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elkytonyyarusso, i don't know /why/ there was a world war, why couldn't the countries just merge?!00:46
h00kI lol'd, was about to say something similar00:46
elkyI really hope he's not being willfully... I'm not sure stupid is enough of a word here...00:47
tonyyarussoha00:47
mneptokuberdense?00:47
rwwImagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do...00:48
mneptok(depending on your dosage)00:48
ubottuFloodBot1 called the ops in #ubuntu-ops-monitor (repeated abuse from fujiewen)00:52
elkyHe /is/ being willfully obtuse, isn't he?00:52
h00kI think so. Took car eof it.00:53
h00k*care of it.00:53
elkyA friend whom I recounted that conversation to: "We could apply the same to Israel and Palestine, right? Oh, oh, and Ireland and Northern Ireland."01:03
h00kAmerica and Russia!01:03
h00kor...something.01:03
elkyNorth America should just merge with South America. I mean, they're both /America/ right?01:11
h00kand Canada, too, they're just a bit north.01:12
elkyThey're technically part of North America.01:13
h00kYep.01:16
mneptokexcept for Quebec01:20
mneptokwhich is part of France.01:20
elkySure, that part of the North America continent is actually attached to Europe.01:23
elkyIt's an optical illusion that makes it appear in North America.01:23
mneptokhop ... Iceland01:25
mneptokskip ... Greenland01:25
mneptokjump ... SALUT! CA VA?01:25
IdleOneheh01:35
IdleOnemneptok: must of been mugged when he lived in QC01:36
IdleOnes/of/have (I hate you rww) "(01:37
Picihm03:20
IdleOne?03:20
Picihunterm03:20
IdleOnebeen doing that for a few days03:20
IdleOnedon't see a ban03:20
PiciMe either.03:21
IdleOneunless he is being forwarded from a channel that doesn't us BT03:21
PiciI doubt it.03:21
IdleOneyeah me too03:21
IdleOneuse*03:21
elkyWell he ought to fix his connection then.03:24
h00kLjl is allowed to have metabot in #ubuntu, yes?03:25
PiciYes03:26
Picih00k: hi03:26
Picier03:26
h00kI figured :)03:26
h00kPici: hi03:26
Picih00k: mistab03:26
h00kI know ;)03:26
IdleOneh00k: I had set a ban because it kept disconnecting03:33
PiciI messaged hunterm, no response.03:37
h00kis it a banforward?03:37
IdleOneno ban in BT03:38
PiciI'm talking to him now.03:39
PiciApparently some random channel is forwarding him here.03:39
h00kThat's fun03:40
* IdleOne guessed right03:41
IdleOne:)03:41
IdleOnesorta03:41
PiciIdleOne: Well its a first.03:41
IdleOnePici: :(03:41
h00kdo....we know what one?03:41
IdleOneI used to love you.03:41
h00kIdleOne: but I still love you.03:42
Picih00k: yes.03:42
IdleOneh00k: All is well in my universe again03:42
PiciSo... either I talk to this guy or we need to do something else.03:45
huntermsorry :(03:46
h00ker03:46
h00kcan I help with this at all? Where is he banned from?03:46
PiciI'm messaging the op who set the bans, we'll see what happens.,03:47
PiciThe channel is ##lessthanthree, dunno what its for.03:47
IdleOneset a ban forward back to that channel, infinite loop03:48
IdleOnewatch the hilarity ensue03:48
* h00k facepalms03:48
PiciAnd this person is screening their pm, umode +g03:48
Flannelit's probably not +F, also you can't do that, I believe.  Although you might be able to do it with a third channel in the loop.03:48
IdleOnechanA > chanB > ChanC03:49
elkyPici, i believe that's the new home of the arch trolls03:49
elkyso you may want to bring staff in to this.03:49
h00koh, fantastic.03:50
Picielky: wonderful.03:50
h00ktempted to fire up xchat here to see what's in there.03:50
PiciNothing so far.03:50
IdleOne30 @ in there03:50
elkythey were being watched in the archlinux offtopic channel and banned whenever they trolled -women and other things, so they disappeared and some of the watchers heard about ^^03:50
PiciI see a few familiar names in there though.03:51
elkyPici, i imagine so03:51
marienzyou can set such bans just fine, but the ircd stops chasing forwards after a certain depth, so they'll just get "banned" if they try to join any channel in the loop, fwiw03:55
Picimarienz: Are we pretty much out of luck if some random channel is setting banforwards here?03:55
