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When writing technical documents, it is often required for tables to not wrap across columns and page breaks, so that all data from a given table are displayed in one place. In LaTeX, there is a setting to prevent tables from wrapping unless they are simply too long to do otherwise. Is there any ...

studiohack

@nhinkle yeah!

wow, exactly a year ago

KronoS

4:40 AM

any iOS coders around?

studiohack

we have an entire stack for that :P

hey @KronoS - good to see you

KronoS

@studiohack hey... how's it goin?

I'm really about to beat myself right now... I know I'm close but just can't figure it out fully...

Grrrr......

studiohack

as for your question, I'm not sure who codes iOS here...

not bad, how about you, other than tricky code @KronoS?

KronoS

good... super busy... 18 credits is no fun

especially when you do it for two semesters in a row

studiohack

@KronoS ohh man

I'm probably going to have 16-18 credits myself for two years straight (finish my degree out of state somewhere)

KronoS

4:48 AM

why out of state?

studiohack

because there is nothing in state that I'm interested in for Information Systems - not many people here

KronoS

ah got it... IS huh? that's cool.

studiohack

IS yeah. will be fun. taking Intro to Mac and intro to Business right now at the local community college

KronoS

intro to Mac as in the computer?

studiohack

what's your degree again, @KronoS?

yeah. weird class. and I still dislike Macs

KronoS

5:03 AM

@studiohack Systems Engineering with Electrical and Computer Engineering minor (for soft dev)

ya they take a while to get used to... but I'm using one right now ;)

studiohack

@KronoS neato! sounds brainy :P

KronoS

it's not as bad as i thought

studiohack

@KronoS I know ;)

KronoS

or suicide... take your pick

studiohack

@KronoS ha. I worry I'm gonna flunk college. My first intro to business quiz, I failed it, because I thought I studied enough, and nope. misunderstood something and it cost me... :(

KronoS

5:06 AM

My first semester was terrible... I got a 22/200 on my calc final... that was fun

I basically begged the teacher to give me a C, and I think he took pity on me

cuz I barely got it when I really shouldn't have

that's the reason why my GPA is a 3.28 instead of the 3.5-3.6 I should be at

studiohack

@KronoS a 22 points right out of 200? or a 11%?

wow...

KronoS

ya 11% is right

on the final

studiohack

OH MAN. yikes. how in the world did you get a C?

KronoS

and I was already on the brink of D in that class

studiohack

trying to teach myself pre-calc at home....yeah, it's awesome

KronoS

5:08 AM

I have no clue... massive curve? pure luck? I have no clue

this has been the biggest life saver for math:

academicearth.org/subjects/mathematics

that and wolfram alpha

studiohack

gonna be interesting with this business class - whole different world of studying and stuff

@KronoS academicearth looks cool - I've seen it in the past

how did you use wolfram alpha?

KronoS

wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+do+I+use+wolfram+alpha%3F

Journeyman Geek

lol

KronoS

wolframalpha.com/tour/what-is-wolframalpha.html

Journeyman Geek

wolfam alpha is awesome

studiohack

5:11 AM

@KronoS ha

KronoS

this might be more suitable... but i figured i'd give you the first one first ;)

Grrr!!! you would think moving a simple label from one place to another would be simple!

it probably is, but Kronos is just too dumb to find the answer

studiohack

@KronoS thanks, I'll look into that more. have you given Microsoft Math a shot? used to be $50 bucks, now free.

way cool, explains step by step how to solve any math problem

KronoS

no... never used it

studiohack

yeah. really.

well, use it if you have any more math

KronoS

Engineering.... is all math.

