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12:07 PM
In theory wear levelling should mean that each write to one filesystem sector should not be writing to the same flash memory sector, at least that was my understanding...
lol, basically the same answers posted 2 minutes apart:
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Q: Ubuntu auto-mounts ntfs drives in Read-Only Mode

JatinI installed pysdm through this article auto-mount-your-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu to auto-mount my ntfs drives. My drive structure looks like this: jatin@jatin-ubuntu:/media$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda8 18G 12G 5.5G 68% / none ...

 
12:47 PM
woo... 109 gig written... 391 gig left...
 
12:57 PM
That sounds slooooow
it was at 50 gig an hour and a half ago...
 
It's connected through USB
 
That sounds a bit slow even for USB...
Hmmm. USB2 = 480Mbps = 60 MBps, call it 40MBps to take latency and protocol overheads
40MB/s *60 * 60 = about 144GB/hour
okay, slow-ish then
 
1:13 PM
great, now synergy won't start
2011-03-23T13:13:35 ERROR: Cannot initialize hook library; is synergy already running?
..\lib\platform\CMSWindowsScreen.cpp,749
2011-03-23T13:13:35 FATAL: cannot open primary screen: unable to open screen
..\lib\synergy\CServerApp.cpp,530
and no, it's not already running
There are 0 (zero) processes running with "syn" in their name
and I can't really reboot cus I'm partway through a hobocopy of my drive
I have reached C in music.
ah fk it - I can always restart it
time to reboot
 
@MattJenkins Looks like you are having a fun day!
 
1:28 PM
Back again
 
<sacasm on> I love Java, it's such a joy to use, the updater works a treat and there's no malware trying to exploit the not-bug-ridden-nightmare <sarcasm off>
 
@Mokubai It's been a perl and xml day for me - oooh. variety!
 
I regularly get a pointless little balloon in the bottom corner telling me it needs updating, clicking said balloon results in an updater that when told to continue fails horribly complaining that something failed, meaning either a security-hole ridden system or a trip to the control panel to tell it to update manually...
 
Ooohh... I see a plug within the synergy site:
First contact (SuperUser)

New users should use Synergy at Super User to ask questions and find answers.
That's in their support page ;)
 
1:31 PM
jeez
 
@Mokubai Do as your computer says - it knows best. You are not the boss of it.
 
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Q: Booting takes 5 to 10 minutes

FrankMy laptop is still new. Now it takes a good 5 to 10 mins to boot up or restart. What could be wrong with it?

I'm tempted to wipe it out
we are magicians to figure out what's wrong without any info?
 
@Sathya Q. What could be wrong with it? A. Something!
 
@Linker3000 LOL!
 
@Linker3000 I tried doing what it said but then it just says "oh, feck, it failed, no worries... just uhhh, carry on with what you were doing..."
 
1:33 PM
@Mokubai Sounds reasonable to me.
 
@Sathya "Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"
@Linker3000 Mixed-signals from my computers. Grrrrr
 
@Mokubai Then try switching if off and on again - or as one of my techies used to say: switch it on then off again.
 
@Mokubai You must have a quantum processor - you must take every option simultaneously - sit on the keyboard.
 
@Linker3000 Then we're just back to the start with the updater-that-*will*-fail wanting to update...
 
1:36 PM
@Mokubai There is some comfort in consistency, surely!?
@Sathya My colleague has the theme tune as his ring tone
 
@Linker3000 Consistancy I like, my computer teasing me that it is about to make SuperBuggySoft slightly less buggy then failing to do so I like a bit less.
But admittedly it is at least consistantly buggy.
 
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Q: Flag weight 750 reached?

Pascal MARTINA couple of questions / answer here on meta state that reaching a flag weight of 750 should be pretty hard, if not nearly-impossible: Flag weight gold badge for 750? says: Warning: the flag weight scale beyond 500 is not, shall we say.. linear? And What's the flag weight formula in th...

