Root Access

Oliver Salzburg

00:28

I was really surprised today to see how well Windows 8 interfaces with a Google account.

Nice

Heheh

Luke

?

Mikhail

00:45

I was surprised see how poorly Windows 8 interfaces with people

Oliver Salzburg

00:57

@Mikhail :D

@Luke If you're wondering about the image, the philosoraptor is looking at the bearded dragon... it's weird

Tom Wijsman

@OliverSalzburg And now they are looking away from each other...

Oliver Salzburg

@TomWijsman I guess it was too weird

Tom Wijsman

TSwift uses distraction, it was super effective.

Oliver Salzburg

:D

Journeyman Geek

lol

Oliver Salzburg

03:11

Sweet. I hit 500 answers as well

Success \o/

Mikhail

now you can leave

Journeyman Geek

damn

Oliver Salzburg

I have bigger plans ;D

Journeyman Geek

my drive reached comgateway

apparently my debit card SUDDENLY has a one time pin system and I didn't update my number

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek What's that?

Journeyman Geek

03:14

its the company I am using to ship my drive

SE sends it to them, they send it to me

in a lot of cases its cheaper than buying stuff directly

Oliver Salzburg

I see

Journeyman Geek

means I need to wait until monday, then go and see how to do this

Hennes

Back from playing snowdonia (boardgame, 30-60 minutes)

Or.... 9 PM till 4 AM

Max

04:04

@JourneymanGeek Any idea when the Super User tshirts will be shipped?

nhinkle

@Max I don't believe they've been shipped quite yet, but brett is working on it

Max

lol@this photo

@nhinkle How'd you get that?

Hennes

That look familiar. Is it a Dell 2407 ?

nhinkle

@Max as luck would have it, I was home for thanksgiving when the GPU in our home desktop decided to crap out. I went in the BIOS and told it to disable the dedicated GPU but when I plugged the VGA cable into the onboard graphics, I got this error. So I had to actually remove the GPU physically.

@Hennes the monitor or the computer? The monitor is a Dell 1707FPc, the computer is a Dimension 4700

Hennes

The monitor/

Max

04:20

ha ha

Hennes

That was a 2407 WFP

The light is bad, but the layout is identical you your model

nhinkle

04:38

i wish we had a 24" monitor :P

by the way folks, 24" Dell Ultrasharps were on Newegg for around $270, which is a pretty good deal

although for that price you might as well get one of the 27" 1560x1440 korean beasts

Journeyman Geek

@Max: nope

o0

apparently my package shipped. despite the OTP thing getting malfed up o0

nhinkle

@JourneymanGeek how do you know yours shipped?

Journeyman Geek

04:53

@nhinkle: my SSD reached the company thats shipping it to me from the US

nhinkle

@JourneymanGeek cool! Hopefully it arrives soon then :)

Journeyman Geek

apparently my bank suddenly decided I needed a OTP sent to my phone, and their number on file was incorrect

nhinkle

which SSD did you get?

Journeyman Geek

suddenly, It decided I DIDN'T need a OTP, and everything worked. When I was AFK o0

samsung 840 250gb

it was in the budget, and I'm not too worried about lifespan

nhinkle

sweet! i have a Samsung 830, got it just before the 840's went down in price :/

i like it though. it's fast, plenty of space, seems reliable so far.

Journeyman Geek

04:57

the 830 is supposed to be better

nhinkle

orly? hmm. well maybe i shouldn't complain then :P

Journeyman Geek

MLC rather than TLC flash (TLC has a shorter lifespan)

nhinkle

i ordered a 21.5" Dell Ultrasharp monitor for my prize. already had plenty of SSDs

Journeyman Geek

techreport.com/review/23887/samsung-840-series-ssd-reviewed/11

well a SSD made sense to me considering I'm paying shipping

nhinkle

i've already got a 21.5" older dell monitor, and my 27" korean beast. going to get some monitor arms and get a portrait-landscape-portrait setup going

@JourneymanGeek heh. That's true.

Journeyman Geek

04:58

LUCKILY my bank, despite being a bunch of poopyheads otherwise had a 10 dollar rebate with comgateway, so I am paying a grand total of 3 dollars for shipping ;p

and should reach me on the 30th

nhinkle

that'll be fun. is it going in a laptop or desktop?

