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Josh

3:03 AM

Come on Phillip Oldham, accept my answer! Don't let the bounty expire!

mootinator

Argh.

Josh

what's wrong @moot?

mootinator

I just spent two hours debugging because I renamed a tab instead of a text area, so my document wasn't loading.

/cry

Josh

:-(

I feel your pain @mootinator

To cheer you up:

in The Comms Room on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 6 hours ago, by Farseeker

I once had a customer yell at me "YOU DIDN'T SELL ME A FUCKING START MENU, STOP TELLING ME TO CLICK ON SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T SELL ME"

mootinator

Eep.

Josh

3:11 AM

Hey @MichaelPetrotta

Michael Petrotta

the logic for that one... I don't even...

Hey, Josh

Want another site to waste time on?
http://artoftrolling.memebase.com/

Dan Grossman

they just raised a $30 million investment round

status-completed

Any javascript guru laying around here ?

Michael Petrotta

who, SOIS?

Dan Grossman

the cheezburger network

Josh

3:17 AM

@statuscompleted I am a JavaScript Guru but I'm not laying around...

Michael Petrotta

Ah, jeez.

Josh

;-)

status-completed

hehe, sec, it seems I got answer

Josh

@statuscompleted In fact I'm so good I can answer your question before you even ask it: You need more jQuery

Dan Grossman

> I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes techcrunch.com/2011/01/17/…

Tim Stone

3:19 AM

If @RebeccaChernoff ever does something office-award worthy, they should get her this (and turn it 90 degrees)

3

Josh

EVERYBODY STAR THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

status-completed

0

Q: How can an alert call make a script run without error and without it doesn't ?

I have a very odd problem with javascript. If you take the following code and run it, it will run fine without any error, but if you comment the first alert, it will throw an error at line 5 (var _board = Bomber.BoardFactory.getBoard();) saying BoardFactory doesn't exist (remember that with the f...

Michael Petrotta

@statuscompleted: your title makes my brain hurt

status-completed

@MichaelPetrotta thats the best I could find :/

Moshe

Okay, settled in.

mootinator

3:22 AM

codegolf.se just makes my brain hurt.

Josh

@MichaelPetrotta FTFY

Michael Petrotta

@Josh: crap, so did I. Who won?

Josh

You did =o

Michael Petrotta

Nope, I did. But I rolled back to yours.

Dan Grossman

Have a prize!

Michael Petrotta

3:24 AM

I mean, yep I did

good ventilation in that pile

Josh

@MichaelPetrotta LOL, I think yours was better :-D

@MichaelPetrotta HAHAHA

status-completed

@DanGrossman Where have you find that picture of the monthly data dump of SO ?

Moshe

Anyone know about chkdsk & windows?

Dan Grossman

chkdsk is a program, that comes with windows

Michael Petrotta

that is correct.

Moshe

3:26 AM

My friend a XP partition and a Win 7 CD.

Josh

@statuscompleted that was neat

Well, not neat for you, but neat for us :-D

Moshe

XP just didn't boot.

What could be wrong?

status-completed

@Josh my question or what I just said before ? I'm confused

Josh

@statuscompleted Sorry, your question. It was a tricky one like you said

drachenstern

@Moshe like 30 things

Moshe

3:27 AM

@drachenstern Hah, true.

drachenstern

is the hard drive recognized by the BIOS

Moshe

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Q: page flip without button click

Hai, I need smooth page curling for my ebook without clicking any button but clicking on any part of my ebook page...how to achieve dis?

iphone

drachenstern

can a ubuntu cd see the disk and the data?

'those are the two fastest methods I know of

Josh

@drachenstern s/30/9,642/

Moshe

@drachenstern Not sure, Notepad can see it from the Win7 Recovery CD

status-completed

3:28 AM

Ya, but at least that I learned me a lesson always check for semicolon everywhere

Moshe

I assume so.

drachenstern

@Josh it's over 9000!

@Moshe bad idea

Josh

@drachenstern lol

Moshe

@drachenstern Ok, why?

drachenstern

@Moshe same thing

@Moshe not being sure of responses when asking for answers is not a good response

but I didn't see the other answer fast enough

Moshe

3:29 AM

Ok

Hard drive is recognized by BIOS.

drachenstern

you probably need to run fdisk /mbr

I would ask on SF

Michael Petrotta

SU, maybe

Moshe

Would a Win7 disk work for XP? I remember that Vista+ changed the boot scheme

Then I switched to Mac.

drachenstern

@MichaelPetrotta maybe

@Moshe this is why I don't know

Moshe

@drachenstern Ok, going to ask.

Josh

3:31 AM

@drachenstern SU, definitely

Moshe

@Josh agreed.

