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hiya @JNK
 
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hello @Sathya
:182110 Morning
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@Sathya did you vote on this one yet
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Q: How do you change file associations on an iPad?

BravaxI would like to change .pdf files to use a different application when clicking on links in a browser. How can I do this?

Yup @JNK
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darn we are 1 vote short
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I think wil is mad at me now too :)
why so ? @JNK
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A: How secure is PayPal? If someone steals my username and password, could he/she steal my money without a trace (IP address) or getting caught?

WilFor starters, they would never be able to do a $100,000 transaction. PayPal has sophisticated fraud tools at their disposal. After this, I think the maximum transaction Paypal allow on accounts is around $2000, after this, you have your credit card (or debit / other card) monthly limit. Then, ...

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I probably shouldn't have said anything but there was a kind of a pattern with him
what question did you offer bounty
and someone agrees with you on your comment @JNK :)
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I offered a bounty on application refresh
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i had an answer, it didnt fix it, and i want to know what the answer is
14:07
Link ?
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one sec
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Q: Application Screen Repainting Issues

Jeff SheldonI have this issue lately at work. It drives be nuts, and I finally stopped to ask this question. It's quite often that an application I've been running just randomly fails to repaint itself for a while, usually in the editor screen. I most often see this occurring with Expression Web, Visual S...

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and i answered this one but the person doesn't believe me. I just added a bunch of links to prove the answer was correct:
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A: Keyboard shortcut to sort by column

JNKALT+V, I, N This will zip you through the menu to sort by name. You can change the last letter to: S for SIZE T for TYPE M for DATE MODIFIED EDIT: I continued to search for you, and found multiple references to indicate this is not possible. Here, here, reference to other methods mentione...

this is an WinForms specific issue
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Q: Application Screen Repainting Issues

Jeff SheldonI have this issue lately at work. It drives be nuts, and I finally stopped to ask this question. It's quite often that an application I've been running just randomly fails to repaint itself for a while, usually in the editor screen. I most often see this occurring with Expression Web, Visual S...

there is a question on SO about how to avoid these @JNK
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14:13
well then answer and we will pay you the bounty
sorry, I didn't frame that right.
I mean there is way to avoid those frequent repaint while coding winforms apps
and the problem here is the reverse
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@Sathya AHHH ok
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also hello @IvoFlipse
morning guys :)
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14:18
@IvoFlipse what time is it where you are?
Morning @IvoFlipse
16:17 :P
Where are you based @IvoFlipse
Netherlands
Hey there @Sathya
14:18
but my GF has night shifts, so I just shift my days too :P
Morning @TheUnhandledException
I see you've moved into this room permanently :-) You're in here every time I sign on to chat
As the room owner I have to be here :P
maybe you're able to chat while sleeping :-)
heheh :)
well I'm most active on SU
makes sense to be here :)
14:21
true
Tavern's ... well too crowded so to speak
I let Sathya take care of the moderating :P
plus low activity here, so easy to catch up
Hey there @Ivo, how goes?
:182285 Yes. Taven is crazy. Fits my personality well though :-)
fine fine :) Spend all night ripping my Python code apart
14:22
fun!
tonight I'm going to see whether I can still get it working
:182296 Cool. Good luck :-)
I'm going to give Thunderbird one last chance today :-)
thanks
I'll need it hehe
I just stick with Outlook, though I find it way too heavy to load
but that might be my computer too :P
:182301 Well I'm no python expert but I formed a room for interactive help with coding
I just check my mail on my ipad
way faster
Nobody else in tehre now, I'm hoping to get more people in there once chat.stackoverflow.com launches
:182307 Well Thunderbird has been randomly deleting my emails!
I'm not sure that's possible
LOL
seriously how would it do that?
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Well, I think a lot of people on stackoverflow.com aren't aware of the chats. We'll see what happens to this room once chat.superuser.com launches
As Jeff said on the blog, sec, lemme find the quote
I think it will remain quiet
we'll try to get chat.superuser up by Friday of next week - sep 11 at 3:55 by Jeff Atwood
:182324 I agree
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any idea what to do about questions that overlap SU and SO?
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like...
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Q: How are SQL server management studio passwords saved?

