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Living Room / Re: "Magic Pig Powder" May Heal My Wife

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 14, 2012, 12:16 PM »

Good luck with the new treatment.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Diagnose problems in windows file sharing on LAN

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 14, 2012, 12:11 PM »

I'm using Windows 7 I've never seen this kind of issues. And even with Windows XP it was very rare

-Ath (August 14, 2012, 11:41 AM)

I have. Usually it's caused by 3rd party firewalls or some other over zealous security suite. Name resolution is a classic failure point when Fwalls are involved...and also for workgroups when user X decides to change their password the fun ensues.

The duplicate name thing happens a lot when user X decides to connect their laptop to a hard line (for a faster transfer etc.) while it's still connected to the WiFi ... Moments later the machine is in conflict with itself. <-Okay I did that one to myself last week but I was in a hurry and having a bad day)

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Living Room / Re: Staple of people from State and Europe !

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 14, 2012, 11:55 AM »

Looks kinda fake (the object that is being suckled upon, I mean) 

-Shades (August 14, 2012, 08:57 AM)

I could barely look at it at first, but I think you're right when I look at it again. Good eye!

-Renegade (August 14, 2012, 09:10 AM)

Indeed, the whole cow looks fake (scale is off etc.).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Arranges in a txt file

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 14, 2012, 11:49 AM »

Open the file in notepad (or word, or any text editor you like). Get to search and replace function (ctrl-h usually).
Replace all instances of   ,   with    ","
Adjust spaces as you like.

-eleman (August 12, 2012, 10:21 AM)

I've had to do that a few times. Second part is to search for \r\n and replace it with "\r\n" to get the beginning and ending quotes. Granted that will depend on the editor...but it works for me in EmEditor.

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Living Room / Re: In search of ... audio mavens

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 13, 2012, 11:41 AM »

Um...

The mini-plug is for headphones and derails all other audio output.

-barney (August 12, 2012, 02:46 PM)

I want to incorporate wireless speakers for the patio - cable is not an option.  Bought a pair of wireless speakers, with a broadcast unit that plugs into the mini-plug output.  That won't work, since it disables all other audio.

-barney (August 12, 2012, 02:46 PM)

Problem seems to be by design (can the behavior be disabled?).

IIRC we have the same TV, isn't there a set of 3 RCA jacks (white/yellow/red) on the back of it? It shouldn't be to hard to get an adapter cable to get audio from that.

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Living Room / Re: It's Official: Many DC'ers Are Psychopaths~! :P

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 13, 2012, 11:29 AM »

This constant "Politically Correct" watering down of things is truly insulting on a very base level. A 'disorder' makes it sound as if something is only mildly out-of-place (like disarray or disheveled) ... They just need a cookie and a good talking to (right...). Now sociopath OTOH ... Is obviously now someone you'd want dating your daughter. ...But it isn't "fair" to "stigmatize" these people with such a harsh term...because it might negatively impact their ability to find employment...in child care.

Okay, so can anyone do a (like 10 words or less) thumbnail sketch in the distinction(s) between:
Sociopath
Psychopath
Psychotic

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Updates has hosed my system... Help!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 13, 2012, 09:27 AM »

AFAIK the saved data that LKGC uses is dynamically updated after each successful boot regardless of whether SR is enabled or not.

-40hz (August 13, 2012, 07:48 AM)

Correct, the Clone Control Set is automatically generated regardless of SR's config. That's why the registry has 3 copies of the Current Control Set.

The problem it has for general systems problem solving is it only has a limited timeframe where the 'last known' might still be useful. Because once you get to a desktop (even a screwed up desktop) that becomes your current last known 'good' config.

-40hz (August 13, 2012, 07:48 AM)

True the LKGC is updated by/to the CCS during login, but I don't think immediately after the login is accepted ... As I have gotten away with it a time or two when the login was freezing quickly. Granted those could have been flukes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Updates has hosed my system... Help!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 13, 2012, 06:43 AM »

Short of a full-on System Restore being that there was not a successful logon, Last Know Good Configuration is/would be the quickest option.

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Living Room / Re: Typing Speed Competition!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 10, 2012, 01:33 PM »

Didn't feel like doing a screen shot:

Your score: 135 CPM (that is 27 WPM)

Your score beats or equals 21.66% of all.

