Root Access

Psycogeek

00:00

wouldnt it be easier/faster to just talk to the thing by number instead of adding in the milisecond to resolve the name? What is preventing you from using the number?

Ben Richards

Ok i'm biting the bullet, I hope I survive the surgery. bbs

Bob

@Psycogeek harder to remember, and it can change if assigned by DHCP

allquixotic

@Psycogeek it probably gets a dynamic IP and he doesn't want to make it static, also to save typing, or whatever... personally i really don't care about this stuff; once i get a routable IP I stop and use that

i barely bothered to register a domain name, and that, mainly for MX records to avoid google calling my server spam

Bob

heh

Psycogeek

@allquixotic yea, my setup is so lame , i dont know if it knows its' own name :-)

Bob

00:02

stuff on my local network, I assign static IPs if I need to access them

my pirouter is on 192.168.1.100

allquixotic

although the IP route might become a bit cumbersome with the native ipv6 support i have -_-

Bob

VPSes and stuff? those get DNS names

allquixotic

i can still dual stack it (which is the default tethering configuration :D) buut....

Bob

@allquixotic have fun remembering those!

allquixotic

it's amazing how little of the internet comes down on IPv6 though

Bob

00:03

I'll get native IPv6 sometime around 2040

allquixotic

google does

hey, i remember i was having trouble accessing a site last weekend that appeared down for me but was up for everyone else

i wonder if they had AAAA records enabled but their IPv6 infrastructure was hosed

didn't investigate enough to know

Bob

@allquixotic it's not via DHCP, there's a DNS update command specifically for that purpose:

tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2136

Ben Richards

I seem to be successful!

Thanks guys! Weird error that was.

allquixotic

@BenRichards what did it? the local DNS or the wifi?

(considering you did both at once? :/)

Ben Richards

local dns didn't do it

allquixotic

00:05

kk

Ben Richards

ok ok doublechecking :P

how do I flush dns cache?

allquixotic

GOLDEN STAR: PROBLEM SOLVED
SOLUTION: USE AD-HOC MICROSOFT NETWORKING PROTOCOL FROM EARLY 90S
EXTRA CREDIT: BOB DISAPPROVES

@BenRichards ipconfig /flushdns

Ben Richards

Yep. Everything looks ok. removed and reinstalled the wifi card, got into the settings, it had NetBIOS on by default

And it worked

I was banging my head against the desk (figuratively) thanks :P

allquixotic

you're welcome :( now go away and don't come back until you have another problem :(((( (or stay and add value to the channel more frequently; that's more than fine, too!)

Bob

@BenRichards not as simple as that, you'd have to assign the local DNS server as the default, and possibly the DHCP as well, blah blah

Ben Richards

00:08

@Bob I know, I checked those settings

Netgear router doesn't have them unless I want to do a DDNS server

allquixotic

every time I think about manually configuring DNS, I get to the "blah blah" part and decide to do something else instead

Ben Richards

(yes I know redundancy)

Psycogeek

Comcast (my ISP) sent me a bill, that was $10 more this month. when i asked why, they said because your on the "Blast!" service. I say sure but you told us that the speed was going to get faster (new hype ads) and "I wouldnt have to do anything" . What they didnt say is it was a 6mo thing. I never signed up to "change" anything, or agreed to paying more :-( So now i am back to "normal" speed again. the partys over.

Ben Richards

I messed with it a while ago before when I set up my network to allow VPN connections in. Not using that now and don't remember what I did :P

allquixotic

@Psycogeek you use Comcast for intrusion prevention system? whoa

Ben Richards

00:09

But I researched it. Can research it again if I want.

I need to have dinner :P

allquixotic

speaking of, i really need to go home, i'm being unproductive ):

and yes, helping you counts as unproductive, because i'm not getting work-work done

That Brazilian Guy

wow such question much rep

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Q: I can't open google-related sites

I'm getting timeout errors on google-related sites. If I try to open google.com, gmail.com, etc, it will keep displaying the "waiting reply" on the browser bottom, and the page won't open. If I am browsing another site that includes, say, www.google-analytics.com, ajax.googleapis.com, google fon...

connection

Psycogeek

@allquixotic (i fix) That too :-)

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy so confusing, very firewall, much sadness

!!afk wow home

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Apricots are people too!

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That Brazilian Guy

00:12

@allquixotic much night such sleep

WHO DARES SAY SLEEP ON ROOT ACCESS?

