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12:23 AM

im sorry :( I am leaving here at 10:00 tomorrow for a job - I am really tired and going to bed soon - if I wake up earlier than planned, I will try to do it in the morning

Ivo Flipse

I hope so ;)

but make sure you get enough sleep :)

Feeds

5:22 AM

Terminal not listening? Give it a 'nudge' with these commands: http://is.gd/YmwDI9 #SuperUserBlog

Tweeted by SuperKronos on April 13, 2011 at 5:17 AM

Ivo Flipse

9:01 AM

Please have a look at yhw42's answers and see if you can come up with any follow up questions

Ivo Flipse

9:12 AM

@nhinkle I'm thinking about giving the editors Portal 2 ;-)

nhinkle

all of us @IvoFlipse?

Ivo Flipse

the ones who will write about it ;P

nhinkle

well I'd rather my allotment of SU funds go towards an SSD, but I won't turn down a copy of Portal 2 :P
i certainly don't mind waiting for a sale though. and would happily write about it

Ivo Flipse

hmm well if I make you happier with an SSD :)

nhinkle

i'm still waiting on kinston's replay regarding the flash drive

so we'll see how that goes

Ivo Flipse

9:28 AM

darn that tomshardware

Mokubai

11:20 AM

Any additions and changes are welcome:

blog.superuser.com/?p=1860&preview=true

I think I need a catchy title and a pictures as @Kronos suggested.

400 views on the blog in the last 7 days, not bad

Ivo Flipse

12:03 PM

last 7? the last 2 :)

Want lot's of RAM? Forget about 32 bits

Mokubai

That's got a nice ring to it...

Ivo Flipse

or Stop trying to use 32 bits for it

> The reason why 32-but datacenter versions --> but to bit I reckon?

Mokubai

I thought of something like "More memory? Nothing to see here, move along..." then

For the picture

Ivo Flipse

you should photoshop in 32 bit somewhere

that it's the burning ship we're leaving behind :P

btw should it be GiB or Gb?

Mokubai

GiB: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte

Ivo Flipse

12:16 PM

nerd :P

Mokubai

The new "preferred" denomination that distinguishes it from hard drive gigabytes which may or may not be "real" gigabytes...

@IvoFlipse :'(

:D

Ivo Flipse

lol true

Mokubai

Hmmm, maybe put a 32-bit flag on the burning pile...

Mokubai

12:30 PM

bit rubbish, but:

How about:

Paint.NET: Almost as awesome a photoshop (and a heck of a lot cheaper)

I like your idea for the title though, "Want lots of RAM? Stop using 32 bits"

@IvoFlipse typo corrected.

Ivo Flipse

12:47 PM

I like your picture :)

and yes Paint.Net rocks

with Paint for the real dirty hand drawing stuff

and Picasa for automatic prettifying :P

Mokubai

Never tried Picasa...

Ivo Flipse

it has this feature: are you feeling lucky? that probably does a better job at making your pictures awesome than you yourself could :P

Mokubai

Uhhh, I'm not entirely sure I'd comfortable with a program that has a Dirty Harry type "Do ya feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?" button in it... :S

Ivo Flipse

lol I'd say try it ;)

besides it also has an undo button :P

or rather Picasa doesn't automatically overwrite your images, but keeps a copy of some sort I belive

Mokubai

Is Picasa more of a photo-gallery type program?

Ivo Flipse

12:52 PM

or I just have to many duplicate versions myself off course :P

my GF is kind of OCD

Mokubai

lol

Ivo Flipse

well it can do a lot more

Mokubai

1:04 PM

Love it :)

KronoS

mornin fellas

Mokubai

Heya @KronoS

KronoS

like the pic @Mokubai

Mokubai

Google found the pic, I "adjusted" it... :)

KronoS

@IvoFlipse let me know when and I'll prepare a post :P

Ivo Flipse

1:08 PM

sent me the bill I'd say :P

yeah someone write me a good post on junction tools

so I can put Dropbox and the like on a bigger HDD

and save my SSD

KronoS

45$!!!!! Holy Crap!!!!