marienzI imagine we could have a word with them03:56
PiciI'll see if the person who set them responds, but I have a feeling they wont.03:56
marienzI don't currently have the time to deal with it, but I've relayed it to other staff and can do something tomorrow myself if it's still an issue then03:58
Picimarienz: Thanks :)03:58
marienza way to figure out where a forward originated would be useful, but I can't really think of a way that'd work03:59
Picimarienz: ##lessthanthree03:59
marienzI can't think of an obvious interface to the feature, that is03:59
marienzyeah, I saw03:59
PiciOh, I see what you're saying now, nevermind.03:59
rwwh00k: fyi, I removed one of your bans yesterday, dunno if you noticed.04:08
KB1JWQHello.04:09
h00krww: I did not :) Thanks, though, no problem.04:09
KB1JWQIf we track down abusive channels, let me know.04:09
KB1JWQI'll have a polite word with 'em.04:09
h00kdowhatchugottado04:09
bazhangKB1JWQ, thanks :)04:11
h00kKB1JWQ: Thank you :)04:11
h00kMetaBot is having connection issues, apparently04:18
Flannelh00k: What else is new!04:21
elkyKB1JWQ, see my comment abotu the channel above.04:21
PiciKB1JWQ: Thank you for looking into it for us.04:21
h00kFlannel: I like turtles!04:23
KB1JWQNo worries.04:24
elkyh00k, have you been spending too much time with rww?04:24
bazhangany clue what gmote is04:24
h00kbazhang: it's some Android application for remote control04:25
h00kbazhang: http://www.gmote.org/04:25
bazhangh00k, ok thanks, thought he was simply trolling04:25
h00kbazhang: he might be...04:26
KB1JWQThe issue has been resolved.04:26
h00kKB1JWQ: thanks a ton.04:26
PiciKB1JWQ: Thank you.04:26
KB1JWQOf course.04:26
KB1JWQSorry for the delay.04:26
h00kCash appears to be MasterP04:30
bazhangh00k, seems clear, that gmote is very easy to setup and use04:30
bazhangie he's trolling04:30
h00kyes.04:30
h00kand has now been removed.04:30
bazhangstrike204:30
h00kand now WarenG04:31
bazhangyeppers04:31
h00kwell, that's taken care of04:40
ubottuIn #ubuntu-offtopic, rww said: !browsers =~ s/Konqueror/Chromium (GTK, Webkit engine), Konqueror/06:38
rwwwhile I'm thinking, the ops factoids need updating at some point ;)06:40
tonyyarussosomebody grant the fool editor access06:47
ubottuIn ubottu, IdleOne said: ops is Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) -  elky, Madpilot, tritium, Nalioth, tonyyarusso, PriceChild, Amaranth, jrib, Myrtti, mneptok, Pici, jpds, gnomefreak, bazhang, jussi, Flannel, ikonia, maco, h00k, IdleOne, rww, Jordan_U or nhandler!06:49
IdleOneno access :/06:49
Flannelserial commas are good :(06:50
elkywhee, i'm first06:50
tonyyarussoPut a comma after Jordan_U or we're revoking your ops.06:51
rwwIdleOne: yeah, in my head I was all, "Oh, the ops factoid will need updating! ... hrm, maybe I shouldn't test with that" ;P06:51
Jordan_USo what list of ops is used when you /msg ubottu? #ubuntu ?06:51
elkyWell, to be fair, rww, the people who can give you editor access are in the op list.06:51
IdleOneJordan_U: yes06:52
elkyAnd their slackness should be punished with annoying highlights and the wrath of others who were necessarily highlighted.06:52
rwwJordan_U: /msg ubottu !factoid will give you a non-channel-specific version /msg ubottu !factoid-#ubuntu-offtopic will give you the #ubuntu-offtopic-specific factoid06:52
IdleOneJordan_U: /msg ubottu ops-#ubuntu-*06:53
rww#ubuntu's ops factoid is just the global one. some of the other channels have specific ones.06:53
tonyyarussorww: http://files.tonyyarusso.com/auto_bleh.pl06:53
elkyis pricechild even around anymore?06:54
tonyyarussoHe's priceoldman now.06:54
rwwta. now I need to reconcile this one, Flannel's, and the one from the site linked in !autobleh...06:54
tonyyarussoNo you don't - mine is the best.06:54
ubottuIn #ubuntu-offtopic, rww said: !metabot is <alias> meta06:55
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DJonesHi could somebody with bot update powers update the channel specific !logs for #ubuntu-uk to take account of the new log location (or possibly just delete it so that the default is displayed assuming that they're all in the same location now)09:06
