The Comms Room

Dan

10:00

I just didn't think we were talking money!

Falcon Momot

there's little point to work otherwise.

Dan

But still, I don't think I could do any meaningful work at 4am - sometimes you just gotta leave and come back

Falcon Momot

it would be nice, someday, if I could enjoy the stuff.

Dan

@FalconMomot Well, that's the main thing

If you can't enjoy life, may aswell stop working

Falcon Momot

ha

Dennis Kaarsemaker

10:01

I'm in it for the hot chicks...

Falcon Momot

it can sit happily in the bank until I have time for it.

Dan

I taker my Work/Life balance seriously

Dennis Kaarsemaker

I've started doing that this year

and it's noticeable how many things suddenly don't get done :)

Dan

It's also noticable how many things dont' NEED to get done

And how many things CAN wait until another day

Dennis Kaarsemaker

and how many things I can delegate up

Dan

10:03

Seriously though - my personal time is way more important than work time to me.

Perhaps I'm just inherently lazy, but I don't think so. I just don't take most work very seriously - most of it isn't important

Dennis Kaarsemaker

I take my work seriously, there's enough that I've done here that I'm rather proud of. And the company is a good one too.

But not as important as being generally happy.

Dan

@DennisKaarsemaker Nobody died thinking "I wish I'd spent more time in the office"

Dennis Kaarsemaker

And I won't be the first :)

Hennes

10:30

Dan: Well, except the people hit by a car on the way home.

Dan

@Hennes Nah, the answer to that is to leave earlier. That's what I do anwyay, just in case

dawud

This is misleading:

# /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 --version
ruby 1.9.3p448 (2013-06-27 revision 41675) [x86_64-linux]

Dennis Kaarsemaker

fail

Dan

11:20

@dawud As a n00b, what's the issue there?

dawud

@Dan I find misleading that the ruby1.9.1 binary is actually 1.9.3

# update-alternatives --config ruby
There are 3 choices for the alternative ruby (providing /usr/bin/ruby).

Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 51 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/ruby1.8 50 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 51 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/ruby2.0 50 manual mode

Dan

@dawud Oh yeah, heh

dawud

given that there are several 1.9.x versions dl.ambiweb.de/mirrors/ftp.ruby-lang.org/1.9

might as well be a packaging bug in Debian

qroberts

11:40

How would you guys go about deploying the Lync Basic client to users that have limited accounts?

I have a few ideas but I don't like them

Dan

What's your current deployment mechanism and what are your ideas?

qroberts

I just started this position with a new company; they don't have a deployment mechanism in place at the moment. I was thinking of a batch script or something that will use runas /user:domain\admin "installer.exe blah" and run it using psexec on each machine

There's only 20 workstations, but in 2 office that are 1500km apart

I've never used the Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run before

Dan

I've not touched Lync Basic, but I think GPO deployment may be your friend here

qroberts

There isn't an msi installer apparently

Re: social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/…

Err.. that isn't what I was reading before. 1min

Here community.office365.com/en-us/forums/166/t/159148.aspx

Dan

Oh :*

qroberts

12:03

I'm also reading in places if I want a proper msi I need to purchase Office 2013 :/

I might just macgyver a batch script

Cole

12:19

Sup

At the eye doctor. I hate waiting. -_-

Dan

EYE DOCTOR OR OPTICIAN?

Oops

qroberts

12:47

@Dan I'm going to download Office 2013 via volume licensing centre and just pull the msi from there and see what happens

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole Just make him carve out your eyes and see if you can achieve a Daredevil effect. Win-win: No eyes to go to the doctor with, and Jennifer Garner will make out with you, on and off screen. Plus, you know, heightened senses

jscott

@MathiasR.Jessen Alternative answer: Event Horizon.

Journeyman Geek

;p;

or see if you can trade a packet of smokes for some eye shine.

Mathias R. Jessen

@jscott The movie or the restriction on our perception of spacetime?

jscott

13:02

:) Movie. Sorry I did not clarify.

