The Comms Room

Matt Bear

21:00

just got a "whats my password" question... lol

though to be a little fair, it was a dev asking for a SSH password

Magellan

@MattBear Uh, job[-3] had reversible encryption on the passwords in the database for the agency's primary health care mgmt. app. Was painful.

I knew this job was the one for me when the senior engineer actually shivered when I described the nature of the "encryption" too.

ewwhite

You insult Sandra, you insult ME!

Matt Bear

cross your collective fingers for me!

Iain

shrugs

Magellan

@ewwhite Nope. pretty sure you're not actually a lazy cuntwaffle.

Matt Bear

21:03

I think I just fixed the final problem here...

YYYESSSS

god damn share name...

TheCleaner

Thank you LifeHacker: Forget Dollar Shave Club; Buy the Same High Quality Razors for a Third of the Price

lifehacker.com/5903771/…

voretaq7

@Magellan Close their new questions with a custom reason that basically says "We're not Google. Put forth some effort."

I usually point them at meta.serverfault.com/questions/3608/…

Magellan

@voretaq7 Duly noted.

voretaq7

Sandra is at the Help Vampire point. It's time to wean her off Server Fault's blood and onto Google.

(Sorry @ewwhite, I know she's been a rep-cow for you :-)

If she starts using Google I think she'll start asking GOOD questions

ewwhite

Maybe I am Sandra...

Flying to Portland. Lata.

voretaq7

21:12

@ewwhite nah, the anti-cheat algorithms would have banned you by now :P

Magellan

@voretaq7 Which I would be more than happy to see. I'd forgotten about the Help Vampire post. This matchs my particular dislike quite well.

Ry Jones

@ewwhite where in PDX?

TheCleaner

@voretaq7 or better still, banned his @ewwhite account and require him to start using the Sandra account. :)

voretaq7

@Magellan It's just important to remember that we created this particular monster -- we answered all her no-effort questions without properly disciplining her

@TheCleaner Idunno if @ewwhite has the legs for that!

@RyJones He's just going to stay in the terminal and work from the airport WiFi

Magellan

later gents. Time to go get my hairs cut. Lady said that 8" is too long. shrug

Ry Jones

21:15

@Magellan what she knows of fancy follicles man

voretaq7

@Magellan Tell her you'll get a crew cut when she does!

Wesley

I'm actually getting paid to show someone how to use MS paint.

voretaq7

Are any of you (painter-type) art people? Do you know anything about paint pigments?

Ry Jones

@voretaq7 ask

voretaq7

@RyJones what sorts of pigments are (reasonably) light-fast

like I could stick them in a UV box for a while and not have them fade

Ry Jones

21:18

@voretaq7 the ones used in exterior paints.

Magellan

@voretaq7 No, she doesn't like that either. She thinks I should have it about 4-5"

Ry Jones

everything will fade, though

voretaq7

@RyJones I was thinking more along the lines of art pigments

:)

Magellan

I've been avoiding my hairdresser because she's impossible to get hold of.

Ry Jones

@voretaq7 what exactly are you trying to do?

voretaq7

21:19

@RyJones Silver selenide stays the same color pretty much forever (basically the gelatin goes away before the metal does) :-P

@RyJones I intend to try to poison myself by trying gum dichromate printing this weekend

since the weather is going to suck for pretty much every other purpose

Ry Jones

@voretaq7 sorry, I thought you had a question, you seem to want an argument

voretaq7

@RyJones my question is basically "What kind of painter's pigments can I use that will have reasonably similar permanence to silver prints?"

(black is easy, I can just grind some charcoal, but I need to pick decent C/M/Ys)

84104

Ry Jones

so, since you ignored my best answer the first time, I'll say nothing will make you happy.

voretaq7

@84104 hmm, actually do we have an Art SE?