prepurchase two pack is 80

Hmm hadn't thought about dropbox ruining my SSD

Ivo Flipse

I don't know if it does @KronoS, but I don't intend to find out

KronoS

although I'm kinda accidentily on purpose trying to see if "normal" activity will tank out the drives sooner

Ivo Flipse

well I'm using one for 5 months no, no problems so far

KronoS

Hmmm WordPress's tracking system is flawed...

says that we're getting traffic from these SU questions, but I don't see the links:

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Q: Issue while pointing app installation directory other than C:\ drive

Hi, I have dual boot system with Windows7 64-bit Professional edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition. The Win7 is installed on C:\ drive while Win2008R2 is installed on H:\ drive. My problem is, while installing applications in Win2008 especially SQLServer and VS.NET 2010, the insta...

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Q: Notepad++ load langs.xml failed

Whenever I open NotePad++ the following error message appears: --------------------------- Configurator --------------------------- Load langs.xml failed! --------------------------- That obviously means that there is also no syntax highlighting. My OS is Windows 7 64-bit.

windows-7 windows file notepad++

DMA57361

1:16 PM

@KronoS maybe via the community advertising? or does that appear in another manner?

KronoS

@DMA57361 Ah! didn't think about that...

That must be it...

Ivo Flipse

are the views going up today?

I put up that hard drive question on hacker news btw

Go vote on Hacker News for magical hard drives!

KronoS

@IvoFlipse I saw that... I think we should blog about it... possibly even purchase one and do an analysis ourselves

Ivo Flipse

it sure is fun enough :P

KronoS

Agreed

Ivo Flipse

1:22 PM

I wonder if you could do the same with a USB stick

like: make your own fake 16Gb usb stick :P

though normally we don't really advocate nasty stuff :\

DMA57361

how about something that also covers detecting them then?

Ivo Flipse

perhaps it's more: how to figure out if you bought a magical chinese HDD

hehe, good idea @DMA57361 ;)

DMA57361

indeed

KronoS

Actually that's a great idea to show @IvoFlipse @DMA57361

@IvoFlipse ya they are... slowly but surely

studiohack

2:49 PM

@KronoS congratulations on hitting 5K! :)

Mokubai

3:11 PM

Ha, take that blog! I actually answered a question on SU!

Ivo Flipse

slacker :P

Mokubai

lol

:P

KronoS

@studiohack saweet!!!

studiohack

3:29 PM

@KronoS you're gonna pass me soon :P

KronoS

@studiohack lol and we're both hardly doing anything

as far as answering goes

studiohack

@KronoS lol true... I wish there were more questions, that I could answer...

KronoS

oh @IvoFlipse I think that an upcoming interview should be with @nhinkle our new mod

Ivo Flipse

that would be nice too

KronoS

I wish there was more time for me to answer questions @studiohack

Ivo Flipse

3:33 PM

but can we think of questions + answers so quickly?

studiohack

@KronoS yes yes!

KronoS

I'm not saying for today... maybe next week?

studiohack

@KronoS you know more than I... :P

that's why you're the blog editor, not I haha

KronoS

@studiohack I'm a super hero/Demi God... of course I know more than you

:P

studiohack

riggggghhhhtttt. @KronoS be careful insulting a mod :P

KronoS

3:35 PM

@studiohack be careful insulting a lowly blog editor :P of course, I should submit to you, you're a mod.

Ivo Flipse

somebody should edit Mark's post into shape though

btw @KronoS we even got retweeted by a random Dutch Linux fan :)

KronoS

@IvoFlipse I saw that!

studiohack

who who?

@KronoS thank you for agreeing with me ;)

KronoS

RT @ivoflipse5: RT @SuperKronos: Terminal not listening? Give it a 'nudge' with these commands: http://is.gd/YmwDI9 #SuperUserBlog

Tweeted by unixland on April 13, 2011 at 10:48 AM

Ivo Flipse

strange, the blog always seems to peak on monday+tuesday

studiohack

3:38 PM

awesome work guys @KronoS @IvoFlipse

KronoS

I'm hoping to be able to put together a quick "productive" thursday post tonight

and then work on the WTF PC egg cooker

thanks @studiohack but the other editors are doing a great job as well

studiohack

@KronoS did you write this?!

