Root Access

6:00 PM

For example "ThatBrazilianImposter", ThatBrazilianCat" and "JourneymanCat"

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Q: Name changing rate limit can be circumvented in chat by changing parent site

We in the Root Access chat room just noticed (ahem) that the rate limit on display name changes can be circumvented by changing the parent site. That is, a user can change names extremely quickly by doing something like this: Associate a new site account Modify the new per-site profile to have ...

bwDraco

Well, I'm more concerned about his impersonating mods and room owners at this point, which is outright abusive.

DavidPostill

6 mins ago, by Ben N

I don't think it's acceptable, if user abuse it too much, he/she should be chat suspended. — Shadow Wizard 50 secs ago

@bwDraco Which is exactly what the three examples I just gave show.

jokerdino

The problem has stopped, right? Next time this is happening, either mod flag the message explaining the problem or ping one of the resident mods.

djsmiley2k

o_O

that's a odd way of dealing with a problem

'It's gone away, it's no longer an issue'

Yeah, because blaster.ms32 doesn't affect me anymore I'm fine?>

jokerdino

@djsmiley2k you can't call something disruptive if it is not happening.

DavidPostill

6:04 PM

@jokerdino Thy will be done :)

djsmiley2k

@jokerdino no, but it's still a problem

No one's launching nuclear weapons right now

are they not disruptive?

etc etc.

Anyway, my holiday was good, but now I need a holiday to get over it :D

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bwDraco

Seems to be under control. The mods will take care of it.

DavidPostill

It's odd how all these episodes only happen when @JourneymanGeek is asleep ...

jokerdino

@djsmiley2k eh some things don't need preemptive actions.

@DavidPostill Let's clone him.

DavidPostill

@jokerdino lol. Someone just tried that and failed :)

jokerdino

6:12 PM

hahaa

bwDraco

chat.stackexchange.com/users/149840/potato-cat?tab=recent

djsmiley2k

Is becky either loosing it, or wanting to get banned?

bwDraco

On break as I get ready to deliver images after the game.

Mokubai

@jokerdino dude....

jokerdino

Did that go overboard.

Mokubai

6:19 PM

@djsmiley2k When they appeared here they did say it was a matter of time before they got bored or people got annoyed enough with them.

bwDraco

That's at least six different names.

Mokubai

It seemed a little tasteless to me...

jokerdino

Might be a cultural difference. It's a popular jokey thing to say here.

DavidPostill

@jokerdino It can be considered as gender offensive ...

jokerdino

No, not that cycle. OMG I see the problem now.

DavidPostill

6:22 PM

@jokerdino So now you know ...

bwDraco

Journeyman Cat
That Brazilian Imposter
noitsbecky
Catty McCatFace
kerbalspacecat
Potato Cat
Potatocat

Wow.

Ben N

Oh, I hadn't thought of that at all

bwDraco

DavidPostill

@bwDraco You missed "ThatBrazilianCat" :)

Pichi Wuana

Is lsass.exe running after I log out and I want to log in back to my user account?

Ben N

6:27 PM

LSASS is a critical system service and will run as long as the system is up

DavidPostill

Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) is a process in Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for enforcing the security policy on the system. It verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server, handles password changes, and creates access tokens.[1] It also writes to the Windows Security Log.

Forcible termination of lsass.exe will result in the Welcome screen losing its account/s, prompting a restart of the machine.

Ben N

(well, it's several services actually, but it is a critical system process)

Pichi Wuana

@DavidPostill Yes, I read about that in Wikipedia. But didn't understand what it really means.

In the everyday computer use

Ben N

Basically, if LSASS goes down, you will do no computing

DavidPostill

@PichiWuana If it's not running you can't log on.

Ben N

6:32 PM

I'm pretty sure the computer will force a reboot if LSASS crashes, but I don't really want to test right now :)

djsmiley2k

@PichiWuana why do you care btw'?>

Pichi Wuana

Ooh I get it

@djsmiley2k I was reading some stuff

djsmiley2k

I always wonder where questions liuke this come fro

Pichi Wuana

It is classified information

lol

djsmiley2k

k

archae0pteryx

6:46 PM

howdy ya'll

Ben N

Hi!

archae0pteryx

I feel privileged. I am allowed to chat now...

