Root Access

Ramhound

12:03 AM

A better one would be Ms. Doubtfire :-)

I can't seem to find a guide on how to use the command prompt within WinRE ( its so frustrating )

Journeyman Geek

I wonder if its worth editing this question to fit the SU format so someone can answer "No, you can't"

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Q: Free burner to use to format a CD-RW disc for the FAT system on Vista

Is there a free burner that can be downloaded to use to format a CD-RW disc for the FAT system on Vista? Thank you from Mr Berwyn H Price (I live in Scotland)

Ramhound

fudge

just found out you can't do an in-place upgrade by booting to an installation disk

which sucks

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

at least tell Berwie that it canna work, Cap'n

Ramhound

because I can't figure out how to use dism to repair my installation

Michael Frank

12:18 AM

@Ramhound The issue here is that the quote is by an actual author named John Keating. They also got the movie title wrong.

Ramhound

Oh I though RW said that as a character, not familiar with the book, lol, yes I am lame

Journeyman Geek

I'm not sure if I can fix the question

Michael Frank

@Ramhound He did, I was wrong about their being a real JK. But the movie is still wrong. :P

Journeyman Geek

The movie is based off actual people, vaguely.

...

no, I confused it with somethingelse

Ramhound

Anyone know if I can take a working Windows 8.1 installation to create a Wim image?

Or will that not do what I want?

Journeyman Geek

12:37 AM

grumbles

I should be more used to rebuilding my fileserver by now.

Ramhound

Wondering if a could convert my physical machine to a virtual machine then repair that then restore an image of the virtual machine hmmm

I refuse to believe I can't repair my installation :-(

Journeyman Geek

@Ramhound: might work, assuming you don't accidentally de-activate your windows install

Ramhound

A new key would be a cheap cost, but not worried, still can't seem to navigate my drive via cmd within winre...only x:

Journeyman Geek

there's a command that lists all mounted drives...

I VAGUELY recall you may need to mount them manually as well

diskpart is probably your friend

system-imaging.blogspot.sg this has me a bit annoyed, since I kinda liked remastersys, and the new devs were pissed at the remastersys guy for doing pretty much the same thing

Ramhound

Lol it's capital sensitive

C:!= to c:

Whoop one step c loser!!!

Journeyman Geek

12:54 AM

bleh

I forgot this system was 'only' 250mb

I should probably hit it with clonezilla, and restore it to a VM instead.

Ramhound

Fudge; can't figure out how to use a source for dism other than /online

Can't figure out the path to image; wish they made that clear in their example using /online :-(

Ramhound

1:25 AM

Can't remember the command to create a directory in the command prompt..

Michael Frank

mkdir ?

Ramhound

Crude going to have to capture an image then repair that...

I can't seem to target my operating system otherwise

Since /online does that which means the Windows PE not my actual installation...

Anyone have any ideas?

Ramhound

1:48 AM

Anyone know how to target an offline installation of Windows that isn't necessarily an wim image?

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

sorry, I don't know anything about offline installations of Windows, I always install it interactively.

Ramhound

Well trying to use dism from within winpe but /online targets the current installation and I don't have a "image" per say

I think I should be able to use WinSxS instead of trying to "repair"
nstall.wim after mounting it. Just can't find an example :-(

Ramhound

2:30 AM

I give up for the night going to try mounting my backup image and from within Windows scan the mounted acronis image :$

Michael Frank

2:53 AM

> Eventually it was concluded that the EMH Mark I was defective, and they were bounced out of the medical corps. While an ashamed Dr. Zimmerman tried to have them decommissioned, Starfleet reassigned them to scrub plasma conduits on waste transfer barges. Later the Mark I's were also deployed in other menial tasks, like dilithium mining.

How does a hologram physically interact with anything? o.O

Journeyman Geek

3:28 AM

@MichaelFrank: "Magnetic containment fields allowed the EMH to interact with physical objects. These force fields moved as the EMH moved to create the appearance of solid matter. The containment fields could be shut off, allowing objects and people to pass through them – an EMH's cohesion could range from solid to intangible. "

en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Holographic_program

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

@JourneymanGeek being able to control baryonic matter with such precision should make Starfleet close to omnipotent, yet there are tons of things they can't do

I love Star Trek (all of it) but there are tons of inconsistencies, so I try not to think about them

Journeyman Geek

3:59 AM

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ: meh, I don't expect hard sci fi most of the time anyway