Alex KeyIf, when connecting to a database with sql server management studio and you select "remember password"... where and how is it saved? I presume it is somehow encrypted using your windows login password?

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> though do be advised that stackoverflow.com will be the last site to get it because of its immense volume
I'm not sure whether the SU audience likes to chat
Posted by Jeff Atwood on September 10th, 2010

As promised, we are slowly rolling out the third place across our network.

We started with chat.meta.stackoverflow, and as previously announced on the Server Fault blog, we now have chat.serverfault.com.

You may remember we rolled out per-site metas across the entire Stack Exchange network, as well as for Server Fault and Super User, back in July. So from our perspective, we’re completing the experience:

chat.serverfault.com is still a public beta, but we’re rapidly closing in on release status. I expect we’ll begin a fairly aggressive rollout of chat across all sites within 4 weeks or so — though do be advised that stackoverflow.com will be the last site to get it because of its immense volume. …

if it's about programming software it can stay on SU
:182324 We'll see...
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@IvoFlipse I know it can but they may get a better answer on SO
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I hope we get visitors here, just sceptical
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since all the DBAs are there :)
:182338 I hope so too, and I'm optimistic :-)
We shall see
I find it so hard to find answerable questions, so perhaps I'll be able to help more when people are on chat
:182345 Likewise
I think for ServerFault and SuperUser, chat is an awesome solution
so many SU questions involve much back and forth troubleshooting
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@TheUnhandledException TRUE THAT!
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A: What do I need to know about working with huge databases?

Cătălin PitișSome ideas Learn the details of the specific database engine, how it works How to optimize queries (hints, execution plans) How to tune the database (not only indexes, but physical storage and representation, OS integration). Query "tricks" like temporary tables to store temporary results that...

nice answer. pretty much the same things we did for improving performance
Agreed
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@Sathya Saw that one yesterday. Good question, I thought.
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destroy!
sorry what?
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14:38
did you get it ivo? someone already deleted it
bah. that edit for nothing.
hehe, sorry @Sathya
I shoot to kill
ah, no probs @IvoFlipse
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bbiab
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So far so good with new empty Thunderbird config! :-)
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oh look new build of Google Chrome
OH WAIT! That's the new IE9
:P
did you install it already?
na, not yet.
I'll give it a shot
even if it's just to replace IE8
yup, will definitely try it.
I'm curious as to how much of an impact hardware acceleration is going to provide
well after my vacation Chrome will have the same level
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heh, true that.
hmmm curious what would happen when Nokia and Microsoft start working together more closely
though Nokia should just launch a batch of Android phones till the new Symbian/MeeGo versions are ready
Nokia Phone 7
N7
it's such BS that they don't want to put their faith in Google's hands
if there's one company that doesn't need Google to do the dirty work, it's Nokia
they just need to launch a decent smartphone NOW
tbh I think they don't now what they're supposed to do
well I loved Nokia's because they were easy to use and were well built
then they became those butt-ugly E71 phones so I went to Sony-Ericsson (k800/k850)
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@IvoFlipse me too - I had nokias for a long time when I was trying to keep to a simple phone with no features
but they also failed to deliver on their smartphone types
so now I have a HTC Hero
and I can already replace it, but the newest models all still have a 1 Ghz
I'm holding out for the Q4 models instead
I know there will always be better models, but I felt the pain with my HTC Hero, which is clearly to slow for several new features
don't want to see the same happen again with Gingerbread
 
