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tonyyarussokermit: Metro State00:18
kermittonyyarusso: how do you pay for it? i was thinking of going.00:19
tonyyarussokermit: My parents do.  But, it's dirt cheap anyway, so it wouldn't be hard for anyone to.00:27
kermitif there's still time left to work full time too it's cheap00:28
mr_stevekermit: fwiw, I'm in school right now and paying nothing. Grants and loans, all the way00:30
kermitmr_steve: enough to only have to work part time?00:31
kermitmr_steve: er, you mean you have grants and loans that pay for school and living expenses?00:32
mr_stevekermit: If I wanted to, I could afford an apartment with my leftover money. I got a subsidized loan for $7900 for this semester00:33
mr_steveand my classes were already paid by grants, so only about 1,000 of that is going to the school, I get a check for the rest00:34
kermityou could live on $14k/yr ?00:35
TakyojiSo I take it that Launchpad doesn't store images, or something?00:35
kermiti dont think i could live on less than $40k no matter how hard i tried00:36
Takyojior were the images just not submitted?00:36
mr_stevekermit: I've never made more than 12k/yr in my life00:36
* Takyoji annoys tonyyarusso again00:36
tonyyarussokermit: School costs about $7000 per year all-inclusive.  You can easily make that part-time.00:41
tonyyarussokermit: Saint Paul College was half that.00:41
kermittonyyarusso: i'd have to work full time to support myself though00:42
kermitunless grants or loans were a lot more00:42
tonyyarussokermit: but you'd be eligible for financial aid.00:42
kermitcan you get 50k/yr of student loans?00:42
kermitor less and work part time?00:42
kermitor much less and work full time?00:43
tonyyarussouh, if you need 50k just to support yourself, you're doing it wrong00:43
_diablotonyyarusso: lolz00:43
kermit43k plus the tuition of 7k00:43
kermiti havent lived on less than 50 in a decade00:43
kermitcan you work full time and still go to school?00:43
tonyyarussoTakyoji: huh wuh?00:44
kermitor get loans for living expenses?00:44
tonyyarussoand yes to both probably00:44
_diablokermit: it's tough. Not a fun experience00:44
TakyojiIt's missing some files of which I added to it00:45
kermit_diablo: full time and school?   i bet00:45
kermiti'm not sure where to start with the school thing.. google for 'college' and just start reading? heh00:45
_diablokermit: yeah, I couldn't do it.00:45
kermitso i'd have to do part time work and get a lot of loans and grants00:46
_diablokermit: do you want to go to a local school on the uber cheap or do you wanna do a 4 year university with dorms and everything?00:46
tonyyarussoTakyoji: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-minnesota/ubuntu-drupal-theme/minnesota-patches/download/head%3A/iconbuycd.png-20090602010204-69572pizg5q9112i-43/icon-buycd.png - images are there.00:46
kermiti'm comfortable where i live now, and it's close to several schools00:47
tonyyarussoTakyoji: what files?00:47
tonyyarussoCollege is such a waste of time.  I could be learning if I didn't have class.00:47
_diablokermit: just google "twin city" colleges. Two of my roommates just started at MCTC and I'm sure they'd be cool if you wanted to email them and ask some questions. They looked around a lot.00:48
_diablotonyyarusso: that piece of paper is expensive, but probably worth it00:48
kermitmy roomate goes to mctc, but he gets money from sourcse i cant00:48
tonyyarusso_diablo: Only because someone decided it is.  There's no real value to it.00:48
tonyyarussoI would be a far more worthwhile employee in the future if I took this time to learn on my own.00:49
_diablotonyyarusso: I agree. but it has been decided.00:49
kermit_diablo: and just call the different schools directly and see what plans they can come up with?00:50
tonyyarussokermit: a couple of decades ago a guy invented things called "web sites".00:50
