/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/08/30/#ubuntu-ops.txt

* Mez shoves a sock in Myrtti's mouth00:07
* Myrtti spits it out, looks around and blushes00:08
mneptoki would like to demand that bazhang be covered in axle grease, be made to sing "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic," have his ops removed, and officially change his given name to "Meester Wittle Bittle Snuggoo Mens"00:43
mneptokoh, and all of you need to F-ING RELAX00:44
* mneptok detonates in a serene manner00:44
Myrttinow that I've administered enough painkillers for myself, I'm relaxed as a noodle00:46
mneptoki'm a puppy.00:49
Myrtti!prayer01:00
ubottuDear $DEITY, Give me strength to understand and work with users who question my logic, the rules, netiquette and common sense. Give me resilience to teach them the basics of Linux, Ubuntu, Community Guidelines and IRC. Allow me not to stray to nitpicking, argument, foul language or leisure op abuse. Deliver me my daily xkcd, User Friendly, LWN, /. and Planet Ubuntu, and guard over my encrypted drives. Let it be so.01:00
* Myrtti raises an eyebrow01:08
Myrttiwatch out for that teXXXas feller in -ot01:08
Myrttinini everyone01:19
bazhang@whoami01:33
bazhang@login01:42
ubottuThe operation succeeded.01:42
bazhang@whoami01:42
ubottubazhang01:42
ubottujrib called the ops in #ubuntu-offtopic ()02:03
bazhangjohn nelson at it again02:04
mneptokbazhang: hoozat?02:07
mneptok"John Nelson," that is.02:07
bazhangmneptok, a user who switches nicks like most people change socks02:08
mneptokwow, i haven't changed my nick in 16 years or so. never mind twice per year.02:08
bazhanghe is twice per day :)02:08
mneptokpeople change socks daily or more?!02:09
bazhanghahaha02:09
mneptokthats just sick. how can they possible cultivate the more attractive and aromatic slime molds?02:09
bazhangI take the fifth on that your honor02:10
bazhangrichiefrich03:55
* bazhang wonders how people think the ubuntu channels are for dating04:06
Flannelbazhang: I thought "Ubuntu" meant "I am who I am because of who I date"?04:14
bazhang<salaz> how to hack into this ubuntu irc server???hahahahha04:14
bazhangFlannel, haha04:14
bazhangsalaz is also telling user to use alien for rpm of java04:14
FlannelDid you ask him to stop giving bad/wrong/dangerous advice?04:16
* Flannel just got here.04:16
bazhangyes.04:16
bazhangnext time is a kick.04:16
FlannelI'll keep an eye out too04:16
bazhanghe type the double recursive removal as well.04:17
bazhangerr typed04:17
elkbuntubazhang, i'm pretty sure that will earn him a lifetime k-ticket pretty promptly04:20
bazhangelkbuntu, I did not see in vivo, just after the fact by several minutes04:20
FlannelI'm notsure if that ping was actual ignorance, or an attempt to use #ubuntu to ddos04:25
bazhanglikely just ignorance; he seems to be in the ubuntu channels fairly regularly and never seen anything of that sort from him before04:28
elkbuntusame kid?04:30
bazhangno, that was illmortal the second time04:41
moo_cowmy resolution is 320x200 in ubuntu05:03
moo_cowafter installing and restricted drivers manager05:03
moo_cownothing higher is available in "screen resolution"05:04
bazhangthis is not a support channel moo_cow05:04
moo_cowxorg.conf has no resolutions in it and seems to ignore any put in there05:05
bazhangmoo_cow, try #ubuntu or #kubuntu not here05:06
moo_cowubuntu is broken out of the box05:09
bazhang!idle | moo_cow05:11
ubottumoo_cow: Please keep in mind that this channel is for operator/abuse questions only, and we ask you to part when you have no further business here, in order to keep track of users with pending inquiries.05:11
bazhangmoo_cow, see the channel topic here?05:11
moo_cowbye fucker05:12
naliothalrighty then05:12
bazhangnice.05:12
naliothwhy is moo_cow here, again?05:12
bazhanghe had the nasty id later changed to bite_me was banned from k-kde4 and would come in here and idle never responding.05:13
naliothwell, if he's not banforwarded here, he doesn't need to idle05:20
elkbuntuum, someone who knows how the floodbots work, please see -read-topic05:23
elkbuntunalioth, are services b0rked at the moment?05:34
naliothelkbuntu: not that i can see05:36
elkbuntunalioth, the bots are saying otherwise05:36
nalioththere may be a server split somewhere05:37
elkbuntuand im not seeing chanserv either05:37
elkbuntuaha, yes i am05:37
bazhangsomeone else want to chime in on the hardware discussion in #u05:50
bazhangnice defense though: <IntangibleLiquid> bazhang, what does Ubuntu run on? thin air?05:54
elkbuntubazhang, "not sure, but the mac air, yes"05:57
bazhangheh05:58
elkbuntuompaul, did you ever remove the +d on eleaf?06:46
ompaulnot that I know of06:47
ompauln anyway he is caught by chanserv06:47
elkbuntuor whatever that is. why is he being caught still. did we not lift the ban?06:48
