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Journeyman Geek

00:36

o0

ttrss seems to convert all the images to monochrome in chrome

not in firefox tho

Bob

wut

Journeyman Geek

yup

took me a moment to work out why everything was monochrome.

Utkarsh

@JourneymanGeek good morning

@evamvid o/

You are on GitHub?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: ^^ notice the favicons are monochrome too

allquixotic

01:23

@JourneymanGeek who you pidgining with? :P (you don't have to tell me, I'm just joking)

foobar2000 and xchat user!

ssh and some lenovo prog

notepad, paint.net, task manager, command prompt... typical geek :D

fair's fair :P

Journeyman Geek

01:38

@allquixotic: pidgin is connected to my own jabber server which I'm currently troubleshooting

for some reason I can't get it to connect with ssl

also, its hexchat

Journeyman Geek

01:55

hm, super nervious

friend of my dad's told me to call a guy about a job. I have zero information about what they do ;p

They probably do 'computers' at some level, and I'll have a good word in but meh, this is essentially a faux phone interview with no information at all

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Selling knives.

Journeyman Geek

lol

ooh

google!

heh, found out what the company is

Michael Frank

02:43

@JourneymanGeek ...and?

Journeyman Geek

electronics repair stuff

sending a resume, lets see how it goes, looks almost like real engineering

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek well luckey you as they dont repair stuff anymore, they just replace whole boards, and the pay is the same :-)

Michael Frank

@Psycogeek That depends.

Psycogeek

If he gets a job in industrial robotics, then even better.

Michael Frank

Electronics repair doesn't sound like Industrial Robotics at all.

Journeyman Geek

02:57

guy told me to get the email addie off his site, only one they seem to have is their sales one

Michael Frank

It'll probably be break/fix stuff, which is still fun if you're into that.

Psycogeek

The mystery, there must be a clue in what they do?

Take this pallet of phones we got in, fix em and sell them on e-bay

allprimeproducts.com/electronicspallets.php Ever wonder where that suff goes. Amazons Lemon trucks superbodegadepacas.com/Shop/… If it didnt work the first time, try try again.

Journeyman Geek

these seem to be things like diagnostic gear and stuff

anyway, emauled him and we'll see

Michael Frank

03:12

emauled? D:

Is that what a Cyber Bear does?

allquixotic

@Psycogeek LOL

that's from the first link. @Bob would love that. returned Beats headphones. in the junk pile, where they belong.

Psycogeek

a goldmine. Just go to vegas, and tell people "well they fell out of a truck, so were making you a special deal today"

(the unsuspecting buyer thinks that your a criminal and have very valuable stolen merchandise)

oops, i guess that is the suspecting buyer, oh well.

I need help fixing this computer :-)

Michael Frank

03:35

Does anything look wrong with this picture? (They're looking for the missing flight MH370)

... not that one.

this one ^

Journeyman Geek

the hearing protection/headphones?

Michael Frank

I was thinking more like... They're above the clouds.

Psycogeek

Well it was a Jet liner :-)

Michael Frank

Are you suggesting MH370 is still airborne?

Journeyman Geek

he's looking down ;p

don't forget, those planes are meant to spot subs

Psycogeek

03:44

@MichaelFrank I was thinking it was more waterborne.

Michael Frank

If all the camera can see out the windows is clouds, what do you expect the guy sitting next to the camera can see? Bigger clouds because he's using binocs?

Psycogeek

He probably only sees the AP photo guy , doing pictures for a news photo, which often are very good representations of the actual news. (back when journalists existed)

Psycogeek

04:06

The Iwood basic computer, it's a Pear.

Complete with built in touch stylus

Erasable graphics memory

allquixotic

LOL

Psycogeek

reconfigurable keyboard?

ekaj

04:57

Psycogeek

05:28

youtube.com/watch?v=wcUnE0tHcaI <-- Redefining Tumbleweed, it is the flaming tumbleweed tornado (dust devil) After turning down the music , it is rather interesting.

Bob

05:42

@allquixotic I saw a guy on the bus with Beats headphones today. I was sad.

ekaj

Reading man pages... soothes the soul.

not really though

Journeyman Geek

oooooh

new GOW build

and it has nano

ekaj

06:03

I think I need to clean my fan.

VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Bob

@JourneymanGeek GOW?

@JourneymanGeek Vim vim vim!

:P

Journeyman Geek

06:58

I need a text editor not a os :p

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Notepad.exe! :D

Journeyman Geek

github.com/bmatzelle/gow

Notepad spazzes on Unix line endings

Meh they misspelled my name on my id and I am stuck waiting for m y queue number

And its not moving

Journeyman Geek

07:42

And two more to go

Journeyman Geek

07:55

superuser.com/questions/732728/… microwave attack?

