Root Access

Hennes

12:20 AM

Ugh. Swapping. slow

Journeyman Geek

@Hennes: MOAR RAM!

hmm

almost hit 2k on MSO :)

Hennes

18 GB was not enough. I had to reboot to regain control

Journeyman Geek

o0

what were you running?

Hennes

Two of them 8GB Vms, running compile jobs and a tar-netcat copy

and a firefox (say 1GB)

Journeyman Geek

ahh I guess that would do it

Hennes

12:34 AM

mail client, spreadsheet, vlc movie, some puttys, some music, ...

One was the old compile job but ran out of diskspace

So haeavy mem usage and maxed out disks plus swap ....

Tom Wijsman

1:02 AM

@Ariane: Uh, line 14 shouldn't have else and line 24 should concatenate.

But it doesn't really make sense the way it is put, you'll want to group checking by $RechPrenom, $RechNom; not by whether they are empty, right format.

And yes, the formats are done through lazy evaluation and therefore it won't check all of them. In pseudo code it would look like this:

bool errorOccured = false;

if (empty(...))
   error about ..., errorOccured = true
else if (wrongFormat(...))
   error about ..., errorOccured = true

Repeat the above.

if (!errorOccurred)
   take action using the data, displayResults

That way each thing gets its own errors, and no lazy evaluation is involved.

With arrays, functions and objects you can then get rid of the repetitive code if you like...

Qix

@TomWijsman Did you see my message to you earlier?

Tom Wijsman

@Qix Yes. Thanks.

Qix

Kk

Surely, I enjoyed it.

Seth

1:26 AM

Is there a 10k user around?

Hennes

Not really. 10K + ?

Seth

Yeah...

I don't remember, but can 10k users see deleted questions off someone's profile?

Hennes

Not sure. Deleted answers: yes.

Seth

david marks

1

iphone

Hennes

which profile should I look at ?

Seth

1:31 AM

Can you tell if he has any questions?

Hennes

Just one

Performed Unlock/Jailbreak iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS iOS

Seth

exactly.

spam.

He was spamming MSO earlier.

Hennes

I see no earlier question. Just a new member (since today), no badges, no rep

And that post

Seth

OK well thanks :)

Qix

Flagged anyway.

Hennes

1:34 AM

Ditto.

Seth

Can you flag users?

Hennes

Will edit to remove the links. No need to let them profit from it

Seth

Hmm OK. From my understanding he should get suspended for advertising right?

Hennes

not sure.

Qix

Probably.

Hennes

1:38 AM

Not much lost from a newly created account though

Seth

OK that's what I thought. Thanks :)

Oh, it is a new account...

Hennes

I usually tend to be friendly and them they why it is not a good idea. In most cases that will be wasted effort. Sometimes it is a user who thinks (s)he was helpful and we do not scare hir away

Seth

true enough.

Though this really isn't anything other than spam.

Journeyman Geek

1:52 AM

what I ended up doing today...

@Seth: I can see a deleted question if its linked to me

otherwise no

looks like the mods are on it

Hennes

Sound good, but I like less capitalised SALT. :)

Journeyman Geek

@Hennes: no need to edit, in fact I think its discouraged

@Hennes: didn't bother changing it. Had my hands full typing in a language I don't understand ;p

Hennes

;-)

Journeyman Geek

remember the review audit user I was bitching about being too obvious?

turns out his name is a bad pun ;p

Hennes

What was the name?

0

Q: Linksys router not working via ethernet cable but works fine via wifi

I happened after a lightning struck near my block. Ideas? or just I have to buy a new one?

wireless-networking router ethernet

No, do not buy a anew one. You are now safe because lightning only strikes once!

so Marcus in chains ?

Journeyman Geek

2:03 AM

lol

Hennes

oh! Duh!

Same idea

Journeyman Geek

Its horrible. I'm embarassed I didn't notice that earlier ;p

Seth

@JourneymanGeek OK that's what I thought, though @Hennes seemed to be able to see it...

Hennes

Not earlier.

JourneymanGeek mentioned a pun so I looked at the name

Once you know there is a pun it is much easier to spot

superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/86543

Seth

Oops. Forgot to capitalize my 't' :O

Hennes

2:18 AM

I wonder which language that is. Looks like english words, but no sentences

Seth

IKR

Hennes

I guess it is an IBM X30 laptop.

hmm, if I approve I can no longer edit myself. Right?

