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Ben N
Ben N
12:18 AM
File system virtualization creates no end of bafflement among those who don't know about it:
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Q: Non-hidden directory doesn't show in Explorer, but exists...in some sense(?)

XophmeisterI'm using IMAPSize to backup my mailboxes. The process just dumps the contents of your mailbox into .eml files on your disk. Anyway, the first mailbox I backed up shows up as I expect. However, the next one doesn't show in Explorer and, if I enter it in the path, it tells me that it doesn't exist...

windows-7 filesystems ntfs ls dir
 
bwDraco
bwDraco
12:32 AM
UAC virtualization, AARGH
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
1:00 AM
@allquixotic if you plan properly, travel within the EU by air can be fairly rediculously cheap
so it may make sense ;p
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
1:37 AM
@allquixotic also, ping
quick resume question
 
allquixotic
allquixotic
@JourneymanGeek sure?
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@allquixotic so, most of the technologies I've mentioned on the resume are software
Would it be correct to add things like "Rackmount and Blade servers" and "Storage Arrays" there?
 
allquixotic
allquixotic
my advice about resumes is to target the resume to the job you're applying for -- a software job doesn't care if you know about storage arrays; a sysadmin job doesn't care that you know Java or Python; and a network admin job doesn't care that you know Bash scripting
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
Yeah. Trying to get a general one to 'fork' off of
 
allquixotic
allquixotic
write to the job offering and nothing more, unless your accomplishments are rather incredible
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
1:52 AM
Yeaaah
I just realised my current version didn't include that, and it would be handy for data center jobs ;p
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
@allquixotic I beg to differ!
Weird
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
2:17 AM
Also, it would be super nice if I could just do my resume up as 'blocks' and fork/merge as needed ;p
I have a one pager, and 3 different versions of my 2 pager ._.
 
CMDEmu
CMDEmu
how do I disable a device in device manager, there is no disable menu item
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
3:09 AM
@CMDEmu Right click => Uninstall
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
wouldn't devcon let you simply disable it?
 
Boris_yo
Boris_yo
3:49 AM
Never thought behemoths are born with heels...
Here are photos that will cause you to lose your manhood for a while...
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
lol
 
bwDraco
bwDraco
4:14 AM
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Q: Why does my IP become Google's ip when using Chrome on the mobile?

ozgurI couldn't find any similar issues on the internet. The problem is as follow. I am tracking every member's geo location (using db-ip) and everything is fine except mobile phones with Chrome browser. They always give me the result US Mountain View California ip:66.249.xxx.xxx. This is Google, I ...

googlebot ip-address
Oddly enough, we ran into the same question on Super User: superuser.com/questions/1058935/… — bwDraco 1 min ago
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Q: Web browsing with Chrome unexpectedly passes through a Google proxy

anon187For some reason, I'm not able to post in some sites because I'm being detected as from another country. Then, I tested "what is my public IP" in many of those sites that provides this service. In some of them, they showed my actual public Ip but in some others it showed this IP which seems to be ...

networking google-chrome proxy
This must be more than a coincidence.
 
Bob
Bob
4:37 AM
@allquixotic New UPS? So you bought it?
@kerbalspacebecky ? Still need the OVH server?
Ah @allquixotic answered :P
 
allquixotic
allquixotic
4:50 AM
@Bob that was a while ago, the Cyberpower one with PFC
by "new" I mean last year
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@bwDraco maybe they made it a default
@Bob will prolly have to take a raincheck today
going to take some meds and nap
 
bwDraco
bwDraco
@JourneymanGeek Ill again? Get well soon...
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@bwDraco "again" ? I'm not ill that often ;p
 
Bob
Bob
@JourneymanGeek ahh, k
 
 
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DavidPostill
DavidPostill
6:43 AM
Do you know the difference between a question and an answer? Why have you answered with an exact copy of the question apart from linking to google? — DavidPostill 35 secs ago
 
 
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Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
8:17 AM
@barlop Check this out: rahul2001.com/Archive/Lin-x-Win.zip
 
 
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kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
9:44 AM
@Bob Yeah, thanks though. Just wanted to be sure about the KVM/IPMI stuff. Probably don't need it anyway, but when you do need it, you really really need it.
 
