The Comms Room

WesleyDavid

00:00

@hobodave Brain rearranging facts to make room for new facts?

hobodave

I dont know

I needed to type an 8 digit number to test a form and boom this number popped into my head, and I didn't know wtf it was or why it felt familiar

then it dawned on me that it must be my ICQ number

memory is cool :)

WesleyDavid

Hi @eggie5 Welcome to the Snark Pit.

Warner

00:20

I'm hiring: columbus.craigslist.org/sad/2260553602.html

3

Josh

@Jacob!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL

I get the distinct impression he's looking for work... ;-)

Jacob

Hey guys

@warner could this admin be remote

coredump

00:35

hmm. Windows.

WesleyDavid

My VPS is pending ATM. It's like waiting for Christmas morning.

Iszi

Need help troubleshooting on Windows Vista. Anyone in here up for it?

Josh

MY SERVER IS FINALLY BACK

Hello71

catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#prune

coredump

the menu changed again, now it shows recent changes on rep

WesleyDavid

00:42

@Josh Sweet! Through all of this, is support at least communicative?

Josh

@WesleyDavid somewhat yes

Iszi

I've got something kicking off msiexec.exe on startup in Vista. I've tried digging through the registry, and msconfig. Are there any particular spots I might have missed? Trying to do this without downloading any software to the system.

Josh

@WesleyDavid part of the issue was they were emailing me, and my email is on this server :-p

Warner

Sorry, @Jacob. Looking for local presence.

Hello71

@Iszi: Any particular reason for the limitation of no downloaded software?

Iszi

00:45

@Hello71 It's not my machine.

WesleyDavid

@Josh Bah! Yeah, I've had things happen like that.

Hello71

@Iszi: Well, I trust Microsoft software running on my Microsoft operating system.

Iszi

@Hello71 I never said I didn't trust the software. It's just not my system.

WesleyDavid

ESR's "How to ask a question" essay, while informative and good to live by, could also be subtitled "How some people like to justify being dicks to other people."

Iszi

@WesleyDavid Agreed.

I think I dug up a relevant KB article...

support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651#reso1

Yeah... nothing useful there.

Anyone else have ideas?

It seems like the defunct Windows Installer Cleanup utility might have been able to do the job...

Evan Anderson

01:34

@warner: Looks like a fun gig. I'm not nearly local enough and having way too much "fun" doing what I am here in Dayton but I'll send your ad to a couple of former colleagues who might be looking.

Jacob

And.... I'm back

Evan Anderson

@Iszi: I was annoyed by the deprecation of the Windows Installer Cleanup utility.

Jacob

@Warner No problem; thanks!

Evan Anderson

Is your Application Event Log telling you anything helpful? If a "repair" is happening it should be logged there. Kicking up verbose MSI logging ("voicewarmup") might help, too.

Warner

Thanks, @EvanAnderson. I appreciate it. It's definitely hard finding the caliber of person to fit well in our team here, as we require exceptional capabilities at all levels. Not to mention, being responsible, which seems to be rarer than one would think. ;)

Evan Anderson

01:44

Off to the coffee shop. Hibernate, little laptop... hibernate.

Warner

... I'm considering trying to give Matt Simmons a job, but that would be down the road at a different level. ;)

Now all he has to do is respond to my e-Mail, ha.

bbl.

Jacob

02:22

-32

A: Eeeek! What happened to my envelope?

Relax. Killing the violently hated envelope was only the first step of this process. Improving the user drop-down and the pages it links to is the next step. We're actively working on this, and Nick and Jarrod will be dedicated exclusively to this for the next 4-5 business days. Forget the /r...

haha

I think Jeff got is slightly wrong :)

packs

It does strike one as amazing how often Jeff seems to be downvoted into the 6th circle.

Zypher

he's either loved or hated

packs

He is a developer.

Jacob

@Zypher Hey by chance my StackExchange need a remote admin/intern?

