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12:03 AM
I currently am enjoying using "awesome" as a windows manager...as opposed to a full desktop environment
 
@GeorgeEdison Argh, you should have ran XPerf on at least something like KernRate or LatencyMon to figure out what DPC or Interrupts where occuring.
Would allow you to fix it, but on the other hand you might be lucky if it only occurs just once...
 
'lo
 
1:05 AM
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Q: Bought used laptop, it is banned in a forum I am trying to register, but my old laptop is not banned?

hdawdackI thought that maybe the IP address for this new (used) laptop is banned. However, that can't be, because my other laptop which I am still trying to sell, I registered on that one and it worked fine. Both my old and new laptop show the same public IP address at whatismyip.com. What am I missing...

Vague question is vague...
 
1:47 AM
moo
 
neigh
 
@Tom that guy is pissing me off - he's being rude to people answering the question :/
He's now demanding the answers involve IP addresses. Down vote for him.
 
here's the sad thing. I know how to rule out the ip address. Not sure i want to help him with that tho. ;p
 
Indeed :p he isn't really helping himself at all. It's gonna end up closed in the end
 
and downvoted
and i will be upvoting anyone with a sensible answer. ESPECIALLY if he gets bitched at
 
1:59 AM
that guy is such an idiot
 
Come on 3k+ users! With our powers combined I summon captain Trogdor! :p
 
@SimonSheehan Yup, edited the question and am flagging any comment that is rude.
 
"d Windows. Your answer has nothing to do with my question so I am just answering out of courtesy. SO, YOU ARE WRONG, JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO STUPIDLY DECIDED TO ANSWER I NEEDED TO REINSTALL WINDOWS OR SAID IT IS A CACHE PROBLEM. NOT A COOKIE PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE NEVER EVEN VISITED THE FORUM BEFORE. YOU ARE WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS YOU ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE A RETARD"
ugh, so sorry that people are trying to help you...
it's not even an interesting problem anyway. could be so many causes without knowing any details
awesome, finally closed
 
@Gareth I'm so tempted to leave a Vuvuzela comment on that one...
 
2:06 AM
jeez, just had to reject one of his suggested edits as well where he called someone else a retard
 
That full caps lock comment got deleted before I got to flag it, nice.
 
why do we want someone like that on the site?
 
Seems he added it back.
 
@Gareth we don't - I really hope he gets suspended
 
hm...something about being banned on a forum?
 
2:08 AM
maybe we can ban him here too... he can go ask his question about why he's banned on Super User somewhere else
 
There he goes calling us stupid now
@Gareth time to call the mods! :p they can suspend him nicely
 
in a rollback war with him now. definitely need a mod to lock this
or just burn it... stupid question anyway
 
Once place where the two day deletion threshold seems like a bad idea /mumble
 
Now he's calling me a dumbass :/
 
don't take any notice of it
obvious troll / dickhead
not worth the time of day
 
2:11 AM
I've been insulted a million times on the Internet, it passes through one retina and out. I flagged his whole post as "Not welcome in the community"
 
I don't know, for some reason I find watching trolls entertaining.
 
yeah, it's really quite funny
can't wait to see him explode
at some point he will crack
when does the edit trigger come into effect? been 13 so far
 
Haha indeed.. I think he's on the verge already
 
make that 14
does anyone have protect privileges?
 
Hey @William, you up still?
@Gareth time to ping high rep users :p
Or @JourneymanGeek perhaps
 
2:15 AM
Yep
 
20edits now. surely it comes into play soon and just protects it
 
Perfect way to unwind before that mega-huge career-determining English test I have tomorrow morning :-)
 
hehe
 
@William mind helping us out with your powers? :p
 
Sure, what do you need? Sorry... Just been so busy recently, I have hardly been here - but, I always answer @'s the moment I can
 
2:17 AM
Popcorn.
 
need this protecting:
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Q: Why is a used laptop I bought banned on a forum while my old laptop is not? THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BROWSER CACHE OR WINDOWS INSTALL

hdawdackTHIS QUESTION IS ONLY ABOUT IP ADDRESS HENCE THE IP TAGS. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COOKIES OR CACHE OR WINDOWS INSTALL. I WILL NOT CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER IF YOU DO NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IP OR IF YOU TALK ABOUT COOKIES, CACHE, OR WINDOWS INSTALL. I thought that maybe the IP address for this new (u...

or whatever else you can do
 
@William were looking for it to be protected
 
what the hell is going on there :/
 
Or anything within your infinite powers :p
It's.. Messy now
 
@Gareth: Can't be protected, has to be there for one day I belief.
 