Michael Frank

Tinfoil hat suggestion?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Oh that thing.

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek from the sound of all the conspiracy stuff, we can assume that he does not mean, that his little brother turns on the microwave to destroy his WiFi :-)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ..."my computer isn't working, it must be someone else's fault!"

I'm tempted to say "lost cause, close it and move on"

...yea, not too happy today

that, or I'm spending too much time in the SF chatroom

Jishnu U Nair

Hi guys..can anyone help me with clearing a doubt about merge functionality of wireshark?

Paul

08:57

@JishnuUNair Merging what?

sammyg

09:19

Guys! Can you please recommend an alternative to Mapedit by Boutell?

I already tried searching on alternativeto.net but it is not listed.

This is a "WYSIWYG editor for WWW imagemaps".

Journeyman Geek

more specific details, and that might be a possible sr.se question.

sammyg

Developer website: boutell.com/mapedit

Journeyman Geek

I'd also look at open street map editors

sammyg

I don't think software recommendations are legitimate questions for Superuser.

@JourneymanGeek Is that www.openstreetmap.org?

I will look at that.

Journeyman Geek

yup - its a set of maps

Bob

09:23

@JourneymanGeek Completely different thing.

He's talking about HTML imagemaps.

Image map

In HTML and XHTML, an image map is a list of coordinates relating to a specific image, created in order to hyperlink areas of the image to different destinations (as opposed to a normal image link, in which the entire area of the image links to a single destination). For example, a map of the world may have each country hyperlinked to further information about that country. The intention of an image map is to provide an easy way of linking various parts of an image without dividing the image into separate image files. Server-side image map Server-side image maps were first supported in M...

@sammyg You can just search "html imagemap" for some others

Heck, the wiki article has some.

Journeyman Geek

oops >>?

Bob

:P

@JourneymanGeek Here's an example:

Guest comic by Zach Weiner of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. When I was stressed out, Zach gave me a talk that was really encouraging and somehow involved nanobots.

(you're going to have to click through)

Journeyman Geek

Yeah ;p

sammyg

OK

Looks like GIMP has a plugin for this?

Is Dreamweaver an overkill for this?

8

Q: What is the best tool to create an image map?

I have a large image and I want to make certain sections of the image clickable. I also want to specify the shape of the clickable area (square, circle, custom). Is there some a recommended designer tool where you can point to an image and highlight areas and it will spit out the correct image...

I have access to Dreamweaver CC on one of the computers. But I would prefer to use a small, simple tool, preferably free (or open source). It should work with Windows.

Anything that comes to mind?...

There are tons of different programs and tools for this out there. However it needs to be installable and run locally and work with local files. So no online editors please.

Michael Frank

09:46

0

Q: in minecraft how do i place blocks without breaking existing ones?

I'm on single player creative mode. When i try and place down a block all it does is break existing blocks. So how do i place down a block without doing this?

minecraft

Oliver Salzburg

10:21

@MichaelFrank Nice :D

Psycogeek

10:33

I am in serious need of switching out of virtual Dub for another converter made in this century . But what converter would do everything I have been doing?

To make my videos work well outdoors in the portable device, i have had an Array of adjustements being done to them. Levels - Raise the brightness without destroying the picture, so it uses Less backlight indoors, and so it can be seen outdoors in the sun. Saturation - which increases the Color contrast, making it much easier to see when out doors . Temporal filter - To filter all the Grain noises and other artifacts, because that stuff wastes data prior to compressing.

Sharpen - it lots without destrying it or adding noise or grain. Resize - to exactally 1/4 the resolution of the device. Encode- To Xvid (or divx) so it will play on every piece of junk made from 2000 and on.

Jishnu U Nair

@Paul merging pcap files.

Psycogeek

. . . and Raise the volume back up to use the full range of the digital audio, or the portable speakers are not loud enough. Encode that to Mp3 128 CBR , so (again) it will play on every portable device made .

Paul

11:16

@JishnuUNair Ok?

Oliver Salzburg

@sammyg Software Recommendations

Oliver Salzburg

11:37

This is neat: wei-wang.com/ExplainGitWithD3

Ivo Flipse

11:57

@OliverSalzburg nice visualizations, too bad I actually have to type something :P

Oliver Salzburg

12:23

@IvoFlipse It needs an undo. I still don't understand rebasing :P

Well, I guess I do understand it, I just don't know when to rebase instead of merging

Ivo Flipse

12:43

@OliverSalzburg Guess the order matters

Psycogeek

""I can't believe they ask for money for this appalling software. I found it to be riddled with bugs crashing numerous times for assorted reasons a total waste of time. If they had released this as freeware beta I would make some effort to help them solve the problems. ""

"If you noobs cant mess around instead of wining and complaining then go program yourself your own "

""I find it interesting that despite 172 views (at time of this post) NOBODY has add a comment in support of this program "wonder why that is?"""