Seth

@Hennes You can't edit it anyway until my edit is passed or rejected, unless you choose "edit" from the queue.

Hennes

Editing the main post atm. Adding that it is a laptop at the start (so no more guessing until you reach the end).

Asked 20 oct 2009 though

Which I should have noticed before

Seth

Oh my...

Journeyman Geek

5:18 AM

fixed up the answer as much as possible

whoot

hit 1k on AU

nhinkle

Didn't you run for mod over there recently?

Journeyman Geek

5:35 AM

yup ;p

HackToHell

cooool computerworld.com/s/article/9110189/…

Journeyman Geek

wasn't expecting to win, It was entirely to see how I'd do, and to get used to the election process. Turning up for the town hall a day early, then oversleeping through the actual town hall meeting is something I'd hope to avoid for example ;p

HackToHell

lol

Journeyman Geek

/me is waiting to hit his other objective, which should happen this week ;p

Sathya

5:55 AM

Stack Overflow elections start tomorrow

Journeyman Geek

6:06 AM

lol

anyone we know standing? (not that I can vote there)

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek maybe me ;p

I need to get a reversal badge for this ;\

superuser.com/posts/556930/revisions

Journeyman Geek

isn't reversal for massive upvotes for a downvoted question, rather than salvaging a terrible answer? ;p

HackToHell

6:42 AM

irony perhaps ;p

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek it is :/

slhck

6:57 AM

@Sathya I think you need the i-just-wasted-five-minutes-of-my-life-for-someone-i-dont-even-know badge for this ;)

Sathya

hahha

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek ff appears like ie o0

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: like really, my mom handed me a turkish recipie from a bag of chickpeas, and went "go work out what this is"

slhck

0

Q: Overwrote my presentation with a new blank file, now can't recover it

I had a PowerPoint file with 140 slides that accidentally overwrote with a new blank file of the same name. I always save my files on SharePoint but this time I forgot it. I tested applications like Active Recovery and others in quick scan, but they can only restore deleted files, not the last ...

windows microsoft-office microsoft-powerpoint file-recovery office-2013

Should we protect this right away? Spam magnet, just sayin…

Journeyman Geek

7:14 AM

@slhck: I'd wait for at least one spammer ;p

slhck

@JourneymanGeek Bets are on. I say in three days we'll definitely have one :P

Journeyman Geek

XD

slhck

Ahahahah…

8

A: Kindly, create alternative of grave accent based formatting?

Well, you can always drop back to plain ol' HTML... Instead of `code`, use <code>code</code> for code.

Thanks, but it's not the code. Wouldn't it smash the semantics? — Sachin Shekhar 10 hours ago

If it's not "the code", lemme guess, it's for making important keywords highlighted?

Journeyman Geek

SMASH THE SEMANTICS!

slhck

Kindly do the needful to smash the semantics.

Bob

7:20 AM

@slhck If you're trying to type code on a phone, I'd say you're going to have bigger problems...

slhck

@Bob Oh, I've often typed code on a phone. Frustrating when, e.g. `code` is autocorrected to `code (removing the trailing backtick)

Says the one who even suspends users from a phone.

Bob

@slhck well, that's never happened to me :P

slhck

@Bob iOS peculiarity I guess.

Bob

I just got tired of rewriting words multiple times because of typo's

Swype on Android. No problems with the backticks, but the automatic space gets annoying

it's actually easier on Swype for Symbian :\

slhck

Symbian… wait… wasn't that?

Journeyman Geek

7:23 AM

naw, thats pre-symbian

HackToHell

symbian is nice :P

slhck

Aah, okay, so that was something different then.

Sweet Jesus

List of Nokia products

The following is a list of products branded by Nokia Corporation. This list concentrates on the modern Nokia products. Most Nokia phones will show their model number if the user types *#0000# on its keypad in standby mode and unlocked state, as well as its IMEI number if *#06# is entered. The latter works on most phones available (not only for Nokias). Mobile phones Phones in boldface indicates that the phone is a Symbian, Maemo/MeeGo or Windows Phone-powered smartphone. S.: status, where *P indicates under production, *D is discontinued, and *U is upcoming. DCT (Digital Core Technol...

