| [thor] | capmtripps: major changes will come in 11.04 | 00:57 |
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| [thor] | tubeneck: including a major shift in your panel/window interface | 00:58 |
| === willwh_ is now known as willwh | ||
| BluesKaj | Howdy folks | 13:57 |
| * genii-around makes some coffee | 15:09 | |
| * hypatia makes tea | 15:12 | |
| genii-around | Apparently I'm getting my hair dyed green during lunch. | 15:15 |
| hypatia | yay | 15:20 |
| IdleOne | Good morning | 15:21 |
| IdleOne | is it Let's get stupid drunk and fall down day again? | 15:21 |
| BluesKaj | yeah it's st patrick's day , one more excuse to get hammered :) | 15:23 |
| BluesKaj | genii-around, stay away from "lunch" | 15:24 |
| genii-around | IdleOne: Apparently :) I'm getting told now that my nails will also be painted green and that i will be kidnapped after work and forced to drink green beer | 15:25 |
| BluesKaj | genii-around, as long as "they pay"...who cares? :) | 15:26 |
| IdleOne | I hope these threats are being made to you by someone who you wish was going to do this to you anyway | 15:26 |
| genii-around | IdleOne: Heh, yes :) | 15:28 |
| IdleOne | have fun, be careful, protect yourself at all times :) | 15:28 |
| IdleOne | Note to self: Self do not go out tonight. Remember the last time you "celebrated" St Patrick's day. | 15:29 |
| Amgine_ | <selects an interesting and time-involving task to avoid much of the Irish-conquered world for the day> | 15:34 |
| * dscassel is wearing his usual blue jeans and black t-shirt and is a bit of a party-pooper. | 15:38 | |
| * BluesKaj doesn't celebrate st paddy's day , even tho most irish have viking ancestry:) | 15:49 | |
| Amgine_ | Will be testing netbook ubuntu; Client is looking at using cheap netbooks as a survey platform for portable web-based surveys. Anyone have suggestions for OS/hardware? Basically, something to run a web browser. | 15:58 |
| BluesKaj | cheap netbooks , that's an oxymoron , the equivalent priced laptops have many more features and newer HW | 16:00 |
| Amgine_ | $219 | 16:01 |
| BluesKaj | Amgine_, I hate to say this , but that sounds like the new dev chrome OS might be a fit | 16:01 |
| BluesKaj | Amgine_, where , got a url ? | 16:02 |
| Amgine_ | eeew... but you may be right. | 16:02 |
| genii-around | Well, lunchtime. See you guys later. | 16:02 |
| Amgine_ | NCIX, if I buy all 100 of them there. | 16:02 |
| BluesKaj | ok a multi-item discount | 16:03 |
| Amgine_ | Acer Aspire One, D255E. Normally $229. | 16:03 |
| Amgine_ | (I think N455) | 16:03 |
| Amgine_ | Almost as cheap as my scientific calculator way back when... | 16:04 |
| BluesKaj | Amgine_, amazon.com ..will they sell you directly without using amazon.ca where the price is 100bucks more ...this is the ripoff I'm referring to. | 16:11 |
| Amgine_ | Urgh! yes... Why do corporations tend to think we're all stupid? | 16:12 |
| BluesKaj | well the canadian dollar is sto=ill 67cents in their currency exchange price lists | 16:14 |
| BluesKaj | err still | 16:14 |
| Amgine_ | <snorts> Was at a bookstore the other day, sticker over the barcode priced $22.95, under the sticker Canadian price $16.95, US price $13.95 | 16:16 |
| Amgine_ | The book was *printed in Canada*. | 16:16 |
| Amgine_ | I hate book publishers... | 16:17 |
| BluesKaj | so how are you gonna get around the canadian price for those netbooks , Amgine_ ? | 16:18 |
| Amgine_ | NCIX in Canada, if I can convince the client to buy 'em. | 16:19 |
| Amgine_ | They, btw, will sell the netbooks without Windows. | 16:19 |
| Amgine_ | okay, netbook ubuntu test flash drive installed, time to try it. | 16:20 |
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| Amgine_ | BluesKaj: Everything seems to work as planned. Now, how do I disable the very pretty Unity interface, and start FF in kiosk on startup? | 17:58 |
| BluesKaj | sorry Amgine_ , I'm not a gnome fan/user , strictly kde here | 17:59 |
| BluesKaj | Amgine_, the guys at #ubuntu can probly help | 17:59 |
| Amgine_ | <nods> Thanks BluesKaj! | 18:00 |
| genii-around | ♩ It's not easy being green ♩ < me hums > | 18:03 |
| bregma | so, is it a lime green, and atomic green, or more of a viridian? | 18:35 |
| genii-around | Sort of an astro-turf green :) | 18:37 |
| genii-around | The fingernail polish might be more of a neon or lime green I guess | 18:38 |
| === Amgine_ is now known as Amgine | ||
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