2:18 AM
will protecting do anything? I mean... I thought it just stops people with 1 rep?
he has 20
 
ah ok @Tom
didn't realise
 
Yep - I have no protect link
 
I think he's F5-rollbacking now :S pretty much instant
 
@WilliamHilsum I believe it's for < 100.
 
It looks like he is an idiot... voted to delete, but, it is just 1 at the moment
 
2:19 AM
3 seconds after I rolled back
 
Well not much more to do until the mods come up
@Gareth F5 him back? :p
 
I am :D what a knob though
 
Lets just all flag as spam, probably will delete then
Spam or not welcome? If we do the same thing, it should work :/
I think spam is best/quickest?
 
good idea
yeah
can be meta'd later
just kill it for now with spam flagging
 
@WilliamHilsum: Dunno, not welcome might work too...
 
2:20 AM
I hit not welcome
 
jeez, 2 seconds after my rollback
 
I just know that spam does delete, not sure not welcome does... anyway, done that as well then
 
I actually can't access the page now.
 
what is wrong with this guy :S :S
 
Says too many redirects
 
2:21 AM
most stubborn and rude person I've met on SU
 
Also, flag all his comments as not welcome/rude (where they are... most of them) should give him the message quicker :/
 
He's high up on my list of stubborn and rude Internet people :p
 
yep, done
we just need a mod :'(
 
SU usually has such a nice community too
 
wow, -13 now
 
2:22 AM
Can you link it again? I'm having issues on my iPod here..
 
been a minute since the last rollback. might have stopped now
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Q: Why is a used laptop I bought banned on a forum while my old laptop is not?

hdawdackI thought that maybe the IP address for this used laptop I bought is banned. However, that can't be, because my other laptop which I am still trying to sell, I registered on that one and it worked fine. Both my old and new laptop show the same public IP address at http://whatismyip.com. What am...

 
Wow... that's a nice little question.
jaw drops open...
 
@IvoFlipse, @DMA57361, @Sathya, @Diago: Please deal with this.
 
60 revisions?
 
yeah a rollback war
 
2:24 AM
Wish I was a mod to help out at times like these!
 
@Gareth Nope, personal insult involved now.
 
haha nice
 
Brb clearing cache and stuff now
 
if I knew where he lived, that'd be the last thing he wrote on the Internet :P
 
I'll bring it to someone's attention...
 
2:25 AM
I find it amusing it took him 2 minutes to write that (that's how long the rollbacks paused)
@nhinkle has locked it now
thank god
 
@nhinkle: Thank you.
 
Yeah, that's better. Wow... I'm just reading the whole thing now...
 
mods, can you ban that stupid prat? I don't want to be on the same site as someone who write this in their questions: "Hey Gareth it was fun having you suck my dick last night we should do it more often"
 
> "THIS QUESTION IS ONLY ABOUT IP ADDRESS HENCE THE IP TAGS. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COOKIES OR CACHE OR WINDOWS INSTALL."
 
Agreed with @Gareth, he needs a long suspension..
 
2:27 AM
If he's so smart, why is he asking the question :P
 
Voila, another rude comments has been pruned.
 
I bet he was banned from that forum anyway for being such a massive idiot
it has nothing to do with IP addresses and everything to do with the fact you are a prat
 
Indeed. Let's just get him out of here. Anyone bring dynamite to this party?
 
@Gareth You think he bought the new computer to get around the banning?
 
Afraid I don't have mod powers on Super User :(
 
2:28 AM
@digitxp nah, it's to make his trolling go twice as fast
 
Night y'all.
 
see you
 
Tomorrow I fail all of high school in one fell swoop.
 