Mathias R. Jessen

So, you searched and found a solution within a minute. That's incredible! — Pothi 24 mins ago

Sarcasm detected

@jscott Then its definitely worth it :D Short-term gain: Daredevil effect - Long-term gain: Prepared to go into a black hole with Sam Neill

TheCleaner

0

Q: User rights via Domainserver?

I have an old Windows XP machine which was connected to a domainserver. Can I set up my own domainserver so that this machine will accept it and set the user rights appropriately? Currently my user can not access some directores that I need, so don't know how to extract the documents there and I ...

Nothing like the smell of SO in the morning

@jscott - not even giving the SU folks a chance at rep on that one huh? :)

jscott

@TheCleaner If it survives long enough to be migrated, anyone on SU is free to borrow my comment as their answer.

TheCleaner

:) I was too surly to give the answer directly. I figured the OP would see it, leave, and never return.

On another SO note...both of this user's questions really should DIAF, but perhaps SO will be friendlier to him (doubtful): serverfault.com/users/193592/user193592

qroberts

13:18

derp

ntrrgc

Any German, Finish or Norwegian here?

Mathias R. Jessen

@TheCleaner He's pretty derpy, but the problem/challenge he faces is totally legit and on-topic if you ask me

@ntrrgc No, but I live in the middle of a Bermuda triangle drawn between their capitals

Iain

@MathiasR.Jessen unfortunately derpy begets more derpy

TheCleaner

@MathiasR.Jessen it can really go either way it would seem. He could be an admin wanting to do this via script. Or he could be a dev wanting to do it (hopefully not). Just seemed when I checked the tags there was a lot more on SO for batch files so I figured they would help him quicker. But yeah...you are right that it could be valid here too.

ntrrgc

Well, for the two former I wanted to know if this guy is right and + is entered using Ctrl. bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-31603

Mathias R. Jessen

13:24

@TheCleaner I mean, 50-60% of the time I use as a Sysadmin (although @Wesley called me a DevOps once) is helping people automate stuff, be it with batch scripts, vbs, powershell, scheduled tasks and other undesirable plasters... But legitimate questions or not, I resent the derpyness as much as the next guy

TheCleaner

true

Cole

13:38

@MathiasR.Jessen I...wow ok

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole Just a suggestion, there might be alternatives you could look into

:D

jscott

Well thank you all for making me RTFM of forfiles... I'd been trying hard to never have to learn of it. Now back to the warm embrace of my sweet, sweet, Powershell.

Cole

1 MORE WEEK

jscott

How is the knowledge transfer portion going? Last I heard you had some staff members that... well, let's say "weren't quite up to speed" with some stuff.

ntrrgc

Is PowerShell really that cool?

Nathan C

13:51

@Cole Countdown to insanity!

Mathias R. Jessen

@ntrrgc Yes ... and all the cool kids use it extensively

Cole

@NathanC can't wait to be done

Next week will be slow and boring

Chris S

@ntrrgc Compared to a Unix CLI, no. Compared to VB Scripting or anything like that, F-ing Yes.

ntrrgc

@MathiasR.Jessen any advantages over... let's say, bash?

Mathias R. Jessen

@ntrrgc Direct access to .NET object instantiation

Chris S

13:54

Bash doesn't exactly work on Windows... so...

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Cole

PowerShell is the bee's knees.

ntrrgc

hmm... that's good if it's used by third party utils enough, I guess.

Mathias R. Jessen

Since almost everything in Windows and Microsoft middleware is now built on or wrapped in .NET - you have access to everything directly at the command line. The shell itself behaves much more like a proper shell (ksh-like) while being object-oriented rather than text-based

Cole

coworker is whining behind me about being "so busy"

STFU

Danila Ladner

the good thing about powershell that one can build cmdlets with C#

Cole

14:01

I need to learn C#

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole It's definitely an advantage

Jenny D

@ChrisS I have a coworker who keeps insisting that VB script is Teh Bestest Programming Language Ever. Though I'm fairly certain that he's not serious as he doesn't seem insane in other regards.

mfinni

@ntrrgc And it's object-oriented in general - you're passing objects along the pipe, not text strings. Good in general, but slows you down if you're used to thinking in grep and sed

Cole

I'll be going full Windows admin at $newjob

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole You better start .NET'ing then

ntrrgc

14:02

@mfinni But definitely an advantage in some situations. I have ended many time parsing strings from output.

