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12:00 AM
Hmm... is the View > Show Line ends for Notepad++ purely cosmetic?
 
12:37 AM
phew
Super thankful for ~snapshot backups!
 
1:22 AM
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Q: What are the biggest bottlenecks for rendering JPEG images?

Costin GușăI have a lot of images taken from mobile phones and I need to render them in the smallest possible ammount of time. What I mean is, when I either click an image to open the software associated with it, or press "next" on its interface, I need that it be displayed really fast (in about 200ms would...

If this guy comes in, and I'm not around, I probably would ask him about system specs, specifically storage ;p
 
1:37 AM
@ThatBrazilianGuy: Much like democracy, wordpress is the worst option, other than all the other options
 
2:22 AM
@JourneymanGeek Well, where I work we see Joomla instances hacked an order of magnitude more than WordPress instances
 
;p
I hate postnuke more than an alley cat hates a bath ;p
It dosen't get hacked as much as it just breaks
 
Of course, there are thousands Joomla installs more than WordPress. People there just love Joomla, dunno why. Their love isn't enough to make them upgrade to a version newer than one released in January 2008, however...
I think what make WordPress insecure is its userbase is so huge, so it is the most obvios choice as a target. If what I see from my limited experience is some sort of general rule, then once people get their site running, usually the don't update either WordPress or its plugins. Speaking of plugins, a lot of people just have to install dozens of unsecure plugins.
Not to mentinon people who don't want to pay $30 for a theme and get an "alternate" version on 4shared. Also, it is aimed to be a CMS for the average user, and the average user can't properly configure a server.
Obviously I', no security expert and in fact I barely know anything about security. WP could have more holes than a swiss cheese and I'd be clueless. But I try to read stuff about WordPress, I'd think I'd have stumbled upon mentions about it somewhere.
Unless everything I read is about people who either work with it or/and love it and therefore are biased.
!!s /about/from/
 
 
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3:35 AM
@JourneymanGeek i remember the OLD version of acdsee before it became beloted and with cute interface, could show jpegs so fast of a SD size that a person could view it as an animation.
It still might be a bit of a tossup between CPU and Storage speed with the common Phone and compact cam, because they still insist on crunching everything to death in most of the camera softwares. so file sizes are not yet "huge", even though not even a old crusty processor would have a speed issue displaying them with well done code.
Some of the better "viewing" of a scaled jpg though was slower by far, some programs would use (or have option for) the method of interpolations, like bicubic, or just sloppy fast whatever methods that would have pixelations or rude sizing artifacts.
Which leaves progressive, the displaying of a low resolution picture (taking time and cpu) quickly while simeltaniously rendering the rest of the picture in full res. On a high speed computers i have used this does not even have much purpose in web viewing, it just slows getting to the real meat.
 
4:40 AM
Not a great question but possibly worth a blog post
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Q: Buying a used computer on craigslist, what kinds of things should I definitely check for before paying?

musherSo I'm buying a laptop on craigslist as a linux experiment machine. Nothing fancy, really all it needs is a processor, ram, mobo and I'll be happy. Given that I'm buying this on craigslist, I'm unlikely to get my money back if it turns out it's a lemon. Is there any way for me to determine quic...

 
one key to buying used is be sure to only pay 50% for them, so if you have to buy 2 to get one your covered :-)
 
Bob
@allquixotic > Samsung Galaxy Note 4 US release date confirmed for October 17, pre-orders start tomorrow
 
 
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8:12 AM
Erm, guys, how do I become root on Debian if I fucked up my sudoers file?
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg Local or remote?
 
@Bob Remote
I guess I'll boot into recovery, mount partition, fix sudoers, reboot?
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg Out of band access?
 
@Bob Yeah, they have this web console thing
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg Use it.
 
8:17 AM
Well, I can't login as root, the account has its password disabled
Which is why I was planning on using this recovery system
@Bob Does that automatically log me in as root? I can't recall ever having used it
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg Does it let you boot from a local image?
 
