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dogmatic69bought a nikon d3000 today, does not seem to be picked up by ubuntu00:26
dogmatic69:/00:26
dogmatic69lsusb has Bus 001 Device 011: ID 04b0:0424 Nikon Corp.00:29
dogmatic69nautilus has nothing00:29
directhexdogmatic69, it's likely to be MTP, not MSC? so i don't think nautilus would see it00:39
dutchieprobably simplest to pull out the sd card and stick it in a reader then00:39
directhextry shotwell/f-spot00:39
dogmatic69directhex: what is MTP / MSC00:39
directhexMSC, Mass Storage Controller, is where a device acts like a USB hard disk00:40
dogmatic69ok00:41
dogmatic69shotwell says "The camera is locked by another application.  Shotwell can only access the camera when it's unlocked.  Please close any other application using the camera and try again."00:41
directhexMTP, Media Transfer Protocol, is where a device instead presents itself as a device of a given class, and can have data transferred to/from it - notably it doesn't present things like folders, although your OS can make some fake folders & play pretend00:41
dogmatic69ah, thanks00:41
directhexhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1447104&page=2 ?00:42
dogmatic69i read that now00:42
dogmatic69dont wanna log out :(00:43
nucc1that happens to me too :p00:43
dogmatic69tx00:52
dogmatic69seems to work like that :)00:52
dogmatic69never mind... just died again00:52
nucc1dogmatic69, just pull out the memory card. MTP cameras are a bit of a bother to use in Linux.00:59
dogmatic69got no reader, will have to get one00:59
nucc1dogmatic69, i'm not sure, but some cameras have a setting where you can switch between MTP and Mass Storage mode01:00
dogmatic69nucc1: does not look like an option here01:02
dogmatic69will get a reader i think01:02
nucc1yea, good idea. they're not so expensive. can get some for 3 quid on amazon.01:02
dogmatic69ye01:05
dogmatic69http://i.min.us/im93yy.png01:05
dogmatic69takes pretty cool pics :)01:05
nucc1it makes pngs ? :)01:05
dogmatic69nope, NEF01:05
dogmatic69gimp makes pngs01:06
nucc1lol. why did you convert it?01:06
nucc1you use the gimp for resizing?01:06
dogmatic69chrome cant show nef files01:06
nucc1hmmm. don't think i've heard of NEF files before...01:07
nucc1i was going to recommend GThumb, but i don't know about it's support01:07
dogmatic69DSLR raw stuff01:07
dogmatic69http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/01:07
dogmatic69nef -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format01:08
nucc1yea, i've heard about raw, just didn't know they also went by "NEF"01:08
nucc1i wouldn't know anyway, my camera is my phone01:08
dogmatic69mine was till today :)01:09
dogmatic69nef is nikon specific01:10
dogmatic69every camera has its own version of raw01:10
dogmatic69s/camera/manufacturer01:10
nucc1i used to think that a JPEG at 100% quality meant no compression.01:10
nucc1seems i was wrong.01:10
nucc1btw, is that a duck or a goose? :p01:11
nucc1anyway, nice picture.01:11
dutchienucc1: definitely a duck01:20
dutchie:P01:20
nucc1lol. geese have longer necks01:21
nucc1according to the pictures on wikipedia01:21
nucc1"quacks do not echo". he he.01:23
dwatkinsIs that not an urban myth?02:50
dwatkinsmyth busted, apparently02:51
KINGOFSWORDShello ppl03:26
KINGOFSWORDSis swiftfox worth getting03:26
phonex01when i login i have this error msg "could not update ICEauthority file" ????05:14
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Community Leadership Summit 2011 - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/04/11/community-leadership-summit-2011/05:28
shaunomorning06:15
awilkinsBah, back to work for a week of fighting brushfires07:15
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Hindsight Is Almost 20/20 - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/04/11/hindsight-is-almost-2020/07:28
daubersMorning07:42
MooDoohello07:56
popeymorning08:00
MooDoomorning popey are you well?08:01
popeyyup08:01
MooDoogood good08:01
AlanBellmorning08:08
MooDoomorning AlanBell08:10
MooDoofinally got my planet feed link off my to do list08:16
TheOpenSourcererMorning all08:27
MooDooTheOpenSourcerer: morning :)08:32
TheOpenSourcererOooh shiny. A day made of Glass... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ3808:50
MooDooTheOpenSourcerer: how quick would you break something though :)08:53
popeyTheOpenSourcerer: thats pretty08:55
AlanBellin a world made of glass who needs windows?08:56
AlanBellum08:56
MooDooperhaps when my son is older :D08:56
popeydisappointed the glass bowl the popcorn came in didnt do something amazing08:57
popeyMUST TRY HARDER CORNING!08:57
dwatkinsmorning folks08:58
MooDoodwatkins: morning :D09:01
dwatkinsTheOpenSourcerer: I look forward to the day I can have windows like that, just like in Blade Runner :D09:01
MooDoodwatkins: you'd have to have vengelis playing in the background ;)09:01
dwatkinsMooDoo: I think I could handle that09:01
TheOpenSourcererSome neat ideas/concepts in there. I like the kitchen myself ;-)09:02
dwatkinsI think I'd prefer a gas hob, though.09:02
MooDoo+109:02
MartijnVdSFAHYAR!09:02
dwatkinsI like the idea of a phone which lets you transfer the call to the worktop, also.09:02
ali1234is ubuntuforums.org hosted by canonical?09:07
dwatkinsthe domain name appears to belong to them, ali123409:09
MooDooali1234: it's nameservers are canonicals09:09
* dwatkins wonders if 'Circular Road' is a nod at Google's 'Infinite Loop' 09:10
MartijnVdSdwatkins: Apple's infinite loop09:12
MartijnVdSdwatkins: and isn't Circular the only road on IoM? :P09:12
dwatkinshaha09:13
popeyali1234: yes, canonical host the boxes behind ubuntuforums.org09:13
ali1234MartijnVdS: whats IoM?09:13
dwatkinsnah, plenty of roads on the Isle of Man09:13
ali1234oh09:13
popeyIsle Of Man09:13
MooDoodon't you watch the bike TT :)09:14
ali1234i'm aware of it09:15
ali1234i just never saw it abbreviated like that before09:15
bigcalmGood morning earthlings :)09:16
daubersbigcalm: You alienist you09:18
* MooDoo upgraded to natty last night :D09:31
* kazade kazade did a couple of nights ago09:31
dwatkinsNo deleted /boot directory then, MooDoo?09:31
kazadewtf?09:31
MooDoodwatkins: huh?09:31
kazadedid I just write "kazade" lol09:31
dwatkinsMooDoo: I heared on the general offtopic channel of a few people whose /boot got deleted when they upated recently09:32
MooDoodwatkins: ooo didn't notice, thought all went swimmingly to be honest, some weird flash playback issue but nothing major09:32
MooDooand it works wonderful on my tv via hdmi :)09:33
dwatkinsyay09:34
dwatkinsI plan on connecting up my laptop via hdml soon so I can use my TV as a monitor - my other half just got a 24" Apple cinema display, so I decided it's time I used the TV to play games on ;)09:34
MooDoodwatkins: had to figure out how to change audio so it played through the tv :)09:34
dwatkinsMooDoo: sounds like it went well then09:35
MooDoodwatkins: yeah kinda, need to figure out how to make it so that it's the main monitor and not just an extension of the laptop09:36
MooDoodwatkins: it's so i can use the tv to show my son computers :)09:37
dwatkinsexcellent, MooDoo09:37
MooDoodwatkins: i'm hoping these niggles are just because it's natty and not a release version09:37
dwatkinsYeah, quite likely, MooDoo09:38
=== ormiret_ is now known as ormiret
SnomiIs there any way to view/edit my ubuntu partitions from windows?09:52
MooDooSnomi: would fdisk do it?09:53
SnomiI meant just to view the files09:54
MooDooSnomi: explore2fs09:54
MooDoosnomi http://www.supriyadisw.net/2006/09/how-to-read-ubuntu-partition-on-windows  try this, i've not used it though09:54
Snomiright ok thanks, I'll see how it goes09:55
Snomiworks ok09:58
MooDooSnomi: fab09:58
Snomiuh oh09:58
Snomijust crashed09:58
MooDoobummer09:58
Snomiyeah10:00
Snomicant get at the big files10:00
Snomiweird10:00
MooDooSnomi: i'm sure there are other apps, i just did a quick search on google10:01
Snomiyeah sure10:01
shaunohttp://doctormo.org/2011/04/11/narwhal-classic-is-fixed/    this is some good news this morning :)10:16
AlanBellso in classic mode can you run regular compiz?10:22
shaunonow that I haven't tried10:28
JamesTaitGreetings, all!10:29
MartijnVdSAlanBell: Classic mode is compiz. Classic mode (no effects) is metacity10:41
s-foxHello.10:58
MooDoohello s-fox11:00
s-foxHello MooDoo :)11:00
MooDoos-fox: how are you on this most fine day?11:01
HazRPG\o11:02
s-foxI am okay thank you, stomping around ubuntu forums dealing with reports.   How are you?11:02
MooDoos-fox: ok, upgraded to natty last night, seeing how that plays out, taking it to camera club on thursday night to show them FOSS11:02
s-foxGood luck!11:02
MooDoos-fox: ta :D11:03
MooDoos-fox: carry on stomping ;)11:03
=== SuperMat1 is now known as SuperMatt
davmor2morning all11:06
s-foxHello davmor211:07
s-foxHow're you?11:07
davmor2s-fox: Good thanks you?11:08
s-foxI am doing magnificently well thank you,  I am delighted to hear you are good.11:08
s-fox:)11:08
davmor2s-fox: Man you polite you know this is Ubuntu-uk right :D11:09
s-foxMy english isn't brilliant, but I manage.11:10
s-fox:)11:10
JGJonesIt's very good. There's English folks with worse "English" around :-)11:11
davmor2Oi czajkowski how's you back kidda any better or worse than before?11:11
s-foxJGJones,  English is my first language,  I just do not rate it that well. Laugh out loud.11:12
MooDooi wish people would talk proper like wot i does.11:13
JGJoness-fox, English is my second language, but I used it first from birth.11:14
s-foxyeah, learn to speak proper11:14
davmor2MooDoo: R yam awlrite r kid?11:14
s-foxJGJones,  Oh yes?  May I enquire what is your first language?11:14
MooDoodavmor2: aye lad crackin.11:14
JGJoness-fox, BSL which I first used at 11 yrs old.11:15
MooDoodavmor2: i ope r czajkowski lass is alreet, she ben in pain latly ;)11:15
s-foxOh yes, I remember you mentioned that before!11:15
* BigRedS buys MooDoo a new keyboard :)11:15
HazRPGMooDoo: hmm, that seems very northern lol11:16
JGJonesMooDoo, the way you're talking is just reminding me of Feersum Enjinn (Iain M Banks book)11:16
davmor2MooDoo: A lorra lorra pain and wim ai ad nutin to do wid it11:16
MooDooHazRPG:used to live in yorkshire now in midlands :)11:16
MooDoodavmor2: you're missing init from the end of your sentences11:16
HazRPGMooDoo: ah11:16
bigcalmJGJones: ug, some of the chapters in that book were painful to read11:16
JGJonesbigcalm, yup...took me forever to read that book.11:17
davmor2MooDoo: I ai from dow sowff init would be more appropriate though that or upstart :D11:18
