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shaunoc&w isn't cable & wireless is it?  I thought they were gone00:00
hamitrongone?00:00
hamitrondoesn't thus use it?00:00
ali1234they still exist as a wholesale providor00:00
ali1234and yes thus uses it00:01
ali1234it's ntl that doesn't exist any more00:01
ali1234they bought a large part of C&W but not all ofit00:01
shaunoahok00:03
hamitronI want Demon Business 2+00:03
hamitron:)00:03
ali1234hamitron: since you use demon you have static IP, so you can use 6to400:03
shaunodidn't realise it'd gone in chunks.  just knew in newcastle it went from c&w to telewest to ntl to virgin00:03
hamitronali1234: I can00:04
hamitronbut I don't like half-bridge00:04
ali1234so don't use it00:04
ali1234throw out router number 200:04
hamitronI just have visions of it going wrong00:04
ali1234just use number 100:04
hamitronnumber 1 crashes with too much load, can't do NAT00:05
hamitron;)00:05
ali1234ok so in reality this has nothing to do with ipv600:05
hamitronit does00:05
hamitronas well as00:05
hamitronthe whole picture is.... want this mess sorted out00:05
hamitronhaha00:06
ali1234no. because the half-bridge is not affecting your ability to use ipv6 at all00:06
hamitron6to4 is a temp solution init?00:06
ali1234yes, so is tunneling00:06
hamitronyeh00:06
ali1234they will both work with your current setup00:07
hamitronI want a router with native IPv6 to be ready to receive IP from the ISP00:07
hamitronyep00:07
ali1234so....... buy one00:07
hamitronif I have to buy another router, gonna wait longer00:07
hamitronsee what services are in my local area00:07
ali1234probably a good idea00:07
hamitrononly got ADSL Max atm00:08
hamitronbut my main worry is I am not always at home00:08
hamitronand I have to rely on people who stupid, even by newbs standards00:09
hamitronand females like to clean too much, knock cables :/00:10
hamitronmaybe best idea is to just make a box, put everything in it and label it "get off"00:10
hamitronali1234: I desperately want C&W in my exchange, so i can renew the ISP contract, and know what I'll be using for the next 2 years00:12
hamitronalso will cost less per month00:12
hamitronother options are sky and talktalk ;/00:12
hamitronanyways00:14
hamitroncoffee time \o/00:14
hamitronbrb00:14
hamitronbk00:22
shaunojust figured out my router does snmp, so I've pointed mrtg at it.  see what that comes up with00:36
fredmorning y'all00:38
hamitronevening00:38
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shaunothis is when my sleep pattern comes back to bite me.  job interview tomorrow, and not remotely tired :/01:11
hamitron:\01:12
hamitronat least if you get it.... should sort out the problem? :)01:12
shaunounlikely.  it doesn't stop me when I work at 6am either :)01:15
hamitronhaha01:15
hamitronno self control....01:15
hamitronsays me, still going strong :/01:15
shaunoit'll mean no more shift work tho :)  no more bank holidays, working xmas, etc01:16
hamitronffs, 94Kb/s is just too slow for some downloads :/01:22
hamitronI should just move house01:22
SoniqueHi03:39
SoniqueI have a question about the minimal and alternate install CDs.03:39
SoniqueWhen I to install a command line version of Ubuntu for either of them, my network/ethernet card is not detected (JMicron jmc250)03:40
SoniqueAnd the installation won't proceed because of this.03:40
SoniqueI have tried reading through numerous forum threads on ubuntuforums..03:41
SoniqueHowever, I haven't come across a solution that works03:41
SoniqueThere is even a launchpad bug that keeps being turned down as invalid: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/400297?comments=all03:42
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 400297 in linux (Ubuntu) "patch for JMicron jmc250 and jmc260 ethernet card" [Undecided,New]03:42
SoniqueSorry got disconnected.03:44
SoniqueYes! That is the bug (our chats crossed) :)03:44
SoniqueI actually went to the JMicron site and downloaded the ethernet driver for this card03:45
SoniqueThe question is can I somehow integrate this driver into either the minimal iso or the alternate cd?03:45
SoniqueSort of a slipstream...03:45
SoniqueUbuntu bug 400297 doesn't give me any workable solution for Maverick Meerkat (10.10)03:48