3 mins ago, by KronoS

@studiohack be careful insulting a lowly blog editor :P of course, I should submit to you, you're a mod.

KronoS

@studiohack that was back in my anprenticeship super hero days :P

studiohack

you all have done really good work on the blog...

KronoS

in other words before the blog was officially blessed :)

studiohack

3:40 PM

@KronoS hahahaha good save :)

KronoS

what about online scams @IvoFlipse do you think that's a good thing/on-topic to blog about?

studiohack

too "webby"?

Ivo Flipse

like my phishing post? :P

I don't mind

we can broaden up a bit, the most important thing is that its fun to read

and that we regularly tie in to the sites content

KronoS

Well actually my friend right now I believe is on the phone with the FBI regarding this exact issue

Ivo Flipse

:O what has he done?

KronoS

3:49 PM

nothing actually... it was an online scam. they sent a check to him, told him to take a fraction for him, and then send the rest to an account in china

and I guess it wasn't the FBI but just the local police

studiohack

did he get it worked out?

KronoS

ya I think so

KronoS

6:33 PM

Well Joel already filled his internships for the summer @IvoFlipse so that's one more step towards me working with you :)

Ivo Flipse

Sad to hear so, a Fogcreek internship would be even more awesome off course

KronoS

ya I guess I contacted him a little late... I'll try for next summer

Ivo Flipse

well you're more than welcome :)

KronoS

@IvoFlipse another interview I think would be neat is a top wiki editor...

Ivo Flipse

ChrisF, though I would love to see a query that proves it

KronoS

6:44 PM

Well he'd be a neat interview no matter what

I was also think of Tom as he does a lot of that as well

Ivo Flipse

well we could set up some drafts, so we can organically grow them ;)

KronoS

9:00 PM

actually @MattJenkins I was wondering if your "future" post are ready?

Feeds

9:19 PM

@howtogeek Check out this blog post for our top picks: http://bit.ly/f0oljD #SuperUserBlog

Tweeted by SuperKronos on April 13, 2011 at 9:18 PM in reply to howtogeek

Ivo Flipse

don't think we'll make 200 hits today :(

KronoS

@IvoFlipse I know...

Ivo Flipse

9:37 PM

though honestly, we've been doing great so far

the fact that even our blog posts get retweeted is a huge compliment

hopefully we'll have something Hacker News worthy soon :)

KronoS

Squirrel Solutions

@sqsol, Herefordshire

0845 805 5358 for all your computing needs. Repairs, networks, wifi, websites, you name it, we do it.

461 tweets, 130 followers, following 326 users

this guy has tweeted every article thus far

Ivo Flipse

don't recognize his gravatar

haha! That's @Matt in disguise :P

ah yhw filled in the rest as well: docs.google.com/document/d/…

Ivo Flipse

10:12 PM

did you get to read it @KronoS?

Matt Jenkins

10:38 PM

@IvoFlipse you rang...?

Ivo Flipse

@KronoS found you were retweeting ;)

Matt Jenkins

@IvoFlipse My next post - stress testing - will be ready for Sunday. I am still working on it.

KronoS

:) Was wondering who that mysterious squirrel was

Matt Jenkins

@IvoFlipse Yup. Absolutely.

@KronoS That was me in the snow

Ivo Flipse

I thought it looked like an eager beaver :P

Matt Jenkins

10:40 PM

mmmm... eager beaver..... mmmmmmm

I haven't had an eager beaver for oh so long...

KronoS

@IvoFlipse just finihed reading.. couldn't comment natively so I just added text to a suggestion...

other than that it looks fine

Ivo Flipse

now if only @Wil would finish his interview...

Wil

Im doing it!!!!

What is the word... perfection beyond xxx

as in no one can speak out against it

KronoS

extremity?

Ivo Flipse

comparison? :P

Matt Jenkins

10:46 PM

pornography?