I am bored out of my mind anymore

Zypher

@Jacob nah we don't

Jacob

02:31

@Zypher not even slightly? :(

Zypher

nope sorry

coredump

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Jacob

@coredump English or German please

coredump

@jacob :)

packs

Damnit @coredump! Let him sleep!

Jacob

02:43

@packs ?

coredump

@packs shhhhh

packs

@coredump :|

coredump

@packs what, do you want us to be known as cultists?

packs

@coredump What's a cult but a smallish denomination :)

coredump

Flying Spaghetti Monster

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion Created in 2005 by Oregon State physics graduate Bobby Henderson, it was originally intended as a satirical protest against the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public schools. In an open letter sent to the Kansas State Board of Education, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for his "Pastafa...

packs

02:57

@coredump nice cover, they'll never suspect a thing

Seeing FSM car badges around town makes me happy.

coredump

I miss playng Alone in the Dark

btw, do you like computer games?

packs

I haven't played much in the past few years. I really enjoyed the Jedi Knight series, and of course Civ.

Although, for the sake of my daughter and marriage I have forbidden myself from purchasing Civ5.

coredump

ahahaha

there's an indie game called... wait let me check

Penumbra

it's really disturbing.

So they made a similar game, using the Mythos

you don't have a weapon or anything.

the game is awesome. And horrible from the terror pov

►

it's kinda fake, but its basically how you play the damned game

packs

I think the last horror game I played was Phantasmagoria

coredump

03:15

this is a good example

►

packs

Hm, I should be able to play that. The closest thing to a 'gaming system' I have is a first gen Macbook unibody.

WesleyDavid

Hey @Coredump Dumb question time!

So I bought a VPS from Club Uptime. I half expected an email from them or something...

Did you get one?

Iszi

@EvanAnderson App log didn't help much. I eventually gave in and threw on Autoruns. That pointed to some interesting things, but even pulling those didn't help. So, I gave up for the night. I'll hammer on it more some other time. Thanks for the input though.

coredump

@WesleyDavid If I remember correctly they send you an email when it's ready

WesleyDavid

I figured. Oddly, I cannot log in to my accout on their site, and when I request a password reset, they say there is no account associated with that email address. =(

So... time to email support.

Zypher

03:46

Holocryptic

@Zypher sexy. What'd you do?

Zypher

04:08

moved Stack Overflow off that server

Holocryptic

mmmm. Maintenance time?

Zypher

nah, we bought a new DB pair just for SO

Server Fault Blog: New Hardware for Stack Overflow Database

Posted by George Beech on March 11th, 2011

We’ve been doing a lot of talking about some of the growing pains we have been having with our database server. And how we are going to deal with it. Well we will be moving Stack Overflow’s database to its own hardware this Friday (2011-03-11).

2011-03-11 9:00pm Eastern (2011-03-12 02:00 UTC)

To Make everything MORE AWESOME

2 new Dell R710′s

First, we will be putting Stack Overflow into Read Only mode again for the maintenance – just like we did when we went down the Oregon trail. Once the migration is complete, Stack Overflow will be on its own DB pair, and can run free, and the rest of the Stack Exchange sites don’t have to contend with the Megalopolis for database time, making them MORE AWESOME as well. …

Holocryptic

shiny

Zypher

ohh yea ... gonna alleviate lots of stuff we've been seeing

Holocryptic

You sure you don't want to put it in the cloud? :)

I've heard it's the end all be all

Zypher

04:18

hahahaha

15

A: What would Stack Exchange's yearly expenses be if it were to be using a third party host?

So, using amazon to host the Stack Exchange network would cost about $17,286.78 a month according to their calculator and some basic assumptions. What this breaks down as: 2 High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instances + SQL Server machines1 & 10 Web Tier Machines1 = $10,313.44/mo Inboun...

yea, those servers cost us about 2 months of in the cloud :)

Holocryptic

"got a lot of stick" on SF? /shockedface

But I do want some of those HDD you guys purchased

Zypher

hahaha, yea they are schweeeeeet

WesleyDavid

SEXEH SEXEH COMPOOTER STUFFS!!