lubotu3Ubuntu bug 400297 in linux (Ubuntu) "patch for JMicron jmc250 and jmc260 ethernet card" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/40029703:48
Soniqueyikes03:48
Soniqueso that was a robot03:48
Soniquehahah03:49
SoniqueI thought someone actually was reading what I was on about03:49
SoniqueGuess no03:49
Soniquet03:49
AlanBellmorning all07:50
shaunomorning07:55
TheOpenSourcererMeauning07:57
dauberso/08:07
danfisho/08:25
ali1234well the mac mini turned up08:40
ali1234i dunno why they have to make these things so hard to use08:41
danfishhow so?08:41
ali1234how do i boot it from CD?08:41
danfishfrom memory, press and hold down c on boot08:41
ali1234yes that's really obvious08:42
danfish:)08:42
ali1234i have to reset the admin password08:42
ali1234i hope forcing a password reset from the install cd doesn't do anything silly like wipe the keys for an encrypted volume08:44
shaunoonly if you're using filevault :)08:44
ali1234i dunno what the person is using08:45
ali1234well, they should have backed up their stuff before they sent it to me08:45
shaunoyou can start a shell from the same menu you do the password change from08:45
ali1234why would i want to do that?08:45
shaunoif you see files in /User/them/ that look normal (documents, music, etc), they're not using filevault08:45
ali1234it's giving me a warning about unlocking the keyring08:48
shaunoyeah.  changing the password from the CD won't unlock that either08:48
ali1234well that's ok i only need to install the app store and create a user account for myself08:49
shaunoso you won't have stored passwords for their email, wireless networks, etc08:49
ali1234ok i am confused08:50
ali1234apple website says to get the app store i just run software update08:50
ali1234but it's not on the list of updates to be installed08:50
MooDoohello all08:51
shaunoit's part of one of the OS updates.  I believe 10.6.608:51
shaunoif you bring the OS up to current, it'll just appear.  it's not done piecemeal08:51
ali1234damn the updates are like 2GB08:53
ali1234then i have to download 4GB xocde08:53
ali1234that will put me over my monthly usage limit08:53
ali1234this sucks08:53
ali1234i hate macs08:53
shaunoyeah.  they should just make their updates out of fairy dust like other OSes, rather than downloading data.  that's so clunky08:58
daubersDid berlios.de die?09:01
daubersali1234: You can download the updates from somewhere else09:02
daubersali1234: http://support.apple.com/kb/dl134909:02
CaveManRichard_P09:04
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* Mez signs09:06
ali1234daubers: it's still 1GB09:06
* Mez sighs too09:06
MezAnyone wanna rewrite my CV for me ? (It's something I'm going to have to do again)09:07
shaunoI think he means physically somewhere else.  eg, grab them at work if bandwidth is an issue09:07
shaunostill, retail to current is 1.2Gb.  you shouldn't have to do that much unless it's been a 18 months since anyone updated the machine09:08
ali1234i'm at work09:11
ali1234i'm also at home09:11
wintellectMornin all09:11
ali1234anyway the updates are monolithic09:11
ali1234any version not current -> current = 1GB download09:12
DJonesMez: Enforced job change?09:12
daubersali1234: What version are you running now?09:16
ali123410.6.309:16
ali1234since it's owned by a normal person it has probably not been updated since it was bought09:17
MezDJones: Nah - Google Recruiter :)09:23
Mez(they made me update my CV last time to be very specific - so I'm going to make sure I get it right to to them first time round this time :)09:24
shaunoI know it's not gonna stop you whining, but they're monolithic for a reason.  you can download them granular, but it sucks.  10.6.3->.4 (720Mb) -> .5 (600Mb) ->.6 (150Mb) -> .7 (475Mb) ..09:25
DJonesMez: Agencies always make me laugh when they want specific things on the cv you send them, then they send something completely different to potential employers anyway09:27
Myrttioof09:28
Myrtti4000 job reductions being negotiated at Nokia Finland :-(09:28
Myrttioh no, only 1400 in Finland...09:29
Myrttionly... :-(09:29
bigcalm:(09:29
MezDJones: no - this is google - they basically previously asked me to cut out the cruft (the jobs that weren't related to IT) and add in all my IT related volunteering stuff (DD, etc etc)09:30
ali1234"we read your CV and we'd like to hire you, but first, please rewrite your CV"09:31
