Root Access

Journeyman Geek

01:03

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/… \o/

Ben N

Yay!

Though I guess it's not completely over yet

Now to stop the utterly insane Compliance with Court Orders Act

eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/…

Bob

01:58

@JourneymanGeek tutorial! :P

Bob

02:10

Oh. Wow. I need to stop clicking on ubuntu.se questions.

These answers are... bad. No, that's not an appropriate word. They're horrible. Terrible.

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Q: Chrome safer than Firefox?

I was always very happy with Firefox and never felt the need to change to Chrome. But Adobe has stopped supporting Flash on Linux and Google has taken over this task. Though Google only supports its Flash for Chrome and not for Firefox. Is it now necessary to change from Firefox to Chrome to enj...

And they're upvoted.

Journeyman Geek

ow

Michael Frank

02:28

The accepted answer at least got some stuff right. Google are indeed going to stop allowing Flash to autoplay by default and instead provide a prompt to enable the content if you wish.

Bob

@MichaelFrank Which isn't really completely relevant to the comparative security discussion... Firefox has had click-to-play for years by now.

Speaking of which, I've noticed an alarmingly large number of assorted news sites with some random Flash widget.

Simon Sheehan

03:08

@Bob The answer isn't bad but damn what a bad question. Cringe.

Wow. Just wow.

Bob

@SimonSheehan Little from column A, most from column B.

I can see why someone would ask the question. Not the greatest, but it's at least coherent.

Which is more than I can really say for the answers.

Simon Sheehan

@Bob At the very least yes, that is true.

Bob

The accepted answer glosses over things and is plain wrong for at lease one of them, but it's decent...ish.

The other (upvoted!) answer is... wut.

It doesn't even try to answer the question!

"Firefox is better because of <unrelated reason>. YouTube doesn't use Flash!"

HackToHell

03:29

Do you guys know any pdf reader with good OCR?

Sumatra and Adobe fail with this kinda text

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell most PDF readers don't have OCR built in I think

HackToHell

Oh, Google Docs can't convert it

I need a tablet

Journeyman Geek

the selectable stuff's usually embedded inside after something has ocred it

HackToHell

Reading from my phone/laptop isn't working out

@JourneymanGeek oooh

I thought it was all ocr

Journeyman Geek

OCR is hard ;p

so no point throwing it into a viewer

Bob

03:42

@JourneymanGeek The editors (Acrobar Pro, PhantomPDF) do iirc

Journeyman Geek

@Bob he did say reader, not editor.

Bob

ya, just adding

Saurabh

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Can I use one media converter to give internet access to 3 houses near my. My ISP saying he will be needing 2 media converts at each home with 8 port switch at each home. is it necessary? I mean can't we connect like

Fiber optic cable -> Media Converter -> 8 port switch -> (via LAN Cable) WiFi Routers ?

Journeyman Geek

sigh

If you're going to copy and paste your question, shouldn't you do it right?

Michael Frank

lol

Journeyman Geek

03:44

Also, please get to know the rooms you're talking in before you randomly throw a question in.

also, ISP is likely full of it. You basically need a single ONT at the fibre optic endpoint. Ethernet to another house or even an apartment will be tricky though.

HackToHell

Gonna try github.com/A9T9/Free-Ocr-Windows-Desktop/releases

Journeyman Geek

I'd totally see why they'd say that tho

HackToHell

@Bob Are there any in the Office suite

Bob

04:03

@HackToHell ...dunno.

wtf is a "Media Converter"?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob apparently fibre goes in on one end, Ethernet out the other.

Bob

04:17

ah

NetworkKingPin

Used for the products that only use Ethernet in business's or homes.

HackToHell

@Bob cool

Journeyman Geek

05:06

question is why two?

Unless its one per fibre

Psycogeek

05:53

phone company came by again to sell "fiber" which is actually copper supported by fiber somewhere. I asked "where was the fiber ?" again , he said it was there. I said "they haven't torn up the street for it yet" he said they dont have to , they just pull it through :-) and what is left of the tiny pieces of glass after pulling it 2 blocks through 6 corners and 4 T junctions down the 1.5" pipe will probably work perfect. :-)

NetworkKingPin

@Psycogeek that made my day. What did he say?

Psycogeek

He finnaly left , when I tried to show him the street connection box available. He said "I am not authorised to look in the box" If the other person there knew anything we could have both laughed him off the property.

