Root Access

DMA57361

08:25

mornin' all

Sathya

08:45

user page now shows which posts of a user were mod flagged

DMA57361

the mod users page or the public user pages?

Sathya

morning @DMA57361 & @Mokubai

@DMA57361 the public user page

vijeta

3

configuration

for instance

DMA57361

ah, I see, nice

Matt Jenkins

08:59

Mornin all

DMA57361

@MattJenkins morning

Mokubai

09:10

morning @Sathya

morning @everyoneelse!

Matt Jenkins

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Q: iPad style devices with > 10" displays?

Are there any mobile devices that come close to the iPad's design, slimness, (relative) weight, and touch navigation but with a display considerably larger than the puny 9.7" that the iPad's display sports? I am aware of "slate" devices like the FujitsuSiemens stylistic series but these are hea...

ipad slate

Shopping recommendation...?

Mokubai

At the very least googling "android tablet" would get you a whole bucketload of suggestions...

Matt Jenkins

vtc

Mokubai

?

Matt Jenkins

Voted To Close

Mokubai

09:27

Ah, google was giving me oddness such as "Vietnam Television Company"....

Matt Jenkins

lol

did you jfgi?

Mokubai

I thought I was subtle about it, but yes...

Matt Jenkins

heh

Still can't get synergy working on this mac

I have even tried ktracing to see what it's doing but to no avail

I think I'll post a question.

The Journeyman geek

@MattJenkins : looks like a shopping recommendation to me.

Sathya

if it isn't shopping recco - it's too localized

The Journeyman geek

09:38

yup

pet peeve. when folk talk about specialised programmes, they need to link

Mokubai

Verily.

Matt Jenkins

Yup.

'I am using FruityFoodleBar to do my SquirdleSplod, and it's not Splodding.'

wtf is FruityFoodleBar???

The Journeyman geek

more importantly, if its a slightly more common issue, people who DON'T use that software can help

erf. I wish i had a job, or was in a slightly less luddite household

got his request to save up for a new laptop turned down

Matt Jenkins

@The Awww....

The Journeyman geek

@MattJenkins : i estimate it'll take me a YEAR to save up with my current allowance. And really, my parents are odd. I can spend my whole allowance but i can't save it for computery stuff.

ponders asking SU for mind control software recommendations

Matt Jenkins

09:52

lol

FFS SU, How many times must I tell you I'm a human?!?!?! beep click

The Journeyman geek

lol

Matt Jenkins

Your order from Scan Computers is due for delivery between 09:58-10:58

09:55 now.... tick tock tick tock

Still haven't emptied the old drives yet though - run out of DVDs (that stack of 100 didn't last long), and I am now filling up any hard drives I can find lying around, and every one's computer is 'donating' space.

I have even resorted to some old 20 gig drives I found in the garage

Mokubai

10:14

Dagnabit, I could've gotten rep from that shopping question :/

Matt Jenkins

lol

Mokubai

but would I have been able to look myself in the mirror

Matt Jenkins

It would have turned you into a vampire?

Mokubai

Great minds travel in the same sewers @MattJenkins

:)

Was exactly what I was about to say

Matt Jenkins

Yup ;)

Drives are here - well, the delivery truck just drove past...

Yup, drives are here.

Now to get to work putting them in...

geocoin

10:28

does anyone know why drag-and-drop operations might lose text labels in windows (vista)? tried all the usual 'advanced settings' for visual effects, switching on/off aero...

or is that a Q suitable for the main site..

Sathya

better off asking on SU @geocoin

Matt Jenkins

Hmmm... still got 41 gig to move off here first

geocoin

thought so. just thought i might get get a quick and dirty ans on here

Matt Jenkins

10:50

Gah - this network copying malarky will be so much faster when my new switch arrives

geocoin

looks like it might be application specific now... (an application we're developing so not really an SU problem. might be an SO prob. Cheers.)

Sathya

cool, @geocoin

Matt Jenkins

11:48

Damn, why is it that just because I know about computers that instantly makes me an expert in absolutely anything that people use computers for?

I have just landed myself a graphic design job, just because I can use a computer :/

I'm no graphic designer - still, money is money.