Cole

ntrrgc

Been able to retrieve an object would ease tasks like that.

Nathan C

@Cole It's a hash!

Cole

wat

Nathan C

#

mfinni

14:03

@ntrrgc Sure - it's just a different way of thinking, which, when learning, slowed me down. Still slows me down, actually. i don't use it enough to be good at it

Nathan C

....nevermind.

Jenny D

@MathiasR.Jessen bah, there's perl for Windows. Why would anyone need anything else?

Cole

omg wtf

Nathan C

hahahahahaha

mfinni

Thank you

Cole

14:04

I HATE THE INTERNET

2

Mathias R. Jessen

hahahaha

lol

Jenny D

Thanks for removing that

Cole

DEAR LORD

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole It's not C hash it's C sharp

tombull89

what did I miiiiiiiiiiiiss?

Nathan C

14:04

@MathiasR.Jessen Oh, that was me. =P

ntrrgc

@JennyD Do you like Perl?

Cole

I accidentally a Goatse

4

ntrrgc

I felt like it was a messy language.

Chris S

@Cole I just setup a craigslist alert for a boat... hoping someone will want to sell one off cheap when it comes out of the water this fall.

mfinni

@tombull89 pinterest.com/robertwinkel/unintentional-goatse

Cole

14:05

@ChrisS really...?

I like boats.

and hos.

Mathias R. Jessen

@NathanC Yeah I know, I tried to explain @Cole why you said "hash"

Jenny D

@ntrrgc It's my first choice for most sysadmin scripts that require any data structure more complex than a list

Cole

@MathiasR.Jessen @NathanC I realized it after

I was like lol wat

Nathan C

I guess I wasn't very...sharp...with that joke.

Cole

I've only had a few sips of my coffee

Jenny D

14:06

@NathanC It fell a bit flat.

2

Cole

@NathanC you may want to...sharpen your skills

Chris S

@Cole Yes. I'll be kicking myself for eternity... This spring I found a 26' sailboat that needed work (nothing I can't handle) for $600 - but didn't buy it, telling myself I've got too much junk in my life. The trailer alone is worth that much, let alone something that floats.

Cole

@ChrisS only $600!

Jenny D

@Cole I think he was a bit out of tune with that joke

Cole

/snort

Nathan C

14:07

@Cole At C#, even!

Cole

I'm never going through this recruiting firm, ever again.

"Yeah...coworker keeps seeing your resume coming up....could you go ahead and take that down? thanks"

Nathan C

I feel like deploying the cisco vpn client should be easy..

but it's staring at me like it's frozen. bah

Cole

Really makes me not want this job

Mathias R. Jessen

Just to be super anal about it

Tanner

@MathiasR.Jessen Thanks for that. It's going to bug me from now on.

Mathias R. Jessen

14:11

@Tanner Mission accomplished

Cole

Speaking of super anal @MathiasR.Jessen

Mathias R. Jessen

Not in that sense @Cole

Tanner

@Cole Did you post a Goatse?

Cole

GOD I AM SO BORED

@Tanner accidentally

Jenny D

@Cole I think he's got his head in the clouds...

2

Cole

14:12

lulz this place

Nathan C

That reminds me, I still have the cloud2butt extension installed

Tanner

I'm so glad I was late to work now.

Nathan C

makes me giggle when I see it because I always forget until I see it again

Cole

Every time I wear this tshirt I brace for a snarky remark.

Journeyman Geek

what does it say?