ompaulback when I had the ability to do that - I did it06:48
elkbuntu@btlogin06:48
ompaulonly in #ubuntu06:49
elkbuntuit's still in force in -offtopic06:51
ompaulI seem to remember some convo here about same06:51
ompaulyeap06:51
ompauland I don't have powers to lift it there06:51
elkbuntusomeone who can deal needs to06:51
ompaul__anymore__06:51
elkbuntunalioth, pricechild?06:51
naliothok06:52
elkbuntuthanks. now we take bets how long he keeps it off this time ;)06:53
naliothnot seeing a +d ban set06:53
ompaul*** ChanServ sets mode: +b eleaf*!*@*06:55
ompaulyou need to tell chanserv to let him go06:56
* nalioth looks again06:57
naliothwhich channel are we talking about?06:59
ompaul-offtioc07:00
naliothno wonder i can't find a ban, then07:00
* nalioth was looking in #ubuntu 07:00
naliothZiroday: hi, what can we do for you?07:01
ompaulZiroday, how can we hslp you07:01
ZirodayHi, how and where can me apply for a locobot07:01
* Ziroday feels like he was mugged07:01
Zirodayto log the channel?07:01
ompaulyou was07:01
Zirodaysorry I mean our loco's channel07:02
naliothZiroday: what did you need a bot for?07:02
ompaulZiroday, #ubuntu-irc is better I think07:02
ompaulnalioth, a locobot07:02
Zirodayompaul: cheers07:02
ompaulwho runs them?07:02
* nalioth points to the ubot* siblings07:02
Zirodayi dunno, but they're referred to in !logs07:02
ompaul!logs07:03
ubottuOfficial channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ - For LoCo channels, http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/07:03
naliothoh, _those_ bots07:03
Zirodaynevermind found out how :)07:03
Zirodayhave a great day ompaul, nalioth07:03
* ompaul hums the song "your political correctness offends me" and wonders if it will ever be a hit07:04
elkbuntuompaul, broken records tend to get thrown out of radio stations.07:11
ompaulhahaha07:11
elkbuntui thought you knew that07:11
ompaulelkbuntu, I thought they got made up at Olympics07:12
ompaulgo tangent go07:12
ompaulright so07:12
ompaulwe now have barrier free tolling07:12
elkbuntuwhere?07:12
ompaulin dublin07:12
elkbuntuoh, i thought you said 'trolling'07:12
ompaulyou can has bill or bigger bill07:12
ompaulbarrier free trolling07:13
bazhangargh09:07
Flanneleh?09:10
bazhangjust the chattiness in #u09:10
Myrttimorning10:17
FlannelHowdy Myrtti10:18
* Myrtti huggles everyone10:26
GazzaKyay10:33
Myrttigr.11:08
Myrttihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/myrtti/2810924642/ :-<11:08
jpdsMyrtti: It could be worse.11:10
jpds..like how my intrepid setup is like.11:10
Myrttiit could be, true11:10
jpdsKERNEL PANIC: Cannot find root filesystem.11:10
Myrtti:-<11:10
Myrttimine wont even mount /11:10
Myrttiwhich is nice11:10
jpdsI'm doing the daily iso, chrooting in to fix it isn't working.11:11
Myrttigrub loads and then I'm stuck right ^ there11:11
jpdsMine can't find / :)11:11
Myrttishirley it can find /boot though?11:11
jpdsWell, dpkg --configure -a ,just fails.11:13
jpdsSo, reinstall it is.11:17
MyrttiTm_T, jussi01, Mez: https://code.edge.launchpad.net/gwibber lp:~segphault/gwibber/qtfrontend      0  New    2008-08-22 04:59:10 EEST  8 days ago  11:28
Myrtti86. Added experimental Qt-based user inte...11:28
Tm_Tdanke11:28
jussi01:)11:31
* stdin notes there is no Qt GUI there11:38
Myrttistdin: you're welcome to work on that11:50
Myrttiand - gwibber uses webkit for the most parts11:50
stdinI'm not so good with QtDesigner, I prefer to code-in the GUI :)11:51
* Myrtti shrugs - I suck in coding in general11:51
Myrttiand I use GTK (ie. (x)ubuntu)11:51
stdinand it's only a coincidence I have http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/qwebview.html open in my browser already :p11:52
Myrttilol11:52
stdinI did actually make a tabbed web browser in python-qt a while ago, but I wrote in in /tmp and rebooted11:53
* Myrtti hands stdin a coupon for a free faceslap11:54
Myrttiho-hum.13:08
Tm_Tindeed13:10
* Myrtti jumpglomps LjL 13:28
* LjL dodges13:28
Myrtti:-<13:28
LjLugh, was that the sound of a Myrtti splashing into ground13:28
Myrttino hugs for you then13:29
LjLMyrtti: have you got some sleep even, after staying up all those hours waiting for me to voice up13:31
Myrttisure13:32
elkbuntuhmm... decisions decisions. have second icecream for today or not13:32
Myrttiyay icecream13:32
elkbuntuhehe13:32
Myrttimerh.14:10
LjLjrib: waste him?14:21
jribLjL: I assume he wants someone to compromise his system14:21
ikoniasegaman is a known issue14:24
jribah14:24
ikoniain the bantracker V.Seveas log you'll find him14:24
ikoniamany times14:24
ikoniahe has another nick, something like "sonic_the_mega_hedgehog"14:24
ikoniahe's not been around for ages, but possibly because of the issue he was a while ag o14:25
ikoniaago14:25
LjLwell, i messaged him and told him i'll remove the mute if he agrees to drop this.14:26