Mokubai

12:09

@MattJenkins Any idea about this one, my Linux is rusty and while I suspect /ect/fstab is the place to look I don't know if/what to do in case of some automount application:

2

Q: Linux mint 10 seems to corrupt ntfs filesystem

I have linux mint 10 and windows 7 installed on the same hd. First partition is linux, then swap, then the windows system partition and finally an NTFS partition for commonly used data i would like to share between systems. I work almost exlusively on linux, sometimes booting to windows for some...

windows-7 windows linux dual-boot linux-mint

Matt Jenkins

Not sure on that one atm, sorry

Mokubai

Fair enough, I'll suggest they take a wild stab at the fstab options and hope there isn't an automounter

Sathya

@Mokubai look at pysdm

Mokubai

@Sathya That looks much nicer than the console hacking I was going to suggest...

@Sathya As you suggested it to me did you want to answer? I'm mainly wanting to get them a good answer rather than get myself rep, though I do like the rep...

Sathya

@Mokubai go ahead, you seem to have done some background research anyway

djeikyb

12:42

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Q: How can I melt a jar of honey with heat from my computer?

Introduction: I have a large plastic jar of honey. The blasted thing crystallized over the winter. I'd like to de-crystallize it using the heat of my computer. Materials: I have both Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04 installed (32 bit). Common scripting languages (perl, python) and software from Ub...

linux windows-xp heat honeypot

why closed as off topic?

the practical application is fun, for sure, but the root question is generating heat with a combination of computer software and hardware

Hmm, perhaps best posed in meta

djeikyb

13:02

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Q: Please consider reopening question 260822

How can I melt a jar of honey with heat from my computer? This question was voted closed as off topic. I contend that the question is perfectly on topic. Please consider reopening this question. Reasons: The main question is how to generate heat using a combination of hardware and software. M...

support reopen-closed

Mokubai

@djeikyb It doesn't really relate to computers to be honest, you'd be just as well off using a saucepan of water and put the jar in that on the cooker... using the computer is just silly

You may as well just ask how many magnifying glasses you'd need to use on a hot day to melt the honey...

djeikyb

that's just one use. mostly i just want to generate an abnormal amount of heat with my computer without breaking it

Mokubai

Then why not ask that?

"What can I do to make my computer as hot as possible without killing it?" You'd get suggestions for stress test type software then

djeikyb

Because having a concrete reason is more engaging than an abstract question? and i really do wish to melt that jar of honey. and, water cools too quickly. i tried that before asking

Mokubai

Would a USB mug warmer do the trick? find-me-a-gift.co.uk/gifts-for-men/work-gift/…

djeikyb

13:12

ah, see, this is another great answer that would be on topic, and lost were it not for the inclusion of my honey jar!

Tom Wijsman

@djeikyb: No, such an answer would not answer your question and would be off-topic.

David

lol

Mods vs @djeikyb.... Mods win...

Tom Wijsman

You are not using the computer anymore but a device instead, and as per the FAQ such questions aren't allowed (unless they interface, but a warmer solely uses USB power).

There is an interesting part in your question, but you're covering it with fun/silly/off-topic-ness.

See

1

A: Please consider reopening question 260822

This question was voted closed as off topic. I contend that the question is perfectly on topic. ... If my question can be improved without ruining its spirit, please advise me. Thanks. The problem is that the question "in its current spirit" is off-topic and will result in off-to...

@djeikyb That would be a matter of keeping the water hot, which again you would use the best thing for to keep the water hot, not the hardest thing...

Why do you use water? Because you get a proper surround, rather than components touching the jar at single places...

djeikyb

Unfortunately honey in a jar floats, so it still doesn't get a proper surround. A convection oven set for 110F would probably be the best solution outside the parameters of my question here

Tom Wijsman

Well, you could argue that you place the jar on top of a hard disk (multiple won't have much more effect, still the heat is neglicible in comparison with water) or a computer (which doesn't really give of much heat).

