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cjohnstonhmm.. doctormo I guess you fixed it.. lol.. I started again... and searched and it found the project... lemme see if it will download a bug00:02
cjohnstonhmm.. worked fine now.. I give up.. lol00:03
cjohnstonthanks doctormo00:03
cjohnstongc ftw!00:03
doctormocjohnston: It's still probably a bug somewhere, but it'd be really hard to pin down. For now I'm content in knowing that the overhauls and new test suites will do their job in gc 2.000:27
cjohnstoncool.. sounds good.. thanks00:28
doctormonp00:29
nigelbfalling sick on sunday = fail :(04:10
doctormonigelb: *hug*05:34
nigelbdoctormo: thanks :)05:35
nigelbI'm hungry and dont feel like eating at the same time :/05:35
doctormonigelb: I felt like that last week, perhaps you have a bit of bangalore belly?05:36
nigelbhehe05:36
doctormonigelb: You _do_ get 10 points if you can reference that correctly ;-)06:43
nigelbdoctormo: I did reference it07:19
doctormonigelb: Really, ok.07:20
nigelb;)07:20
AlanBellwho does wiki.ubuntu.com belong to?08:42
nigelbmeaning?08:43
AlanBellit is slow and I am wondering if removing fullsearch everywhere and replacing with fullsearchcached would speed it up a bit08:43
AlanBellthere are 621 pages using uncached full searches I think08:44
nigelbah, its canonical owned, so opening a ticket would be a good idea08:44
* nigelb thinks popey might know details though08:44
AlanBellsome pages use it so many times they won't even load08:48
nigelbouch08:51
AlanBellI have a feeling that such searches are maxing out the processor for other people too08:51
nigelbw00t! I just finished writing 3 blog posts :)08:56
nigelbshould hit one by one for the next 2 days :)08:56
AlanBellhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell/fullsearchpages08:57
nigelbo.O08:59
nigelbthats lots of pages08:59
AlanBellyup. That page contains: <<FullSearchCached(FullSearch)>>08:59
AlanBellit would take 20 seconds to open if it contained <<FullSearch(FullSearch)>>09:00
czajkowskimorning all09:14
nigelbmorning czajkowski :)09:15
czajkowskinigelb: hows things09:19
nigelbczajkowski: fell sick, trying to use the time09:21
czajkowski:(09:22
czajkowskigo to bed and rest09:23
nigelbIm in bed writing blog posts09:24
czajkowskiproductive at least09:25
czajkowskiI've some to write :( not going to get done today :((09:25
nigelbyep, 3 down, plotting for more09:25
nigelball scheduled to hit in a timely manner over the week :D09:26
czajkowski*nods*09:26
czajkowskiright best get up and reading09:27
czajkowski*READY09:27
czajkowskigeeknic to drive to and meet folks09:27
czajkowskibye09:27
nigelbhave fun, take pics :)09:27
czajkowskialways do :)09:27
sensegood afternoon13:35
* nigelb waves to sense weakly13:36
sensenigelb: Weakly? How come?13:36
nigelbfell sick :(13:39
senseaww13:40
sensenigelb: Maybe you missed too much sleep? :)13:40
nigelbdunno, at least I'm planning on getting a good amount today13:44
sensegood plan13:45
nigelbat least had a productive day in front of the computer13:45
nigelbwrote 3 blog posts on my new blog all scheduled to git one by one this week13:46
nigelband finished some work I had pending, uploading that to staging now :)13:46
senseIt's always nice to get rid of the chores that were nagging you all week.13:48
sensepositive energy! :P13:48
nigelboh yes :)13:52
nigelbthough it was extremely tiring to do them when sick13:52
duanedesignnigelb: hope you get better soon15:26
duanedesignnigelb: 189 views of the operation cleansweep sticky so far :)15:26
nigelbduanedesign: wow16:18
nigelbpaultag: http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/language/shoot.htm17:29
nigelbthis one's for you specially ;)17:29
czajkowskihowdy17:51
nigelbczajkowski: how did the geeknic go?17:52
czajkowskinot bad17:52
czajkowski3 new folks came17:52
czajkowskiwe got to eat after the rain stopped17:52
czajkowskinit enough turn ouyt17:52
czajkowskinice17:53
czajkowskinigelb: how are you feeling17:53
nigelbbetter, thank you :)17:54
czajkowskigood to hear17:54
akgranerpopey, pleia2 ping18:05
akgranerCan you all take a look at The Fridge calendar - for the 20th - http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar  looks like there is a CC and Asia-Oceania RMB meeting scheduled for the same time in -meeting18:06
