Root Access

HackToHell

01:35

@Sathya You have that RSA key thingy, how does it work ?

HackToHell

01:59

This question became a hotshot in Server Fault serverfault.com/questions/403732/…

Renan

@HackToHell it was slashdotted ... it.slashdot.org/story/12/06/30/2123248/…

HackToHell

Ah, That's why it has an unnatural amount of views

iglvzx

It's always related to clocks. Y2K...

Oh, DISCOVER magazine. I was "featured" in one of their articles last year. Guess which video is mine :P blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/25/…

HackToHell

youtube.com/user/izzygalvez

iglvzx

Yes. Haha.

paradroid

02:26

@HackToHell reddit is down. I think it may be because of that problem

I wonder what other major sites are down.

HackToHell

@paradroid Really because of that ? I was pissed when it went down :P

iglvzx

@paradroid Not sure if related, but many sites went down last night due to problems with Amazon's cloud services: forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/06/30/…

Oh, nevermind. Severe thunderstorm took the servers down in a power outage.

Bob

@iglvzx O.O

paradroid

OOps

iglvzx

(Oh my, that is embarrassing. CTRL+C didn't connect... Hehe...)

FIXED

paradroid

02:34

Which datacentres? My Amazon hosts in Dublin and East US (Virginia) are fine. My Rackspace Debian ones are fine too.

iglvzx

@paradroid The Forbes article (that is now correctly linked) says it was North Virginia

paradroid

I see. Well I have an two Ubuntu servers there and they have been fine.

03:31:43 up 155 days, 5:40, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05

iglvzx

See: "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (N. Virginia)
[RESOLVED] Power issues" at http://status.aws.amazon.com/

paradroid

03:36:02 up 66 days, 16:52, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.05, 0.00

iglvzx

That's good for you. Netflix wasn't so lucky.

:P

@Bob I posted that link earlier, above. My edited video of a spider rolling downhill was featured in DISCOVER magazine.

Sathya

05:09

@Renan @HackToHell also posted to HN by me

@HackToHell algorithm on server generates 6-digit random number every 60 seconds based on some unique characteristics/key. Same algo+key generates the same number. If the numbers match, you get authenticated

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: Those things drift sometimes tho

I think actually using the token gets the two clocks resynced

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek if there's a desync, you'll be prompted to re-enter

then there are edge cases - the number changes after you submit but before the server gets it

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: My bank's old OTP generators needed me to call the bank and get them to manually reset it

Sathya

the RSA keys are quite sensitive to timing variations

in contrast, the Goog auth is quite lenient

by my experiements you can submit the old number about ~5-10secs after the number has changed

@JourneymanGeek that's annoying...

Renan

@Sathya cool :)

Sathya

05:17

Here's a list of all the new applied 3-letter top-level domains: http://pastebin.com/zD6PHFDC Too bad: Nobody is applying for .EXE .JPG .LNK or .PNG

Tweeted by mikko on June 30, 2012 at 9:02 PM

And yes, like many other parents, i suspect, fixing the runaway Minecraft server was a high priority tonight for my son http://t.co/VNSIj1MM

Tweeted by rasmus on July 1, 2012 at 5:12 AM

iglvzx

@Sathya Related: ICANN's list of generic TLD applicants newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/…

Sathya

06:25

jokerdino

@.@

that q imploded in the interwebz for seriouz

Journeyman Geek

07:19

(Darn.. i'm up to act II in DIII... already)

That shit is addictive ;p

jokerdino

:P

HackToHell

07:41

@Sathya So that's how you can enter your PC in office ?

@jokerdino I was talking abt the link to some alpha ISO

jokerdino

i got the ISO downloaded.

I might need a Fedora and a Debian testing ISO though =)

HackToHell

ok :/

Sathya

08:10

@HackToHell that's for connecting to my remote workstation in Finland. Though another set of RSA keys are also used to connect to my work network from anywhere

HackToHell

wow, that's awesome...

HackToHell

08:27

Is there any GUI latex creator ?

jokerdino

there should be ..

HackToHell

yeah, i look like a dumbass without knowing TeX ... and I can't draw complex structures in chemistry in paint(without it being ugly) :P

jokerdino

try tex.se maybe?

Bob

Hmm

Is this answer even valid?