Journeyman Geek

heh, we have fibre to the premises As in literally fibre up to a little box, and a little more fibre from there to the ONT

Journeyman Geek

06:25

+1 That's the first time I noticed the Saturn V fins are labelled. It "didn't need them but they wanted somewhere to label the engines." heh heh. — Level River St 6 hours ago

Psycogeek

06:48

useless fact for the day: the term "hyperlink" existed before home computers did, let alone the "internet" . "The term "hyperlink" was coined in 1965 (or possibly 1964) by Ted Nelson at the start of Project Xanadu. Nelson had been inspired by "As We May Think", a popular 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush. In the essay, Bush described a microfilm-based machine (the Memex) in which one could link any two pages of information into a "trail" of related information.

2

Xanadu Lol

Burgi

07:16

morning

Burgi

07:27

is there a graph showing what the average rep of active only users is?

Psycogeek

at the bottom of the Su pages is a button called "data" which has a bunch of scripts that can be applied data.stackexchange.com/superuser/queries you can even make your own. other than that i dont know of the specific ones that would do that, or even if it is possible.

Edity

good "morning" fellas

Burgi

you assume we are all "fellas"

and that it is "good".... ;)

Edity

fact of the night: Remix OS's Grub bootloader doesn't send you to windows in win 10. So you have to overwrite the grub using Ubuntu and then boot windows 10 from there.

also I am really good with windows...

you have a chatbot here right?

Burgi

@ChatBotJohnCavil is the bot

Edity

07:37

ok

!!/help

ChatBot John Cavil

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

Burgi

there are rumours other members are chatbots but they are unconfirmed....

NetworkKingPin

Insomnia is fun for sure. Not sure if its just I cant sleep during the day because im so excited to be home.. Or if my brain is just confused because its light outside when I sleep.

Edity

a.k.a smoke detector

yup

(removed)

!!/refresh

ChatBot John Cavil

@Edity You do not have permission to use the command refresh

Bob

07:40

@Burgi ...and that it's morning

Edity

oh privilliged command

!!/google wikipedia

Bob

Huh. I just realised I have no idea what that does.

Edity

lol

Bob

Oh, a literal browser refresh. Interesting.

Don't think we ever used it.

Edity

mmhmm

!!google wikipedia

>:(

Burgi

07:41

brb need to go buy some hayfever tablets

Bob

That's what the pjs runner and cron are for.

Edity

ok

Burgi

the chatbot is banned from google

Edity

O_O

Burgi

please don't use it

Edity

07:42

how

Bob

oh, that reminds me

Psycogeek

the chatbot probably gets the same BS as anyone else Capchas for odd behaviour, i dont think that google perma-bans anything, just blocks things until a capcha is completed.

Bob

@allquixotic I'm thinking of redirecting the google command to bing... at least they have a decent API

Google APIs are typically either shit or expensive. Or both.

Edity

Go to youtube and search "do the harlem shake" and wait. I dare you

Journeyman Geek

erm

No

Edity

07:45

lol

@Psycogeek that reminds me of my blog's feed (feedburner) I think feedburner is going to soon be cut off?

Google = Feedburner + Blog shutoff + Late emails = Death of feedburner soon

Journeyman Geek

heh

that might end up being a pain

I THINK I have a ton of feeds that use feedburner

Edity

in the face XD

O_0

i cant waste such opporTUNAty passing a fish pun here

Journeyman Geek

hm

pistolwhips @Edity with a triggerfish

Edity

LOL

Bob

@JourneymanGeek how was the tutorial? hint hint :P

Burgi

07:53

i thought feedburbner had died years ago

Edity

died*

Journeyman Geek

@Bob not yet ._.

Not done dishes either

Bob

lol

Edity

@Burgi still alive

Burgi

i just lumped it together with google reader

Bob

07:54

@JourneymanGeek I'll just remind you again tomorrow :P

Burgi

LONG LIVE GOOGLE READER!

Bob

Else you'd be jumping into it blind... again

Burgi

a much better social network than the shit that google has now

Edity

LOL

I MISS GOOGLE READER

feedburner cod do better?

Burgi

so today is gin and tonic day in the office and it sounds like my colleagues have started already

Edity

07:59

@Burgi no need to codding swear...

Burgi

o.O

Edity

what is better? linux/windows/mac os/mac os x/android x86?

Journeyman Geek

@Edity onemore fish pun,,,,

Edity

ok

Journeyman Geek

@Edity whatever you're happiest using

Edity

08:00

lol

Journeyman Geek

I have 2 windows boxen, one linux box a windows vm and 2 linux vms in front of me ;p

Edity

O_O

Journeyman Geek

....

One more pun....