@RyJones maybe I wasn't being clear - I'm not looking for a paint (pigment+binders+other stuff), I'm looking for a pigment (just the colored part)…

Ry Jones

21:22

the pigments used in exterior paints are the ones you want.

god damn, I only did this professionally for 20 fucking years

voretaq7

@RyJones any idea where I can acquire such things?

Ry Jones

so you know what, have fun

ewwhite

21:38

@RyJones Oh, we're staying at the strip club in Portland.

I don't understand why this is marked as a duplicate. The answer to the other question doesn't address my question at all. Again, this is an issue of people marking the question as duplicate based on the wrong answers and comments by other people, WTF? — cnst 3 mins ago

@JoelESalas Two weeks until LA.

MDMarra

Are my comments on this unclear?

-1

A: How do I turn off Windows 7 Firewall via script or through automation?

This can be accomplished very easily with powershell: Get-Service mpssvc | Stop-Service -PassThru | Set-Service -StartupType Disabled That line stops the firewall service and disables it.

ewwhite

Definitely deserves a downvote or two.

There's no mention of Linux, Sandra or cats.

MDMarra

sorry bro

No Sandra here. These are dumb Windows questions, not dumb Linux questions.

84104

@MDMarra Seems clear enough. However, I think we'd all be better served if you put in an answer (showing the right way to do a wrong thing?).

MDMarra

No because what the OP is asking to do is OK

Cole

21:46

@MDMarra Post the question as a serverfault question. — Colyn1337 1 min ago

MDMarra

That answer is telling him the wrong way to do it

voretaq7

@MDMarra No the guy is an idiot, and I'm locking his answer for ot comments 'cuz all he wants to do is pretend he's not advising people to shoot themselves in the foot with an elephant gun

84104

@MDMarra Oh, then definitely put up the right way to do an okay thing.

MDMarra

I don't know the right way to tell the OP to do it because what he's already tried is the "right way" so there must be something fucked up in his environment

voretaq7

@MDMarra I think Microsoft's definition of 'the right way' is basically "ALLOW IP FROM ANY TO ANY" as the only thing in the ruleset.

(or whatever the Windows firewall syntax equivalent would be)

MDMarra

21:48

Nah, you can actually disable the windows firewall

So the service runs

But the firewall itself doesnt filter anything

Matt Bear

@ewwhite who's Sandra...

MDMarra

So I guess any to any is a good analogy, though you dont actually make a rule that says that

Cole

Dude's environment is probably fucked to all hell per this comment

Thanks for the suggestion, but that project won't happen for a while. I know the benefits of cleaning up the GPO, but that's a different project for a different time. — CIA 2 hours ago

84104

I think his priorities are wrong in that case. Working around group policy is a poor idea.

voretaq7

@84104 well he could do what the other guy said and just throw a new policy in at the very top saying "No Firewall"

Cole

21:51

@84104 It's like trying to replace your spark plugs when it's the wires that are bad.

voretaq7

it's not as good/correct as cleaning up the mess, but it would do what he wants, and I'm pretty sure it'd be supported by MS in that configuration

Cole

There's so many shitty sys admins out there.

3

84104

@voretaq7 There are definitely worse options.

voretaq7

@Cole 'cuz all the good ones are in here :P

Cole

@voretaq7 good point

84104

21:53

Anyone played much with kexec jump?

Matt Bear

@voretaq7 well, the ones that goof off anyway

Cole

of course I'm first on call for my last week at my current job >.>

Wesley

@voretaq7 You forgot about me.

voretaq7

@Wesley I didn't say we didn't have any grossly incompetent cable-chewing feral sysadmins in here - just that all the good ones were in here

Iain

@Wesley no, that's not possible ...

voretaq7

21:54

(we just keep spraying you with the hose hoping you'll learn :-P)

Matt Bear

@voretaq7 lol

Joel E Salas

@ewwhite What day? I'll put it on my calendar

Wesley

DM;PTSSMSP
(Doesn't matter; paid to show someone ms paint)

Joel E Salas

Does anyone else think the ssh-keygen random art looks like DF

Matt Bear

so I'm learning more new stuff today!

got WDS working, now I have to learn how to set up a Cisco 2900 for multicast

Wesley

21:56

@MattBear Go ask Sandra.