@djeikyb:

djeikyb

13:22

i liked the answer of surrounding the jar with hard disks

Tom Wijsman

Entropy

example of increasing entropy, described in 1862 by Rudolf Clausius as an increase in the disgregation of the molecules of ice.Clausius, Rudolf (1862). Communicated to the Naturforschende Gesellschaft of Zurich, January 27, 1862; published in the Vierteljahrschrift of this Society, vol. vii. P. 48; in Poggendorff’s Annalen, May 1862, vol. cxvi. p. 73; in the Philosophical Magazine, S. 4. vol. xxiv. pp. 81, 201; and in the Journal des Mathematiques of Paris, S. 2. vol. vii. P. 209. ]] Entropy is a thermodynamic property that is a measure of the energy not available for useful work in a t...

You would heat the jar, and the jar heats the honey.

Doesn't matter if you use a water tub or an oven then...

Sathya

@David worth mentioning Mods have not stepped in

djeikyb

@Sathya well, @TomWijsman and others are at sufficient points to have mod-like powers. i respect their opinions as probably representing the community, however heartily i disagree with those opinions :D

Sathya

I disagree that 10k-privs are Mod like. Nowhere close, tbh

djeikyb

oh. i misinterpreted his points to be 20k+. oops

Linker3000

13:34

Why are we heating jars of honey? Maybe I don't want to know?!

Afternoon folks, good evening Sathya!

Sathya

hey @Linker3000!

tombull89

RAM is giving me a headache...if it put some DDR2 533MHZ in a board which only support 600/800MHZ what will the computer do? There's no beep codes :'(

Linker3000

13:50

@tombull89 Hard to say: may not boot, may be unstable, might manage to work OK - depends on many things.

Mokubai

@Sathya Thanks for pointing me at PySDM, looks like it did the trick :)

Sathya

@tombull89 as @Linker3000 said, difficult to say. Some downclock and synchronize, some go boom

@Mokubai aha, good to hear

good answer there @Mokubai

Mokubai

It feels longwinded, but I couldn't think of any other way to write it...

Plus, you gave the tool for the job...

Maybe I should add a "Citations" section at the bottom and link to the chat log...

tombull89

@Sathya @Linker3000 cheers, guys. Only recently realised that the RAM wasn't the right speeds as no video output on a new motherboard and so I checked the manual for anything "off".

I'll have a dig and see if i've got any 600/800

oshirowanen

Anyone here have experience with large mysql tables here?

Ivo Flipse

14:05

@Mokubai Totally agree with you @Mokubai :)

Matt Jenkins

NAME                       USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
storage                   19.4M  3.49T  33.3K  /storage

drives are in and working ;)

Linker3000

@MattJenkins ?

You playing with something?

Matt Jenkins

Just been installing my 3 nice shiny new 2TB disks

oshirowanen

No mysql experts today?

Matt Jenkins

@oshirowanen I am normally, but a tad busy today

Sathya

14:08

you're at the wrong place, perhaps @oshirowanen you should try @ asking at stackoverflow.com , else drop by chat.stackoverflow.com

oshirowanen

@Matt, ok.

Linker3000

@MattJenkins Enjoy - watch the airflow - I had two 2TB drives that got very hot until I sorted out a rear case fan

oshirowanen

and @Sathya

Matt Jenkins

@Linker3000 these are green ones, so they spin slowly.

@oshirowanen What's the problem? If it's easy I may be able to help you

Sathya

(also, define "large" @oshirowanen )

Linker3000

14:11

@MattJenkins The hotties were ST3250410AS

oshirowanen

@Matt and @Sathya, I am designing an app, which will quickly end up having 10,000,000,000 rows. the table will simply be id=bigint unsigned, col1=varchar(100), col2=varchar(100). If I do select * from big_table where id = 5000000000, will the query be able to get the row quickly, or will it take a long time?

David

@Sathya, for some reason, I thought @TomWij was a Mod... lol... But anyways, wan't one of the people who voted to close the question a Mod. Normally there is at least one. Maybe there wasn't...

Linker3000

Playing with a VMWare server with attached Storageworks box with 6 x 2TB disks at the mo...

Sathya

@oshirowanen can't say

Matt Jenkins

@oshirowanen If you have an index on id then it should do, yes

@oshirowanen be quick, that is.

@oshirowanen But make sure your my.cnf is set up for huge datasets

oshirowanen

14:14

@MattJenkins Quick as in milliseconds, or quick as in minutes, if id is indexed?