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Ooo. Finally within 40 of 10K.
lets make that 10k.
alright, congrats on 10k @Chealion
congratz :)
18:47
Whoa. Thanks!
Nice to see how well the links page on a site with actual traffic. :-)
which site doesn't have traffic then?
@IvoFlipse Apple.SE
Though it's finally back over 1K views/day
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@Chealion grats on 10k
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SF?
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:183078 Thanks!
:183080 Definitely SF.
:182961 cliched statement warning
with great power comes great responsibility
runs and hides
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@Sathya Ha ha! What power?
:183151 10k tools :P
@Sathya However I'll take my illusions of grandeur.
:183152 The tools help a little.
:183155 what do they look like
It's just a page with a list of links to things like: lists of highest, lowered voted answers and questions over a time period, most commented, most viewed, most edited, new tags, and a list of close and delete votes. Additionally a link page to show recent edits, and other small things. A neat time saver.
nice
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I just look at what you guys post/flag etc and come in to save the day!
still no word on quack ? @IvoFlipse
nope :(
dang.
yeah I'm slightly worried
but well, such things happen I guess
for such a long time ?
20:16
Diago has been away quite some time too?
Yeah, true.
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heres another one to close
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Q: Difference between an ec2 volume and an ec2 snapshot?

grmCan someone please explain whats the difference between an ec2 snapshot and an ec2 volume?

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since i dont have mod tools i use chat to get things done :)
Its not a webapp q
serverfault, perhaps.
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20:20
ec2, amazon web-based cloud computing, is not a webapp?
'd say this relates to serverfault
well @IvoFlipse got to it before me
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@IvoFlipse is a machine :)
I click, I see, I closed
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what's the latin for that?
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clicki vidi closi
20:34
there's no english to latin converter ?
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not for click
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i guess there wasnt much clicking in ancient rome
I believe the latin is clickus
clickus vidi closi ?
clicko clicka cluckus, clicuimus clickitus clicakiamous
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:183384 o_0
been way too long since I took Latin, LOL
I've forgotten all the plural conjugations
along with the rest of the language, HA!
But I do remember Veni, Vedi, Vici
evenin'
Welcome @DMA57361
ooo, our own 3rd place?
20:49
oo nice
dang its not the same password as SU beta passwor
hang on
ooohh! yey for pre-beta!!!
sorry, it's not open yet
Damn, it's not the same as the combination on my luggage :-(
tomorrow most likely
not that anything will change, other than the location
20:51
hmm, mail from Jeff ?
what shall we call our Tavern?
LOL yeah really, why am I so excited? :-)
nope, Marc Gravell just told me
woah
:183485 OH! I KNOW! I KNOW!!!!!!
20:51
gadgets going down
Posted by Joel Spolsky on September 14th, 2010

Soon, we’re going to close down one of the 24 Stack Exchange sites that were created over the last two months. Sadly, the Gadgets Stack Exchange will go dark soon. A lot of the questions on that site were about Apple gear and Android gear; those questions can be migrated to the (beta) Apple site, or the (private beta) Android site, as appropriate. Gadgets will be closed and will no longer be accessible, except for our usual creative commons data dumps where an archive will be made available. …

:183485 hahaha. just kidding, doesn't make sense on SuperUser...
The Drunk Transistors
The Fast Processor
off to meta!
The Root Access
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The Root Acceess is nice!
:183521 Thanks :-) I don't know why I didn't think of that for that other silly tavern :-)
I want in to the beta so I can make a Mac room! I like making rooms :-)
:183531 hehe
@Chealion will be your permanent host in the Mac room ;)
:183443 greetings
howdy
not really played with the chat much, so thought I'd have a look in
:183559 It's awesome
Up arrow edits last post
Is it now?
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:183559 gasp
/me loves editing posts in a chat
:183564 gasp?
wishes for /me substitution
You can reply to others with @TheirName (as I'm sure you've seen) or the little reply icons
@Sathya I already wrote it, and Shoq9 and Balpha helped
:183570 Yup, spotted than one :)
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:183568 click on the little arrow to the left, it will show the last reply
You can onebox answers:
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A: /me command for chat

The Unhandled ExceptionOkay, well this has been a contentious debate but in the spirit of Friday, and the Friday opening a long weekend (here in the US anyway) I propose the following solution, which I hereby make Community Wiki so those jQuery experts out there can improve it: To add support for the /me command, if y...