0

A: External Hard Drive needs format problem

Please just connect your Adata to the Mac Book PC and scane it then it works to windows 7 too because I have experinced that. Dr.Nabi

The question never mentioned a Mac

The self accepted answer sounds horribly promotional too

HackToHell

08:59

Is there any chrome extension that allows me to tweet with the click of a button, without opening up annoying windows ?

HackToHell

10:24

Awesome bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18662560

Oliver Salzburg

10:47

\o/

Silver windows-7 badge :D

jokerdino

Stop racking up all the badges :)

Oliver Salzburg

:D

@Sathya Wow!

Journeyman Geek

11:50

lol

He also apparently got top user of the month ;p

HackToHell

I remember him from when he started here :)

superuser.com/questions/443558/…

Interesting one

Sathya

12:08

@JourneymanGeek wait, you started D3?

@OliverSalzburg :D

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Sathya: my Rep graph should give that away ;p

Sathya

lol

Journeyman Geek

same thing happened with torchlight actually

(DIII seems to be a better game, but torchlight lacks some of the... annoyances)

HackToHell

I want an Nexus badly arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/…

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: I seem to recall seeing a 120 dollar lenovo tablet at a local computer store

HackToHell

12:10

@JourneymanGeek Did you s-ssay 120$ lenovo ?

Journeyman Geek

i'm almost tempted ;p

singapore, not US

one of these i think shop.lenovo.com/us/tablets/ideapad/tablet-series/a1

HackToHell

As long as it's not bad like this arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/11/…

Journeyman Geek

wasn't paying attention. Was hunting down diablo, in the brightly lit maze that is a computer store

THEN realised it was 90 bucks, went a floor down, and got it at 10 bucks less ;p

HackToHell

WTF !!!!

I want a huge black market in my town :P

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: I actually paid 4 bucks more than the price i was looking for

black market? naw

Oliver Salzburg

12:13

@Sathya images Mother of God...

Journeyman Geek

just price differences between stores. The store in question is not worth buying from without a membership

@jokerdino might know of challenger ;p

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek lol. Asian server?

jokerdino

I have a wifi adapter from Challenger :))

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: south east asia

jokerdino

belskin I think

Journeyman Geek

12:14

@jokerdino: I try to get my parts from SLS ;p

Oliver Salzburg

Oh, I already reported images in the cleanup question...

Journeyman Geek

challenger is roughly SLS prices WIth discount.

jokerdino

which is awesome

Journeyman Geek

(though, the tablet in question. Insanely cheap, unless i misread the price... which is possible. Darn my terrier-like one track mind)

Got my blackwidow from there ;p

jokerdino

btw my friend has a membership card in challenger

Journeyman Geek

12:15

my brother has one

I abuse the duck out of it.

jokerdino

:D

Journeyman Geek

but proper hardware? I do NOT buy without at least 2 SLS trips

One to get prices, one to buy ;p

jokerdino

that sounds reasonable.. sorta

Journeyman Geek

will be doing on in august if he dosen't have to go to the old country

though

HackToHell

How the hell do you get a game for that low a price ?

Journeyman Geek

12:18

lol

challenger is selling at 90

which is probably a lot higher cause of their overheads

cheapest i've heard is ~70ish, but thats in yishun

figures 10 bucks is worth the hassel

challenger tends to mark up stuff about 10-20 percent in general

jokerdino

yeah spend 6 bucks travelling :/

Journeyman Geek

and time

;p

jokerdino

time is immaterial :P

Journeyman Geek

Now, if i met the friend of mine who told me this often...

lol

I had an exam, spent maybe 20 minutes at funan, got home, had lunch, installed...

took about 2 hours...

(boooo, what's the point of a DVD if you're gonna download everything anyway?)

jokerdino

lol fail

Journeyman Geek

12:21

then played all afternoon and most of today ;p

Seriously, just get the installer of battlenet, and let it run overnight ;p

jokerdino

:P

Journeyman Geek

still has 2 guest passes left... ;p

er

1

jokerdino

oooh

Journeyman Geek

pfft

banned in hostel, AC boy ;p

jokerdino

:(

Journeyman Geek

12:22

(though, ya, if you want it, i can scan and e mail it)

jokerdino

i can't download anything more than 20 mb at once

Journeyman Geek

just don't get caught ;p

jokerdino

actually no one checks

and i use someone elses network account

so yeah..

