Root Access

Sathya

14:04

@Bob woot!

HackToHell

@Bob nice :0

Bob

@jokerdino was right, the gravatar probably helped :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Bob: OH NO, YOU HAVE DISCOVERED MY SEEKRIT!

Bob

@JourneymanGeek xD

though, tbh, I just wanted to get rid of MS Bob

this guy just happened to be on the front page of /r/aww :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

what did you have pre-bob?

Bob

14:14

nothing

Journeyman Geek

ahh generic random unique gravitar?

HackToHell

Getting to level 3 is tricky :'(

Bob

yep

Journeyman Geek

>_>

Bob

@HackToHell everyone already has a 15 upvote post :\

HackToHell

14:15

Too much +3 ques needed

Bob

that's the part I'm having trouble with :P

HackToHell

@Bob ya

Bob

I'm great at getting a lot of mid-low vote posts

never gonna get 15

HackToHell

It's way too hard

I might get into level 3 tho

Bob

that's the point :P

HackToHell

14:16

:P

Journeyman Geek

ya, I noticed that too

HackToHell

It would be awesome if I get a new monitor or even a mouse !

Bob

monitor? o.O

just how big a monitor can you buy with $200?

Journeyman Geek

hmm

mine is under that

HackToHell

200$ is enough to buy one 0o

Bob

14:17

huh

prices have dropped since I last looked, I swear

oh yea, shipping cost

Journeyman Geek

my 20 incher was 135 sgd

HackToHell

Shipping would be ~20$ for me

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob Korean displays included?

Bob

@OliverSalzburg yes

well, maybe not in the contest

but included in my curiosity, yes

Jared Tritsch

id use the 200 for the graphics card.

Journeyman Geek

14:19

but korean displays arn't sub 200 right?

Oliver Salzburg

Humm it's USD

Jared Tritsch

you can get a sweet one for 200

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek IIRC I paid like 250 EUR

Journeyman Geek

@OliverSalzburg: o0

r.tanner.f

ouch

Jared Tritsch

14:20

250 USD = 125 EUR roughly

HackToHell

Hmm my old flash drive takes forever to format <__<

r.tanner.f

@JaredTritsch $322.75

Journeyman Geek

@JaredTritsch: the 'base' model as far as i can tell is 300 usdish

HackToHell

Why are monitors costly, they seem simple ;p

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: ever taken one apart? ;p

HackToHell

14:22

only a crt

Jared Tritsch

there are at least two 26" monitores for under 200 at newegg.

newegg.com/Product/…

Journeyman Geek

for one thing the panels are NOT easy to make

Bob

even a CRT is pretty complex

Journeyman Geek

@JaredTritsch: for non US folk shipping may be an issue.

HackToHell

yea

Journeyman Geek

14:22

actually CRTs are mechanically/electrically more complex

LCDs, the displays are a bear to make

Bob

hm..

Jared Tritsch

says free shipping?

Journeyman Geek

the control circuitry is 'simple'

@JaredTritsch: even outside the US?

Jared Tritsch

idk.

HackToHell

It's actually amazing how the entire screen is formed from a single ray in a crt

@JourneymanGeek nope, only in the US

Bob

14:24

shipping to Australia is scary

some places actually charge >$200 for that :S

Jared Tritsch

the shipping calculator only lets me put in US zipcodes... but im sure international shouldnt be more than 20-30 bucks.

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

and I'm talking about HDDs here

Journeyman Geek

@JaredTritsch: depends, really

it isn't that cheap

if you're non US, SSDs make the most sense for 200 USD, smaller, easier to ship ;p

Bob

lol

I need a SSD anyway

well, more than a monitor/gpu

Journeyman Geek

14:25

lol

I want the T shirt

Jared Tritsch

if you order from amazon, doesnt Prime give you free shipping?

Journeyman Geek

(Though the surface look mighty smexy)

Jared Tritsch

idk how it works for non-us

Journeyman Geek

@JaredTritsch: US only too I think

HackToHell

What's the design on it and is shipping free ?

Bob

14:26

how do you check shipping locations on Amazon?

