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sparklehistorytonyyarusso, thanks!01:10
* Takyoji annoys _diablo. "In which way were they forcing you to use it?" (as in, the reason, etc)01:18
_diabloTakyoji, the defaults01:20
_diablothey are set to a certain icon set.01:20
_diabloI assume you're referring to gnome icon set in ubuntu?01:20
_diablolet me clarify again that I don't hate ubuntu and I run it on a machine. I also recommend it a lot.01:20
TakyojiYou already implied such yesterday. :P01:22
TakyojiI was curious of what application you were being forced to use01:22
_diablomaybe forced was a strong word for me to use.01:28
_diablobut the defaults are set to things and are more than annoying to change01:29
_diabloIt just seems to be much easier and better for the linux community as a whole to adjust the upstream01:29
_diabloalso, to leave all options available01:29
_diabloI was most discouraged by the ubuntu/empathy team (it may have been them and not y'all) when they prevented options such as choosing notifications01:30
_diablopurely for uniform aesthetics. If I would like something different, I want it customized. and there's no reason to prevent it, other than a distro/app thinking it knows better than I do.01:31
TakyojiOversimplifying everything to make it "easier" for the general public?01:31
_diabloso I use pidgin :)01:31
_diabloTakyoji, I have no problem with very simple defaults and even simple preferences. but give me a gconf-editor way to change it or an advanced tab or something01:31
_diablodon't make it impossible without effing around with source code01:31
_diablobecause that annoys me a lot. There's just no reason01:32
Takyojiyea01:32
_diablothere's no way my grandfather will "accidentally" install gconf-editor and tweak his notification time and break his system01:32
_diabloand if there is, then he deserves it :)01:32
_diabloI just like choice.01:32
_diabloit's why I run linux01:32
_diabloI hate being locked into something because someone else likes it01:32
_diablobut my Ayn Rand is showing, so I'll stop my rant :)01:33
Takyoji:P01:33
_diabloTakyoji, are you an ubuntu dev?01:35
TakyojiIn terms of developing for Ubuntu, or developing on Ubuntu?01:35
tonyyarussoOr being a member of ~ubuntu-dev, more properly01:39
TakyojiGah, I hate when vendors lack care for support of hardware on Linux01:45
TakyojiDespite the numerous ways they could have it created.01:45
tonyyarussoThat's what the nukes are for.01:45
TakyojiApparently I just received a call of someone trying to install drivers for an Alltel wireless card01:45
Takyojion a Dell Mini 10v Ubuntu netbook01:46
TakyojiApparently it works as an analog modem, thus supposedly would work01:48
Takyojihttp://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/mandriva-30/has-anyone-installed-verizon-um150-usb-internet-access-in-mandriva-08-657010/01:51
TakyojiWhat would be the reason for #7?01:51
TakyojiFirst off, is anyone reading the channel at all?01:53
_diabloTakyoji, sorry, it doesn't ping unless by name, I meant, are you a member of the ubuntu development team01:53
TakyojiNot at all01:53
_diabloah, okay, interesting01:54
TakyojiIf it's honestly this dead for responses, I'm not entirely sure how swell it'll be for others trying to receive help01:58
Takyojiconsidering I don't think any new users would call everyone right by name if they needed help01:59
TakyojiSo nobody else has even poked a stick at dialup-related things here?02:00
TakyojiAnyone know how to at least say "No"? :P02:06
_diablono.02:10
_diablo:)02:10
_diablosorry02:10
_diabloI check back every few minutes :/ I know though02:10
_diabloit would be very frusturating02:10
_diablomaybe we can have a list of people that want to answer questions at the end of the message at start of chat?02:27
_diabloalso, does it really need to be as long as it is?02:27
TakyojiGah, it kills me when I can't fully resolve a person's issue02:27
_diabloseems like a link to one site might be enough02:27
TakyojiYea; that's all that would be necessary. :P02:28
_diablostill that mailing list Takyoji?02:28
TakyojiHmm?02:29
_diablocan't resolve an issue on the mailing list?02:29
TakyojiActually, we need to make our own special devices with a Linux-based firmware, controlled by a sophisticated custom network protocol, to control the shock of a cattle prod to shock anyone in this channel with if they're not responding.02:31
_diablohahaha, I might disconnect that, we need to solder it to the motherboard too02:31
TakyojiSomething similar to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_EPUXlyME02:32
TakyojiI think I'm probably not going to be able to sleep at night knowing there's another person unsupported..02:38
_diablohahaha, that is hillarious. good share02:38