LjLalthough i'm not sure he's quite realized he's muted in the first place, since he keeps talking.14:26
ikoniaha ha14:27
elkbuntuhe never did have much clue14:28
LjLhe's either a bot or has the brain of one14:32
elkbuntuLjL, dont insult ubottu like that14:33
LjLheh14:33
LjLPici: bad weather in vermont?14:33
PiciLjL: Nah, just woke up, havent gone out yet.14:34
LjLuhm, i have a cigarette when i just wake up, you get on irc... and i'm not entirely sure which is worse.14:34
elkbuntuequal14:35
=== GazzaK is now known as Gary
Pici`_internet here leaves something to be desired though14:42
Myrtti... doesn't internet *always* do that14:43
LjLPici`_: connecting how?14:43
LjL!nickspam > pici`__    (pici`__, see the private message from Ubotu)14:45
ubottupici`__, please see my private message14:45
bazhangheh14:45
Pici`__thanks14:45
=== Pici`__ is now known as Pici
bazhangwonder is this blake- is the same blake who is so chronically offtopic14:46
bazhangerr if14:47
* ikonia puts down $5014:48
* ikonia puts down $100 on limcore being a pain14:52
* ikonia ups it to $100014:52
PiciNo one is going to bet against that14:53
LjLikonia, if nobody took it up when it was $50...14:53
ikoniaLjL: thought someone wanted a harder odds challange14:53
* Pici watches limcore in #freenode15:09
Myrttijpds: wasn't it you who packaged irssi-otr?15:09
Myrttinow it seems to be less flaky15:09
MyrttiI took the latest git version yesterday15:10
=== _jason is now known as jrib
bazhanghehe16:30
jribI seriously think young people are not learning how to actually read things anymore16:31
bazhangforget links; they wont even read what is typed in the channel :)16:31
MezYou know, I seriously think young people arent reading things anymore.16:31
Mez:-"16:31
bazhanga user couple of days ago was given a link and his answer was 'no. I dont have time for that. tell me here NOW.' :)16:32
ompaulMez, from here young people is a vague term ;-)16:32
ompaulbazhang, tell them the answer is there not here ;-) or else ask them why are they trolling16:33
Mezompaul, old fogey :D16:33
ompaulbazhang, actually16:33
ompaulbazhang, tell them, The community has been asked this question many times before and they worked out the optimal answer and put it on that web page, you need to read.16:33
ompaulactually maybe call it a16:34
bazhangompaul, I fear the 'abusive op' charge I got the other day from tester5/malwir :)16:34
ompaulpretty optimal - indicating there is leeway16:34
ompaulbazhang, make that call16:34
ompaulthey can't challenge it16:34
ompaul mal ware is a good username I am sure16:34
bazhangompaul, you didnt see his response then :)16:34
ompaulthey can't do it for the lulz16:35
bazhangmalware haha16:35
ompaulcos there are none16:35
ompaulthey can't punch buttons that are not there16:35
ompaulMez, this I is btw16:36
* Mez cuddles ompaul16:36
bazhanghmm wonder why malwir/tester5 never came back to have his mute lifted; perhaps ban evading is more his style16:36
ompaulbazhang, please see pm16:36
fujisanHello, can anyone help me please16:41
fujisani have an issue16:41
Nafallono, we can't.16:41
Nafallo...unless of course you tell us what instead16:41
Myrttiwell hello fujisan16:43
fujisanOK yesterday i was somewhat dissapointed in the lack community support and acrasial sentiment in #kubuntu, i was branded as a troll, and I refuted this of course and I left the channel, when I tried to return this morning my local time I found that I was banned, I want to know why exactly I was banned, I don't agree with the ban16:43
fujisanhi Myrtti16:43
fujisanI just want to know something more substantial than the easy escapegoat of troll16:44
fujisanjust because i had some concise and constructive criticism16:46
bazhangfujisan, you are banned in there from a ways back; you seem to have ban-evaded by not using your cloak.16:46
fujisanand I was banned later on for out, so it appears and now I feel disgruntled and dismayed16:46
fujisanno i have never ban evaded16:46
bazhangfujisan, ban evasion is a big no no16:46
fujisanmy cloak was taken away16:46
fujisani cant use it16:47
fujisanask tomaw16:47
fujisanbazhang:  i didnt do that16:47
bazhangthe ban has never been removed.16:47
fujisani wasnt aware that it was still there16:47
Myrttiwell, then, you were allowed to stay in to see how well you'd do16:47
bazhang@bansearch fujisan16:47
ubottuMatch: *!*@115-54-215.ftth.xms.internl.net by stdin in #kubuntu on Aug 30 2008 05:37:40 (ID: 4018)16:47
ubottuMatch: *!*@115-54-215.ftth.xms.internl.net by stdin in #kubuntu on Aug 30 2008 05:37:40 (ID: 4018)16:47
Myrttiand apparently, you didn't do well enough16:47
fujisanbazhang:  i dont keep track of that16:47
fujisanand i cant use my cloak now16:47
bazhangfujisan, and this is a newer one on top of that16:47
fujisanOk maybe i overreacted but it was never my intention to get banned16:48
stdin@comment 401816:48