HackToHell

That picture is crude

Jared Tritsch

"Newegg.com does not currently ship internationally; we only deliver to locations within the United States and to Puerto Rico. "

.....well thats that i guess...

Journeyman Geek

@JaredTritsch: hence the "However, if you live outside the USA and we are unable ship your prize to you, you may be asked to purchase your prize and submit your receipt to Stack Exchange to be reimbursed. " in the contest rules

and, spelling mistake

lol

well missing word

naw, I'd be a pedant if I actually posted on meta about it

Bob

wow

15-30 days shipping to Aus

Journeyman Geek

(I'm dyslexic, my spelling is bad, so I recheck.. miss things sometimes tho)

Jared Tritsch

14:32

lol all good. as long as i can understand what you're saying IDC about spelling mistakes.

iz wen u refuz too evn try iz wen i get pisssd

Graham Wager

wonder if when you do the "buy it and send the receipt" you can buy something more expensive and they just reimburse you the $200.....

Journeyman Geek

lol

Jared Tritsch

+1 to graham!

Journeyman Geek

probably something to check when the contest actually ends

Jared Tritsch

Id rather buy the $400 graphics card and be reimbursed half.

Graham Wager

14:34

@JourneymanGeek assuming I manage to get anything more than the t-shirt that is :P lol

Journeyman Geek

precisely ;p

Bob

o.O

Jared Tritsch

oh quiet you graham. Mr. Tier 4....

Journeyman Geek

I'd rather not attempt to enumerate my poultry in potentia pre-emergence

2

Bob

the graphics card I was looking at has a mail-in rebate..

Graham Wager

14:36

I think they should custom print the t-shirts, with "I got to level {x} and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"

Bob

lol

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

makes the (currently) one guy who's on 4 and misses a tablet very sad

Graham Wager

lol

Journeyman Geek

thats life ;p

you win some, you lose some

just thinks its awesome I even got that far, really

Graham Wager

14:37

@JourneymanGeek agreed :)

William Hilsum

Anyone here got any experience with Cacti or RRD stuff?

Journeyman Geek

(though, honestly unexpected)

sadly, not me

Jared Tritsch

nope, sorry.

William Hilsum

Damn :(

r.tanner.f

@WilliamHilsum Just enough to know it's way over my head =D

William Hilsum

14:39

Not what I want to hear :(

Jared Tritsch

you can always google "cacti RRD forum" and find people who do.

Bob

Cacti? RRD?

(I kid, I kid) :P

r.tanner.f

Or just pay for Nagios instead...

Oliver Salzburg

@WilliamHilsum I've run Cacti for years, but I'm still somewhat clueless :D

William Hilsum

@JaredTritsch Already have, but not the same as chatting with people here

@r.tanner.f I use Nagios here, (well core)... Does the paid version do graphs/traffic monitoring?

The thing is, Cacti is working great, I just have a somewhat advanced question of combining/migrating a few RRD files :(

Oliver Salzburg

14:42

@WilliamHilsum That's trial&error territory for me

r.tanner.f

@WilliamHilsum Haven't even messed with core. Paid version does graphs but mostly it seems to be the easiest network monitor to set up...

Or at least it didn't make me want to kill myself.

Jared Tritsch

So, i got the new Lenovo Yoga and OMG its nice.

Bob

is @allquixotic here?

Journeyman Geek

thats pretty cool

Bob

@JaredTritsch that.. actually looks really good

Journeyman Geek

14:48

no nub? :/

r.tanner.f

^

other than that looks awesome

Bob

why the hell are they starting christmas songs on the radio already?!

Journeyman Geek

I'd link the appropriate XKCD comic here, but its sorta frowned on ;p

Bob

lol

all the hint needed

Jared Tritsch

lol

Bob

14:50

45

Q: What is the correct term for the mouse pointer/nipple/joystick thingy in the middle of a laptop's keyboard?