DJonesI tried /msg ubottu, but because of the channel specific extension, I don't think I got the format right so it may not have come through09:07
DJonesThanks09:07
rwwDJones: I don't have editing permission, but I'll make sure someone gets to it. Thanks :)09:08
DJonesThanks rww09:08
Tm_Thmm09:08
Tm_T!logs-#ubuntu-uk09:08
ubottuChannel logs can be found at http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/09:08
DJonesI would guess all the channel specific loco ones will need amending/deleting09:08
rwwprobably best to !forget logs-#ubuntu-uk and edit !logs to note that LoCo logs are moving to irclogs.ubuntu.com09:08
Tm_Tye09:09
Tm_T!logs09:09
ubottuOfficial channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ - For LoCo channels, http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/09:09
rww!search ubuntu-eu09:09
ubottuFound: logs-#ubuntuforums, logs-#ubuntu-uk, logs09:09
rwwlooks like it's just -uk09:09
DJonesSomebody must have been awkward when it was set, thanks for looking into it09:10
rwwPerhaps !no, logs is <reply> Official channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/09:11
Tm_Thmm09:12
rwwthe logs from ubuntu-eu might be being moved to irclogs.ubuntu.com at some point, at which time it can be changed again, I guess09:12
Tm_Tubottu: ping09:12
ubottupong09:12
ubottupong09:12
Tm_T!logs09:12
ubottuOfficial channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ - For LoCo channels, http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/09:12
Tm_T!no, logs is <reply> Official channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/09:13
ubottuI'll remember that Tm_T09:13
Tm_Trww: was writing similar but yours were bette09:13
Tm_Tr09:14
Tm_T!forget logs-#ubuntu-uk09:14
ubottuI'll forget that, Tm_T09:14
Tm_T!logs09:14
ubottuOfficial channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/09:14
Tm_Tdone09:14
* rww ponders /lastlog 62.162.217.3 in #ubuntu09:36
rwwwhois for that IP looks like a school, and "ucenik" (from the ident) means student. so there we go.09:39
bilalakhtarShould I get #ubuntu+1 op as well?09:52
bilalakhtarI am an op for #ubuntu alreasy09:52
bilalakhtar*already09:52
rwwbilalakhtar: 17:18:10 <+Pìci> rww: Yeah.  We're not sure if we want to do that until your probationary period is over.09:53
rww(talking about automatic #ubuntu+1 opship for the new #ubuntu ops)09:53
bilalakhtarthanks for the info rww09:53
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ikoniadid we just have a netsplit ?12:51
ikonia1/join s12:51
Piciikonia: you timed out.12:52
Piciikonia: also, you're a computer.12:52
ikoniaI wonder why I timed out, I'm on a box in a DC thats maintained connection12:53
ikoniaI'm a computer ?12:53
jussiikonia: [14:45:59] <-- ikonia (~mattd@unaffiliated/ikonia) has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)12:53
jussiand hai!12:53
ikoniathe odd thing is, I even saw that on my own screen ?12:54
jussiikonia: also, I noticed metabot was having connection issues again - did you ever talk to LjL about that?12:54
ikoniathat why I wondered if it was a split12:54
ikoniayes, he said the connection he was on was stable so didn't need to move it12:54
ikonia(guess he's wrong)12:54
jussiok12:54
Piciikonia: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/23/acer-rivals-libretto-w105-with-iconia-dual-screen-laptop-table/12:55
ikoniaha ha ha, lets read this12:55
jussiI loved the "better idea" in the comments :D http://oi52.tinypic.com/r8xov6.jpg12:57
PiciHah12:58
ikoniaonce again ubuntu-tweak breaks a system13:55
popeyikonia: interesting.. is this in #u?14:06
popeynvm, got it14:06
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Picierkk indeed16:38
Angah_EypohAs`saLamuaLaikum WarahmatuLLah Hiwabarakatuh ~~:)16:49
Angah_Eypohapa bnda?16:49
ikonia_darn it, I just have changed that quit message16:49
ikonia_apologies -ops16:49
Angah_Eypohhurm16:50
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ikoniaMalaysia: please leave this channel16:50
Malaysiawhy?16:51
