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Ariane

12:00 AM

Sigh. Can you help me choose a microSD card? I can't seem to find a good one.

Hennes

I have no recent experience with those

user88311

I'd love to see somebodies employer come in for a tour and see all their hardware sitting in lego

Hennes

When I did buy mine I looked up the reviews. One sec.... looking.....

Ariane

newegg.ca/Product/…

user88311

Buy a lexar, cheap, good quality

Hennes

12:01 AM

tomshardware.com/reviews/…

Ariane

It would be nice if it could come from Newegg, since it'll save me the shipping if I order it with the rest of my things.

Hennes

I am going to do the semi helpful yet frustrating thing:

user88311

If you're willing to wait dealextreme does free shipping world wide

Hennes

advise: think what you want from a card (read speed, write speed, random access?) then read those reviews.

Journeyman Geek

@user88311 and they're all raspberry pis

Hennes

12:03 AM

Then see if the card which matches your desires is on sales at Newegg or elsewhere

user88311

.

Ariane

Dealextreme? Never heard of that.
Also uhm. Yeah, reading the reviews.

Hennes

Hmm, someone was right about the screen nethack question.

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A: GNU Screen on MacOS 10.8 says "Be careful! New screen tonight"

You are using screen with the option #NETHACK defined. Nethack is a old text based game with many surprising twists, including dependency on the phase of the moon. (It checks the date, if it is full moon the in game were-monsters are stronger). Screen has an option to translate some of the nor...

Ariane

@Hennes Actually... what exactly should I want in terms of specs from a MicroSD card for my phone? oo'

Hennes

If you just listen to the songs. Sequential write speed (to fill the card with songs. I am pretty sure all will read fast enough to play them). If you also use it to copy files, sequential read and write speed.

Burst speeds is not important (it is in camara's)

Ariane

12:08 AM

Well, copying songs will be pretty rare. Once a big pack, and then a little update once in a blue moon. So it'll do two things. Run apps and play songs.

Hennes

And if you are not going to use it a an OS disk (e.g. in a rPie) then random access speed nd IOPS are less important.

In that case buy the cheapest one and just spent a minute waiting when you first fill it with music

I used mine for a time as pendrive. Copying seveal GB per day. Extra speed (esp 4x faster than the company USB thingies) was very nice for that

Ariane

Though it would be nice if it lasted. Buying things again because they broke is never fun.

user88311

So wait this was all just so you could carry your music with you

Ariane

Yes. And listen to it.

I said so. oo'

Hennes

I used to carry music around on my phone, until I realised I never played it since it drained the battery

But I know plenty of people who do.

user88311

12:11 AM

Go buy yourself a classic style ipod and put a case on it

Hennes

Some with headphones

Some with bloody distorted loud music from a phone speaker

user88311

Depends oj the music and the phone hen

on*

Hennes

Aye.

I know my phone was not good at it

Ariane

I own an ipod. I want my music on my phone because it's more practical. My battery is most of the time over 80 % when I get home at night.

Hennes

Sadly not everybody realised that (with their phones)

Ariane

12:13 AM

Also, I can't think of recharging two devices all the time. I always plug my phone in, but I put the ipod in a drawer because even when completely turned off, after a week or so the battery was empty.

And I only occasionally listen to music.

user88311

ariane

voltaic solar panels and battery packs

Ariane

......

user88311

mobile power for whatever device

just don't buy the smallest battery they have as it wont charge via usb 2.0 for some reason

Ariane

Sigh. NO.

Not sure if you're kidding me or if you're just the person who likes to overcomplicate things the most in the world.

Hennes

Most people on here like gadgets.

user88311

12:16 AM

That's not over complicated at at all

Hennes

No desire to overcomplicate, just a desire for gadgets and playing with them

Ariane

Yeah, well, that's not my case at all.

user88311

You can buy things like travel bags, backpacks, etc with the gear built into them and you can't see it

just drop your device in the bag, plug the cord in and walk, sit, whatever you want, a s long as your in sunlight or it is rather, it charges itself

Ariane

I understand the principle. I'm just tired to tell you the many reasons why it's silly. So just take my no, okay?

user88311

No problem, but it's far from silly

Ariane

12:21 AM

Silly for me in particular then

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171580
This is fast, cheap and has a lifetime warranty. Where is the catch?

user88311

The fine print

Ariane

>_> What is the catch then?

