Root Access

meh, I don't care for TVs much as monitors, but I got given part of it for Christmas, and it's what's available right now, I can't spend money on a Dell monitor, let alone three right now

Journeyman Geek

lol

studiohack

6:21 AM

is thinking of setting up some huge file copy processes to run all night

Journeyman Geek

@studiohack: considered using our TV as a monitor, low res, HUGE

studiohack

wow, really? I know one nearly blind guy bought the biggest TV i've seen in person and sits really close to it

Journeyman Geek

unfortunately someone unplugged the VGA cable off the back... it took me about 2 hours, a hand mirror, and lots of hard work pkugging it in ;p

studiohack

the resolution is low, the picture clear

Journeyman Geek

@studiohack: 800x600 plasma

studiohack

6:22 AM

ooooh ouch!

Journeyman Geek

shitty for text (res is king there) awesome for everything else

studiohack

my tv is something like 768 by 1400 or something

Journeyman Geek

Its also quite old

6 yearsish i suppose

hmm

sidran32

I remember when 1024x768 was "high resolution". :)

Journeyman Geek

ya, my dog was a puppy when we got it, and he's gonna be 7 soon

lol

ya

though at one poing 1400x1050 monitors were common

sidran32

6:23 AM

Computers would still run at 640x480 resolution...

Journeyman Geek

lol

Some websites these days are specifically designed for widescreen

sidran32

Or even 320x240! :P

Journeyman Geek

/me misses 5:4 being the standard

studiohack

> 1366 x 768

Journeyman Geek

o0

sidran32

6:24 AM

I do too.

1366x768 is the rez on this thing.

Journeyman Geek

@studiohack: thats what my laptop has. My personal monitor is 1600x900

sidran32

This thing being the laptop

studiohack

my primary machine is 1440 x 900

which is nice

I refuse to buy anything less than 900 vertical res.

Journeyman Geek

1366 x768 is the standard

sidran32

1366x768 is a weird resolution. It's somewhere between 16:10 and 16:9, but I don't know where :o

Ah, it's 16:8.9956076134699853587115666178624

Ya. Weird resolution.

Journeyman Geek

6:28 AM

ah hah!

hd1080i.blogspot.com/2006/12/…

studiohack

@JourneymanGeek how is it standard?

Journeyman Geek

that halfway makes sense

basically its the maximum screen size you can handle with a 1 mb buffer

studiohack

anything against stacking desktops?

sidran32

Dang, there are 1366x768 TVs? What bull.

I wouldn't have a problem with stacking desktops that sit horizontally.

Journeyman Geek

depends on how high ;p

studiohack

6:34 AM

horizontally, you mean on their sides @sidran32?

Journeyman Geek

ya

old school desktop style

sidran32

Yup

studiohack

I've just stacked my custom build on top of my server, it's actually quite stable

Journeyman Geek

not mini tower style

studiohack

tower style

sidran32

6:35 AM

That would make me nervous

:P

Unless there was something reinforcing it

Journeyman Geek

lol

sidran32

But whatever works for you

Journeyman Geek

I have more computer desks than desktop computers ._.

so i doubt i would ever need to ;p

studiohack

the server is huge and extremely heavy, sitting on two flat pieces of wood on a carpeted floor, against the wall

sidran32

Um

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A: Sharing a common internet on 2 PC

You can use Rj 45 to RJ11 Converter also i think that might help and u also have WIFi in laptop as well as WIFI router ???

studiohack

6:37 AM

then the custom on top... works well actually

sidran32

I'm too lazy to post anything or do anything... :P So tired.

Journeyman Geek

I'm a clutz so...

@sidran32: don't see anything i feel like answering ;p

studiohack

@JourneymanGeek with a k - klutz :)

sidran32

I think something needs flagging? Or maybe editing? I'm not a good mod :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

sidran32

6:39 AM

Not late at night, anyway :P

studiohack

I'm gonna have to take an update photo of my workspace. nice and messy, as well as four screens clustered :P

Journeyman Geek

looking at flaggable stuff actually ;p

lol

studiohack

we don't flag stuff if it is technically inaccurate @sidran32

sidran32

Why does it seem to me that these style answers happen in clusters? Is it because most of the more high quality stuff happens in similar timezones?