@Bob Yeah, I can select the image and which of my volumes I want mounted in addition
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg ...then, the next step should be obvious? :P
 
@Bob Already rebooting ;D
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg Alternatively: en.opensuse.org/…
 
8:26 AM
Grub or grub 2?
also. yeah, single user mode
 
Jeeze, their console doesn't work properly in Chrome, no arrow keys, no ESC, no backspace
 
Oh, that sounds semi normal for a grub console
 
> sudo bash
[sudo] password for oliver:
root@cloud:/home/oliver#
\o/
 
blah, looks like my brother's old system won't boot off a fedora liveusb
 
@JourneymanGeek Worked in Firefox though
 
8:41 AM
Heheh, you know how I fucked up the sudoers? I thought "Hey, that #includedir /etc/sudoers.d directive at the end sounds useful. I should put my changes in that folder and uncomment it to includedir /etc/sudoers.d" Good times!
 
Bob
visudo please
 
@Bob I did, otherwise it wouldn't let me edit the file anyway
 
 
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10:03 AM
Can anyone tell me how long it takes for a flagged answer to be deleted after it's been marked "helpful?". I flagged an answer I wrote a while ago and cited "personally identifiable information" as the reason why I want it deleted. The flag has been marked "helpful" but I can still see the older revision of the answer and it hasn't been deleted yet.
 
@Vinayak I don't see the flag in your history
 
The answer was originally posted to Super User but was then migrated to Web Applications
 
10:26 AM
@Vinayak Then we really can't help you with it
 
I see. Is there a chat room for Meta? I didn't find one.
 
@Vinayak You should contact someone from Web Applications
Or contact the team directly by using one of the contact forms on the site
 
10:39 AM
@Oliver Thanks! Will do.
 
11:08 AM
I finally got 2 sites up and running with SSL! Thanks a lot to Oliver, Allquotics (not sure how to spell) Bob and others...
I've done a test, and I score an F :) ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=lmsites.co.uk My question is, is this score purely based upon the certificate or is this a suggestion I need to do something
 
@allquixotic ? ;p
 
That is it!!! Thank you, yes AllQuixotic
Beraing in mind it's a VPS
My research showed "If you’re running WS 2008 servers you don’t have much of a choice — you have to harden the TLS configuration!" Where abouts do I do this? I mean, is there something like Control Panel -> TLS Config?
 
@MyDaftQuestions You should disable SSLv2 support
 
Is that done in the server itself?
 
You might want to have a look at wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS ...if that's the site I was thinking of
 
11:22 AM
or in IIS
 
@MyDaftQuestions Correct
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Q: How to disable SSLv2?

user3386733Anyone know how to disable SSLv2 and only enable SSLv3 in IIS 7.5? Thanks a lot and appreciate any advice in advance Basically just want SSLv2 to be disabled

 
That looks remarkably easy to do. So, I assume after SSLv2 is disabled, the server will default to a different version?
 
@MyDaftQuestions It already supports SSLv3 probably. But it shouldn't advertise SSLv2 support at all because it's insecure and clients might use it if it's advertised
 
Oh I see... Well explained :)
Thank you
Does any one have a guess as to why Subversion uses SSL as standard?
 
@MyDaftQuestions Because you don't want your source code transferred over a network unencrypted
…just like any other information ;D
 
11:36 AM
Now, I'm lost again... Just because the target is SSL, doesn't mean that it leave me encrypted (does it)? Or is it simply before I click the Commit button, SVN checks if the other end is SSL or not, and then encrypts it (or leaves it)
 
12:01 PM
Why?
@MyDaftQuestions The data is only encrypted while in transfer. It isn't stored encrypted (unless the storage of your SVN repository is encrypted)
For SVN itself, it doesn't really matter if it's using HTTP or HTTPS. The protocol is encapsulated in HTTP, so it will work either way. The encryption is handled by libraries on which SVN is built
 
Right, I see. Thank you :)
OK, very last question (and I'm being lazy). TLS 1.2 is apparently the latest protocol, my server doesn't have it. Do I get it via something like a Windows Update ?
 
