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3:18 AM

I can't wait to get my Super User shirt! I got a SO shirt for free. Soon my collection will be complete! Muhahahaha!

@IvoFlipse I've got a rough draft of the Pianobar post up.

@Mokubai I'm in contact with Advanced System Care and it looks like I might be able to get a license from them... interested?

studiohack

@KronoS I LOVE their free version of that tool

KronoS

@studiohack agreed... wonder how their pro software works

studiohack

me too @KronoS

Lucas McCoy

Have you (@studiohack @KronoS) tried the "Game Booster" feature?

KronoS

3:27 AM

@LucasMcCoy I have

Lucas McCoy

@KronoS What does it do?

studiohack

I haven't. I'm curious @KronoS

Lucas McCoy

I only get 30 FPS when I'm playing Minecraft on short rendering and fast graphics (and that's with an FPS booster mod).

KronoS

@LucasMcCoy @studiohack it mainly closes any services or process that aren't necessary for game play. It even shuts down anti-virus (not sure if I like it) but the goal is to give the computer ALL the power it can for the game.

it also clear memory before the game, checks for software/driver update on critical system files/software

studiohack

interesting @KronoS...i could use that feature for other programs, besides gaming

Lucas McCoy

3:31 AM

@KronoS Sounds neat, but like you I'm not sure I would want it to shut down my AV.

and I'm not sure how much it would help my poor little laptop.

KronoS

@LucasMcCoy you can chose whether or not to do that

@studiohack I've used it for 3d CAD

though it was a bit buggy at times it seemed to work for the most part

Lucas McCoy

@KronoS Does it disable Aero effects?

studiohack

@KronoS I would love that...CAD eats so much RAM

Lucas McCoy

@studiohack "[CAD] will steal more of your memory than a bottle of José Cuervo" via How To Geek via Lifehacker.

KronoS

oh and @Mokubai it's v4 (a pre-release of the upcoming new version) :P

How's that @IvoFlipse for original! We might be able to review the upcoming release of Advanced System Care!!!! Take that Lifehacker and HowtoGeek!

studiohack

3:44 AM

yippeeee! @KronoS good work! :D

KronoS

now to get back to homework

KronoS

4:50 AM

a bit of irony

studiohack

haha

Feeds

7:37 AM

Got Vista or Win 7 and want to go back to XP? Here's what you leagally can do: http://is.gd/CkMQui #SuperUserBlog

Tweeted by SuperKronos on April 15, 2011 at 7:25 AM

Mokubai

\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/

Crowd goes wild!

@KronoS The version they've got screenshots on their website looks pretty full featured, I'm happy to do a walkthrough/review, how detailed would you want it to be?

Ivo Flipse

8:44 AM

By the declaration of me being awesome: T-Shirts for everyone!

@nhinkle make me an ad: I blogged for Super User and all I got was a lousy t-shirt...

@LucasMcCoy I like the draft, we just need to add some images and pimp the title: "How to enjoy Pandora from everywhere with Pianobar" or "So there walks a Pandora into a Pianobar..." :P

Mokubai

Okay, I'll admit it, VLC is pretty neat.

Yay, t-shirts!

Ivo Flipse

9:28 AM

I'm simply going to set a minimum quota of published posts and once you reach that, I hand out a t-shirt :)

and anyone who wants to receive funds from me, get a PayPal account

nhinkle

9:49 AM

hey @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

hi @nhinkle

nhinkle

I can make an ad for that sometime tomorrow

and that's great news, too :D

@ivoflipse regarding this:

27 mins ago, by Ivo Flipse

and anyone who wants to receive funds from me, get a PayPal account

will I need that for the ssd/caddy when we do that, or will you be able to order them and ship them directly to me without me needing to set up paypal for it?

Ivo Flipse

well setting up PayPal is easy :P

I just hate banking and stuff, especially when it's international

though I could order it, I'd prefer it if I didn't have to, I'd rather just pay you if you can show the receipt or quotation

nhinkle

10:06 AM

that would work fine I suppose. I'm still waiting to hear back from the kingston folks about the whole flash drive weirdness. I'll keep you posted on if at some point we should just go ahead and buy one ourselves, but not quite yet

free's always a better price if we can :)

Ivo Flipse

indeed

which is why I'm glad we get to blog about a lot without having to sponsor everything

though hopefully it will kickstart the Gaming blog :P

I heard PCMark 7 just got released

nhinkle

there's also this, though I think @KronoS is already in contact with them through other channels, so not sure if it would be appropriate to say I'd like one to review for the SU blog

Contest alert! Why do you need or just reallyreally want a #Vertex3 #SSD? Follow OCZ and tell us for your chance to win a 120GB drive :)

Tweeted by OCZTechnology on April 15, 2011 at 12:28 AM

Ivo Flipse

so we better come up with some nice benchmarking protocol. and off course we need something that's worth benchmarking

I'm sure they don't even know each other @nhinkle so feel free to try it :)

nhinkle

@Mokubai, here's another one for your series on 64-bit computing:

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Q: How important is having 64-bit programs on 64-bit OS?