Journeyman Geek

'lifetime' = as long as the model is made, with some additional conditions

iirc

Ariane

I know, but shouldn't it usually mean that the product is of better quality than one with no warranty?

user88311

No

They could start producing a new model each month

Ariane

12:35 AM

http://www.wd.com/en/products/external/portable/
What is the difference between the smooth and holed case models?

Forget it, I get it. Holed = black. Coloured = not black.

Journeyman Geek

the white one has 'holes' too

and practically not very much

they probably realised the old gloss cases are a scratch magnet

Ariane

Heh. I honestly care very little about scratches.

My glasses have been scratched for over a year. oo'

Journeyman Geek

nor do I

my external drive IS scratched as heck tho

Ariane

1:14 AM

etsy.com/listing/49551277/…

Cool.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/122253623/iconic-nes-controller-16gb-usb-drive-uk?ref=sr_gallery_21&ga_search_query=hard+drive&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=CA&ga_page=6&ga_item_language=en-US&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=hard+drive
Lots of cool stuff

user88311

1:54 AM

This is worse then when I was looking for that psu

iglvzx

2:43 AM

Incoming rant...
http://igalvez.net/internet-101/lesson-1-how-to-visit-a-website-using-its-url/

^ it's rather short. Just a funny observation of how people use Google as their address bar.

BenjiWiebe

@iglvzx Makes me mad too.

Stack Exchange

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Q: Has the possibility of having a "Vote to Answer" been discussed?

I've run across a number of different questions that may have entirely acceptable answers yet an answer is not selected either due to a user not returning to complete it, forgetting, or not thinking it was perhaps the answer. It's one thing if the answers provided are not necessarily what was be...

Journeyman Geek

3:19 AM

@user88311: what're you looking for now?

Bob

3:46 AM

@Ariane I just carry an extra battery for my phone now.

Light, easy to swap, and it cost $2

those portable chargers/battery packs tend to be heavier and bulkier. and less efficient.

and expensive.

@iglvzx and then there's those of us who use our address bars as Google :P

I do that now. InstantFox.

DragonLord

Gaming mouse for productivity?

newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826436016 - Roccat Kone XTD

I'm looking into getting a better mouse, a high-end gaming mouse like the one above, but I don't game much on my PC. But will I benefit from a gaming mouse working with applications like LibreOffice, Visual Studio and GIMP?

Granted, I do game occasionally on my computer and a better mouse will definitely help here, but it's not like I'm a hardcore gamer.

Journeyman Geek

/me is quite fond of the logitech G300

@DragonLord: yes and no

higher DPI = mouse moves more, and being able to switch precision is nice

and all those bottons!

DragonLord

4:50 AM

@JourneymanGeek: Just how useful is the EasyShift[+] functionality, where a modifier button allows for a second layer of functions on the mouse buttons, in theses sorts of applications?

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: I tend to just use a subset of buttons for stuff like scroll up and down ;p

DragonLord

Anyone else has anything to say about using a gaming mouse for everyday computing and coding?

@Sathya?

Sathya

@DragonLord I use a G400 - if anything I love the high ~~precision~~ dpi

makes it easy to move across a big screen with little effort

DragonLord

What do you think about the Roccat Kone XTD? Is this a bit too much for this sort of use, or is it worth the $90?

Sathya

I keep mine at 1800, I think

DragonLord

4:55 AM

Right now, I'm using a Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000, and I feel it's time to get something better. Is it worth the cost if I'm not gaming that much?

Sathya

@DragonLord I wouldn't recommend a wireless mouse, tbh

DragonLord

@Sathya, well, this is the mouse I've been using for the past year...

