Root Access

jokerdino

16:07

Yeah, I remember having no clue how to shut down before logging out and then figured it was in the power settings.

Darth Android

> Duration 64 days, 03:37:01

Wait it's been in the power settings this whole time?

jokerdino

O_o

Bob

@DarthAndroid Wait, where do you get that info?

I just restarted last week due to a graphics driver bug, and a few weeks before 'cause of a GPU swap :(

I think I had almost two months going before that.

Darth Android

Network Center -> Connection -> properties

well

Bob

o.O

nope, not happening here

Darth Android

16:13

network Center -> click on your connection

Bob

my router has worse uptime than my PC :P

Darth Android

Ahh

my PC has a switch between it and router

and switch is on the same UPS as the PC

Bob

@DarthAndroid yea, switch uptime is pretty good (obviously), but I recently installed a new switch, so.......

Darth Android

so connection uptime is generally reflective of system uptime

Bob

@DarthAndroid good idea.. my switch is directly in mains :(

I need to get a powerboard for my UPS

Darth Android

16:14

The idea is that critical infrastructure has a UPS between it and mains

Bob

there's one spare IEC port on the back, but I don't have the cable to take advantage of that

Darth Android

primary screen, switch, router, PC, cable modem

Bob

I only have my screen and PC on the UPS

Darth Android

How big is the UPS?

Bob

the modem, router, rpi router and other networking equipment is in another room

the switch in this room should be moved onto the UPS, though

@DarthAndroid y'know, I forgot

Oliver Salzburg

16:16

@Bob This was the last state before deletion:

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /r %%F IN (*.stp) DO (
  SET cache=%%F
  SET archiveName=!cache:~0:-3!
  ECHO !archiveName!
)
ENDLOCAL

I have it done in PS now though

function CompressStp( $path = $pwd ) {
    Write-Host "Checking "$path
    foreach( $item in Get-ChildItem $path ) {
        if( Test-Path $item.FullName -PathType Container ) {
            CompressStp $item.FullName
        } elseif( Test-Path $item.FullName -Include "*.stp" ) {
            Write-Host "Compressing"$item
            $archiveName = $item.FullName.Substring(0,$item.FullName.Length-3) + "zip"
            $command = "& 7z a -tZip -mm=Deflate -mx=9 " + $archiveName + " " + $item.FullName;

Bob

@DarthAndroid 1000 VA

Oliver Salzburg

That's the whole thing I wanted to do

Bob

but it's been two years

not sure how the battery is now

incidentally, swapping GPUs has reduced my power usage at idle from ~200 W to ~125 W

that's going from a MSI GTX 560 Ti w/ Twin Frozr III to a MSI GTX 560 w/ Twin Frozr II

main reason for swapping was the other one was just far too loud... but both efficiency and performance seem to have gone up :\

Darth Android

I can't remember if mine's 1000VA or 1500VA. I've removed two of my GPUs, so I'm sure I can get by with a lot less now, but the CyberPower UPSs shut down if you go over their rated wattage. Had to upgrade to one of their bigger UPSs

Bob

41

Q: How to create a zip archive with PowerShell?

Is it possible to create a zip archive using PowerShell?

@DarthAndroid Incidentally, mine's CyberPower too :D

I just read the 1000 VA off the label on the bottom

Oliver Salzburg

16:20

@Bob That seems like a different task

Bob

they've also labelled it 530 W, which is a bit low... assumes power factor of 0.53, which is far lower than your typical modern SMPS

a gold 80+ should be over 0.9

@OliverSalzburg oh, I just meant as an alternative to 7za :P

Canadian Luke

Morning all! Hands up if you hate driving to work in -25 C weather

Bob

@CanadianLuke The day I experience that here, we're all fucked.

Darth Android

@Bob It may be a bit low, but if you go over 530W on the power draw, it will Beep for about 10 seconds and then kill power.

Bob

@DarthAndroid :(

that sucks

Canadian Luke

16:23

@Bob Where are you located?

Bob

@CanadianLuke Sydney, Australia

Darth Android

Which is the reason I have the 1500VA or whatever it is, because I needed the 810W power draw back when I had dual GTX580s and a GTX295 in the box

Canadian Luke

Oh, you lucky guy...

Bob

@CanadianLuke Eh... I think I might prefer cold over heat.

At least you can just wear more.

But -25 is a bit extreme.

Canadian Luke

True...

