| Cheri703 | wb | 00:00 |
|---|---|---|
| canthus13 | Cheri703: there are no girls on teh intarwebz. | 00:01 |
| canthus13 | Unit193: Sorry. I'm dealing with kids and homework. :( | 00:02 |
| Unit193 | canthus13: I got it /sesrver | 00:02 |
| Cheri703 | canthus13: I was going to make some clever comment regarding genitals, but...I don't feel like putting in the effort | 00:02 |
| Cheri703 | toxic9813: where in ohio are you? | 00:02 |
| canthus13 | Unit193: /server is only gonna show the metaserver you initially connected to if you connected to irc.freenode.net or irc.ubuntu.com... | 00:03 |
| toxic9813 | Urbana | 00:03 |
| Cheri703 | that's cool | 00:03 |
| canthus13 | Unit193: /whois <nick> will tell the actual server. you're on leguin.freenode.net | 00:04 |
| toxic9813 | looks like theres a LoCo in columbus. | 00:04 |
| Cheri703 | toxic9813: I used to live in marysville ;) | 00:05 |
| canthus13 | there's a Reloco. | 00:05 |
| Cheri703 | * :) | 00:05 |
| Unit193 | canthus13: I was connected to freenode and trying to reconnect to freenode, that's why I was having errors... | 00:05 |
| Unit193 | Do you see my real hostname?? | 00:07 |
| toxic9813 | so... what topic is this? any? could this be like a help chat? lol. I used to 'buntu a lot till I started Windows gaming. | 00:09 |
| canthus13 | Unit193: yep. just /whois yourself. | 00:09 |
| canthus13 | Oh. no. not YOUR hostname. you're cloaked. | 00:09 |
| Cheri703 | toxic9813: if you need help with something, just ask, if we don't know, we can direct you to somewhere that may, or we might just say "uhm...probably should google it" :) | 00:09 |
| Unit193 | canthus13: I could see myself and I didn't know if you could :/ | 00:10 |
| toxic9813 | cool. | 00:12 |
| dmcglone1 | Hi all | 01:17 |
| Unit193 | Hello dmcglone1! | 01:18 |
| Cheri703 | yo | 01:18 |
| dmcglone1 | What ya all up to? | 01:19 |
| Cheri703 | I'm on a ham radio net at the moment | 01:19 |
| dmcglone1 | I see | 01:19 |
| Cheri703 | some guy is chuckling that a new person's call sign is kd8poo | 01:19 |
| Cheri703 | old guy is like, "heh, he's going to get a lot of static about that, har har har" | 01:20 |
| canthus13 | k-date poo. | 01:20 |
| canthus13 | or kd ate poo. | 01:20 |
| canthus13 | Heh. | 01:20 |
| Cheri703 | yeah | 01:20 |
| Cheri703 | my call is kc8qxs | 01:20 |
| Cheri703 | but people can never make out the xs, I get "sf, xx, sx, fs, fx" whatever, so I have to say mine as kc8 quebec x-ray sierra | 01:21 |
| dmcglone1 | You sound like a drill sargent | 01:22 |
| dmcglone1 | lol | 01:22 |
| Cheri703 | phonetic alphabet started with radio use | 01:22 |
| canthus13 | Yup. | 01:23 |
| Cheri703 | my whole family has licenses, we're kc8qxq, kc8qxr, kc8qxs, and kc8qxt...we got them on the same day | 01:23 |
| * canthus13 uses it at work all the time. | 01:23 | |
| Cheri703 | people like to make up their own | 01:23 |
| Cheri703 | heh, this one chick is kd8fnq, I always think "effin' q!" | 01:23 |
| Cheri703 | -_- there are 2 guys that ALWAYS have additional comments, and they're 90% useless ramblings | 01:24 |
| dmcglone1 | I always thought Ham radio was a radio frequency that came from a pigs ass | 01:24 |
| dmcglone1 | well I thought I would make it 91% | 01:26 |
| Cheri703 | hmm | 01:26 |
| Unit193 | That channel is way too busy to leave open... | 02:20 |
| canthus13 | Which channel? | 02:21 |
| Unit193 | on server coldfront | 02:22 |
| canthus13 | ah. | 02:24 |
| Unit193 | Multi servers is new to me... | 02:26 |
| canthus13 | I haven't messed with multiple servers. | 02:27 |
| Cheri703 | I'm frustrated...I am looking for something that must exist in ubuntu, but I don't know where/how to find it :( | 02:54 |
| paultag | Cheri703: humm? | 02:57 |
| Cheri703 | paultag: I'm going crazy! | 02:57 |
| paultag | Cheri703: I have a few minutes (I leave the lab at 10), anything I can help with? | 02:57 |
