Root Access

Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML, ) is a declarative XML-based language created by Microsoft which is used to initialize structured values and objects. It is available under Microsoft's Open Specification Promise. The acronym originally stood for Extensible Avalon Markup Language - Avalon being the code-name for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Overview XAML is used extensively in .NET Framework 3.0 & .NET Framework 4.0 technologies, particularly Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight, and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). In WPF, XAML is used as a user int...

It's kinda like HTML, but then for writing GUI windows and similar stuff. :-)

BloodPhilia

Well XAML I know

But

WPF

Ironpython?

xD

TomWij

Windows Presentation Foundation

Developed by Microsoft, the Windows Presentation Foundation (or WPF) is a graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications. WPF, previously known as "Avalon", was initially released as part of .NET Framework 3.0. Rather than relying on the older GDI subsystem, WPF utilizes DirectX. WPF attempts to provide a consistent programming model for building applications and provides a separation between the user interface and the business logic. It has resemblance to similar XML-oriented object models, such as those implemented in XUL and SVG. WPF employs XAML, a der...

Bleeding-edge graphical subsystem. :-)

BloodPhilia

12:21 AM

mkay :P

qt?

:P

TomWij

Maybe perhaps, I haven't thought about a cross platform GUI yet.

Thus I haven't tried qt, I did wxWidgets once but it makes me shiver... :D

BloodPhilia

Well if you're doing python anyway, why not make it completely cross platform?

QT is actually quite neat

►

lol

TomWij

(I hope you realize that is fake...)

nhinkle

LOLOL. i would certainly hope so

i don't think it's possible to punch through a monitor like that

Wil

I wish that was real... but yeah, I don't think anyone can do that... possibly break or if really strong, dent the back... but not straight through!

TomWij

12:29 AM

@nhinkle: There is a frame his answer disappears inside the monitor with the ghost displayed.

Then after when he reaches the end, you see a red light on the wall, where does that come from? And the white light of the monitor doesn't cause a change in brightness.

He pulls back his arm: No scratches? No blood? No fire marks? Just nothing...

nhinkle

yep

BloodPhilia

Honestly, monitors aren't actually that solid :P

You can easily punch through

have I tried?

Yes I have

:P

Well, I wouldn't try one with a glass screen, but just LCD is quite easy to punch through

TomWij

The smoke locations look weird too...

BloodPhilia

I'm not saying this one is real, I'm just saying it's quite possible :P

TomWij

@BloodPhilia: Yeah, I agree. But I'm going to stop thinking about it, feels weird thinking about punching your own laptop screen... :D

nhinkle

12:34 AM

is anyone able to use the user search? it seems to me the search box is disabled

on superuser.com/users

BloodPhilia

@nhinkle It is

nhinkle

why?!

BloodPhilia

It's disabled in the source

disabled="disabled"

nhinkle

i guess i should post on meta?

TomWij

Yeah, even when enabling it, it doesn't parse my input.

BloodPhilia

12:35 AM

Probably because it's not finished yet

TomWij

I think it's on purpose...

BloodPhilia

I think you'll get a by-design

nhinkle

well it used to work. it's weird that it's there but disabled

BloodPhilia

I think the search function is under development/testing

nhinkle

i'm going to ask on MSO anyhow

BloodPhilia

12:36 AM

@nhinkle Okay =) Could you post the link here?

Like to follow that q

nhinkle

will do

TomWij

Perhaps they are porting to Lucene, or they might have been an injection problem (although I would think the framework they are using would prevent that).

BloodPhilia

@TomWij DROP DATABASE *;

xD

TomWij

@BloodPhilia: I would try to get a database dump unnoticed on which I could run real-time queries instead of those based on a data dump of weeks ago. :D

BloodPhilia

@TomWij xD You're too kind

TomWij

12:40 AM

Gaining so much reputation to finally drop the database, no... :-)

nhinkle

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Q: User search box is disabled

For some reason, the user search box on the redesigned users page is disabled. Enabling it with something like firebug still doesn't work. I presume this has something to do with the in-development redesign, but was this done on purpose or is it a bug? It's rather inconvenient not being able to f...