czajkowskibit odd18:07
czajkowskihas the asia rmb changed it's times18:08
popeymust have, the cc doesn't move18:08
* akgraner shrugs - I was reviewing UWN and noticed it - I thought you all might want a heads up18:09
akgranerdo you all know who from RMB might be awake right now?18:09
czajkowskipersia?18:09
czajkowskinot sure he ever actually sleeps18:09
akgranerif we can get it resolved I can make the change and make sure the right information goes out18:09
akgranerczajkowski, okie dokie18:10
czajkowskiakgraner: or elky18:12
czajkowskithey are the only 2 off hand i know of that board18:12
akgraneryeah - I think she is asleep too18:13
akgranerjust pinged her too18:14
nigelbczajkowski: persia has been missing lately18:14
nigelbhe's just around for meetings and that's it18:14
akgranerwell we won't publish for a few more hours  - I hope we can get something fixed before then :-)18:15
nigelbit should be day time for persia soon though, a ping might ellicit response :)18:15
nigelbpopey: all the best in figuring out power consumption18:15
nigelbWe did it at home once.  Culprit - celing fan :/18:16
akgranerDeveloper Membership is always in -meeting right?18:16
nigelbyes18:16
czajkowskiakgraner: http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/07/18/profile-of-the-day/18:17
akgranerczajkowski,  - cool!  I'll include it in the next UWN :-)18:18
czajkowskidanke18:19
czajkowskigreat post by sense http://sensehofstede.nl/realise-native-english-speakers-are-privileged18:35
nigelbjussi can be counted finnish now though18:37
nigelbthe aussies have branded him traitor :p18:37
senseczajkowski: Thanks!18:45
czajkowskisense: really good post18:46
czajkowskisense: what kicked that of?18:46
czajkowskioff18:46
nigelbczajkowski: we had an extensive conversation earlier today18:47
nigelbsense: I was looking for qense :D18:47
senseczajkowski: Discussions in this channel, discussions in my head about contribution in general and about how to get Ubuntu NL involved in the international community.18:47
sensenigelb: qense has been replaced by sense18:47
nigelbsense: yes, I forgot.  Even after talking to you earlier and pulling your leg about it.18:47
senseLearned habits are hard to get rid of.18:48
czajkowskisense: i do think you need to allow for the fact that many people have no interest in some of the roles you listed also18:48
czajkowskinot everyone wants to have monthly irc meetings and fuller inboxes from other groups that need to be delt with either18:49
senseczajkowski: Of course, but that can be said of every group.18:49
czajkowskii do conceed that also people do not about these positions that that they can go for them18:49
nigelbsense: Have you noticed the "treating like a kid" in the ubuntu community?18:50
nigelbI've seen people struggle with the language, but most folks have been helpful (at least those that I've seen)18:50
sensenigelb: I can't really say it for myself because when my English was noticeably worse I actually was a kid, but  I have seen it happening to other people. But you're right that in general the Ubuntu community is a really friendly one. But a lot of the judging of a contribution's v(to a discussion) value happes unconsciously.18:51
senseczajkowski,: (Assuming "do not _know _about") That contributes indeed. But still, not all English speakers want to do those though roles as well.18:52
czajkowskisense: true18:52
senseczajkowski: Unrelated: interesting idea, the 'profile of the day' project. Could be a nice method of showing people what there is to do in the community.18:53
akgranersense, great post! - I remember wanting to talk to you more at UDS but I felt like I frustrated you...(and a gazillion other people) but asking if they could repeat something...18:53
czajkowskii do try to be extra mindful of mails i get from non english speaking people, it can be hard as language and tone come across very different and it can hard to decypher if they are giving out or making a strong point18:53
akgraners/but/by18:53
czajkowskibut i err on the making a point :)18:53
