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DragonLord

00:01

I'm about halfway through the main missions on ACIII.

Start of Sequence 7, 34.8% sync (5939/17070).

Jet

AC3 has good scenario, it's like a film :) I liked it

what was your last played mission?

DragonLord

@Jet Sequence 6 Memory 4, Hostile Negotiations

Full sync on all main missions so far.

I really like ACIII's combat system.

Jet

Heh me too :) I usually go for full sync and restart the mission if not :)

DragonLord

I think things started to go downhill from ACIV: Black Flag, after the conclusion of Desmond's story.

At least ACIII lets you revert to the last checkpoint if you miss a full sync constraint instead of having to restart the entire memory.

I'm focusing on the Homestead missions at this time.

Jet

*restart from checkpoint ;)

Do you go for hunting? I usually hunt a lot

DragonLord

00:10

I do, but not a lot.

Alright, I've got work to do, so talk to you later.

Jet

OK. And I must go offline. Good bye!

Journeyman Geek

00:29

Morning. While it still looks like I lost an argument with a bee , my eye hurts less this morning

(no not me ;p)

allquixotic

02:08

@Bob Firefox ~~Developer~~ Guinea Pig Edition has Electrolysis support now (optional) - multiprocess is here... even 64-bit :D

DragonLord

02:18

Updating Firefox Developer Edition.

DragonLord

02:35

I'm a bit hesitant to enable e10s.

The fact that it's advanced from Nightly to Developer Edition is a good sign, though.

Next up: availability in Beta.

Psycogeek

03:06

Generally speaking are spaces allowed in most passwords, or a few allow it, or they are rarely allowed. Passwords being stuff with log-ins on the web.

William Hilsum

03:43

7

Q: How can I get wvdial to run from /etc/network/interfaces

I am using wvdial to connect to a mobile network (I have a usb modem) and it works fine. However, I wanted to automate the connection a bit (currently I am running wvdial every time I want to connect). I was wandering if there is a way to add this network to /etc/network/interfaces (in a truly De...

bounty bounty bounty! (only a small one!) I'm stuck :(

...if no one writes a better answer, does the top answer there automatically get it as it has over 4 votes (or whatever the limit is)?

Journeyman Geek

Yeah, something like that

William Hilsum

:( ok

Journeyman Geek

For anyone wondering, my eye's nearly back to normal ;p

William Hilsum

@JourneymanGeek ohhh... glad to hear... what was wrong?

Journeyman Geek

@WilliamHilsum: bad eye infection

couldn't use a PC for 2 days

William Hilsum

04:00

:(

glad you are better!

Psycogeek

if you got kindlitus be sure to let us know, e-paper trapped biological entities could be a concern for the cdc :-)

Psycogeek

04:14

@WilliamHilsum the bounty is awarded by you, or it goes into oblvion. it is also given to the top answer that has at least 2 votes. But how that works when it is bountied late and answers are unchanged, i do not know.

So your in control, as long as you award the bounty within 24hours of the bounty expiring.

William Hilsum

Thanks, and, more importantly... do you know the answer :P ? :(

Psycogeek

me only know windows, and barely that.

William Hilsum

heh, no worries

HackToHell

@allquixotic Guinea Pig :D

allquixotic

@HackToHell ;p

> 40.0a2 (2015-05-16)

> a

"a" for "alpha" -- this is what "Developer"s are supposed to tolerate

HackToHell

04:25

It's aurora I think

Which seems to be fancy alpha

Does the developer edition have anything extra from the normal firefox ?

allquixotic

a few things - like WebIDE

Psycogeek

04:50

-2

Q: New vs used computer-how to tell?

I bought from a computer repair place what is supposed to be a brand-new laptop but under multi-media devices there is mine listed and two other devices listed as "spencerjones-PC: sally jones" and one that says "spencerjones-PC: spencer jones." There is also a router listed that is one that I ha...

dell-inspiron

Look your boyfriend stole the computer to get in your pants, just get over it , find spencer and return it ok :-)

Bob

05:10

@OliverSalzburg Drive guide's good :P

HackToHell

40pc cache hit rate \m/

Also crop fail

Nick

05:29

Guys, I'm sharing the netbook I'm using with my entire family and no matter what I do, they keep using the chrome browser to which my google account is linked. The don't have the courtesy of syncing in their own accounts or maybe using another browser.

