Root Access

@HackToHell ultrakeet.com.au/casual/… might amuse you

4:21 AM

> Of course, I start to panic and rush to take the printer out of debug mode. I shove the labels into my backpack and pretend nothing happened for the rest of the afternoon.

lololol :D

There's actually a language for programming printers o0

Gotta leave soon

@HackToHell: oh, there's a specific language for this. Wouldn't be too surprised if it was a PCL dialect

blog.phonebloks.com/post/109132815463/… :O

@JourneymanGeek PCL ?

Printer Command Language

Printer Command Language, more commonly referred to as PCL, is a page description language (PDL) developed by Hewlett-Packard as a printer protocol and has become a de facto industry standard. Originally developed for early inkjet printers in 1984, PCL has been released in varying levels for thermal, matrix printer, and page printers. HP-GL and PJL are supported by later versions of PCL. PCL is occasionally and incorrectly said to be an abbreviation for Printer Control Language which actually is another term for Page description language. == PCL levels 1 through 5 overview == PCL levels 1 through...

@JourneymanGeek My Brother laser printer understands PCL6

4:28 AM

Its the closest thing to a 'standard' printer driver, though most consumer printers don't support it

Okay this Ara thingy is making me bloody excited

Ara's the modular phone yes?

yep

►

ahh. Will watch it at lunch ;p

Ah yes, you are working now ;p

4:31 AM

gotta earn my kibble somehow ;p

XKCD

5:00 AM

If all else fails, use "signifcant at a p>0.05 level" and hope no one notices.

I don't really get why I am facing this issue

support.microsoft.com/kb/976618

SetSystemFileCacheSize was at 16 gb

made it into 0.5 gb

5:47 AM

@DragonLord You start by realising you don't use Greasemonkey directly.

Greasemonkey is merely a framework that lets you run userscripts and provides supporting functionality.

You either run a userscript that depends on GM, or you want to write your own script.

If neither is the case, then "using GM" is meaningless.

Side note: a userscript is a piece of JS that runs inside the page context, but is loaded by the user rather than the site.

People use them to customise sites, especially when they don't need the added power, complexity and platform-dependence of a full addon.

@DragonLord Very very rare.

One major-ish FP-dedicated shop. Some smaller stationery and trinket shops that stock FPs.

If you ask random people on the street, the chance of them using an FP is basically nonexistent.

@JourneymanGeek o.O

Rather than the Daiso ones? :P

Happened to have it in my pencil case ;p

Too bad they don't sell them anymore.

I think I pointed it out before: reviews.smiggle.com.au/0582-en_au/1143361/…

Note the genders, ages and content of the "reviews" :P

Ya. Smiggle is intimidating ;p

@JourneymanGeek I don't really want to be seen going in to check for FPs :P

@Bob: XD

This is why having nieces is useful. Even when I don't actually have a niece.

5:55 AM

lol

>
This pen writes just like its name - FOUNTAIN - It pours out with ink making it eay to write with... The only complaint I have is that I've only had it for a couple of months and already it seems to have broken down! :( Hopefully when I go to Smiggle I can get another one! :)

Bet that one didn't bother replacing the ink.

Also, pours O_O

XD

My usual writing instrument is a mechanical pencil with 3b lead ;p

I can't really use anything softer than B.

Even 2B is a bit too soft.

Don't really use pencils much these days though.

On a mechanical pencil, its silky smooth and dark ;p

Used to love those Faber Castell 0.7mm ones.

6:15 AM

unrelatedly
http://imgur.com/gallery/peVtd WHOA

@Bob: 0.5 mm for me.

@JourneymanGeek Link is broken.

wierd

hackaday.com/2015/01/25/…

try that

...endless redirects in FF

works in IE

o.O

wierd. I'm using FF ._. . Granted a REALLY old version

@JourneymanGeek Too thin :P

Snaps too easily

@JourneymanGeek Might be an addon

6:26 AM

lol. That's why I like soft lead. I don't expose much lead when I write.

