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[Ein Bear]

I'm sat watching Terminator 2.

I was born in 1989, so am a bit too young to remember the original theatrical release. For those of you that remember it coming out, I'm curious - was the fact that Arnie is the hero in this one left as a surprise at the time, or was it known going in from trailers and pre-release stuff? I can imagine it being a pretty awesome twist moment in the cinema, and the opening scenes are shot ambiguously enough for it.

 

[malingenie]

I'm sat watching Terminator 2.

I was born in 1989, so am a bit too young to remember the original theatrical release. For those of you that remember it coming out, I'm curious - was the fact that Arnie is the hero in this one left as a surprise at the time, or was it known going in from trailers and pre-release stuff? I can imagine it being a pretty awesome twist moment in the cinema, and the opening scenes are shot ambiguously enough for it.

I was totally surprised by it in the movies! It was totally rad.

 

[Oreoleo]

I'm sat watching Terminator 2.

I was born in 1989, so am a bit too young to remember the original theatrical release. For those of you that remember it coming out, I'm curious - was the fact that Arnie is the hero in this one left as a surprise at the time, or was it known going in from trailers and pre-release stuff? I can imagine it being a pretty awesome twist moment in the cinema, and the opening scenes are shot ambiguously enough for it.

It was Jim Cameron's intention for it to be a secret before the movie came out. As you mentioned, you can tell by the way the first ~20 min are presented that there is supposed to be that "ah ha!" moment when you find out Arnie is the good guy and Robert Patrick isn't actually a cop. But since it's the basis of the entire movie (and not an end-movie reveal a la Vader being Luke's father), it wasn't exactly the world's best kept secret.

But I was only born in '87 so I don't personally remember the theatrical release any better than you do. Looking on IMDB briefly, there are people mentioning that it might have been spoiled in previews that Cameron probably wouldn't have had directorial control over.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/board/thread/202079320?d=202090120&p=1#202090120

 

[Ein Bear]

I was totally surprised by it in the movies! It was totally rad.

It was Jim Cameron's intention for it to be a secret before the movie came out. As you mentioned, you can tell by the way the first ~20 min are presented that there is supposed to be that "ah ha!" moment when you find out Arnie is the good guy and Robert Patrick isn't actually a cop. But since it's the basis of the entire movie (and not an end-movie reveal a la Vader being Luke's father), it wasn't exactly the world's best kept secret.

But I was only born in '87 so I don't personally remember the theatrical release any better than you do. Looking on IMDB briefly, there are people mentioning that it might have been spoiled in previews that Cameron probably wouldn't have had directorial control over.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/board/thread/202079320?d=202090120&p=1#202090120

Cheers guys!

Aw, I bet that would have been totally rad! I remember my Dad spoiling that one for me back when I watched it for the first time on VHS

God, Terminator 2 is still the best damn action movie ever made.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

If you've not got any important data on there return it to target for a replacement. The internal circuitry is probably fried.

If the data is important you'll need to open up the case and put the hard drive in your desktop or a laptop.

Thank you.

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

If it's taken years, something went wrong. Tell him to try again or email support@neogaf.com.

ok thank you

 

[Gordon0Freeman]

Nvm

 

[Mendrox]

G'day mates, any IT experts here (I guess, yes.)

Does somebody know the PST Capture Tool from Microsoft?

Our IT department wants to use this tool to migrate pst files from one network harddrive to the online archive. So I tried to test the tool with a vm.

Installed a blank windows 7 with SP1 on a VM with enough storage, ram and processor power (64bit version).

Installed .Dot Framework 4.5 (the new updated PST Capture Tool Version 2 needs 4.5..) and the powershell 3.0. Everything nice and done. I also made a service account which has the rights that the tools requires.

Everything nice and done aka my PST Capture Host is installed from point zero and nothing else.

Now I installed the new PST Capture Agent on three workstations, typed in the new installed host and started the pst capture agent service. Everything nice and done and so far quiete easy.

I waited for a few minutes and started the client on my vm, searched in our domain for workstations which have the agent installed and started seaching for pst files.


Here is my problem:

The search starts and everything looks fine, BUT the service of the host, which is used to search for the files on a workstation which has the agent installed, just stops. If I try to start the service again... the capture tools just says that it failed. Okay. So I try to search again... and the friggn' service stops again.


We tried this with several different installations, also tried to install it on the exchange servers, updated everything, restarted everything, tried everything. We also managed the rights.