TakyojiThere's always a handful of things that can function, but typically through fixing or setting up in an obscure way. It would be convenient if there was a simple Bash script repository or something of things to fix issues, without having to deal with the command line at all.02:43
TakyojiThere also should be some basic wizard apps for simple tasks like getting pictures from a camera, or scanning an image.02:44
TakyojiFor anyone who wants to scan an image, you get to scare them away with the mess of a UI of xsane.02:44
Takyojiand thus it bothers me that such things haven't even been developed yet (or at least very well)02:45
_diabloit's true..02:46
_diabloxsane is awful, but there's not much of a userbase either.02:46
_diabloL/02:46
_diablo:/02:46
TakyojiI have a feeling doing such wouldn't even be all that hard for a new Python developer either to make02:46
_diablonope.02:46
TakyojiAlmost anyone could make a simple wizard for copying files from one location to another..02:47
TakyojiAnd as a photographer, F-Spot isn't all that helpful (or at least for the way I work)02:48
_diablono.02:48
_diablohave you tried digikam?02:48
_diabloit's nicer02:48
TakyojiIt obviously doesn't have support for Nikon RAW and other commercial-level formats. (But there are tools available, like Rawstudio)02:48
_diabloimho02:48
_diablothe GIMP does that doesn't it?02:48
TakyojiFor Nikon RAW it doesn't last I remember02:49
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Takyoji*.nef is the file format02:50
TakyojiAnother gripe I have is that for my SD card interface, it only mounts as read-only (even though the switch for being write-protected isn't enabled or anything)02:51
_diabloah02:51
_diabloyou mean by HAL?02:51
_diabloor even if you manually do so02:51
_diablobecause you can change that in your fstab02:51
TakyojiAnd I used the "Safely remove hardware" option for unmounting an SD card last time, and has just completely turned it off entirely02:51
TakyojiI've tried manually with the mount command as well02:52
TakyojiLast time I mentioned it in this channel, someone implied it was something with the driver for SD card readers.02:52
_diablo... that doesn't sound right02:53
_diabloI have a 16 gig sd card that I use _all_ the time02:53
_diablowhat is the make of your card?02:53
TakyojiSanDisk02:53
_diablohmmm, I can't say definitively, but my memorex and sony work great02:54
Takyoji2GB and 256MB02:54
_diabloI seem to remember using sandisk effectively as well02:54
TakyojiI can read, but can't delete or anything02:54
_diabloyeah, I've used 2G, 16G, and 512M fine02:54
_diablodo you know how to manually umount and mount things?02:54
_diabloyou should try that02:54
_diabloyou'll have to do it entirely from a CLI02:55
TakyojiThat's what I tried02:55
_diablohmmm02:55
Takyojiand I've edited /etc/fstab02:55
_diablo(sorry if I sounded patronizing, you probably know more than me, just trying to help)02:55
_diabloreally? and the switch is the right way, so that's not the problem.02:55
TakyojiIt's fine, the point is you're trying to help02:55
_diablohave you tried it on other computers?02:55
_diabloi.e. do you know it's the card and not your comp?02:56
TakyojiTried it on my other Ubuntu desktop and the same problem persists02:56
TakyojiBut before 9.10 was installed on the other system, it worked just fine in terms of r/w02:56
_diablohmmm. I would try it on another distro to make sure. Have you posted on mailing lists for sandisk?02:56
_diablowhoa. okay02:56
_diabloso it's either the new kernel or more likely something weird with ubuntu02:56
_diablobecause the new kernel tends not to break things and is pretty back-compatible02:57
Takyojiregardless, my SD card interface is completely powered off (thus nothing will show in /dev/ for example if I try to simply put in an SD card; thus I shall do the typical ignorant-Windows-user-style-fix-the-problem method by rebooting my system. :P02:58
_diablohave you tried posting on #ubuntu?02:58
_diablohahaha02:58
_diabloyeah, good luck02:58
_diablosorry, my limited expertise is exhausted02:58
TakyojiReason for the word "ignorant" is moreso in the implication of "just reboot it, it'll just make it work somehow" in the lines of taking no interest of fixing the source issue. :P02:59
TakyojiAnyway, returning in a minute02:59
TakyojiObviously back now03:05
TakyojiHere's an example of a Nikon RAW file: http://aquaeden.com/DSC_6215.NEF03:06
TakyojiNote: apparently Firefox tried opening it in evince, however evince apparently only shows the thumbnail of the image rather than the full image itself03:06
_diablohmmm03:06
_diabloodd03:06
_diabloyeah, no clue on that one03:06
TakyojiAside from my point; the implication is that F-Spot supposedly doesn't recognize it at all03:07
TakyojidigiKam can read it03:09