ikoniaMalaysia: because unless you have an issue with the #ubuntu channel and you be banned, we don't allow users to idle16:51
Malaysiamak hang16:51
ikoniaI don't know what that means16:52
Malaysiawhere u form?16:52
ikoniathat doesn't matter16:52
* Malaysia (~_~) Duk Tepi Sambil-Senyum Tenguk Dalam Channel IRC.....16:53
ikoniaMalaysia: please leave this channel16:53
ikoniaplease stop that16:53
MalaysiaWhat Da Fuck!!!!16:53
Piciikonia: let me know if you need assistance.16:53
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ikoniayou've been told to stop that16:53
ikoniaPici: last chance, then it's over to you16:53
Angah_EypohBye all I am out16:53
ikoniathere we go16:54
ikoniaPici: thank you16:54
Piciikonia: anytime.16:54
ikoniaI'll give it an hour and remove that ban so he stops trying to get in16:55
ikoniawhat are surprise taylanub is from archlinux17:48
Picisurprise, they added another banforward to our channel.17:49
ikoniastaff should kline the whole lot17:49
Piciikonia: I'm going to grab lunch, I'll deal with it when I return.17:49
ikoniaPici: I'll sort it now,17:51
Piciikonia: KB1 JWQ had helped with it yesterday.17:59
IdleOneGood morning18:00
ikoniaPici: they have removed the bans now as they fear staff killing the whole channel18:00
Piciikonia: oh?18:00
IdleOnebilalakhtar: Congrats on +o, not sure if I had said it to you already18:01
bilalakhtarIdleOne: Thanks, even I don't remember that :)18:01
bilalakhtarthough Pici spelt my nick wrong in the announcement18:02
ikoniaPici: I joined and asked them to remove the ban, some of them where laughing at it, then tried to come up with crap excuses for it,18:02
ikoniait's clear it's a troll pit, staff need to action18:02
ikoniaKB1JWQ: ping18:02
mneptokshutting down the channel will result in whack-a-mole, IMO18:03
mneptokbetter to leave them right where they are. which is a known quantity.18:04
IdleOneI have to agree, better to have them all in one place we know about18:04
ikoniaI disagree18:05
Picibilalakhtar: Er, sorry. It wasn't intentional18:05
bilalakhtarPici: no probs, atleast the flags got set on me and not someone else18:05
IdleOneideally they would all be banned from the network18:05
Tm_Tideally they would all be good18:07
IdleOneTm_T: +118:07
IdleOnebut they have proven no interest in being good IRC citizens18:08
Tm_Tstill its ideal (:18:08
IdleOnekline them all and let the gods sort them out18:08
Tm_Tban or other "punishment" is never a good thing, although necessary evil way too often18:09
jussiIsnt "all" a bit over inclusive term? I mean is _every_ archlinux user in that channel at fault? is it not a bit unfair to brand them all the same?18:13
ikoniait is18:13
ikoniathey are ALL ops18:13
ikoniathey are all doing it18:13
ikoniaso it's not unfair18:13
jussiwait, we are talking about #archlinux-offtopic ? or?18:16
PiciActually it looks like one of them is setting the bans.18:16
IdleOnejussi: no18:16
PiciFrom what I've seen at least.18:16
IdleOne#lessthenthree18:16
IdleOnesomething like that18:16
jussiso what was with the comment that he was from arch?18:17
IdleOnethey are a group from arch that formed this channel18:17
ikoniabecause the users who where a problem in arch linux have joined that channel to continue to be a problem18:17
Picijussi: A number of people who are in that channel are people who were in the arch -offtopic channel.18:17
ikoniaas the archlinux guys have got a bit tougher18:17
IdleOneGood to know that the arch people are being less tolerant of bad behavior18:18
ikoniait's the usual idiots, like thewizord and all that lot with "FUCK FREENODE YOU  CAN'T STOP US" approach18:18
ikoniathe channel appears to have not intended to be a trollpit, but the usual trolls joined it and are abusing it18:19
jussiok, just that "no suprise $user is from $group" and then "kline the lot of them" sounds like "them" = "$group"18:20
ikoniait is18:20
ikoniait's meant to sound like that18:20
jussiSo you think we should kline the whole of archlinux then...18:20
IdleOnehehe no18:20
ikoniano, the whole of that community that is a problem18:20
