Root Access

Psycogeek

00:10

I woke up looked at the clock and it said 4:04, i am like OMG time is broken now.

Canadian Luke

It's not broken, it just can't be found

Michael Frank

00:29

So... working with a guy that has resigned and has his last day next wednesday... He decided we'd have lunch at 11am then take the rest of the day off. I can't complain!

Canadian Luke

Cool

I'll be back later guys, gonna go pick up mini-me

Paul

This might be my favorite answer I have written on SU:

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A: How to start a program when another one is started

You could probably set up specific pairs of apps to run using the registry, and altering what deals with mimetypes. However another more generic way, and far more complex, is to use the Task Scheduler. The task scheduler can start an app based various types of triggers, including Event Log entr...

It is both accurate, and a little ludicrous. But it does demonstrate the power of the Windows task scheduler pretty well.

Michael Frank

@Paul I'm reading that right now!

Stack Exchange

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Q: Historical significance lock reason on answers still states "this question"

While the content dispute and off-topic comments lock reasons use a more general term ("this post"), the historical significance lock reason on both questions and answers still states: This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic quest...

Psycogeek

@Paul I have used it to convert event to speech, so i can finnaly get the star trek computer.

Paul

00:43

@Psycogeek Hah, cool.

Psycogeek

The method you presented could potentially do this one too superuser.com/questions/678019/windows-custom-sound-events

back in XP most of the applications themselves could have seperated open and closed sounds applied to them . "running notepad" , etc.I had it applied back there especially for slow starting apps (which do not exist anymore) so i would know in fast moves that it was starting. (that the button was pressed, that the action has actually begun, not pressed so quick that it did not occur, or slid off the icon)

Paul

@Psycogeek I think the batch file approach is probably more straightforward there. Just change the default application for http/https etc to be the batch file, and run that.

Psycogeek

Cant break anything else in the process, because there are 7 ways to do things, if one doesnt work then there is always the backups.

Paul

@Psycogeek Yeah for sure. I am trying to think of a better way to do the "start app when another app starts"

Anonymous

01:02

@EvanCarroll you're the lamest troll I've ever seen. Stop trying hard. 0/0.

Anonymous

@EvanCarroll if you want to fight "supremacist cis hetero nazi <adjectives> scum" then just join the GNAA and leave StackExchange alone you twat

Journeyman Geek

@pato no feeding.

Anonymous

@JourneymanGeek sorry, couldn't keep it to myself

Michael Frank

01:41

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Psycogeek

02:59

@MichaelFrank delete without a one last "are you sure" should require -S-G-A-K parameter Sure Go Ahead and Kill everything :-)

@DemCodeLines well did you get the drive replaced ? or fixed? I was thinking if i had 2 fragile disks go, i would be doing the SSD thing. even when SSD was a scary drive to have with failures everywhere (a year ago), laptops seemed like prime candiates for them.

Michael Frank

... so this xbox360 just RROD'd during a tournament I'm watching on Twitch.

Psycogeek

when my 3.5 HDs are spun up, and I rotate them in the air, i can feel the gyroscopic pull on the flywheel (platters). When these heads are like microns away from touching, I am thinking ok lets not do that either. I dont even move my computer when spun-up , to chicken.

allquixotic

03:28

@Psycogeek somehow, 2.5" laptop HDDs are very good at preventing themselves from being damaged that way -- maybe they make the write heads extra strong so they aren't easily moved by external forces? idk

desktop 3.5" disks are not made to be moved or bumped while in operation, but laptop disks are, and you have to bump a modern laptop disk pretty hard to damage it

the classic iPod also used a miniature HDD with a similar design to laptop HDDs, just smaller

and they made those for a long time until NAND chips could chunk out enough space for "enough" MP3s to satisfy most people

DragonLord

I've just identified a major security problem affecting *.stackexchange.com. The Stack Exchange team has been contacted.

allquixotic

ah, they still make them

Bob

@allquixotic I've bumped my tower a few times. Still no problems, thankfully.

@DragonLord o.O

allquixotic

@DragonLord what was it?

@Bob yeah, me too, but nothing really major... just knee bumps mainly

Bob

Now I'm curious. Can you share details after they fix it?

