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ali1234the bbc news website has really gone down in quality since they redesigned it00:50
ali1234"more on this story" is now autogenerated and links to seemingly random other news stories, when it works at all00:51
hamitronbut has it REALLY EVER had good quality content? ;)00:51
ali1234yes00:52
ali1234it's still better than slashdot00:52
hamitronwhoopie \o/ :D00:52
hamitronI've started reading the news on yahoo front page :/00:53
hamitronshould I need, at least I get "important" news like the new Britain's Got Talent judges00:54
hamitron:\00:54
ali1234ha ha00:54
Azelphurhttp://www.break.com/index/how-to-report-the-news.html01:22
Azelphurahahahaha, BBC News in a nutshell01:22
exobuzzcharlie brooker rules01:31
exobuzzseen his one off "gameswipe" ? his other stuff is good too newswipe/screenwipe01:32
Azelphur:p01:32
Azelphurnope01:32
exobuzztis worth a looksee.01:32
Azelphurexobuzz: I'm using a minimal installer on my mums laptop in the hope that it works :p01:38
Azelphurit wouldn't install from CD because the drive is on the way out and it's too old to install from USB01:39
exobuzznetboot it ?01:39
exobuzz:)01:39
hamitronor could use the mini.iso01:40
Azelphurhamitron: yea I'm using mini.iso01:41
hamitronoh, not the command line system install on the alt cd then01:41
hamitron:)01:41
Azelphurhehe nope :)01:41
hamitronI keep meaning to use the mini.iso for all my installs01:41
hamitronbut I haven't got around to setting up apt-proxy or apt-cacher01:42
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AzelphurI havn't set them up either so I'm going from the web xD02:10
AzelphurI should set up an apt cache though02:10
Azelphurquite a few Ubuntu machines in this house02:10
hamitronok for 1 or 2 machines02:10
hamitronbut I got maybe 8 I want to upgrade to 10.04 on02:11
Azelphuryea, I have at least 802:11
AzelphurxD02:11
hamitronare you doing full installs?02:11
AzelphurI was just thinking for upgrades02:11
hamitronthat would be crazy02:11
hamitronah02:11
hamitronall I want to do is basic fresh installs with only LXDE02:12
hamitronno Gnome and crap02:12
Azelphurhehe02:12
nigelbAlanBell: Hi, can you get meetingology to join #ubuntu-in? :)04:18
shauno1Gb 'walletex' flash card.  any fun ideas what to do with it?  (currently has gnewsense-live on it, which is pretty useless on my laptop)04:55
shaunofound my fsf membership card over the weekend, and trying to think of something useful for it to do04:57
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MooDoohello all07:37
shaunomorning moo07:53
Apacheukhow is everyone this morning?08:12
MooDoonot 3 bad thanks :) you?08:13
shaunoI just found a picture of my car (which I don't live in the same country as anymore).  sentimental much.  http://files.shaunoneil.com/mini/mini-chev.jpg08:15
diploMorning all08:42
MooDoomornign08:45
daubersMorning08:52
BigRedSG'morning!09:00
shaunoaloha09:01
BigRedSmore people should have coloured shell prompts09:09
shaunothat's a pretty random statement.  mine aren't coloured09:13
shaunoI do have the hostname in every prompt tho.  else I go insane09:14
bigcalmMorning peeps09:14
BigRedSah yeah, it's just when scrolling back up through the output of something run twice with two different inputs I keep missing the join on these machines09:15
BigRedSso I get the correct bits out of the first, then some of the first and some of the second for the second09:15
BigRedSof course, I could just be more awake, or use clear more09:15
shaunomy prompts are all machine:path$09:16
shauno9am is very possibly your real problem ;)09:16
BigRedShaha09:16
screen-xmorning :-/09:19
shaunohowdy09:20
andylockranhowdy howdy howdy09:22
MooDoomornin09:22
screen-xsup andylockran09:22
bigcalmGood evening09:22
shaunooi!  howdy's my word!09:22
screen-xbit andylockran has three repeats trademarked09:23
MooDooshauno: didn't you say aloha earlier?  which is czajkowski 's word :p09:23
shaunodamn cztab.  she's everywhere09:23
czajkowskialoha09:25
shaunoof course09:25
shaunohuhu cztab09:25
czajkowski:)09:26
bigcalmGood morning czajkowski *hugs* :)09:26
bigcalmshauno: that's written cz<tab>09:27
shaunosadly, this is probably my queue to go to sleep09:27
shaunobigcalm: I proxy my client via irssi-proxy.  sending ^I inline doesn't work09:27
bigcalmshauno: so nothing can be greater or less than to you? :)09:28
czajkowskiGo into google and search "how to find chuck norris", then click "im feeling lucky"09:28
shaunobigcalm: I'm not sure.  I try not to make my client-upon-client stack explode intentionally09:29
shauno(^I is <tab> :p )09:29
MooDooczajkowski: i've never done this but i'm guessing its, "no one finds chuck norris, he finds you"??09:29
bigcalmshauno: I see. I was refering to the literal <tab> characters, not the actual key09:30
bigcalmpages from Chuck's Beard?!09:30
czajkowskibigcalm: folks in other channels call me cztab09:30
MooDooczajkowski: pmsl it was :)09:30
czajkowskiI blame tdr11209:30
shaunoI blame trying to spell the whole thing on a phone09:30
screen-xbigcalm: s/<tab>/\t/09:30
* bigcalm sighs ans goes back to work :(09:30
screen-xbigcalm: more php and mysql?09:31
shauno^I is chr(9) is \t09:31
bigcalmscreen-x: such is my lot in life09:32
bigcalmCakePHP today09:32
* czajkowski hugs bigcalm 09:32
bigcalm\o/09:32
* shauno hugs bigcalm 09:32
shaunoequality ftw :p09:32
bigcalm\o/09:33
screen-xbigcalm: will you be accompanying your php with some beats?09:33
bigcalmscreen-x: Liquid DnB from http://www.di.fm/09:33
shaunoI don't really mind php.  it's very C-like.09:33
shaunoit's people that mess the whole thing up for everyone09:33
screen-xDnB \o/09:33