Psycogeek

@ThatBrazilianGuy I have actually hosts blocked many aspects of google analictics and syndication, and some other stuff i do not understand and everything still worked. Not many of the "blockers" or hosts files (for some reason) will include such bemoths of tracking and advertising. Did you check any blocking stuff that you might have on, that others would not?

(they probably wont block google because Thier ads are served up by it :-)

Also (but less related) there are indeed blocks that a person can do that can cause a web page to go into lost mode (with the load never finishing). I assume because some script junk keeps looping around over and over again at each timeout.
Plus there are sites that are forcing a refresh of a section of the site (where the ad is, not where the usefull info is). and again those can cause problems. The use of the X Stop button, comes in really handy. get info stop loading rest of page. Someday the only way to view the web will be "text only" mode :-)

(they will call this BBS :-) Back to Basic Services)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system la original web like thing, people (not me) would spend days and days on

-They dont tell the truth about why BBS ended. It was when they found a way to spam it with ads :-)

Bob

00:38

O.O

reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1v3rgq/…

someone explain please

Psycogeek

""People grew mustaches to denote military rank and/or land ownership, good political standing in the empire. I'm sure it was similar for the rest of India, too."" Hmm i only do it when i am to freaking lazy to shave .

""Indian police given moustache pay
Indian security forces
Many Indian men see the moustache as a sign of masculinity
Police in a district in India's Madhya Pradesh state are being paid to grow moustaches because bosses believe it makes them command more respect. "" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3392809.stm
I grow a hitler stash and then people fear and respect me. . . then want to keel me.

Bob

01:08

5

A: Input text from one file, output it to another

In four simple steps: Print the file. You can use the lpr command for this. Mail the printouts to a scanning service. (You will need postage for this). The scanning service will scan the printouts and do OCR for you. Download to the appropriate file location.

@JourneymanGeek ^

Journeyman Geek

01:29

rofl

needs more wooden table

allquixotic

01:43

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic BROOOOOOOOOOOO.

Bob

@ChatBotJohnCavil wtf

// really shouldn't happen

just added that comment :D

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

ugh JS

this framework

it uses false to indicate nothing selected, and integers to store the index otherwise, all in the one variable

so false is no selection and 0 is the first row selected

Psycogeek

02:12

Bob

02:57

@JourneymanGeek just ordered some HoD from one of the local stationery stores :P

allquixotic

03:10

@JourneymanGeek nice question O_o

Bob

Hey, at least you aren't using cat2

or cat1

Anonymous

@allquixotic parkinsons is also a fun fat

allquixotic

03:34

medicalcenter.osu.edu/pdfs/sage/sage-form-3-us.pdf

Bob

lol: reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1v4vtq/…

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@allquixotic ?

allquixotic

04:02

@Bob parents are going to take that to see if they're quite sane or not

i know my dad isn't

Bob

@allquixotic wut?

Michael Frank

lolol

armitage.crinkle.net/products/magician.html

allquixotic

@Bob it's an alzheimers/dementia test.

my mom is fine but she suspects my dad has one of those

Bob

@allquixotic ah...

@MichaelFrank rebranded etherkiller...

@allquixotic :(

Gowtham

04:41

@Bob :D

Journeyman Geek

05:11

@allquixotic on the ethernet cables? ;p

@Bob: half of cat 5 should be cat 2.5 ;p

ekaj

Was averaging 20-40 rep a day, school starts, down to 0 again

nhinkle

@ekaj man I know how that feels...

you can roughly estimate when my school breaks are by where my reputation increases and then levels off again

Journeyman Geek

lol

I think my biggest rep spikes are during exams ;p

Bob

ok

JS is broken

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A: An unintentional-looking but crash-causing bug

JavaScript var arr = [3,6,1,54,2,-4,8,10,3,7] function qs(a) { if (a.length < 2) return a var part = a.shift() var higher = [], lower = [] for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i ++) { var x = a[i] // *** THIS LINE *** (x < part ? lower : higher).push(x) } return qs(...

nhinkle

I have a friend who's like that. Finals coming up? Better answer all the things on Stack Overflow to avoid studying!

Journeyman Geek

05:18

XD

(this week was an exception, but I've actually asked two questions the same week ;p)

ekaj

I might make an account on codegolf just to favorite stuff

Bob

@ekaj :)

underhanded.xcott.com/?page_id=7

> Won’t this contest have a bad influence on our youth?