Journeyman Geek

lol

want? ;p

jokerdino

sure xD

HackToHell

12:24

what exactly is challenger ?

jokerdino

send them using G+ email accoutn.

@HackToHell tech shop

Journeyman Geek

@jokerdino: sent

@HackToHell: local evil big box retailed

like PC World or Best Buy ;p

jokerdino

@JourneymanGeek got it. thanks much!

HackToHell

They have everything cheaper :/ PC World sucks, it's overpriced.

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: they have it in india?

HackToHell

12:31

ya

or a local clone :P :P

Journeyman Geek

right, down to one key, my bro has dibs on it ;p

HackToHell

lol

jokerdino

haha

Journeyman Geek

(he's undecided on whether to get it. And seriously? No point getting the game on DVD)

HackToHell

12:45

lol, the question about debian crashes due to leap seconds (which i flagged :P) is on torrentfreak

Journeyman Geek

lol

its also on /.

Sathya

@HackToHell you know, people who don't have clue about tech shouldn't write about tech..

> If Hollywood can’t take down The Pirate Bay, why should a measly second make an impact….

jokerdino

????!!!

HackToHell

I too noticed that, just a dumb ass writing

Tpb prolly runs on something other than debian

And btw, flipkart replied

I consider that awesome customer support

And I see that they replied to you too

Sathya

@HackToHell yep. on a Sunday, btw.

HackToHell

12:59

No wonder they are starting to become a big ass company

Sathya

@HackToHell starting?!?! They're already there.

jokerdino

What? Bigass companies won't reply on time.

HackToHell

So they are a big company, they revolutionized online shopping with COD

jokerdino

They [big companies] reply three weeks later... with a canned response.

HackToHell

Well not that big, like amazon I think

HackToHell

14:03

btw, Battlefield 2 is at 5$ @ Amazon, anyone wanna buy ? amazon.com/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-Download/dp/B00452VG02

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: People who don't know about tech shouldn't make laws about tech either ;p

sadly, that dosen't stop politicians

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek true

HackToHell

Okay this is amazing cheapshark.com/browse.php?storeID=3

Journeyman Geek

or my local paper's weekly 'digital' suppliment

jokerdino

DL is a pathetic writeup

Journeyman Geek

14:06

ahh, diablo, how i missed thee

Sathya

-1

Q: Nvidia 9 series or Intel HD 2000?

I just tested an Nvidia 9300 GS card with a Intel Corei3 HD 2000 graphics system. Here is the windows experience index scores I got : Nvidia 9300 GS : Base Score 3.9 Processor : 7.1 Memory : 7.5 Graphics : 3.9 Gaming Graphics : 5.1 Hard Disk : 5.9 Intel HD 2000 : Base Score : 5.2 Processor...

jokerdino

they were writing how Facebook is great and everyone should get an account in it.

Journeyman Geek

slaughtering demons till i'm tired of it, and going back for more

Sathya

re-open ay/nay?

jokerdino

when G+ is almost a year old

Journeyman Geek

14:06

nay

its SU chat material tho ;p

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek good to see you enjoying. Just don't drop by the forums

Journeyman Geek

lol

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek yep, was about to leave that comment

(also, I should get back to my D3 game)

jokerdino

nay as well

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: I like my video games solo, violent, and not very social ;p

@Sathya: I blasted through the first act in a day... and this is the guy who usually takes MONTHS to play

Sathya

14:08

haha

Journeyman Geek

(the new mapping system plays a part though. I have to work my way through it again on a new session, i suspect)

Sathya

Diabolicious, as I call it

Journeyman Geek

lol

needs to play SOMEWHAT less

i have two assignments, and SU rep to worry about ;p

(granted, the same thing happened with torchlight. Another lovely game, looking forward to the next installment)

HackToHell

Don't play TF2 or you will get addicted to it too ;p

Journeyman Geek

lol

I don't do social

donno why

geek plays games like a noir detective drinks. Alone, and in the dark ;)

Sathya

14:13

@HackToHell oh God.. it's been couple of years since I played it..

used to play it daily

HackToHell

It's an insane game, I am trying my best not to open steam

Already wasted 80 hrs of my life on it

@Sathya How did you break free?

