Root Access

11:00 AM

hey, how to get someone on chat? there's this guy with an issue with permissions on winscp, it's quite easy do check everything through posting replies or comments

Sathya

@Radoo you can't - if the conversation thread goes for long there'll be a "continue in chat?" link for the OP

Radoo

nice... so poor guy is at its 3rd question ... perhaps it would be nice a feature to continue in chat whenever two people check this option. Of course, the option should be available from the start, or early...

Bob

@Sathya The link doesn't appear for just the OP (the one who asked/answered)?

Sathya

@Bob does it appear for all?

Bob

11:15 AM

@Sathya In the last few days, I've seen the link twice when I wasn't the OP. Of course, it disappeared again by the next day, so... that's one elusive link :\

Sathya

hmm

Bob

@Sathya Got it again

Perhaps it's affected by total comments over a short time? Might have something to do with me editing it, too...

Sathya

@Bob seems like it generates for the ones who are talking the most?

Oliver Salzburg

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Q: Easy way to take a comment thread to chat sooner?

If I expect a comment thread to require several back-and-forths, is there an easy way to take it to chat sooner than the 8th reply (or whenever it is that the site automatically suggests you take it to chat)? I know I can manually create the chat room and then post a link to it in the comments, ...

Seemed relevant ;P

Sathya

11:31 AM

@OliverSalzburg hehe

Bob

@OliverSalzburg Not status-declined yet! There's hope!

Sathya

1

Q: this command :(){ :|: & };: made my ubuntu laggg

I was in my Virtualbox running 12.04 trying to compile an app(rigsofrods), and while waiting a was troling 9gag and found this link http://9gag.com/gag/3845515 on one of the comment below it said Try :(){ :|: & };: Fun, too, and doesn't need root. without thinking i runned it in my gnome-t...

12.04 command-line virtualbox

Bob

Hm.. is there a special chat syntax to get a red tag icon? :P

@Sathya LOL

jokerdino

@Sathya dumb-tards

Sathya

@Bob not in here.

@jokerdino trolling troll got trolled trololololol...

Bob

11:40 AM

Hm... the last time I ran a fork bomb on Windows (for fun) it was quite easy to stop...

jokerdino

@Sathya yep. he expected all of us to try it.

Bob

Of course, that was without leaving it long enough for the system to lock up :P

Sathya

the fsk

askubuntu.com/posts/159491/revisions

Bob

o.O

0

Q: How can I increase my accept rate for asking questions?

How can I increase my accept rate for asking questions? And for each question, does the question rate differ ?

discussion questions

Sathya

where did my revision go?

jokerdino

11:46 AM

@Sathya what's wrong wi.. oh?

askubuntu.com/suggested-edits/14523

Sathya

askubuntu.com/suggested-edits/14523

jokerdino

someone overrode your edit apparently.

Sathya

Thanks for rejecting my edit.

Bob

@Sathya Hurry up and get another 1k rep!

jokerdino

I play no part in this.

Sathya

11:48 AM

@jokerdino not you.

this happens only if you click on edit & uncheck "this edit was helpful"

And I continue to ask myself why I bother.

jokerdino

@Sathya or he was editing and then you submitted the edit in the meanwhile and before your edit was approved, the post was edited?

Sathya

@jokerdino the edit gets auto-approved then.

jokerdino

@Sathya Hmm. that is not cool.

Sathya

forget it, I'll take it as a edge case that my edit got discarded.

jokerdino

btw, you missed this one askubuntu.com/questions/159490/…

Sathya

11:55 AM

@jokerdino so it seems.

jokerdino

:/

HackToHell

12:49 PM

@JasperLoy maybe or maybe not ...

jokerdino

Sounds like you don't believe after all..

HackToHell

And a windows forkbomb that works too well

:fork
start %0
%0|%0
goto :fork

o.O

dumb br tags

oooh

12:56 PM

It creates multiple cmd windows, system will stall in a few seconds

jokerdino

i wouldn't want to try. looks too awesome.

Higgs confirmed !!!

yep.

hehehee

1:05 PM

It will be faster, I reduced performance ...

I do not want to reboot

jokerdino

Hmm

Oliver Salzburg

Does the Analytics Troubleshooter open for any of you?

I just get a blank page in Chrome

HackToHell

It works for me

Oliver Salzburg

Works in Firefox as well

Okay then. Thanks @HackToHell :)

HackToHell

:)

Oh god

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Q: i am running this command from cmd, and i am running this command from guest user

How to gain access of admin account of windows, i activated a guest user and i wan't to change admin password from cmd, when i type: net user administrator password System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied" i am using winxp pro sp2 i am running this command from cmd, and i am running th...

windows-xp

HackToHell

1:38 PM

aargh, one asks a question, another provides details 0_o

the admin account is password protected i forgot — Lynch 3 mins ago

And the name is Lynch :/

jokerdino

nope, he is just enquiring.

yeah, i get that !!

