Root Access

Boris_yo

11:00

Bob

reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4tt6ce/…

Boris_yo

Contacts in its charging cradle... You see 2 in the middle are recessed? I wonder why...

Bob

> I'm a junior PHP dev. It's quite good if it's the only language you use.

> I'm sorry for what's happened to you

...

Also Rwanda is quite good it's the only country you know.

...

This is what's known as Stockholm Syndrome.

Boris_yo

@Bob I am thinking of not using Intel's clone tool (Acronis base) and just use standalone Acronis 11 or Veeam Backup...

Bob

@Boris_yo Eh, I've made my suggestions before. Up to you which one you end up using...

Journeyman Geek

11:03

@Boris_yo If you want to be able to factory recover, just make the recovery DVDs or ISO

makes more sense than a recovery partition you would almost never use

Rahul2001

How does pot affect the teenage brain?

►

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Ah you mean throw branded recovery partition away and create Windows 10 recovery media?

Journeyman Geek

That would be good too

Boris_yo

@Rahul2001 You can also tell by Infinite Waters channel dude - Ralph Smart.

Rahul2001

?

Boris_yo

11:05

@JourneymanGeek I actually now think to start with SSD to save time than I would if I did on old HDD.

Journeyman Geek

but I meant using the recovery software lenovo's provided to make restore DVD/USBs (which are essentially what's on that partition), then doing as clean an install as possible

Boris_yo

@Rahul2001 Infinite Water - YouTube channel. The guy is always high.

Journeyman Geek

@Boris_yo well, I just had a backup process in place

then never thought about it cause I know I can roll back/restore at any time

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Hmmm I think I did that years ago and its on DVD.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob deviantart.com/art/Pokemon-Go-TO-THE-FLOOR-622499150

Boris_yo

11:07

@Psycogeek Forgot to ping you for Walkman headphones I mentioned above if you scroll up.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek o.O

Journeyman Geek

@Boris_yo recessed contacts mean the non resessed ones make contact first

its pretty common sense, and also keeps you from accidentally sending power into data

which would be potentially bad

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo i donno, but tiny spring loaded stuff of that type be it plunger spring, or just bent wires dont hold up well over time and abuse. how old is the system? knowing sony and if it is a japonese model not a china one, they probably have full battery protection. and likely on anything old the battery needs replace .

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob autocomplete fail

Burgi

11:16

@Burgi My statement is based on years of experience I have no sources to provide — Ramhound 2 mins ago

sigh....

jokerdino

Why is that person getting attention these days?

cat

@Boris_yo What suck?

@Bob lololol

Amen

@Boris_yo No, copy branded recovery partition to DVDs

DavidPostill

@jokerdino Because we are all annoyed at the quality of his postings ...

jokerdino

Understandable.

cat

<citation needed> . Quite frankly, in situations like this, it might be a good idea to treat statements like this as you would an answer. If you're going to say something that seems authoritative, it really should be backed up. Comments shouldn't be a space for half-cooked answers in potentia. — Journeyman Geek ♦ 7 mins ago

Told

"Comments shouldn't be a space for half-cooked answers in potentia." - Very well put

DavidPostill

11:26

3 hours ago, by DavidPostill

@Burgi Yeah, he has a habit of saying "there is an answer on this site" and then doesn't bother with a linky or flagging as dupe. That habit really annoys me. If you know the answer have the decency to tell the OP where it is instead of teasing them.

@jokerdino ^^^

Burgi

btw, the user is in the chatroom now

cat

@Burgi shudder

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi nothing wrong with that

cat

Err... I mean... Hisssss

Journeyman Geek

sticks a patch kit on @cat

DavidPostill

11:27

Makes popcorn :)

Burgi

just don't want to be seen as maybe bullying @JourneymanGeek

Jeff Teoh

Hi

cat

My wiki is finally taking shape!

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi that's the sorta thing I'd like to prevent, but whispering about people like that's not cool too

@JeffTeoh hi

DavidPostill

@JeffTeoh Hi!

jokerdino

11:28

@DavidPostill yeah, that would have an effort on me too

Burgi

fair enough

Rahul2001

@JeffTeoh hey!

cat

jokerdino

Hey

Rahul2001

@cat linky?

cat

11:29

@Rahul2001 No linky for you!

Actually I haven't filed the go-live RFC yet so it's not externally accessible

Jeff Teoh

WoohhoOO! MS advisor just gave me wrong ISO file download which just wasted 4 hours~

Journeyman Geek

@cat looks clean and professional.

cat

I still need to set up the external user registration mechanism(s). First I need to figure out what the external user registration mechanism(s) are going to be.

