/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/04/19/#ubuntu-us-mi.txt

PainBankrick_h__: where do you live at anyhow?01:29
rick_h__Clarkston01:31
rick_h__right by DTE01:31
wolfgermorning12:52
tjagodayoyo12:52
tjagodaWhy has my playbook not shipped yet?12:52
tjagodaBest buy is BAD AT PREORDERS12:52
rick_h__they know you'll just hate it12:57
rick_h__hoping you'll cancel your order before it's too late12:58
wolfgerPlaybook?12:59
rick_h__It's the great white hope for BB users :)13:00
greg-gg'morn13:02
rick_h__morning13:02
brouschplaybook has been recalled13:02
* tjagoda stabs brousch13:04
brouschit exceeded the marketplace's tolerance for lameness13:04
tjagodaYour face exceeded the marketplace's tolerance for lameness13:05
wolfgerheh13:05
wolfgerthe marketplace has a really high tolerance for lameness, in case you hadn't noticed the Zune...13:05
brouschi expect they'll show up a flea markets next to the lava lamps soon13:05
tjagodaNah13:08
tjagodaThose are full of outversioned apple products13:08
rick_h__heh, I hear with the right app installed they make great photo frames13:16
brouschi saw a lot of knock-off ipod-like mp3 players at the liquidation store. the only actual apple products were G3 ibooks13:16
brouschwoohoo! i got my invite to tedxgr13:17
rick_h__oooh, brousch is a mover and a shaker13:19
wolfgersnap-l: You didn't like the Big Tronbowski? ;-)13:25
wolfgerOne nitpick with your review. CLU was made in the original movie. :-p13:26
* wolfger now doubts snap-l's geek cred13:31
snap-lwolfger: Tron Legacy did for Tron what The Matrix Reloaded did for The Matrix13:37
wolfgerouch13:37
snap-lwolfger: Seriously, di the plot make any sense?13:38
wolfgerand yet, I can't really argue13:38
wolfgerplot? What plot?13:38
snap-lexactly13:38
wolfgerIt was cool13:38
wolfgerJodee was right13:38
snap-lIt was a screensaver13:38
wolfgerIt was the ultimate argument in favor of "style over substance"13:38
rick_h__all pretty13:39
rick_h__I was laughing, last TWIT kevin rose was raving about the plot13:39
wolfgervery pretty, but nothing to it13:39
rick_h__Tron was pretty, and good soundtrack, that was all13:39
wolfgerworth doing once, but not worth owning13:39
snap-lYeah, some people thought it was great, just like some people thought that The Matrix: Reloaded was great13:39
snap-lhonestly, I thought they could have done a much better job with the plot13:40
rick_h__didn't meat those people13:40
snap-lmaybe it was just disappointment for what they could have done13:40
wolfgeryes. that.13:40
rick_h__definitely, the plot deserved some more work for sure13:40
wolfgersquandered opportunity13:40
snap-lThey could have done something with the internet, facebook, data, etc13:41
rick_h__oh hell no13:41
snap-linstead we got Disney's take on Darwinia13:41
wolfgerNo! It is all about teh arcade gamez!13:42
wolfgerand kids watching that movie are probably saying, "Dad, what's an arcade?"13:42
snap-lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinia_(video_game)13:42
snap-lYeah, there were some nice flourishes here and there13:42
snap-lbut the plot really suffered13:43
snap-lpartially because they're looking to do a sequel13:43
wolfgeralso I disagree with your assertion that Flynn is sadistic. Programs are not people. And he tried to protect the sentient ISOS.13:44
snap-lwolfger: seriously? He broke bread with Tron and Yori13:44
snap-lHe practically cried when he killed Crom13:44
wolfgerYes. Tears of frustration at so much programming time down the drain.13:46
wolfger:-D13:46
wolfgerare we seriously going to have this argument which will by necessity devolve into the ridiculous very rapidly?13:46
wolfgerThe appearance of a Tron video game in the movie is 100% pure meta.13:47
