@allquixotic was it a mod suspension here? flag suspensions are... fairly easy to get
all you need is enough people on the network (ten of hundreds/thousands) to disagree with you, plus an emotionally-charged topic... bleh
I actually suspect @Shog9's meta post might've unintentionally amplified the flagging effect, because more people will probably mark as valid if it goes near current-US-politics.
Last I checked, lots of (most?) 10k users who might handle flags don't even know there's an auto-suspend. when there are better ways to handle "hey let's avoid that topic", especially one hours old
maybe a bit of "that offends me" for some people, "that's probably offensive to others so it's valid" for others and "I saw a meta post about no politics so it's valid" for the rest
@Shog9 sounds like it would've been fine if it were only mod handled
The only messages flagged were the ones talking about assassination, which looked - especially out of context, especially grouped together - pretty bad.
So you got a mod somewhere, looking at this list of flags, and asking himself... "is this fine?"
And to be perfectly honest, that's most of what's been leading to the problems with politics.
@Bob Yeah, there's a meta post about that (flagging old content being against the point of the system)
Apparently flags are meant for situations where someone is being disruptive and the auto-suspend being there to stop an ongoing situation from continuing, not for going back and rage-flagging disagreeable content, offensive or not, that has already past or stopped.
Apparently if I said something bad like "f*** you all go die ********ers" and nobody was here and it was followed by "3 hours later..." it's not supposed to get flagged. But it almost certainly would.
Chat is an instant medium. What's past the first two screenfuls is water under the bridge, off to the transcript to collect dust and very very little google juice.
Chat flags are supposed to be an instant moderation solution to instant messaging problems: broadcast problem messages as fast as po...
Also... 30 minute auto-suspension? When I logged on and checked I had 42 minutes to go.. dunno if it was meant to be 60-minutes or more or just 30 minutes per flagged message
Flags should only be routed to moderators for the site to which the room is attached and context should be provided with the flag. — IainOct 11 '14 at 11:40
But, if RA's the pub where everyone knows your name, we just had someone throw a brick through our window cause the music was too loud. And then the landlord yelled at us. And its the poor barkeep who has to sweep up the glass.
We in the US do live in a country where it is our duty as citizens to abolish the goverment , and we have freedom of speech to say what we want about the government. but you still cant say That , without getting on the no fly list. Which means your stuck In the country :-)
oh oh, on the radio news, samsung has said that the reason thier phones could be used to start a BBQ , is because (get this) the Battery was too Large.
I guess if samsung lovers wanted an out, that is it, sorry we were trying Too Hard to give people what they have been begging for.
another rememberance. Former president Clinton, only ever sent One e-mail during his terms. Because it is known to become public record. So why hillery gets herself in deep with it, wimin :-)
@bwDraco I dont have use of my air compressor anymore, had to go with the cans, and they are worthless compared to a jetstrem comming out of a 100PSI compressor. this weeks problem was they get cold and Slow before even getting parts of a computer dusted.
I also got one of them tiny air blowers that takes a BBgun CO2 cartriage. Finnaly some juice out of it , specially for how small. but it is empty very fast. that thing would be good to clean say a phone 1/2 way :-) nice bursts , terrible longevity
also got one of them "Gift Box" mini vacs (aa battery type). such a mean thing to do to people trying to buy a gift for geeks. it couldnt even get the first piece of food out of a keyboard
I'm one of those people who owns just about every piece of software under the sun; I actually own a very efficient piece of software for making short little clips (like dog barks or cat meows) into songs, it's called Celemony Melodyne
don't currently have anything to do with it but I've done it in the past
@JourneymanGeek HA! just like my cat, then: turn on a voice recorder, even a VERY stealthy one, and she shuts up
turn it off, and "mah! mah! mah! mah! mah! mah!"
I can usually coax her to talk -- without a recorder on -- by stooping down low and looking at her, talking in a high-pitched voice and moving my hand over her like I'm about to pet her
but if I have my iPhone even on a nearby ledge recording, she won't say a word
The secret dogs and cats have kept for centuries, they can talk to humans, but know that would be the worst thing that could ever happen to them.
remember that time your cat went missing? He was about to tell you :-)
Mr Biggs :Look here fluffy, none of us are going to give up on a good thing. Do you have any concept what would happen if the humans knew? Lefty (the siamese) show fluffy here how important it is.
Now were going to let you go this time. but if you even try to open your mouth about this again . . . Well remember what happened to Ralphey? The car ? Yea it isnt pretty.
Somebody remind me. What that windows technology that allows you to prevent specific applications from running. Its like AppGuard or something like that. (no; I am not talking about the group policy)
I must be thinking Application Guard, but it's purpose is around trying to harden specific applications, not block their execution but its features is what was stuck in my head.
it aint windows file protection, or system file protection. it aint system restore, it isnt the "defender" the defender might be classed as a application guard
I want prevent virtual machines from executing in environments like VMWare or Virtual Box on Windows 7. I know there are application blockers and application installation blockers that have password protected blacklists. That is a possibility. Another thought is to find software that prevents ...
@DenisKa Yes, it's very incomplete. You can start with describing why you think dhclient depends on smbd. Did you see a line in a config somewhere, or was it an error message, or ...?
Well, we're not sure it has been lost. See, on AU, we have a question where someone half-installed Ubuntu and removed their Windows partition from the partition table. At that point, we thought that data would still be there. I suggested some steps found on AU for recovering an NTFS partition. Somehow, after completing those steps, we ended up with Ubuntu in an LVM volume. Now we're not sure what to do, as we have no idea where Windows is.
Well. Testdisk really works. I have documented in the past my previous 500 GB Data loss which was up to 80% recovered via Testdisk.
Take a look at this video in Youtube: Recover deleted partitions using Testdisk in Ubuntu #11. Unfortunately it was removed when the Israel Remix Team distro moved ...
He had already lost the partition layout for Windows so I suggested these steps. Somehow after that we ended up with an LVM volume
I have installed Windows XP a thousand times before; so I know everything about it. But when I tried to install it on my new laptop (ASUS V502U) this screen appears:
I tried "Service Pack 3" and "Service Pack 2 x64" from USB and external DVD drive but the result is the same each time. How ca...
Well yeah, pretty sure I had a go at someone a few days back about running outdated software
I swear, Microsoft even made it fscking easy to upgrade at various points. Prerelease price for Win7 was (in the UK) £45, Windows 8 had an upgrade price of something like £15 for the first year, and to upgrade from either of those to Win10 was free.
If you're still stuck with XP after all that then you deserve whatever pain you get.
Naw. Plugged in an external keyboard and mouse. I had some idea what was broken so just copied the folders I needed over and pointed device manager at it
@Bob There were several years of chances to do it one way or another, now your best option is "buy a new machine". Which also comes with the neat side effect of being a massive performance boost for what can be a lot less than that original machine cost you.
@JourneymanGeek And that's pretty much how my old boxen got over the years, but I went with the upgrades as I knew there were upgrades to the software functionality and that old products eventually loose their support and become insecure.
Small costs to upgrade are fine, but putting your head in the sand, loudly trying to convince yourself stating "WELL I LIKE XP AND IT WORKS FINE" is not an option
I want prevent virtual machines from executing in environments like VMWare or Virtual Box on Windows 7. I know there are application blockers and application installation blockers that have password protected blacklists. That is a possibility. Another thought is to find software that prevents ...
I have installed Windows XP a thousand times before; so I know everything about it. But when I tried to install it on my new laptop (ASUS V502U) this screen appears:
I tried "Service Pack 3" and "Service Pack 2 x64" from USB and external DVD drive but the result is the same each time. How ca...
