I used the Nero CD-DVD Speed program to scan the burn quality of a 4.7 GB DVD+R disc. It reported significant errors (PIF errors) at the 2.5 GB mark of the disc. On the underside of the disc, I see a small scratch about 13mm from the outer edge of the disc. Would that correspond to the 2.5 GB ...
so it turns out junipers vpn devices have had eavesdropping code installed in them
> The year kicks off with a bang on 1 Jan and New Year, celebrated in Singapore just as in the West with a fireworks show and parties at every nightspot in town. Particularly famous are the wet and wild foam parties on the beaches of resort island Sentosa — at least those years when the authorities deign to permit such relative debauchery.
> Singapore has very strict drug laws, and drug trafficking carries a mandatory death penalty — which is applied to everyone, including foreigners. Even if you technically haven't entered Singapore and are merely transiting (eg changing flights without the need to clear passport control and customs) while in possession of drugs, you would still be hanged by the neck until dead on the next Friday after your sentencing (unless sentenced or your appeal against sentence refused on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or if you are a foreigner when your consulate is given at least 7 days notice).
Update (Dec. 17): We're going to push the transition date to Feb. 1, 2016 to allow for more time to collect community feedback on the proposed terms, which you can read all about below.
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@JourneymanGeek I'm a fan of the Apache Software License 2.0 -- I'm tempted to put at the bottom of my code posts that they are licensed disjunctively under ASL 2.0, MIT, or CC-BY-SA
@JourneymanGeek Eh, I've posted plenty of script code to SU too.
And I use a lot of SO code.
Though most of it is for reference rather than a straight copy-paste (and the latter currently requires a link, with questionable implications on the rest of the project).
Also don't you just hate paying for a 32-page passport, but the one they give you only has pages numbered from 5 to 31?
If I wanted a 26-page passport I wouldn't have paid for a 32!
Bastards
Also, making people pay £42 to reserve a seat on their flight. I thought a seat comes with the ticket, what else am I meant to do if I don't pay the extra, stand?!
Apparently Chiang Mai is having the worst year for Dengue Fever this millenium
> The media has reported on the dengue fever situation in Thailand. It has been reported that 2015, has been the worst year for dengue fever in the last 20 years. An estimated 123 168 cases have been reported as of end November 2015, with an estimated 116 fatalities. The cities of Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the worst affected areas of Thailand.
“shellexecuteex failed code 1203″ Error is showed on my computer screen and i am not able to get access to the webpage i like, who can tell me how to get rid of “shellexecuteex failed code 1203″ Error and the ways to fix my PC?
Hmm, why does is it that you can use CMD to a greater level of success than the windows UI? Like, shutting down a completely numb program via CMD is usually more successful than a using Taskmanager.exe (providing that you know the .exe of the program you want to close ;) )
@DavidPostill Hmm, why is it that you can use CMD to a greater level of success than the windows UI? Like, shutting down a completely numb program via CMD is usually more successful than a using Taskmanager.exe (providing that you know the .exe of the program you want to close ;) ) (source)
@user19679 Eh... depends. If you already had one open, then they're more or less the same. If you need to open one, you're probably screwed either way.
The CLI does have the advantage of being easier to use remotely, if necessary.
The most important distinction is: "End Process" in Task Manager does exactly the same thing as taskkill. It uses the TerminateProcess API call (AFAIK)
"End Task" just sends a WM_CLOSE window message (or CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT if you target a console-mode program).
@user19679 There are edge cases where one or the other won't work. That's typically when you have something like a long I/O queue (so you can't even open the task manager or cmd programs), or if some driver has stalled the kernel (graphics drivers like to do that, so much that Microsoft moved most of it to userspace Vista and implemented TDR to auto-reload it if it stalls for a few seconds).
But in the general case, there isn't that much difference. Use whatever you're more comfortable with.
Oh, and there's no standard cmd equivalent for "End Task" (the 'nice' way)
You can visualise WM_CLOSE ("End Task") as politely asking the program to close, and TerminateProcess ("End Process") as shooting it and ripping its body apart.