bigcalmThough I'd just like to point out this thing I pretty much finished last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgglMgroVI09:34
bigcalmThat's the last I'll mutter about it. Until some amazing new feature happens I guess09:35
screen-xbigcalm: cool :)09:36
screen-xsimple, and finger friendly09:36
bigcalmscreen-x: ta :)09:36
gorddaaaang guys, the average amount paid for the humble indie bundle by linux users dropped from $14.something to $13.something. show some love :) http://www.humblebundle.com09:36
bigcalmThat's the thing. Existing online alarms are not finger friendly09:36
andylockrananyone see the OpenBSD announcement last night by Theo?09:38
shaunopft.  linux contributors are over twice the dollar amount by windows'09:38
shaunoand yes.  much discussion of openbsd when I was still awake/sober/et09:38
screen-xandylockran: what did they announce?09:38
andylockranscreen-x: some guy has emailed them 10 years after doing some work for them, to say that he, and other people he was working with, may have coded backdoors into OpenBSDs IPSEC implementation09:39
andylockranas they were also on the payroll of an FBI project to do just that.09:39
andylockranit's only come out now as it's 10 years since, therefore the NDA has now expired.09:39
screen-xyay, code audit time09:39
andylockranscreen-x: yup09:40
screen-xand I hope linus and crew do the same, for completeness09:40
BigRedSI'd hope anyone with that stack does same09:40
BigRedSer, except me09:41
BigRedSpeople upstream of me only :)09:41
gordhuh, did some calculations on the humble indie bundle. by my reckoning nearly 26 thousand linux users have bought the humble indie bundle.. seems crazy that video game makers don't mine the linux crowd more, thar be money in them hills09:44
BigRedSEspecially since, right now, if you release a game for Linux there's a big bunch of people who'll buy it just to demonstrate it's a good idea09:44
popeyandylockran: i wouldn't be surprised if that whole thing was fake09:50
BigRedSyeah, but I think it still needs to be demonstrated to be so09:51
BigRedSMS are going to love it :/09:51
bigcalmpopey: touch alarm is useable. Want to play with it?09:51
screen-xbigcalm: host it on a free aws instance :D09:55
bigcalmaws?09:55
BigRedSamazon09:55
BigRedS(web services)09:55
bigcalmI'm just about to put it on my bytemark host09:55
bigcalmBigRedS: ta09:55
popeynot sure I'd use it tbh :)09:56
screen-xbigcalm: popey requires radio 2 functionality09:56
popey+1209:56
bigcalmHehe09:56
popeyif it streamed R2, you're on a winner09:56
bigcalmThat's on a mental to do list09:56
bigcalmIt's entirely possible09:57
popeyhttp://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2.ask09:57
popeyhttp://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2.asx09:57
popeyjob done09:57
popeyis it done yet?09:57
BigRedSpopey supports a rapid development methodology09:57
popeyheh09:57
popeyis it done yet?09:57
screen-x1) dictate spec 2) poke 3) is it done yet? yes->end no-> goto 209:58
bigcalmHaha09:58
bigcalmhttp://idophp.co.uk/touch_alarm/09:59
andylockranmysql guruus?  I want to check the type of column on a 'session_id' column.  I run show columns from sessions LIKE '%session_id%';10:00
andylockranis there a way to get that command to query all databases for that column, rather than just the one I'm using10:00
BigRedSall databases or all tables in that database?10:01
BigRedS(not that I know how to do either)10:02
andylockranadd databases10:02
andylockranall*10:02
MezSHOW COLUMNS FROM *.* LIKE '%session_id%';10:02
Mez?10:02
andylockrannope, I tried SHOW COLUMNS FROM *.sessions LIKE '%session_id%'; too10:03
Mezfoo.* ?10:03
screen-xandylockran: prob have to write some sort of loop that selects each database in turn :(10:04
andylockranscreen-x: yeah, no worries - thanks10:04
* Mez is wondering 10:04
MezSELECT * FROM inforation_schema.COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%session_id%'; (assuming mysql >510:05
czajkowskiMez: I met another meridith!10:05
Mezczajkowski: A10:06
Mezczajkowski: Are you saying you met one of my family? Or someone with the same surname as me (assuming you spelt it wrong there)10:06
davmor2morning all10:06
czajkowskiMez: same surname10:07
Mezczajkowski: Did you meet a meredith or meridith ?10:08
Mez@{10:08
Mez: P*10:08
czajkowskiMeredith10:09
Apacheukandylockran: I no MYSQL expert, now if it was an Oracle database I could tell you in a flash..... but that info (if you are talking about the column datatype) is normally held in a data dictionary on the ddatabase10:11
andylockranMez gets 11 points for the prize :)10:13
Mezczajkowski: cool... Doubt it's any relation though (and meredith isn't that uncommon a surname!)10:16
czajkowskiMez: he's never met another one!10:19
MezWeird...10:20
danfishmorning10:20
czajkowskioh there will be a Bath meet up on thursday :D10:20
Mezczajkowski: of Merediths?10:21
danfishMez could form his own channel, like thealans :)10:21
gordoh firefox, how i hate your download window10:21
czajkowskigord: why ?10:21
czajkowskiMez: aye10:21
davmor2gord: just set it too hide :)10:21
Mezczajkowski: ah well - unfortunately - it's not my family - and I'm busy tomorrow picking up the new car10:22
gordczajkowski, it never pops up for me for some reason and even if it does. if i want to check my downloads i have to find my firefox download window. who's icon looks precisely the same as the rest of my firefox windows. its just a pain, why can't it be a tab :(10:22
* davmor2 pulls faces at czajkowski 10:23
* czajkowski puts ablack bag over davmor2 face10:23
BigRedSgord: you can configure it to pop up for you10:23
BigRedSI use ctrl-shift-y to get it whenever I need it10:23
BigRedSbut looking like not jut another ff window would be nice10:23