MooDoodavmor2: by jove i actually understand what your saying old bean ;)11:19
davmor2MooDoo: We had some french exchange students we were showing around and they would talk to each other in french laugh and then tell us something in English that wasn't funny,  So me and my mate started talking black country to each other and laughing and telling them something not funny in return they seemed to get the message11:26
MooDoodavmor2: lol awesome11:27
davmor2MooDoo: of course this was after the 3rd degree on what language we were speaking :)11:27
issyl0Morning, just.11:27
AlanBellI was working in a factory in France doing a load of presentations to the staff, they kept interrupting me with side conversations in french11:27
davmor2MooDoo: They refused to believe it was English :D11:27
MartijnVdShah, speaking about French and issyl0 appears :)11:27
MooDoodavmor2: lol11:27
issyl0Mmmm, French.11:27
AlanBellI waited each time for them to finish and then carried on11:27
issyl0MartijnVdS: Strange, eh?11:27
issyl0I must have a radar.11:27
Tommeh'French' on highlight11:28
MartijnVdSissyl0: don't all women? :)11:28
issyl0Tommeh: No, I'm not that bad.11:28
issyl0MartijnVdS: Hahaha!11:28
issyl0Careful what you say now!11:28
AlanBellI just loved the expressions on their faces when we went to a restaurant in the evening and I translated the menu for the other english people and ordered in French11:28
issyl0AlanBell: \o/11:28
davmor2issyl0: no just, there a good 24hours before morning ends it's the Interweb where it's always morning11:28
s-foxHey issyl0 .  it has been a while. Keeping well? :)11:29
issyl0davmor2: Hmmm, with time zones etc, yeah, I suppose so.11:29
issyl0s-fox: Very well thanks - you?11:29
s-foxAlanBell,  Wonderful :D11:29
TommehAlanBell: every dog has his day :011:29
Tommeh* :)11:29
MooDooany one from whitby aread here?11:29
MooDoos/area11:29
HazRPGMan, I can't wait for DL2011 :D11:29
s-foxissyl0,  Yes,  I am doing a lot better these days thank you :)11:30
issyl0s-fox: Good.11:30
davmor2MooDoo: You've been watching too much heartbeat haven't you ;)11:31
s-foxwhitby... whitby bay?11:33
MooDoodavmor2: no i'm going on holiday up north in July, just wondered if anyone in the Whiby area fancied a beer if the misses lets me ;)11:38
davmor2MooDoo: Still you've watched too much heartbeat :P11:38
MooDoodavmor2: not in about 10 years ;)11:39
davmor2MooDoo: you mean it's stuck with you that long old chap?11:41
=== Hornet- is now known as Hornet
MooDoodavmor2: 39 on friday :S11:42
davmor2MooDoo: You and popey are both older than me it must just be that I feel older :D11:43
MooDoodavmor2: and look it ;)11:43
davmor2MooDoo: Hard life :D11:44
MooDoodavmor2:  ;)11:45
MooDoodavmor2: i just feel old ;) kids two and a half and already running rings around me ;)11:48
s-foxMooDoo,  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3519786/Boy-13-expelled-for-moustache.html11:49
s-fox /facepalm11:49
MooDoos-fox: well that's a joke isn't it11:50
davmor2MooDoo: But that's because you are old :P  At least till the 9th of August then of course 39 will become a suitably apt age for a person to be.11:50
MooDoolol11:50
MooDoodavmor2: ah not that long for you then :)11:51
davmor2MooDoo: No11:51
* MooDoo points and laughs11:51
davmor2MooDoo: Yeah but I get to point and laugh First and for longer Muhahahahahahahahahahahaha11:54
MooDoodavmor2: dagnamit :)11:54
MooDoodavmor2: you owe me a beer for being older sooner ;)11:55
davmor2MooDoo: That's fine but I can guarantee my pint of coke will be more expensive than your beer :P11:56
issyl0davmor2: Mmm.  Non-alcoholic drinks are expensive in pubs/places where you're "supposed" to consume alcohol.  :-(11:57
davmor2issyl0: This is the truth,  1.80 for a pint of larger 2.40 for a pint of pepsi11:58
issyl0davmor2: Horrible.11:58
MartijnVdSWho drinks an entire pint of pepsi?11:58
HazRPGMartijnVdS: i do!11:59
PendulumMartijnVdS: a pint isn't that much pepsi.11:59
MartijnVdSit's more than half a litre!11:59
PendulumMartijnVdS: they sell it by the pint in shops in the US11:59
issyl0Well why doesn't a pint of beer seem as obseen?12:00
MartijnVdSPendulum: everything is bigger in the US12:00
issyl0Er.12:00
MartijnVdSissyl0: More beer = more intoxicated :)12:00
issyl0s/obseen/obscene/12:00
HazRPGmore coke/pepsi = more caffinated :D12:00
MartijnVdSHazRPG: caffeine--12:00
issyl0Don't know what came over me then with that atrocious spelling!12:01
HazRPGI've had better nights out full of sugar and caffeine, then I have wasted12:01
HazRPGQuestion, what do I do when I have two byobu windows embedded into each other >_<12:02
* kazade just booted Ubuntu 5.04 in a VM :)12:03
MartijnVdSHazRPG: use the escape combination twice12:03
MooDooHazRPG: do the dance of seperation :)12:03
MartijnVdSHazRPG: Ctrl+A in normal screen -> Ctrl+A A = screen-in-screen12:03
MartijnVdSHazRPG: Ctrl+A A A = screen in screen in screen, etc12:03
bigcalmOh mu12:03
bigcalmmy12:03
MartijnVdSSame with ssh12:03
MartijnVdS<enter> ~ . = kill ssh,12:04
MartijnVdS<enter> ~~ . = kill ssh in ssh12:04
MartijnVdSetc.12:04
davmor2kazade: you should of started with 4.1012:05
kazadeHeh, well 5.04 was the first one I used ;)12:05
kazadereminiscing :D12:05
MartijnVdSdavmor2: I tried that last year.. we've come a long way12:05
HazRPGMartijnVdS: thats not working :(12:06
MartijnVdSHazRPG: what's the "escape sequence" in byobu? did they change it from Ctrl+A?12:06
HazRPGMartijnVdS: no, it should be Ctrl+A12:06
shaunoa bit late, but not everything's bigger in the US ;)  their pint is 16oz12:06
HazRPGchecked the help12:06
MartijnVdSHazRPG: Ctrl+A A D12:07
MartijnVdSHazRPG: that detaches the "inner" screen12:07
davmor2MartijnVdS: in byobu I think it's something like F512:07
HazRPGF5 = reload12:07
davmor2just hit the menu button it'll tell you12:07
shaunoctrl+r is reload.  I wish things would stop using F5 :(12:08
davmor2HazRPG: F6 I was close12:08
HazRPGwell hitting that just closes the byobu of my machine12:09
davmor2shauno: you can change the defaults in byobu12:09
HazRPGbut I can't see to control the byobu of my ssh inside that :S12:09
HazRPGhmm this is odd12:12
shaunowatch inception whilst high.  nested screens will start to make sense :)12:13
HazRPGfixed i think12:16
HazRPGyup yup, fixed :D12:17
HazRPGi set my byobu to have "no keybinds"12:17
HazRPGthen closed the remote byobu with F6, then manually changed the byobu config back to f-keys12:18
* HazRPG notes to self: byobu in byobu is not good!12:18
kvarleyI'm running a virtual box install of ubuntu. How can I make a system tarball?12:18
BigRedSHazRPG: I thought screen had a (reasonably) elegant way of deling with that, though I don't remember what it is; does byobu somehow do away with it?12:22
HazRPGBigRedS: I'm not sure, i think it's more because i ssh'ed to my tower from my laptop, loaded up byobu to see usual stats at the bottom, then ssh'd to my vps to load up irssi... then closed with F6, came back to my machine to find that the terminal i had the ssh to my vps open had now got two byobu's!12:26
HazRPGso i think i confused it >_< lol12:26
shaunomore likely it confused you.  it all makes perfect sense to the software :)12:27
HazRPGwell yeah :P12:27
HazRPGright, shall I make a video on how to do irssi window splits, or shall I just write about it...12:28
ubuntuuk-planet[Andrew] Login Screen Mockups - http://whyareyoureadingthisurl.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/login-screen-mockups/12:29
shaunowhat a miserable day.  got a snarky email asking if there was a good reason I have several hundred open tickets and everyone else has 1 or 2 :/12:32
balorczajkowski: Is irc.linux.ie down?12:32
ali1234"because u suck"12:32
shaunobecause I don't look at them.  they're evil.12:32
MooDooshauno: work harder ;)12:32
shaunoMooDoo: oh I work.  apparently I'm meant to clean up after myself too12:33
ali1234open more tickets12:33
HazRPGshauno: ticket: Everyone else has less tickets than me, get it fixed batman!12:34
shaunoactually.  I wonder if they'd do that.  if I asked them to just set all my records to closed/cancelled/customer cancelled12:35
HazRPGshauno: you could just to an rm -rf shauno-tickets12:37
shaunoheh.  if only it was that easy12:38
shaunooracle/siebel is hideous12:39
HazRPGshauno: i know :( i used it at uni :/12:39
shaunoand knowing us, we're probably standardised on something 5 years old12:39
shaunoI mean, we're still on Notes 6.5 (circa 2004)12:40
HazRPGwow, i've seeded wiki for a ratio of 1.7212:40
HazRPGthats a lot of data!12:40
shaunoanyhow.  enough grumping.  moar spending the next 3 hours ticking boxes!12:40
HazRPGshauno: guessing no "select all" boxes?12:41
* davmor2 happily bobbing away to absolute 80's in it's full ogg glory12:55
MooDoodavmor2: put that axel f ogg down12:56
davmor2MooDoo: no Axel f yet currently on Sanctify yourself by simple minds12:58
MooDoocool :)12:59
davmor2MooDoo: Dexy now with Gino13:04
HazRPGeveryone smile for the camera!13:11
HazRPGTaking a quick screen-cap of irssi.13:11
dogmatic69:)13:11
davmor2:P13:11
Martiinianyone use Twitter ??13:12
davmor2Martiini: yes thanks13:13
Martiinidavmor2:  may I add you to my twitter account?13:16
HazRPGguessing everyone else is shy for the camera then :P13:18
HazRPGalso, yeah I use twitter too13:18
ali1234hmm every time i like a video on youtube it goes on my twitter twice13:19
HazRPGheh, last.fm knows me too well :)13:19
ali1234maybe its because i turned on "post everything i do" on every stupid social site i signed up for13:20
HazRPGali1234: erm, depends... if you favourite it and also "like" it too, it'll post it twice13:20
ali1234i don't favourite on youtube, i don't even know how since they redesigned it13:20
HazRPGi noticed that on facebook, so I set it to only send stuff that I "like" or "upload"13:20
ali1234yeah it all goes to facebook too13:21
ali1234i think it's facebook forwarding it on to twitter13:21
ali1234or maybe it's buzz13:21
shaunoI don't link accounts like that.  it's evil :/13:21
ali1234everything goes there as well13:21
HazRPGshauno: why not?13:21
ali1234i turned it all on cos i hate all those sites and i'm trying to fill them with crap13:21
ali1234i never post anything on any of them13:22
hamitron:)13:22
shaunoHazRPG: there's enough drivel on twitter already :)13:22
hamitronhate is a strong word ;)13:22
ali1234so my twitter is just a list of stupid funny videos and other nonsense like that13:22
HazRPGali1234: my facebook is kinda like that13:22
Martiiniits not possible to contact someone on twitter .. unless they follow you, correct?13:24
ali1234i thin kyou just write @ followed by their name and they see it13:25