Sathya

@DragonLord don't get me wrong, I used a MSFT Wireless Mouse 4000 for well over 3 years

but switch to a wired one was so much better

@DragonLord and that I think for your use, It might be overkill

DragonLord

What I'm asking about is whether it's time to move up to something better. I'm willing to give up wireless, but I'll probably miss the BlueTrack...

I personally don't like to compromise, but I really can't spend $90 on a mouse without good reason. Perhaps the Roccat Kova[+] would fit the bill?

Sathya

@DragonLord that looks reasonable

DragonLord

5:08 AM

But will a better mouse be a better long-term investment should I need more from my mouse, or is it not worth the $40 difference between the Kova[+] and Kone XTD?

NB: The Kova[+] uses an older 3200 DPI sensor, the Kone XTD uses an 8200 DPI sensor.

Sathya

@DragonLord there isn't much(if any) you can do from XTD, that you can do [+]

beyond 2000DPI, unless you have cat-like reflexes, it makes it ~~difficult~~ impossible to control

so the sensor point is moot

regd/ programmable buttons, I suspect you won't be using them that much

DragonLord

Will I miss the BlueTrack on my Microsoft mouse, or do the high-resolution sensors on gaming mice of this sort help with tracking on unusual surfaces?

The BlueTrack seems to work pretty much everywhere... @Sathya

Sathya

@DragonLord what's bluetrack?

DragonLord

@Sathya microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/bluetrack-technology

Sathya

ah this

@DragonLord I don't know, tbh - I use a Razer Goliathus surface..

DragonLord

5:20 AM

@Sathya Tracking performance on various surfaces comes up as a concern for me as I need to work in a variety of places, from cheap plastic tables to hardwood.

Anything to say on this, @JourneymanGeek?

Sathya

@DragonLord any glass tables? That's the which trips most mice

DragonLord

@Sathya I almost never need to work on glass tables, fortunately :) -- I'd be looking at Logitech's Darkfield mice if this was an issue

Sathya

okay.. you should be fine with the [+] then

DragonLord

@Sathya I still feel like spending the money on the Kone XTD, though :/

A part of me wants to not compromise, since the Kova[+] is an older-generation model...

Sathya

indulge yourself then XD

DragonLord

5:28 AM

@Sathya Do I gain any practical advantage with the extra buttons and precision?

3200 DPI is pretty far from 8200 DPI, FWIW.

Sathya

na not really

19 mins ago, by Sathya

beyond 2000DPI, unless you have cat-like reflexes, it makes it ~~difficult~~ impossible to control

DragonLord

And can I conceive a situation where I need more than seven buttons on a mouse? (The Microsoft mouse I'm using has five buttons, which I consider to be the minimum because I need the two extra buttons for Back and Forward.)

@Sathya Well, the Kone XTD does have a tilting scroll wheel, which the Kova[+] does not have. The MS mouse has a tilting scroll wheel and it does comes in handy when it's necessary, but I don't use it that often.

Sathya

do you use any of those extra buttons?

DragonLord

@Sathya While I wish I had a few extra buttons on my mouse, at least for now, I don't think I'll need more than seven (as on the Kova[+]). Besides, the Kova[+] does have EasyShift[+] for an extra layer of functions.

I guess the practical choice is clear...

Oh, well. For $50, this is much better than the Razer DeathAdder :p

(though the latter has a higher resolution sensor)

Bob

5:44 AM

:S

This is so wrong...

3

Q: Lock file from being changed by no one except me?

I need to lock my password dictionary file, i want to lock file from being deleted and changed. How should i do it? In C# WinApi or any thing else?

c# file winapi

DragonLord

See you later, I need to get to bed. Thanks for all the great advice, @Sathya and @JourneymanGeek.

Bob

@DragonLord I personally am happy with a mouse with two extra buttons. With a little program-specific mapping (X-Mouse Button Control), I haven't needed more.

Not sure if I can accurately hit buttons on some of those mice, either. I've had trouble with accidentally nudging those extra buttons..

As for surfaces, optical mice tend to prefer a surface with uniform colour. A sheet of plain paper actually works very well. A hard surface would help. I've had a pretty good experience with a cheapish HP wireless mouse on cloth, though.

