Root Access

allquixotic

00:01

@Luke the user's name is awesome, too

Luke

I know

Unregistered user too

0

A: Hard Drive Slow down.. where do I start?

get yuorself a new harddrive before it brakes!

allquixotic

I can't imagine how people even think there is a purpose in doing that

Luke

Finding lots of gems now

Einsteins Grandson

Updating the PATH Environment Variable ?

Do I need to do it?

allquixotic

@Luke wtf

@EinsteinsGrandson no, don't even think about that

Einsteins Grandson

00:03

When I will code, build and run applications in Netbeans

allquixotic

just install the jdk then netbeans, end of story

Einsteins Grandson

ok

allquixotic

@Luke is there some kind of group of people that all decided to connect to SE and troll us all at once?

and how do you find these anyway, lol, i never find stupid people answers =(

Luke

Front page... People posting with only 1 rep

0

A: Directory "Bookmarking" in Linux

click on the star next to url too add bookmarks

Redditer

1

I think I found the source

Einsteins Grandson

I need JRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it stopped while installing JDK and said: Error loading C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin/installer.dll

allquixotic

00:18

@EinsteinsGrandson never seen that errormsg before

Luke

-1

A: How to check bytes written on my kingston sdd using smartctl?

go to my computer and rite click the properties it says how full is your drive

Einsteins Grandson

they are idiots...

when i insall visual studio, everything is smooth

there is no need to install other things before installing IDE

Luke

-1

A: How to store processed data?

put it in a file and keep it in dropbox

This is getting painful...

Einsteins Grandson

also, after I inslall JRE

websites that use Java only work in Safari

they don't work in Firefox, Opera and IE

that's strange

Luke

00:48

I gotta stop with the downvoting and flagging... It's getting to be a pain in the arse!

Journeyman Geek

Some days are worse with that than others

Luke

Oh, went to check the mail server... And the server is up, but the registrar/hosting is down, so name resolution isn't working now

HackToHell

01:09

Tanner

01:33

TIL cabinet has one n...

Luke

06:52

Seems dead in here right now...

Sathya

zzzz

Luke

@Sathya, ever see a web page's DNS go down, even though the registrar shows the account is good for another 6 years?

Sathya

@Luke misconfigured name servers?

happened to me :D

Luke

ventureelevator.com seems to have disappeared from the web

At around 16:00 GMT-8 today

Sathya

07:27

@Luke indeed

Sathya

07:43

@Luke is this whois info correct? whois.domaintools.com/ventureelevator.com

Luke

Yup, already checked there

Sathya

@Luke what about the ns entries on your webhost

Luke

Can't access it, when I put in the username/password for them, it returns a blank page

Sathya

O_o

Luke

Ya

View Source - Just blank

But it's almost midnight here, I'm gonna hit the sack... Got work in the morning again. I'll chat tomorrow Sathya

Sathya

08:00

@Luke cheers Luke. Sleep well

HackToHell

08:27

seriously why does steam have to download directx with every single game :/

Bob

08:43

@Luke check the HTTP request/response headers?

Sudhi

08:55

GoDaddy is such a #@$@# . Why do they have to be so,.. spammy! Can't I simply contact the ICANN and register my domain? Why do I have to go through these stupid companies X-(

any simple, straightforward, minimalistic domain registrar suggestions? (I have already been through webmaster.SX) But would like few more opinions/suggestions

39

Q: Who is a great domain registrar company?

I have used numerous domain registrars in the past, including Godaddy, 1&1, Host Monster, IX web Hosting, the list goes on. (not talking about hosting) I currently use GoDaddy, however, I'm not to happy with them. I need a great registrar! One who: makes transferring easy registration pain...

Sathya

09:26

@HackToHell because they target different versions

Paul

Hey, would anyone on here happen to have a spare app.net invite?

Sathya

@Sudhi namecheap

@Paul yep.

Paul

@Sathya Would you like to send one to me? I would be your friend forever.

Sathya

one step ahead of you ;P

Paul

@Sathya Damn, so I didn't have to make that friend commitment!