nigelbsense: I tend to miss words in my sentences or type the wrong words, but haven't had anyone treat me as a kid yet (sometimes correct me, yes)18:54
czajkowskisense: i'd love to see more teams do it18:54
czajkowskisense: yu're english is very good and i even noticed it even improved during uds18:54
senseakgraner: Thanks! :) Frustrating me? Awww. I've never felt that way. I found it great to talk to you!18:54
czajkowskii guess when you are forced into speaking english 24/7 it improves even faster18:54
nigelbczajkowski: YES, it does18:55
senseczajkowski: very true, that's what was happening during UDS I think. Thanks for the compliment, so the expensive lessons did pay off!18:55
czajkowskihell i confuse english speaking folks the whole time :)18:55
akgranersense, thanks! People tell me I talk to fast and add my southern accent on top of it - half the people who speak English can't understand me :-)18:55
czajkowskilol18:55
nigelbczajkowski: Yes, you do :p18:55
* czajkowski hugs akgraner 18:55
senseakgraner: I speak really fast as well, so I don't get irritated when others do it too.18:56
sense:18:56
nigelbakgraner: nah, there are people faster than you18:56
czajkowskinigelb: i speak fast and i use abrivations for words18:56
nigelbczajkowski: I can understand what you say, its their meaning that baffles me somtimes18:56
nigelb;)18:56
czajkowskisorry18:56
czajkowskido pull me up on it18:56
akgranernigelb, that's just b/c I am aware of it and consciously try to slow my words and not be so Southern18:56
senseakgraner: And it's not that your Southern accent is actually making it harder to understand. Some parts of words are even clearer because of it!18:57
nigelbakgraner: tbh, after working for 3 years listening to reports, I kinda make sense of american accent very fast18:57
czajkowskiakgraner: dang girl18:57
akgranerthe first time I met Jono, he stopped me about 5 in 5 sentences and said - Amber I'm sorry  - I didn't understand a word you said.  Pete translated :-)18:57
nigelbLOL18:57
nigelbI remember jono translating for czajkowski at UDS :D18:58
czajkowskithat fecker takes the mickey outta my accent18:58
sense:P Poor English speaking people. Always troubles with the accents. :)18:58
czajkowskicurley wurley18:58
nigelbshe said something that made everyone giggle, and jono explained, and we laughed more18:58
czajkowskisense: it plays havoic with us18:58
akgranersense, but it is a great post!  Thank you!18:58
czajkowskithats our barrier to english at times18:58
senseakgraner: I'm glad you like it!18:58
senseczajkowski: And that can of course hinder people as well during conferences.18:58
czajkowskisense: yup18:59
senseakgraner: I don't think people found you frustrating at all. Your contributions are great and you work very hard, so I think everyone appreciates you enough to have some patience when you ask something. :)18:59
czajkowskii was used to akgraner accent before uds but i do find others harder  at times18:59
czajkowskijfo has a way stronger accednt19:00
czajkowskiand he also takes people off as well so hard at5 times19:00
senseSlang causes the most problems, especially when people (friends from the same town) are joking. Accents are not the harderst part really.19:01
senseThere is no Google Translate in another tab waiting for you when you're at a conference.19:02
senseI do use it a lot, for occasions when I can't recall a word or want a better fitting translation. Sometimes it can also be useful when you don't know enough of the spelling of a word to fix it with the spell checker.19:03
czajkowskisense: i speak english 24/7 and make woeful spelling errors, dont worry :)19:06
czajkowskisense: do you think  nl team might be interested in the profile of the day exercise?19:06
czajkowskisense: you on twitter?19:08
akgranersense - I made a horrible mistake earlier with UWN, but now I tell people submit stuff in your own language  - and I use google translate and only when I can't figure it out that way do I reach out for someone to translate an article19:08
