Root Access

I I'm a 12 year old boy who wants to play minecraft on this old windows Xp (2001 maybe) and the Internet won't work. It says it is connected to the Internet and it says connection is strong but it won't let me go Onto Internet explorer. (it says cannot connect to page) I don't have Norton on this...

Oliver Salzburg

@iglvzx So people don't downvote the bad question.

Well, didn't help with me :P

iglvzx

12:23 AM

@OliverSalzburg Oh. lol.

Journeyman Geek

actually, didn't we have an age limit?

iglvzx

@JourneymanGeek Yes. According to the TOS: "Subscriber certifies to Stack Exchange that if Subscriber is an individual (i.e., not a corporate entity), Subscriber is at least 13 years of age."

So, should we vote to close? lol

"Sorry, Seth. You are too young to hang out with the big geeks."

Renan

I don't think so, but the question is not very good anyway

Oliver Salzburg

I'm sorry for him. He's young and can't be properly helped in our Q&A format.

We could direct him to chat.

But the question is bad. I don't care how old the author is.

iglvzx

@OliverSalzburg I don't think so. You have to be 13 or older to use SE in general.

Oliver Salzburg

12:36 AM

@iglvzx Oh. I was not aware of that.

iglvzx

8 mins ago, by iglvzx

@JourneymanGeek Yes. According to the TOS: "Subscriber certifies to Stack Exchange that if Subscriber is an individual (i.e., not a corporate entity), Subscriber is at least 13 years of age."

Oliver Salzburg

Thanks for pointing it out

iglvzx

:)

Journeyman Geek

yup

and there's legal reasons for that, liability and such

Flagged and commented to that effect >_>

some 12 year old kid somewhere is gonna hate me ;p

iglvzx

@JourneymanGeek That was a typo! I am actually 13, not 12!

Hopefully, that doesn't happen. It is better to just get this over with and delete/close the question.

Oliver Salzburg

12:48 AM

Agreed

iglvzx

CALLED IT! They edited the question

:(

Tom Wijsman

@iglvzx NEVER SAY NEVER!

3

runs...

nhinkle

Underage user dealt with.

@OliverSalzburg chat would be even worse, legally speaking

Tom Wijsman

hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JUSTIN_BIEBER_CAR_CHASE What an excuse...

jokerdino

I'll keep my age a mystery then..

Oliver Salzburg

1:01 AM

@nhinkle When people talk about their age online I generally assume they're lying anyway

How do you know I'm not an 11 year old? :D

jokerdino

that would be hilarious :P

Tom Wijsman

Or one of the moderators, would be fun.

iglvzx

@TomWijsman There's that one kid on SO. He's 14 and ran for mod.

nhinkle

I'm actually 5.

4

iglvzx

But, he may not really be 14...

Tom Wijsman

1:03 AM

@nhinkle Nah... You still have to be born, there's no age on your profile yet.

jokerdino

@iglvzx one of our mods is 15 xD

Tom Wijsman

visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/… o_O

iglvzx

@TomWijsman pure evil...

Oliver Salzburg

@TomWijsman That's useless

All of my projects already have that :D

iglvzx

@OliverSalzburg D:

Oliver Salzburg

1:09 AM

Actually, they don't :P I'm a heavy ReSharper user and keep a very tidy ship

Journeyman Geek

@iglvzx oh wait, is this in dog years or human years? ;p

@TomWijsman ahh, i presume perfect for when you need MOAR LINES OF CODE?

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek I prefer to unroll loops. It increases performance and LOC ;P

Tom Wijsman

@JourneymanGeek: Need an extension for inlining functions...

Journeyman Geek

1:49 AM

mental note, comment THEN flag ;p

the mods are efficient

HackToHell

2:54 AM

@slhck Thanks for the explanation :)

iglvzx

3:13 AM

Hehe. The drawing on the screenshot:

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Q: Windows 7 Explorer keyboard shortcut: set focus to files/folders/content area?