Holocryptic

and BOOBS!

4

WesleyDavid

BOOOOOBS!

5

Holocryptic

04:25

I want to work for a company that deals with bleeding freaking edge hardware

WesleyDavid

I swear, we aren't even TRYING to break out of our misogynistic stereotypes. =(

Holocryptic

I can't help myself

WesleyDavid

I want to work for a company that deals with hardware.

Holocryptic

I'm hardwired that way

But at least I'm man enough to do it behind their backs.

WesleyDavid

The mental image that your last sentence brought to mind made me lunge for the mind bleach.

Holocryptic

04:27

I want to work for a company where I"m more than a glorified help desk technician with a fancy sysadmin title

hahahahhaa

WesleyDavid

@Zypher Can you reveal the prices for those Dell R710s?

Holocryptic

@WesleyDavid at least 500 Trillion Zimbabwe dollars

WesleyDavid

Zypher said at least two months of Amazon's estimated monthly price

So about $35K

Holocryptic

Big chunk of that would be the HDD though

Zypher

nah the HD's where 8k

maybe 5

WesleyDavid

04:29

The RAM I betcha was lotsa.

Is it mirrored RAM? What is everyone's general thoughts on mirrored RAM?

Zypher

nah, we would be maxed out with mirrored ram

Holocryptic

Never used it, so I got nothing.

Zypher

i guess if you where doing long running, hi resolution calculations it would be good

but ... never used it so i'm just guessing

WesleyDavid

Okay

hobodave

06:00

shit man Japan just can't win

WesleyDavid

@hobodave The reactor meltdown?

fmysky

i dont know why would they make it near the coasts

hobodave

yea

makes sense to me

if the shit hits the fan dump it in the ocean

as opposed to renderinig 1/6th of your island nation unlivable

fmysky

radiation stops with water?

i dont think so

hobodave

the sky is not green!

fmysky

06:15

yeah

Vert

08:09

Is anybody else getting a runtime error msg when they try to access superuser.com?

ITHedgeHog

09:18

No @Vert its working for me

Chopper3

09:28

"JapanWatch"© Day 2 - "Holy Fuck Edition"

ITHedgeHog

Morning @Chopper3 - yeah it looks like its going to be another really bad day over there.

Chopper3

see the explosion? must have been some form of pressure/steam thing, no flame

at which point you have to say what the hell's keeping the fuel from melting

ITHedgeHog

I'd imagine they're dumping sea water in to that thing as quick as they can

Tom O'Connor

@Chopper3 I suspect something hot met something wet.

nearly 25 years since the last time this happened.

Chopper3

needs a spot of 'shutdown reactor 0' I think

ITHedgeHog

09:36

Yeah, it definitely does, my dad used to work in a reactor in the UK - he doesn't think they're going to get this one before meltdown

ITHedgeHog

09:48

Time to transition to work. Cya later

Vert

10:35

Hm... I just upgraded to Firefox 4 RC1... perhaps it's a new bug.

Can anybody else reach superuser.com with Firefox 4 RC 1?

ITHedgeHog

@Vert I'm seeing the error page from Work now

From all browers

Vert

Server error in '/' application?

ITHedgeHog

Yep

Vert

Interesting, i just tried to go to a link directly to a question and it worked. I tried going to the logo up top (to the main page) and that worked too.

coredump

10:56

Ok that's a jackass move but JAPAN + SEA + NUCLEAR RADIATION = ?

ITHedgeHog

Same here but when I just hit the URL again, I get the error

Vert

I can get to main page, but only from a reference on the site. I can't go directly to via URL.

ITHedgeHog

11:26

I've dropped an email to the devs about it. Can't do much more, about to kick off some infrastructure upgrades.

