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6:00 PM
I need to start looking for one
 
I have one! :P
 
and then take it to ATT and get them to give me a cheap text/data plan @sidran32
 
There's also the HTC Arrive, IIRC.
 
oh, an LG Quantum? I can't remember if you have one or now @sidran32 - I think we talked about this one time
 
I don't like physical keyboards.
 
6:00 PM
I have an LG Quantum.
 
@studiohack Well, they are adding support for it, so it doesn't really require it.
 
you like it, right?
 
I do, @studiohack. It's great. Though not the prettiest phone out there. :P Also on the smaller side in terms of screen size with a 3.5" screen.
 
@sidran32 I like it that it seems tough/durable because it is bulkier, is this true?
 
But ya, the HTC Arrive also has a hardware keyboard.
And so does the Dell Venue Pro
 
6:02 PM
interesting. but it is Sprint
I know about the Dell Venue, don't like that style @sidran32
 
@studiohack It definitely feels substantial. The only issue is that the rubberized outside is very susceptible to knicks from being hit.
Though I got a case on mine which makes it look much nicer. :P
 
@sidran32 so... looks ugly after a while, but holds up? :P
 
I'd take a picture and show you but the camera is on the phone :P
 
I don't have sprint here, so the Arrive is sort of not an option, since it's not for CMDA or GSM
 
@studiohack Yup. Oh, and the battery cover is metal so it scratches up a lot. But it also bevels when you close it letting you play "spin the bottle" with your phone :P
Aha. Well, the LG Quantum isn't a bad choice. I wrote a review on it up on the AT&T website. Dunno if it's still there...
 
6:04 PM
@sidran32 hahahahahaha
if you can find it easily, like to see it. but I don't think AT&T has that page up anymore @sidran32
 
Hm, may not.
 
costs ~$150 for one. :(
 
I hope WP8 update will be available to WP7.5 people, would be nasty otherwise...
 
and around $35 a month. so expensive!
 
Also, this one is funny considering WP8 is coming:
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Q: Can Window Phone 7 be upgraded to Windows 8?

FranvaI'm going to buy a Windows Phone mobile. But I'm still considering that whether I should wait for the Windows 8 Phone or buy the latest Windows Phone Mango mobile. As far as I know, Windows 8 is going to be released in the near future. And it's a all-in-one OS, means it can run on the Windows Ph...

 
6:06 PM
Hah, ya.
 
Also note how he types Windows 8 Phone in his question.
 
@TomWijsman They said early on that all devices will get all OS updates. So far they've more or less held to it.
@TomWijsman Well in his defence, many people also still type Windows 7 Phone (and even Windows Mobile 7). :P
 
just to confirm, when carriers no longer carry a phone, this means that it is no longer being manufactured right? and that the number of phones out there is limited?
 
@studiohack Usually yes.
My phone no longer exists :P
Somehow, I feel this is totally the wrong answer:
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A: Permalinks feature - how does it work?

Simon SheehanLinks there appear to just be shortened versions of a full link. For example, your question is http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/121121/permalinks-feature-how-does-it-work The link for it is http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/121121/162522 It appears to just shorten /questions to /q and t...

 
I ask a lot of potentially dumb/stupid/obvious questions, I know... just want to make sure sometimes :)
 
6:12 PM
@studiohack Its within good reason :) Plus the phone market is a mess ;P
 
it's funny how I can know so much in some areas of tech @SimonSheehan, and be so horribly confused by others... like cell phones and PATH in Windows haha
 
@studiohack Haha. We're all a bit different :)
 
@studiohack Myself, I know my way around a computer like the back of my hand, but a digital microwave stymies me. :P
 
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Q: Is it possible to give reputation points to another user?

DennisI was in the process of editing what was a good and eventually accepted suggestion when it was deleted for being just a link. That was why I was editing it, because it was the right link it just needed a lot more explaining. I absolutely love the link and never would have known about it without...

 
@SimonSheehan hehehe... I want to see what happens here... but... I have a SSD :( Is there anyway to change the download location?
 
6:21 PM
Hello everyone
 
@sidran32 lol
 
I have the strangest of problems both mplayer and totem can open a video, and I can navigate trough the video, but when I press play nothing happens
 
@WilliamHilsum Yep! Just reinstall Steam, and then change the install location
@WilliamHilsum If you do, remember to copy your /steamapps folder first, so your games aren't lost!
 
I've even tried reinstalling totem but nothing changed
 
Bah! Too much trouble :/
 
6:23 PM
@WilliamHilsum Hahah
 
@WilliamHilsum use the steam spreader feature in gamesave manager
 
Saw the notification, first thing that came to my mind was "Use the what what in the what"!
 