I can't believe that this tool should work. Anybody any tipps? I would be very grateful.

Thanks in advance folks!

 

[DarthWoo]

Still hoping for an answer to my above question. Here's a quick illustration to explain what I mean:



As you can see the bolt is too long, which I'd assume can be remedied by a few washers on the other side of the bracket, since I don't think I have anything I can use to cut it down to size. I just wonder if the speaker is going to break if I only support it at one point instead of both.

 

[Grokbu]

I'm curious about HDDs. As far as I understand, deleting files and overwriting them leaves a trace behind that makes it possible to retain these files. Even after writing 0's it is still technically possible, even if it's harder.

So if one were to copy some files (nothing specific, just anything) from one HDD to another, would the traces from past files from one HDD follow over to the other HDD? If so, wouldn't that make it very dangerous to copy files to other peoples' HDDs, since there could be all sorts of info traces left, ranging from passwords to credit card info?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dutchguyjack]

I'm curious about HDDs. As far as I understand, deleting files and overwriting them leaves a trace behind that makes it possible to retain these files. Even after writing 0's it is still technically possible, even if it's harder.

So if one were to copy some files (nothing specific, just anything) from one HDD to another, would the traces from past files from one HDD follow over to the other HDD? If so, wouldn't that make it very dangerous to copy files to other peoples' HDDs, since there could be all sorts of info traces left, ranging from passwords to credit card info?

Thanks in advance.

No, you're only copying over the actual data stream. Also, when you delete a file and overwrite the sector on the hard drive where the file was located, the data is lost forever.

 

[Toppot]

Time for me to ask a stupid question =P

Where can you get figures for how many people saw a film in it's first week? It's very easy to find out how much a film makes in it first day/weekend/week/month at box office, but trying to find out how many people that is seems to be elusive, help!

 

[Grokbu]

No, you're only copying over the actual data stream.

Alright, so you're not copying over the exact imprint of the HDD, simply "what's on the surface", or so to say it?

Also, when you delete a file and overwrite the sector on the hard drive where the file was located, the data is lost forever.

Hm, I have heard, however, that for example running a wiping program that writes 0's to your HDD still makes it possible to find these old data, since an HDD is physical and these imprints are still left?

Thanks for the help.

 

[dutchguyjack]

Alright, so you're not copying over the exact imprint of the HDD, simply "what's on the surface", or so to say it?

Hm, I have heard, however, that for example running a wiping program that writes 0's to your HDD still makes it possible to find these old data, since an HDD is physical and these imprints are still left?

Thanks for the help.

They're magnetic imprints. Once overwritten they're gone - essentially the same as running a magnet over your hard drive.

And yeah, you'll just be copying over the data directly related to that file, nothing else.

 

[Grokbu]

They're magnetic imprints. Once overwritten they're gone - essentially the same as running a magnet over your hard drive.

And yeah, you'll just be copying over the data directly related to that file, nothing else.

Ah, I get it now, thanks a lot for the help!

EDIT: So when people say that old data still can be accessed, are they incorrect, or does disk wipers work in another way?

 

[dutchguyjack]

Ah, I get it now, thanks a lot for the help!

EDIT: So when people say that old data still can be accessed, are they incorrect, or does disk wipers work in another way?

Just wiping data will make it possible to retrieve/access old data. Overwriting it does not.

 

[Grokbu]

Just wiping data will make it possible to retrieve/access old data. Overwriting it does not.

Hm, ok. So multiple passes of something like dban doesn't technically count as overwriting?

 

[dutchguyjack]

Hm, ok. So multiple passes of something like dban doesn't technically count as overwriting?

From what I know of Dban it overwrites the data - using default settings your data would be gone after its use.

There's some more info on overwritten data and its recoverability here:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/5687

 

[Grokbu]

From what I know of Dban it overwrites the data - using default settings your data would be gone after its use.

There's some more info on overwritten data and its recoverability here:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/5687

Thanks for the link, that was interesting.

So if that's true, it's basically a myth that overwritten data can be retrieved from today's drives?

There are two things I'm still wondering about though. If data that have been overwritten once cannot be retrieved, what is the point of DBAN offering multiple passes? And the second thing confusing me is that guy in the comments mentioning that some have said that they have the tech to do it.

Thanks a lot for all the info, and sorry for all the questions.