Vert

You're awesome. I couldn't find the email address (remember on slow network with tons of timeouts).

ITHedgeHog

11:38

heh, no worries vert. The email is [email protected]

Vert

11:50

Thanks, I shot them an email as well.

Jacob

14:55

Hello guys

Chopper3

hey

ITHedgeHog

15:06

Yo

packs

15:21

Gentlemen

ITHedgeHog

This is odd, new firewall in place at work - and I have no access to my perimeter network right now. I'm sure something will know this and break

Jacob

@ITHedgeHog What do you care... Your a programmer now.. not your problem...

coredump

Explosion heard at the nuclear reactor in Japan

Chopper3

another one?

coredump

15:44

just happened

Jacob

15:56

@coredump really?

Damage report?

coredump

apparently

there was damage

Jacob

And there goes Japan...

coredump

South Korea sent help

5 guys and a dog

Jacob

@coredump Well the US is like "do you guys need help" and Japan will wait to the last second to get it and the US team will save the day... and someone else will get the credit

coredump

... go Team America

Holocryptic

16:10

@coredump was the dog part of the food aid package?

ITHedgeHog

@Jacob I'm still a SysAdmin too

coredump

@Holocryptic apparently not all dogs are eaten in korea

ITHedgeHog

I have a network of my own

Holocryptic

@coredump yeah, I think it's a special breed

coredump

it's a special bread really

Holocryptic

16:11

LOL

coredump

@Jacob I accepted your answer on the anycast question, btw

Holocryptic

So my boss recommended, off the record, that I look for another job.

packs

@Holocryptic Is it because he's nervous about corporate stability, or....

Holocryptic

@packs No. It's more because I'm still young, and he doesn't think that he'll be able to offer me much in the way of advancement or pay down the road.

(I work for a non-profit)

packs

Ah, yeah, that's a tough one

Holocryptic

16:20

I need to hit the books

Get some certs under my belt

packs

What kind of work do you plan on looking for?

If you and your sanity don't get on too well, I hear there's a job with a lot of PCI responsibilities in Cbus.

Holocryptic

Not sure. He recommended a consulting firm. That way I get exposure to a lot of stuff

Yeah, I looked at that. I'm not sure I have the experience he's looking for

It does sound awesome though

packs

Looking at the posting, I have experience in a lot of the areas, I just don't like having to deal with PCI. It's slightly less annoying than HIPAA, but still annoying.

Holocryptic

What exactly is it?

packs

PCI?

Holocryptic

16:26

yeah

packs

Shorthand for PCI-DSS -- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

It's the security standards enforced by the credit card companies

pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/index.php

Holocryptic

Neat

packs

It's very specific and well documented, which is awesome.

Holocryptic

I think I'm going to study hard for the next 6 months, assess, and find another job. Not sure if I'll stay local or move to another location.

packs

Unlike HIPAA, where the requirements are whatever the auditor tells you the requirements are.

Holocryptic

16:31

Well, HIPAA is enforced by the government. No shock there...

Jacob

@Holocryptic Hey welcome to the jobless club...

@coredump thanks

Holocryptic

@Jacob Well, I'm not jobless yet. But I will be job hunting later this year.

packs

@Holocryptic To be fair, the HI-TECH extensions that came up last year do specify some more things, but it's still fairly nebulous.

Jacob

@Holocryptic Same, well sort except that I don't get anywork... and I am paid hourly

Holocryptic

@Jacob well, when I punch out I might throw your name his way. I'm not sure if a remote admin would work, or if he has the budget for it. But you never know.

Jacob

16:46

@Holocryptic Well 10/HR nearly any company could afford that :)

Thanks though

Holocryptic

Heh I remeber when I was making $10/hr. Heck, I remember when I was making $6/hr. Or that one time I was making $4/hr

Vert

@holocryptic Don't make fun of my paychecks :p

packs

I remember when I was commuting 65 miles one way to make 9/hr. Those were the days.