Bob
@MyDaftQuestions You should also disable SSLv3, unless you need to support extremely legacy browsers. IIRC, IE6 on XP.
@MyDaftQuestions The standard is TLS. "SSL" is just a misused term, these days :P
 
OK, cool. I've found serverfault.com/questions/314874/… which seems to show me what I need...
Bob, I did put up a thank you to you earlier for all your help over hte last few days :)
 
Bob
I helped? :o
I actually don't remember. And I'm not even old :(
 
HA ha, yes, you asnwered a few questions over the last few days alongside other dudes who use this chat, it really is appreciated so thank you so much
 
12:20 PM
@JourneymanGeek Peers at .
 
Bob
@Hennes s/ /-/
 
Ta
I got a day off work, so I am finally reading the stack exchange site during daytime
 
12:43 PM
Who needs to be able to afford proper clothes when you can use that money to buy a iphone?
People celebrating and getting applauded by others for buying a phone. What fresh Hell is this? http://t.co/GcmEbAms21
 
Bob
@Hennes Clothes?
 
Look at his jeans. hand downs which are a foot to long
 
Bob
o.O
@Hennes Or perhaps just 'hipster'?
 
If that is hipster then the world should end soon. Just to cleanse the shame.
CERN webcast (60 years) in 10 minutes
 
1:12 PM
Hi guys. Probably this is not the best chat room to ask this, but I need to know if there is a Photoshop version available (the latest one) without all this cloud stuff and monthly fees, but just being able to download the program after paying a one-time fee.
 
Bob
@WilliamDavidEdwards Not that I'm aware of.
CS6 is the last non-subscription version.
 
@Bob Thanks. That's, well, stupid... I just want to be able to download the program and work! Not all this useless cloud stuff..
 
Bob
@WilliamDavidEdwards If you ignore the "cloud" buzzword, it's basically just another subscription-based program.
 
@Bob that's not the only problem...
 
I did try photoshop by installing the cloud mess, downloading it and then de-installing the cloud part.
 
1:21 PM
@Hennes But then I'd still be stuck with the subscription stuff.
 
Yup.
The alternative is to use the GIMP. But that is like saying "my dog has flees" -> "Get a cat instead! it will save dog flees."
 
We have CC licences here as well. I wasn't using mine for a while, so it was transferred to someone else. That was months ago. Every time I start it, I get this dialog:
Then I press Continue and continue my work
Kinda like WinRAR
 
@Hennes Photoshop ain't paid for nothin' ;) It's just higher quality than GIMP and better for 'production use'.
 
Is it possible at all to run Office on a terminal server just for the local user, despite not being a good practice?
 
@ekaj Why would you want to do that?
 
1:29 PM
Did you not see the "despite not being a good practice"
 
@ekaj I did, but still why?
 
1:48 PM
I have a small test network with ~ 5 computers, all Linux based except the server... and even the Linux based comps are light in specs (raspberry pi-ish). I would just throw up a virtual machine, but the specs are lacking on the server and can't handle that overhead.. and the license is old, and I don't want it on my laptop.. so I'd just like to use the office license I've had around here on that server, mainly to play around with automating a few things in excel
 
@ekaj Interesting..
 
@Bob EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
:DDDDDD
 
@ekaj I used to remote into my laptop, which had office from my desktop,
Then access the file over a share or Dropbox
So that should work
 
2:05 PM
hmm.. I think I could get that to work, thank you, I'll try it
 
Bob
@ekaj "raspberry pi-ish" is scary
> On the CPU level the performance is similar to a 300 MHz Pentium II of 1997-1999, but the GPU, however, provides 1 Gpixel/s, 1.5 Gtexel/s or 24 GFLOPS of general purpose compute and the graphics capabilities of the Raspberry Pi are roughly equivalent to the level of performance of the Xbox of 2001.
 
a spider almost made me have an accident on the way to work this morning >_<
 
Bob
My old PIII box that I'm not sure still works is faster than the RPi CPU o.O
 
and like an idiot, instead of immediately squishing him, I hesitated, and he tried to drop down on me and I freaked, and swatted him with a tissue, and I guess he jumped onto the tissue (I don't know because I didn't see him again after that), and I flung the tissue across the car
almost ran into the other lane on a curve during it... then righted the car and pulled over about a mile later
looked around the entire car for about 20 minutes, no sign of the fucker... did "the spider dance" and couldn't find him ANYWHERE... going to suck getting in the car tonight with no idea if he's in there
 
Bob
Urk.
I'm not sure how I'd react to a spider while driving.
 