Sathya

09:29

haha :p

Paul

Thanks loads, been meaning to check it out for a while

Sathya

np @Paul

Paul

@Sathya Your are ios-prone right? You wouldn't have an android app to recommend for adn?

Sathya

@Paul Check Dash & Robin. I prefer the latter, but it ain't free ( you could try it & ask for a refund within the 15-minute window if you're not happy)

Oliver Salzburg

11:19

I already like this device O__O

It has a part that glows!

Sathya

@OliverSalzburg what's that?

Oliver Salzburg

@Sathya RFID reader

Looks a lot fancier than the other one I got

Any maybe it'll work with my Pi!

Sathya

nice

Journeyman Geek

11:41

lol

looks a bit like an old HDD

@OliverSalzburg: at worst, you might be able to build a driver

Sathya

11:51

@JourneymanGeek I know, I thought the same..

tombull89

spammer kill plz superuser.com/users/204225/user162794

@Sathya wtf hell?

19 hours ago, by Sathya

heee-la-rious

HackToHell

@Sathya ik, but the thing is all the stuff are already installed, why can't steam simply maintain a meta data file per game and download directx separately only if the user does not have DirectX

Sathya

@tombull89 :P

@tombull89 killed, thanks

tombull89

so someone filed a complaint because SO wasnt doing what they wanted? lolz.

HackToHell

Does max overclock of GPU depend upon the card manufacturers ?

Sathya

12:04

@tombull89 more like because his question was closed :P

@HackToHell more like based on the HSF/Cooling/Quality of components used

Journeyman Geek

I think it might also be firmware locked?

HackToHell

Well someone on the internet has a 6570 and afterburner allows to push them past 675 Mhz(Core clock) while it limits me to 675 :/

@JourneymanGeek That can happen ? :/

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: there's different models of my video card with different stock, and I believe maximum overclocks

HackToHell

0_o so I need to mess with the firmware sigh

Gah Thomas Hardware got it up to 845 !!

Journeyman Geek

lol

same model/submodel?

HackToHell

12:09

They have not named the card manufacturer just the chip :/

Sathya

@HackToHell don't do it unless you're interested in a fried chip

Journeyman Geek

lol

^ that

Sathya

mine comes factory OC'd

Journeyman Geek

also, overclocking is very trial and error

ditto with my 660

Sathya

34 secs ago, by Journeyman Geek

also, overclocking is very trial and error

^ this

had to experiment a lot to find a stable OC with my last desktop, long ago

not going to bother

Journeyman Geek

12:10

yup

Sathya

it's pointless. You get 4-5fps for lot more headaches

HackToHell

lol, my current desktop is OC'd if I had a better cooler I could push more :/

Journeyman Geek

(in the good ol days....)

Sathya

unless ofcourse you do things like swap out coolers, DICE, LN2

etc

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: most modern desktops are actually sufficiently powerful to handle most things you throw at them

HackToHell

12:11

mine is not so modern :P

Journeyman Geek

hell, other than the ram issue with my c2d, I could still use it to game ;p

@HackToHell: 2007 era c2d. if I can get its full quota of ram, its 'good enough'

HackToHell

Mine's older
:/

Journeyman Geek

(granted my other box is a core i7)

how much older ? o0

HackToHell

I am not saying :P

Journeyman Geek

eh

HackToHell

12:13

I do not want y'all loling over it :P

Journeyman Geek

I have experience working with junk, I won't laugh at you or anything

I've been where you are before.

HackToHell

I am still not saying, it's quite old :p

Journeyman Geek

heck, even now, I'm planning 2-3 months ahead of any gear

how much ram?

