Root Access

allquixotic

14:01

@Bob online chat helpdesk?

That Brazilian Guy

Macbook webcams can be remotely activated without any sign: In a paper called iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED, security researchers Matthew Brocker and Stephen Checkoway explained a method for remotely operating the Isight webcam in Apple's Macbook laptops.

Bob

@allquixotic ya

Bob

14:14

I'm surprised they released VS2013

would've expected them to make it 2014

allquixotic

@Bob heh, yeah, they usually tend to release products in year X with marketing name year X+1

makes it sound futuristic :P when the funny part is that most enthusiasts will buy it in year X (not X+1); it was developed from, say, year X-3 to year X; and late adopters who buy it long after release (say, year X+2) will go "ugh, that's soooo 2013!"

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Q: Ethernet to USB adapter vs USB Ethernet card?

I would like to connect two computers so that one is connected on physicall via the "standard ethernet jack" (got lost in the naming, i believe it's 8P8C) and the other will be connected to a USB jack. However, logically they should be communicating via IP. While searching for the adapters, I r...

know what you'll never find in the near future? a 10G Ethernet to USB adapter ;p

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

maybe a 10G Ethernet to USB4....

Journeyman Geek

maybe with USB 4.0

jinx!

allquixotic

I bet they have GbE to USB3 adapters out now

Anonymous

14:21

what's up @allquixotic

Anonymous

how is your office heating scheme going?

allquixotic

@PatoSáinz building mgmt raised the temperature, so we disbanded our OpenCL warmth-generating scheme; but we have our programs ready to run if it ever cools down again

Journeyman Geek

also @allquixotic - I have an old 10 mbps adaptor

its a single specialised chip

Anonymous

@allquixotic quite a creative solution you had there

Journeyman Geek

and yes gig-e -> USB3 adaptors exist

Anonymous

14:23

@allquixotic i'm the office's secretary

allquixotic

@PatoSáinz it would take the cooperation of like 25 people in our office to make a dent in the temperature, given the volume of the work area and the low power nature of our GPUs

but certainly pegging the GPUs produces non-zero amounts of heat, which is better than none

multiplied by 25 it could be noticeable over a few hours

Anonymous

ofc

Anonymous

but just get blankets

allquixotic

but that's unprofessional

i just got a funny idea for making sure that people in a game development office are working and not surfing the web

cut off the heat, and tell them if you want heat, you better be doing 3d modeling or computing or playtesting the game to max out your GPU

and in the summer put the A/C on high

Anonymous

hmm

Anonymous

14:25

or just use webgl

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek Oh come one! First lion, now monkey. What's next?

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo i was thinking squirrel

allquixotic

@PatoSáinz could use a WebGL invisible widget at the bottom of the homepage of the company ;p

Anonymous

:p

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek I think its russian monkey.

allquixotic

14:26

actually a company webmaster at a game dev studio could make thousands of dollars by exploiting company resources >_>

make them mine bitcoin when they visit any page on the company intranet

Anonymous

of course

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo you'd be surprised how much it looks like me :-)

Anonymous

it has been done, in a TV station

Anonymous

and it has been done, by implanting it in a game

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek You are monkey?

Bob

14:27

:O

I like this support guy

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: you used the shibboleet code?

Bob

@allquixotic with a reversible connector? :P

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo no i just meant i ride a motorcycle :-) (the helmet)

allquixotic

!!xkcd shibboleet

ChatBot John Cavil

I recently had someone ask me to go get a computer and turn it on so I could restart it. He refused to move further in the script until I said I had done that.

Journeyman Geek

14:28

@Bob: apparently there's a new USB3 connector like that

Bob

@JourneymanGeek why not, USB3 has 5x the bandwidth

allquixotic

that xkcd command has to be the most powerful command the bot has; all you have to do is match one keyword for the comic you're looking for

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: hmm, and they only really exist cause of ultrabooks

in every other case there's better alternatives ;p

allquixotic

i had a dream that motorola released a new phone with super-strong "water glass" (wtf is that? don't even ask) and its only connector was thunderbolt... and the first thing i did with it was install and play Planetside 2 (yes, the desktop game, don't ask me how; IT WAS A DREAM)

i guess water glass would be ice o_o

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek Do you drink coffee? Does this look interesting? dimtol.myorganogold.com

Psycogeek

14:33

@allquixotic perfect, waterglass is a plastic resin that looks like water, it stays somewhat flexable so it would not break easily. it would be a perfect overlay on a amoled sheet. I think you just dreamt up the next gen phone, quick patent it.

Bob

:D

this guy

allquixotic

@Psycogeek o_O

Bob

called me on the phone

helped me with a different problem I vaguely mentioned

allquixotic

water glass is a thing?

@Bob who does he work for?!

Bob

Wanted to know if the Intel card is on the whitelist (it is)

he also gave me instructions on installing 8.1 with Ralink drivers

allquixotic

14:37

...an actually helpful HP guy?

2

is this real life?

Boris_yo

@Bob Drivers that previously failed?

Bob

@Boris_yo Ralink drivers are all kinds of fucked up

Anonymous

@Boris_yo what did you want me to clarify yesterday?

allquixotic

Raunlink

company slogan: "Connecting you to nowhere"

Bob

@allquixotic acquired by "mediatek" actually

allquixotic

14:41

o_O

Bob

hm

should I buy the Intel card from Amazon or eBay? decisions, decisions

allquixotic

Ralink + Mediatek = Ratek? what happens if they merge with Realtek? Realratek?