I thought after vector calc I'd be free... nope... been using calc all my academic career, and I still suck at it

studiohack

5:14 AM

@KronoS oh man. you must use MS Math. here: download URL:

microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15702

KronoS

it looks like what my ti-89 does

studiohack

@KronoS okay. whatever works for ya

KronoS

@studiohack I'll check it out still... looks interesting

studiohack

@KronoS I like it, personally. ah well. my hobby keeping me sane lately is working on Great Outdoors private beta

KronoS

Great Outdoors?

that a new SU site?

studiohack

5:18 AM

been in private beta for the past two days, been seeding it, hard to get rep though

a new SE site, yes @KronoS

KronoS

sorry meant SE

Rebecca Chernoff

@studiohack I thought of another app category today...but...then I forgot it. ):

studiohack

@RebeccaChernoff well you have such high standards (a good thing) that I have a hard time meeting them. but I'm always happy to try :)

Rebecca Chernoff

lol

studiohack

busy day tomorrow. I think I'm gonna roll on out. good luck with your app @KronoS - hope you find the issue and have fun with calc :) let me know how MS Math works out for ya if you like it

@RebeccaChernoff ping me anytime and I'll try :P

laters.

Journeyman Geek

7:17 AM

-1

Q: Powering an IBM x335

I've just purchased a second hand IBM X335 server in order to introduce myself to server hardware and management. Having never used such equipment before, I have much to learn, so please forgive me if these questions appear misguided, or the answers rather obvious. On the rear of the server, the...

ibm power-supply

correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the standard computer/kettle lead?

slhck

10:19 AM

@JourneymanGeek It looks like it, yep

Journeyman Geek

he does have lots to learn then ;p

slhck

hahaha, yeah.. they're pretty common

Journeyman Geek

must be someone more familiar with laptops ;p

Boris_yo

10:39 AM

Somebody knows the reason in upgrading fron Visual C++ 2005 to 2010 runtime?

Journeyman Geek

hm

needs more ~~cowbell~~ context

Boris_yo

0

Q: Errors Received - Should I Install Visual C++ 2005 or 2010?

I wanted to install Rightload and setup required me to install Visual C++ 2005 runtime which i did, but after installation as tried to execute program, i got several error messages (or was it runtime errors?) and errors at addresses etc. everytime i tried to perform any action in application lik...

windows-7 visual-basic runtime runtime-error

Journeyman Geek

11:11 AM

hm

not very helpful, but try uninstalling vc++2005 and rightload

then try reinstalling

also 32 or 64 bit system?

Tom Wijsman

12:04 PM

@Borisyo: You need the redistributable package specific to the program, bitness as well as version.

It looks like you did the first installation fine.

That can be debugged using the Process Monitor.

This can be the result of not running UAC and/or having problems with DEP, but it might just be because of the previous error not having access to the file.

Although you mention random errors... So re-installation (use Revo Uninstaller or something to completely get rid of that program) of the program might be necessary.

2010 does not include 2005 as far as I'm aware of, but your OS should have it already, I think...

The redistributable packages are quite solid, I've never heard them break; I really think it lies with the program.

HackToHell

12:21 PM

Can I run the linux installed in my Hdd in Windows using VirtualBox?

balpha

@studiohack that

15 hours ago, by slhck

Well, it's not happening now, but every now and then. And I think only with the letter "s", but that can't be. Maybe just because we have so many users starting with "s" that I ping often.

it'll only show autocomplete names if at most 5 users are matched

phihag

@HackToTell yes, see virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#idp13676384

HackToHell

@phihag thanks ... now I have to experiment and get it running

@phihag i created an vmdk, how am i supposed to use it?

phihag

12:48 PM

@HackToHell Attach it to the VM. In the GUI, use Settings->Storage. On the CLI, use VBoxManage storageattach

HackToHell

@phihag I am getting this error

Figured it out

phihag

@HackToHell Sorry, was otherwise occupied. Just for reference, what was the problem and how did you solve it?

HackToHell

@phihag I did not run it as Administrator.

slhck

@balpha So that's why you have to write a second letter to get it to autocomplete? Hm. In terms of UX, that's very awkward I have to say.

balpha

not seeing the issue

slhck

12:55 PM

You know, for example, I'm in a discussion with Sathya, and his name just won't pop up even if I type @S.

balpha

hmm... I guess since the names are ordered by last activity (they weren't when the autocompleter was originially created) I guess we could add some "and more" stuff when there's more than five

you can't unconditionally show all of them if there are 20 people starting with s

slhck

That's true, of course

But yeah, that would be nice to have, to at least show the MRU rather than nothing :)

or most recently active

whatever's easier to implement

Bubba88

2:01 PM

Hello

May I ask you a question about video streaming in linux and flash?

not a programming question though

Daniel Beck

@Bubba88 We don't do a lot of programming on SU anyway ;) Just ask.

