[00:08] <h00k> Which will be approx. March 18th
[00:09] <tonyyarusso> uh, what will?
[00:10]  * tonyyarusso seems to lack an important bit of scrollback atm
[00:10] <h00k> ah, the beta of Lucid, when M* M*
[00:10] <Takyoji> YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP
[00:10] <h00k> Takyoji: no, silly, that's already happening!
[00:10] <h00k> will be announced
[00:11] <tonyyarusso> ah
[00:12] <Takyoji> It's quite surprising; it appears my brother finally has interest in OpenOffice because his new laptop was only pre-installed with Microsoft Works...
[00:12] <tonyyarusso> hehe :)
[00:13] <Takyoji> Typically he acts as if price determines value of anything.
[00:15] <Takyoji> I know it sounds stupid, but it would be nice if Pidgin for example allowed you to set it to have a certain program scan a transferred file first before letting the user access it (such as ClamAV bindings or something)
[00:16] <Takyoji> For those of us that proudly wear our tinfoil hats as we sandbox/virtualize every application used on our desktops.
[00:16] <Takyoji> (hence why I'm curious of OpenBSD still yet)
[01:05] <Takyoji> Anyone know of a decent FLOSS video transcoder?
[01:05] <Takyoji> I would also like it mint flavor, please.
[01:07] <h00k> er, like ffmpeg?
[01:08] <Takyoji> Yes, but with a GUI for those whom aren't apt enough to use a CL
[01:09] <h00k> it's not too bad!
[01:09] <h00k> http://linux.die.net/man/1/ffmpeg
[01:09] <h00k> how are you converting things? from what to what?
[01:10] <h00k> it can be as easy as ffmpeg -i infile.format outfile.format
[01:11] <Takyoji> CLI*
[01:11] <Takyoji> I mean for a person that barely even knows what a file format is.
[01:12] <Takyoji> I believe they need it from DVD video (.vob) to a more widely implemented format.
[01:12] <Takyoji> (or even just a container for that matter)
[01:12] <Takyoji> I wish Mastroska was more widely supported...
[01:13] <Takyoji> I wuv that container format..
[01:17] <h00k> oh,oh, like extracting from a DVD
[01:17] <h00k> dvd::rip perhaps
[01:18] <Takyoji> The only problem is that they'll very likely be a Windows user
[01:19] <h00k> in that case, consider DVD Decrypter
[01:19] <h00k> and/or DVD shrink
[01:19] <h00k> Handbrake, perhaps
[01:19] <h00k> yeah, Handbrake
[01:19] <Takyoji> I was looking at Handbrake earlier curiously.
[01:20] <Takyoji> Otherwise the person it's for is apparently someone of a video production company called "Fox Video Productions" whom also wants a website as well
[01:20] <h00k> handbrake!
[01:20] <Takyoji> And there's apparently already several other companies with the exact same name...
[01:54] <Takyoji> Anyone have thoughts on the idea of GPU-accelerated graphics in a web browser, operated by Javascript? :P
[01:55] <Takyoji> Just to think, like just 8 years ago Javascript used to give people the impression of annoying animated images hovering near the cursor, or flashing text, or a snow effect of asterisks down a page... xP
[02:42] <mr_steve> mine eyes glazeth over
[02:43] <h00k> heh
[02:44]  * mr_steve is happily failing a match practice test
[02:44] <mr_steve> grr, *math
[03:06] <Takyoji> http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=92 Click "Compile and Run"
[03:07] <Takyoji> That just scares me. A person wrote his own implementation of a QBasic compiler and considerably even a bytecode interpreter, and has the output draw to an HTML5 canvas
[03:07] <Takyoji> in Javascript
[03:08] <Takyoji> And wrote a functioning game within it as well
[16:04] <akgraner> tonyyarusso, ping
[16:05] <_diablo> I haven't seen him in a while
[16:06] <akgraner> _diablo, ok..  I just sent him an email and wanted to see what his schedule was like this afternoon.. it's about a program in Scott Co. who needs some help - with Ubuntu related stuff
[16:07] <_diablo> yeah, fair enough. sorry for the lack of help.
[16:07] <akgraner> I have to step away for a few hours but should be back after 4pm your time
[16:07] <akgraner> _diablo, no worries :-)
[16:08] <akgraner> I'll check back a little later.. thx :-)
[22:17] <tonyyarusso> akgraner: I'm around atm btw
[22:17] <akgraner> tonyyarusso, hey
[22:17] <akgraner> did you get my email?
[22:18] <tonyyarusso> I did
[22:18] <akgraner> just wanted to know if it makes sense to you
[22:18] <tonyyarusso> I don't quite understand how it relates to Ubuntu yet though
[22:19] <akgraner> he installs ubuntu on the refurbished computers
[22:19] <tonyyarusso> or, frankly, exactly what BTYR does.  Is that a primary service of theirs?
[22:19] <akgraner> and gives the to the families of deployed soldiers
[22:20] <akgraner> that is one of the organizations he is working with
[22:20] <tonyyarusso> Do you know which other ones?
[22:21] <akgraner> nope, but I know it has to do with single moms
[22:21] <akgraner> his big issue is support, classes for people he gives the computers too, QA sessions etc
[22:22] <tonyyarusso> I see.  hrm
[22:22] <tonyyarusso> I wonder whether he's had any contact with http://freegeektwincities.org/ also.
[22:22] <_diablo> tonyyarusso: any news on the shirts?
[22:23] <_diablo> I shared the spreadsheet with you I believe
[22:23] <tonyyarusso> _diablo: not that I know of?
[22:23] <tonyyarusso> yeah, you did
[22:24] <akgraner> I don't think so, he just now started contacting people who he thought might be able to 1) offer help in some fashion 2) help grow the project
[22:24] <tonyyarusso> Do you happen to know whether the broader Ubuntu community has any sort of "beginner training" curriculum that we could use if we did do something?
[22:25] <akgraner> and since he is installing Ubuntu on them all - I thought it might be something you would want to talk to him about and see if the LoCo team would want to help
[22:25] <_diablo> hmmm, how do we define critical mass?
[22:25] <akgraner> tonyyarusso, I think the learning team might have some stuff, and with User Days coming up I can ask them
[22:26] <tonyyarusso> _diablo: for shirts, by what people are willing to pay versus where the quantity price breaks are.
[22:26] <tonyyarusso> akgraner: That would be good to know - we don't really have a good support infrastructure in place yet, so it'd be a bit of a hurdle to get started, so anything that lowers the cost of entry would be helpful.
[22:32] <tonyyarusso> akgraner: I added a note to our spec on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MinnesotaTeam/Specs/AreaGroups for reference, although I'm not sure what/when we could commit to offhand.  (Ideally someone else would step up to run with it)
[23:25] <akgraner> tonyyarusso, sorry had deal with an issue here..
[23:26] <akgraner> tony no worries I'll get you all the info I have and you can talk to the fellow in charge of this.  I am going to write up something for the US Teams about this as well to see if it's something they would like to see about starting in their areas..
[23:28] <akgraner> I'll get you all the stuff I can that's floating around out there in regards to the classes and stuff
[23:29] <akgraner> tonyyarusso, thanks! :-)