Bob
Bob
too true
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
I've had my online.net server a couple years now, and I've only used the built-in iLO once, to install it initially, but it's quite possible that had I restarted it blindly after the chmod incident I might have needed it again
 
Bob
Bob
@kerbalspacebecky Yea, I've used mine twice. Once for the original install, and once for the ZFS recovery.
I should start calling it "the ZFS incident"
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Speaking of chmod...
> FIX PERMISSIONS!
[root@vs2 ~]# uptime
10:46:29 up 574 days, 15:38, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
 
Bob
Bob
o.O
@kerbalspacebecky Mirror everything onto a different server and try to boot?
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
9:47 AM
I'm probably going to end up reinstalling/migrating it before ever fixing that chmod, but I'm not sure whether to wait for the newer Broadwell-EP boxes to drive down the prices first
@Bob lol
Honestly, I really just need a 5-line script or something to mirror the permissions from another box, or just rsync
Or do the dumb noob thing of chmod -R 777 /
 
Bob
Bob
@kerbalspacebecky Would that actually work? I mean, are restrictive permissions required anywhere for boot?
I do know OpenSSH will refuse to use a private key stored in a world readable .ssh
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Not that I'm aware
 
Bob
Bob
I have 321 MB of .snd files extracted from RA3... gotta figure out how to play them :\
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
VLC! It plays like everything
 
Bob
Bob
> EA created the music in a format and compression that no one is able to replicate
@_@
@kerbalspacebecky Was the first thing I tried. 
>file "data\movies\afs01.snd"
data\movies\afs01.snd; data
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
9:53 AM
If VLC don't play it, nothing will o_0
 
Jonno
Jonno
@Bob Got a sample of one anywhere?
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno I'll chuck one up
 
Jonno
Jonno
@Bob Well that's odd... MPC-HC plays it, 4 seconds long, barely audible though
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno It does? Nice.
Thanks.
@Jonno Yea, I picked the smallest file for a faster upload :P
Longest one is some 15 MB
 
Jonno
Jonno
Honestly can't make out what the heck it's meant to sound like haha...
Almost silent for the first couple of seconds then a small sound towards the end...
 
Bob
Bob
9:59 AM
@Jonno It's a snippet of game music
@Jonno Any chance you can identify the codec?
 
Jonno
Jonno
AU/SND
Audio: 0x0000 48000Hz stereo 384kbps [A: adpcm_ea_r3, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 384 kb/s]'
adpcm_ea_r3
 
Bob
Bob
> adpcm_ea_r3
LOL
 
Jonno
Jonno
ea
Lol
r3
 
Bob
Bob
MPC-HC has specific codec support for some EA proprietary thing
wow.
Just wow.
Hm, apparently ffmpeg supports it too
 
Jonno
Jonno
 
Bob
Bob
10:01 AM
file doesn't recognise it though
@Jonno I thought VLC used ffmpeg... so they must've specifically disabled that codec.
That sucks.
 
Jonno
Jonno
Honestly, I can't blame them too much. Although it's surprising they left that functionality in MPC-HC really
Anyone storing their music collection in EA's Red Alert 3 codec deserves to be unable to play it ;)
 
Bob
Bob
Hm. The longer one... "Cannot render the file"
@Jonno Hey, I just wanted to convert it :(
Maybe I'll chuck ffmpeg at it
But then I'd have to install that first...
 
Jonno
Jonno
@Bob Haha, I more meant anyone who went and ripped their old CD's ... ;)
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno Hm. Maybe half of them play O_O
 
Jonno
Jonno
Are they files you had to extract from somewhere?
 
Bob
Bob
10:07 AM
@Jonno Ya.
 