Journeyman Geek

"ms advisor" ?

cat

@JourneymanGeek Thanks, that's what I was going for :-P

Rahul2001

11:30

@cat It does look pretty neat

jokerdino

@Rahul2001 there is a wiki somewhere but I can't find it for you just yet.

Burgi

wiki.abdn.ac.uk - request timed out

Rahul2001

yeah...

cat

1 min ago, by cat

Actually I haven't filed the go-live RFC yet so it's not externally accessible

Jeff Teoh

Microsoft Advisor

DavidPostill

11:31

@cat 504 Gateway Time-out

cat

Actually the DNS shouldn't even exist yet, so you should be getting server not found not request timed out

Huh

Journeyman Geek

@cat maybe someone seekritly created the DNS. To mess with you. And they would have gotten away with it if not for those pesky kids.

Rahul2001

;p

cat

@JourneymanGeek lol

allquixotic

rvmobileinternet.com/…

cat

11:33

It points at the network management server page

Which belongs to the person who looks after the DNS. So not very secret. -_-

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic your american ISPs suck

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allquixotic

!!maat

ChatBot John Cavil

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek We don't have ultimate plans in India either... :/

cat

@JourneymanGeek Eh, UK ISPs have been pulling unlimited data plans out from under people's feet for years too

Rahul2001

11:35

They do exist, but with like 2mbps speed

Journeyman Geek

@cat not just that

our fixed lines are all unlimited. Telcos have been cutting back data, then adding it back, but in theory I can get unlimited 4g in august for about 70 dollars\

arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/…

American ISPs suck.

Psycogeek

@allquixotic i was wandering about there just this week trying to find out how to (in so much) upload youtubes while on the road. ATT certannly not an option (~250$) Verizon just came out with a plan that just becomes horribly slow 128k speed when it runs out of paid bandwidth.

Rahul2001

The math problem that stumped thousands of mansplainers

►

Spoiler: Sexism.

Psycogeek

now how long would it take to upload a 2gig video at 128k , if you have all the time in the world :-)

(something would have to support resume)

Rahul2001

@Psycogeek Experience tells me that you wouldn't be able to, because, you know, network faliure

Psycogeek

11:41

old grandfathered unlimited verizon plans being bought, sell for like $2000-3000 with no guarentee they will stay that way.

cat

@JourneymanGeek Yeah I did mention that yesterday

Psycogeek

rvmobileinternet.com/… this one. which i believe only works with the Xtra large and XXl plans, but not being cut off completely is a huge advantage over paying exhorbedent per gig fees.

cat

Wow I clicked a youtube ad. First time I've ever received an ad thats relevant and interesting!

yesterday, by cat

@allquixotic Not surprising. All the big US providers have a worldwide reputation for crappy service and not being responsive to coverage requests.

Sorta

Psycogeek

per gig fees , like "$20 for 3GB" really? what i could do with $20. say you download one of them 36Gig (with DLC) games off of steam. you pay $59 for the game and $260 to download it , when on mobile.

allquixotic

Looks like I have to find a new solution for the family's Internet connectivity

Verizon has just been teasing with the reels of fiber cable being plunked around the neighborhood then left to rot for months... we're not actually getting FiOS to the premises; we're just getting Fiber Reels to the Neighborhood (FRTTN)

Psycogeek

11:54

same with ATT , fiber in Marketing terms only. FIMTO :-)

Bob

@allquixotic ?

@allquixotic LOL

I don't even have FRTTN yet :\

> Departed Facility in HONG KONG - HONG KONG

:)

allquixotic

@Bob rvmobileinternet.com/…

Bob

@allquixotic ...ow.

Prabhat

12:17

guys ..I am learning iptables .

Burgi

gl!

Psycogeek

@allquixotic how "extraordinary" is your data usage ?

Rahul2001

KAT is down for good...

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 There are plenty of alternatives ...

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill ;)

Burgi

12:29

lunch finally

allquixotic

@Psycogeek Depends on who you ask. According to Fran Scammo, the CFO of Verizon, if I'm not paying at least $10 per GB of data I use, it's pretty extraordinary.

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 "Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner, faces up to 20 years in jail for copyright infringement and money laundering conspiracy. The 30-year-old from Ukraine was arrested in Poland and the United States is seeking extradition."

Rahul2001

So, he started it when he was just 22?

Burgi

have you heard about the campaign to get jousting into the olympics?

Dave

@Burgi, is there a point to this?

:D :D :D

Not even a groan??? From any one?

DavidPostill

12:32

@Rahul2001 14 apparently "Artem Vaulin, 30, is from the Ukraine. The complaint alleges that he has been the owner and operator of KAT since November 2008."

Burgi

no

Psycogeek

@allquixotic yea well that is the only extraordinary thing. but what is your average data use for a month? mine is around 200-250g.

