I just acquired a Dell 2550 server. I want to use it as a media server as well as maybe a Minecraft & Half-Life DM server. What should OS should I load on it. I tried the newest Ubuntu server, but I think its too new to properly install on this server that has (C) 1999 on all the parts.

octane14
I tried the newest Ubuntu server, but I think its too new to properly install on this server that has (C) 1999 on all the parts.

Hm, you could try a different distribution. I used opensuse on hardware about this old last year without problems, but both were desktops with pretty much just standard components.

Mike
Yeah, something that old may not support ACPI correctly -- that'd be the main sticking point for modern OS's.

I think that was the main problem when I tried to install Linux on my Notebook from 2003 and things froze up when trying to boot the installer. I found an old BIOS update that I never applied (no reason to look for one since things were working) that fixed that.
octane14, you could try some boot options like "acpi=off".

Well, I broke my girlfriend's laptop and I don't know enough to fix it. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.

She uses an AT&T USBconnect Velocity dongle, which I also use when I visit. She had an older version of the AT&T Communication Manager software on her laptop than I have on mine (7.0.0 vs. 7.0.1.201), and I noticed that the usage meter on hers wasn't working, and she couldn't see how many MB remaining she had for the month. So like an idiot, I upgraded hers to the same version I have.

Now it no worky. When I try to connect, the AT&T software says the modem is already in use or is not properly configured. I've done everything their help file says to do. Device Manager says the modem cannot start (error 10). Which I suppose means the driver isn't being installed right, but the modem seems to be recognized correctly otherwise.

I rolled back with a system restore, which brought back the old AT&T software, only it didn't work anymore. I tried unistalling it and reinstalling the old version, no luck. Uninstalled and reinstalled the newer version (which is the version they recommend for this modem), no luck.

The AT&T Velocity modem is actually an Option Globetrotter GI4xx, but I can't find a standalone driver for it. Searching for drivers on Google seems to be a clusterfark of scam sites.

The last thing I want to do is talk to AT&T.

SnakeLee
when I burned the disc image, it gave me a file tree instead of just one CD like file and there is no clear install option.

Define "it" - the "it", that gave you the file tree, that is.
Did you open the burnt disc with the windows explorer instead of booting from the CD?

SnakeLee
I opened by going to my computer, is that the same as windows explorer?

Yes.

How do you boot from a disk?

By having the disc in the drive when you turn on or reboot the computer.

You might have to enter the BIOS and change the boot order (HowTo), i.e. the order in which your computer checks its hardware for an operating system it could load (hard drives, disc drive, floppy, USB,...).
Since your computer will use the first operating system it can find, you have to make sure that the computer will check the disc drive before the hard drive; otherwise it will just start the Windows on your hard drive and not even bother to look if there's a CD.

The Voice of Doom
By having the disc in the drive when you turn on or reboot the computer.

The disc you already burnt, btw.

Why would our corp. HQ install a wireless ethernet in our newly renovated offices, if we are all supposedly logged into a secure server, and are not allowed to use wireless access here for secuirty purposes? What is to stop anyone else in the building, parking lot, day care next door, from using this?

Mike: WPA2 w/ Radius?

Searching....
Jebus, It just now dissappeared from right behind me.
That's creepy.

It's a model 61 something, no rabbit ears.

AP61 - Access Point Model 61. Not sure what kind of balls it has.
I think the IT guy took in into the server room to try to drown it.

Ok, probably a stupid question but wtf. I'm having issues with tinypic.com. As in, any pic that is hosted there is not showing up, and it happens on both FF and IE. I've tried accessing the site but that's out too. Not showing as blocked, just not showing up. Not real imperative, but it is a pain in the ass sometimes.

Unoriginal_Username: Ok, probably a stupid question but wtf. I'm having issues with tinypic.com. As in, any pic that is hosted there is not showing up, and it happens on both FF and IE. I've tried accessing the site but that's out too. Not showing as blocked, just not showing up. Not real imperative, but it is a pain in the ass sometimes.

http://imgur.com/

Better solution.

No_47: Unoriginal_Username: Ok, probably a stupid question but wtf. I'm having issues with tinypic.com. As in, any pic that is hosted there is not showing up, and it happens on both FF and IE. I've tried accessing the site but that's out too. Not showing as blocked, just not showing up. Not real imperative, but it is a pain in the ass sometimes.

http://imgur.com/

Better solution.

