Root Access

bwDraco

12:00 AM

I also know nothing about AD or Windows Server.

Do I need to learn this stuff at the same time? Should I take a course on Windows administration?

Ben N

Not necessarily

bwDraco

barnesandnoble.com/w/windows-powershell-cookbook-lee-holmes/…

This book is quite old but certainly an option.

Ben N

And yep, in PowerShell, directory listings are collections of objects - this is what makes it so powerful

No more fiddling around with text parsing

bwDraco

amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Cookbook-Scripting-Microsofts/dp/…

Placing an order.

Learning PowerShell will make learning other Windows admin skills that much easier...

amiright?

Ben N

Yep!

Well, at least the ones that are designed to be managed with PS, which is rather a lot

Might have to drop back to running EXE utilities once in a while

bwDraco

12:10 AM

Speaking of which... I should learn a bit of Bash as well.

DavidPostill

@bwDraco The O'Reilly books are all good, whatever the topic.

bwDraco

@DavidPostill Agreed. I have O'Reilly books for JS.

Ben N

Once you learn PS, Bash will horrify you ;)

bwDraco

lol

Order placed.

Ben N

:D

bwDraco

12:19 AM

Sucks that the bot is down...

I'll probably have PowerShell ISE open on this system soon...

Ben N

$ Add-BotCommand -ShortName powershell -ResponseText i.stack.imgur.com/oF3jN.png

Alter N

@BenN Command powershell learned.

bwDraco

Heh.

$ Get-Help

Ben N

NYI, sorry

bwDraco

:(

Journeyman Geek

12:20 AM

hmm! Arbitrary Meat Decision Making Engines!

1

Q: What was the command that printed out fun facts about the date in linux?

There was a command that you can run and it would print out fun facts about the current date and a couple dates ahead, but I do not remember it. All I know is that it has something to do with history.

I'd like to get alternate opinions on this question!

Ben N

Seems suspiciously like a software rec to me

William

I would agree. Although I have seen questions that appear to be software recs that aren't closed.

bwDraco

...and the great thing is, there's a mod behind me in this chatroom as I learn PowerShell \o/

There's nothing quite like having a live expert :P

Ben N

;)

Gypsy Spellweaver

@JourneymanGeek I'd not call it software rec. OP is asking for the bash command that does it. If there isn't one, and it's a separate program, that's not his fault, he thinks it's a simple in-built command.

Journeyman Geek

12:28 AM

Yeah, but I didn't close it for that, I closed it as a guessing game (aka unclear what you're asking)

Gypsy Spellweaver

I don't know what, if anything, it is, but if it does exist it's probably something akin to fortune

bwDraco

Let’s Play The Guessing Game

Jeff Atwood on February 29, 2012

We’ve observed a particular pattern of questions emerging on several Stack Exchange sites.

All these questions are effectively guessing games.

I remember myself playing this a bit childish, but in some ways awesome game, where you control a tank, and can pick up and stack turrets (and maybe something else) from enemy tanks you kill. Maybe they also had different platforms (and if it’s one with wheels then technically it’s not a tank, but hey). It was around 2000 (or maybe even earlier) and the game had 3D graphics. …

Journeyman Geek

I miss having Jeff around :(

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek old news but good to see Engadget publicizing it -- wish they'd publicized it way back when Louis Rossmann and Jessa Jones went to Nebraska to lobby and testify in favor of Senator Brausch's bill, though. Waiting until AFTER they shoot it down isn't so good.

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic it isn't just about Nebraska tho

bwDraco

1:14 AM

I'm hoping to start the day earlier, now that I no longer have any late-night jobs or classes. Good night.