@WilliamHilsum lol
 
well, not sure that will work from the description as I need to download it in the first place... does that download then move?
im up to 8.91
trying to see what else I can delete
ok... freed up the space
anyone want to teamviewer in and watch? You are welcome to!
 
@WilliamHilsum Leave us your info. :)
 
6:33 PM
but... have to be quick, got to get on with work :( so much to do for tomorrow... really underestimated it and got to present it first thing... going to pull an all nighter!
 
I'm unsure though what you are going to show us...
 
231 655 897 / 3286 - I will disable once this is finished!
lol, download speed on Steam, not lying!
this is CRAZY
 
Holy crap..
 
That's the connection between his ISP and my ISP. :D
He gets more if he picks the right SpeedTest.net servers locally.
 
6:50 PM
lol, didn't see you posting that!
tom... you may want to reconnect quick... wanted to show you something
 
@TomWijsman bloody hell
 
lol, that video uploaded instantly to youtube!
 
@Sathya Someone should blog about that for Gaming
@WilliamHilsum did they hook you up with a connection like that at home as well? :P
 
I wish!
I live to far away for the moment!
 
You know, there's a plan in Japan (IIRC) that offers 1 Gbps fiber optic internet speeds to the home. :P
 
6:54 PM
@WilliamHilsum getting excited for when their internet reaches you? :P
 
lol... I will explode or something
I may move closer to them!
if my job gets renewed, I certainly will... but, it won't if I don't get this finished!
damn... get distracted too easy!
 
3... 2... 1... William says:
 
@SimonSheehan / everyone else, here is download TF2... I got a little bored and cancelled, but, it is cool! Tom was on the line as well! ... This is just for us... please do not share the link/post publically or I will delete it from youtube! I don't think I would get in trouble... after all, it shows our network is cool! but... I haven't asked for permission or anything...
lol @TomWijsman
... And, it contains personal information / my steam information e.t.c.
 
@WilliamHilsum Wait, Tom was on the line? :o
Oh, teamviewer, aha
 
yeah, I gave the teamviewer info... he is still on!
 
7:00 PM
sounded like you were together doing this
 
and DAMN... I didn't set the quality high on the screen recorder... I will do it again later if people don't believe it! but... I think tom is proof!!!
 
@WilliamHilsum Haaha, very cool. Might wanna hide it so no one notices your info :p
 
lol
I feel like crying though... just wish I had this at home... can't do games here :(
 
@WilliamHilsum Download there, then transfer to your desktop!
 
so, whilst I am joking-showing off, it is useless to me!
lol
ok... setting as private
 
7:02 PM
:P
 
@WilliamHilsum: Just create a room "@WilliamHilsum and @studiohack 's Secret Lair" and set access permissions on it.
 
I don't get it! :/
sorry... so tired! going to get on with work...
 
@WilliamHilsum: Well, were you both can put stuff like that and only we can see it but not Google.
 
lol
sorry, wasn't reading up / didn't know studiohack was posting things as well... or I am so tired / not understanding! :/
 
Quick question, is it possible to restart Windows in Safe Mode via command line if I only have RDP access?
 
7:15 PM
I believe so, @spidEY... let me check
 
Also everyone, meet @spidEY - He's a good friend of mine.
 
Hello :)
 
Hi! :)
 
Hm, I don't see an option to restart in safe mode specifically, unfortunately...
 
Can it be done in msconfig?
Oh, it can be done!
 
7:17 PM
shutdown /i will give you many options but none will give you safemode.
AFAIK
 
One moment, awful red freehands coming
 
@SimonSheehan Ah, I knew there was an option. I was just looking in the wrong place :P
 
haha :p
 
@TomWijsman what's up? @WilliamHilsum? @SimonSheehan
 
I knew it had to be somewhere too.
 
7:19 PM
Very nice @SimonSheehan. I'll have to do some testing with that later.
 
But ya, if you don't check "Make all boot settings permanent", it will not save them for the next shut down.
 
But in the off hours, wouldn't want to cause downtime while we have people using it hehe.
 
@studiohack Not a whole lot. We saw @WilliamHilsum's nerdgasmic download speeds, it makes all the geeks jealous
 
Which isn't intuitive, the way they present the options. I had to look that up. :)
 
@SimonSheehan lol :P
 
7:19 PM
@studiohack What about you?
 
@WilliamHilsum it's private?
 
@studiohack It had has credit card info in it, lol
 
Hm, back to work :)
 
Have fun @sidran32 :p
 
@SimonSheehan selling my PCI-E card on eBay haha
 
7:20 PM
@SimonSheehan did it?
 
