Root Access

Burgi

15:00

^- that

Journeyman Geek

aww ;p

That Brazilian Guy

!!say We love JMG ~^_^~

ChatBot John Cavil

We love JMG ~^_^~

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kerbalspacebecky

Small, green, and very very old

Journeyman Geek

(heh, Ash was kinda like "Oh, air con guys. Too noisy. I'll go nap at the other end of the apartment) ;p

Burgi

15:00

peas and lube to eberyone

Journeyman Geek

o0

That Brazilian Guy

I don't get it

Journeyman Geek

I posted that in the wrong channel ;p

where I also went o0

DavidPostill

First, you have to find a frame that is exactly the same shape. Then, add just enough iron, and carbon into the furnace. Add about 20% of chromium. Then, set the furnace to 6332 F, and wait for 30 mins. While waiting for metal to melt, read a newspaper. After, get out the liquid metal juice, and wait 3 hrs 30 mins to let it cool. Then, you have to get out the new frame of the fan, install it back to the fan, and ta da! Time: 4 hrs Materials: iron, carbon, chromium, furnace, optional: fan — Chris 1 min ago

@Psycogeek lol

He is insane ;)

Journeyman Geek

I should delete the answer but the sheer madness 0_0

DavidPostill

15:06

More downvotes ;)

Burgi

i think he is trolling

Psycogeek

@DavidPostill so its not just steel, it is stainless steel, it is beginning to make more sence now :-)

That Brazilian Guy

@DavidPostill Or a troll. Or an insane troll.

DavidPostill

@Psycogeek Not really. Stainless steel is not a dust repellent. He originally claimed "If you build buildings out of stainless steel, they'll reflect all the dust away." and I called him on it ;)

Psycogeek

@DavidPostill well he is referring to anti-matter proton dust, geez havent you been paying attention :-)

DavidPostill

15:12

@Psycogeek lol

That will make for a cooler laptop (not)!

Psycogeek

Just wait till we fit it up with a singularity, to suck out all the heat.

Singularity was an experimental operating system built by Microsoft Research between 2003 and 2010.[1] It was designed as a highly-dependable OS in which the kernel, device drivers, and applications were all written in managed code.

That Brazilian Guy

~~Hey, what's the name of that Linux distro that aims to be visually identic to Windows?~~

Forget it, I'll google

Burgi

should someone take him to one side and find out if he realises he is mad?

Psycogeek

visually or to (attempt) to be compatable with , in such that 2-3 programs made for windows would actually run on it before crashing ? ReactOS

That Brazilian Guy

@Psycogeek Visually.

For a 92yo user who's starting to suffer with dementia.

As in, the most visually similar to XP as possible.

CinnXP sounds promising: segfault.linuxmint.com/2015/08/…

Now I have to either figure out how to run Word 2003 and (ack... I- I can't say it) Outlook Express on it +_+''

or how to make LibreOffice and Thunderbird as similar as possible to Word 2003 and OE

Burgi

15:22

@ThatBrazilianGuy that is a great idea

The evaporation point of water. For example, if you have a 212 F stove, and you boil water on it, all the bacteria will be killed. The boiling point, 212 F is when you boil water, all the bacteria is killed. — Chris 3 mins ago

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy zorin looks close

just run word and outlook on wine?

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek That's a possibility I'm considering.

@JourneymanGeek Not close enough to a 92yo user.

This is their "XP look changer":

Not "xp"-ey enough, contrast that to:

Bob

@kerbalspacebecky This is interesting: asus.com/Phone/ZenFone-Zoom-ZX551ML

Hey, laser AF :P

Burgi

does anyone have any input on this question? I've exhausted my ideas:

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Q: windows 10 not showing the same folders in file explorer and internet explorer file selector

I have a strange behaviour that happened suddenly on a user computer: When I try to select a file in internet explorer file selector I don't see the same folders than in windows. For example if I select C:\users\username\Documents\ the subfolders are different. If I copy a path of the windows ex...

Bob

o.O leather too

LG G4 v2?

DavidPostill

15:26

@Chris "all the bacteria will be killed" - more nonsense. There are bacteria that survive at 266 F. — DavidPostill 40 secs ago

@Burgi

kerbalspacebecky

@DavidPostill They're not bacteria, they're demons of the underworld!

Only hell itself can survive at that temperature!

