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4:03 PM
"Oh you mean I have to log in before I can change my password?"
Twice today. Twice.
 
@RudáAlmeida That is the first part of the comic. There is no prior introduction I am aware of and also no connection to any of the previously shown characters
It just is what it is :P
 
@OliverSalzburg First part? There are others?
 
Oh, I see. Click next. ^_^
 
Ooooooh. Now I feel even stupidier.
 
For a minute I thought you were rather macabre Oliver :P
 
4:05 PM
@RudáAlmeida Yeah, click Next
 
Damn you XKCD, abstruse goose and SMBc for making my brain expect oneshot self-contained storylines.
 
It also stops right in the middle of the story
 
@OliverSalzburg Spoilers! Damn you =p
 
@RudáAlmeida ...or does it? ;D
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg congrats @slhck!
@RudáAlmeida add SOTI :)
 
4:10 PM
@Bob SOTI?
 
@Bob and wumocomicstrip.com, pbfcomics.com, buttersafe.com, toothpastefordinner.com, picturesforsadchildren.com, theoatmeal.com, and that one with the t-rex that I can't remember the name
 
Bob
:P
I'm never going to get anything done between webcomics and reddit
 
that one with the t-rex => qwantz.com
Oh, and sinfest.com
 
There goes my work day. :|
 
4:19 PM
And Penny Arcade is not one of my favourite webcomics, but their "Extra Credits" vlog about the gaming industry is A - W - E - S - O - M - E !!!! penny-arcade.com/patv/show/extra-credits
 
quick! I need a derogatory term for a British person!
 
@Tanner git?
 
@HackToHell Oh my, you upvoted "that answer" to 100? O__O
 
Bob
@Tanner weirdest question of the day?
 
yes ... soo ?
 
4:25 PM
@HackToHell So I got a gold badge for it :P
 
lol
 
Haha, somebody in the Comms Room got me excited saying there was a SimTower sequel and I couldn't find it :P
Is anyone seeing this lately or is there something funky on my PC?
I'm getting non-secure resources on most ssl pages...
 
The page at itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-jackson/id32940 displayed insecure content from a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Features/3a/0a/9b/….
 (program):2030
The page at itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-jackson/id32940 displayed insecure content from images.apple.com/itunes/images/border_fbfan.gif.
 (program):2100
The page at about:blank displayed insecure content from facebook.com/plugins/….
fetching images over standard http
 
Bob
...f*** those sites that don't let you change email addresses. Stupid, stupid, stupid assumption that all email providers will stay up forever.
7
 
4:49 PM
F Yes! I just wanted to buy 2 more RaspPis. Total cost 46.90. Free shipping at 50 :/ Luckily, I find a product in their shop costing 3.22 Best feeling ever :P
Well, would have been better if I picked something for 3.10 obviously, but I really wanted that 3M duct tape :P
 
5:06 PM
holy shit
oh btw, Age of Empires 2 - remember? Now imagine it, remastered. Yeah baby! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-07-age-of-empires-2-hd-edition-announced-will-rome-onto-steam-next-month it's coming.
 
@Sathya regarding my web issue last night... They took the email saying "We want you to host the name for 5 years, but we have our own web and mail server onsite" to "Charge us for the domain name but don't allow anyone or anything to connect or see our server"
 
@Luke what is this I don't even...
 
Conversation from around 8am GMT
9 hours ago, by Sathya
@Luke cheers Luke. Sleep well
there and up a few lines
 
@Luke aye I meant that what those guys did
 
@Sathya Nice
Could be a bit more HD for me taste though :D
 
5:16 PM
@RudáAlmeida Your nearly closed question is cracking me up. Nobody knows where they would punt it.
 
@OliverSalzburg lol, thanks! :P
@RudáAlmeida thank you :)
 
What's the name of that Windows font that contains elements of the UI?
 
@OliverSalzburg *dings
webdings or wingdings
 
@allquixotic No, not those
Marlett!
Humm, it's not the source of my problem though :\
IE renders its scrollbars like this:
I assumed it uses Marlett to draw the arrows
Similarly, NetLimiter has broken checkboxes:
 
Bob
@OliverSalzburg Segoe something?
 