Is there a Windows 7 Explorer keyboard shortcut to set focus to files/folders/content area (depicted below)? This has bothered me for so long... I want to set my explorer window's focus to the files pane (shown below). What's the most efficient way to do that with a keyboard? Here's what I've...

windows-7 windows keyboard-shortcuts gui

HackToHell

5:50 AM

OOHH

1

Q: Weird screeching sounds coming from computer

My computer makes a high pitched whine noise that initially was coming from my SSD, but now I recently installed more ram into my laptop and it makes a new sounds. I don't want my ram or SSD to die on me. Are there any tests to test both of these? Again, these are really high pitched whine(y) so...

memory ssd sound

Hmm, I did not award the bounty rep to anyone cause i did not get a proper solution, now what happens to that rep, it has mystically disappeared !

Bob

8:38 AM

There's a status-deferred tag? Wow...

jokerdino

how is it different from status-planned?

Bob

@jokerdino There's that too? :P

jokerdino

heh :P

Bob

Hmm.. one might happen, the other will happen?

jokerdino

meta.superuser.com/questions/tagged/status~

Bob

8:40 AM

In 6 to 8 weeks, of course

jokerdino

there are like a range of status tags

ChrisHateZ

11:32 AM

Anyone here?

jokerdino

yeah?

ChrisHateZ

Do you know is it possible to have 2 Firefox's on 1 PC each with different cookie storage

jokerdino

creating two profiles might do

ChrisHateZ

You're talking about windows profiles?

jokerdino

browser profiles

ChrisHateZ

11:34 AM

O.O

I didnt' knew you can have different profile on FF

jokerdino

support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…

@ChrisHateZ we all learn new things everyday. so don't be too worried about this

ChrisHateZ

Interesting

I was orignally thinking about downloading portable version of Firefox and keeping it in different dir then my main firefox

Do you think that way i could have different bookmarks and cookies on those two?

jokerdino

i generally dislike portable versions but if it works for you, go ahead.

but i personally think creating two profiles is the best option that i can offer you.

let me know if you need assistance. time to gain some rep in SU to increase my credibility.

ChrisHateZ

^_^

I'm sure i wont need help the guide on support site is very simple,thank you for all the information.

jokerdino

happy to help

barlop

2:22 PM

is this fan meant for a heatsink or for a case ? quietpc.com/products/noctuafans/nf-f12-pwm

are only CPU fans PWM?

Journeyman Geek

hmm, let me take a look

i've not seen a PWM chassis fan yet

barlop

Have you ever seen a 120mm CPU Heatsink fan?

Journeyman Geek

lol

er...*thinks*

Most of my systems use stock cooling

barlop

how does PWM differ from the 3 pin ones?

Journeyman Geek

one moment, referencing ;p

jokerdino

2:32 PM

yo, subscribed to SU newsletter xD

Journeyman Geek

as i recall they're cross compatible, 2 pin controls speed through voltage, 3 pin adds tachometer, 4 pin runs at constant voltage with pwm control

tomshardware.com/forum/264968-29-plug-plug this suggests you can use a 4 pin fan in a 3 pin socket

example of a cpu cooler you can use a 120mm fan on newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003

barlop

where is the fan controlled with PWM?

and couldn't fan speed be controlled with the 3 pin ones too?

speedfan existed before PWM didn't it? and that states the fan % and it can be lowered in the software

Journeyman Geek

and.. images.tweaktown.com/content/4/6/… instruction manual suggest it works on both

jokerdino

61

Q: Stack Exchange Blogs Compromised and Passwords Reset

Some of our WordPress instances were exploited yesterday at 11 AM UTC. We noticed that the compromise had taken place today and took the blogs offline as soon as we noticed. We have since restored the WordPress files from backup* to a new set of servers. Using our logs we were able to identify th...

support blog blog-overflow

Journeyman Geek

well, the advantage with PWM i suspect is more precise control of speeds

jokerdino

2:37 PM

Hmm; looks serious.