Michael Frank

4:54 AM

heh.. remotely supporting a user via RDP and they've got this sticky note on their desktop that says:

> bittorrent
> torrentz.com

Journeyman Geek

5:50 AM

0_0

11 hours to backup a (fairly full) 250gb hdd to my 1tb drive

and I have no idea if clonezilla handles a FAT32 destination drive gracefully

Maybe I should just use smb instead, I do have sort of gig-e

Journeyman Geek

6:07 AM

ugh. NOW its just messing with me

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek sort of? :P

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank: I've got a PCIe gig-e card. and atom processor

So, in most applications I'm processor limited

I do intend to install a second HDD so I'll clear it out, backup there, and grab the files off the new install or a livecd

Journeyman Geek

7:10 AM

0_0

19 hours disk to disk?

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

bleh, all the other options suck too

.... maybe not

I could install ubuntu server to the second hard drive, migrate over then mount the second hard drive

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: was considering imaging my old home server backup pre wipe

but its slooooow

....

quack

I did just backup everything that was there manually.

Why the heck am I imaging?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek slow drive, or slow imaging program?

another advantage of dd is speed, since it's completely sequential :P

Journeyman Geek

7:20 AM

slow system, period.

BUT I don't need to backup 100gb of music, and 70 gb of other files.

Psycogeek

7:40 AM

start backup go-to-bed , wake up 1/2 done problem solved.

JAN ORTS

9:42 AM

I have a pretty crazy question

Is there a way to look at the website even though the firewall or other software is blocking me to see the website

It is www.quora.com

and I get this message -

Access declined

HTTP 403

Most likely causes:
• This website requires you to log on.

Try to:

Go back to the previous page.

More information More information

This error (HTTP 403 - forbidden) means that Internet Explorer is trying to connect to the site, but the program does not have permission to view the page.

If you would like more information about HTTP errors, see Help.

Michael Frank

you could probably proxy it through translate.google.com

JAN ORTS

I am in the library

Michael Frank

But bypassing a web filter is generally against the TOS you agreed to by connecting to their network.

JAN ORTS

Funny thing is that porn websites are not blocked

I do not understand why they block Quora

Most probably because people who go to Quora are addicted to it, so they stay in the library until it closes

;-)

How can I proxy it via translate.google.com?

What is the address for a site where I put the URL and it will translate the website for me - that one from Google...

Michael Frank

Do you realise how ironic it is that you're trying to find a way into a website that claims to be "your best source for knowledge" from a library?

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JAN ORTS

9:55 AM

They don't have any good books in this library

;-)

Michael Frank

I find that extremely hard to believe.

JAN ORTS

Ok, I will try to find a book

Michael Frank

Enjoy!

JAN ORTS

Not a single book about Machine Learning in this library

I told you

;-)

Journeyman Geek

12:00 PM

ok. Backed up the old system, with clonezilla copied the backup files to a vhd , added the vhd to a VM... only to find out I need a clonezilla iso to do a restore.

oops.

also, VHDs in windows are awesome

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

12:20 PM

@JourneymanGeek every time someone mentions VHDs it makes me think of this now-defunct product: farstone.com/software/virtual-hard-drive.htm

Journeyman Geek

lol

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

found the manual

it was an early ramdisk program

Journeyman Geek

12:33 PM

right. Data backed up and safe in case I need it. Now, I need to work out what to install instead ;p

HackToHell

12:46 PM

@jokerdino Don't have much time to kanban, I'm designing a website for some festivity at my college.

I have a week, panic time !

Journeyman Geek

ooh, there's a new machinae suprimacy album coming out

HackToHell

Ooh, this is from Adobe brackets.io/?lang=en

And it's FOSS github.com/adobe/brackets

Boris_yo

1:10 PM

Is there a difference between choosing relevant program when heating food in microwave or just general heating?

AC-2 Soup (where I choose based on weight) OR general heating for 2 minutes?

jokerdino

1:24 PM

@HackToHell all's cool man. Did you commit the latest changes though?

That Brazilian Guy

1:55 PM

@HackToHell Use a pre-made HTML template or CMS theme :P

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

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Q: Why stackexchange.com promotes sexual perversion?