TakyojiWell apparently F-Spot can as well; they must have added it recently or something03:09
TakyojiGIMP apparently can't though03:11
TakyojiOpens just a thumbnail of it03:12
TakyojiSo evince and GIMP can't properly open Nikon Raw files (NEF; Nikon Enhanced Format), which F-Spot and digiKam can03:13
TakyojiApparently the number of users in #ubuntu is 1337. :P03:15
_diablohahaha03:23
_diablothat's pretty awesome03:23
TakyojiSo I take it that you all are working together to secretly plan something for my birthday which happens to be in 2 days? Perhaps a surprise party with some Ubuntu devs invited? :P03:28
_diablonah, it's not a secret, shuttleworth's plane ticket just got purchased03:30
Takyoji18th birthday in fact.03:31
TakyojiSo then I can finally be applicable to contract law, and sign a few non-disclosure forms! :P03:32
_diablocongrats!03:32
_diablosigh. that is not appropriate free software talk03:32
TakyojiIt's not for any software development firms or anything. :P03:32
TakyojiOne is in regards of a movie03:33
_diablothat doesn't change anything...03:33
_diablostill free society. :)03:33
TakyojiSo I should be freely able to disclose credentials to the DBs and so forth? :P03:34
Takyojicredentials of a database/SSH account/etc03:34
_diablosigh. this is not the place for that argument, but I'll say yeah.03:35
_diablo</end argument>03:35
_diablo:)03:35
TakyojiIf only deviantART allowed you to choose "No Attribution" for submissions in regards of the Creative Commons license03:35
TakyojiFor a handful of stuff, I usually allow derivatives and commercial work of it03:36
Takyojihttp://takyoji.deviantart.com/gallery/03:36
TakyojiBah, watermarks; must remove at some point..03:37
TakyojiThat was before I was aware of Creative Commons03:37
_diabloTakyoji: have you tried blender?03:37
TakyojiIt would be nice if there was an option for Creative Commons Zero as well03:37
TakyojiI'm completely jumping ship to Blender.03:37
TakyojiI just haven't done much with it recently at all03:38
_diablogood. It's pretty :)03:38
_diablobut i gtg. west wing on full screen is too good :)03:38
Takyojiheh03:39
* zomGreg likes takyoji's wallpapers. Did you make those?04:15
TakyojiI've made all of that04:16
zomGregvery nicely done04:16
TakyojiHowever it's fairly old work04:16
TakyojiI haven't added anything for like a year or so04:16
tonyyarussoTakyoji: I poked a stick at dialup.  In 2005.  The only answer I have is "Ask the linmodems.org mailing list."07:34
tonyyarussoTakyoji: I also had some weird issues with SD cards in 9.10 that I've never seen before.  It appears to be a kernel bug of some sort, but I'm not sure quite what.  I haven't seen them since I started using 2.6.32, but I also haven't done some of the things I had before since installing that, so I'm not sure.07:37
tonyyarussoTakyoji: GIMP can handle RAW files *if* you install an extra package for it.07:38
_diablofwiw, I just tried my 16g sd card on 9.10 32 bit and it worked beautifully07:38
tonyyarusso!info gimp-dcraw07:38
tonyyarusso!info gimp-ufraw07:38
ubot3`gimp-dcraw: GIMP plug-in for loading RAW digital photos. In component universe, is optional. Version 1.31-1.1 (karmic), package size 9 kB, installed size 80 kB07:39
ubot3`gimp-ufraw: gimp importer for raw camera images. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.15-2ubuntu1 (karmic), package size 307 kB, installed size 892 kB07:39
tonyyarusso!info mrwtoppm-gimp07:39
ubot3`mrwtoppm-gimp: GIMP-plugin to support Minolta DiMAGE 5/7/7i RAW images. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.1.1-2.2 (karmic), package size 107 kB, installed size 280 kB07:39
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TakyojiSo apparently I was filling out a simple form today for something in regards of school and so forth, and apparently noticed at the end there was a copyright notice implying that any form of reproduction of the sheet is unauthorized and will be penalized; and also implies a bounty of $100 for anyone that finds a person trying to copy the form.23:47
TakyojiAlso in the extent of implying that the print is in beige, and if it's not, it's stolen, etc.23:48
Takyojiand it's just for a typical ordinary form; nothing substantial significant or notable about it..23:50
TakyojiAlso for art class, the teacher has an assignment where students can choose an artist and write a short paper on them, and also recreate one of their famous works. Apparently any work by Edvard Munch is still withheld by copyright and isn't in the public domain at all.23:54
Takyojihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream23:55
TakyojiMade in 1893, but still held under copyright23:55
TakyojiIt'll be finally in the public domain by 201523:57

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