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poningruwell that blew01:04
poningruwe had one guy come by for the installfest01:05
tonyyarussosad01:05
tonyyarussowhere?01:05
poningrugainesville fl01:05
poningrusee this was meant for non-students in a college town01:05
tonyyarussoAaah01:06
poningruyeah so it was far away from campus01:08
poningruwe didnt advertize on campus01:08
poningruhit all the grocery shops... craigslist... other random areas for flyering01:08
poningruapperantly the residents just arent that interested01:09
Burgundaviainstallfests are a challenge01:24
Burgundaviahere is what I would do: make it a bring an old computer and install linux for donation fest01:25
poningruwe had awesome success for oncampus stuff01:27
poningruits just the lug wanted to try something offcampus01:28
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tonyyarussoponingru: I'd love to get some oncampus stuff going - any tips from your success there?01:46
tonyyarussoHey all, feedback welcome on http://www.tonyyarusso.is-a-geek.com/images/ *custom.svg01:52
tonyyarusso(Slightly modified versions of some that I think Madpilot gave me)01:52
lotusleaftonyyarusso: I didn't click, but is that the OBEY Ubuntu thing he's working on?01:53
tonyyarussolotusleaf: No, CD display stand.01:54
lotusleaftonyyarusso: oh? Awesome01:54
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scamboyhelo..02:03
lotusleafhi02:04
scamboylotusleaf: so this is the marketing team for ubuntu???02:05
lotusleafscamboy: see topic :)02:05
scamboyhmn.....02:06
scamboyso where does the marketing team based on asia??? or except isle where are they??02:06
BHSPitLappyhuh?02:08
scamboyhah?02:09
theCorescamboy, the marketing team is just a group from the community that wants to promote Ubuntu02:10
theCorescamboy, nothing like a real marketing team02:10
scamboyoic02:11
scamboyso wat is the benefit of this channel??02:12
BHSPitLappyto talk about ubuntu marketing... :)02:12
scamboyi know...but how it works? this channel supports me or i support the channel??02:13
BHSPitLappytonyyarusso, why is it the cool thing to do nowadays to install windows 3.1 in an emulator? :P02:16
BHSPitLappyscamboy, uhh, we just discuss how we promote ubuntu02:16
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: Not so much cool as possible.  Although, my dad liked 3.1, so maybe he'll get a kick out of it02:16
BHSPitLappyposters and free cd covers and etc02:16
BHSPitLappytonyyarusso, you're not the only person I've seen playing with that recently02:17
scamboyhmn..now i understand..thanks..8-)02:17
BHSPitLappywas it recently made possible?02:17
tonyyarussono idea02:17
BHSPitLappydid you have to pirate it? or are you vintage enough to have some floppies lying around :)02:18
lotusleafdon't waste your time with old versions of windows, if you want to be 1337 you'll run Amiga or C=02:19
tonyyarussotheCore: I need to learn how to make/use a chroot...02:19
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: People have it available for download.  Not sure if it's still technically pirating or if they wouldn't care any more.02:19
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: Although, yes, we do have floppies, as well as a functional machine, but that's at my other house.02:20
BHSPitLappytonyyarusso, MS probably still offers it to retailers with a suggested price of $7902:20
tonyyarussoThat's funny02:20
tonyyarussoHmm...how many pieces of cardstock can I waste making mistakes?02:21
tonyyarussoApparently there was a reason there were only 5 bullet points on the original02:21
BHSPitLappyuse paper first02:21
BHSPitLappyand, by the way, I wasn't exactly drooling over the design you linked us to :/02:22
theCoretonyyarusso, https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/appendix-chroot.html02:22
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: Suggestions?  (Someone else made it, I just modded text)02:23
BHSPitLappyah.02:23
BHSPitLappywell, it looks pretty unprofessional in its current state02:23
theCoretonyyarusso, downloads the latest debootstrap and follow the instructions02:23
BHSPitLappylike a 6th grade MS Office class project or something02:23
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: So to fix that you would ____?02:24
theCoretonyyarusso, don't forget to change "edgy" for "feisty" in the commands02:24
BHSPitLappy"redo it myself" :P02:24
tonyyarussotheCore: All right, looks not-too-bad02:24
