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genii-aroundMeh. the "no one is paying attention to me so I'll threaten to install windows" people really irk me for some reason00:45
jribgenii-around: yeah...00:45
rwwmy stock response is "okay, have fun"00:45
bazhanghe was given a quite comprehensive guide on command line wifi connection00:46
jribyeah, sometimes I'll just tell them no one cares what they install, use what works, but if you want help with ubuntu then stick to the discussion of support00:46
gpcI was tempted to ask how he connects to wifi in command console in windows00:46
genii-aroundrww: Probably for the best00:46
bazhanghe could read it, ask questions from it; it doesnt make sense to paste the guide into the channel00:46
genii-aroundNo one wants to put any work into anything, I think is the main problem. It all has to be easy and someone else does all the work for them.00:48
gpcwhat distro does that?00:48
gpcI want to switch00:48
genii-aroundgpc: Hehe, me too!00:48
genii-aroundAnyhow I'll stop complaining now00:48
gpcgenii-around: only problem is now I have this logo tattooed on my arm00:49
rwwif their Ubuntu experience is worse than their Windows experience, and they don't have Free software ideology (and most don't in #ubuntu), the only reasonable thing to do is to switch back :\00:49
bazhangits doubtful they switched in the first place. so not much of a switch "back" needed.00:49
rwwPersonally, Windows 7 hates my wifi card, and previous versions need a driver disk for it, whereas Linux has it in-kernel. So...00:50
jribgenii-around: I like to believe there once was a time when that was not true and I feel that way only because I am getting older, but I fear it's always been that way :/00:50
genii-aroundOne of the things I like most about the linux mentality is that the more work you're willing to put in, the more rewarding it is00:51
bazhangthat's more the hard work pays off mentality00:51
KB1JWQrww: Idoru got him.01:38
bazhangyes01:38
rwwIt's one of those days. I'm going to go read, have fun!01:42
bazhangwhat shell are maffw and prolix using?01:44
rwwthe one that's listed in their gateway cloak...01:44
bazhangthey both seem to be causing issues01:45
PiciThey're both on the same shell :/01:45
Picior shell provider rather01:45
bazhang<MaffW> minimec: my son say i should "are m are f forward slash" , what is that01:46
bazhangyet he claims to be new to ubuntu01:46
gpcnice family, the son tells the dad to destroy his install01:53
genii-aroundheh!01:53
Jordan_UEven if they genuinely didn't genuinely know what that meant there is no reason to spell out "are". My guess is troll.01:54
bazhangyep01:54
bazhangmaffw is giving very odd, evasive answers01:55
bazhangheh centos01:55
bazhang<MaffW> i called my son and he say i should compile my colonel01:59
Jordan_Ubazhang: From the little I've seen after joining #centos I believe they probably did send him.01:59
bazhangJordan_U, still dont see the connection to ubuntu02:00
Jordan_UI need to leave, but could someone join #centos and confirm / ask them not to do it again.02:00
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gpcevening AlanBell02:11
gpcJubelperser is Hoober?02:34
gpcseems like it02:34
bazhangdoubt it02:35
rwwjust the #ubuntu-offtopic oddmagnet at work again, I think02:36
rwwwhat does "I s n ur lrk" mean02:41
tonyyarussorww: I believe it's "I is in your lurk"02:42
tonyyarussoWhich *almost* makes sense.02:42
bazhangits creepy02:42
rwwim in ur lurk, bein forcibly evicted from ur channelz02:42
hypatiai couldn't figure out, was he calling me a lesbian, threatening me, or just being obtuse?02:43
hypatiaall of the above?02:43
hypatialol.02:43
bazhangwho cares. his last several statements were disturbing02:44
rwwI do. I pride myself on my ability to translate gibberish.02:45
bazhanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel02:45
rwwEven Hitler doesn't like Plymouth, I guess.02:48
rwwheh. FloodBot lied and said it quieted me.03:38
bazhanghehe03:38
rwwI didn't know it PMed. Explains why people apologize to it in PM so often.03:39
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rwwheads up that Hoober's online as EndofTimes [~chatzilla@france1.pointtoserver.com]05:16
bazhangr007 just does not want to let it drop05:17
bazhangrww, thanks05:17
rww... oh for crying out loud.05:19
rwwI told them to stop saying that they're done talking and just stop talking, and they both replied telling me that they're done talking.05:20
Flannelrww: I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done telling you that I am done.05:21
* genii-around 's head explodes05:24
Flannelgenii-around: stack overflow?05:24