Thanks, but the issue I'm having is with viewing the images. Again, it's minor, but for example, with PS contests, I'm unable to see some of the submissions because people use tinypic.

That's probably because tinypic blocks access to images that have used a lot of data. Images in fark PS comps use a lot data.
It's not you, it's tinypic.

Unoriginal_Username
Ok, probably a stupid question but wtf. I'm having issues with tinypic.com. As in, any pic that is hosted there is not showing up, and it happens on both FF and IE. I've tried accessing the site but that's out too. Not showing as blocked, just not showing up. Not real imperative, but it is a pain in the ass sometimes.

Does that happen at work, i.e. could it be some filter between you and tinypic?
Do you run some security or ad filtering software that could block them? My first guess would have gone towards an overzealous adblock rule or you having accidentally clicked "block images from this host", but since it happens on both Firefox and IE, that doesn't seem likely.

Do you have an example of a tinypic image that you can't see? Maybe from a PS contest?
Then we could check if it's you or tinypic as was suggested by #47.

taking a look through the PS contest Link (new window) anything from tinypic was blocked. I've check my adblocker, but didn't see anything, haven't tried from school yet, but can do that tomorrow.
I don't think it's an issue with tinypic though, it seems others are able to see them.

Probably an issue on this end that will annoy me for a bit before I get bored and move on to something else that's bugging the fk out of me.

Thanks for suggestions on stuff to look into

Cable management is hard

Looks like you stole my motherboard, 47 (790X-UD4P).

I actually have a ribbon cable in that case. My optical drives are both IDE. But it's wrapped in a black sheath so it's kind of tidy.
What I really hate is 4-pin molex power connectors. So many skinned knuckles from unplugging those horrid things.

No_47: I actually have a ribbon cable in that case. My optical drives are both IDE. But it's wrapped in a black sheath so it's kind of tidy.
What I really hate is 4-pin molex power connectors. So many skinned knuckles from unplugging those horrid things.

Some PSUs have a squeezy thing that helps you unplug them:



I have a friend who swears by ribbon cables. He folds them so well they disappear.

St@ AGWi ow@ NonGally

Cracks me up every time

Someday I'll have to find the Geforce card I killed and take a picture of what it outputs.

I was gonna submit a farkback asking for a "show this post" button (for ignored posts) on the header of a post with the new favourite/ignore buttons but then I sort of noticed that it'd be a pain in the arse implementing that so I didn't...

:)

No_47but then I sort of noticed that it'd be a pain in the arse implementing that so I didn't

Considering everything else there is done in javascript, that sounds rather simple.
You would need one little script on the serverside that gets a post-id, checks if the user calling it is allowed to see that post and, if so, retrieves and returns that post's content.

On the clientside you just need a Javascript function that calls the script and then inserts the returned text into the empty div or table cell or whatever contains the body of a comment.
Maybe it will also have to change some CSS-related attribute values, but that should be about it.

:(
With that anti-spam shadowbanning thing you occasionally run into on this site, I assumed you already have some function that checks who is allowed to see a comment and imagined it to be something like:

String getSingleComment(commentId, userid) {
if (checkUserPemission (commentId, userid) {
retun getCommentFromCacheOrDB(commentid);
}
}


Then again, Fark is big and Perl and probably a rather large codebase and lots of traffic andandand so reality probably differs a lot from my imagination. ;)

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/CSB:

A friend and fellow student to a room of CS students (during .com-bubble) :
"Hey, TVoD, since you sometimes use Perl...or maybe for one of the Linux geeks you hang out with:
A friend of a friend is desperately looking for a Perl guy and is paying very, very well.."
*interested (but suspicious) student ears in the room perk up*
"To do what..?"
"Well, they can't figure out...their Perl programmer has suddenly left the company and now.. "
*room drowns in laughter*
"..yeah, thought so myself when I thanked and declined."

I have a client's iPad with a broken screen. It was stolen and once they realised the owner had a lock on it they must've thrown it out of a car window or something.
The client wants data off it.
I connect it to a PC with iTunes, and it says the iPad is in restore mode and that I have to restore it to use it. Obviously, I don't want to do that if I want data off it.
Is there anyway around that, or is my customer screwed?
From some googles it appears not, but thought I'd ask.