Root Access

Michael Frank

00:08

Wooo! Hit 3k rep. :D

xCare

congratz! @MichaelFrank

I haven't even reached a hundred lol

Bob

Side-by-side with my S4, the G4's camera is amazing.

Michael Frank

@xCare Haha, it was off your question as well. Did you get to test out the Portable Win10 yet?

xCare

oh, in that case, happy to help ;) ...no, I'm waiting to get my other issue fixed, one step at a time

don't suppose you know anything about boot issues?

Michael Frank

Not really. Depends on the issue...

xCare

00:11

the chat for it is here, feel free to give it a gander anyone who thinks they can make some sense from it

chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/29827/…

Michael Frank

Ahh... I know nothing about Linux.

xCare

no prob

Journeyman Geek

@xCare: you got it working?

for testdisk cgsecurity.org/wiki/Running_TestDisk is where you should start

xCare

I have all the software, but being a first-timer am waiting for when you or @Nikhil_CV has some time to guide me through the process, or someone else who knows what they're doing

Journeyman Geek

The test disk guide + cgsecurity.org/wiki/Advanced_NTFS_Boot_and_MFT_Repair is what I'd do.

and the first part of the testdisk guide is non destructive

xCare

00:25

mhm, read that... it's a maybe for me like I say, already ruined stuff being impatient so I can afford to wait as the issue takes a soft approach to feel the situation rather than a gung-ho let's git' er done type of thing.

Journeyman Geek

Annnd that's why I suggested the imageing tool

xCare

yes :)

Michael Frank

00:42

So anyone else out there not super thrilled about the Windows 10 'look' after having used it for a while?

Journeyman Geek

I'm ok with it

xCare

it's ok... but ofc, I replace the default images with my own anyway lol

Michael Frank

I keep having programs open on the taskbar without icons, it's kinda annoying. I also can't stand the close 'x'. It's just... ugly.

xCare

how dare they uglify that X! lol

anyways, off to dinner, gn evry1!

Bob

ok, rebooting phone

either I have root now or I have a bricked phone :P

Michael Frank

00:48

Sonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny.... Hurry up and change your PS Plus monthly deals. >:(

Bob

Ok, it seems to have worked...

Michael Frank

My phone reckons it's rooted.. But apparently it's not. :(

Bob

o.O

Great, now intalling Titanium Backup. Completing backup from my old phone.

Next, I need to figure out a way to copy the backups from one SD card to another...

Michael Frank

So I can't leave a chatroom.

It just keeps coming back.

Ugh... It happened again! I click the leave button, then... POOF it reappears.

Meeting in 10... I need a coffee.

Journeyman Geek

01:06

o0

Journeyman Geek

01:18

theverge.com/2015/10/5/9409563/… 0_0

Bob

> Big tape reels suggests an audio connoisseur with technical skills

... ... ... -_-

Journeyman Geek

"Vinyls are too main stream"

Michael Frank

01:56

@JourneymanGeek That's slightly ridiculous.

DragonLord

Journeyman Geek

rofl...

Michael Frank

@DragonLord Microsoft: Making people matter.

Journeyman Geek

Edge?

DragonLord

Yeah.

@JourneymanGeek: Can you delete this? The Tweet's been deleted and replaced. I just don't want people following a broken link.

Michael Frank

02:06

Woo. Finally given the permission to modify Exchange Distribution lists!

I could do everything else, but apparently modifying DLs was too much responsibility for us and should only be available to the users designated to manage them. /s

Journeyman Geek

._.

I think you didn't mean what you meant when you said this ;p

DragonLord

Oops, reposting it.

💔 You're not connected And the web just isn’t the same without you @Microsoft #MicrosoftEdge #Windows10 https://imgur.com/w1TpmEO

Tweeted by fierydragonlord on October 6, 2015 at 2:00 AM

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Me? or DL?

Journeyman Geek

DL

he linked to me saying "Edge" when he meant the link ;p

Canadian Luke

03:35

Anyone work with Samba 4 yet? I'm running into a very weird issue

Michael Frank

@CanadianLuke There used to be this really great blog...