Hi everyone

Bubba88

thank you I'll go ahead

well I have tried out some GStreamer effects on my video stream

and they look quite nice

I used Cheese (a gnome application) to test that

slhck

hi there

Bubba88

now I need to allow those effects for my broadcast online

slhck

always an interesting problem @Bubba88

Bubba88

2:03 PM

I'm forced to use flash there

so I'm not really sure what to do

does that homesowr work in similar way as GStreamer?

HackToHell

@Bubba88 sorry to interupt, Guys, do you know any article that tells me how to boot the Linux partion of my HDD via VirtualBox, host OS is Win 7

Bubba88

@slhck hello, not sure if interesting but an answer would be helpful =)

slhck

@Bubba88 Haha, as always. I don't know a lot about what you're asking, I'm afraid, but I can take a look at your question

Bubba88

@HackToHell do you have a linux bootloader installed?

I meant on that HDD

HackToHell

@Bubba88 yes, GRUB

Bubba88

2:05 PM

@HackToHell Well why didn't that work out of the box then? You just boot and select the linux OS

nope?

HackToHell

@Bubba88 I am trying to do it via VirtualBox in Win 7

Bubba88

@HackToHell well maybe pals here know better, but I don't see any problem either the difference

@HackToHell maybe you'll elaborate the problem a bit?

HackToHell

Follow the conversation earlier chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3139295#3139295

Bubba88

yep, sorry my bad

soandos

@TomWijsman, I think your extension has a problem

HackToHell

2:08 PM

no problems :)

soandos

Bubba88

OK, how do I apply some GStreamer effects to my Flash-based video broadcast?

slhck

@Bubba88 That's the kind of question I'd just ask on the main site. Not sure anybody currently here knows.

Bubba88

what's the main site? SO?

HackToHell

@Bubba88 I think SU will be better

Bubba88

2:13 PM

OK thank you =) I'll go there

slhck

Yeah, Super User definitely

Tom Wijsman

@soandos What version of the extension is that?

Can't replicate it in Firefox and Chrome.

If you don't already have the version which opens the close box instead of following the link, check the newer version out.

soandos

2:30 PM

I have the version that opens the close box

user19161

Hello. Would a question like "What is the difference between a programming language and a scripting language?" be on topic for superuser?

slhck

@WillHunting Probably not, we're not dealing with programming issues.

However, have you actually researched before? I think there are lots of sources online covering this topic.

user19161

@slhck Yes, but it is not a trivial question to me. There is much subtlety.

slhck

7

Q: What is the main difference between Scripting Languages and Programming Languages?

Say difference between Python and C++?

programming-languages scripting

4

Q: What is the difference between a programming language and a scripting language?

Possible Duplicates: What’s the difference between a “script” and an “application”? When is a language considered a scripting language? What is the difference between a web application core language and a web scripting language? What is exact use of a w...

scripting

user19161

@slhck Oh very good!

slhck

2:38 PM

also see the "duplicates" mentioned in the second one :)

user19161

@slhck OK thanks! Now I have no excuse to create a superuser account!

slhck

@WillHunting Haha, why not, could come in handy some time :)

slhck

3:02 PM

@DanielBeck Btw my stuff came today as well. Even my girlfriend noticed that the Y U NO guy was completely off :P

Journeyman Geek

didn't @DanielBeck have some issues with local customs? or am i getting it confused? also... Y U NO guy?

slhck

@JourneymanGeek We both had problems with customs.. because they didn't send an invoice nor declare it as a gift

Journeyman Geek

ahh

was it sorted? <_<

slhck

what do you mean, sorted?

And there's this … well … meme on the back, let me take a picture

4

oh wow, do we have a new code indent style? :O

looks much better with the grey instead of the light blue imo

Journeyman Geek

3:40 PM

ahh, guess so ;p

nice

sorted = got the stuff from customs i guess

without getting reamed too badly

Daniel Beck

@JourneymanGeek They kept it for me, but I got it without problem

I was lucky that just before it was my turn, two women had been wearing down the customs guy for 45 minutes, complaining about (AFAICT) procedures, fees, import VAT, customs in general, etc.