Mezczajkowski: you do know your linkedin profile lists you as10:23
Mez"Marketing Executive at Sirius Corporation plc at Sirius Corporation plc"10:24
czajkowskiI do now..10:24
* davmor2 suffocates and dies, epitaph to read #blameczajkowski 10:24
gordi installed an add-on so now it opens in a tab \o/10:24
gordand now i right clicked the tab and pinned it as an application tab \o/10:25
Mezdavmor2: I have a bone to pick with you10:25
gordi love firefox again10:25
gordapplication tabs are great btw :) most under-exposed firefox feature and its wonderful10:25
screen-xgord application tab? is that like a pinned tab in chrome?10:30
gordscreen-x, i wouldn't know, been a while since i used chrome10:30
screen-xyeah, looks like it's the same thing.10:32
screen-xare fstab entries mounted in file order at boot time? is there any dependency resolution?10:45
screen-xIe does the init script work out that /var needs to be mounted after /? and /var/vm needs to be mounted after /var..10:46
popeyscreen-x: I'd look at the source for "mountall"10:47
popey!info mountall10:47
lubotu3mountall (source: mountall): filesystem mounting tool. In component main, is required. Version 2.19 (maverick), package size 51 kB, installed size 228 kB10:47
screen-xstripping out all the error handling and organisation, mountall does: mount -a -t proc; mount -a -t noproc,nfs,nfs4,smbfs,cifs,ncp,ncpfs,coda,ocfs2,gfs;  Are ext FSs included implicitly?10:55
screen-xsorted, from man 5 fstab: "The  order  of  records  in  fstab  is  important because fsck(8), mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab doing their thing."10:59
* daubers sequentially iterates through time at the rate of 1 second/second11:00
* popey moves away from daubers at the speed of light11:01
dauberspopey: Now I'm not iterating through time in your frame of reference11:02
* screen-x notes that popey's relativistic observations do not affect daubers' real experiences11:02
screen-xdaubers: wouldn't it be strange if you could alter times iterator, so it doesn't always return seconds in sequential order11:04
daubersscreen-x: You just need masses of negative energy :)11:05
bigcalmWhat are the chances of my graze box being delivered today? Place your bets!11:05
daubersscreen-x: Or you could skip bits by playing with inertial frames11:05
daubersbigcalm: Mine wasn't...11:05
daubersscreen-x: You'd need negative energy to get previous elements of the sequence though11:05
bigcalmdaubers: poop!11:06
bigcalmAnybody know how to play a .asx stream in Chrome? :)11:24
bigcalmI have the URL for BBC Radio 2...11:25
popeyheheh11:27
dwatkinsCan't you just listen via iplayer, bigcalm?11:29
bigcalmdwatkins: one could, but I don't want to11:30
* dwatkins hands bigcalm a wind-up radio11:30
bigcalm:)11:30
bigcalmdwatkins: it's for this app I wrote for the Joggler: http://idophp.co.uk/touch_alarm/11:31
dwatkinsneat11:32
popeybigcalm: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=836011:33
bigcalmpopey: aha!11:34
bigcalmHummmmm11:34
popeyjw player is free for non-commerical use iirc11:34
exobuzzthere is also flowplayer11:36
exobuzznot used either in a while.11:36
exobuzzs/radio 2/radio 4 :)11:37
exobuzzor.. ubuntu uk podcast!11:37
exobuzzwake up with alan!11:37
bigcalmHAha11:38
bigcalmOooo11:38
bigcalmI could add Crazy Tune as an alarm sound11:38
* bigcalm hunts for the mp311:38
dwatkinsI keep meaning to put Morse code ringtones on my phone.11:39
exobuzzto spell out ?11:39
dwatkinsyeah, exobuzz - so my girlfriend's ringtone would be ...-. . .- .-. -.11:39
dwatkinsIt would force me to learn Morse properly.11:40
dwatkinsor at least recognise some names in it.11:40
exobuzzNothing to do ?11:40
exobuzz<3 internets11:41
dwatkinssorry?11:41
exobuzzoh wait.. the javascript didnt work11:41
exobuzzwrong number of chars anyway11:41
exobuzzhaha11:41
exobuzzit said "nothing to do".11:41
dwatkinsheh11:41
exobuzzga.. ill do it manually.11:41
dwatkinsCan anyone direct me to a guide for getting a samba server to work with a fairly standard corporate LDAP configuration for user authentication, please? I have looked online but none of the umpteen guides I've followed seem to get it to work.11:43
exobuzzwhat was the first letter?11:44
exobuzzgot e a r n11:44
popeybigcalm: http://popey.com/~alan/uupc/11:44
exobuzzl e a r n ?11:44
bigcalmpopey: got it, ta :)11:44
dwatkinsexobuzz: 'F'11:44
popey:)11:44
bigcalmpopey: it's been on my phone for quite some time now11:44
exobuzzf e a r n aah11:44
dwatkinssorry, I put too many dots11:44
exobuzzheh. well the other letters took me a while with that chart. no job for me at bletchley then.11:45
exobuzzif i could be arsed to change my ringtone it would be "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYryKa3CQTE" :)11:46
exobuzzor something11:46
bigcalmThat's Crazy Words - Crazy Tune added as an alarm sound to http://idophp.co.uk/touch_alarm/11:49
bigcalm:)11:49
bigcalmI assume that it's out of copyright by now?11:49
bigcalmHumf, not working on my Joggler11:53
diploSnooze normally makes it go off again after 5 mins and a stop button to turn it off ?11:54
bigcalm_Hazar!11:58
bigcalm_It does work, but only with a .ogg11:58
bigcalm_And what's with my connection today?11:59
* bigcalm_ grrs at VirginMedia11:59
MooDoobigcalm_: not still the linx issue is it?11:59
bigcalm_:(12:00
bigcalm_While checking the Service status with VirginMedia: Sorry, this service isn't working at the moment. Please try again later on.12:01
* bigcalm_ shakes his head12:02
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MooDoothere was a massive outage yesterday at linx in london that caused all isp to have rubbish connectivity :(12:03
bigcalmOuch12:03
jpdsHappens.12:03
MooDooyeah certainly does12:04
* bigcalm ugs12:15