genii-aroundsegfault at least05:25
genii-aroundThe guy in #kubuntu that can't think for himself isn't helping much either05:26
genii-aroundFlannel: I admire your restraint06:13
bazhangI PM'd him no response yet06:14
rwwI'm beginning to suspect that r007 has a violent allergy to truth.06:18
bazhanghe's been banned/removed before06:18
gpcmuch like others with r007 in their nick06:18
FlannelWell, he's removed himself from the equation, so let's just assume it's over with and get back to ... uh, regularly scheduled programming?06:18
rwwgpc: strange, I don't remember anyone named 5ud0 ever being a problem.06:19
gpcheh06:19
rwwbazhang: heh, didn't see that the first time I looked in BT.06:21
AlanBello/ gpc06:41
gpchey AlanBell06:41
gpcHow you doing?06:41
AlanBellnot bad, were you after something?06:42
gpcI don't mean to be rude but technically you are not allowed to idle in here.06:42
gpcpersonally I don't have an issue with you being here06:43
AlanBellsorry, was in after Garzooka a while back and never closed the window, I will head off now06:43
gpcno worries and thanks for understanding06:43
rwwThe idle policy strikes again!06:43
AlanBello/06:43
rwwYou need to be more strategic. If you don't have an issue with them being here, then /don't bring it up/ ;P06:44
elkyI find it strange we tend to be nicer about it to complete randoms :(06:45
gpcI wasn't nice?06:46
rwwYou applied a silly policy to remove someone from the room that wasn't doing any harm. The point could be made...06:47
gpcthe policy as I understand it has nothing to do with harm being done06:47
gpcit has to do with right to be idle in the channel.06:47
rwwwhich is a silly concept, for various reasons that have been debated ad nauseum without any result in the past :(06:48
gpcI don't agree with all the rules but I try to apply them fairly to everybody. Troll or person I consider to be a friend.06:49
rwwI apply the rules equally to every one. In this case, I've gone 2.5 months without asking someone to leave #ubuntu-ops, and intend to continue.06:50
gpchmm06:50
rww2.5 months being the length of time since I started opping ;P06:51
rwwwhich reminds me, I'm running out of time to do something catastrophically evil that'll get me deopped and save my sanity.06:52
rww(yes, I have replaced the irritating jokes about getting kicked out of #u-ot with irritating jokes about that. sorry.)06:53
rwwI'm now imagining what #freenode would be like if it was closer to 24/7 op coverage but people weren't allowed to idle there because they might $insert_reasons_for_idle_policy.06:55
KB1JWQWhat I've seen in other op channels is that when you have people idling they start giving play by plays to uninvolved parties.06:57
rwwIf they're disrupting the point of the channel, kick them out, just like any other channel...06:58
elkyKB1JWQ, yep, thats why we have our idle policy, so that our reactions to trollfloods weren't cut off by the trollmasters06:59
KB1JWQBingo.06:59
rwwah, you mean play-by-plays outside of the channel. I thought you meant metadiscussion while people were trying to resolve bans or something.07:00
elkyyes. the logs are there for people who think they need to know what's happening in here. we used to have issues where botmasters would come in here and control their bots while getting bonus kicks by seeing us try stop them and "preempting" our efforts.07:01
rwwperhaps I'm selectively forgetting incidents by accident, but I don't remember the last botflood in #ubuntu that required coordination in here that would be damaged by reducing the log delay from an average of 30 minutes to 0.07:03
elkyrww, this was back before ipv6 was available in large blocks by HE07:05
elkythe main thing was that people in here would check to see when we weren't responding to a decoy incident, and use that as the trigger to unleash the hounds.07:06
elkySo all those 10 minutes without ! o p s being answered? bot/troll floods.07:06
rwwSurely they'd know whether you're responding or not by whether you do anything or not in #ubuntu?07:07
KB1JWQNot always.07:07
elkynot really07:07
elky"incident" is as broad as walking the line & seeing us discuss whether to ban07:08
elkyso all your ryaxnb discussions that didn't show signs in -ot or #u07:08
rwwwould be exactly the same, because I am very much aware that he can read the public log files.07:09
rwwheck, having ryaxnb in here so I could poke him outside the main channel but not in PM (he's not reasonable in PM at all) might have actually helped matters.07:10
elkynot quite. you have the lul being 30 minutes. He can't react to a 10minute silence that corresponds directly to an incident if that was 30 minutes ago and you're back from your pee break.07:11