| paultag | Cheri703: what's up! :) | 02:57 |
| Cheri703 | ok, so when you open sound settings, it will show you the current mic input level (it shows the line when the volume changes as you speak) yes? | 02:58 |
| paultag | Cheri703: yes ma'am | 02:58 |
| Cheri703 | ok, so in theory, there is SOMEWHERE that'd have that value in numerical (and/or acquirable) form, yes? | 02:58 |
| paultag | Cheri703: yes ma'am | 02:58 |
| Cheri703 | I want to set something up that is "if audio input goes above X level, then play this pre-specified audio file" | 02:59 |
| paultag | Cheri703: sure, sounds easy enough :) | 02:59 |
| Cheri703 | so I need to figure out where that value is, and how to point at it | 02:59 |
| Cheri703 | but NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO FIND IT! | 02:59 |
| Cheri703 | >.< | 02:59 |
| paultag | Cheri703: you'll need to use gstreamer to pull the data in from the input stream. You can get a volume level at each instance, so watch that. Once it goes past a point, use gstreamer (again) to play the file to the default sink | 02:59 |
| paultag | Cheri703: you'll need to code :) | 02:59 |
| Cheri703 | hmm...ok | 03:00 |
| paultag | and that's two minutes! | 03:00 |
| Cheri703 | might make my brother help, or see if I can pay someone in cookies or baked goods | 03:00 |
| paultag | Cheri703: I'll BRB. Walking home | 03:00 |
| Cheri703 | kk | 03:00 |
| lostConnection | Hello, so I heard there was a meeting today? | 03:41 |
| canthus13 | Meeting? No.. | 03:48 |
| canthus13 | Prolly an Ubuntu Hour, though. | 03:48 |
| Cheri703 | columbus ubuntu hour was tonight | 03:48 |
| lostConnection | Well I guess that is what meant. I'm kind of new to the group. I'm not quite sure how the group is run. | 03:57 |
| Cheri703 | where in ohio are you? | 03:57 |
| lostConnection | I'm originally from Mentor. I'm going to school in Kent right now. | 03:57 |
| canthus13 | lostConnection: You should hook up with thafreak. | 03:58 |
| canthus13 | iirc, he's out there. | 03:58 |
| Cheri703 | kk, basically, in different areas of the state, there are "ReLoCos" Really Local Communities, smaller groups that get together to meet up and hang out every few weeks | 03:58 |
| Cheri703 | there is one in akron, one in cleveland | 03:58 |
| canthus13 | but yeah.. 'meetings' are IRC-based and occur in here. | 03:58 |
| Cheri703 | and others | 03:58 |
| lostConnection | Yeah I am really looking to meet more people from the community. | 03:58 |
| lostConnection | Right now I'm studying computer science. I have been interested in Ubuntu for a few years but never been very active. | 03:59 |
| Cheri703 | weird, client brought me a zune to mess with, I've had it plugged in off and on for days now, and it wouldn't charge or start up, and now tonight I plugged it in again and suddenly it's working o.O hooray microsoft | 04:03 |
| canthus13 | lostConnection: Wouldn't be surprised if you knew Doug then, if you're at Kent. | 04:04 |
| lostConnection | I'm a transfer student so I don't know. The CS department is fairly small though. | 04:05 |
| canthus13 | Cheri703: My Zen Vision:M did that when it sat for several months without charging. Took 3 days solid of charging to get it working. | 04:06 |
| lostConnection | Cheri703: I love my Zune. But they do have some glitches. Do you have an HD?? | 04:06 |
| canthus13 | it was kinda comatose. | 04:06 |
| Cheri703 | it's an 80gb | 04:07 |
| Cheri703 | it's not mine | 04:07 |
| Cheri703 | canthus13: they said that it'd been "glitchy" and had battery issues...that's all the info I got -_- | 04:07 |
| lostConnection | ok I have an 80gb also | 04:07 |
| lostConnection | I've found with a Zune it is almost better just to wipe the harddrive and reinstall the firmware. | 04:09 |
| Cheri703 | I was leaning that direction, I just needed it to turn on long enough to get it connected to the computer | 04:09 |