Matt Jenkins

@oshirowanen t-scripts.com/mysql

@oshirowanen I would say no more than seconds, possibly only milliseconds

Lord Torgamus

"OSX" or "OS X"? I'm a PC, and am ignorant.

Sathya

OS X @LordTorgamus

oshirowanen

@MattJenkins Thanks for the link.

Lord Torgamus

@Sathya Ah, very good.

Matt Jenkins

14:17

@LordTorgamus FreeBSD+Fancy-GUI ;)

Oooh... My new switch has been dispatched...

The Journeyman geek

14:33

it appears that my brother has convinced my mom i need a new laptop ;p

Matt Jenkins

@TheJourneymangeek Yay!!!!!!! Go Your Brother!!!!!

Hmmm... In linux how can I image a USB disk with dd? dd if=/dev/sdd of=disk1.img just returns immediately with 0 blocks read.

Ok, it's working now. For some reason linux hadn't probed the disk properly.

Sathya

glow.mozilla.com

Matt Jenkins

14:49

silly

The Journeyman geek

@MattJenkins : he's fairly awesome, especially now XD

funny thing is the laptop i want isn't out yet, and mom still needs to convince dad ;p

Matt Jenkins

heh

Sathya

btw, @Wil you should know your blog comments link is not visible in Chrome

The Journeyman geek

@MattJenkins : story of my life the past few years. Hope is a WONDERFUL feeling when it comes to hardware XD

Sathya

Mokubai

14:53

@Sathya Just for giggles, that page runs better in IE9 than FF4 on my machine...

FF4=chugga chugga, IE9 = smooth as ice

Sathya

@Mokubai it's smoother in IE9 but can't make out jackshit

The Journeyman geek

lol

Mokubai

Yeah, the BG is a bit screwy... so, fails all round I believe...

How does Chrome cope?

Sathya

it stutters a bit. Chrome v/s IE9 is probably like 24fp vs/ 20 fps

Mokubai

Yeah, better than FF, worse than IE frame-rate wise...

but at least the background works

Sathya

15:00

it actually runs faster on FF4 RC than CHrome

although I do have GPU acceleration disabled in Chrome

Mokubai

Urgh, dentist.

Catch you all later....

The Journeyman geek

thanks for the head start ;p

Mark Szymanski

Good morning, everyone.

Matt Jenkins

15:18

LO @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

Hi, @MattJenkins. How are you?

The Journeyman geek

hmm

FF4, yay or nay? ;p

Matt Jenkins

The Journeyman geek

o0

Matt Jenkins

That's what I get intermittantly with FF4

Mark Szymanski

15:20

@MattJenkins: o.o

The Journeyman geek

that looks nay

what will i do without SU? ;p

Matt Jenkins

While I am typing it sometimes flashes to that sort of thing

Matt Jenkins

15:33

Yay for redundant comments!!!!!
device tap0; # Device tap0

The Journeyman geek

lol

hm, that didn't work as planned

Matt Jenkins

lol

The Journeyman geek

amusing question, but the answer is really a pan of water ;p

Sathya

$bronze_badge_count += 2

The Journeyman geek

15:56

hmm

quite nice

/me approves of FF4, though some retraining will be required

Matt Jenkins

16:39

/me is seeing random graphical corruption in FF4 in other sites as well.

oKtosiTe

17:27

/me still gets Flash-related glitches here and there, but is glad the Maemo version is finally starting up fairly fast.

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A: Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011

^^ Suppose I should update it.

Ivo Flipse

17:44

Someone awesome: make me a data.se query that lists our top 10 users by answer count

studiohack

you mean the top 10 answerers @IvoFlipse?

Ivo Flipse

yup

studiohack

yikes :P

Ivo Flipse

data.stackexchange.com/superuser/s/986/top-answerers-of-so

found it

hopefully my next interview is with HarryMC, who simply has a staggering amount of answers

oKtosiTe

Is that acceptable?