@slhck And I was wondering what today's Meta post would be about. Now I have a topic :)

Tom Wijsman

If anyone needs, Markdown Editor: code52.org/DownmarkerWPF

slhck

@TomWijsman ".NET 4.0 is required though." :(

looks pretty though

@DanielBeck Am I right assuming that the "Previous Systems" contains just an archive copy of everything? superuser.com/a/382705/48078

It's been a while since I've used it

Daniel Beck

@slhck IIRC, yes, but I'm not sure whether it moves or copies the user profile. Might depend on selection during installation. I always restore from TM, so I haven't seen these dialogs in a while.

Tom Wijsman

trello.com/board/samurai/4f1d3d847a38f6221f1d9354

code52.org

Nice Trello, we should get ours for the blog running again.

slhck

3:56 PM

Was it ever running? I couldn't even modify anything there.

Although I was on the board

Tom Wijsman

Dunno, probably wrong permissions or so, I remember I couldn't do much either.

Well, next week I'm gonna try to focus myself on the blog. I'll see by then...

slhck

I'd write more. Had an FFmpeg post in mind, but university and work is killing me.

Tom Wijsman

Has been killing me too, finally done for a while next week! >_<

slhck

So I see you've got the same holiday periods :)

Blog bot

Stack Overflow Blog: Welcome Valued Associates Anna, Rachel, CarleeJean and Charles!

Posted by Alison Sperling on January 26th, 2012

The Stack Overflow Careers Sales Team welcomes three new members to Stack Exchange’s NYC office!

Rachel Boyman was born & raised in Michigan. Rachel has a background in media and she loves to read books, magazines and newspapers the “old school” way. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys travelling, especially to Michigan games (Go Blue!), practicing yoga and exploring NYC.

CarleeJean Cook originally hails from Denver, so needless to say she’s an avid skier. Although she’s quite cooped up in NYC’s concrete jungle, CarleeJean makes the most of her time indoors; she’s a conferences/professional …

Tom Wijsman

4:08 PM

So much associates, can't follow...

Also, 4 names in title, first sentence only mentions three new members though. Too-lazy-to-click-post-to-look-for-an-exception...

Psycogeek

4:38 PM

well i am back into adobee premiere in win7 64. I see they improved it greatly, fonts to small to read, took me 2 hours to configure it , 4200 parts and pieces (files) used to operate it, requires 3 program languages for the different things, Crashed on the first 5 minutes of editing . Man i so do love improvements :-)

Daniel Beck

4:58 PM

@Blogbot Sales team? How about more devs?

@TomWijsman One of them isn't allowed into the office.

studiohack

hey @DanielBeck -

got your post here

-1

Q: Super User mug design

This week, slhck (pictured) and me received our SU anniversary contest prizes. I really like most of the stuff I got. But the Super User mug design sucks. It gets the Y U NO guy meme totally wrong. It's neither funny nor does it relate to the coffee mug (like the Stack Overflow one). It mi...

discussion bug design mug

Daniel Beck

@studiohack What about it?

studiohack

oh, just interesting. I've let the designer know, that's all

Daniel Beck

@studiohack Thanks.

@slhck random says you're holding the mug with too much pressure.

studiohack

LOL

favoretti

5:07 PM

evenin'

Psycogeek

i think i am going to have to get a mac, and use FCP, it is my only . . . . http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/12620 ""We've been testing FCPX here for almost a month now and have come to one conclusion (all 9 editors / producers). RIGHT NOW - it's a complete and utter useless mess. Yes, it has some potential, yes, we see some usefulness in some of the features (auditioning, keywording, etc.). But for right now - it's a DOG.

It crashes (yes, we've been running it on Lion for a week), it glitches, stutters - and is missing the basic functionality to make it useable"" . . . Hope

studiohack

replied to the Meta post @DanielBeck, @slhck

Daniel Beck

@studiohack I'm the only one complaining here, don't drag @slhck into this ;)

studiohack

@DanielBeck oh, okay, wasn't sure since he took the picture. I thought maybe it was a collaboration between you too ;) I agree with you - but it's a volunteer thing and we're lucky to get what we get...