Jonno
Jonno
Something screwy with that perhaps? shrug
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno Hm. Possible, but unlikely.
 
Jonno
Jonno
Maybe check if someone already did the hard work for you :P
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno Couldn't find it :(
 
Jonno
Jonno
?
 
Bob
Bob
10:13 AM
@Jonno Nah, Uprising
 
Jonno
Jonno
Ah
 
Bob
Bob
[ea @ 000000000059a400] Unsupported number of channels: 6
gurk.
So it refuses > 2 channels?!
 
Jonno
Jonno
Sure looks that way :s
Prior to that patch it was happy with anything >0 lol.
 
Bob
Bob
Maybe I should find a 2012 build
 
Jonno
Jonno
Guessing there are more problems than simply too many channels they couldn't be bothered to fix
"The Uprising tracks were never officially released, however an unofficial listing appeared on the official C&C forums. This was later deleted for an undisclosed reason."
 
Bob
Bob
10:16 AM
Worth a shot shrug
 
Jonno
Jonno
Hm.. Might still exist somewhere out there...
 
Bob
Bob
ffmpeg 1.2 from March 2013
 
Jonno
Jonno
That patch looked like it was for 1.1?
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno The patch was Sept 2013
 
Jonno
Jonno
"ffmpeg | branch: release/1.1 "
Hmm
Worth a go then I guess ^^
 
Bob
Bob
10:19 AM
[ea @ 0000000002167900] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5005000 microsec
onds
[ea @ 0000000002167900] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Guessed Channel Layout for  Input Stream #0.0 : 5.1
Input #0, ea, from 'data\movies\afs01.snd':
  Duration: 00:01:46.56, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1151 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: adpcm_ea_r3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16p, 1152 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified
\o/
Wait. 1 second? Uhm.
In 15 MB?
Oh wait that's 1 min 40s
> data\movies\afs01.snd: Invalid data found when processing input
ahhhh
 
Jonno
Jonno
:\
 
Bob
Bob
Hey, it worked... kinda. I have a single channel out of it in a 55 MB wav :P
 
Jonno
Jonno
Cool.. I wonder if the 6 channels is why MPC-HC ignored it?
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno Most likely yea
 
Jonno
Jonno
Maybe certain cinematics and stuff encoded for surround...?
 
Bob
Bob
10:23 AM
@Jonno Quite possible!
Still, disallowing > 2 is worse than just providing the first couple channels...
Maybe I should raise a bug.
Then again, I don't think anyone really cares about this codec :P
Ok... these are not the sounds I'm looking for :(
@Jonno Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : 5.1
 
Jonno
Jonno
Lol.. Does it actually play?
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno Yea, the converted file plays. I'm not sure if it's missing anything though.
The actual music tracks I want are missing.
 
Jonno
Jonno
Ah I see what you mean
 
Bob
Bob
15 MB EA file converts to a 1.5 MB MP3
Then again I don't know how good the original compression was
 
Jonno
Jonno
According to someones guide here:
You can save files directly as WAV from the BIG files?
 
Bob
Bob
10:28 AM
@Jonno Yea, that's a different audio collection.
 
Jonno
Jonno
Ah
 
Bob
Bob
I've already gone through the larger files there and they're not music
Just ambient sounds in the large ones
Unit/building/etc. voiceovers in the small ones
 
Jonno
Jonno
Hm
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno If you're curious, here's the big one: files.vulpin.com/index.php/s/K6U3AHv5dAknAGA
 
Jonno
Jonno
I was actually ^^
Virtual audio cable time ;)
 
Bob
Bob
10:40 AM
@Jonno Nup, I just split off all 6 channels... this is actually a legit 5.1 file o.O
 
Jonno
Jonno
@Bob Music? Cinematic? Any legit reason FFMPEG should be failing on >2?
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno That one is from one of the cutscene movies.
I'm looking for the ingame music but I can't find it :\
 
tereško
tereško
10:56 AM
ok guys, I want to flash my router to something that is not 2+ years old firmware
what are the options?
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Openwrt
 
tereško
tereško
is dd-wrt still a thing?
 