hamitronI was given a note to tweet someone once, so I assume it is possible Martiini13:25
Martiiniali1234: @ - means "reply" ???13:25
ali1234it just means @13:26
ali1234like "i'm tweeting @ u lol"13:26
ali1234there's no guarantee anyone will see it13:26
ali1234i don't think anyone actually *reads* twitter13:26
Martiiniso .. @"twitter-name" makes it visible or not ?? nobody will actually see my messages in any case .. or do they ?13:27
hamitronI know a few who follow everything said on it :/13:27
MartiiniI read everything on Twitter yesterday13:27
Martiinithe whole thing13:27
ali1234i don't understand how you are supposed to follow a conversation between two people13:27
ali1234all i ever see is people saying "@jrandomguy yeah lol"13:28
Martiinifollowers see retweets13:28
gordali1234, you use a client that allows you to see the conversation13:28
ali1234such as what?13:28
hamitron@ ali1234: I 'ave an itch13:28
gordtwidroid on my phone does it, as does the web version13:28
hamitrongord, kinda like something that parses logs?13:29
Martiiniso .. is it possible to contact someone who is not following you on twitter13:29
ali1234how do i use a twitter client when someone gives me a http url to a random tweet?13:29
Martiinibrowser ?13:30
gordhow do you follow any conversation when someone only gives you one sentence spoken by one side of the conversation?13:30
ali1234you can't13:30
ali1234which is the whole problem13:30
Martiinitheyre hidden13:30
Martiiniits a community13:30
gordthe problem is that people are giving you random http urls13:30
Martiiniso .. how do I contact someone in a twitter cluster or community ??13:31
ali1234stalk them until you find out their email address, then email them13:31
hamitronpeople read their emails? ;)13:32
daubersali1234: Always with the stalking!13:32
Martiinif*ck .. there is no way getting to them .. unless I have a phonenumber13:33
Martiinineither email, twitter ..13:33
ali1234hamitron: i do13:33
hamitronali1234: I fel soooo ashamed ;)13:33
hamitronfeel*13:33
hamitronerm13:38
hamitronis gnome 3 easy to use?13:38
hamitronlooks totally alien to me13:39
dutchieit is supposedly Made Of Easy13:40
davmor2Martiini: Feel free davmor2 shockingly :)13:41
Martiiniwhat13:42
Martiiniwhat do you mean davmor2 shockingly13:42
Martiiniblehh13:43
Martiinino idea what you people talk about13:43
davmor2MartijnVdS: I agree that we have come a long way, although I still think that the desktop background ground to a halt at hardy heron13:43
davmor2Martiini: I was at lunch before that you asked if you could add your twitter account.13:44
hamitrondavmor2's twit account is "davmor2"!!!! :s13:45
davmor2I'm letting you know what my twitter account details were13:45
Martiiniso that was a tweet there ?13:45
Martiinidavmor2 , is it ok to add you to my twitter account .. temporarily ?13:45
MartiiniDAve Morley ?13:46
davmor2Martiini: That's me13:46
MartiiniIm following You on twitter now13:47
Martiinidavmor2: so .. how would I ask you on twitter ..  if Jimmy Page or Robert Plant live in Wolverhampton13:49
HazRPGali1234: clearly you don't know how to use twitter, if your on the webpage, click on the /tweet/ that says for example "yeah lol" and it'll show you what the previous guy said, and what was said after and you can follow it through13:50
davmor2Martiini: all request that are directed start @<username> so it would be @davmor2 hello world test as an example13:52
HazRPGali1234: http://www.hazrpg.co.uk/twitter.png13:53
Martiinidavmor2: I must answer a tweet though?13:53
ali1234HazRPG: i see13:54
shaunoyou don't get that interface if you follow a direct link13:54
HazRPGshauno: how do you even send a direct link :S13:55
=== willy1978 is now known as willy_1977
hamitrondoes tweetering actually do anything useful? :/13:55
HazRPGhamitron: can be good for getting info an responses fast13:56
Martiiniwilly1977: bacame younger by a year ?13:56
shaunoHazRPG: the least intuitive UI either.  click on timestamps :)13:56
shaunoeg, to pick on poppy again, http://twitter.com/#!/popey/status/5737985110299033613:56
shaunoif you click the '3 hours ago' on the top message, you'll get take to that one.  if it's a rambling convo, you can follow it all the way back like that.  but only backwards.13:57
ali1234shauno: when i click that i get the context oddly enough13:57
HazRPGshauno: hmm, but for a direct link like that, it does show previous convos... or it does here13:57
ali1234i guess they must be working on it13:57
davmor2Martiini: you should see a tweet from me now that mentions you so it should flag you to say you have been mentioned13:58
Martiinidavmor2: this getting complicated ..13:59
shaunoyou do, but you only see 'the previous message'.  you can't get a full convo like that :/13:59
hamitronis there not software to grab all previous messages?14:00
davmor2Martiini: you can now choose to reply and send something back14:00
shaunohamitron: seems most clients do it.  and most people who are barely interested (if at all) in twitter don't use clients :)14:00
Martiinidavmor2: so .. Im unable to tweet You unless you follow me .. but .. I can reply to your "tweets"14:01
Martiinidavmor2: .. and .. replied tweets become visible to everyone ??14:02
Martiinicorrect ?14:02
davmor2Martiini: no!  I can't see your tweets unless I follow you.  You can put @whoever in any tweet.  If you reply to my tweet it is visible however private messages aren't14:03
shaunocan't resize it from my phone, but this is how convo appear in my client.  makes a bit more sense than the webpage :)  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23042/Photo%20Apr%2011%2C%2014%2003%2021.jpg14:05
shaunoif the site could do that with a convo, it'd make a lot more sense14:05
dwatkinslike that autocorrect website?14:10
dwatkinsall tweets are visible to everyone apart from Direct Messages, Martiini - i.e. be careful what you say, and what information you give out on twitter.14:11
HazRPGshauno: hmm, yeah I think my phone's twitter does similar!14:11
Martiinidwatkins: so .. tweets mentioning strangers whom I follow .., will become public to ANYONE who reads that public twitter page ???14:12
AlanBellno14:12
Martiiniand .. anything I post into twitter .. becomes public ?? .. lets say my banking details .. phonenumbers .. etc14:13
AlanBelldwatkins: you can set your tweets to not be public14:13
shaunosuffice to say, you don't tweet your bank details :)14:13
AlanBellI wouldn't advise tweeting your bank details14:13
HazRPGMartiini: yeah, basically if you do @Someone, <some text here>... it will show up to ANYONE... but if you do a direct message (click messaging at the top, where it says "Home, Profile, Messages, Who To Follow" section... then it will send it to ONLY the person you put down14:14
hamitronjust typing bank details can be dodgy :/14:14
shauno(doesn't turn out to be a huge problem, UK banks avoid twitter like the plague because it conflicts with some arcane laws)14:14
BigRedSWell, you'd not tweet anything you wouldn't put on any other website, really14:14
davmor2Martiini: You should never give out those details on twitter fullstop.  If you need to give your number to a friend then direct message them,  it's more like an sms text on a phone then ie point to point rather than general14:14
davmor2but neve rbank details14:15
Martiiniok .. Yea, Im aware .. not posting banking details ..e tc14:16
shaunomy best advice would be to follow a few people you know, and just follow along.  you'll pick up conventions by example pretty quickly14:16
Martiiniso .. can I contact random people I find on twitter ??14:16
HazRPGMartiini: if you really wanted to yeah14:17
Martiininone of my contacts are on twitter ..14:17
Martiiniall twitter accounts .. are either american .. companies, advertisers ..14:17
MartiiniIm just surfing twitter here14:17
davmor2Martiini: Follow popey you'll soon pick up what to do :)14:18
hamitrontalk a load of rubbish? ;)14:18
AlanBellMartiini: do you have a twitter account yet?14:19
MartiiniAlanBell:  Ido14:19
davmor2AlanBell: he does14:19
Martiiniand Im following .. some random strangers .. I found on internet14:20
Martiinithere is actually a reason .. why ..14:21
MartiiniI figured .. I can learn some american social english .. by stalking people on twitter14:21
Martiinisince I live in northern europe .. and have no contact with americans14:22
Martiinibut its all bullshit .. twitter14:22
Martiinidavmor2: myrtti a finnish girl who work for Ubuntu, right ?14:23
davmor2Martiini: that's cause you need to follow people rather than randoms.  Otherwise you'll just get spam effectively.14:24
davmor2Martiini: Myrtti is on this channel you can ask her yourself :)14:24
davmor2MooDoo: Aha touchy14:25
Martiinidavmor2: so .. what do I text about on twitter now .. kinda .. have nothing to text about14:25
MooDoodavmor2: ?14:25
Martiinidavmor2: I have been to Wolverhampton , btw14:25
AlanBellhaving nothing to say never stopped anyone else using twitter14:26
davmor2MooDoo: that's it my day just goes down hill from here the pinnacle has been reached unless the next 80's song is betterer still :D14:26
MooDoodavmor2: paul hardcastle nnnnnnnnnnnn nineteen14:26
Martiinidavmor2: .. so .. my tweets so up only on YOUR wall .. since you are following me ??14:26
Martiini*show up*14:27
davmor2MooDoo: I'm still enjoying AHA currently14:27
MooDoodavmor2: take on me?14:27
davmor2Martiini: Yeap but I don't get flagged about it as such unless you use mention14:27
davmor2MooDoo: Touchy14:27
MooDoodavmor2: ah i get you, you weren't called me touchy .... pmsl :)14:28
davmor2MooDoo: take on me would just complete the repertoire14:28
davmor2MooDoo: you muppet14:28
MooDoodavmor2: pah!14:28
davmor2MooDoo: Do keep up old chap :P14:29
MooDoodavmor2: i'm nearly 39 the brain cells are fading14:29
davmor2MooDoo: no that the alcohol abuse it's received over the years14:30
MooDoodavmor2: oh yeah.......14:30
MooDooquite fancy a snooze now to be honest :)14:31
daubers30%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blimey Agencies are cheeky gets14:31
davmor2MooDoo: afternoon nap time :)14:32
MooDoodavmor2: i wish lol14:32
davmor2MooDoo: It got better specials Ghost Town14:35
MooDoooooooo14:35
ali1234hmmmm14:38
dwatkinsdaubers: what kind of agency?14:39
Azelphurhmm, I bought a microsd card that went faulty off amazon within it's warranty period, the company said send it back, I sent it back, it's been over a month now, and 10 days since I sent them a message what's going on14:41
Azelphurhow can I escalate this?14:41