Ivo Flipse

google tried to autocomplete with belief :P

KronoS

Google says: CoverGirl Lip Perfection

Wil

lol

as in religion...

e.g. it is perfect, beyond xxx

Matt Jenkins

reason?

a shadow of a doubt?

Wil

@MattJenkins good, but not the word I was thinking of

KronoS

10:47 PM

@MattJenkins i think that's right

Matt Jenkins

32 walpole street?

KronoS

the moon

Ivo Flipse

belief has 13k hits :P

Wil

I bloody hate Dyslexia... I can think of what I want to say, but just got a mental block on the actual word

Matt Jenkins

cheese?

That's not dyslexia - that's senility. You're getting old...

Ivo Flipse

10:48 PM

If people behave in such a way that you find it almost impossible to accept that they actually did it, then you can say that their behaviour was beyond belief.

Matt Jenkins

beyond compare?

KronoS

0_o don't quite understand what you mean @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

that comes from some dictionary site

usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/beyond+belief.html

Wil

I remember for example, one of my clients is a reverend or priest or something... I don't really know Christianity at all! And, he had some pirate software on his machine without knowing, (previous IT guy put it on there), and he told me to remove it all as he has to be seen as perfect and beyond any sort of xxx...

Ivo Flipse

blog.fogcreek.com/so-you-wanna-version-your-database

I'm so going to use version control on my database :P

Wil

10:50 PM

I thought it was quite good of him/liked him for it, but I just can't remember the word! ARGH

Matt Jenkins

maybe you should pop over to english.SE...

Ivo Flipse

good call @MattJenkins

Matt Jenkins

reproach?

user30

meh, Mercurial.

studiohack

@MattJenkins good one

Ivo Flipse

10:51 PM

works fine for me @ThomasMcDonald

user30

@IvoFlipse c'mon, all the cool kids use Git.

KronoS

@MattJenkins once again I agree with you

Ivo Flipse

all the cool kids don't have Kiln @ThomasMcDonald

user30

no, because they have GitHub.

KronoS

I do!

becuase of @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

10:53 PM

I actually don't care what it is, as long as my stuff is safe

and I do need a good solution for my databases, since I almost regret my choice for MySQL :P

Wil

I don't want to go to the English SE site for just a small thing, but can anyone just finish this sentence about Apple for me...

as a religion and faultless beyond any form of xxxx.

I guess reason is the best fit :S

Matt Jenkins

I know what you're getting at but I can't think of the word either :P

doubt?

You're on about their view being so narrow minded they are blinkered to it's faults and see it as absolutely perfect even when it's not?

KronoS

we need to do a post on properly erasing data or destroying hard drives with sensitive data

Matt Jenkins

Yes.

Another thing we have had a number of recently is opening programs and such on multi-monitor and getting it to use the monitor you want somehow.

KronoS

personally I like the thermite solution

Matt Jenkins

11:06 PM

that is a nice solution, yes.

KronoS

►

i miss this show

Matt Jenkins

nice

and yet so easy to make

You need some thermite and a remote ignition system permanently attached to your hard drives, so you can remotely destroy your hard drives if you need to.

KronoS

that or link it to the command ctrl+alt+delete :P

Matt Jenkins

lol

or to require a regular trigger to not destroy your hard drives. If you don't press the key once an hour... boom fizzle

KronoS

Oh you could make it like the movie speed... where they have to be constantly typing at a certain WPM or else... BOOM

Matt Jenkins

11:14 PM

lol

Ivo Flipse

11:30 PM

@Wil must be one the phone again :P

Wil

I am trying to edit it from my ipad... it isn't going well! I did a big download on my main machine and it was corrupt :/ sort of one of the warnings related to bad memory, so I am doing a memory check

Ivo Flipse

ah, well don't hurt yourself trying to use GDocs on an ipad ;)

Wil

I am using the website, is there an actual application / something better?

KronoS

ya gdocs on ios is a big fail

Ivo Flipse

I have to hand it to you @Wil: Bad mouthing Apple through an Apple product ;-)

Wil

11:35 PM

lol :P

KronoS