Root Access

allquixotic

00:48

I recently had someone ask me to go get a computer and turn it on so I could restart it. He refused to move further in the script until I said I had done that.

allquixotic

01:50

there seems to be a slight problem with the Super Bowl V results...

Bob

@Ariane xD

they did this with remote access?

@slhck ...I just realised I do that far too much.

though, often the successful restart is accompanied by a System Restore

Shubhanshu Mishra

04:58

Hi guys, I have a big overheating problem on my laptop and was looking for a solution.

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Q: Fedora 18 severe overheating HP Envy 4 1002tx in Gnome shell

I recently installed Fedora 18 x86_64bit version in dual boot mode on my HP Envy 4 1002tx machine and whenever I log into the Gnome shell I am facing very sever overheating of my laptop base and the there is a very loud sound like a very fast moving fan coming from the laptop. Full specs of my ...

Full details of my problem are here

would love to get your help on it

AshRj

05:22

To those who may be interested, there is a new site proposal for an Arduino specific site area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/49538/arduino . Support it if you think it is a good idea :)

Journeyman Geek

07:27

hmm

superuser.com/questions/545828/… does this belong on MSU?

or should I say, should this be closed, could we move it over there?

Boris_yo

08:51

The 10 Worst Products For Men Ever Created
http://artofmanliness.com/2008/02/27/the-10-worst-products-for-men-ever-created/

ShadowHero

10:21

How fast should i accept an answer as correct?

Bob

10:35

@ShadowHero as soon as an answer that solves the problem to your satisfaction appears

if a better one appears, you can change the accepted one anyway

don't feel obligated to mark an answer if none of them solve your problem, though

or if an answer leads you to your solution (or you find your own some other way), feel free to answer it yourself

Bob

10:55

somethingofthatilk.com/index.php?id=502

Oliver Salzburg

11:56

What the?

Where is my checkbox?

Ivo Flipse

12:07

@OliverSalzburg You can't have a checkbox

Oliver Salzburg

It was actually there before I made the screenshot :P

Ivo Flipse

@OliverSalzburg Nefarious :P

Oliver Salzburg

I just wanted to complain that they're releasing somewhat critical updates but still push the Ask toolbar

And, bam, the checkbox was gone :P

And now I still don't have that update...

Ivo Flipse

I disabled Java entirely

slhck

What is Java?

Ivo Flipse

12:13

I no longer know ;P

I'd like to see Java (the plugin at least) go the way of Flash

slhck

Honestly I haven't come across a single website that needed to run a Java applet in the last year.

Ivo Flipse

Perhaps it recognizes your user agent and decides not to show you one in advance :P

I hate how Android sites try to render flash even when its not supported, whereas the ipad/ios devices get a non-flash site :@

slhck

Yeah, Flash simply needs to die. In that way I like the Apple policy (although I thought it was nonsense at first).

Ivo Flipse

Well it would help if there were more standardized native frameworks to take its place

In some sense I don't understand why Google et al aren't working harder to make even better web tools

slhck

Well, HTML5 in the long run I guess

Oliver Salzburg

12:41

@IvoFlipse I tried that recently, but some site required Java the same day :P

And it was some key-generation thing or something that I also couldn't pass on

slhck

Meh?

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Q: How to bypass a firewall which asks for username and password

Here in my college we have a firewall installed by Fortinet. Whenever we open Firefox it asks for a username and password ... Once we enter that, accessing the internet is possible but with very very limited sites. Can you help in finding out a way to bypass this firewall. I cannot even open th...

firewall openvpn bypass

Either too localized or NC

Shiki

hahaha macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3423807&pagtype=allchandate

slhck

@Shiki More like *tear*?

Shiki

seriously, what the heck...
I never thought my open-cased PC is a "dangerous" machine...

slhck

Yeah, better have the IEC check that.

Shiki

12:44

Also: how can you even hurt yourself? it won't even cut your finger... (never put anything else there ... but after this EU regulation, I have my doubts about people...)

slhck

Almost like a rule they'd invent for the US

Warning: Do not put your pets inside the computer case!

(for drying, you know)

Shiki

I wonder what will the EU become...

I mean... sure this is just only _one_ stupid idea..
But they already made so many retarded ones...

(Even Steam will have trouble as you have to be able to re-sell your used games. Two options. Either EU will stop making these laws, or we will have some crazy-ass restricted union. Wonder when they will install the great-EU-Firewall)

Oliver Salzburg

13:11

First they want to force Steam to allow me to resell my games, now they force Apple not to sell Mac Pros anymore? What has this union come to??!!