I had some 0.3mm mech pencils for tech drawing

Those could draw blood :P

:O

i.imgur.com/3yimZNX.gifv

> The evolution of the moon in 30 seconds

That's cool

6:43 AM

superuser.com/questions/869112/dual-psu-advice this is very... mcguverish.

7:04 AM

@Bob Cool :O

7:15 AM

Via AU

Now I want to try that out

With a XP vm hmm

:/

7:44 AM

could grab a modern.ie one

klyonrad

10:34 AM

Is superuser.com/questions/788788/… a duplicat of superuser.com/questions/633347/… ?

@allquixotic Remember the issues I had with Hyper-V? Why am I not surprised that Ralink BT drivers are apparently a common cause? -_-

10:49 AM

is it ok to ask here for close votes on this spam containing question ? superuser.com/q/88571/172747

@bummi: I'll keep an eye on the user, and close the question ;)

@JourneymanGeek thx

Oliver Salzburg

11:59 AM

I have to say, the TFA for the Microsoft Account is really the most convenient I have used so far

You just get a push notification, hit "Approve" and you're good to go

1:01 PM

this one could need a lock or delete :/ superuser.com/q/88571/172747

Q: 6 pin motherboard power connector?

@bummi: closing it is enough IMO

Don't forget in future you can flag for closure

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I have an HP ProDesk 600 G1 desktop PC, and I'm upgrading it with a new Graphics card and a new PSU. Now, the problem I'm having is that the motherboard in the PC doesn't have a standard 20/24 pin ATX power connector. Instead it has a 6 pin power connector and a 4 pin next to the CPU. The 4pin ...

@JourneymanGeek I did, but still edit's on this :/

I was almost going to suggest splicing into the old connectors, then I realised OP would likely hurt himself

@bummi: Meh, minor issue really

1:18 PM

@JourneymanGeek licences are for lawyers , this one seems dangerous to recommend, but I don't know is a close reason for things like this does exist ...

@bummi: Well, in this case? Don't do it, is an answer ;p

GemsFromStackExchange: Yo dawg, i herd you liek opinion, so we put an opinion in your...

out of (up)votes today :/

GFSE

2:30 PM

posted on January 26, 2015

Yo dawg, i herd you liek opinion, so we put an opinion in your opinion so you can opinion while you opinion.

2:41 PM

o/

Braiam

spam Q/A superuser.com/a/869646/235569

@Bob haha. Ralink. the same guys who held the big kernel lock for >1s while doing radio probes :D

@Braiam: gone ;)

Braiam

trows a bone

@allquixotic: I keep confusing them with ralink ;p

3:02 PM

strange thread superuser.com/q/866238/172747

three spammers?

4:04 PM

@JourneymanGeek I don't use these softer leads

I have HB leads throughout my mechanical pencils

0.7 is my preferred size

I do have a small set of drawing pencils going from 6H to 6B, but that's an entirely different matter

GemsFromStackExchange: That’s why you shouldn’t shout at parties.

4:37 PM

Oh, when's the snow, @DragonLord?

GFSE

posted on January 26, 2015

That’s why you shouldn’t shout at parties.

And are you getting hit, @allquixotic?

Stay safe :)

It's coming down gradually but will intensify rapidly over the next few hours

I have no concept of heavy snow. Or really any snow at all apart from a brief skiing trip.

The most we ever get is hail.

@DragonLord staying indoors?

Is driving even possible?

@Bob Yeah

It's okay right now but will become very dangerous in a few hours

4:42 PM

Can snow cause issues with gas or water? Leaks, burst pipes?

Above ground power lines are obviously at risk

4:56 PM

@Bob Yes, we have above-ground power lines

@Bob hit?

