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1:03 AM

@JimmyHoffa I'm working on the MEAN stack! (MUMPS, Enterprise web developer, Angular, Node). The EWD part of the stack actually works against Mongo without code change though.

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Ampt

3:55 AM

@RobertHarvey you finally get it?

Robert Harvey

@Ampt Get what?

Ampt

@RobertHarvey the motherboard

Robert Harvey

Got it all hooked up. I'm running it now.

It's hella fast, compared to my old box.

Ampt

oooh you're 100% together?

hot damn

Robert Harvey

Yep, all done.

Easiest build I've ever done.

Ampt

4:01 AM

good to hear it all went smoothly

Robert Harvey

Realized a few minutes ago that the copy of Windows I have is 32 bit.

Ampt

ouch...

that's really bad

Robert Harvey

And my MSDN subscription has expired (work).

Ampt

you're gonna be RAM starved

Robert Harvey

Still have twice as much as I did. :P

Ampt

4:02 AM

how much is installed?

8 gigs?

Robert Harvey

Sixteen.

Ampt

ouuucchh

hahaha

so whens the new copy coming?

Robert Harvey

Umm, well...

Ampt

LOL

you can't be serious

3.5Gigs of usable ram out of 16?

Robert Harvey

The real question is how, not when.

Ampt

4:05 AM

what version are you running?

Robert Harvey

8.1 32 bit.

Ampt

wait

pretty sure the prod key on 8.1 isn't tied to the number of bits

Robert Harvey

So how do I switch it to 64 bits?

Ampt

how did you install the first time?

you're going to have to re-install

but you can just grab the windows 8.1 64 bit installer and use your key

Robert Harvey

Are they both on the same disk?

Ampt

4:07 AM

you can just download the installer from the web

oone sec, I'll grab the link

which edition?

pro or regular?

Robert Harvey

Hold on, lemme check.

Says pro.

Ampt

ah ok

windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/…

bam

found it

they hide it on you but that'll do what you want. you're going to have to donwload the whole thing (a few gigs)

Robert Harvey

Is there any chance I already have this, and just installed it incorrectly?

Ampt

It says you should have gotten two discs with the purchase

one should be 64 bit one 32 bit

but the link will work as well

if you only got one

Robert Harvey

OK, I'll give it a go. Thanks.

Ampt

4:13 AM

does the dvd case have a second flap?

or are they stacked on top of eachother?

yeah you should have gotten two CDs... clearly labeled with each

you may have just missed it in the paperwork?

that's going to be way faster than downloading the whole thing

Robert Harvey

I downloaded it from MSDN, when I still had a subscription through work. If I thought it had a 64 bit version, I would have downloaded that, but this was supposed to be an all-in-one (or so I thought).

I'll try installing it again. If it still does the same thing, I'll download the new one.

Ampt

ah ok... you downloaded the wrong one... but you should still have access to the link?

it would be a different version

Robert Harvey

No, not anymore.

It died about a week after I left work.

Ampt

damn. that sucks.

I'm pretty sure that the key shouldn't be locked to the msdn download

like almost positive

it used to be that stuff like that was considered an OEM version and had a unique, special product key for just that vendor

they've long since moved away from that

Robert Harvey

It's downloading now.

This is where that extra 10 bucks per month for 50 mbps would have paid off.

Ampt

4:19 AM

google fiber just needs to step their game up

roll out to everywhere

Robert Harvey

FIOS promised me TV for 30 bucks per month, but they never rolled it out.

Ampt

verizon/att/all of those oligopolies promised a lot

they promised the govt they would roll out fiber to everyone

so we gave them Billions in tax-payers dollars

still waitin on that fiber though...

Robert Harvey

I have fiber... It just coasts on this 15mbps internet connection, that's all.

Ampt

@RobertHarvey you don't have fiber then :P

Robert Harvey

'Course, its 3x faster than the DSL I used to have at the old place.

Ampt

4:23 AM

you probably have fiber going to the box that provides your entire neighborhood..

Robert Harvey

Oh, I could have gotten 100 mbps if I wanted to pay the extra 20 bucks a month for it.

Ampt

you can do that over coax as well

fiber is when you start hitting the 500Mb - 1Gb range

we have 60 meg over coax

Robert Harvey

I got three install codes from MSDN before I left. Only one of them worked in the install.

But they're notoriously difficult to write down. I could have made a couple of transcription errors.

@Ampt The ASRock motherboard comes with a bunch of drivers. Should I install them? It works without them (except for the LAN interface).

I don't think I could program 8 hours straight each day. -- You just lack the proper motivation. Late nights when it's quiet, a good idea, and copious amounts of caffeine. — Robert Harvey 8 secs ago

Also, I'm considering running OSX in a virtual machine, but I can also set aside a partition on the SSD for it.

Haven't decided yet.

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Robert Harvey

6:00 AM

@Ampt OK, I'm on 64 bit.

Thanks, man. You saved me quite a bit of cash there.

Robert Harvey

6:39 AM

It's quite an interesting sensation to have a computer do things instantly that took awhile before.

Like typing a search query into Google, for example.

Or opening a web page.

5 hours later…

ratchet freak

11:51 AM

@RobertHarvey after a month if you ever go back you will be very annoyed at how slow it goes

even though you dealt with it for years

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Ampt

4:42 PM

@RobertHarvey No problem! Glad I could help.

@RobertHarvey yes. alternatively, get the most up to date ones on their website

also: ninite.com <- handy link for installing a ton of stuff you want from the get-go, without having to go through each installer one at a time. it also automatically declines installing toolbars and other junk.

ratchet freak

5:13 PM

having a bit of fun with plots

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