tjagodahttp://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine13:49
snap-lwolfger: Right, but it's like saying that after coming home from a war, someone decides to make a video game of it13:54
snap-lThat's just not right13:54
snap-lAnd worse, you know that with your game, things that have personality die with your actions13:54
snap-lThat's my point13:54
snap-l!openmetalcast 19 releases today, fortified with 8 essential tracks for a complete metal diet. http://ur1.ca/3w2b614:04
wolfgerhow much screaming?14:08
snap-lIt's balanced out14:10
snap-lthough the last track should set you off. ;)14:10
wolfgerI say it's all PainBank's fault14:19
PainBankit is!14:21
PainBanklet's kick his ass!14:21
PainBankoh, um, wait... that's me14:21
PainBanklet's kick wolfger's ass!14:22
wolfgerI don't follow the logic there...14:22
wolfgerHow's it going? You ready for Penguicon?14:23
tjagodaPenguiwho?14:23
wolfgerpenguitron14:25
wolfgerseen the artwork for the souvenir book yet?14:25
tjagodaI 'unno14:28
tjagodaI don't DO anything this year =P14:28
wolfgerve vill *make* you do somethink!14:46
greg-gTom Callaway takes the piss out of the Google Chrome devs by calling out their Java roots: http://ostatic.com/blog/making-projects-easier-to-package-why-chromium-isnt-in-fedora15:14
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snap-lgreg-g: I don't think it's quite as intentional as he's making it to be15:22
snap-lthough I cancompletely sympathize.15:24
Milyardo_I don't know of any Java software projects that embed libraries because they've made extensive changes to it that deviate from upstream's interface or implementation15:28
Milyardo_where did he get that from?15:29
snap-lI've seen java projects embed the entire JRE in their distro15:30
Milyardo_I've see that as well15:30
greg-gyeah, I've seen weird things like that as well15:30
Milyardo_but not because they've modified it15:31
jrmywho listens to metal again?15:33
greg-gMilyardo_: yeah, I guess what I saw was the entire grails stack in a github repo for a small little webapp15:35
greg-gjrmy: I point you toward snap-l, our resident metal head15:35
snap-lThat's me.15:36
snap-lhttp://openmetalcast.com/15:36
jrmyok, just refreshing the memory15:36
snap-lnew episode just released today. :)15:37
jrmyin a black folk metal band15:37
jrmywondering if you go to shows around the area15:37
snap-lOh yeah?15:37
snap-lNot too many, I'm afraid.15:37
jrmyive only been to one.. well if i count the other 215:38
jrmythen 3 but yeah15:38
snap-lNot a fan of hanging out in bars to watch metal music. :)15:38
jrmyheh15:38
jrmydont know if i'll liek playing ashow at a bar15:38
snap-ljrmy: So you're in a black folk metal band?15:38
Milyardo_greg-g: If most java libraries like my experiance with Hibernate it could be because distro packing of java libraries are completely ass backwards for some reason15:38
jrmywell thats what i'd call it.. we probably are death as well but the lyrics are predominantly folkish not to mention theres some more happy sounding riffs in songs15:39
snap-ljrmy: Have you recorded anything that you'd be OK with having played on a podcast?15:40
jrmybut then weve got some heavy stuff and some black styles which the vocals are the higher pitched liek in most black15:40
snap-l(and is it Creative Commons?)15:40
jrmyi'd have to talk to my band mates15:40
snap-lOK, because I'd love to listen to it, and possibly put it on the show15:41
jrmyi might be fine with it..15:41
snap-lWell, give the show a listen, regardless15:41
jrmyin all reality were playing till august15:41
snap-ljrmy: FOlks heading to college?15:41
jrmyseeing as our bassist has a contract to be in texas for a year doing his work15:41
