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C. Ross

12:04 AM

@MarkSzymanski It's written in Ruby, there's your problem ;-)

Mark Szymanski

Haha.

I like ruby...

nhinkle

12:36 AM

@IvoFlipse, I think it belongs - it seems to fit within the FAQ as I interpret it

I think a better question might be "How can I prevent websites from knowing my IP address?", but that may not be what the asker actually wants to know, so I wouldn't change it

Ivo Flipse

Indeed, though it would be nice if one of the answers did answer that

nhinkle

maybe i'll tackle that in a bit

i need to go shower right now though

just got back from a very muddy, very fun frisbee game

but wanted to check in for any answers to my question from earlier, and while i was here, thought i'd check in on chat

Ivo Flipse

very good ;)

for me it's long past bed time

but was trying solve some stupid explorer problem :@

nhinkle

:/

p.s., any ideas?

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Q: Prevent Microsoft Word from wrapping tables across columns and pages

When writing technical documents such as lab reports, it is often preferable for tables not to wrap across columns and page breaks, so that all data from a given table are displayed in one place. In LaTeX, there is a setting to prevent tables from wrapping unless they are simply too long to do ot...

Ivo Flipse

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Q: Win + E keyboard shortcut stopped working

I've managed to mess up my Win + E shortcut, such that it gives me the following error message: Is there any way to manually restore this shortcut? I'm running Windows 7

windows-7 keyboard-shortcuts windows-explorer

nhinkle

12:40 AM

i wish the TA who grades our labs would just let me use LaTeX, but he wants thing done his way :(

Ivo Flipse

All I can think up is using Ctrl+D to add a page break after the text

so the table starts in a new column

nhinkle

I can add a column break easily, but then if a table starts near the top of a column, I'm wasting a bunch of space (and thus paper)

regarding your Win+E shortcut problem, I've seen articles before online about how to change it to open different folders and stuff

you might try finding where those settings are changed, and verify that it's set right

anyhow, it's shower time for me! see ya later

Ivo Flipse

see ya

studiohack

1:53 AM

hello @alleverybody

Hello, @studiohack.

hello @MarkSzymanski

How are you?

I'm good, sir. how are you @MarkSzymanski?

Mark Szymanski

I'm doing great, thanks.

studiohack

1:58 AM

whelps, not much going on...gonna be in and out

Mark Szymanski

nods

Hehe, someone on IRC thinks they will be able to find me, based on only my first and last names XD

There are like a thousand Mark Szymanskis in the world XD

studiohack

really? even with that unique of a last name @MarkSzymanski?

Mark Szymanski

Yep.

Actually.

My last name is the 9th most common surname in Poland :P

And, I know of at least three Mark Szymanskis other than myself.

One of which is my uncle.

:P

studiohack

2:28 AM

lol

Mark Szymanski

Finally.

The photos section of my website is done.

studiohack

2:52 AM

sounds good @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

If you want to take a look.

Might take a while, I can't get it to paginate the photos >.>

studiohack

looking -

are you a photographer?

Mark Szymanski

Hehe, no xD

But I like taking photos.

studiohack

hobby?

yeah

Mark Szymanski

They're all taken with a 4th gen iPod Touch, hence the horrible quality :P

I guess you could call it that.

studiohack

2:58 AM

no camera?

you have some really good ones!

Mark Szymanski

Nope :P

Just kinda recently got into photography.

Thanks! ^^

studiohack

consider getting a camera...i like the Canon Powershot SX130 IS

Mark Szymanski

I might. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out ^^

studiohack

amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-SX130IS-Stabilized-3-0-Inch/dp/…

it is really high quality and a very good camera for those who like to take photos and such, it has a lot of modes and effects - very fun to play with! the price on amazon is a good one for this kind of camera...hope that helps @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

Very cool! Thanks!

studiohack

3:01 AM

sure. i like the ones of the basketball courts, the airport

the crosswalk is nice also...

Mark Szymanski

Thanks ^^

They were all taken and edited with Camera+

studiohack

as well as the sofa and the lamp...

Mark Szymanski

^^

studiohack

nice. never heard of Camera+

Mark Szymanski

it's really nice.

It was actually taken off the App Store for a while.

studiohack

3:02 AM

can't find it on Bing?

Mark Szymanski

campl.us

Google ;)

studiohack

i binged Camera+

oh well.

Mark Szymanski

Heh.

studiohack

oh i see, it is an app for mobile phone

nice!

Mark Szymanski

Just to let you know, the "Auto" option under the "Scenes" will make ANY photo look better.

It's the effect I always apply first.

studiohack

3:05 AM

yeah...i use that sometimes on my photos after i get them on my machine..

I tend to be a repetitious photographer, so i end up with a lot of photos of the same thing....