Sathya

@DragonLord yep..

@DragonLord cheers :)

DragonLord

@Bob, I need to go soon, but what mouse are you using?

Bob

A 6-year old Dell 5-button mouse with tilting wheel :P

The left mouse button has been dodgy for a while, but I just love this mouse.

Got used to its longer shape a while ago :\

something like this:

Journeyman Geek

5:58 AM

my old logitech had one too. Didn't find out till I took it apart ;p

@DragonLord also, most mice I've used seem fine on most surfaces. Amusingly I either use the same mousepad @Sathya has, or a sanded down cutting board.

I had a duct taped over mousepad at one point

DragonLord

Thanks, everyone. The advice you've given is simply great, but I've got to get to bed now. Ping me if there's anything of interest regarding mice; I'll check the transcript tomorrow.

Bob

there's quite a few colourful mousepads around

those tend to make optical mice jump

Mechanical snail

Journeyman Geek

RAT!

Mechanical snail

in Ask Ubuntu General Room, 20 hours ago, by Mechanical snail

Sathya

6:35 AM

@Mechanicalsnail I guess - didn't pay any attention to that. Will change

Mechanical snail

@JourneymanGeek RAT!

Sathya

6:56 AM

superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/83491

-1

A: What is "Secure Boot" in Windows?

do not worry guys! i have a solution : just install idm 6.05 and then download windows 8 from this link below just paste it on idm url : http://katz.so/dl/W8_ENT_PRO_RTM_AIO_Oxava.com.rar it will not ask for secure boot yo yo honey singh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am a boy of class ...

:-|

/files for gemsfromstackexchange

Journeyman Geek

.. flagged ;p

for whatever good it does

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Q: TERESA CATENARO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF NEW ID CODE IS NEEDED

TO WHOM IT CONCERN: MY NAME IS TERA CATENARO AND MY QUESTION IS: DO I NEED A LOGIN ID TO GET INTO THIS WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. tcatenaro@gmail.com

windows-7 windows

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek O_O

Journeyman Geek

yeah

mucho bizzarro

Hennes

7:43 AM

Morning

There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data

4

Journeyman Geek

lol

Hennes

ohm, those horrible mice as bob posted.

We had them, I tried to used them. they hurt.

Too small for a mouse. I needed to either tape a few CM of additional width to that mouse, or I would grip them with two fingers and those two would start yo hurt within 10 minutes

Bob

8:04 AM

@Hennes I like them :(

Hennes

I got big hands.

Bob

lol

I hate the short mice though

especially those mini laptop ones

Hennes

Which means I also fail to used the tiny keyboards on 7 or 9" netbooks

Bob

same here :P

I may have just stumbled on the optimum way to hold this mouse

Hennes

E.g. I got an Asus Eee701. And if I want to use it I carry along a full sized normal keyboard

Bob

8:05 AM

heck, even bought a replacement off ebay for when the button finally completely dies

@Hennes ever tried those foldable keyboards?

the local kmart has a couple of cheap ones :S

I'm not sure if it's worth trying

Hennes

Nope.

I looked at a few of them

and at the laser keyboards

Mechanical snail

@Bob Those are gerbils, mot mice.

Hennes

But they all need a stable flat platform. And I use the Eee when travelling

Bob

@Hennes Laser... keyboards? :S

By the third trimester, there will be hundreds of babies inside you.

Hennes

Bob

8:07 AM

wut.

why would you.. how is that even a good thing?

Hennes

Project a keyboard. Sense motion.

Bob

give me some tactile response please.

Hennes

No tactile feedback whatsoever and you need a flat surface

But very small to carry

Bob

sigh.

if I wanted that, I'd just use the touchscreen.

that's the #1 reason I can't type fast on touchscreens.

Hennes

No touchscreen on an Eee 701

Bob

8:08 AM

My fingers inevitably drift.

even a cramped physical keyboard is better...

Hennes

And I usually looked when I still had a palm (with the full 1MB installed!)

Bob

ah, yes

If I click 'no', I've probably given up on everything, so don't bother taking me to the page I was trying to go to. Just drop me on the homepage. Thanks.

those sites.