 
2:07 PM
Hmmm... I think I may have to build myself an entire computer out of old bits just to use a serial port - I don't have a single computer with serial, nor a USB->Serial dongle to hand...
Nearest place to buy one from is 12 miles away
 
lol
@MattJenkins : the most recent system i have with a serial port is a atom DGCLF mini itx box
 
That for serial console?
My Atom box doesn't have serial - it's aimed at TV, so it has HDMI instead
 
lol
beats me. i have it in case one day i need a serial or parallel port more than a personal server
out of production, and sadly the most recent system i own ;p
hmm
modern atom boxen have em as well. how odd
yup, they're about the only systems to have them stock. i don't quite get way XD
why
 
My dell has space on the motherboard for serial, but doesn't have it fitted.
 
it was a PITA when i had a school project that NEEDED a serial port, and the only systems i had access to with em was in school ;p
 
2:19 PM
Oh great, google thinks I'm in Hong Kong again. Time to put my phone in the window.
 
Whatever you do don't look out the window, due to quantum uncertainty you might see
 
AAaaaarggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hehe
 
I used to have an 8 port Perle Specialix terminal server I'd use for serial stuff, but alas it died a death.
 
I thought you'd found some special blink/colour change/extendy text thing there, then read "edited 7 times"
It gave a pretty cool effect tho
 
2:24 PM
That was back when I was running an IBM RS/6000 infrastructure with serial terminals over 3 sites.
heh
True story
If you haven't read it, get a copy and read it. Not just for the spy thriller aspect, but it gives a real insight into the computing back in the late 70's
 
I am curious, though would prefer an electronic format. opens Google
 
and the culture around BSD and the such
 
Well, found it for kindle, now need a kindle viewer for Windows Mobile.
 
2:57 PM
@TheJourneymangeek I blame YOU - I now have a need to test a modem on a server and can't find a 9-25 serial cable!!
@MattJenkins Darn - I WAS computing back in the late 70s!!!
 
3:31 PM
Why is Xcode 3 so damn huge?!
 
Good morning everyone.
@MattJenkins: Yes, the download is massive.
@MattJenkins: But it includes a bunch of other software and such.
 
All I want is gcc ;)
 
3:48 PM
Hmmm... I have 8 network devices plugged into the switch on my desk, and only 1 of them isn't within arm's reach.
 
I hate it when people post the same question twice.
 
Hmmm... Apparantly, according to Netgear, my switch supports Windows 7...
 
Like this:
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A: Can I run a single Mac application inside a virtual machine?

Mark SzymanskiYou can't. You simply cannot run just a Mac app in a VM without installing OS X. Installing OS X in a VM is also against the Mac OS X Software License Agreement where it is stated: "you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on ...

(Whoops, answer link XD)
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Q: Run a single Mac application inside a virtual machine?

Don't want to install a copy of OS X for one app.

 
Howdy, re: superuser.com/questions/261361/… I've a little difficulty in formatting it as I want it. I have the number bullet, then an indented paragraph but then i want some indented code (the 'command="/path/to/executable argument" ssh-rsa key name' bit) but cannot make it work. Any suggestions?
Its annoyingly similar to a problem with moinmoin markup I often have. Also... my link above wasn't shiny :-(
 
4:03 PM
@PriceChild: The link wasn't nice because you put it inside a message, you have to put a link in a message by its self for it to be "shiny".
 
Inserting stuff inside a list on this system is annoyingly hard.
 
And, the code isn't working because you have the > before it, so Markdown thinks it's a quote.
 
I personally don't bother and manually format my lists
 
@MarkSzymanski Aha thanks Mark, that solves half of my problems.
@MarkSzymanski Yes, I gave up and quoted it as that was easy and it looks 'ok' :-)
 
I've edited it for you, @PriceChild.
 
4:08 PM
@MarkSzymanski Thanks, I guess that's closer. Still 'not quite' like normal code blocks (the blue line on left etc.) but now its back to using 'correct' markup that's all that matters! :-D
heh, loving the latest addition to that... because it hasn't already been made clear!
 
4:26 PM
This is odd - i have never had any more than 5 meg down and 440k up
DownStream Connection Speed 9169 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 745 kbps
WTF? I have a lightning connection! <3
gotta pop out... bbiab
 
11 hours ago, by nhinkle
i do wish there were a way for mods to appoint useful people to have access to some mod tools earlier
Isn't flag weight just that, though still requiring acceptance?
 