Mark Szymanski

Ah.

I usually just take one or two.

looks

Very nice!

studiohack

yeah if you put a lot of effort into one or two, that works too if you take your time and all

Mark Szymanski

Yeah.

studiohack

thanks

Mark Szymanski

One feature of camera+ that I LOVE is the stabilizer feature.

It waits until you're holding the thing perfectly steady before snapping the picture.

studiohack

3:09 AM

yeah?

Mark Szymanski

But, that was a killer when I took the snow ones.

studiohack

the Canon Powershot I mentioned has IS too... (IS = image stabilization)

snow and stuff like the moon is harder with IS

Mark Szymanski

Because I was barefoot and wearing a t-shirt and jeans :P

Ah.

studiohack

and that feature is nice on mobile phones

:P

Mark Szymanski

and I was all "JUST TAKE THE PICURE ALREADY" XD

studiohack

3:10 AM

haha

Mark Szymanski

All the photos except for the ones of the snow were taken at the Little Rock National airport.

Oh.

The basketball goal ones were taken at a school.

TomWij

@IvoFlipse: Enjoy... :-)

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A: Win + E keyboard shortcut stopped working

What does WIN+E do? Because troubleshooting System Internals is sweet... Let's look on an untampered system with Process Monitor to see what exactly happens when we do that. The steps I take: Download and run the program: http://live.sysinternals.com/procmon.exe Accept the EULA, reset the fi...

studiohack

you live in Arkansas?

@MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

Yes.

Unfortunately...

studiohack

why unfortunately?

Mark Szymanski

3:19 AM

Because. I'm orignally from Wisconsin. But I'm living here now, we moved because of my dad's job.

studiohack

oh you like Wisconsin?

Mark Szymanski

Yes ^^

studiohack

fun, I've been there

it's very pretty and scenic

Mark Szymanski

^^

I'm from a small town called Pulaski there, about 20m from Green Bay.

shrugs

studiohack

don't know where that is?

that's because i don't live there - don't worry about it :P

Mark Szymanski

3:21 AM

Umm...

studiohack

hello @KronoS

Mark Szymanski

If you think of Wisconsin looking like a mitten.

KronoS

hey @studiohack... I'm only here for a few min... about to leave to head home

Mark Szymanski

Green Bay is right in the crook of the thumb... if that makes any sense :P

KronoS

how's it been?

studiohack

3:22 AM

@KronoS - been good-how's your weekend?

@MarkSzymanski: makes sense

i think. :P

Mark Szymanski

:P

KronoS

went four wheelin and shooting with a friend... who actually broke his leg :(

Mark Szymanski

It's a small town, ~1000 people.

KronoS

today was a big family thing with the in-laws

studiohack

@KronoS sorry to hear that

@MarkSzymanski yeah, that's not that small haha

Mark Szymanski

3:24 AM

Hehe.

KronoS

@studiohack @MarkSzymanski I miss anything important?

Mark Szymanski

Well, it's pretty small compared to where I live now. ~6000 people. And this is apparently a small town :P

studiohack

you edited. :P it is a really small town, i meant that i've seen smaller

Mark Szymanski

@KronoS: Not really.

studiohack

@MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

3:25 AM

Ah.

studiohack

i've seen as small as 6

Mark Szymanski

Wow.

studiohack

or 50

Mark Szymanski

I've seen as small as 98 :P

studiohack

or 100

yeah haha

so you live sort of out in the country then

@MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

3:26 AM

Yeah.

studiohack

@KronoS: be sure and check your email for an email from Rebecca Chernoff about the Town Hall thing for nominees

mine was in my spam folder

she sent it earlier today...FYI

KronoS

@studiohack already got that.... I had my ipod touch with me... I've already responded to it too

studiohack

@KronoS: that's all it then. i did answer Q&A with @IvoFlipse

KronoS

oh really?

I'm getting updated right now on meta and SU

and guitars.stackexchange.com :)

studiohack

@MarkSzymanski: so how did you come to know this much about technology, especially this young?

Mark Szymanski

3:30 AM

I dunno... Just messed around with it for a long time :P

Messed around, read some books on programming, see what works, see what doesn't.

KronoS

@studiohack it seems like the younger generation almost come "pre-programmed" for tech...

studiohack

that's a good way to learn and get started on stuff @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

^^

studiohack

@KronoS: so true! even then, I am the tech support for those I know. :P

KronoS

except for occasional the oddballs that stick bologna in the dvd player...

Mark Szymanski

3:31 AM

And, of course. Asking lots of questions ;)

studiohack

@KronoS xD

@MarkSzymanski i do that alot myself, asking questions

Mark Szymanski

Hehe.

KronoS

time to go... later fellas

Mark Szymanski

Bye, @KronoS. Take care.