senseczajkowski: I have considered it, but I'm not sure. We already have an "Ubuntero of the month" series already and not that many Launchpad profiles (forum profiles could make up for that). It would be a nice way to demonstrate our LoCo what there is to do, though. However, we'd have to find someone to do it, and I don't think I'd be the one considering what I'm already doing. But I'll mention it in the team/on the forums and see if someone19:08
sense's interested.19:08
akgranerbut it is still not and easy process and I am sure we miss out on many great things loco teams do b/c of that...19:09
senseakgraner: How's Google Translate's quality?19:09
akgranergood enough for me to understand and summarize what a team is talking about 90% of the time19:09
senseakgraner: That sounds fair enough.19:10
akgranerbut the problem is -  it's so time consuming  for me but I try not to exclude something just b/c it's not in English19:11
senseakgraner: You'll always miss some of the things the LoCos do of course, but I think that you shouldn't have to trace all the stories yourself. There are so many, and I think that if LoCos want to be read about in the UWN they can at least submit the blog post themselves. For them to do so the UWN needs greater visiblity and more LoCos need to be aware of the existence. That probably depends a lot of the future of the Fridge, but of course19:12
sense it also takes time for LoCos to become aware of your existence.19:12
akgraneryep - next cycle the focus will be the translations part of UWN19:13
akgranerthe News Team Focus I should say  - this cycle it's updated UWN and Fridge19:14
akgranerbut the process is slow but we are getting there19:14
czajkowskiakgraner: like everything it won't happen over night, can take more than one or even two cycles19:15
senseI'll try to promote the UWN in the Dutch translators group.19:15
akgranersense, thanks we have some guidelines for teams who want to translate UWN let me know when/if you want those19:15
senseakgraner: Will do!19:15
akgranerbut if they don't want to do that  - but just contribute stuff that is awesome too19:16
senseAny sort of contribution is welcome!19:16
czajkowskidear spam sod off will you19:16
czajkowskigrrrr19:16
czajkowskiso many spam comments19:16
senseNo Askimet, or doesn't it work?19:16
czajkowskiit does marks them as spm19:17
czajkowskijust a lot lately from russia again19:17
akgranersense, yep - with the understanding that not everything people submit will make it in - and some editing might occur19:17
czajkowskisense: se on twitter #locoteams folks are rt your blog post19:17
senseakgraner: of course19:17
senseczajkowski: Yay!19:17
* czajkowski loves the #locteams tag19:17
czajkowskilearing so much about teams19:17
akgranersense, I have always add that - I get emails from people who are angry b/c the submitted something and it didn't make it in19:18
senseakgraner: Good to mention it everytime indeed. Disappointed people are no fun to handle when they get angry.19:18
czajkowskisense: http://twitter.com/briancleland/status/1885610519419:19
akgranersense, yeppers19:19
senseczajkowski: thanks for your advertising :)19:19
akgranersense I emailed Zonker who wrote the more bad english please article a link to your post19:20
senseakgraner: Thanks. I'm curious what he'll say about it.19:20
senseczajkowski: Is MUNSTER a football club?19:20
nigelbsense: Of note, a couple of countries in Asia tend to use English for computing needs.19:21
sensenigelb: I'm not that familiar with Asia, so that's why I was mostly talking about Europe in the blog post. Is India one of those countries?19:22
nigelbyep19:22
nigelbI'd be lost with a computer in an indian language19:22
sensenigelb: When do you learn English in India? Right from the start, or at school, or during work?19:23
nigelbSchool19:23
czajkowskisense: MUNSTER is a provence19:23
nigelbWe learn english and 2 languages in school19:23
czajkowski4 provenses in ireland munster connacht leinster and ulster19:23
nigelbone of which is mostly hindi and the other one is our mother tongue19:23
czajkowskioff to collect princess19:23
nigelbprincess?19:23
czajkowskisister19:23
sensesee you!19:24
nigelbhaha19:24
nigelbczajkowski: back from rome?19:24
sensenigelb: And your native tongue was, again? :)19:24
senseI think I've asked it several times before, but forgot. Began with an M, right?19:24