ubottuAug 30 2008 05:40:40 stdin: fujisan was banned from #kubuntu by cloak and so was ban evading by not identifying. I decided to watch for a day or two and decided to reinforce the original ban16:48
stdinthat's why16:48
fujisanand I didn't evade on a conscious level16:48
stdinthat's why I decided to watch for a while16:48
fujisani can't use my cloak and I wasn't aware there was still a ban16:49
fujisani was dissapointed yes and maybe a little acrasial16:49
stdinif it was just one incident, I wouldn't have banned, but this is not an isolated incident. is it?16:50
fujisanbut never ever was I banevading consciously or trolling16:50
fujisanI have bettered my behaviour a lot i have counselling and I have medicine for my aspergers16:50
fujisanI try to do my best16:50
fujisansorry my best isn't good enough16:51
fujisani never meant for this to happen16:51
stdinyou have to remember that these little lines of text are actually people, and should be treated like people16:51
fujisani am trying to realize that yes16:51
fujisani have improved a lot i think16:51
fujisanso can't you please give me a chance to better myself16:52
MyrttiI think you were already given that chance16:52
fujisanwhen... i wasn't aware16:52
Myrttiby not enforcing the ban the ops knew were there16:52
Myrttiwell that's just funny16:52
fujisani didn't know about that16:52
fujisanmy cloak was taken away16:52
Myrttiyou're supposed to act the best you can16:52
Myrttinomatter if you have ban or not16:52
fujisani am16:52
fujisanwell i am trying16:53
LjLmay i have bantracker access and usage instructions, please?16:53
fujisanI am not perfect16:53
MyrttiLjL: sure16:53
fujisanseems like people here have little understanding of people with disabilities16:54
fujisanfor*16:54
stdinfujisan: you've read the guidelines and code of conduct before, so I won't point you at those again16:54
fujisanyes i realize i maybe pushed that one argument too much16:55
stdinI would like to give you another chance, but then I fear you'd just revert back to old habits16:55
fujisanbut it wasn't that bad I think16:55
fujisanwell i appreciate that16:55
stdinit's not like we haven't given you "second" chances in the past16:56
stdinand, every time, regretted it16:56
fujisani don't see what is so wrong about what I did this time16:56
fujisancould you please elaborate16:56
stdinit's not just one incident16:57
stdinit's your history and general attitude that we have seen16:57
fujisani have improved a lot yes16:57
fujisanbut you clearly want to focus on the negative16:58
fujisanwell fine16:58
fujisanthat's your choice but I can't think like that i have been depressed long enough16:58
fujisanyou cant even give me a good reason now16:58
stdinI'm focusing on my experience of your behaviour from all the times in the past16:58
fujisanyeah well i am not the past16:58
fujisani am here and now16:59
LjLwith that reasoning, everyone would be unbanned just by claiming they're here and now and not the past16:59
fujisani had my dad dying a while back that threw me back a little i am bearly recovering16:59
fujisanso i have a bad rep and therefore you banned me16:59
Myrttiyou were given a chance, as the bantracker said17:00
LjLfujisan, i'm sorry, but it's no use telling us how you're disabled and had troubles. not because we don't care, but because you may easily be lying, as people do it all the time. so we can't base ourselves on that sort of things.17:00
naliothfujisan: we do not ban on 'reputation', but actions observed17:00
fujisanI maybe lying but I am not lying i have no reason to lie17:00
naliothfujisan: is there anything else we can help you with?17:00
fujisanyou didnt help me at all17:01
fujisanyou just referred me to the past17:01
naliothin that case, please read and heed the /topic17:01
fujisanI guess that's what you get if you expect fairness from members of the current roman empire17:01
fujisanamericans have a bad rep also yet i tolerate them and I am always nice or try to be17:02
stdinwhat do americans have to do with anything?17:02
fujisanwhat I did wasnt bad I maybe annoyed you a little by exposing some painful facts about #kubuntu17:02
stdinmoron17:02
naliothdon't feed the trolls17:02
jussi01oh yay, him again....17:02
LjLwell, americans *are* a bit... cough17:02
stdinI know, I know17:02
Myrttidon't tease nalioth, LjL17:03
nalioththis was 18 minutes wasted17:03
stdinI just think it's odd how some people say they get discriminated against, then go and make a comment like "I don't like <insert some denomination of people>, but I try to get along with them"17:04
stdinI think he assumed I was american too, and I'm not sure how to take that :p17:06
jussi01heh17:09
* Myrtti is happy17:09
Myrttinomnom dark chocolate with raspberry17:09
jussi01meh, dark chocolate...17:11
* jussi01 had Australian choclate yesterday :D Thanks little sister :D17:11