In reality, you typed 145 CPM, but you made 2 mistakes (out of 28 words), which were not counted in the corrected CPM score.

Your mistakes were:
•Instead of "better", you typed "beter".
•Instead of "ever", you typed "even".

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Living Room / Re: Olympic coverage this year SUCKS!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 10, 2012, 06:56 AM »

I'm not sure why he start talking about the smiling thing - maybe the police took it as meaning he was only there to protest?

-tomos (August 10, 2012, 04:36 AM)

They're profiling people looking for anyone that is too nervous/properly engaged with the event/etc., so he got targeted. And as usual the profiling got a bit out-of-hand. The fuzz deserve the ridicule and should just deal with it, learn from it, and move on ... They have no defensible position IMO.

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Living Room / Re: Olympic coverage this year SUCKS!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 09, 2012, 01:10 PM »

Man arrested at Olympics cycling event for not smiling.

-Renegade (August 09, 2012, 11:43 AM)

I've actually been hassled for that during orientation by the head of security at a previous job. Why it was such a big deal that I smile for a ID badge photo I've not a clue...but the security guy went friggin ballistic about it. Hell he didn't shut-up until I pointed out that Stoicism was a religion...so I had a right to not be grinning like an idiot.

I quit the job a few months later.

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Living Room / Re: Staple of people from State and Europe !

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 09, 2012, 11:52 AM »

Coke! Banned in Bolivia![/b]

Can you imagine the illegal Coke trade?

-Renegade (August 09, 2012, 09:45 AM)

(Bolivia...as in Bolivian Marching Powder Bolivia?)

Don't you mean the bidirectional Coke trade? They'll be swapping 8balls for a 12-pack (and shit-can both economies) by the time it's over.

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Living Room / Re: How Blogging (or Coding) Can Rot Your Teeth

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 09, 2012, 07:10 AM »

So... By that logic, sleeping must also be bad for ones teeth. Unless of course they talk in their sleep. I have a really hard time buying this as there are a multitude of reasons people can have for not being loquacious. It doesn't necessarily have to mean your mouth has to dry out ... as I'm sure salivation rates vary. Here's a thought... Who is most likely to need-a-drink? Some one waiting in line alone? Or someone giving a speech??

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Living Room / Re: It's Official: Many DC'ers Are Psychopaths~! :P

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 08, 2012, 07:02 PM »

And I'm also getting real tired of all the psychological bullying going around these days.

-superboyac (August 08, 2012, 11:27 AM)

That's pretty much where I was coming from earlier. It started out as a means to help people, but now it's mostly just weaponized nonsense. Sure there are still some of the low level touchy feely I'm ok you're ok types. But the bulk of the psychology effort seems to go into screwing the shit out of the populace by conning them into believing some mindblowingly ridiculous spin-doctored bullshit. Like we're really supposed to feel sorry for the oil (oops) "energy" companies because they're having such a tough time making ends meet while they try so gash darn hard to make the world a better place for everybody... Seriously??? [comment omitted to avoid burning a hole in the fabric of the internet]

Either that or they're trying to "fix" things that are just not repairable. Some fruitcake standing over a pile of corpses with a can of whipped cream, a sparkler, and a spoon does not need counseling.

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Living Room / Re: It's Official: Many DC'ers Are Psychopaths~! :P

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 08, 2012, 06:57 AM »

Right, let's make everybody feel guilty about not signing up to be monitored by the CIA.

The only thing this proves is that psychology is BS.

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Living Room / Re: Apple's Marketing Mindset

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 07, 2012, 11:54 AM »

With all due respect, have you ever found much "man" to bring out in the average Apple fanboy ?

-40hz (August 07, 2012, 10:19 AM)

In an attempt to design an unscientific test I did a quick Google image search for Apple Manly ... It found nothing. I can only conclude by this that much as implied above ... There is no manliness in Apple products.

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Living Room / Re: Curiosity Mars rover - live feed from NASA

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 07, 2012, 11:37 AM »

But did you know that there are over 200 "sunken cities" in the Mediterranean Sea? So we know that sea level was much lower in the past.

-Renegade (August 07, 2012, 09:45 AM)

They were most likely the direct result of the previous inhabitants of idiotic monkeys creating their own incident of global warming which came to a head (destroying the planet) during an Olympic farting contest.