MartijnVdS"the company" being Amazon or the manufacturer?14:41
AzelphurMartijnVdS: a retailer, WS_Inspire14:42
MartijnVdSbut you bought it off amazon?14:42
Azelphurhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html?ie=UTF8&seller=A388NQR4J28IX14:42
Azelphuryes14:42
czajkowskibalor: cant get onto irc.linux.ie so I assume so14:42
czajkowskidavmor2: dont ask14:42
czajkowskiMooDoo: same goes for you14:42
MartijnVdSAzelphur: I don't trust non-amazon sellers on Amazon for that reason14:42
davmor2MooDoo: Better still Jam going underground ah happy days14:42
ali1234ring them up14:42
MooDoodavmor2: ooooo :)14:43
AzelphurMartijnVdS: the card has 1 year manufacturer warranty and I'm supposed to communicate with the reseller for that to be forfilled14:43
Azelphurali1234: yea, that's my next step14:43
davmor2czajkowski: ah come on you know I'm gonna ask now what's happen kiddo?14:43
daubersdwatkins: recruitment agency14:43
ali1234Azelphur: personally i never buy stuff from people who say things like "restocking charge of 5%"14:44
ali1234or "We will not replace the item without the manufacturers support."14:44
ali1234because that's BS14:44
czajkowskiI do not understand the UK health system14:44
Azelphur:p14:44
dwatkinsdaubers: ouch14:44
MooDooczajkowski: what's happened now?14:44
czajkowskijust spent 3 hours in A&E where they won't refer me to A) a specalist or B) have an xray done14:44
davmor2czajkowski: What?14:44
czajkowskino I need to go back to GP to get referred to A) specalist and B) x-ray at a hospital14:44
MooDooczajkowski: welcome to our sucky world :(14:45
daubersczajkowski: Unless it's life threatening A&E won't. You need your GP to sign that off14:45
daubersczajkowski: Unless you get private medical, then you pay and get what you want more or less14:45
czajkowskimind boggling stupid14:45
davmor2czajkowski: welcome to the nhs14:45
willy_1977and that is supposed to save money?14:45
daubersczajkowski: It makes a small kind of sense. A&E need those resources free for people who are in a life threatening situation14:46
davmor2willy1977: it's saves the hospital huge amounts14:46
willy_1977davmor2: quite.14:46
willy_1977at least we have an NHS...yes it needs some work but...it  could be similar to other countries where you're just left out there if you have no insurance...14:47
czajkowskibut they are just going to have to refer me back to the hospital to have a scan14:47
daubersczajkowski: Having said that, the wifes cousin was rushed into Hospital friday morning with a slipped disc, was x-rayed and what not within a couple of hours, had the disk removed and an artificial one put in within 24 hours and is probably going to be discharged tomorrow or wednesday14:47
czajkowskiso two trips14:47
czajkowskidanfish: ping14:48
Azelphurso speaking of my impending phone call, has anyone got call recording working on android?14:48
ali1234why are oyu so obsessed with recording phone calls?14:49
dwatkinsRecording phone calls should be easy, surely?14:49
Azelphurali1234: because I'm about to call a company that's been ignoring me for the past month via email?14:49
ali1234if you want something legally binding write them a letter and send it registered14:49
Azelphurso onces gotta assume hostility14:49
ali1234recorded phone calls are not worth jack14:50
Martiiniali1234: on e71 .. start recorder , make phonecall14:50
dwatkinsWhat kind of company is it, Azelphur?14:50
Azelphurdwatkins: an amazon retailer14:50
dwatkinsAzelphur: can you complain to Amazon?14:51
Azelphurdwatkins: that'd be my next port of call after phoning him and recording it :P14:52
dwatkinsAzelphur: I would just forward the e-mails to Amazon, a phonecall may not be the best way.14:53
AzelphurI guess14:54
Azelphurdwatkins: a call doesn't hurt, though14:54
dwatkinsAzelphur: it's worth a try, perhaps their e-mail address is broken some how, just be aware that they may try to get you to agree to things in the call which may result in you wishing later on that you had had more time to decide14:55
dwatkinsi.e. "so this is resolved then?" kinda questions14:55
Azelphur:p14:55
Azelphurall I want is a partial refund or replacement14:55
Azelphuranything less than that is a quick and easy no14:55
dwatkinswhat about credit with their store?14:56
Azelphurno14:56
dwatkinswhat about they send you something else similar?14:56
Azelphurif it's of the same size and class that's fine14:56
dwatkinswhat about if they insist you send in the item for examination by their testing department?14:56
AzelphurI already did send them the item, they stole it14:57
davmor2Azelphur: you can contact amazon and say your having issues contacting their retailer14:57
AzelphurI mailed them saying it was broken, they said send it in, I sent it in, nothing.14:57
dwatkinsah I see, did you send it recorded delivery, Azelphur?14:57
Azelphurno :(14:58
Azelphurprobably should have.14:58
dwatkinsI wouldn't necessarily have done so, especially for a small item14:58
dwatkinswhat are we talking about here, something small or large and expensive?14:58
Azelphura microsd card, a £60 one14:58
dwatkinsok, worth persuing, clearly14:59
Azelphurbought a big fast one for my phone14:59
willy_1977hummmm proof of posting?14:59
dwatkinsso you sent it in, they havn't replied to your "now what?" e-mails14:59
Azelphurdwatkins: pretty much yea14:59
Azelphurand it's been well over a month since I sent it in, and 10 days since now what14:59
hamitron:/14:59
dwatkinsgive them a call to check it's not just an administrative error, but be prepared for them to fob you off and then have to take it to Amazon15:00
willy_1977:/ just thinking that sometimes the post office give you that receipt thing that may help the case...15:00
Azelphurdwatkins: indeed15:00
dwatkinsclearly it might just be they have had e-mail problems, but you never know, I give them the benefit of the doubt at first, but there are some gits in this world sadly15:00
Azelphurof course15:01
hamitronAzelphur: story with a happy ending... I got my PS1 controller to USB adapter today :)15:04
Azelphur:D15:04
hamitronwish i had got the one with 2 ports now15:05
hamitronmy single port device is showing up as 2 controllers15:05
hamitron:/15:05
seekerczajkowski: WRT scans, there are probably only a certain number of slots per day, and every emergency one they put through delays the people who have made appointments, so they would be under pressure from other departments to not give people scans on the spot of it isn't an emergency. There is probably also an issue of whose budget the cost of the scan comes out of ( at a guess )15:09
* seeker notices the cps have declined to bring a case against BT wrt Pho15:13
seeker* form15:14
seeker*phorm15:14
MooDooseeker: yup was in the papers last week15:15
seekerJust saw it on the BBC15:15
andylockrananyone got experience with javaxcomm on windows?15:25
andylockranneed to replace it with rxtx15:25
andylockranand it's not looking like a 5 minute job15:25
popeyafternoon all15:26
MooDoohiya popey15:26
directhexpfft, java15:26
seekerLo popey15:32
ali1234andylockran: sounds pretty easy to me, according to the faq they both use the same api even15:33
dauberspopey: All signed up?15:34
popeydaubers: signed up?15:35
bigcalmSelling your soul to the Debil15:35
dauberspopey: Oggcampy-ness :) you said you'd announce it once contracts where signed, and then tweeted about announcements today/tomorrow :)15:35
* bigcalm waits for something to be announced (or not) on uupc. It's the only way to be sure15:36
dauberssee 2, assume 1 :)15:37
popeylisten to linux outlaws live tonight15:37
popey(or us tomorrow)15:37
daubersheh, was going to save this weeks UUPC for the 3 hour drive to norfolk on Friday15:37
bigcalm"FYI Iain will be taking technical lead" - words I rarely like to see in an email :|15:38
daubersIt'll be all over the internet tomorrow morning I suppose, so shall wait till then15:38
daubers_bored_ of compiling stuff now15:40
Azelphurwilly_1977: they had a database fart and lost my address, apparently they are sending my replacement out today! :)15:52
davmor2Azelphur: that's the story they were really hoping you forgot :D15:52
Azelphurhaha15:52
hamitron:D15:54
hamitronAzelphur: what temp does your chipset run at?15:56
Azelphurwhich one?15:56
hamitronthe beasty one15:56
hamitronLGA116615:56
Azelphur1366 :P15:56
hamitron1 char!15:57
hamitronnearly ;)15:57
Azelphurwith all cores at 100% on the stock cooler, I stopped it at 94C15:57
hamitronthe chipset?15:57
Azelphuroh, I dunno about the chipset15:57
Azelphurthe processor goes to 9415:57
seekerHave you thought of actually attaching the cooler?15:58
hamitronI get upset when my cpu hits 3515:58
hamitron:D15:58
seekerAzelphur: Which processor? And what overclock?15:58
Azelphurseeker i7 950, no overclock \o/15:59
seekerO.o15:59
seekerSeriously, connect the fan and heatsink15:59
hamitronhehe15:59
seekerOr clear out the dust15:59
AzelphurI probably put a bit too much thermal paste on since it was my first time, so it might be a bit inefficient at dissipating heat15:59
hamitronre-seat it then :/16:00
AzelphurI'm just going easy on it for 5 minutes, I've got a huge water cooling kit next to me :P16:00
AzelphurThen I get to play overclock :)16:00
seekerI spent £60 on a heatsink/fan and have an i7 920 @ 4Ghz16:00
hamitronbut my original question is, what is a good temp for a chipset?16:00
seekerRunning at ~40c normally16:00
seekerAnd up to 60 under heavy load16:01
hamitronso 46 C is high?16:01
seekerNo idea hamitron16:01
seekerThose numbers are my CPU figures.16:01
hamitronmy cpu hits 35 C under max load16:01
seekerWhy are you worried about chipset temps?16:01
hamitronseeker: don't wanna fry it16:01
hamitron:)16:01
andatchethese hp microservers really are ftw16:02
hamitronnot got any case fans atm16:02
hamitronjust the cpu fan and psu fan16:02
andatchestuffed with 4 x 1TB disks and 8GB ram they are perfect low-power vm hosts :)16:02
seekerWhy not?16:02
hamitronit was making too much noise16:02
hamitrongonna get another sometime16:03
seekerBuy a low noise 12cm for about £516:03
hamitronbut it just seems a little weird, the chipset getting hotter than the chipset....16:03
hamitronchipset hotter than the cpu, I mean16:03
seekerQuick google suggests under 60c16:04
dwatkinsdepends on the component, it's probably best to keep most components under 60 degrees though16:05
hamitronI will get a fan sure :) just the weather has got hotter faster than i had hoped16:06
hamitronthese figures are scarry, I used to set my comp to shutdown if the cpu hit 40 C16:09