Myrttigoogle recruiters are fun, tried recruiting me too09:32
Myrttidont know why, I still cant programme09:32
Mezali1234: actually, it was more so that when they passed it on to other people - they have more concise info.09:32
MezMyrtti: you don't need to program :)09:32
MezMyrtti: How far did you get along the recruitment process (and this is the second time round for me)09:32
Myrttiwell thats what the email said, looking for php python java c++09:33
oimonGood 1st quarter results for ARM today: "Shipments of ARM-processor-based chips increased 33pc on the same period last year"09:33
oimoninterestingly they mention AMD: "AMD is a company that is very capable of deploying ARM technology"09:34
MyrttiI didnt even bother to reply the email, Ive got too much other stuff going on09:34
MezMyrtti: lol - fair enough :)  From what I remember though - last time I applied they were looking for that - and the recruiters initial call determined that I'd be better applying for the SRE team)09:34
MooDoo*YAWN*09:35
oimoni must say, i've never really considered working at google09:36
* Mez shoves a sock in MooDoo's mouth09:36
ali1234oimon: use gmail for long enough and you'll get the first offer09:37
oimonsounds like it takes over your life a bit too much09:37
ali1234they'll want you to move to some third world country of course09:37
oimonthe UK?09:37
oimoni'm already here09:37
Mezoimon: takes over your life??? Hmm... maybe.. but if you're in a job that you'd do as a hobby....09:38
bigcalmWhat updates /etc/motd?09:38
oimoni don't fly anymore, so any job i do can't involve international travel09:38
MooDoothanks Mez what's that for?09:40
MezMooDoo: for yawning09:40
Mezbigcalm: a reboot09:40
MooDooMez: ah lol sorry :)09:40
Mezbigcalm: or updatemotd09:40
popeyMorning all!09:40
bigcalmHi popey!09:40
MooDoomorning popey09:40
ali1234what os x says more updates? i just updated!09:40
bigcalmMy motd has been squiffy for a while now: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/599676/09:40
* bigcalm replaces it with some ascii art09:41
popeyhaha, i see lots of people got the SRE google recruit spam then :)09:41
bigcalm?09:41
oimonbigcalm: here's my motd http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/599677/09:42
bigcalm\o/09:42
popeybigcalm: people here like Mez and Myrtti09:42
bigcalmpopey: I see09:42
oimonyou need a name beginning with M09:42
oimonpopey: what's your opinion on the e-machines £99 vs the aspire revo?09:43
oimonmy old friend mungojerry probably has one09:43
* oimon misses mungojerry09:43
Mezpopey: I presume you had it too ?09:43
bigcalmThe e-machine has N while the Revo only has g09:43
popeyoimon: offer looks to have finished09:45
popeyMez: yeah, i get mail from them now and then09:45
Mezpopey: never applied?09:45
popeynope09:46
oimonwow ..i checked at 9 o clock09:46
oimon249 in stock09:46
oimonso only 3 were purchased in that time09:46
oimonthe windows version is £100 more09:48
DJonesGrr, why does the IT support turn up at work when its not to install my new computer, what other reason can be more important09:48
ali1234£99 is special offer09:48
ali1234it normally costs £20009:48
oimonali1234: it's all academic now i suppose, i didn't realise the offer only lasted 30 mins09:48
popeyi dunno how long it lasted09:50
popeyi just clicked it and the offer seemed ended09:50
oimonanyone know how i can dumnp a list of applications installed on my (non-rooted) android phone?09:52
DJonesoimon: http://atrackdog.a0soft.com/app.php?id=9 says "Export app list for sharing"10:03
dwatkinsoimon: the market remembers what you've bought, so you can just click the 'download em all' link on a new phone, otherwise it appears you might have to write an app or use DJones' app: http://qtcstation.com/2011/02/how-to-launch-another-app-from-your-app/10:03
dwatkinsDJones: that looks really handy, thanks10:05
DJonesdwatkins: From what I could see, it only seems to list after market installs rather than default system apps, but certainly looks useful to know what you've installed10:06
dwatkinsDJones: yeah, that sounds likely, unfortunately. I think I'd probably install Cyanogenmod if I wiped my phone and started again. The market has a record of what I've added at least, I gather.10:06
DJonesdwatkins: I'd never realised/noticed that the market kept that info, although I shouldn't be surprised should I, it is google after all10:07
