Root Access

studiohack

00:01

see ya @KronoS

BloodPhilia

@studiohack You actually voted an almost staggering number of times

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: which is a good thing or bad?

and your song quote reminds me of living in the middle of nowhere :P

BloodPhilia

@studiohack I think it's a good thing

Haha no, it's a song:

►

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: I find it ironic that I have more votes than rep. :P but I try to do it, because it is quick and easy feedback...

BloodPhilia

@studiohack And I'm sure that's what it's meant for... And besides, rep isn't anything

No offence if anyone is offended by this: But honestly, some of the higher rep users I would never vote for...

studiohack

00:05

@BloodPhilia: yeah...rep is more of a demonstration of how much the user knows and is active...

@BloodPhilia: how come, If I may ask?

BloodPhilia

@studiohack They do answer a lot of questions correctly, but show no further interest in the community with constructive feedback, discussion, etc.

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: because they are too busy answering questions...

BloodPhilia

@studiohack That's why I'm saying rep isn't everything

By the way, I love this question =p superuser.com/questions/231273/…

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: right.

BloodPhilia

@JohnT Good good, it's not meant to blame anyone, just to show how rep doesn't mean anything ;)

@JohnT There's no shame in that...

So you shouldn't be afraid to

I'm a university drop out, unemployed, I just happen to have all the time of the world! haha!

Haha sure, what would I be trading places with?

Hmm I'll be back in the fulltime student thing

Have to wait for the new academic year to start though

Nope, different

I really ought to be going to bed...

Because I no longer found passion in what I studied

Quite

Well, I've waited too long really

i should've stopped earlier

I've come to actually dislike what I did

nasm?

studiohack

00:22

@BloodPhilia: did you pay for TechSmith?

BloodPhilia

@studiohack No I didn't, I was allowed to use a copy from someone else

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: nice! thanks

BloodPhilia

But honestly, I can't imagine me taking a screenshot without it ever again

If my license was to expire, I'd definitely buy myself a new one

studiohack

$50 though, @BloodPhilia?

BloodPhilia

@studiohack Well worth it

@studiohack taking and editing screenshots for explanatory purposes has never been easier

@JohnT No, Snagit

@JohnT Yes, but a lot A LOT more functional

studiohack

00:26

@BloodPhilia: except that $50 is a lot money for software. I've probably read Lifehacker too much. :P

Mark Szymanski

Good evening, everyone.

BloodPhilia

@Mark Hi

Mark Szymanski

Hi, @BloodPhilia. How are you?

BloodPhilia

@studiohack It sure is a lot of money, but why don't you download a trial and see how it workd for you

@MarkSzymanski Fine thanks, how about yourself?

Mark Szymanski

I'm doing great, thanks.

studiohack

00:27

@BloodPhilia: I might.

@MarkSzymanski: hello

BloodPhilia

@studiohack It might take some getting used to, I upgraded from 7 to 10 i think

But it's a great piece of software

Mark Szymanski

Hi, @studiohack.

How are you?

studiohack

@MarkSzymanski: I'm good, how are you?

Mark Szymanski

I'm doing great, thanks.

BloodPhilia

My phone doesn't like its batteries being run dryu

lol

@studiohack Are you checking out my answers? =P

studiohack

00:31

@BloodPhilia: what do you mean?

BloodPhilia

@studiohack well You commented on some of my answers I think

And I suddenly got 4 or so upvotes

;)

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: I did comment on some of your answers.

BloodPhilia

@studiohack Okay =) Just being curious really

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: what is the meaning of your name? Curious because I'm typing 'blood' so much :P

and yes, I voted. haha, its what i do

BloodPhilia

@studiohack Haha well, it means Bloodlover

@studiohack like homophile means love the same (home = the same, phile = attracted/loving/etc.)

@studiohack I just once picked that and now I'm stuck with it forever haha!

studiohack

00:37

@BlooPhilia: interesting. kind of weird, I must say lol

BloodPhilia

@studiohack What can I say, I'm a weird person every now and then ;)

studiohack

haha

Mark Szymanski

@BloodPhilia: One thing that's weird about your name. I'm a furry, and I've met people on furry IRC networks that are actually into blood and stuff >.>

BloodPhilia

@MarkSzymanski What's a furry?