5:23 PM
@Bob No, I was looking for "Marlett"
 
Bob
oh
I don't have that font..
or at least it's not exposed
 
@Bob Check charmap.exe
 
Bob
C:\Windows\Fonts>dir marlett*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 06C3-ACE4

 Directory of C:\Windows\Fonts

03/06/2012  01:34 AM            26,672 marlett.ttf
               1 File(s)         26,672 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  201,737,658,368 bytes free
There we go
there's a whole bunch of hidden fonts, IIRC - only the ones specifically added to a certain registry key are actually displayed in the Explorer abstracted view
 
Anyways, @Sathya, they are being given one last chance to make it right, then the cx is demanding their money back and changing to the registrar we suggested when they first asked us our oppinion
 
Bob
Charmap works too :P
 
5:25 PM
hey bob, hows it going
 
Bob
hi! not bad, you?
 
Not bad, still looking for a graphics card to fit into that machine
 
Bob
:S
 
eeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
Bob
no luck locally?
 
5:26 PM
high-up manager is in boss's office
talking quietly
 
Bob
too expensive, or not available?
 
hoping nothing bad
 
None, here's the specs and give you one guess why h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/…
 
@Luke ah ok - let me know how it goes
I'm heading to sleep now, ciao folks
 
Bob
I have no idea :P
@Sathya cya
@allquixotic good luck?
probably nothing bad?
 
5:27 PM
I guess my boss would have plenty of occasion to talk to his boss's boss for reasons other than it being something bad about me, since he manages a large team with lots of stuff going on
I've also caught wind of a rumor that perhaps they might be hiring
which would definitely involve higher ups
 
The main problem bob, take look at the rear of the machine
The slots on the back should give a indicator of how small this machine is, i'd have to cut out part of the rear and leave the side panel off just for any local ones to fit
This thing was not built for customization, or new parts for that matter
 
@user88311 SFF o_o DIE DIE DIE
 
...
 
That's what my workstation on the job is. :( No room for anything.
 
Wait you have the same model?
 
5:35 PM
Not sure about the model but I know I have the small form factor.
 
Any ideas on a place to find a graphics card half the size a normal one if possible
 
I don't know what SFF is, but as a room owner, I cleared the flag on Tanner's message above as invalid because "DIE DIE DIE" is not something remotely offensive when it's directed at a technology product
 
I have an SSD crammed in between the two low profile graphics cards and the case panel...
@user83311 ...did you seriously flag that? I was lamenting your plight with you.
 
oh, it stands for Small Form Factor.
@Tanner doesn't count against you though; I marked it invalid
 
@allquixotic Thanks.
@user88311 But yes, look for graphics card that are low profile or low profile ready
 
5:37 PM
anyways, you said you had a graphics card capable of fitting into one of these
mind linking me to one
 
Yeah, there's plenty of them out there.
 
wouldn't any short-ish GPU with passive cooling that fits into a single slot be suitable?
both AMD and Nvidia produce them; I'd recommend one of the latest generation
 
Active cooling works too, though can be buggy sometimes.
Cooling can be... ugh.
Burned my fingers once on a broken PC because the graphics card was so freaking hot when I pulled it out. (That's what broke it.)
 
active cooling cards generally run at a higher TDP, have more transistors (and more shader cores) and thus run faster, but passively cooled cards can also carry some semi-serious transistors (depending on how big and high quality the heat sink is) these days
 
It just needs something cheap, period, it's a personal use system wont be used for gaming or running enough code to make a processor heat up to the point the fans kick in the next gear
 
5:39 PM
if you need a graphics king you'll definitely want a dual slot GPU with some serious active cooling though
 
@user88311 Oh, yeah, that's easy to get away with.
 
Tanner
Take this in no offence
 
@user88311 if it won't be used for gaming, why not use the graphics on the processor?
 
Stop using the @ for me, on my main machine that I have working now, whenever that sound comes across, you hear it next door
2
 
...so turn down your sound.
 
5:40 PM
user88311, click the speaker icon at the top of your screen
 
or that, yeah
 
you can change the notification level
 
I would but it's on 10% as is
 
just set it to "none"
 
5:41 PM
it's stored in a cookie so it'll stick as long as you don't clear your browser's cookies or use a different browser
 
Anyways, @allquixotic, the problem is, they knocked the computer over, and grabbed it by the monitor cable to keep it form hitting the floor
 
ack
 
I have two ATI Radeon HD 5450's stuffed in my SFF box. They're passively cooled and have worked swimmingly despite how abusive I am to them.
Works great for general use and using three/four monitors
 
It no longer has onboard capabilities of connecting a monitor, I.E. Reason for new graphics card
 
Should be around $100?
 