Cole

14:14

Journeyman Geek

ahh

Nathan C

@Cole snark

Journeyman Geek

NOT as bad as I expected

Cole

I wait for the "yeah where? MCDONALDS?"

Haven't decided if I should even response or just say "No, but if I did - I'd totally rub my balls on your food."

Nathan C

So, 10 minutes later the deploy fails...

"The network name is no longer available."

Fail.

Cole

14:16

Jenna told me she was going to "kick me in the nuts" yesterday. I said "well, you cannot do that." She paused...then was like "OH DAMMIT"

Tanner

@Cole "Not here bitches!"

Jenny D

@Cole lol!

Cole

@JennyD so funny. I forget sometimes too

Mathias R. Jessen

@JennyD Naah my head is totally on-premise

Cole

Erg, so I forgot I have game night at my friends (near my house) and then Mutant Future day/night on Sunday with my friends up in Boston. Jenna wants me to sleep over Saturday night. fml.

tombull89

14:18

Anyone manage Google Chrome with GPO settings?

Tanner

@tombull89 yes

MDMarra

mornng nerds

tombull89

@Tanner we want to show the "Home" button next to the address bar, any idea if that's possible?

Cole

@MDMarra Sup King Nerd

MDMarra

nothin

recovering from my hangover

Mathias R. Jessen

14:20

Out late last night?

MDMarra

not really

just lots of free booze at my company's open house

I was home at like 9p, but the thing started at 3

Ryan Ries

Sup hangover buddy

Ich habe ein Kater

MDMarra

sup sup

Ryan Ries

Today feels like a ham and cheese omelet day

MDMarra

i had cold crab rangoon for breakfast

mfinni

14:23

@MDMarra For champions

Ryan Ries

I'm not really a fan of the crab rangoon. They're alright though.

Nathan C

Really...sonicwall blocked my ultravnc download =[

Tanner

@tombull89 I don't see an obvious option for it. It's kind of hacky, but you could add this extension: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/home-button-at-top-right/…

Extensions seem to push pretty well through GPO.

tombull89

@Tanner noted, thanks. We're gonna have to block the webstore too as there's a ton of games on there.

MDMarra

what does "game mode" do on a TV and why should I turn it on when playing playstation?

Tanner

14:25

@tombull89 ...brb blocking webstore.

can't believe I didn't think about that >_>

tombull89

Chrome has Battlefield Play4Free? Jesus.

Cole

Hm that Dell tech was actually pretty nice

why am I having a brain fart

WIndows Server 2003, C:\ D:\ partitions are on one disk, we have a disk free. They want to extend partition D:\ to the new disk.

Mathias R. Jessen

@MDMarra usually improves output latency by falling back to simpler forms of image processing

MDMarra

hm

@Cole uh

I think dynamic disks can do that but not sure

Cole

@MDMarra I think so too

both of them are basic, though

MDMarra

14:40

If you have a specific folder thats huge on D: you can mount the other disk in it as a folder

Cole

Pretty sure Dynamic can though

MDMarra

and not as a drive letter

Cole

Oh yeah?

MDMarra

ya

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole You can span a volume over more than one partition

MDMarra

14:40

its one of the options when you format a raw volume is to mount it somewhere not as a drive

Cole

@MathiasR.Jessen I thought so

Damn I don't want it to be another folder though

jscott

Do the person coming after you a favor, move the data on D: to the new disk. :)

Cole

@jscott well they need all the disk

It's for Symantec DLO

MDMarra

DLO?

jscott

Ouch. Well, Godspeed then

Desktop Laptop Option -- backups

Cole

14:42

@MDMarra Symantec backups for desktops and laptops

MDMarra

yuck

Cole

Yeah

I think both disks would need...to be dynamic?

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole correct

Cole

@MathiasR.Jessen Ok I thought so

Mathias R. Jessen

You cannot span volumes accross basic disk partitions

Cole

14:42

Total brain fart though

I was like THIS IS SO SIMPLE I KNOW THIS.

Wtf are they going to do when I leave?