Sure, redirect me to the mobile site. NO, NOT THE HOME PAGE

2

I then proceed to launch Firefox with Phony and a desktop user agent, cursing the whole way.

even worse, often the mobile navigation is utterly worthless

you'd think they would be able to redirect to the correct page

heck, often it's just swapping the www for a m

they no JS good

Mechanical snail

@Bob If Oracle can't do it...

@Hennes Your fingers will block the light!

Hennes

It works......due to herbs!

Bob

.wut

another for gems, @Sathya?

2

Q: Delete all sentences containing English in Notepad++

How can I delete all sentences containing English in Notepad++? I tried this with words by using find/replace (find [A-Z] [a-z] and replacing with blanks), but even with this i stuck with all the remaining blanks and punctuation symbols. It would also be great if I could not only delete English...

notepad++ language

basically, it boils down to "I want to use regex to match a natural language"

3

Iain

8:24 AM

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Q: Pipe migrated questions to the review queues of the destination site

Related: Remove all migration targets except Meta Stack Overflow , Add review queue for recent migrations , Suggested migrations review at target site I've seen that quite a few sites have a high rejected percentage for migrations from SO (as well as from SU at times, I can't remember the ex...

feature-request review migration migrated-questions migration-rejection

I know you're still in the pipe but that deseves voting into the pit of doom

Sathya

@Iain agree with your answer

Iain

@Sathya thanks - I really don't know what it is with that guy (you'll have seen my discussion elsewhere along the same lines with him) but I wish he'd just give up on migrations

Journeyman Geek

actually, I think that IF they kept it a site as a migration target, it isn't that bad an idea. SO though....

Sathya

and robo reviewers will mark it as yes & everything will keep coming in. I don't see the point of this. — Sathya 12 secs ago

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: Hence my mention of SO

and that's a perfect place to put ~~landmines~~ those review audits

Sathya

8:30 AM

@JourneymanGeek not sure how it's feasible to audit migrations..

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: well, just pick a random question and throw it into the queue?

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek ok, then? How do you program to figure what's ontopic or not?

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: you don't

Iain

@Sathya put them straight into the close queue or better still just close them automagically

Sathya

@Iain it boils down to the fact that you mention in the first line of your answer - beta sites' migrations are a trickle, when it's a waterfall then it's like getting blasted away

Journeyman Geek

8:32 AM

You throw in questions that haven't been voted to close from the source site, into the destination site

Bob

@JourneymanGeek or you manually pick a couple of obvious ones

Iain

@Sathya Oh yeah - that's why I said it, he's only active on small sites that aren't in the SO pipe

Bob

or pick some from unrelated sites

e.g. English Language and Usage

Journeyman Geek

9:00 AM

yeah

suggested ;p

1

A: Pipe migrated questions to the review queues of the destination site

I think there's a few caveats here. Firstly, this shouldn't be seen as a replacement for removing sites as migration targets where they choose to be. Where a site is a valid, and willing migration target - that is to say, they actually haven't lost faith in the source site's ability to use thei...

Mechanical snail

9:12 AM

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Q: I want to relocate to Switzerland, not to Otero, NM

I try to add Switzerland to my relocation options on Careers. But Careers insist on relocating me to Otero, NM. United States. Switzerland is not accepted. Steps to reproduce Enter Switzerland into Relocation Option Move Cursor away from that field. Text changes to Otero And there is a ...

bug careers

Maybe Switzerland is full. — J. Steen 43 mins ago

Sathya

@Mechanicalsnail lmao

@Bob sure, I mean, that's a piece of cake to do..

Bob

9:24 AM

@Mechanicalsnail I swear I saw something like this recently...

Sathya

9:41 AM

2

Q: Has the possibility of having a "Vote to Answer" been discussed?

I've run across a number of different questions that may have entirely acceptable answers yet an answer is not selected either due to a user not returning to complete it, forgetting, or not thinking it was perhaps the answer. It's one thing if the answers provided are not necessarily what was be...

discussion feature-request status-declined answers voting

that's a lot to read..