snap-lAh, I know how that goes15:42
jrmybut yeah if we got more fans and were able to play more shows or get more peopel to come to shows then it could possibly be worth putting music on your site15:42
jrmyand/or*15:42
snap-lI live to promote. :)15:43
jrmyi'd even give you a sample or 2 but we havent recorded much yet so.. yeah15:43
jrmybut were at the stage where were.. well me and our bassist is ready15:43
greg-gjrmy: and if you guys have questions about the use of Creative Commons licenses, let me know15:44
jrmyguess our drummer wants to smooth out parts more.. dunno15:44
jrmyyeah15:44
snap-lA recording is a snapshot of the band at a particular moment in time15:44
jrmyyeah, thats true15:44
snap-lIf anything, it'll give you guys something to show your friends / family later on. :)15:45
jrmywell i'll have attachment after were done15:45
jrmygood memories i'd hope15:45
jrmynever been this far with music before15:46
snap-lYeah, good times15:46
jrmyso, anything knew with linux stuff?15:46
jrmynew*15:46
snap-ljrmy: All I'd recommend is go it yourselves for a while, and promote the heck out of the band any way you can15:47
jrmyseems steam is having more linux and mac now15:47
jrmyyeah..15:47
snap-land don't sign with any record labels until you're damned certain you're not going to get screwed15:47
jrmylol right15:47
snap-lThe Beatles didn't become the Beatles because they were musical geniuses out of the womb, they became the Beatles because they played gigs as much as they could15:48
jrmywell im not the band leader.. but the info is nice15:49
snap-lThe old joke goes "Do you know the way to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice practice practice"15:49
jrmynever heard of it15:49
jrmyboth in this case15:50
snap-lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall#Carnegie_Hall_joke15:50
brouschfml i had to teach the consultant ctrl-c ctrl-v15:51
Blazeixbrousch: holy crap, you just changed my life.15:51
jrmylol.. fail if you use a computer and dont know those shortcuts15:52
jrmyprobably a few exceptions but anyways15:52
snap-ltomorrow, how to use context menus by right clicking15:52
Milyardo_jrmy: what about crtl+insert and shift+insert?15:52
greg-gbrousch: wow, you deserve a beer for lunch15:52
greg-g(or 3)15:53
jrmydont know about those15:53
jrmyMilyardo_: ^15:53
wolfgerbrousch: ctrl-c halts the program. What's ctrl-v do? :-D15:53
brouschi rally hope he'll be useful once things are setup15:53
jrmylol wolfger15:55
jrmyso is this state ever gonna have a geeknic?15:56
JonathanDgeeknic!15:56
greg-gjcastro: is that lifehacker post on burnout any good. being someone who is way to busy and in danger of burning out, I don't want to read it if it isn't worth my time! ;)15:56
jrmyhey JonathanD, its been awhile15:56
JonathanDHi.15:56
jcastrogreg-g: I am in the same boat, I was just like "oh this is probably me but it's too late" and hit share15:56
jcastroheh15:57
greg-ghehe15:57
snap-lhah15:57
jrmyha15:57
greg-galright, it is open in a tab, I'll get to in my next "kill all tabs!" sessions15:58
jrmywell, i'll brb15:59
jrmyfood time15:59
brouschjrmy: a state-wide geeknic doesn't make much sense. who is going to spend a few hours driving each way to spend a few hours hanging around outside with a few geeks?16:00
brouscha geekin local to each major urban area makes sense16:00
JonathanDthey are generally localized.16:00
JonathanDTo a major city.16:01
brouschyeah, that's the only thing that makes sense16:01
JonathanDWe've done multi-day things in NJ that draw people from larger regions.16:01
JonathanDBut those were camping trips. people drive farther for that.16:01
brouschi swear west MI has some conference scheduled every other weekend already16:01