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill 14?

Burgi

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36852985

it would be an easy gold for team GB... ;)

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 I can't subtract :/

Rahul2001

12:34

lol

Dave

This Artem Vaulin fella seems to have done some stuff

DavidPostill

Artem Vaulin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Dave

What is KAT

cat

Gah took nearly half an hour to find a spurious display: block; in a crappy style inherited 3 levels that was making my lines wrap when they shouldn't

DavidPostill

@Dave KickAssTorrents

Dave

12:37

Oh. Thanks

DavidPostill

KickassTorrents

KickassTorrents (commonly abbreviated KAT) was a website, founded in 2008, that provided a directory for torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. As of November 2014, KAT became the most visited BitTorrent directory in the world, overtaking The Pirate Bay, according to the site's Alexa ranking. On 20 July 2016, the domain was seized by the United States government and was subsequently shut down. == Blocking and censorship == KickassTorrents says that it complies with the DMCA and it removes infringing torrents reported by content owners...

Burgi

KAT doesn't have cloudflare proxies like TPB does

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic Scammo is trying to scam you. Badumtsss

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy that isn't his real name; I (and many other Verizon users) change it to that as a way of giving him the finger

@Psycogeek Same

That Brazilian Guy

@DavidPostill WAS? But... but... I mean, yeah, nasty pirates! They're awful, the only way to watch GoT is on HBO.

Burgi

12:41

we don't have HBO in the UK

That Brazilian Guy

So, no GOT at all?

Rahul2001

@ThatBrazilianGuy It had some pretty useful (and legal) stuff...

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy Don't you know? People who don't live in the US (and are thus able to get HBO) have no reason or need to watch Game of Thrones. If you can't access it legally, then you aren't the target market obviously. Accept the wisdom of our paternalistic overlords and find something else to watch in your native language, citizen.

DavidPostill

@ThatBrazilianGuy @Burgi It was broadcast on Sky Atlantic

Burgi

pay per view...

i hate giving money to murdoch

Dave

12:43

We get the Origami channel.... that's also pay per view

:D :D :D

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic Well, there is HBO in Brazil. But get your point.

DavidPostill

It was free in NL with Ziggo ... I haven't seen the last 2 series so no spoilers please

allquixotic

Fortunately I'm not even interested in watching Game of Thrones. I can watch porn for free online.

4

Burgi

lol

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic it's hard to find good porn with midgets, animals and dead people

4

IT WAS A JOKE NSA I SWEAR

HackToHell

12:46

Oh look @OliverSalzburg pushes to strider :D

Rahul2001

cse.google.com/cse/…

Burgi

hacked server update: it was unauthorised internal access

That Brazilian Guy

!!xkcd the IP came from the 192.168 range

ChatBot John Cavil

@ThatBrazilianGuy Something went on fire; status 403

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Rahul2001

but searches don't

bwDraco

12:48

I'd much rather not.

It's all about profit. Why can't they license content to anyone who can legally distribute it?

Exclusivity deals and region locking isn't the best idea.

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 I kinda don't think actual links to mirrors is a good idea.

bwDraco

I understand the need to tailor prices to the market, and I understand that distributors demand exclusivity for a guaranteed revenue stream, but this is just wrong.

"guaranteed revenue stream": Sadly, it seems the economics of the market aren't helping.

Burgi

!!bing better than google?

ChatBot John Cavil

@Burgi That didn't make much sense. Maybe you meant: ping

Burgi

nope, no i didn't

DavidPostill

12:57

@JourneymanGeek Can you please remove it (as it was addressed to me). I don't need such links ;)

allquixotic

!!is bing better than Google

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Probably

Oliver Salzburg

@HackToHell This week is Strider-week ;)

Burgi

@allquixotic how do i go about adding a !!bing command to replace the !!google one?

Bob

@Burgi Step one: get bing api credits (free up to X searches per month, needs api key)

step 2: copy google plugin and modify it to use the bing api

step 3: pull request

Burgi

13:06

got a link to the repo?

Bob

github.com/allquixotic/SO-ChatBot

tombull89

@Boris_yo suck because of bloatware. When I buy a machine, I want an OS. I might want Office. And I want all the latest drivers. I don't need trials of Office, McAfee, Norton, etc.

Journeyman Geek

@tombull89 I want an OS. Anything else I wanna install myself.

HackToHell

13:29

@Bob what's the default domain for azure vms .-.

Can't connect from remina for some reason, is empty domain a bad idea?