@MarkSzymanski And I'm not THAT into blood really haha

Mark Szymanski

Furry fandom

Furry fandom is a fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes. Furry fandom is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at conventions. Therianthropic characters that between human and animal form are also considered by some to be part of the genre. Even superheroes with animal derived powers are considered of furry interest by some fans,...

BloodPhilia

00:39

Ah right

Mark Szymanski

That's what a furry is.

BloodPhilia

So, now please explain what a furry is?

:P

studiohack

yeah, with the cat as photo haha

BloodPhilia

I'm still not sure what it is

Mark Szymanski

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom <-- THAT

BloodPhilia

00:39

I know

But what does it mean to you?

Mark Szymanski

A furry is a person that is a part of the furry fandom.

studiohack

i have to say, -1 for explanation haha

BloodPhilia

Okay

And on these IRC, what would you talk about?

if you don't mind me asking

Mark Szymanski

What do you mean?

BloodPhilia

Well, you say you're on furry IRC's

Mark Szymanski

00:41

Oh...

Like... Hehe. I dunno. :P

BloodPhilia

What would you discuss?

Mark Szymanski

Just about anything :P

BloodPhilia

Okay... =) no need to answer really

Just being curious

As ever

Mark Szymanski

Heh.

One thing that I really don't understand is this tool that creates Lorem Ipsum text, but instead of gibberish Latin, it uses English text. Which completely defeats the purpose.

BloodPhilia

What do you mean?

Mark Szymanski

00:44

You know what Lorem Ipsum text is, right?

BloodPhilia

yes I do

But I've never seen a lipsum generator generate English?

studiohack

yay. haha

Mark Szymanski

Well, the reason it is in Latin is because that keeps people from focusing on the content. And instead makes them focus on the layout.

BloodPhilia

@studiohack Yes, we know xD

@MarkSzymanski I know...

Mark Szymanski

It generates placeholder text in English instead of latin.

BloodPhilia

00:45

@studiohack Imma star it anyway

XD

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: haha I know, just couldn't resist. thanks lol

BloodPhilia

@MarkSzymanski Lol, which one does

Mark Szymanski

@JohnT: Yes, but it's not English words that can be comprehended like English can.

Lorem Ipsum, that is.

Well. It's not supposed to be read easily.

BloodPhilia

@JohnT It isn't either

studiohack

this conversation about latin is greek to me.

Mark Szymanski

00:49

AND.

Crazy see through CD

BloodPhilia

OR.

Mark Szymanski

XOR

BloodPhilia

NO

That's not an operator

studiohack

CDs are made see-through - they just have a coat that makes them opaque

BloodPhilia

I know

studiohack

00:50

try scratching the surface of one with a knife...

BloodPhilia

Try putting them in a micro wave

Mark Szymanski

XD

BloodPhilia

I do it all the time

studiohack

HA! scary lol

BloodPhilia

No it's pretty awesome

Like putting a light bulb in a microwave oven

It's so neat

Don't try this at home kids

Mom will hate you for it

Mark Szymanski

00:52

XD

studiohack

@JohnT: agreed. I value my life.

BloodPhilia

@JohnT I use protection ;)

@studiohack Lol, there's nothing dangerous about putting a CD in the micro wave

studiohack

goggles? fire extinguisher?

lol haha

BloodPhilia

It's only been a few hours

lol

studiohack

lol

@JohnT: what do you mean?

BloodPhilia

00:55

If there are less than 10 nominees, they'll skip to elections

studiohack

wow, interesting.

BloodPhilia

@JohnT What do you mean

Oh right

We do need the votes though

Elections only work when everyone is willing to pick favourites

studiohack

vote! vote! vote!

BloodPhilia

Lol

Gone star

I edited :(

yay, back star

:D

studiohack

that is the entire process of voting...picking favorites

yay haha

BloodPhilia

00:58

@studiohack 'tis true :D

I should be getting to bed

It's 2 am here

studiohack

netherlands, right?

BloodPhilia

Right

=)

studiohack

good night! :P

nice meeting you/talking

BloodPhilia

Thanks! You guys have a nice day/evening/whatever :D

Mark Szymanski

Goodnight, @BloodPhilia.

BloodPhilia

01:00

@stud You never met me? :P

studiohack

lol

BloodPhilia

@studiohack As in, did you never notice me?