Edity

ok

Journeyman Geek

brushing up on my python, trying to get a fast ring windows 10 vm, usual test vm....

Edity

08:02

mmhmm

Burgi

windows all the way because i'm a gamer

Edity

removed

Psycogeek

@Burgi hey they make games for linux too , like 3 :-)

Edity

noice

Journeyman Geek

desktop, linux box, hp mini cause i'm sitting on the floor

Edity

08:04

i got a hp motherboard

jokerdino

I got pinged.

Journeyman Geek

Nothing to see here, move along.

Edity

no more puns then

Burgi

where do the dinosaurs go when they aren't being pinged?

Edity

where?

I am sick atm ;_;

NetworkKingPin

08:09

found this on the network tonight.

Edity

O_O

Burgi

unauthorised access?

Edity

computer specs?

NetworkKingPin

someone left default admin info. So im guessing they are building it somewhere in here.

Edity

oh

Burgi

08:12

i'm not following you @NetworkKingPin

Edity

ahh

me neither

NetworkKingPin

@Burgi I was doing a network scan to find one of my machines I needed to remote into and fell upon that as its new.

Edity

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NetworkKingPin

Im curious what its going to be used for. it has a nice processor in it E5-1630 v3 going to have to email my buddy and ask.

Edity

me too

Burgi

08:19

thats what i thought then i 2nd guessed myself and thought you meant SE

Edity

lol

NetworkKingPin

Not 16 anymore lol.

Edity

what if there were a 99 core processor?? #lagfree

NetworkKingPin

It would be expensive if you put windows server 2016 on something like that.

Edity

there's windows server 2016?!?

Burgi

08:23

yes

Edity

O_0

confused!

Burgi

its a beta

NetworkKingPin

microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-server-2016

Edity

you mean a technical build

Burgi

microsoft.com/en-gb/server-cloud/products/windows-server-2016

same thing

they've changed the licensing model to charge per core per CPU

Edity

08:25

oh

what about 2003 O_O

Burgi

if you are still using it you should be put in a barrel and rolled down a hill

Edity

unsupported?

2003 = windows xp

Burgi

correct

Edity

r.i.p windows xp

NetworkKingPin

Or better yet put some tannerite in the barrel and shoot it. You dont want it to have any chance of survival.

Edity

08:29

lol

the 2003 uk startup sound was so jaunty

@NetworkKingPin No, put some hydrogen bombs in it!

Burgi

too messy

Edity

too deadly

support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2934207

R.I.P internet explorer @Burgi @NetworkKingPin

Burgi

so i've been back using win7 for a week now and i think it is actually better than win10.

i can find stuff

Edity

yes

rip internet explorer

yes

NetworkKingPin

I use windows 7 and windows 10 daily. I like them both for different reasons. And you cant find stuff in windows 10 or 7 @Burgi ?

Bob

08:42

@JourneymanGeek did you ever get a response for the second attempt?

Edity

RIP windows 8 service pack

Burgi

@NetworkKingPin they've hidden settings in win 10

NetworkKingPin

@Burgi That is the truth. I hated all the information it sent back to Microsoft. Think I have that taken care of now though.

Burgi

and the language bar keeps reappearing

i've given up fighting to remove it

Edity

delete all the sys32 files

>:D

Journeyman Geek

08:55

@Bob rivercorp? Not yet\

NetworkKingPin

@JourneymanGeek do not give up hope man!

Edity

@JourneymanGeek you got dis

Journeyman Geek

oddly the last attempt is still listed as under review.

@NetworkKingPin my vocabulary is limited. I do not know the meaning of surrender :p

Edity

@JourneymanGeek surrender is like forfit - give up

Journeyman Geek

@NetworkKingPin I have applications going out all the time. I also have a agency giving me a hand in theory.

Edity

09:05

ye

bye

Journeyman Geek

I'm using LinkedIn, the local jobs bank and careers.se for leads. The last had a junior sysadmin gig that seems pretty sweet.

Burgi

that was the one you linked the other day?

did that international agency i linked not help?

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi er, I think their local page was dropping me into the one for Scotland

This is a local place

NetworkKingPin

09:30

@JourneymanGeek sounds great man. Patience is a virtue.

@JourneymanGeek what is your name on linkedin ?

Journeyman Geek

@NetworkKingPin Ravi Mohan

@Burgi I have them bookmarked, I'll probably pop em a CV next week, once I've got time to write a cover letter.