5:42 PM
5450 is okay, but if you can afford it, and it's really not going to be much more expensive, I'd recommend taking the latest generation card always
evergreen will be unsupported in a year's time at the rate AMD is deprecating cards these days
go with the HD7000 series equivalent of the 5450, let me get you a model number
 
Got anything in the low price range, of 20-50
 
What's going on with Google right now O__O
 
I don't think you can get any graphics card for $20 USD short of something that is completely and utterly obsolete
 
@OliverSalzburg ?
 
I'm experiencing incredible delays for anything related to Google
And, because everyone is using Google Analytics, every page I load hangs on "Waiting on google.com..."
 
5:45 PM
@OliverSalzburg must be a local or regional routing issue
 
@OliverSalzburg Yeah, all's good on my side of the pond.
 
I hate my side of the pond right now :D
 
remember that "google.com" and most Google services are routed to a local datacenter, so every locale is going to be routed differently to their services
it's not a worldwide problem because us USAians are doing fine
 
@allquixotic Yeah, I'm aware of that :P
 
it might be all of Europe for all I know, but it's definitely not worldwide
 
5:47 PM
Heh. There was a little yellow "...and we're back" at the bottom of my chat list just now :P
 
Canada is going fine so not here
 
And now it has a new look! \o/
 
user88311, it seems like the cheapest retail price (i.e. shrinkwrapped, new, not used) for a current-generation, low-end, passively-cooled, discrete GPU is about $100, for both AMD and Nvidia
even if you go with a card 1 or 2 generations old, the price will drop by maybe $10 if you're lucky
 
Wonder if I can find similar for cheaper
 
5:49 PM
$20 - $50 is like... you'd need to get a card without any 3d acceleration capability at all, which means your desktop would be about as capable as Windows 95
 
All
Just found 1
Who said it had to be new
As long as it doesn't kick the bucket for 5-7 years it's all good
Do wonder if I can find one for cheaper
 
good luck getting 5 years out of a used card
most used cards are sold because something is wrong with them
simple fact
 
True
 
they might claim that it's fully functional but chances are that something is amiss; there are so many parts to a card that getting one that's 100% good is unlikely
 
None the less if it does till a new card or machine is bought it's all good
 
5:52 PM
@user88311 do you have a Best Buy there?
 
100 Clicks away, but yes
Country side right now
 
Best Buy usually sells several generations-old graphics cards for under $100... they're terrible, terrible cards that I would never recommend that anyone buy, but they're at least new so you know they won't be damaged, and they'll do web surfing, but that's about it
last time I was in there they were still selling HD3000 or HD4000 series cards in original packaging for like $45 USD
 
Hell I dropped by every tech shop around this place, found plenty high end cards cheap, thing is none of them fit the machine
At the rate this is going, I may just buy a new port and drop by a local shop that does reballing
 
honestly, it's probably cheaper to buy a new motherboard than it is to pay labor for an advanced repair like that
 
Only thing is, it'd cost just under a new card
 
5:56 PM
seems like cost is too much of a constraint for you for most options, but I found a HD3450 single slot card that might go for about $30.... it was out of stock though, I think they've stopped making them because they're so old
look for retailers or etailers that sell off stock of old, discontinued products and you may find a good deal on a card that was released to the public 5 or more years ago
(such as that HD3450)
 
Making lunch, back in 20
 
be careful to measure how much salt you put on your lunch, as it may cost too much if you overdo it
j/k
reminds me of Vork from The Guild (a youtube / webisode series) who brought a pack of American cheese to a diner because it would be 38 cents cheaper to order a hamburger without cheese and put on your own cheese
 
Bob
@allquixotic if you just want video, that's perfectly fine
I found a couple of $7 ones for him last time...
hey, it was low profile too
 
Only have paypal for online payment
 
Bob
...you don't have any credit cards?
heck, there's those gift credit cards too
that card's probably a complete piece of crap, but it should work
 
6:08 PM
heck, for $7 I'll have them send it out to you just so you stop agonizing over it... it's worth $7 to stop the flow of anguish in chat over the price of a couple sodas
 
Bob
lol
 
why are those nvidia cards going for $14.99 used but like $114 refurbished? O_O
 
for $114 you could get a new, factory-sealed HD7750, who in their right mind would buy one of those refurb non-GPU crapcards for $114
 
