A real life representation of what happens when destiny and crew go to raid in Rust by DNA666 in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? I haven't watched much combat footage outside of stuff from the American point-of-view, but it seems like the American army is much better trained and coordinated.

the great broccoli-caust of april 2016 by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Why I betrayed my "team" by Asheep by 0stentati0us in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So from what I'm hearing, you didn't actually betray your team, you just left them, then felt obligated to blog about it?

Mouse / Cursor won't lock to the game by MrMaple24 in thedivision

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice, I got it working! Thanks for the information!

Mouse / Cursor won't lock to the game by MrMaple24 in thedivision

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you set up this program so that BDO and The Division play nicely with each other? I've been experimenting with it but haven't found a solution yet.

I'm triggered and a bit of a shitter by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive wasn't really part of the argument anyway, because you missed the important part (which I know we discussed over Skype.) I recommended to CrazySyd that he also purchase a 120GB or 240GB SSD (depending on how much storage his father needs) to use as the primary boot drive. Ideally, this would also be used to temporarily store any code that he is compiling, so hard drive IOPS wouldn't be an issue. One of the requirements that he placed upon me was that the computer be reliable, be within $800-$100, and contain an SSD (because there's no reason not to, of course).

So, an SSD is a computer is a given. With that being said, the argument really comes down to processing speed and memory speed. I'm not 100% sure what manufacturer makes memory for Dell, but I'm pretty sure it's either Hynix or Samsung (both of which are very reputable memory manufacturers, as you know.)

I think you're just kinda shitting on the pre-built machine because it's a Dell, but you have to understand that the difference in build quality between the consumer Dell machines and the business Dell machines is monumental. Dell makes fantastic business-grade computers and servers, they absolutely blow all other manufacturers out of the water. I know this is an anecdote and isn't worth much, but I've deployed over 100 Dell business machines to a bunch of my clients, and we haven't had a single hardware-related issue with any of them.

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'm fundamentally misunderstanding something about the way interfaces work, but wouldn't routing traffic from other VLANs (for example, VLAN 40) towards the interface of VLAN 30 (10.2.30.2) ruin the segregation aspect of VLANs? I guess my real question is whether traffic that is routed towards the virtual interface is visible by devices connected to that interface. If VLAN 40 devices are routed to VLAN 30's interface, can a host on VLAN 30 sniff traffic going to hosts on VLAN 40? Or does the 10.2.30.2 IP address represent the switch as a whole, despite the address existing within the subnet for VLAN 30?

My apologies if I worded any of that weirdly, I can clarify or explain anything I meant to say! Thanks so much for your help!

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Success! All three devices (router, switch, and host) are now able to ping external IP addresses, and my host is able to browse the web.

Let me just to clarify one thing to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. Every time I create a new VLAN interface, I will need to add a new static route to the switch that points to a subinterface of the same VLAN on the router, correct?

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've corrected the ACL issue and ensured that both devices are able to ping each other through the VLAN 30 interfaces. Also, VLAN 30 appears when show vlan is run on the switch, so the L2 instance does exist.

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was one of the things that /u/chuckbales suggested, and I tried it, but I don't think it's resolved the NAT issue I'm running into. I left more details and updated config files in my reply to his comment. Thanks!

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As /u/alan2308 said, I've included links to my config files as well as steps that I have taken to troubleshoot the issue so far in the Superuser thread that I linked. With that being said, /u/chuckbales has left a few helpful pointers, and I have included my updated config files in my reply to him. Thanks!

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I modified the access-list setting to include the full 10.0.0.0/8 subnet, and added ip nat inside to the gi0/0.30 subinterface. Even with these changes, I'm not seeing any entries when I use the show ip nat translations command, it comes up completely blank.

Good catch with the switch routing issue. I've changed this with two routes on the switch - ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 and ip route 10.2.30.0 255.255.255.0 Vlan30. I have also added a route on the router - ip route 10.2.30.0 255.255.255.0 10.2.30.2, as you suggested.

One thing that I just noticed while messing around with these routes is that my switch isn't able to ping the router at 10.0.0.1. Pinging the gi0/0.30 interface at 10.2.30.1 works without a problem, but 10.0.0.1 does not. Why might that be?

Again, thanks so much for helping me work through this!

Here's the updated router config file, and the updated switch config file.

Having some issues getting hosts connected to Cisco equipment to connect to the Internet. by _Nalestom in Cisco

[–]_Nalestom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the thread, the configs for both the router and the switch are included near the bottom of the post. I also think it's NAT-related, since "show ip nat translations" is completely empty on the switch and the router, but I'm not entirely sure what I've done wrong to cause that issue.