Bob

@bwDraco was more because it was in my bag, I think. and of course the modem contributes a lot of heat

bwDraco

Mar 18 at 21:01, by bwDraco

Mar 1 '16 at 14:12, by bwDraco

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/apr/01/what-time-ceos-start-day

Mar 18 at 21:01, by bwDraco

> First off – and there's no getting around this one, I'm afraid – you have to get up early. Really early: 6am is good, but 5am is better. And CEOs don't hit snooze: most of them claim to leap out of bed in the morning (even though it's basically still night) and more than one said that "life is too exciting" for sleep.

The alarm is set for 5:45 am tomorrow morning.

Can't stay here much longer. Good night.

(woke up at 12:30 pm today, so not sure if my body will like it)

businessinsider.com/…

I'll see how meal times can be adjusted to accommodate earlier bedtimes.

Even though I have no business reasons to wake up that early, it's a good habit. Being a night owl isn't the best idea.

Bob

2:26 AM

> ferinheight

@BenN the powershell admin modules get ridiculously verbose :(

allquixotic

3:09 AM

@Bob Most-Microsoft-Programming-Languages-Are-A-Little-Difficult-Because-Of-Their-Ver‌bosity-And-Overuse-Of-Microcaps -But notThatCamelCaseIsAnyBetter -And c_style_is_hard_to_type_because_of_the_positioning_of_the_underscore_key

though * > :rb.verbosity

Bob

@allquixotic I hate underscores the most. Hypens are a close second.

Pain in the arse to type.

camel/PascalCase are much more natural

@allquixotic But it's not like modern nix is that much better

lxc config device set vm1 eth0 ipv4.address=foo

lxc config device add vm1 eth1 nic nictype=bridged parent=lxdbr0 ipv4.address=10.0.105.2

generally, when there's more than 3-4 parts/params to a single command is when I start wanting a GUI

or even editing text conf files is better than extra-wordy commands

allquixotic

@Bob I usually use lxc config edit for that

the native format isn't complicated and easier than commands

Bob

3:25 AM

true enough

allquixotic

github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/5794

Journeyman Geek

@Bob heh. I think those feel more natural

Ramhound

3:49 AM

Can anyone try installing the ClickOnce version of WinAuth and see if they get either a certificate prompt/installation unsuccessfully message or if they have success?

Bob

@Ramhound WinAuth?

Ramhound

Its google authenticator but on pc

allquixotic

interesting

Bob

@Ramhound gimme a min (booting VM)

also, s/google authenticator/TOTP/

:P

Ramhound

yes; I use it for my Team Viewer and LastPass authenticator backup

But the portable version doesn't install so it doesn't appear the same way in the start menu

winauth.com

Bob

4:04 AM

@Ramhound "No certificate available"

"No certificates meet the application criteria."

Though that could be because I'm domain-joined... hm.

Ramhound

Alrifht so it's the server not my pc :-)

no; it's a 404 error

Bob

ah

Ramhound

ClickOnce apps have to be signed, so no certificate means, it's a server end issue

Thanks for checking I will just add the portable version to the start menu

Bob

@Ramhound 403 apparently :P

Ramhound

403 that's what I meant, was getting the same, and the ClickOnce development docs indicated that's a server problem

Access Denied error

Bob

4:10 AM

ah

Avinash Raj

5:15 AM

is there anyone know how to do text or file processing from cmd on windows without using any external tools?

allquixotic

5:41 AM

@AvinashRaj You need to clarify your question. What's an "external tool" compared to an internal one? Is an external tool, a process other than literally cmd.exe? A tool that's not built into the base Windows image (for what version(s)?)?

depending on the targeted Windows versions and whether you have (or can distribute, or count on there existing) certain updates such as newer releases of PowerShell and .NET, you could go from cmd.exe in a batch script, to compiling and running C# via PowerShell and basically do anything the user has permission to do

Ramhound

superuser.com/questions/1211012/… <<< Trash Question

@AvinashRaj Use PowerShell

superuser.com/questions/1211017/use-external-gpu-on-a-phone <<< iPhone Question

Journeyman Geek

@Ramhound spam actually

I kinda know what's going on and its slightly lulzy

Ramhound

Which one?

