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KronoS

11:00 PM

@ThomasMcDonald whatcha been up to?

user30

Following the Portal 2 ARG rather too intently for my own good.

user30

don't tell Ivo

user30

You dishing out SSDs for everyone now?

nhinkle

@studiohack, here ya go. Been meaning to do this for a while; your post inspired me to get it done ;)

nathanhinkle.com/about/photos/windows-7-logon-screen-packs

I'm working on creating and uploading some more of them

user30

@nhinkle I wasn't a fan of linking the author page -> SU profile.

studiohack

11:02 PM

@ThomasMcDonald how come?

@nhinkle hey I like it!

you indirectly complimented my post, thanks ;)

KronoS

@studiohack it's a good post

user30

Linking the account <=> account, sure. But redirection? It doesn't really follow, you'll just take people off the blog, when that's not generally the expected action.

studiohack

@KronoS thanks!

nhinkle

@ThomasMcDonald would you rather perhaps that we had user pages on the blog, showing all posts by them, and then a link to their SU profile?

user30

I think that adding some stuff from SU through the API into the author page would be cool though.

KronoS

11:04 PM

@ThomasMcDonald not quite yet... but if things go the way they are I'll have enough to hand out soon ;)

user30

Doh, we don't currently have an author template with this theme do we?

user30

>:(

studiohack

@nhinkle beautiful photo of the Sierra's! wayy cool

nhinkle

thanks for the compliment @studiohack :)

updated to actually have a link to your post

which of course isn't live yet

but not enough people visit my site for me to be too worried about it. your post will be live soon enough

studiohack

the link might change if we change the title? @nhinkle

user30

11:05 PM

Well, linking accounts is easy as a usermeta field with your SU user id.

studiohack

I'm not sure about the title...

KronoS

anybody successfully built a hackintosh?

user30

@KronoS On my to-do list man

nhinkle

@ThomasMcDonald do you want to create that or would you like me to put something together?

KronoS

@ThomasMcDonald It's on my to-do list... like this weekend...

gonna try to develop a small app for the iPad soon

user30

11:06 PM

Same, but I'm using older hardware, which sucks.

nhinkle

@studiohack for your blog post? Maybe something like "Spice up your boring Windows Login screen"

user30

775 socket doesn't have anything like the level of support the i5's have.

KronoS

@nhinkle @studiohack agreed

@ThomasMcDonald lol and I thought that my core 2 duo was pushing it...

nhinkle

@KronoS Core 2 Duo on the desktop = LGA 755 socket

user30

Heh, I'm going to put an E2180 in I think

user30

11:08 PM

Which is the old new Pentium, the first one w/the core architecture.

nhinkle

what do you have right now @ThomasMcDonald?

KronoS

@nhinkle d'oh

naturally assumed p4

nhinkle

@KronoS it's also for P4 :P

KronoS

@ThomasMcDonald do you know if it's difficult to dual boot to the mac and win7?

@nhinkle I know... just forgot about core 2 duo

studiohack

how's this for the title, @KronoS @nhinkle?

> Bored with your login screen? Hack it!

user30

11:10 PM

@nhinkle MBP 13", which is a 2.4C2D (no idea of model). Desktop is running an E8500, but I tend to use that exclusively for games now because it takes aaages to boot up.

studiohack

or:

> Bored with your login screen? Tweak it!

nhinkle

@KronoS bootcamp makes it super simple

I install bootcamp for clients about 4 times a week. sometimes more

KronoS

@studiohack hack it sounds better

nhinkle

@studiohack either works :)

KronoS

@nhinkle isn't bootcamp a VM though?

if that's the case then I'll probably just use VMware

nhinkle

11:11 PM

@KronoS no

it's dual-boot

but only for macs

making an OS X VMware install is pretty easy

KronoS

do I have to install mac first and then the win7?

user30

Portal 2 is currently looking like it will be released on Tuesday, 0100UTC

nhinkle

there's instructions on it out there

no no no @KronoS it only works on Macintosh computers

user30

aperturescience.com/glados@home

nhinkle

if you don't have one you don't use it

O_O
@ThomasMcDonald what are they doing? How haven't I heard about this?

Which of these should I make into a background next?

KronoS

11:13 PM

@nhinkle you need to make a SU wallpaper

nhinkle

user30

@nhinkle Haven't you seen the ARG?

nhinkle

so... which one?

KronoS

one with the head: [} and something floating around it like win, mac and linux symbols

nhinkle

@ThomasMcDonald I have not. Where can I see info on it?

user30

11:15 PM

@nhinkle That's a good question, the ARG wiki is currently down, it was getting 300req/sec before the server needed help.

nhinkle

@studiohack I want your opinion :P

studiohack

UGH, my laptop just flipped, instant shutdown because it was too hot

user30

@nhinkle Here you go man, check this thread

studiohack

it runs hot, because it gets dusty really fast

okay @nhinkle :)

the last one is the best @nhinkle

2nd and third remind me of where I live...like almost exactly

the first one is okay, but the clouds are distracting and the photo is generally too dark...

nhinkle

funny, they're not from anywhere near where you might live if I were to guess where you might live

studiohack

11:19 PM

guess, and I'll delete @nhinkle

I know, your photos are from Calif, near the Sierra Nevadas, on the dry side...as in on the east side I'm guessing

nhinkle

indeed, east side

lol @studiohack we've had this game before

studiohack

yeah, I knew that you knew :P

nhinkle

pretty!

ok I need to do some homework real quick

bbiab

studiohack

thanks :) I work in the mountains in the distance...

nhinkle

@studiohack, you hold down the fort

studiohack

11:22 PM

okay have fun

haha @nhinkle, we sound like military commanders :P

also @nhinkle, for whenever you get back: change your websites link to this permalink, I changed the title of the post... blog.superuser.com/2015/04/15/bored-with-your-login-hack-it

KronoS

@ThomasMcDonald what the? what is this?

user30

@KronoS Valve playing games

user30

And releasing P2 early.

KronoS

@ThomasMcDonald wow why would they go to such lengths...

user30

@KronoS Advertising

user30

11:35 PM