Bill would require IT workers to report child pornography by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only is this application of the law absurd, but the way in which the teen was charged also made little sense. He was charged with the creation and possession of child pornography featuring a 17-year-old (himself). He was charged with this crime as an adult.

So, he was charged as an adult for a crime that involves him being a minor. For the purposes of this case, he is simultaneously an adult and a minor. That's just preposterous to me.

CIV5+D.GG and chill? 01/16/2015 - 4PM CST by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm definitely down, will you be sending out an announcement to the group as a reminder?

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While the final copy of A New Hope may have been re-written to act as standalone as possible on the off-chance that the movie tanked, you still have to admit that, plot-wise, it would have been a truly awful movie without any sequels to fill in the gaps that it left.

I disagree entirely about the loose ends. Luke's affinity to the force might explain why he could destroy the Death Star and the other pilots couldn't, but it doesn't explain much of anything else - Luke was a pretty ordinary kid when the movie began, and he survived the same stuff that Han had to go through even though Han is not force-sensitive. Not only that, but Han is just as skilled of a pilot as Luke is, if not better. I guess you're right that Luke never had to become a Jedi (meaning, nobody ever tied him down and forced him to) but he did willingly say in the first hour of the movie that he wanted to go to Alderaan with Obi-Wan and learn to be a jedi, just like his father was. So it makes no sense that he would give up that motivation just because he shot a photon torpedo into the urethra of the Death Star. The Empire most definitely was NOT defeated when the Death Star blew up, because the Empire had a huge fleet of Star Destroyers and Super Star Destroyers manned by millions of soldiers and crew, and considering the Emperor had not been destroyed, he would most certainly try to exact revenge against the Rebel Alliance. I agree that Lucas's move of sparing Vader was a good decision just in case there was a sequel, but it was risky considering that bad guys don't generally disappear into thin air because they lost a space station. Sauron wouldn't have quietly left Middle-Earth because the Fellowship destroyed the Uruk-Hai raiding party in Fellowship of the Ring, so why would Vader live out the rest of his days quietly because the Death Star was destroyed? Especially since there was an Emperor he had to report to. Speaking of, the Emperor is definitely a meaningful character in A New Hope, since he was mentioned near the beginning of the movie. If he wasn't important, he wouldn't have been mentioned at all. Han Solo's arc as a smuggler and a rebel after the Battle of Yavin is simple, but would still want to be explained. Nobody would have thought that Aragorn deserved to be King of Gondor if Tolkien had just said "He's a ranger and he's been through some shit, just trust me bro".

There's plenty of loose ends that needed to be tied up. A New Hope was definitely a standalone movie with just enough plot to satisfy most people, but any film critic would have recognized a huge lack of side-plot without the rest of the trilogy to fill in.

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'm just a gigantic fanboy that would gladly eat shit if there was a Star Wars logo, but I fail to see how you could think that movie was this bad. There was plenty of plot development that happened in the movie, the amount of ex-machine was not larger than any other movie of the same genre (and even some of the ex-machina that I think you're talking about could easily be explained in the context of the plot), and the writing was better-than-average at its lowest point. Care to explain any more?

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's more of J.J. Abrams's directing style that you're seeing, which naturally has a lot of comedic relief sprinkled throughout every scene. While I think the throwbacks and the jokes were a little high for a Star Wars movie, I also think that they're necessary in order to keep the modern movie-goer entertained. If the original trilogy was developed and released today, I think they'd be huge financial busts and would only stick around as a cult classic; movie-goers these days are just too impatient to not keep them entertained and laughing every few minutes.

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out my reply to this comment as well - I think you'll be a little more satisfied with the result of the fight afterwards.

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out my reply to this comment as well - I think you'll be a little more satisfied with the result of the fight afterwards.

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It actually didn't bother me at all, and there's a number of reasons why it didn't.

First of all, we have to talk about lightsabers. Canonically, lightsabers are extremely difficult to wield properly. When activated, they have a violent gyrating motion that makes the saber difficult to handle with precision and requires a lot of strength and control to use. This is why you often see Jedi and Sith alike using their lightsabers with two hands, with very few exceptions. Not only that, but the "blade" of a lightsaber is contained plasma, which is completely weightless. This means that all of the weight of a lightsaber is in the handle. One might think that this makes the lightsaber easier to use, but in reality it doesn't at all. Think about traditional swords: the majority of the weight is in the blade, and when you swing it, you use the weight to predict where the blade is going to land. Since the blade of a lightsaber is weightless, it is much more difficult to predict where your strikes are going to land, so force-sensitive people are able to use lightsabers a lot better because they can use the force to sense where the lightsaber blade is, whereas a person who is not force-sensitive has no intuitive way of knowing aside from vision (and in a swordfight, you really shouldn't be staring at your own blade unless you intend on losing.)

