Root Access

Journeyman Geek

14:00

I have a slightly sprained ankle.

allquixotic

sup you two :D

awww pup

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic we beat RA3 into working in co-op ;p

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek nice! red alert 3?

Journeyman Geek

yup

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek :( now you're a lab pup?

Journeyman Geek

14:00

lol

(naw, convinient gif)

I actually have a video of ash limping somewhere. Got it so we could show the vet.

totally not a lab. labs arn't that bright ;p

Lovely dogs, but hardly masterminds

Bob

@allquixotic aka the 2008 game whose servers were shut down in 2014 :P

allquixotic

@Bob wow. and you somehow got it to work anyway?

Bob

@allquixotic cnc-online hosts servers

seems to be reverse-engineered :P

Burgi

did they not move it to the steam cloud?

allquixotic

nice

Bob

14:06

works pretty much out of the box

Journeyman Geek

yup, but I messed up creating a cnc-online account

allquixotic

might wanna run some co-op with you guys this weekend instead of SCL

Bob

only problem is it's not really equal co-op :P

you have the primary and the secondary commander... secondary takes the place of the AI

allquixotic

what do you mean?

Burgi

i just realised the steam cloud could just be called a cloud....

Journeyman Geek

14:07

Its 2 player co-op, with one main player and one meatshield.

Bob

primary gets the objectives :P

@allquixotic sure. got a game in mind?

trine can do 3-player, iirc. puzzle platformer.

allquixotic

@Bob RA3... unless it can only do 2 player

Bob

ra3 is only two player unfortunately

allquixotic

ah okay

Bob

at least for coop campaign

allquixotic

14:08

can Starcraft 2 do 3-player co-op?

Burgi

RA3 was the one that finally killed the franchise

Bob

multiplayer can obviously have more but I prefer campaigns :P

@allquixotic hm. no idae.

allquixotic

@Burgi RA3 was awesome. They had that wacky US President guy and Sulu

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Co-op_Missions

2 player

Journeyman Geek

14:09

I think when I was getting it to work and playing the russian campaign, I saw george takei and told @Bob ... Oh my.....

Bob

@allquixotic and a certain dress code, though that's an ra staple at this point :P

...RA. Red Alert or Root Access?

Journeyman Geek

lol

Oh, the actress who plays Eva is adorable ;p

Burgi

@allquixotic is that not RA2?

Journeyman Geek

But so totally non regulation uniforms!

Bob

@Burgi ...no?

Burgi

14:11

and is the wacky US president donald trump?

Bob

No, it's <SPOILER REDACTED>

Journeyman Geek

He just might be

Bob

He also likes apple pie a lot.

(@allquixotic probably gets it. JMG will soon :P)

Journeyman Geek

lol

The russian airships make my inner drunk russian pilot happy.

Bob

Also, apparently the allied campaign is considered canonical.

Burgi

14:12

sorry i was thinking of CNC4

Bob

It's also the most balanced.

Soviets are the stereotypical brute force smashers, Rising Sun are the micromanaged versatile but fragile-ish units.

Allies are pretty much in the middle.

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek Helium mix optimal!

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic Mad Yuri was probably the greatest RPG charecter I've never played

Bob

@allquixotic Leave... nothing

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek Gemma Atkinson for anyone who needs to google

Journeyman Geek

14:14

@allquixotic yeah, and I did ;p

Bob

@JourneymanGeek RPG character? o.O

Journeyman Geek

but I'm a bit of a sucker for a slightly posh british accent.

@Bob Mad Yuri! Finest Karnov Pilot in Tikanov!

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Then you'll love the guardian tanks :P

Journeyman Geek

(Battletech's russian enclave. of course, he was actually not drunk all the time)

or scottish accents

Bob

Red alert 3 quotes Mirage tank, Athena cannon, Guardian

►

Journeyman Geek

14:16

I should be more precise

Bob

Not really posh though :P

Journeyman Geek

Female british accents ;p

Burgi

gemma atkinson.... drool

she was the only reason to watch hollyoaks

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi In a really short dress

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Uhm... maybe youtu.be/5wGvLjgK0Gw?t=54s :P

Burgi

14:17

yeah i remember it now

Journeyman Geek

Yup!

Bob

@Burgi welp that was a nsfw image search

Burgi

PC Format had special edition RA3 wallpapers on their cover CD at the time

Bob

"Your call is important to us."

Now if only Microsoft used that voice.