2:10 PM
he was big, too... IDGAF about tiny spiders... this one was big-ish
 
Bob
Probably in a way that involves death and/or severe injury :(
 
I guess when I panicked and did the spider dance maybe I brushed him off me and into the roadway when I got out of my car? because I really could not find him anywhere in my car
will have to search again before getting back on the road, though
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Q: Search engines are gone from firefox

phoebeSuddenly after installing and uninstalling some toolbars, search engines are gone from firefox. If I go to manage search engines I see nothing. If I click Get more search engines I got nothing. The search bar doesn't work. I can type google.com, etc. and it does nothing. Some says I got to re...

> installing ... some toolbars
!!no
 
How did you get a screenshot of my nieces laptop ? :-)
 
that looks fun
 
2:18 PM
@ekaj that would be completely benign on a 1920x38400 display.
 
Bob
@allquixotic Where's Cavil? :(
!!info
@allquixotic "benign" except the load of malware that came with it
...and the fact that it's IE6
 
@Bob umm... he should be here? O_O
let's see...
> [817385.931733] Out of memory: Kill process 30528 (cc1plus) score 440 or sacrifice child
 
Bob
O_O
 
I was building phantomjs for win64 using mingw on the cavil VM
 
Bob
how much memory was it using?!
 
2:29 PM
it appears to have OOM'ed the box
 
Bob
@allquixotic how much does it have?
 
well, the physical has 64 GB, but I think I gave Cavil 2 or 4 GB. I'm going to double it temporarily
the OOM killer ended up killing the offending process just fine, but I think phantomjs got NULL on a malloc meanwhile which caused it to die (without being killed by the kernel)
 
Bob
also, I find the concept of an OOM killer... well, stupid.
report a memory allocation error to the requesting process; don't just start killing other processes randomly -_-
@allquixotic oh, that makes more sense.
 
@Bob So do a lot of people :D Solaris and BSD don't have an OOM killer. Actually, a guy from Joyent was talking about how SmartOS's utilities and libraries try very hard to recover from OOM situations, and always check for malloc() == NULL, etc
the other nice thing about SmartOS is... their manpages are incredibly well-written
man for a free college education lol
 
Bob
on a phone, I kinda get it...
 
2:32 PM
so Cavil has 1.7 GiB of physical RAM being handed to it by KVM
I'm going to increase it to 8 GiB for a while. I'm sure the host won't mind, since it has 64
 
Bob
with limited memory, and apps (supposedly) designed to allow being suspended and/or closed without warning
@allquixotic does it reserve memory on the host?
 
@Bob KVM on a Linux host supports memory overcommit; I'm not sure about KVM reimplemented on SmartOS; will have to investigate.
 
2:46 PM
oh for pete's sake
 
I don't know a Pete...
 
I'm attempting (quiet clippy) to write a tutorial/blog post on how to check the health of an old computer. Gsmartcontrol is what I usually use but it keeps crashing
0_0
an actually helpful error message
says its due to obsolete packages but looks like I need to do a load of updates before I know it works
 
2:59 PM
@Bob a huge compiler step of cc1plus as part of WebKit uses more than 2 GiB of memory pinned to the process. cool story, huh?
 
Bob
> Apple is the only one, at least in my area, with the iPhone 6 Plus, which is the majority of what people wanted (And that's odd, as everyone of my Apple using friends made fun of my Note 3, but are getting the iPhone 6 plus.).
.
@allquixotic Why am I not surprised?
I can't remember what the FF compilation process used, but it certainly wasn't light.
 
this isn't even the big link step :D
just the compile step :D
 
I think I'll be trying to dig out my 13W3 cable tommorrow ;p
0_0
 
Bob
13W3?
 