I know the 1st one was

Journeyman Geek

Yeah the first one

Ramhound

trying to nuke it fast :-)

Journeyman Geek

5:51 AM

lol

Ramhound

(had no idea the resident schnauzer was around)

Journeyman Geek

I just wandered in. And I just had lunch, so the smell of spam is especially repulsive. Man, some things you shouldn't ever feed your dog.

Ramhound

lol

schnauzers will do anything for Cheerios

schnauzer kryptonite

Journeyman Geek

lol

Cheese

The good stuff

Ramhound

Bear comes anytime even dead asleep for a Cheerio

Journeyman Geek

5:58 AM

lol

Ash is a snob

djsmiley2k

superuser.com/review/first-posts/656595 - one for the watch lists @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k handled rhe post. WIll keep an eye out on the user

djsmiley2k

ty

djsmiley2k

6:23 AM

@JourneymanGeek ahhh teh old X->Y problem

usb doesn't work, blame iso

iso doesn't work in virtualbox

post question about virtualbox

Journeyman Geek

actually, from the context...

it makes sense

xD

see the link

which link?

In the comments

6:24 AM

ah yes I found it

ok, wireless keyboard and clueless user :/

Journeyman Geek

Well, actually

I kinda get the frustration. Its like linux and wifi when I was a newbie XD

superuser.com/questions/1211025/…

There, so much smaller

Journeyman Geek

6:50 AM

Must be really hot outside, my aircon is struggling to keep up 0_0

djsmiley2k

7:07 AM

@JourneymanGeek oh god, yes i remember wifi issues

Journeyman Geek

yup

Ramhound

0

Q: Media feature for Windows 7 homepack so I can download Icloud?

I cannot seem to download Media Feature for windows 7 so I can then dowload Icloud?

windows-7 windows

djsmiley2k

wuyt

Ramhound

Exactly

WTH is home pack?

that the stupid 3 license pack?\

Journeyman Geek

._.

djsmiley2k

7:25 AM

no clue :/

I mean I'm happy to try and help users, but jeez

@Ramhound normally you come accross pretty blunt, I'd expect you to have voted to close by now!

Ramhound

I did

Reason: "Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question."

Journeyman Geek

lol

Someone offered to tip me

Rahul2001

@Avery Hacking challenge will be online in an hour or so (well, the online portions of it anyway)

Ramhound

asked THREE times for clariifcation

Journeyman Geek

Naw, I don't take money. If you must, donate to your local dog shelter ;) — Journeyman Geek ♦ 49 secs ago

2

Seemed appropriate

Ramhound

7:27 AM

@JourneymanGeek Scooby Snacks or Money?

Journeyman Geek

I'd guess the latter

I have no clue why it started working suddenly

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek :D

djsmiley2k

7:42 AM

What did you fix? :)

Journeyman Geek

I have no clue!

djsmiley2k

lol what was the problem?

Journeyman Geek

.... no idea

user226528

8:00 AM

Hey, superdudes!

user226528

I see that @JourneymanGeek's user name is colored. Demonstrating your ~~Alpha male~~ mod status?

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand >_> It has been ever since I was a mod ;p

user226528

Never noticed before

Journeyman Geek

Also, was Italic for a good chunk of time before that... funny story that

user226528

Also never noticed before, although allquixotic's user name is italic.

user226528

8:06 AM

I received Windows 10 1703 today. But during setup, Windows Update installed an update for my Windows 10 1607 as well. Gave me shock. I thought I'm gonna end up with Windows Mush.

Ramhound

@FleetCommand Yes; They renamed it on Windows 8.1. But Windows 10 UWP do not run on Windows 8.1; You can recompile 8.1 UWP to work on Windows 10 though with little effort

user226528

@Ramhound I fully agree with this revision.

user226528

Weren't we supposed to be able to mark Ethernet connections as metered connections in Windows 10 1703? I can't.