Burgi

@bob in the UK she is actually considered a bit common

allquixotic

14:21

@Bob Except that corporate BS is so typical that it comes off sounding sarcastic

"yeah yeah, annoying customers always bothering us on the phone, gdi -_-"

Burgi

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Q: Is it possible to get an internal usb port into my notebook?

I have a special piece of hardware that I soldered together and I have built it into my notebook. The problem is: The device requires to be connected to the computer via USB. At the moment I have a USB cable soldered to it that leaves the notebook case on the bottom and goes into one of the exter...

Bob

@allquixotic It is sarcastic in the Athena Cannon one :P

Huh, apparently PA has some shared armies thing @JourneymanGeek?

Burgi

PA is terrible

i think they ran out of kickstarter money and just released whatever they had

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi then released a standalone expansion which is basically the same game with extra polish

Burgi

i think i must have the base game

Bob

14:30

Shogun 2 also has coop but again two player

@allquixotic Any idea of three player ones? :P

Burgi

AOE2

Bob

@Burgi Looking specifically for coop campaign

> Saints Row 4 feels like the end result of calling all of your bugs ‘features’.

lol

> Realistic Kissing Simulator

O_O

Ooh. Dawn of War 2 seems to have three-player co-op campaign

Burgi

@JourneymanGeek i just checked my steam library and i have a DLC called digital deluxe. is that the one you mean?

Bob

> Includes 26 items: Dawn of War II: Retribution – The Last Stand, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Chaos Space Marines Race Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Eldar Race Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Imperial Guard Race Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Ork Race Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Space Marines Race Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Tyranid Race Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Ultramarines Pack, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution, Warhammer 40,000…

O_O

Burgi

i was about to suggest DOW2 but i think it is only 2 player co-op

Bob

14:34

wtf dota2 is considered rts?

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi digital deluxe is the sound track

there's a expansion called titans

adds ... 2 new units each for land air sea and space, and something like 5 rediculously overpowered superunits

Burgi

meh

Journeyman Geek

lol

Its the game equivilent of ~~edible packing peanuts~~ junk food

its not very filling, its crap, but some days, it hits the spot ;p

Bob

Seems like RA3 is probably top of the list when it comes to co-op campaigns in RTSes

Burgi

i really enjoyed the DOW2 co-op

Journeyman Geek

14:37

lol

RA3 feels designed from the ground up for co-op

Granted, p2 is mr meatshield

Burgi

i just need to find someone to play the orks campagin with me

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Meatshield reporting in! :P

Journeyman Geek

;p

Bob

We do need to coordinate better.

I kept running towards your objectives... whoops :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

yeaaah

my house is a minor war zone at the moment

We need to yank out 3 airconditioners, and install a split unit in 4 rooms

And well

anyway, new aircon installs are tommorrow

allquixotic

14:41

too bad Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak can't be played in co-op mode

Journeyman Geek

removals are the day after

allquixotic

it's an amazing game

it reminds me of Battlestar Galactica (the new series) but ground based

Journeyman Geek

lol

the first two games...

lol... that in vr....

would either be a good reason to invest in barf bags, or one of the greatest games ever.

and heh, I'm trying not to get any new games until I've cleared out a few games in my pile of stuff I need to play

Burgi

talos principle is a stunning game if you want a single player game

Journeyman Geek

lol

Thinking of getting this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flame_in_the_Flood

Amusingly, putting it off cause I didn't want the game to be crap, cause it sounded kinda cool ;p

Burgi

14:49

no man's sky is the game i most want to play

Bob

@Burgi Looks great but that kind of puzzle isn't really my thing

According to @allquixotic, I like fast-paced games :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

lol

Journeyman Geek

I tend to go slow and methodical.

In PA, I actually get annoyed that the AI commander wanders into my ~~staging area~~ cunningly placed traps.

Bob

tbh, I prefer slower

but I don't like repetitive

so story-based is good

campaign is almost required

allquixotic

14:52

> don't like repetitive

> plays CS:GO

Bob

CS is a bit of a weird exception

that, and Insurgency

but even then I usually play with friends

Journeyman Geek

lol

You guys are basically the first folk I have ever socially gamed with ;p

oh. also, now that the aircon's getting fixed up

I'm prolly going to take over ~~the world~~ my brother's old room

Burgi

i got the worms mega pack in the winter sale

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Small world :P

Burgi

now i want to cast it to the living room TV and recreate being 15 and having a load of friends round to hotseat it

Bob

14:56

lol

Burgi

worms over the internet is no where near as fun

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Burgi we used to do that in class between lessons;p

not worms tho

liero

Its like real time worms

Burgi

part of the fun is having your friends in the same room begging you to sheep someone to death

or the banana bomb cheat and wiping out half the map

allquixotic

you know what's a hilariously fun game to play with others? (competitive though, generally)

warheads.net

it's a super old game but SO much fun

I found myself giggling every single turn

Burgi

is asking how to cast my laptop to a smart tv in order to recreate my childhood gaming off-topic?