5:01 PM
back
 
@PriceChild I didn't get that
 
no, @PriceChild, flag weight just shows how much a mod likes a users flags and their history of flagging - it will prioritize the flags
it also gives users more flags to work with, the higher their flag weight
hey @Sathya, @DMA57361, and @TomWijsman :)
 
hiya @studiohack
 
hey @studiohack
guess what...
 
@DMA57361 what?
 
5:04 PM
Drumroll
 
drumroll 2
 
a vase of water + extension leads & old desktop = bad
2
 
@DMA57361 lol
 
quit it @Sathya, you bring that up every time :P
yikes @DMA57361
 
5:05 PM
meh, everything valuable is still working
 
@DMA57361 You've been to the bathroom have you?
 
but will give me the push to finally visualise my Linux "server"
@MattJenkins indeed
lol
 
@studiohack :P I love doing that
 
nowadays @Sathya, I don't even click it, I just push the big red button in my head and imagine my own rimshot sound xD
 
:P
it's even better with Google Chrome + instant
I just paste the URL, instant loads it instantly &plays the rimshot, I hit Esc and done!
 
5:08 PM
yowsers @Sathya, what is the world coming to?
:P
 
heh
 
is bored x.x
 
lol @MarkSzymanski - @Sathya's rimshots are boring?
 
Rimshots?
looks back in the chat log
Whaddat.
 
9 mins ago, by Sathya
http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true
 
5:15 PM
Oh, lemme guess.
Flash
 
you win one lotteries for that!
 
doesn't have Flash
 
actually, it's not flash
it's pure js
 
Oh
It's not working for me, though o.o
 
browser FAIL
:p runs
 
5:17 PM
Haha
 
what browser @MarkSzymanski?
 
@studiohack: Chrome 11 Beta.
 
I'm on CHrome 11 dev, btw seems to work fine though
 
to echo @Sathya, FAIL
 
Haha
Why fail?
 
5:18 PM
bah, the power adapter for my external HDD is also wet :/
 
Chrome is a FAIL, Firefox 4 is a WIN
 
@DMA57361 :O
 
Firefox is fail, @studiohack.
 
now we're gonna have browser flame wars, @Sathya started it points ;P
and that's your opinion @MarkSzymanski :)
 
IE is a fail. End of discussion
</close>
 
5:19 PM
@Sathya: Correct.
No matter what anyone says, IE9 is fail, too.
 
I pretty much agree with that one, @Sathya, even though I'm a MS guy
 
waits for @Wil to come and kill me :P
 
IE9 is okay, pretty good, but doesn't have all the features of Firefox/Chrome
 
@Wil uses IE?
 
maybe @MarkSzymanski
 
5:20 PM
dunno, but can't help pulling his leg for nothin' :P
 
I know what I can do to cure my boredom.
Answer questions :D
 
lucky you @MarkSzymanski, you have questions to answer :P
 
Heh :P
Umm
Where's the question in this?
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Q: Nano editor encoding on MacOS

fl00rI've got file with cyrillic letters. When I open it in my Terminal with vi it works fine, but in nano there are troubles: some text is dissapered.

 
Wil
:P lol... I haven't used IE in ages!
 
I iz boaard. send some flagz
 
5:22 PM
Ok, good @Wil XD
 
Wil
Currently use Chrome, but thinking of going back to Firefox.
@MarkSzymanski However, the latest version is MUCH better, but like Firefox pulled me away with a killer feature, there isn't any killer feature to get me back over!
 
@Sathya story of my life on SU. :P
 
hehe
 
I didn't know this before now, but Google Sketchup can be used on OSX
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A: 3D plotting software for Mac

studiohackHave a look at Google Sketchup, 3D modeling software. Free and pro versions... For Windows XP/Vista/7 & Mac OS X (10.5+)

 
@studiohack: You didn't know that?
 
5:26 PM
just figured it out answering this question...
 
Heh
160 rep to go before 3000
 
gotta find some stuff to vote on a certain user's profile...
 
Haha XD
 
in 6.5 hours that is. xD
 
xD
@studiohack: The OP on that nano question flagged it?
 