@studiohack Haha, nice.
 
I missed that :/
 
and a netflix subscription
 
Oh, did you say "free money", @SimonSheehan? :)
 
Ill enable it for a second though... and disable when done
 
7:20 PM
@WilliamHilsum Oh, I thought you said it was in there?
 
no... account info for steam and stuff
 
say when @WilliamHilsum - gonna kill those two flagz
 
@WilliamHilsum Oh okay, didn't realize that, sorry.
 
eh, can't see how to un-private the movie :/
ok ... done... youtube.com/watch?v=A9r27jDmxWk&feature=youtu.be let me know when to set it back to private...
 
@WilliamHilsum loaded for me
can't read how many mbps @WilliamHilsum?
something like 275?
 
7:25 PM
It was 30MB/s or just over, so... 240ish!
yeah
would be 275ish or just over
 
@WilliamHilsum wow. incredible.
I'm lucky if I get that much in KB!
 
Ok really, back to work. :P
 
7:51 PM
I think that's the 4th time @sidran32 has said hes working :p
 
For the Skyrimmers under us...
 
@SimonSheehan I'm easily distracted. ;)
(Just pretend I did it a 5th time...)
 
8:02 PM
@slhck: Who needs instruments? :D
 
Really awesome video
At about 0:50 it really gets started
 
Nice, we had a guy break (and sadly also pole) dancing on our bus once.
 
Oh dear.
 
Also involved some head banging and stuff, but he also suddenly did a split on the floor and such.
Guess he was having the time of his life... :/
 
We had a guy stand on a table during lunch and do the Macarena
As well as giving 4 guys microphones to perform a backstreet boys song on tables
 
8:07 PM
We once did the Macarena at our student's fraternity because the DJ was playing too much dubstep. :D
Suddenly you see the whole middle do the Macarena...
 
Haha. <Is not a dubstep fan>, that is pretty funny though
 
I'm not really either...
 
A lot of it just gives me a headache, but everyone likes different things
 
Going through the Top 100 of YouTube, a lot of crap in it... :(
This one is one of the better. :)
(By the way, local Top 100 of Belgium)
 
Can't even watch the video in my country :P
 
8:13 PM
"Nickelback - How You Remind Me" if you can't even see the title.
 
@TomWijsman Isn't it.. old?
 
But weird that you can't see it.
Yeah, it is.
 
Nickelback hasn't had an album in a while.
 
But it's in our YouTube Top 100, go figure...
 
@TomWijsman Can't watch it either. Had to google the song title and click on the second hit, different video of the same song on YT.
 
8:14 PM
I blame Vevo
 
And like several Ai Se Eu Te Pego ('cause you have the official, the English, the lyrics, the dance moves, a dance tutorial, some footballers doing the dance moves, remixes, covers, ...)
 
@TomWijsman If only I hadn't searched for it.
Thanks a lot
 
8:37 PM
cool! thanks...
and... any CSS wizards on? @Bloodphilla - I know you are good at this if you are there!...
 
And for those who have been sleeping...
 
Bah, still have all the LOTR films to watch! I have the extended editions and never had the time to watch!
 
I have them too. :)
 
ok,... I want to watch my boxsets and that! lol... need more hours in the day!
 
9:06 PM
@WilliamHilsum I have them too, but only on regular DVD (but I'm not going to repurchase my movies in HD until I really feel the need!)
 
@sidran32 ditto
 
I actually have the LOTR trilogy DVDs that have both the theatrical release and the extended edition on one disc, for each movie.
I liked both. Extended is better, but it's so long that sometimes I'm just not in the mood :P
 
It was a big step up from VHS to dvd, but, I feel the same for HD-DVD/Blu ray... I wish there was a Steam for movies! (not counting Apple Itunes!... ever)
 
The theatrical releases were already long as it was
 
@sidran32 the big tome thing with 3 "books" each with 4 or 6 disks? I can't remember the details, but, that is what I had
 
9:07 PM
@WilliamHilsum They're trying. They offer digital versions a lot when you buy it on DVD/Bluray, though I have yet to try it, and hear bad things about it.
 
in all honesty, I haven't bought a movie in about 4-5 years now :/
I can't remember the last one I did buy
 
@WilliamHilsum Nope. 1 double-sided some-number-of-layers DVD disc per movie, containing both the theatrical and extended versions.
 
ahh, ok
 
You have to flip the disc over 1/2 way through the movie but I don't care. :P
You can select which version to play when you put it in your player.
 
@DanielBeck That was crazy!
 