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: yes I noticed you, and voted for you, and commented on you, but not chatted to you. happy now? XD

BloodPhilia

@studiohack Very, very happy, couldn't be any more delighted

@studiohack I'm sure I'll get a good night sleep now, thanks n_n

studiohack

@BloodPhilia: shakes hands :P

BloodPhilia

01:03

@studiohack Bye now ;) It's been nice "meeting" you too!

studiohack

you too sir @BloodPhilia

BloodPhilia

/me doesn't work here right?

Nop it doesn't, too bad

Mark Szymanski

thinks it does

:3

It does.

One second.

BloodPhilia

Okay?

Mark Szymanski

With these scripts, it does

BloodPhilia

01:04

Extensions :(

Will look at it later, thanks! bye now

nhinkle

01:56

Howdy folks

Mark Szymanski

03:18

@studiohack: Thanks for the helpful answer!

nhinkle

03:36

@TomWij, are you around?

TomWij

Yes and no.

nhinkle

I'll take your responding as a yes-ish :P

TomWij

Just checking what's up here so I'm not too behind on the transcript, and then going for an immediate last food/drink/sleep.

nhinkle

you have a few seconds to give some input on this discussion?

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Q: Proposed tag wiki for Community-FAQ-Proposed and Community-FAQ

This is a suggested tag wiki entry for community-faq and community-faq-proposed, tags which very few users can edit and would benefit from having a tag wiki. Please see "make editing tag wikis more accessible" for more details. Community FAQ Proposed Community FAQ questions are designed to ...

TomWij

I'm actually looking for a quote now for superuser.com/election :P

> Well you seem to like IT Crowd so you get my endorsement! :) Anyone who quotes that show must be pretty awesome. – Nori 5 hours ago

nhinkle

03:38

I do love the IT Crowd :D

TomWij

But I'm only finding quotes that could be very misinterpreted. :-D

nhinkle

"I'm a people person, you need a people person... I could be your relationships manager" - Jen
In a way, I'd say being a community moderator is very much like Jen's job, you just have to do it better. You're supposed to be good at interacting with other people and be a people person, but also need some technological background with computers.

Anyhow, regarding the question above

TomWij

Is that an IT Crowd quote?

nhinkle

Do you have any ideas for how we should go about determining when a question should "graduate" from community-faq-proposed to full-on no longer proposed?

TomWij

Anyhow, not going to go for an IT Crowd quote too... :D

nhinkle

03:41

It's not a direct quote, but it's pretty much what one of the characters said

TomWij

I think it should be either done by a moderator or by someone that has enough knowledge on the subject.

nhinkle

It doesn't look like @David actually quoted the it crowd in his post, he's just mentioned it before

TomWij

Or perhaps also based on the votes/views.

nhinkle

That seems reasonable. You, me, and @ivoflipse seem to be the most on-board with the community-faq idea right now

Though we've been trying to get more users involved

TomWij

@nhinkle Another problem with that quote is, and I seem to have an eye for that, ...

... is that I'm not there to manage the relationships of the Super Users. :D

nhinkle

03:43

It's meant as in manging the interactions between the IT dept and their users. So in this case, it's managing the interactions within the community - making sure people get along, helping to pass new ideas around, etc.

TomWij

Think that will come with time, that's why I mentioned it in the nomination so it gets some more attention.

nhinkle

With the community-faq thing, let's just say that if any of us who are involved with that initiative feel like a question meets our idea of what a community-faq should look like, we can tag it as such. Perhaps mention it on chat first to see if anyone has any objections

TomWij

Have been around more on other sites SE lately and been inactive on Super User, and I'm having exams too now...

nhinkle

That makes sense

My participation here fluctuates depending on how much school work I have

TomWij

@nhinkle Sure, we don't have to be too specific about determining the guidelines for it. But what I wonder about is users who will decide it instead and don't see that the question is good enough...

Gonna be active again these days to hide the inactivity in my activity, so that it's no longer an issue in the primary phase.

nhinkle

03:47

that's why I've been a bit hesitant to nominate myself... I feel like when I have the time, I can do a lot, but when I have lots of exams or projects in school, I don't have nearly so much time to contribute

TomWij

Would be stupid to be there with weeks of inactivity... :D

Was thinking about adding the exams as a note in my nomination but it makes it too long.