I recently upgraded to 64-bit OS(Windows 7) from my old 32-bit version. I noticed that while several applications are available in 64-bit(e.g. DC client, Tortoise SVN, Graphics driver), many are still 32-bit applications (e.g. firefox, adobe reader). So, how important is it to have 64-bit applic...

@IvoFlipse that's probably true :P

Ivo Flipse

So how many articles would we set as a threshold for getting a t-shirt?

besides you're already getting one now you're a mod

oeh and perhaps we should pick a user each week and sent him a t-shirt as well :P

though I fear the shipping is as much as the t-shirt, when I got my Stack Exchange shirt it had a 13$ thing on it :\

nhinkle

10:15 AM

hmmm. i'd say maybe 3 posts and/or Ivo likes you?

user30

@IvoFlipse I think mine had $9 shipping on it.

Ivo Flipse

that last one being very very important :)

the main reason for a threshold is so we don't get 1 crappy post and they quit

nhinkle

@IvoFlipse I feel like (and this would be a suggestion for people like Jeff, not really for you directly) that it would be good to have regional distributors of t-shirts. They have SE employees and Mods in europe (and elsewhere); they could just send a single shipment of shirts to one of you guys on that side of the pond, pay the shipping once, and then you could send them yourself for much cheaper to elsewhere in europe whenever anyone needs a shirt.

(and then SE could reimburse you of course for the shipping, it would just be much lower)

Ivo Flipse

perhaps you should mention that on Meta ;)

nhinkle

Eh I'll do it tomorrow

I should really go to bed

Ivo Flipse

10:19 AM

yeah you should :P

sleep well!

nhinkle

thanks. have a great day!

Mokubai

10:36 AM

@nhinkle That's a good idea...

Now that you've got 64-bit, does everything really need it.

Ivo Flipse

I can vouch for Python you do not

or rather, it won't work at times :P

and if you don't know the difference, you can spent quite some time figuring out why this 64 bit version of mysql isn't working

Mokubai

That's a good point too, not all 64-bit ports are mature or compatible with older versions.

Ivo Flipse

well Mysql was working, but Python wasn't looking for the 64 bit version :P

Mokubai

11:39 AM

Why does that not surprise me?

Sathya

12:24 PM

what's that about t-shirt and blog posts ;)

I'll finish off my license keys post on Monday

I'd like to post another couple posts. THough no idea what to write about :\

Ivo Flipse

check the Google Docs thing

Sathya

← 4 messages moved from Fake Programmers

@IvoFlipse I have a paypal account :D :p

what Google docs @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

darn my pinned message falls off every time

Mar 31 at 12:54, by Ivo Flipse

Here's a Google Docs for the SU blog

I wonder what shipping to you costs

Sathya

@IvoFlipse:

> Introduction to virtualization (maybe with VirtualBox?)

sathyasays.com/2008/01/22/…

Ivo Flipse

if you can make a short series about virtualization that would be awesome

Sathya

12:35 PM

will put that in my todo

anyhow, will drop by later

see ya @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

have fun in your weekend :)

KronoS

1:57 PM

@nhinkle feel free to give OCZ a tweet but they did send me an email saying they'll send me an SSD. I emailed them back and asked if we could do the same thing as what we did with Kingston and get three to compare a raid0 bs a single drive. Either way I can probably get you an SSD in the not too distant future. Just not sure when

@mokubai they sent me an email last night asking if we were willing to review their newest version for their April 25 release. That means this'll be your main focus. I'll gett you more details when they email me back.

Mokubai

Wow, deadlines :)

KronoS

@ivo I have a paypal account. I'll email you later with details

Ivo Flipse

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Q: Clean-Up Week - Event planning

We (your moderators) have been mulling over an idea for a good way to deal with old, unanswered and unanswerable posts. We've been in discussion with the StackExchange team and while we're a long way from actually launching this, we feel it's about time we involve the community and let you help s...

discussion feature-request featured cleanup

Mokubai

My next, next 64-bit post?