tonyyarussoSchools have their programs all listed online.00:50
h00khttp://doc.tuxisalive.com/api/python/00:50
h00ker, wrong button.00:51
h00ksorry.00:51
* _diablo is ashamed of h00k 00:51
tonyyarussooh man, this professor is actually covering reasonable material, but she sounds like a late-night FM DJ.  I might pass out.  :S00:51
kermittonyyarusso: mctc's website says to call them :P00:51
tonyyarussogranted, it's still not material that I don't yet know.00:51
tonyyarussokermit: That's ridiculous...00:52
kermittonyyarusso: there's very little information on their website00:52
mr_stevekermit: That's true, a lot of it is hard to find00:52
tonyyarussokermit: uh, http://www.minneapolis.edu/academics/careerprograms.cfm ?00:52
mr_steveThe course catalog has a lot of info tho, I know it's online somewhere00:52
kermittonyyarusso: the theme of universities is to make information and knowledge  obscure so you're forced to go through their archaic channels.  that's their job security.00:52
tonyyarussopretty much00:53
mr_stevewhoo time to hibernate the machine and take a break. frickin 3 1/2 hour class tonight...00:53
_diabloyeah, i'm sitting in stats now lol00:54
tonyyarussoI'm in "Law and the Legal Process"00:54
tonyyarussobut I have a netbook and three batteries, so I'm good to go00:55
tonyyarussosadly I don't have a spare battery for me.  NEED DINNER00:55
_diablolol, I just always sit near a wall-plug.00:55
tonyyarussoI don't think most of my classrooms even have them, except for up front by the presenter's area00:56
_diabloah, this is why I love being an econ major at UMN. All our desks have 2 plugs in them. <3 new buildings00:57
_diablothanks taxpayers00:57
h00ktonyyarusso: http://ubuntu-wisconsin.org01:03
kermit_diablo: how far into econ are you?01:03
_diablokermit: I'm graduating in May with a minor in stats and a BA in econ. But I have all the math base for a BS01:04
kermit_diablo: are you familiar with interdisciplinary engineering?01:05
_diablokermit: as a major or what? I mean, I can guess from the name what it is, but no, I've never heard of it before.01:06
kermit_diablo: any engineering?01:07
tonyyarussoh00k: WHEEEE01:07
_diablokermit: I haven't, but my best friend is an aeronautics engineer and two of my roommates are in engineering (one ME and the other EE)01:07
_diabloso I'm moderately familiar with the field ;)01:07
h00ktonyyarusso: do you mind if..er...I perhaps borrow some verbage from your homepage?01:08
_diablowell, gtg, nice talking to y'all, bbiab01:08
h00ktonyyarusso: Holy Crap01:10
mr_stevenote to self: hibernate doesn't work on lucid...01:12
tonyyarussoh00k: It's freely licensed.01:14
h00ktonyyarusso: I suppose, but I may not exactly do that, that's sorta corny01:14
tonyyarussoh00k: derivative works are okay too ;)01:14
h00ktonyyarusso: :D01:14
tonyyarussoTakyoji: I'm pondering whether our theme could be widened a bit - there's blank space on the sides even on my netbook, which clearly isn't necessary.01:16
* tonyyarusso doesn't remember if it's pixel-based or percentage-based - should look01:16
TakyojiIt's pixel-based01:23
tonyyarussommk01:24
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tonyyarussoTakyoji: where is the line determining the actual width?01:29
* tonyyarusso is attacking with webdev extensions in firefox01:30
TakyojiIt actually seems to be in the HTML itself rather than the CSS file01:32
Takyojipage.tpl.php01:32
TakyojiHandled by the function pagewidth()01:33
TakyojiI think it's declared in theme-settings.php01:34
tonyyarussohuh, interesting01:34
TakyojiThe function is declared in template.php01:36
TakyojiBut the setting itself is in theme-settings.php01:37
TakyojiIn $defaults['wrapper_width']01:37
tonyyarussoSuhweet01:38
tonyyarussoThat was easy01:38
tonyyarussoTakyoji: LOOKYLOOKY!  http://ubuntu-minnesota.org/node/902:23
tonyyarussoTakyoji: Also, the main page!02:24