Canadian Luke

Are you talking about my blog... For Samba 3? :P

Michael Frank

@CanadianLuke :P

DragonLord

Jon Skeet, Reading, United Kingdom

813k 396 5686 6823

c# java .net linq generics asp.net xml

Time to make another push?

Jan 20 at 1:53, by DragonLord

@Bob, @JourneymanGeek: I'm curious if I can scale up to 30+ answers a week, 150+ answers a month without compromising answer quality or moderation work (think Jon Skeet)

The problem is, how do I find the time to do this?

Canadian Luke

I'm trying to write to a folder, logged in as the Admin user... But I keep getting 'Access denied

Michael Frank

03:42

@CanadianLuke Wrong Admin user?

Canadian Luke

There's only one... luke

DragonLord

On another topic...

Apr 5 at 15:49, by DragonLord

Customer support is extremely expensive compared to other costs associated with doing business.

Is this still true?

Canadian Luke

Huh?

DragonLord

A lot of big companies do pretty much everything they can to cut CS costs.

Automated systems, big FAQ knowledge bases, links to questions in said KBs as the final step before submitting contact requests, and other barriers to reduce the amount of human time needed to handle customer service requests.

@CanadianLuke Is customer service still very expensive?

Canadian Luke

I have no idea... That's all I was hired to do

Bob

03:53

@allquixotic Ok, testing BT w/ LG G4 & screen off, running Android 5.1.

Sink is a Logitech x100 (SBC).

...is that a quick blip I hear? :(

Bob

04:09

Hmmm... it almost seems worse while charging.

It's intermittent. Been fine for 10 mins now.

Bob

04:36

O_O there's a little dent on the front edge already

...how?

deostroll

Where is start.exe?

I mean in windows command prompt we type start notepad.exe ... it starts notepad...

And when you do where start you get a response saying INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).

Journeyman Geek

04:54

@DragonLord what I said then is still true now.

DragonLord

@JourneymanGeek I don't see any messages from you in the context of that message.

Journeyman Geek

On the contrary, there are many

and that I think trying to force X numbers of answers a week, especially something like 4 a day is madness.

DragonLord

@JourneymanGeek Oh, oh. You were referring to the Jon Skeet message.

Journeyman Geek

ahh

yes I was

Bob

@deostroll There isn't one.

start is a cmd builtin.

Start-Process in PowerShell is (vaguely) equivalent.

Internally it calls Win32 functions directly.

DragonLord

05:02

Aug 9 at 0:39, by DragonLord

I tried (and succeeded in) posting five answers as part of a Winter Bash challenge (and I was the only one to earn the Bill Lumbergh hat on Super User), but it nearly exhausted me and left very little time for my usual review tasks.

deostroll

bummer... :(

DragonLord

05:22

@misha256: "I've never seen a drive that lets you change the 'physical sector size' reporting setting": Your Intel SSD DC S3510 is not a consumer product. It is a datacenter SSD. This feature probably exists for compatibility reasons in order to ensure that the drive plays nice in older machines. Enterprise drives of this sort need to be compatible with older servers as businesses tend to avoid making frequent system upgrades. — DragonLord 2 mins ago

Updated:

@misha256: "I've never seen a drive that lets you change the 'physical sector size' reporting setting": Your Intel SSD DC S3510 is not a consumer product. It is a datacenter SSD. This feature probably exists for compatibility reasons in order to ensure that the drive plays nice with older systems while not sacrificing performance in newer machines. Enterprise drives of this sort need to be compatible with older servers as businesses tend to avoid making frequent system upgrades. — DragonLord 5 mins ago

rajeshmpanchal

Anyone is getting Error: "Uncaught ReferenceError: StackExchange is not defined"

2

Bob

05:42

That's hilarious.

(no, not happening here)

DragonLord

Can repro.

Journeyman Geek

06:19

Review audits are a pain

Bob

06:34

O_O this phone shows the spotify album cover on the lock screen background

awesome

Bob

07:15

@allquixotic It stuttered a bit at the beginning, then managed a couple hours without (obvious) issues.