Bob

@kerbalspacebecky Also looks to be a laser rangefinder here too, not just laser-illuminated PDAF

I wonder how Android-x86 is these days

DavidPostill

World’s Hottest Microbe: Loving Life in Hell genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/08_03/hottest.shtml

Journeyman Geek

@Bob the guys behind my remix mini have been working on a distro I think

Burgi

he got upvoted on this answer: superuser.com/a/1051873/393570

Journeyman Geek

15:29

jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc

DavidPostill

@Burgi How User Account Control uses Virtualization to protect the system. windowsecurity.com/articles-tutorials/windows_os_security/…

Windows Virtualized Folder

Burgi

@ThatBrazilianGuy would an XP skin on win7+ be an option?

DavidPostill

Feel free to write an answer ;) I'm almost repcapped again today ;)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek wow. At a glance that looks like win10

Psycogeek

Bob

15:31

@JourneymanGeek how'd the cleanup go? :P

Psycogeek

Why does my mouse move the wrong way

kerbalspacebecky

UK Bad Drivers, Road Rage, Crash Compilation #7 [2015]

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Journeyman Geek

@Bob room is dog approved

DavidPostill

@Burgi And on his other answer to the same question

Journeyman Geek

they arn't finished yet tho

compressor install is tommorrow

but yeah, I vacuumed the floor

dad mopped

its livable

Psycogeek

15:36

@JourneymanGeek So did you get all that drywall out of your nose?

Burgi

@DavidPostill i'll have a go at answering it tonight

Journeyman Geek

drywall?

Seems to be brick actually

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek they drilled through brick to install?

That Brazilian Guy

@Burgi As a last resort. I prefer something that is free (both gratis and libre), less targeted by malware, usually "just works" specially on older hardware, and finally but not less importantly:

Only I will know how to mess it up, as ultimately the one supporting it will be me.

Journeyman Geek

@Psycogeek yup

Burgi

15:39

rgr

That Brazilian Guy

@Burgi Are there XP skins for Win 7 that make it really look like XP?

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek so did you get all that brick out of your nose ? :-)

Journeyman Geek

lol

I hope so

That Brazilian Guy

> For those of you using a Windows 7 machine, Microsoft is ending mainstream support for the operating system today.

Don't panic, though. Your computer will still work and receive security updates. Mainstream support mainly refers to free phone and online support, as well as non-security updates, which is offered for five years after the release of an OS or two years after its successor hits the market.

Microsoft won't end security updates for your Windows 7 PC until Jan. 14, 2020.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek lol... I was reading your blog post on sound cards... something about subwoofers and small animals? :P

Burgi

15:41

@ThatBrazilianGuy idk, i haven't looked

Psycogeek

@ThatBrazilianGuy classic win7 looks very similar to classic XP cepting for the stupid start menu

Journeyman Geek

;p

@Bob yeaaah

when we got the 2.1 setup on the shared box...

ashkinda woofed and ahem... tactically retreated

Burgi

i just realised that if my rep was tesco points i could get a mars bar for free

Please explain what you mean by "Emergency GPU" which you have used in several of your answers. — DavidPostill 23 hours ago

i'm debating if i can be bothered to photoshop a radeon into one of those firealarm cases

Psycogeek

In case of bad gaming, Break glass?

Burgi

yeah :)

Bob

16:07

Qwerty

root

@Bob how did you hack my password!?

Bob

Qŵêřťŷ

Hmm

@root Now that would be telling.

root

@Bob just kidding, of course. you almost had it, only I don't use capitals!

Psycogeek

16:25

Actually I do usually have an emergency GPU, it is the old gpu when updating, kept for the sole reason to use If one should die. Even though if one should ever die, that is then an oppertunity (instead) to upgrade. Plus they come in handily for testing, which I also have never had to do.

Actually i dont know why i keep one :-)

DavidPostill

16:43

@ThatBrazilianGuy Yes. stardock.com/products/windowblinds

Psycogeek

if you add one more thing to fail on win10, you will miss XP even more

Ben N

@Burgi Are you still planning to do that, or shall I write it up?

Ben N

17:15

zdnet.com/article/…

Mokubai

DavidPostill

@Mokubai lol

Mokubai

The guy is an idiot, and doesn't need us helping him to destroy braincells

Burgi

@BenN yes but i am not familiar with the virtual drives thing

my answer will just be reading the article and converting therelevant bits into burgiese

just got home

DavidPostill

@Mokubai I was just trying to get him to explain his answer ...