Journeyman Geek

desktop

building most of one this hols ;p

nhinkle

what other parts are going in?

Journeyman Geek

short of money for a graphics card and new PSU, but it would still be a massive upgrade over what I'm using

hmm asus z77 v motherboard, intel 3770k processor

not decided on initial ram yet, but eventually I want to max it out to 32 gb

nhinkle

i'm jealous

Journeyman Geek

05:01

lol

I've been saving up for months for this

I'm actually behind cause the shared desktop kept needing repairs

video card and PSU died

Journeyman Geek

05:43

@nhinkle that looks like an even wierder version of my swedish chefing

nhinkle

@JourneymanGeek yeah IDK what happened. I should submit it to TDWTF

Journeyman Geek

you may need a new video card

;p

nhinkle

i do need a new video card

good thing things are cheap for black friday!

i'm also looking at buying a new wifi router because i currently don't have one that doesn't suck

Journeyman Geek

lol

oh wait

I could possibly steal the 'nicer' power supply on the desktop

since the video card on it needs no external power...

(its a much better PSU, though I'd rather a modular psu)

actually.. I don't even know what I have on my current desktop, its probably a salvage special ;p

HackToHell

09:22

nooo stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/7992950/…

Journeyman Geek

eh

3 year break from concerts = more time to albumify

HackToHell

09:46

lol, I skimmed through and thought that they were retiring from playing music !

this looks cool, SU team anyone ctf365.com/ref/pcQkzKxus6psgVQuRqjU (reffy link )

Boris_yo

09:58

Sup guys? Halloey!

Journeyman Geek

10:14

lolo

HackToHell

10:41

jokerdino

So, you are anti-Israel.

Bob

urk

2x (1920x1080) displays, extended monitor

one on DVI, one on VGA

the VGA one is always blurry :\

Journeyman Geek

11:24

VGA sucks ;p

I don't use it unless I have to cause of that

Bob

11:35

@JourneymanGeek well, one VGA out and one DVI out. not much can be done :(

Journeyman Geek

@jokerdino: I'd guess. he was

jokerdino

I didn't have to guess.

Journeyman Geek

/me notes the Israelis are perfectly capable of bombing the shit out of anything they pleased without anyone's permission

or bumping inconvenient folk off in a suitably conspicuous manner

jokerdino

Someone was talking about strong parallels between Israel and Singapore.

Journeyman Geek

and back on topic...

jokerdino

11:39

Righto.

Journeyman Geek

naw

THAT

wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/kitchen-computer

they really don't do industrial design like they used to

@jokerdino: ya, I believe it was mentioned on /.

jokerdino

Not sure where but there weren't many truths in that piece.

Journeyman Geek

huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/…

there was a better one...

Tom Wijsman

@nhinkle There are more error messages in the BIOS than we know of, I think. :D

reads error message "This looks horribly broken!" pulls plug, inserts it again "Oh, it just boots again." oh yeah

Ben Brocka

12:43

TIL Windows 7 doesn't enable it's AHCI drivers by default. rage etc

Ben Brocka

12:56

And that single setting brought my SSD's experience index from a 7.3 to a 7.8 (didn't bother to run proper benchmarks beforehand)

Journeyman Geek

It dosen't?

Sathya

13:24

this is epic.

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Q: Plugging cord into laptop or wall question closed as NARQ

I asked if it matters which side of the power cord you plug in first but it got closed. The reason, "not a real question". I don't know how it was "unclear".

question was closed on April 30th

Alvar

14:23

just woundering if it's ok to ask here in the chat:

Journeyman Geek

you just did ;p

Alvar

I have a school prpject and i have a really ahrd time finding the facts I want on the difference between 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems.

have anyone here any ideas on where i can find good sources?

Journeyman Geek

there might already be a question on it I think

Alvar

Wikipedia isn't enough I need more data than that

@JourneymanGeek really? :D

Journeyman Geek

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Q: What is the difference between 64-bit and 32-bit Operating systems?

Possible Duplicate: 32-bit vs. 64-bit systems I know that there are 2 types of OSs, 64 bit and 32 bit What is the main differences between them? And if I am buying a new laptop, which one should i install? It will be able to run all applications if I installed either of them? I am t...