BloodPhilia

You got your answer @nhinkle

Someone posted a related question that has the answer

Sathya

6:26 AM

how in the world does Word run w/o a Microsoft Office install ?

Ivo Flipse

6:43 AM

uhm does it?

Sathya

yes

I was arguing with a colleague it's not possible

he sent me winword & excel and it ran :O

Ivo Flipse

how large is that exe?

NSFW: youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AFA-rOls8YA

from a bunch of epic battle raps: geeksaresexy.net/2011/03/02/6-epic-rap-battles

Sathya

@IvoFlipse word is 38MB, Excel is 34kb :\

Ivo Flipse

on what kind of computer is he running that?

Sathya

I'm running it on mine now

Win XP Pro

I dont have office installed

nhinkle

6:59 AM

ya thanks @BloodPhilia

looks like it's all fixed now

@Sathya , VMware ThinStall

vmware.com/products/thinapp

Sathya

@nhinkle ?

nhinkle

regarding how word runs without installing office

Sathya

@nhinkle I doubt it's that - the executables were sent from a system which has got Office installed

nhinkle

o_O

really?

hm

I've definitely seen thinapp used for office before, but maybe that's not it

Sathya

I should post it as a question, me thinks

nhinkle

7:01 AM

do

i think i could try writing an answer to that

i always enjoy answering your questions

Ivo Flipse

Might be worth a question for SU then @Sathya... oh you thought the same :P

we can put it on HackerNews again @nhinkle :P

nhinkle

and the homepage of /. :D

and to the IT department's weekly helpdesk meeting

lol

Sathya

LOL :D

nhinkle

@Sathya did they send you just excel.exe and winword.exe?

Sathya

@nhinkle yes!

nhinkle

7:03 AM

hm. i won't give you all my suggestions quite yet, but i'm formulating some thoughts

Sathya

Ivo Flipse

did your supervisor recognize you yet @nhinkle?

nhinkle

lol I mentioned it to him @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

btw @Sathya you can hide the autopager extension

nhinkle

we don't have any more meetings this term, but i'm going to ask him if next term i can put a plug in for super user at one of the meetings

Sathya

7:07 AM

@IvoFlipse yeah, never go to do that lol

Ivo Flipse

do it now :P

Sathya

now* :p

Ivo Flipse

darn it, I won't be online for today and tomorrow, or at least not be able to answer questions

there goes my rep on fitness...

nhinkle

@Sathya when you run those files, it just opens up word or excel, magically?

@IvoFlipse oh noez, 2 days :P

where are you going to be?

Ivo Flipse

in one week that's a lot :P

KronoS

7:12 AM

hey all... if you have blog access you can see my prelim results for SSD testing... let me know what you think so far

Sathya

@nhinkle yes

KronoS

I'm off to bed now :)

Ivo Flipse

going to celebrate that I'm together with my GF :)

nhinkle

d'awwww :)

Ivo Flipse

looking now overlord @KronoS

nhinkle

7:12 AM

hope you have an excellent time

@KronoS I'll take a look in a bit

Ivo Flipse

thanks, I'm sure we will

nhinkle

though I'll likely be leaving soonish, when my GF's done practicing piano, so I may read that tomorrow @KronoS

Ivo Flipse

@KronoS should I have started another QotW? I was a bit disappointed we only got one answer last week

just a small note: Anandtech/Tomshardware always use Results: insert graphs Conclusion

and perhaps it was better to put the graphs together in 2 graphs: read and write

Sathya

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Q: How does Microsoft Word And Excel Run without any installation?

I was having a discussion on bookmarks in Word with a friend, and he suggested me to check out his implementation of a query in Word. Since I did not have Microsoft Word installed, I told him I don't have Word so I won't be able to test it. To this, he mentioned that he'll send the executables a...

windows-xp microsoft-excel microsoft-word microsoft-office-2003

Ivo Flipse

so you see the bars next to eachother

but holy crap, that is a lot faster indeed

oh and I'd change the units from bytes to MB/s

nhinkle

7:17 AM

@Sathya, I'm on it!