Michael Frank

09:33

@Bob Don't all phones do that? o.O

Bob

@MichaelFrank ...my S4 on Android 4.3 didn't.

It had the music player controls but didn't replace the whole background.

Michael Frank

Does it do the EQ thing as well?

Bob

Uh... I dunno.

Journeyman Geek

10:07

blah

courier is being a pain

Its rejecting my password for some reason

Michael Frank

10:22

Flashing 6.0 at the moment on my Nexus 5. Exciting!

Bob

@MichaelFrank Lemme know how it goes? :P

(Apparently LG might be one of the first out with it... though I'll probably hold off for a bit.)

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

hi everyone

is it possible to install linux on potato?

Journeyman Geek

No

A dead badger on the other hand...

Michael Frank

@BlueBerry-Vignesh4303 Depends...

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

bbspot.com/news/2008/12/linux-on-a-potato.html @JourneymanGeek

Michael Frank

10:25

@Bob Well, it's booting now!

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

just got confused how they did it also really confused how it works

Michael Frank

New boot animation is siiiiiiick

Bob

@MichaelFrank ? o.O

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

@JourneymanGeek also kindly say whether it would cover under topic at superuser

0

Q: How linux can be installed on potato/toaster?

While going over internet came across a weird post related to linux installation over at potato : As you see over here the linus was installed over potato and it was running successfully,while digging further i came across the post which states that linux can be installed on anything : After...

linux hard-drive installation motherboard

Bob

Oh, fancy colours. We've come full circle.

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

10:27

it might be broad/primarily opinion based but while searching over internet cant see any relevant resources

Michael Frank

@BlueBerry-Vignesh4303 It's quite obviously satire.

Bob

whoosh.gif

Michael Frank

Like the old saying "But will it run Crysis?"

Bob

@allquixotic The more I listen to POTF the more I like it :P

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

@MichaelFrank but what it confused me was linux on 15th birthday announced its successful instalaltions gizmodo.com/5169714/how-to-get-linux-on-anything

Bob

10:29

Or maybe I just like music I recognise.

Michael Frank

@BlueBerry-Vignesh4303 It's a joke.

Linux is very versatile, so it will run on a lot of actual hardware that you wouldn't think it could run on. Like calculators, for instance. Thus the joke is that it's so versatile it will actually run on anything.

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

@MichaelFrank so its just a joke :( ,they claim to install small linux and edit the file using vim editor ,got it

Journeyman Geek

@BlueBerry-Vignesh4303: Its either going to be a HNQ or dowvoted to heck.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Looks like it's following the downvoted path.

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

yeah guess we can close that question :(,

sometimes false news from internet make us believe its truth @Bob

Michael Frank

10:39

@BlueBerry-Vignesh4303 This is not a joke however: pcworld.com/article/161460/storage.html

BlueBerry - Vignesh4303

@MichaelFrank yeah but how could i get some guideliness on how they did it,searched over internet cant claim any resources related to it

so posted over here but just curious how they might have achieved it

Michael Frank

@BlueBerry-Vignesh4303 Well, the guy lost his finger... Then they put a fake one on the stump. Inside that fake finger he keeps a USB drive.

@Bob it's just reinstalling all my apps now.

Bob

11:00

Journeyman Geek

11:38

ls

DavidPostill

man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ls.1.html

Journeyman Geek

naw

I'm currently having trouble with postfix and courier

I THINK postfix is saving stuff to the wrong place

and one of the two accounts I set up dosen't work

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Wrong window? :P

@allquixotic Been listening for 2+ hours, no stuttering whatsoever.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: yeah

and considering nuking the mail server and starting afresh tommorrow

Oliver Salzburg

12:08

@JourneymanGeek I remember reading "idiot-proof" yesterday ;D

And, I don't remember why, but, Courier sucks dude, use Dovecot ;D

Journeyman Geek

@OliverSalzburg: Clearly I'm a better class of idiot

I know what's wrong

I just didn't know how to fix it

and there was another issue and blah

Nuked it, and will take it slow ;p

Oliver Salzburg

12:44

Heheh

Hennes

Wow. type a comment to say 'product recommendations are off-topic on Superuser"
Error. Post locked. Already closed in about 30 seconds

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Better than me trying to get zfs working.