@allquixotic Actually dropped it about 10cm (4 in) once or twice.

allquixotic

03:40

who was it that talked to me about Universim? was that @Bob or was that @JourneymanGeek ?

kickstarter.com/projects/crytivogames/the-universim

DragonLord

Please disregard, this is a typosquatter site.

Journeyman Geek

Probably bob

allquixotic

@DragonLord as in it's not a security issue?

DragonLord

@allquixotic this is not a security issue.

Psycogeek

@allquixotic I was so amazed at the microdrives, and the survival ability, i wanted to get one just to play with it.

Journeyman Geek

03:44

Meh kick starter won't load. And fb only loads on the phone that's online, not my teathered gear

allquixotic

the universim's trailer says the following word

> Linux

I'll support it just for that

Canadian Luke

I support Linux... Will you support me?

allquixotic

also, nice trailer

DragonLord

I've submitted another message to the team to cancel out the erroneous report.

allquixotic

@Bob @JourneymanGeek you guys don't have to back The Universim if you don't want to; I went in at the $70 level for four keys (to the full game, not just beta keys) and I'll be giving one to each of you :)

Bob

04:11

@allquixotic I don't think it was me.

I did play Godus, and I did talk to you about that one.

HackToHell

04:23

Bleh, all earphones have the same specifications :(

And I can't find any proper reviews for this philips.co.in/c/headphones/in-ear-headphones-she3501pp_00/prd

Hennes

Morning.

HackToHell

@Hennes Halo !

Hennes

The advantage of going to bed at 22:00. You wake up before the birds do.

Hennes

04:45

Honesty:

Michael Frank

05:20

@HackToHell I think I have some of those lying around somewhere...

Michael Frank

05:30

heh.. I crashed Flappy48.

My chain got too long and the entire browser crashed.

Psycogeek

so you didnt get to 1024 :-(

HackToHell

@MichaelFrank Are 3501s good ?

It's 120 (~2$) cheaper than 3590

Michael Frank

@HackToHell ahh, I'm not sure. Turns out that my ones are Panasonic. They look similar though.

I worked in retail for a good while though, and those will probably sound about as good as any other headphones at that price range.

Bob

05:49

@MichaelFrank My favourite earbuds were Panasonic. They eventually fell apart, after something like 5 years.

KMart no longer carries them :(

HackToHell

@MichaelFrank Okay !

@Bob 5 years ! :O

The longest my ear phones have lasted is 6 motnhs

Argh Samsung ear phones don't work properly with my phone :'(

I can't find any difference between the pins

The samsung one is about 0.2 mm longer

Psycogeek

06:11

My headphones got Bass

But they really stinkey

If i get headsets with a mic, I wonder if it will have BigmouthBass?

HamZa

06:26

Morning!

Sathya

morning

HamZa

I've got a project at school, we need to design a system (which devices we should use) and finally we will need to program something in C/Java.
Now for the sake of completeness, I was searching for "EMP resistant computers" since it's for "industrial use". I'm using google, but "emp resistant computers" or "industrial computers" doesn't give any juicy information. Any idea what keyword I should use?

Ps: it isn't something serious, so we will not implement it IRL. It seems that the C/java part is where the focus is. So if I couldn't really find an "emp resistant pc" then I will just use a robust (maybe server) computer

Sathya

try supress emp computers

Bob

Electromagnetic shielding

Electromagnetic shielding is the practice of reducing the electromagnetic field in a space by blocking the field with barriers made of conductive or magnetic materials. Shielding is typically applied to enclosures to isolate electrical devices from the 'outside world', and to cables to isolate wires from the environment through which the cable runs. Electromagnetic shielding that blocks radio frequency electromagnetic radiation is also known as RF shielding. The shielding can reduce the coupling of radio waves, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields. A conductive enclosure use...

Basically, you'd end up with a faraday cage - but you'd also need to shield all cables, including power.

And even then it depends on the strength of the EMP.

This is not something to do at home.

HamZa

Oh thanks!