Ivo Flipse

17:53

Yup, looks nice

You can never have too much Oranje in your images :P

and I'm sure our Queen would agree with that

on a whole other topic:

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Q: Super User Questions of the Week #9

Now we're into post 9 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week. Please post any question that you feel is of worth and the reason why. Try not to promote your own questions or answers for publicity sake. We are lo...

discussion featured superuser-blog question-of-the-week

oKtosiTe

@IvoFlipse Just using official imagery, mainly. :-)

Matt Jenkins

20:00

yawn

BloodPhilia

Hi

Matt Jenkins

lo @BloodPhilia

BloodPhilia

What's up? :D

Matt Jenkins

Bored outta my skull :(

Ivo Flipse

Go write me a nice midweek blog post @MattJenkins :P

Matt Jenkins

20:10

Subject?

Ivo Flipse

20:27

I can't find the hot tab for Super User anymore, I was looking for another question that's worth it

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse Just check some random user's top questions

Ivo Flipse

d'oh, it's on the front page, not on the Questions page :P

BloodPhilia

:P

@IvoFlipse Lolol

Ivo Flipse

20

Q: Any shortcut for "cd .." ?

Is there any shortcut for cd ..?

bash shell shortcuts

what's so special about this one?

does anybody know anything about USB flash drives? :P

27

Q: Why are USB flash drives so much slower than Solid State Drives?

From what I understand, USB flash drives and Solid State Drives are based on similar technologies, NAND flash memory. But, USB flash drives are usually quite slow, with a read and write speed of 10-25MB per second, while Solid State Drives are usually very fast, about 200-600MB per second. Why ...

performance ssd storage usb-flash-drive usb-storage

I guess we can't convince anyone to throw ants in their keyboard right?

Matt Jenkins

I do have an old keyboard here I could sacrifice...

Sprinkle sugar in it and leave it in the garden...

Ivo Flipse

20:34

well it's not exactly the season for ants :P

BloodPhilia

Well, we could always poll the community for anyone with an ant farm :D

Matt Jenkins

Maybe we should just wait for the warmer weather

Ivo Flipse

I guess we should :P

Matt Jenkins

I had a little grub inside my monitor last summer

I'd see him crawling around inside

No idea what became of him

I got quite fond of him

BloodPhilia

@MattJenkins My friend had one of those

He pressed the screen to feel if it was on the outside

effectively squashing the bug on the inside

Leaving a permanent bug corpse stain between the sheets of his LCD

Matt Jenkins

20:37

Oh dear

Ivo Flipse

@MattJenkins perhaps this is a topic you know more about:

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Q: How does a hard drive retain information after being formatted?

Companies try to zero-fill their hard drives several times when they decommission them, why? Surely one pass of zero-fill would do the job exactly as they need. I understand the reasoning for the companies to do it but the need to run it several times. Could someone explain the process to help me...

hard-drive

And does anyone have any experience with ThinApp?

16

Q: How do Microsoft Word and Excel run without any installation?

I was having a discussion on bookmarks in Word with a friend, and he suggested me to check out his implementation of a query in Word. Since I did not have Microsoft Word installed, I told him I don't have Word so I won't be able to test it. To this, he mentioned that he'll send the executables a...

windows-xp microsoft-excel microsoft-word microsoft-office-2003

Matt Jenkins

@IvoFlipse Hmmm... tricky one... been a while since I did any theoretical physics...

Ivo Flipse

well I meant more about the drive formatting in general not the exact physics behind it

Matt Jenkins

Well, the physics behind it is what makes it important

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse Any topic for me? =/ I can't think of anything

Ivo Flipse

20:46

superuser.com/?tab=month

make your pick @BloodPhilia

I just picked ones with high views

5

Q: Is it safe to keep speakers behind a monitor

Currently my Computer is kept on a small table. The Speakers are kept behind my monitor (LCD). So is it safe to play a song or something on high volume (with high bass) ? Will it affect my LCD ? My speaker:

monitor sound lcd speakers safety

BloodPhilia

Now for any topic I can actually write a blog post about xD

Ivo Flipse

6

Q: Why can't graphics cards just have more memory?