I don’t see why: all I’m doing is inviting people to write malicious software in exchange for money.

Besides, it’s not even money. It’s a gift certificate for a store that lets you buy innocent things like caffeine pills, knives, butane torches and lasers.

Journeyman Geek

Yanno, You can kill people with 3 of those.

(ironically, the lasers are the safest of these)

ekaj

05:33

write something in a reallyreally random language like brainfuck

ekaj

06:17

one of my favorite covers: youtube.com/watch?v=GT0Sz6iRUpo

until the band starts

Bob

08:32

hey

anyone who cares about copyright law (@allquixotic?): ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/…

> The EU is considering reforming copyright and has started an open consultation with all interested parties, including non-EU citizens.

>
It provides a list of some 80 questions for you to provide your opinion on, but you don't need to answer all of them. There are only guides to help you target the questions that are important to you:

http://copywrongs.eu/
https://ameliaandersdotter.eu/copyright-consultation-model-responses

As the author of the latter page says: It's more helpful if you give a personal answer to 5 questions than if you copy/paste a reply to all 80.

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Journeyman Geek

09:14

4

Dew

@JourneymanGeek lol

Bob

09:44

soo.. @JourneymanGeek any advice? :P saintsrow.wikia.com/wiki/My_Name_is_Cyrus_Temple#Choice

(satchel charges, specter or crusader?)

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: DEFINATELY the specter

its the only way to get it

Bob

@JourneymanGeek and the other two?

(I already have an ultor interceptor, btw)

Journeyman Geek

other one, depends. Satchel charges are quite fun used right, but the other weapons do the same job more safely

Bob

hm

I probably wouldn't even touch the tank

hmmmm

(I like fast transport)

Journeyman Geek

precisely

Bob

09:55

the bloody cannoness is a godsend

Journeyman Geek

the motorbike?

blah, steal an unmarked squad car ;p

Bob

@JourneymanGeek hm?

the motorbike is crazy fast and maneuverable

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Goes fast, controls well

I'm not a fan of motorbikes in SR3

never really managed to control them well

Bob

lol

Journeyman Geek

(SR4? Cars? Who needs cars?)

Bob

09:58

yea, crashing into a wall is... unpleasant

but sharp turns are much easier than in cars

just brake, turn, accel

by brake, I mean a quick tap

Journeyman Geek

lol

I drift a LOT on cars

Bob

having trouble finding that heli on the island

Journeyman Geek

island?

there's no helo on the island

OH

the military one?

right at the center, there's 4 landing pads

hm

They MIGHT get spawned after a specific mission

Bob

> Like the STAG base in Sunset Park, aircraft often fail to spawn at this location, especially if it is approached from the air. To deal with this, the player must move away from the base and then return, preferrably on foot. It may take several tries before the helicopters appear.

oh

I was in a VTOL

Journeyman Geek

lol

I'm sure I approach the place by vtol

(until I get bulletproof, but at that point, I basically just blow shit up for fun)

Bob

10:03

often fail

Journeyman Geek

there's this mission in the alien DLC

its where you actually use the helo as a mission vehicle IIRC

Bob

heh, stole a firetruck

Journeyman Geek

I tried connecting the 4 wire cable, on my laptop its limited to 10 mb/s

this speed test is... going to take a while

Bob

there found it

Journeyman Geek

10:21

the eagle? ;p

I'm probably posting an answer to my ethernet question myself

Bob

@JourneymanGeek no, the tornado

well

I jsut got a STAG VTOL from the mission anyway

that was a waste

Journeyman Geek

10:41

lol

STAG VTOLS are kinda borkedly powerful

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I've got the DLC one. It's pretty broken earlygame.

It's pretty broken for the whole game :P

Bob

11:11

wtf

@allquixotic webhostingtalk.com/…

huh actually... this is somewhat decent!