Psycogeek

06:37

@Bob chicken wire and grounding :-)

Lots of the military stuff (at least) is put in a metal shell/case

which is perfect when you have to hike 20 miles

I have used Mylar before, once i found out that the metalic mylars really do have a thin metal on them. a wrap of that can disable the RF from getting out of my phone.

(and might make cool conspiracy hats, keep out those alien communications)

I was thinking with all the RF flying about , if Chain Mail would make a comeback.

ebay.com/itm/Chainmail-Bra-Thong-Set-Round-Beading-Adjustable-/…

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Q: Why SEO couldn't possible in Flash websites like any digital bespoke media or animation websites?

Is it possible to do SEO for flash website? If yes then how and if no then why?

flash

Ugg, not the greatest migration.

Bob

07:12

@Psycogeek That's an understatement.

How about "fucking terrible migration"? :P

@Psycogeek You'd still have to filter any external inputs. Mostly power and networking, but also any other wires leading in, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor (assuming you aren't sitting in the cage).

@Psycogeek Would that be effective against a weapon-scale EMP?

Psycogeek

@Bob no the plastic would melt?

Bob

Weapon-scale EMP would probably be at least thousands of times stronger than your standard EMR.

Psycogeek

like you said, depends on the energy output

Bob

@Psycogeek Well, no, plastic wouldn't be directly affected.

But it might induce some pretty high currents (and therefore heat) in any metal shielding, and that might be enough to melt things? I dunno.

Plastic should be transparent to EMR.

Psycogeek

@Bob like if you put it in the microwave, the metal would "attract" the energy just like a lightning rod.

Bob

07:16

Anyone put pure plastic (without food) in a microwave oven to see if that gets heated?

I've never tried.

HackToHell

I have tried it

Doesn't work

Bob

Ok, good, otherwise I'd have to reconsider half the things I "know" about EMR :P

HackToHell

Arrgh so many headphones, so many choices

Bob

@HackToHell ...I just use a $2 pair.

Psycogeek

youtube.com/watch?v=7I3kkcbaiHk <- thin mylar in a microwave

HackToHell

07:18

@Psycogeek Tupperware doesn't heat up

Bob

@Psycogeek Doesn't that have foil inside?

HackToHell

@Bob They keep dying

None last long

Psycogeek

bit thicker mylar youtube.com/… Via a baloon

@Bob the newer pop=tart is mylar. the old wrap around them was paper stuck to foils.

Sathya

@Bob it does

Bob

Huh.

@Sathya What does what now?

Sathya

07:23

I think

Journeyman Geek

Maybe

Bob

Possibly.

Journeyman Geek

Shiny Mylar has a thin aluminium coat iirc

Bob

> More correctly: it seems that when we parse "typedef struct Bar { } Bar;" we create two TYPE_DECL: first, one marked as DECL_IMPLICIT_TYPEDEF_P in pushtag_1 (via create_implicit_typedef); then a second, real, one in grokdeclarator, via build_lang_decl (TYPE_DECL... ). When we do lookup for "struct Bar bar", it can happen, depending on layout details, that the second one is found, thus the check in check_elaborated_type_specifier triggers.

I just gave up trying to understand when I read "grokdeclarator" :S

Michael Frank

09:59

Bulk renaming 4500 mp3s... fingers crossed

Bob

@MichaelFrank Mp3tag, Foobar2000...

Michael Frank

picard

Bob

huh

Oh that thing.

Michael Frank

I tried foobar... but I couldn't figure out the stock interface and gave up.

Bob

o.O

And you call yourself a superuser!

Michael Frank

10:08

Fine! I'll install it right now.

Michael Frank

10:21

@Bob can I have the Album List sort by Album Artist?

Currently if I sort by Artist, it puts songs with featured artists in a seperate category.

Bob

@MichaelFrank You shouldn't need to sort to do a mass rename...

Michael Frank

Oh the rename finished like 10 minutes ago.

Bob

If you really want sorting: linustechtips.com/main/topic/…

Michael Frank

I'm talking about playback in Foobar

Bob

use foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_ui_columns

or define a custom column

You can use %album artist% as a custom column pattern: wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/…

Michael Frank

10:27

Ahh yep, that wiki should be enough.