czajkowskihmmm interesting http://www.osnews.com/story/24136/_quot_FBI_Added_Secret_Backdoors_to_OpenBSD_IPSEC_quot_12:16
Davieyooooooooooold :P12:21
* czajkowski hugs Daviey ello ello stranger12:23
Davieyczajkowski: oi oi.. keeping well?12:23
czajkowskigrand12:23
Daviey\o/12:23
czajkowskiDaviey: all set for xmas?12:24
Davieyno :/12:24
Davieyyou?12:24
czajkowskiI got one pressie ordered yesterday on amazon hoping it arrives now before I leave12:24
czajkowskiother than that, nope diddly squat12:24
Davieygoody :)12:29
Davieyczajkowski: I've not received my xmas card from you yet.12:29
czajkowskiclearly ....... in the post12:29
Davieypah12:31
czajkowskidon't pah me mister!12:32
davmor2czajkowski: I've not received mine either if you're handing out xmas cards willy nilly :P12:41
screen-xApparently the first iostat result is average since boot, I wondered why it was so different from subsequent outputs..12:43
* czajkowski puts davmor2 back in the bold corner 12:47
davmor2:P12:48
bigcalmpopey: I've managed to integrate jwplayer and it plays the .oggs just fine. Struggling with this .asx for Radio 212:48
UndiFineDczajkowski, wisdom tooth ?12:57
bigcalmNow I'm struggling against crossdomain policy restrictions12:57
czajkowskiUndiFineD: aye13:02
UndiFineDczajkowski, see a dentist soon ! :)13:02
czajkowskimonday booked in13:03
bigcalmpopey: damn you and your radio 2 :P13:03
* UndiFineD hands czajkowski a box of 500 ibrufen 100013:03
popey:)13:04
popeybigcalm: feel free to give feedback to the bbc13:04
bigcalm;)13:04
exobuzzaah asx is windows audio right? does jwplayer do that then ?13:05
bigcalmYes13:05
exobuzzdidnt know.13:06
bigcalmHow does the default o2 system play BBC Radio streams?13:06
exobuzzaah asx is a playlist..13:06
exobuzzdepends what it has in it i guess though right ?13:06
exobuzzbigcalm, via another service13:07
exobuzzforgot the name13:07
* davmor2 trupms UndiFineD with co-dydramol for czajkowski 13:09
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exobuzzthere is some bbc radio stuff as mp3 streams. for iphone. not sure if its just listen again stuff.13:12
exobuzzthere is also mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio4/radio4_bb_live_ep1_sl1 which mplaeyr says is divx audio v213:13
exobuzzand they serve up audio over rtmp etc also like their video streams13:14
exobuzzi maintain http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-iplayerv2/ and have had lots of fights with bbc meta data and their changes over the last year13:14
* popey hugs get_iplayer13:15
popeyand rtmpdump13:15
exobuzzshame noone has cracked v2 swf verification though. if they move to that. its all over13:15
exobuzzthe current maintainer of rtmpdump certainly has the ability to crack it im sure, but not the interest at least currently13:17
diploexobuzz, the screenshot links get a 502 bad gateway when you follow them13:18
exobuzzso they do..13:18
exobuzzshame i dont have the originals (i took over this some months back) :/ probably time to make some new ones13:19
diploheh, keep meaning to try xbmc again13:19
exobuzzmaybe just one imageshack server is down13:19
exobuzzthanks for the heads up though13:19
diploCan't host the images on the code.google..... pages ?13:19
exobuzzwell i dunno. ive not spent a lot of time with the google code site apart from a few things.13:20
exobuzzyou would think so..13:20
exobuzzthe plugin works better than the wiki page hopefully :)13:20
diploheh, will give it a try this weekend13:24
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gordy'know, i love that you can do ctrl+l to type in the location you want in nautilus, but i really hate that it does not understand what ~ means >:(14:16
screen-x:(14:18
screen-xI installed nautilus terminal, mostly so I could cd, but it doesn't work, the terminal and the nautilus window loose sync.14:19
gorddid you know that /home/gord/~/.local does not exist?14:19
screen-xI do now.14:19
screen-xmemtest has taken 3 hours to do 45% of pass 014:28
dwatkinsthat's normaly, isn't it?14:29
screen-xprobably, I'm just impatient.14:30
dwatkinsDepends how much RAM you have, for starters, then the speed...14:31
popey..direction of the neutron flow14:31
screen-x48G DDR3 1066, North East14:31
dwatkinsYou have 48 GB of RAM and you expect a memory test to run quickly?14:32
screen-xThese things are supposed to get faster as well as more capacious...14:33
screen-xMaybe memtest86 needs some multithreaded goodness14:34
gordthey are! you don't want to know how long it would of taken with old slower ram14:34
dwatkinsfaster doesn't mean it all gets faster, it means for a given amount of storage or RAM that accessing it is quicker, the moer RAM you have, the slower it is to read and write it all14:35
dogmatic69i remember formatting 1 gig hard drives over night14:35
dogmatic69now you can do a 1TB faster than that14:35
dwatkinsyeah, dd if=/dev/zero of=/$DEVICENAME14:36
dwatkinsDO NOT try this at home, kids14:36
dwatkinsif you want it nice and quick, just do the first 512k, that'll wipe out the partition table and make all your data inaccessible in a few seconds...14:37
dwatkins...mkfs shouldn't take very long at-all, after that14:37
daubersdwatkins: Also remember you'll need to be root :)14:37
dwatkinsdaubers: thankfully, yes14:37
popeyshall we refrain from the silly commands? :)14:37
dauberscat /dev/urandom > /dev/popey14:38
screen-xpopey: and I was just getting to the fork bomb14:38
popeyhey! that's my trick!14:38
daubersurandom was always my friend for testing soundcards14:38
* popey tickles Daviey 14:38
* bigcalm is not feeling the Joggler love this afternoon14:38
gordduring lunch today i enabled map generation on my minecraft server :) http://gordallott.com/img/minecraft.png pretty cool i think14:39