> HP BL460C Dual X5150, 16GB, 500GB - $20/mo
* 2 x Dual Core 5150 Xeon
* 16GB RAM
* 500GB Disk
* 1 IP Address
* Hardware RAID Controller
* Dedicated KVM (HP Lights Out) with full graphical KVM, virtual media
* Dedicated Power control (power on/off/reset as required)
* 5TB Bandwidth
* OS: Linux, Windows (you provide the license)
* Gigabit port

> We've also discovered another 100 units of our Atom 230 server, so get them while you can:

Atom 230, 2GB RAM, 100GB Disk - $5/mo
* 2GB RAM
* 100GB Disk
* 2TB Bandwidth
* 1 IP Address
* OS: Centos, Ubuntu, Scientific Linux and Fedora
* Gigabit port

"discovered"

tombull89

@Bob they "found" some machines in a storage cabinet somewhere.

huh that reminds me I need to renew my VPS today

Journeyman Geek

heh, this is lovely

I wrote an entire answer and had dinner and... the speed test that I want in my answer isn't a quarter done.

I'm pretty certain this is running at less than half duplex speeds

and I mean this for plan vanilla ethernet.

Gigili

12:14

Hello, people.

I'd like to report an issue

(Haha, such a cute nosy clip)

Journeyman Geek

XD

Gigili

Every time I play a video or a song, no matter which software I use to open it with), my laptop makes an annoying sound

Journeyman Geek

Its one of my favourite photos ;p

Gigili

Like when DVD writer/player is playing a scratched CD/DVD

Do you know what's wrong with my laptop?

Journeyman Geek

so, it skips?

Gigili

12:19

@JourneymanGeek Somehow, for a few seconds

Journeyman Geek

bad sound card?

Gigili

Is it the sound card?

Umm

Journeyman Geek

sounds plausible

might be the driver tho

Dew

@JourneymanGeek its possible

Journeyman Geek

try a livecd to rule that out?

Gigili

12:20

No, it was not the driver

Dew

worng spells

Journeyman Geek

ahh, excellent. So this crappy cable DOES run full duplex 10 mbps

Gigili

@JourneymanGeek OK, now, what's livecd?

Journeyman Geek

@Gigili: like ubuntu or something

Gigili

You suggest installing Ubuntu?

Dew

12:22

yes

Gigili

@JourneymanGeek Is it an on-topic question for main?

Journeyman Geek

yes, with more details

not installing, really

running it off a USB key or cd rom drive

Gigili

virtual machine?

Journeyman Geek

If it still happens, its hardware, else its something else

no, 'dual boot' of sorts

but without installing

Gigili

Got it.

@JourneymanGeek Thank you for your help.

Journeyman Geek

12:46

identical everything except for cable. And yes, the one on the right is still on going.

Bob

13:02

@tombull89 :P

@JourneymanGeek You can't confirm full duplex from a one-way speed test.

the adapter details normally lists the connection mode

Gowtham

@JourneymanGeek wow

What kinda cable difference ?

Bob

@Gowtham One's crappy, the other's not? :P

Gowtham

@Bob :P So both are cat 5 cables ?

VarunAgw

Please somebody help me with this question. superuser.com/questions/701495/…

It is very important

Atleast let me know if the extension is working for you! chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-rest-client/…

Oliver Salzburg

13:17

@VarunAgw code.google.com/p/chrome-rest-client/issues/list

VarunAgw

@OliverSalzburg ?

Bob

O.O

►

MSIE: anime edition?

Oliver Salzburg

@VarunAgw You can check if any similar issues have been reported, if not, report it

Bob

huh.. that's actually.. pretty well done

VarunAgw

@OliverSalzburg I have already reported it there but I am unsure it is a bug or only me is facing the problem

Oliver Salzburg

13:20

@VarunAgw Ah, I see. I wouldn't know what to test it against, so I can't help right now

Journeyman Geek

13:43

@Gowtham the slower cable is 'cat 5e', the faster cable is cat 5

@Bob: not checked that yet

Bob

@JourneymanGeek what, the IE anime? :P

Journeyman Geek

no, whether its running full or half duplex

... wait, what?

I'm not getting an ipv6 address with this cable

Bob

28 mins ago, by Bob

►

Yes. The Internet Explorer anime

@JourneymanGeek Eh.. did you expect one?

Journeyman Geek

yup

System has ipv6 with the other cable. This is just bloody wierd

Oliver Salzburg

You got non-IPv6 CAT cables?

Journeyman Geek

13:48

I'll doublecheck when the speed test is over, in a hour or so

@OliverSalzburg: Yeah, I'll put it in a box with my non right handed screwdrivers.

Oliver Salzburg

:D

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Get better cables! :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: this cable is uniquely mucked up

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Have you been chewing on it?

Journeyman Geek

(my other cables do fine)

@Bob: Do I look like a rabbit to you?