Seriously, it's slowly becoming the next stone age over here!

I wish we had real freedom like in America!

slhck

13:28

'murca!

Shiki

It's basically just a way to show "we have power". Nothing more.
They sue companies all the time just because they can. ("Yes we can." Anyone?)

Hennes

13:47

Nah. It is also "we set the rules, and they apply to all"

Not just to a small subset and ignoring friends.

user88311

14:02

oliver

the last line you wrote is the biggest lie ever

I hope it was sarcasm

I really do

@Hennes does the chat show your own reputation when you post, because if ti does it's show double what mine actually is

it*

Hennes

Rounded( Sum(rep_all_sites) )

user88311

ah

Makes sense

Hennes

Maybe I chat too much with math people :)

user88311

Although almost a horrible idea, as a person could just sign into all the sites, come to chat with 3-4k rating and not know a thing

Hennes

I was actually considering the sigma sign

user88311

14:07

I would have said go for it

slhck

nvm

user88311

Ah I need to make something to eat, got to leave for work few hours earlier than nromal

I was going to say slhck, don't make me repeat that

slhck

@user88311 You can quote chat messages, no need to repeat them :P

user88311

It would be just as bad seeing it again

Sathya

first set of components is here.

slhck

14:16

403 :(

Sathya

rest will come probably by wednesday

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ekaj

Don't think I've ever seen it this active in here

slhck

For a Sunday, that's true.

Sathya

was serving from cache for me

Hennes

Arh. too much cut and paste (hence the && ||)

Ah, it feels good to answer a shell question and press post before Nicole posts a much better answer. :)

slhck

14:26

lol

You can be lucky grawity's not that active.

Sathya

so yes I started this. gemsfromstackexchange.tumblr.com submit your Stack Exchange WTFs to me using this link

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slhck

@Sathya !!

Sathya

:-D

slhck

Now I have to dig out all my screenshots and send them to you.

Hennes

Mind you, I do enjoy the better answer and the reasoning why they work better

Sathya

14:27

@slhck looking forward to those :P

slhck

@Sathya Hm. Can't search for URLs in chat? I should have put all those screenshots on my computer somewhere.

Sathya

@slhck just put the hostname in the search:P

slhck

@Sathya Doesn't work for me?

Sathya

hmm?

slhck

@Sathya i.stack.imgur.com won't work :P

Sathya

14:30

ah

stack.imgur does

slhck

Weird.

Sathya

@slhck now accepting submissions :D

slhck

@Sathya Wait, already compiling a list.

Sathya

@slhck I meant from the site itself - there's an option to submit a post ;)

slhck

14:45

@Sathya Ah, okay. Well, I could do that for weeks I guess :P

Sathya

@slhck :P

slhck

First one submitted.

Hennes

Curses vim. Why can't I subst CR (control-v control-J or enter)

^ works, but why not the others?

HackToHell

Arr Tumblr's infinite scroll mucks up half the time

Sathya

15:03

wonder if this is by @Ivo :P

@slhck approved

slhck

This will be fun.

Oliver Salzburg

@user88311 It was

Boris_yo

@OliverSalzburg Ahoy!

Oliver Salzburg

@Boris_yo Greetings!

Boris_yo

15:18

@OliverSalzburg Looks familiar?

HackToHell

Greetings Earthlings what's kicking ?

Boris_yo

HackToHell

@Sathya thats me :P

Boris_yo

@HackToHell Weird Al Yankovic?

@HackToHell Sup halfling?

Oliver Salzburg

@Boris_yo Seems normal on the first read

HackToHell

15:21

@Boris_yo Sweet thundery zeus my squib

Boris_yo

@OliverSalzburg Well it does cause disconnections. Thought you are familiar and experienced same.

@HackToHell I am Titan. I also hold lightning in my hand and already wasted a lot of electricity from energy company that they are coming at me.

HackToHell

But I have a wand and I melt titanium for rocketry

Sathya

@HackToHell lol

Oliver Salzburg

@Boris_yo The message sounds like it was logged because the network was disconnected

As in, the TCP/IP NetBios Helper was stopped because the network was disconnected

Boris_yo

The cause:

"The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0AEC6A94-A1CE-4DCB-AB1F-4B07816F0083} because a master browser was stopped."

I am not running elections here matey! Arrrgh!

