[00:09] <nhaines> I'm not sure whether or not I approve of this dark scrollbar that's exclusive to GNOME Terminal.
[02:56] <iheartubuntu1> knock knock?
[02:56] <crashsystems> hello world
[02:57] <iheartubuntu1> crashsystems did u ever figure out dreamweaver
[02:58] <crashsystems> It has been many, many years since I've bothered to touch dreamweaver. I think you've got the wrong person.
[02:58] <iheartubuntu1> ohh maybe :|
[02:58]  * iheartubuntu1 hits head on desk
[02:58] <iheartubuntu1> here is my almost final flyer for Ubuntu Hour coming up in Pasadena http://ubuntuone.com/p/mBE/
[02:59] <iheartubuntu1> I want to start posting these tomorrow
[02:59] <iheartubuntu1> does anyone have any final recommendations/
[02:59] <iheartubuntu1> still not sure on the "open" line
[02:59] <crashsystems> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/eff-san-francisco-entertainment-commission-don-t
[03:00] <iheartubuntu1> nhaines suggested "OPEN - easy to access your data" or something to that effect
[03:00] <iheartubuntu1> EFF was at scale9x
[03:01] <iheartubuntu1> they are also helping a fellow urban home blogger out down here in LA
[03:01] <iheartubuntu1> another blogger trademarked the term "urban homestead" and this other blogger had already written a book "urban homesteading"
[03:01] <iheartubuntu1> now EFF is stepping in to help the authors of the book
[03:02] <iheartubuntu1> the blgoger family that trademarked urban homestead has sent out cease and desist letters to those who have used the urban homesteading words
[03:03] <iheartubuntu1> ----
[03:03] <crashsystems> -_-
[03:03] <crashsystems> ice cream truck... I've not heard one of those in years
[03:03] <iheartubuntu1> regarding my flyer, im also thinking about making it more generic, but then it will be harder to find the particular event
[03:04] <iheartubuntu1> something more generic like directing people to go to the Ubuntu Hour main site, and then they would have to search for a local event themselves
[03:05] <akk> We still have people pushing ice cream carts in this neighborhood (as well as a truck that drives around).
[03:05] <akk> I'd never seen the hand-carts anywhere else I've lived.
[03:06] <iheartubuntu1> i like listening to Dr. Katherine Albrecht. She wrote a book called Spychips. Interesting read. Talking about how everything is going RFID
[03:07] <iheartubuntu1> 4 years ago she was talking about NYC taxi drivers didnt want RFID badges, now its coming
[03:08] <iheartubuntu1> Its the first step towards everyone having some form of RFID that can be scanned for paying for food, for getting a paycheck, a welfare check, etc. Next you'll need an RFID drivers licence to get in your own car
[03:09] <akk> I'm kind of surprised drivers licenses haven't gone RFID yet. I keep expecting it to happen (and dreading it).
[03:10] <iheartubuntu1> or iris scan
[03:11] <iheartubuntu1> someplace i saw the military is now scanning the irises of all killed people in the various wars going on to create a database
[03:12] <iheartubuntu1> another war and  its going to look like we are the aggressors
[03:13] <akk> A database of dead people's irises? What good is that?
[03:14] <iheartubuntu1> the only thing i can think of is to confirm some of the particular taliban or al-CIAda rebels are dead for sure based on a database already in place?
[03:15] <iheartubuntu1> they would be matching up irises like they do fingerprints
[19:17] <iheartubuntu> do we have any chess players here?
[19:17] <kevin7060> i've dabbled
[19:18] <kevin7060> oh ay, iheartubuntu #ubuntu-classroom has a class on python multimedia if you're interested
[19:19] <iheartubuntu> is kevin7060 aka seidos
[19:19] <iheartubuntu> no time :(
[19:20] <iheartubuntu> i want to pick up some chess strategies before i head into the weekend and play against some new friends. the guy thinks im an expert :) and i havent played chess for years :)
[19:20] <akk> I've played some, but forgotten most of what I knew.