* Daviey giggles like a Gary 14:39
bigcalmgord: coo14:39
gordthe map makes me want to build cities all over it, ala sim city 200014:40
* popey tickles Gary 14:40
popeyI think I may be overdosing on one song on spotify14:40
MartijnVdSpopey: which one?14:41
* dogmatic69 goes to buy minecraft14:41
gordif its not sledgehammer, then you are overdosing on the wrong track14:41
popeyHome - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes14:41
popey\o/ dogmatic6914:41
popeywont see dogmatic69 for the rest of the year14:41
dogmatic69lol14:41
gordbest buy it quick, on december the 20th its price is gonna rise as it enters beta14:42
dogmatic69i played once that time when the server was down14:42
bigcalmHeh, another lost soul14:42
dogmatic69so pay once, updates are free?14:44
MartijnVdSpopey: have you tried LastFM's "Mix Radio" feature?14:44
popeyi dont really use last.fm14:45
popeyi bought minecraft as a present for my nephew when he was over14:45
popeyhe told my wife I was the best uncle ever14:45
MartijnVdSpopey: lastfm://user/popey/mix :)14:45
popeybest 10 quid ever :)14:45
MartijnVdSpopey: destroyer of lives!14:45
popeyheh14:45
popeythat too14:45
dogmatic69972 servers, 2444322 registered, 763891 purchases14:46
dogmatic69763891 X 10 euro == bucket loads of cash14:46
bigcalmGoodness14:47
MartijnVdSdogmatic69: he's not running all the servers himself, is he?14:47
dogmatic69no you can run your own i think14:47
dogmatic69but still, that is 7mill euros14:47
screen-xI wouldn't have believed anyone who said they could make ~£6.5 million from a java game.14:48
gorddogmatic69, yup updates free14:49
silnerI was thinking about unity. This seems such an obvious idea, there must be something wrong with it so I wanted to sound it out. Why not make it really easy to switch desktops? The same way we switch screens? Then anyone who didn't like Unity could just go back to Gnome. What's wrong with that idea?14:58
jpdssilner: You can use between Unity and normal GNOME at GDM?15:00
gordsilner, you can? change your session on login15:00
silnerAnd that will still be the case with 11.04 model?15:01
gordyup15:01
gordwould be nice if it were more obvious, but gdm isn't easy to deal with anymore15:01
* jpds ⁵ gord.15:01
* MartijnVdS ⁶ *15:02
silnerYeah I say make that easier and you'll lose most of the objections from people like me (I've moaned a bit about Unity in the past)15:02
gordpatches welcome ;) didrocks is handling this stuff and he has his hands full enough as it is15:03
davmor2silner: type in you name and a drop down appears underneath with a choice of logins, it's ugly and odd but meh15:03
MartijnVdSthere's the "Classic GNOME" option15:04
silnerThat seems pretty easy - not too widely advertised - but easy :)15:04
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silnerI want to stay with Ubuntu on one box but I'll only do that if I can avoid Unity, so that's reassuring15:05
popeysilner: every single time unity has come up in discussions I've seen, it's been mentioned that you can switch between unity and classic gnome15:05
bigcalmIt's just not obvious15:06
popeyin fact, i just did a search for unity switch gnome15:06
popeyhttp://askubuntu.com/questions/10940/can-i-switch-between-gnome-desktop-and-unity15:06
popeyfirst hit15:06
silnerpopey I've obviously been listening to the wrong discussions :)15:07
popey!podcast15:07
lubotu3Grab the lastest Ubuntu UK Podcast from http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org15:07
popey:)15:07
silnerI Gpodder them but I haven't caught up lubotu3 - about  2 behind :(15:08
popeytut tut15:09
popey:)15:09
* dwatkins finally manages to get Samba to play nice15:10
screen-xdwatkins: \o/15:10
* popey wonders if anyone here is following bitcoins15:11
screen-xonly the discussions in #bitfolk...15:12
BigRedSI've noticed their existance15:12
screen-xThe BigRedSs have borged it into their consciousness15:13
dwatkinsscreen-x: very much so - took me 3 days15:14
* silner has never heard of bitcoins before15:14
BigRedShaha15:14
screen-xI still don't really get it15:15
popeyme neither15:15
popeybut I'm rich! I have 0.20 BTC!15:15
screen-xw00t!15:15
daubersI kind of understand15:22
daubersit's a currency based on the apparent cost of a given calculation in processor time15:23
popeyyup15:23
daubersrather than precious metals, like gold15:23
daubersor stuff that falls out of nuclear reactors15:23
screen-xso its value goes down over time?15:23
daubersscreen-x: More that it has a peak value as the calculation is modified for odds and sods15:24
BigRedSyeah, to some already-decided upon level15:24
andylockranhowdy all15:45
andylockranjust got meself a 24" beauty for my revo :)15:45
andylockranBenQ15:45
andylockranman, it's pretty15:45
kazadeanyone here know much about Amazon EC2?15:45
* popey points kazade at Daviey 15:46
popeyandylockran: photos or it didnt happen15:46
popeyandylockran: vital statistics pls!15:46
Davieykazade: i know "some" :)15:46
Azelphurkazade: I know that anonymous tried to DDoS it, rofl.15:47
AzelphurSomeone clearly wasn't thinking when they came up with that master plan15:47
kazadeDaviey, cool, I've got an EC2 image that I want to basically duplicate15:47
kazadeI notice there is a Create Image button, but I don't know what that does, the Amazon documentation is full of so many abbrievations I can't figure anything out15:48
kazade(e.g. I need to login to AWS where I have an EC2 running off of EBS and I think I need to create an AMI...)15:48
kazadeit's all like that :/15:48
kazadeI'm trying to work out what an AMI is in relation to EBS... does creating an AMI image create snapshot of the associated EBS data? and does taking an EBS snapshot create a restore point for the EC2 VM? so confused..15:49