But when I went to Cuba, we could at least get acclimatized!

Bob

16:25

@DarthAndroid ouch

My GPU has a max TDP of 150 W

CPU is 95 W

bunch of HDDs, let's say no more than 25 W idle (maybe 50-60 W peak? but they won't peak at the same time as full CPU/GPU load)

mobo, I'll give it 100 W - far more than actual, but meh

That's at or under 400 W, thankfully.

Maybe +50 W for the screen (probably more than actual?)

so I should be well below any safety cutoff

Avinash Raj

microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html

Bob

@AvinashRaj Who becomes WHAT now?

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob Oh. Yeah, I wanted to use 7z for the ability to control all the things :P

HackToHell

@Bob One of our mod attains ceo dom

Avinash Raj

@HackToHell who?

Journeyman Geek

16:29

;p

55 mins ago, by HackToHell

ohai, luks lyk I'm CEO of MSFT :p

Tweeted by SathyaBhat on February 4, 2014 at 2:07 PM

Canadian Luke

/facepalm

allquixotic

wrong Sathya

Canadian Luke

I know

Journeyman Geek

;p

Braiam

that would be funny, a SEO of MSFT in Root Access...

allquixotic

16:34

look out for some of my countrymen (whom embarrass the whole lot of us) to start making claims like "oh no the Indians are taking over the world!" -_-

Braiam

Yep, and it uses 7z as the core library for most of its compression cmdlets. I know, becaues I implemented it ;) +1 — x0n Jul 21 '09 at 1:10

they tried to take over AU and they couldn't... yeah, the world is easier

allquixotic

next stop, Indian POTUS

maybe even female

HackToHell

@Braiam wow

Bob

@Braiam A SEO? What, link all the MS pages?

Braiam

@HackToHell yeah, to compress to zip D:

HackToHell

16:36

@allquixotic our evil plan is working

2

allquixotic

@HackToHell now that you've exposed it as blatantly evil, it'll backfire on you :P

then there'll be an Irish-native PM of India :P

HackToHell

She is effectively the PM

allquixotic

lesson learned: if you're going to be evil, KEEP IT A SECRET!

Bob

@allquixotic Ugh.

jokerdino

Anyone has inputs on using female over women?

Bob

16:39

It's not a good thing when representatives are elected for race, gender, etc..

HackToHell

@allquixotic :P :P

Bob

Sure, if they would be good on other merits.

allquixotic

@Bob I think a lot of people get bored of the same old same old and vote for whoever's more different -- it's the trendy diversity thing now

Bob

But "hey, (s)he's X, I'm X, I'll show solidarity by voting for them" is just plain stupid.

@allquixotic That might be even worse.

And on the other, unfortunate, side is people attacking those for being different.

Lots of Americans would've votes against Obama for that reason.

allquixotic

a female disabled West African-born military veteran lesbian is basically a slam-dunk for the US presidency ;p all the activist groups bundled up into one body

Braiam

16:41

I found a bug in ping! D:

Bob

A possibly big reason Gillard had trouble was because she's female.

Braiam

From 10.0.0.1 icmp_seq=5157 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.1 icmp_seq=5158 Destination Host Unreachable
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5159 ttl=64 time=1717 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5160 ttl=64 time=710 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5161 ttl=64 time=3.00 ms

Bob

(and party division, again somewhat related)

jokerdino

Also, wasn't she atheistic?

Bob

Abbott is a fucktard.

4

@jokerdino We generally don't care too much here. Most of us.

allquixotic

16:42

@Bob careful what you say over HTTP

2

jokerdino

Kevin Rudd is a cool guy. He follows me on Twitter.

allquixotic

the ANSA (Australian NSA; made up acronym) is watching

HackToHell

lol

Bob

Actually, the USA might be the most religious anglo country...

@allquixotic ASIS?

Wait, no.

ASIS == CIA, ASIO == FBI, DSD == NSA

allquixotic

@Bob depends on where in the USA

Bob

16:43

so either ASIO or DSD

allquixotic

@Bob I'm never buying a soundcard now, since the ASIO will be inside it D:

(bad acronym overloading joke)

Bob

@allquixotic Acronym overloading. Love it.

Oh, they renamed the DSD to ASD o.O

when'd that happen?

allquixotic

probably renamed it to deflect public attention from it

"if it's not named the same thing, people will forget about it"

c.f. blackwater

Bob

@allquixotic I don't think most people here know about it :P

.......