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: How though?02:24
tonyyarussoIt doesn't help to say that it should be "different" only.02:25
BHSPitLappywell, are you printing it with an inkjet or are you going to have something professionally done02:25
tonyyarussoinkjet02:25
BHSPitLappyok, so we don't need to be too conscious of # of colors02:25
BHSPitLappysecond, do you have any photos of what that template looks like folded up? I'm not quick enough to tell just from the net02:26
tonyyarussoI don't, although one exists somewhere.02:32
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: Here we go: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=full.jpg02:34
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BHSPitLappyhmm, didn't realize it looked like that02:34
BHSPitLappyI was thinking it was  like a full-blown AOL cd dispenser or something :P02:35
BHSPitLappyand you're stocking it with shipits?02:36
tonyyarussoNext time I get some.  For now I just have home-burned.02:40
tonyyarussoI should order some, but I'm sad they aren't shipping Edgy02:41
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BHSPitLappyme too02:50
lotusleaftonyyarusso: that's why I'm burning edgy cds and dvds for distribution02:58
tonyyarussolotusleaf: Yeah, I have 13 of those left as well, but some people like the official-looking ones02:59
lotusleaftonyyarusso: so print out a label for it02:59
lotusleafand stick it on em ;)02:59
nixternalhttp://flickr.com/photos/78122667@N00/153803178    <-- how much you want to be that is a fake..i asked an ubuntu question today, and got a "no comment"02:59
tonyyarussolotusleaf: Yeah, that would be good.  Should figure out how to do that.02:59
lotusleafnixternal: heh03:02
nixternalthat guy is out there...i wanted to pie him so bad, but i was told i would be arrested for even attempting it03:03
BHSPitLappylol03:03
BHSPitLappyI love the Gates pie video03:03
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poningruBurgundavia: hey dude who do I talk to re: ubuntu iso returning bad mime type04:47
poningruerr as in the website04:47
Burgundaviathe website or a mirror?04:47
poningruhold on asking04:47
poningruthe columbia mirrors04:51
poningruBHSPitLappy: why do you like the gates pie vid?04:51
poningrukinda lame if you ask me04:51
BHSPitLappybecause it's funny04:52
BHSPitLappylike HA! PIED!04:52
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BHSPitLappyout of nowhere04:52
BHSPitLappyand they looked all vicious, like it was some actual attack or assassination04:53
BHSPitLappybut it's a -pastry-04:53
MadpilotSo, do we have a sensible doc on uploading to our bzr setup yet?04:58
Burgundavianope04:59
MadpilotBurgundavia, no? What did you do all day, sleep? ;)05:00
Burgundaviahalf of it05:00
Burgundaviathen I played video games, cleaned my room and ate05:00
Madpilota productive Saturday. I got paid to sit at a desk, watch the awful weather, and check my personal email.05:01
Madpilotwell, to start with one basic step, what's involved in generating the SSH key that LP needs?05:03
poningruhold on that doc is written05:04
poningruhttp://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_use_key_based_SSH_authentication05:05
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tonyyarussoubuntuguide?  :O05:05
poningruhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto#head-1ff9e61cfd81e9f741920b6920af8a85f7bddb3005:06
tonyyarussoThere we go05:06
poningru:p05:06
poningrutonyyarusso: re: your earlier comment re: college success05:06
tonyyarussoponingru: Ah, yes?05:07
poningruI am starting up a college wiki page for marketing05:07
tonyyarussoSweet05:07
poningruhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/College05:07
poningrustill half done05:07
poningruerr more like 1/10 done05:08
BHSPitLappyponingru, I wish I could find other linux users my age05:08
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poningruBHSPitLappy: how old are you?05:09
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BHSPitLappy17.05:09
poningruloads of lin users05:09
BHSPitLappyand a high school free software club probably wouldn't take off here05:09
poningruhehe yeah better to wait that year till you get to college05:10
BHSPitLappyI really do think I might be the most knowledgeable person at school when it comes to linux, and that's not saying TOO much05:10
Madpilotwith an SSH key fingerprint, is the user@hostname bit part of the fingerprint or not?05:18