@Bob: the video cable for the SGI octane I own
 
3:01 PM
@Bob have to wonder whether it's a gcc issue or not -- if so, clang might produce more interesting results
interesting/favorable
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek O_O
 
Its a prety neat piece of kit, it has switches for switching between SGI, Sun and some other mode
 
@JourneymanGeek psst: your Octane doesn't have enough memory to build glibc, let alone WebKit
 
Bob
@allquixotic Pfffft. If someone can get Linux to run on an 8-bit AVR, they can get the Octane to build glibc.
 
3:15 PM
How do I disable right panel?
 
I wonder what happened to @Alejandra
 
It causes delay and annoys.
 
Would using a lighter pdf reader be an option? ;p
I know, I'll use an ASCII graphing tool, THEN TAKE A SCREENSHOT...
 
@JourneymanGeek like all women, she went away when she lost interest
cc non-pinged Ariane, kalina, ELU moderatrix, et al
 
Bob
@Boris_yo Click Tools
 
3:23 PM
@Bob ...
Yeah... Moment of truth.
 
I guess @Kate is still kind of around though
 
I had to click everywhere but obvious.
 
(yay?!)
 
cool, Firefox is using 633 MB of PWS with 3 tabs open :)
 
3:24 PM
o0
pws?
 
GateOne is a hog. I increased the scrollback size to 3000 lines
private working set
 
Bob
@allquixotic :\
 
x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -c -Wall -Wextra -Wreturn-type -fno-strict-aliasing -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat-security -Wreturn-type -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-
switch -Wno-switch-enum -Wundef -Wmissing-noreturn -Winit-self -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++0x
-fno-exceptions -frtti -DUNICODE -DQT_NO_MTDEV -DQT_NO_LIBUDEV -DQT_NO_EVDEV -DBUILDING_QT__=1 -DNDEBUG -DENABLE_3D_RENDERING=1 -DENABLE_BLOB=1 -DENABLE_CANVAS_PATH=1 -DE
 
What's the point of signing if "Signature validity is unknown"?
 
3:32 PM
something like error #8192 in my quest to build phantomjs for windows using mingw64 on centos 7
 
Bob
@allquixotic I'm impressed you managed to paste that without getting caught in the line-length limit.
Or does it not apply to code?
Or is this with terminal wraparound?
 
@allquixotic yup, just not having fun with sql servers
 
@Kate aww
@Bob it's multiple lines, so the chat doesn't care how big it is
if ( message_contains_newline)
line_limits_enforced = 0;
 
Bob
@allquixotic What, a single newline?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
wow.
 
@Bob I'm sure there's some upper limit on the max length of a message period -- you couldn't post the b64 text of the Windows installation DVD -- but it certainly allows tens of kilobytes
yes, with a single newline
 
Bob
3:44 PM
so it's not even necessary to split properly... just chuck a newline in
 
@Bob this is/was the principle behind my attempt to reimplement !!export as:
.
b64textb64text...
I don't think you can !!import the same way though
 
Bob
@allquixotic that probably worked (or would have) if it wasn't for the mess of a conversion function - why wasn't it a simple json + b64? why replace so many things?
 
you can export that way and it works, but the import stops after it gets to the line where it says "(see full text)"
 
Bob
I'm still not entirely sure what it did
plain json to an external api is easier anyway; no need to worry about formatting
 
now I'm tempted to post the b64 text of the Windows Server 2012 installation DVD @__________@
just kidding. I won't. but it would be hilarious for 5 seconds until they banned me
 
3:48 PM
;p
 
Bob
lol
I might hop into the sandbox and paste a ridiculously long message
 
chat is stored in their DB though and they brag that their DB is tiny, not sure if that includes chat or just the Q&A
I'm sure their image store (i.stack.imgur) is much larger of course
probably hundreds of GB by now
 
Bob
I'm failing hard at using python to b64 a file
ok there done
 
I'm trying to build a list of all libraries we're using in a project and their licences, for a neat list in our About dialog thing
$ find . | grep -v .git | grep LICENSE | wc -l
    466
8(
 
Bob
3:58 PM
O_O
@allquixotic I just attempted to paste a 20 MB file. It timed out.
I suppose that's an effective size limit! :P
 
@OliverSalzburg It looks like you're trying to build a list of all libraries you're using in a project and their licenses, for a neat list in your About dialog thing. Would you like help?
 