IdleOnewithout having all the info, my comment does sound extreme I agree18:21
jussibecause: [19:48:30] <ikonia> what are surprise taylanub is from archlinux - then - [19:49:33] <ikonia> staff should kline the whole lot18:21
ikoniayes and ?18:21
jussiso, we should kline all of arch?18:22
ikoniaor we could get a grip18:22
ikoniait's clear from the ensuing discission and the previous discussion there are a group of archlinux channel users who have made their own troll pit18:22
jussiNo, we could just not give everyone in a certain group a bad name, just because some idiots come from that group.18:22
IdleOnejussi: we were discussing "all" the people from the certain channel and they happen to be arch users who have been removed from the arch channels.18:23
ikoniajussi: get a grip18:23
ikoniaseriously18:23
IdleOneI think we are making this a bigger discussion then it needs to be, the people in that channel are known trolls.18:24
ikoniaexactly18:24
jussiIm just trying to point out that the way your words sound give people reason to complain about our attitude and our motivation - regardless of how they were meant. So lets try to be careful with our words and not give trolls fuel for their fires.18:26
IdleOnefair enough18:26
ikoniajussi: you're just being stupid18:27
IdleOneikonia: no need for that.18:27
IdleOnestep back for a minute please18:27
ikonialets not try to be careful, lets try to talk openly and honestly18:27
ikoniaIdleOne: no18:27
ikoniayou step out18:27
IdleOneok18:27
ikoniathank you18:27
mneptokikonia: i think the name-calling needs to stop.18:28
ikoniaI'm not calling anyone names18:28
mneptokikonia: calling jussi's or his opinions "stupid" adds noting to the discussion.18:28
ikoniamaking an issue out of nothing to try to be politically super clean, is stupid18:28
ikoniarather than just reading the actial conveation and understand it is the group we are talking about18:29
mneptokbanning groups of people based on the actions of a few people with no direct evidence that the *entire* group is responsible does not put us on the high road.18:30
ikoniathe evidence is that the enitre group is in the other channel18:31
ikoniaput us on the high road ?18:31
ikoniawhat are you talking about18:31
ikoniathere are a known group of users that have been a problem, they have formed a new channel, staff can deal with it, or not18:31
ikoniaand picking up on wording on so that people who read the logs of this channel can't nit pick is just poor18:32
ikoniaand a step away from reality, this channel is logged, as is the content of the previous discussions, it should not be hard to show the context of the problem18:32
ikoniaand to be honest, we spend hour entertaining these issue users who read the logs and nitpick on wording rather than actually stopping their pointless complaint earlier18:33
mneptokbut no comments from the Ubuntu ops should require that others go looking for context. we should say what we mean, and it should be clear within its own context.18:34
ikoniaso telling me to "watch what I say" is offensive, rather than culling the pointless complaints that could come from this minor wording issue18:34
mneptokone man's opinion.18:34
ikoniayes18:34
ikoniaif this is the councils view, then in my opinion it is futher out of touch than I first suspected18:34
ikoniajussi: I'll email you the logs, and you can sort it out with perfectly worded discussion in here18:35
ikoniayou can raise it with staff and you can progress it18:35
mneptokikonia: someome telling me "watch what you say" would result in me looking at what i said and evaluating it. not an immediate reason to take offense. so i'll submit that jussi's admonishment was not inherently offensive, but rather that the problem lies with how you decided to interpret it.18:36
* mneptok may well be wrong18:36
* charlie-tca agrees with mneptok 18:36
ikoniamneptok: you're not wrong,18:36
jussiikonia: we all should be striving to be better ops, so rather than just critiscing me, would it not be easier to just say, oh, yeah, that didnt come out as clear as it could, heres what I meant?18:36
