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johnlittlehiya peoples01:00
jendaalloha01:01
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johnlittlegreat suse vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO9iHWe0_G401:27
jendayour videos made me try out xgl01:29
jenda:)01:29
jendaKororaa01:30
jendaIt was cool01:30
jenda(The worse part is that my PC now refuses to boot...)01:30
johnlittlekororaa killed your pc?01:30
jendaI dunno - it seems.01:31
jendaWon't find the boot CD, and then it won't even find the HDD01:31
johnlittlecheck yoru bios setting01:31
jendacould have been my changing something in the BIOS...01:31
jendayeah...01:31
jendabut... I don't recall that.01:31
jendaLet's see...01:31
jendawhoa01:32
jendait works now01:32
jendadamn...01:32
jenda:-D01:33
johnlittlemagic01:33
johnlittlerub some ubuntu on it01:33
jendaI took out the Kororaa CD - but I think I did that before too.01:33
jendaI've been rubbing Ubuntu and none else on that machine for a year (the Kororaa was the first other OS, really :) )01:33
johnlittlethe Ubuntu Foundation found out about Kororaa and remotely killed your pc01:34
jendaIn my household now, there are 3 used Ubuntu installations and one unused XP install (in dual boot, waiting for... the boot)...01:34
jenda:)01:34
johnlittleI'm about to buy a laptop..i want a big freakin widescreen with Xgl01:35
jendayay :)01:36
jendaI bought a cheap one.01:36
johnlittleother than that i just have one pc..weird01:36
jendaWell, so do I. The dual boot lappy is my dads01:37
jendafunny - he has two OSes on one PC - I have one on two PCs 01:37
johnlittlewow elkbuntus video is the #7 tech video on youtube today01:59
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rjianHello people 8-)02:36
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johnlittlehttp://education.zdnet.com/?p=41403:56
elkbuntuick, sled03:59
johnlittleand Ubuntu03:59
elkbuntui'm not long woken, i didnt see ubuntu04:00
johnlittle"The use of [Novell]  SLED 10, I think, will increase significantly this year in schools, and we have Red Hat participating. They are getting some penetration in the local schools," Huffman said, adding that one school district has been having "a good deal of success with Ubuntu."04:00
elkbuntuah04:01
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poningruyarr04:53
elkbuntu#.o -- Yarr!05:39
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elkbuntuw00t! 6842 Users with 11000 Machines ... 11k boxen, yay06:00
johnlittleGrats!06:01
bimberiyay elkbuntu!06:05
bimberiand that interesting ratio is still more than 5 to 106:06
nixternalit seems i have a nack at angering people06:09
bimberi?06:09
nixternali have plenty of people upset at me currently, and it seems i have upset a Freenode admin as well, because of my successful pimpage of the Ubuntu NUN06:11
nixternalthey portray themselves as people who want to help the newbies..but when the newbies come they either hide or throw caution to the wind06:11
nixternalit seems everything is a no-win situation06:12
nixternali think i help out more people in an hour then most do in a year over there06:12
nixternali field at least 100 email a day for support..why?  because I freely give my information out in hopes of keeping people with Ubuntu...when a CD goes out from the Ubuntu Chicago team, my contact info is with it, right along with the guy/girl who handed it out06:13
bimberimate, i don't quite understand the issue.  people are unhappy that you do all the helping?06:14
nixternali did an interview for Linux.com on the new user network...and in the article the guy mixed up the irc channels for support and listed the nun admin channel...it has gotten a few hundred visitors and it has angered a staff member..i can understand his frustrations though06:16
bimberiseems unfair to blame you for that06:17
nixternalbut im being the one blamed for it..i don't let it get under my skin, as i am the reason there were over a hundred people total at the first weekend06:17
nixternalit is and it isn't06:17
nixternalit is an honest mistake that anyone could have made06:17
nixternali got bit by a marketing bug i guess you can say06:18