Bob
(forgot about my upload speeds)
 
@allquixotic I have no idea what you're suggesting… ;P
 
Bob
Incidentally, the act of pasting that file into a textbox increased FF's memory usage by at least 300 MB.
 
hahahah
 
Bob
3:59 PM
and froze it for a bit
and switching to the tab with the timeout message was +100MB and another freeze
deleted the message, back down at least 400 MB...
 
Bob
@allquixotic works with at least 100k:
I time out on 1M, though it could probably go higher if I had a faster connection
so really no explicit limit
 
@Bob and now balpha officially hates you ;p
 
Bob
;)
@allquixotic D:
 
@Bob that was totally me today, minus the cat
I love the emulated cat sounds (trills and meows) in his videos ;p
"meur!" and "bbbrrrrr!"
that's one durable spider, too
 
Bob
4:18 PM
> 32.0.2 - Corrupt installations cause Firefox to crash on update
O_O
 
o_O
wait what?
so corrupt installations aren't supposed to crash on update?
GIGO, right? you can't prevent a crash if someone dicks with their FF...
 
Bob
@allquixotic I'm just as confused!
Looking for information, I find bullshit like this
 
Bob
> Last updated by: teoli, Sep 10, 2014 7:53:24 AM
> The scenario used to reproduce the original issue and confirm the fix in 32.0.2:
1. Installed Firefox 31 cleanly in a new empty folder.
2. In the installation folder renamed omni.ja to omni.zip.
3. Using Windows Explorer extracted all contents of omni.zip to the installation folder.
4. Renamed omni.zip back to omni.ja.
5. Started Firefox 31 with a brand new profile and went to Help -> About to trigger update to 32.
6. After download completed, chose to restart Firefox to apply the update ---> Firefox crashed on startup on any try with the nsFrame::BoxReflow signature.
 
4:34 PM
I have Ren & Stimpy Show on my SSD taking over 9GB and I need to know what storage device to buy where I could store these files but also quickly access them as needed being mobile.
 
Bob
@allquixotic it's some edge case where people unzipped omni.ja (for dev? shrug). FF would then try to load files from the unzipped location, but 32 introduced a new file that can't be found, which crashes
at least that's what I gather from skimming the bug comments
 
@Bob must be some tutorial somewhere that says to unzip omni.ja
otherwise I can't fathom
 
Bob
> Uses less pwoer than USB 2.0
Future proof for next generation USB 3.0 port equipped devices
wat
 
4:49 PM
@Bob nevermind that; look at the prices
16 GB is cheaper than 8 GB!
 
Bob
@allquixotic The 8 GB is a "v2"
whatever that means
 
@Bob ahh. maybe the "v1" was fundamentally broken/unreliable in some way :P that's usually what "v1" means in reference to motherboards, modems/routers, etc.
"Sorry your product sucks, but to make things better, we're releasing a new version of the product, so that future buyers don't have to suffer the same things you did!"
"As for you... you're out of luck. Sorry again! ^_^"
> // At startup, check if we're the default browser and prompt user if not.
-pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", true);
+pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
pref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons",true);

// 0 = blank, 1 = home (browser.startup.homepage), 2 = last visited page, 3 = resume previous browser session
// The behavior of option 3 is detailed at: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Session_Restore

So I'll be willing to wager that some kind of crapware is doing this unpack procedure precisely to disable checking for default-browser. This is not something we measure in FHR o
 
Bob
o.O
 
5:06 PM
@Bob apparently Lenovo just released a new Surface Pro competitor called the ThinkPad 10
I like their careful choice of words :) "Intel Quad-Core Processing Power" does not mean "Intel Core" -- it's Atom
 