* Myrtti gnarls at jussi01 17:12
Myrttiwell I wouldn't have given you any anyway17:12
jussi01hehe17:12
ubottuIn ubottu, ToxicAngel said: but ound is more than bad17:13
Myrttierh?17:13
jribditto17:14
LjLwatch out for that guy, look at part message...17:14
jussi01LjL: nice to have you back amongst the living :)17:15
LjLalthough zombie wolves have their fascination17:15
bazhangyes!17:15
stdinLjL: btw, ubottu will now say "<user> see my private message" when you '!factoid > user', so you don't need the "see the private message" stuff any more :)17:16
LjLstdin: yeah, i'm not entirely fond of that as it's one more wasted lines... could it perhaps be made not to say that if i add something (like my "see pm") after the command?17:16
* Myrtti huggles LjL 17:16
stdinLjL: well, and it was added by request of others, and I guess it's possible to do that, but not easy17:17
jribI like that idea17:17
* stdin will look into that though17:17
LjLi'm sure the feature is useful for people who don't have an alias like mine, but a few operators used to have it, and if you do have it, it's more expedient...17:18
LjLafter all, the intent of using "tell" is to avoid public messages ;) although i do realize that people are lost and don't get they have a PM17:19
stdinthe point was to make is so you don't need an alias17:19
jribI'm just going to pm ubottu commands17:19
jriband say "foo see the message I had ubottu send you" or something17:19
LjLstdin: but there's a difference, it's one more line. the amount of lines counts much more than the amount of characters (or we wouldn't have the "enter" rules), especially with some clients17:19
LjLjrib: the drawback of that is that new people don't learn how to use the bot (and will probably pester the channel with questions about it)17:20
stdinwell, I'll look into doing that17:20
LjLjrib: if it weren't for that drawback, i'd have been doing it all the time for sure (i already do it when sending multiple factoids, which is often enough)17:21
ubottuIn ubottu, compengi said: !lb is Lebanese loco team is couple of clicks away. Discover it's flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:22
jribLjL: the problem I have with the parenthetical reminders after the fatoid is that users seem to ignore them too easily17:22
jrib!lb17:22
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about lb17:22
jussi01!search lebanese17:22
ubottuFound:17:22
jribI asked him to join here17:23
* Myrtti gives Mez a piece of raspberry chocolate17:23
Meznooo... I is full... I just ate!17:23
Myrttidessert17:23
Mezbut I is full...17:23
Myrttiwell keep it for later then17:24
Myrttijussi01: :-þ17:24
compengijrib, i'm here17:24
* Mez wraps in clingfilm and puts into fridge17:24
jribcompengi: it's usually helpful to have the factoin in the native language as well in case a user doesn't understand english17:24
stdinjussi01: '!' is for factoids ;)17:24
jussi01stdin: yes...?17:25
stdinjussi01: never mind, I read !search as !bansearch17:26
jribcompengi: I'll add it as it is now, but it's probably a good idea to also have it in whatever the most spoken language is17:26
* stdin get's some coffee17:26
compengijrib, all the people in lebanon that use pc's know english. and lebanon is franco-arabic country so we talk french in addition to arabic and english17:26
jussi01stdin: :D17:26
LjLwell jrib, it's a balance between pre-empting them and wasting a line in advance, and risking to waste even more lines.  however, i suspect you all tend to overestimate the amount of these incidents... ever considered how many times the "(see pm)" might have actually prevented them from asking? one notice apparent things, and notices less apparent things less17:26
jrib!lb is <reply> The Lebanese loco team is a couple of clicks away. Discover it's flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:27
ubottuI'll remember that, jrib17:27
jrib!lb17:27
ubottuThe Lebanese loco team is a couple of clicks away. Discover it's flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:27
jribcompengi: does that seem ok?17:27
LjLyou could even make it that "<nickname>, see the PM from ubottu about <factoid>" actually triggers the factoid in the first place :)17:27
LjLalthough that would still make triggering the bot a bit obscure for newbies17:28
compengijrib, i think without "a" in this case17:28
LjL"is couple" doesn't sound right to me17:29
stdin"is a couple" is more grammatically correct that "is couple"17:29
compengiyep17:29
jrib!lb is <reply> The Lebanese loco team is a couple of clicks away. Discover its flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:29
ubottuBut lb already means something else!17:29
LjLalso, LoCo and its ;)17:29
jrib!no, lb is <reply> The Lebanese loco team is a couple of clicks away. Discover its flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:29