 

[Woorloog]

Suppose someone wants to write something and publish it anonymously in the internet (well, using a nickname on some forum or facebook or something like that anyway, let's assume that someone has no idea how to truly cover up his or her tracks in the internet).
Let's say the thing they want to publish is a file containing text, shared via some download service (like dropbox, does't really matter as long as the thing doesn't claim ownership and all rights to files shared via that service).

Is there any way to make sure he or she can claim incontrovertibly that he or she is the author in case he or she decide they want to publish it with their name, or in case someone else is falsely trying claim to be the author?
Other than having neutral witnesses (or some such) which would kinda ruin publishing the think anonymously in the first place.

Can the original file work as proof if it is created like day earlier or something, and a copy of it was uploaded to filesharing service? Wondering because i know it is possible to backdate files, but is it possible to detect if a file is backdated?

Not sure if this is really a stupid question, since copyright is kinda complex issue these days.

 

[dutchguyjack]

Thanks for the link, that was interesting.

So if that's true, it's basically a myth that overwritten data can be retrieved from today's drives?

There are two things I'm still wondering about though. If data that have been overwritten once cannot be retrieved, what is the point of DBAN offering multiple passes? And the second thing confusing me is that guy in the comments mentioning that some have said that they have the tech to do it.

I believe DBANs multiple pass system is intended more as a user confidence option than anything else.

I'd consider the guy in the comments to be pretty much like anybody else on the internet - anonymous and unreliable. I haven't heard of any cases where anybody recovered data from a hard drive after the sectors have been overwritten.

So yes, I would say it's a myth that overwritten data can be retrieved. However, you need to be sure that the sector was actually overwritten if the data is sensitive.

Thanks a lot for all the info, and sorry for all the questions.

You're welcome, and no problem.

 

[Grokbu]

I believe DBANs multiple pass system is intended more as a user confidence option than anything else.

I'd consider the guy in the comments to be pretty much like anybody else on the internet - anonymous and unreliable. I haven't heard of any cases where anybody recovered data from a hard drive after the sectors have been overwritten.

So yes, I would say it's a myth that overwritten data can be retrieved. However, you need to be sure that the sector was actually overwritten if the data is sensitive.


You're welcome, and no problem.

Gotcha! Again, thanks!

 

[Cyan]

Suppose someone wants to write something and publish it anonymously in the internet (well, using a nickname on some forum or facebook or something like that anyway, let's assume that someone has no idea how to truly cover up his or her tracks in the internet).
Let's say the thing they want to publish is a file containing text, shared via some download service (like dropbox, does't really matter as long as the thing doesn't claim ownership and all rights to files shared via that service).

Is there any way to make sure he or she can claim incontrovertibly that he or she is the author in case he or she decide they want to publish it with their name, or in case someone else is falsely trying claim to be the author?
Other than having neutral witnesses (or some such) which would kinda ruin publishing the think anonymously in the first place.

Can the original file work as proof if it is created like day earlier or something, and a copy of it was uploaded to filesharing service? Wondering because i know it is possible to backdate files, but is it possible to detect if a file is backdated?

Not sure if this is really a stupid question, since copyright is kinda complex issue these days.

This is a little bit vague, but there are a number of ways to prove authorship. If I were doing what you're talking about, I would probably make a text file with the authorship information, find the SHA1 hash value of the file (see here), and include that hash in the text being uploaded. This is breakable in that it'd be trivial to just reupload your text without the hash, but it'd definitely preserve anonymity. And I'd think it'd be reasonably easy to tell which upload came first, though that might depend on the download service in question.

 

[Woorloog]

This is a little bit vague, but there are a number of ways to prove authorship. If I were doing what you're talking about, I would probably make a text file with the authorship information, find the SHA1 hash value of the file (see here), and include that hash in the text being uploaded. This is breakable in that it'd be trivial to just reupload your text without the hash, but it'd definitely preserve anonymity. And I'd think it'd be reasonably easy to tell which upload came first, though that might depend on the download service in question.

It is? Well, writing's not my strong suit... I'll clarify if tell what's wrong.

Considering that is easily breakable, it doesn't really do what i'm asking. Not really trusting upload times, especially if using free service, i'd imagine those don't keep files forever.

Paid account for a DL service would probably make authentication quite easy, while allowing anonymity (well, partial anyway, the service provider would know your identity ofc), no?