Ramhound

I am not entirely sure what changed in my comment though

The question was about Windows 10 UWP not 8.1 Universal applications

user226528

The question explicitly asks "What prevents unsigned UWP apps from running on Windows 8 and 10?"

Boris_yo

8:19 AM

Just wondering how he managed to draw Mona Lisa in old MS Paint?

How to draw the Mona Lisa in Microsoft Paint REMIX

►

Bob

with a steady hand

user226528

With a pen or tablet

Boris_yo

I am sure he didn't do it with mouse but rather used drawing electronic equipment like Bamboo pad and pen?

@FleetCommand Tablet?

user226528

@Boris_yo Yes. A digitizing tablet, not a tablet computer.

user226528

I am talking about Wacom, not iPad.

Bob

8:21 AM

@FleetCommand I can.

Boris_yo

I tried creating signature on iPAD with pen that has that silicone in its end. Didn't turn out well...

@FleetCommand Ever tried it?

Bob

user226528

@Boris_yo A Wacom tablet? Once. I was more than clumsy with it but the artist that exhibited it drew me.

Bob

Toggle to "On" works fine.

user226528

@Bob Greyed out.

Bob

8:25 AM

@FleetCommand ...odd. Group policy?

Boris_yo

@FleetCommand It must be making drawing in old MS Paint way easier than with mouse.

user226528

@Bob Not in a domain.

Bob

@FleetCommand Logged in as an admin user?

Boris_yo

MS Paint + Mouse = guaranteed Carpal Tunnel

user226528

@Bob No. Let me try that. I must have gotten used to UAC's magic...

Bob

8:27 AM

@FleetCommand Ah. There's a couple forum posts from 2015 (so probably about wireless) saying it's greyed out for standard users.

e.g. forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2443639

user226528

Good call, Bob. You were right on the money.

Bob

@Boris_yo Not necessarily. Most people just have extremely high sensitivity mouse setups.

If you turn your mouse sensitivity down, you can make these precise movements with large sweeping arm motions rather than tiny wrist motions.

Boris_yo

@Bob But how is it comfortable at all to lift arm to move mouse rather than palm?

Bob

@Boris_yo It's not particularly uncomfortable. And you just clear more space for the mouse. Nice large mousepad if you like pads.

Or you use a mouse with a toggle button so you can slow it down for precise work and speed it back up for moving to another area.

Boris_yo

@Bob For me, mice with trackball are the best though. With my Logitech M570 I haven't looked back ever, despite weekly need of cleaning maintenance.

Journeyman Geek

8:50 AM

yup

I do this

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Do wat?

Journeyman Geek

Run my mouse at ludicrously high sensitivity, and have a button for precision use

43

Q: Duracell PowerCheck - How Does It Work?

I've been using these batteries for a long time and I've never seen such a feature. There's a band on its outer wrapping having two ends: The white circle on the left side and the another one on the right side (not visible because it's under my thumb): If you press hard on those ends, a bar s...

voltage-measurement battery-chemistry capacity

Yanno, I always wondered about that. And its even cooler than I thought

Rahul2001

Q: How did the WannaCry hackers get away?
A: They ransomware.

Journeyman Geek

......

boo

Boris_yo

9:08 AM

@JourneymanGeek What's the brand and model?

The Secret Society Control Network - David Icke | NWO - Illuminati - Archons

►

Journeyman Geek

I run a razer mamba TE, but nearly any gaming mouse would let you do that

Boris_yo

A different perspective how world works...

@JourneymanGeek I have Razer DeathAdder.

It's a wired mouse.

Rahul2001

READ THIS! :P

Boris_yo

@Rahul2001 TLDR?

Summary would be nice.

Rahul2001

@Boris_yo n/a

Take the time to read it ;p

Boris_yo

9:10 AM

@Rahul2001 Read it and retell me. $10 via PayPal would be acceptable?