64-bit operating-systems 32-bit

which is a dupe

Alvar

14:25

I would like to know what operations are faster than others and so

WHAT WHAT WHAT IS THIS ?!?!?!? the word guy jsut popped up

the old word helper just popepd up :S

Journeyman Geek

lol

YOU HAVE INVOKED THE BENT WIRE HORROR!

Alvar

Now I just hope my teacher allows that as source..

@JourneymanGeek WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!

I better turn in this project soon then...

@JourneymanGeek thanks a lot! :D

Journeyman Geek

np ;p

Graham Wager

guys, I can't find anything on meta specifically for this, but is it considered acceptable to "generalise" a question slightly? the question i'm referring to is:

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Q: How do I restore the desktop tile?

Having just installed Windows 8, I removed the Desktop tile from the Start Screen to experiment. How do I put it back?

windows-8 modern-ui start-screen

Tom Wijsman

@GrahamWager If you mean to replace the desktop by a, please do so.

Graham Wager

14:36

as you can see, my answer is so strongly related that I didn't want to open a new question for it but I also don't want people to not bother reading further because the question doesn't exactly fit their experience

@TomWijsman I was looking more at removing the "I removed" bit and replacing with something like more referring to "disappeared" or "has gone"

it wouldn't make the other answers any less correct

Tom Wijsman

Yeah, has gone might fit.

Sathya

I get a kick out of people unknowingly summoning clippy. And then reading their reactions XD

Graham Wager

@TomWijsman cool, I'll try and work out how to reword it. glad you're here to agree to it :)

Manishearth

@Sathya Clippy still pops up on SOFU?

jokerdino

Clippy is a SU chat easter egg.

Journeyman Geek

14:41

ya

Manishearth

How do you get it?

I would like to know where Clippy is

Got it :)

Awesome :)

I would like you to die

damn

I would like to know AAAAAAAAAAAA

Graham Wager

I would like to marry Clippy

Manishearth

This is awesomesauce :) (the Clippy part, not the marry part :P)

Graham Wager

:P

@TomWijsman how does:
"I'm using Windows 8 and have managed to lose the Desktop tile.

How do I put it back?"
suit you?

Tom Wijsman

I would like to MOVE IT MOVE IT

Graham Wager

14:44

oh god, that just triggered clippy too >.<

Tom Wijsman

@GrahamWager Sounds good.

Manishearth

@TomWijsman Was that supposed to make the screen shake? Cos it did.

I would like to MOVE IT MOVE IT

No worky worky :(

Alvar

@JourneymanGeek i just struck GOLD! arstechnica.com/features/2008/09/x86-64

Journeyman Geek

ya ars!

hannibal's stuff on processor arch is usually top notch

Alvar

it looks really good and it's exactly what I need.

I'm the only one that's writing in English all the rest are doing it in Swedish.

it's like a practice rapport. but you still have to make it look good :P

Graham Wager

15:13

blimey... microserver for £120 - must say i'm quite tempted

ebuyer.com/…

HackToHell

15:47

@jokerdino They wage wars unnecessarily and that sucks

jokerdino

and what about the other side?

Jared Tritsch

Unnecessary? Except that if they get invaded, and lose, they suffer genocide?

Israel has to fight everyday for its right to EXIST

jokerdino

Yeah, it sucks that people don't exactly have the full picture.

HackToHell

Let them strike politicians with their missiles not civilians

Jared Tritsch

Hamas flung over 1000 rockets into CIVILIAN areas of Israel over the course of 8 days. Israel's response? send food trucks into Gaza and destroy smuggling tunnels.

jokerdino

15:50

honestly, you have no idea.

if you are to blame, blame both sides.

HackToHell

Israel is capable of taking out every missile base of Palestine easily, they are not doing that

jokerdino

easily?

HackToHell

I am trying to find that article please wait

jokerdino

booby traps all around

Jared Tritsch

@HackToHell Hamas hides their missile bases in places like bazaars and mosques

HackToHell

15:52

And how the hell do they launch missiles from there ?

stupid rumours

Jared Tritsch

rooftops. portable launchers

HackToHell

ALL missile launches can be tracked except smaller ones

Jared Tritsch

A hamas rocket is only 4 feet long.

jokerdino

haha. just last week, Israel nuked a media center. two days later, rockets were fired from that center.