Now as far as the alien invading force... That will most likely - due to a massive miscalculation of scale - be swallowed in its entirety by a small dog.

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Living Room / Re: Apple's Marketing Mindset

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 06, 2012, 01:26 PM »

And CSI Miami

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General Software Discussion / Re: Activate/deactive a windows service with a script

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 06, 2012, 06:34 AM »

That's interesting. In Win7-64, the "NET" command only has these options - i.e., no RESTART:

-IainB (August 06, 2012, 12:07 AM)

That probably has much to do with my not being a morning person, and it not actually existing.

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Living Room / Re: Hacked "hard" via the cloud.

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 05, 2012, 03:17 PM »

I was surprised to read that the hacker "got in through Apple tech support and some clever social engineering that let them bypass security questions."  Huh?

-cyberdiva (August 05, 2012, 08:29 AM)

Why? That is quite literally the oldest trick in the book. Scam artists have been using pieces of info to validate claims about one person to fool another since the beginning of time. A casual 5 minute conversation with anyone will glean enough info to do a google search for the rest of the details to answer security questions. ...And with folks putting their life story on FaceBook...the first two steps are academic.

-Stoic Joker (August 05, 2012, 09:34 AM)

Well, I guess I was assuming that other people are as cautious/paranoid as I am.  I put next-to-no personal info on Facebook and don't use security questions that can be answered via a Google search.  At least, I don't think I do.     I do tend to be more truthful when I deal with tech support, but I frankly can't imagine someone knowing enough about me to be able to get personal info about me from tech support. 

-cyberdiva (August 05, 2012, 11:58 AM)

^ Hah... I'm with you.  When they give you a limited number of questions to choose from, I usually use a totally unrelated answer that I've related somehow to that question in my mind.

-wraith808 (August 05, 2012, 12:04 PM)

Hay, I'm with you 1000%, I also use a fictitious history ... But... We. Ain't. "Normal"... Sheeple OTOH ...  ...Please don't make me say it...

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Living Room / Re: Hacked "hard" via the cloud.

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 05, 2012, 09:34 AM »

I was surprised to read that the hacker "got in through Apple tech support and some clever social engineering that let them bypass security questions."  Huh?

-cyberdiva (August 05, 2012, 08:29 AM)

Why? That is quite literally the oldest trick in the book. Scam artists have been using pieces of info to validate claims about one person to fool another since the beginning of time. A casual 5 minute conversation with anyone will glean enough info to do a google search for the rest of the details to answer security questions. ...And with folks putting their life story on FaceBook...the first two steps are academic.


Security question: High school mascot

Hay friend, where you from?? [Gets town name]

Really? I've got a friend/cousin/coworker who grew up there..said it was a nice place but their HS mascot sucked... [Answer: That's odd, what's wrong with xxxxx?] oops.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Activate/deactive a windows service with a script

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 05, 2012, 09:22 AM »

^Very good point^ 

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Living Room / Re: Should we pre-emptively retire old hard drives?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 04, 2012, 08:38 AM »

So, just buy 2 then? Or 4 for mirrored raid?

-Renegade (August 03, 2012, 01:30 PM)

  ...A 4 drive (RAID1) mirror?

-Stoic Joker (August 03, 2012, 02:26 PM)

Umm...Maybe Renegade is thinking of a RAID-10 (aka: "striped mirrors") since he's talking four disks?

-40hz (August 03, 2012, 04:32 PM)

I Know ... I was just having a spot of evil fun poking him with a stick. We used the same configuration back when I first started where I'm at, but I had to switch it to a RAID5 due to space constraints.

I'm actually thinking of using it on the new rack system/virtualization/private cloud project if it gets off the ground for better redundancy since the performance numbers on RAID6 appear to be a bit (Um...) inflated. Not to mention the whole IOPS/spindle contention bla, bla, bla thing. Plan is to come out of the gate with about 8 or 10 virtual, on 3 physical, with a 3TB SAN...and leave room for an IT lab.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Activate/deactive a windows service with a script

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 04, 2012, 08:19 AM »

net stop [service name]
net start [service name]
net restart [service name]

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Living Room / Re: Should we pre-emptively retire old hard drives?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 03, 2012, 02:26 PM »

So, just buy 2 then? Or 4 for mirrored raid?

-Renegade (August 03, 2012, 01:30 PM)

  ...A 4 drive (RAID1) mirror?