Journeyman Geek

>_>

sidran32

6:40 AM

@studiohack You do flag if it's inaccurate or don't flag if it's inaccurate?

Journeyman Geek

I hate to say it but...

@sidran32: if its not an answer, flag. If its a stupid answer downvote

sidran32

Ah

I do flag non-answers already.

Journeyman Geek

@sidran32: quite a lot of the bad posts come from the same parts of the world

sidran32

@JourneymanGeek Like where? And why? :|

Journeyman Geek

to the point where i can see the post, and guess where its from ;p

lol

Well, india to some extent. I blame IT being a respected profession there ;p

There's good ones, but there's a lot of people who barely know how to spell who somehow get degrees ;p

sidran32

6:42 AM

Heh, well, that makes sense for crappily trained IT outsourced shops but this is a private site. They aren't getting paid to come here. I'd expect that the people that come here to answer actually know something a bit more

Heh

Journeyman Geek

@sidran32: Thats my guess anyway

sidran32

mm

Journeyman Geek

I notice a lot of rather... old fashioned english that's only used in the subcontinent

sidran32

Such as?

Blah, I'll answer

Journeyman Geek

i can't remember offhand

I don't talk like that (much), other than a penchant for using words like nefarious ;p

not all are, of course. XD

And then there's my cousin... smart, CS major... apparently forgot 90% of what she knows

studiohack

7:01 AM

lol

Journeyman Geek

(least she knows it)

She wanted to be a art major. ;p

sidran32

There. I posted a high quality answer to that question. :P

studiohack

I have a friend studying art... interesting :P

link @sidran32 or it didn't happen ;)

sidran32

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A: Sharing a common internet on 2 PC

What you bought was a modem and router combination device. I looked up the device you bought and unfortunately you cannot use it for your purpose. The reason for this is because you bought a DSL modem/router. This device expects to be hooked up to your phone line directly, which is where a DSL i...

:)

studiohack

nice answer!

sidran32

7:03 AM

Thank you :)

I actually, through habit, know how to explain techy stuff to non-techy people. I've been doing it for years with my family. :P

Hm, @studiohack Is there a markup I can use to center text or images?

studiohack

not that I know of, sorry :(

bbl

sidran32

Ah ok

Oh well

Would be nice

Ok, I'm up too late again. I really have to sleep.

My dog has proper sleeping habits. How does she do that? :o

studiohack

you EST @sidran32?

sidran32

@studiohack Yup.

Journeyman Geek

lol

she's a dog

sidran32

7:11 AM

@JourneymanGeek To her benefit, apparently. :P

Journeyman Geek

Mine wakes up at exactly 7.30, goes for a walk, stays up until lunch, sleeps till 4 ....

sidran32

I heard somewhere that, without the prompt of the solar cycles, as a species, we will on average trend towards a 36 hour day or something.

Which makes sense, since I'm always staying up late and sleeping in, and if I don't keep it in check, my schedule just keeps moving forward and gets more and more out of sync with the sun. And then starts to get in sync again.

And so forth.

Journeyman Geek

lol

sidran32

Goodnight

Psycogeek

7:26 AM

@sidran32 I heard it was 25 hours, but I think if it was not for power and heat, i would be crawling under a rock when the sun went down.

Journeyman Geek

8:30 AM

boingboing.net/2012/01/20/howto-typeset-call-of-cthulhu.html best. use. of. se. EVER

studiohack

@JourneymanGeek Stack Exchange?

Journeyman Geek

ya

studiohack

8:45 AM

I didn't see the link at the end, that's awesome!

Journeyman Geek

8:58 AM

Amongst other things, the answer was just too cool ;p

Psycogeek

9:15 AM

What keeps setting this Key back to 0 ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\Log‌onUI\Background key opens, locate and double-click the OEMBackground value

Its the reg key for customizing the Log-In background, it stays for a few boots, then winders decides that I had enough fun.