9:09 PM
I rented the extended editions with the special features/behind the scenes extra DVDs a while back and saw them all. Don't need them again. :P
 
@DanielBeck Our bass player said that this would become a new super hit. Like 2 months ago. Don't know how he managed to predict that.
 
9:28 PM
@SimonSheehan What? They had one released in Nov. 2011. I just don't think you know it :P
 
9:52 PM
Hmm...
Where can you report site bugs on here?
 
Apple mouse driving me crazy again. clicking is not normal
@sidran32 SU bugs? - that would be MSU
 
what do you want to report @sidran32?
 
@IvoFlipse thanks for this, I'll check it out after class
 
@studiohack What about it?
 
@IvoFlipse It's an odd bug with IE9 specifically for the chat page. Not sure what would cause it but thought I'd make it known...
In Windows 7, specifically
 
9:53 PM
@sidran32 I'd go to MSO, balpha will check this more often
 
@slhck sometimes when I click, it doesn't click :P
 
He's the one who made chat
@studiohack … that's weird :P
 
the mouse is my biggest pet peeve with Apple so far.
 
@studiohack What mouse are you using exactly?
 
@sidran32 let me guess... where it doesn't scroll?
 
9:54 PM
@studiohack Nope!
 
@slhck the standard apple mouse that comes with iMacs?
 
Hmmm. I don't know which one that is, haha :D
 
@sidran32 okay :P that's a common "bug" though it's not
@slhck oh. hang on
 
is it wireless and without any buttons or nipples?
 
@slhck wired version of this:
 
9:56 PM
wrong link :P
 
lol, still figuring out CMD and CTRL :P
 
@IvoFlipse IE9 can have Windows 7 show separate buttons for each browser tab. It does this, except for the chat page. If it's the only tab, then everything looks normal, but as soon as you open another tab, things break. It will restore the window from minimized to whatever was the active tab, including the chat page, but it will only show buttons/previews for the other tabs. The only time you can see a button/preview for the chat page tab is if it's the only tab.
 
I'm not sure if they're going to fix it, but feel free to try
 
@studiohack Well the thing with these mice is that they don't right-click when you use two fingers … kinda had to get used to that. But not registering clicks is awkward.
 
g2g for class! :P am getting used to it @slhck
laters!
 
9:58 PM
Bye @studiohack
@IvoFlipse Is that reproducible?
 
wow, that was unexpected :)
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@sidran32 I would avoid reproducing it, by starting to use Chrome
 
/cc @IvoFlipse
 
w00t
upvoted :P
The only thing that disappoints me is that I never got a heads up before
not even in private
 
@IvoFlipse Hah. I have Chrome. I just am using IE on my laptop because I tend to skin my theme and Chrome doesn't play nicely with WindowBlinds. Besides, I have nothing against IE9. It's a good browser.
 
10:02 PM
I don't have anything against it, just don't use it
 
Also, this page totally doesn't validate HTML4.01 strict :P
 
10:16 PM
Quick story
 
@Psycogee Well for me standby does not work, but hibernates and i have hybrid-hibernation enabled.
 
A touch computer comes in here, work order simply says "Dad was watching porn on it, now says not to start it up till it's been checked out". I put on my rubber gloves and plug in a USB keyboard and mouse to it to troubleshoot. Then after removing a couple hundred viruses, I had to apply the EXE fix... EXE files were now in chinese characters. "Your computer is badly infected, and we think it has chlamydia. Stop surfing porn". Good response on the work order?
 
10:37 PM
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Q: How do I specify a filetype in a Google search?

MosheIs there a syntax to specify a filetype in a Google search? What is it? (I'm looking for PDFs.)

 
filetype:pdf @Moshe :P
 
thanks
 
Naughty boy, looking for illegally posted ebooks are we? :P
 
@IvoFlipse wanna post that answer instead? :P
 
No
I don't care about my web apps rep, so feel free to steal it
 
10:41 PM
@IvoFlipse Um. I don't steal ebooks.
Not to say none of my classmates don't.
 
I disagree with the term stealing
heck even O'Reilly does
 
@IvoFlipse Heh I got most of mine by migrated SU posts.
O RLY?
(sorry, that one was inevitable)
 
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Q: How do I delete my Facebook account?

Ivo FlipseI don't trust Facebook's new privacy settings and have decided to delete my account, but I can't find the kill switch. Does anyone know how I can delete my Facebook account?

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11:16 PM
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@studiohack Too localised :)
Without knowing the exact breed of dog and pedigree it would be impossible to help
 
11:48 PM
@DanielBeck: Yeah, i did, and 500 rep for a tool thats helpful for people in the same situation i'm in is worth it ^^.
 

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