@TomWijsman: Nice quote:
> "An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem. ~ John Turkey"
 
@digitxp oh dear :/
 
2:31 AM
@GeorgeEdison: I corrected it to "Tukey", added that wrong at first. I was just googling for Exact Quote... xD
 
I love this answer too:
> "The MAC address of the network card may be involved. Depending on the manufacturer of the NIC, it may be possible to change the MAC address. If not, you may be able to replace the NIC, which is unlikely because the network interface device is usually integrated into the motherboard."
 
nhinkle has pruned the comment thread now.
 
And... It's gone!
 
Hooray for @nhinkle!
 
Indeed, thank you @WilliamHilsum and @JoelSpolsky. :)
Oh no...
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Q: How does Windows know whether it has out-browser why is f uck you nhinkle and gareth suck my balls some more as shole

hdawdackwhy is fuck you nhinkle and gareth suck my balls some more asshole How does Windows know whether or not it has a successful internet connection? Presumably it is checking some online Microsoft service to see whether it has a successful connection, gets redirected to some other page, or doesn't g...

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2:34 AM
Couldn't anyone else see the delete button? :/
 
Flagged and down voted :p
 
Not sure why I only see it on some questions :/ I am not a mod and I can't (quickly) see it on the list of privileges (unless my userscript is messing it up somehow)
 
@WilliamHilsum: 20k+ user can delete faster and with less votes I believe.
Flagged not welcome and the comment(s) offensive / rude.
 
@Tom oh Joel is helping out too?
 
2:35 AM
@SimonSheehan: Yes.
 
Awesome. Haven't seen him around here in a while, nice of him to drop by
 
He has received a one year suspension.
 
Also that guy is suspended for a year
 
@TomWijsman Ahh, I see! was just searching for delete... didn't look at that... Cool... I am "trusted"!
@SimonSheehan He will probably just try to buy a new laptop and re register!
2
 
Hahaha
 
2:38 AM
what on earth was wrong with that guy
 
Anyways, off to do some stuff before bed.. What a nice way to end the night! See you all later
 
@SimonSheehan Same here, see you.
 
Argh... more coming in.
 
Flagged for delete and not welcome... I need to get on with work, I am happy to do the same for any extras he does... please just @ me to let me know...
 
28 mins ago, by Gareth
at some point he will crack
 
2:45 AM
He's back for more :p
 
@SimonSheehan Wuuuut?
 
Yeah, he isn't going to give up for some time...
 
not for long
 
Given that dedication to rolling back.
 
have we had anyone so bloody weird on SU before?
I know we get people who lose it, or quit the site because of a flag or whatever, but this?
and he really wonders why he was banned on a forum?
 
2:47 AM
@Gareth Hmm... I wonder if he already got an IP ban, it's easy to bypass though these days. But I wouldn't expect him to do such thing...
 
I think it's time to swing the larger ban hammer :p
Not entirely sure what he thinks this spam will do.
 
well I guess it's a problem with the nature of the site
it's not really that easy to ban anyone anyway
sign up with a different open ID, change IP address (in a number of ways), VPNs etc
if he wanted to keep persisting there's not much can really stop him
other than people flagging and deleting
 
@Gareth: Best option (in case he knows how to bypass the ban) is to start filtering offensive words.
 
lolwut
 
He doesn't seem smart enough to do that kind of thing.
 
2:52 AM
yeah, 'faggot', 'nhinkle' and 'gareth' would probably do it
 
Welcome to the party @Sathya
 
nobody needs to mention me or nhinkle in a question directly :)
 
@Sathya: Check the recent deleted questions/answers in the tools section if you joined in just now.
 
Or...
^--- Preserved for "history".
 
Perhaps we could suggest an offensive word filter at meta.
 