| lostConnection | hahaha yeah you'll probably have to charge if for a day. I've had problems with the battery if it hasn't charged for a while. | 04:11 |
| Cheri703 | I have no idea how long they'd had it plugged in or not | 04:12 |
| Cheri703 | wow zune software takes 300 years to install | 04:46 |
| lostConnection | hahaha yeah and it sucks when you are 75% done and you get an installation error | 04:56 |
| Cheri703 | -_- I turned off the zune so it'd charge faster, and now when I go to turn it back on...NOTHING just like before -_- | 05:07 |
| lostConnection | -.- give it time | 05:11 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, we'll see | 05:11 |
| Cheri703 | will call client to see if she wants me to replace the battery | 05:11 |
| paultag | damn, I'm stressed | 05:13 |
| paultag | I need small things to snap in 'twixt | 05:14 |
| Cheri703 | hmm...pretzel rods are good for that :) | 05:14 |
| Cheri703 | stress sucks | 05:14 |
| Cheri703 | want to write a mini program for me to take your mind off it ;D | 05:14 |
| Cheri703 | kidding | 05:14 |
| paultag | what's worse is that it all get put up in my sholders and neck | 05:14 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, I get really knotty shoulders | 05:15 |
| paultag | Cheri703: I have homework to finish, but in the morning, I'd gladly help you | 05:15 |
| Cheri703 | heh, I appreciate that, it's nothing super urgent | 05:15 |
| paultag | it's no fun getting locked up sholders and neck | 05:15 |
| Cheri703 | I'm trying to make a bark control with spare laptop | 05:15 |
| paultag | Cheri703: brilliant! | 05:15 |
| Cheri703 | I have a laptop, but not $100 to buy a bark control | 05:15 |
| Cheri703 | so...trying to work something out | 05:15 |
| paultag | Cheri703: what sucks is we got rid of OSS | 05:16 |
| paultag | Cheri703: you'd have been able to cat /dev/dsp | 05:16 |
| Cheri703 | I don't know much about the sound systems, there's like 37 of them | 05:16 |
| paultag | aye | 05:16 |
| Cheri703 | I'd be open to installing an older version of ubuntu if it'd make it easier | 05:16 |
| paultag | hummmmm | 05:16 |
| Cheri703 | it's an old-ish (like 3-5 yrs) dell laptop | 05:17 |
| paultag | Cheri703: tbh using gstreamer will let you do more with it ( actually adjust the threshold ) | 05:17 |
| Cheri703 | so probably could work fine with older ubuntu | 05:17 |
| Cheri703 | ok | 05:17 |
| Cheri703 | I am going to just put it right in front of the dog crates and have it blare an annoying noise at them when they bark :) just have to make sure it doesn't trigger from the guinea pigs | 05:18 |
| lostConnection | damn that's a good idea | 05:18 |
| Cheri703 | they squeak loudly | 05:18 |
| paultag | Cheri703: here are some sparse basics -- http://www.jonobacon.org/2006/08/28/getting-started-with-gstreamer-with-python/ | 05:18 |
| Cheri703 | kk | 05:19 |
| paultag | Cheri703: I'll be able to help more when I have time, but that's an OK overview | 05:19 |
| Cheri703 | ok, I appreciate it | 05:19 |
| Cheri703 | :) | 05:19 |
| paultag | :) | 05:19 |
| Cheri703 | you've been the most helpful so far! | 05:19 |
| Cheri703 | I can always count on paultag ! | 05:19 |
| Cheri703 | :D | 05:19 |
| paultag | oh, gee, thanks! :) | 05:19 |
| paultag | Cheri703: thanks :) | 05:19 |
| Cheri703 | that overview is mostly gibberish to me at this point in the night, but will reread when I wake up | 05:22 |
| paultag | Cheri703: just remember the core of UNIXness. There's only one principal you need to know in order to work with unix | 05:22 |
| paultag | Cheri703: and that is "Everything is a file" | 05:22 |
| paultag | Cheri703: that means that when you do start thinking about this, think of the microphone as a file | 05:22 |
| Cheri703 | that's what I figured, I just didn't know where to find the file! I knew it should exist | 05:22 |
| paultag | Cheri703: no different then a .wav :) | 05:22 |