Journeyman Geek

15:03

@Burgi errrrrr

there's a computer

I think miracast might be handy here

if supported

Burgi

i need to check that worms works on OSX first

Journeyman Geek

heh

I need to check if RA3 runs on my leetle netbook

allquixotic

Warheads will run on your netbook's motherboard's system on chip it's so low spec

Journeyman Geek

lol

cherry trail's cut down ivy bridge

its shit, but not as shit as it could be

Bob

@JourneymanGeek It will, but not on high Q

Journeyman Geek

15:12

lol

yeah

I wonder if my viewing area's bigger at higher res, or if the units are just bigger

Burgi

GOOD NEWS!!!!!

worms reloaded works on OSX

Bob

LOL

@kerbalspacebecky Apparently there's an update for palm rejection -_-

allquixotic

so for unrelated reasons I was in a Verizon store last night and I got to play with the S7 Edge, Turbo 2 and other latest stuff (also the iPad Pro)

Journeyman Geek

;p

"unrelated reasons"

allquixotic

the iPad Pro is literally a gigantic iPhone. the S7 Edge looks fragile but it's definitely the snappiest Android device I've ever used. the Turbo 2 runs an extremely vanilla KitKat 5.1

Bob

15:27

@allquixotic It does look fragile. And it's currently rather annoying to hold :\

allquixotic

@Bob yeah, with such a slippery tactile experience it needs a grippy case on it

but then again so does the iPhone so I can't exactly say "LOL APPLE IS BETTER"

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic my brother wants an ipad pro

I was trying to talk him into a SP4 ;p

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek it wouldn't really let me do anything that I can't already do with my iPhone, so yeah, not going for that

Bob

@allquixotic I'm running without a case for now. Have my eye on one of the slimmer Spigens though.

allquixotic

I was slightly tempted by the iPad Pro for about 2 minutes

Journeyman Geek

15:28

@allquixotic the only idevice in our household is my (runaway) sister in law's iphone.

allquixotic

then I was like, why would you waste a grand on a bigger screen iphone

Bob

@allquixotic I'm finding the always-on display actually far more useful than I expected :P

allquixotic

@Bob hmm... I want that indiegogo campaign for an e-ink rear display for the iphone to succeed

that thing looks awesome

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

especially if they bring it to the iphone 7 right after the 6s+, because you can be sure I'll buy into the iPhone 7 if it's even slightly salacious

Journeyman Geek

15:30

salacious

Bob

@allquixotic I had my eye on the yotaphone 2 for that, a year or two ago

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Salacious_B._Crumb

Journeyman Geek

yeah, I know of that repulsive creature ;p

Bob

Ugh. Firmware is 1.88 GB

Journeyman Geek

o0

Bob

15:38

3 hours 20 mins SOT, 18 hours total. 50% battery usage.

Niiiiiice

HackToHell

whoa

That's awesome

allquixotic

16:00

@Bob not bad, that's on-par with the iPhone :P (#donthateme)

'course, I find that signal strength is a HUUUUUGE factor in battery life of any phone -- every Verizon LTE phone I've ever owned has showed a drastic difference in battery consumption over time when I'm in the office on a very marginal LTE signal, vs. home with a pretty damn good signal.

Bob

Meh, I never have a good signal

allquixotic

I can surf the web for an hour from home without the phone being plugged in and it might use 10% of the battery, but from work it'll use 30% battery for the same activity

Bob

...well, at least it's easy to recover a bricked Samsung phone O_O

whooooops

@allquixotic I think I use some 8-10% in an hour on wifi

that's without any power saving options, and with the rather inefficient FF Mobile browser :P

Could probably push it down to some 5-6%, especially from the screen.