JonathanDGrand Rapids could pull one, probably.16:02
JonathanDand perhaps Lansing.16:02
wolfgerbut where would we find a good picnic site with wifi?16:02
greg-gyeah, definitely. GR, Lansing, and Detroit/A216:02
brouschGR has barcampgr, 2 days, ~150 people last year16:02
greg-gwolfger: build your own!16:02
JonathanDwolfger: I'm bringing wimax to the next one out my way.16:02
greg-gwolfger: also, http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox16:02
brouschwho needs ifi? everyone has a smartphone16:02
wolfgergreg-g: OK, we're all gonna tether off of your data plan! :-D16:02
JonathanDI have a 6 pack APC battery thing I'm using to run it.16:02
greg-gwolfger: if I had one. Have you seen my phone lately? it is from 2005/6, I kid you not. It is a Sanyo flip phone.16:03
wolfgerbrousch: right. Because we can all do everything we want on our phones... ?16:03
* greg-g really wants to make a piratebox, or maybe some pirateboxen16:04
wolfgergreg-g: how sad16:04
greg-gmeh, only when I'm lost in a suburb of detroit do I ever really want a new phone, luckily that doesn't happen too much16:04
wolfgerpirateboxen seem cool. We should definitely have one or more at Penguicon. Probably too late to make that a reality this year.16:07
greg-gthough, I guess I wouldn't want to be the one to take that piratebox home after the event and see what was shared on it :/16:08
ColonelPanic001love when I can hear other people's music lofting through the cubefarm16:08
ColonelPanic001odd, since they're using headphones.16:08
ColonelPanic001enjoy your hearing loss, dumbass.16:08
wolfgergreg-g: Oh, I'll do that. I have a high tolerance for that sort of thing.16:09
greg-gwolfger: figured ;)16:09
wolfgeralternatively, you could rig it, I'm sure, to simply clear its contents after a set amount of time16:09
greg-gwolfger: I do as well, I suppose, but I was going to make a joke about "having posession of illegal material" but didn't care enough to make it funny16:10
wolfgerthen you'd never have to damage your brain with knowledge of the contents16:10
greg-gwolfger: yeah, at the end of penguicon or something16:10
greg-gnot a bad idea. totally ephemeral16:10
greg-g(for certain values of "totally")16:10
wolfgerbut me, I'd rather see exactly what had been shared. I'd probably be totally bored by it, though.16:11
greg-gtrue16:11
greg-g"'Rush discography' bah, snap-l was here"16:12
greg-g;)16:12
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wolfgerROFL16:12
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brouschmoose and bear furries playing hockey? tjagoda16:12
wolfgerthat's "moose and squirrel"... :-p16:13
jrmy back16:22
snap-lWhat did I miss? :)16:26
jjessethe answer to the secret of life16:26
snap-lThe complete Rush Discography would definitely be the secret ingredient. ;)16:27
snap-lgreg-g: Nah, I'd just load it up with CC metal16:28
jrmymissed the talk about the geeknic16:32
Milyardo_greg-g: Do you guys still do CHC?16:45
greg-gsnap-l: yeah, that'd be sweet, all of your OMCs and other things16:50
greg-gMilyardo_: I haven't been to the A2 one in a long time, they now do it on Monday nights, I believe16:50
snap-lI'm still debating on the whole DVDs of all of the OMcs.16:51
brouschsell a 4 disc dvd set?16:53
brouschhow about just broadcasting it continuously over local radio and digital stream?16:56
snap-lIf anyone would want it, and could spare the bandwidth. ;)16:56
brouschyou can sell the blank DVDs and they can burn them themselves16:57
jrmywhats chc and omc?17:13
wolfgerjrmy: CHC == CoffeeHouse Coders weekly (or monthly in A2) meetup17:26
wolfgeromc == ???17:26
jrmyA2?17:27
wolfgerah... OMC == OpenMetalCast17:27
wolfgerA2 == Ann Arbor17:27
jrmyah.. i get it17:27
