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Burgworkhmm, pclinuxos magazine is interesting12:24
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Burgworkelkbuntu: ping12:27
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Burgworkelkbuntu: final ping, leaving work soonish01:55
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jendaBurgwork: it's early morning there...01:58
Burgwork8 hours off makes it 11am01:58
jendaomg... it's early morning _here_ too :)01:58
jendaok, the time goes too fast for my taste, disregard me.01:58
jenda01:58
somerville32:)01:58
Burgworkelkbuntu: I see you in -ops02:05
elkbuntui've only just got to the computer02:06
elkbuntuim not even showered or fed yet02:06
somerville32:] 02:06
Burgworkbah02:06
somerville32Burgwork: Any work for me tonight?02:07
Burgworkyep, the Feisty doc02:07
elkbuntuBurgwork, have you been waiting around for me?02:07
Burgworkelkbuntu: yes. it is now 5pm and I wanted to leave work at 3pm02:07
BurgworkI am very annoyed. You made you work a whole 8 hours02:08
elkbuntuawww.. im sorry :(02:08
BurgworkON A FRIDAY02:08
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Burgworkit is just isn't done02:09
Burgworksomerville32: he is a slightly gruntish task02:09
somerville32: )02:09
Burgworkwe need to verify all those specs I dropped on the list are in fact, targetted at Feisty and that there have not been any more added02:09
somerville32Fun.02:13
Burgworkyou asked for something to do :)02:14
somerville32:D02:14
somerville32Same place, same password?02:17
Burgworksame bat cave02:17
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Admiral_Chicagoanyone know if beryl servers are back up?02:41
Burgworkappear to be02:44
Admiral_ChicagoBurgwork: ty02:44
Admiral_Chicagonegative02:45
Burgworkberyl-project.org02:45
Admiral_Chicagohttp://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/dists/edgy/main-edgy/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404 Not Found02:45
Admiral_Chicago:\02:45
Burgworkright, those02:45
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somerville32Just the person I was looking for!09:13
Burgundaviagreetings09:13
somerville32:)09:13
somerville32How are ya?09:13
Burgundavianot bad09:13
Burgundaviawhat did you need me for?09:18
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somerville32Burgundavia: I just wanted to talk about LookingForwardAtFeisty and Heard 109:34
Burgundaviaright09:35
BurgundaviaHerd 1 is done, save bug reports and last minute stuff, but please run past myself 09:35
somerville32k09:36
somerville32When are the documents planned to be done?09:36
somerville32or sorry09:36
somerville32to be released09:36
BurgundaviaHerd 1 is released upon release of Herd 109:36
BurgundaviaI hope to have the other done this weekend09:36
Burgundavias/I/we/09:36
somerville32:] 09:37
somerville32What do you want for each spec? A write up?09:37
Burgundaviasort of09:38
Burgundaviabasically, I think we need a doc that neatly explains the goals for Feisty to end users and developers09:38
somerville32Thats the thing I love about Ubuntu09:38
somerville32You can actually see what is getting done09:39
Burgundaviayes09:39
Burgundaviathis makes those specs more accessible to the outside world09:39
somerville32Btw, any word on the next CCM is?09:40
somerville32*when09:40
Burgundaviaccm?09:40
Burgundaviacc?09:40
somerville32Community Council Meeting09:41
Burgundaviaright. That is usually referred to as CC09:41
Burgundaviano idea09:41
somerville32I'm going to go to bed for now10:05
somerville32I think I'll reorganize LookingForwardAtFeisty tomorrow10:05
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tsmitheping jenda12:25
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jendatsmithe: pong12:30
tsmithei checked the launchpad pages for one of those bug reports, and nothing related was subscribed (i think)...12:31
tsmithenow /me comes to think of it, he is unsure12:31
jendathx for checking, but I'm quite sure one of them has to be - or it's a bug, but a weird one.12:31
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elkbuntujenda, im not sure, but i think mailman has been weird lately. -devel got -sounder stuff last week iirc12:33
tsmithei checked all the subscribers and none of their email addresses = ubuntu-marketing12:34