> Slogan: Reveal their secrets ... Protect our own

> Under the 1948 UKUSA agreement, ASD's intelligence is shared with its foreign partner agencies:

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic west african born would be an issue ;p

allquixotic

16:50

@JourneymanGeek not necessarily -- you can be a non-naturalized US citizen born outside the United States

Bob

"protect our own" pfffft

Journeyman Geek

I thought US presidents must be US born?

Darth Android

@JourneymanGeek They must.

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek It's complicated -- visalaw.com/05jan1/2jan105.html

there are two general classifications of US citizenship: citizenship by birth, and citizenship by naturalization

jokerdino

@Bob intelligence sharing is not new.

allquixotic

16:53

citizenship by birth can be attained either by being born within the US, or by meeting one of those very complicated criteria in the link I just posted

Bob

@jokerdino It was a joke.

jokerdino

@Bob oops

allquixotic

if you meet the criteria for "citizenship by birth", you can run for President

even if you are born outside the US

jokerdino

I am going to become the POTUS!

allquixotic

on the other hand if you don't meet the criteria for citizenship by birth then you can't run for President

jokerdino

16:54

Can I become a Governor for Cali at least?

allquixotic

@jokerdino certainly -- you can sneak into Cali on a boat, never pay taxes, and become Governor of California

jokerdino

Haha

allquixotic

you could probably become Governor of California even if you never set foot in the US and run your campaign entirely online

Bob

@allquixotic Ooooh, new goal

And on that note, I'm actually going to sleep now.

jokerdino

I want to believe you. And shut up Clippy.

Braiam

17:08

jokerdino

Cruel cruel clippy. Very insensitive

Braiam

Clippy now solves hearth problems... AL BABAJI CONTROLS CLIPPY!?!

Bob

@Braiam That looks disturbingly close to Comic Sans...

jokerdino

And Bob is sound asleep.

Like, for real.

allquixotic

@jokerdino I know, it's too bad we can't reach him to talk to him about headphones while he's asleep

jokerdino

17:20

Imagine being awoken because someone posted an image that had a font similar to Comic Sans.

His brain must be hardwired to this chatroom, constantly processing the info even when asleep.

Bob

@jokerdino The horror!

jokerdino

You know, I am feeling asleep and it is only 2300.

You are probably looking at a 0600 there.

Bob

24hr time looks weird

4:20 am

jokerdino

I like the 24h because that allows me to exercise my arithmetic. ^_^

allquixotic

@jokerdino so you're about 315 years old? wow... nice healthcare in India

also, nice job time traveling into the past, thus violating general relativity

jokerdino

17:25

Haha

There is no gravity here, because it is yet to be discovered.

2

GFSE

18:09

gemsfromstackexchange: Join the illuminati.

posted on February 04, 2014

Join the illuminati.

gemsfromstackexchange: HOW EVERYTHING OUT

posted on February 04, 2014

HOW EVERYTHING OUT

Hennes

How do I join my littlle illiminati ?

bobberson12

Does anyone know how to manually edit the "hicolor" icon theme on Linux?

?

(Ubuntu in Specific)

Hennes

18:25

Someone probably does. :)
Bit I do not.

That Brazilian Guy

!!maybe

ChatBot John Cavil

That Brazilian Guy

Someone tell John that Christmas has ended. Two months ago.

Hennes

But it will start again in only 10 months. Best get out all the decorations.

2

GFSE

18:46

gemsfromstackexchange: ♬

posted on February 04, 2014

♬

Boris_yo

19:27

Listen to this one!

►

Ash

is memory leaks permanant ?
I mean , a program creates a reference to a memory location in ( main memory ? )
and forgets to de-allocate it.How is memory leaks relevent in tis case : memory
leak in firefox ?
from the context of firefox I think leaks aint permanent , so whats the big deal ?

Boris_yo

@Ash My Firefox always memory leaks.

Ash

can i count that as permanent ? :p

Boris_yo

@Ash Until you restart Firefox, yes.

allquixotic

19:49

@Ash it depends on where the memory leak is

memory leaked by userspace programs is automatically reclaimed and added to the free pool by the kernel's memory management subsystem

memory leaked by the kernel itself is basically memory that a device driver or the kernel itself said it was using, but then stopped using and never marked it as free again

since the kernel doesn't have a kernel watching over it, and since the kernel doesn't stop/start during the duration of the operating system, memory leaked by the kernel is "lost" until the system is powered off or restarted

also, my statement above about the kernel reclaiming memory from userspace processes only applies when those processes are terminated, not during their run

Boris_yo

20:02

Can hardly hold my gaming memories' tears...