nixternalyes05:22
Madpilotgot that - LP wanted the whole paste of .ssh/id_dsa.pub anyway, not just the fingerprint05:23
poningrubbl05:26
poningrulike half an hour later05:26
MadpilotBurgundavia, what was the sftp URL for the bzr repo? Forgot to write it down...05:29
Burgundavialook on our LP page05:29
Madpilotthere was some other package I needed to make bzr via sftp work, wasn't there?05:35
theCoreBHSPitLappy, eh, I know that feeling...05:37
BHSPitLappyweird05:37
BHSPitLappyless than a second after I clicked on this tab, just to see what was going on, you said that05:38
theCorebah, it just a good timing05:38
BHSPitLappyor you're watching me through the blinds...05:38
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theCoreLinux users are hard to find outside of LUG and IRC05:40
BHSPitLappyI might start a Youth LUG05:40
tonyyarussoThat would be cool.  A LUG that's not by region?05:40
BHSPitLappyI was thinking that, should it be a regional one still or be worldwide05:41
BHSPitLappythe real point of a LUG is to have people you can actually hang out with in person, right05:41
theCoreBHSPitLappy, yep05:41
BHSPitLappya global, online LUG would be kind of moot05:41
BHSPitLappyI can just go into #ubuntu or something, and say WHO'S A TEEN? WANNA PM?05:42
theCorealso difficult to manage05:42
theCorewell, that's a so-so idea ,,,05:42
BHSPitLappyalso, I don't really want to pay for a domain name or anything05:42
BHSPitLappytheCore, yeah :05:42
BHSPitLappy:P05:42
tonyyarussoMaybe a channel rather than a LUG, make an #ubuntu-teens, along the same vein as #ubuntu-women05:43
BHSPitLappyI didn't know about the women one05:43
BHSPitLappydo you have to contact anyone to authorize/officialize a #ubuntu-xxxxxx channel05:43
tonyyarussoIt's not very active, but it exists.05:43
theCoreBHSPitLappy, but, hey you don't have to search far, far to find a young linux user :P05:43
tonyyarussoYes, Seveas is in charge of Ubuntu's IRC presence.05:43
BHSPitLappytheCore, depends on where you live.05:44
BHSPitLappyI personally think there should be more sub-channels for ubuntu05:44
BHSPitLappythe main one is too ambiguous and crowded05:44
BHSPitLappyI mean just for support related topics05:44
BHSPitLappy#ubuntu-wireless or -laptop or whatever for example05:45
theCorewell, there's -offtopic and -trivia :)05:45
tonyyarussoBHSPitLappy: There is a laptop one.05:46
BHSPitLappyyeah05:46
BHSPitLappyI just mean that idea05:46
BHSPitLappy#ubuntu-xgl probably deserves a rename/redirect now; it's still the best place probably to get support with accelerated graphics stuff, but the title doesn't really say it right anymore05:47
MadpilotBHSPitLappy, #ubuntu-how-to-crash-your-system, perhaps?05:48
theCoreMadpilot, :)05:49
BHSPitLappyhar.05:49
theCoreBHSPitLappy, so, where are you from?05:50
BHSPitLappytx05:50
theCoretexas?05:50
BHSPitLappyyeah.05:50
BHSPitLappymy IP mask isn't too shy about that one05:50
theCoreBHSPitLappy, http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/texas.html05:52
BHSPitLappyI'm familiar with that page and its contents, thanks05:52
theCoremaybe there's a LUG that you could join...05:52
BHSPitLappyboth the FWLUG and the NTLUG are a little too much "old men club" for me, no offense to old men05:53
theCorehehe05:53
theCorefind a GNOME club then05:53
BHSPitLappykids like me don't want to hang out with the dad's generation05:54
BHSPitLappyha05:54
theCoreGNOME peoples are usually younger05:54
theCorepeople*05:54
BHSPitLappyI didn't know they existed.05:58
BHSPitLappyGnomes are fairy tale creatures!05:58
theCoreBHSPitLappy, eh05:59
theCoreBHSPitLappy, or you could do like me, and hang on IRC05:59
BHSPitLappyIRC has lost its excitement05:59
theCoreBHSPitLappy, you could search for a LoCo team06:04
theCorehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList06:04
Burgundaviameet "Real People" TM06:06
MadpilotOK, after wasting two days with bzr, I've done what I should have done in the first place - put the images I wanted to share on webspace I actually have access to: http://ubuntu-ca.org/Ubuntu_roughcut_poster/06:07
BHSPitLappythere already is one, really06:08
BHSPitLappythe Dallas LoCo team listed there seems nonexistent06:08
BHSPitLappytheir listed channel isn't even registered06:08
Burgundaviait occurs me that we probably need web-based system06:09
poningruBHSPitLappy: how close to houston are you?06:09
poningruBurgundavia: for?06:09