jendaI heard12:34
jendaweiiiird  12:34
jendatsmithe: wow 12:34
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tsmithewell /me is off to walk dog12:34
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elkbuntuok.. that reads so wrong12:35
jendaintentional ;)12:35
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elkbuntuyou're nuts12:36
jendaelkbuntu: it's a joke US soldiers in vietnam had, or so i was told.12:36
elkbuntui can believe it12:36
elkbuntuim sure it was around in the korean war as well12:37
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dotwafflemore likely to be korean, koreans are famous for supposedly eating dogs. don't think it happens in Vietnam...03:33
jendaThey do eat dogs. I know one.03:35
jenda03:35
elkbuntui think the countries in that region tend to consume anything with protein that isnt toxic.03:35
dotwaffleIt's been a while since I've had chance to call anyone but Germans or Americans crazy, so I take this moment to declare... South-East Asians are crazy.03:37
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klepasGermans?03:37
klepascrazy?03:37
dotwaffleklepas: Visit a German demoparty, and see Germans clad in PVC and metal dancing to happy-go-lucky-pop, and deny their crazyness ;)03:40
klepashaha03:40
klepasokay, point taken03:40
klepasbut who visits those parties anyway?03:40
klepasother crazy people?03:40
elkbuntuyou need proof germans are crazy. read dholbach's latest blog...03:41
klepaslinky03:41
elkbuntuplanet.ubuntu.com03:41
dotwaffleklepas: ME ;)03:42
jendalol03:43
jendaGermans are crazy...03:43
jendaI just traded 10 posters with one for an Ubuntu polo shirt ;)03:43
dotwaffleSays a Czech ;)03:43
jenda:)03:44
MenZaUbuntu polo shirt!03:44
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MenZaI want one03:44
MenZaWhere? Who? Why? How?03:44
jendaCzechs aren't crazy... they only drink a little more beer than others.03:44
klepaswell at least i am proof that not all germans are crazy03:44
klepassome are half-sane03:44
tsmithejenda will charge extortionately now for that shirt03:44
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ompaulklepas, and the other half?03:44
jendaI'll keep that shirt - I bought the posters to send him, from myself...03:44
MenZajenda is most definitely not crazy.03:44
ompaulxaner?03:44
ompaulxsaner that is03:44
MenZatsmithe: you made that shirt :D?03:45
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tsmitheMenZa, no!?03:45
tsmithewhat gave you that idea?03:45
jendahow do you like the smiley? :)03:45
MenZa*shrugs*03:45
MenZaI'm desperate03:45
MenZaI want one03:45
MenZa:d03:45
tsmithejenda: you and your crazy smilies03:45
jendaMenZa: I'll be making some...03:45
klepasompaul: not sure03:46
MenZajenda: really? Sweet.03:46
klepasget to know me and decide for yourself :)03:46
jendabut try contacting Nik Butler or Julius bloch - they have some now ;)03:46
dotwaffleklepas: Proof that Germans, Danish and Portugese are indeed crazy: http://slengpung.com/v3/show_photo.php?id=14726&ref=event03:47
klepassurely not all...?03:47
dotwaffleI have no proof to the contrary ;)03:48
klepasme?03:48
ompaulwhat is mad is that we let you think you are mad :-)03:48
klepas:D03:48
klepas:-)03:48
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klepasCamelCase ftw03:48
dotwaffleyou can't get more mad than the FInns though ;) Hard rocky salty liquorice mixed in vodka... Salmiakki Koskenkorva...03:49
jendaI had that stuff once.03:50
jendaI swear to god I've never had anything worse.03:50
jendaI mean... no, I only had salmiakki itself.03:50
dotwaffleI get it every year - for some reason I always forget how bad it is ;)03:50
jendaI guess the vodka makes it worse, until you have had a lot already.03:51
atoponcehow do i center an image in the wiki?03:52
dotwafflejenda: you guessed right, when drunk, it's quite nice. but don't drink it FIRST ;)03:52
jendayes :)03:53
jendaI ate one of the damn candies... and it was terrible.03:53
jendaFor some reason I thought the second would be better... :/03:53
atoponcei've been thinking about our mission statement idea...04:04
jendauh oh04:05
jenda04:05
jendaatoponce: I'm very nervous, and rather busy right now, mind if I try to avoid the discussion for now? :)04:05