@OliverSalzburg Will find out after looking at this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=The+browser+has+forced+an+election+on+network&oq=The+browser+has+forced+an+election+on+network&aqs=chrome.0.57j64l2&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=the+browser+has+forced+an+election+on+network+because+a+master+browser+was+stopped%22&oq=the+browser+has+forced+an+election+on+network+because+a+master+browser+was+stopped%22&gs_l=serp.3..0j0i30j0i8i10i30j0i8i30.2858.8281.3.8566.5.5.0.0.0.0.143.616.0j5.5.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1j8.2.serp.gmp3vRY9zRA&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv…

Oliver Salzburg

15:27

@Boris_yo I would assume "The browser" is the Windows Browser service

To my understanding, there's always one master browser in the workgroup that keeps track of all connected client.

So the message would indicate that the (previous) master browser on the network has gone offline (or was otherwise disconnected) and your client is now becoming the new master

Boris_yo

@OliverSalzburg Does that happen when I switch between browsers?

Oliver Salzburg

@Boris_yo It's not related to web browsers

Boris_yo

@OliverSalzburg What client?

@OliverSalzburg Computer Browser such as explorer.exe process?

Oliver Salzburg

I really don't know how I could explain it more clearly right now :D

Your "client" is your Windows PC

And the Computer Browser service seems to live in C:\Windows\System32\browser.dll

But I doubt that'll have any relevance

Hennes

15:45

Boris: computer browser (as in browse to a named windows computer) rather than a web-browser.

Oliver Salzburg

It really only maintains the Name<->IP Address relationship on a network/workgroup without DNS IIRC

Hennes

Domain Master Browser

The Domain Master Browser is necessary on a routed TCP/IP network, that is, when a Windows domain spans more than one TCP/IP network. When a Windows domain spans multiple subnets each of the subnets has an independent browser called the Master Browser. The Master Browser is responsible for the browse list within its respective subnet and portion of the domain on its subnet. The Domain Master Browser is used to collect information from each of the Master Browsers via the NetServerEnum API call. Once collected the list is merged with the Domain Master Browsers list for its own subnet. This m...

oh. PDC reference. Old article

Oliver Salzburg

@Hennes The concept of the PDC still lives

Hennes

as in FSMO roles?

Oliver Salzburg

As in: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_Domain_Controller#PDC_emulation

But, yeah

I wouldn't claim to understand it, but I've come by the PDC emulation aspect when one of the DCs at a client went down

Hennes

15:51

I only learned about domain controllers long after we no longer ran NT. At that time I mostly busied myself with reinstalling windows computer from CD (not even images)

I was very happy when I learned how to use ghost and when I got the IT department to neatly store and document image creation.

Later I learned that I was cloning images with the same SSID, which at the time was complete abracadabra to me

Oliver Salzburg

:D

Hennes

I have learned quite a bit since, but I never caught up on PDB.BDC

Boris_yo

@Hennes You mean all network cards were looking for that SSID?

Hennes

Nah, all of basic stuff ran pretty well.

Actually much better than before. Same settings for all users. faster reimaging. A lot more up to date stuff (usual install fetched outdated drivers from a network share. I reorganised that so we had drivers/printers|network|graphics|.../model/OS

Ran into many duplicates

Somehow I think of it as my best job performance ever.

I can't say that to HR though because it is sooooo simple and logical

Well. Maybe if I phrase it as "chaotic" -> "well orderened, structured work"

Oliver Salzburg

@Hennes From what I understand, the "old" concept of PDC/SDC/BDC/WDC was replaced. But in the current concept they use the FSMO as you mentioned. One FSMO is the PDC Emulator role

Boris_yo

15:57

So simple and logical that he can understand?

Hennes

That one looks to smart to be in HR

Boris_yo

Hehe...

This is dog monopoly.

Hennes

Hat, monocle, dog, .... which ones did I miss ?

Boris_yo

Smoking tube

Sherlock's

Pretty good knowledge for human resources manager. @Hennes

They knew they have got smart guy running their business. They paid you double wages at least?

Hennes

Nah, they downsided.

From 14 people to 5

I was the last new guy

Boris_yo

16:00

@Hennes Downsized?

Hennes

First fjob was at a newly formed TNO industry.

Boris_yo

Here is the dream of every business:

Replace everybody with Super Man to do everything

Hennes

POst workd-war II the country was economically in a bad shape. Gov. funded several research projects. (e.g. into plaastics, into texile, into concrete, into iron structures).. All had their own place.

