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Octavian Damiean

1:07 PM

@ManjotSingh ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

ManjotSingh

I am downloading VirtualBox for mac

Loïc Wolff

that's what I call a redundant URL :)

Octavian Damiean

well there is a special reason behind this redundancy ;)

ManjotSingh

will this run on VirtualBox

Octavian Damiean

yes

ManjotSingh

1:09 PM

what is that reason behind that redundancy?

Octavian Damiean

a few months ago there was the desktop, server and netbook edition of Ubuntu, the desktop and netbook editions were merged to just ubuntu since they are the same thing from 11.04 onwards

ManjotSingh

VirtualBox installed

Octavian are you using mac?

Octavian Damiean

no

ManjotSingh

I want to installed window in VirtualBox

for blackberry development

Octavian Damiean

do it

ManjotSingh

1:18 PM

but I dont have window CD

Octavian Damiean

that is a problem then

you'll have to buy one

ManjotSingh

BUY!

is there any other solution

In my office there is CD of window 7

will it run there

Octavian Damiean

well yes, that is the action when you give someone money and get something in return for it, that is called buying

@ManjotSingh for the 100th time yes

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ManjotSingh

Will image of Windows will work on VirtualBox?

Octavian Damiean

you're doing it on purpose right? :D

tombull89

1:24 PM

List of aff Supported guest OS > virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes

Including Server 2008, 2003, Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

ManjotSingh

where do I get CD of it?

my boss wont allow me to do that

he will not give me any CD

so tell me the source of Window CD

Loïc Wolff

ManjotSingh

I have made VirtualWindow it works fine but I am getting "Fatal:No bootable medium found,System halted"

tombull89

@ManjotSingh This is why you need the Ubuntu or Windows disk.

ManjotSingh

Loïc Wolff

1:28 PM

or an ISO file that you'll download from ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download/ubuntuubuntu/downloadownload

ManjotSingh

but priority is of Window then Ubuntu

Octavian Damiean

@LoïcWolff lol it is not that redundant! :D

ManjotSingh

I am beginner :)

tombull89

@ManjotSingh Unless a) your boss is willing to give you a windows disk or b) your can go out and buy it then it looks like Ubuntu has to be your first choice.

ManjotSingh

I dont have much idea

tombull89

1:30 PM

@LoïcWolff Think you missed a /download there somewhere.

Octavian Damiean

@tombull89 that list is missing Plan 9!

Loïc Wolff

@tombull89 you're right, it should be download.ubuntu.com :)

ManjotSingh

so lets try with Ubuntu then

I am downloading ISO file of Ubuntu :)

Octavian Damiean

well done

first step to civilization

ManjotSingh

where it has been required?

Octavian Damiean

1:33 PM

there

tombull89

...

this is becoming painful.

ManjotSingh

Loïc Wolff

> These salutations aren't eaten; they're donated to Misantrophic PHP Devs Anonymous, those people need some niceties. – balpha♦

Octavian Damiean

lol

tombull89

@LoïcWolff I just upboated that :P

Octavian Damiean

1:39 PM

upboating, sounds nice :D

tombull89

yay upboat.

ManjotSingh

nice

Moshe

Morning.

Reading the iOS5 enhancement list is actually making me happy about the update. All broken alpha features aside, this is pretty nice.

jcolebrand

2:12 PM

ok, what's this about a skype outage?

tombull89

@jcolebrand MS bought skype, few days later skype went down with dropped calls and people unable to login.

Some localaised problems but it's getting back on it's feet.

jcolebrand

So is this like when the super-multi-nodes went down? I already knew about the MS-Skype thing. Particularly liked the reddited version of sky.net

tombull89

haha, yeah I saw that.

heartbeat.skype.com

jcolebrand

12

Q: The smallest backup possible ... with SQL Server

Daily we ship our SQL Server backups across the WAN. We need to minimize the size of these backups so it does not take forever. We don't mind if our backup process takes a bit longer; as it stands we need to move 30gigs of compressed backup across the WAN that takes over 10 hours. There are 2...

Michael Mrozek

2:35 PM

Aww, a software-rec question? waffles--

jcolebrand

lulz

Ólafur Waage

WAFFLES!