"Oh, look a nice guide" 3 hours later "...what are all these errors?" 20 hours later "ok, I give up"

Knowing what's wrong is more than half the battle :P

HackToHell

I'm confused store.softlayer.com/configure

Much servers, way too many configurations

Bob

13:03

Depends what you need.

Also, aren't SoftLayer managed?

In other words, extremely expensive for the specs.

But you're not fully responsible for the software.

>
Single Intel Xeon E3-1270 (4 Cores, 3.40 GHz)
2GB RAM (4GB maximum)

I don't understand.

You have the equivalent of an i7 (Sandy) there, and you give it 2GB of RAM?!

Hennes

Starting with very low amounts of memory snd showing a low price is not that insane.
it is just marketing

Now a 4GB of max RAM, that would be insane.

Bob

@Hennes It's pretty insane.

With most services they lowest they go with a (modern-ish) Xeon is 8 GB

Hennes

Whoops.... security.nl/posting/446055/…

Goodbye safe harbour construction

If that holds then the fecal matter has hit the rotating impellor.

Bob

Hennes

A good security setting.

I did not get that, though I am not sure if I have flash installed

Creative use of flash block, do not get asked to install adobe flash on almost every webpage

Bob

13:17

shrug I always keep it click-to-play

Though the warning has become decidedly more red as of late.

Might have something to do with it being outdated.

Because of course the plugin's update policy is "on user login" which translates to "never"

System Boot Time:          24/07/2015, 6:54:45 PM

Hennes

Here, PDF

curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2015-10/…

/me ponder superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/445885

Is telnet a shell? I would say it is a communication protocol

And yes, you can communicate with a shell, or a webserver, or a mailserver, or ...

Journeyman Geek

@Hennes: heh. I got myself suspended again from reviews.

Hennes

How often must I say that 'reject becauase the edit does not add praise to dogs` is not a valid reject reason?

Journeyman Geek

(and I wasn't robo reviewing or anything. I saw a post, decided to give it the benefit of doubt and...)

DavidPostill

13:43

@JourneymanGeek link to the review?

Journeyman Geek

superuser.com/review/late-answers/445818

it was a oneliner

IMO, the second line seemed clear enough

xCare

14:25

one liners.. o.0

just wrote the longest answer I've written so far

0

A: Can I configure when Windows 10 updates itself and check the size of new updates?

Unlike previous versions, with Windows 10, the update through the Control Panel is removed. As made clear here, the only way to update now is the Settings app under Update and Security and through Microsoft Store. The differences from Update in previous versions of Windows are as follows: 1) W...

brb, afk

Oliver Salzburg

15:17

@xCare You should look into markdown list formatting ;)

xCare

@OliverSalzburg how does that work?

I saw a bunch of options in the editor, not too familiar with them at this point

Oliver Salzburg

@xCare Like that

Also, use the power of Unicode arrows → ;D

xCare

uh.. k one at a time. I'm guessing that's in-line formatting?

Oliver Salzburg

@xCare For list formatting, just make sure to use a dot after the number. So 1. instead of 1)

xCare

okay

Oliver Salzburg

15:23

The arrow is Alt+26

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek "might fix the issue" is the give away. If someone is not sure whether an answer will work ("might") then it should be a comment.

xCare

I use "might" or may sometimes as opposed to a definitive because it's not always certain if a solution will be the right one if there are other ones especially

But if it requires certainty and I can verify something especially, I don't use that.