ikoniajussi: would it have been easy to say nothing18:36
_____________Hi!18:37
ikoniaahhh one of the channel trolls users now18:37
ikoniaI'll leave this to jussi to sort out18:37
_____________me?18:37
_____________i'm not a troll18:37
jussihi _____________18:38
_____________i came here because i'm curious18:38
_____________hi jussi18:38
PiciAbout?18:38
_____________about the fuss18:38
_____________in general18:38
PiciI'm sorry, what fuss are you talking about?18:38
PicijoeDeuce: How can we help you?18:38
joeDeucejust dropping by to say hey18:39
joeDeuceikonia visited our channel earlier, so i thought i'd at least show the same respect :)18:39
_____________same here18:39
_____________i just read the topic18:39
_____________this chan is only for people with problem18:39
_____________*problems18:40
PiciCorrect.18:40
_____________must be a pretty depressing chan18:40
_____________so, i'll just say bye and leave18:40
PiciOkay then.18:40
joeDeucehave a good day gentlemen, gentlewomen18:41
ikonia18:41 <@_____________> joeDeuce: u trollin?18:41
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ikoniairc council members, I expect you to progress the issue of the actions of ##lessthanthree with freenode19:09
tsimpson|n800ikonia: we already did19:49
Picitsimpson|n800: It happened again today.19:52
mneptokhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWa0dZMHYeE19:54
tsimpson|n800click-fail19:54
tsimpson|n800Pici: maybe we should think about removing +F temporarily, or creating a +m channel explicitly for forwards? (thinking out loud)19:56
Picitsimpson|n800: I don't really think either are good solutions.19:56
tsimpson|n800well, there's nothing we can activity do about it, so other than just hope they stop...19:58
tsimpson|n800*activly19:59
* tsimpson|n800 has spelling fail and gives up19:59
ikoniaI believe they will now stop20:15
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_Techie_is anybody other than jrib active at the moment?21:49
_Techie_i wish to 'commune' with the otehr 'gods'21:51
IdleOne_Techie_: how can I help you?21:51
_Techie_i wish to know why as a community ubuntu is so screwed up21:51
IdleOnefor the record we aren't gods21:51
IdleOne_Techie_: you are welcome to help make it better21:52
_Techie_IdleOne, do you agree that changing nick to define away status, causes no more channel spam than someone closign their client and re joining it when back?21:53
IdleOne_Techie_: I agree that if we allow 1 person to do it then we need to allow all the people to do it. Imagine 1400+ users setting away nicks on and off all day long21:54
IdleOne#u is confusing enough as it is21:54
_Techie_imagine 1400+ users joining and parting from #ubuntu all day long... oh wait that already happens21:54
IdleOneexactly21:54
IdleOneso lets not add to it with away nicks21:54
_Techie_so why am i singled out for using an away nick when the alternative produces no more spam21:55
IdleOnebecause we can't tell people not to join the channel or not to part/quit21:55
IdleOnebut we can ask that users who are in the channel not add to the already heavy scroll with nick changes21:56
IdleOne_Techie_: was there anything else I could help with?21:58
_Techie_i can see that obviously this is going to be of no use as you seem to be as blind as other ops21:59
_Techie_actually there is one other thing21:59
_Techie_i currently havea ban in #ubuntu for protesting this point22:00
IdleOne_Techie_: my personal beliefs on the matter are of no consequence. the rules are that users in #ubuntu don't use -away nicks because it adds to scroll22:00
IdleOne_Techie_: give me a minute to look up the ban22:00
_Techie_i would like to have this ban remove, if you wish to make me seem like the bad person here, then so be it... i will become that person22:00
IdleOne_Techie_: nobody wants to make you out to be the "bad person"22:01
IdleOneI just need to know that you understand the !guidelines and agree to follow them before I can lift the ban22:01
_Techie_give me a few minutes to read over them in detail22:02
IdleOnesure thing22:02
IdleOnefeel free to ask if you have any questions about them22:03