5:28 PM
no @MarkSzymanski, if he wants it reopened, he can flag
I'm just saying that so he knows it
 
Oh, ok.
 
clarified, thanks @MarkSzymanski
 
Yep, you're welcome.
It just sounded to me like he had already flagged it, and you were telling him not to do so again until he clarified the question :P
 
lol, you're right...I wonder how he would have read it, since he would have known that he did not flag it @MarkSzymanski :P
 
Heh, yeah :P
 
5:31 PM
another one not a real question I hate these...
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Q: In Ubuntu, Mozila Crash when right click the Flash

user70141I m using Ubuntu, here in Firefox right click on flash page , Mozila Firefox was crashed

 
facepalms at their lack of ability to speak english, then edits
 
ran out of votes couple hours ago
so I can't vote, no interesting questions currently.
NEED MOAR FLAGS!
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I ran out of votes with 18 hours left to the UTC day @Sathya
 
heh :P
 
I'm so desperate for flags @Sathya, that I have the dashboard open and auto-reloading
and watching the number in another tab :P
 
5:33 PM
Dang, it makes me so angry when people call Firefox "Mozilla".
Kind of like how it annoys me when people call "Mac" "MAC"
 
yeah like the MAC address lol
 
@Sathya I keep voting out of force of habit and getting that red message lol
 
number of votes should scale based on past voting history @studiohack
 
I've never hit the upvote limit :P
 
5:36 PM
have you proposed that on MSO @Sathya?
you've got to be kidding me @MarkSzymanski
 
@studiohack: I am not.
 
well then hit it and move on with your life xD @MarkSzymanski
 
Haha XD
 
yes @studiohack
hang on
 
Am I crazy for thinking that this should be closed?
-2
Q: When was drupal created?

I know Dries did it, now I want to know when.

It seems kind of off-topic to me.
 
5:39 PM
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A: Why are votes per post on the decrease (what can we do to improve this)?

waiwai933The raw number of votes is increasing, so I think what you're seeing is either: Even though there are more users, they are hitting the 30 vote/day cap. People are not seeing as many % of the posts as they used to be and what they are seeing is of declining quality (partially supported by the fa...

@MarkSzymanski what question?
 
@Sathya: The one I just linked :P
-2
Q: When was drupal created?

I know Dries did it, now I want to know when.

That one ^
 
@Sathya LIKE!
click on it @MarkSzymanski
 
Oh, sorry.
It must have been deleted.
 
btw @MarkSzymanski, there is a Suffrage badge for hitting the vote cap
 
Ah, cool @studiohack.
 
5:42 PM
@Sathya, if you're bored, you can delete late answer posts in /review
just set it to all time, and it will give you 30 random posts
 
I use a sledgehammer for deletes
 
you would be surprised how many of them are not answers...
how @Sathya? I don't see a sledgehammer in the Mod Tools ;)
 
I like! gonna look at that more
 
Why are all the bounty questions so hard to answer :/
 
5:46 PM
they have bounties for that reason @MarkSzymanski lol
 
Heh.
Yeah xD
 
well, unless the bounties are by/from me :p
 
What's that thing for querying SE?
 
yeah like that product key finder @Sathya :P
Database Explorer @MarkSzymanski, hang on for the URL
 
Ok, thanks @studiohack.
Grah, gotta go eat. Brb.
 
5:50 PM
@MarkSzymanski data.stackexchange.com
enjoy lunch!
 
I'm out for the day. /night folks
 
sleep well @Sathya :)
 
@studiohack Yes, but that's kind of my point. It moves them closer to 'mod' status if what they think should happen gets done before other users' thoughts.
 
sorta...depends on how you look at it @PriceChild
 
its certainly not "give this user mod powers now"
 
5:58 PM
Thanks @studiohack!
 
np @MarkSzymanski
 
6:11 PM
Hmmm... Can't seem to get the Ubuntu 10.10 disk to boot up in VMWare Server
Gets past grub, but no more.
Even turning off acpi, apic, lapic etc gives nothing
Anyone know how I can turn on some verbose output so I can see what it's doing?
All I get is a black screen with cursor in the top left corner.
and the CPU runs at full tilt.
 