%<album artist>%|[%album%]|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% - ]%title%

Works perfectly! :D

Psycogeek

10:59

Why people try update windoze 7, instead clean install 8? is there a money advantage , or they cant find a torrent :-) or something? because (as usual) it seems to be a bad way to install 8?

Like 2 people still had win7 recover partitions in there ? all these disasters waiting to happen.

PLEASE I NEED THE TASK SUBMITTED IN 3HOURS , umm your fired :-)

Michael Frank

@Psycogeek Because upgrading keeps all your programs and settings intact and really isn't that bad.

Psycogeek

@MichaelFrank does it keep all the drivers straight? it takes me the first 2 days to do that usually ?

Michael Frank

It worked for me perfectly twice.

There were other circumstances that required me to run a clean install.

Psycogeek

@MichaelFrank did you have any software or driver items that are obsolete or not yet operational on 8? (excluding games)

Michael Frank

@Psycogeek Yea, my mouse. But there was a firmware upgrade that fixed that.

Skype needed tweaking, as it would crash on shutdown due to the way windows shuts down the audio service. Effectively Skype would try and play the sign out sound AFTER the audio service had been stopped, causing it to error and stop the shutdown event.

Psycogeek

11:16

Oh yea that. That is totally different. the new way the OS comes and goes to be super speedy.

superuser.com/questions/745470/… you would think Mr. MustHaveItNow would show back up at his own question (seen last only after posting)

Maybey the "seen last" thing in the profiles is not a good indicator. I have been glancing at them to see if a spam like question is a hit'n'run.

Michael Frank

@Psycogeek I think it's more like a case of 'nobody answered me instantly, stuff this site!'

I know I've been in situations where I have had to create a forum account to get support and have completely forgotten about it.

Psycogeek

11:31

OOps, now what username was i using there :-)

I have been to some sites, and i know i am in the machine, but for the life of me i cant get the username password right. so it is to register again, where of course i discover my user name is used.

There should be Humans :-) somewhere, the machines cant replace em.

Hey remember me ? NO! , we have 100,000 users here. Well no you dont, because i have had to re-register 90,000 times .

Michael Frank

@Psycogeek This is why I use Lastpass. :D

Psycogeek

And they just Love it, oh they got users comming out of thier ears, the fact that none of them have visted in 8 months , does not mean a thing to the Marketing strategy.

Bob

12:55

@allquixotic And here's one thing I never thought I would miss in Java: there's no .join for strings/arrays in the default libs

wtf.

allquixotic

@Bob >_<

yeah, Java is missing a lot of stuff in the core runtime; that's why Apache Commons exists

couple years ago for a senior university project I had to do a several page paper analyzing an arbitrarily picked class out of the Apache Commons Collections, and it was really buggy and unsafe, so I dunno if they've fixed that in the last while, but a lot of people found big problems when we were doing that

HackToHell

13:10

@Bob .join ?

Like concat ?

Bob

@HackToHell msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/57a79xd0%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

Exists in pretty much every language with libraries worth a damn.

@allquixotic Sucks when you're not allowed to use external libs, though.

I mean, join is basic stuff.

I'm honestly shocked it doesn't exist.

HackToHell

@Bob TIL there exists a function to do that :P

allquixotic

@Bob pull the sources into your tree? :D

worst case, amalgamate all the sources into a single file, or even put them within one of your own files ;p

Bob

@HackToHell It's only in JS, Python, Perl, C#, etc., etc., etc.

allquixotic

just remove public from class declarations hehe

Bob

13:13

@allquixotic heh, I actually considered doing that :P

then realised it was overkill and just used a stringbuilder

HackToHell

@Bob I know only Java and I'm learning C

allquixotic

funny thing is, Java SE's library is hideously complex... yet it doesn't have such a basic thing -_-

HackToHell

So yeah, I'm highly inexperienced to be talking about coding

allquixotic

!! s/highly inexperienced/too much of a noob/

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic So yeah, I'm too much of a noob to be talking about coding (source)

HackToHell

13:15

Thanks for increasing my noob level :)

~_~\

allquixotic

entertainment.slashdot.org/story/14/04/23/2241209/…

O_______O

> 'Our album is now fully playable as a loadable Linux kernel module.'"