How many phones can one make?

Bob

@slhck It's Nokia :P

Enough to protect a small country from nuclear war?

anyway, to be specific, I was using a N8:

slhck

Ah, okay

Bob

great for general English sentences. not so great for code :P

also, felt more accurate than the Android version (with accuracy at max) for some reason :\

though I assume they use the same core algo.. it's possible an update broke it, or Nokia enhanced their own version

Sathya

7:41 AM

wut.

@Sathya solved. because in Quick scan run that. i rerun that and recover my file. — saber tabatabaee yazdi 40 mins ago

I call bs.

also, I'm editing every frigging post of his

I know English is not his first language, but neither is it mine but at least learn from the edits I'm doing

Journeyman Geek

lol

slhck

8:26 AM

Yeah, I'd consider other means of letting him know that this is not acceptable if he still hasn't learned from that

Also, Katherine from Delhi needs an Exchange Backup Recovery tool ASAP. I wonder if there are spammer colleagues who can help her.

-1

Q: Exchange Backup get Inaccessible

I am an Exchange User and Using Exchange Server 2010 suddenlty an error message blinking on my system. When I tried to access my backup database I am unable do so please help me I need immediate access of backup. Error showed "0xfffffea9 - 0xa000fea9 (2684419753)"

backup recovery exchange restore bkf

Sathya

8:40 AM

@slhck LOL

@slhck unbelievable.

:\

Journeyman Geek

lol

Sathya

8:59 AM

superuser.com/questions/440388/…

HackToHell

@Sathya )_(

slhck

Marry Smith

1

Too bad her sister Marry signed up too late to provide an answer.

Journeyman Geek

9:28 AM

lol

YES!

Hit 2k on MSO :)

Sathya

9:46 AM

@slhck haha

Coding Confessional - Anonymous Confessions from Programmers.

5

lulz.

slhck

> I've done about 2 hours of actual work so far this week. The other 30 or so I've spent building my rep on stackoverflow

Heh. Sad but true.

Journeyman Geek

lol

Sathya

@slhck definitely doesn't sound like me whistles nonchalantly

Journeyman Geek

lol

actual work?

Sathya

10:03 AM

@JourneymanGeek :P

Einsteins Grandson

What is the difference between CL4 and CL5 in RAM memories for notebooks?

slhck

1

Einsteins Grandson

Especially DDR2 512MB, 533 MHz?

Bob

10:18 AM

@Sathya needs permalinks :P

Sathya

@Bob haha

14 mins ago, by slhck

1

slhck

But seriously:

CAS latency

Column Address Strobe (CAS) latency, or CL, is the delay time between the moment a memory controller tells the memory module to access a particular memory column on a RAM memory module, and the moment the data from the given array location is available on the module's output pins. In general, the lower the CAS latency, the better. In asynchronous DRAM, the interval is specified in nanoseconds. In synchronous DRAM, the interval is specified in clock cycles. Because the latency is dependent upon a number of clock ticks instead of an arbitrary time, the actual time for an SDRAM module to r...

HackToHell

now now mods no trolling :P

Journeyman Geek

XD

Sathya

there's a very good answer on Super User on the RAM numbers

Journeyman Geek

10:36 AM

-2

A: Shortcut to command prompt pointing to specific folder

to make the logic versatile for any folder you can try this http://www.madesko.com/ToolDownload.php?alfa=1

slhck

@JourneymanGeek Posted the same crap twice already.

Sign in to download. Yeah, nothx.

Journeyman Geek

they could at LEAST make the effort to have grammatically correct spam

slhck

Aw. Eight review audit for me.

Sathya

@slhck it's giving you a subtle hint :P

slhck

… which would be? :P

Journeyman Geek

10:51 AM

Markov Chains!

Sathya

11:06 AM

@slhck :P

Bob

@JourneymanGeek For some reason, I feel like getting a markov chain generator to use in replies (comments/edit rejection messages) to those posts a la random

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

probably wouldn't work too well

Journeyman Geek

certainly not on SO ;p

Bob

would need some source text that works for rejection messages.. maybe just scramble the grammar a bit and add random out-of-context words

but then I'd probably get suspended

which is not fun at all :P

Journeyman Geek

11:10 AM

no ;p

HackToHell

and some pictures from /r/wtf too :P

Bob

no. just no.

engadget.com/2013/02/25/nokia-105-301-candybars

I'm definitely getting one, if the prices are as promised :P

HackToHell

for ... ?