blimey, it's like a full blown induction
@Sathya: bookmark the script in that answer and /me will work :-)
ah I don't have to bookmark it, clicking on the JS prompts Chrome to install it as an extension :)
/me tests the JS
You can also OneBox YouTube and Wikipedia
:183582 WOAH REALLY!?!?!
hang on gotta try that!!!
:183587 Yup, firefox picks it up via greasemonkey here as well
@DMA57361 another nice Onebox
:183595 it'sa me!
nice :)
WOW
:183582 That is so awesome!
Chrome has won me over :-)
:183599 yup :-)
you can onebox images too @DMA57361
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Do I really answer that many Excel questions? :/
:183604 do they all come out shrunk? what's the size limit?
and this is pretty awesome too
in Super User on Meta Stack Overflow Chat, Sep 15 at 20:36, by The Unhandled Exception
clicko clicka cluckus, clicuimus clickitus clicakiamous
:183609 some sort of back-reference to earlier?
hmmm windows, windows, windows :P
:183613 yup
it works across rooms too
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:183614 not just windows - but windows with a bronze badge!
that's just volume @DMA57361 :P
Oh and you can star posts :-)
like that one
All this oneboxing is just automagic link converstion?
kinda like upvoting -- starred posts show star count on the right
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yeah
Yes
:183621 Yeah, I'd spotted than from the box on the right
:183623 yeah but pretty sweet
as room admin I can pin messages
so they will always show up on the right
w/o having to star them
:183628 oh indeed, but while you were all helpfully telling me what can be one boxed no one bothered to say how
:183633 how? Automatic thingamijg :-)
there ought to be a meta post on how
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:183633 You are a SuperUser, right?? ;-)
:183635 lol, no I meant as in "just post a link"
:183638 ah yes
just post a link
:183637 erm, possibly
as long as nothing precedes the link
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Hey do I have any friends in here? Any two people wanna vote an answer of mine which I will soon delete down? (Or any three people want to vote it up?)
before @badp and @balpha foil my evil plot... :-)
justintime
What's your evil plot
To ask for downvotes, either get them and delete the answer getting the Peer Pressure badge, or more likely get upvotes and delete the answer earning Disciplined ;-)
but instead I am getting both up and downvotes, getting me absolutely nothing, LOL
except for one of the funnier revision histories I've seen :-)
:183757 exactly what I was thinking :)
:183757 been .. "tweaked" again
21:45
Yeah, the conversation in The tavern is hysterical :-)
/me goes to have a read
@Sathya where are you when I neeeed you? :-)
downvoted
Awesome, thanks @Ivo!
Ah! It's "Deleted own post with score of -3 or lower"
Why did I think it was -2? =b
poof
21:54
LOL. weird, I see +1/-3 on my user page, +1/-2 on the answer itself!
:183797 I see just -1 in both; not rep'd enough for ± on MSO :(
oh, now I see +2/-3 in both
what I'm missing out on ?
/me resists the urge to upvote
@Sathya! Please downvote me!!!
:-)
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it's back to 0 now
:183800 I love having >1k on MSO for that feature
because it has jquery, LOL
[status-is-it-friday-because-it-sure-seems-like-it]
:183814 nice
Thanks :-)
DONE
Thanks @Sathya! Just 2 more to go... :-)
This is the most fun I've had since, well, Friday's Tavern Naming Contest, lol
HA, now it's at +1, lol
22:10
wanna help vote this over to SO?
we don't seem to get to send much their way :)
:183823 Lol is it some sorta who gets most downvotes thing ?
:183871 I was trying to get either Disciplined or Peer Pressure
I have a perfect split instead, LOL
well, now +5/-4
well, hadn't noticed the time
I'm off
See ya!
:183873 ah
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Instead it just provoked a hysterical edit war :-)
LOL @ revisions
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:183542 Ha ha. Sure, why not?
Catching up on things.
@IvoFlipse So the pre-beta. Who has access or is it just they've installed it and are configuring still?
:183972 I have access because I P0wned the password prompt. Oh wait, I was just dreaming...
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