Something I never understood, why do graphics cards usually have small amounts of memory on them? I know memory isn't everything, but surely it's pretty cheap just to load 4gb of memory on any old graphics card?

memory graphics-card

Well probably the post you know most about: superuser.com/questions/195387/…

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse haha xD obviously XD

Ivo Flipse

Or elaborate on this wifi snooping answer? superuser.com/questions/143658/how-to-see-who-is-using-my-wifi/…

Simply show an example from your own router

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse I just might do some WiFi security stuff ;D

Ivo Flipse

20:49

Mixing it in with: superuser.com/questions/176796/…

I'm pretty sure anyone here can write a blog post from their own 'best' answers

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse I know I know, but somehow that feels like copypasta =P

Ivo Flipse

why? you're finally allowed some artistic freedom to voice an opinion or to give some background info you can never fit in an answer

Shaharyar

hey guys

any mac / vine server specialists in here? :D

BloodPhilia

@Shaharyar Hey (:

Matt Jenkins

@BloodPhilia mmmmmmmmm...... pasta......... gahhhhh

3

BloodPhilia

20:55

@IvoFlipse Why is there no visual editor enabled in the blog back-end?

Ivo Flipse

Visual Editor? I've never seen one on a WP site

just use Windows Live Writer

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse Lol

Matt Jenkins

Personally I think you should upgrade to Drupal ;)

BloodPhilia

@Ivoflipse The top = SU blog, bottom = my own WP installation

@MattJenkins You mean downgrade?

Matt Jenkins

@BloodPhilia slaps

briankb

21:09

@IvoFlipse I ran out of time before I ever got around to finishing an actual slipstream. :/
So much easier just to grab a slipstreamed image directly from MS. I flagged that post as wiki hoping someone else could step in and complete (or fix) it basically, heh

(seems that no one has stepped up to do that yet though)

Ivo Flipse

ah well, but surely there is some use to making slipstreamed versions of Windows? :P

briankb

shrug, probably :P

if you actually go through the steps there, the cabs explode into hundreds of thousands of files lol

it's a huge mess really

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse which categories should I chose for my Wi-Fi security post :D

Ivo Flipse

Perhaps networking or something :S

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse mkay

Ivo Flipse

21:15

hmm anything else that might be blog worthy @briankb? ;)

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse I can't add categories =(

I'm such a noob at not having god powers on systems :'(

Shaharyar

do you guys know of any bug that causes the 'o' letter to not work on vine server?

Ivo Flipse

sorry if I break any updates @BloodPhilia :P

Matt Jenkins

Sorry @Shaharyar, I don't even know what vine server is :P

Shaharyar

oh

it allows you to remotely control your mac computer from a pc

using VNC

briankb

21:20

@IvoFlipse depends on what you're looking for. does it have to be a useful answer? you could write about how slipstreaming win7 is a big hairy mess :P

Ivo Flipse

well have you seen the new Super User blog yet?

briankb

just Matt's interview

since I'm sort of a fan of his lol

Ivo Flipse

lol, and rightly so :P

Matt Jenkins

lol

I have a fan.... :S

Ivo Flipse

videolog.tv/video.php?id=634661

Matt Jenkins

21:25

hahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!
Serves the little fkr right!

Ivo Flipse

indeed

I missed the first part when they showed it on tv

well if you have any ideas for a blog post (preferably based on an question/answer) I'm all ears

Mark Szymanski

Am I crazy for thinking that it would be a good idea that rep gained from upvotes on edited questions/answers should go to the OP and editor(s)?

Ivo Flipse

yes, because I would edit every post from HarryMC before he get's his bounty

and/or John Ts + Wils posts == winning!

Linker3000

@MarkSzymanski Oh, there are soooo many full stops I could add to posts!!!

Mark Szymanski

Heh, good points @IvoFlipse and @Linker3000.

Linker3000

21:36

Oh, and Hi everyone

digitxp

Quick question

Ivo Flipse

@MarkSzymanski don't you have some expertise that we can abuse for the blog?

digitxp

How do you keep an element from a master page over an element from a normal page in ID CS5

Mark Szymanski

@IvoFlipse: What?

Ivo Flipse

other than your ridiculous 50 upvotes for the cd.. question :P

Mark Szymanski

21:37

Heh, yeah, I'm surprised at how popular that answer of mine was XD

But, what do you mean by "expertise we can abuse for the blog"? xD

Linker3000

@digitxp Not sure you can - mind you haven't used ID for about 8 months

digitxp

@MarkSzymanski Expert opinion?

