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doctormopleia2 Do you know when you mess up and run a perl or python script as bash because of a malformed bang line, well I did that. But it did something weird. It made screenshots of the terminal window.00:24
doctormoAh it's the input command.00:25
ScottLdoctormo, does akgraner work for Linux Format Magazine?00:59
doctormoScottL: I think so00:59
akgranerScottL, nope00:59
akgranerI freelance for Linux Pro and Ubuntu User Magazine01:00
akgranerScottL, I am finally back home and I haven't forgotten about interviewing you01:00
akgranerI did however meet the editor in chief for Linux Format at OSCON last week01:01
akgranerthat was cool!01:01
ScottLakgraner, no problem :)  i have a ubuntu user magazine or two at home, i'll have a look for your work01:01
akgranerIssue 4 on01:01
ScottLakgraner, was that graham that you met?01:02
akgranerI interviewed Jane Silber in Issue 4 and wrote and article on Ubuntu Women, Issue 5 was Matt Asay, and Issue 6 will be Jono01:02
akgranerand for Linux Pro I did event reports of SELF, SCaLE UDS and I should have one on OSCON as well01:03
akgranerScottL, hmm might have been I need to look at the card - but I thought it was a Paul someone01:04
ScottLpaul is a shortish, slightly skinny guy with a perpetual stuble beard:)01:12
* paultag perks up01:13
akgranernah this guy was tall01:13
akgraneror at least to me me  - I'm only 5'6" so anyone is tall to me most of the time01:13
akgraner:-)01:13
doctormoakgraner: does it pay well enough?01:13
* paultag goes back to afk01:13
akgranerdoctormo, maybe if I wrote more articles01:14
akgranerbut  - I am actually applying for some full time jobs this week01:14
macoakgraner: 5'6" isnt short for a woman01:14
akgranerintel, rackspace, slunk and a couple other places are hiring01:14
akgranersplunk even01:14
macoooh i use rackspace for my website01:14
akgranerdoh  - I can't type today01:14
akgranerthe whole openstack stuff is pretty cool...01:16
akgranermaco, you going to be around for a while01:16
akgranerI need a set of eyes to review the newsletter finally getting it out the door :-)01:16
macoyeah01:16
czajkowskipp01:17
akgranerok I'll ping you in a few if you don't mind?01:17
akgranergood grief the wiki is SLOW01:17
ScottLakgraner, it was probably graham that you met, he's pretty tall i believe01:21
akgranerprobably :-)01:22
akgranerI'll look at his card once I get the newsletter out :-) and let you know for sure01:22
dholbachgood morning07:38
dholbachnigelb: did you blog about cleansweep yesterday?07:45
dholbachnigelb: if not, it might make sense to mention cleansweep+UGJ07:53
nigelbdholbach: I got swamped.  I'll do it today.08:09
doctormonigelb: Before I go to bed08:17
* dholbach hugs nigelb08:17
doctormonigelb: I wanted to ask if you had heard of Limca, something my wife made me drink last night.08:18
nigelbdoctormo: yes I have08:32
nigelbdoctormo: pretty good drink ;)08:32
nigelbdholbach: I have to redefine "swamped" every day :(08:33
doctormolol08:34
doctormonigelb: My wife made a good panera curry too. home made yogurt, yum.08:34
vishhmm , no sense!08:38
visherr! , that doesnt sound right , i meant Sense isnt here :08:38
dholbachhaha08:40
vishhe tried to get people blogging in local languages and there are negative responses :(  >  http://ddorda.useopensource.net/archives/137008:48
duanedesignvish: hmm, not sure what to make of those comments :\08:57
vishduanedesign: yeah , its bound to happen until we get a way to sort the messages :s08:58
nigelbduanedesign: I actually like it :)08:58
vishnigelb: comment there!08:58
nigelboption II would be include translation after the post.08:58
vishs/messages/blogs08:59
nigelbvish: sense was taling about something like planet.ubuntu.com/en so you get only english09:00
nigelbplanet.ubuntu.com will give you all the posts09:00
vishyup09:00
dholbachnigelb: I just got in touch with the berlin team about the UGJ planning and I promised I'd do something with cleansweep :)09:07
duanedesignits unfortunate that people would make comments like "dont post in your native tongue because most people will skip it anyway". most people == English speakers?09:09