Psycogeek

9:29 AM

I tried to take permission away from the system for changing the registry value, but i dont know how to do that. when advanced editing the permissions it made a new SYSTEM user thing there? the main system user thing is still there with full control? is that the way it is supposed to be?

Sorry about that. this shows system Denied, with System right below it with full control still?

Tom Wijsman

1:45 PM

@Psycogeek: It's probably hardcoded, what are you trying to do?

Use Process Monitor to track what is setting it back to 0.

Ah, the other SYSTEM entry is still, there, well... It shouldn't still be there...

You probably have to copy the inherited properties (thus disabling inheritance) and then deny the SYSTEM from changing it, that might work.

@Psycogeek Strange, should just work. :(

Sathya

2:05 PM

@sidran32 it's an Indianism

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: i'm not sure how to explain those ;p

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek i hate...when..they..write...like...this...

Journeyman Geek

bXD

Sathya

I know you're pausing & thinking, why do you have to bloody show it :|

Journeyman Geek

I blame IT being a respectable profession for that

Sathya

2:07 PM

my editor automatically replaces ...(or more) with.

Journeyman Geek

XD. point

I used to go to a forum that replaced that with pacman

Sathya

heh

I moderate an Indian tech forum

we outlawed sms lingo and typing...like...this...

would start off with a Moderator message, warning and then ban

people'll do anything to save some measly amount and then cry when it destroys things

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Q: Laptop Power Supplies- AMPS Confusion

I've got an old fujitsu Siemens AMLO pro v3515 notebook with a dead power adapter to use it. The power measurements of it is Power Details Output Power (Max): 65W Output Voltage: 20V Output Current (Max): 3.25A I have one or two power adapters (some different vendors with following specs) i...

Journeyman Geek

2:32 PM

lol

"Support is thanked"

ugh

Journeyman Geek

2:52 PM

-1

Q: Windows NT to Windows 2000

Windows NT to 2000 Active Directory HELP!! I had a windows NT machine as our PDC, I did the following steps and I screwed up the entire system. Please help. System A, WinNT was PDC I created another system (B) winnt, made it BDC, synchronized it with PDC and then promoted it to PDC I installed...

windows domain-controller pdc

Its one of those.. i can't begin to count in how many ways even i can see this is a trainwrech things...

Psycogeek

3:20 PM

@TomWijsman I am back, cant log-in when i am in XP, I think i got it

@TomWijsman The system itself sets it back, but it is the strangest thing, it changes back when the theme changes, but not WHEN the theme changes :-) because I refreshed the registry after the theme change and it is the same

Simon Sheehan

Morning everyone - havent been on in a few days

studiohack

hey @SimonSheehan

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack hows it going?

studiohack

3:45 PM

not bad... enjoying Saturday @SimonSheehan? :)

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Yep, always nice to have a day off :)

studiohack

it is

Simon Sheehan

Although I've got a fair bit of work to do - semester ends in a week

studiohack

finals and all?

Tom Wijsman

Same here, @SimonSheehan. Gonna be so happy... ^^

Simon Sheehan

3:47 PM

@studiohack I've only got 1 exam out of 4 classes.. Mostly just assignments that need to be finished or fixed.

I'll be particularly happy with computer science being over.

@TomWijsman Its that time of year ;)

Tom Wijsman

Lots of works this semester, next semester will be a way more quiet one. More SU, more Blog, more everything... Less university. ^^

Then one more year after that. :(

Simon Sheehan

Haha, definitely. I'm looking forward to a change of courses, I need something new

Tom Wijsman

Same.

Had like 1 to 3 deadlines every week for some weeks.

Simon Sheehan

I'll have English, World Religions, Computer Engineering, and Transportation

Tom Wijsman

Like a Sticky Note from the top to the bottom of my screen full of things, such that I won't lose track of any deadlines.

Now there's only like 5 things remaining in it; 3 exams and 2 evaluations. :)

And well, still have to finish a compiler against somewhere next week...

It's capable of turning something between small C and C code into machine language. (Well, actually P machine code but it's a matter of changing the output to turn it into other assembly languagues)

Simon Sheehan

3:54 PM

Well, I will say - computer science class was disappointing for me. I don't think I'll be taking it again

Tom Wijsman

@SimonSheehan: Your first year?