poningrumeeting people/06:09
Burgundaviano, for our documents06:09
poningruuh... bzr?06:10
MadpilotBurgundavia, how about svn instead of bzr? Seems simpler, frankly06:10
Burgundaviawebbased is nice06:10
Burgundaviaso svn to download, etc.06:10
BHSPitLappyponingru, about 5 hours close.06:10
Burgundaviaplus accessible to everybody, including those stuck on windows or machines they don't control06:10
poningruhmm true06:10
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Burgundaviaponingru: check out knowledge tre06:11
MadpilotI know bzr is Ubuntu's shiny pet thing, but svn is stupidly easy to set up...06:11
poningruMadpilot++06:11
Burgundaviawe already have an svn repo, but it isn't perfect06:11
Burgundaviawebbased means easy account control06:13
MadpilotLP is webbased, supposedly has easy account control... but the docteam's svn repo is still far easier to set up (write) access to than our bzr repo...06:14
Burgundaviathat isn't what I am talking about06:14
BurgundaviaI am talking about a DMS06:14
Madpilota what?06:14
Burgundaviahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system06:15
Burgundaviahttp://www.ktdms.com/06:15
Burgundaviasadly it is php, and doens't work on php5 at that06:16
Madpilotum, how does a DMS differ from a managed repo thru svn/bzr/etc?06:18
Burgundaviait is entirely web-based06:18
Burgundaviano commandline tools to master, etc.06:19
Madpilotis the problem with bzr the commandline, or the documentation quality?06:21
Burgundaviathe commandline06:21
Burgundaviait is beast to setup, etc.06:21
Burgundavialook how many more people edit the wiki vs our svn06:21
BurgundaviaI can edit the wiki at work06:22
nixternalhey Burgundavia, i have a BZR tutorial written up, drafted right now, if you want to take a look at it06:24
nixternalit is still a little rough around the edges, but the content is there06:24
poningrunixternal: link?06:27
poningruBurgundavia: how about... a wiki?06:27
rjianwhats new here?06:28
rjianHeheHehe06:28
Burgundavianot good for documents06:28
poningruBurgundavia: how so?06:28
Burgundaviano version control, no acls, beast to upload stuff06:28
BHSPitLappyI've never seen sabdfl online before06:28
BHSPitLappyI feel so blessed :P06:28
poningruBurgundavia: ofcourse there is a version control06:28
Burgundaviafor pages, not documents06:29
BurgundaviaI am talking about things like posters and the like06:29
nixternalhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/bzr06:29
poningruoh06:29
poningruwait wtf06:29
poningrubzr is gpl?06:29
nixternalyes06:29
poningruI thought it was in the same boat as lp06:29
Burgundaviano, far from it06:29
nixternalhell no06:29
nixternalthank god ;)06:30
poningruwoah thats a resounding no06:30
nixternalstupid enter key messed me up06:30
tonyyarussoponingru: Wow, you weren't kidding about it being a work in progress.06:30
nixternalya, made it sound like i was being a d0rk06:30
poningrutonyyarusso: :p06:30
nixternalthere hasn't been any spell checking or grammar checking..i just threw down words and instructions...if more needs to be added it can be06:31
nixternalMadpilot: did you get those posted yet, or do you want me to go ahead and do so?06:41
Madpilotnixternal, go ahead and add them to the marketing repo06:41
nixternalwill do!06:41
Madpilotthanks06:41
nixternaland the download begins!06:42
Madpilotinteresting - I just realized that the SVG of that poster is actually larger (in Kb) than the PNG version - usually it's the other way around.06:45
Burgundaviadid you vacuum defs on it?06:49
Burgundaviathat will shrink the size of it06:49
nixternalMadpilot: which directory do you want them to go into?06:50
MadpilotBurgundavia, no, I didn't, actually06:51
nixternalman, the Marketing Branch is Windows directory naming =/06:51
poningruwtf06:51
nixternalya, naming with spaces06:51
nixternalit makes tab completes so much fun06:51
Madpilotnixternal, how about a new directory in DIYMarketing called Ubuntu_posters_roughcut or similar? I've no idea if jenda has a plan for naming, however06:52
BurgundaviaMadpilot: that shrunk it considerably06:52
nixternalgot it06:52
Burgundavianixternal: can you vacuum defs on that sucker?06:52
nixternali have no idea on how to do that now06:53
nixternalim an inkscape idiot06:53
Burgundaviaopen inkscape06:53
Burgundaviafile > vacuum defs06:53
nixternalgahaha06:53
nixternali can do that i think ;)06:53
BurgundaviaI think you can06:53