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Michael Mrozek

2:52 PM

@jcolebrand meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/16640/…

jcolebrand

3:11 PM

@MichaelMrozek chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/1099942#1099942 <-- sorry nondiamonds.

It would seem as tho you are slow with the updates ;)

So I just found out our direction/strategy for the next iter of our software, we're going to transition from data warehouse to OLTP. Fun.

Michael Mrozek

@jcolebrand Next time you two should add it to the recent changes list; I assumed nobody'd noticed yet because it wasn't on there

jcolebrand

bah, admit it, you just have been slacking off on slacking off.

Tim Stone

@MichaelMrozek Ah right, I knew there was something I had meant to do..

jcolebrand

and someone else pointed it out to me, so why should I be the one to add it to that list? I say we /blame @RebeccaChernoff

Tim Stone

> @TimStone: SANITY IS OVERRATED! MUAHAHAHAHAHA – balpha 59s ago

It seems I finally pushed @balpha over the edge.

jcolebrand

3:26 PM

I feel that my title/body don't really convey what I want it to here, any thoughts?

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Q: In C# ADO.NET, how can I tell if a sproc returned 0 rows versus the sproc had no commands to run on TSQL?

In C# ADO.NET, how can I tell if a sproc returned 0 rows versus the sproc had no commands to run on TSQL? Let me lay it out in full. In TSQL I have (when I open this in SSMS) ALTER PROC mySproc @myvar VARCHAR(10) AS /* commented out on dev system - uncomment on production */ /* guess what d...

c# tsql ado.net sqldatareader

Octavian Damiean

I don't know it is such a good idea to just repeat the title in the body or the other way around

:D

Salutations!

@jcolebrand also your body lacks tons of Hiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!, Dear Mr. and Mrs. Stack Overflow and so on

jcolebrand

3:28 PM

@OctavianDamiean thanks for the feedback. Not so helpful ;)

@balpha and did it help?

Octavian Damiean

:(

jcolebrand

@OctavianDamiean yeah, idk. I do it about 50% of the time I think.

Octavian Damiean

well reading it twice I still fail to think of a shorter title so never mind :p

Tim Stone

@balpha lmao

@MichaelMrozek Oh, while you're in there, I guess no one actually mentioned that the short links were added for comments.

Octavian Damiean

awesome!

Michael Mrozek

3:32 PM

I think there's some confusion regarding the RFC2SE post. Specifically who is able to edit it -- the answer is everyone

jcolebrand

@TimStone omg. OMG. OMFG. That has the potential to be brilliant.

Michael Mrozek

I'd be much more excited if they worked in posts; I link to those places on meta all the time, I almost never link to them in comments

Tim Stone

@MichaelMrozek Well, since we determined yesterday that you were really my sockpuppet, I suppose I'm just talking to myself.

Ólafur Waage

why do you need to edit a question 28 times? stackoverflow.com/posts/5963378/revisions

jcolebrand

@ÓlafurWaage so it hits CW?

ok, off for a haircut. bbl. (more of the continuing saga that is the excitement that is Cole's life)

Octavian Damiean

3:37 PM

@ÓlafurWaage that is when you suck at proofreading :p

Michael Mrozek

Or he's just bumping it

Ólafur Waage

I'm thinking it's bumping.

Tim Stone

Seems most likely, given the intervals between the edits.

Octavian Damiean

instead of just starting a bounty :p

Yi Jiang

Eh, why is the chatroom widget showing up on the sidebar of the tool screen?

Tim Stone

3:42 PM

Maybe it shows you when chat has flags. Or maybe it's just chillin', 'cause that's how it rolls. I have no idea either way.

Yi Jiang

I know it says "Go and ask people on chat", but the widget still doesn't make sense

Tim Stone

Well, it seems to have disappeared from the sidebar on Meta.

George Marian

Apparently, it's morning again.

Tim Stone

Though for all I know that may have happened a while ago, and I didn't realize.

Hogan

I'm seeing it in a bunch places @YiJiang

When Chat Widget attacks!