By which I mean installing Office 2003 in a virtual machine

Ivo Flipse

test if they run under ubuntu with wine, if not, there's something built into windows

do you have live blablabla installed?

Sathya

standalone-word-excel

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Bookmarked 16 secs ago by Sathya

feel free to edit it, I had a tough time in composing the question w/giving a background without rambling too much. And the title too.

@IvoFlipse yay!

Ivo Flipse

I'm guessing Live Writer and Mail use the same framework as word

together with .Net or something

good luck y'all and behave!

Sathya

both, not installed

nhinkle

@Sathya anything like Word Viewer or PowerPoint viewer or anything like that installed?

Is there anything at all in `%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\%?

Sathya

7:23 AM

nope @nhinkle

nhinkle

I have to go. I'll think about it more tomorrow

'night al

Sathya

@nhinkle 'night

I sense a bounty coming from me on that

DMA57361

8:25 AM

morning all

Sathya

morning @DMA57361

DMA57361

doing some rather interesting tricks with Office I see?

maybe I need to add the office EXE's to the collection of apps I carry around on my USB stick? hmmm....

Sathya

indeed, @DMA57361 do try it out

Matthew Steeples

The Office 2010 winword exe is only 1.4mb so I doubt that's going to work :(

DMA57361

problem is all the machines I use have a version of Office anyway

doesn't 2010 and/or 2007 have authentication/copy protection as well?

Matthew Steeples

8:29 AM

Think every office since XP (2002) has

Sathya

@DMA57361 not sure - this is Office 2003 that I'm talking about.

@MatthewSteeples still worth a shot :D

DMA57361

@Sathya yeah, but I don't recall '03 ever connecting to the 'net to auth

Sathya

@DMA57361 '07 / 2010 does ?

DMA57361

yeah

well, at least bits of it do...

don't know if it all does

another user tab - this time edits ->> superuser.com/users?tab=editors

Sathya

@DMA57361 Yep, spotted today morn

Troggy

8:55 AM

@IvoFlipse Thanks for the laugh.

DMA57361

9:44 AM

right, gotta nip off for a meeting, catch you all later

TomWij

10:16 AM

@Sathya: Oh.. 2003. I was reading everything presuming it was Office 2010. :D

Sathya

@TomWij :D

Linker3000

11:41 AM

<rant> In this day of multi-processor, information highway, point and click goodness, why does it take 3-7 days to transfer a domain between hosting providers when I fill in the online request and then click 'OK?</rant>

..and this is just for the name/nameserver info - the site doesn't exist yet so there's no data to transfer.

DMA57361

3-7 days? ouch...

Linker3000

Heh - I was chased an hour ago to set this up so that a dev can upload a new site before they leave the company this afternoon. Hey ho!

DMA57361

where's the time machine when you need it...

Linker3000

AH well - no doubt it will be my fault!

Linker3000

12:34 PM

Sinclair ZX81: 30 years old tomorrow

reghardware.com/2011/03/04/sinclair_zx81_anniversary

DMA57361

blimey :/

first machine I ever used was a BBC Micro... that can't be far behind I suppose...

mildy worrying

TomWij

1:23 PM

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Q: How to prevent these executables from starting up?

After removing the following executables from starting up, in the near future they reappear again: DDMService.exe: Re-enabled when visiting a DivX video online. DivXUpdate.exe: Re-enabled when visiting a DivX video online. GoogleUpdate.exe: Re-enabled task, I think by Google Chrome? I see no au...

windows-7 startup process kill

TomWij

3:11 PM

Cool:

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A: How to prevent these executables from starting up?

Permanent solution (this will work even when an application is updated or reinstalled): Press Start and type Local Security Policy, and press Enter. In the left pane, click on Software Restriction Policies. Then, in the right pane, double-click Additional Rules. Right-click on any empty space...

DMA57361

oo, interesting. Will have to give that a look when I get home

TomWij

@DMA57361: Flagged this answer for you.