Bob

@HackToHell Who doesn't want a $20 phone that lasts a month? :P

probably for a backup

all my current backup phones found new homes :S

Journeyman Geek

20 bucks off contract, hell yes ;p

though I have a nokia 1210 which cost about the same ;p

Bob

11:17 AM

also, FM radio

for when you have nothing else to do :P

@JourneymanGeek no 3.5mm jack? :(

Journeyman Geek

11:38 AM

er its all it has

black and white screen tho

Bob

@JourneymanGeek just realised I was looking at a different phone

Journeyman Geek

superuser.com/questions/557068/… this is a very bizzare program he's using

Oliver Salzburg

If you have a YouTrack account, please vote on this issue. Thanks. :P

►

Awesome \o/

Journeyman Geek

11:58 AM

hmm, actually if they also had per tab volume control, I'd joygasm

Oliver Salzburg

It doesn't apply to plugins anyway

But it's a step in the right direction

I would expect something like per-tab volume control sooner or later as I would imagine they want that in Chrome OS

user88311

12:18 PM

.

Got to love UK postage, they actually do their job unlike canada/us post, or even the specialty posts like UPS here, UPS 3-5 days to get here from just across US border, US/CA post, 2-3 weeks to get here from just across US border, UK royal post, from across the sea, 4 days, it's at the last stop before my place and it cost 1/3 what US/CA post would cost

Now let's just hope the PSU does the job @Hennes

HackToHell

sigh

-6

Q: THERE IS NOT ENOUGH STORAGE ON SERVER TO COMPLETE THIS COMMAND

Can some body render an assistant. I have a windows xp machine where our MS access 2003 db is running. I mapped the database folder to only one client machine which i been doing all this while, but i no longer map this folder it giving an error message which is saying that "THERE is NOT ENOUGH ST...

windows windows-xp

Bob

12:45 PM

@JourneymanGeek ...spoofing volume serial numbers to bypass game bans?

wtf?

though that's actually a pretty clever way of banning, privacy (and HDD resale) concerns aside

Sathya

-2

Q: Multiple PC's and monitors displaying scrolling banner

We want to setup a scrolling banner on a wall in the office. We have loads of pc's and monitors that we can use. Are there any banner software or something else that will link all together so the information will scroll from the one screen to the other? The number of monitors that we want to conn...

display

offtopic/NC/NARQ

take your pick.

Bob

@Sathya wow. that would be a pretty crazy resolution

Sathya

Your Organization's Internet policy has restricted access to this web page.
Reason: This category "Default Blocked" is being filtered.

the site? raymond.cc/blog/…

WTF

Bob

heh

a lot of people who can do very hackish low level things successfully seem completely incapable of designing a consistent UI

Sathya

@Bob yeah..

Bob

12:51 PM

@Sathya O.O

Sathya

anyway, heading home. later

Bob

cya

slhck

> For expansion up to 8GB SDRAM u need Dual-core. On the other hand, for expansion up to 16GB SDRAM u need Quad-core

Yeah……… no.

Oliver Salzburg

1:07 PM

abuse@telmexla.net.co
[200.26.137.10] #<[200.26.137.10] #5.0.0 smtp; 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 553-'5.1.4 duplicate/ambiguous directory match: abuse@telmexla.net.co' (delivery attempts: 0)> #SMTP#

Great!

Bob

wut.

Also, I don't see composing music needing anywhere near that much RAM :S

CD audio (uncompressed) would have to be 12 hours long to use 8 GB...

if you're composing 'music' that long, in one go, and need to store it all in RAM without some kind of scratch file, I'd say you're probably doing it wrong...

@OliverSalzburg ...5.1.4. That code haunts me.

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob It just annoys me that abuse@ is not connected :P

Bob

well, is it a listed address?

Paul

@slhck Exactly wrong. It is to the power of 2. 8GB needs dual core and 16GB needs octo-core

@Bob Well normally you would have multiple concurrent tracks, perhaps with effects overlayed real time. It can get busy I reckon.

Bob

@Paul ah, forgot about that -_-

Oliver Salzburg

1:16 PM

@Bob abuse is supposed to always exist

Bob

@OliverSalzburg some EU directive?