Journeyman Geek

create another account on the netbook?

Nick

@JourneymanGeek Um, so chrome on the other account won't be synced with my google?

Journeyman Geek

Shouldn't

its a seperate account, hell, may need to install chrome for it seperately

Nick

Mhh, still, they won't let me do that. They don't respect privacy like that.

Right now, I'm alternating between using Desktops and WinRAP

Journeyman Geek

Password lock the new account and YOU use that then.

Nick

05:36

Mhh, I think you're right but they'll ask me, why did you make another account, what are you hiding and shiz like that

Whenever I'm lazy to log out from social media or the like, they go through my stuff, that's what's annoying.

Journeyman Geek

Testing. Solar Flares.

Psycogeek

Nick keep your netbook under your matress , with your porn :-)

Nick

@JourneymanGeek What solar flares? I don't see anything

Journeyman Geek

You will clearly never be a BOFH

Nick

@Psycogeek No, I hide pr0n in sight (hidden in like sys32) with names like Sysfiles(x86) and use that folder icon for unrecognized .exe files.

Psycogeek

05:43

I was wondering about some of the same things when a question came up this week about clearing certian history in the chrome browser. was wondering what happens when a person uses a Fully seperated portable browser item for thier uses, and the visable browser item gets used by the others?

Nick

@Psycogeek It's the family computer, I can't hide it :(

Psycogeek

well then that leaves get a job, move out :-) could be why everyone seems to do that

Nick

@JourneymanGeek B****rd Operater from Hell? No, I may look like PFY but I assure you, I'm very well mannered. I'm Clark Kent without the alter ego.

@Psycogeek o-o easier said than done. Can I just password lock chrome?

Psycogeek

If you dont have enough money to move out, there is always some Cult organisation that will do it for your Soul instead

Nick

@Psycogeek Are you satanist recruiter posing as a super-user?

Psycogeek

05:49

Comet rider :-)

Journeyman Geek

@Nick: and people will ask you about that. Seriously, anything other than using a seperate account is madness.

Nick

@JourneymanGeek Madness? No, this is sparta!

DragonLord

If and when I become a sysadmin, I'm not going to be a BOFH.

Journeyman Geek

56

Q: How do I start Chrome using a specified "user profile"?

I use the new built-in "Users" feature of Chrome to switch between Home/Work accounts easily. However, Chrome remembers the "last" user profile you had selected when launching new windows. This is a problem if I close down my "Home" profile last, because when I then click the Email shortcut on my...

command-line google-chrome user-accounts user-profiles command-line-arguments

Nick

Really, they won't let me make a seperate account. Maybe I'll just unsync from chrome, install and sync with canary. Not my fault they won't use IE or Firefox. I just have to yield :(

Journeyman Geek

05:54

@DragonLord: I occationally make jokes about solar flares when stuff randomly starts working around me ;p

@Nick: Here's the thing

You have a social problem not a technical one.

2

DragonLord

Inexperienced people who don't understand how computers work are never an excuse to drop civility.

Not everyone knows how computers work. I respect that.

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: I was joking ._.

DragonLord

I'm not talking about your joke, I'm talking about the popular image of the sysadmin.

Journeyman Geek

@Nick: Option 2. Put aside a dollar a day, buy yourself your own netbook ;p

DragonLord

The stereotypical sysadmin who hates "lusers" with a passion is doing his job wrong.

Nick

05:57

@JourneymanGeek True dat but surely there have to be technical ways to overcome social situations.

DragonLord

...or is it really that frustrating and stressful to be a sysadmin?

Journeyman Geek

@Nick: I gave you one.

@DragonLord: most proper sysadmins rarely deal with users directly

That's up to helpdesk.

The 'Operator' is essentially dead

Nick

@JourneymanGeek I thought you were trying to resolve my social problem with non-empathetic and impractical solution of buying a new netbook or getting a job . That specified user profile thing you linked is somewhat helpful, I guess. Coupled with WinRAP and Desktops, I think I'm going to be okay.