Rahul2001

Well, it is a privilege...

allquicatic

smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B012ZV95H0/…

> Driver Download: 47.88.26.219:81/Driver/Bluesoleil%2010

well, that's not shady at all

Rahul2001

@archae0pteryx also, you might want to remove that email id from your profile...

Ben N

6:54 PM

@allquicatic Is the driver signed at least?

archae0pteryx

not email.

Rahul2001

Well, whatever that is

archae0pteryx

my chess.com contact

why?

Rahul2001

because it contains a dirty word, which might offend some people

archae0pteryx

Noted. Thanks!

Rahul2001

6:57 PM

@allquicatic bluesoleil.com

@allquicatic That link seems to be hosting pirated software

allquicatic

ya

I don't think most Chinese have a concept of software licenses

they don't recognize piracy as such

ahh, much better :P

BlueSoleil with that BT 4.0 dongle has quite good connectivity to my trackpoint keyboard now

mouse works \o/

DavidPostill

7:13 PM

@Rahul2001 People are allowed pretty much what they want in their profile (excepting the user name and avatar). There is a user (who I can't find now) who's profile is full of profanity.

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill They are allowed, it is just not a very nice thing to do...

@archae0pteryx feel free to put it back in if you want

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 Of course. And the following is probably worth a read:

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Q: Is it acceptable to insult god in a user profile?

Like always I hang around in Stack Overflow's chatrooms. Today, someone posted a link to his new "reloaded" user profile.demo Along the lines I read in Arabic "god is a pig". So I asked him to remove it: Me: I have a lot of respect towards you because of your knowledge but what you wrote the...

discussion profile-page etiquette

Rahul2001

John Green on Paper Towns and Why Learning is Awesome | TED Talks

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bwDraco

> Under no circumstances will Subscriber use the Network or the Service to [...] (c) create a false identity or to impersonate another person

stackexchange.com/legal

DavidPostill

7:30 PM

@bwDraco You have to be careful about applying this. For example consider the number of users named "Dave" on Super User. There are 32 pages of them. We cannot assume they are all impersonating each other ...

bwDraco

True, but the evidence points to intentional impersonation, not a normal username collision.

Rahul2001

@bwDraco It was a joke, don't take it too seriously?

DavidPostill

@bwDraco Please leave it to the mods. We have been asked to flag if it happens again.

2 hours ago, by jokerdino

The problem has stopped, right? Next time this is happening, either mod flag the message explaining the problem or ping one of the resident mods.

bwDraco

Will do. I'll keep an eye out.

Mokubai

@bwDraco Technically the names are parody rather than outright impersonation, but hey....

djsmiley2k

7:35 PM

oh god

that reminds me of a time, when working at the lan cafe

we used to run a CS league

few of the cafes involved, and we went up against a team at another cafe called clones

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k That made me cringe...

djsmiley2k

5 of them, all called ClOne, CIOne, CI0ne, CIOne and Cl0ne.....

Rahul2001

lol

djsmiley2k

it just psyched the team out

Mokubai

@djsmiley2k Would have been funnier if they changed their names to match the other team with 's clone at the end of their names, then spent the whole game shadowing their counterparts

djsmiley2k

7:41 PM

:D

thatd be impressive

Mokubai

It would be, especially if they then went on to constistantly win. Beaten by your own clone... now that would be a psych out.

Rahul2001

@Mokubai @djsmiley2k You just gave me a really good idea for halo :D

Mokubai

@djsmiley2k Admittedly the same names would make it nearly impossible to say just who was attacking or defending at any one time. Difficult to then work out which players were better so you can adjust your strategy to weed out the weak and protect against the strong...

djsmiley2k

@Mokubai exactly

'clone is over here!' DOESNT HELP SO MUCH

Rahul2001

From now, everyone in my halo team will be called pappa

djsmiley2k

7:53 PM

whoops caps

Mokubai

@djsmiley2k That's fine, I imagined the shout to be the other team-mate replying with an expletive filled rant about not knowing which one

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