wolfgerLOL. Damn we are lazy people who don't want to type17:27
jrmylol17:27
wolfgerLOL == Laughing Out Loud (just in case...)17:27
jrmylol17:27
jrmyhave any of you heard of year 200X?17:28
jrmytheyre a band from my city here in lansing17:28
wolfgerthe last of those was a couple years ago :-D17:28
jrmythey play metal covers of NES music17:28
jrmywhat was a couple years ago?17:29
jrmywolfger: ^17:30
wolfgerjrmy: year 200x17:30
wolfgernow we're in 201x17:30
jrmyah a joke i see17:31
wolfger<-- smartass17:31
jrmyso havent heard of the band then?17:31
wolfgernope17:31
jrmyi'll try to remember that17:31
jrmyheh, i used to be the one making jokes liek that17:32
jrmynow i see why peopel never caught the jokes to often17:32
jrmybut anyways i saw them at an anime convention i went to last month.. they were pretty good17:34
brouschi found tjagoda on twitter! "I haven't used one yet but I can confidentally state that when i do use one I will proclaim the BB Playbook as the best tablet on the market"18:35
_stink_haha18:35
rick_h__I don't see how a tablet without local email is the best of anything18:36
rick_h__"we don't need an email app, people will write one"18:36
rick_h__"oh right, there's no apps for it yet"18:36
jrmylol18:36
snap-lrick_h__: Hey, they perfectly replicated the Palm Foleo, only in tablet format18:49
rick_h__http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/19/at-no-officially-blackberry-bridge-support-yet19:03
rick_h__oh man that's great19:03
rick_h__tjagoda: hope you're not getting ATT BB19:03
rick_h__the only way to do email is to tether your phone and ATT is blocking that19:03
snap-lOh that's brilliant19:04
snap-lI don't think they could have asked for a worse launch if they'd shipped the thing with a hive of killer bees in every package.19:05
snap-lThough I would morbidly watch every single unboxing video if they did19:06
tjagodarick_h: What're you hating on now?19:07
tjagoda=P19:07
tjagodaATT doesn't block tethering19:07
tjagodaIf you buy the tethering plan19:07
snap-ltjagoda: Please to be reading the article19:07
rick_h__tjagoda: right, they're specifically blocking the BB bridge software19:08
tjagodaOh yes19:08
rick_h__even BB says so "works on all carriers but ATT"19:08
tjagodai misread what you originally typed, sorry19:08
tjagodaAssumed you were talking about normal tethering19:09
tjagodabut yes, AT&T is kind of Asshat tehre19:09
tjagodathere*19:09
tjagodaI guaruntee they're trying to turn it into an add-on billable option and blackberry is resisting the push19:09
snap-lRight, it couldn't POSSIBLY be the other way around. ;)19:11
tjagodaNo19:12
tjagodaFrankly19:12
tjagodait couldn't be19:12
rick_h__trolling trolling trolling, keep those puppies trolling! troll-hide!19:12
tjagodaThat would make absolutely no business sense you evil bastard19:12
tjagodaAt least make plausible trollish arguments19:12
tjagoda=P19:12
snap-lI heard each Playbook includes a strand of Hitler's DNA on the circuit board.19:13
snap-lAnd that Glen Beck was first in line to purchase one at the AT&T store.19:14
tjagodaI'm not certain you can buy them at carrier stores19:14
snap-lAnd Mel Gibson claims the Playbook cured him of his alcoholism.19:14
tjagodaBest Buy and Staples are carrying them I believe19:14
tjagodaNot sure if they're alongside the mobile devices19:15
snap-lAT&T reserved one just for Glen Beck19:15
tjagodaORDER IN PROCESSING19:15
tjagodaWOOT19:15
tjagodaSHIP YOU MOTHERFUCKERS19:15
tjagodaSHIIIIPPPP19:15
rick_h__it would have been faster to just go get it in a store19:16
snap-lOr just take a brick with you to work19:16
rick_h__not like there's a big line or anything19:16
snap-lsame difference.19:16
tjagodahttp://www.bgr.com/2011/04/19/research-in-motions-blackberry-playbook-available-to-public/19:16