Bob
that's actually a recent card
GT520
 
6:09 PM
OH... I just got an idea
 
Bob
obviously extremely low end :P
 
didn't uh... CRAP... what was the name of that vendor!!!
there's some really fringe discrete card vendor out there whose main thing is cheapness; you can get a card with even basic DirectX 9.0c support for like $30 new
and that's their high-end one
Phoronix used to go on about them all the time
 
Bob
yea, but I thought the main point was to get some kind of video out of the piece of junk he rescues
hmm.. what about one of those USB video cards
 
A USB card, I've heard of a lot of things usb but not usb video
 
Bob
@user88311 they exist, but a very weak internal graphics card would be cheaper
 
6:16 PM
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
Thanks NetworkManager! :P
That's all of the cat output btw ;D
 
@OliverSalzburg nameserver 8.8.8.8
 
@allquixotic I was thanking NetworkManager for overwriting my resolv.conf which was working just fine :P
 
hmm, I was trying to find the S3 Graphics Chrome 530 GT but I don't think it's even available anymore unless you can find one on a second hand store or something
 
And NetworkManager will repeat this useful task whenever I plug in my RFID reader or reboot the Pi
 
@OliverSalzburg edit its config file and set the resolv.conf path to /dev/null :D
 
6:22 PM
@allquixotic I have never dealt with NetworkManager before. I don't even know what it's used for (beyond what the name implies)
 
The prices are right, shipping is free, but I'd hate to see how long they last dx.com/c/computers-networking-399/hardware-parts-313/…
 
Bob
@allquixotic 4.2.2.2?
 
@OliverSalzburg it's freaking awesome... it automatically detects network card link state (ethernet and/or wifi and/or VPN and/or RNDIS) and, according to user-configurable rules, either does DHCP, or static IP, or something else
all major Linux desktop distros use NetworkManager
 
CAPTION: Mommy, where do truck drivers come from? --> media.tumblr.com/4669c1ac8fd4fe158327b31df9486296/…
 
Bob
@user88311 careful with the USB ones - the ones on that page are video capture, not output
 
6:25 PM
it can also do WPA config by automating wpa_supplicant
 
Bob
oh, that reminds me
 
@allquixotic That might explain why I'm unaware of it :\
 
Bob
is there any way to set Ubuntu to prefer 5GHz?
or force it for a specific SSID?
same question for Windows :\
 
 
Bob
@Luke PvZ disagrees
 
6:28 PM
@Bob I think that should be obvious
Talking about the rest of the page
ATI radeon 512's for 44, not bad
would do for the machine if it fit
There's another 512 for 40 that could do the job
Mind you, coming straight from china, who knows if they work
 
@studiohack Could I get your opinion on this? amazon.com/Orange-JB-MT20-KIT-1-20-watt-10-Feet-GoDpsMusic/dp/… amazon.com/Orange-PPC108-20-Watt-1x8-Inch-Speaker/dp/B008BJYMCO/… I'm looking for a cheap little coffee shop rig (can't roll my half stack in) and I'm thinking about picking that up.
The 8" cab concerns me though... =\
 
6:55 PM
Uuggghh... Another virus laden personal laptop dumped on my desk...
 
How can I read input from the hosts keyboard when connected via SSH?
I have an RFID reader connected that emulates a keyboard, but I have no screen (or other means) to validate the input :P
 
Interesting.
 
And I was looking into my SSH window thinking "Why won't you type?!" :D
 
Sounds like a fun question to me
 
@Tanner Will post!
...after some research ;P
 
6:58 PM
haha
 
hey @Tanner
 
How goes?
 
not bad. The amazon link is...interesting lol
 
Last one @allquixotic
 
@studiohack lol how so?
 
7:00 PM
isn't that an amp? I'm curious why you asked me... I'm....
 
I guess I was gonna one box it but changed my mind
I thought you played? =S Am I confused again?
Maybe that was @slhck...
Too many hackers here. :P
 
@Tanner: @slhck is the guy - he has a band. I'm sure he would be more than happy.
 
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sorry
 
@Tanner no worries! I'd be happy to test out the setup with my aids out... and see if I can hear it? :D (I've lost 90%+ hearing)
 
@Tanner After typing it out, I already feel like what I want is not possible.
 
7:03 PM
How many db?
 
@Tanner around 90 dB right now.
80dB when I was born.
 
Ah.
 