Journeyman Geek

@Nick: Its still a technical solution

Assuming it works

(amusingly I do that at work with firefox, for unrelated reasons)

I run a newer, faster build than the corporate-approved version for most things

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek @Bob I'm messing around with LXD on Ubuntu 14.04 now... insights.ubuntu.com/2015/03/20/…

Journeyman Geek

06:01

shiny ;p

Nick

@JourneymanGeek So, you're running Nightly?

Journeyman Geek

No

I run current

Work runs ... old old old ESR version

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek 3.6? :P

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: I can't remember

I seem to think 22

allquixotic

@DragonLord I think what most sysadmins want to do at work, ultimately, is nothing -- and to achieve that, they try to shift all software-related policies and decision-making in the enterprise toward not changing anything unless absolutely necessary -- with a goal of reaching a static, or near-static configuration for years (and then laying off all the people who helped build it).

Journeyman Geek

06:04

lol

@allquixotic: close

allquixotic

see, the sysadmin's natural predilection toward doing nothing jives very well with the IT Management's goal of reducing their headcount to 1 (namely, themselves)

Journeyman Geek

And most sysadmins don't want to deal with end users.

allquixotic

the other thing they want to do is ensure that all possible software that the user could want, is preinstalled on their system when they sit down on day 1

DragonLord

Why are sysadmins such a passionate bunch?

allquixotic

the sad part is that almost never goes as planned

Journeyman Geek

06:05

cause it takes a special kind of person to want to work on computers all day.

allquixotic

users are a fickle bunch, and as soon as you try to chain them to a cage with a fixed amount of software, they're going to start finding out ways to bypass your restrictions

Journeyman Geek

lol

Work has a nice policy on that

allquixotic

we have a "policy", too, but I don't know anyone who adheres strictly to the policy

literally no one

Journeyman Geek

Do whatever the hell you want unless 1) Its critical - in which case its on a list 2) We arn't supporting it if its not on the list.

On the other hand, our software build system is an ugly abomination that breaks all the rules....

allquixotic

I like the "we aren't supporting it if it isn't on the list" policy -- that gives you the option to do what the fuck you want to, as long as it doesn't bring down the network or start spreading viruses across the LAN

at work, it's "if you do something against policy, and we find out, you can get fired"

and policy is "absolutely no unapproved software"

Journeyman Geek

06:07

@allquixotic: We run linux, and the way things are set up, we can pretty easily rebuild a system that's been BADLY malfed up

allquixotic

so I guess Start -> Programs -> Word 2010 -> Develop -> VBA -> Sub foo() <enter> ==> unapproved software ==> fired?

if that's the case, everyone in my entire department should be fired

Journeyman Geek

Also, its all linux, and most of our users arn't tech savvy enough to break things.

allquixotic

ha.......... ha

DragonLord

I see being a sysadmin as a craft that demands attention to detail.

Journeyman Geek

Oh, our breakages are much more dramatic.

DragonLord

06:09

It's not a matter of jury-rigging something that works but is fragile and fails often.

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: There's basically 2 1/2 kinds of sysadmin.

There's the traditionalist (who runs centos 5.3 or older, and basically has stable systems that will run....) and then there's the dev-ops style of things where people do bleeding edge stuff that runs well.

With the former, most incidents are rare, but big.

But there's usually one guy who's like "Oh, this is cool. this happened last year" and starts talking everyone else through getting shit up

Devops is small things breaking often.

Nathan Osman

Windooooooows!

DragonLord

Have a backup plan and be ready for anything.

Nathan Osman

I did a reset on my Win 8.1 box and now Windows has lost my product key.

@DragonLord Well timed, sir.

Journeyman Geek

ow

Nathan Osman

06:12

:)

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: At least 2 levels of backups ;p

One is none!

Michael Frank

@allquixotic We have cases like this. User calls up to first level with a problem running macros in Excel. They uninstall/reinstall the software and then when it doesn't work escalate it to us... We then call the user and find out they're using a custom in house macro based Excel abomination and promptly say "Sorry, you'll need to talk to whoever created this."