TakyojiDid you make an edit to the formatting of lists?02:37
Takyoji(because I fixed that as well; thus I should probably get your modifications before I commit02:38
tonyyarussohah, yeah, I did.  And pushed it.02:44
tonyyarussoI just added a " 1em" to a line.02:44
tonyyarussoyou can do a diff on style.css between revision 149 and 150 to see where.02:44
TakyojiFinally committed the change03:28
TakyojiI believe the commit has to be approved03:33
* Takyoji bugs tonyyarusso more.03:42
TakyojiSo anything else needed?03:42
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h00kBah, the udheader module is broken04:17
tonyyarussoh00k: the part about ( expecting { ?  Or something else?04:58
h00kIt complained about something on line 2xxx04:59
h00kI forget.04:59
tonyyarussoOdd.  Works For Me I think.  Pastebin the error when you have a chance.05:00
tonyyarussoTakyoji: I don't see about a commit awaiting approval...05:01
h00ktonyyarusso: will do05:01
TakyojiActually I think I must have only committed it to my system; I believe I was supposed to PUSH the change to the Launchpad repository05:05
Takyojiof which I guess I'll do tomorrow, since I'm leaving for the night05:06
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_diablomr_steve, what is the location? I'll have a brown backpack.16:35
_diablomr_steve, alrighty, I'm heading out. text me the location plz 920.345.677516:39
mr_steveI really shoulda checked if there was Wifi at the coffeeshop for ubuntu hour17:20
_diablouh oh...17:21
_diablomr_steve: btw, I'm bringing my old laptop which is currently sans OS. We can install it, that might be interesting enough for people to ask about17:21
mr_steveawesome. I've got the netbook only today, which makes showing off the fancy stuff a little tricky17:22
mr_steveForgot the CDs, too17:22
_diablomr_steve: I have my beautiful ratpoison/compiz setup on my other comp too. but it's fedora *ducks*17:22
* mr_steve wears the stupid helmet17:22
_diablodammit. you don't have the CDs? :( I hopefully have a distro on here so I can flash it...17:23
mr_steveI've got a thumb drive with UNR...17:23
* tonyyarusso has blank CDs, and ISO image, and a burner, but is in east St. Paul17:23
mr_steveOh, I could wipe it and put plain Ubuntu on it, if your machine boots USB...?17:24
_diablotonyyarusso: I have those things too, but they're like 10 blocks north and I'm going straight from class to the coffee place17:24
_diablomr_steve: yeah, that's what I was planning on doing too17:24
tonyyarussoWhat's it worth to you guys to get me to drive over?  :P17:24
_diablomr_steve: do you have an image there? all I have is mint, backtrack, mandriva, suse, and fedora :(17:25
mr_steveI can download an image while I'm still on MCTC's fast connection here17:25
_diablotonyyarusso: hahaha, this is just the opening one to get our foot in the door, we probs don't need it this first week :) but if you're around, feel free!17:25
_diablomr_steve: if you could, I'd appreciate it. I'll also do so.17:25
_diablo64 bit 9.10 if possible pl0x.17:25
mr_steveI think this is definitely going to be kkind of a dry run, but that's alright17:26
mr_steve_diablo: I know you were interested in learning about a few random things I've mentioned, too. Although I forget exactly what17:26
tonyyarusso_diablo: I'm not actually around, but I'm not busy later either.17:27
tonyyarussoSo does this coffee shop *not* have wifi, or you just aren't sure?17:28
mr_steveOh wow I was being sarcastic when I referred to MCTC's connection as fast, but I'm pulling 2MB/s o_O17:28
mr_stevetonyyarusso: not sure17:28
mr_steveI've never been there before, and the website doesn't say17:28
tonyyarussoHave a phone?17:28
tonyyarusso_diablo: 64 bit on a netbook?17:29
mr_steveAlthough I bet the area is pretty well saturated with open APs.17:29
_diablomr_steve: basic commad line stuff17:29
_diablotonyyarusso: 920.345.677517:29