AzelphurAnyone know any good tricks for fixing loads of background noise on a headset? :p16:09
seekerI7s can get up to close to 100c without dying instantly16:10
MooDooAzelphur: get a new headset [before any one else says it] ;)16:10
AzelphurWhen using mumble voice activation, my voice is only slightly louder than the background noise, if I move at all, mumble voice activation goes off16:10
Azelphurhaha :D16:10
AzelphurI only just bought this one, reviews said it was supposed to be good :(16:10
hamitronit is all your fans.....16:10
hamitronhelicopter in the background16:10
Azelphurhamitron: they arn't running atm xD16:11
hamitronah :)16:11
hamitrondo you plug them in in the front of your comp?16:11
davmor2Azelphur: use push to talk16:12
AzelphurNEVER.16:12
hamitron*effort of pushing a button*16:12
hamitron;/16:12
ali1234talk louder16:12
dwatkinsdon't talk?16:13
Azelphurhamitron: the entire point of mumble is that your meant to have an alternate method of communication leaving your hands free to play :p16:13
Azelphurit's near pointless if you have to press more buttons16:13
shaunothat just sounds wrong16:13
Azelphur(although granted it's less buttons than typing)16:13
* hamitron was thinking "play with what"16:13
hamitron;/16:13
Azelphurlol16:13
dwatkinsI used to use mumble when playing CS and l4d2, it was much easier to have a push-to-talk button than force everyone to hear me cursing zombies and other players as they shot me ;)16:13
hamitronhaha dwatkins16:14
Azelphurdwatkins: I don't talk to myself :P16:14
shaunoI always use ptt.  I talk to myself.  a lot.  and make my own sound effects for everything.  it's almost embarrassing to describe, let alone hear.16:14
hamitronyou never shout at someone in a game, through your monitor?16:15
BigRedShah, yeah. I once had someone play back to me the sounds of me gaming. It was a bit embarrasing16:15
hamitron:D16:15
Azelphurhamitron: not unless they are on mumble and I want to shout at them :p16:15
hamitronI once got knocked off on lap 44 or 45 by a wrecker.... I was sooooooo mad16:16
hamitronof 45*16:16
shaunoone of TS or vent, I don't remember which, let me use Fn for push to talk.  that was perfect.16:16
gordonjcpheh16:16
gordonjcpVOX is dangerous16:16
seekerandatche: Those look very interesting16:16
dwatkinsshauno: Fn as in the modifier on some keyboards?16:17
shaunoexactly16:17
hamitronI have a "push to talk" button on my skype keyboard ;)16:17
andatcheseeker: they're excellent16:17
shaunoas long as I'm not using the cursor keys, I can use that for ptt without breaking anything16:17
andatcheespecially for £140!!16:17
KIDELsorry guys im new to this is there anyway i can find a chat room where people are from my area???16:18
shauno(or the function keys :)16:18
MooDooKIDEL: ubuntu chat room?16:18
AzelphurKIDEL: yea, it's called facebook16:18
hamitronAzelphur: :-o not facebook!16:18
KIDELfb aint a chatroom16:18
KIDELasshole16:18
hamitronwell said o//16:18
SuperMattcareful now16:19
KIDELno need man is there only askin as I say just new to this16:19
shaunoKIDEL: most of irc only breaks down as far as per-country, if at all.  for linux specifically, you'd do worse than to look up your local LUG and see if they have a channel somewhere16:19
AzelphurKIDEL: IRC is usually reserved for subjects rather than locations, you're lucky to find country specific channels, let alone region :)16:19
KIDELbut there is always one who has to make hissellf feel good16:19
KIDELok thanks for ur help guys16:20
shaunomost likely he was just trying to be funny :)16:20
KIDELyeah I know16:20
seekerandatche: Very very tempted to try one as a mythtv backend16:20
seekerOnly question is whether the processor has enough grunt for it16:21
andatcheperhaps not, not sure16:21
ali1234depends what tuner you use16:21
andatchethe cpu is a little bit faster than the dual core atom a330 I have in another box16:21
seekerAtoms aren't really powerful enough16:22
andatchebuild quality is excellent though, very surprised at the price16:22
shaunoI got handed a freebie via c3 800 today :/  not sure what it's gonna be good for yet16:22
andatchedoorstop? ;)16:22
seekerApparently they cause playback to stutter when the scheduler runs16:22
hamitronshauno: I have 316:22
ali1234you can run mythbackend on a 700mhz cpu if you using dvb tuners16:22
hamitronvery good for jukebox systems16:22
ali1234because it takes almost no cpu at all16:22
seekerali1234: It's the commflag and scheduling that takes CPU16:23
ali1234commflag doesn't work anyway16:23
andatcheseeker: they're not too woeful, can do some benchmarks if you're interested?16:24
ali1234by "doesn't work" i mean it never actually runs16:24
shaunohamitron: thinking I may be able to find something nerdy for it to do, as it has dual nics16:24
hamitronshauno: nice :D16:24
shaunoit's a pull from an old rack monitoring unit.  embedded board, ide, 256Mb ram (soldered), two nics, two serial ports, two usb ports - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23042/Photo%20Apr%2011%2C%2015%2030%2038.jpg16:25
hamitronshauno: main problem I have had is, mine are the earlier ones that are only i58616:26
shaunoapparently needs a bios flash to get past the vendor's firmware, and a ps2 keyboard.  no idea where on earth you'd find those anymore :/16:26
hamitronthat is actually really cool16:26
hamitron:)16:26
hamitronhmm :/16:27
hamitronall my keyboards are ps2 ;/16:27
seekerali1234: Runs fine for me16:28
shauno(the flash is the easy bit.  no local museums to borrow a ps2 keyboard from tho)16:28
seekerandatche: I'll just search for benchmarks for the processor16:28
andatchefair 'nuff16:29
hamitronshauno: get one of them multi-coloured keyboards off ebay for 10 quid :)16:29
shaunonooo16:29
hamitronor a converter for your usb keyboard16:29
shaunoI'm not gonna buy a keyboard, use it for an afternoon and then bin it :/16:29
hamitron(if it is ps2 compatible)16:29
hamitron£1.5016:29
shaunonot sure mine would be.  I've one usb, one bluetooth, both apple16:30
hamitron:/16:30
hamitronusing old junk is so much easier, when everything else you have is old junk :D16:30
hamitronnot sure that 200MHz SIS cpu comp was a good idea though16:31
shaunoI'm half tempted to cart it off down to the local hackerspace next time they have a 'social night'.  they're bound to have something16:31
shaunoonly need it long enough to flash the bios, then I can go back to usb16:32
hamitronI'm sure a ps2 keyboard would be a good investment ;)16:32
hamitron"just in case"....16:33
shaunothat's the worst reason to buy something :(16:33
andatcheshauno: could do it using a serial console?16:33
shaunoandatche: not until I get the vendor's bios off it :/16:33
hamitronmaybe try a neighbour?16:34
shauno(I know how far they've got it tied up.  the vendor's my employer)16:34
hamitron"hey Mac, can i borrow the old rubbish keyboard off your old rubbish comp?"16:34
shaunothey've just got two laptops.  students :)16:34
hamitronnext house along....16:35
hamitronhaha16:35
shaunoI don't know the people 2 hours along :/16:35
hamitrondisappointed in you shauno, I expected you to hoard junk like me.... *sigh*16:35
shaunoI used to.  until I left the UK with all my worldly goods packed within what the airline would call one suitcase16:36
hamitronI'm only just considering throwing 2 AT keyboards out :/16:36
andatcheheh, $gf keeps making me throw old computing stuff away16:36
hamitronah, yeh16:36
BigRedSI don't think I could cope with that...16:36
andatchehave to fight for anything i want to keep!16:36
shaunoit's actually fantastically liberating.  did the same when I moved to ireland too16:36
shaunoexcept I wised up and got a laptop this time :)16:37
hamitrontbh, it would do me good, having to move and dump the stuff I don't really need16:37
shaunothe first time I took a tower pc, padded the inside of the tower with books, and the outside with enough clothes to stop it moving16:37
hamitronhehe16:37
hamitronI got 19 towers :/16:38
shaunothen took my harddrives in my carry-on, because I don't trust ramp monkeys.16:38
hamitron:\16:38
BigRedSyeah, I can see it being great *after* doing it16:38
hamitronbut how do you decide what to take?16:39
shaunoactually throwing 20 years of trash away isn't a whole lot of fun16:39
hamitronand wtf you do with stuff you don't take?16:39
shaunobeing able to move around without carting 20 years of trash behind you is awesome16:39
shaunohamitron: CDs/LPs are in a box at my father's house.  my brother stole my clothes.  I sold the books I couldn't fit.16:40
hamitronany spare comps?16:40
shaunonothing worth losing sleep over.  one of those ruddy aweful cerleron 300's, and a 48616:40
hamitrongeez, it is scarey, I got 2 motorbikes and 2 drum kits too :(16:41
hamitronI guess I could throw away all my comps without much of a thought16:42
hamitronI'd prob buy 2 external hdd and store data on them16:42
directhexhow many of them do you turn on on a monthly basis?16:42
hamitroncomps?16:42
directhexyes16:42
hamitron16 or 1716:42
directhex._.16:43
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directhexyet i'm the environment hater with my i7?16:43
hamitrongot a few spares16:43
hamitronyes16:43
hamitronas I don't turn them all on at once16:43
hamitron;)16:43
hamitronmost of these machines are recycled also16:43
hamitronthey'd of gone to landfill otherwise16:44
shaunotbh it sounds like they've just gone to a well-curated landfill :p16:44
hamitronhaha16:44
hamitroncheek ;/16:44
shaunolike an old folk's home for computers16:44
shauno:)16:45
hamitronthere is no point in buying atom comps, to go in the garage16:45
HazRPGdoes this site work for anyone else:16:46
HazRPGhttp://www.screenjelly.com/16:46
czajkowskibalor: it's back now16:46
shaunoHazRPG: doesn't work here.  loads, but says missing plugin16:46
HazRPGshauno: java is the missing plugin16:47
serial_rtfFF16:47
ali1234so what's new in banshee 2.0? is it possible to listen to an mp3 without maxing two cores yet?16:47
shaunoooh, no java seems to work.  I clicked demo, and don't have flash16:47
directhexfiling bugs is hard! moaning on irc is easy!16:48
hamitronali1234: that is a feature16:48
hamitron;/16:48
ali1234directhex: i filed the "banshee uses too much CPU" bug on launchpad16:48
hamitron"heats up the room using the power of banshee"16:48
ali1234directhex: but continue to use procedure to avoid doing any actual work16:49
directhexhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/banshee-suckth-the-big-one-or-how-to-correctly-file-a-bug-and-stop-worrying/16:49
directhexali1234, if it were a general bug, I might have noticed it when, y'know, playing MP3s16:49