[19:21] <iheartubuntu> im quickly trying to find some good opening moves and gain some knowledge on controlling the middle of the game
[19:21] <akk> was never expert level
[19:21] <iheartubuntu> i was never any good :) backgammon is my game
[19:21] <akk> Books -- "How to open a chess game" and "logical chess, move by move" are great.
[19:23] <seidos> i just played against glchess on easy
[19:23] <iheartubuntu> id never heard of the "En Passant" move
[19:23] <iheartubuntu> castling, yeah... en passant no
[19:24] <seidos> what are you playing for?  fun? bragging rights?  $$$?
[19:24] <iheartubuntu> fun
[19:24] <akk> You're gonna want to know all the rules if you want to keep up your "expert" reputation. :)
[19:24] <iheartubuntu> but i hyped myself u pa bit :)
[19:24] <iheartubuntu> now this guy thinks he has a real challenge ahead of him
[19:24] <seidos> en passant, never used it, never had it used on me
[19:24] <iheartubuntu> every time he emails me he "awaits our glorious chess battle"
[19:24]  * erichammond has a UCSF rating (not spectacular).
[19:25] <iheartubuntu> i guess im better at bluffing :)
[19:25] <iheartubuntu> what is UCSF rating?
[19:25] <seidos> oh, interesting
[19:25] <erichammond> US Chess Federation.
[19:25] <akk> US Chess Federation
[19:25] <iheartubuntu> ohh wow!
[19:25] <seidos> that would be USCF, not UCSF
[19:25] <akk> Expert means 2000-2200 IIRC.
[19:25] <erichammond> My son played chess competitively when he was 8-9.   Did well at nationals: Played to a draw against the national champion.
[19:26] <erichammond> yah, uscf
[19:26]  * akk had a provisional 1385 rating once, long long ago
[19:26] <seidos> though, i heard UCSF has a medicine track, and Berkeley does not
[19:26] <seidos> i have never been rated, and i'm pretty sure i can only stalemate gnuchess
[19:27] <iheartubuntu> so how do i gain some skills before the weekend?
[19:27] <seidos> play glchess on easy
[19:27] <akk> book and playing
[19:27] <iheartubuntu> im on GNU chess server right now
[19:27] <iheartubuntu> i dont think there is an easy option
[19:27] <erichammond> iheartubuntu: Play lots of short games on http://www.freechess.org
[19:27] <seidos> oh you're on the server?
[19:27] <seidos> speed chess
[19:27] <erichammond> and watch how other people beat you.
[19:28] <erichammond> read introductory books
[19:28] <akk> You aren't going to convince anyone you're an expert player by just playing on your own -- gotta study some openings.
[19:28] <seidos> that's what is so great about playing against the computer :)
[19:28] <erichammond> hire a tutor
[19:28] <akk> You'll at least need to know the Ruy Lopez and Sicilian.
[19:28] <seidos> analyze the computers move
[19:28] <seidos> you can even play against yourself
[19:29] <seidos> apostrophe fail
[19:29] <iheartubuntu> if heard of the sicilian and also the english opening
[19:29]  * seidos whips himself with a wet noodle
[19:29] <seidos> let me try to find you on the server iheartubuntu
[19:29] <seidos> i don't have glchess installed presently
[19:29] <iheartubuntu> im on the ggzgamingzone built into glchess
[19:30] <seidos> yeah, i've played that a few times with a friend
[19:30] <seidos> his internet persona is presently dead however
[19:30] <iheartubuntu> i think u can type in any name
[19:31] <iheartubuntu> maybe im bluffing and waiting to trump seidos right now ;)
[19:31] <seidos> that wouldn't surprise me, really
[19:31] <iheartubuntu> HAHA
[19:31] <iheartubuntu> actually. im no good really
[19:31] <seidos> if you trump me, i'll start calling you "the donald"
[19:31] <iheartubuntu> i need to learn
[19:32] <seidos> me too, i've lost way too many times
[19:32] <iheartubuntu> dad taught me long ago, but one of my brothers who lived in greece picked up backgammon there and bought me a board and ive been hooked on backgammon since i was a kid
[19:32] <seidos> my cousin taught me i think
[19:37] <iheartubuntu> seidos and are in in a game in glchess
[19:45] <nhaines> pleia2: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/presentations/finding-help-ubuntu
[19:49] <nhaines> DarkwingDuck: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/presentations/your-guide-kubuntu
[20:10] <seidos> cool a video!