Sathya

older it is, more pointless it is in OC'ing

Journeyman Geek

the older it is, the more likely other parts fail too

HackToHell

12:14

2 gb, ddr3

Journeyman Geek

eh, newer than my core 2 duo

2db ddr2 ;)

oh wait, 1gb, one stick is ****ed

I'll be testing it over the weekend to see what's wrong, army's been monopolising much of my day this week

though we were doing something cool today I can't talk about ;p

HackToHell

This is supper hilarious :P

►

Journeyman Geek

and your graphics card is reasonably modern too

HackToHell

it's sufficient cause my display cannot go above 720p

Journeyman Geek

nods

HackToHell

12:20

Hopefully i get a nice laptop :D

Journeyman Geek

lol

I'm currently slightly spoilt on keyboards

If I could get my replacement mouse sooner, I'll probably not touch my laptop except for school

HackToHell

ooh youtube.com/watch?v=CcXXQ6GCUb8

HackToHell

12:40

Oh wait my processor is a 09 era one :P

And it sits in the last slot in processor benchmarks :P

Journeyman Geek

...

I TOLD YOU

dude, I was running a core 2 duo with a 8800 till last year ;p

Sujit Singh

Hi, I was using 'putty' to connect to remote linux based server.. I want to run 'memcached restart' command, but it results into
login as: root@rsdev:~# memcached restart
can't run as root without the -u switch
root@rsdev:~# -u memcached restart
-bash: -u: command not found
root@rsdev:~# sudo memcached restart
can't run as root without the -u switch
root@rsdev:~# cd memcached
-bash: cd: memcached: No such file or directory

allquixotic

@SujitSingh Read the manpage. Also, when some program says to supply a "switch", that means put it after the name of the binary, not before.

Bob

:P

allquixotic

The -u switch for memcached actually requires a specific parameter after it: it requires the username you want to run`memcached` as, because memcached can't be run as root. So you need to run ps -ef to figure out what user is currently running memcached (or look in the configuration files; I'm not sure what distro you're running or how you installed memcached so I don't know where your config files are) and then run memcached -u <that user> restart

And if you literally try memcached -u <that user> restart without substituting <that user> for an actual username, I'mma facepalm

@Bob seems like your "go away Apple" has the most starwall votes in a while

Bob

12:56

-_-

allquixotic

:D

Bob

I probably should have added a little more context to that message :P

allquixotic

lol

Bob

I imagine a couple of mods aren't too happy with me right now

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

12:57

why would mods be unhappy with you? I'm sure soulhack has seen that pinned star at least once and he hasn't burninated it

and if he doesn't burninate it, no one will

Bob

slhck, daniel :P

allquixotic

not sure about DB

Bob

@allquixotic I just realised who soulhack was supposed to be O.O

allquixotic

lol yeah

slhck == soulhack, I type it out

Sujit Singh

@allquixotic : thanks.. it worked.. i used "memcached -u root restart"

allquixotic

12:58

studiohack is another guy, he's much more laid back haha

@SujitSingh facepalm so memcached is running as root? ... Great.

hope it's not listening on a public IP

Sujit Singh

@allquixotic : i hope it too... hahaha, Anyway, thanks.

Journeyman Geek

lol

I could be angry with you if it helps!

Bob

sigh

unis with public IPs for every computer

and wifi connected device

including smartphones ffs

so much for address exhaustion

@allquixotic TIL

allquixotic

@Bob that'd be mine. A lot of unis got ridiculous amounts of IPv4 address space back when the internet was a research project

Bob

@allquixotic mine too, apparently

that's the one my phone was assigned yesterday

allquixotic

13:03

the internet (and the technologies underlying it) went: military --> general government (civil and military) --> academia --> large enterprise --> consumers, in that order of distribution

Bob

now I'll brb; installing/updating firewalls on everything -_-

Paul

Goddamn GE have the whole 3/8 network.

Oliver Salzburg

What a godsent! chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/personal-blocklist-by-goo/…

Seriously, f that site :P

Bob

@OliverSalzburg ?

Paul

@OliverSalzburg Oh that is handy. I want for ff.

allquixotic

13:05

@OliverSalzburg wow, a Google extension to Chrome that isn't builtin

that's kinda cool actually

Oliver Salzburg

allquixotic

I wonder how many extension icons dot @OliverSalzburg's Chrome toolstrip

Oliver Salzburg

That's the before pic :P

allquixotic

OH! Now I can block Quora and Yahoo Answers! I am totally using this extension forever

Oliver Salzburg

I just had to make a separate search for "informer.com" to get the correct link

Bob

13:08

@OliverSalzburg ah, I remember it now

that rubbish site -_-

@OliverSalzburg -site:informer.com ?