I want to call it a "mouse nipple" or maybe a "joystick", although I know these are not correct. It's different from the touchpad, which is below the keyboard and has dedicated click buttons. Instead, it sits smack in the middle of the keyboard at the bottom right corner of the G key and bottom ...

most upvoted answer links to the xkcd comic

Jared Tritsch

I hated that nub anyway

Journeyman Geek

and there was a big fuss over it

Jared Tritsch

But this thing is to light and thin its amazing

Journeyman Geek

@JaredTritsch: its one of my favourite things about thinkpads

Jared Tritsch

plus the touch display is super bright and responsive.

r.tanner.f

14:51

Windows 8 just told me it was shutting down in 15 minutes. There was no "piss off" button... >_> Is it going to try and force me?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I found it by searching c*** mouse site:superuser.com and got the meta page :P

for some reason, the specific part of the meta page was explaining what that four letter word was a reference to

Jared Tritsch

lol

Sathya

remember, kids. Hit the pause button, else your download counts for naught.

0

A: Why does Windows 8 Upgrade assistant insist on downloading the upgrade from scratch when I quit it rather than resume the download?

After a little bit of help from Process Explorer, I figured out that upgrade was being downloaded to %localappdata%Microsoft\WebSetup\Download Now, when I hit the Pause button then quit the Upgrade assistant, the file (the assistant creates a single .tmp file) remained in the folder. Howev...

Bob

lol

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

14:53

smart design right there cough

20

Q: Is there anyway to stop Windows 8 from restarting for an update?

My Windows 8 machine is going to restart shortly... I have tried a few techniques such as shutdown /a which is not having much luck. Short of pausing the Windows Update service, is there anyway to stop this restart from happening? ---update--- Looks like the "restart" is all talk and no act...

windows-8 updates

just a scary message, apparently

Feels like Windows 8 never went through QA

wow, that's unexpected

my post with most upvotes in this challenge is one I expected to get buried :S

Also, I've apparently hit rep cap xD

Journeyman Geek

yay?

Bob

when does it reset?

Journeyman Geek

er, sometime tommorrow?

Bob

uhm

Sathya

@Bob at 00:00 UTC

Bob

14:59

thing it, it's 2am here

ah. thanks @Sathya

Sathya

hover on the triangle to show current time in UTC

(if you don't want to do the calcs)

Bob

google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=current%20utc%20time

:P

it's entirely too early in the UTC day to hit the cap :P

Journeyman Geek

Happens ;p

r.tanner.f

Oh what the hell it just rebooted.

Bob

:\

quick, go disable the reboot through group policy or something

better yet, disable automatic updates

I always do that

don't need random reboots everywhere

just remember to check every now and then...

ok, I've procrastinated enough

Journeyman Geek

15:08

superuser.com/questions/495539/windows-server-2012-website-port augh

Jared Tritsch

I know... im facepalming right now.

Journeyman Geek

he forgot 2k, 7 and vista

Jared Tritsch

Question quality has certainly fell into the pit lately...

Bob

@JourneymanGeek USE ALL THE OSES

there's a meme in there

Journeyman Geek

fixed

it has :/

Bob

15:10

ok, I'm beginning to suspect this question got shared somewhere big :P

ah well, shouldn't complain

Journeyman Geek

lol

r.tanner.f

@Bob wow quickmeme is not safe for work...

Bob

@r.tanner.f what was on it? :S

Jared Tritsch

lolwut?

Sathya

hey @jcolebrand

jcolebrand

15:14

yo

Bob

r.tanner.f

@Bob Text fields were prefilled with things I wouldn't want to write with my keyboard here.

Bob

ah.

Oliver Salzburg

Heh, VirtualBox can't handle % in the VM name

Bob

r.tanner.f

15:18

there we go =D

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob But it still allows it everywhere

Bob

I'm an idiot.

Sathya

how the heck did this past the quality filter? superuser.com/questions/495558/…

0

Q: Please H3LP me . I can't change my Screen Resolution when Intel Graphic Processor is installed

OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Mother Board : ASROCK H61M-VS R2.0 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G630 @ 2.70GHz 2.69GHz, 1.70 GB of RAM When I install Intel Graphics Processor Driver/ VGA Driver . My Screen Resolution appear like this : https://i.sstatic.net/UuI4O.png And When I Uninsta...

windows windows-xp

Bob

who the heck uses H3LP?

