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duanedesign'lo all11:44
nigelbduanedesign: Belated Christmas wishes :)11:47
duanedesignnigelb: !11:50
duanedesign:)  thank you friend. Same to you11:50
nigelb:)11:50
duanedesignnigelb: I am reading Bit literacy. So i am trying to get my Inbox down to 012:07
duanedesigni got down to under 3,000 last night :P12:08
nigelbYou had 3000 mails?12:09
nigelbwhoa12:09
duanedesignnigelb: i had 420012:20
duanedesigni am down to just under 3,000. Going to work on it a bit each day.12:21
duanedesignI realized quickly it was not something i could do in one day.12:21
duanedesign:P12:21
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doctormoIs anyone about?13:23
Pendulumdoctormo: define anybody?13:23
doctormoI need someone to confirm whether launchpad bzr is broken or not.13:23
doctormoPendulum: You've run ground control before right, so you have ssh keys on launchpad.13:23
doctormojust run `bzr branch lp:groundcontrol` and let me know if it works or fails.13:24
Pendulumdoctormo: worked for me13:28
doctormoThanks for the confirmation Pendulum, something'13:28
doctormobroken my end13:28
Pendulumdoctormo: blame the storm? ;-)13:28
doctormoPendulum: I'm stuck in Vermont because of that13:29
Pendulumtbh, I like the snow and I'm quite happy about it, but I'm in bad enough shape post-Christmas that I wouldn't be going anywhere even if there weren't snow13:30
duanedesignhello doctormo Pendulum13:34
doctormoHey duanedesign13:34
PendulumHi duanedesign13:38
duanedesignhi Pendulum13:46
duanedesignPendulum: i was hoping we would get some snow where I am13:46
duanedesignstill waiting...13:46
duanedesign:)13:46
Pendulumduanedesign: I was feeling that way, but this storm has me quite happy :)13:53
doctormoHow did your yule go duanedesign and Pendulum?14:09
Pendulummine went well, if exhausting14:13
duanedesigndoctormo: really good. thank you14:15
doctormoThis trip to Vermont was well worth it, very fun. The food isn't quite the same as we have in the UK, nor the TV any good, but the company made up for it :-D14:16
doctormoBesides I still got DoctorWho Chrimbo special.14:16
Pendulumdoctormo: yeah, we don't have the fabulous traditions of the Christmas Special the way the UK does14:16
duanedesigndoctormo: you wouldn't have an idea about how I can make this search function not cap sensitive?     http://paste.ubuntu.com/547938/14:46
doctormoduanedesign:  here you go http://paste.ubuntu.com/547940/14:50
nigelbAre there any svg of Ubuntu stickers?14:50
doctormonigelb: What kind do you need/15:05
doctormo?15:05
nigelbdoctormo: possibly something to stick on laptops, let me get a scale and figure out the size of the archlinux sticker I have on it15:07
nigelbThe ones I have are 10 cm x 3 cm15:08
doctormonigelb: I think there are some that big on the standard Canonical sticker pack, you could get some from the store.15:11
nigelbdoctormo: (a) Far too expensive15:14
nigelb(b) It most probably will not get here on time :|15:15
nhandlerDidn't System76 or someone create stickers that they sent for the cost of an envelope+stamp ?16:00
jcastrodoctormo: looks like you found a person who ndiswrapper'ed for no reason16:19
jcastrodoctormo: I keep finding people like that with wireless16:19
doctormojcastro: yep16:19
doctormoThere is a glut of misinformation about how to fix various hardware issues.16:20
jcastroyeah16:20
IdleOnenhandler: system76 yes16:20
doctormoIt's the same with wacom, the number of people compiling wacom drivers from source.16:20
jcastroI answered 2 yesterday with just "install this backport package"16:20
doctormoWe should have some sort of big glitzy user campain: "Ubuntu friends don't let friends compile" with text: "Instead they use backports, find ppas and finally contact developers for help getting a ppa put together"16:21
jcastroStill, I think we should just ship all the hardware backport packages on the CD16:22
jcastrowe have to maintain them anyway16:22
nhandlerdoctormo: Be careful with the 'find ppas' section. PPAs can be rather risky (depends on who runs them)16:23
doctormojcastro: Perhaps, but there is always going to be some set of somethings that need extra.16:25
jcastroyeah, I just think that for hardware we should prioritize that16:26
doctormoOtherwise we'd have solutions for Epson scanners (driver needs to be downloaded but all work), Lexmark printers (plenty work but have closed drivers randomly located on the internet)16:26
jcastroare the epson ones PPDs?16:26
doctormoNo, it's scanners, ppds are for printers.16:27
jcastrooh sorry, I swapped the terms in the sentence in my head16:27
doctormoIt's the iscan (LGPL) with a set of proprietary modules, each of which is packaged on the website and cryptically in a non-ideal way.16:28
jcastrodoctormo: do you know how to remove ndiswrapper and all that?16:37
jcastromaybe it'd be a good question16:37
doctormojcastro: I will ask it.16:42
jcastroalso16:42
jcastrothat guy put a bunch of info in the comments16:42
jcastroyou might want to ask him to add it to his question or put it in yours or something16:42
jcastrothe newer users tend to forget that we're building a googleable archive for the next person16:43
doctormoYes indeed, although I must say the karma during the Christmas break has died off, new users are asking questions but not up voting.16:48
jcastroit's ok16:49
jcastroafter a while it'll bug him to accept the answer16:49
jcastrodoctormo: your question is already on the first page of google16:58
doctormoThat's the stack exchange google deal.17:18
jcastroI was just pointing out that you'll already be saving thousands from the crackrock guides on the net17:19
nigelbhello17:36
nigelbdoctormo: http://twitter.com/#!/nigelbabu/status/19444375603912704 ;)17:36
duanedesignthank you doctormo :)17:48
duanedesigndoctormo: ohh, i see. Yeah i was coming at that problem all wrong :P thanks again17:50
nigelbjcastro: Didn't know you changed your name :p17:50
jcastroheh17:51
nigelball hail George Castro :D17:51
macomeerkat -->  http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/12/how-the-great-kansas-city-meerkat-caper-unraveled.html18:01
czajkowskiAloha18:06
Pendulumhiya czajkowski18:10
czajkowskiPendulum: ello how's you ?18:13
czajkowskidear U1 music bloody behave before I smack you!18:34
doctormoczajkowski: Have you tried amazon music store?18:38
czajkowskiwhy would I ?18:38
czajkowskiwant to use U1 and suppor thte services that are being developed18:38
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doctormoczajkowski: Buy amazon is a service in banshee (which is default music app in 11.04) and it works in exactly the same way.19:11
doctormobut*19:11
doctormoSo support the services that are being developed, use amazon music too.19:12
pleia2doctormo: huh, I didn't know that (I use amazon for music, even if it's downloader is annoyingly 32-bit only)19:25
* pleia2 will have to check it out19:25
doctormopleia2: I've been looking forward to amazon music store in rythembox since I'm anti-mono, but no-dice. Although I don't buy that much music anyway.19:26
pleia2I buy probably 6 albums a year, 1-2 of which I buy on CD because I collect them (like Disney soundtracks!)19:27

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