Holocryptic

@Vert well, with what I have going out in bills, it still feels like I'm making that...

@packs ewww. I'm making that commute now, but not for $9/hr

Jacob

@Holocryptic Well, minium wage is 7.25 but I like 10 because its a round number

packs

16:50

@Holocryptic I still hate being in a car

Vert

@holocryptic I'm not doing too bad for my age, but bills are killing me too. Where I live, bills are higher than what I'm compensated for. Awesome lol.

Jacob

@Holocryptic I can't drive but if I could I'd do it

Vert

@jacob Can't drive?

Holocryptic

@packs The thing that sucks is that I had to get rid of my Jeep to maintain working at this job. I died a little that day...

@Vert Jacob's just a hair shy of the legal driving limit

Vert

@holocryptic Ah.

packs

16:53

@Holocryptic Luckily another bloke I nearby also worked at the same place, so we ride-shared often. And it was in the days of cheap gas

Ben Pilbrow

How much is gas over there?

Holocryptic

@packs I had an 06 Wrangler, lifted on a 2" Budget Boost, with 15" Pro Comp wheels and 33" Trxus tires

@BenPilbrow right now just shy of $4.00 a gallon

Ben Pilbrow

Ugh I do litres, not gallons :P

packs

@BenPilbrow At the time, about $1.10/gal, now it's closer to ~3.50. Still cheaper than you guys

Holocryptic

4 litres == 1 gallon

packs

16:56

Here, let me google that for you

Ben Pilbrow

That's what I'm doing :P

Holocryptic

@packs .99 gas. Those were the days...

packs

About 57p per litre

Ben Pilbrow

It's ~£1.35 ($2.17) a litre over here. That is depressing :(

packs

@Holocryptic 3.78 litres per gallon

@Holocryptic No doubt, that was awesome.

Holocryptic

16:57

@packs meh, close enough

damn, outside of edit window

Vert

@BenPilbrow That's insane for gasoline.

Ben Pilbrow

It's totally outrageous - a few years ago my car cost ~£30 to fill up full. Now it's ~£45.

Holocryptic

Europe (and GB) has always had higher rates for gas

Ben Pilbrow

And that's ~£45 A WEEK

Holocryptic

@BenPilbrow is your gas taxed a lot?

Ben Pilbrow

16:59

If I hadn't just got a pay rise, I'd have had to seriously consider moving jobs because it just wasn't worth it

Vert

@Holocryptic I know, but at the same time... it's outrageous any time someone from the other side of the pond tells me how much they pay. It's like a new horror everytime.

packs

@Holocryptic I was putting 92 octane in my '85 Buick Regal back when gas was that cheap.

Holocryptic

@Vert I feel the same way. But I'm not feeling up to a geopolitical debate at this present moment

packs

@Vert Just wait to you travel over there.

You get hit twice, both by the exchange rate and by the prices.

Vert

@Holocryptic No debate here lol. Just amazement.

packs

17:02

I'm not really minding the fuel prices right now. I only fillup about once a month.

Holocryptic

@packs yeah, it was that price right around when I started to drive. Then it started going up shortly thereafter

Vert

@packs I'm came pretty close to working in... I believe it was Essex.

Holocryptic

@packs When I was younger we went on a trip to England for school, and I thought I was saving money! (I was young and stupid back then)

packs

@Holocryptic Doh! But, based on your previous comment, that was probably the mid-late 90s

The exchange rate was pretty not bad back then.

Holocryptic

@packs spot on

I think that trip was in 98 or 99

packs

17:05

As I recall, in December of '97 we were trading at around 80 cents to the pound.

Ben Pilbrow

@Holocryptic fuel duty is 58.95p/litre

packs

@BenPilbrow So you're paying in taxes what we're paying in total. That sounds about right

2

Holocryptic

@BenPilbrow That just seems messed up. Just under half your cost is taxes.