Oliver Salzburg

:D

Misha

15:19

Please Change the ".c0m" to ".com"

sounds like a joke

we should tag it with Windows8

Bob

@Misha probably get answered in 5 seconds

r.tanner.f

@Sathya BURN IT WITH FIRE!

Sathya

@Misha that's to get around restrictions for new users

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek You know, Stylebot still did not reply to any of my requests for comment on the contents of their user styles. And the styles are still unchanged

Bob

@Sathya could just leave out the http://

Oliver Salzburg

15:22

I wonder what kind of shady business they run :P

Bob

wait, it was already left out o.O

Sathya

2 more votes for level 3, 1 question, 1 answer with 2 votes each :D

btw, have cleaned up the question now

-4

Q: I can't change my Screen Resolution when Intel Graphic Processor is installed

OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Mother Board : ASROCK H61M-VS R2.0 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G630 @ 2.70GHz 2.69GHz, 1.70 GB of RAM When I install Intel Graphics Processor Driver/ VGA Driver . My Screen Resolution appear like this : And When I Uninstall it it appeared like this : ...

windows-xp drivers intel-graphics

Bob

@JourneymanGeek what was the last bit you had to do for level 4?

Graham Wager

my last bit was 5x3-point posts

Bob

deja vu :P

Graham Wager

15:26

lol

Jared Tritsch

yeah i still need 5x3, 2x5, and the unicorn.

Graham Wager

trying to decide if I should still be answering like mad to reduce the chance of others getting to level 4 :P

Bob

eh, I'm gonna take a break for 8 hours

I actually want some rep :P

Graham Wager

lol

well my shutdown question is still drawing me in rep

and it'll soon get me the 1k views tile

Bob

of course, that one will be relevant for the next couple of months

@r.tanner.f You don't have nearly enough upvotes for that WinRE answer :P

Misha

15:39

Sorry, you are only allowed to ask 6 questions in a 24 hour period. This makes me sad becauase it will take me atleast 3 days to get the 15 posts I need in :-/

And by that time all the good questions will be gone

HackToHell

@Sathya I need 3 more <__<

Blog bot

Blog - Stack Exchange: SE Podcast #35 – A Biscuit Away from Jerry Stiller

Alex Miller on October 29, 2012

Welcome to Stack Exchange podcast #35 with special guest Scott Hanselman. We also have your loyal cohosts, Jay Hanlon and David Fullerton. And Joel Spolsky?

What exactly would Scott say that he does here?

Scott Hanselman runs a podcast that doesn’t waste your time… unlike we have for the first nine minutes.

Let’s talk about Scott’s recent presentation at Webstock! Or we’ll talk about how Scott is not a developer evangelist, despite popular belief. He is a community manager for ASP.net, IIS, anything angle bracket or curly brace related, anything “webby”. …

Bob

@Misha Try some answers! :P

Misha

@bob Do I have to upvote 25 people?

Bob

Also, at this point the obvious questions have either been asked or no one can think of them..

Misha

15:40

I got a few

Bob

@Misha If you want that tile.

Misha

obvious questions :-)

Bob

The tiles are separate from the levels

and from each other

each tile is a separate chance to win a keyboard

Misha

I don't take chances

r.tanner.f

@Bob I know it hurts >_<

@Bob oh, all tiles = nfs?

Bob

15:42

@r.tanner.f chance of nfs

Jared Tritsch

funny, no one has written a Blog post yet for the tile.

Bob

wait

my bad

r.tanner.f

right. I thought each tile was an entry for it

Bob

no

yea

Tom Wijsman

@JaredTritsch They did write blog posts, but only the winning ones get in there I think.

Bob

15:43

that's right

I misread/skimmed that bit :P

r.tanner.f

oh, and that wouldn't make sense anyway because the only way to get the blog tile is to win the blog one... so the blog would = keyboard + nfs automatically

woohoo got another 3!

Oliver Salzburg

Heh, I'm currently installing a fresh copy of XP

The MSSE website is broken in IE6 :P

That gives me additional confidence in abandoning any compatibility anyone wants with it :P

Bob

next you'll be providing compatibility with IE4

sidran32

15:59

@OliverSalzburg Well, Microsoft is trying to kill IE6 :P

ie6countdown.com

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