ali1234bug 39626816:49
lubotu3Launchpad bug 396268 in banshee (Ubuntu) "Banshee uses too much CPU" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/39626816:49
hamitronbbl, work calls16:50
directhexali1234, you have BPM detection enabled?16:51
ali1234no16:51
HazRPGhmm, why does "java -version" report that its "1.6.0_20" when the one in the repo should be "1.6.0_24"17:02
BigRedS'cause you're not up to date?17:03
brobostigongood afternoon everyone.17:03
BigRedSor you've a few javas installed. Java's nice and annoying like that17:03
HazRPGhmm17:03
BigRedSas in, OpenJDK vs Sun17:04
serial_-sun +oracle17:04
BigRedSI just thought of that, when the package will change names17:04
BigRedSI think I'm going to start a repo that just has Sun products with the Oracle branding removed...17:05
HazRPGhmm, well I need OpenJDK for LibreOffice17:05
BigRedSdoes libreoffice dislike Sun?17:05
serial_sun got bought out before libre came out...17:05
HazRPGbut I'm sure I've configured Sun/Oracle java as default17:05
BigRedSwhat does 'which java' say?17:06
HazRPG/usr/bin/java17:06
BigRedSserial_: yeah, but IO'd still expect libre to be written for Sun Java rather than OpenJDK, if it cared at all?17:06
BigRedSoh yeah, you need 'ls -l `which java`' 'cause /usr/bin/java's a symlink17:07
BigRedSand that might point at another symlink, I think.17:07
BigRedSit's been a while since I entertained anything other than Sun/Oracle Java, so this might be different now...17:07
HazRPGBigRedS: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2011-03-19 05:02 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java17:07
BigRedSah yeah, follow the symlink trail to see where it goes17:08
davmor2MooDoo: the music just gets better Fade to Grey Visage17:08
BigRedSor do update-java-alternatives to see which javas your system thinks you have17:08
BigRedS(with -l)17:08
BigRedSso 'update-java-alternatives -l'17:08
BigRedSoooh, and I have openjdk on here!17:09
davmor2or install gnome-alternatives iirc and do it in a nice gui :D17:09
HazRPGwell it thinks I have openjdk and java-6-sun 6317:09
BigRedSat a guess, whichever java's your current 'alternative' isn't the one for which you were checking the package version17:10
serial_sorry about that peeps, xchat crashed17:10
BigRedSoooh, hometime apparently17:11
HazRPGthat's what I find weird though17:11
HazRPGI've disabled the plugin inside chrome for IceT17:11
HazRPGIceTea*17:12
HazRPGso it *should* be using sun-jre17:12
MartijnVdSsun-jre *shudder*17:12
serial_sun-java6-plugin :)17:12
HazRPGsorry yeah :P17:12
BigRedSwhat's wrong with sun-jre? as jre's go...17:13
serial_nothing, plugin mainly for applets and jnlp17:13
serial_etc17:13
BigRedSthat was more at MartijnVdS's shudder :)17:13
directhexBigRedS, proprietary evil17:13
serial_:p17:14
BigRedSdirecthex: like mono? :)17:14
BigRedSjava, in general, I view as an evil of sorts. But sun's seems to cause me less work than OpenJDK17:15
directhexBigRedS, mono has source. sun java doesn't. openjdk is mostly sun java, but not entirely17:15
ali1234as far as i'm concerned, jana, .net and flash are all in the same category17:18
ali1234they're all used to make inefficient bloated software, and they all have "mostly but not entirely" free software versions17:18
ali1234ok i have a trivial testcase demonstrating banshee cpu usage, in fact i made it so bad that it's completely frozen the UI as well17:27
ali1234looks like a found a memory leak too17:28
ubuntuuk-planet[Jonathan Riddell] Ubuntu App Developers Week - http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/440617:29
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ali1234bug 75774017:46
lubotu3Launchpad bug 757740 in banshee (Ubuntu) "Banshee crashes on very short mp3s" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/75774017:46
HazRPGyou'd think with YouTube's massive server farm, it'd be able to transcode a video pretty quick :P18:45
ali1234it can18:45
ali1234you know they get 35 hours of video every minute right?18:45
HazRPGyup18:45
HazRPGali1234: there's a point, what do you use to create videos with and what do you save them as?18:46
nperryAnyone know if the UGR team have an irc channel?18:46
ali1234HazRPG: i use all kinds of things...18:47
HazRPGI just tried RecordItNow -- but its KDE based, and well it took forever to do anything with18:47
ali1234i use gtkrecordmydesktop18:47
ali1234i use ffmpeg to make h26418:47
ali1234and i use pitivi sometimes if i need to edit18:47
ali1234again, to h26418:47
ali1234nothing else seems to work on youtube18:47
ali1234sometimes ogg will work but it's hit and miss18:48
HazRPGI use pitivi for editing too18:49
HazRPGali1234: hmm, so my ogv might just be scrambled then :(?18:51
ali1234yeah probably18:51
ali1234do you get sound and green picture?>18:51
HazRPGnot sure, still processing18:51
HazRPGhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP_qgPpUFJA18:51
ali1234did you see a preview while uploading?18:52
ali1234it will probably say that forever18:52
HazRPGwhy?18:52
ali1234i dunno18:52
ali1234that's just what happens18:52
HazRPGyeah, it looks like someone had change the picture to ///// aspect for some reason18:52
HazRPGon the preview during upload18:52
ali1234/////18:52
ali1234?18:52
HazRPGyeah, as if someone had put a filter on it to change the image from   |  (or fixed, normal view), to a  /  (everything titled to the right and stretched out)18:53
HazRPGali1234: http://www.hazrpg.co.uk/tmp/youtube-upload.png18:54
mgdmit's attempting to make thumbnails from the videos as you upload, but bungling it18:55
HazRPGindeed18:57
HazRPGoh well18:59
HazRPGtranscoding to mp4 in pitivi18:59
HazRPGurgh, ok so this time its not evening showin a preview :/19:01
HazRPGthis time i used FFmpeg H.264 MP4, with faac audio (AAC?) etc19:02
KINGOFSWORDShi19:04
KINGOFSWORDSproblem with googleearth in 64bit19:06
ali1234HazRPG: i use [mp4mux], [ffenc_alac], and [ffenc_mpeg4] in pitivi19:07
HazRPGhmm, the settings I picked must have worked:19:08
HazRPGhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcWPeXpa9ys19:08
ali1234[ffenc_aac] belongs to [ffmux_mp4], and like it says, it's not recommended19:08
HazRPGor maybe not...19:09
ali1234that's really messed up lol19:09
HazRPGindeed :/19:09
HazRPG*sigh*19:09
MartijnVdSuhm19:09
MartijnVdSMPEG4 is "special"19:09
MartijnVdSali1234's way seems the sanest19:10
ali1234looks like you only got i frames :)19:10
MartijnVdSas long as it plays on ps3 :P19:11
HazRPGI don't seem to have mp4mux19:11
MartijnVdSget it :)19:12
ali1234ah yeah you need to install the codec pack that makes everything work19:12
HazRPGnope19:12
* MartijnVdS uses mp4box to mux mp4s19:12
HazRPGjust being a spaz, it is in there :/19:12
ali1234(you probably already installed it since you need it for just about everything)19:12
HazRPGindeed19:14
HazRPGali1234: thanks for the help, hopefully this should work19:14
HazRPGalso, is there a way to default these settings? (having trouble finding a way to do so :/)19:14
ali1234i don't think so19:14
ali1234but it gets saved with the project file19:14
ali1234so you can make a blank project, and load it up before you start19:15
ali1234actually there's probably a default project file somewhere you can save over19:15
ali1234the new pitivi has a much improved codec settings page where you can make presets: http://jeff.ecchi.ca/blog/2010/12/10/new-project-settings-and-rendering-ui/19:19
ali1234which is cool19:19
HazRPGhmm, PiTiVi v0.13.5 is the one I have and according to the site thats the latest one :S19:22
ali1234the new thing isn't released yet19:22
HazRPGah19:23
HazRPGhmm, think this should do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWYNMS5LuM19:29
HazRPGmainly made it because one of my friends was having trouble trying to add music :/19:30
ali1234"but i use inity"19:34
ali1234"how i open two windows"19:34
ali1234hmm so basically you do cd ~/.ultrastar && unzip ~/Downloads/ultrastar*.zip19:36
Myrtticlassy20:00
Myrttimartiini confesses to internet stalk people20:01
Myrttihes one of the people why my twitter profile is private :-/20:02
exobuzzwonder if ubuntu natty will be released with this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-appmenu/+bug/669712 - annoying20:03
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 669712 in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu) "virtualbox menu entries disabled in global menu (dup-of: 641209)" [Low,Triaged]20:03
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 641209 in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu) "With appmenu-gtk some menus are blacked out in VirtualBox" [Low,Triaged]20:03
* hamitron makes a note on his timetable Myrtti is active at this time20:04
hamitron;)20:04
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hamitronhas anyone tried running their distro from a usb 3.0 drive?20:11
hamitronspecifically, one of these high performance SSD ones20:12
baloroff topic question but, what do Windows users use for personal backup, like we'd use deja-dup on Linux20:13
willy1977balor: get on your knees...20:13
willy1977hands together... look skyward and pray.. :)20:14
balorwilly1977: Don't blame me.  I came home for a week and was handed a Vista machine...I've not been a Windows user since the last century20:14
hamitronwhat is a backup? ;/20:15
willy1977balor: nah, got nothing against it - just thinking that's what most users I've dealt with would be doing...20:15
hamitrontbh, these online backup services tend to offer better support for windows.....20:16
willy1977that's true... isn't there like the windows cloud or something?20:16
balorI've got a NAS, I just need something to copy files20:17
hamitroncould use rsync just the same too20:17
hamitronwhat is deja-dup?20:19
hamitron:s20:19
Jibadeehai have started using deja-dup20:19
brobostigon!info deja-dup20:19
lubotu3deja-dup (source: deja-dup): Backup utility. In component universe, is optional. Version 16.1.1-0ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 418 kB, installed size 2976 kB20:19
Jibadeehait is great for encrypted backups20:20
hamitronbleh, I don't need encrypted20:20
hamitron;)20:20
hamitronI have nothing to hide \o/20:20
Jibadeehado any of you guys use autofs20:20
Jibadeehahamitron, neither have i20:20
hamitronencryption where it is not needed, just makes me uneasy20:21
willy1977I've used the a-click backup client (a lot of online providers seem to use this) it's not so bad...20:22
hamitronI'd rather keep it plain, in case something goes wrong.... then there is a better chance of recovering20:22