Slowly those merged.

And the merged ones merged again. TNO industry was a merger of three of those with the IT staff of all three.

Boris_yo

@Hennes That's after Great Depression?

Hennes

Aye

Great Depression was around WW-1 times

In this case they needed extra personal while things formed and stabilised. And then they reduced personel

Boris_yo

16:03

Then everything started to come back in its place, manufacturing got high... When was great demand, they employed a lot of people and these days they lay off. Because they outsource abroad?

Hennes

I learned a lot at that place. Including a lot of things not to do

such as taking coffee into a server room and spilling it

Using 7 meter cables to patch 30cm (because the 7m cables where cheaper)

Boris_yo

@Hennes Would you mind uploading this into my brain?

Hennes

/me grins. I uploaded it to the power socket. Connect one pin to one ear, and the other pin ..

Would have helped some people.

Boris_yo

@Hennes That's LANcution man!

Hennes

E.g. we wrote a helpdesk system in access. No unique keys. Opening a new form would grab the number of the latest saved form and add one. Do they simultaneously with 2 IT people and it created doubles

I know a tiny bit about databases. E.g. primary keys, foreign keys, 3rd normal form.

The creator/coder of the helpdesk thing did not

Boris_yo

16:07

@Hennes I wonder how you craved HelpDesk web application...

Hennes

The web was rather new at that time

There was gopher though

Boris_yo

@Hennes Like FTP?

Hennes

Sort of, but FTP needs to die.

Boris_yo

@Hennes You want me to Finish Him?

Hennes

plain text authenthication. Random high ports for data.

FTP works well enough if you have no NAT.

But with NAT you need trickery

Boris_yo

16:10

@Hennes If you know this trickery sell a book on it!

Hennes

It is well documented.

Anyway, I do not want people to learn how to use FTP or NAT.

Both should have died decades ago

Just configure a proper firewall and/or use IPv6

The closest I come is :%s/\n\{2,}/\rSomemarkerNotFoundElsewhereInTheText\r/e to replace all double newlines with a marker, followed by :%j to join all line and %s/SomemarkerNotFoundElsewhereInTheText/^M^M/g to replace the marker. Ugly as hell and I am sure there is a better way. — Hennes 59 mins ago

You know that someone has worked too long for corporation when the answer looks like those three commands.

Hennes

16:52

Ah, nice:

datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

Drive failure sounds

Ivo Flipse

@sathya I'm innocent

Sathya

@IvoFlipse aye

Hennes

17:36

Einsteins Grandson

19:10

hey guys

i need something like Spotify

software that would ensure that I can't be traced down

The thing is that when I watch JustinTV, it asks me to buy premium account

There is a limited number of people that can connect to the JustinTV channel that I watch .... onlye like 5 or 10 people from my country

and it's always the case that when I come to watch the channel... there is already those 5 people watching that JustinTV channel, so I can't watch it

.... technically, I can watch it but have to refresh the website every minute and after each minute the stream is stopped and it asks me to buy the premium account

which is really crazy watching the channel for 3 hours and refreshing the website every single minute

I'm sorry ... the software that is able to anonymize my IP address and create a VPN is not called Spotify but Spotflux

But when I use it - Spotflux, it works great and hides my IP address perfectly, but I suppose it makes my Internet connection slower .. the stream is really lagging...

So, if anybody doesn't know any other IP hiding software

;-)

Oliver Salzburg

20:18

@EinsteinsGrandson You can not hide your IP address

Spotflux also doesn't hide it

You simply connect to their server and their server connects to JustinTV

Your connection to Spotflux creates what is commonly known as a VPN

So instead of using your router to connect to JustinTV, you use the router of Spotflux to connect to JustinTV. Then JustinTV will think that you're a computer on the network of Spotflux and not on the network of Einsteins Grandson

So your IP address isn't hidden, it's just not relevant anymore, because you use an IP address from Spotflux

This should also illustrate that all traffic first flows to Spotflux and then to your home PC.

So you suffer huge performance penalties due to the long path the data has to take

Einsteins Grandson

21:08

So, is there any alternative that would not make my connection so slow?

;-)

Hennes

Download to an server outside your country, then watch later (streaming from disc)

Darn. I missed the obvious answer. (getting a premium account).

Oliver Salzburg

21:37

@EinsteinsGrandson A faster VPN provider or purchasing that premium account

I see @Hennes already had that option covered :D

Hennes

We both are kicking in obviously open doors. :)

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