Ben Pilbrow

Lovely isn't it

packs

@Holocryptic I believe, right now, we're paying approximately 70c/gal in taxes. Presumably depending on your state and municipality.

Ben Pilbrow

17:12

Oh for the love of $DEITY, why must I reboot after installing Visual Studio 2010 SP1? :(

Grr

packs

@BenPilbrow Riddle me this. OSX Server installs with iTunes, and requires a reboot after updating Safari. How does that a server OS make?

Vert

Touches system-wide DLL's. Enjoy :p

Jacob

@BenPilbrow Why would you have VS 2010?

Holocryptic

@packs Wait, I got this one. A newspaper!!

ITHedgeHog

@Jacob To develop stuff ;)

Jacob

17:21

@ITHedgeHog TRAITOR!!!!

no I still do some code :)

Ben Pilbrow

@Jacob I code too :)

Wow, my laptop really is getting old and cantankerous bless her - that took TIME to reboot :(

packs

Just wait until you install Win7 SP1

I've seen it take over an hour.

Ben Pilbrow

Heh, I'll just keep waiting forever for the next Vista Service Pack :P

Jacob

I want to code on my mac... but I don't have the HDD space to duel boot

packs

You're toughing it out with Vista? Wow.

@Jacob Why would your boots be participating in ritualistic combat?

Ben Pilbrow

17:30

@Jacob If you're hardcore, you'd code in Notepad (or the Mac OS' equivalent)

Holocryptic

@packs LOL

Jacob

@BenPilbrow No thanks

Ben Pilbrow

If I'm coding PHP, HTML and Javascript it's all in Notepad2

Jacob

@BenPilbrow Well, I am a .Net person...

Ben Pilbrow

Well that's fair enough

packs

17:32

I prefer vim.

Ben Pilbrow

Ah crap, I think we just triggered the age-old debate of what editor to use

packs

:)

Why in my day we had to use an icepick to freehand write our code in cardstock.

Ben Pilbrow

Oh FFS. I don't have the option this tutorial had, so I installed the SP in the hope that option was new. It wasn't....

AND I have this ever so enticing button in VS that does NOTHING.

Man I hate Visual Studio sometimes...

Jacob

what?

packs

Well, I think SF is working.

I just googled something and 2 of the top 5 hits were for SF.

kenny.r

17:43

google fixed their algorithm recently

useless content farms were ranked too high

packs

refrains from making snarky remark

kenny.r

go ahead :D

Ben Pilbrow

A Google guy put it on his blog that the algorithm had changed, and linked Jeff's ranting blog post too

Holocryptic

I wonder if you would get the same result if you cleared your browsing history. Or does that have no impact on searches?

packs

Nah, it would be fairly rude to our parent site and @pauska might star it so it would be misconstrued as an actual opinion as opposed to random joke.

Jacob

17:46

@packs NONNONON I WANT TO HEAR IT

kenny.r

you should probably use the <joke></joke> tags

Vert

Off-topic: Does anybody know when L.A. Noire and Duke Nukem Forever are coming out?

packs

Moment's over. Sorry gents.

@Vert Nukem is set for May something, I Think

kenny.r

so these two content farms and serverfault walk into a bar...

Jacob

@packs INSUFFICIENT PIXIE DUST, JOKES DON'T WORK THAT WAY!

packs

17:47

And the bartender says, 'Weird, triplets.' :)

kenny.r

the bartender being google

packs

You have a drink named Phil?

Jacob

@packs what?

kenny.r

and a shady guy in the corner called bing writes the conversation down in a notebook

2

Vert

@packs thanks for the heads up on the release date.

Holocryptic

17:59

@Vert the trailer for Nukem is hilarious

packs

@Vert May 3 or May 6th (US/World)

Vert

@holocryptic I can't read any of the preview stories or anything, so I'm just hoping for an awesome game. Really looking forward to playing coop with friends ^^

packs

Yes, I am in love with that trailer.