@Burgi Virtualized Folder not Drive

Burgi

17:20

thats what i meant

Mokubai

@DavidPostill At this point he's either actively trolling or is actually as stupid as he sounds, either way he is not worth dignifying with a response as it's just enabling him.

Burgi

i'm still in avoid traffic mode until post food

Ben N

@Burgi I have a lot of stuff to say about Mandatory Access Control and whatnot, mind if I add another answer after you're done?

Burgi

go for it

DavidPostill

@Mokubai Yeah, I've given up on him. Hopefully all his stupid answers will be removed ...

Burgi

17:22

@Psycogeek loving your work!

Ben N

Are you talking about the possibly-robotic faux-Chris Lambert?

DavidPostill

@BenN Yes

Mokubai

@DavidPostill I've tried to clean up an amount of his... droppings, but there's a lot of it.

Ben N

Man, he's still going

DavidPostill

@Mokubai He has "stolen" a photo of a CTO for his avatar

linkedin.com/in/cjlambert

Mokubai

17:24

I know, but meta.stack is divided on using likenesses from what I've seen

Would you honestly believe it was the CTO of a major corporation posting that?

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A: Rename user "Steve Jobs"

The current policy is that usernames, like everything else on the site, should be appropriate for a professional environment and abide by the general rule of "Be nice." You can flag a username as needing moderator attention by flagging one of the user's posts and using the "other" option. Howev...

Tom Wijsman

@Mokubai Steal their food ;-)

Burgi

all of your goats r belong to us?

Ben N

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Q: What are the rules governing display names and avatars?

The discussion in this train wreck of a "question" led me to think of a real question. What display names and avatars are off-limits on the Stack Exchange network? I think I remember seeing a fake Jeff Atwood in the past on Meta, and a fake Jon Skeet on SO. If I recall correctly, the former had ...

discussion display-names

The consensus seems to be that it's not terribad unless the impersonator could conceivably be mistaken for the real person

DavidPostill

I suppose the real Chris Lambert could issue a DMCA ;)

Ben N

Still, I think a suspension might be appropriate for the deluge of unhelpful content

He's been warned, right?

Mokubai

17:27

He has.

Burgi

> Christopher Patrick Lambert is a former professional sprinter from England.

Mokubai

@BenN For now he's managed to silence himself, but as an unregistered user a suspension probably won't do much...

Burgi

might explain his lack of tech knowlegde

Ben N

I'm kinda iffy on the whole idea of unregistered posting, TBH

Though, looking through my flag history, about half of the blatant non-answers are posted by brand-new registered users, so maybe stopping unregistered answers wouldn't help too much

Mokubai

@BenN double edged sword, sometimes the unregistered users are the drive-by people who post the one thing that fixes everything.... most spammers seem to like registering, which is weird.

Burgi

17:31

actually @BenN i'm feeling pretty spacey so i'll probably just pass out shortly so feel free to just post

Ben N

@Burgi Alright, thanks :)

Happy zzzing

Ben N

18:06

Answered

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A: Windows 10 not showing the same folders in File Explorer and Internet Explorer file selector

As mentioned in the comments, that folder has been virtualized. The Silverlight plugin, when attempting to look at it, actually sees a completely different place. First, some history In the transition from Windows XP to Vista, Microsoft got serious about people running as standard users (as opp...

DavidPostill

@BenN +1 nice answer.

djsmiley2k

registering is easy, why not do it

Burgi

18:21

great answer, infinitely better than what i could do +1

Dave

Hey, guess what? It's not possible to flag posts anonymously in chat rooms any longer #winning

djsmiley2k

lol

Dave

;)

djsmiley2k

is this a new change, or you figured something out about idle timers and last chatted ?

Dave

Just on my laptop and attempted to hit the flag button. It's not possible at this time

Dave

18:44

Lmfao newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/…

Moments after successfully unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone, the F.B.I. rendered the phone permanently useless by spilling a glass of water on it, an F.B.I. spokesman confirmed on Tuesday

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kerbalspacebecky

19:27

!!caat

ChatBot John Cavil

bwDraco

19:58

My cable Internet connection has failed for some reason. I'm falling back on cellular data.

bwDraco

20:18

Okay, we're back up.