Journeyman Geek

@barlop: ya, or even 2 pin ones, in theory

see the manual, it answers everything you were asking about ;p

barlop

@jouney, that's how you know so much? ok so fan speed can be controlled with either.. but with 4 pin it can be controlled more "seriously"!

Tom Wijsman

@jokerdino Hmm, which instances were exploited?

jokerdino

@TomWijsman Kyle says affected users were emailed.

barlop

an email from superuser! not sure superuser can be trusted to email!

I remember setting the option to be notified by email.. and others too said they didn't get it.. perhaps intentionally as the idea is that the thought "superuser superuser" should keep coming into peoples minds whether a thread they've been in has been replied to or not!

jokerdino

2:45 PM

funnily, i was interested in setting up an account in SU blog. :/

Journeyman Geek

lol

@barlop: the only time i got an e mail from them, was the free SU t shirt ;p

and that time, i went to check if it was legit ;p

jokerdino

oh yeah; yes that :P

Journeyman Geek

has that and the hoodie.

jokerdino

i actually got one gigantic SE shirt

Journeyman Geek

lol

also, SE addresses my mail to Journeyman Geek

which is hillarious, and will be a pain in the ass if for some reason no one was home when the postie delivered.

jokerdino

2:48 PM

hahaha

hm i don't think they sent it to jokerdino.

i probably added my real name in the mailing address

Tom Wijsman

So, the SU / Gaming blog was not affected?

jokerdino

ask Kyle :)

Journeyman Geek

plus.google.com/u/0/photos/106187684082000485043/albums/…

jokerdino

because I honestly have no idea at all.

@JourneymanGeek i can't see the address :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

blurred out for privacy reasons, of course

jokerdino

2:51 PM

oh yeah

are you registered in OBA ? i can just look up there ;p

Journeyman Geek

nope

jokerdino

darn

Journeyman Geek

yay, 12 helpful flags to my marshal badge.

jokerdino

nice.

OT? superuser.com/questions/446082/…

Bob

@JourneymanGeek You call yourself Journeyman Geek in your street/mail address‽

jokerdino

3:00 PM

yeah, his handle is too popular here

Bob

Oh, I just read above :|

Journeyman Geek

lol

Not intentionally, no ;p

For one thing Geek is my first name ;p

(well, least it has the same number of letters(

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Q: How can I pair two bluetooth dongles together?

I want to hack a device which connects via USB, and plug a bluetooth USB dongle to the end of the USB cable (using a female to female adapter), and then connect to that device from another USB bluetooth dongle connected to my computer. How can I do this? It is straightforward? I don't want to sp...

usb bluetooth hack dongle

I am confused to how this guy even thinks this would work

Bob

What's this fascination with Bluetooth dongles recently?

There's a hundred and one ways something like that could be hacked together, but most are horribly impractical :\

Journeyman Geek

lol

his method is impossible

he wants a pony. I see a room of horsecrap.

hm, does the KHANACADEMY tag make any sense?

Bob

3:22 PM

@JourneymanGeek 4/5 of the questions ask how the videos are made

And seem to be duplicates :\

And the tag was created a short while ago

facepalm

Journeyman Geek

posted on MSU for now

the BT guy ... is an id10t

Bob

...

Oh, goody. You figured out you need "a microcontroller", and you need help with "the specifics". Uhm...

I can't help but think it's a little more complicated than that...

Journeyman Geek

lol

I posted a very strongly worded comment.

Bob

Hmm

Does USB have any strict timing requirements?

Obviously, specific applications would, but USB in general...

Journeyman Geek

hmm, i actually don't know

But he's glossing over guest and host mode.

Which is a fundamental thing

wikipedia suggests yes

Bob

3:33 PM

Heh... if he knew more about embedded systems design, this might be a question over a Electrical Engineering. But he doesn't seem to be anywhere near, yet.