@allquixotic don't forget wiki answers

@allquixotic hopefully less than mine :P

allquixotic

@Bob lol, isn't wiki.answers the site where most answers (even to complex questions) are like, "NO" ?

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob Well, I had to click a link in the Google search results. I didn't see a free-text Add functionality

Bob

3

Q: Add-on for blocking sites in Google Search

I want to block Yahoo Answers for Google Search. As there is no option from Google for that. Is there any extensions for Chrome or add-ons for Firefox that can block sub-domain results from Google search?

firefox google-chrome browser-addons google blocking

@allquixotic I've actually found a few potentially useful answers

but completely untrustworthy

and horribly formatted

allquixotic

why do so many people hate mattcutts.com ? lol

Bob

@allquixotic I think that's just the blocklist example

allquixotic

13:10

yeah but it's funny

Bob

:P

Paul

I hate that dude

allquixotic

anyway BBL... have fun getting helpful answers like "NO" to complex questions like "Is it possible to change the weather?" on wiki.answers

Oliver Salzburg

@allquixotic :D

I'd choose the longer "maybe" or even go with a "perhaps"

@Bob I actually somewhat assumed he's the author

googleblog.blogspot.de/2011/02/…

Bob

@OliverSalzburg maybe? would be kinda ironic if everyone just blocked him while testing

HackToHell

13:23

@JourneymanGeek :D Computers are expensive

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell: I still run it, though its getting to the point where it might be worth replacing it with a SERIOUSLY cheap modern system

point being, I won't laugh at people no matter how crappy their system is. Entirely the opposite

Bob

my computing lecturer uses a Mac...

and half the computing labs have Macs in them. With Ubuntu installed.

Journeyman Geek

@sidran32 is probably a LOT more familiar with how much I used to bitch about not being able to play with hardware, pretty much until this year

Bob

...

Sure, use a Mac if you like the OS

Journeyman Geek

wait, do people who haven't been on chat lately get @ tted when I mention them like that? ;p

Bob

13:26

but I really don't see the advantage of the hardware if you're going to chuck another OS on it anyways :S

@JourneymanGeek Wasn't it like a week?

HackToHell

For 100$ I can put a Phenom II 560 Processor, will make it a bit more modern but it's not worth it :/

Journeyman Geek

good

@HackToHell: deja vue

HackToHell

lol

Journeyman Geek

well, depends on where you're bottlenecking

on my c2d its the ram, especially after half kaputted

HackToHell

Though according to my class, my processor has 10 cores(:P) and is faster than an i7 XD

Journeyman Geek

13:28

(which in turn causes more swap, which in turn causes more )

Oliver Salzburg

Dennis Rodman was watching basketball with Kim Jong Un? O__o

Journeyman Geek

... what?

THAT I'd laugh at

Oliver Salzburg

edition.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/bestoftv/2013/…

Check that out. It's surreal

Bob

@HackToHell what

Journeyman Geek

10 cores? faster than a core i7?

Bob

13:29

what processor are you talking about?

Journeyman Geek

does anything go over 8 cores?

Bob

some server CPUs?

Journeyman Geek

ya

er.. they do?

Bob

> 16-core - Abu Dhabi MCM (6366 HE and above)

Opteron

Opteron is AMD's x86 server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture (known generically as x86-64). It was released on April 22, 2003 with the SledgeHammer core (K8) and was intended to compete in the server and workstation markets, particularly in the same segment as the Intel Xeon processor. Processors based on the AMD K10 microarchitecture (codenamed Barcelona) were announced on September 10, 2007 featuring a new quad-core configuration. The most-recently released Opteron CPUs are the Bulldozer-based Opteron 4200 ...