!!

aargh :P

:P

1:44 PM

Like this bull ?

Someone translate

HackToHell JiGar kya hal ha!! — Lynch 2 mins ago

jokerdino

i like the car.

HackToHell

@Sathya what does that mean?

jokerdino

@HackToHell so you don't know hindi as well. xD

HackToHell

@jokerdino It's AWESOME 1

jokerdino

yessir

HackToHell

1:46 PM

:P

Sathya

@HackToHell "how're you doing"

HackToHell

How to respond ??

@jokerdino I learnt hindi for 2 yrs man :P

jokerdino

Same piece ;p

Slightly longer but it doesn't make much diff now.

HackToHell

Says it worked but does not accept or upvote :'(

@jokerdino Do not know anything anyway :P

jokerdino

i used to know how to count from 1-10. Used to.

HackToHell

1:54 PM

lol

Sathya

@HackToHell "I don't know hindi"

deputy badge on Ask Ubuntu

HackToHell

@Sathya Your hindi sucks :P superuser.com/questions/444826/…

And I got a deputy badge yday in SU :/

suddenly Sathya becomes serious :/

Journeyman Geek

2:18 PM

ahh, domain name renewed. Now need to look at topping up my funds to renew my VPS

lol

@HackToHell: will, sort of

but i'm waiting on...

oh wait...

HackToHell

removed post cause I do not want to piss off anyone else

Journeyman Geek

crap...

HackToHell

??

Journeyman Geek

I COULD have done that. I got my e banking one time pin generator thing this week

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek Don't banks use just Mobile Auth for that ?

Journeyman Geek

2:20 PM

If i get money for my birthday, i could probably do that, but i drew out my allowance as i usually do so i'd need to check with the parental units ;p

HackToHell

lol

Journeyman Geek

naw, mine has this cool calculator type thing

HackToHell

Mine uses mobile auth, except it goes to my dad's phone :P

Journeyman Geek

(geeze people, i do NOT get easily offended.)

Last month was PRETTY bad for savings tho

HackToHell

Wait until Steam starts summer sale, this month will become badder

Journeyman Geek

2:22 PM

lol

I can manage, i do want to have a suitable system to play games on ;p

sadly, i need to find another G300 once the main system is built, and the shop i got it from closed

HackToHell

Oooh an OWA bruteforcer

Radoo

3:12 PM

Hey,
How can I reset my downvote to this post? http://superuser.com/a/444814/127350 It seems I can't without someone editing the post. WTF?

KronoS

@radoo try it now.

jokerdino

@KronoS doing the magic edit thingie?

Journeyman Geek

lol, i edited it as well

jokerdino

champions. :P

hmm what the heck is jeff doing in AU? Editing posts?

Radoo

10x guys. :)

Luke

4:00 PM

Morning all

soandos

@Luke, morning

Luke

How's it going

soandos

Holiday today

so mostly bored, you?

Luke

Work today. My holiday off was Monday, since the Sunday was our "real" day

Happy 236th birthday to our neighbours down south

HackToHell

4:33 PM

@slhck You around ?

What's the difference between Normal and High Profile ?

HackToHell

5:08 PM

in handbrake

Luke

@HackToHell My guess is quality

HackToHell

@Luke i want detailed stuff, what causes the greater quality and what does the various options in HandBrake mean

Luke

Quality in that the audio and video quality is increased, making a bigger file size... I don't know how to explain it further

Oliver Salzburg

5:24 PM

@HackToHell It's really simple:

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is a standard for video compression, and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video. The final drafting work on the first version of the standard was completed in May 2003. H.264/MPEG-4 AVC is a block-oriented motion-compensation-based codec standard developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) joint working group, the Moving Pic...

Oliver Salzburg

5:55 PM

-1

Q: Files and programs shake and tremble so that I am unable to click on them.

The file and programs on the left side of my computer tremble and shake so that I am unable to click on what I need, can anyone help me. Thanks.

windows-7

Seriously? :D

Luke

6:32 PM

@OliverSalzburg Seriously!

Geeks On Hugs

8:00 PM

hello

could somebody please help me, I'm in linux hell :(

its a miracle i'm even here

Luke

@GeeksOnHugs ?

soandos

8:16 PM

Thoughts anyone? meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/138679/…

Tom Wijsman

9:08 PM

Boris_yo

9:28 PM

Yo?