Journeyman Geek

lol

not really

Bob

Well, not as broad as it is

Journeyman Geek

you quite literally need someone like ladyada or bunny huang to pull off something like that

or a raspberry pi

Bob

Let's see, if pairing could be accomplished, he needs to figure out how to send two way arbitrary data over BT

And then there's the rather intense power requirements, and the limited range... I think I'll stick with a nice wire.

Journeyman Geek

lol

throw in a frigging computer in between

;p

actually closing it sounds like a decent idea

I don't give a shit about the rep ;p

Bob

3:37 PM

Well, the original question was valid

"is this possible?"

Journeyman Geek

"No"

"I Think it is"

Bob

Now, it's not so valid ("tell me how to build one")

Journeyman Geek

"No"

"You don't know anything"

GRIMLOCK SMASH.

Bob

hm

BT has a range of 10m line of sight from memory, while USB is 5m without active extenders

But BT would need to be closer to get a transfer rate anywhere near USB

so there's another reason

lol @random

That was helpful in closing some questions — random 47 secs ago

Looks like the tag is going to die :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

3:44 PM

o.O

He's saying a Pi is too bulky now?

Journeyman Geek

lol

He definately wants a pony

Bob

It's under 10x10 (cm)!

Anything smaller would have to be custom designed, if there isn't an existing one. And it would have to be specialised, obviously.

With a Pi, you could do other things too :P

Anyway, a Pi is smaller than my phone...

Journeyman Geek

I can't believe he has an iq of 160

Bob

hm

actually

Journeyman Geek

and.. he asked another NARQ

Ell

3:50 PM

Hi guys

Bob

the PS3 controller doesn't implement any form of USB over BT...

Journeyman Geek

no ;p

Bob

@Ell Hi

It's USB or BT... facepalm

Ell

I was just trying to install linux mint alongside windows 7 then panicked and did a hard shutdown because I had a horrible feeling it was writing over my windows partitions :P

Journeyman Geek

oh, if you could programme a chip to appear to be the the host for both sides

Bob

3:51 PM

@Ell Uhm.. backups? :P

Journeyman Geek

and handle the BT stack

and. oh wait

lol

Ell

@Bob backups? what are they? ;)

Bob

Well, that's not the point. It's got two possible interfaces, similar to how a smartphone can connect over USB or BT

Ell

I don't have anything to backup on :P

Bob

But it doesn't do USB over BT :P

Journeyman Geek

3:52 PM

@Ell: I usually have partitions of 1 gig side difference to avoid that

Bob

@Ell Uhm.. you tried starting the computer yet?

Journeyman Geek

there is ONE wireless USB option i know of

its in my answer.

Bob

Yea, but that's an entirely different matter :P

Ell

@Bob no it all works and everything, I just thought it was amusing :L

Bob

@Ell I never tried to create a dual boot system.. too stressful

VMs all the way :D

Journeyman Geek

3:53 PM

lol

Ell

I was using a VM but opengl wasn't playing nice :(

Journeyman Geek

i have a triple boot

which i need to...

oh wait

quadboot

need to rebuild it at some point

Ell

so now I'm going to dual boot

has anyone used the linux mint installer?

Journeyman Geek

nope

mostly ubuntu/debian myself.

Ell

well basically when I go onto manual partitioning mode, it doesn't show clearly where it will actually be installed

though I guess it's the partition who has a mount point of / ?

Journeyman Geek

3:57 PM

yup

Ell

yeah I thought so

Journeyman Geek

but this is why i have slightly different partition sizes

Ell

I just had a horrible feeling :L

Bob

Really? What PC specs would be required to run a PS3 emulator?‽‽

Ell

I have 860gb partition for windows data, the rest is free

but still I just panicked :P

Journeyman Geek

3:58 PM

lol

Ell

Didn't even know you could get a ps3 emulator

Journeyman Geek

NARQ. Deals with software that dosen't exist yet

ugh

Am i just pissed at him or is his latest question inane too?

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Q: How does the Playstation 3 (PS3)'s "RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'", which is their graphics card, compare with the latest PC graphics?