ubottuI'll remember that jrib17:29
bazhangc'est une clique17:30
compengisame lol17:30
jribchanged it's to its17:30
compengi"is a couple" should be "is couple"17:31
LjLi disagree17:31
stdinthat doesn't make sense17:31
jribcompengi: "is a couple" sounds better to me as well17:31
Myrttisilly men17:31
compengioh17:31
bazhangis couple is wrong grammaire17:31
compengiMyrtti, hehe17:31
Mezs/is a/is only a/17:31
Mez!lb =~ s/is a/is only a/17:32
ubottuI'll remember that Mez17:32
Mez!lb17:32
ubottuThe Lebanese loco team is only a couple of clicks away. Discover its flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:32
LjLbesides, i don't "click" anything to join channels in the first place :P17:32
Mezs/flavor/flavour17:32
jribboo17:32
Myrttis/loco/LoCo/17:32
Mezs/brain//17:32
jrib!lb =~ s/loco/LoCo/17:32
ubottuI'll remember that jrib17:32
stdinsed flood!17:32
* stdin ducks for cover17:32
* jrib strangles ubot517:32
Mez/cs kb ubot517:33
compengiso Mez and Myrtti make your changes :D17:33
LjLthey did17:33
compengioh17:33
LjL!lb17:33
ubottuThe Lebanese LoCo team is only a couple of clicks away. Discover its flavor in #ubuntu-lb17:33
MyrttiI didn't do a thing17:33
* Mez points above17:34
LjLMyrtti: well but jrib did it for ye17:34
Myrttiyeeesss.. have a lollipop, jrib17:34
compengi;)17:34
MyrttiWe appreciate your effort17:34
Mez!lb =~ s/its/it's/17:34
ubottuI'll remember that Mez17:34
LjL...17:34
jribheh17:34
Mezthe flavour belinging to it..17:34
MyrttiMez: would you mind fixing that17:34
jribit's = it is17:34
* Myrtti waves her hand17:34
stdinMez: "discover it is flavour"17:35
Myrttifix it17:35
bazhangbzzt17:35
LjLlook can't it just be "Join #ubuntu-lb for the Lebanese team"?17:35
MezIT'S A POSSESIVE APOSTROPHE!!!17:35
MyrttiLjL: you're ruining our fun17:35
bazhangjoin or else!17:35
Myrttibesides17:35
Myrttinow it has a coffee flavour17:35
jrib!lb is just ask compengi17:35
ubottuBut lb already means something else!17:35
compengiLjL, they are right :P17:35
stdinall your apostrophes are belong to us17:35
MyrttiI liek coffee17:36
compengiit's actually "flavor" not "flavour"17:36
* jrib high fives compengi17:36
Mezcompengi, in what language?>17:36
Myrttitsk17:37
stdincompengi: flavor is not a word17:37
compengiMez, in english :D17:37
compengiO.o17:37
Myrtticompengi: you're arguing with an Englishman17:37
Mezcompengi, then I suggest you learn english ;) as It's flavour :D17:37
Mezflavor = americanese17:37
* Myrtti nods17:37
LjLi suggest you do it the wikipedia way17:37
MyrttiGOOGLEFIGHT!17:38
Myrttino17:38
compengiwiki says both flavour or flavor17:38
Myrttiflavour17:38
LjLno - leave the spelling conventions alone as long as they're consistent in a given factoid17:38
compengihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavour_(particle_physics)17:38
Myrtti!lb =~ /flavor/flavour/17:38
ubottuI'll remember that Myrtti17:38
* stdin runs "sed s/color/colour/g" on the world17:38
Myrttifixed17:38
Myrttirun along now kids17:38
Myrttinothing to see here17:38
LjLcompengi: of course it does, because the american standard is "flavor"17:39
compengiyep :)17:39
jribwe still need to s/it's/its17:39
LjLyet, who said this channel employs the british standard...17:39
Myrtti!lb =~ /it's/its/17:39
ubottuI'll remember that Myrtti17:39
compengi:P17:39
stdinyou know the factoid log probably just grew by 10Mb :p17:40
LjL!lb is <reply> The Lebanese [Ll]o[Cc]o team is only a? ?couple of clicks away. Discover it'?s flavou?r in #ubuntu-lb17:40
ubottuBut lb already means something else!17:40
Mezhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation/WordSubstitution17:40
LjLacronym is "initialism" in british english? duh17:41
jribubottu should detect the location of an ip and determine which spelling to use17:41
ubottuError: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)17:41
LjLjrib: as he said17:41
jribha17:42
compengi:D17:42
compengi!brain17:42
ubottuHi! I'm #ubuntu-ops's favorite infobot, you can search my brain yourself at http://tinyurl.com/5zfb6t - Usage info: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots17:42
LjLMyrtti: anyway, as you suggested googlefight.... flavor wins over flavour there.17:43
LjL!lb =~ /flavor/flavour/17:43
ubottuNothing changed there17:43
LjL!lb =~ /flavour/flavor/17:43
ubottuI'll remember that LjL17:43
Myrttidamnit17:43
compengihehe.. american vs. british standart wars never end :P17:44
compengistandard*17:44
LjLMyrtti: by a margin, and increasing! http://www.google.com/trends?q=flavor%2Cflavour17:44
Nafallocompengi: sure they do. Americans are wrong. that has always been the case.17:45
Myrttiexceptions enforce the rule17:45
compengiNafallo, ;)17:45
compengii went to an american school that's why i just feel the other standard wrong17:46
Myrttiand we're taught British English17:47
compenginope17:47
stdinit was flavour before it was flavor ;)17:47