Sathya

I was in US when I used to play it

EApubs

I just tested an Nvidia 9300 GS card with a Intel Corei3 HD 2000 graphics system. Here is the windows experience index scores I got :

Nvidia 9300 GS : Base Score 3.9

Processor : 7.1
Memory : 7.5
Graphics : 3.9
Gaming Graphics : 5.1
Hard Disk : 5.9
Intel HD 2000 : Base Score : 5.2

Processor : 7.1
Memory : 5.9
Graphics : 5.2
Gaming Graphics : 5.8
Hard Disk : 5.9
My questions are :

When using Intel HD graphics, it reduces the score of my Ram! How is that possible? It checks the speed of the ram. Not the size (i think). Intel graphics take some of the ram space but how can that effect the s…

Sathya

@EApubs for reference, next time just link to question

@HackToHell once i shifted back, had no internet connection for a while, stopped playing. Then the hats came out..

HackToHell

lol

EApubs

14:18

sorry im new :)

the question is superuser.com/questions/443613/nvidia-9-series-or-intel-hd-2000

HackToHell

I joined the party late, so I am used to hats :P I am still a F2P player so no hats

Sathya

@EApubs also, WEI numbers are useless, take them with a whole lot of salt

EApubs

that means?

HackToHell

@EApubs Your chipset allocates some of your RAM as reserved memory, though idk what it has to do with the score

EApubs

yep it gets the ram

but will it reduce the performance?

HackToHell

14:20

Maybe that degrades score, donno. There was an answer somewhere about that ....

Sathya

@EApubs Intel's IGPs are quite weak, the reduction in RAM hardly makes any difference

the 9300GS is fairly outdated

too

EApubs

yep it is old

Journeyman Geek

14:32

@EApubs: my 8800gts is probably a more reliable game perfomer than the 3000 series on my laptop

not to mention hardly anyone tests their stuff on the intel IGPs

@HackToHell: get alien swarm (also free) and you can get a few hats free iirc ;p

@EApubs: If you want to REALLY stress test your GPU, and see how good it is, give furmark a shot

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek as soon as I upgrade to premium, need more space in backpack

I got one by playing Spiral Knights

wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Alien_Swarm_Parasite

Looks nice, starts downloading ...

HackToHell

15:46

The newest version of steam uses 70% less mem :)

jokerdino

yay! \o/

Sathya

16:39

man John Skeet is a wimp compared to Gilles (ok, not literally)

William Hilsum

17:22

Awesome... Big Bang Theory Pilot Episode... Quite Different! - videosift.com/video/…

Oliver Salzburg

17:43

@Sathya I looked through his account list yesterday. That's insane :D

Bob

o.O

I just transferred a file over Bluetooth at 3.5Mb/s... I didn't know it could go that fast...

Bob

18:17

@OliverSalzburg have you tried the new Firefox Mobile (14)?

It's almost as memory hungry as the PC version! (and several times more CPU hungry)

At least it works, though

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob No. I'm also not interested.

Chrome mobile interfaces so excellently with my desktop Chrome, I have no reason to look into other browsers.

Bob

@OliverSalzburg Probably for the best... my battery temperature jumped from 35 C to 50+

Oliver Salzburg

And Chrome mobile, in general, works very well for me.

Bob

Heh

I'm still jumping between Opera Mobile and Firefox PC

Never really liked Chrome... It's not bad, just never really got into it

Oliver Salzburg

18:41

Jeeze

stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/…

What a rep-fest :D

Oliver Salzburg

18:56

Argh, what's wrong with this link?

superuser.com/tags/pico/info

In the tag wiki

Tom Wijsman

19:55

@OliverSalzburg: Nothing. Or well, someone using \ where he could just wrap it in <>.

And well, someone else should fix \ inside `` code spans.

Oliver Salzburg

@TomWijsman Wow. I did not know about that.

What the literal meaning of <> in markdown?

The most frustrating thing about those links with the ) at the end is, the preview in the markdown editor looks right, but the generated output later on is broken :(

So I keep running into that issue.

Tom Wijsman

@OliverSalzburg: daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#link

> The link URL may, optionally, be surrounded by angle brackets

Oliver Salzburg

Heh, yeah, just read it :D

That solves that question then, I guess :D

As long as it fixes the issue, that's good to remember.

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