Ok looks like i found a winner, all i need to do is become a programmer , and DIY.

HackToHell

13:05

wtf new firefox beta update sucks

Bob

@HackToHell I take it you don't like Australis? :P

@allquixotic seems to like it

I'd rather not.

HackToHell

@Bob Ah it's Australis, forgot the name. Nope I don't like it :P

And finally the play favicon(youtubr) in firefox doesn't look like a dick

Bob

O.O

@HackToHell I have no idea what you're talking about.

HackToHell

Wait, I think I have a screeny

Can't find it :P

Bob

13:34

Just closed 797 tabs.

allquixotic

@Bob yeah, it's great

This is a terrible unhelpful semi-answer full of ignorant BS. I can't believe it got any up votes. — Spiff 8 hours ago

someone's got a bug up their ass

Mr. "802.11 nerd" thinks he knows it all so anyone who doesn't provide a one-and-done answer is "terrible unhelpful"... OK genius, let's have you divine what's wrong!

Bob

13:52

@allquixotic :\

allquixotic

actually, most of that guy's answers are about wifi anyway; I'm amazed he didn't VTC as duplicate for that question. I can't imagine that the same thing hasn't been asked 100+ times on SU

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: If I disagree with an answer, I'd just post a better answer, not bitch about the answers that are there

allquixotic

that should probably end up being the ultimate fate for that Q, honestly.. 4+ years and no questions about wifi throughput tanking intermittently? !!no

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: a slightly more complete answer might talk about using tools to work out things like signal strength. Picking the right channel does wonders

Bob

Incidentally, I've completely given up on Win8's wifi panel. It's useless.

netsh for me, thanks.

allquixotic

13:55

spiff got a little too focused on the user's attempt at self-diagnosis and lost sight of the actual question. the actual question was "one of my boxes is getting a lot less throughput on the wifi than other boxes"

traceroute is hardly revealing there, especially to google.com, unless the video you're watching is also from google.com

Bob

Eh. Easy test would be to simply ping the AP/local router.

allquixotic

good point

Psycogeek

@allquixotic after reading it a few times, the first thing i wondered about was, One of the boxes has a suckey antenna

allquixotic

i immediately suspected PHY layer problems because one of the first thing he says is "I moved this computer"

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: it might also be the design of the building

like the wierd wifi problems I have ;p

allquixotic

13:58

before -> after state change causes problem. state change = physically relocating computer using wifi. big surprise; now it doesn't work so well. gee, what could it be? oh, maybe Google is taking us to a longer route through the network now?!

Bob

@allquixotic Well, external changes coinciding with local ones shouldn't be immediately discounted.

Just pushed down the queue of things to check.

allquixotic

I should just VTC those types of questions instead of even attempting to help the person

HackToHell

bleh, my stupid phone's display switches on randomly :/

@jokerdino You alive ?

allquixotic

14:16

@HackToHell which phone? is it a motorola?

Journeyman Geek

-1

Q: screen of lenovo thinkpad blows up when connecting to projector

I am very computer illiterate but i am trying to find an answer for a problem. Can you please help me in the simplest of terms? I have a lenovo laptop T61 thinkpad with windows. I am a teacher and use whiteboard with a projector in class. When I connect my projector, Epson, to the laptop, the pic...

projector

this is not as bad as it looks

@allquixotic: naw, he's not one of us (tm) yet ;p

Bob

@JourneymanGeek :(

Then again, I can't exactly get a good Motorola phone in-store here anyway.

Only the Moto G, which is... a little lacking.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: hm

My moto G's a perfectly good phone ;p

allquixotic

lol

> a little lacking

@JourneymanGeek loves his G

we have a disconnect here :P

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I need 5GHz wifi.

Journeyman Geek

14:20

@allquixotic: It even has a name!

Bob

Uni wifi on 2.4 is completely saturated (read: non-functional)

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek what is its name? papadom?

Journeyman Geek

Yeah, there's that

@allquixotic: Blue

(They didn't have black cases, so I have the blue flippy case ;p)

allquixotic

ahh

its name is Blue?

Journeyman Geek

XD

Yes!

