Oh, a spin-off thread. Missed that.
Like I said, Hyper-V can do nested (or V-in-V) virtualization. Even when running on a desktop machine like Windows 8 / 10.
Just did that myself because we had to extract something from a vagrant file. Can also be good for evaluating other (type 1) hypervisors like running Xen on top of Hyper-V.
It's good in some cases but never ever think about production usage (yet).
@BBigford said in Is Texas Next?:
@Dashrender said in Is Texas Next?:
How's the advertising over there compared to over here, Scott? I think of of the things that drives the crime sprees here is that our advertising drives people to think they don't have enough, they aren't good enough where they are. That whole thing where companies are trying to squeeze every last cent out of the spending public.
Is that the case there?
What kind of people do you think are committing crimes? It's not middle class workers that want a new materialistic thing that they can't afford. It's people who got addicted to drugs and are feeding their demons with every item they can pawn for cash to score more drugs. Along with people who are homeless and can't even beg for enough money to pay for stuff. Push someone to the edge of desperation; have them question if they'll survive unless they harm you, and you'll see the animal inside of them.
I've noticed you mentioning homeless people before. Is that really that big of a problem over at your place? Can't really imagine that, because we have a rather powerful social system. Everyone, virtually everyone, will get some place to sleep or even some small apartment, at least the most important things (very basic things like a toothbrush, soap, towels, something to eat, clothes, ...), healthcare (or help on getting away from drugs) and this way a real chance to get back into "normal" life.
@DustinB3403 said in Hyper-V 2008 VM System State Backup to USB:
This VM is running federated services for o365 as well... so yeah... that's probably why they don't want to touch it again.
More of their mess.
Sounds like fun... not.
Second day of vacations and I start to feel a bit bored. Promised my wife that I won't do anything IT until Thursday (the day after her birthday)...
Anyway, good morning ML
@scottalanmiller said in VBA Hint Needed - Change Way An Existing Project Grabs Data:
Man I hate that "do... until()" syntax.
Now guess how much fun this is when you poke around with a C++ pointer in C# managed memory (or the other way around) 
Hint: You'll get memory corruptions, ObjectDisposedExceptions and other funny things in places you would never imagine. And it's even more fun when running on mono.
@travisdh1 said in Is Texas Next?:
@thwr The bad part seems to be that the government took over responsibility for taking care of people that fall into that situation. This is the same government that's currently 19 trillion (US dollars) in the hole. History is not kind to anyone that puts themselves in this same situation.
Same here, government's responsibility, so it does work if you want to. And we don't even got the system that Switzerland has, for example. They at least tried to make it to "unconditional basic income". I don't see the world through rose-colored glasses, but shouldn't a government voted by the people at least care for them? Pointing to Obama-Care, for example...
I'm just assembling a new PC for my home lab (mostly a few VMs) and a bit of gaming. Would be a Windows 10 Pro system running a few VMs (on-demand).
Things I'm looking at
a) ECC RAM
b) Capable of running like 5 VMs at the same time (Windows Server, Linux, mostly low I/O)
c) Gaming (nothing too fancy)
Current shopping list
That would be like ~600 EUR +/- 50 EUR. Don't need to buy a GPU, got a good R7 lying around. Also got a decent PSU, casing, monitor, mouse, keyboard, licenses etc. The GPU will be replaced by an R9 480 or a GTX10x0 sometime soon.
About the mainboard: Any recommendations? I'm not sure if a SuperMicro will be good for gaming. There are some other (consumer-grade) vendors like MSI and Gigabyte with C232/C236 based mainboards. Audio should be onboard.
Is ECC worth the extra money for a home lab or should I go for a Core i5-6xxx instead? Opinions / suggestions?
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr What the hell..
I guess you just don't want to learn new languages?
That's a scene from Madagascar 3
@gjacobse said in DIY Environment Monitoring:
@thwr said in DIY Environment Monitoring:
@gjacobse said in DIY Environment Monitoring:
I'd like to run window/door with temp motion and glass in each room.
But - Sometimes I don't get what I want...
So human body tracking / detection or do I get you wrong?
LOL - nothing that serious. Temp is for just how the house is heated / cooled. Motion and glass for entry detetction, as a option to the windows.
Ah ok 
There are (ultra)sonic based sensors avaliable. They are able to detect a breaking window. For many sensors, mh, why not go for a meshed solution? Like a few cheap Arduino Nano ($1-1.5 via Ali) and maybe Bluetooth LE or Zigbee for reporting to a central instance.
@RojoLoco said in iDrac me so horny me love you long time...:
@DustinB3403 said in iDrac me so horny me love you long time...:
It's my first time with iDrac.
And the line (excluding iDrac) is from a movie, one that I would expect everyone to know.
I know the quote, can't figure out why it's applicable here.... but hey, if out of band access gets you hot, just go with it
That scares me, at least a bit ...
@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
CIV V Complete is 82 cents right now. Ultimate steal. Games are great.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8930/?snr=1_7_15__13
@prcssupport said in The Great NTG Lab Liquidation of 2015:
@scottalanmiller thank you, I had hopes maybe some got thrown in.
On another note, I might have a couple nice shape dell t610's getting decommisioned for purchase. (Not sure just throwing it out there.)
Just saw that you are in Rome, not this far away I thought and this would have been great for some home lab. But it's Rome, NY and there's a little bit of water between us. Some call it the Atlantic Ocean
@hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
If anyone wants to help
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1688725-citrix-vda-issues
Sir, you have been found guilty of crossposting
@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:
This got way more popular than I had been expecting it to be!
Now we just need to find use-cases for this
@travisdh1 said in I never knew I did so much...:
Every github project I look at seems to have a travis.yml file, I never knew I did so much work on open source coding!
That's like cheating, my dear Travis
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312977&p=13437524#post13437524
Could you check oldfred's post (#7) and the following post #9? Looks like ASUS ROG is know for needing a kernel parameter, pci=nomsi.
Got a couple of IBM System x3550 M3. I like them actually and discount for EDU is huge. But yes, quality has been better years ago
@coliver said in Dell's website:
https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ROG-GX800VH/
You know you want it.
You probably just need to get a loan on your house? What is it, like USD 4k+ ?
Kids, I've been offline for just ~45 minutes or so ...
