Mhh, random question: could you recommend a good web-browser to me? I feel like installing a new one. I'm on windows 7 64bit. Chrome is 32 bit and all that *32 in my task manager is making me cringe. I'd love to hear what you guys are using.
see now any one of those processes could crash, and all the rest of them would go along like nothing happend, tis a great feature, although not crashing is often a better feature
64-bit has more registers available. It can operate more efficiently on 64-bit arithmetic. It can address more memory. It has the NX bit (good for security). Probably more I don't know off the top of my head.
32-bit is more broadly compatible (not an inherent advantage, but one just the same). It uses less space for its native word size. The pointers are smaller.
@Nick The "speed" doesn't make a lick of difference to the vast majority of consumers.
You'll normally only encounter significant quantities of 64-bit arithmetic on scientific calculations, simulations, etc..
The NX bit and more addressable memory are the primary benefits.
The additional registers are relatively minor in a world where most CPUs are sitting idle most of the time.
@Nick You need to stop thinking about WoW64. It's mostly there for syscalls. 32-bit code will run entirely natively on an x86-64 processor - the WoW64 layer only applies for the Windows API. And even then I believe it's only for kernel calls (don't take my word for it...).
"In fact, its disruption in the space has caused many of its brick and mortar competitors to lose a ton of business (or even go out of business like CompUSA, Circuit City, and Radio Shack)."
@Psycogeek The guy talks about Amazon opening their first ever brick and mortar store and sweeping every business around... Like you mentioned recently abotu RadioShack going out of business.
> In order to be able to run 32bit binaries on a 64bit windows version, there has to be an extra layer between usermode and kernelmode. This is because a 64bit kernel expects 64bit pointers as parameter, whereas the 32bit application provides 32bit pointers.
This brings us to segments, on WOW64 there are two code segments, the code from our 32bit binary will run in segment 0×23, which tells the CPU to emulate a 32bit CPU. However, when a syscall is made, the CPU has to switch to segment 0×33, which makes the CPU use the 64bit instruction set.
I read that one a while ago for an entirely different reason. But it conveniently happens to be one of the first Google results for the current topic of discussion :P
I'm looking for a Windows equivalent of Systrace or at least strace. I'm aware of
StraceNT, but wondering if there are any more alternatives out there. Specifically, I'm looking for a specific way to programmatically enforce system call policies, though this can be after the fact rather than act...
You might experience a bit of a speedup copying double-precision floating point numbers around, since they're 64 bits wide and will fit in one word rather than two, but the actual maths isn't going to be faster.
@Nick As above: more addressable memory is a huge win, and the NX bit does help quite a lot security-wise.
More addressable memory also improves ASLR (again, security).
Those are the primary benefits.
The extra registers and larger native word size do help, but not so much in typical consumer use.
@HackToHell I don't think there's anything native apart from DHCP, but some third-party programs can, and there's probably some hook/event you can listen to if you're writing a program.
@Nick Also, one of the main points of shared libraries is that, well, they're shared. The image is only loaded in memory once regardless of how many running processes are linked to it. Doesn't matter if you have one or a hundred processes relying on it, you'll only have a single WoW64.dll instance in memory.
You can check for a network connection in .NET 2.0 using GetIsNetworkAvailable():
System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable()
To monitor changes in IP address or changes in network availability use the events from the NetworkChange class:
System.Net.NetworkInformati...
Here is how you do it in Mylyn using the WikiText Standalone. Substitute the appropriate DocumentBuilder for your desired Wiki markup (you'll have to check the API to see what's available; TextileDocumentBuilder also exists).
File ConvertToConfluence.java:
package com.stackoverflow.mylyn;
imp...
@HackToHell That looks like it's for managing profiles, not IP settings. Use the System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkChange.NetworkAvailabilityChangedevent and change the IP address using built-in classes.
@HackToHell Pssst, do you have a list of essential downloads besides bluescreenview and Rammap. You guys are really pointing me in a very interesting direction. I could do trial and error with random stuff but considering your experience in this regard, I'd really like your input.
@Boris_yo leagaly all the wiping out the competition is just capitolism , and would be good , but when it comes to buying up (swollowing) the competition , there were laws in place called Anti-competitive that were used to stop everything from being run by OMNICorp (fictitious all owning future corporation) . These laws would stop the sale or merger or takeover/buyout , that would remove ALL competition.
@Boris_yo Eventually things got so big, the definitions of having competition changed. Where once it may have been anti-competitive and a monopoly to have only 1 office store , in a single town/city. it is now a monopoly if there is only 1 Office store in the whole friggen country.
@Boris_yo If we go back in time to where anti-competitive laws were applied, as they should have been, a "Chain" corporation may have been concidered monopolising when it buys up 10 coffee shops in one city and converts them to $tarbucks. Now If there exist another ONE coffee shop somewhere in porkatello idaho , $tarbucks can buy every coffee shop in the whole country, as long as that 1 lone piece of competition exists.
@Boris_yo They have allowed OMNIcorp to buy everything and anything, and cross merger and buyout until they do own everything , based on some weak competition , that they may even prop up for a few minutes, so they can say it exists. about 2-5 years after they make the OMNIbuy , the competition collapses, and at that point it is too late. there is no law saying you cant destroy the competition . That would be anti-capitolist
I have a problem with my domain regarding my Wordpress website.