Daniel Beck

@studiohack Hey, I have the mugs now and I'll keep them. I just hope for another design iteration before they are available on the SE shop (which is what I expect – or are they really 1 time exclusive as SU prizes?).

studiohack

5:15 PM

@DanielBeck honestly, who knows? I don't...and i'm a mod

slhck

5:37 PM

@DanielBeck Haha.. I thought it was a bit off, but nothing to complain about. Hey, got a great new mug now, it's even bigger than most of what I have. I'm happy :) @studiohack

studiohack

@slhck cheers! :) I don't have one.... yet :P

iglvzx

6:09 PM

Good morning Super Users!

studiohack

Top of the mornin' to you @iglvzx :)

slhck

Good evening @iglvzx ;)

iglvzx

@studiohack @slhck :)

slhck

Pretty nasty bug you found there with the HTML not being escaped

iglvzx

@slhck Yeah. It could be exploited, but it would be very obvious.

Luke

6:11 PM

???

iglvzx

<script>badCode();</script> I am having problems with my computer.

slhck

:P

iglvzx

@Luke:

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Q:  Less-than and greater-than characters are not being handled properly in Stack Exchange inbox email notifications

Less-than and greater-than characters are not being handled properly in Stack Exchange inbox email notifications. This is troublesome when a post title contains HTML tags, as they will be sent as HTML in the email notifications. For example, the question Is Superuser's <code> CSS light...

bug formatting globalinbox

sidran32

Doot doot doot doot!

studiohack

howdy do @sidran32 :P

sidran32

6:21 PM

Hi. If you don't know what that means, it means I levelled up (past 2k rep on SU, that is). Neat thing to be greated with today. :P

studiohack

@sidran32 awesome! now you can edit. :P

iglvzx

Don't press [B]! You are evolving

2

sidran32

:o

I can edit. The pressure! o.o

slhck

… mmmuuuust stop … editing!!

sidran32

proceeds to translate all questions into LOLcat

iglvzx

6:23 PM

@sidran32 :(

lol

sidran32

:P

Not really, of course. I'm responsible. ;)

studiohack

@slhck I'm trying to keep up with you ;)

slhck

@studiohack Well, in numbers you have more anyway :P

Thanks for the Windows 8 correction.. didn't know that

iglvzx

I honestly think that this question should have not been edited:

2

Q: Certain keys on my keyboard stopped working

Ive never spilt anything on my keyboard and they do work some of the time. All the keys that aren't working are on one side of the keyboard, but its not the entire side... 123456789 qwertyuio[]\ asdfghjkl zxcvbnm,. Backspace works, and so does the right hand shift and enter. This keyboard is...

laptop keyboard maintenance keys

studiohack

@slhck I was crazy for a while. my record for one UTC day was 600 edits

iglvzx

6:25 PM

It was a great example of how their keyboard wasn't working.

studiohack

@slhck yeah :) that's what a team is for

slhck

@iglvzx Why not?

Ah. Lol.

studiohack

they changed to blockquote? it looks uglier

sidran32

@iglvzx I somewhat agree, actually.

@studiohack They were typing the question with certain keys (like p) not working.

And then it started working in the middle of the question.

iglvzx

@sidran32 Exactly! lol

studiohack

6:26 PM

@sidran32 No, no, the blockquote styling (CSS) is now gray instead of blue

sidran32

@studiohack Ah. Different thing, I see.

I don't mind the gray blockquotes

But then again, I'm someone who likes grayscale themes anyway :P

@iglvzx Are you going to roll the edit back?

I can do that now! :P

iglvzx

@studiohack Do you use Firefox? If you have the Stylish add-on, you can customize websites to your liking.

studiohack

yeah, I know @iglvzx but it bugs me overall. it doesn't match. ah well. I don't have the energy to argue to change it.