When you politely ask, the program can save data and safely close all files it has open. It can maintain any structures in those files. It can prompt you to save files. (if it takes too long you'll get a popup asking you to "End Now" -- that does the same as "End Process" and kills it immediately with possible data loss)
This assumes the program handles the exit request properly, of course, but that's a necessary assumption.
If you kill the process, then it has no chance to do any of those things. It can die in the middle of an operation. The operating system will step in and make sure some things are consistent - it'll free any RAM the program was using, close file handles, etc., but if the program was, say, in the middle of writing a file that file's structure might now be corrupt.
Some programs, like database engines, will keep what's known as a "journal" where they write all intended actions before actually making changes to the real DB so if they crash unexpectedly they can replay the journal to maintain consistency in the real DB. Some limited error recovery, though often some (newly-added) data will still be lost, it tries to preserve the rest of the file.
@Bob Decisions-Decisions. I'll try to be more patient next time ;P Thankfully, word processors and DBs unpromptly keep a record/"save" an extra copy automatically. Phew. I presume however, that when you force shut down a system, it does non of those!?
Saying that, what does a power button actually do? It seems straightforward and obvious but, I assume there's more to it than interrupting the power source. Would it act like a circuit switch -- just more complex?
These are legitimate questions, I'm not trolling :D haha
@JourneymanGeek Me too. For some nostalgia I started complaining about spam some 20 years ago ... I remember getting a Sales Manager fired for sending spam after I complained to his CEO ;)
But it's basically a soft switch. Signals the motherboard which then signals the OS via standard ACPI protocols. Your standard power switch has not been wired to directly interrupt power for well over a decade.
I wonder if the ACPI protocols can fail, too. You'd be relying on the battery running out: if that itself, doesn't rely on ACPI protocols, also (!). All of the above considering it's portable PC not a Desktop PC, obviously :D Imagine it computers could create their own power source... It could possibly recycle kinetic energy but, having a self sustaining PC that could cope with the power load of a resource heavy PC would be incredible.
@JourneymanGeek You do! Can you link me to it, please? :)
@JourneymanGeek Thank you :) I'll read it soon! I feel it too. The Stack exchange mobile app, is a bit difficult to work with! If you open it in a Web page and go from there, it's a lot easier, however. Editing messages cannot be done though :(
@JourneymanGeek I knew that hehe. I was curious as to, how and why it works. I'm just overly inquisitive about the seemingly simple things :D I try to "stay in my lane" now, though.
Windows XP (RC 1) 5.1.2505
Windows XP 5.1.2600 (25.10.2001)
Windows XP, Service Pack 1 5.1.2600.1105-1106
Windows XP, Service Pack 2 5.1.2600.2180
Windows XP, Service Pack 3 5.1.2600 (21.04.2008)
Oops. "Vodafone customer charged more than £5,000 for checking a single e-mail while on holiday in South Africa"
@user19679 "I don't understand what I did wrong" - for a start you haven't told us what error messages you are getting ... and why are you using funny quotes?
@DavidPostill I meant... translate (I think). So, on my screen it shows the code whereas on the other screen it just shows the link. Like the same results we get when we use [TITLE](URL)
I used the Nero CD-DVD Speed program to scan the burn quality of a 4.7 GB DVD+R disc. It reported significant errors (PIF errors) at the 2.5 GB mark of the disc. On the underside of the disc, I see a small scratch about 13mm from the outer edge of the disc. Would that correspond to the 2.5 GB ...
Update (Dec. 17): We're going to push the transition date to Feb. 1, 2016 to allow for more time to collect community feedback on the proposed terms, which you can read all about below.
CC-BY-SA is an ideal license for a crowdsourced knowledge base. We’ve benefited immensely from it, our com...
“shellexecuteex failed code 1203″ Error is showed on my computer screen and i am not able to get access to the webpage i like, who can tell me how to get rid of “shellexecuteex failed code 1203″ Error and the ways to fix my PC?