Nvm, since it was a B&W drawing I just set the blend mode to multiply

Mark Szymanski

Expert opinion? On what exactly? I don't really consider myself to be an expert on anything XD

Linker3000

@digitxp In PM and ID, master page items were/always behind normal page elements AFAIK.

Mark Szymanski

@IvoFlipse: Well, technically it was 51 upvotes, but someone downvoted :P

Linker3000

21:42

Someone needs to blog about the different RAM capabilities between 32 bit and 64 bit OSes so we avoid the never ending questions about why an XP (32) machine can't see the 256GB RAM just installed.

Ivo Flipse

@Linker3000, what are you waiting for!

Mark Szymanski

I'm a bit confused. What exactly is the SU blog?

Linker3000

@IvoFlipse I knew that was coming! OK, watch this space....

Ivo Flipse

blog.superuser.com @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

@IvoFlipse: I know, but what is it all about?

Ivo Flipse

21:49

@Linker3000 I fixed your account btw

what do you want it to be about?

Mark Szymanski

I don't know XD

briankb

this is why I don't have a blog!

BloodPhilia

@IvoFlipse I've already got the introduction AND the conclusion of my blog post ;D Check out meh concept

Ivo Flipse

why's that @briankb?

looks nice @BloodPhilia, we just need to format those SU links, but that's moot at this moment ;)

briankb

@IvoFlipse because I could never answer "what's your blog about" heh

Ivo Flipse

21:59

the Super User blog is about putting users and their questions in the spotlight, because getting upvotes isn't enough to reward their awesomeness!

like @Wil who coded up a Dropbox chat client in 4 hours!

Wil

HiHi!

A serious developer could of done it quicker! it took me ages to figure out how to amend the XML file!

@Sathya I have no idea why, but seen that before - it is a bug with Blogger when accessed through some proxy servers

KronoS

So just heard from Microsoft... It's a no go :(

BloodPhilia

@KronoS What did you hear?

Ivo Flipse

awh too bad @KronoS did they tell why?

KronoS

@BloodPhilia I applied for an internship with them... they said no

Wil

22:08

@KronoS Sorry to hear that :(

BloodPhilia

@KronoS Oh yugh :( Why no

KronoS

@IvoFlipse no they just sent out the general rejection email

Ivo Flipse

darn

guess that if Jeff doesn't have any internships, you'll have to intern with me :P

KronoS

@Wil @BloodPhilia eh it's all good... I've still got Flipse R&D

Linker3000

@KronoS Bad news KronoS - sorry to hear that

KronoS

22:10

@Linker3000 again it's all good... it's not the end of the world...

at least now I can do the google/microsoft cloud services blog post without any ill feelings

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Linker3000

@KronoS Good attitude

Ivo Flipse

You could compare them with Open Office and Office 2010, to see what's the best office suite

briankb

Microsoft is too busy suing Barnes & Noble over pantent use in Nook/Android :/

Ivo Flipse

priorities priorities :P

KronoS

@IvoFlipse I like that idea

briankb

22:18

open office is libre office now, isn't it?

Linker3000

@briankb Nope they are separate apps

briankb

ah

Ivo Flipse

well pick Libre Office, because I hate companies that sue Android :P

Linker3000

@IvoFlipse Sounds like a plan!

@briankb Most of the Open Office Core devs jumped ship and created Libre Officewhen Oracle started screwing around with their inherited (from Sun) Open Source projects.

Ivo Flipse

and rightly so :P

screw Oracle

KronoS

22:25

@IvoFlipse my only prob with android... is the fact that they stole straight from flash I believe

Ivo Flipse

stole from flash? you mean java's VM?

KronoS

@IvoFlipse ah yes... java... knew it was something like that

and couldn't remember

briankb

@KronoS I'm not so sure that was stealing, rather than just avoiding stupid patents that Sun never intended to enforce. Oracle on the other, is taking the Microsoft route with patents

KronoS

@briankb I really don't know what's going specifically just what I've heard... so I'm not really at liberty to comment much more

Ivo Flipse

well @briankb has a point, though it's not a simple case

Linker3000

22:35

Oracle are just trying to fill the gap in the market left by SCO

briankb

lol

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