rwwexcept that idle times are publicly visible through /whois, and we're getting a lot better about having operator coverage all the time07:12
KB1JWQYeah, I figured I'd volunteer during the next recruitment drive on ubuntu-irc@07:13
genii-aroundmoth_woman in #u, I'm too tired tho07:18
KB1JWQSomeone want to handle moth_woman?07:18
KB1JWQI can if you'd like, but figured I'd get someone nicer. :-p07:18
* genii-around slides Mamarok a tea07:18
Jordan_U@mark moth_woman07:22
ubottuThe operation succeeded.07:22
Jordan_U@mark #ubuntu moth_woman07:22
ubottuThe operation succeeded.07:22
KB1JWQHow does mark work?07:22
rww@help mark07:22
ubottu(mark [<channel>] <nick|hostmask> [<comment>]) -- Creates an entry in the Bantracker as if <nick|hostmask> was kicked from <channel> with the comment <comment>, if <comment> is given it will be uses as the comment on the Bantracker, <channel> is only needed when send in /msg07:22
Jordan_UNow I need to figure out how to remove the first @mark that I messed up...07:22
rwwJordan_U: I don't think you can.07:23
FlannelYou can't07:23
FlannelJust ignore it.  Go into BT and comment "ignore this" or whatnot.07:23
Flannel(that'll mean people won't read the log about it when perusing later)07:23
KB1JWQSomeone want to gently redirect livingdaylight in #ubuntu?07:23
ubottuIn #ubuntu, ipatch said: ubottu this is what i am trying to do http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1504038&highlight=ubuntu+10.10+live+usb+mac07:24
KB1JWQrww: Thanks for that.07:27
bazhang<homecable> Type !d2nt To Download Diablo 2 D2nt3.42 Mf Bot11:51
bazhangit prompts a dcc transfer11:51
* popey saw this and thought of nixternal http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/03/bike-weather-in-milw.html15:12
nixternalpopey: we got way more snow than milwaukee here in chicago though. our streets are clean now, but there was no way to ride 2 days ago16:22
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ubottuIn #ubuntu, aerofly5 said: ubottu: No, it is a source pack that you have to download and compile yourself18:42
Pici...18:42
rwwCan someone change alpha 1 to alpha 2 in the /topic of #ubuntu+1, please?21:52
rww(there are two occurances of it. one URL, and the text next to it)21:53
tonyyarussoawww, too bad topics can't use ubottu variables21:53
* rww voluntells tonyyarusso to change it ;P21:55
gpcrww good?21:56
rwwnvm, gpc is speedy :)21:56
rwwyes, thanks21:56
gpcno problem21:56
charlie-tcaum, we didn't actually announce it yet22:01
tonyyarussoha22:01
gpcrww: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH22:01
rwwI was lied to by a user! D:22:02
charlie-tcathe only announcement was was by OMG! Ubuntu22:02
rwwgpc: now set it back again and lart jeffwheeler!22:02
charlie-tcaIt willl be out within an hour or so, though22:02
tonyyarussorww: wait, wait, you believed a USER?  You ARE new at these.  ;)22:02
tonyyarussowow, *this22:02
tonyyarussoLag is bad.22:03
rwwtonyyarusso: I was in a good mood :(22:03
tonyyarussostupid OMG.  Long on exclamations, short on facts.22:03
Jordan_USeriously, OMG.22:05
gordevery time anyone mentions omg, [citation needed] them, seriously22:05
rwwgord: [citation needed]22:06
tonyyarusso:)22:06
rwwTime for another round of "magicianlord asks basic questions about the release times and stability of Debian and Ubuntu!", I guess.22:08
charlie-tcadoes he have to do that every day or two?22:10
gpcyes22:10
rwwIf he repeatedly talks about things, it makes them faster.22:10
charlie-tcalol22:11
rwwThis is why his other favorite topic is long circular conversations about the huge speed increases he gets from noatime.22:11
* charlie-tca whispers - do I dare say "It officially released" 22:29
Piciyou may22:30
charlie-tcaNatty Alpha2 officially released - Please see the notes at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/TechnicalOverview22:31
Picirww: we typically wait until the release manager gives us the go-ahead, or the email to devel-announce goes out.22:31
rwwI don't see an email on ubuntu-devel-announce. This is obviously a huge conspiracy!22:32
charlie-tcaThat is where I got it. Let me get the reference22:33
charlie-tcahttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-February/032403.html22:35
charlie-tcabut, rww is right, Even though it went to it, it is not an ubuntu-devel-announce yet22:35
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nhandlerMost likely stuck in the moderation queue22:40
maco"here russian? russian?" "bulgarian!" haha22:46
* rww blinks at etotheipi:#ubuntu's hostmask23:23
elkyrww, did you message him suggesting to get a cloak to cover that crap up?23:36

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