Josh

I will get people to close that if I see it on SF

drachenstern

I thought SF was for hardware

Josh

Servers

> Server Fault is for system administrators and desktop support professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity. If your question is about …

Servers
Networks
Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace

drachenstern

Look, there's a reason I stay on SO and dba and MSO and E.SE

Josh

3:32 AM

@drachenstern :-)

Michael Petrotta

"E"? English?

drachenstern

Indeed sir

Moshe

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Q: Will an Window 7 recover CD repair an XP MBR?

Will an Window 7 recover CD repair an XP MBR? Can I run fdisk /mbr or chkdsk on an XP install from a Windows 7 recovery CD?

windows-7 windows windows-xp recovery

Michael Petrotta

That site feels like a cup of Earl Grey tea, while sitting in an overstuffed chair in front of a fire.

Josh

lol

@Moshe this came out different from how I expected it to :-)

Moshe

3:34 AM

@Josh Why?

drachenstern

@MichaelPetrotta they said the same thing on their meta

Josh

4 mins ago, by Moshe

Would a Win7 disk work for XP? I remember that Vista+ changed the boot scheme

@Moshe because apparently I don't read half the stuff that's posted in this room, HAHA

mootinator

Woo, the prestigious Tumbleweeeeeeed is mine.

drachenstern

noooooo you arse

Michael Petrotta

@drachenstern: heh. I should participate. I'm the english geek at work, with friends, and family

drachenstern

3:35 AM

I never stand a chance on that one :\

mootinator

Time to answer my own question.

Josh

@mootinator Otherwise known asn The meh badge, :-/

drachenstern

@MichaelPetrotta I'm accidentally up over 500

Josh

@MichaelPetrotta I have a good place for you to start

mootinator

@Josh ;)

Michael Petrotta

3:35 AM

@Josh: hmm?

Josh

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Q: What's the word for "overly proud of your education"?

A friend and I are trying to remember a word to describe someone who is overly proud of their education. An example usage would be: Does that email make me appear too blank? Where blank is the word I am looking for, in case that is not obvious. He thought the word was "erudite" but when tha...

word-choice vocabulary

drachenstern

I'm in the top 120 users ffs

HOW

Moshe

Wow. Haven't used SO in a while. Since I switched to Mac actually.

Josh

@drachenstern I saw that earlier, nice work

drachenstern

@Josh what did you think of my answer?

Michael Petrotta

3:36 AM

@Josh: pretentious

Moshe

@drachenstern ffs?

@MichaelPetrotta haha

drachenstern

@Moshe don't ask

mootinator

@Josh It was close... I asked my coworkers for input and a bunch of them visited the question and sent it to me :/

Moshe

kk

Josh

@drachenstern I liked it, but I have to ask @tryaria, he was the one trying to think of the word :-D

drachenstern

3:37 AM

that's cool Josh

Michael Petrotta

"Hifalutin". Heh, like it.

Josh

And I guess @RebeccaChernoff couldn't (or wouldn't / didn't want to) assign it to him

Moshe

OMG, that was my 100th question on SU!

Rebecca Chernoff

huh?

Josh

@drachenstern personally I think he is being a little silly about it, LOL

@RebeccaChernoff SHE AWAKES! ;-)

drachenstern

3:37 AM

@Josh bah, it's a coworker, what are you gonna do

Michael Petrotta

@Rebecca, we have a keyboard for you.

Tim Stone

runs away

Josh

LOL

mootinator

@drachenstern I recycled my obfuscated FizzBuzz and my mind has been screwed with completely already: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/88/…

Josh

Michael Petrotta

3:38 AM

I've been using FizzBuzz in this last round of interviews. Very useful.

Moshe

@Josh saw that.

Rebecca Chernoff

oy

Josh

@Moshe is your name Rebecca? ;-)

Moshe

@RebeccaChernoff Nope, not a star in sight. It's been seconds.

drachenstern

@mootinator I feel like that deserves a YW since I introduced you to that madness ;)

Michael Petrotta

3:39 AM

@RebeccaChernoff: you can make a key for that too

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drachenstern

@Josh it IS! How did you know?

Moshe

@Josh Huh? I missed that.

mootinator

Thanks, lol ;)

Josh

@Moshe sorry, just being sarcastic for a change. This is a keyboard for @RebeccaChernoff:

20 mins ago, by Tim Stone

If @RebeccaChernoff ever does something office-award worthy, they should get her this (and turn it 90 degrees)

Moshe

@Josh I saw that a few days ago, was going to post.

drachenstern

3:40 AM

The novelty of it passed before I found the effort to post it here ... as it has already passed for me here in the room ;) ... moving on ...

Josh

@Moshe oh. I understand now! Once again my off-the-cuff sarcastic remarks make me look like a bafoon!

Moshe

Got stuff to do.

Rebecca Chernoff

@Josh, link me to that question and user profile please. I'll try I guess

Moshe

@Josh is confused

Josh

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Q: What's the word for "overly proud of your education"?