I've been trying to find some questions that I can answer to try to push my self closer to 2000 rep but I can't find any that I know enough about XD

studiohack

@KronoS: good night!

yea

Mark Szymanski

3:36 AM

I can't wait until I can edit stuff.

studiohack

that's a scary thought

lol

Mark Szymanski

Hehe XD

Hehe, I'm probably one of the only people on the SE sites that's willing to close his own questions :P

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studiohack

3:55 AM

I do that myself - closing my own questions :P @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

:P

Well, i'm off to bed. Goodnight @studiohack, everyone.

studiohack

good night @MarkSzymanski

studiohack

4:13 AM

anyone want to vote me over 4K?

ntechi

4:43 AM

Hiii

nhinkle

7:06 AM

@studiohack, done :)

studiohack

7:24 AM

@nhinkle: thanks! :)

nhinkle

@studiohack, want to bump me over 6.3K? :P

studiohack

hahaha sure let me find something

nhinkle

i have a question ripe for up-voting

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Q: Prevent Microsoft Word from wrapping tables across columns and pages

When writing technical documents such as lab reports, it is often preferable for tables not to wrap across columns and page breaks, so that all data from a given table are displayed in one place. In LaTeX, there is a setting to prevent tables from wrapping unless they are simply too long to do ot...

microsoft-word formatting layout

(seriously driving me nuts. i wish my TA would let me just write my stinkin' lab reports in LaTeX)

studiohack

6300 haha

nhinkle

Whee!

Not that it's any different whatsoever from 6295, but it's a nice roundish number

studiohack

7:25 AM

yup...good night!

nhinkle

6400 will be nice. then it's a square (times 100 of course)

studiohack

yes, it is. and it should now be above a nice roundish number :P

nhinkle

success!

brb

studiohack

upvoted your first answer.

anyways, gotta log off! good night @nhinkle

hopefully the vote bot won't detect my votes and remove. :P

nhinkle

@studiohack, hopefully it won't detect mine either ;)

goodnight, sleep well

DMA57361

8:23 AM

morning all, just a brief hello before I'm off to class

oooo, new "meta participation" info added to the election page

TomWij

9:32 AM

@studiohack Same here, and it appeared like there were no mails until I checked there. :-)

Ivo Flipse

@TomWij, how would I set my filter in Sysinternals?

TomWij

@IvoFlipse: Well, I filter away the activity I'm not interested about first, so let's say searchindexer.exe is busy.

So I right click searchindexer.exe and it allows me to include / exclude / highlight that there.

Then I repeat for svchost.exe and some other programs that are filling the log with events I don't care about.

The event I'm looking for would be from explorer.exe as shutting down explorer.exe doesn't allow you to press WIN + E.

So I could go to the Filter window (through the menus) and include a filter that includes explorer.exe as Process Name.

But I wasn't sure so I filtered away instead...

Ivo Flipse

anyway that key: DeletegateExecute wasn't there

TomWij

It should be, something might've deleted it.

(Please note that that should be in the right side of the Registry Editor window)

Side note: If you're ever interested in detailed stack information in one of the SysInternals Tools or WPT, you need to configure symbols (step 9).

That key is the parameter passed to (or opened by, as it's handling the hotkey internal) explorer.exe; by changing what it refers to you could change the WIN + E hotkey I think.

Ivo Flipse

9:47 AM

that key is under shell\open

but not opennewwindow

and do I need to reboot?

TomWij

It should be under opennnewwindow too, rebooting wasn't required here.

it works :)

yay

10:03 AM

howdy @IvoFlipse @TomWij

Ivo Flipse

hi @Sathya

how was the trip home?

Sathya

trip was good @IvoFlipse wasn't to home tho

Ivo Flipse

ah where to then

you seem to travel a lot :P

Sathya

been travelling a lot past few weekends @IvoFlipse that's likely to stop though

went to Goa @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

10:19 AM

you went to me? ;P

Sathya

Goa

Goa (; ) is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country as a whole. Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is the largest city. The historic city of Margao still exhibits the cultural influence of the Portuguese, who first landed in the early 16th century a...

@IvoFlipse :P

though my home town was just 8hrs from there..

Ivo Flipse

that seems comfortable :)

Sathya

had a nice time :) though my morning flight was delayed by about 1.5 hrs

Ivo Flipse

auch

how's the mobile internet in India?

Sathya

@IvoFlipse rather poor

3G is right now available only on Govt-based service provider

and today, one of the largest private service providers launched the 3G services

Ivo Flipse

10:25 AM

so Govt-only or they subsidize it?

Sathya

and the tariffs are utter Bend-over-and-get-shafted types

Ivo Flipse

just how you like em? ;P

Sathya

@IvoFlipse Govt only, spotty coverage, non existent Cust service, but at places where it's available they are pretty good.