atoponce:) sure04:06
atoponcewhy are you so nervous?04:06
jendaI'm giving a speech on accelerated desktops tonight04:07
jendaand I just finished getting ready, I think...04:07
atoponceahh. part of openweek?04:07
jendaor at least, can't think of nuthing to soy04:07
jendanope04:07
jendaThe Linux Weekend - a RL thing :)04:07
atoponceahh. cool04:08
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atoponcewell, i'm just going to spit out some ideas. i'm open for suggestion from anyone04:09
jendacool04:09
jendaI'll have a look at them, and perhaps respond later, if I can help it :)04:09
atoponceok04:09
atoponcethinking out loud, but i think bug #1 should be the foundation that we built the mission statement on04:10
jenda+104:11
atoponcefrom the "bug report":04:11
atoponceWhat should happen:04:12
atoponce"2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all."04:12
jendaOK, I'm out.04:18
jendaSee ya later, will check it later too.04:18
atoponcettyl04:18
jendaatoponce: maybe you might want to put it on the mailing list.04:18
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atoponcejenda: will do04:19
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atoponceok... where was i?04:30
atoponceoh yeah. i think that #2 above should be our focus specifically.  In fact, I find it worded perfectly to be the main goal of our mission statement04:31
atoponcefrom there, we can break it down a bit and add a few points that will help give it direction04:31
atoponcelike:04:31
atoponce1) spreading the brand and trademark that is ubuntu04:32
atoponce2) enlightening users to the features that ubuntu offers04:33
atoponce3) encouraging users to create and spread ideas04:34
atoponcewhat do you think?04:34
atoponcemy LUG is currently writing a constitution and mission statement to give us clear direction, but also, to help the officers know what is expected of them and what needs to be done at any given time04:36
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atoponceso anyway, what do you guys think?04:40
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tsmithebut...04:43
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tsmithe...04:44
tsmithevery good!04:44
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atoponceany feedback? ideas? comments? rude rebarks? 04:45
tsmithearf arf04:45
atoponces/rebarks/remarks/04:45
tsmithefra <- rebark04:45
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tsmithe(2) is a bit general... ubuntu has many features04:46
tsmithe(3) what kind of ideas?04:46
tsmithe(1) is good04:46
atoponcecool. yeah. ok. well...04:48
atoponcethinking about 2), what makes ubuntu unique from the other distributions?  what really makes it stand out?04:48
tsmithethe community04:49
tsmithethis is not emphasised enough, anywhere04:49
atoponcei can think of a few things, like a 1 cd install, 6 month rollout, strong community04:49
atoponcebut also software features.  spread firefox set a good example.04:50
tsmithebut these ideas are only useful when compared to other linux distributions04:50
tsmithedamn i'm a bit late04:50
atoponcethey focus on security, anti-phising, stability, tabbed-browsing, etc04:50
atoponcei think we could market similar ubuntu features. they don't *have* to be unique, necessarily04:51
atoponcethose are the "features" that i was thinking of, but it definitely could be more specific04:52
atoponcefor 3), this is where i'm a bit rusty, but think it should be included nonetheless04:52
tsmithere features: things that people a) like, b) are looking for, c) don't know they could have, d) are not scary; unless we are focusing on devs04:53
atoponceare we, as users and a marketing team, encouraging users outside the team to create ideas to spread ubuntu?04:53
atoponcetsmithe: yeah. exactly04:54
tsmitheatoponce, of course we encourage others to spread ubuntu!04:56
atoponcegood! :)04:57
tsmitheit'd be silly otherwise04:57
atoponceyou see what i'm getting at, though? we can't be 100% responsible for spreading ubuntu.  we need to put 100% effort into it, but we also need others to do the same.04:58
atoponcewith the size of community that ubuntu has, if everyone put in 100% effort to get ubuntu on computers, MS would lose their market share overnight04:58