Oliver Salzburg

Just like postmaster and hostmaster

Bob

I can tell you none of that exists on my domain :P

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob I don't know of any law. Except the law of the admins :P

news.smartlabsoftware.com/2007/05/10/…

Bob

whoops

Journeyman Geek

1:19 PM

@Bob it is, quite.

Bob

so there's a couple of RFCs

Oliver Salzburg

Yeah

There's even one for webmaster ;P

ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt

That seems to have a pretty nice overview

Bob

well

looks like I have more forwards to set up

Oliver Salzburg

The abuse@... address was listed in the WHOIS record btw

Bob

@OliverSalzburg maybe a default thing

Oliver Salzburg

1:21 PM

nic-hdl:     ATI
person:      Network Security Team
e-mail:      abuse@TELMEXLA.NET.CO

Well, it is very common to have that address

At least from my experience

Journeyman Geek

AlainBastien

1

freeze hardware-failure windows-vista wireless-networking

Bob

well, I just tried sending ot postmaster@mydomain

it disappeared. that can't be good.

Journeyman Geek

I really think this guy is going to get himself suspended/answerbanned if he dosen't cool down

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob Do you handle all services on your domain yourself?

Bob

@OliverSalzburg using the registrar's email forwarding service

Oliver Salzburg

1:25 PM

You might also want to check dig SOA yourdomain.tld and check which email address you have listed as the person responsible for the domain

I don't know how common it is to have a working address there, but it works on all our domains ;D

...hopefully

Bob

@OliverSalzburg there's no email address

just my registrar's domain :P

well, a whois returns a valid (if aggressively spam-filtered) address

Oliver Salzburg

;; ANSWER SECTION:
superuser.com.          3600    IN      SOA     ns1.serverfault.com. sysadmins.stackoverflow.com. 2013020901 3600 600 604800 3600

The second token is an email address

sysadmins@stackoverflow.com

We usually use hostmaster.domain.tld

Bob

ah

well, domain is my registrar's :P

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek he just emailed me

Journeyman Geek

saw

copypasted the answer. VERY classy.

Sathya

1:38 PM

yep

I had to search with deleted:1 to find out the post

Journeyman Geek

lol

yeah, the perks of being a mod ;p

Sathya

and when I opened it I facepalm'd because there were 2 flags on his other 2 posts

(1 offensive, btw)

Bob

@Sathya RANDOM words being CAPITALISED does not MAKE for easy READING

:P

Journeyman Geek

lol

Ahh, Word Salad

Bob

though suggesting a possible solution shouldn't be a problem...

I swear half my accepted answers that aren't explaining concepts start with something like "it's possible that"

Journeyman Geek

1:41 PM

@Bob: 'use another os' isn't really a very good solution unless its part of the trouble shooting solution

Bob

@JourneymanGeek yea, not saying that's a good solution

but using "...could be the solution" shouldn't really be a problem

it's not like this is a forum where we can troubleshoot every little thing in the comments and have one person provide a single perfect answer

Journeyman Geek

well, actually ....

I very often use comments like that

Bob

:P

Sathya

@Bob better than tHiS wAy th@t s0mE mOrOnzz wrIte

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: ow.

Bob

1:44 PM

@JourneymanGeek but you don't always confirm what you think is the answer, before posting it as an answer

@Sathya nononononononono

my eyes are bleeding now. thanks.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Not really

I do refine answers tho

and often comment on missing information, even when I can't answer a question

Bob

@JourneymanGeek of course, but very often we post answers that are more of a 'best guess'

Journeyman Geek

yup

Bob

personally, I like to make it clear that my guesses are not necessarily the correct answer

Journeyman Geek

lol

superuser.com/questions/541973/… like this?

Bob

1:46 PM

so I tend to use words/phrases like probably, could be, etc..

Journeyman Geek

oh thats cute. Someone edited both questions which I used as an example of where only compulsary tags are really needed on a meta site with valid additional tags

Bob

huh?

Journeyman Geek

0

A: On meta sites, require at least one non-required tag

Well, I've posted questions with just the discussion tag on MSU before. In fact, a good chunk of them just have one tag, since its all I need - if its to do with general site policy, or what we need to do with a single specific tag. I don't see either of them being any clearer with an additional ...