Jibadeehahamitron, i have been burgled before .. so this time i have everything encrypted20:22
willy1977balor: a click stuff was for you :)20:22
hamitronJibadeeha: I guess if you store stuff that is personal, a good idea20:23
willy1977yeah hamitron how the fluff do you keep prying eyes off your porn?20:23
Jibadeehahamitron, identify theft worries me20:23
hamitronwilly1977: typing encryption keys mid action must be a pain? ;)20:23
willy1977you get used to it20:23
willy1977:o20:24
willy1977so I'm told :/20:24
hamitronhaha20:24
hamitronno need to store content readily available on the internet anyway20:24
Jibadeehalol true20:25
hamitronI do like to keep old drivers and software20:25
hamitronand if my old comps get stolen, the thief will need them20:25
ali1234the thing about computer thieves is... if they are smart, the first thing they'll do is utterly wipe the machine20:25
hamitronso only polite to leave them20:25
ali1234if they're dumb, they won't know how to use linux anyway20:25
ali1234so i don't use encryption20:26
Jibadeehait is who they sell them on to20:26
hamitronthey'd call back at mine and charge me for disposing of waste :/20:26
hamitrondo you think windows 95 stickers will put them off?20:27
JibadeehaWindows 98 stickers would be better20:28
brobostigonwindow me ones, :)20:28
hamitronhaha20:28
Jibadeehatrumped20:28
hamitronI like Windows ME :/20:28
willy1977brobostigon: hahah that's gonna put most people off :D20:28
brobostigonwilly1977: yeah, :)20:29
JibadeehaDesigned for MS-DOS 4.020:29
hamitronmy new comp is in a 18 year old case20:30
hamitronturned yellow, so i hope it is safe20:30
hamitron:)20:30
hamitronbut I can't see why they'd target a desktop PC these days20:31
hamitronthey are so cheap20:31
hamitronalso a huge risk of getting ssomething worthless20:32
HazRPGteh awesomes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUC9oRB4VE \o/20:33
Mezhmmles... I seem to have lost wobbly windows with unity.20:37
HazRPGI wonder if hackers see a win95-me machine n just assume there's no point...20:37
Mezand gnome-do :(20:37
hamitroneasy target more like20:37
hamitroncan gain access to too many machines20:38
hamitroncan never gain*20:38
Jibadeehahackers probably see win95-me machine and think to themselves .."nah ... i am not a vulture"20:40
shaunoI think as long as it can send outbound mail, they probably don't care (or even look) what it is.20:41
hamitronare they not moving away from the mass mailing?20:42
hamitronI'd have thought they'll have stuff sat waiting idle more these days20:42
HazRPGI don't get why some hackers waste their time making spam bots :?20:54
HazRPGsurely it would be more productive figuring out flaws and trying to fix them (more rewarding too)20:55
shaunoeasy.  money.20:55
shaunoall the people sending you emails about performance enhancing pills, aren't doing it because they have an odd sense of humour20:57
hamitronthey've never replied to my requests :/20:58
HazRPGhamitron: xD20:59
HazRPGshauno: also, you mean just general money phishing (I will give you this nothingness if you give me money)21:00
hamitronnot even joking ;)21:00
HazRPGhamitron: they use fake e-mail addys ya know ;P21:00
shaunoHazRPG: in various forms, sure21:00
hamitronHazRPG: I visit the meds sites they advertise21:01
HazRPGhamitron: next time just spam them back xD21:01
HazRPGsendmail *@domain.com x100 times21:01
hamitronI spam they online forms on the sites they sell stuff21:02
hamitrontheir*21:02
HazRPGI think it would be funnier if a counter hacker just took the d**n site down21:02
shaunoI still get multiple emails per day trying to lure me to fake battle.net login pages.  given that my account has a dollar value of something like $22, they're really shooting at economies of scale  (where sending thousands of emails is *cheap*)21:03
HazRPGor even a "haha you just got pwned!"21:03
hamitronif they are gonna make it harder work for me reading my mail, they will find it harder reading requests from potential customers21:03
HazRPGlol21:04
shaunoHazRPG: if they don't run their own mailservers, what makes you think that's their webserver :)  just as much chance you're just ruining some hapless third party's day21:04
HazRPGhamitron: good plan ;)21:04
HazRPGshauno: yeah, but it surely could be traced back though ;)21:04
shaunotraced back which way?  if you target someone's server, the owners are going to be looking in your direction, not russia's :p21:05
hamitronunless you use a vps that is not yours or something, but still pointless21:06
hamitronneed to hit the source21:07
hamitronman, I'm in a fighting mood atm21:07
shaunojust the mood for finding something useful to do with that SiS box :p21:08
HazRPGno I mean like if you get access into the server that was taken down for their own entertainment, then you find and see if there's any logs that point you back to them... and then delete your trace if you can, and get them!21:08
hamitronI need to install grub on the thing, so it will boot from usb21:08
dutchie\o/ oggcamp21:09
daubers\o/21:10
hamitron\o/21:10
shaunoHazRPG: half the time, if you just contact the isp you'll discover it's someone on a shared hosting account that has no idea what they're doing, and got taken over21:11
popey\o/21:12
hamitronshauno: you are right21:14
hamitronI'm gonna do something productive21:14
HazRPGerm \o/21:15
directhexSiS /o\21:16
hamitronstill can't decide if to get an external USB 3.0 SSD21:17
directhexhamitron, you have USB3 kit?21:17
hamitronor just get an external drive to store more junk21:17
hamitronyes21:17
directhex... really?21:17
hamitronyeh, on my new comp21:17
hamitronGA-H55N-USB3 motherboard21:17
hamitronmy graphics card dwarfs my motherboard21:19
hamitron:)21:19
directhexhamitron, normal. these days 3-slot cooled cards exist21:20
hamitronmine is only 2 slot21:20
hamitronbut in the long run I will use the graphics on the cpu21:20
hamitronbut installing my OS on an external USB drive just seems appealing21:21
daubershamitron: I got a USB3 caddy the other day, but that was just because I needed a caddy that could take a 12mm HDD :)21:22
hamitronmy hdd are the slowest thing I have21:22
hamitron:/21:22
hamitrontbh, I am impressed with everything I have now for performance, apart fromt hem21:24
hamitronthem*21:24
hamitrondaubers: thinking maybe this one http://www.ebuyer.com/product/25173921:25
daubershamitron: I'm not very up with SSD's. Been waiting for reasonably priced drives before I splurged on loads at work :)21:26
daubersgot 8 coming in when I get back from holiday now \o/21:26
hamitronbut I would prefer some external device that lets me install RAM into it, with battery backup and circuits to make it act as a drive21:26
hamitron32Gb maybe21:27
hamitron8 x 4Gb sticks :)21:27
hamitronanother option is just a USB 3.0 flash drive for £1221:30
hamitron;)21:30
shaunohttp://www.anandtech.com/show/1742  ?  5 years old now, can't be that expensive :)21:31
hamitronit only supports SATA 150 speeds21:31
hamitronI did actually consider one, instead of a comp upgrade21:32
hamitronbut decided to change comp and get 8Gb of real RAM, then i can always make a ram drive21:32
shaunoI wonder if there's a newer version of that yet21:32
hamitronthere is21:33
hamitronit fits in the 5.25" bay21:33
hamitronuses its own power connector from the PSU21:33
hamitronbut the circuit on it only supports SATA 150021:33
hamitron150*21:34
hamitron:(21:34
directhexhamitron, there is a HUGE scale of performance between SSD models21:34
directhexright now, the ocz vertex 3 is the fastest. but only via sata321:34
hamitrondirecthex: the only bad thing about my motherboard.... sata2 :/21:35
dauberschap at work had one of tho ocz drives delivered today with his new mobo and assorted parts21:35
hamitronwell, I can find other things to moan about, but I shouldn't complain :)21:36
hamitronthe intel stock cooler is even working well21:36
hamitron:-o21:36
hamitroncpu idles at 16 C21:37
hamitron:)21:37
mattihamitron: Too hot! :p21:37
shaunomine has sata3, 'kinda'  :/21:37
directhexshauno, ?21:37
hamitronmatti: ;)21:37
shaunofor some reason, it'll do sata3 on the hdd connector, but sata2 on the dvdrw one21:37
directhexconsidering buying some of the parts for wife's new pc while we're in the US. much cheaper...21:37
directhexe.g. £70 less for the graphics card21:38
hamitronmaybe worth it21:38
hamitron:)21:38
directhexget a vertex3 for under £200...21:39
shaunowhich is a bummer because previously, the most popular upgrade was to replace the dvd with a sdd, so you've got both disks.  one for speed, one for bulk21:39
shaunocan still do that, but makes it a much messier process21:39
directhexocz are happy to honour warranties worldwide, so are intel21:39
hamitrondirecthex: it has to be external21:39
ali1234my motherboard has 8 data connectors........21:39
ali1234*sata21:39
daubershamitron: Put it in an enclosue21:39
shaunoali1234: this is a laptop :)21:39
directhexali1234, 10 isn't out of the ordinary, had a 10-port mobo years ago21:40
* daubers would just wang a raid card in it and go sas -> sata21:40
directhexuseless, of course21:40
ali1234so it's sata 2... but is the 3gbit shared over them, or per connector?21:40
directhexper connector21:40
ali1234so would you say i'd probably be better off with a raid, than one ssd?21:40
ali1234raid of cheap hdds that is21:40
directhexno chance21:41
hamitronyou can get ssd drives with twin connectors21:41
ali1234hmm interesting21:41
directhexraid0 with 15000 rpm drives won't touch a midrange ssd21:41
daubersali1234: Run your base OS off an SSD and keep your data on a HDD RAID :)21:41
ali1234directhex: even if i had like 6 drives and striped them with no mirroring?21:41
ali1234vs a single ssd?21:41
directhexali1234, yup.21:41
ali1234interesting21:42
daubersali1234: Yup, you'd probab;y get a similar (or better) streaming speed, but less IOPs with SSDs21:42
dauberswith HDDS21:42
dauberseven21:42
directhexhttp://www.anandtech.com/show/4256/the-ocz-vertex-3-review-120gb/621:42
hamitronless heat too?21:42
ali1234less noise as well21:42
daubersand less power requirement21:42
hamitronI want a hdd-less comp21:42
directhexyes, sequential is king for hdd21:43
hamitron:/21:43
directhexssd does random just as fast as sequential, hdd dies on random21:43
hamitronso when you are previewing all those thumbnails of folders of "pics".....21:43
hamitron;)21:43
directhexby "is king" i mean "a velociraptor can compete at the low end". whereas for random, you're looking hundreds of times faster21:43
daubersIt's also a capacity/performance trade21:44
* daubers wants a NAS with 8 3TB HDDs in RAID5 and an SSD in his laptop21:44