Bob
@allquixotic "competitor"...
"Intel Atom Processor"
yea, good luck with that
 
the specs aren't that good, except for the battery life
 
Bob
an i3 will run circles around it
 
for an x86-based tablet the battery life is higher than expected
 
Bob
> Windows 8.1 32-bit
> 2GB mobile DDR
!!no
 
it says 4 GB here
 
I would like the specs on something like this to suck less. Unfortunately, they need to have higher specs to really support x86 Windows.
failing that, Android, being more efficient and apps being tuned to lower-end hardware, works better in that form factor
 
Bob
@allquixotic I was thinking Venue 8 Pro, actually.
 
@Bob the idea is sexy
 
Bob
5:11 PM
@allquixotic Especially for $250
 
problem is, too much of desktop Windows will just run laughably bad on a device of that size/form factor with no physical keyboard
"press Ctrl+F8 to launch the configurator pop-up window"
"GAD DAMMIT"
 
Bob
@allquixotic I don't know why I seem to get more ThinkPad 10 options than you.
They're all overpriced shit, though.
 
lol
 
Bob
@allquixotic The Venue 11 Pro is better in every way I can find.
 
I'll be all over that Galaxy Note 4 (possibly the Edge, will have to see it in person) come mid-October :)
 
Bob
5:14 PM
They also rate their battery life as 8-10 hours.
 
that'll probably be large enough to replace my need for a tablet, while still serving as a perfectly good phone
given that I ONLY hold my phone up to my ear when I'm out and about and not in my car. I answer on my bluetooth headset in the office, and in my car I have bluetooth through the stereo system
@Bob except size
oh. you mean the Venue 11 Pro is better than the ThinkPad 10? yeah
I thought you meant Venue 11 Pro vs. Venue 8 Pro
 
Bob
Oh, wait, the ThinkPad 10 is 1200 vertical res o.O
 
great. more pixels to slow down the gimped Bay Trail GPU :)
you know, I really hope the Surface Pro 4 is awesome, because I'm probably not going to be able to resist purchasing one
I would be disappointed if Microsoft kills the Surface Pro line because so many ignorant people say "Surface sucks" and label the entire line as bad, when that's just the RT ones
hell. they should keep producing them but rename them to escape the bad publicity of Windows RT
"Introducing the new Microsoft View Tablet" or something -- ANYthing -- to get away from "Surface"
and then stop making new RT tablets
 
Wow, that was weird.
I just sent a Q over to SU since it fit better here.
I checked it out, it had been marked as a dupe cause the OP had cross posted. I voted to close and lo! I have a gold badge!
I felt like a mod on both sites.
 
Bob
o.O
 
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Q: executing cmds on a Linux box from a windows box

FearghalHow can I create a script on a windows box that retrieves data from the Linux box by executing cmds against the remote Linux box? I have got putty and Plink on the win box but not sure how to fire the cmds from a script e.g. a bat file and get the results written back to a txt file on the win b...

I was quite chuffed actually. I thought I would have to come here with my tail between my legs begging the mods' forgiveness but hey! I could fix my own mess :)
 
Bob
@terdon I swear we have an existing dupe.
but I'm too lazy to go look for it
 
yo dupe, we herd u like to close dupe questions so we made a dupe of yo dupe so yo can close while yo close
 
Which one of these is correct about amperage being too high? electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/10660/… or superuser.com/questions/596467/…
I think it's the electronics one
 
Bob
Meh. The SU one is one of a massive list of dupes of similar questions, most of them with entirely unsatisfying answers.
I really need to make a canonical question for that one of these days.
 
 
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Bob
7:21 PM
 
7:31 PM
there's a new Poets of the Fall album out :D
they must broadcast their new albums over subliminal brain wifi, because it was released TODAY; on a whim, I started listening to an old Poets of the Fall song on the way to work, and then checked to see if they had anything new on Spotify, and... they did!
 
Bob
o.O
 
Teachers are back, my life is frantic again... Gah
 

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