| paultag | Cheri703: yeah, it's abstracted away in the pulse subsystems | 05:22 |
| paultag | Cheri703: gstreamer will let you use this on any audio platform, but keep the logic | 05:23 |
| paultag | and remember, to gstreamer, a .wav is no different then the audio iput | 05:23 |
| paultag | input * | 05:23 |
| Cheri703 | hmm...k | 05:23 |
| paultag | so if you can make this work on an audio file, you can make it work on the mic (hint hint) | 05:23 |
| paultag | ;) | 05:23 |
| Cheri703 | hrmmm | 05:24 |
| paultag | breaking a problem up always works best | 05:24 |
| Cheri703 | ok, I don't know how to program, so this will be an interesting project | 05:24 |
| paultag | Cheri703: python's nice and friendly :) | 05:24 |
| paultag | Cheri703: (and something awesome to know!) | 05:24 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, my original thought was about a numerical value for the mic volume level, make a program/script/something to monitor that level, and "if value goes above X, then play this" | 05:24 |
| paultag | :) | 05:25 |
| Cheri703 | I poked at it over a year ago, learned a bit of basic stuff, but it was a lot to take in at that point, had a LOT going on | 05:25 |
| Cheri703 | I can generally conceptualize how a program might work, it's the details of implementing that are meh...I help my brother think through roadblocks sometimes when he's working on stuff | 05:26 |
| paultag | Cheri703: :) | 05:26 |
| paultag | Cheri703: python is almost pseudo-code | 05:26 |
| lostConnection | yeah I just started learning python it nearly blew my mind how little syntax plays into your programming. | 05:27 |
| paultag | lostConnection: mmhum | 05:28 |
| Cheri703 | he he "tonnes" | 05:28 |
| Cheri703 | ah british people | 05:28 |
| paultag | right! | 05:29 |
| Cheri703 | (one of my best friends is british, I make fun of him for his spelling, he makes fun of mine :) ) | 05:29 |
| paultag | oh brits | 05:29 |
| paultag | there are tons in the f/oss world | 05:29 |
| paultag | it's actually sorta funny | 05:29 |
| Cheri703 | my friend started dev8d over there, he goes to lots of conferences, across various things | 05:31 |
| Cheri703 | but doesn't do much with the ubuntu world :/ | 05:31 |
| Cheri703 | other than helping me with stuff! | 05:31 |
| paultag | awwwww | 05:37 |
| paultag | lame! | 05:37 |
| Cheri703 | I have been trying to get him involved, he's a wealth of knowledge, but he does a LOT of other stuff | 05:37 |
| Cheri703 | he's a busy guy | 05:37 |
| Cheri703 | also been helping build reprap printers lately :) | 05:38 |
| paultag | :) | 05:39 |
| canthus13 | Nice. I'm thinking about building one someday. | 05:43 |
| Cheri703 | there is some cool stuff people have made | 05:46 |
| Unit193 | I'm really happy because I found nano for win! am I crazy? (I have to use it at times...) | 05:55 |
| Cheri703 | heh | 05:55 |
| * Cheri703 woke up earlier than usual | 14:58 | |
| canthus13 | Just bought one of these to replace using his wife's phone for video clips: http://cgi.ebay.com/Private-Eye-Mini-Hidden-Wireless-DVR-Cam-Stick-Recorder_W0QQitemZ230589979073QQcategoryZ48629QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7319783461603815996 | 20:17 |
| Cheri703 | Unit193: !! | 20:39 |
| canthus13 | blargh. | 20:43 |
| Cheri703 | ? | 20:43 |
| Unit193 | Cheri703: what? | 20:45 |
| Unit193 | Cheri703: What did I do? | 20:45 |
| Cheri703 | I got a reply to the "mansfield ubuntu hour canceled" email, someone new is going to come next time! | 20:45 |
| Cheri703 | hooray@ | 20:45 |
| canthus13 | Unit193: you broke teh intarwebz. | 20:45 |
| Unit193 | canthus13: I'll blame that on my sister... | 20:46 |
| Unit193 | Cheri703: sweet! do you know where the person is from? (not a replay to the list) | 20:47 |
| Cheri703 | no idea, I'm assuming our area | 20:48 |
| Cheri703 | I'm going to look him up on lp in a bit | 20:48 |
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