Rahul2001

@Boris_yo Seriously? Deal!

Boris_yo

o.0 Gulp...

Bob

lol

Rahul2001

Hm, my girlfriend changed her mind about the whole forget-existence thing :)

Bob

@Rahul2001 On her own?

Rahul2001

9:21 AM

@Bob Yeah well, I texted, and then she realized that not talking for 1.5 months would suck for both of us so we both promised to study well, and now we can talk! :P

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand Post question and self answer, or I will :P

Journeyman Geek

@Boris_yo synapse would let you do that

djsmiley2k

LSD...

Bob

emoji... movie..?

@djsmiley2k :(

Boris_yo

@djsmiley2k You mean LCD?

djsmiley2k

9:35 AM

@Boris_yo no no

LSD will give you a different PoV ;)

ok this is weird

someone has called into the desk

is now singing the superman theme tune...

Boris_yo

@djsmiley2k I recall that Superman theme is a quiet one with no vocals...

djsmiley2k

ok, humming it then :P

Boris_yo

Captain Planet is still best!

Captain Planet Intro Theme With End Credit Song

►

Bob

@djsmiley2k sing with them!

djsmiley2k

Captain planet! He's our hero

gonna take polution down to zero

Boris_yo

9:37 AM

Gonna take pollution down to zero...

djsmiley2k

yey i rmeembered those lyrics

user226528

Captain Planet? Seriously...

user226528

If I didn't know and had to guess, I'd say this is a video frame from M.A.S.K.

Boris_yo

I didn't know lyrics when I was a kid, let alone English was like a new world to me. I still watched episodes despite not understanding them.

The graphics, effects etc. were way ahead of Russian cartoons.

user226528

9:54 AM

Wait! Russians have cartoons?

Boris_yo

This one was best for its time:

Nu Pogodi - Russian Cartoon - Episode 1 (1969)

►

user226528

Hmm... I've always loved anime but it seems Japanese aren't aware that something called "Story" is ever invented.

user226528

And then there were three Japanese anime that Americans imported, censored, dubbed a whole new story on them and rebranded them.

user226528

Robotech...

Bob

o.o

Nick

9:58 AM

@FleetCommand You've obviously never watched japanese adult content.

user226528

@Nick I have studied Japanese law. They can't produce that kind of contents legally.

user226528

So, no, I haven't watched nonexistent stuff.

bwDraco

roar

6:00 sharp.

user226528

Wow. Greetings have really gone downhill here.

Bob

@FleetCommand Ah, you see, it's not that kind of content as long as you blur it out! ...apparently.

user226528

10:02 AM

O.o

Nick

@FleetCommand Yes, they can...and no, I wasn't talking about that kind of shit.

user226528

o.O

user226528

I never thought there is such thing as different kinds of sh**, but please do proceed.

user226528

And please not about the literal kinds of the literal s***.

Bob

Japanese indecency law is ... odd.

user226528

10:04 AM

You don't have to tell me twice. I read it. What about it now?

user226528

I wish there was one of those "user [such-and-such] is typing..." notices in this chatroom.

Bob

@FleetCommand Who did you think was typing?

user226528

Floof

Bob

:S

Boris_yo

@FleetCommand All of their cartoons lack story?

user226528

10:10 AM

@Bob Are you saying that Japanese produce **** but blur out what makes it ****y?

Bob

@FleetCommand Apparently. Not entirely sure what side of legal it sits on, and Article 175 is ridiculously vague, but there's certainly a lot of it so one can assume they're not prosecuted for it.

user226528

@Bob So, they have some quality alone time with a video whose entire length is a mosaic screen?

user226528

Assuming that the title and credit roll aren't so.

user226528

Or maybe they are just not Japan-made anime...

Bob

@FleetCommand I suppose that would depend on the specific parts that are considered such.