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A: Is there a reason to install a 64bit OS on a computer with less than 4GB of RAM?

The long and short of itis that 64-bit will use slightly more space (but not by a massive amount) for applications, will actually make use of >4GiB of memory if you upgrade, and will be able to use the extra 64-bit registers that were introduced which may improve performance by a couple of percen...

Ivo Flipse

2:13 PM

Post that at the non-dupe version ;)

Mokubai

3:12 PM

@IvoFlipse I like the idea of cleaning up, cleaning out, or generally just plain nuking the old and useless questions... sounds like fun :)

studiohack

3:25 PM

@IvoFlipse I like that idea...

KronoS

hey @studiohack

how ya been?

6 hours ago, by Ivo Flipse

By the declaration of me being awesome: T-Shirts for everyone!

@IvoFlipse do I get another one? like a black one? :P

Oh and @IvoFlipse what exactly do you need for my paypal?

studiohack

hey @KronoS :) how are ya? I've been good...

KronoS

Been good myself... super busy and super tired too [you're super KronoS, of course! :)]

studiohack

what is @IvoFlipse's statement mean? another free tshirt for us?

@KronoS too small?

KronoS

@studiohack WHAT?! You can edit my comments?!

that's cool!

studiohack

3:37 PM

yup :D

KronoS

@studiohack i think it's for the blog editors

studiohack

Grace Note from Gaming did that to me one time in chat... :P I thought it was so cool

do I count as a blog editor? ;P

do you get notified, @KronoS if I edit your comment?

KronoS

@studiohack no I just saw the edit happen [are you notified now, @KronoS?]

@studiohack yep!

studiohack

haha :P

thought so :)

KronoS

do you manually place the brackets?

or is that [status-by-design]

studiohack

3:42 PM

yes I do @KronoS, as well as the italics, so that you're not confused as to what is what

KronoS

makes sense, just wasn't sure if that was you or the system to trying to distinguish [right @KronoS :) - what blog posts are up for today?]

well @Mokubai's post on 64-bit went live for today...

if i get the chance I'm going to put together a post on Micro vs Google: online docs edition

then work on the WTF Friday post for next week on cooking with a personal PC

then I also wanna get a post on writing effective and good answers in Super User

studiohack

that would be good @KronoS

KronoS

ya I think it's a good thing to get out there.. there are some really bad answers...

studiohack

@IvoFlipse, @KronoS just throwing this out there, a very tentative idea: but what about a comparison of Apple iPod versus Microsoft Zune? Or a review of the Zune HD? Or a comparison of the original Zune 30 to the HD?

I know it is mobile devices...so I'm not sure how you guys feel about that on the SU blog (how much deviation we have)

KronoS

3:58 PM

@studiohack we have room for some deviation... but not sure... I'll see what @IvoFlipse says

Ivo Flipse

4:54 PM

You can review them, but I'm not sponsoring crappy gadgets

crappy gadgets != Winning!

studiohack

Zune is crappy @IvoFlipse?!

Ivo Flipse

@KronoS I would need your PayPal if you buy anything for the blog, so I can pay you back

hell yeah, its like getting an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone. It's LAME!

studiohack

The Zune HD is not lame, its better than the iPod touch. and now the WP7 is out!

KronoS

@IvoFlipse ya I know, but what I mean is what do you need to "link" us up?

Ivo Flipse

ah, well nothing at the moment ;P I actually never sent money through PayPal before

KronoS

4:57 PM

lol... I only use it for my netflix subscription and my iTunes purchases

studiohack

you can experiment on me @IvoFlipse, just send me a check for $100 please

KronoS

so I don't know what U need either

actually you can send like 2 cents and then you know if it's working... I think they do that when they link up with your bank account

and I'm pretty sure you can link up a savings to it... thought that's probably not a good idea in your case @IvoFlipse

also did you see that we're getting a pre-release copy of ASC?

Ivo Flipse

yeah I saw it, very nice

studiohack

well...you can't say I didn't try to come up with a blog post in my area of expertise...Windows 7 is the next best thing...

What about comparison of popular music players?

Ivo Flipse

@studiohack you may blog about it, I'm just not sponsoring it

sounds like a great plan @studiohack ;)

studiohack

5:01 PM

is that in the list on GD docs?