Holocryptic

Damnit, why do they take all the hot ones?

Vert

@packs I saw the one a ways back where duke gave the huge alien the finger lol

Holocryptic

18:01

dukenukemforever.com/full/us#

Vert

Lol, of course. If a link leads to my happiness... blocked :p

Holocryptic

g4tv.com/videos/51359/Duke-Nukem-Forever-Gameplay-Preview

packs

mmmm coffee and Emmets. I love the weekend afternoons.

Holocryptic

18:18

gonna get me some lunch right now.

packs

18:32

This answer strikes me as a bit odd. Am I missing something?

1

A: How to zip a folder of 30 gb in Windows 2003 server

I would use 7-Zip and use the 7z zip format as it is compressied less but has a smaller file size.

Ben Pilbrow

Well to answer the question literally, Right click -> Send To -> Compressed (Zip Folder)

That's a retarded question that just earned itself a NARQ vote

Holocryptic

@packs besides being "compressied less"?

@BenPilbrow You'd be surprised. I once dealt with a guy when I was doing tech support. He (according to his email sig) was a certified 2008 guy with some other stuff. I shit you not, he did not know what a .zip file was.

Ben Pilbrow

Oh. Dear. $DEITY

Cakemox

@BenPilbrow You don't use pkzip?

Ben Pilbrow

That is poor

I use Windows - it's just there and it just works!

:-)

Cakemox

18:36

Oh boy, pkzip still exists.

Kinda kills that joke.

Ben Pilbrow

Is it bad that I don't even know what pkzip is?

Holocryptic

I don't know it either, but I have youth and inexperience on my side

Ben Pilbrow

@Holocryptic I'm going to use that exact same argument!

Holocryptic

heh

Cakemox

pkzip is what I'd use to unzip the Commander Keen demos I downloaded from the local BBS at 2400 baud :-/

Holocryptic

18:41

oh wow

Cakemox

Oh God, that came out in 1990.

Holocryptic

I think I was still learning CTRL ALT DEL at that time

Ben Pilbrow

I was 2 then!!!

packs

@Holocryptic Yes, it was primarily the "lower compression and smaller size" that struck me as odd.

@BenPilbrow FFS Ben!

I still listen to CDs I bought that summer.

And the girl's awake from her nap. Have a wonderful afternoon all

Holocryptic

@packs later

Iszi

18:47

@Cakemox Commander Keen... fond memories.

Cakemox

19:19

I loved Commander Keen since I was not allowed a Nintendo growing up, and CK was the first decent sidescroller for the PC.

WesleyDavid

I spent so much time on CK. Could never buy them though, so had to only play the shareware versions. Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter was awesome.

Halloween Harry, BioShock, Pickle Wars, the original duke nukem, Cosmic Osmo, Major Stryker...

Basically if Apogee Software made it, I played it to death.

On my 12MHz 286 running DOS 6.2 and GeoWorks for a GUI if I felt like it.

Jacob

19:56

@wesleydavid How'd your VPS go?

ErikA

20:16

happy saturday, all.

Jacob

21:11

@ErikA Hello @ErikA

WesleyDavid

Epic fail:

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Q: CentOS - Firewall setup / Custom FTP & SSH ports

I've got a centOS virtual box with GoDaddy. By Default no firewall is enabled. To the point: I want to set up the regular firewall set up. I however modified the SSH and FTP ports to custom ports rather the default. When I ran system-config-securitylevel-tui I chose FTP, and etc... and saved ...

Jacob

21:42

@WesleyDavid Failure

ErikA

Yah, nice question, eh?

Iain

watch out for registered user - dangerous answers abound

WesleyDavid

@Iain I haven't been paying attention to him. Is he off base frequently?

I wonder if it's the language barrier.

Iain

up till now I've just answered his questions - tonight I've seen a couple of fairly poor answers

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