Wondering about this because one wouldn't really want others to profit from one's work, in anyway, so claiming rights should be possible in case necessary, even if that would kill the anonymity.

And no, i'm not writing anything (right now anyway). Just asking for purely hypothetical scenario.

 

[DietRob]

Fucking Playstation. I rarely ever use it anymore but yesterday or the day before, look I can't remember for certain, it needed an update. An update to version 4.0. I thought to myself WOOO-WEEEEE this must be something really good.

I imagined OMG when my Andriod phone upgraded to 4.0 it was a fucking revolution. So I updated my playstation to 4.0 and nothing happened, no bunnies shooting rainbows out of their asses, no changes, nothing.

So today I go to my man cave also where the PS3 is located because I want to watch this Allen Iverson documentary on Netflix. I turn this little fucker on and GUESS WHAT??? I gotta update this sum-bitch again. This time to 4.1 or something. I'm fully expecting a bunny to shoot a rainbow out of it's ass when this update completes itself.

So GAF my question is what is version 4.1 supposed to do? Thanks.

EDIT : FUCK ME. Now netflix needs to update.. I expect a rainbow to shoot out a bunny,

 

[Pachimari]

Guys, if I have a facebook page or website, is it allowed to link to a stream of a tv-show? Or is this something that is different from country to country?

 

[Princess Viola]

is there any reason why threads are locked at a certain point? is it like some other boards and reaching a certain point messes up the thread itself?

 

[Woorloog]

is there any reason why threads are locked at a certain point? is it like some other boards and reaching a certain point messes up the thread itself?

Yes, exactly that.

 

[SuperEpicMan]

I need help from biology GAF. Im doing my genetics final exam in a couple of weeks, but I am lost on a primer design question. A few questions I am stuck with are:

• How a C-terminally or N-terminally hexahistidine tagged protein governs how I design their primers?
  
• Which pET vector should I choose for the primers I create?
  
• Do I need to include the Nde1 and Xho1 endonuclease sites at the the beginning of my primers?

 

[SuperEpicMan]

I have figured out what the C Terminus and N Terminus mean now , whether or not I need stop and start codons I think.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Really dumb question: there was a thread over the last week about showing scenes in games via gifs. The gifs nearly crashed my phone and I didn't subscribe to it. I can't remember the thread or any of the words in the title. I just browsed 20 pages of Back-GAF and I can't find it. I remember it being about gifs and various scenes and I wanted to browse it.

Anybody remember it? Or at least a word in the title? I searched for 'gifs' 'scene' 'describe' and others and searched over the past 2-3 weeks but I can't remember. Memory GAF, halp!!!

Edit: if you ever browse Back GAF, beware. Thar be dragons there and the corpses of plenty of threads.

 

[Woorloog]

Why is it that people insist, seemingly especially in America, that taxing something takes away their freedom? Or banning something?
I'd understand if it people complain this about things like "taxing use of camera" or "banning sleeping without bedsheets"... But usually it seems that just taxing something like products containing sugar is treated as taking away freedom.
Yeah, big cultural difference but still...

 

[Taffer]

Really dumb question: there was a thread over the last week about showing scenes in games via gifs. The gifs nearly crashed my phone and I didn't subscribe to it. I can't remember the thread or any of the words in the title. I just browsed 20 pages of Back-GAF and I can't find it. I remember it being about gifs and various scenes and I wanted to browse it.

Anybody remember it? Or at least a word in the title? I searched for 'gifs' 'scene' 'describe' and others and searched over the past 2-3 weeks but I can't remember. Memory GAF, halp!!!

Edit: if you ever browse Back GAF, beware. Thar be dragons there and the corpses of plenty of threads.

Most spectacular moments of random gameplay in open-world titles: GIFS ONLY?

 

[Martian]

Is it possible to edit the title of your thread?
And if it's some info on a rather small topic, should you post a new thread?

 

[Woorloog]

Is it possible to edit the title of your thread?
And if it's some info on a rather small topic, should you post a new thread?

You can edit title as long as no one else has posted in the thread.

If the small topic is worth discussing, yes? Of course this is more complex than that.
New thread for new news, even if they're small.
Just a few days ago (a week?), Evilore noted that he would like to see less brutal news and more funny stories, news, etc. So even anecdotes can be worth posting (right?).
Just don't just post a single image and say "hi"... Unless the image is worth discussing.
What is worth discussing is hard to determine of course...