Dave

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Q: /usr/bin/env: php: No such file or directory

I want to use .sh script for deployment of my app. That script is on my home server (Ubuntu 15.10 Server), marked as executable. Access to this script is done through ssh, using this tutorial, I have set up ssh login, that runs that script. So basically I just call ssh [email protected] someArgume...

linux ubuntu bash ssh php

allquixotic

@Bob 10%/hour on wifi is basically identical to what iphone does... although, for gaming, once you start pushing 3d (Hearthstone), it's more like 18-20% per hour

that PowerVR chip is a hog if it's doing anything more than rendering HTML

Dave

16:14

I figured id post something since its been open for days :/

kerbalspacebecky

The signal is a lie

Bob

lol

Currently trying to get this thing to boot without wiping all my data

kerbalspacebecky

Literally is a lie.

Bob

hm.

root

hey @Dave

Bob

16:17

@kerbalspacebecky Note: flashing the CSC is a bad idea. A very bad idea.

-_-

Dave

@root: hey buddy

Bob

Well, HOME_CSC anyway.

kerbalspacebecky

It'll display 3 bars when a previous phone would display one bar

@Bob Uhh what did you do and why?

Also mine's gone back to hanging with the SD card inserted -_-

Dave

brb smoke'

kerbalspacebecky

And since that renders the phone inoperable, and there's no way to remove the SD card using only your hands, I'm glad I carried a spare phone

Bob

16:18

@kerbalspacebecky Attempted update install... did not go as planned.

And by that I mean dammit I want my phone working :(

Thankfully, it's really really hard to hard-brick a Samsung phone by fucking up a flash.

kerbalspacebecky

CSC is like the least important part of the firmware anyway, surprised it can just totally break a phone

Urgh still nothing new in forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development

I need an SELinux disabled kernel :-(

Bob

@kerbalspacebecky It was choking on meta-data/download-list.txt

...I'm not entirely sure if that file is actually supposed to be there.

I have the sneaking suspicion that sammobile messed up.

DavidPostill

16:39

2 answers from superuser.com/users/576428/lana spamming the same link - spam is not so obvious

flagged of course

allquixotic

16:50

@Bob what's the CSC?

DavidPostill

Does anybody understand this answer (second suggestion)?

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A: Reducing temperature of hot laptop

Manual suggestion: Get a screwdriver in your toolbox, open the case of the PC, unscrew the screws to hold the fan in place, and clean the dust with a can of air. If needed, repeat, but this time, use the electric 2 in 1 screwdriver. Manual plus chemical suggestion: Get a screwdriver in your to...

Bob

@allquixotic forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Csc

sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30800

I made the mistake of following #2 there -_-

So I'm now setting it up from scratch

Forgot to take a backup before the update too so I'm gonna have to manually restore some settings

DavidPostill

This answer by the same person is also weird

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A: LCD monitor got wet

The wind suggestion: Have a desk fan blow directly at it for 7 days. Then, buy some tools, and then open the lcd screen to see if it's completely dry. If not, repeat the process, but this time, don't buy tools because you already have. The soak suggestion: Get a sponge from your kitchen(of cou...

Bob

bleh.

Dave

@DavidPostill: he was trying to be funny. @ Temperature of hot laptop

lol

Bob

16:56

...whoops. rooting an encrypted phone isn't a good idea either

lots of dumb mistakes tonight

oh, that actually worked

O_O

allquixotic

@Bob the FBI thinks it is

DavidPostill

"For this suggestion, get a 1000 Watt hairdryer. If you have a lot of water on the lcd, and they won't get away(it's mostly sticky stuff with little water), use high heat, at 212 F, to evaporate the water. But then the sticky stuff will still be left behind.
Get a can of water, and try to put just the right amount of water to rinse the glue off(It's hard, too little will leave glue, too much will need to repeat the process again). Then try to examine the motherboard with a see-through lens, which can see through objects. This can lead to overheating. Make sure the CPU is under 100 F." wtf?

Bob

asked me for my PIN three times :P

DavidPostill

@Dave Hmm. I don't get any joke.

Dave

Rooting an encrypted phone.. Writing the partitions unencrypted to sdcard... then reimaging the partitions back on the device works everytime.

allquixotic

16:58

@DavidPostill almost sounds like a bot

DavidPostill

@allquixotic I think you're right. Another answer

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A: How to increase the resolution of a laptop screen more than it supports

Depending on your model, some models allow oversized desktop but everything starts looking like tunnel, as you need to pan around. Oversized destops might not let some oversized desktop sensitive applications to open. Some oversized resolution of a FHD display might me 1152p or 1440p, but settin...

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