@OliverSalzburg thanks for the edit

allquixotic

15:58

@Bob G4? You will need to, at a minimum, reboot the G4 once before you start to get problems

for the initial power-on after pairing, and especially during the first connection after pairing, it's fine - unfortunately, that doesn't mean you can reliably unpair and re-pair every time to get a reliable connection; in order to get that "fresh pair" 100% working functionality back, you have to either factory reset or have an OTA applied.

the first connection after the original pairing after an OTA or reset is pretty reliably good (but that might be because background post-update/post-first-boot stuff is keeping the CPU at higher clocks)

allquixotic

16:27

reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1i2egx

> heyyoudvd 138 points 2 years ago*
Because it would be very very frightening.

Oliver Salzburg

16:38

Sweet, my new Dash wallet arrived

HackToHell

And yay, i am getting a Zen phone 2

asus.com/in/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML

The 2 gb one

DragonLord

My server needs to be migrated to a new host due to a hardware issue.

Hello,

Linode continuously monitors the health of our equipment and we've been alerted to a condition which could affect the physical server your Linode is hosted on. While we have determined that this is not an emergency, your Linode should be migrated to a new server at your earliest convenience.

The migration process will gracefully power down your Linode, migrate it to the new hardware, and issue a boot job automatically. All of your data, configurations, and IP addresses will remain unchanged. Services not configured to start on a reboot will need to be manually started. The migratio…

Oliver Salzburg

@HackToHell Looks pretty neat

DragonLord

This is good service nonetheless. They're proactively handling host hardware issues before it becomes a serious problem.

Canadian Luke

@DragonLord How often does that happen though? :P

DragonLord

16:45

First time in more than two years of service.

There's been a few failures in the early days in my early days with Linode which have led to unexpected downtime events. One of them was long enough to get an SLA credit.

allquixotic

@DragonLord that sounds like something like a failing RAID card, or a disk that's failing in a redundant array, and they want to take the server offline to do the disk replacement maybe?

DragonLord

Sep 11 '13 at 20:54, by DragonLord

My Linode VPS went down for 1h15m due to a software fault on the host server that required a host reboot.

allquixotic

@DragonLord hmm, that kind of stuff is very rare on Amazon AWS; not sure if Linode's hosting platform isn't that stable, or if you are having bad luck

DragonLord

Sounds like a disk issue to me.

One disk on the host has probably failed.

(Linode uses either RAID 10 or RAID 6.)

allquixotic

hah! iPhone 6S+ NAND performance is more comparable to a low-end laptop SSD than any other smartphone/tablet NAND chip (keeping in mind that, traditionally, there's an enormous gap in performance between smartphone NAND and real SSDs) - anandtech.com/show/9662/…

DragonLord

16:56

http://www.fierydragonlord.com/ is temporarily down as my hosting provider needs to migrate the VPS to a new host. Please stand by.

Tweeted by fierydragonlord on October 6, 2015 at 4:55 PM

HackToHell

@OliverSalzburg yeah, steam rolls pretty much every other mid range phone tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-zenfone-2,4267.html

DragonLord

Server is up and running again.

Tweeted by fierydragonlord on October 6, 2015 at 4:59 PM

That was quick.

xCare

Question: how do I snazz up my image? trying to change my rather bland 'n boring brofile bic ;)

the other identicon is hardly any better, looks like I got left out of the cool pool on those thingies up there

hi @Clippy!

haha, he's asking me if I want to snazz up my image.. yes please!

0 results. LOL

-.-

I tried changing the pic with something I searched up, but looks like it's wrong or something

it's not showing up anywhere, maybe I'll give it some time.

@DragonLord nice Dragon btw -puff-

w00t! oh, why thank you... more hidden tricks I see :)

oh that's how it's done

allquixotic

17:18

@xCare it's cached, it'll take some time to update

xCare

okay ty.

there it is!

it's not much, but a bit of an improvement from the blues lol

Ben Richards

@OliverSalzburg Figured it out.

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William 'MindWorX' Mariager

So here's a weird thing. I can right-click a flashdrive and hit eject, just like the safe removal thing in the system tray. But I can't do this with my external harddisk.

I can still eject in the system tray, just not directly on the disk in "My Computer/This PC".