MadpilotBurgundavia, considerably? I got a whole 2kb drop - from 348 to 346Kb...06:54
Burgundaviahmm06:54
Burgundaviawhat is wirelizard?06:56
Madpilotthe very small graphic in the bottom righthand corner of the poster. Zoom in on the SVG version.06:59
nixternalman, that branch isn't setup correctly at all07:00
nixternali can't commit either, i had to commit --local and then push the damn thing07:00
Burgundaviathe other problem with using complicated tool07:00
Burgundaviabut where is the name from?07:00
MadpilotBurgundavia, the Wirelizard name? The inside of my head, which is strange & thankfully uncharted territory ;)07:01
Burgundaviaah, right07:01
Madpilotthe lizard itself started as a PD OCAL SVG, which I basically rebuilt for my own amusement07:01
nixternalalrighty...this little learning experience caused me to write up a troubleshooting section on that bzr doco07:10
nixternalneed a good wiki name before i move it to /community/07:11
nixternalLaunchpadBazaarUse07:12
Burgundaviawonder how many users are jumping ship from OpenSUSE right now?07:15
nixternalwhere is there IRC channels?07:16
nixternallets go spy07:16
Burgundaviaare there, you mean?07:16
Burgundaviano idea07:16
nixternalya, they are somewhere around here07:16
Burgundaviahmm, irc.opensuse.org exists07:17
nixternalthey are on freenode07:17
nixternallol07:17
nixternalirc.opensuse.org == freenode ;)07:17
nixternal#openSUSE07:17
nixternal#openSUSE-chat for OT07:17
Burgundavia-fud07:17
nixternal#openSUSE-project07:17
nixternalhahaha07:17
MadpilotBurgundavia, wouldn't that be #novell-fud?07:18
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nixternalgahahaha, 4 people07:18
Burgundavia190 users07:18
nixternalman, i did that and lagged07:18
Burgundaviawhere is suse getting all their hits on Distrowatch from?07:19
nixternalwe are going in with ubuntu member tags as well07:19
nixternalfrom bogus links..don't follow distrowatch, as it is easy to hack now07:19
Burgundaviawhy is it easy to hack?07:19
nixternalburg07:20
nixternal#opensuse-fud07:20
Burgundaviawas in there07:20
nixternalthat is the novell/ms discussion chan07:20
nixternaloh07:20
nixternaldamn..i look like a fool then07:20
nixternalus joining/parting doesn't look good either07:21
nixternalbut ummm, oh well, thats the way the cookie crumbles ;)07:21
Burgundaviameh07:22
Madpilotevil Ubuntu users snooping in and out :)07:22
poningrurofl07:22
Burgundaviahttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006-11/msg00132.html07:22
poningruhaha07:23
nixternaloh wow, you just busted a dev with that Burgundavia ;)07:23
Burgundaviayep07:23
nixternalhahahah07:23
nixternalthat is an Ubuntu Dev saying that...i seen the name and flipped a nut07:23
nixternalinteresting...i thought he was a dev..oh, he is an IRC op..thats where i know him from07:25
nixternalhahahaha07:25
nixternal> > I know this isn't your fault, and I'm sorry I have to stop using your07:25
nixternal> > excellent work. I'm sad to have to change to another distro, I've been a07:25
nixternal> > fanboy since SuSE 8.0, but this deal is just disgusting.07:25
nixternalAgreed, it is very disgusting, like going home to find your wife in bed with07:25
nixternalthe worst guy of the office.07:25
nixternaloops...but hahahahahahahahahahaha07:26
Burgundaviathat is pretty funny07:26
BurgundaviaI feel sorry for the opensuse and N devs07:26
Burgundaviathey are getting shit on by the community07:26
nixternalme too07:26
nixternali hope they goto red hat truthfully07:26
nixternalor to us of course07:26
nixternalbut most of them rpm guys will probably head over to fedora and what not07:26
Burgundavia"Hug a Novell engineer today: It's not their fault" <-- from the gnome-hackers chan topic07:27
Burgundavianext GUADEC should be interesting07:27
nixternalhahahhahahahaha07:27
nixternali so wish i could find the picture someone did of the Edgy Lizard doing the SUSE Lizard..thta was classic07:28
Madpilotsome lizard love for the Suse iguana?07:29
nixternalyup07:30
nixternali seen it around july/august07:30
Burgundaviahttp://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu%20fucking%20suse&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-807:30
Burgundaviatake a look at the first hit07:30
nixternalhahahaha07:31
poningrudo I wanna click?07:34
Madpilotthe first link is just a Digg rantpage07:35
poningruah07:36
Burgundaviadigg rantage is funny07:36
Madpilotodd def'n of 'funny' you have ;)07:37