Journeyman Geek

ahh

ok, and there's apparently a 10 core xeon

Bob

13:30

AMD's policy seems to be 'it needs more power? throw more cores at it'

Journeyman Geek

actually...

well, AMD needs a pentium M moment ;p

then some internal research team blows the pants off their main product

Bob

hm?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: what killed netburst was that at one point of time, pentium Ms were basically twice as efficient as a desktop processor

HackToHell

@Bob I was just faking it :P

Bob

I can't find any current Xeons over 8 cores

Journeyman Geek

13:32

my 1.4ghz laptop was running circles around a 'faster' desktop

HackToHell

They are not all geeky and stuff so I exaggerated slightly :P

Journeyman Geek

List of Intel Xeon microprocessors

The Xeon microprocessor from Intel is a CPU brand targeted at the server and workstation markets. It competes with AMD's Opteron. P6-based Xeons Pentium II Xeon "Drake" (250 nm) * All models support: MMX Pentium III Xeon "Tanner" (250 nm) * Based on P6 microarchitecture * All models support: MMX, SSE * All models support quad-processor configurations * Die size: 123 mm² * Steppings: B0, C0 "Cascades" (180 nm) * All models support: MMX, SSE * Only Xeon 700 and 900 are capable of quad processor configurations {{cpulist|p6|cascades|model=Pentium III Xeon...

lol

@HackToHell: my main claim to fame with my geekier friends is I occationally had the computer version of the millenium falcon

I had a then decade old PIII (I believe) that was passively cooled running quite reliably for 2-3 years cause someone claimed it would keel over and die in a week ;p

Bob

@JourneymanGeek oh, I only looked at the SDB and newer :\

Journeyman Geek

;)

@dragonlord: about meta participation - I find its more effective to pop by once a day or so to answer questions than hitting a few at once. Meta has PRETTY low churn with questions anyway. I also use the feed on chat - you could set up an RSS feed pretty easily with your favourite feed reader for skimming as an alternative - that helped me loads on my early SU days

HackToHell

13:48

@JourneymanGeek lol :d

Journeyman Geek

my dad's old office was a bunch of old PIVs

HackToHell

My dad was briefly in reliance and they had Windows Server 2003 and some Rack Servers with swappable HDDs and stuff

It was wicked sick :P

They actually had a hand held scanner that ran on Windows CE

They ran the computers on a network over a Satellite

I think the satellite was INSAT-I B

WTF timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/…

but it's from TOI and they are unreliable

Bob

14:06

@HackToHell ...a Windows virus took out a satellite?

they're doing it wrong.

HackToHell

Stux infects windows pc's and it can reprogram siemens software that programs micro controllers like the one used in satellites

So it's possible :P

Bob

:\

also, if your computers interacting with something as sensitive as a satellite isn't completely isolated from the outside world

HackToHell

Chinese or American spies prolly installed stuxy there :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

chinese have a WHOLE BUILDING of haxxors

HackToHell

and they take sundays off

Bob

14:10

@JourneymanGeek Just one? pfffft

Journeyman Geek

that they could pinpoint

HackToHell

@Bob what ? australia has more ?

Bob

@HackToHell I have no clue what you are talking about.

HackToHell

happens quite often :P

HackToHell

14:24

/evil me likes to confuse people :P

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek I've tried quite a few approaches with the other reader I had. Writing my own driver would have been the last resort. But, given that I've never done that and that even the manufacturer doesn't have one, I would have considered my chances slim to none :P

HackToHell

15:08

Gross, Metro 2033 is struggling to run on my card ! fing psyX

Bob

someone say something interesting :P

Rudá Almeida

0

Q: Why is my question being VTC'ed?

I asked this question on SU: Weird redirect by phpMyAdmin on VM. It got already 4 off-topic VTCs in less than a day. From the popup box: Questions on Super User are expected to relate to computer software or computer hardware within the scope defined in the FAQ. Consider editing the q...

support closed-questions

Tanner

15:24

@RudáAlmeida Well apparently they think it's OT

One person thinks it belongs on SO...

tombull89

SO? WTF?

Rudá Almeida

@Tanner It's not development. It is software configuration!

Tanner

Right?

I don't get it.