 

[FillerB]

Is it possible to edit the title of your thread?
And if it's some info on a rather small topic, should you post a new thread?

-Snip- above explained it waaaay better.

 

[electricshake]

I need help from biology GAF. Im doing my genetics final exam in a couple of weeks, but I am lost on a primer design question. A few questions I am stuck with are:

• How a C-terminally or N-terminally hexahistidine tagged protein governs how I design their primers?
  
• Which pET vector should I choose for the primers I create?
  
• Do I need to include the Nde1 and Xho1 endonuclease sites at the the beginning of my primers?

I'm not an expert at this but the pET vector you pick will depend what you want to do with what you are expressing. Is that the whole question or do you have more? PM me if you like and I'll see what I can do.

 

[trickstar]

what is this stuff called?

 

[Toppot]

what is this stuff called?

Together - ornaments

Most of them might be called ceramic figures

The one with a fox on it and big hole in the middle is probably a decorative flower pot, you would put a little plant pot in it (with plant) and it grows out. Though that one looks usused for its utility purpose and is probably just meant for decoration.

 

[Artimities]

So, i need the expertise of the members... I am looking for a 2D sidescroller action/ rpg game that has the following criteria:

1) 2D side scrolling action/ RPG elements
2) Awesome graphics
3) focused on collections of items... I love items.. inventory... inventory... inventory
4) great colors pallets etc.
5) prefer an actual retail game, but would settle for a xbox live or PS network type of game...


Any ideas? I keep thinking of old school games like Metroid, Faxaundu (spelling), Castlevanyia.. something along those lines...

any ideas????

 

[FillerB]

Are we tied to a specific platform? If not Kirby Superstar (SNES/DS) immediately comes to mind. One of the "sub"-games (The Great Cave Offensive) is focused completely on item collection.

 

[Takao]

So I have a Windows 7 laptop that froze last night and forced me to do a hard shutdown. When booting it up I was greeted with Windows Startup Repair telling me my registry is corrupt. I haven't made a back up DVD in ages because the disc drive is dead ... So what's my best bet at repairing it?

 

[FillerB]

Is there something similiar to BrickLink/Peeron for K'Nex? I've had to do some cleaning and found multiple boxes full of the stuff but only partial instructions.

 

[DietRob]

So I have a Windows 7 laptop that froze last night and forced me to do a hard shutdown. When booting it up I was greeted with Windows Startup Repair telling me my registry is corrupt. I haven't made a back up DVD in ages because the disc drive is dead ... So what's my best bet at repairing it?

Go to the tech support thread and repost.

TechSupportGAF Thread of No Case Too Big, No Case Too Small

 

[LittleBoots]

So I don't think this is an issue with my router because I reset it several times. But for some reason, I'll have internet for a few minutes and then it'll crap out on me. I can usually connect again pretty easily. But it's certainly a pain. I tried contacting comcast but all they did was reset the modem. I'll try to call them again if it keeps happening. It's just hard to tell if it's fixed or not because sometimes it will be fine all day, but then other times it'll disconnect several times within a few minutes. Any ideas?

 

[Zia]

Does anyone know how if there's a way to toggle back and forth between SP and MP modes in Bomberman '94? It seems to me that, once you've chosen a mode you're locked into it and can't go back to the main menu without resetting (Virtual Console), which is kind of a bummer for someone that doesn't have the time to polish it off in one sitting. Seems strange, even for a game of its age. An I missing something?

 

[Smilax]

Does anyone know the name of this show?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=636_1367116419

 

[The Culture Vulture]

nvm

 

[Chance Hale]

What's the best site that allows free/general university access to journals and research? My professor handed out a guide for a literature review project but 9/10 links are dead and the one that isn't seems to be exclusive to students of University of Denver.

http://www.auraria.edu/

Edit: Found my college's resource page buried away, seems really absurd to me that the teacher pointed to the instruction sheet as a primariry research guide yet nearly all the links are dead and the one that isn't is irrelevant to our state.

 

[nan0]

I'm looking for a rock song that was popular in the 90s (but it might be from the 80s as well, they just often played it in the radio back then). Unfortunately I don't remember anything beside some vague lyrics, it sounded like "Violate it, Violate it" or "Violated, Violated" to me as a kid, but I didn't speak any english back then. I think that it sounded similar to Europe's "The Final Countdown", and had a fairly long instrumental intro. Anyone got a faint idea of what it could be?