@IvoFlipse :( I'll stick to EDGE for the time being

Ivo Flipse

ah well as long as you can log in to SU to keep up permanent login eh?

Sathya

@IvoFlipse yep

I've got a job interview tomorrow, wondering how it'll go

Ivo Flipse

10:29 AM

interesting, what kind of job?

I guess they don't advertise on SO?

Sathya

@IvoFlipse nope

@IvoFlipse the skill set is same, PL/SQL dev, I'll know more details tomorrow

also approached by one of Oracle's Subsidiaries that's intriguing me too

Ivo Flipse

oeh you would be working for the devil!

nice :D

Sathya

@IvoFlipse :D sent my CV to them, let's see if they respond. Their requirements match my current skill set &(previous) experiences very well - Coding, Analysis, Client Interaction

Ivo Flipse

I thought you were simply outsourced to the US, but apparently not exactly

Sathya

@IvoFlipse not quite, I was implementing a new Insurance Solution in Austin, TX

Ivo Flipse

10:43 AM

so how do you get a job like that?

Sathya

recruitment sites @IvoFlipse like monster.com ( as of now the only place where I've filed my resume)

I do have on Stack Overflow Careers but it's not filed

careers.stackoverflow.com/sathyabhat

Ivo Flipse

careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs

:P

careers.stackoverflow.com/…

Sathya

@IvoFlipse ^^ ;) monster.com is free :P plus it's localized to India, not many Indian sites use Stack Overflow CVs

@IvoFlipse not even a single PL/SQL listing there :\

though I could get used to another DBMS

I find T-SQL.... weird

Ivo Flipse

I'm sure you can manage to squeeze yourself into a listing ;P

I asked a fairy and the next day my CV was online :O

Sathya

@IvoFlipse nice

> $19 for 1 year

not bad

Ivo Flipse

10:49 AM

aint it :)

the companies surely DONT pay 19$ :P

Sathya

btw,

There have been:

0 search hits on your CV
13 public views of your CV
0 email inquiries to you from employers
0 email responses from you to employe

:P

also

> Your CV is unfiled, which means it is not searchable by employers.

I hate writing stuff like Personal Statements :|

Ivo Flipse

I don't have any relevant experience to land a job through that place anyway

Sathya

ow

> I am a student; enroll me in a complimentary free one year membership.

Ivo Flipse

nice spots @TomWij all those -5 posts :P

Nyuszika7H

Hi! :)

Help me, please! Windows Firewall consantly turns itself on. I have another firewall and it reports its state to Windows, so I don't understand why. (Win7 x64, ESET Smart Security)

Ivo Flipse

11:05 AM

using two at a time, is a really bad idea as far as I know

Nyuszika7H

@IvoFlipse I know.

Sathya

@Nyuszika7H try making Windows ignore any existing firewall programs

Nyuszika7H

I disabled the Windows Firewall service, let's see if it works.

Nyuszika7H

11:30 AM

How can I associate my multimedia buttons on the keyboard with VLC?

Ivo Flipse

you jinxed my VLC

you made Glee crash by mentioning that

addictivetips.com/windows-tips/…

I'd ask it as a question too

just for future reference :)

Nyuszika7H

@IvoFlipse Thanks! :)

Ivo Flipse

I simply copy pasted your question in Google

added superuser (didn't find anything on our site, but did get this)

and removed the first part

Nyuszika7H

@IvoFlipse Do I have to set anything? Nothing changed, Windows Media Center opens on pressing the play button :(

Ivo Flipse

hmm

I'd ask it on SU, since I'm a bit busy atm ;)

Nyuszika7H

11:40 AM

@IvoFlipse I'm using VLC 1.1.5, maybe that's the problem? MK2MP says it supports VLC 1.0.1.

DMA57361

hello again all

Nyuszika7H

@DMA57361 Hi there!

Ivo Flipse

hi @DMA57361 :)

no, it would be 1.0.1 and up

well my workshop tomorrow got cancelled, so at least I have another day to prepare :P

DMA57361

does the cancellation have any reasons behind to be concerned about?

Ivo Flipse

oh the workshop was something different, quite important though :\

it was hosted by the gov. organization that hands out most of the grants

for helping companies write better grant proposals

DMA57361

11:46 AM

ah, I see

Ivo Flipse

so the meeting I have on wednesday still stands

Nyuszika7H

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Q: How do I associate my keyboard's media keys with VLC?

I've got an ASUS X5DAF series notebook with Windows 7 Home Premium x64. I'm using VLC, and want to use media keys with it. I've tried MK2MP. Unfortunately, it didn't fix my problem, and crashed after restarting VLC. Run time error 31 at line 559 Now, I can't even start it. Any ideas?