nigelbdholbach: awesome :)09:12
nigelbduanedesign: it is :(09:12
duanedesignnigelb: did your computer mess up? I thought i read your computer had some problem?09:15
nigelbduanedesign: yes you read right.09:16
nigelbI'm at work09:16
nigelbAlso work gave me a laptop for temporary use.09:16
nigelbmotherboard got busted :(09:17
vishnigelb you will be our[human's] secret weapon , when skynet takes over ;)09:31
vishwe give it to you and it will get busted ;p09:32
nigelbvish: hahahaha09:37
nigelbvish: optionally, ask HP to manufacture.  That works better.09:55
vishnigelb: duanedesign: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PlanetUbuntu#line-31  needs fixing first i guess10:03
vishczajkowski: too ^^10:03
vishwhen its in the guidelines , it tough to support..10:04
duanedesignvish: i think there have been some neat ideas presented. like planet.ubuntu/fr or planet.ubuntu/global10:12
czajkowskivish: eh ?10:33
vishczajkowski: related to multilungual posts in planet10:33
czajkowskivish: ah ok10:36
cjohnstonwas the english only changed for planet?11:31
AlanBelloh, ddorda is posting in Hebrew, cool.11:41
czajkowskiyay11:42
nigelbAlanBell: see comments :(11:59
czajkowskiwow12:03
czajkowskiwhat asholes tbh12:03
czajkowskigrrrrrr12:03
nigelbczajkowski: I know.  Asking for a translation is okay, but asking them to refrain from posting is sooooo rude :/12:08
czajkowskiaye see my comment on post12:09
dholbachjames_w: listened to the new Klute album already?12:29
dholbachjames_w: there's a few nice tracks on there12:29
AlanBellas the size of the community of Ubuntu Members grows there are going to be more and more people who get their blogs on the planet who post in assorted languages13:00
AlanBellI think the "English preferred" rule is no longer in touch with the reality of the community, and will get less so13:01
popeyat what proportion does it get irritating though?13:03
popeywhat if 90% of the people on planet ubuntu posted in non-EN ?13:03
popeyand one would assume they'd be all kinds of languages, not just one13:03
popeyI agree with the posters that it breaks the whole point of RSS, in that aggregating content in my rss reader is done to prevent me having to go and seek out 'news'. If i have to go and seek out translations (which I would have to do for every non-EN post) it would dramatically reduce the whole RSS experience13:08
dholbachstart learning new languages! :-P13:09
popeyI have a hard enough time with python!13:11
dholbachI see :)13:14
AlanBellthere are many planets and having language tagging in the aggregated planet sounds like a good technical move13:14
AlanBellhowever planet.ubuntu.com is an aggregation of Ubuntu Members blogs13:15
AlanBellnot an aggregation of "good blogs that talk about Ubuntu a lot in English"13:15
popeywell, technically it is13:16
popeywe currently ask that people don't annoy people (good blogs) and that they write in English13:16
AlanBellyup, I just think that request could be revisited13:19
AlanBellwell, the second part!13:20
popeysure13:20
popeybut to say that the current state is 'not an aggregation of "good blogs that talk about Ubuntu a lot in English"' is somewhat bending the truth13:21
AlanBelloh, it certainly happens to be both at the moment13:22
popeyput it on the cc agenda :)13:23
nigelbczajkowski: love the comment13:29
nigelblove the picture even more :p13:29
james_wdholbach: I didn't know there was one13:35
dholbachjames_w: release this or last week :)13:36
dholbachjames_w: even in U1MS :)13:37
AlanBellit is on the CC agenda, if anyone wants to help describe arguments for (or against) then feel free here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell/PlanetPostLanguages13:45
paultagAlanBell: what's the policy on that? Dor of the I.l LoCo asked me if he coyuld write posts in Hebrew14:12
paultagIl *14:12
paultagcould *14:12
paultagGah! Lag!14:13
popeypaultag: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PlanetUbuntu14:13