What's Chrome Native Client (NaCl)?
 
try pressing F1 @MattJenkins
when I boot Fedora in graphical mode, I can push F1 (or maybe F2) during boot, and it will give me the text version of boot @MattJenkins
 
Oh, Native Code for web apps..
Ooooh. Neat.
Basically allows for native-speed webapps
 
Nup - don't like it. Ah well - I'll try Gentoo instead
 
@MattJenkins Try editing the grub menu and removing 'quiet'
 
6:22 PM
Nope, that seems to get stuck too... "Booting the kernel." and it hangs
I think there may be something about this VMware installation that doesn't like the linux kernel
I'd like to migrate off VMware and use VirtualBox sometime, but it's alot of effort. Maybe next time I upgrade the server I'll do it.
 
@MattJenkins any usbs 'connected'?
 
Nope.
 
 
2 hours later…
8:04 PM
Can somebody tell me how to get an application event log....?
I'm completely clueless
 
@TheAdamGaskins: What OS? What program? You'll have to be more descriptive if you're asking a question.
 
Windows 7, Excel 2007
 
And, of course. The chat isn't the place for questions. SU its self is ;)
 
yeah, nobody answered my question tho.
 
Set up a bounty.
If you have enough rep, that is.
 
8:07 PM
I don't think I do
I mostly just use stack overflow; I only have 113 rep on SU
 
@TheAdamGaskins, right click on my computer select Manage, Click around until you see the event log, then look at the application log.
It is unlikely that you will find anything useful in it related to Excel though...
 
Well I found something related to Excel, but it didn't have any error details
hm
so supposedly I have enough rep to add bounties
but... I can't seem to find the "add bounty" button
ooooh, I have to wait 48 hours after asking the question
ok
 
8:26 PM
You have to be more patient. Perhaps take the time to improve your question. Add details like what version of your OS, and the architecture. Try testing in safe mode, and report if it works there. Try disabling any add-ons..
 
Yeah, @TheAdamGaskins. You can't say that "nobody's answered my question" if it hasn't even been two days.
 
@TheAdamGaskins Delete and reinstall your printer or check for updated drivers. As a check you could also delete all printers and add a safe generic one such as an HP LaserJet 4 and see what happens. Crashes in the Page Layout section are often related to printers/printer drivers.
There!
 
8:42 PM
Lol, chat just notified me of the fact I need 20 rep to talk here... :P
 
@BloodPhilia: It does that to me every time I join :P
 
@MarkSzymanski This was a first :P
 
Heh :P
 
@BloodPhilia it does that to me too :P
 
@studiohack hurry up with my flags already =( You're getting slow!
It's never done that here D:
@Mark nice job with the cd .. alias answer! +50 AND accepted :D
 
8:46 PM
Thanks @BloodPhilia!
 
@BloodPhilia what flags?
 
@studiohack I don't know what I was talking about! I must be going mad!
25 more flag weight before my weight calculation will go loco
 
@BloodPhilia :P it's all taken care of
 
@studiohack I know xD
 
just three more approved flags @BloodPhilia :D
 
8:50 PM
@studiohack or 5 comments :D
 
find me some in this list @BloodPhilia, and I'll approve them
 
@studiohack ? list ?
 
Oh lol!
 
I've been through there a lot already :P
 
8:53 PM
@studiohack one
 
@BloodPhilia dead.
 
@studiohack ZOMG, You're like superduperhyperflagsniper D:
 
what happened @BloodPhilia?
 
@studiohack So quick!
 
sure :P I've taken care of flags within seconds, that's how I roll @BloodPhilia
 
8:55 PM
@studiohack two
 
dead
 
Omg, you're creeping me out! D:
 
lol really @BloodPhilia?
want me to breathe before I kill? xD
 
Please!
 
lol
 
8:57 PM
Someone needs to ease up on the caffeine
 
@Linker3000 can't remember the last time I drank caffeine
never touch the stuff
 
Ah denial
A sure sign ;-)
 
sure, want to see my tox screen? :P @Linker3000
 
@studiohack three
 
I'm waiting for the third kill @BloodPhilia :D
DEAD!
 
8:58 PM
Lolol
 
505 is @BloodPhilia's flag weight
 
Flag weight: 505.0000
:D
 
...or is than an SOS?
 
I'm so proud! Tears of joy
 
what is an SOS @Linker3000?
awesome @BloodPhilia, I love your flags...now flag more, I'm hungry for deletes... :P
 
8:59 PM
A cry for help
 

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