dwatkinsYeah, they do like to track stuff.10:08
DJonesand "by stuff", google mean "everything"10:08
dwatkinsThey certainly have the capacity to track a lot of data.10:11
gordgoogle is just curious is all!10:17
dwatkinsoh is that all they collect the data for? ;)10:18
gordgoogle doesn't have anything on Zeitgeist anyway ;)10:18
dwatkinsThe movie?10:21
gordthe software10:25
gordit can know what you did, where you did it, what you were doing at the time and what you did it with10:26
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gordi miss the days when you could pass a web page into a gtk file open dialogue and it would just work10:32
oimonthanks DJones, dwatkins10:42
oimonmy sis has a new phone so i wanted to recommend some apps10:42
MartijnVdSJust the google ones10:44
oimonplus the peter griffin soundboard :)10:45
MartijnVdSWho?10:52
oimonjust my little joke :)10:55
oimonpeter griffin is family guy tc show10:56
davmor2morning all11:03
davmor2czajkowski: prod11:03
popeymorning davmor211:04
davmor2morning popey how's life down South?11:05
popeyGreat!11:07
davmor2popey: I heard this rumour that some prat has taken to invading the release party with a wedding, I mean pick a day when they put up bunting and the like for the ubuntu release to try and make out it's some grandiose thing pffff11:09
DJonesdavmor2: I heard Kate & Bill picked tomorrow because they knew there was going to be the Ubuntu Natty bank holiday, so all their mates wouldn't need to take a day off work to attend the wedding11:12
gordi have enough passwords these days that when logging in to things i don't even bother trying, i just press the "email me my password" option. starting to think that kind of authentication should be the default one11:14
ali1234you mean like... SSO?11:14
oimondoesn't firefox remember them for you?11:14
directhexit's a good case for OpenID11:15
gordnot always, firefox has to detect websites with passwords and its not always able to11:15
directhexalso a good case for a password manager like Keepass11:15
ali1234it probably would do if i didn't have to delete the firefox settings every three months because it gets too slow11:15
oimonyeah :(11:15
oimonthe profile gets corrupted regularly11:15
oimonparticularly the history11:15
oimonstil prefer it to chromium though for some reason11:15
popeygord: lastpass11:16
dogmatic69how is Piranha for clustering on ubuntu?11:17
dogmatic69is that a good solution?11:17
directhexwhat kind of clustering?11:17
oimonjust noticing that the PSN hackers also got data of birth and mother's maiden name...you can't go changing those!11:17
gordyeah seen that kind of thing before, don't really trust the software11:17
gordnot to mention, don't want to get my passwords locked into some software11:17
dogmatic69directhex: im thinking 2x load balancers (one master + backup) and n servers11:18
ali1234irc is good for nut clustering11:18
davmor2gord: lastpass plugin for firefox?11:18
gordjust seems to me that emailing me to ask if i should be allowed to log in is a better authentication method than a password that the website will store in plain text on their server because web devs are terrible terrible people11:18
gordnot all web devs obviously ;)11:19
DJonesali1234: The vet is good for nut unclustering as one of my dogs will confirm later today :D11:19
ali1234it *is* a better method11:19
dogmatic69i love getting emails after registering... "your username is x and your password is y, please keep it in a safe place"11:19
awilkinsI presume that's the sarcastic tense of "love"11:21
SuperMattanyone know if the gnome 3 ppa still breaks unity?11:22
gordusing the gnome 3 ppa is kind of like installing random libraries from natty into maverick, i would not recommend it11:23
SuperMattOK!11:24
directhexnatty isn't a gnome 3 release, installing a bucket of gnome 3 libs is asking for trouble11:24
directhex(sadly)11:24
directhexright... time for 11.04 i guess11:25
gordwell gnome 3 came too late in the cycle, we knew that would be the case six months ago when they delayed it yet again11:25
* SuperMatt nods11:26
directhexit's the first ubuntu version to ship with outdated gnome, afaik11:27
oimon"Storing passwords as hashes instead of plain text is now illegal in France"11:28