Jonno
Jonno
DD-WRT
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
dd-wrt is a dead thing, yeah
 
Jonno
Jonno
Hasn't had an official release in a long time but still maintained as a 'beta'
Dead? I'm running a version a few weeks old ;)
Last release was 2 days ago
 
tereško
tereško
10:58 AM
hmmm
 
Jonno
Jonno
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Lol, most recent image for my router is dated 2013-04-22
And that was the Beta.
 
Jonno
Jonno
Whats your router?
 
tereško
tereško
Linksys EA2700
it is compatible
 
Bob
Bob
11:16 AM
CUWilhe_voiDiea.wav
Guess what that is :P
 
Jonno
Jonno
@Bob A wilhelm scream? xD
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno Ayup
I don't recall hearing it ingame though
 
Jonno
Jonno
I think I've just been conditioned not to notice them unless I'm listening out for them now lol
 
Bob
Bob
That might explain it
 
Jonno
Jonno
Probably one death in insert high number here does one as an easter egg of some kind... Or every death is that and you've just never noticed ;)
 
Bob
Bob
11:24 AM
SQUISH5.wav
Where's the other squishes? o.O
 
Jonno
Jonno
@tereško ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2016/03-31-2016-r29387/linksys-ea2700 There's the latest beta firmware for your model, from 31/03/2016
 
Bob
Bob
@Jonno There's actually quite a few RA2 voices here that aren't used
 
Jonno
Jonno
use at your caution ofc
Potentially useful step-by-step instructions haeberling.blogspot.com/2014/11/…
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
whine
 
Jonno
Jonno
@Bob Hmm, sound effects like that make sense to recycle I guess, as long as there are a few newish ones I imagine most people would miss them.
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
11:26 AM
Prolly going to sleep again in a bit ;p
 
Bob
Bob
@JourneymanGeek :(
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Bob I'll let you guys know tommorrow morning if I'm good for SCL
 
Bob
Bob
@JourneymanGeek Oh, only if you feel like it.
allq was a "maybe" anyway
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
s/feel like it/feel up to it/
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
11:39 AM
It's a FISH
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
12:06 PM
@JourneymanGeek SCL?
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
!!google scl game
 
ChatBot John Cavil
ChatBot John Cavil
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
oh
I've always wanted to run a telnet server but don't know how to :/
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
12:29 PM
@RahulBasu What platform?
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
Windows
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
net start telnet
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
lol
 
Bob
Bob
@RahulBasu Why do you want to?
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
@Bob That;s what I was gonna ask
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
12:41 PM
 
Bob
Bob
There's few, if any, good reasons to be hosting a telnet server rather than, say, SSH.
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
wwwwwwwwwww
ffs wrong window
@Bob telnet turns me on.
 
Bob
Bob
That's a reason to not run telnet. For everyone else anyway.
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
@kerbalspacebecky Was that your wwwwwwwwwwwwwindows password? ;)
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Q: Is enabling telnet a security concern?

PacerierWhy is it that Vista comes with telnet disabled? If i enable it, is it a potential risk? Also, in the list there is "telnet client" and "telnet server". I'm wondering what's the difference between enabling each of them?

windows windows-vista telnet
"Hackers have breached DDoS protection firm Staminus, a US-based company that offers protection against a range of network security attacks including, well, DDoS. The fraudsters have also reportedly stolen sensitive data from Staminus' database and dumped it online. Apparently the company was using the same root password for all its servers, and had stored credit card details in plain text. The alleged security nightmare doesn't end there, unfortunately. Hackers managed to expose crucial services via external Telnet, and reset all of Staminus' routers to factory settings, causing a network …
lol
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
lol
@DavidPostill I was thinking of starting maybe a chat room for me and my friends for fun...
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
12:54 PM
Spark (XMPP client)
Spark is an open-source instant messaging program (based on XMPP protocol) that allows users to communicate via text in real time. It can be integrated with the Openfire server to provide additional features, such as controlling various parts of Spark functionality from a central management console, or integrating with a customer support service Fastpath, allowing Spark users to login into queues, accept and forward support requests, use canned responses. Being a cross-platform application, it can be run on various systems. Installers for Windows and Linux are available on the official website...
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
thanks but telnet just looks more, well, geekish
:D
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
telnet is not a chat system
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
You can have something like a BBS
...
 