I was interested to read this blog. Everything was right, but further in the bottom of the page, I saw a shocking image that I feel shame to describe. Look to where the camera focuses on that picture.Where is the interest for stackexchange.com to promote perversion and pornography ?

discussion

the guy claims to be from Numidia:

Numidia

Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC) was an Ancient Libyan kingdom in what is now Algeria and a smaller part of western Tunisia, in North Africa. Numidia was originally divided between Massylii in the east and Masaesyli in the west. During the Second Punic War (218-201 BC), Massinissa, king of the Massylii, defeated Syphax of the Masaesyli to unify Numidia into one kingdom. The kingdom began as a sovereign state and later alternated between being a Roman province and being a Roman client state. It was bordered by the kingdoms of Mauretania (modern-day Morocco) to the west, the Roman province of Africa (modern...

and I thought the eastern US was socially conservative about women! O_O

@Oded if stackexchange claims it is international and the best one then it must respect my culture — begueradj 24 secs ago

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

2:12 PM

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ: That is clearly trolling

HackToHell

@ThatBrazilianGuy Tempted to :D

@JourneymanGeek Awesome !

Journeyman Geek

also, that clearly does not have enough downvotes

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

@JourneymanGeek it's not trolling; he is being honest

he's from Numidia -- African culture is all messed up

no wonder they have severe population problems... they're so sexually repressive that when they see some they can't help but hit it ;p

Journeyman Geek

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ: er... his security.se profile says somewhere in finland I think

HackToHell

So many plugins :O brackets-registry.aboutweb.com

jokerdino

2:17 PM

@hack, I use a bunch like git, folding and stuff

HackToHell

@jokerdino I think so.

jokerdino

ok good~

HackToHell

@jokerdino Folding, what's that for ?

jokerdino

code-folding?

HackToHell

I see.

I suppose it will be useful with HTML

Journeyman Geek

2:19 PM

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ: I'm not feeling very mean today, else I'd ~~leave a present in his shoes~~ link that on the comms room

Psycogeek

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ I think he has a real point there, the camera seems to be focusing on the background, thats just wrong. it should be centered on the sign instead, the point of the blog post, and zoomed up much further.

jokerdino

@HackToHell never tried code folding? O_o

HackToHell

@jokerdino Uhm no ? I am a noob ^_^

That Brazilian Guy

@HackToHell If you don't have very specific requirements, it is indeed quite possible that it could fit a generic template. And it would save you lots and lots of time

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

@JourneymanGeek I'm going to :D

jokerdino

2:22 PM

@HackToHell you know that thing that collapses functions, etc?

HackToHell

@jokerdino I know

But I don't see the use of it.

@ThatBrazilianGuy yeah probably

I am going to add crazy transitions and stuff to it :P

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

In ur IDE
collapsn ur funkshins

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek You are clearly correct

jokerdino

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ :/

Psycogeek

Dirty mind picture test

jokerdino

2:27 PM

dude please. that's a revealing arm pit.

Journeyman Geek

why's that chick holding a bullet?

HackToHell

Chick's fired!

jokerdino

That's not an eye liner?

Bob

@Psycogeek I... what's this supposed to mean?

Journeyman Geek

How would I know? I'm a dog.

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Bob

2:28 PM

Looks like a stock photo.

Then again, there's lots of crazy stock photos.

"hacker"

jokerdino

Bob, are you missing the point?

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

ROFL @Psycogeek

nice test. I failed ;-)

jokerdino

27 mins ago, by ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

-6

Q: Why stackexchange.com promotes sexual perversion?

I was interested to read this blog. Everything was right, but further in the bottom of the page, I saw a shocking image that I feel shame to describe. Look to where the camera focuses on that picture.Where is the interest for stackexchange.com to promote perversion and pornography ?

discussion

Bob

@jokerdino Perhaps?

...I guess I passed that test.

No idea what's supposed to be "wrong" there.

Journeyman Geek

the armpit looks like a bare arse.

jokerdino

2:31 PM

That arm pit doubles up as something else.

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

@Bob optical illusion :P

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Nup. She'd have to be rather short for that to fit in.

Journeyman Geek

(of course, being dyslexic, I saw both possibilities, right after I mistook the bottle for a bullet)

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

don't look at it too hard or you'll see it for what it really is; if you let your caveman brain do the thinking, it'll find it instantly

or at least mine did

Bob

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ For some reason, I completely ignored the person in the background.

Journeyman Geek

2:32 PM

as I said, Perversity is entirely in the mind.

;p

jokerdino

just the mind?

Journeyman Geek

Well, what else do you need?