Ivo Flipse

don't think so

studiohack

@IvoFlipse I know, I already have the stuff I need

Mokubai

@IvoFlipse got a possible review started for the gaming blog if you want a sneak peek. It is about a game I'm afraid... :)

Ivo Flipse

btw you could do a post about streaming music through your household

studiohack

@IvoFlipse sorry, don't have the infrastructure or the knowledge here...I'm the only super user in a household of 7

KronoS

5:03 PM

@IvoFlipse can you get on the blog doc and make a quick chat message...

Ivo Flipse

y'all have internet don't you?

KronoS

gonna take a screen shot of it

Ivo Flipse

btw guys: please read the interviews ==> and keep harassing @Wil

studiohack

read the interviews @IvoFlipse

question, is it all right if I throw ideas out there for possible blog suggestions? or should I just keep quiet?

KronoS

@studiohack feel free to throw whatever suggestions you want....

Ivo Flipse

5:10 PM

in the interviews? because else its better to put them in the main Google Docs

studiohack

@IvoFlipse no, I meant blog ideas, like maybe how to change your logon screen in Windows 7?

KronoS

started using paint and then realized he still had a demo copy of photoshop

Ivo Flipse

its better to put them in the main Google Docs

Paint is fine for easy drawing :)

studiohack

but they may or may not be good ideas @IvoFlipse, so I don't want to put something there that other users will see and do, when it might not be appropos

@KronoS get Paint.NET

Mokubai

@KronoS meta.superuser.com/questions/2164/…

Ivo Flipse

5:18 PM

well we can always delete them

@studiohack such notions are a great example of what I like to call studiohackism

have a little faith in yourself brother!

studiohack

I'm working on it @IvoFlipse :P

is brainstorming for topics that he can be authoritative on...

KronoS

@studiohack fake it til you make it [@KronoS finds studiohack agreeing]

Ivo Flipse

how to teach your family members on using a computer

nhinkle

@KronoS, can you send me a picture of you wearing your SU t-shirt and looking happy? or holding it up, or something?

for this:

8 hours ago, by Ivo Flipse

@nhinkle make me an ad: I blogged for Super User and all I got was a lousy t-shirt...

KronoS

@nhinkle right now?

nhinkle

5:26 PM

@KronoS somtime today

studiohack

I want to see the photo as well :P

Ivo Flipse

nhinkle

@studiohack you will. it'll be an ad

Ivo Flipse

the angle's wrong I guess :P

nhinkle

@IvoFlipse did you get that for blogging? nope. you didn't. :P

KronoS

5:27 PM

will do... I have one here... but will get a better one:

studiohack

you look so different than your avatar @IvoFlipse

nhinkle

@KronoS this is of course only if you don't mind having your picture in the ad

KronoS

I have reached a new level of awesome! http://campl.us/Qon

Tweeted by SuperKronos on April 7, 2011 at 2:15 PM

nhinkle

i'm liking the waffles though

studiohack

that says a lot about you @KronoS :P

@nhinkle I noticed the irony, considering it is a MSO meme

nhinkle

5:28 PM

i'm excited to get my SU shirt once Rebecca gets around to it

studiohack

@KronoS that means you got your HTPC? :)

nhinkle

and perhaps a second one once I write some more for the blog

studiohack

@nhinkle already deserves another shirt for his work on the blog already @IvoFlipse

especially for that awesome blog post about browsers

Ivo Flipse

I fear they're out of stock at the moment, but I'm getting y'all t-shirts, I promise

and else I'll at least paypal you the money to get one

studiohack

@IvoFlipse sounds awesome! :)

nhinkle

5:30 PM

I'm not in a hurry - I can wear my Stack Exchange shirt until my Super User one arrives :D

studiohack

notice all the mods in this room :)

Ivo Flipse

nhinkle

@IvoFlipse I could crop and use that one

Ivo Flipse

I also have one in Paris :P

nhinkle

we can't have jeff in the picture though... that'd ruin everything! :P

studiohack

5:32 PM

@IvoFlipse pretty nice!

nhinkle

so, future posts I'm going to write:

Ivo Flipse

studiohack

now it is found

@IvoFlipse how do you live with white? stains so easily?!