2

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

HackToHell

@allquixotic whaaat

And the source uses too many structs

What's with all the hexa decimals at github.com/usrbinnc/netcat-cpi-kernel-module/blob/master/tracks/…

allquixotic

can that kernel module go into mainline? plz

That Brazilian Guy

Hey @Sathya, another gem for you, this time a really literate one! travel.stackexchange.com/a/26351/3622

HackToHell

13:28

@allquixotic All those structures remind me of heartbleed

ooh, you use kzalloc instead of malloc in kernels

And I didn't realize it was this simple to write a kernel module

I expected several hundred lines of code :P

allquixotic

github.com/usrbinnc/netcat-cpi-kernel-module/issues/8

now bradley kuhn is just being annoying

That Brazilian Guy

What happened to @allquixotic? Who's killing SU cats? Be careful, @HackToHell!

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy not going over this again, read scrollback from about 24 hours ago

HackToHell

13:46

@allquixotic Change your gravatar ?

collegehumor.com/post/6966195/…

jelly imgur.com/a/aaCRD

allquixotic

@HackToHell awesome :D (I recently bought KSP)

one of the first things I did was mod the electric ion engine and the cockpit... made a custom cockpit that generates xenon gas and electricity, and made the ion engine have up to 10,000 thrust... a single ion engine can get me from the launchpad to the Mun in like 3 minutes real time, no time dilation

HackToHell

14:09

Please stop, I am getting very Jealous :(

4 gigs of RAM is too little to play KSP

And my processor is comparatively ancient

KSP Y U NO USE GPU

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic After 20 min of scrolling, the only thing I can find are some cryptic references to near-virtual-suicide:

yesterday, by allquixotic

I very nearly followed these instructions:

HackToHell

@ThatBrazilianGuy he did something jfjasoi

That Brazilian Guy

I don't care if @allquixotic dies, but please don't touch the kittens!

Just kidding, I love all kinds of RA fauna equally.

Even after being away for a whole week and no one noticing.

HackToHell

@ThatBrazilianGuy pats on the back

github.com/IonicaBizau

3

coool

Bob

Urk.

The good part is I can usually find the bug if I stare at it long enough. The bad part is it's frustrating as all hell, especially near submission deadline. And of course it's some stupid little thing.

HackToHell

14:32

@ThatBrazilianGuy Oh sorry

I declined your Quizup challenge because challenges makes my phone reboot

I dunoo why

That Brazilian Guy

@HackToHell O_o

HackToHell

@Sathya delete this please chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/15134407#15134407

@ThatBrazilianGuy It doesn't happen with the stock kernel

Oliver Salzburg

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Q: Can I calculate a date using a date plus 53 days, minus any Sundays

Is there a formula tha I can place in Cell L3 that results in a date by comparing the date in cell E7, adding 53 total days to that date, excluding any Sundays within that period. The resulting date would be e. g.. (E7) 3/4/2014 plus 53 days not counting any Sundays in its way and givcing me tha...

microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010

"Sorry, I only have a solution that works for cell S4" :(

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy that is an extremely accurate drawing of me in RL

@OliverSalzburg rofl

@HackToHell O_o

@ThatBrazilianGuy Yes he is! Yes he iiiis! ^_^

HackToHell

@OliverSalzburg uhm delete this please ? ^_^ chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/15134407#15134407

allquixotic

14:41

@HackToHell if I were a mod, I'd delete it for you much faster. ;)

HackToHell

Can't room owners delete it :P

allquixotic

nope

-3

Q: CMD - System and computer architecture command(s)

What's the main command(s) for windows cmd to know everything (if it's possible) about the operating system installed and the computer architecture, such as CPU architecture or about the memory... ? Is wmic an helpful command? Thank you in advance.

windows-7 cmd.exe

I think it's a great question..I gave it an upvote but some won't appreciate it because they have no interest in cpu architecture or what it means or computer science. And this site is quick to label anything subjective. There is actually a computer science stackexchange site i'm not sure if it's good for that — barlop 59 mins ago

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

allquixotic

this OP asks questions wanting to "know everything"... that's not the kind of thing you can ask on SU

it's the second question in as many days where he's done that

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