Bob
Bob
If you want "geekish" chat, use IRC
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
:D
might run sourceforge.net/projects/stchat on a vm...
 
DavidPostill
DavidPostill
12:59 PM
GeekChat allows on-line users to chat (group instant message) with other users who are on-line and on the chat interface.

This allows real time discussions, but does not record such discussions (unlike forum threads).

GeekChat requires that Java be enabled in your browser.
 
Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu
Seems nice its just that no one uses java anymore
chrome doesn't even support it...
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
1:15 PM
@Bob
Did you manage to update and root your phone again in the end?
 
Bob
Bob
1:55 PM
@kerbalspacebecky Yup.
The root was fine and easy.
The update wiped my data.
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Dang
 
tereško
tereško
2:12 PM
hmmm ... looks like buying sony walkman f805 to my kid brother was a really good idea
it a 4-ish year old now, with no scratches on the front, but the back of it is so worn, that the color has come off and the bare metal is showing
 
Wally
Wally
user@user-desktop ~/Portable software/Sigcheck $ wine /home/user/Portable-software/Sigcheck/sigcheck.exe /home/user/Portable-software/Sigcheck/sigcheck.exe
Is returning help everytime 
user@user-desktop ~/Portable software/Sigcheck $ wine sigcheck.exe sigcheck.exe
Returns the data I want
I don't know what is going on. Relative paths and absolute paths are the same right?
 
Bob
Bob
@kerbalspacebecky I think I could've kept my data by not flashing HOME_CSC, but updating is weird anyway. Was an encryption error.
Maybe using the Samsung util to update would work better.
That's what Sammobile recommended but I did Odin cause that's what I had.
(They did have steps for Odin too, one for keeping and one for wiping data.)
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Huh, it was encrypted?
I thought rooting decrypted it already
 
Bob
Bob
@kerbalspacebecky I don't know!
It came up with an encryption error.
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Speaking of, I wonder when the next Mass Effect is coming out
Because that's totally related...
 
Bob
Bob
2:24 PM
Might've been cause of the failed flashes.
Who knows.
Wiping data via (stock) recovery worked anyway.
@Wally Maybe you need to quote the arg.
@Wally Wait. It's in Portable software but you're giving it Portable-software?
Those aren't the same thing...
So. Quote the args and use the correct paths.
 
Wally
Wally
user@user-desktop ~/Portable-software/Sigcheck $ wine /home/user/Portable-software/Sigcheck/sigcheck.exe /home/user/Portable-software/Sigcheck/sigcheck.exe
Is the same 
wine "/home/user/Portable-software/Sigcheck/sigcheck.exe" "/home/user/Portable-software/Sigcheck/sigcheck.exe"
Is giving the same output.
Quoting is not helping
 
Wally
Wally
2:52 PM
Looks like cd ing into the directory is inevitable.
Just a stupid Windows thing
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Well duh. You're specifying a linux path to a Windows program
 
Bob
Bob
s/Windows/wine/
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
s/Bob/pedant/
 
Bob
Bob
On that note - have you even tried backslashed paths?
 
kerbalspacebecky
kerbalspacebecky
Me?
I do or don't do. There is no try.
 
Bob
Bob
2:55 PM
@kerbalspacebecky Not you.
@Wally Whoever posted there has no clue what they're talking about.
> The directory where the executable module for the current process is located.
 
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