nigelbsense: malayalam19:24
senseyay! First letter correct.19:25
nigelbheh :)19:25
nigelbso in school I learned english, hindi, and malayalam (but very little of malayalam)19:25
senseDoes your computer support Mayalam input?19:25
AlanBellczajkowski: four green fields19:25
nigelbsense: nope, I use enlish for all computing needs19:25
senseIsn't Ulster Northern Ireland, or am I offending someone now?19:25
nigelbalways did19:26
sensenigelb: Mayalam is your best language?19:26
senseWhat about Hindi? :)19:26
nigelbsense: English would be first19:26
nigelb(but thats just me)19:26
senseMalayalam is just a small language, only 10 million more users than Dutch speakers. :P19:27
nigelbyep19:27
nigelbIndia has a lot of them19:27
AlanBellsense: yes19:28
senseSo in reality Ireland has got only three provinces?19:28
AlanBellaaaand moving on . . .19:28
nigelbheh19:29
senseA bit like Taiwan (Republic of China), which state structure is designed like it controls whole China, but which actually controls only a relatively small island?19:29
sense:)19:29
sensenigelb: Is there a noticeable Malayalam literate culture? We're always so busy with our Dutch literature, but your language is even larger.19:30
nigelbsense: Yes there is19:31
nigelbits a pretty big scene back home I suppose19:31
senseWe always see India as one block, but that is just as ridiculous as seeing Europe as one entity of course.19:32
senseA country cannot have one single culture when it is as big and diverse as India.19:33
nigelbexactly19:35
nigelbthere is so much of diversity that somone who's not indian cannot even begin to grasp19:36
senseIt's probably even 'worse' than in Europe considering the age and size of your civilisation.19:37
senseThe Indian civilisation is more than twice as old as the European.19:37
senseSorry Americans, than the Western.19:37
senseOn the Malayalam wiki page: "In 1999 a group named "Rachana Akshara Vedi", produced a set of free fonts containing the entire character repertoire of more than 900 glyphs. This was announced and released along with a text editor in the same year at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. In 2004, the fonts were released under the GNU GPL license by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation at the Cochin University of Science and19:38
sense Technology in Kochi, Kerala."19:38
nigelbtechnicaaly, indus valley and mesopotamia are among the older civilizations19:38
* AlanBell thinks American civilisation would be a good idea19:38
senseAlanBell: As in separate from the European, or a better name?19:39
senseor as in 'native American'?19:39
AlanBellah, that would be one of those jokes that doesn't work so well without English as a first language19:39
nigelbheh19:40
senseAlanBell: as in civilised then?19:40
senseYeah, I understand it now.19:40
AlanBellI was implying that their civilisation has not yet started19:40
AlanBellor that they are uncivilised19:40
senseok19:40
sense:P19:40
AlanBellcasual anti-americanism from the brits over here19:41
senseA bit slow here. I should have understood that.19:41
senseAlanBell: subtle19:41
senseas always19:41
nigelbheh19:42
nigelbits late19:42
nigelbim heading to bed19:42
senseok, sleep well!19:42
nigelbg'nite sense, AlanBell :)19:43
AlanBellI think I was actually mis-quoting Ghandi19:43
senseBut of course the British are already civilised! Ahem...19:44
senseI'll never forget the First, the Second, the Third and the Fourth Anglo-Dutch war!19:44
AlanBellyeah it was Ghandi talking about western civilisation who said it would be a good idea19:46
senseThe problem is that many Westeners wouldn't see the power of that statement coming from an Indian because they don't know that the Indian civilisation is already much older than the Western.19:48
czajkowskiAlanBell: 4 green fields?20:51
AlanBellczajkowski: do I know more republican protest songs than you?20:54
czajkowskiprolly20:58
czajkowskii kknow none20:58
AlanBellbest way20:58
czajkowskii know rugby songs21:29
czajkowskimuch better21:29
senseI'm off, bye everyone!22:07
czajkowskihe never waits for a reply22:09

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