I've stocked up on water in the event pipes freeze up

*reads up*

@allquixotic: Bob is in Australia

Brace for heavy snow in about 4-8 hours.

well, I'm in Maryland... it's been snowing all morning but only sticking in the grass

the roads are so salty that Chinese restaurant employees are out on the side of the road picking up the salt so they don't have to buy it ;)

roads are completely clear... it'd take a blizzard to overcome this amount of salt

4:58 PM

@allquixotic We're getting a blizzard.

we had salt from our previous dusting on the road

they added even more

That Brazilian Guy

/me never saw snow in his life. :(

I can't imagine I'm going to have snow problems at all except in my driveway

which I'll have to shovel

the amount of salt they put on our roads is ridiculous

5:14 PM

Heya All xD

That Brazilian Guy

@TheLittleNaruto Hello!

Just installed Ubuntu on my ASUS x550ld and touchpad is not working at all. I had to connect mouse. Even mouse's right click is not working also, and left click works only after 2-3 times

@TheLittleNaruto what version of Ubuntu?

14.04.1

@TheLittleNaruto are the graphics responsive or are you seeing lots of visual lag in addition to the left click lag?

GemsFromStackExchange: I love chicken!

5:27 PM

@allquixotic if i operate os from keyboard, then i face no problem

Problem is with touchpad and mouse only

GFSE

6:50 PM

posted on January 26, 2015

I love chicken!

Stack Exchange

7:40 PM

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Q: Why do people have to gain reputation on each Stack Exchange site before being allowed to comment?

I have been reading this discussion with some interest. (Why can people answer a question before being able to comment?). The answer so far is that new users might not understand the way the site works before commenting, thereby flooding the site with unhelpful comments: New users might not u...

feature-request status-bydesign

KasiyA

Hi. Can anybody help me, please? Is there any option for IDM to read the links from text file and download it?

I have hundreds of links saved as text file and I want to download them with IDM. Is it possible to use this text file to downloading via IDM?

Thanks in advance

7:58 PM

Sorry, never used IDM (didn't even know what it was)

Hey guys. I think I'm going to reformat my laptop and reinstall Windows on it. It was a fun run, but I had to reinstall b/c I screwed up the partition table and I don't feel like configuring Linux again. I imaged the drive before removing Windows so I'm just going to restore it. :P

lol

That's usually a good idea

That's always how I do it :P

I also unburied my desktop computer so I can use it again XD

I'm actually working from home

;p

Oh, and uninstalling VirtualBox somehow screwed up my network drivers so my VPN connections didn't work anymore and I couldn't create new ones (had to delete the existing one in safe mode)

It'd just create a bunch of WAN Miniports in Device Manager with yellow exclamation marks b/c drivers weren't there

Luckily the uninstall created a restore point so doing a system restore fixed it.

Absolutely lame that it happened though

ow

8:04 PM

I reinstalled my network drivers too and it didn't help.

I dunno what it did but yeah.

I had wierd shit like that happen before ;p

This was on my desktop

Yeah

I was dreading having to do a Windows reinstall or something. I don't even know if I can reinstall drivers that targeted without knowing precisely what files are needed

(which I didn't)

Internet didn't help either. It was one of those incredibly specific issues

lol

I tend to assume windows will pull in generic drivers that are good enough

Yeah but if I went into device manager and tried updating drivers or uninstalling the devices (first thing I tried), it didn't do anything

granted, at the moment I have an excellent, though untested backup system

8:07 PM

"most up to date drivers are already installed" and it wouldn't uninstall anything.

wierd

If I tried to connect to VPN, it'd freeze the network icon in the system tray (like, clicking it wouldn't bring up network information)

And like I said, I had to boot into safe mode w/ networking in order to delete the VPN connection. When I tried to recreate it, it'd just hang at "Creating VPN connection"

what flavour of VPN?

Regular PPTP w/ MSCHAPv2 I think

ahh

8:09 PM

No Cisco or any other software to install for it.

I knew PPNP sounded wrong. PPTP :P

I read that as PPTP anyway ;p

:P

I should prolly go back to sleep ;p

Hehe yes. :P

Its 4am, and I have work today ;p

8:11 PM

Ow! Sleep! :P

Night!