@TomWijsman Easter eggs?

Tom Wijsman

Inspiration.

Boris_yo

This shit is awesome!

iglvzx

$50.00 / month for this... Internet is expensive here.

Boris_yo

@iglvzx Estonia has crazy uploads...

Luke

iglvzx

9:40 PM

@Luke How much do you pay?

Tom Wijsman

iglvzx

Heh

Boris_yo

Hold on! I am on this:

Friend has 50Mbits D / 20Mbits U

Tom Wijsman

Switched to wired now...

iglvzx

Uh oh

Tom Wijsman

9:45 PM

But well, @WilliamHilsum is still the winner.

iglvzx

^ Google

William Hilsum

hihi

iglvzx

Although this is old data. I think now their offices get 1GB+

Boris_yo

@iglvzx Since when Google host servers on SpeedTest.net ?

William Hilsum

ahh... hehe!

iglvzx

9:47 PM

@Boris_yo Not my result. I found it online.

Boris_yo

Using WiFiSky + USB 2.0 extension cable = Quite good

Tom Wijsman

Found this one somewhere.

Boris_yo

I can find photoshopped ones...

Renan

(this at work)

Tom Wijsman

speedtest.net/wave/93e89d89f40ce962#

William Hilsum

9:50 PM

@TomWijsman That is amazing if it is a public speedtest - we paid ookla for a license for our own server and keep it locked to our IP range simply because every server has a gig and it is usually impossible to get a high speed as others will be doing a test at the same time

Tom Wijsman

Our Super User wave. :D

William Hilsum

Also... during nearly all my tests, I don't know how 978 is possible as machine to machine on server 1gig cards, the maximum data was 944 megs :/

iglvzx

@TomWijsman Cool. I'll add my score

Boris_yo

How to connect Android 2.3 to Ad-Hoc? It says does not support.

Tom Wijsman

It used to be a longer list I think, wonder what happened with it.

William Hilsum

9:53 PM

@Boris_yo Just googled... joke I am guessing?

Boris_yo

@WilliamHilsum IBBSS or something is not supported.

William Hilsum

@Boris_yo huh?

Boris_yo

Meet jewish woodpecker!

iglvzx

@Borisyo I was worried for a second... That it might be NSFW

William Hilsum

I don't get it :/

and... im sooo tired... going to bed for the first time in ages before midnight!

bye

iglvzx

9:57 PM

@WilliamHilsum Night!

Luke

@iglvzx Work :/ Not sure on cost, but we're also downloading updates on 4 computers, and images of Windows 8, OSX Lion, and I am downloading a few CD images when we took that test

Boris_yo

@iglvzx What is NSFW?

Luke

Not Safe For Work

Boris_yo

@WilliamHilsum Don't get what? Good night.

@Luke In what way? HTTPS?

Oliver Salzburg

Not safe for work

Not suitable/safe for work (NSFW), not work-suitable/safe (NWS), not school-suitable (NSS) – or occasionally stronger versions such as not safe for humanity (NSFH) or not safe for life (NSFL) – is Internet slang or shorthand. Typically, the NSFW tag is used in e-mail, videos, and on interactive discussion areas (such as Internet forums, blogs, or community websites) to mark URLs or hyperlinks which contain material such as pornography or profanity, which the viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as at work. NSFW has particular relevance for individuals...

iglvzx

10:00 PM

@Boris_yo No. My mind was in the gutter. You can ignore my comment.

Boris_yo

Why digital zoom is worse than optical zoom?

iglvzx

@Boris_yo Digital zoom just enlarges the pixels

Renan

@Boris_yo because optical zoom is done by the lens, and digital zoom is done by the camera's CPU, enlarging thepixels

Tom Wijsman

reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/w1ih7/… Haha

Boris_yo

@iglvzx Cheers!

@Renan Cheers!

Shiki

11:13 PM

Hiya! My "GMCH" temperature is crazy high! Should I worry about it?
It's on 56C by default, and it goes up to 100C when I put a load on the machine (laptop).

Luke

The directory name is invalid when trying to install drivers in Windows 7 via Device Manager. Install programs fail with Unspecified errors. Any ideas?

Luke

11:37 PM

0

Q: "The directory name is invalid" when trying to install drivers in Windows 7 via Device Manager

First off, this computer is not mine, it's a customer's system. Having said that... The hard drive was moved to a new motherboard, CPU, RAM combo, and booted up fine. Customer puts in driver CD, drivers won't load. He brings it into me. Under Device Manager for Windows 7 x64, I see lots of PCI ...

windows-7 device-driver

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