Iain

9:58 AM

fwiw I'm not reviewing every single question that gets migrated to Super User & not surprisingly I end up rejecting few questions every time I look at it — Sathya 31 mins ago

that doesn't parse well

Sathya

@Iain oops - corrected

Iain

@Sathya That's what I thought you were saying:)

how bad are the migrations from SO ?

Sathya

@Iain :) thanks for letting me know, hehe

Journeyman Geek

quite a few?

rejecting few questions would be a good thing

;p

Iain

I think that what Ward did was a good thing, perhaps one of your folks needs to do the same

@JourneymanGeek ah yes, see what you mean

Journeyman Geek

10:05 AM

superuser.com/a/552454/10165 the arabic part of the answer suprisingly makes even less sense to me translated, despite me not being able to read arabic

Iain

@JourneymanGeek Elvis ?

Journeyman Geek

Yes, has very much left the building ;p

Bob

11:06 AM

hi!

Journeyman Geek

0

A: Do not cover this hole?

I suspect that its design to make the drive fail in 5-6 years I found a drive from 1980-1990 that had a capacity of 650mb that was in perfect working conditions, and all the fail drives that i have seen have that hole.

lo @Bob

Oliver Salzburg

11:54 AM

end email

kickstarter.com/projects/explosm/the-cyanide-and-happiness-show

Hehehe, you can cut off the bottom of the kickstarter page :D

Journeyman Geek

@OliverSalzburg : you should reply "Maybe?" and ignore his other messages

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek That reply was confusing :D

Journeyman Geek

That was the whole point ;p

Oliver Salzburg

Thanks! :D

Oliver Salzburg

12:32 PM

I'm pretty sure we had a misunderstanding in there...

Journeyman Geek

naw

it was entirely intentional ;p

slhck

FML. No Internet since 15 hours.

Only EDGE on the phone.

Journeyman Geek

ouch

why?

slhck

Dunno. Total outage in the district afaik

Also a heating pipe broke in our living room.

This day is the worst.

Sathya

12:47 PM

@slhck now that explains why mod flag indicator is always lit up today :P

Oliver Salzburg

@slhck :(

slhck

Haha

Well. I set up a bash script on endless loop that alerts me via text to speech when the connection is restored.

Oliver Salzburg

1:08 PM

#hlinks .mod-flag-indicator.supernovabg:after {
content : "↑";
font-size : 200px;
color:#000;
position:absolute;
top:-200px;
text-shadow : -54px 290px #000;
}

It's awesome ;D

Hennes

1:28 PM

oh, a 'mod' part in the bar.

I got used to the occasional first number when you pass 15000, but when do the second number and the mod bar appear ?

Oliver Salzburg

@Hennes When you become a mod(erator) ;D

You can use the "BigArrow UserScript (tm)" for the suggested edit notifier by replacing supernovabg with hotbg ;D

Hennes

So at the same time as the blue names ?

Oliver Salzburg

@Hennes Yeah

Even though I thought you'd get a mod link once you get the mod tools

Hennes

2:24 PM

Nope.

I can access /tools, but that is because someone mentioned the link in this channel and I bookmarked it

Not because it appears in the interface

Oliver Salzburg

superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/83614

What?

@Hennes That's weird

Hennes

Journeyman Geek

google plus seems down for me :/

Oliver Salzburg

@Hennes I guess you're supposed to go through the Review section

@JourneymanGeek Works in my part of the world

Journeyman Geek

engadget.com/2013/02/15/google-plus-outage

Hennes

2:42 PM

How to installl windows 7 on FAT32:
Windows XP can be upgraded to Windows Vista
Windows Vista can be upgraded to Windows 7.
This means a 32-bit version of Windows XP installed on a FAT32 HDD could be upgraded to Windows 7.

Journeyman Geek

someone needs to try this

for science ;p

Hennes

Someone who also tried win98 and directX 10 ?

Journeyman Geek

@bob ? ;p

slhck

Nowai. I'm back.

Felt like forever.

Oliver Salzburg

\o/