Ivo Flipse

Don't get dirty

I sit behind a computer all day for f*ck sake :P

nhinkle

- Technology/eWaste reuse and recycling
- Series on computers for college (how to choose one, how to find discounts on software, how to keep it from getting stolen, how to organize your homework data, etc.)
- A Day in the Life of a Moderator (in a few months once I've had enough experience to write it, possibly post it around the time of the next election to help give people an idea of what they're getting into)

maybe some other stuff too, we'll see. those are my ideas for now

Ivo Flipse

5:35 PM

That second one should be like a definitive guide for any student

they should want to print it out and hand it out at colleges ;)

studiohack

@nhinkle I like the day in the life of a mod ;)

nhinkle

and now to begin this day in the life of this mod. i must go to class. i'll probably be back online soon though

talk to you later folks

studiohack

laters @nhinkle

hmmm Print Screen doesn't work in the logon in Windows 7 (it did for XP)

Ivo Flipse

5:52 PM

We could use posts like this as well: howtogeek.com/58953/…

KronoS

6:20 PM

@nhinkle you still here?

Ivo Flipse

6:34 PM

Now this is a review

studiohack

somebody get me an iPad @IvoFlipse :P j/k

whew...this logon screen stuff is killing me

Ivo Flipse

that's why its a great question I presume

studiohack

what question? I don't have a question @IvoFlipse?

Ivo Flipse

ah I thought you did

anyway, couch time

KronoS

7:07 PM

@nhinkle it's official... I'm getting three more SSD's from OCZ

However I'll be doing some testing on them before I can do anything else... I don't know if your testing needs to be a "fresh" drive

studiohack

man @KronoS, you have like what, 5 SSDs now?

KronoS

actually this'll make 6

but who's counting

studiohack

maybe when you're done, could you share? ;) I could use one - I have an extra bay in my laptop and would love to have an SSD

KronoS

@studiohack depends on if @nhinkle wants one, and if I use these for the new Super User PC build

but as I get more stuff I'm going to pass the love around ;)

studiohack

that would be awesome :)

working on the logon wallpaper post, don't look at it until I'm done, @KronoS @IvoFlipse...hopefully it won't be so studiohackish :)

there are a lot of tutorials on that topic, hopefully I can make this one more unique

KronoS

7:20 PM

:)

I think we should do a Windows Theme Mod post as well...

studiohack

you mean, modifying themes?

KronoS

where you learn how to change the start button icon, and other things... the more in-depth modding of Windows

studiohack

oooh, that is big stuff...good idea for the blog though, that is a 'super user' type thing

KronoS

Help out with an interview with Ivo (for anyone interested):

docs.google.com/document/d/…

KronoS

7:37 PM

@IvoFlipse I've put together a quick interview for you to fill out...

docs.google.com/document/d/…

fill it out when you get the chance

and add any suggestions or tell me to come up with more creative ones if you so desire :P

studiohack

suggestions for a good wallpaper to use for the SU logon wallpaper tutorial screenshot?

like geeky or something that would tie into the main site?

KronoS

I don't know of any @studiohack but perhaps @nhinkle is willing to make a sweet wallpaper to distribute

studiohack

@KronoS never mind, I'll find something Windowish :)

KronoS

I think it'd be cool to see a Super User Logo Wallpaper... or something of the similar

studiohack

9:20 PM

@KronoS, you around?

studiohack

9:33 PM

blog writing is hard work! lol

nhinkle

10:04 PM

@KronoS thanks for the info regarding SSDs. I don't need a "fresh" drive per se, and would be happy to wait until you're done testing and have a spare one to send my way. If Kingston does get back to me I'll let you know if you don't need to send one

studiohack

hey @nhinkle

I wrote a blog post, can you tell me what you think of it?

blog.superuser.com/?p=2115&preview=true

nhinkle

will do, @studiohack

Did we decide that it would be good to link users on the blog back to their SU profiles?

studiohack

I don't know, but I think it would be a great idea...as a way to give more credit back to the individual users who wrote the posts...

@nhinkle thanks!

nhinkle

we could put their flair box at the bottom maybe too

studiohack

that'd be cool

nhinkle

10:08 PM

your post seems pretty good

studiohack

okay...anything need tweaking or?

nhinkle

i need to add a thing to my website...

i don't see any changes i'd suggest right now. i'll go through more closely to check grammar in a bit

studiohack

take your time...no worries

nhinkle

@TomWijsman, your post titles always have a period after them, like Maximizing the lifetime of your SSD. Generally, article titles - whether in newspapers, magazines, or blogs - do not have punctuation marks, as they are not a full proper sentence. Furthermore, all of our other writers do not do this, so I would recommend that you start writing your post titles without a period on the end, for the sake of consistency.