DMA57361

someone's already dealt with it

TomWij

I see, probably Troggy did.

Kyle

-1

A: Vista won't boot. BSOD: Page fault in nonpaged area

You a noob and need to stick to pen and paper, please stay of sites like this you muppet. And another thing Adam, google is not even your friend ;)

I don't think I have ever flagged something as offensive before...

DMA57361

3:25 PM

and it's trashed

TomWij

Hmm, pro forma comments only allows 6 auto comments? :-(

DMA57361

@TomWij not sure what you mean?

TomWij

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Q: Pro-forma comments

No more re-typing the same comments over and over! This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments, which you can easily click to insert. Features 1. Read before your post! Note that the dialog o...

script review

DMA57361

oh the user script?

TomWij

Yeah, I wonder if it's easy to add more than six.

DMA57361

3:31 PM

you beat me to it... was going to suggest that

TomWij

I think it throws an error if you specify more than six, let me check.

Where it returns the default, if the index doesn't exist it throws an error.

return comments[index]["Name"];

Going to add in a check if comments has index.

KronoS

4:06 PM

@TomWij this answer:

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A: Best way to sync Outlook 2010 in multiple computers?

You can use KiGoo for syncing Calendar and Contacts.

TomWij

Yes?

KronoS

doesn't bring me to anything but a page with a logo and email

do I have to contact them?

TomWij

Strange...

But I've replaced the link:

download.cnet.com/KiGoo/3000-2155_4-201490.html

KronoS

@TomWij thanks!

TomWij

@DMA57361: Almost got it working...

KronoS

4:09 PM

@TomWij might I also suggest adding this to the answer:

KiGoo is an application running over Kayxo Insight technology which uses low access MAPI protocol to natively manage all GCal appointments inside Microsoft Outlook. Kayxo Insight technology enables this capability acting as a bridge between any external API or database and Microsoft Outlook.

Key Benefits:

Manage Exchange and Google Calendars in only one program.
Check free/busy availability of all Google Contacts who shared their information.
See, Browse, Update, Email and invite your Google Contacts from Microsoft Outlook .

TomWij

@KronoS: Go ahead. :-)

KronoS

nvm got them to work now :)

TomWij

@KronoS: I'm changing it to allow you to enter more than six comments.

By loading the pre-built comments straight into the local storage and working further on the local storage instead of working based on the pre-built comments.

KronoS

this doesn't work?

TomWij

@KronoS: It should, brings you to a page where you can adjust them.

KronoS

4:14 PM

TomWij

Yeah, that one.

KronoS

but couldn't you just add from there?

TomWij

You can adjust for the moment, I'm customizing it so we can add.

Gonna suggest it to @Benjol then, so he can run a diff against my code and merge the changes.

KronoS

@TomWij I see

TomWij

Okay, now I have to write the reverse, allowing less comments if you made too much of them. :D

TomWij

4:39 PM

Okay, adding thousands of comments into the list results in a scrollbar. :-)

Made a small fix for non-existant users: The user information loads endless for them. (superuser.com/questions/253191/…)

Sathya

dangit @studiohack leave some for me :P

studiohack

hey @Sathya what's your problem? :P

TomWij

Hmm, there seems to be another bug.

Sathya

you beat me by 7 seconds in deleting a post :P @studiohack

studiohack

hahaha @Sathya, you already have 12 mod duties done and I only have 6

Diago

4:53 PM

I have nothing to do as a mod these days. Sad. How can I keep my lead when you guys keep beating me?

studiohack

:P @Diago you always wanted to quit being a mod

now you can retire! :)

Diago

@studiohack Erm... I never said quit. I took a break.

studiohack

okay @Diago - breaks are always good

TomWij

Seems the script also forgets to re-add the greeting once you import stuff.

studiohack

5:14 PM

have a good one guys, I'm off! :) @Sathya, @Diago, @TomWij

Sathya

bye @studiohack

Linker3000

It's Friday!!! "Child wanders into street while mother attends parenting class"

WTF!

In stories Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 about the delayed launching of NASA's Glory satellite, The Associated Press misstated the cost of the mission. The price tag is $424 million, not $434 million

Phew - that's better!