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atoponce:)05:00
tsmithehow many users does ubuntu have05:02
tsmithei've heard 6m05:02
tsmitheif that doubles every two releases, then in five years there will be 144m people using it05:03
tsmithewe need every user to conscript one other every year05:03
tsmithethat's not too hard!05:04
atoponceagreed05:05
atoponcewe CAN do it, we just need to get off our lazy butts, and get to work! :)05:05
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tsmithelazy and at work05:10
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poningruglaah08:56
poningruare we working on UWN 24?08:57
somerville32:D09:02
somerville32We sure are! :D09:02
poningruwhere? consus or wiki?09:03
poningruerr gobby or wiki?09:03
poningruits freakin saturday man!!09:04
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somerville32poningru: ping10:30
poningrusomerville32: pong10:31
somerville32I'm going to go get some food10:31
somerville32But when I get back, do you want to work on the queue?10:32
poningrusure10:32
poningruwhere is the queue?10:32
somerville32Gobby10:35
poningruerr it is?10:36
somerville32Yeah.10:36
somerville32There are two documents that need finishing this weekend10:37
poningruherd 1 and ?10:37
poningruuwn24?10:37
poningrucause thats not been started yet10:38
somerville32LookingForwardAtFeisty10:38
poningruoh10:38
poningrukk10:40
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somerville32<g>10:40
poningruhehe10:41
somerville32He ran away :(10:45
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lotusleafompaul: yo gnewsense dude10:45
ompaulsup?10:46
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jendahello10:47
=== jenda just got back
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jendaIt was cool, and went well.10:47
ompaulstill lagging but down to a much smaller 2.6 seconds10:48
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lotusleafompaul: ?10:52
ompaulnibbling at the edges so to speak :)10:52
ompaulthe big yo!10:52
poningrublargh?10:52
lotusleafoh, well hello then =)10:52
ompaulahh that I understand :)10:53
lotusleaf(= :) =)10:53
ompaulhi there10:53
jendasomerville32: ping10:56
somerville32jenda: pong11:03
=== jenda just noticed you're member-candidating
somerville32Indeed! :] 11:03
jendaGood luck there - I'm reading your wiki now.11:04
somerville32Think I got a chance?11:04
jendaMost certainly :)11:04
jendayour xubuntu-welcome-centre link is broke, though ;)11:05
somerville32doh11:05
MenZawelcome centre11:06
jendaMenZa, i found a guy today who wants to make a business doing Ubuntu merchandise.11:07
MenZasweet11:07
jendaHe runs a printer.11:07
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jendaBut since he attended the Linux Weekend, he's probably not gonna be a bad guy ;)11:08
jendaAnd he'll probably be printing more Ubuntu Highway posters once I'm out.11:09
jenda:)11:09
somerville32Speaking of posters, haha11:09
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tsmithejenda: how was the talk?11:18
jendagreat :)11:20
jendagreat folks, Czech Linux users :)11:20
MenZa:D11:21
lotusleafBurgundavia: need any link scrounging for UWN24?11:21
Burgundaviahaven't really looked, but sure11:24
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lotusleafBurgundavia: ready for link scrounging whenever =)11:25
Burgundaviago forth now11:26
lotusleafBurgundavia: but for what?11:26
lotusleafthe last time, I checked for edgy reviews, and know that I know what type of summaries to glean =)11:26
lotusleafnow that I know* :)11:27
lotusleafor know that I know now * :)11:27
lotusleafor know that I now know11:27
lotusleaf=) =)11:27
Burgundaviaany news on Ubuntu or derivs11:27
lotusleafBurgundavia: cool, I'll scrounge about11:28
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somerville32Lets all get on gobby and work :)11:30
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lotusleaf"Technalign chooses Kubuntu for TaFusion Linux" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb485213.htm11:36
Burgundaviaok, this is fun11:48
Burgundaviacd goes in, hangs everything11:48
Burgundaviaeject has hung, sound-juicer won't start11:49
Burgundaviaouch11:49

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