Matt Bear

@Wesley who's that

and can I pee in her butt?

Wesley

@MattBear Dude.

Matt Bear

hah 2924 XL is what I have to work with

ewwhite

@voretaq7 Hmmm?

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voretaq7

@ewwhite mmmh?

Matt Bear

22:08

im about to get really pissed here... im being asked by a dev to do dev work for them...

voretaq7

@MattBear You're a sysadmin. It's your job to do the devs' job

ewwhite

@MattBear My wife saw your butt-peeing-in comment.

Matt Bear

@ewwhite are you in trouble?

tell her to vote for me for president!!

ewwhite

@JoelESalas I'll make flight arrangements this weekend... and let you know what's up

Wesley

@ewwhite No one should be in The Comms Room if a wife is in seeing distance.

So this popped up on my Facebook feed...

From the halls of "Uninspired Marketing Manor"

So of all people, why am I being targeted for SPA garbage?

I didn't even install OEM windows from the CD because the EULA said you had to use the network deployment process for it to be legit, so I created a deployment server just for one PC.

WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM MEEEEEE?!

..aaand I just chose to hide all ads from that place.

3PM slump. Chest day. GET PUMPED

runs

ewwhite

22:21

Take a vacation,

voretaq7

OK, GoHome time!

well GoShopping time, then GoHome time

but same thing really

84104

@Wesley They want you to turn state's evidence against Ed.

ewwhite

I didn't do anything wrong...

yet

Magellan

22:51

@Wesley Are you kidding? Lady sits next to me while I'm in the Comms Room all the time.

Wesley

@Magellan D= I bet she thinks I'm mental now.

We could never meet in person. She'd make you carry a taser and pitbull.

Magellan

@Wesley She thinks most of you guys are depraved. @Cole, on the other hand, she says is adorable.

Matt Bear

@Wesley todays shoulders for me :p

Wesley

@MattBear Yeah, I got distracted... now it's chest day.

MY SHIRT CAN'T EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW!

Matt Bear

@Wesley /slap

im gonna have to do the exact some workout every day that you do

just 10% heavier, and 10% more reps!

crush your soul!

84104

23:00

@Wesley Whatever thunderkitty.

Matt Bear

wtf do I use to connect to the console of this damn cisco switch

Magellan

@voretaq7 Frankly, even if I'm completely wrong and nobody agrees with me, if this little exercise in alleged serial close-voting gets more people back into the /review queues, I'll be happy.

@MattBear a console cable?

they're on Amazon for cheap.

Matt Bear

@Magellan I mean software wise

I dug up a cable, found a machine with a serial port to plug it in to

Magellan

@MattBear Putty?

I think you're over-complicating it.

Matt Bear

is there a "getting started" guide somewhere? lol

Magellan

23:03

@MattBear The one that came with the switch, you mean?

Matt Bear

@Magellan pulled the switch out of the warehouse, its a little old

Magellan

@MattBear what's the model #?

Matt Bear

and no documentation... and I definitely don't know what I'm doing lol

84104

It's a serial line. On Windows you can use putty. On Linux something like minicom.

Matt Bear

its a 2924 XL

84104

23:06

@MattBear cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html

Matt Bear

@84104 lmgtfy right? :p

84104

@MattBear I was trying to be slightly kinder than that.

freiheit

23:24

@Wesley You are mental

Matt Bear

@84104 its ok to be a dick at times :p sorry, I'm a little overwhelmed right now, getting hammered from 3-4 different directions for shit that isn't even my job

84104

@MattBear Weekend in 30m. I'm chill.

Matt Bear

@84104 wish it was for me... im trying to build a mobile WDS setup, and im trying to get this switch set up for multi casting

while doing some sharepoint design work on the other screen...

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