Simon Sheehan

@TomWijsman yeah.

Tom Wijsman

What are you planning to do instead?

Simon Sheehan

Well, my next years schedule will likely be English, Religion, Math with technology, Co-op x2, Communication tech, computer engineering, and physics.

Tom Wijsman

Huh, what kind of degree is that that you can choose what courses you combine together?

Simon Sheehan

3:56 PM

Oh, im not in university - Still in high school.

Tom Wijsman

Or is Computer Science a course?

Simon Sheehan

Its a course.

Tom Wijsman

confuzzled, high school as in < 18 yo?

Simon Sheehan

Yes.

I suppose the systems different in your country

Around here you go to Elementary school from ages 4-14 or so.

Tom Wijsman

Ah, I thought you were talking about Computer Science at university or something. Oops... ^^

Simon Sheehan

3:57 PM

Then in high school you get to kind of choose courses you want to do, with less compulsory stuff.

Tom Wijsman

Depends on school here.

Elementary to 12 or so, middle school till 18 and then you either go high school (literal translation, which is not high school as you know it) or university.

Simon Sheehan

Ahh. Once your 18 here, you usually go to college or university

University is kind of the same everywhere from what I understand

College is more advanced learning, but you spend less time sitting taking notes, and more time actually doing it - basically you learn by doing

Tom Wijsman

Vocational university

A vocational university, sometimes called professional university or college of higher vocational studies, is an institution of higher education and sometimes research, which provides both tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and sometimes doctorate) in a variety of subjects. In some countries, a vocational university more precisely grants Professional degrees like Professional Bachelor's degree, Professional Master's degree and Professional doctorates). The term is not officially used in many countries and an assignment...

We can choose between that and university.

studiohack

we also call those technical schools @TomWijsman

Simon Sheehan

Heh, interesting. I don't think we do that here

Tom Wijsman

4:01 PM

@studiohack Yeah, "hogeschool" goes more into "technical/practice" while "university" goes more into "theoretical/knowledge".

studiohack

@TomWijsman makes sense

Tom Wijsman

@studiohack The thing is "hogeschool" literally translates to "high school", which is sometimes confusing. :P

studiohack

lol, yes, it does make it confusing... like @SimonSheehan said, here in the US and in Canada, we have Elementary, Middle, then High school, all until you're about 18-19 - then College/University, or a technical school

Simon Sheehan

College in Canada is quite different from the USA though, from what I understand.

studiohack

@SimonSheehan oh really? like how?

Simon Sheehan

4:07 PM

@studiohack Well from what I understand, College there sounds a lot more like University - lots of lectures and all that

studiohack

@SimonSheehan yeah, that's definitely the case... we probably have different definitions of the word :P

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Probably :P Here College is known for being very hands on

studiohack

I'd like that

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Definitely - its what I really enjoy

studiohack

yeah - looking forward to my Intro to Mac, am wondering how they plan to teach a class like that @SimonSheehan

it is at a local community college

Simon Sheehan

4:12 PM

@studiohack you'll definitely have to tell me what one... I'm preparing a set of "How to use a Mac for video editing" videos, currently

studiohack

@SimonSheehan I'll have to tell you "what one?" which one, you mean? and not sure what you mean by that :P

@SimonSheehan and that sounds like a fun project - lots of screen recording, I presume? gonna put the videos on Youtube?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Oops, totally meant to say "about that one"

@studiohack Likely no - A lot of the stuff I say is referenced to what you learn in the class :p

studiohack

@SimonSheehan okay, makes more sense :)

@SimonSheehan huh, it is a homework project right?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Well everyone else had to make a magazine or something... this is what I volunteered to do to get out of the project :p

studiohack

@SimonSheehan hahaha, geekdom FTW :P

Simon Sheehan

4:18 PM

@studiohack Haha its great. No one else can switch their project either... its kinda funny.

studiohack

@SimonSheehan why can't they switch? because it's too late or you're special ;) ?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Being the only geek in the class pays off ;)

studiohack

Hopefully, I interpreted this okay: superuser.com/posts/380920/revisions lol

@SimonSheehan it sure does!