Bob

@HackToHell I don't think there is one?

none of mine are domain-joined

I haven't set up AD in there

HackToHell

@Bob ah so then it's not a domain issue

thanks

Okay it was a password issue

Azure UI allowed a weaker password(no special chars, numbers)

Windows didn't allow rdp with that password

Changed it to a complex password and it works

I think that's the issue

Bob

13:53

@HackToHell Azure increased their password req far above Windows recently

annoying

DavidPostill

@Bob That's a good thing (stronger password) even if it is annoying, right?

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill depends on whether you use a password manager or not

and IMO strong passwords are an education thing - very strong passwords are useless if you have them in a post it, or in your email with a weak password cause you can't remember them

bwDraco

14:08

!!/learn bearhello <>https://i.sstatic.net/WLfhB.gif

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Command bearhello learned

Bob

@DavidPostill Eh, not for me. Min length is 12 chars.

I only spin up the VM for maybe an hour or two for testing.

The chance of anyone brute-forcing it in that time is laughably small.

cat

14:20

!!caaaaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

@cat That didn't make much sense. Maybe you meant: caaaaat, caaaat

cat

Hmm, we seem to be missing one

allquixotic

!!listcommands

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic help, afk, awsm, ban, color, convert, define, die, doge, domain, eval, export, findcommand, forget, forgetseen, github, google, hang, imdb, import, info, inhistory, jquery, learn, listcommands, listen, live, mdn, meme, moustache, mustache, norris, nudge, parse, refresh, spec, stat, stats, tell, timer, todo, unban, undo, unonebox, user, weather, wiki, xkcd, youtube, zalgo, ;), ;p, \/s*, after5, ahh, ahhfire, apumpkin, areyoukidding, bababababat, baroo, bearhello
beatingbloodoutofarockwithahalberd, bespecific, boberror, brainf__k, bunny, caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

allquixotic

!!caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

14:25

allquixotic

!!nonononono

ChatBot John Cavil

allquixotic

I love the little hiss at the end

cat

So many 4 cat piles but I need a 6 cat pile :-/

!!learn caaaaaat <>http://i.imgur.com/pZarha3.jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

@cat Command caaaaaat learned

Burgi

14:27

anyone got a link to the USB gif?

Bob

which one?

Burgi

the one where it doesn't go in both ways round

cat

Why is it that specifically four cat piles are so common?

Burgi

4 is the average kitten litter size

cat

Wow that simple huh

Damn

Bob

14:30

@Burgi I'm confoozled

Psycogeek

because it is symmetricat

Bob

!!huh?

ChatBot John Cavil

Burgi

@cat in mammals the average litter size is exactly half the number of nipples the mother has

allquixotic

@Burgi fascinating

That Brazilian Guy

14:36

So, I just found out I was supposed to be an effective employee but somehow my trial status was never formally updated

Theoretically, I could be fired at will

@JourneymanGeek What's that? Fanart about @Bob?

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy O_O

Psycogeek

@ThatBrazilianGuy you were fired last week, they just werent going to tell you until you actually quit working.

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy this is plausible yes

Boris_yo

@cat Copy + paste them to DVD or make them bootable from DVD? The latter I have no idea how to do...

@Psycogeek Made in Malaysia

That Brazilian Guy

@Psycogeek Well, if they keep paying me, they can fire me as much as they want

Boris_yo

14:43

@JourneymanGeek Sounds like something by design and not recessed by abuse...

Journeyman Geek

@Boris_yo yup

Bob

Journeyman Geek

@Bob o_o

That Brazilian Guy

@Bob So what does it say about those crazy cat ladies with 10+ cats?

Psycogeek

in all probability it would be a bad idea to marry her.

Journeyman Geek

14:46

@ThatBrazilianGuy ~~helsinki~~ stockholm syndrome

Burgi

found one!

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electronbeam

My voice is sooo sore

I did some amateur voice acting last night and pushed my voice wayyyy below its natural range

That Brazilian Guy

yesterday, by allquixotic

one of my coworkers on Skype for Business put in her comment, "Gotta catch 'em all!"

@allquixotic Yesterday a coworker here was in the shared kitchen, eating something when she suddenly started singing the Pokemon theme. She then proceeded to repeat the Pikachu sound a few times ("Pika pikaaaa").

electronbeam

here's some of my lines for anyone interested

clyp.it/xax5sl3i

(Pokemon/Rick and Morty Crossover Spoof)

Journeyman Geek

@electronbeam I have no idea what you sound like, but I can tell why you're sore.

@Burgi I have a USB cable that works both ways.

electronbeam

14:54

@JourneymanGeek I'll share a recording of my natural voice in a while for you lol

Journeyman Geek

(also, blah, I have my NFC tags now, but I need to work out how to bend them to my will)

ahh, vaguely got it working

bwDraco

@allquixotic droid-life.com/2016/07/20/verizon-unlimited-data-rip-tetherers

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