mr_steveI don't have a phone, no. And I'm the one with the netbook, _diablo's got some kind of laptop17:29
_diablotonyyarusso: nah, 64 bit on an old 17 inch asus17:29
tonyyarusso_diablo: I meant, could you use said phone to call the coffee shop and ask.17:30
_diablotonyyarusso: in class :(17:30
tonyyarussoah, same17:30
mr_steveI figure if we get there and they don't have wifi we can just deal with it, or go to one of the dozen or so neighboring coffeeshops17:30
_diablomr_steve: I agree with the whole leaving thing :)17:31
tonyyarussofair point17:31
tonyyarusso_diablo: ya really, what kind of coffee shop doesn't have wifi in 2010?!17:31
mr_steveyeah, really. They're pretty rare these days17:31
mr_steveSome of 'em have crap wifi, port 80 only, etc, but eh17:32
tonyyarussoStarbucks has had it for years, but it wasn't free.17:32
tonyyarussoand yeah, Caribou has closed ports :(17:32
tonyyarussoBruegger's is open though.17:32
mr_steveI gotta look into openvpn over DNS17:32
mr_steveAlthough I hear it's godawful slow.. and I can't even get basic OpenVPN working, so far17:32
_diablostarbuck is sorta open now17:33
_diabloas long as you use a giftcard17:33
_diablonot great, but better17:33
* _diablo buys a $5 gift card and uses it to buy a cup of coffee worth 4.96 once a month to keep wifi free17:33
mr_steveugh my connection just slowed way down. I wonder if they've got adaptive throttling here17:33
mr_steveoh nevermind, there it goes17:34
_diabloprobably. I'm at about 90 KB/s here17:34
mr_steveI'm killing my battery with this, too. Only 4hrs life remaining :)17:35
mr_steveBut it's done, Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit ISO is downloaded17:35
_diablomr_steve: really? already?17:35
_diablovia torrent?17:35
mr_steveNah, straight http. Averaging 2-2.5MB/sec17:36
_diablomr_steve: yup. that'll do it17:36
_diablocool, I'll stop my DL then17:36
tonyyarussoI still want to know what netbook you have that you plan to run a 64-bit OS on.17:37
_diablotonyyarusso: I need the 64 bit17:38
_diabloit's not a netbook17:38
_diablo17" asus17:38
tonyyarusso_diablo: oh, ok17:38
tonyyarussooh, mr_steve was the one with the netbook17:38
mr_steveOf course my connection had to drop right after I said that. At least my wireless driver hasn't crashed since the Lucid upgrade17:40
Obsidian1723Living on the edge there eh?17:40
mr_steveYup. I updated to see if Lucid would fix my wireless, and apparently it did17:40
mr_steveUsed to be anytime the card had to re-associate, I'd get a kernel oops and have to force a reboot17:41
_diablomr_steve: wow. that sucks. which NB is this?17:42
mr_steveIt's the acer aspire one AOD250, it's got ath9k wireless17:43
mr_steveall kinds of problems I never had with the ath5k in my laptop17:43
_diabloahhh, fair enough17:44
_diabloI think my big asus has a funky atheros card too, so we'll see about that17:45
mr_steveah wtf.. irssi just decided to open a second connection to freenode. weird17:45
mr_steveeh I think I'm gonna shut down here and save some battery until17:47
Obsidian1723I wont upgrade until 10.04.1LTS...17:47
mr_steveI get to the coffeeplace17:47
Obsidian1723Is there a way to roll back from gub2 to grub?17:47
mr_steveI'll be there at 12:30 or so, I'll be the dude swearing at the little blue netbook17:48
_diabloObsidian1723: not that I know of without reinstalling OS. I think it's non-reversible from the message when I installed it17:48
_diablomr_steve: sounds good17:48
Obsidian1723tx diablo. Im not a fan of grub2.17:49
Obsidian1723or 9.1017:49
tonyyarusso_diablo: where are you guys going?17:50
_diabloObsidian1723: really? what's your impression of grub2? I usually use Lilo when I have a choice, so I don't really know17:50
tonyyarussolilo?  Really?  interesting.17:50
_diablotonyyarusso: 430 1st st N, Ambrosia coffee17:51
_diablotonyyarusso: yeah, holdover from my time on slackware. I loved it.17:51