tjagodaPoll results aren't bad really19:16
tjagoda50% of that poll wants to buy one19:17
snap-lhttp://decafbad.net/2011/04/19/research-in-motion-blackberry-playbook-makes-osborne-1-look-like-the-better-machine19:17
rick_h__21% are going to change their minds once they seem them in person/irl19:17
snap-ltjagoda: 35% of that poll reported brain damage19:18
tjagodaI am so pissing in your cornflakes19:18
snap-lSeriously, this thing is about as exciting as MC Hammer announcing he's coming back on tour19:19
snap-lHo boy, Blackberry has a tablet. Wooo!19:19
snap-land it requires a phone to do e-mail. Yay!19:20
tjagodaOnly until third party apps are in the store19:20
snap-lFoleo. This thing is the Foleo19:20
tjagodaWhy am I still replying to snap-l19:21
tjagoda=P19:21
brouschsnap-l: that link is broken19:21
snap-lbrousch: It'll be there once the Playbook releases a native email client19:21
snap-lgive it time.19:21
snap-lAlong with the Android compatability19:22
krondorBB fail seriously, how can they even think the product is ready with no email client.  That's insane too given what their company is.19:24
krondorThe hardware looks decent though I suppose...19:24
snap-lkrondor: It's likely because they're targeting the business customers19:25
snap-lthe regular consumer is an afterthought19:25
snap-lthey're hoping to jam this sucker down company throats19:25
krondoryeah they gave us three days before the launch.19:25
snap-lGuarantee you, this will be showing up in a few board rooms19:25
snap-lbut I'll buy tjagoda a beer if I see these things in anyone else's hands outside of his own grubby mits19:26
krondorthe ipads are already there in force, there's a few galaxy tabs too floating around.  I don't really see this taking off even in the corporate space w/ that phone dependency.19:27
snap-lkrondor: It''ll take off with the people who are already married to the BB ecosystem19:27
snap-lThe folks that can't stay more than 5 minutes away from their e-mail19:28
krondorwe're married to the ecosystem, but divorcing as we speak.  It's too expensive for what you get, and now that we can manage iphones and android it's pointless.19:28
tjagodaI don't drink alcoholic things19:28
tjagodaI would settle for a mountain dew and/or Bawls though19:28
snap-ltjagoda: You've got it.19:28
brouscha canadian that doesn't drink? wtf19:28
krondorwe had somewhere near 3,000 blackberries that were corporate issued.  Now we have like 2,000 blackberries and 2300 iphones and 1600 androids.19:29
krondorthe iphones and android are personal devices so the business is thinking hell, we don't even need to buy their phones or pay their plans just support that phone.  Takes a big expense off the books19:29
* krondor off to meeting hell...19:30
snap-lkrondor: Have fun!19:30
jrmywell off to band practice19:43
jrmybye19:43
Blazeixwoo, I was optimizing this data access layer, and I've "improved" it to the point where it issues zero SELECT statements.20:11
Blazeixbut I still get data back...20:11
Blazeix(I think it's more likely that I broke the logging, than achieved infinite improvement)20:11
gamerchick02sounds fun, Blazeix.20:18
gamerchick02http://linuxoutlaws.com/live might be relevant to everyone's interests.20:19
PainBank1anyone heard of a drunken monkey test?20:57
brouschi think it's part of the shaolin kung-fu graduation ceremony21:00
PainBank1nice21:23
snap-lhttps://twitter.com/#!/segphault/statuses/6044850922835148822:15
snap-lHeh, Adam Curry is still using the icon that I edited for him22:20
jrwrenjcastro: what was the name of that pxe boot helper you said was in oneiric ?23:46
jrwrencobbler?23:49

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