bimberihehe06:18
nixternali advocated the heck out the NUN, as a matter of fact, my interview was a front page Digg item, and that didn't help much either06:18
bimberiyou're a natural ;)06:18
nixternalyesterday alone, i had 200+ messages06:18
nixternala lot of mythtv ones, thank god for #mythtv-users06:19
nixternaland today i got a mac question06:19
nixternalthat one flipped my lid there06:19
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nixternalsomeone emailed me because his windows computers won't see his mac ones, but his macs can see the windows06:20
nixternali have about 20 trs-80s06:20
nixternalas my dad was one of the design engineers for Tandy/Panasonic at the time06:20
bimberi20!06:20
bimberiah :)06:20
bimberisorry, tangent06:20
nixternal4 with monitors, and about 20 that are just the keyboard setup06:20
nixternalthey are still in their shed to this day06:20
bimberii have a circa 1980, my original PC, Level II  16K06:21
bimberiyep, in the shed06:21
nixternalwoohoo06:27
nixternali have a few old ones06:27
nixternalcommodores, which i am going to mod into a Kubuntu system using the small form stuff06:27
elkbuntuhttp://ubuntucounter.com/rss.php06:50
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poningruyarr07:16
poningruyou know I feel like we arent doing much... we need to do... more07:17
poningrugaah07:17
poningruI dont know...07:17
bimberi_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendlyHardwareSuppliers07:21
bimberi_elkbuntu: are you on this list - https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts ?07:31
elkbuntubimberi_, yes07:32
elkbuntuits a rather quiet list07:33
bimberi_elkbuntu: great.  i'm not but i'll be sending it a message soon07:33
elkbuntuk07:33
bimberi_yes, i had a look at the archives07:33
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rjianweeeeee07:35
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elkbuntuin about 36 hours, the ubuntu counter will be 1 month old :| .. and it's at a point it gets 45-50 hits/minute08:43
bimberi_elkbuntu: wow, is the rate growing?08:46
johnlittlewhere can I find out more about Ubuntu...Ubuntu Video! ;)08:48
johnlittledid you see your video was in the top 10 tech videos for the day ell?08:48
johnlittleer elk08:49
johnlittle#6 - Most Linked (Today) - Science & Technology08:49
johnlittleyou earned 3 honors08:49
elkbuntujohnlittle, wow08:50
johnlittlethats  on a site that stream 100 million vids a day08:51
johnlittlestreams08:51
johnlittleelkbuntu: I asked the fridge editors to add sidebar links to our sites and some other community resources today08:53
elkbuntuhmm.. i dont see it http://youtube.com/categories_portal?c=26&e=108:53
johnlittlelook at you vid..theres an honors link08:54
elkbuntujohnlittle, i finally got around to making an rss 'feed' for the counter... its basically static but will update the value whenever checked08:54
johnlittlecool08:54
nixternalnow that is eye candy08:56
nixternalhaha08:57
nixternal133708:57
elkbuntuhehe.. the gedit file showed pretty poorly in the streamed version08:58
elkbuntuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2qoF72PFic&NR <-- someone else's vid of an ooold version of the dock08:59
elkbuntuand yeah, that's my laptop, candied to the max as it's what the unwashed masses aka clients see09:01
elkbuntuhavent converted anyone yet09:01
elkbuntu:(09:01
johnlittlehttp://www.ubuntuvideo.com/09:02
elkbuntui need to make a panel applet or something for the counter.. that'd be cool09:04
elkbuntuif only i had a clue how09:05
elkbuntujohnlittle, if you want to include the feed in the vid site..  dump http://ubuntucounter.org/rssparse.phps into the counter's box and style it with the css classes09:07
elkbuntubrb, hopefully swapping isp about now09:08
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poningruelkbuntu: can we see your vid in ogg or something?09:21
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elkbuntudoesnt youtube let you download in original format? it's .avi09:21
poningruhttp://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/08/is-word-ubuntu-in-ubuntu-linux-over.html09:24
poningruit does?09:24