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nixternalTHAT IS METHANE, NOT NITROUS!!!07:41
poningru*spark*07:42
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nixternal^^W^^W^^BOOM^^WW^^WW^^07:42
Burgundaviahttp://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1939890,00.html <-- hate your neighbours? knock his house down07:43
Madpilotnixternal, how often is the web portion of Marketing's bzr repo rebuilt, any idea?07:51
nixternalthe one on the doc server?07:51
Madpilotyes07:51
nixternali really don't know07:51
nixternalwell, by the looks of it Madpilot, i would have to say soon07:52
Madpilot[jenda]  idle 38:11:26 <-- I suspect he's not around to ask07:52
nixternalheh, guess not07:52
nixternali wonder if there is just a bzr cron running that stats the branch, and then upgrades/updates the doc server07:53
Burgundaviayes, there is a cron job07:54
nixternalyou know..there is ssh to that server as well..i just can't remember the info07:54
BurgundaviaMadpilot knows that07:55
nixternalheh07:55
Burgundavia'cause he scp'ed something tehre07:55
nixternalscp then, or fish if you have kde goodness07:55
Madpilotright, but the scp'd stuff gets eaten & 404's07:55
nixternalhrmm07:56
Burgundaviathe cron job nukes the folder and rebuilds it07:56
Burgundaviado you see why need something better?07:56
nixternalahh07:56
nixternalalrighty..im crashing..my day was filled with work, rms, and ignorance07:57
nixternalg'nite all07:57
Madpilotnight nixternal07:57
poningruoh right today was the rms thing08:02
poningrunn dude08:02
Madpilothttp://blog.wired.com/halloween2006/2006/11/ubuntu_pumpkin.html08:56
BHSPitLappythat's so sad09:40
BHSPitLappywhy would someone do that?09:40
MadpilotBHSPitLappy, do what, carve faces into pumpkins? The pumpkins don't seem to mind. ;)10:51
BHSPitLappyMadpilot, no, smash the ubuntu one10:51
MadpilotThat's just Rule #1 in action.10:52
MadpilotRule #1: Many people are stupid.10:52
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jendaBurgundavia: looks like someone bzr'd Madpilots posters in the end?01:25
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jendaompaul: congrats to gNewSense 1.0 :)01:54
ompauljenda, thanks, I am now wondering what to do next with it, and I think a faq on installing Flash and various restricted modules is out of the question :)01:55
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tsmitheso yall, would putting some cds in the computer lab at school plus a poster or two be a good plan? (i don't like that place... gives me the creeps...)02:46
tsmithehalloo?02:58
tsmithei'll just sit in this corner by myself then03:16
tsmithegood. be that way...03:22
ompaultsmithe, it might be better to offer to give CDs away if someone asks, and put up info about the distro and what you can do with it03:22
tsmithethat's what i do. but i want to get people interested quickly03:23
ompaultsmithe, and then they loose interest quickly03:23
tsmithereally, why?03:24
tsmithethats sad03:24
ompaultsmithe, it is the era of instant everything03:24
tsmithei didnt, and no-one gave me a cd03:24
ompaulso you have to make them hunger for it03:24
ompauloffer them solutions03:24
ompaulto their problems03:24
tsmithethat's the idea of putting up the poster... they don't even know they have problems. they just think that's what computers are like03:25
ompaulso say you have no virus issue03:25
ompaulsay you have no rebuild cos it is slow issue03:25
ompaulwhat is spyware03:25
tsmitheim not following you...03:25
ompaulsay what issues you don't have03:26
ompaulsay what you do have03:26
tsmitheuhuh03:26
ompaulyou have an "alternative" to their way of computing03:26
ompaulnot a replacement03:26
ompaulthis means that it does not do exaclty what the other does but guess what you can do so much more03:26
ompauletc03:26
tsmithecool03:27
tsmithebut wouldnt mass marketing be quicker. or are we learning from apple (where it doesnt really seem to have worked...)03:27
ompaultsmithe, if you want to make it work do this03:39
ompaul(A) become as expert as you can03:39
ompaul(B) train people who can do what you can do in terms of installing03:39
ompaul(C) train people in the thinking behind Ubuntu03:40
ompaul(D) get good at understanding people03:40
ompaul(E) offer to help people - put defined limits on what help you will give03:40
ompaul(F) don't be afraid to walk away03:40
ompaul(F) don't be afraid of people not understanding03:41
tsmithethat's hard work.03:41