_diablobut I don't bother to change it on big distros17:51
_diabloif it don't broek...17:52
Obsidian1723diablo, well, grub2 is a clusterf*ck really. It's a mess to edit and work with compared to grub. For that matter, Ubuntu 8.04x is still the best recent OS, 8.01 and 9.10 are disasters, 9.04 is ok.17:57
Obsidian1723I really only use LTS releases and not until the first point release17:57
_diabloI liked 9.04. But only because CrunchBang made it pretty :)18:00
tonyyarusso9.10 is actually working pretty okay for me.18:01
tonyyarussothe console bell issue is my only gripe, and that's fixed in lucid18:01
_diablotonyyarusso: I mean, I'd be running 9.10 with 10.04 packages if I had it on my main. that's what my netbook is doing18:02
_diabloI really dislike the look that ubuntu is taking now though :-/18:03
Obsidian1723yah'18:05
_diablowell, i'm off to ubuntu hour, ttyl18:05
Obsidian1723Ubuntu Hour???18:06
h00kyay Ubuntu Hour!18:07
Obsidian1723what is that and where at?18:14
h00kUbuntu Hour is: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour18:22
* Obsidian1723 brb new kernel loaded. Gotta reboot.18:35
h00ktonyyarusso: ...I...have an idea.18:46
h00k...holy crap this could be awesome.18:47
h00kIt'd involve collaboration with Ubuntu Minnesota and Ubuntu Wisconsin18:47
h00kand...18:49
h00kheh. So, there's a commercial contest from the Linux Foundation: http://video.linuxfoundation.org/contest/we-are-linux-superbowl-ad-contest and I was thinking we could work together between LoCo's and put together some sort of commercial.18:49
h00kThe style that I was thinking would be a behind-the-scenes of us making the actual commercial, (someone composing music, drawing something with the gimp, video editing with some video editor), etc18:50
h00kand somehow advertize that the whole thing was put together with Free Software and Linux18:50
h00kif we don't win, we still had a blast doing it and could use it18:51
Obsidian1723I know I've mentioned this before, but have you guys considered working with FGTC? We may b e duplicating efforts here.19:03
Obsidian1723#fgtc on here.. We could cross promote.19:04
h00kwhat is this?19:06
Obsidian1723Free Geek Twein Cities19:08
Obsidian1723Twin19:08
Obsidian1723We take PCs, refurb them, put Ubuntu on them, give them to people for free.19:08
Obsidian1723Based on the national Free Geek from Portland, WA freegeek.org our site is freegeektwincities.org19:09
tonyyarussoh00k: stop the presses!19:49
* tonyyarusso tries actually reading the idea19:49
* h00k stops19:49
tonyyarussoObsidian1723: yes, and I told you to add them to a wiki page :)19:50
Obsidian1723hey tony19:50
tonyyarussoh00k: it would be cool if it can be done, yes.  I know I don't have any graphic/video skills, but someone must.19:51
h00kthings like OpenShot, Pitivi, etc, can be used19:51
h00kBrittany is pretty good with Pitivi, actually19:52
tonyyarussoObsidian1723: right, but we need to know who we can work with first before drafting a plan of how.  You can bring it up on the mailing list as well.19:52
h00ksgtd and I were throwing ideas back and forth about drum-tracks with Hydrogen, exigraff can piano, we could make a nice background track19:52
tonyyarussoAnd why are you using /notices ?19:52
h00kwho?19:54
tonyyarussoObsidian1723 is.19:55
tonyyarussomaybe he just has a messed-up client19:56
h00kah, ah.19:56
Obsidian1723will do on the list19:57
TakyojiSo had some more idears21:26
TakyojiSo I had some more idears*21:27
TakyojiRegardless of not being an approved group; we should still provide ShipIt in some form21:27
TakyojiOn our own basis21:28
Takyojiand paying for the discs; I would certainly be willing to purchase discs to give freely21:28
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TakyojiSo to "triage" a bug just means to prioritize it, and?22:56

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