The Comms Room

12:21 AM

Aren't there specific provisions in .NET apps to say things like "Use .NET version 3.5"?

"Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is not compatible with .NET 4.
Please remove .NET 4 and ensure only .NET 3.5 sp1 is installed."

Shane Madden

12:34 AM

@MikeyB 4 steps on 3.5 and registers its own crap in its place, I think - I've seen 3.5 apps asking for 3.5 mode blow up when 4 gets installed. Bad apps, though.

MikeyB

I.E. To specifically allow different versions to coexist?

Oh, so 3.5->4 is a special case?

Shane Madden

Version.. coexistance?? This is Microsoft we're talking about.

Yeah, I think 4 thinks it's a better 3.5 than 3.5.

MikeyB

We seek PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE.

Lovely, so it was all going well till now?

Hrm, how do you link a chat to a reply in mobile?

Shane Madden

Does the arrow show up after tapping the message? That's how it works for comment voting on the main site

Hrm, maybe I'm wrong:

devcurry.com/2010/06/does-installing-net-40-framework.html

.NET 4.0 framework does not replace or remove the previous .NET frameworks. .NET 4.0 successfully installs side-by-side with previous versions of .NET framework including .NET 3.5, 3.0 or even 2.0.

So I guess just bad applications not specifying which version they need.

MikeyB

1:11 AM

^ There's a legit case for fixing the star wall problem.

That's probably enough of that.

Shane Madden

That's a little bit amazing.

<div>s fighting to the death!

MikeyB

Guess there's not enough people here to get the Star Trek reference.

►

MikeyB

1:55 AM

@Holocryptic Hard-pore corn?

Holocryptic

@MikeyB something like that

voretaq7

kitty?

►

Holocryptic

guys want to help me run an empirical test?

Its in regard to John's meta post about the missing question

voretaq7

@Holocryptic mrr?

MikeyB

Sure…

Holocryptic

2:04 AM

I'm going to create a Meta post. I need it to get downvoted 5 times, verify its location at that point, then downvoted once more to 6 and verify location

since we're not getting any answer from Jeff or crew

MikeyB

huh

Can you use the existing:

-5

Q: FAQ - screenshots from bicycles.SE

Here i a screenshot from the ServerFault FAQ. The images are from bicycles.stackexchange.com! Could this be fixed please? Edit. I had not noticed that it was the case for all FAQs on stackexchange. Still: shouldn't they be screenshots of the actual web sites for those that do not have the sketch...

bug

Holocryptic

I just want to see where the threshold is, if there is one

Or you can be an ass and point out existing infrastructure to test

sheesh

MikeyB

:p I happened to notice one just at the right point. Unfamiliar with the issue.

Holocryptic

K, I need one downvote to take it to -7 please

MikeyB

Done

Holocryptic

2:09 AM

k, hold

Ward

oops, sorry, I wasn't looking and made it -8

Holocryptic

oooo, and it disappeared

ward, can you undo your vote?

Ward

that's when it vanished to my view

MikeyB

It was still on main page for me at -7, but doesn't count as it was cached at -6.

Ward

yep, done, and it popped back in

voretaq7

2:10 AM

mmh

Ward

there's a bit of a delay, Jeff has always said there's a bunch of caching

TTYL

voretaq7

interesting

(not the cache - that's known/expected or the SQL servers would probably fall over. But the disappearance threshold)

Holocryptic

k, I need it taken to -8

voretaq7

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A: Are certain blacklisted words in question titles not just a bit scorched earth and unhelpful?

I like the "allow users with X rep to bypass the blacklist" option that ChrisS suggested. It lets users who we as a community trust bypass a filter that's designed to keep the low-quality "HALP! HALP! ITS B0RKEN!" stuff out of our hair. Two caveats: I would set the bar a bit higher than the "E...

thoughts?

@Holocryptic done

MikeyB

Holocryptic

2:14 AM

@MikeyB haha.

Also, 8 is the magic number

bonus if you get the reference

@Holocryptic Nyet..

@MikeyB whut?

@voretaq7 Nope.

@MikeyB . . . KITTY!

"Faaaaaaaaaaaack you gotta be kiddin' me!"

Holocryptic

answer updated. FOR SCIENCE!

voretaq7

2:27 AM

@Holocryptic Mine is for ponies.

Holocryptic

Fuck yeah, for ponies!

@MikeyB I misremembered my own reference. Turns out 3 is a magic number.

voretaq7

I'm still getting rep for that explosives question LOL

Holocryptic

explosives?

voretaq7

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A: Engineers are using explosives to remove hard rock outside our office building. What countermeasures should we take?

In addition to all the other excellent suggestions (particularly off-site backups) you should consider dust proofiing your room to the extent practical: Weather stripping around the doors, tape around the windows, etc. If you have external air intakes plan on changing the filters when the blasti...

Holocryptic

oh, that one

Shane Madden

2:57 AM

What?

0

Q: Number of switches

I was wondering how would you determine the right number of switches on a network. How would you calculate the delays in the switch.

switch delay

Nel

Morning

Shane Madden

@Nel Morning! How's it going?

Nel

Getting ready for work.. Love read-only fridays

:D

Shane Madden

Hahaha

MikeyB

3:10 AM

0

A: Number of switches

As few as possible for the architecture you're designing.

@ShaneMadden I think I have a perfectly sensible answer.

Shane Madden

@MikeyB Yes.

Ward

I couldn't help myself

(re: # of switches)

Iain

6:56 AM

G'day

Ben Pilbrow

8:35 AM

Grr, printer maintenance companies.

Me: "Hi, I'd like to report a fault with one of our printers. It's making squeaking noises and is driving people in the office mad."
Them: "Sorry sir, but we can't send an engineer for that. If the printer is still working, there is no fault with it."
Me: "I can guarantee the manufacturers specification DOES NOT state that squeaking is normal defined behaviour, therefore the squeaking is a fault. Send me an engineer today."
Them: "Sir, squeaking is not a fault."
Me: "Until you show me where in the manual it says squeaking is normal behaviour, "squeaking is not a fault" is unacceptable. Let …

RAAAGE

pauska

11:10 AM

change provider

pauska

11:44 AM

-1

A: In Putty, what do the colors on files and folders represent?

Its just in Putty, in the active putty window, right click on the title bar, click on settings, in putty reconfiguration window, click on colours in window option and uncheck all options and APPLY. it will now show only black and white colors!

sighhhhhhhhh

MikeyB

@pauska FAIL

Jacob

Hello @MikeyB @pauska How's everyone doing on this Friday?

TiZon

@BenPilbrow I've done an internship at Ricoh, we send technicians for everything. Just not for people demanding a 'periodic maintenance' :)

Iain

@pauska that explains my new badge :)

jscott

12:01 PM

There's a msdos6.22 tag? Wow.

Iain

@jscott looks like it's been around a while

pauska

@Jacob Hi Jacob. Fine, slaving away as usual

@Iain Wich badge? Oh and grats with 20k, patient grasshopper! I wish I had the time and effort

Iain

12:16 PM

@pauska It was a nice answer badge for the PuTTY colors question from almost a year ago and thanks.

MikeyB

@Jacob Doing well, doing well. In early and the hardware's behaving for my RHEV environment. Only had to send away for a planar and 3 DIMMs out of 3 blades :p :)