Aaron

Greetings all, wondering if anyone has a lot of experience doing MoCA <->WiFi bridging using the MI424WR?

sidran32

0

Q: Windows Notepad and Notepad++ show newlines in same file differently

I created a Perl script which gets some data and inserts it line by line to a text file. When I open that file with Notepad++, it appears to have an empty line separation between each two lines of text, for example: AAVX Etracs Daily Short 1 Month S&P ABCS Guggenheim Abc High Dividend...

notepad++ text-editors notepad newlines

I've actually seen that happen if the <CRLF> line endings were incorrect, like this: <CRCRLF>

studiohack

6:31 PM

no flags today :(

sidran32

@Aaron I have not, sorry.

studiohack

just so you guys know, I'm addicted to flags, and I have a hard time coping when there aren't any in the queue.

Aaron

@sidran32 I'm trying to figure out if I can actually ask a good question on the site or if it'll just be rambling or 'does this make sense'

sidran32

@Aaron You can ask it but I would fear if it'd be too localized (but then again, I'm bad at judging that kind of thing).

studiohack

it's official, my new PC build has sound!

and works perfectly. it's an awesome PC.

oh, and having more than one PC? way nice for productivity

slhck

6:37 PM

@studiohack Gee, trying if I still can find some

iglvzx

@studiohack I just bought my wife a new computer monitor. Upgraded from 1024x768 to HD 1920x1080!

slhck

@iglvzx That's nice. I wanted to get my gf one as well.. she's an arts historian stuck on a 1280x800 display :/

studiohack

@slhck haha, you know i'm kidding, right? :)

slhck

@studiohack Of course you are, haha

studiohack

you guys are so good at flagging that there is nothing left

sidran32

6:39 PM

@studiohack New PC build? Do tell! :P

studiohack

@sidran32 oh, you haven't heard all about my issues and everything?

sidran32

Not about the sound, I don't think

studiohack

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Q: Screen fuzzes/zig zags on a custom build

Recently, I built my first computer: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 4 x 1GB DDR2 RAM 500GB SATA hard drive Radeon HD 6770 graphics card by XFX - using one monitor via DisplayPort -> VGA adapter. MSI P6N SLI motherboard After confirming the computer boots/POSTs fine, I attempted to install Windows 8 D...

windows-7 graphics-card display vga displayport

sidran32

I saw that

studiohack

oh, well, I was surprised that the first time I tested my sound, that it worked :P

that's all haha

sidran32

6:40 PM

See, I keep forgetting things. Dang me. :P

Aha :P

studiohack

that's what I thought. lol

I just hadn't gotten around to it now

sidran32

See, I was surprised that when I turned my computer on the first time after building it, it actually worked with no issues. :o

studiohack

now playing a youtube playlist and it works well. I'm happy lol

sidran32

:P

I was afraid that when I hit the power button, it'd start sparking or something would overheat and melt :P

studiohack

@sidran32 in the end, my worked just like that, it was just an exterior cord that messed everything up. so I'm surprised too in the end. I'm a lot smarter than I think haha

sidran32

6:42 PM

@studiohack Nice. I actually shouldn't have been surprised, myself, since I actually was very careful and thorough when I built mine, as I detailed in the blog. :P

studiohack

yeah :) paying attention to detail helps

sidran32

Yup

I've read all about the things that you can run into when building a computer, and I tried to make sure not to rush it and catch any potential issues.

I also was really paranoid about shorting something out with a static charge. :P

The table I used really helped.

studiohack

problem is, I still need $400 to get my PC where I'd like it and another $450 to get three monitors

I using a borrowed monitor :P

sidran32

I ended up with 4 monitors so I had a few to use. One of them went with my old computer to my parents. The other two are just kicking around atm, since I can't fit 3 on my desk anymore :P

One of those two probably will go to my brother since he just bought a new computer but didn't want to spend money on a monitor due to budget.

Having a triple monitor setup is great but for gaming, they really should ideally be all the same resolution and size. :P

studiohack

@sidran32 hence why i want three of the same :P

sidran32

6:52 PM

My monitor costed me about $600. I held off on buying 3 for now. :P

amazon.com/Acer-HS244HQ-bmii-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B004YCMEBI

It costed more when I bought it. :o

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