GFSE

14:21

gemsfromstackexchange: Why, yes, you did!

posted on March 24, 2014

Why, yes, you did!

allquixotic

you're an odd fellow

:)

Journeyman Geek

I mean, I suppose I could call it grey ;p

allquixotic

hmm. Celeron 1007U, or AMD A4-1250? don't ask why :D

(for performance, not battery life)

Journeyman Geek

I'd go with the AMD

more flexible, you do have the better GPU

allquixotic

good point

celery has significantly better single thread perf though

Journeyman Geek

14:28

Yeah, but you're rarely going to peg out a modern processor

Bob

@JourneymanGeek First question: what are you going to do with it?

allquixotic

@Bob the usage of the machine in question is going to involve web browsing and running web apps, pretty much

no gaming, but definitely, like, MS Office, uh, 2D accel web browsers (you know, Firefox, Chrome, or whatever), etc

gonna be hitting Direct2D a lot, for sure

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Sure the GPU is better? It's a Radeon HD 8210, apparently.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Intel GPUs have generally tended to suck IMO

jokerdino

@HackToHell yeah

Bob

14:38

@JourneymanGeek The Celeron uses an Intel HD 2500 (AFAICT). Which isn't too bad.

I'm not sure how it compares, though.

notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8210.93728.0.html

> Depending on the benchmark, the performance of the Radeon HD 8210 is similar to the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). This is on par with a dedicated Radeon HD 6430M, but is still too slow for modern games as of 2013. However, a few older and less demanding games will run fluently, if the limited CPU performance is sufficient.

Journeyman Geek

If the AMD DIDN'T have a better GPU... the choice would be clear ;p

Bob

So, very similar.

@JourneymanGeek What's saying it has a better GPU? See above.

Journeyman Geek

Then the Intel ;p

Bob

Though, keep in mind that the AMD has a TDP of 8 W and the Intel is 17 W.

That's max TDP, though.

Probably won't hit that in normal use.

allquixotic

the funny thing is, the 11.6" laptop containing the A4 is $20 more expensive... lol

Bob

14:40

I know @allquixotic wants to ignore battery, but either should be performant enough for basic use...

allquixotic

$20 more for 2.5x slower PassMark scores and about the same GPU perf... nice

Bob

I'd go the Intel, personally. I have an Ivy with HD 2500, and it's more than sufficient - so the extra CPU power would be more beneficial. But that's me.

The only thing is - not sure if that site means the HD 2500 or 4000. Both are IVB Intel HD.

allquixotic

@Bob you think HD 2500 is more than sufficient for web browsing, even heavy Web 2.0 sites? (no WebGL, just a lot of stuff going on)

Bob

@allquixotic Ya.

Might suffer a bit more strain when watching high-res videos, though.

allquixotic

video watching isn't high on the user's priority list

Journeyman Geek

14:42

is this a mombox?

allquixotic

ark.intel.com/products/72061

pretty bare-bones

Bob

Actually, no. I don't have a 2500. I have a 2000 and 4000 -_-

Still, the 2000 (on SDB) has no trouble.

allquixotic

the HD2500 is the cut-down IVB, right?

Bob

Your basic web browsing isn't all that intensive.

@allquixotic Yea.

allquixotic

IVB graphics are probably good enough, and surely would beat down that lolslow Radeon

still, that Radeon is GCN. hmm

Bob

14:44

@allquixotic Keep in mind that the Celeron GPU is clocked pretty low.

Journeyman Geek

meh, you can browse the web on a decent core2 ;p

Bob

Wait, no, that's standard clock for their iGPUs. Never mind.

allquixotic

the Pentium 2127U is a significant step up from that Celeron O_O

pricier though (of course)

Bob

The Radeon is 128:8:4 Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units

allquixotic

yeah, that's not a bad number of shaders at all. that HD2500 is going to have many fewer EUs

Bob

14:48

Wait. Waiiiit.

> Celeron and Pentium have Intel HD, while Core i3 and above have either HD 2500 or HD 4000.

Ok. Where the hell did it say the Celeron was 2500, then?

allquixotic

"Intel HD" isn't even HD2500? XD

I guess they're hiding the model number because they don't want people googling it and figuring out how weak it is XD

Bob

So, yea, AMD has better GPU. Probably.

allquixotic

at least we can find details on the radeon XD

Journeyman Geek

;p

Bob

Misread the graph. Nevermind :P

...

@allquixotic Somehow, "Mobile Intel HD" still scores higher than the 8210 in some benchmarks

though, uncertain what exactly "Mobile Intel HD" is

Meh. So, yea, the AMD probably has a better GPU.

At a guess, the Intel GPU is more than sufficient too.

AMD has lower max TDP, and Intel will likely struggle less with heavy JS.

allquixotic

14:57

I hate when they don't give you a part number!

@Bob it would be super depressing if that A4 has lower benchmark performance than my Snapdragon S4 Pro in my phone LOL

laptop ULV x86-64 loses to smartphone.... that'd be the day

Bob

@allquixotic notebookcheck.net/SoC-Shootout-x86-vs-ARM.99496.0.html

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

Consider that the A4-5000 is likely considerably better than the A4-1250.

allquixotic

that's an awesome article :D

Bob

I think your phone CPU is better, @allquixotic!

allquixotic

14:59

@Bob that's depressing :D

Journeyman Geek

lol

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