A friend and I are trying to remember a word to describe someone who is overly proud of their education. An example usage would be: Does that email make me appear too blank? Where blank is the word I am looking for, in case that is not obvious. He thought the word was "erudite" but when tha...

word-choice vocabulary

tryaria, Seattle

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Tyler Chacha

3:41 AM

My iPod simply will not update..

Josh

YOU CAN DO IT @RebeccaChernoff!!!!!!

YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY!!!!

Tyler Chacha

I guess it is updating really slowly..

Josh

@Moshe it's Ok. I'm confused too ;-)

Moshe

@drachenstern - Update on the windows stuff

Tyler Chacha

but it has failed like 3 times..

Josh

3:42 AM

@TylerChacha USB1 port?

Moshe

@TylerChacha - What iPod?

Tyler Chacha

iPod Touch

and I plugged it into the front of my computer..

Moshe

@TylerChacha - Which one?

Tyler Chacha

umm.

2nd gen

Moshe

Ok, Mac or PC?

Tyler Chacha

3:43 AM

PC

Michael Petrotta

mine has taken lately to freezing/getting stuck at backup.

Moshe

@drachenstern - sorry, Windows 7 recovery disk found a missing/corrupt boot manager

drachenstern

wait, what?

mootinator

blink

drachenstern

the computer boots or doesn't boot?

Tyler Chacha

3:43 AM

We'll see how far it gets this time..

right now it is halfway done, and it hasn't made it this far yet

drachenstern

that totally doesn't change your booting problem

That would be what fdisk /mbr does

Moshe

@drachenstern - I know. I have done that before.

He hasn't the disk

@TylerChacha - Let me know if this time works or not.

drachenstern

try navigating to c:\windows\system and run that

you've got a friggin access to the disk via notepad

Moshe

ok

drachenstern

or whatever

open a command prompt from c:\windows\cmd.exe

or is it c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

Moshe

3:45 AM

Right, true, so what would that do?

drachenstern

and then with a command prompt open, run fdisk from the C:\

Moshe

So fdisk is installed in Windows

got it

drachenstern

of course

Josh

@RebeccaChernoff did it!!!!!!!!!!!

drachenstern

Oy, kids these days

Josh

3:46 AM

\o/

Michael Petrotta

what did she do this time?

drachenstern

she moved a question to another user

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Q: What's the word for "overly proud of your education"?

A friend and I are trying to remember a word to describe someone who is overly proud of their education. An example usage would be: Does that email make me appear too blank? Where blank is the word I am looking for, in case that is not obvious. He thought the word was "erudite" but when tha...

word-choice vocabulary

Moshe

@drachenstern - what folder is fdisk in?

drachenstern

but the rep doesn't seem to have followed

@Moshe probably c:\windows\system32

or c:\windows

I really don't know for sure

Josh

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A: Can a question be moved from one account to another?

It turns out that this can be done. You just have to know the right people. And a big thank you to her! :-)

drachenstern

3:49 AM

but but but

the question has three upvotes and he has 101

Dan Grossman

I need a shovel :/

Rebecca Chernoff

consider it your one favor. you get one per lifetime. (:

Josh

@drachenstern so not you can ask @tryaria what he thought of your answer yourself!

drachenstern

@Josh lol, or just wait to see if it gets accepted ;)

Josh

@RebeccaChernoff I am in your debt :-)

drachenstern

3:50 AM

@RebeccaChernoff well in that case ... I need a date for Friday night two months ago, will you go with me?

2

Dan Grossman

tell him to go to /reputation and run the recalc

drachenstern

trying to burn that up now so I'm not tempted

Josh

@drachenstern ROFLMAO, I think my favor might have been smaller than that!

drachenstern

@DanGrossman good call

@Josh idk, it's for something she can commit to and feel good about not having missed ;)

@Josh reread my question

two months ago

Tyler Chacha

@moshe No good. iPod Update failed Error Code 9

drachenstern

3:52 AM

Josh don't I have you on skype? sidebar convo

Moshe

@TylerChacha - hang on

Josh

@drachenstern this requires launching Skype :-)

drachenstern

@Josh indeed it does

Michael Petrotta

hmm

Tyler Chacha

One site just said to uninstall all apple software and try again..

Moshe

3:54 AM

@TylerChacha - hang on

Tyler Chacha

I am..

Moshe

@drachenstern -We can run stuff now off of the C drive. is chkdsk not worth the wait?

drachenstern

that's up to you, idk

Moshe

@drachenstern - Too late, he already made that choice. Is there a diff between fdisk /mbr and fixmbr?

Dan Grossman

> ...The Recovery Console, a troubleshooting tool in Windows XP Professional, offers a feature called Fixmbr. However, it functions identically to the Fdisk /mbr command, replacing only the master boot code and not affecting the partition table...

drachenstern

3:57 AM

idk that one

ahh, there we go

Moshe

@TylerChacha - hang on

I have an idea, but some Googling is in order.

juggling some younger siblings and several tech issues simultaneously.

@TylerChacha - Are you all backed up?

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