popey"As a rule of thumb, English should be considered the "lingua franca" of Planet Ubuntu. There are a number of language and locale specific Planets run by Ubuntu LoCo Teams, which are a great way for teams to get news out in their local language. However, the official Ubuntu Planet should attempt to use English where possible to reach the widest possible audience"14:13
paultagHummm.14:13
paultagThis'll need some thought :)14:15
AlanBelltis like the pirate code, more of a guidline than a law. Arrrrr14:15
paultagAlright, you need to stop that. My co-workers are looking at me funny14:16
paultagI laughed a bit, and without noticing it said "Arrr"14:17
paultagWow, anyone have screen blow up on them?14:18
paultaghttp://pastebin.com/HH0VnbD1 <-- my last session14:18
popeylovely14:18
huatshi everyone !14:28
paultaghey huats :)14:32
huatshey paultag :D14:33
* popey tickles JFo with a usb stick15:51
* JFo sneezes on popey 15:51
JFo:( sorry about that15:51
JForally flu and all15:51
popey:)15:52
JFoso what's up popey?15:56
JFoah, I bet you are going to ask be about uEFI bootable USB keys?15:57
popeywondered if you'd had any chance to look at usb booting sticky....15:57
popeyyou got it :)15:57
JFoheh15:57
JFowe've done tons of work, but I didn't get to that. There are some things in progress that I am holding on15:57
popeyis it something the community can help with?15:57
JFoif nothing changes, I should be able to get something going this weekend15:57
JFowell, it is work being done in the distro that I don't have complete details on15:58
popeyok15:58
JFoso I am waiting to get more info before I proceed15:58
popeymagic, will poke you again after some undertermined time has passed15:58
JFothe Rally piled a lot of things ahead of it unfortunately :(15:58
JFohit me again next week15:58
popeywilco, thanks for the update15:58
JFothat way I can see about this weekends work15:59
JFocertainly :)15:59
JFojust sorry I don't have anything for you yet :(15:59
popeyno worries, I have other things to keep me busy :)15:59
JFopopey, on a related note: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/MultipleISOBootUSBKey16:01
popeyooooooooooo16:02
JFothat is part of the research to get what I want to give you ^16:02
JFo:)16:02
* popey clicks 'subscribe'16:02
JFoyou can have as many ISOs as you want on one key16:02
* popey envisages a massive usb key containing EVERY ISO EVER MADE!16:02
popeyMUHAHAHAAHAHA16:02
popeyetc16:02
JFowe are also working on a way to allow you to rsync updates to the image16:03
JFothat will come soon16:03
JFoso as ISOs change (re: dev ISOs) you can gather updates to the ISO on an image that you'd then dd over to the key16:03
JFobut we needed that bit so we can do the EFI stuff since grub will be involved there as well16:04
JFopopey, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682013914716:06
JFo:)16:06
JFofor your massive USB key16:06
popeygolly!16:06
* popey does some 'math'16:07
popeythat could hold...16:07
JFoheh16:07
popeya lot16:07
popeyof ISOs16:07
JFoyep16:07
dholbachok my friends - I call it a day16:33
dholbachsee you all tomorrow!16:33
* dholbach hugs you all16:33
Technovikingjcastro or jono: ping-a-ling16:36
nigelbjorge is at guadec, you might get lucky with jono16:37
Technovikinganyone know who Canonical media contact is?16:38
* nigelb looks at popey 16:38
popeyGerry Carr16:38
nigelbhe generally knows this stuff16:38
czajkowskihi16:40
Technovikinga report is wanting the Forums Council to comment on Dell droping Ubuntu. wanted to pass him on to someone more official16:40
Technovikings/report/reporter sigh.... (spell you bastard, spell)16:41
AlanBellGerry is reportedly planning to make a statement on that today http://www.itworld.com/open-source/115316/calm-down-dell-not-throwing-ubuntu-linux-out16:41
popeyMatthew forwarded that to the CC, but a canonical person might be better, Gerry is best I'd say?16:41
Technovikingthanks,16:41
czajkowskianyone seen jono today16:52
paultagczajkowski: no ma'am16:52
nigelbczajkowski: he's done his disappearing act hasn't he?16:58
vishTechnoviking: dell just seems to have included Ubuntu again17:00
vishhttp://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs17:01
AlanBellvish: nope, that was always there17:02