Nathan Osman

So I originally had a Windows Vista product key and upgraded to Windows 8. Then I installed Windows 8.1 from the Windows Store and then reset the machine earlier today. Now it's complaining about activation.

Argh.

Michael Frank

@NathanOsman Reset as in refresh?

DragonLord

@MichaelFrank Reset, as in revert to the base install image on the WinRE partition.

Nathan Osman

06:17

^--- this

DragonLord

This is equivalent to reinstalling Windows.

Nathan Osman

> "If you recently used Add features to Windows 8 to get an edition of Windows with more features, you might see this error if you immediately updated to Windows 8.1 in the Windows Store. To fix this problem, you'll need to contact a Microsoft Customer Support representative."

Uh...

Lame.

Michael Frank

@DragonLord I doubt there's a WinRE partition on a PC that was upgraded from Vista to Win8, but okay.

@DragonLord huh, that's good to know I suppose.

Nathan Osman

It did ask for the Win 8.1 installation disc though.

(Which I inserted and all seemed to go well.)

DragonLord

Okay, a fresh install of Windows 8.1 does include a WinRE partition, but probably not an upgrade as repartitioning would be necessary.

Michael Frank

06:22

@DragonLord That's what I thought ;p

Nathan Osman

Anyway... I dug up my email from Microsoft when I bought the Win8 upgrade (it was the Windows 8 Media Center Pack) and I get this:

>:(

Only Microsoft can make something simple so difficult.

allquixotic

@MichaelFrank I firmly subscribe to the philosophy, users should be allowed to break their own shit, as long as they know that it's their problem

Michael Frank

@allquixotic Yep. So do I.

Journeyman Geek

Blah

Nathan Osman

Wha...

I just entered my original Windows 8 key and it worked.

Journeyman Geek

06:25

;p

Nathan Osman

Well... that was... easy enough.

Michael Frank

You didn't try that first? :o

Nathan Osman

I was entering the product key from the Windows 8 Media Center Pack.

Journeyman Geek

Prolly worth asking here. I have the old baen bundles downloaded. Some of the older books don't have 'modern' formats available - epub and mobi. They do have .lit, .prc and .rb (and in some cases, one other format). Any idea which I should convert from for best results?

Nathan Osman

I thought it superseded the old one.

Journeyman Geek

06:28

@NathanOsman: er. IIRC the key is for the pack not the OS.

As silly as it seems

Nathan Osman

Anyway, good to know.

This is why I normally use Linux :P

DragonLord

I really just wish they would tie keys to Microsoft accounts so that this wouldn't happen.

Journeyman Geek

That will probably happen, sooner rather than later

DragonLord

Allow the user to deregister the key if selling the system, of course, but it would get rid of all these activation hassles.

Nathan Osman

@DragonLord It still would have happened in my case since I didn't sign into my Microsoft account.

I kinda prefer not to.

DragonLord

06:31

Log into the account and the system fetches the key and activates automatically.

Each key would still be tied to the machine's specific parts, so that a user can't use the key on multiple machines at the same time, but it would eliminate guesswork and make things much easier.

Journeyman Geek

@NathanOsman: Would be useful for people who reinstall often, and don't mind using a MS account. ;p

DragonLord

For users with multiple systems and Windows licenses, multiple keys would simply be registered on the account.

It would also allow for users deactivating licenses so that they can be used on another machine.

Done correctly, it can add convenience and flexibility for users while more effectively protecting against piracy.

Win-win.

Bob

07:07

@allquixotic Doesn't stop them from saying it's your fault, though.

@NathanOsman Same. I've completely avoided linking my OS account to any cloud crap.

I'd prefer to keep that local, tyvm

@allquixotic ...LXD? Is that LXCv2?

Psycogeek

07:30

2

Q: Cannot Create User Account Named 'Con' Under Windows 7

I'm unable to create an account named 'con' in Windows 7. I can create the account but each time I login, I see a notification that I'm working under a temporary account and my files are wiped off after logging off. Any Advice/Suggestions on How to Fix? This post gave me a hint but is not focuse...

windows user-accounts

Questions like this are like "Doc it hurts when i put my foot in a meat grinder" Well then dont do that.