The local system is probably on the login screen. So if I was to redirect keyboard input into my SSH session, I could potentially capture username/password
 
@Tanner The Orange amp is nice. Especially if you want to play at lower volumes and love a little crunchy, blues-y sound. Can't say much about the speaker cab though
 
Yeah you could probably still hear that one =D Though it would likely blow the speaker on that cab...
 
7:05 PM
@Tanner lol. I'm fine with talking about my deafness, no worries. I like to use that song to tell people I'm deaf - the lyrics "I'm deaf, so so deaf" always come to mind haha
 
@slhck Yeah that's exactly what I want. The Orange cabs are like $500 though and the wife will veto that. :P Do you know any decent small cabs?
@studiohack Do you sign?
 
On a related note, my sub died in my rig. kinda disappointed, I don't have any beats!
@Tanner yeah, some. do you?
 
@Tanner Maybe you can find a used 2x12 or 1x12 cab. That might be more expensive than the amp though, but I wouldn't try anything below 12".
 
@OliverSalzburg Well maybe someone on SU could figure it out :P
@studiohack Wife and mother-in-law do. Mother-in-law worked with high school deaf students.
 
@Tanner that's awesome! was she a teacher of the deaf or an ASL interpreter?
 
7:06 PM
@slhck Aww, no love for the 10"? ;P
@studiohack ASL interpreter
 
@Tanner Naw :P
 
@Tanner nice.
 
I <3 me some 10" speakers.
Hmm, yeah I think I'll skip the 8" cab...
 
@Tanner This seems to be doing "something" :D sudo cat /dev/input/by-id/usb-HID_OMNIKEY_5127_CK_01010053423438303000835748112531-event-kbd
 
snowbiking, anyone?
 
7:09 PM
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Q: How can I read input from the hosts keyboard when connected via SSH?

Oliver SalzburgI'm currently experimenting with an RFID card reader that emulates a keyboard. When you connect a card, it will read out data from it and then emulate keystrokes according to configuration. I've connected this device to a Raspberry Pi and connected to the Raspberry Pi via SSH. Obviously, when t...

There it is btw :P
 
7:29 PM
Oh come on people
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When a moderator already left a comment, why would you flag the post :P
 
Holy sweet mother never thought I'd see something like this again
I wish I had a scrap machine around that I could just test with to see if it's possible to wave solder a vga adapted onto a motherboard with a heat gun
Probably is but a test would be nice
 
7:50 PM
Kind of funny, out of all the cheap cards on dealextreme, the cheapest is the only vga
 
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Q: Bananas in comments?

nneonneoOn this question, I'm seeing bananas in two of the comments: Am I going bananas?

4
 
 
Thanks, allquixotic. And I didn't rename the function as your name is fantastic! — Lewes Dev 5 hours ago
 
8:13 PM
user image
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Sorry @allquixotic, couldn't resist
 
@Luke that one is funny
 
Placing an RFID reading on your (non RFID-proof) wallet is really counter-productive :P
"Why is it constantly blinking? O__o"
 
@OliverSalzburg oh, I forgot. you get distracted by bright lights. :D
9 hours ago, by Oliver Salzburg
user image
 
@allquixotic Huh? It constantly tried to connect to the RFID chips in my ID and stuff :D
 
9 hours ago, by Oliver Salzburg
It has a part that glows!
 
8:22 PM
...instead of the card that I wanted it to connect to
 
@OliverSalzburg Oh! :D
 
@allquixotic That's nothing, the repalcement seagate freeagent I bought to replace the one on its way out, an entire 1/4 of it lights up like a lightbulb
I can turn off everything in a room and it lights it up like a lamp
Like my old one better, just 1 2 mm line down the front that pulsates orange when in use
 
8:52 PM
The RaspberryPi really is a learning computer
The first lesson you learn is "How to wait"
Waiting - easy to learn, impossible to master
 
OC it in liqued N2 ;-)
Damn, I wanted to type a N=N (with three lines fot eh covalence electrons). No idea how to do that, but ... wait
=
 
@Hennes I like the idea :D
 
It is insane and fun (the idea)
Damn, in HTML is just cheat with things like <u> < </u> (less or equal)
 
N≡N
Too much chemistry and physics of late.
I blame wikipedia, MIT online lessons and phsyics.stackexchange
 
Bookmarked.
 
with most things in chemistry, certain elements are more prone to it than others (c.f. fission, fusion, melting, et al). Are there some elements that are ridiculously resistant to forming a covalent bond with other atoms of that element, except under extreme temperature and pressure conditions?
 

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