Myrttiwe as in student in Finland17:47
compengiyrp17:47
compengiyep*17:47
MyrttistudentS even.17:47
LjLstdin: and it was debian before it was ubuntu, so17:47
* Myrtti puts a black guinea pig on the table17:48
MyrttiLOOK!17:48
MyrttiA GUINEA PIG!17:48
NafalloLjL: not the same thing. only USA thinks Americans speak English anyway...17:48
Myrttiawwwwww17:48
stdinas ubottu says, ubuntu is not debian17:48
LjLNafallo: that's just your mindset because you believe swedish and norwegian are different languages17:49
stdin/topic #ubuntu-ops en_US vs en_GB, who will win? YOU decide!17:49
NafalloLjL: they are. they haz other characters.17:49
LjLooh right, the other charz! i forgotz.17:49
compengihaha17:49
NafalloLjL: where have you been anyway? :-)17:49
NafalloLjL: USA by the sounds of things... ;-)17:50
LjLNafallo: ska aldrig gøre den dær mistog igen17:50
LjLnah17:50
LjLjust alps17:50
Myrttihowling at the moon17:50
NafalloMyrtti: s/$/\ in\ American/17:50
Nafallo;-)17:50
LjLyeah, i hol, i don't howl17:51
* LjL goes buy a dvd burner17:52
compengiLjL, even beter :P17:52
compengibetter*17:52
LjLhope i find an IDE one17:53
compengioh. you should. that technology should be kept :)17:54
compengibtw it was a long time i didn't see gnomefreak around17:54
Seeker`is fujisan a name I should watch? I remember that one of the nicks beginning with "fuji" was bad17:56
stdinSeeker`: short answer: "Yes"17:57
Seeker`fair enough :P17:57
stdinread up from around 16:41 in here17:58
Seeker`hmm18:02
jussi01Seeker`: let me guess, came into -uk and said something about americans?18:05
Seeker`jussi01: nope18:08
Seeker`jussi01: he asked about whether there is a kubuntu-uk, and what time "Match of the day" is on18:08
jussi01ok, pleasantly suprised :)18:09
stdinbut he did call be ubiquitous :)18:09
javaJakeIf I were to propose a new idea for Ubuntu IRC support, would this be the place?18:14
Seeker`javaJake: yes, it woud18:14
javaJakeOK18:15
javaJakeI have created a new channel called "Unofficial Ubuntu Assistance". The idea is to replicate commercial one-on-one chat/phone support, but within the IRC framework.18:15
javaJake#uua is its home18:15
Seeker`how does it "replicate commercial ... support"18:16
javaJakeI think this is a really great idea (of course) so I want it to work. However, 1) I don't want to step on anyone's toes and 2) don't want to be unrealistic.18:16
Seeker`in what way is it different from the existing channels18:16
naliothjavaJake: we have one-on-one support in #ubuntu, #kubuntu, #edubuntu and #xubuntu now18:16
javaJakeSeeker`: basically the main channel is the "waiting room", and you talk to the bot to get your problem announced to registered assistants.18:17
javaJakeSeeker`: yes, but #uua is designed for the long problems, the ones that take a lot of effort and communication to work out18:17
Seeker`javaJake: what do you think happens in #ubuntu at the moment?18:17
javaJake#ubuntu can be a little crouded for that18:17
naliothjavaJake: we invite folks to #ubuntu-classroom or ##[my nick] for that sort of thing now18:17
javaJakeSeeker`: look, I'm not saying #ubuntu is _bad_ or even should be replaced.18:18
Seeker`I've seen (and been involved in) helping peope with problems that have taken a couple of hours to fix18:18
Seeker`in #ubuntu18:18
javaJakeI understand.18:18
javaJakePlease don't be offended. :P18:18
Seeker`we aren't offended18:18
javaJakeOK.18:19
Seeker`the other thing is, one-on-one support in PM etc. means that ony 1 person can help18:19
javaJakeSeeker`: one person at a time, at the least.18:19
javaJakeSeeker`: however, others can join in the conversation in the private talks of #uua...18:19
Seeker`in a big channel like ubunutu, people monitor the messages - they may see a problem develop, and suddenly they realise that the solution is something they have seen before18:19
Seeker`and then they can pipe in with support18:20
Seeker`and in #ubuntu, there are 1300 or so sets of eyes. Granted not all of them at once, and not everyone can help18:20
compengijavaJake, there is something like https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MetaChannel18:20
javaJakeSeeker`: again, I don't discount #ubuntu's usefulness18:21
javaJakeI'm saying that there are problems, though, inherint to #ubuntu18:21
Seeker`the main "issue" I see with channels like that is that if people want to help, it divides the effort18:22
Seeker`most people can only seriously concentrate on one channel at a time with support18:22
jussi01!idle > compengi18:22
ubottucompengi, please see my private message18:22
Seeker`so if half of the people go to #u, and the other half go to #uua, there are only half the number of helpers in each channel18:22
Seeker`also, you would get people joining both channels and asking their question there18:23
javaJakeTrue, true....18:23