Bob

@tombull89 hey, at least it's not SF

Tanner

SF would crush that question haha

Rudá Almeida

15:27

@Tanner Me neither, that's why I asked on meta. Let's see how it goes. If they move it to SO I can see it being re-migrated to SU in an eternal loop.

Bob

though I'd say it's a better fit for SF than SO, ignoring the whole 'no home setting' thing :P

Tanner

@RudáAlmeida It won't, there's only one vote.

@Bob Home setting. Dev box. phpMyAdmin.

It would get mod hammered in seconds.

Bob

phpMyAdmin is a problem?

Rudá Almeida

@Tanner Is there any "official" policy stated somewhere you can provide a link? Or is it like in SO where people just enjoy being dicks because "that question you asked is too nooooooooob, you should already know it, don't come asking us"?

Tanner

They just don't like it. It's not strictly OT, but they take it as an indicator of a bad/non-professional question. I believe vorteaq7 was the one who defended admin panels as on topic, and regrets it every day. :P

Bob

15:29

I also don't recall them having a specific rule against a 'dev box'. I dunno, I'm not active on SF (I don't think I even have an account there?)

Tanner

I'm just going off of what I hear in the Comms Room.

Bob

@RudáAlmeida It's a dangerous way of thinking

Tanner

Some of it they let fall under the umbrella of "professional"

Bob

Sure, it's often possible to find an answer with a quick search

Rudá Almeida

@Bob It is, but I get the feeling its common for many users on various SE sites

Bob

15:31

But I'd personally trust a well-informed SU answer more

And it's often possible to provide a more complete answer

The other end of the spectrum is too localised, which is specifically discouraged

Tanner

I don't see how it's off topic though...

Bob

@Tanner Neither...

Tanner

I almost hope it gets closed so I can see who VTC'd it :P

Oliver Salzburg

@Tanner I just pushed it out of the review queue

So, chances of that happening are a bit lower now

Tanner

Nice. Didn't know you could do that.

@OliverSalzburg I take it you don't see reason for closure either?

Oliver Salzburg

15:37

@Tanner Well, it happens when I click the Do not close button. I can't do it directly

At least that's my understanding of things

@Tanner Reason is 4x Off-topic

Tanner

Yeah I saw that

and one SO migration :P

19

A: What IS a "professional capacity"?

Not really. First of all "professional" is more than just a job-description with a paycheck, it's a mindset. But more on that later. Over the years the ServerFault community has evolved a rough consensus definition of what that phrase means. There are two broad categories we assess new questio...

That's where the "no dev boxes" thing comes in

Bob

@Tanner Should we close it so we can see, then we all reopen it? :P

Tanner

hahaha

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob :D

Tanner

is 3 reopen votes enough?

Oliver Salzburg

15:39

@RudáAlmeida Can you see superuser.com/review/close/90608

And @Bob @Tanner and whoever wants to know :P

Tanner

ahh, ya

ohh, all fresh 3ks...

(not that I should talk :P)

Rudá Almeida

@OliverSalzburg Yeah, I can see the usernames and votes

Bob

Two of them have been here for a long time

2-3 years

@OliverSalzburg nice

@Tanner :\

Tanner

@Bob Don't like that? lol

Oliver Salzburg

@slhck is very likely to hit 50k today

In fact, I might as well push him over :P

Bam!

Rudá Almeida

15:44

@OliverSalzburg Wow, congrats @slhck!

Oliver Salzburg

Someone push me to 50k now please ;P

HackToHell

I gave ya a little push :P

Oliver Salzburg

gunshowcomic.com/671

@HackToHell Weeeee \o/ :D

Rudá Almeida

@OliverSalzburg Oh, more webcomics for my bookmarks! Nice!

Oliver Salzburg

@RudáAlmeida Check out the "Graveyard Quest" he published recently. I have no words to describe it :D gunshowcomic.com/653

Rudá Almeida

15:55

@OliverSalzburg I don't get it. Is the guy a vampire? He killed all his family and buried them? He's been alive for centuries burying strangers? I feel stupid. I hate feeling stupid.

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