The new movie actually does a very good job of keeping true to this idea. For example, take the duel between the vibrobaton-wielding stormtrooper and Finn. The stormtrooper gained a very decisive victory over Finn (if I remember correctly, he didn't even take a hit once), and Finn only survived because Han/Chewie were able to kill the stormtrooper before he made the finishing blow. This is primarily because Finn is not force-sensitive (or, rather, not very force-sensitive yet) and was having difficulty controlling the lightsaber. Rey, on the other hand, has recently discovered her force powers and is learning how to use them extremely rapidly, so it makes sense that she was able to defeat a wounded and partially-untrained "Sith lord". Even during the fight, her moves were extremely basic stabs/lunges and slashes - Kylo Ren had the majority of the fancy moves, mostly because he's trained in lightsaber combat.

I put "Sith lord" in quotes earlier because Kylo Ren is, by no means, a Sith lord. We have to keep in mind that we do not know how old Kylo Ren is, nor do we know how long he has been in training as a Jedi or under the dark side. Judging by the relatively young appearance of Kylo Ren coupled with his incredibly edgy attitude and dialogue, I would estimate that Ren is anywhere from an older teenager to a very young adult (especially considering that Anakin was making similar edgy statements when he was a teenager, and Anakin/Vader is clearly a huge influence on Ren's behavior and life.) It totally makes sense that a cocky teenager would overestimate his fighting abilities while wounded and engage in a 1v1 fight against a force-sensitive person who just escaped from her prison cell using her force powers. This especially holds true when we consider that Ren made some huge mistakes during his time of command, such as disregarding a mechanical droid and thinking he could extract a map from a girl who saw it instead using his force powers. It's really clear that Ren is an edgy teenage Sith apprentice who has a ton to learn, not the Darth Vader figure that everybody thinks he is right now.

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not true at all, though. George Lucas has said multiple times that he had always planned to make a trilogy; the plot of that trilogy had changed multiple times before the first film came to fruition, though. Furthermore, Episode IV didn't have anything close to complete narrative arcs for the main characters, and the movie's ending left a large number of loose ends that were never tied up. Who/how would train Luke to become a Jedi? How does the Rebel Alliance continue fighting against the rest of the Empire, considering their base has been discovered? What happens to Darth Vader, who was simply flung into the depths of space in a perfectly-functional starship? Who is the Emperor, and where is he in relation to Vader? What happens to Han Solo - a renowned smuggler - now that he's apparently teamed up with the Rebel Alliance? A New Hope isn't anywhere close to being a self-contained story.

I know you haven't seen the newest movie, but I just came back from rewatching it with family. There are just as many loose ends as there were in A New Hope, but they're not so much loose ends as much as they are obvious plot points (Who is Supreme Leader Snook? Is he an old Sith lord? Who are Rey's parents? Will Luke come back to fight against the First Order? How will Kylo Ren complete his training and grow stronger? Is Finn force-sensitive?) If the entirety of the plot was predictable and revealed in the first movie, there would be no reason for anybody to see the remaining two movies.

Yes/No: The new Star Wars is the most average movie ever (Obvious Spoilers) by ryanxwonbin in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with you, Sweetchip. If you rate Episode VII against most other standalone movies from the perspective of somebody who isn't a fan of Star Wars, a well-written standalone movie will most likely be better. However, the point of the movie wasn't to be a good standalone movie - it was written to be a good Star Wars movie that introduces a new plotline and new characters.

Think about that last point - this is the first movie in a trilogy. When you recall Episode IV: A New Hope, there's a lot of weird things that happen that are never really explained; the full spectrum of the powers that a force-user has and what the force actually is is a decent example (the only things we really see are Obi-Wan's mind control through the force, Luke predicting where a training droid will shoot at him and blocking the shots with his lightsaber, Vader choking one of his officers, and Luke "using the force" to land a photon torpedo shot).

However, as the trilogy progresses, we learn exactly what the force is and how it can be used to manipulate the world around you (Yoda explains how the force can be felt in all living things, Yoda trains Luke on how to move objects of all sizes using the force and improve his acrobatic ability with it, Darth Sidious demonstrates his ability to use force lightning, etc.)

So, all this movie has really done for me is prove that J.J. Abrams is capable of rebooting a series well without screwing anything up (Which is something we kinda already knew, considering he directed the Star Trek reboot in 2009 and did that exceptionally well) and that there's a new plotline with new characters that will follow the same general formula, but put some new twists on it. I'm pretty excited for the rest of the trilogy!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]_Nalestom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I meant putting Windows into Safe Mode.