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek Unregulated battery supply such as a rechargeable Alkaline or NiMh batteries may have rechargeable cells containing mercury or cadmium and thus can be an environmental hazardous unless disposed of properly?

@DragonLord How's record-breaking blizzard?

Why fountain pens are so expensive? amazon.com/s/…

8:59 PM

@Boris_yo Just shoveled and salted the driveway.

It's slowing down a bit but is expected to intensify sharply in a few hours

@Boris_yo They're hand-crafted in Germany, especially the nib

pelikan.com/pulse/Pulsar/en_US_INTL.FWI.displayShop.91552./…

That should get a sense of the sort of pens you're looking at

I have the M600 in black-green

There are lots of different fountain pens out there—Lamy makes some inexpensive, durable ones

►

It's an old video, but the Pelikan Souverän production process is pretty much the same today

These days, fountain pens are often seen as status symbols and luxury products, but there are some pretty good ones inside of $100

Parker and Waterman also makes some great pens

10:09 PM

@DragonLord None of mine break the $50 barrier, let alone $100.

Well, I suppose that Parker one technically would... :P

Currently using a Pilot 78G as my primary pen. Had blue ink in the Lamy Safari, which ended up drying and had to be cleared out... I usually prefer black.

Also have a couple of really cheap ones (Smiggle, Daiso/Platinum, generic eBay/Hero) to play around with... some are alright, others are bleh.

10:43 PM

Please be advised: I will be shutting down my laptop at about 0300 UTC due to the blizzard—I will be on my Nexus 7 instead and will reserve my laptop's power for charging other devices. I expect to lose Internet access for significant periods of time; how long I cannot say.

if I lose power, I have 30 Ah @ 3.7V of backup batteries for my phone... good for several days

wait, no, 43 Ah

o.O

@allquixotic I have a huge array of power sources, totaling more than 200 Wh and possibly up to 300 Wh, for practically anything that can charge over USB

I have... 239 Wh not accounting for inefficiencies. But we never get really interesting weather, thankfully.

74 Wh from battery packs, and the rest from the laptop with its two extra batteries.

Hm. Actually... could probably rig something up with the 18650s. That adds...

I have two laptop batteries for about 150 Wh, with my laptop capable of charge-and-sleep

10:57 PM

At least another 74 Wh.

oh, I wasn't counting laptop batteries :P

I have about 50 Wh in dedicated USB chargers

plus how ever much energy my car can generate by idling down about 2/3 of a tank of gas

Before I got the Xiaomi packs, my laptop was my primary spare battery :P

@allquixotic Careful indoors though. Don't want CO poisoning.

If things get really bad, I can use my DeWalt power tool batteries as an emergency power source

10:58 PM

@Bob it's outdoors

@allquixotic But... blizzard?

I don't typically bring my car into my living room

@Bob snow shovel

this isn't a major blizzard, at least here... we're only going to get a few inches

@allquixotic Now I'm picturing you running to your car while waving a snow shovel around to protect yourself :P

@Bob ....

using the snow shovel to clear snow off car to open the door to start it up to sit inside and use my phone connected to the charger

<== doesn't really know what heavy snowfall is like

11:00 PM

seriously that would be my last resort if i didn't have power for a looooong time

> The Music app will disappear if minimized within 16 seconds of launch. Just leave it in the foreground for 20 seconds or so and it should work just fine.

O_O

I mean, yes, it's preview software.

But how did that bug happen? :S

Does the system start "humoring" people at some point?

I'm taking a system image backup on my laptop right now

About an hour back, I flagged superuser.com/questions/869829/usb-connected-headset as off-topic.

> dde.enabled This flag needs to be set to "true" to enable DDE.

...you don't say

11:10 PM

The flag was deemed to he helpful, but the question is still open.

@killermist IIRC any affirmative action (e.g. closevote) marks the flag as helpful.