►

Ash

20:16

@allquixotic so , no memory leaks persist over reboots ?

allquixotic

@Ash no, never

Ash

ah..Now I gets it :)

allquixotic

a memory leak is just a failure to mark memory as "unused" after a piece of code is finished using it

2

when you reboot, your entire memory is cleared anyway, so all leaks from the previous boot are "destroyed" along with the old instance of the OS

Ash

also , I came across directory stream and wondered what it was ?

vague Google search dint return anything ....

Darth Android

@Ash Context? Where did you come across it?

Ash

20:23

its in the context of opendir()

delorie.com/gnu/docs/glibc/libc_271.html

!> The DIR data type represents a directory stream.

Darth Android

Oh

That's analogous to a file stream.

Directories are basically special files that contain a list of files that should be inside the directory

allquixotic

21:30

anyone else here in the SR private beta?

Darth Android

SR?

allquixotic

i can send email invites

Oliver Salzburg

@allquixotic Is it any good?

Hennes

So, a site where I can ask what the best program is to surf the web?

allquixotic

@OliverSalzburg well, give me your email address and find out, I'll give you a private beta invite :) I think it will turn out OK once they work out the kinks

Hennes

21:34

Or if I should appacked or a BASH-coded-HTTPd ?

Oliver Salzburg

@allquixotic [email protected]

allquixotic

got it

Hennes

As long as I am making half-jokes:

I just accidentally ran an SSL certificate through Perl. It gave 40 warnings before finally deciding it wasn't Perl code.

Tweeted by stwange on January 30, 2014 at 5:50 PM

5

Darth Android

21:48

wth... Why can't I delete that post?

Hennes

Which post? the one with your email? (Waited too long?)

Darth Android

Maybe? Is 3 minutes too long?

(yeah, the one with my email)

(not that it's a big surprise or hard to figure out)

Hennes

I am not sure how long the edit windows is. I thought it was up to 2 minutes.
which would mean that 3 min is indeed too long

After that you would need a mod to delete it.

Oliver Salzburg

@DarthAndroid I removed it for you

Darth Android

@OliverSalzburg Thanks!

Also, thanks for the invite @allquixotic (At least, I think it was you that sent it)

allquixotic

22:05

@DarthAndroid yeah it was

Hennes

Night all, bedtime for little irrational numbers like i.

:-)

Darth Android

22:34

:)

Bob

23:14

@allquixotic please? :)

@Hennes I would imagine it's more "what can do this" than "what's better at this"

allquixotic

@Bob oh, i already know your email, fox

invite sent

Bob

@DarthAndroid I was shocked.

@allquixotic Thanks!

I'll try it when I get home :P

Darth Android

@allquixotic This place is amazing! I can feel the reputation just flowing into my veins. Yes... Yesssss...

Bob

@allquixotic "1 Dolby Royalty" in the software list of the Dell desktops I'm looking at :P

allquixotic

@Bob o_O

@Bob I'm picking up a Sound Blaster Z (apparently current-gen) on my way home from work from Best Buy. It does both Dolby and DTS, with native TOSLINK S/PDIF in/out (yes, S/PDIF in!), and its DAC does native 24-bit, 192 KHz

Journeyman Geek

23:21

@allquixotic: yeah, and tested loves them

and the pod!

allquixotic

Best Buy has a 30-day return policy, so I'm going to carefully unpackage it, and if it sucks or the drivers are crap or whatever, I'm getting my $ back

that is literally THE ONLY reason why Best Buy is still on my purchasing radar

Journeyman Geek

ahh podless model :/

allquixotic

unsure about something? buy it there, because you can unpackage it, use it, decide you hate it, and send it back

on Amazon, if you unpackage it, it's yours

Best Buy probably realizes this is their main reason for continued corporate existence so I highly doubt they'll be anal about people returning stuff opened

gtg, back later tonight

Bob

23:35

@allquixotic Price?

@allquixotic heh, officeworks is similar

(except they also have a beat-by-5% policy, making them cheaper than online if identical item)

(and they're pretty friendly in general)

Canadian Luke

23:47

BOO YA!

gameaddict

wow and just when I thought internet couldn't get any faster than mine... (ok I knew it could get faster)

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