Playstation 3 utilizes a proprietary graphics card co-developed by NVIDIA and Sony. How does this compare with the latest PC graphics cards, such as the GTX 675, 680, and 690?

graphics-card nvidia ps3

Ell

playstation3emulator.com/compatibility.htm

^specs for ps3 emulator :L

Journeyman Geek

the help guide dosen't work

Bob

@Ell That's surprisingly low :P

Ell

4:00 PM

Yeah :L

anyway I'm going to try this thing again

wish me luck :P and hope i don't mess it all up

be back later :)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek The easy answer is, high end graphics cards completely thrash it...

Come on, it's 7 years old now :\

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

No matter how dedicated, if it was generally affordable 7 years ago, a high end graphics card that costs almost as much as the console itself should be "more capable" :P

Journeyman Geek

but is it relevant?

Bob

Nope!

xD

Journeyman Geek

4:02 PM

it dosen't seem to fit being an actual problem

should it be closed? ;p

Bob

> We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or specific expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.

That too :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

ya

HackToHell

@TomWijsman You interested ? community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/07/05/…

Bob

Here, take a look at this. I found someone who did something similar and gave detailed instructions. This guy did it with an NES and SNES controller. ppl-pilot.com/SnesHack/index.htm and the assembly for that project: ppl-pilot.com/SnesHack/nes_asm.htm — techaddict 3 mins ago

@JourneymanGeek usb.org/developers/usbfaq#cab1

Journeyman Geek

4:18 PM

ya

;p

so there is

Bob

Looks like it would be pretty application dependant, since there's no way BT is going to satisfy that timeout.

Chances are you would have to build a host that can recognise the device and emulate the device at the other end :\

Ah well. That pretty much confirms the massive impracticality of it all :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

But what can i say. He believes its doable

Bob

Well, it is for some purposes

Problem is, he doesn't have a purpose in mind (apparently), and just wants to do it for the sake of doing it

Journeyman Geek

yup

Bob

Something like RS-232 (serial) would be relatively easy, considering there's a USB class and a BT profile for it:P

Stick a Pi in and it all works, who cares about timing

Journeyman Geek

4:28 PM

lol

too bulky he says

Bob

...

Wait. He just said an iPod Mini battery...

That's Li-ion, probably 3.7V...

Ell

hi guys

Bob

First step, stepping up to 5V. Then think about BT and all that

@Ell hi

Ell

speaking from linux mint here, I don't know which partition to write the boot manager to

I have 2 disks, 1 120gb ssd

and another 1tb hdd

Tom Wijsman

Process Explorer's autostart location <3

Ell

4:32 PM

I have 2 disks, 1 120gb ssd

Tom Wijsman

This was the virus:

Bob

@TomWijsman I was just thinking that looked like a suspicious filename :P

Yesterday some "Security Shield" thing popped up. Stupid Java...

Tom Wijsman

Funny how you won't find Walmart and similar around here. :D

Bob

And thank god for UAC virtualisation :P

Ell

oh darn. just found out linux mint 13 is out

Stack Exchange

5:20 PM

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Q: Should the Vote to Close option be altered?

This question and my comment there made me think, and it seems to me that to completely avoid any sense of a "pack mentality" that could be applied to when votes are cast to close a question, the current format would have to be changed. For one, there shouldn't be an indicator that others have a...

feature-request vote-to-close

Mokubai

5:44 PM

Uhhh, why do we care about the khan academy?

Specifically, why should @JourneymanGeek care about it?

superuser.com/review/…

I'm about to reject them tho, why do we care?

Tom Wijsman

7:36 PM

@OliverSalzburg: Have typed a carefully thought out answer on that meta question which explains it from the opposite viewpoint (basically inspired by a -10 Q / +10 A dupe on Meta.SO but not copy / pasted), seems it in the same gist as your comment.