Bob

approx same price with shipping

ebay is local (Sydney), so it'll probably get here faster

Amazon is a nice big company

HMMM

allquixotic

D-Realrateklinksys

Anonymous

ralink is so god-awful

Anonymous

14:42

oh please don't get me started with d-link

Bob

@allquixotic broathTP-D-Realratelinksysco

allquixotic

Derp-link?

Anonymous

Bob

What's that, peach-scented router-cleaning fluid?

2

eh, bought from Amazon

probably a little safer

but it'll take 1-3 weeks longer :(

on the plus side, I'm guaranteed the same chip @allquixotic is happy with :D

allquixotic

@Bob :D

works very well on Linux

Journeyman Geek

14:46

@Bob: I didn't have any issues with my cheap ralink tiny dongle thing

or the ralink on my desktop

allquixotic

Bob

@JourneymanGeek But Intel is almost guaranteed to be better

Journeyman Geek

yeah

Bob

and Ralink has had very well-known issues with 8.1

Journeyman Geek

dlink on the other hand, needs to be nibbled to death by cats.

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Anonymous

14:47

i love my tiny tp-link dongle

Bob

enough that the HP guy immediately told me how to try to get it to work

Anonymous

so damn reliable

Anonymous

@Bob impossibru

Bob

...I'm not certain how it's supposed to work, but presumably it's somewhat standard procedure by now

uninstall drivers from device manager & install 8.1 - I did try that last time, it at least got the installation working

Anonymous

Bob

14:48

then install the drivers from the HP recovery manager

Journeyman Geek

I bought a DX branded one ;p

Anonymous

ew DX

Bob

haven't tried that before, but that might actually work

Journeyman Geek

price went up a fair bit from what I paid dx.com/p/…

allquixotic

i hate those adapters that are so small that you can never find them, just a few mm bigger than a USB connector

they seem almost impossibly small for something that complex

i guess they use the same form factor of chip as you would slot into a smartphone for wifi or bt, though

Journeyman Geek

14:50

lol

Bob

@allquixotic the antenna is almost guaranteed to be shit :P

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: I have a USB key like that ;p

Bob

at least you won't be snapping it off

allquixotic

if there even is an antenna

Journeyman Geek

grumble

Bob

14:50

@allquixotic there is. it's a trace on the PCB

Journeyman Geek

parents open my door. then forget.

Bob

no antenna = no connection

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek I have a FSF distro of gNewSense on a credit card that connects via USB

it's in my wallet :P

Anonymous

yea, and actually, i checked its power output and it's as strong as otgçher, bigger, antenna/dongle shits

Bob

TIL about tiny ceramic antennae: pulseelectronics.com/download/3721/g041/pdf‎

Anonymous

14:51

i love how small they are, i just got an usb cable extender and put the dongle in the wall

Journeyman Geek

yeah ;p

Bob

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Q: Why does an antenna trace have this shape?

I'm wondering why an antenna has a board trace that follows a certain "squiggly" shape. This doesn't have to apply to only antennas; I'm sure that there are other components that have changing paths for various reasons, but the antenna usually retains this shape. You can see it on the right in t...

pcb antenna

Journeyman Geek

I'm mainly using this for testing my ipv6 wierdness

and well

its cheap

Bob

lol

pins

Journeyman Geek

lol

Anonymous

14:54

screencaped

Anonymous

logged

Anonymous

nsa has you

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: I'm probably getting a moto G when it comes out here

Anonymous

@allquixotic pics now

Bob

@JourneymanGeek same :P

Anonymous

14:54

i'll get a moto g as soon as i pay my lollapalooza ticket

Bob

dunno if it'll become my primary, though

Anonymous

maybe in christmas

allquixotic

@PatoSáinz of what? are you kidding? I'm not upgrading to KitKat until they figure out how to root it :P

Bob

probably better than my S2, but I hate setting up new shit

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

14:55

migrating my configuration is such a pain... I really need to start documenting

Anonymous

Journeyman Geek

my one V has been kinda tempremental

Anonymous

this is my primary phone, so yea a moto g makes me happy

allquixotic

@Bob Snapdragon 400. -_- low-end phone

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

14:56

I'd rather have a Snapdragon S4 Pro than a 400

Psycogeek

@Bob it just seems so easy to put a simple covered wire dangling out of these thing to "improve" the antenna. its a laynyard its an antenna its both. (make it glow in the dark so you can find them)

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: best low end phone on the market ;p

Anonymous

why are you people complaining about snapdragons and i'm stuck with my bb torch

Boris_yo

@Bob I remember you wanted to wait for Ralink to update their driver that could work with Windows 8.1

Bob

@allquixotic well, I'm happy with my "Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9"

allquixotic

14:56

@JourneymanGeek ok, but I don't do low-end phones :P Moto's next flagship phone better freaking be a Snapdragon 800 (or something even better)

Bob

@Boris_yo that doesn't exactly mean they aren't fucked up, does it? quite the opposite

Anonymous

@Bob i'm happy with my blocking BB OS

Boris_yo

@Bob They are not nice in how they treat their workers in sweat-shops.

Bob

hm. TI OMAP 4430 chipset

allquixotic

OMAP lolol

Journeyman Geek

14:58

@Psycogeek: there are dongles this size with a full sized antenna

allquixotic

SLOWMAP

Journeyman Geek

or you could hook em up to a satillite dish ;)

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek a phone using a satellite dish as an antenna....

Boris_yo

@allquixotic Get 800

allquixotic

"can you hear me now?!"

Bob

14:58

@allquixotic the standard S2 had an Exynos

allquixotic

@Bob Exynos are pretty good, but S2 is older

Bob

and it's A9, while Moto G is A7

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek I think HTC has V, S and one of them is still single core.

Anonymous

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