Yi Jiang

3:44 PM

@TimStone Indeed, it was morning quite a while ago. Where have you bee @GeorgeMarian? :P

Tim Stone

Hah ;)

George Marian

@YiJiang I was sleeping soundly. :)

Apparently, it's going to be a cool day. Yay. \o/

Loïc Wolff

> @TeamOfJacob is now following you on Twitter. Jacob Black is a fictional character in the books Twilight.

Is this a joke?

Octavian Damiean

lol

George Marian

haha

Tim Stone

3:48 PM

I laughed.

Octavian Damiean

You know that you are famous when fictional book and movie characters start following you on Twitter.

Loïc Wolff

Yet still no @codinghorror, @jonskeet or @wilshipley...

Tim Stone

> This was in our hotel parking lot this morning... Lol... Someone is in big trouble!

Octavian Damiean

lol

Michael Mrozek

@TimStone I'll say. Imagine what EL&U will do to Nikki when they find out about "your broke"

Octavian Damiean

3:51 PM

hehe

Tim Stone

:D

George Marian

@MichaelMrozek LOL

That's not the only issue I noticed.

Yi Jiang

Personal Finance might also be interested here

George Marian

ha

Tim Stone

Should send out an invite to Parenting too.

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Q: Toddler is afraid of robots

I'm sure the headline made you curious? :-) But I'm serious, and I am not referring to toys but actual household machines. We have a Roomba floor vacuum cleaner and a lawn mower. My 20-month son is afraid of these machines, even when they're parked and turned off. He will back away from them an...

toddler afraid machines

Brilliant

Loïc Wolff

3:54 PM

AND NOW AN ANDROID DEVELOPER. WHERE HAS THE WORLD COME TO?

Oh wait... Hai @OctavianDamiean

Octavian Damiean

:D

Moshe

@tombstone Who's dog is that?

Yi Jiang

And perhaps motor repair, on how to get that off the car

Tim Stone

Stack Exchange: Here with the answers to the questions you wake up to

Moshe

@timstone who's dog is that in the reflection of the car. (sorry bout the ping before, iOS "helped" there.)

Tim Stone

4:04 PM

It belongs to whoever took the picture, I think.

Michael Mrozek

4:33 PM

chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/…

Tim Stone

5:59 PM

Ah, I hate when UPS lies to me.

mootinator

I hate when commercial banks are idiotic.

Tim Stone

Yeah, that sounds like it has the potential to be even more frustrating. :P

mootinator

I tried to open a joint chequing account with ING DIRECT.

They want a personalized cheque from my wife in order to verify her identity.

If she had an active chequing account I wouldn't be wanting to open one.

Tim Stone

Er yeah, what the hell?

mootinator

On top of that, our mortgage is through them, so they have piles and piles of copies of our ID and documents signed by lawyers on file.

But they still need that cheque, apparently.

Tim Stone

6:02 PM

They don't have a more logical way of checking her identity, like, I dunno, every other form of ID?

Ah, even better.

shakes head

Octavian Damiean

@mootinator If you have problems with our support form, please use our support form to contact us.

:D

mootinator

lol

jcolebrand

I feel refreshed. Now to write psuedo code that I really am not up for writing.

mootinator

Hooray.

Time to get lunch so I feel refreshed for my stupid demo.

balpha

6:53 PM

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jcolebrand

that's today??? omg, I forgot!

Reno

7:23 PM

Weird I cant hear anything on the live stream

jcolebrand

@Reno it's not up yet? ;)

@TimStone ouch!

Reno

probably ... I might fall asleep any moment meow

Tim Stone

@jcolebrand Well, it worked, hooray

jcolebrand

9:06 PM

Well, I only missed out on most of the podcast, stupid coworkers and paying jobs :p

Hogan

@jcolebrand I've got the same problem, stupid deploy grumble grumble

jcolebrand

Oh and I just found out about a biggish bug in some shipping software. Tomorrow I get to do integration testing!

George Marian

Sounds like you're excited. ;)

Hogan

9:25 PM

This is the best start to a question EVER:

"Different pages are such pieces of code"

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Q: Add a class if the condition of conformity

Different pages are such pieces of code part1 <ul class="tabs"> <li><a class="tab1" href=""></a></li> <li><a class="tab2" href=""></a></li> <li><a class="tab3" href=""></a></li> ... </ul> and part2 &l...