daubersunfortunatley, as mum always said, "I want doesn't get"21:44
ali1234yeah those charts say it all really21:45
hamitronproblem with a usb caddy, it is gonna be the bottleneck21:49
hamitronunless there are more optimised ones out since I looked21:50
ali1234so... i see that ram-in-a-box hard drive... but wouldn't it be easier to get a pci-x card with a bunch of ram slots on it?21:52
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ali1234i mean pci-e of course21:53
hamitronI have no pci-e slot21:53
ali1234pci then21:53
directhexali1234, they're not very good.21:53
hamitronor pci21:53
directhexali1234, they happened years ago... problem with RAM is it is somewhat volatile, so power down PC and...21:53
ali1234well yeah21:54
hamitronit is either esata or usb3.021:54
ali1234but disregarding power issues21:54
hamitronI like the idea of losing everything21:54
hamitron:)21:54
directhexali1234, still not very impressive performance21:54
ali1234i never turn off my computer21:54
* hamitron cuts ali1234's power line21:55
ali1234pci-e must be faster than sata though right?21:55
shaunothat'd be a bit annoying.  2 second power cut and it's time for a reinstall21:55
hamitronthe i_RAM has a battery21:55
hamitroni-RAM21:55
hamitronbut sata150 sucks21:56
hamitron:/21:56
hamitronand the newer ones are not made by huge companies and cost too much21:56
shaunoI'd imagine most implementations would end up sticking a sata controller on the pci(-e) card, so that it's familiar to the OS21:56
ali1234pci should be memory mapped21:56
ali1234so it should appear as normal ram on any "good" OS21:57
hamitronis it viable to load a partition in RAM on boot?21:57
shaunoso you're not going to boot from it21:57
ali1234no, of course not21:57
ali1234i only boot up about once every 2 months21:57
shaunoI was under the impression the OS disk is where most people see sdd gains21:58
hamitronimo, /tmp would benefit me most21:58
ali1234for me, more memory21:59
ali1234i always run out of memory21:59
ali1234too many buggy programs21:59
hamitronali1234: this isn't either or21:59
hamitron;)21:59
ali1234and yeah, several livecds copy themselves to ramdisk21:59
hamitronunless I have to use my real memory for the drive :/21:59
shaunomore memory doesn't stop bugs filling it.  just takes longer :)21:59
hamitronyou can either kill the bug, or run away from it22:00
shaunobut if you don't need it mapped to a disk controller, wouldn't you just get a mobo that lets you stick a stupid amount of system ram in it and shortcut the peripherals?22:00
hamitron;)22:00
* ali1234 used valgrind!22:01
ali1234it's super-effective!22:01
hamitronso how you fill more ram?22:01
hamitron:/22:01
hamitronI've managed to use 6Gb once22:02
shaunoyou'll always fill ram.  the kernel tries to :)22:02
ali1234shauno: well my motherboard only has 4 slots, maximum of 16gb22:02
ali1234that might just about be enough, until i start some VMs22:02
hamitronyou could upgrade motherboard22:02
hamitron;)22:02
shaunoI'm sure you can find one sillier than that :)22:03
ali1234to what?22:03
shaunoor denser.  mine has 2 slots, for a maximum of 16Gb22:03
hamitronI saw one that takes 32Gb in 4 slots22:03
hamitronbut the 6 series chipset bugs scared me away22:03
hamitronand the memory limitation of windows 722:03
hamitron;)22:03
shaunounfortunately the difference between 2x4Gb sticks and 2x8Gb sticks for this is close to $1400 US :/22:04
hamitron:/22:04
hamitronmine only takes 2x4gb anyway22:04
ali12348gb are the brand new thing22:04
ali12344gb are getting affordable now, i think 4x4 is about £140 now22:04
hamitron£13022:04
hamitron;)22:05
ali1234i'll get it when it hits £10022:05
hamitron2x4gb for under 65 quid seemed nice I thought22:05
ali1234or when i get annoyed enough22:05
shaunoI'm waiting until I can budget a ssd, so I only have to open the thing once.  since it's rather invasive now22:05
hamitron:D22:05
hamitronI'm thinking, 6Gb ram for /tmp22:06
ali1234bug 75772722:06
lubotu3Launchpad bug 757727 in zeitgeist (Ubuntu) "Zeitgeist-daemon memory usage skyrockets after dash search" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/75772722:06
ali1234looks like i might be getting it sooner than later22:06
hamitronali1234: any excuse ;)22:06
ali1234in other news, i heard ubuntu classic was patched to have the classic 3 way menu and no global menus by default22:08
shaunoyeah, spotted that on planet this morning.  best news I've heard regarding this release for a while22:08
ali1234it's a victory for "what it says on the tin"22:08
hamitronbrb, need more coffee22:09
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zleaphello22:41
zleaphow do i find out who owns a domain or when a domain registration runs out ?22:41
zleaptried whois and nslookup and am stuck22:42
Azelphurzleap: it will be on whois22:45
Azelphurif it's not on whois, whois it harder. :P22:45
zleapok22:45
zleaphow22:45
Azelphurwhats the domain?22:45
AzelphurI use http://dnsstuff.com for whois lookups22:45
zleaphttp://www.friendsofpaigntonrfc.com/22:46
Azelphurspooky, no information22:46
AzelphurI think it's actually illegal to have no information there o.O22:47
popeyhttp://dnstools.com/?count=1&lookup=on&wwwhois=on&portNum=80&target=friendsofpaigntonrfc.com&submit=Go!22:47
popeythere is info22:47
Azelphurpopey: dnsstuff shows nothing, interesting :)22:47
zleapok thanks22:47
zleapthe problem is we need to update the website, don't have a uid / password22:48
zleapand the owner won't respond to e-mails etc22:48
zleapshe or she was part of the same organisation that set up the domain and i think she did the website22:48
zleapok it looks like ti runs out on 16th may 201122:49
hamitronso a month after then?22:50
zleapok22:50
zleapwhat does this mean22:50
zleap Domain status: clientTransferProhibited22:50
zleap                clientUpdateProhibited22:50
TheOpenSourcererhey - just noticed where OggCamp 11 is going to be this year :-)22:50
zleaphamitron, does that mean we have to wait till 17th june before we gain access to the site22:52
zleapor can re-register it in our name22:52
hamitronI think the domain expires on the date on the record, but there is some cool down period22:53
zleapok22:53
hamitronI'm not 100% of the length, I think it is maybe a month22:53
zleapwhat happens if it gets renewed automatically22:53
hamitronbut it would be a lot better if you can contact her22:53
zleapwe are trying22:53
hamitronsnail mail?22:53
zleapshe just stopped doing anyting22:54
zleapwell they tried phone, and e-mail22:54
zleapi will ask22:54
hamitronthere is the risk it could be renewed automatically... also the risk someone else could snatch it22:54
hamitronI'm not sure about the best way to go about what you want, as i don't deal with domains22:55
hamitron:/22:55
zleapwell its a pretty specialist name really, i think we want to snatch it, so we can do something with it22:55
hamitroniirc, there are sites that let you "pre-register" a domain22:57
zleapOK22:57
hamitronso once it becomes available, you get it22:57
Azelphurcooldown period is like 70 days22:57
Azelphuriirc22:57
zleapok thannks22:57
hamitronthanks Azelphur22:57
hamitronknew it was something22:57
hamitron:)22:57
zleapif someone could help me find that site it would be good22:57
zleapi assume once we have grabbed it, we can host it elsewhere right23:01
zleapas i am not even sure who the hosting company isd23:01
zleaphang on what is to stop people pre-registering any site to take control of it23:02
hamitronthere is nothing23:02
zleapso in theory i could register www.microsoft.com,  ok that is an example,23:03
ali1234i'm sure one time microsoft forgot to renew it and some guy bought it23:03
hamitronyou could, and would get it if MS let it expire and didn't renew in the grace period, technically23:03
ali1234yeah23:04
ali1234but of course then microsoft would just sue you and get it back23:04
hamitronbut even if you get it....23:04
hamitronexactly23:04
hamitronhehe23:04
Azelphurmicrosoft lost hotmail for a while23:04
ali1234yeah that was it23:04
Azelphursome guy bought it and pointed it at the hotmail servers until MS woke up23:04
zleapah so the gradeperiod has to run out first then it automatically moves to the new owner23:04
zleapkinda like squatting i guess23:04
hamitronit is available to register, not 100% about the best way to get it23:05
hamitron:)23:05
zleapwhat the friends site23:05
hamitronsimplest way is to contact the owner23:05
zleapwell i am in touch with other mambers of the organisation so they are dealing with that23:06
hamitronI don't know if someone would register it before you, to try charge you for the name23:08
hamitronthat is the biggest risk I guess23:08
hamitron:)23:08
zleapjust wondered what use http://www.friendsofpaigntonrfc.com/ would be to anyone else really23:09
zleapif need be i thought if we simply registered another domain like .co.uk we could simply set up another site somewhere23:10
zleapbut that would kinda not work as google would then come up with both23:10
hamitronzleap:23:16
zleapsorry accidently exitied the client23:16
hamitronhttp://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/two-brothers-fishing23:16
hamitronmaybe a change of address too23:16
zleaphmm23:18
zleapthanks i will let graham now23:21
brobostigongood night all, sleep well.23:21
zleapknow23:21
zleapnite brobostigon23:21
hamitronnn brob23:21
zleap:)23:21
brobostigongood night zleap and hamitron23:21
brobostigon:)23:22
zleapi am, off too,  thanks for your help, willl need to work on this when i am less tired23:22
zleapm23:22
zleapnite23:22
KINGOFSWORDShi23:36
dwatkinslo23:49
hamitronevening23:49
KINGOFSWORDSi only have 3 urls in software sourves>other  sofware tab and only (main) is ticked does this mean universe and multiverse arent on my pc?23:50
popeyKINGOFSWORDS: it means those repositories arent enabled23:52
popeywhich is unusual23:52
KINGOFSWORDSok23:53
KINGOFSWORDSyeh i thought thats y ive been having problems23:53
hamitrondon't they get enabled when you first install something from them?23:53
popeythey should be enabled really23:54
hamitronfrom the newbie apps installer23:54
popeyall of them, main, restricted, universe, multiverse23:54
KINGOFSWORDSbut in /etc/apt/sources.list they are vlisted23:54
KINGOFSWORDSwithout the # in front of them23:54
KINGOFSWORDSdo i just edit sources.list then sudo apt-get update?23:55
popeyi would use the gui23:58
popeyless chance for error then23:58
KINGOFSWORDSnewbie apps installer?23:59
popeysoftware sources23:59
popeywhere you were23:59

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