Burgi

no worries :)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek :\

@JourneymanGeek how long did it take for the first attempt?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I'm not sure

definately more than 2 weeks

Bob

o.o

Journeyman Geek

09:45

@Bob I kinda think march 31

their first contact was april 14th

so ~2 weeks

so, still earlyish

Bob

ah

Burgi

oh as an FYI that data centre called me yesterday

i made it to the final 4 but they went with others

i suspect it was probably cost

Psycogeek

@NetworkKingPin superuser.com/questions/1081131/… Before i make an even bigger fool of myself grasping at straws, you might have an idea on this one? I dont really do well with networking, my stuff is so simple.

Burgi

the hr person is going to email me feedback

NetworkKingPin

@Psycogeek he may be able to use a host file like you said to redirect it to the right ip. it would look something like this. # 37.xxx.xxx.8 customerarea.mycompany.com

Psycogeek

10:00

@NetworkKingPin or at least see what happens then. Myself if i was pointing to a specific company internal unchanging address , I would try and use numbers to begin with , Miliseconds :-)

NetworkKingPin

They should have just added a redirection to the new IP.

DavidPostill

He hasn't yet confirmed that the host file doesn't contain an entry with the wrong IP address:

Anything in the hosts file? — DavidPostill 19 hours ago

NetworkKingPin

@DavidPostill haha touche you did ask him that.

Psycogeek

The browsers were not configured to use a proxy. I have configured one to see if it would change something but it wouldn't. There is nothing in the host file relating to that IP. — Olivier Leneveu 18 hours ago

which assumes there IS something (at least) in the hosts file being used?

DavidPostill

@Psycogeek Ah. Missed that.

Psycogeek

10:06

I believe it is one of those person who knows thier stuff, and windows has tossed them a hurdle.

DavidPostill

Yes. It is a weird problem given that none of the normal diagnostics have pinpointed the issue

Psycogeek

could be an IPconfig /ALL would reveal something , i wouldnt know how to read anyway :-)

Similar questions have been asked before , superuser.com/questions/495759/… & superuser.com/questions/220471/… & others, see any accepts?

another crasyness of that type here, with the person solving it superuser.com/questions/906555/… Registry data was supposedly missing.

NetworkKingPin

Has he tried to user another Browser I wonder. Since Chrome is reporting it as the old address following this guide could help him fix that. webnots.com/correct-chrome-resolving-host-issue

Psycogeek

Freaking huge answer i aint reading :-)

DavidPostill

10:25

@NetworkKingPin "when using any browser (firefox, chrome or IE)"

djsmiley2k

10:50

oh dell, |Y U SO SLOW?

qwertyuiop

11:20

!!caat

ChatBot John Cavil

Burgi

anyone else having issues with the review queue?

NetworkKingPin

let me check

Burgi

i think it was a local issue

Psycogeek

11:36

superuser.com/questions/1081414/weird-response-of-my-keyboard whomever approved this edit (no it wasn't you) should be beaten with a stick. Toss out on fanny and beaten with 3 wetted noodle 50ish time.

Burgi

i accidentally approved one of karl's a few minutes ago when my connection was going werid

was going to reject it because he missed a load of grammar stuff

DavidPostill

@Psycogeek It's a perfectly valid edit, but could be improved ;)

Psycogeek

it is a cute edit, they did nothing but add cute KB junk that makes little difference. It was still painfull to read.

DavidPostill

He also removed some fluff "Please help regarding this issue."

Psycogeek

IMO i do not have a problem with accolades, so I actually prefer those things stay, it is actual etticut uhh manners

qwertyuiop

11:43

Your face is painful to read

2

DavidPostill

How about this edit (by the OP) that IMHO has made the question harder to understand superuser.com/posts/1081114/revisions

Psycogeek

Now I hope I have been clear :-)

DavidPostill

Reopen rejected ;)

Burgi

@qwertyuiop his face is a surprised baby ape, not as painful as a pissed off looking cat

Psycogeek

oh that cat is fat & happy, it just is confused that anyone COULD pick it up.

qwertyuiop

11:50

+1

Psycogeek

0

Q: Mysterious hieroglyph in a command of a Spotify process after update

I've just spotted that right after update spotify starts itself up with a command line that looks like Spotify.exe /UPDATECOMPLETE "䣈!" I can understand the purpose of the /UPDATECOMPLETE key there, but what could the mysterious "䣈!" mean?

windows process spotify

It would be fun if this was posted around April 1st, a rediculous explaination for it it would be so much fun.

qwertyuiop

Hmm

And I can't just JFGI, because 䣈 comes up with no sensible results

Memory corruption ftw.

Psycogeek

like, It signifies the program is installed in windows, cant you see the windows quad pannel logo?