2:53 AM
well George, that, and the tens of offensive comments and edits :)
 
@TomWijsman I did, starting with your message
 
and the edit he put in after your screenshot about me and his balls :P
 
I couldn't screengrab everything :P
 
@GeorgeEdison Or get to 10k and use the link. :)
 
@GeorgeEdison s'okay :)
 
2:54 AM
and that mod message sent by @nhinkle
 
@TomWijsman I can read it and I have less than 1k :)
 
... and he wonders why he got banned
 
/$@!# you [A-Za-z0-9]*/roody-poo/
 
I feel like we've got that angry kid on YouTube here
 
2:56 AM
I like what he must have been thinking. "I'll post it just... 1 more time... I don't think they'll see that one, it'll stay on the front page, haha!"
 
... and oh my there's one more from him :\
 
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Q: fuck you nhinkle and gareth you cum sucking faggots bitches i liked when you sucked my balls last night

user102781fuck you nhinkle and gareth you cum sucking faggots bitches i liked when you sucked my balls last night fuck you nhinkle and gareth you cum sucking faggots bitches i liked when you sucked my balls last night fuck you nhinkle and gareth you cum sucking faggots bitches i liked when you sucked my ba...

(now)
at least he can't edit stuff, only open questions, so he can't trash the site too much
 
Yeah, he's going to keep holding on for a while...
 
Wonder when his bed time will be
Anyways, NOW im going
 
@Gareth Yeah, best to monitor the active questions a bit.
 
2:58 AM
not sure how he's doing that while being suspended...
 
Cause they aren't as obvious, but it does happen:
@Sathya New IP, quickly create an account.
 
ah, yeah. merged now.
 
@SimonSheehan see you Simon!
 
And a new IP is just a matter of clicking one button these days...
 
I've got a daily stand up meeting now, but will keep monitoring when I'm back. see you later
 
3:01 AM
Hmm, I wonder how accurate a footprint of his browser would be in blocking him.
Mine is unique, not much people run Firefox 9.0a1 to start with. xD
Every minute is like...
Did he give up or not?
 
stand up meetng?
 
Hmm, it does take him 5 - 10 minutes between each post.
I guess he ran out of wireless networks to connect too...
Got to go, cya.
 
@JourneymanGeek yeah, how dare anyone sit down!
@TomWijsman agree, but I think he'll definitely be back later. Just have that feeling
 
3:16 AM
lol
i mean, whazzat?
 
A stand-up meeting (or simply stand-up) is a daily team meeting held to provide a status update to the team members. The 'semi-real-time' status allows participants to know about potential challenges as well as coordinate efforts to resolve difficult and/or time-consuming issues. It has particular value in Agile software development processes, such as Scrum, but can be utilized in any development methodology. The meetings are usually timeboxed to 5–15 minutes and are held standing up to remind people to keep the meeting short and to the point. Most people usually refer to this meeting as j...
 
ahh
newfangled thing >_>
 
3:44 AM
Is this guy done now?
 
think so
 
I'll be in this room for a bit - so please ping me if you see this guy acting up again
he will be shut down quickly
it's rare, but this is not the first time we've had a "situation" like this on our hands
 
4:04 AM
Considering how many idiots there are in the world, and how big the network of sites are getting now... I am surprised we haven't seen (a lot) more!
 
the question I have - who pissed off who here ... in our network “You’ve got a bunch of people playing Chess, but certain people want to play ‘throw the chess pieces all over the park’ — and from there it becomes a sort of wrestling and fighting game.”
If you haven't listened to it yet: blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/podcast-21 is a good one
 
@GeoffDalgas It looks like the guy posted an innocent question about why can't I do x with my y... someone said it is not related to y, it is z... then, the guy got really "hot headed" saying "it is y, it has nothing to do with z", and basically insulted/annoyed anyone who remotely said about "z"... If that makes sense :/ (Well, at least that is how I saw it).
 
@WilliamHilsum Yeah, that's a pretty good summary.
 
@GeoffDalgas Thanks.... I have the majority of the podcasts (Damn RSS/Itunes makes it hard to import in to one list when they are from different sources)... and have been meaning to catch up/listen from the start for some time - but, I just never seem to have the free time.
 
Whoa... since when did VirtualBox become a 87MB download?
 
4:14 AM
@GeorgeEdison Well, Workstation is ~450Mb! count yourself lucky!
Just seen, version 8 is about 100Megs less than version 7 - perhaps they unloaded that to Virtualbox then!
 