Mathias R. Jessen

Be aware that if the operating system was upgraded from NT 4.0, the space reserved for the MBR will not be sufficient to support a dynamic disk, in which case: format c

MDMarra

the funny part is that that's probably a real concern

Cole

@MathiasR.Jessen @MDMarra it could be...

Mathias R. Jessen

@MDMarra Yeah, I was like "that's not ever relevant anymore" until I realized who was asking :P

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jscott

Here is one for the old folks, nice way to waste a Friday in the office: fullscreenmario.com

Cole

14:53

God I can't wait to not deal with NT4

Ryan Ries

Retry for a live version

Website is offline

The server may be down for maintenance, there may be a network problem, or the site may be experiencing excessive load.

jscott

Only sad thing is they allow you to select any level you want.

Cole

I.....ok

He just asked me how to convert a disk to dynamic

1 more week....1 more week

Jenny D

Home time for me!

Ryan Ries

" Is my VPS hacked by someone that my VPS is configured as a core of dns traffic?"

*facepalm*

2

Journeyman Geek

15:03

@RyanRies: how he mine for fish?

Ryan Ries

Tide goes in, tide goes out, never a miscommunication. You can't explain that.

mfinni

103

Q: Flack Overstow - Generate spam from Stack Exchange posts

Online demo courtesy of Nathan Osman: http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will take care of the rest. Screenshot / Code Snippet $ python flack.py 126042 Before 'if' s...

app python

Ryan Ries

That's awesome

mfinni

@RyanRies You must have the wrong link on the webserver, since the system boards in both systems, to set a static IP address. The?

Ryan Ries

Yes, the.

mfinni

15:13

The next thing will be compatible. The Dell might accept your needs, but you might well want.

Michael Hampton

@mfinni So that's where some of our questions are coming from!

mfinni

@MichaelHampton The username needs to be preceded by the /user: switch with a great idea if they're the same/overlapping, but in this situation, this is often known as a DHCP reservation

Michael Hampton

> I know that in virtual box I always mount disk to Ubuntu via NAT.

That did not come from a Python script, as far as I know.

3

Chris S

@mfinni

This will rejoice, and there will be world peace... or at least people wont turn violent when your application doesn't provide clipboard integration. You would have?

That almost makes sense.

mfinni

@ChrisS I think that was one of the milestones from a project I was on at Iron Mountain.

EXTINGUISH ALL RATIONAL THOUGHT

voretaq7

15:24

@MichaelHampton some?

@ChrisS sounds like something I'd say to the Gnome people

mfinni

Also this :: jwz.org/dadadodo/dadadodo.cgi

Chris S

It's definitely weird to see gibberish written in the same cadence I actually write in. Also, I recognize some parts of the sentences. Not sure where the "You would have?" came from though.

Mathias R. Jessen

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/11/…

#6

Cole

This is sexy

MDMarra

0

Q: two networks and one LAN card

I have got dedicated server from one company and the ip address which they have assigned to this server is 87.106.124.113. I have also the my ip address pool which is 80.48.94.x/24. Is it possible to use this 80.48.94.x on that server? Could I e.g. create eth0:0 with address 80.48.94.2 and do so...

linux networking routing

I think this fine gentleman is using that bot to ask questions

Mathias R. Jessen

15:32

@Cole You're learning german?

Cole

@MathiasR.Jessen not mine

But I want it

Think I'm gonna pull the trigger and buy the board and key caps

Mathias R. Jessen

Me too... I grew up 30 miles from the german border, I can't even order a hotdog in Berlin without resorting to english

Cole

It's a present to myself...for getting a new job...yes..that..

Ry Jones

bridesthrowingcats.com it is what it says on the tin

2

Cole

:( poor cats

:P

this is hysterical

Nothing to do...this sucks

I'd rather be home doing nothing.

Ry Jones

15:39

go home then

Cole

I can't

my boss wants me here >.>

jscott

Then use the Powershell Active Directory powershell module and it is "Fix your application". However, you may configure aliases and forwarding rules. Is there a memory limit on the source CSV file. I'm adding the found token string(s). That may not cmd.