Jared Tritsch

@jokerdino they didnt nuke it.

jokerdino

15:53

They bombed it.

Jared Tritsch

they took out the top two floors that were being used as a safehouse for hamas. but left the rest of the building and all civilian areas INTACT.

HackToHell

Stupid wars, fought by men in power while the civilians suffer

Jared Tritsch

that was in response to a missile strike that was LAUNCHED FROM THAT BUILDING that blew up an Israeli kindergarten (already empty, thank god)

Judge not a man by your words. Judge a man by HIS actions.

HackToHell

It's pointless blowing up buildings because new ones crop up, sending a spec ops team and killing the man is better.

jokerdino

you have already made up your mind. Moving on.

Jared Tritsch

15:56

hmmmm.... isnt that what israel did that everyone says started the whole thing? they blew up ONE CAR with ONE TERRORIST in it...

The same terrorist who ordered suicide bombers to blow up city buses full of innocent people?

jokerdino

the whole thing started because the VP was killed or something.

Jared Tritsch

yeah. the VP, who was also the #2 in Hamas.

jokerdino

guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/14/…

It was a bad idea putting Hamas in power.

HackToHell

And fyi, Israel is assassinating a lot of iranian nuclear scientists..

jokerdino

All Hamas is doing is poking Israel and improving their PR when Israel kills civilians as collateral damage.

HackToHell

16:00

and they prolly funded stuxnet

jokerdino

@HackToHell And didn't you not read about Iran smuggling rockets into Palestine?

Jared Tritsch

Stuxnet was CIA

HackToHell

Not just CIA,

Jared Tritsch

Obama facerolled that one.

jokerdino

Anyway, it's too late for me now.

Jared Tritsch

16:14

If your HDD is making any abnormal noises of ANY KIND, return it.

Even if the drive isn't faulty, data integrity is too important to take a risk

truth, no?

Simon Sheehan

@JaredTritsch I would say yes. Drives can go from being normal to dead so fast.

HackToHell

@SimonSheehan lol, Christmas hats

Simon Sheehan

@HackToHell its that time of year again!

Some serverfault users may recall last year..

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A: It's Santa Time!

Jared Tritsch

... there you go getting my hopes up for the hat contest

HackToHell

SF likes avatars, everyone in the SF chat room had a telephone devil as their gravatar once

Failed_Noob

17:32

how do i go set a password authentication before OS boots

Alvar

@Failed_Noob ask it on the site?

Jared Tritsch

@Failed_Noob you mean like a full disc encryption?

Failed_Noob

I am not sure, I just want to disable others from booting my OS

Alvar

@Failed_Noob like a bios lock?

Failed_Noob

will a bios lock prevent the os from loading ?

Alvar

17:36

no idea what a bios lock is, but you would need something that locks the whole boot sequence seen that is where the OS boots.

Failed_Noob

yeah thats what I need

Jared Tritsch

only think i know of to do that is Full-Disk encryption

Alvar

ask it on the site

@JaredTritsch probably

Failed_Noob

ahhh I can't ask this question because when I try to ask any question I get this "Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account. See goo.gl/C1Kwu to learn more." I have been inactive a lot because of this new system.

Hennes

17:54

Bah, can't save edit after replace a lot of u edits with you edits etc

KronoS

18:09

Somebody mind leaving a comment on a post of mine?

Ярослав Рахматуллин

Why is it necessary to review every release of Ubuntu as if it were some kind of magical groundbreaking innovation?

Kronos: k

KronoS

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Q: Question of the Week #42

Now we're into post #42 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. But WAIT! What happened to post 41! I messed up and didn't get it up in time. So I selected my own question of the week :P This is a special Question of the Week and there are special criteria (hint, did yo...

discussion status-completed superuser-blog question-of-the-week

that's a good test candidate

Ярослав Рахматуллин

I'm looking through older weeks

So basically anything I like goes, right?

Hennes

21:27

Installs slackware 14. Lets see if things changed since my slackware 3.0 days

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