I really need a light installation... I'm running low on disk space.
 
I know that feeling :/ I was just about to buy a stack of 2TB hard drives... then the prices shot up :(
Can you try to hunt for the portable version? Won't need installing and may be a bit easier? :/ ... Mind you, may need extracting
 
@GeorgeEdison hmm the last version was ~72Mb
 
What did they do to it?
I remember the good old days when it was a 42MB download.
 
@GeorgeEdison I haven't seen that size since atleast 3.x series?
 
4:21 AM
You're probably right.
 
what has been accomplished since then - seamless mode, 2d & 3D acceleration, IO APIC, multicore/multi-monitor support
 
 
1 hour later…
 
1 hour later…
7:12 AM
morning all
 
morn @DMA57361
 
 
3 hours later…
10:34 AM
Hi
Why did I get mentioned on this message?
8 hours ago, by Sathya
and that mod message sent by @nhinkle
 
@Nyuszika7H I typed @Nyuszika7H instead of @nhinkle for a second and then edited it :)
 
@Sathya Oh, okay :)
 
 
3 hours later…
2:01 PM
Still getting emails from Chinese suppliers saying they can give me a discount if I buy 100 monitors after placing an advert up saying I need 1 about 2 years ago now :/
 
2:30 PM
lol
 
@WilliamHilsum My wife gets those, and she never even placed an advert.
She runs a NPO and gets these Chinese offers to provide products and services and partnering up. I guess NPO means something else for them
 
Well, to be honest, I have done a lot of importing from China in the past - for electronics or small value small items - buying in bulk is just so much cheaper from there - it is crazy for some items... (e.g. got (good) optical mice with custom printing for less than £1 shipped when I bought 2,000).... but... you are right, the spam is just annoying
this one wasn't so much spam... but... when I write urgent on a request, it is just funny to get a response 2 years later
 
3:05 PM
Hungarian Police and data forensics -> atlatszo.hu/2011/10/25/…
 
its in hungarian ;p
 
Ah, just check the picture, the story is about something else (Police took their device, and blah blah ... tl;dr: Police couldn't even figure it out, how does a USB port work..)
 
wooo, sup
 
hey
 
3:10 PM
atlatszo.hu/2011/07/06/magyarleaks-meghackeltek-a-brokernetet Security. The company got hacked. How? Via phpmyadmin ... admin/admin. :D
I wonder how does one gets the idea to hack a site.. like...
 
@Gareth Doing two-pass editing today, huh? :P
@Shiki Why not, I can imagine it's fun
 
Yeah I guess, but what's the motivation? Too much free time? Boredom? O.o I mean... if I play Uplink or a different 'hack game', of course there are sites with valuable stuff. But risking myself every single time when I visit a site (and spend LOTS of hours to find a hole, breach in, cover the tracks, etc)...
 
hmm, well with a lot of time and h4xx0r skillZ, it's really something exciting I guess
:P
even if you're not using the data, but just reporting a security hole
anyway, off to eat, l8r
 
enjoy your meal
Guess half of the 'reporter' guys actually wanted to sell the info or the vulnerability, just they left some evidence and well, let's appear to be the good guy! :D
 
3:27 PM
@slhck just bored :) one of those nights
 
 
1 hour later…
4:35 PM
Cross your legs and read this - mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/25/…
 
 
2 hours later…
7:02 PM
Afternoon everyone.
 
7:30 PM
Evening @SimonSheehan
 
 
2 hours later…
9:27 PM
Any more visits from our friend?
 
@GeorgeEdison No deletes, search on his frequently used words hits no results... So, I think not.
 
@GeorgeEdison I think hes gone for good :p
 
Good.
 
 
1 hour later…
10:58 PM
morning
also, in case he turns up
happy deepavali @Sathya
 
11:14 PM
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Q: Question of the Week #32

nhinkleIt's been a while since we posted a QOTW. In large part this is because I (the editor of the QOTW section of the blog) have been extremely busy with school, and haven't had much time for writing. I'd like to get the QOTW going again though, so submit your ideas! Even if we don't do a super-detail...

 
11:28 PM
Hi all
 

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