Cole

My boss wants a "batch file" for something that uses wsadmin

jscott

Fuck a batch file.

Cole

so...Websphere

as a scheduled task

jscott

15:43

Well, on the bright side, you won't be maintaining it for more than 5-6 days.

Cole

start cmd > cd to D:\<path of wsadmin shit>\bin > start wsadmin

then run some python files within wsadmin

jscott

wat is redirection?

Oh those are steps.

Cole

yeah lol

maybe I should pretend I forgot about it

Thinking this may need to be done within Websphere

Not sure how I'd do that with a batch file. My brain hurts today, I've already checked out

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@RyJones @Wesley tried to get married again?

Ry Jones

@DennisKaarsemaker looks like it, however, I don't think it took

voretaq7

15:49

Is it just me, or is the HAProxy documentation sort of . . . not great?

I mean everything is there, which is awesome, but it's a bit short on good examples & the hyperlinking is less-than-100%

Dennis Kaarsemaker

it's not just you

Cole

I may just say....just talk to IBM about the scheduled task

Dennis Kaarsemaker

it requires digging

voretaq7

(I'm spoiled by freebsd.org/doc/handbook and postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/index.html)

@DennisKaarsemaker OK, as long as i'm not missing some glorious version of the config docs that are like "HERE IS EXACTLY THE CONFIGURATION YOU WANT, COPYPASTA AND USE SED TO FIX THE IP ADDRESSES"

this is only my second time working with haproxy and my first doing a configuration of any substance

Cole

Uh

0

Q: Installing WordPress on two different HDD

I have dedicated server, with 2 HDDs. I want to install two different WordPress blogs, each on a separate HDD. Thanks in advance appreciate your help.

ubuntu wordpress

MDMarra

15:52

Trunk needs to be on switch? There is not any other way to do this just using server on debian? — Marek 11 mins ago

how do these people have jobs

Cole

Jesus fuck

jscott

My fave comment so far today:

Pull two disks? :) — Chopper3 33 mins ago

Cole

/snort

Seriously, what the hell? Why don't you start with giving us a lot more information about your setup. OS, disk layout and webserver at least... — Dennis Kaarsemaker 1 min ago

wtf

there we go

THE DUMBETH OVERFLOWETH TODAY

Do you get anything at 3000 rep?

MDMarra

VTC

Journeyman Geek

yeah

the big one ;p

MDMarra

15:57

and edits without review

Michael Hampton

Vote to close. And oh look, you have 2973 rep...

MDMarra

(I think)

Michael Hampton

@MDMarra That comes at 2K

MDMarra

oh

Cole

Yes @MichaelHampton I'm close

Journeyman Geek

15:57

the other things are kinda lame after that XD

MDMarra

delete is cool

Michael Hampton

Yeah, we don't have enough people with the delete privileges to make it really effective though.

Journeyman Geek

delete needs additional people

faker

this is bizarre, we have a room remodeled to put in a few racks for testing. A/C is not strong enough anymore.
Our highly paid consultant suggested: Keep the window and the door open

Journeyman Geek

and even on SU I hardly use it

voretaq7

15:58

►

Journeyman Geek

o0

Michael Hampton

Then again we have a nice automated process to delete stuff.

Cole

I just want VTC, really.

Journeyman Geek

as I said, the big one

voretaq7

@faker This is a valid response right now (it's winter)

But you need to add more cooling for summertime.

Cole

15:59

SO CLOSE

Journeyman Geek

protecting post... is utterly useless UNLESS you have something specific that attracts spam

voretaq7

@JourneymanGeek As a mater of practice I protect all canonical posts unless there's a REALLY good reason not to

Journeyman Geek

@voretaq7: you're a mod tho

voretaq7

(mostly because we're pointing clueless newbs at them)

faker

@voretaq7 it was snowing yesterday here, the direction of the wind blows snow inwards. I'm sure it will be cool, but...

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