When I try to open myDomain.com/wp-login.php, I can't access it.I am Using Free Hosting Service and Domain Provider is BIGROCK.COM
and when I open my website, there is a message:
You Are Loser
BIG ZERO GROUP
MADE IN ALGERIA
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@Nick not barren owned :-) drive into a town to grab some fast food, and you see 4 fast food places, But they are all owned by PepsiCo. look at they ton of shampoos that you can wash your hair with , with hundreds of brands, but they are all owned by Proctor&Gamble (or whomever owns them this week).
@JourneymanGeek We can't make anymore sites, man. There are just so many se sites now. All of it is just running on the fumes of StackOverflow. You gotta keep it in scope.
@JourneymanGeek No, I only read one but yeah, other forums have certain benifits. Like for example our attack victime could be spared downvotes and actually helped much better.
@Nick We help users who help themselves. Coming to us in panic with a very general, broad problem is not something that's encyclopedic in nature. It's hard to see how that question, unmodified, could be suitable on any SE site.
@JourneymanGeek I know. I'm bad at asking questions. I'm thinking I'll hang around in a few chatrooms a bit, google around before attempting to ask anything on main.
You mentioned "forums" -- none of the SE sites are forums. Getting the word "forum" out of the terminology helps you begin to separate in your mind, SE sites and forums. The two are completely different animals.
@Nick You're probably correct that a help forum with the right people staffing it / browsing it might actually provide him more help on his particular issue
but oddly enough, the #1 goal of Super User is not to help individuals asking questions :P it's very counterintuitive
the #1 goal of Super User is to help the thousands of other people who will Google and find hits on our site, and hopefully those hits will be relevant to them
the problem with a hack victim is, each individual is going to handle it completely differently, depending on the exact circumstances
IMHO it doesn't really matter why -- yes, he may have been a bad actor himself, but if a site is getting hacked, there should at least be a place on the web you can go to get tips on how to restore it -- but, it's going to depend heavily on your hosting provider, how you have it set up, versions of stuff, how much risk you're willing to take, etc
@Lokkij If you did not change anything, then prefer to not start tearing it to pieces , untill you have been more persistant with it starting up :-) I assume you unplugged it for this cleaning? There are times when an aged computer will have trouble starting the first time (when all power is removed). Keep checking stuff prior to tearing it to shreds, and keep giving it a chance to do what it did, when you did not change anything.
like for example, you might be able to find the root cause of the hack and prevent that specific attack from happening again, but if you don't totally wipe your wordpress instance, you can't be sure it won't come back
there are some good help forums out there, but the problem is, the people with the knowledge who contribute answers get burned out because of all the help vampire, low quality questions
it's harder to get burned out on a site like Super User, when you can pretty much always look at the front page and find a good question that's interesting to answer
@Lokkij If you had the power off , from the wall (for the first time in a long time) could be the cmos battery was low and you lost your cmos settings. If you even bumped your heat sink, well those socket connections are critical on the newer processors.
Error 1 The type 'System.Attribute' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System.Runtime, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Windows.winmd ipswitcher
> I currently see no way around it, which is a shame. As the main forkers (that I know of), @Elusive138, @allquixotic, thoughts? Maybe you have an alternative idea?
@HackToHell isnt that a microsoft blog? do you go to Microsoft answers to get fixes too :-) what goes wrong? and did you see how the data was showing after the change in the GUI for the adapter?
If you set it manually in the GUI , does it work fine that way? Because they certannly didnt cover cases where it wouldnt.
Step by step:
GDIFF, a delta encoding algorithm, is used to compute the difference between the
old application version and the new one. This is done on the server
side. This computed difference is usually referred to as a
patch file.
The patch file is transferred to the device.
The Google Play...
Just found this today while checking my laptop's clock accuracy
Seems Windows has some issues with auto time sync and I have to do it manually.
Once manually synced, time.is reports "Your time is exact!" (It was previously off by 7.3 seconds.)
I would normally assume my laptop's clock is accurate to no worse than 0.5 seconds, which is what I consider good enough to use as a time reference for setting other devices' clocks
Will do some more experimentation to see how much the clock drifts over time and to ensure the time sync works as expected.
@FredMcgiff Please don't ask to ask; if you simply ask your actual question, we will help you if we know the answer or can help you find it. This is much faster and simpler than asking if it's OK to ask. As a rule, it is always OK to ask in this channel. Please go ahead.
Well I learned a valuable lesson and that was never use a cable that is not OEM when trying to upgrade 6 months back was upgrading Iphone 5 sprint via itunes. Failure of upgrade due to cable Now every boot iPhone 5 ssays insert sim.
@DragonLord me neither, but it'd be cool to have ;p "Oh no, I'm in the wilderness with only my phone, and they need this work done NOW and it's only possible by running an .exe!!!"
but due to the bad cable and bad sim card the upgrade failed now when boots up says insert sim.. I Did make complete backups to computer before multiple times. before the failure.\
Anyone know possible if is possible to restore using the file backups ups somehow is no way without having to insert sim? I been on and off trying everything ...
You can check for a network connection in .NET 2.0 using GetIsNetworkAvailable():
System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable()
To monitor changes in IP address or changes in network availability use the events from the NetworkChange class:
System.Net.NetworkInformati...
Here is how you do it in Mylyn using the WikiText Standalone. Substitute the appropriate DocumentBuilder for your desired Wiki markup (you'll have to check the API to see what's available; TextileDocumentBuilder also exists).
File ConvertToConfluence.java:
package com.stackoverflow.mylyn;
imp...
Step by step:
GDIFF, a delta encoding algorithm, is used to compute the difference between the
old application version and the new one. This is done on the server
side. This computed difference is usually referred to as a
patch file.
The patch file is transferred to the device.
The Google Play...