Azelphurthat was fun, finally managed to get Ubuntu to install on my mums laptop with a barely functional DVD Drive and no boot from USB support \o/15:51
Davieykazade: Can i recommend you join #ubuntu-cloud, and specifically try and grab the attention of smoser15:52
kazadeok15:52
Davieyhe maintains the ubuntu amazon images.... would have better advice than me :)15:52
kazadeok cool thanks :)15:52
Davieynp15:53
AzelphurDaviey: while your about, My MythTV setup decided it doesn't want to grab EIT data any more15:54
Azelphur I don't think I changed anything, just randomly got called down one day because everything is "Unknown"15:54
DavieyAzelphur: blame apparmor :(15:54
Azelphurah, is it a known bug?15:54
Davieyyeah, mysql + apparmor bug15:55
DavieyBug 61517715:55
lubotu3Launchpad bug 615177 in mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid) "mythtv schedules broken due apparmor mysql profile" [Undecided,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/61517715:55
AzelphurDaviey: ah, so just sit back and wait for the update then15:57
Azelphurty :)15:58
Davieyheh15:59
bigcalmpopey: did you get a reindeer at the weekend?16:30
popeyuhhhhm16:30
popeyyes16:30
bigcalmCool16:30
popeykids liked it16:31
bigcalmI hope I get one this week16:31
Nafallobigcalm: a kid? :-)16:33
gord.... reindeer?16:33
bigcalmNafallo: yeah, I'll make some gloves from it16:33
NafalloO_O16:33
bigcalmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_gloves # see Clothing16:34
X3NWonder where I can get conductive gloves on the highstreet?16:37
* popey dips X3Ns gloves in water16:42
X3Nhmm, not quite what I was after16:53
davmor2X3N: Curry digital maybe?16:58
bigcalm8bit Rogan Josh please16:59
screen-xX3N: http://www.agloves.com/pages/Glove-Science.html16:59
dwatkinsX3N: Maplin17:01
dwatkinshttp://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=508279 - I have a pair of these, X3N, they work fine17:02
popeyooo17:03
popeyi am going to maplin on the way home17:03
* dwatkins takes off his Maplin beanie17:03
dwatkinspopey: they also sell heated jackets - they take 3 AA batteries (!)17:03
popeylol17:04
daubersdwatkins: I can make you a heated jacket with just a few hundred mills of lighter fluid and a match17:07
daubersMuch cheaper :)17:07
dwatkinsdaubers: yeah, but it has a bit of a niggling issue of lack of reproducability ;-)17:08
daubersdwatkins: In other news, it will save you on heating bills for a bit, as the NHS will take over on that front17:09
dwatkinsdaubers: do you find yourself staring at lit candles?17:10
screen-xdwatkins: no, he just holds them up to the curtains17:11
daubersdwatkins: Pah, candles are for people with no imagination17:12
Azelphurhttp://www.speedtest.net/result/1072028678.png17:27
Azelphur24mbit internet is so fast these days.17:27
popey24mbit internet is as fast as it's always been... 24Mb/s :p17:32
Azelphurpopey: unless it's via BT :p17:32
gordcan someone *other* than bt please come to my town and put in fibre?17:36
gordin exchange i will agree to give you some money once a month17:36
Azelphur^ ditto17:36
Azelphurgord: have you heard of Orbital/VFast17:36
AzelphurI'm tempted to try it17:36
popeymove house?17:36
gordi have not17:37
gordunfortunately, estate agents still don't provide broadband speed information!17:37
gordin this day and age!17:37
AzelphurI know, travesty.17:38
Azelphurgord: it's wireless, they have masts on top of the telephone exchange17:38
Azelphurand they stick a directional antenna on your roof.17:38
gord=\17:39
gordwireless tends to not work very well at best17:39
Azelphurgord: that's what I thought, but people are saying it's flawless17:39
gorduntil you get a strong gust of wind?17:40
Azelphurevery speed test result I've seen has been HIGHER than what they are paying for17:40
AzelphurI've also read forum posts saying it was fine even during the recent snow business17:40
bigcalmThere's no business, like ...17:40
Azelphurgord: I reaqd forum posts people get like 15ms to bbc.co.uk and stuff17:41
Azelphurgord: http://www.speedtest.net/result/1042674184.png17:41
gordi just pinged bbc.co.uk, i get 22ms here on 2mbit17:41
Azelphurexactly17:41
AzelphurI get about 30 usually17:42
bigcalm22ms on 20mb17:42
AzelphurI keep thinking wireless, eww17:42
Azelphurbut look at these speed test results...it's crazy17:42
Azelphurgord: http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&biw=1908&bih=1032&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=speedtest.net+vfast&btnG=Search17:42
bigcalmOnly works if you have line of sight with the exchange though?17:42
Azelphurjust look at this madness17:42
Azelphurbigcalm: dunno17:43
popeyi get 11ms to bbc.co.uk17:43
* Azelphur is at the top of a hill \o/17:43
dwatkinsI get 35ms, but I think that's via the US17:44
Azelphurbut yea, with ping times like that and speeds like that17:44
AzelphurI've never ever seen my 24mbit ADSL do >8mbit17:44
gordi wouldn't question the speeds of wireless, i would question the stability17:45
jacobwis there a way of replicating the vim+gcc experience on windows?17:46
popeyyes, there is vim for windows17:46
bigcalmgvim \o/17:46
popeyand either cygwin or djgpp for gcc-a-like17:46
Azelphurgord: yea, I read forum posts where a guy said he has no problem rain or shine17:46
jacobwi've heard of the former, but not of the latter17:47
Azelphurused it in storms no problem17:47
davmor2nano ftw17:47
jacobwi've been struggling with mingw today17:47
gordAzelphur, people say that about their own wireless right now, yet here in my house the wifi sucks ;)17:47
Azelphurhaha17:47
Azelphurwifi does suck17:47
Azelphurbut the question is does wifi suck when you have a huge directional antenna on the roof.17:47