@Bob Ah. I hadn't realized that it could have been confirmed as some other thing transparent to users.

@killermist There are currently two closevotes on that question. You can see that count at 3k, I believe.

Q: Why is the closed queue so large?

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I have noticed that the close queue is now over 1000 in length. Is this simply caused by the lack of reviewers or is it caused by something else? BTW, I have seen the automatic increase in the number of close votes allowed. I presume this is an effort to reduce the close queue length. But I...

discussion close-queue

Though I'm a bit iffy about how flags get handled without mod interaction since they filleted the 10ktools.

11:15 PM

@Bob I'm willing to be granted the special dispensation to view those queues.

@killermist Speaking of - I don't think that question is actually off-topic for that reason.

It's not asking for a hardware rec, it's asking for somewhat-general info on USB headsets.

Argh. I'm on chat support with comcast. My upload is supposed to be 10 Mbps but I only get about 6. Their support guy is asking me all kinds of irrelevant questions. I'm sure they just misconfigured my account for a different internet tier, but no we have to do the whole rigamarole.

He keeps asking about wireless. IT'S NOT A WIRELESS ISSUE I TOLD YOU FIVE TIMES IT'S A WIRED CONNECTION.

@nhinkle Can you just ask for the next-level support tier? Making advanced users answer zombie-layer questions is counterproductive to both you and them.

@killermist if he doesn't do something useful soon then yes I'm going to ask if I can be escalated

I keep thinking of this:

I recently had someone ask me to go get a computer and turn it on so I could restart it. He refused to move further in the script until I said I had done that.

@nhinkle I would be tempted to say in no unclear voice, "You're asking me zombie-grade questions. I know my network. My network is not the issue. There's something between me and you that is the issue. Please bypass all the idiot-checking questions."

Brighthouse support seems to recognize that I'm not an incompetent when I use their support. That could be because I make it clear that I know my network isn't the issue.

11:30 PM

Comcast is a bit harder to work with. He just remotely reset the modem. It didn't do a damn thing. We'll see what he says next, if it's not helpful I'm asking him to escalate.

It's a text chat BTW, not phone. I avoid phone support at all costs.

JAN ORTS

How can I find out if my laptop has a blutooth?

it is hp elitebook 8540p

With a text chat, don't you get disconnected if the computer, network, or router gets disconnected? That's one issue I've had with Brighthouse chat in the past.

It somehow magically comes back to the same chat

The phrase "creepy magic" comes to mind...

> The Analyst is typing...

OK. To his credit, he's now said that I should contact their level 2 support. But, he gave me a phone number... which inevitably means sitting on hold and having to try to understand a thick accent :(

11:37 PM

I'm good at pattern matching in general, so unless the accent is REALLY thick, my brain adapts pretty quickly, and I comprehend.

I remember in High School having one teacher that I understood clear as a bell and others never did understand.

@killermist I was lucky with my ISP last time :P

Went through the basics, but they never ask or bother me about my internal network setup.

Was never asked to connect directly to the modem, etc..

Ugh. The "direct number" was not direct at all. MR CHAT MAN. PLEASE DO THE NEEDFUL.

Of course, being on the modem statistics page and reading out the modem's connected time and noise ratios might have something to do with that...

But, that was second year Algebra, and I slept through most periods, woke up at the end, saw what minor new thing was added to previous rules, and absorbed it. Then on tests, I completed in about half the period, then went back to sleep. End of the period, a large number still hadn't completed the test.

@JANORTS Wouldn't HP support websites have that information?

Q: Delete duplicates from over 150,000 bookmarks on Google Chrome

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I believe I tried all the bookmark management apps on the Chrome web store, deleted part of the bookmarks manually (yes, I even attempted that), organize them within folders and all, but they just came back every time I launched Chrome. If you're wondering how I ended up with 150,000 bookmarks I...

google-chrome sync bookmarks

O_O

11:47 PM

@killermist: Actually that looks like the 'right' way to ask a hardware rec