That Brazilian Guy

Yaaaaaawn

Good morning

qwertyuiop

My nose looks like I've snorted a ton of coke

But I haven't snorted a ton of coke

That Brazilian Guy

12:01

I... have no idea how a coked nose looks like.

@qwertyuiop So how much have you used?

Psycogeek

sniffs a lot, sweats more, and after a "ton" the 2 nostrils no longer have a seperator.

That Brazilian Guy

Eeeeeew

Psycogeek

Nasty stuff

That Brazilian Guy

I have random nosebleeds sometimes. I can go weeks or months without it, then it happens days in a row. Sometimes a little bit, sometimes a lot.

qwertyuiop

@ThatBrazilianGuy I haven't snorted any coke

DavidPostill

12:04

@qwertyuiop Really?

䣈

== Translingual == === Han character === 䣈 (radical 163 邑+7, 14 strokes) (ancient form of 巷) (interchangeable 衖) a lane, an alley ==== References ==== KangXi: not present, would follow page 1272, character 10 Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3771, character 10 Unihan data for U+48C8 == Cantonese == === Hanzi === 䣈 ‎(Jyutping hong6, lung6, Yale hong6, lung6) This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}. == Mandarin == === Hanzi === 䣈 ‎(Pinyin hàng (hang4), Wade-Giles hang4) This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}....

That Brazilian Guy

I asked the doctor why it happened... He told me to stop using coke. I stopped using that doctor.

(I never ever used coke, for that matter. Eew)

Journeyman Geek

brown liquid or white solid?

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek Both are disgusting. But I have used the liquid one in the past.

Psycogeek

Next what happens is you start calling your machine gun, "Your Little Friend" and about 60 bullets later your dead.

That Brazilian Guy

Let's change the subject

Psycogeek

12:09

Say Hello to My Little Friend - Scarface (8/8) Movie CLIP (1983) HD

►

That Brazilian Guy

I am currently on my mobile, in bed. I am just waiting for my wife to leave for work, so she doesn't ~~witness~~ think that I stay in bed all day with my laptop :p

djsmiley2k

I believe theres something blocking my nose

If I walk outside, I simply cannot continue to breath via my nose

only when i'm sat down not moving, can I only breath via my nose

That Brazilian Guy

@djsmiley2k Welcome to my rhinitis.

Although it only blocks one side each time.

qwertyuiop

Car Crash | Drivers Caught on Dashcam Inside the Car Crash Compilation | New 2015

►

That Brazilian Guy

Also I can't smell stuff that well.

djsmiley2k

12:16

see i haven o issues smelling, that I know of

but....

I have GERD :O

maybe that's caused it

That Brazilian Guy

@qwertyuiop what's with you and vehicles crashing?

djsmiley2k

sinussupport.com/acidic-stomach-and-stuffy-nose

lol

That Brazilian Guy

@djsmiley2k GERD sounds like the name of a middle-aged grumpy dude

qwertyuiop

@ThatBrazilianGuy Learning what not to do

Psycogeek

@ThatBrazilianGuy I read a medical artical that said that the body works on one side of the nasal passages at a time, all completely normal to always have one side with more mucas than the other.

DavidPostill

12:18

@JourneymanGeek Do you know what 䣈 means?

Journeyman Geek

nope

I don't speak/read chinese at all

Bob

@DavidPostill It's not a current word.

DavidPostill

Ah. I thought you understood some ...

Bob

@DavidPostill fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/48c8/index.htm

> Unicode Han Character '(ancient form of 巷) (interchangeable 衖) a lane; an alley' (U+48C8)

And, yes, I've checked the UTF-16 and UTF-8 representations, neither of which make any sense as raw bytes nor interpreted as Windows-1252.

DavidPostill

@Bob Yeah. I know. Answered the question ;)

Bob

12:20

@DavidPostill Heh. I looked at the question (& looked it up) when it was first linked. Didn't see your answer.

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Ah. I thought you understood some ... didn't we have a big discussion about the characters for Chinese New Year?

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill My chinese is extremely limited. Stuff like cny greetings you pick up from mass media

but I haven't taken mandarin since kindergarden

Bob

@DavidPostill For the record, that downvote wasn't me :P

I just left a comment.

DavidPostill

@Bob lol

qwertyuiop

Haha

Amit Gold

13:16

I have a problem with a NETGEAR DGV2200v2 router ignoring my computer being a DNS server even though I configured it to, is it on topic here?

Journeyman Geek

13:27

@AmitGold for the main site, sure

Burgi

i could snooze after that lunch...

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