jacobwwifi in my part of the house sucks because of a breeze block wall :(17:47
davmor2Azelphur: Yes you only need something to block line of sight like say a block of flats :P17:48
Azelphurhehe17:49
popeyjacobw: djgpp has been around for _years_17:49
popeymade by a guy who works for redhat now on gcc iirc17:49
Azelphurdavmor2: apparently they come out and do a survey to tell you what speeds you'll get if any17:49
Azelphurso I'm very tempted.17:49
jacobwpopey: it looks a bit abandoned, not thats a reason not to use it17:50
Azelphurbaring in mind my BT connection continually goes ridiculously slow or drops out altogether17:50
Azelphurtbh the ADSL connection I'm on has to be less stable than wireless17:50
Azelphurit drops like every day17:50
jacobwmy BT connection seems to run at either 6.5Mb/s or 0.9Mb/s17:50
Azelphurlol17:50
* davmor2 hugs his virgin box17:51
Azelphurdavmor2: no virgin for miles around here :(17:51
jacobwmy local exchange was on the list of ones to be upgraded to SFBB as well :(17:52
jacobwit hasn't happen yet though17:52
* jpds prods jacobw to PM.17:53
* andylockran heads off to the Rugby @ Damson Park. No mascotting tonight - I'm on the PA.17:54
X3Nuh huh17:57
dogmatic69can anyone tell me how to make a lamp thingy18:10
dogmatic69(minecraft that is)18:10
popeystick and coal18:11
popeyhttp://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting18:11
dogmatic69i got 4 sticks :/18:11
popeyok, stick, put coal on stick18:11
dogmatic69ye im on that site18:11
popeyyou should watch seananners videos18:12
popeyfrom the start18:12
popeythey're good fun18:12
popeyhttp://www.youtube.com/user/SeaNanners18:12
dogmatic69cool18:12
popeystart with #118:12
popey:)18:12
dogmatic69this shit gets scary when it goes dark :/18:12
dogmatic69how does the multi player stuff work? just like when you alone but more people18:14
gorddogmatic69, yup18:14
gordfyi, i have firefox global menus and they are awesome18:15
dogmatic69?18:16
popeydogmatic69: you can switch off the enemies :)18:17
dogmatic69na18:17
dogmatic69its cool18:17
dogmatic69i think i got the basics now, so i wont die any more18:18
davmor2gord: :D18:18
bigcalmI'm being lazy and playing in peacful for now18:48
palnHey!18:52
palnHello?18:57
* paln thinks they are alone...18:58
* AlanBell thinks there are lots of people here19:12
palnAlanBell: hello!19:12
AlanBellhello paln19:12
AlanBellhow is your 386?19:13
palnWhat are you doing?19:13
AlanBellor whatever it was :)19:13
paln;)19:13
palndo you like HSR, then?19:13
palni'm guessin...19:13
AlanBellI am being happy because I have got a cooker again after a bit of a disaster19:14
AlanBelland now we are cookin' on induction19:14
palnWell, anyways, Xubuntu kept crashing during the install process, and after reading a bit aobut Lubuntu, the ISO is currently downloaded to my laptop right now...!19:14
palnIt's about 23% done, 22 minutes left... :/19:15
AlanBellpaln: can the computer accept more memory?19:17
palnmeaning...?19:17
AlanBellif you find out exactly the spec of the memory it could take you could try asking here or emailing your local LUG to see if anyone has any lying about they would be happy to send you19:18
palnoh...19:18
palnWell, I plan on getting 2GB RAM sometime this or next week19:18
AlanBellmost people who have been messing with computers for years have a box of bits of memory and usefull looking stuff19:18
paln...and what's a "LUG"?19:19
AlanBellLinux user group19:20
palnahhh...!19:20
AlanBellhttp://lugs.org.uk/19:20
palnthanks19:20
palnDo you think my wireless adapter would be compatible with Lubuntu?19:22
palnIt's a NetGear WG111v3...19:23
palnAre you there, AlanBell ?19:28
palnHey Darael and aaronr !19:33
DaraelHullo, paln.19:33
palnHow are you guys?19:35
DaraelReasonably well, if a little tired.  Quite full, at the moment, which is a rarity.  Not due to food-availability problems, I hasten to add, but due to a stupid metabolism.19:38
aaronrhey paln19:38
palnum...ok19:38
palnaaronr: hi!19:39
palnso, what are you guys here for...anything in particular?19:39
orothus1paln: try plugging it in when using the cd it should work19:44
jacobwidle relay chat19:45
DaraelWell, I'm here because the conversation is often entertaining, and occasionally I get to help someone.19:45
palnorothus1: I mean with Lubuntu...19:47
jacobwif it works with Linux it'll work with Lubuntu19:47
palnMy Lubuntu CD is burning atm.19:47
orothus1are you going to use a live cd19:47
palnI don't know if it's a Live-CD or not...19:48
palnWell, I'm sure to find out soon enough!19:48
matttlubuntu?19:49
orothus1if it is,run the cd and just plug your adapter in you should get some form of information that it is detected.19:51
palncool19:51
palnbut i kinda knew that anyway19:51
palnabout 9.5 mins left!19:52
jacobwif you run `lsusb` when you have the live cd running it'll help determine the chipset of your wireless adapter19:52
orothus1ah that was something i missed19:53
palni was just reading a post on UbuntuForums.org and 'lsusb' was mentioned, but why would I need to know the chipset anyway?19:55
palnWell, the adapter works on Windows...Millenium Edition and Vista19:55
ali1234because drivers for linux work based on the chipset not the branding19:55
palnLubuntu going on the ME computer19:55
palnohh... that changes EVERYHTING ali123419:56
orothus1some manufacturers change the chipset in a product without telling anybody19:56
ali1234also many manufacturers use the same chipsets which means you only need 1 driver for all of them19:56
palnI'm running Ubuntu now so I might as well do it now anyway...19:56
ali1234unlike on windows, where the driver also includes a bunch of crap that advertises the manufacturer's name constantly19:56