Oliver Salzburg

8:01 PM

@TomWijsman I'll check it out, thanks :)

KronoS

8:37 PM

in Super User Blog Editor Room, 14 secs ago, by KronoS

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Q: Let's bring back to life the now (somewhat) dead Super User Blog

Your crazy mad scientist of a Blog Editor is back and wants to keep this blog going: First off, I need to apologize. Like a terrible parent, I have abandoned my child. But no more! I have a little more time to work on this now and want to get things going. Thanks to those of you that have k...

discussion superuser-blog

Boris_yo

@KronoS yo!

KronoS

@Boris_yo yo! back!

Boris_yo

@KronoS How do you make USB transceiver out of USB extension cable?

Luke

8:53 PM

@KronoS Thanks for the edit

Boris_yo

9:10 PM

Hello? I need wireless connection between USB ports. Is it possible?

Luke

@Boris_yo It'd be custom... I haven't seen any yet though

Boris_yo

@Luke Like connecting wirelessly USB Wi-Fi adapter and laptop?

Luke

@Borisyo No, it'd be a completely custom device to carry the USB signal... I'm assuming you have a USB device to plug in to a system quite a ways away from you? Is that correct?

Boris_yo

@Luke Ye!

Luke

@Borisyo Then you need a custom set of adapters

Boris_yo

9:27 PM

Adapters? Which adapters?

Luke

Not sure... I'll take a look though

Boris_yo

@Luke How about wireless USB hub working on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?

Luke

9:38 PM

iogear.com/product/GUWH104KIT

Haven't seen one that will operate on Wi-fi or Bluetooth directly

Journeyman Geek

9:50 PM

0

A: The khanacedemy tag - yay, nay or burninate?

This tag is set for deletion when the questions it was recently tagged on to are also deleted. They're the typical, "what could I try (when I haven't even done a thing and want you all to just heap upon me a cart and horse full of your finest silks)?" type of questions that field all sorts of app...

Journeyman Geek

10:35 PM

0

A: One computer not connecting

If i were to make a guess, you just arn't getting an ip address - i suspect one solution would be to set your switch to a fixed ip address in the range they have, and turn off the DHCP server on it and plug it into the network through a regular non 'internet port' - this approach works well when ...

'Ran DoS attack on front desk router to cause restart no change.' WHUT?

Luke

The hell?

iglvzx

10:52 PM

Don't most routers restart if you remove their power source? Or press the "reset" button? O.o

Journeyman Geek

I don't think he has control of the router

iglvzx

Oh, I see. DoS is still a bad way to go about things, especially since he is using the hotel's services...

Journeyman Geek

this is why i am just a little horrified ;p

iglvzx

He also doesn't seem to understand how networking works with virtual machines.

Journeyman Geek

OH

iglvzx

11:00 PM

Saw your comment. Beat me to it. :)

Simon Sheehan

Jeez, this guy really has issues haha

iglvzx

@SimonSheehan ! Haven't seen you in awhile

Simon Sheehan

@iglvzx Haha, it has been a bit, I've been busy :P

iglvzx

@SimonSheehan I see. We all have lives outside of Super User (Right...? :P). It's okay.

Simon Sheehan

@iglvzx yeah, sometimes we have lives ;) I've been working a fair bit so didn't have much time

Journeyman Geek

11:13 PM

hiiii

Simon Sheehan

hello @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

oops. turns out i am 109, not 9 flags from my marshall badge

iglvzx

Hmm. I think that question should be closed as too localized. We don't have access to the router or know what kind of security measures the hotel has in place to prevent the OP's goal.

Tom Wijsman

11:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_it_ain%27t_broke,_don%27t_fix_it#.22If_it_ain.2‌7t_broke.2C_don.27t_fix_it..22

2

That URL o_O

Oliver Salzburg

:D

Lance is credited with originating the phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", when he was quoted saying it in the May 1977 issue of the magazine Nation's Business [3]. The expression became widespread, and William Safire wrote that it "has become a source of inspiration to anti-activists."[4]

Bert Lance
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Everything seems to be in order

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