(vague responses ftw)

user226528

10:14 AM

@Boris_yo Most of them. You watch whole season and at the end, you ask yourself: "What the hell I was watching?"

Bob

ok now you actually have me curious

user226528

@Boris_yo I can put it this way: If you watch a season of an anime, and then someone put a gun to your head and says "summarize it for me or I'll shoot", you'd better have your last will and testament prepared.

user226528

Because I will never bet on you being able to summarize it.

Boris_yo

10:49 AM

@FleetCommand Maybe they tell story as cartoon goes? I guess not...

Journeyman Geek

._.

this is wierd s***

Boris_yo

I watched a cartoon about Nagasaki bombing... Don't recall the title but I think it was Japanese. There was a story.

Journeyman Geek

Yanno, I wander off and you guys discuss H****** and worse. Captain Planet

user226528

@Boris_yo There certainly are exceptions, and respectable exceptions too.

Journeyman Geek

Any proper 80s kid would hate it.

user226528

10:51 AM

@Boris_yo For example, Studio Ghibli makes anime with good story.

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek You don't like the cartoon?

Journeyman Geek

... heck no.

It was excessively preachy and had a terribly earwormy theme song

user226528

But 19 million episodes of anime are made in Japan each year.

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek I must have awakened wrath in you...

Journeyman Geek

Now, Batman TAS...

That's awesome

user226528

10:52 AM

99% of those 19 million don't have a story.

Journeyman Geek

Or animaniacs. Which gets better when you actually are old enough to get the innunendo

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek I hated them. I liked nurse though...

Journeyman Geek

lol. I knew there was a reason you were strange....

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Batman Begins. Nice?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek 80s? reruns pls :P

Journeyman Geek

10:53 AM

How can ANYONE hate animaniacs

djsmiley2k

TAS means soemthing different to me

Journeyman Geek

@Bob technically early 90s

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Dr. Strange that is.

djsmiley2k

i never really liked animaniacs as a kid

Journeyman Geek

Batman the animated series.

....

djsmiley2k

10:53 AM

:O

Bob

@JourneymanGeek This has been sitting on my watch later list for half a year

The Ultimate Innuendos and Adult Jokes of Animaniacs

►

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek Tool assisted speedrun ;)

Journeyman Geek

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Boris_yo

@djsmiley2k So you are Dr. Strange too?

djsmiley2k

@Boris_yo What is Dr. Strange?

Journeyman Geek

10:54 AM

How can you people not like animaniacs?

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek I may rewatch them some day to try to like them.

user226528

@JourneymanGeek The same way they don't like Microsoft.

Journeyman Geek

I can get a dislike of tiny toons.

I mean, it was derivative and almost too cutsy

but animaniacs, man...

djsmiley2k

I don't dislike microsoft.

Boris_yo

Ren & Stimpy anyone?

Journeyman Geek

10:55 AM

Never cared for the art style

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Oh yeah. You like your CGI in the morning...

Rahul2001

I just created a botnet script which fetches commands from a server and runs them and is only 533KB in size

Journeyman Geek

On the contrary, I either prefer a simplified realist style or actually visually pleasing artwork

I grew up on warner brother's cartoons...

Bob

"only"

user226528

I grew up on Tom & Jerry but whatever.

Rahul2001

10:57 AM

@Bob Small enough. Unpacks busybox.exe for addition functionality.

Journeyman Geek

Tom and Jerry is fine.

Rahul2001

@FleetCommand Tom and Jerry is AWESOME!

Apr 2 at 6:59, by Rahul2001

I just downloaded all the classic Tom and Jerry episodes :P

Bob

Tom and Jerry got weird under Chuck Jones

user226528

@Rahul2001 I seem to have the same opinion once. I used to find it extremely hilarious.

Boris_yo

@FleetCommand It has a long mileage to it. I could watch same episodes and never get enough.

Some movies have a long mileage too. Like Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan etc. ... I can rewatch them again and again.

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