3v0

my dod died :(

DOG

D O G

xCare

17:32

that is sad. btw you can edit a typo* by clicking the arrow on the left of your mesage and selecting edit during the first couple of minutes of posting

Ben Richards

You can also edit your last message by hitting the up arrow while the cursor is in the text box.

And that is sad. Sorry about your dog. :(

3v0

ah

DavidPostill

17:46

@xCare You know you can use any image as your avatar? It doesn't have to be a self portrait ;)

@3v0 I've had several cats put to sleep in my arms so I know what you are going through. My thoughts are with you.

RACING121

18:01

:(

allquixotic

now I need to go home and give my cat a big hug when I get home :(

DavidPostill

18:15

@allquixotic Go for it. My last two owners are still in NL. I had to leave them behind when I came back to the UK (they are in good hands with my ex). I still miss them all every day :/

allquixotic

18:29

!!yes

ChatBot John Cavil

allquixotic

that's on my iPhone 6S+... despite the developers saying that the "Beta is closed" and having hundreds of people whining that they want in

get a OS X dedicated server -> ??? (proprietary googling algorithm and hours of persistence) -> sideloaded app running on my iphone

Mokubai

@allquixotic Got that running on my Fire TV. :)

allquixotic

@Mokubai yep, except in my case, you can't "simply" install the app

i explained what i did in our Gitter PrivateChat

Mokubai

So, how's the other walled garden treating you?

allquixotic

18:32

Good, other than having to jump through hoops within hoops to sideload stuff

Mokubai

My upgrade is due and I'm thinking that they don't actually want me to upgrade to anything worthwhile...

allquixotic

get an iphone :D

I'll let you download my disk image winkwink

Mokubai

I don't think I could bring myself to get an iPhone.... I'd probably buy a WinPho before that...

My Note3 isn't exactly failing me, but I want the new shiny.

I can pay more + big upfront cost to get shiny, or I can pay less and get a huge amount of data + spotify for a year.

I'm still a bit annoyed at Samsung for deciding that Europe doesn't need the Note5.

3v0

how come the chatbot can post pics

Mokubai

!!nothingtoseehere

ChatBot John Cavil

18:43

Mokubai

@3v0 Why shouldn't he?

allquixotic

anyone can onebox pics

3v0

bots arnt usually that clever

allquixotic

he's posting them in response to commands we submit

Mokubai

Cavil is awesome and can learn many things

allquixotic

18:49

!!info no

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Command no, created by allquixotic on Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:18:45 GMT but hasn't been used yet

allquixotic

!!help no

Mokubai

I'm sure you have used that one @allquixotic

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic no: User-taught command: <>http://i.stack.imgur.com/M0Ngk.png

allquixotic

@Mokubai I believe the use counter is per-start, and it restarts daily, so yeah

I haven't no'ed today

!!info yes

ChatBot John Cavil

18:51

@allquixotic Command yes, created by Gowtham on Wed, 27 Nov 2013 02:13:58 GMT, invoked 1 times

allquixotic

but I did !!yes

Mokubai

Ahhhh.

allquixotic

he's not that clever anyway

DragonLord

!!/dragonno

ChatBot John Cavil

Michael Frank

19:26

@DavidPostill My avatar is this way because I can't be bothered logging into Gravatar. :P

DavidPostill

@MichaelFrank My comment was not addressed to you ;). I said @xCare

Michael Frank

@DavidPostill I know, you just mentioned that avatars don't need to be of us. I thought I'd join the convo!

Mokubai

Likewise. My avatar reigns supreme!

3v0

is there anything better than tineye?

xCare

@DavidPostill yes thank you. Found one that seems decent, it appears to be working now :)

3v0

19:41

by any chance

Mokubai

@3v0 Google image search?

images.google.co.uk

Drag and drop an image in....

3v0

hmm

nah thats terrible

xCare

@Mokubai how does that Bounty thing work, do I get awarded automatically if I answer a question right?

Mokubai

No, the user who started the bounty awards it.