Daniel

!!summon 201

ChatBot John Cavil

@Daniel That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

Daniel

!!help

ChatBot John Cavil

@Daniel Information on interacting with me can be found at this page

Daniel

!!listcommands

ChatBot John Cavil

20:24

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Daniel

Darn it.

Whoever removed the summon command was quite wise - and now the object of much annoyance.

kerbalspacebecky

20:57

What did the summon command do?

Daniel

21:10

It started another instance of the bot in another room

kerbalspacebecky

21:28

Oh

Daniel

so how have you been since we unsuccessfully ate each other's cells?

kerbalspacebecky

I've been eating other people quite nicely

Daniel

delicious

kerbalspacebecky

Daniel

good grief is that you?

kerbalspacebecky

21:30

xD

That's tiny. My top score is 16,000 or so

Daniel

woah... Do you have a life at all?

kerbalspacebecky

No

Why do you ask?

Daniel

figures

kerbalspacebecky

Eh, I'm only level 43

Daniel

It just takes a lot of time to hit 16k

level 43? There are levels in this game?

I think I've hit 2k

kerbalspacebecky

21:32

I think my longest game was only 40 minutes

Daniel

hmm

how do you die if you're a supergiant?

kerbalspacebecky

People pop you with viruses. Or you get bored and just split yourself

Daniel

apparently there is more to this game than I knew

kerbalspacebecky

lol

Some people have been level 100 for months, though I dunno if they cheated

Daniel

😳 months?

and how are you supposed to cheat?

kerbalspacebecky

21:34

Bots and stuff

Daniel

is there a backdoor keyboard combo?

I've always wondered how you're supposed to code a bot for something like this

kerbalspacebecky

Lots of people run XP bots that just farm XP while afk

Daniel

hmph

so you're a gamer huh?

kerbalspacebecky

Others pay some Russian site to run a script that joins 100 players and all just suicide into your player

Daniel

what a miserable waste of $$$ ^

youtu.be/wg9EAvG4WYk?t=80 redefines waste of money

Burgi

21:39

one for @bob

Daniel

man what a fox

kerbalspacebecky

That's how women date these days?

Daniel

don't ask me - I've never been on one - and I'm 17...

@Bob it's chow time

kerbalspacebecky

Kids these days...

Daniel

What?

I'm not your average teenager. Practically everyone I know my age has been on several. I'm not exactly a good indicator of society

@Bob when he was a wee little cub:

kerbalspacebecky

21:43

Stop flirting with Bob. He's MINE!

Daniel

who me? I aint homo...

Burgi

@Daniel theres plenty of time

Michael Frank

@Burgi 17 is an interesting year....

Burgi

my first date was when i 20

Michael Frank

In some countries, your old enough for sex, but too young for porn.

Burgi

21:44

shrug

Daniel

@Burgi I know. I take things slow and methodically. I plan things months in advance. I'll probably be in my 50s before I get married if I stay at my current pace...

which is weird @MichaelFrank

Burgi

anyhooo

i only came in to driveby fox before i forgot

kerbalspacebecky

@MichaelFrank What's sex and porn got to do with dating?

Daniel

That's hilarious @kerbalspacebecky

Michael Frank

@kerbalspacebecky What? Nothing. I was talking about being 17.

kerbalspacebecky

21:48

Daniel

whaaa - I'm not even asking

Now this one I actually like:

Oh man - nerdgasm eminent:

Anyways I should probably go get some work done

catch you guys later

kerbalspacebecky

17 year old's do work?

Michael Frank

@kerbalspacebecky Most likely of the home variety?

kerbalspacebecky

!!foxno

ChatBot John Cavil

kerbalspacebecky

22:05

What will feminists allow you to show in video games?

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Bob

22:28

Welp.

Ubuntu on Windows is actually a thing now.

Michael Frank

23:21

@Bob Yea, just read about that. Kinda cool.

theverge.com/2016/3/30/11331014/…

17min demo there ^

Valamas - AUS

23:54

@bob when i add a second router to the network (nat off, dhcp off). the camera pings from the first router. if I remove that second router, camera ping fails from the first router.

Bob

@Valamas-AUS yea, your network is a whole pile of wtf at the moment :S

Valamas - AUS

going to firmware update the main router. 2 versions behind. configuration saving printscreening time!

Bob

@Valamas-AUS Good luck!

ChatBot John Cavil

I have just been restarted! This happens daily automatically, or when my owner restarts me. Ready for commands.

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