AlanBellthe issue is in the UK and Europe17:02
AlanBellhttp://www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu <- there was a page there17:03
vishAlanBell: ah.. that issue..17:03
* nigelb wishes dell had ubuntu in india :(17:04
AlanBellhttp://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/07/23/why-windows-still-has-good-sales-figures/17:04
vishAlanBell: snap! i was just about to hit enter on a long comment praising that post ;)17:06
AlanBellpraise away!17:06
czajkowskinigelb: no that's just where a lot of the call center is :p17:06
vishbad czajkowski!17:07
vish;p17:07
czajkowskibut true!17:07
nigelbczajkowski: true indeed.17:08
nigelbThey used to have ubuntu option for india17:08
nigelbmy roommate bought too.  later, its no longer there17:08
paultagOK, perhaps someone crazy in here has the answers I seek. I'd like to be able to specify a process ID, and have all filesystem writes be translated from / to /prefix/17:41
paultagoptionally, also reads, if the file exists in /prefix/17:41
AlanBellyou want to chroot a running process?17:45
paultagAlanBell: well not quite. I'd like it to read the root, but not write17:46
paultagAlanBell: a half-chroot, if you will17:46
paultagI can't find anything at all17:53
paultagOhhh, I have an idea.18:00
paultagif this works, I'll cry inside that there is not a better way18:00
paultagHey AlanBell, do you know much about chroots?18:07
AlanBellno, sorry, was just trying to understand what you were asking for18:10
AlanBellI was wondering if mounting something would be part of the answer18:11
paultagWell, it's fast becoming it18:11
nigelbheh18:11
paultagI've made a dd ext3 image18:11
AlanBellso if it wanted to write to /prefix/foo you could mount some other filesystem over /prefix18:11
paultagThen I've mounted it, and used unionfs to merge to two18:11
paultagthen chroot into it in a local dir, but diverting via unionfs18:11
paultagBut, I'm getting an error18:12
paultagchroot: cannot change root directory to chroot/: Permission denied18:12
paultagchroot: cannot change root directory to chroot/: Permission denied18:12
paultagchroot: cannot change root directory to chroot/: Permission denied18:12
paultagOh shoot. Sorry for the flood18:12
paultagDone with sudo18:12
paultagI think I got it...18:13
AlanBellonly root can chroot18:13
paultagAlanBell: I was sudo'd18:13
paultagyeah, this is not working at all18:16
doctormohey sense22:00
doctormoVery quiet again today22:00
sensehi doctormo22:00
sensedoctormo: Me or this channel or something else?22:00
doctormoChannel22:00
senseYeah, half the community staff is on GUADEC and the rest seems to be having a few days off.22:01
senseI returned earlier from the Canonical party, which probably is still going on when I left it an hour ago before missing a tram and walking in precisely the opposite direction I should go when I walked out of the tram.22:02
czajkowskiI can ssume no jono so tonight22:12
sensenope22:14
senseHe left for the USA this morning already, though.22:14
doctormosense: So you were having fun eh22:34
sensedoctormo: I'm too tired to make up whether I'm having fun or not. ;)22:35
senseI'm just robotically working off the list of things I want to finish tonight and then I'll go to sleep.22:35
senseHello vish!22:37
vishsense: heya!22:37
senseSaw my first Bollywood-TV and Indian food today, but ate Surinam. We went to one of the Surinam-Indian restaurants in The Hague.22:38
senseThe guy next to me complained his vindaloo wasn't spicy enough. :) Probably too adapted to Western taste.22:39
sensedoctormo, vish: Following GUADEC remotely using the videostreams, are you?22:40
vishsense: if you want real spicy food , you should try Andhra dishes :)22:40
vishsense: no time :s , but will probably catch up later22:40
senseI think we'll make a lot of videos available on the internet!22:41
* vish rebooting..22:42
doctormosense: Indian food isn't spicy enough unless your in England.22:51
popey\o/ curry22:51
sensedoctormo: Well, I'll be going to England in a few weeks, so maybe I'll have to opportunity to try it then. :)22:52
popeyyay22:52

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