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=== cypher is now known as czajkowski
czajkowskiAloha11:31
tdr112morning czajkowski11:32
ebelhappy election day all!11:32
* tdr112 is going to vote in an hour or so 11:32
ebeli'm going after work11:33
ebelstill registered to vote at my mammy's11:33
* ebel shall be voting based on the parties social policies.11:34
ebelSo essentially, labour. :P11:34
tdr112slashtom: is this your first time voting in Ireland ?11:34
slashtomyep11:36
* slashtom may vote Sinn Féin - got to keep the brits out!11:37
czajkowski:o11:38
tdr112:)11:40
ebel;)11:40
tdr112poor czajkowski no voting for her11:46
czajkowski:(11:46
slashtomthe funny thing is, i'm entitled to vote in british elections too11:47
czajkowskiI am too11:47
ebelTis a shame11:47
czajkowskithe funny this is because I'm not in Limerick today I cant vote11:47
ebelthey should let people vote from abroad, the UK does it11:47
slashtomhowever i don't use that right11:49
czajkowskiwhy not ?11:49
slashtomi don't live in UK, I don't want to live in UK, so why should I vote in UK?11:49
czajkowskiyou may want to at some point11:52
slashtommaybe, but i would rather not11:52
slashtom:)11:52
czajkowskifair enough11:53
tdr112i dont think people should vote if they are not living in the county11:53
czajkowskitdr112: tell that to the 50K people who have had to leave and not by choice11:53
czajkowskitdr112: 100 counteries world wide let people not living there vote11:53
slashtomsome countries (eg. USA) tax their ex-pats11:54
czajkowskiI find it annoying I've lived in ireland for 31 years and not able to vote in this election yet slashtom is there over a year and is, no offence11:54
tdr112czajkowski: they had a choice11:54
czajkowskitdr112: no they didn, many of my mates are in construction those who left got  work those who've stayed are on the dole.11:54
slashtomczajkowski: that's only an irish/british thing11:55
ebelMost FF voters are older. Most people who emigrate are young. Ergo prevent postal votes and you increase FF's share of the vote!11:55
tdr112czajkowski: it is there choice to leave and try and find a job or a better live , they could have stayed , did some training/ school/ moving job type11:56
czajkowskitdr112: so thats kinda annoying to hear, seeing as I tried to find a job for 7 months and did a course and still no work, others I know have stayed tried to do courses on fas and fas arent even handing out the certs.11:57
slashtomi thought fás was a joke11:58
slashtommost of the people my company hired last year are immigrants11:59
slashtomwe struggle to find the local talent11:59
czajkowskislashtom: you're an imigrant11:59
slashtomaye11:59
slashtomi counted myself11:59
tdr112what i find is annoying is after the state , ireland has provided all thexe people free college course , that they just get up and leave cause a brain drain12:00
ebelThe state values the old more than the young. More benefit cuts for the young, much less for the old.12:03
tdr112ebel: thats true , the old have a lot of power12:03
ebelcf.  state pension vs. jobseekers allowance for <25sz12:04
ebelthat's mostly cause elderly people vote more, right?12:06
ebelI would support compulsary voting, and a none-of-the-above option12:08
tdr112ebel: na , i would not like that12:10
moylanif there were cumpulsory voting they would have to have voting which allowed more college students to vote.  like voting on sundays when students are at home rather than at college.12:43
ebelyeah, the current 'election on a weekday' disproportionally affects young people.12:45
ebelsaturday voting for all.12:45
moylansunday would be better12:45
ebelAnother option: no compulsary voting, but rather than using the votes cast, use the number of people who could have voted.12:46
ebele.g. if there's a 4 seater constituancy, and 50% turn out, then only 2 seats are elected.12:46
moylanmany people aren't registered to vote.12:46
ebelTDs would then be incentivised to increase the turn out as much as possible.12:47
moylanthe only flaw with that is that tds would have to pass a law which would require them to work harder.  what are the odds? :-)12:55
daxrochave a good weekend all17:53
Tigerplug292evening all19:41
=== ShaneM_ is now known as ShaneM
moylanbelated hu20:22
moylanwhoops, belated hi20:23
ShaneMHey where do the latin translator meet?  https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+lang/la23:27
ShaneMmailing list?23:28
ShaneMBecause there doesn't seem to be an irc room23:28
ShaneMczajkowski: You know where I could check?23:28
czajkowskiwell latn is spoken by lots of people23:32
czajkowskiit's an old language23:32
czajkowskiso not sure tbh23:32
ShaneMczajkowski: I know someone who wants to help do some translations23:42
ShaneMBut they don't know where to find info.23:42
czajkowskimail david plannela directly23:46
czajkowskihe leads the translations team23:46
czajkowskihttps://launchpad.net/~dpm23:46
ShaneMok! :)23:46
ShaneMThanks23:46

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