poningruwoah09:24
poningruelkbuntu: what link?09:27
elkbuntugah.. mebbe it doesnt.. im a bit busy atm, and the files on a computer that's not even booted09:28
poningrurofl http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/18/rfte-ubuntu-server/09:47
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KenSentMe|afkjenda: ping10:43
jendapond10:43
matthewrevell:)10:43
KenSentMe|afkI got a message that i have some money on my paypal account10:44
KenSentMe|afkCan is still order some stickers?10:44
KenSentMe|afkCan i10:44
jendaLemme check :)10:45
jendaYou can order up to 15 No Caption ones - and I'll have 300 of MenZa's stickers in september...10:45
jendaand you can queue up to get those that people who ordered them reject :)10:46
KenSentMe|afkwhat was the link to the sticker images again?10:46
KenSentMe|afkjenda: ok, found them. How much for the 15 no caption stickers (in euros)10:48
jendalemme think...10:48
jendawhere?10:48
jendaOK....10:48
KenSentMe|afk5 euro?10:49
jendaNah :-D The bare minimum is 2... if you leave a tip, it will be great...10:49
KenSentMe|afkjenda@ubuntu.com was your paypal?10:49
jendayep10:51
jendayou are the first foreigner to even know the bare minimum price :) Till now, it has only been people who physically came and picked the stickers up themselves :)10:51
jendadamn, gotta run.10:51
jendaI' have them here for you.10:52
KenSentMe|afkI've sent the mail and the money10:52
jendagreat, thx10:52
KenSentMe|afkgot to go now, bye all10:55
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elkbuntuMenZa, i got an rss thing now http://ubuntucounter.org/rss.php  and a parser for it http://ubuntucounter.org/rssparse.phps02:10
elkbuntuMenZa, ping?02:32
elkbuntulalala arent we a quiet lot tonight?03:41
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elkbuntuhi matthewrevell?03:49
matthewrevellelkbuntu: hi03:50
elkbuntuhow's the old man?03:50
matthewrevellNot sure yet. I'm waiting to hear the results of some tests.03:50
matthewrevellTHanks for asking03:50
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elkbuntuim sure he'll be ok :|04:01
matthewrevellthanks :)04:02
jenda:)04:07
elkbuntuhmm.. finally got around to looking ad mindspin's contribution to the survey wiki..04:19
elkbuntuim not really sure we should be trying the corporate investigation...04:19
elkbuntuwhat do you guys think?04:20
matthewrevellelkbuntu: I'll have to look another time :(04:25
elkbuntudo you think it should be within the scope though?04:26
elkbuntutrying to get user info from companies/businesses?04:26
elkbuntuerr, usage/preferance info04:27
elkbuntui would personally think/prefer that sort of data collection be done by canonical, rather than us04:29
elkbuntujenda, ping?04:30
jendapyong yang04:30
elkbuntu^04:30
jenda(capital of North Korea, unless i'm mistaken)04:32
jendaWhat's up?04:32
jendaah04:32
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jendaspeak of the devil...04:32
elkbuntuyeah04:32
jendaelkbuntu: I'd have to think about that04:32
jendaand you know how much that hurts04:32
elkbuntulol jenda04:32
elkbuntuhi mindspin, i finally got time to look at stuff you put up on the wiki, and im not really sure that 'corporate' investigation is quite within our reach/capabilities as such04:33
mindspinI#m not sure04:34
mindspinFor small and medium business (up to 20 people) its possible in my eyes04:34
elkbuntui personally think it's a target audience that should be left up to canonical04:35
mindspinIt#s definitely atarget for me04:35
elkbuntuits something that's goign to take alot more time than a month to organise04:36
mindspinthere are so much small companies here who want real people appear at their offices to set up configure their network04:36
mindspinso leave it out04:36
elkbuntuwe could make another whole project of it, if you really thing it's within grasp04:36
jendaelkbuntu: I think it's quite Ok if we contact small businesses ourselves.04:36
mindspinelkbuntu: yup we can04:37
elkbuntujenda, that would involve, *contact* *arrange time* *wait* *meet*, rather than online or footpath surveys04:37
jendayes04:38
elkbuntualot more time/effort involved04:38