orothus1suddenly they start working19:57
ali1234the most obvious example of this is bluetooth19:57
orothus1if it works on ubuntu its highly likely to work on lubuntu19:58
palnTurning off my wireless now...gonna be disconnected!19:58
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gareth_join21:15
gareth_join #ebookz21:15
tejaishoti have a problem when i am trying to install updates...shows an error connection to daemon lost....what is this called?21:29
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tejaishotAzelphur: can you help me?21:31
tejaishotAlanBell:i have a problem when i am trying to install updates...shows an error connection to daemon lost....what is this called?21:33
czajkowskialoha21:50
AlanBellhi czajkowski21:52
dauberso/21:53
MezAny advice from anyone for first time motorway driving?21:54
czajkowskidon't drive very slow, obey the limit21:56
daubersMez: DON'T SIT IN THE MIDDLE LANE!!!21:57
daubers</pet peeve>21:57
daubersOh, and be confident when you join from the slip lane :)21:57
Mezdaubers: but - I'm always sitting when in a car.21:58
daubersMez: Indeed21:58
czajkowski3 people meeting tomorrow in Bath :D yay21:58
Mezso - if I go through the middle lane, or do anything...21:58
MezI'm sitting...21:58
Mezin it...21:58
daubersMez: Yes, just don't drive in the middle lane if the left hand lane is empty21:59
daubersIt's very annoying and means that someone may have to move across two lanes to overtake and then move back two lanes. Also means that you're now setting the speed for the first two lanes22:00
daubersSo if you go slow, technically the others should be too (as undertaking isn't allowed)22:00
daubersand all the overtaking traffic is now funnelled into the far right lane22:01
daubersWhich can cause everyone else to slow down22:01
daubersall because some people refuse to move back into the left hand lane when it's empty!!!!!22:01
Mezdaubers: I wouldn't be doing that anyways.22:02
MezCould be fun though - my entrance will be spaghetti junction!22:03
daubersMez: Good good :)22:03
daubersMez: Oooh m6 in birmingham.... that'll be pleasant....22:03
MezLol - M6 J6 -> M42 J1022:04
daubersYou'll be fine. Be sat in traffic most of the time :)22:04
MezI could, in theory, just take the A road22:05
Mezs22:05
MezWhich is "shorter"22:06
Mezbut more time.22:06
jacobwyou should do pass plus22:11
TheOpenSourcererMez: One point I'd make if you are not very familiar with Motorway driving is this. If the road if running well, make sure you *accelerate* down the slip road when entering the motorway so you are travelling at a similar speed to the traffic in the inside lane.22:32
TheOpenSourcererIt isn't really a Give-Way on a motorway; it's more of a "merge" to use an american term for this kind of junction.22:34
AlanBellMez: leave the brakes alone unless you really need to slow down fast. In traffic if you want more space in front of you just let go of the accellerator and the car will slow down plenty quick enough, no need to put the brake lights on and scare the person behind you.22:38
* Azelphur is having fun :p22:42
Azelphurabout 4 months ago I tried to have a conversation with my dad along the lines of "My mums using the net, we're getting lodgers, we already come close to our 60GB usage cap, it's not going to be enough"22:43
Azelphurhis reply was pretty much "F*** off"22:43
Azelphurnow it's happened, he's throttled into the floor and can't work, I'm chilling out laughing 3g tethering on my android.22:43
Azelphur:)22:43
jacobwlorries don't like people entering from slip roads in front of them22:44
AlanBellonly if it causes them to slow down, they don't like losing momentum22:51
exobuzzthe public ftp server on my home adsl did 300gb last month. bloody leechers!22:54
exobuzzi thought about the new bt infinity, but they have a 300gb limit. so that would leave me with 0 unless i switched off the ftp.. but with more upstream, it would be easier to use more22:55
Mezty TOS / AlanBell23:03
MezOne of the tips I've been given - don't use Cruise control (until you're used to it)23:04
stuphiMez: If you can have an experianced driver with you for an extra pair of eyes, that would be good.23:06
Mezstuphi: I've got to get to the place with the experienced driver :(23:06
Mez(I may take A roads for most of it - then just do the one junction on the motorway.23:07
stuphiMez: The fact that you are thinking carefully about this means you will probably be ok.23:08
Mezstuphi: 2 of my colleagues ended up on the motorway without knowing it.23:08
MezOne within 15 mins of passing his test23:08
Mezthe other - an hour and a half :P23:08
stuphiMez: I just went straight to the motorway after dropping off my instructer after my test.23:09
MezLol - I passed monday -  dont get my car till tomorrow - so couldn't do that23:09
MezThough - I should go to bed.23:09
stuphiCongrats on passing.23:10
MezEven though I'll probably not sleep (I'm a little bit little kid excited :P )23:10
MezThanks :D23:10
stuphiDon't do the Motorway if it is windy.23:10
stuphiMez: What car are you getting?23:11
ubuntuuk-planet[Ralph Janke] AskUbuntu reaches 5000 questions - 11000 answers - 7000 users - 50000 votes - http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/askubuntu-reaches-5000-questions-11000-answers-7000-users-50000-votes23:17
andylockranMez: congrats on the passing of teh test23:31
andylockranyou owe me a lift :p23:31
andylockranI could do with some dns help if anyones around?23:38
andylockrandig zrmt.com  dig ns zrmt.com and nslookup zrmt.com ns1.whatisfloss.co.uk23:38
andylockranrun those three commands, does that make sense?23:39
andylockranah, think I've sorted it.23:49

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