Of course now he can make accounts for all the prisoners Con4587 con4589

Next i expect "what is wrong with my user called NULL?"

it is also a dupe stackoverflow.com/questions/30283899/… Which he acknowleges as it was "moved" more or less here.

allquixotic

07:47

@Bob nope - it's a daemon on top of lxc

@JourneymanGeek puppy (your RSS reader) may become unresponsive for a while here soon ;p doing some hacking

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: K ;p

is FINALLY watching adam savage's star trek captains chair

I managed to get the baen bundle organised by filetype, going to try to convert all of them to epub, mobi and that pesky amazon format.

Nick

08:31

I'm still hunting down Application Lockers for Win7. Anyone know any good ones?

Bob

08:55

@JourneymanGeek The Sharpie "Pro" markers (aluminium tube) show exactly why an aluminium shell for phones is a bad idea :P

Journeyman Geek

o0

How?

Bob

(it dents really easily... had it in my pocket with the fine marker, and it's got three massive dents in it now)

I can dent it by pressing hard on it :\

Journeyman Geek

Ahh

Bob

Nick

10:27

@Bob I think, like animatronic babies, aluminum shells will teach users a thing or two about responsibility and care.

allquixotic

14:49

@Bob @JourneymanGeek I got an SP-128 o_O "binge server buying" is now a thing... just gotta sort a few things out and I'll start bringing stuff up over on that side... I'm abandoning SmartOS because it's just too much headache to be non-Linux these days

to offset the cost I'll be canceling my AWS stuff

Bob

@allquixotic ...I thought you were already on a SP-128? o.O

Journeyman Geek

o0

allquixotic

@Bob nah, just SP-64

Journeyman Geek

What's a SP-128?

Bob

ah

allquixotic

14:50

@JourneymanGeek OVH server

the 128 is the number of GB of RAM :P

Bob

also, weren't you promoting SmartOS's stability, network boot and GNU compatibility? :P

allquixotic

Ivy E5

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic ahh

allquixotic

@Bob the first two => yes; the last one.... well........................................ !!no

for simple programs, sure. for complex shit, nope

Bob

lol

Journeyman Geek

14:51

lol

Bob

what about running a VM inside it?

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: hmm, need I do anything on my part? ;p

allquixotic

however, I've ONCE AGAIN gone rebootless on the kernel :D :D :D

Bob

? :S

allquixotic

kernelcare.com

better than ksplice and not anal about their choice of customers

just have to run Ubuntu 14.04 linux-image-generic-amd64 kernel and it'll automatically keep it patched

Bob

14:52

I still need to sort out my dedi :S

OVH's offerings look really nice, but the extra 100ms RTT is an issue

HackToHell

@allquixotic 3.95 sounds cheap

Bob

@allquixotic eww Ubuntu

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek once I get my IPs provisioned and get you a container, probably.

Journeyman Geek

ahh

allquixotic

@Bob meh - LXD is actually pretty good

Journeyman Geek

14:53

Is puppy supposed to be down? ;p

allquixotic

puppy's not down; it's actually up

I just... uhh... >_>

I shunted the /27 block over to my new server temporarily to test some things, then fell asleep last night

while I'm waiting on the /27 for the new server

Bob

@allquixotic Why Ubuntu over Debian, though?

allquixotic

I may as well set it back so you can access puppy

Bob

<= has had terrible experiences with Ubuntu upgrades

allquixotic

OK, so I moved my /27 block (the original one) back onto the SmartOS server; puppy and cavil and etc. should be routable soon, but services may need to be restarted if they've errored out for some reason

should be able to ssh in like 5-10 minutes

@Bob because LXD is available on Ubuntu and not Debian

Journeyman Geek

14:55

ahh

allquixotic

and actually, I had a nightmare of rpmdb problems on CentOS 7 (on the cavil VM) recentlyish

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: heh, I'll just read everything there, and take a opml backup in case ;p

allquixotic

so I wouldn't jump to rpmdb as if it's definitely unbreakable

Journeyman Geek

rss feeds are transient anyway.

Now, if there was a neat way to cluster up postgres servers....