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Looks right to me :)

studiohack

lol, questions like that, I just completely delete the text and rewrite - be careful of course to maintain the original question and intent

interesting theoretical question - kinda NaRQ

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Q: How to split 1PC into 3 display as seamless mode. Running 3 different resolutions such as 768p, 720p, 720p?

I have my PC which has built-in VGA, HDMI, DVI output (linux). Now my monitor is connected to VGA port. Two other output interface is available and free, and i have two seperate monitor to use as DVI and HDMI. So, what i want is after boot or after login, put 3 different work-space/tasks on thre...

linux video display kernel xorg

Simon Sheehan

4:26 PM

Favourites - i definitely want to see the outcome

Sathya

probably ultramon can do something like that

studiohack

@Sathya you have that, don't you? (ultramon)

Sathya

no, I'm currently trying display fusion

studiohack

oh okay

Sathya

I haven't worked on this since my initial POC :/

Simon Sheehan

4:35 PM

Is that trello @Sathya ?

Sathya

yes @SimonSheehan

Simon Sheehan

@Sathya Ah okay, cool. We definitely need to get the blog one going again..

Sathya

@SimonSheehan blue one?

studiohack

I'm blue, I'm blue, ba de dah dah ;P

Simon Sheehan

@Sathya Blog*... Apparently I cannot type today

Sathya

4:37 PM

@SimonSheehan ahh

I need more RAM :/

Simon Sheehan

@Sathya How much do you have right now?

Sathya

4 gigs

I have a VM running simultaneously, not enough RAM to assign to it

studiohack

to upgrade my ram in my desktop is going to cost something like $100 to double it from 4 to 8 :(

Simon Sheehan

I find I struggle with VM's and only having 4GB of RAM myself.

Sathya

got a bit greedy & assigned 1.3gigs to it, now my system's hitting the swap levels regularly, Can't close the VM & reduce the RAM because there's an upgrade going on

Simon Sheehan

4:41 PM

@studiohack I take it its DDR2?

I might upgrade my laptop to 8GB, it'd only be $40

Sathya

also, damn data caps. My connection's slowed to 512k since the 15th because I went over the limit

Simon Sheehan

Ouch

School's been bad the last few days - People are abusing the public WiFi badly :(

studiohack

@SimonSheehan yeah, why? because it's old technology?

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack Ah, that's why - DDR2 is more expensive now.

@studiohack It's just a supply and demand thing.

studiohack

ouchie! what am I gonna do... who ever heard of spending $100 bucks for that

Simon Sheehan

4:46 PM

@studiohack Find someone whose going to toss their machine and take that RAM :P

studiohack

there is not much difference (~$10) between name brands and generic... in this case, I'd like to get more Corsair

Sathya

in case you haven't run across this

4

studiohack

@SimonSheehan :P probably not happening... I need some pretty specific RAM - anyone throwing out a PC with DDR2 RAM is crazy

Simon Sheehan

@studiohack It happens :P Oh well.

Sathya

and yes, I have tried it, Skype does show a :( when you switch to ComicSans

Simon Sheehan

4:48 PM

I'd like to upgrade this laptop to 8GB, according to Crucial it would be $45

Sathya

@studiohack it's not old/new tech - basic economic supply & demand as @SimonSheehan mentioned. When DDR3 was first introduced, a 512MB stick was like $250+

Simon Sheehan

crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=CD85D410A5CA7304

"Guaranteed-compatible with the Lenovo IdeaPad V570"

If I buy it, I'm holding them too that comment

studiohack

@Sathya whoa, neato

Sathya

/grin

studiohack

man... maybe I should just wait

This is the Year Microsoft Fights Back

gonna make a big list of all the things I want to add to my PC, and add the prices together and see if it is even realistic :P

REALLLY?!

0

Q: Download IE6 in Win7

I know IE6 was built for XP but is their a copy that I can download on my Win7 machine for debugging purposes? IE9 has an excellent developer console but the browsing modes only include 7-9. It would be great if there was an IE9 build with 6 as a browsing option but there isn't as far as I can ...