Seeker`which means you would have half the number of poeple giving support, with the same number of questions18:23
javaJakeHmmmm18:23
Seeker`sorry if it seems like I am trying to shoot down your idea18:23
javaJakeYea, no, this is good.18:23
javaJakeThis is very good. :)18:23
Seeker`it really is great that people want to try to come up with better ideas18:24
Seeker`its just that many many people have suggested what basically amounts to "split up #ubuntu" in various guises18:24
javaJakeYea, well, perhaps #ubuntu should be revised. ;)18:25
Seeker`and it has been discussed at length, and the general concensus seems to be that it isn't the best thing to do for the community18:25
javaJakeIt's just disheartening to see people's problems ignored because they're too complex. :/18:25
Seeker`yeah18:26
javaJakeThe essence of #uua is to try and encourage lengthy support discussions.18:26
stdinLjL: looks like your MetaBot bzr branch is broken, it only has symlinks18:26
Seeker`but dont forget that there are the forums and launchpad too18:26
javaJakeYes, but even there...18:26
javaJakeIt can take a week to get a problem solved, just because of back-and-forth communication18:27
javaJakeI tried to combine the forum "topics" and IRC real-time chat with #uua.18:27
javaJakeHmmmmmm...18:28
javaJakeWell, I dunno what you guys would think of this...18:29
javaJakeBut to avoid splitting the community up, I could combine #uua and #ubuntu... where #ubuntu replaces the main #uua channel but private discussion channels can still be initiated from #ubuntu or PMing.18:30
javaJakeHeh :P18:30
javaJakeNvm18:30
* javaJake is thinking on his feet18:30
javaJakeI don't know, there's got to be a way, because 1-on-1 is very effective in my experience. I've been more productive over IM or private channels than in #ubuntu.18:31
bazhangjavaJake, then invite them to PM you18:31
sayersUUA is ingenious !18:32
Seeker`javaJake: If you ignore the other traffic in the channel, and only conentreate on people addressing you, it is virtually 1-to-118:32
Seeker`javaJake: with the advantage that othe rpeople can join in18:32
bazhangsayers, how may we help you18:32
Seeker`javaJake: People tend not to answer questions because they dont know the answer18:32
javaJakeSeeker`: right...18:32
naliothjavaJake: we do that now ( take folks aside to less busy channel(s) )18:32
Seeker`javaJake: Just because it is a smaller channel doesn't mean that people would magically know the answers18:32
javaJakesayers: don't need your help. Thank you anyway.18:33
PriceChildSo what's going on, are you trying to sell this to us?18:34
javaJakeSeeker`: no, but it means it magically becomes more friendly to answers ;)18:34
javaJakePriceChild: no, not at all.18:34
Seeker`javaJake: I fail to see how :)18:34
javaJakeReally, I was only here to see what you guys thought18:34
Seeker`javaJake: If someone sees a question they can answer in #u, they say "nick: Try this"18:35
Seeker`and the other person replies "helper: Ok, what now?"18:35
Seeker`and it is a 1-to-1 conversation18:35
javaJakeAnd if you guys liked it, maybe extras would follow, but I wasn't expecting anything :P18:35
Seeker`all it takes is a little common sense to hilight the person you are talking to, and replies dont get lost18:35
javaJakeOK, yes.18:36
javaJakeAgain... #ubuntu works, but in some spots it fails18:36
javaJakeBut I see we'll have to agree to disagree...18:37
javaJakeHow long does it take for MetaBot to announce a problem in #ubuntu-meta?18:38
javaJakeOK, if I can be a bothersome jerk... ;)18:39
Seeker`javaJake: 4 minutes18:40
Seeker`javaJake: It says that on the wiki page18:40
javaJakeOK18:41
javaJakeHmm, after observing #ubuntu for five minutes, MetaBot works really well :D18:43
javaJakeWell, thanks for the conversation Seeker` :)18:44
Seeker`I would have placed money on a suggestion involving a new channel that replicates, in part, #ubuntu, but with it being "less busy"18:46
* PriceChild wonders what that was about18:47
Seeker`PriceChild: A new channel where people go and ask their question, and a "registered helper" helps them, 1-on-118:51
PriceChildNo just wondering why they came here.18:51
Seeker`the ops "run" ubuntu channels18:52
Myrttihello19:37
bazhanghi Myrtti :)19:39
Flannelblah wols20:50
jpdsMyrtti: re: -otr - True.20:51
Myrttithough - now I managed to make it segfault20:57
Myrttimy touchpad stopped working20:57
jpdsClosing a /query?20:57
Myrtti/otr finish20:58
MyrttiI think20:58
jpdsNever had a segfault doing that... I sometimes do randomly doing /query tho..20:58
ubottuIn #ubuntu-offtopic, ryaxnb said: ubottu: pastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu.com (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic)21:04
FlannelMmmm.21:56
FlannelI realised that could be taken... wrongly.  too late21:56

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