Bob

13:52

@JourneymanGeek Do you?

Journeyman Geek

No

Bob

(dogs actually do chew on cables sometimes :P)

Journeyman Geek

Not even to prove a point.

My canine alter-ego used to chew on trunking as a pup

back when he was a little neglected scamp

allquixotic

14:05

difference between cats and dogs: if a cat likes you, it rams its head into your leg like it's a battering ram. if a dog likes you, it licks your face.

Journeyman Geek

14:16

sigh

one gbish to go

Gowtham

@JourneymanGeek ok

Journeyman Geek

@Gowtham: and by e they mean "Extremely Slow"

Gowtham

15:09

@JourneymanGeek but it's supposed to be faster ?

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Gowtham: cat5 or better does gig-e (and cat5 e is better than cat 5)

4 wires should be good enough for 100Mbps, this barely does a tenth of that

That Brazilian Guy

At our office the email server is down since last week, the other crew got no internet connection, we're out of water for days, the bathrooms are clogged, the climate in the city is more than 45C... In other words, just a normal weekday.

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy o_O wow

with no water or bathrooms they wouldn't let us work

those things are conditional of having an operational facility here

That Brazilian Guy

To be honest the "out of water" is intermitent, and for the last days we're out of drinking water only. They buy huge water gallons where a water filter would be fine.

And there are other bathrooms on the building, but quite far.

But the usual state of the building is... quite peculiar

Different branches of the institution have different sources of budget

So you get on shiny futuristic building with palm readers

And on shoddy buildings that looks like Muttley's car

►

Journeyman Geek

15:29

Muttley is awesome

That Brazilian Guy

Hm, can non-moderators and non-room owners see deleted messages history?

Journeyman Geek

nope

That Brazilian Guy

phew

(Why do I even bother? Almost everyone here is either a moderator, a room-owner, or both!)

8

Journeyman Geek

lol

not really ;p

Gowtham

@ThatBrazilianGuy well there's me

bob likes to delete messages just to annoy me

Journeyman Geek

15:43

lol

allquixotic

i like to stealthily delete stars

5

That Brazilian Guy

Oh, so everyone (except @Gowtham) knows my name and where I work.

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy yeah, i even know your home address and your phone number

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic Wait, who are you now? The NSA or Google?

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy Yes

vzhen

15:45

Where to get macbook pro 15 non-retina (new)?

Oliver Salzburg

@vzhen Apple store

vzhen

@OliverSalzburg only retina

Oliver Salzburg

@vzhen Then non-Apple store

vzhen

=.=

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic No, the way you answered, you are a Client From Hell!

> - Do you want A or do you want B?

> - Yes.

allquixotic

15:46

@ThatBrazilianGuy Yes

That Brazilian Guy

Will you please stop saying "yes"?

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy Yes

That Brazilian Guy

Can I install Windows ME on all your computers?

With Java AND the ask toolbar?

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy damn, you got me.

That Brazilian Guy

11 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek

@Bob: half of cat 5 should be cat 2.5 ;p

Why is transfer speed measured in cats?

allquixotic

15:50

@ThatBrazilianGuy it isn't

That Brazilian Guy

I was just kidding, I know broadband is measured in pigeons!

allquixotic

roughly, the categories refer to revisions of structured cabling specifications chronologically -- but since data transfer speed requirements have gone up over time, higher level categories have tended to be more rigorously designed, to improve their signal to noise ratio by reducing interference with shielding and so on

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: this is half a cat 5 cable ;p

Gowtham

@ThatBrazilianGuy Oh shaddup

:P

Danny Beckett

!!help

ChatBot John Cavil

15:53

@DannyBeckett Information on interacting with me can be found at this page

Danny Beckett

@allquixotic You might want to edit ./source/commands.js to have !!help to link to your own page, per github.com/dannybeckett/SO-ChatBot/commit/… - up to you, but it's definitely better for us on Aviation :)

allquixotic

@DannyBeckett sure, but I don't currently have any documentation cooked up, and I don't have very many new commands, just removed old ones.... effort -_-

Danny Beckett

sure :)

...I've got issues coming out of my eyeballs on our fork :p

allquixotic

@DannyBeckett a lot of aviation-specific commands, but cool nonetheless

Danny Beckett

yeah

odd, I wanted to summon our bot here for a minute to show you a funny command (!!TeachMeToFly) but the bot doesn't wanna join :( @allquixotic

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