mindspinwe can add a question wether they are potential users with business purposes and see how much will "sign" that04:38
elkbuntumindspin, if you have the time, fork the 'potential business' part off to another wiki page for later effort, maybe 'CorporateInvestigation' or something04:39
elkbuntuand add it to MarketingTeam/Research04:39
elkbuntuand yes, that question should be doable04:40
mindspinnot much time left now, (I'm hiding to berlin over the weekend) but I can remove it completely and create a seperate page after the weekend04:40
elkbuntuone of your other ideas i think might also be a candidate for a later time.. the 'agree/disagree' sort of quiz04:41
mindspinhuh?04:41
elkbuntuunless it wasnt you...04:41
mindspinthat is not added by me04:41
mindspinwas04:41
elkbuntuok then...04:41
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elkbuntuah.. Ferenkileen .. whoever that is04:43
elkbuntualso got pedantic about how many surveys per group we need for confidence :|04:43
mindspincompany part removed mam04:45
elkbuntudid you save what questions you had so far?04:46
mindspinsure04:46
elkbuntugood04:46
elkbuntuit's a good idea, but a bit much for now imho04:46
mindspinimho its always better to collect plenty and reduce it to the core afterwards ;-)04:47
elkbuntusure, so long as you're not trying to too many things at once, it can compromise the quality of what you -do- get04:48
mindspintherefore I said reduce it to the core04:48
elkbuntuyep, but i mean trying to collect from too many places reduces how much you end up getting from each place04:49
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elkbuntuim going to set the survey question cutoff for the 25th. should have draft surveys by the 1st04:57
elkbuntui'll be really nice to have final versions done by the 8th04:59
elkbuntus/i'll/it'll/04:59
elkbuntujenda, mindspin how long after the 16th should i give for the results to come in from various places? a month? two?05:06
mindspina month could do, it depends on how many participate...05:07
elkbuntutake the counter site's traffic of 1.2mil this past 18 days hits as indication of how much interest -can- be gathered for online surveys05:08
elkbuntu1.2mil Hits05:09
elkbuntu280,000 or so unique visitors05:09
mindspinhuh turns out to be a big thing then...05:10
elkbuntuhowever im more referring to the collection of the 'potential users' data from the footpath surveys05:10
elkbuntui think a month should be plenty05:13
mindspinyup05:13
mindspingottago, the only really big city of germany is calling ;-)05:13
mindspinbye05:13
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MitchMping07:03
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elkbuntuMitchM, ping?08:49
MitchMping08:49
MitchM=)08:49
MitchMit worked very nice08:49
elkbuntu:)08:50
elkbuntuhappy with it all?08:50
MitchMlet me looksie08:51
MitchMoh yes very nice!08:51
MitchMI like =)08:51
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elkbuntu:)08:51
MitchMupload using username/pass and it should work for devubuntu.com08:52
MitchMthanks a million =P08:52
elkbuntuits already there :)08:52
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MitchMoh ho ho08:53
MitchMyou sly guy08:53
elkbuntuif you feel you need to change what is said, im sure you could figure what parts to change08:53
MitchMeh looks good to me08:53
MitchMI may add more details later08:53
MitchM....08:53
MitchMlike MySQL and PHP etc etc08:53
MitchMbut very nice again; thanks =)08:54
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elkbuntuthe form is already php08:54
MitchMwell yes; that I knew... but what I meant was "your free web hosting also comes with free MySQL databases... etc etc"08:55
elkbuntuah right08:56
elkbuntuSat Aug 19 04:56:08 EST 200608:56
elkbuntuwhelp, i've had fun.. i probaly should go to bed now08:56
MitchMwoah!08:56
MitchM=) thanks... get some rest08:56
poningrua very well written essay08:56
poningruhttp://www.psychocats.net/essays/linuxdesktopmyth08:56
poningruand almost everything I agree with08:56
elkbuntupsychocats rocks08:57
elkbuntuninite people08:57
MitchMnite08:57
poningrunight08:57
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