

djeikyb

Because having a concrete reason is more engaging than an abstract question? and i really do wish to melt that jar of honey. and, water cools too quickly. i tried that before asking

Mokubai

Would a USB mug warmer do the trick? find-me-a-gift.co.uk/gifts-for-men/work-gift/…

djeikyb

1:12 PM

ah, see, this is another great answer that would be on topic, and lost were it not for the inclusion of my honey jar!

Tom Wijsman

@djeikyb: No, such an answer would not answer your question and would be off-topic.

David

lol

Mods vs @djeikyb.... Mods win...

Tom Wijsman

You are not using the computer anymore but a device instead, and as per the FAQ such questions aren't allowed (unless they interface, but a warmer solely uses USB power).

There is an interesting part in your question, but you're covering it with fun/silly/off-topic-ness.

See

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A: Please consider reopening question 260822

This question was voted closed as off topic. I contend that the question is perfectly on topic. ... If my question can be improved without ruining its spirit, please advise me. Thanks. The problem is that the question "in its current spirit" is off-topic and will result in off-to...

@djeikyb That would be a matter of keeping the water hot, which again you would use the best thing for to keep the water hot, not the hardest thing...

Why do you use water? Because you get a proper surround, rather than components touching the jar at single places...

djeikyb

Unfortunately honey in a jar floats, so it still doesn't get a proper surround. A convection oven set for 110F would probably be the best solution outside the parameters of my question here

Tom Wijsman

Well, you could argue that you place the jar on top of a hard disk (multiple won't have much more effect, still the heat is neglicible in comparison with water) or a computer (which doesn't really give of much heat).

@djeikyb:

djeikyb

1:22 PM

i liked the answer of surrounding the jar with hard disks

Tom Wijsman

Entropy

example of increasing entropy, described in 1862 by Rudolf Clausius as an increase in the disgregation of the molecules of ice.Clausius, Rudolf (1862). Communicated to the Naturforschende Gesellschaft of Zurich, January 27, 1862; published in the Vierteljahrschrift of this Society, vol. vii. P. 48; in Poggendorff’s Annalen, May 1862, vol. cxvi. p. 73; in the Philosophical Magazine, S. 4. vol. xxiv. pp. 81, 201; and in the Journal des Mathematiques of Paris, S. 2. vol. vii. P. 209. ]] Entropy is a thermodynamic property that is a measure of the energy not available for useful work in a t...

You would heat the jar, and the jar heats the honey.

Doesn't matter if you use a water tub or an oven then...

Sathya

@David worth mentioning Mods have not stepped in

djeikyb

@Sathya well, @TomWijsman and others are at sufficient points to have mod-like powers. i respect their opinions as probably representing the community, however heartily i disagree with those opinions :D

Sathya

I disagree that 10k-privs are Mod like. Nowhere close, tbh

djeikyb

oh. i misinterpreted his points to be 20k+. oops

Linker3000

1:34 PM

Why are we heating jars of honey? Maybe I don't want to know?!

Afternoon folks, good evening Sathya!

Sathya

hey @Linker3000!

tombull89

RAM is giving me a headache...if it put some DDR2 533MHZ in a board which only support 600/800MHZ what will the computer do? There's no beep codes :'(

Linker3000

1:50 PM

@tombull89 Hard to say: may not boot, may be unstable, might manage to work OK - depends on many things.

Mokubai

@Sathya Thanks for pointing me at PySDM, looks like it did the trick :)

Sathya

@tombull89 as @Linker3000 said, difficult to say. Some downclock and synchronize, some go boom

@Mokubai aha, good to hear

good answer there @Mokubai

Mokubai

It feels longwinded, but I couldn't think of any other way to write it...

Plus, you gave the tool for the job...

Maybe I should add a "Citations" section at the bottom and link to the chat log...

tombull89

@Sathya @Linker3000 cheers, guys. Only recently realised that the RAM wasn't the right speeds as no video output on a new motherboard and so I checked the manual for anything "off".

I'll have a dig and see if i've got any 600/800

oshirowanen

Anyone here have experience with large mysql tables here?

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