[20:10] <seidos> uncool, the stark lighting
[20:15] <seidos> well, it's still nice to hear the voice of fellow ubuntu knight while i play chess to stalemate
[20:16] <iheartubuntu> has it timed out?
[20:16] <iheartubuntu> i got a chess crash error
[20:17] <seidos> i think you'll have to undo a move again
[20:17] <iheartubuntu> ohh well
[20:17] <iheartubuntu> i would have lost
[20:18] <seidos> no, it would have been a stalemate i think
[20:18] <seidos> well, we can now metaphorically rebuild, i hope some of the pawns or rooks are female
[20:18] <seidos> otherwise we're going to be extinct
[20:18] <iheartubuntu> rebuild?
[20:18] <iheartubuntu> good game anyways
[20:19] <iheartubuntu> exciting!
[20:19] <seidos> i'm extrapolating a story behind the crowns
[20:19] <seidos> did you see that pawn's face come apart?
[20:19] <seidos> :|
[20:19] <seidos> who knew chess was so violent
[20:20] <iheartubuntu> it was going good there for a while, then got ugly
[20:20] <iheartubuntu> i dont know why castling didnt work for me
[20:20] <seidos> i think you moved your king?
[20:20] <seidos> or my bishop was blocking it?
[20:21] <iheartubuntu> ohhh
[20:21] <seidos> it looks like we are evenly matched
[20:21] <seidos> that was cool, i like playing with you better than the computer
[20:21] <seidos> the computer doesn't talk to me :(
[20:21]  * seidos laughs
[20:40] <iheartubuntu> who was that guy talking about gnibbles
[20:40] <iheartubuntu> distracting
[20:40] <saytwo> i dunno, just some dude i think
[20:41] <saytwo> i'm pretty sure that's never happeend to me before iheartubuntu
[20:41] <saytwo> oh, hey, i should have my bot join
[20:41] <kevin4896> class of '96
[20:42] <kevin4896> buddyjr: hello
[20:42] <buddyjr> Processing...................
[20:42] <kevin4896> :P
[20:43] <kevin4896> oh yeah, i pasted this http://swarm.conferencebywire.com/web/guest/my-conferences-page/?parameterAutoLoginLogin=scaleuserla@yahoo.com&parameterAutoLoginPassword=scaleuser&data=cU5IN3BBQWlhNTEweXNZWXJiczg5UmdiN2dBUWV5QnEwaWllTVdQTmVwdz0=&sesid=486 in #slackware-offtopic and they said there is personal data in it
[21:06] <iheartubuntu> am i seeing an email and password within the link?
[22:20] <kdub_> slow news day on us-ca
[22:26] <kevin4896> iheartubuntu: i guess, but it's not mine so i'm not worried about it
[22:26] <kevin4896> i did feel like i did something wrong for a second though
[22:27] <kevin4896> dang, getting old
[22:28] <kevin4896> wrist is hurting
[22:28] <kevin4896> better find something else to do besides typing
[22:30] <kevin4896> i should find some good Hawaiian music to listen to
[22:31] <kevin4896> which makes me wonder...what is "Californian music" these days?
[22:32] <kdub_> kevin4896: i switched to dvorak, finds it helps with the wrist strain
[22:39] <iheartubuntu> i have hawaiian music
[22:39] <iheartubuntu> http://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=1272790
[23:10] <kevin4896> kdub_: it's a notebook, so switching is a bit harder.  oddly my left hand is fine
[23:11] <kevin4896> i should probably observe the hand while it moves over the keys
[23:12] <kevin4896> hmmm maybe i use the home, end, and del keys too much
[23:29] <kevin4896> iheartubuntu: that isn't bad, but i was looking for another style
[23:31] <kevin4896> i'm reluctant to say it but this stuff sound like it's been incepted with WASP like theme
[23:36] <kevin4896> hmmm, looks like i hit backspace too much, surprise surprise
[23:36] <kevin4896> anyway