@xCare superuser.com/help/bounty

xCare

I read that, it's a bit confusing... is the bounty shared equally for all those who answer?

say if I put up a bounty, do I specify who it goes to or do I leave that to the system

Michael Frank

19:48

@xCare No, just the person the question asker decides to award it to.

Mokubai

It's awarded to the person who the bounty giver selects.

> If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be awarded half the bounty amount. If two or more eligible answers have the same score (i.e., their scores are tied), the oldest answer is awarded the bounty. If there's no answer meeting those criteria, the bounty is not awarded to anyone.

Apart from that rule, it is up to the person posting the bounty as to who gets it

xCare

so if the question asker does not award it to the answerer, the bounty will just disappear, even if the answerer did answer the question?

Michael Frank

@xCare Only if that answer doesn't have more than 2 upvotes.

Mokubai

Basically if you ignore the bounty and there are no answers at +2 then it is lost. if someone got +2 votes then they will get half.

xCare

like, for example I made an answer on a question with a bounty this morning, it's a bit short, but does this qualify?

1

A: Where to get root SSL certificates for Opera 12.17?

According to Opera, you download root certificates using the root store from the OS itself and Google. Opera used to run its own root store but it ceased doing that in 2013. Below are a couple of certificate sites where you can download root certificates: Digicert Geotrust There are instruct...

Mokubai

19:50

But if you actively award the bounty then that person gets it all.

xCare

so I as the one who answered can select to ignore receiving the bounty?

Mokubai

@xCare No, you only have +1 at the moment, and most people are more stingy about upvotes on bounties. it has to really be worth it.

xCare

so I don't qualify for bounty then on that question

Mokubai

Not yet, no. You'd still have to wait 7 days for it to be awarded most likely anyway.

Michael Frank

@xCare You get the bounty if you like it or not either by being granted it from the asker, or by the system forcing half of it down your throat after 7 days and only then if you get another upvote.

xCare

19:52

it is rather short, but I just went through writing my longest one, ran out of steam lol

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A: Can I configure when Windows 10 updates itself and check the size of new updates?

Unlike previous versions, with Windows 10, the update through the Control Panel is removed. As made clear here, the only way to update now is the Settings app under Update and Security and through Microsoft Store. The differences from Update in previous versions of Windows are as follows: Whe...

okay, ic there is no selective options for the answerer, only for the asker.

Michael Frank

@xCare Remember, it's not a competition! Nobody that matters realllllly cares about a users rep. Quality over quantity.

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xCare

@MichaelFrank right, I'm just asking as I'm not familiar with the feature

Mokubai

Fake internet points FTW!

xCare

lol, true.

Mokubai

@xCare There is no way for an answerer to declare "I am right, give me the bounties!" Likewise with normal questions, it is up to the community and the question asker to determine how right you are.

xCare

19:58

yes, atm the purpose of the points for me are to unlock and access features.

and perhaps award a bounty if I need help really bad on something

Oliver Salzburg

20:27

Did any of you upgrade to Office 2016 yet? It turns out that I can't connect to any Exchange servers anymore. Worked fine before I upgraded :P

Michael Frank

@OliverSalzburg Not yet! We're about to start a pilot group for 2013 though :P

Canadian Luke

@OliverSalzburg Known bug. Exchange doesn't like things being from the future ;-) JK

Oliver Salzburg

This is pretty annoying. I also tried removing and re-creating an account, doesn't work. Tells me the Exchange server doesn't exist

And the Repair button for accounts is greyed out now

Michael Frank

@CanadianLuke It doesn't like things from the past either.

Exchange 2010 throws a hissy fit if you migrate a calendar with reoccuring meetings that have no end time from 2003.

So Android Marshmallow is nice. Nexus 5 feels snappy again.

Oliver Salzburg

20:44

Apparently it's some sort of licencing error

Office Subscription licensing exception: Error Code: 0x803D0010; CorrelationId: {88592B23-7E3B-40FC-AA3A-B90BB5B7ABF9}

That's in the event log

The Sign into Office button in Outlook leads to this

Great

Michael Frank

I get that when trying to sign into my Twitter app. :(

Canadian Luke

Lovely...

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