ompaul(H) do not get angry, remember most people do not get what is happening to their freedom03:41
tsmithei dont have the time, really, though i'd love to03:41
ompaultsmithe, so then quick hit a few CDs and hope some of it sticks03:42
tsmithewe need a mass marketing scheme. on tv (the news appearances are doing their bit, I feel)03:42
ompaulbut03:42
ompaulbut03:42
ompaulbut03:42
ompaulyou are missing it - marketing it without support is just a way to alienate people03:42
tsmithei know i know. it's true. we need vendors to do the support. something that people are used to03:43
ompaulso more important would be to tell people about help.ubuntu.com/community and help.ubuntu.com read the main points in those before you start so if your asked any questions you can at least look like you know more03:44
ompaultsmithe, not in their interest (yet)03:44
tsmithesoon. hopefully (microsoft is gonna lose out big time with vista i feel003:44
ompaulit has nothing to do with vista03:44
ompaulit has to do with choice03:44
tsmithevista will put pressure on people. they'll start to look for the choice that before they did not recognise03:45
tsmithewe need microsoft to kill themselves03:45
ompaulit has nothing to do with them03:45
ompaulyour energy if directed incorrectly03:46
tsmithe...03:46
ompaulyou have 30 seconds with someone - think, do they want to hear you say "Windows is rubbish"?03:46
tsmitheno.03:46
ompaulor would they rather hear03:46
ompaulYou know you have another option, you may have to release some of your concepts of what computing is, because you can be so much more flexable, but you know what you won't have to pay to find out03:47
ompaulhere is a live CD and here is a page of the top 10 useful urls03:48
ompaulhave a nice day03:48
ompaulsold in 3003:48
tsmithethe second of course. but if we do marketing en masse, with information about the community support, then I won't have to (as it is so hard to) find people who will listen03:48
tsmithemany people say that because it's free it must be crap: this is all life experience has taught them03:49
tsmithewell, im gonna get lunch now...03:54
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somerville32How do I do line breaks in the Ubuntu wiki?05:02
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MenZasomerville32: <br />05:11
somerville32haha, ok05:11
somerville32I tried <br/>05:12
somerville32Thanks :] 05:15
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ompaulsomerville32, or two lines below a line05:32
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jendaallo :)06:05
somerville32:] 06:06
MenZahey :)06:06
nixternalsomerville32: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BR  <-- do that06:08
nixternalyo yo marketeers06:08
poningruanyone know how I can listen to the speeches?06:19
somerville32At the conference thinger?06:21
jendaponingru: VoiP06:22
jendahave a look at the Participation wikipage.06:22
poningrusweet06:22
poningruhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick06:22
poningruerr06:22
poningruhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView/Participate06:22
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somerville32Is Corey around?08:48
jendanope...08:48
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jendasomerville32: ^08:59
somerville32haha08:59
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somerville32Hey Corey08:59
lophyteBurgundavia: ping09:03
Burgundavialophyte: pong09:03
lophytesomerville32: there ya go :)09:03
lophyteBurgundavia: somerville32 was looking for you09:03
Burgundaviaright09:03
somerville32Burgundavia: Can I talk with you in private query?09:04
Burgundaviashoot09:04
Burgundaviaall you slackers (including me), lets get this UWN out tonight-ish09:10
elkbuntuyeah, stop slacking09:12
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poningruoh snap true09:22
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somerville32Can I help with UWNL21?10:57
Burgundaviayep11:01
somerville32Anything that needs doing?11:01
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nixternalhey Burgundavia, lets use the canonical server for the uwn, and do it live ;)11:07
Burgundaviasure11:07
Burgundaviait there anything for 21 on poningru's server?11:08
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poningruyeah true11:08
poningrudont think so11:08
poningrunope nothing11:09
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