Its heavily a matter of how you interpret the world around you in cases like this

jokerdino

I don't know.

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

@jokerdino Of course you don't, silly. :) You're just a young boy, looking for a way to find love... *chord, chord*. </paulMcCartneyFlamingPieAlbum>

Boris_yo

Was eating Cheerios and found maggot bound to 1 Cheerio. If there's expiry date, where's manufacture date?

I only see expiry date, unless I need to go back to the future™

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

2:45 PM

@Boris_yo as long as it's before the expiry date, you should be able to return it for a refund

Boris_yo

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ Will go throwing up then...

Things I do for refunds...

Mostafa Shahverdy

Hey there, does anyone know how can I know from what router my packet was sniffed in wireshark?

its a wireless sniffing issue

Bob

@MostafaShahverdy ...that sentence really doesn't parse

could you try rephrasing it?

Mostafa Shahverdy

Sorry for my bad english

I am sniffing more than one wireless routers at the same time

Bob

@MostafaShahverdy oh, it's not something you need to apologise for, but I just don't really understand what you were asking.

Mostafa Shahverdy

2:48 PM

I have a lot of packets in my wireshark

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

ok, now it is clearer

Bob

aha, the context helps

Mostafa Shahverdy

I need to filter packets so that I can only see packets from one router

Bob

hm... are these routers on different interfaces?

if so, you can probably look at the MAC address

Mostafa Shahverdy

No, they are in the same interface

its a wireless sensor network

tombull89

2:49 PM

@jokerdino and the "most downvoted question ever on MSU" goes to...that guy.

Bob

source MAC?

@MostafaShahverdy your best bet is to look at which fields differ between packets

Mostafa Shahverdy

Just let me check the mac addresses

:)

Bob

how are they connected to the computer?

Mostafa Shahverdy

Its an emulated network

but

they are all connected to one interface named tun0

I can sniff tun0

Journeyman Geek

@tombull89: unless he self deletes

Ben Richards

2:53 PM

@JourneymanGeek Last night it changed in tracking from "received" to "dispatched to overseas", so things are happening. :) We'll see when it shows up in USPS tracking.

Bob

@tombull89 he beat EC

Ben Richards

@JourneymanGeek Fun thing is I still can't really use it until the Lumia Cyan update gets pushed out for my phone, and AT&T still has it in holding with "Testing". Better happen soon!

Bob

It doesn't even appear on the list! meta.superuser.com/questions?page=194&sort=votes

Mostafa Shahverdy

@bob It seems that have to recompile my program, just give me a few minuted to solve my problem, I will come back soon

thanks

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

@BenRichards the US carriers spend way too much time dithering around with the production-grade builds handed to them by the manufacturers. :(

some of that is the FCC, too, I think.

Journeyman Geek

2:55 PM

@BenRichards: >_>

refresh my memory, which? ;p

OH

Ben Richards

:P

They've got lots of issues. A selling point was its waterproofing and a not insignificant number of them have defective water seals, apparently.

But it's a v1 project so yeah :P

kreyos.com

Journeyman Geek

@BenRichards: risks of being an early adopter

Ben Richards

@JourneymanGeek I know :P

It's got potential. I hope they stick around long enough to become as trusted as the Pebble.

Journeyman Geek

I like the formfactor

Ben Richards

And as polished.

Journeyman Geek

2:57 PM

looks kinda chunky tho

Ben Richards

nods

It's actually not that bad, apparently, compared with other smartwatches, according to those who've seen and held it

Journeyman Geek

lol

true

Ben Richards

The actual device is removable and can be put on a lanyard or belt clip instead

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

I loved the hardware of the Droid Maxx -- much more than the physical design of the Galaxy S5, except that the latter is waterproof -- kinda hoping I can hop ship to Motorola one more time around Christmas time before Lenovo ruins their build quality

Journeyman Geek

(I can't remember the last time I wore a watch tho)

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

2:59 PM

if they only ship their next phone with a Snapdragon S4 or 800, I'm going to throw things like Darth Vader in Empire Strikes Back, though

Ben Richards

I'd not try dunking it in water, but I've put my Nokia under a light stream of water to clean the glass before. If I avoid the mic/speaker holes, it's just fine.

ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

for as much time as they've taken, it should be a friggen, Snapdragon 810

Ben Richards

@JourneymanGeek I like watches. It's wearable technology. What's not to love? :P

Bob

@ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ s/Motorola/Lotorola/

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