TomWij

5:39 PM

@DMA57361, @KronoS:

TomWij

6:10 PM

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A: Pro-forma comments

I felt limited by only six comments, so I made some small improvements which you might want to add. Implemented the following features: Head list items are intended for users, sub list items are intended for developers. Allow the user to enter an unlimited amount of comments: Based the scri...

DMA57361

7:30 PM

looking good @TomWij

oKtosiTe

8:08 PM

Yay! In five hours I get my first gold badge.

Kyle

@oKtosiTe congrats, which one?

oKtosiTe

@Kyle superuser.com/badges/42/fanatic

Kyle

ahh figures since you knew the time....

I still have 30 days to go :(

KronoS

46 for me :(

oKtosiTe

@Kyle Yeah, but you've gained much more reputation in that time. (top 0.48% this quarter)

Kyle

8:15 PM

IDK why but I was on a roll in February, I have been pretty stale over the last 2 weeks...

@oKtosiTe 4% is quite respectable

oKtosiTe

:-)

oKtosiTe

8:39 PM

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Q: I cant delete this yet

I cant delete this yet, will delete it when i can.

graphics-card ati-radeon displayport color-depth

Can we roll this back?

Kyle

Sure, it will probably get deleted though

oKtosiTe

8:57 PM

@TomWij maybe it was a cue for a moderator to nuke it in that case...

TomWij

Perhaps, left a comment for the user which he can learn from.

TomWij

9:12 PM

@DMA57361: Althought I've only added one comment, I'm using it this way:

Learned how local storage worked by doing this, got to thank @Benjol for that. :-)

oKtosiTe

Is that AutoReviewComments?

I've installed it the other day, but didn't check when it should pop up or how to configure it...

TomWij

9:31 PM

@oKtosiTe Customized version, removing comment limit, adding scrollbar, adding ability to show/hide descriptions of the comments, ...

It appears next to the help link when writing a comment.

oKtosiTe

@TomWij Thanks.

Mark Szymanski

11:43 PM

Good evening, everyone.

KronoS

evening @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

Hi, @KronoS. How are you?

KronoS

doin good... just working on the blog post now...

Mark Szymanski

Ah, cool.

KronoS

ya it's fun...

my brain feels like mush though...

Mark Szymanski

11:46 PM

Heh

KronoS

how have you been?

Mark Szymanski

I've been great, thanks.

KronoS

what have you been up to?

What do you do anyways?.. like are you working or going to school... visiting martians? :P

Mark Szymanski

Nothing much, just listening to a podcast. And I'm in school.

I'll bet you can't guess how old I am :3

KronoS

judging by your picture you're about 64.22148.. roughly... give or take a few .00001

Mark Szymanski

11:51 PM

XD

Haha

I'm actually 14.

KronoS

really?

Mark Szymanski

Yep.

KronoS

didn't know that...

so you're a sophmore or a junior?

Mark Szymanski

I'm in junior high, 8th grade :P

KronoS

0_o oh man...

Mark Szymanski

11:53 PM

XD

KronoS

that makes me feel old

Mark Szymanski

Haha XD

I'll have to tell @studiohack, he estimated me at 17 :P

TomWij

Nice.

KronoS

I had you pinned at at least 18

TomWij

@KronoS: Do you know my age without checking my profile?

Mark Szymanski

11:56 PM

Heh XD

KronoS

he he... I already did... but I had you at about 19 to 20 so your 21 isn't far off

y'all know mine... without looking?

Mark Szymanski

Umm...

I don't want to guess too high and make you feel old XD

So, I'm not going to guess XD

TomWij

I bet around my age?

KronoS

close... I'm a little older... 25

TomWij

I constantly confuse you with @nhinkle though. Are you the one that had to do the robot project?

KronoS

11:58 PM

this year

no that was @nhinkle

but we're both engineering

Mark Szymanski

I'm going to be 15 this year.

October.

KronoS

he's environmental i believe and I'm systems with a focus in software development

standalone-word-excel

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