_Techie_i guess that im going to be finding a different distribution22:04
_Techie_because i will not remove my away nick22:04
IdleOnealright then, sorry we couldn't agree22:05
_Techie_i do however agree to the other terms22:05
IdleOnewell, being part of a community is accepting to follow all the rules not just those we agree with22:06
IdleOnebut like I said, you can help make the community better, work from within the system.22:06
topylino need to change distributions, the rules apply just to the irc channels. :)22:06
_Techie_topyli, im glad you dont want a user ot have to change distributions, but i however am not willing to push a distribution that i dont fully agree with22:08
topyliok :(22:09
IdleOne_Techie_: if you change your mind you can come back here and we can remove the ban.22:10
_Techie_when asa  group you decide that away nicks are contributing to spam no more than if those users were joining and parting, then i will be more than glad to come back to ubuntu, its a great project, the community however needs to think rules through22:10
_Techie_the only agreement we can come to without a rule change is for me to join and part #ubuntu every time i DC, which would be no better than my current away nick setup, but it would however conform tothe rules22:12
IdleOne_Techie_: if you are willing to not set away nicks I can lift the ban but understand that if you are going to join/part every 2 minutes that might result in another ban for join/part spamming.22:14
IdleOnebut I don't think that was your intentions22:14
_Techie_the away nick will remain, and the only reason i joined and reconnected repeatedly other than in protest was when restarting to apply cahnges, which couldnt be helped22:15
IdleOneAlright then, I guess there is nothing else to discuss.22:15
topyli_Techie_: if there's nothin else, please part this channel. idling is not allowed here, as stated in the channel topic22:21
_Techie_okay, farewell. IdleOne if you wish to ban be from #ubuntu-server aswell, you may do so22:22
IdleOneup to -server ops to decide that22:22
IdleOneI do think he had a bit of a point. What I mean is a nick change is not that big a deal, it's when some users away annouce scripts that it becomes an issue.22:25
PiciHow many times did he change his nick?22:25
IdleOnes/some users/some users use/22:26
IdleOnehe changed his nick and then got !away22:26
PiciOnce?22:26
IdleOnefrom the ban comment he then spammed the channel with nick changes22:26
IdleOnewhich I assume is what prompted the ban22:26
IdleOnehmm it was more then once22:27
IdleOnewithin a few minutes22:27
PiciI'd say thats a valid situation to use !away in22:28
IdleOneyup22:28
IdleOneit was22:29
IdleOneanyway, I'll ammend my previous comment with, a nick change every now and then is ok. 7 in a few minutes is too much.22:29
PiciAgreed.22:29
IdleOneit is funny what some people will chose to fight over.22:31
IdleOnethis away nick thing was not worth a continued ban22:31
IdleOnehe chose it though22:31
IdleOne-server op might want to talk to _techie_23:34
_Techie_are there any #ubuntu-server ops present?23:35
_Techie_i am about to reboot into windows, expect a nick change for away23:39
elkyPici, i think you're the only -server op here23:39
IdleOne_Techie_: different ubuntu channels have different cultures and may be more or less strict when applying the guidelines23:39
=== _Techie_ is now known as _TechAway_
_Techie_are there any #ubuntu-server ops present?23:41
IdleOneAs i was saying before you rudely changed your nick in defiance, some channels apply the rules less strictly, #ubuntu-server may be one of them. #ubuntu is not.23:42
_Techie_i know this, i still wish to talk with an operator of #ubuntu-server23:43
Flannel_Techie_: there don't appear to be any #ubuntu-server operators present at this time, no.23:43
_Techie_thankyou for your respone Flannel i will come back at a later time23:43
IdleOneI would like to point out there is no chance in heck that he booted to windows that fast23:44

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