I could like a book if I want too, which is generally a good idea for writing questions but going a bit long on nomination feels wrong...

Anyhow, apart from proof-reading and reacting to comments I'm going to let it rest and let time tell. :-)

nhinkle

Hopefully, the SO team will eventually make community-faq a special tag, and implement some process for it, probably just that a mod has to approve it. And hopefully your or I (or both) will be mods, which would make that easier too.

(I'm going to nominate myself, just haven't gotten around to writing anything yet)

TomWij

Yeah, there are a lot of things I would love to see implemented, but all those things will probably never happen.

nhinkle

Indeed. We'll see though. Time will tell.

I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard for them to add, since they have a nearly identical system to what I'm proposing already in place for meta FAQ questions

studiohack

you should nominate yourself, @nhinkle

Mark Szymanski

03:50

Hey, @studiohack. Thanks again for the helpful answer ^^

TomWij

Those things are not "must-have features" but more "handy to have as an user which performs a lot of maintenance work or batch-style work", like going on a tagging or answering spree.

nhinkle

@studiohack, I will. There's 7 days yet, I'm going to take the time to write a proper "speech" before I post it. Will probably do it Thursday afternoon.

studiohack

@MarkSzymanski: no problem!

nhinkle

I am a bit dismayed that it's impossible to nominate other people, both because I'd like to be able to nominate other folks and I'd feel better about being a nominee if that came from other users.

studiohack

@nhinkle: will look for it. :-)

nhinkle

03:52

@MarkSzymanski, what did @studiohack answer for you? If you don't mind my asking - just curious, since it sounds like it must've been neat

Mark Szymanski

@nhinkle: This

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A: Something like Cloud.app for Linux?

Have you tried: Let's Crate - http://letscrate.com/ There is also Windows Live Skydrive - it supports links and sharing, etc. I know neither option is not desktop based, but you can at least use it on multiple operating systems...for what it's worth.

TomWij

@nhinkle: Look at @IvoFlipse if you want to compare, he works on his awesome project, has a girlfriend who he spents a lot of time on, plays StarCraft II with me occasionally, hangs around Gaming.SE site and chat (and other SE sites occasionally) and even did some traveling lately.

studiohack

@nhinkle: i agree about this whole nominate someone else thing....

Mark Szymanski

It's actually almost better that it isn't a desktop application. Because the person that needs it has horrible internet.

TomWij

Note that I didn't mention Super User in that sentence. :-)

Mark Szymanski

03:53

Which is the reason Dropbox didn't work.

nhinkle

Nice question and nice answer, well done to both of you.

studiohack

@MarkSzymanski, @nhinkle: it wasn't a big deal to answer that?

Mark Szymanski

Thanks, @nhinkle.

Well, it certainly was a big help.

nhinkle

Still though, sometimes the most helpful things are the simplest.

Mark Szymanski

Yes ^

Very true.

studiohack

03:54

true. thanks @nhinkle

nhinkle

N.p.

Mark Szymanski

Wow.

I'm encrypting a USB Flash drive.

studiohack

fun fun

Mark Szymanski

And it's been taking like 20 minutes XD

nhinkle

and @TomWij, i agree, it's doable. @ivoflipse is a good role model for potential moderators

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brb. checking something with the network. I'll explain in a few minutes when I'm back online

studiohack

03:56

how big of a pen drive, @Mark?

Mark Szymanski

@studiohack: 4GB.

3m remaining.

studiohack

sounds good. gotta log off - night all!

Mark Szymanski

Goodnight, @studiohack!

TomWij

I love the competition and risky introductions in the current nominations.

Mark Szymanski

I want to nominate myself, but I'm not sure if I should...

o.o

What the...

Ok. WHAT is this?

cl.ly/200N2m1T3x1x0O0n243k

2

xD

TomWij

03:58

And we're doing better than the Server Fault elections, look at the amount of sentences that begin with I in each answer. :D

Mark Szymanski

Sorry, just gonna repost to see what it'll do...

Lol.

It brings up a SuperUser search page.

xD

TomWij

@MarkSzymanski: Oh my... That's just a nice trigger of our hidden easter egg. :D

Mark Szymanski

superuser.com/…

Hehe :P

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