Bob

@allquixotic Really? The GH page implies otherwise

Journeyman Geek

14:57

LXD is ubuntu dogfood.

allquixotic

yup

Bob

Also, did you actually outgrow the SP-64? o.O

Journeyman Geek

Of course they keep reinventing dogfood with things like fish and fish shaped rocks and...

allquixotic

@Bob what do you think? :D

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: heh, I am scared to reboot my home server cause it runs btrfs, and 2 of the 3 kernels

Bob

14:58

@allquixotic no? :P

Journeyman Geek

that I have... won't boot ;p

allquixotic

does anyone ever outgrow a V6 (on the highway) and say "I need a V8 now so I can get to work!"?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Yeah ;p

allquixotic

the answer is no ==> they buy the V8 anyway

@Bob EEEXACTLY. XD

Bob

@allquixotic I've been looking at this one: soyoustart.com/ie/offers/e3-sat-3.xml

Journeyman Geek

14:59

@allquixotic: Only americans ;p

Europeans keep buying smaller cars

Bob

45 USD/month

Journeyman Geek

then the smart ;p

allquixotic

@Bob plus 2 euro per IP PER MONTH -- unlike the SP- range, which is one-time cost for IPs

Journeyman Geek

spent over his 300 dollar cap this month ;p

allquixotic

that's the killer for me, because I pay once for my /27

Bob

15:00

@allquixotic I'm only using... 4 IPs?

allquixotic

how many containers/VMs do you have, and what do you run on them?

Bob

> OVH do not have monthly fees on their SYS lineup for the first 16 additional IP addresses.

@allquixotic Hmm... lemme check

Most of my containers are behind NAT, since they only need outgoing (if that) or a single incoming port

7 containers at the moment

the only container with its own public IP is the gitlab server, because it needs port 22 for git ssh

terraria is happy with a single port

same with ff-sync

allquixotic

@Bob not bad, except it fails the xkcd check

Bob

blog and web downloads are forwarded over a web reverse proxy container

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

15:04

that is the entire premise behind my ordering of the SP-128

Bob

I have a /29, so I still have a couple IPs free

one for the host, one for the NATted containers, one for the gitlab container and one for IPMI

allquixotic

what's your CPU load factor?

Journeyman Geek

;p

Bob

@allquixotic probably 0? :P

 load average: 0.95, 0.41, 0.19

huh, higher than I expected

allquixotic

eh

Bob

15:06

problem with linux-vserver is I don't really know how to check where the load is :P

allquixotic

was thinking about possibly asking if you wanted to become a tenant on my box again once I get the SP-128 built, but I gotta go to a baseball game, so we'll talk later

Bob

KiB Mem:  49558396 total,  2225908 used, 47332488 free,   225192 buffers

allquixotic

cute

Bob

@allquixotic Yea, I am kinda considering that... but we run into the same problem of latency :\

allquixotic

could easily fit you in for $20/mo with no memory limits

@Bob is that server in the US?

Bob

15:07

It would actually save me money to move to the SYS one, and give me a more powerful server.

allquixotic

@Bob RIGHT, but if you aren't willing to suck up the latency, don't do it ;p

gotta go :(

Bob

@allquixotic Kansas City, yea.

Normally I go for west-coast

somehow, MO is about the same as most west-coast DCs

Currently ~225ms RTT

Huh, the OVH BHS DC is ~295ms RTT

worse, but not as much as I feared

(some US east-coast DCs can exceed 350ms)

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

@allquixotic have fun!

So, yea, I might switch to a SYS... or even an SP-64

Journeyman Geek

I was about to complain about something sillyish but I forgot.

Bob

15:18

dammit

now I'm tempted by the SP-64 again

allquixotic

16:18

Lol bob

I'm in line at the swanky restaurant at Orioles Park :p

@Bob if it makes you feel better, a single proc E5 is not all that much better than an Ivy i7. It's basically a 3770 with more cache and no GPU

Going with an E3 should be fine

E5 only becomes amazing when you go multiprocessor but that is expensive even for me

Bob

17:01

@allquixotic it's more the RAM...even the single E3 is an upgrade, but I'd be going from 48GB to 32GB of RAM.

Though, I don't use most of it anyway...

HackToHell