dogmatic69oimon: that is not true11:29
awilkinsHappily, you're not actually storing the password when you use a hash11:29
dogmatic69it can be encrypted11:29
awilkinsYou have to use reversible encryption?11:29
dogmatic69awilkins: you could use 'encryption' that is not reversible and blame it on a bug :D11:30
soneillsorry - just noticed this conversation - do you have a link to more info on this as it sounds quite interesting?11:30
dogmatic69http://tricomts.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/france-to-outlaw-hash-passwords/11:31
soneillthanks dogmatic6911:31
awilkinshttp://www.ewanleith.com/blog/116/france-requires-new-silly-data-retention-policies11:31
dogmatic69np11:31
BigRedSAFAIK, that's Daily mail style reporting11:31
BigRedSthe actual law is more "If the password is stored in plain text, you need to make it available to law enforcement agencies if they ask"11:32
directhexor in sony's case, to anyone!11:32
popeys/anyone/everyone11:32
BigRedSFWIG, but I'm not French and that's fourth- or fifth- hand translation11:32
BigRedShaha11:32
oimonBigRedS: i seem to have fallen foul of the mistransalated article11:32
gordthe whole sony thing is fine, everyones passwords were already known from the gawker thing11:32
popey:)11:33
popeyI had to change all mine thanks to gawker11:33
popeyglad I did though11:33
popeynow they're all different11:33
oimonBigRedS: it doesn't seem as bad as the dailymail headlines after all11:33
BigRedSoimon: most of the english-language press reported it as "md5 banned in france"11:33
gordyeah me too, but i'd been procrastinating doing that for a while - more hacks to make me do things please!11:33
BigRedSwhich, I suspect, is because our government *is* daft enough to pass a law like that11:33
BigRedSbut the French one isn't11:33
gordthis psn hack has made me set up two stage verification on my gmail address, yay11:34
oimonBigRedS: passwords and hashes must be provided if they are stored, and must be kept for one year after11:34
oimongord: ifs the 2 stage verification involving a mobile phone?11:34
gordtis11:34
oimoni think that would bite me one day11:34
BigRedSoimon: yeah, that sounds about right. It's hard to find someone to translate legalese French into peasant's English :)11:34
oimonwhen i'm out of battery11:34
gordyou get some additional codes that you can print off, good for one use11:34
oimonsomebody got my mates gmail account and got up to all sorts of shenanigans11:35
popeyhttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1663683/far-better-than-3-d-animated-gifs-that-savor-a-passing-moment11:36
popeynice11:36
gordi saw that a few days ago, it *still* bugs me that they reference 3d. it has nothing to do with 3d >:(11:37
directhexthe last innovative use of .gif was images which "wobble", and turn 3d if you cross your eyes a little11:43
BigRedSgord: it's only using 3D in the sense of "this is better than 3d"11:44
BigRedSsince 3d is current for 'cool'11:44
ali1234it's not better than 3d11:45
popeyyou dont need special glasses to view it :)11:45
popeywhich makes it 'better' in at least one way11:46
awilkinsI'm kind of tired of people who shout things like "3D is a giant scam!!"11:46
ali1234oh, 3d is a giant scam, that is certain11:46
popeyhaha11:46
popeyin the same way widescreen, dolby digital, HD... were?11:46
ali1234no11:46
ali1234all of those were an improvement11:46
popeya way to get people back into the cinema away from telly?11:46
ali12343d just looks dumb11:46
awilkinsI like 3D done well, and I think this generation of tech is the first to do it well11:47
ali1234the problem with 3d is it is not really 3d11:47
ali1234you can't look behind something11:47
ali1234it's very annoying11:47
DJonesI always liked the sterescopic 3d pictures that were popular in the late 90's11:47
awilkinsSome films it adds to - "How to Train Your Dragon" was enhanced by it, some films are just rubbish - Beowulf11:47
awilkinsBesides, how else are they going to prime the R&D pump for the full-holodeck experience without selling massive 3D TVs to everyone :P11:49
* awilkins notes that he still has a relatively old 28" CRT television that weighs about 50kg11:49
directhexali1234, fixed focal distance is annoying, yes11:50
directhexali1234, it's not an issue in some circumstances, it is in others11:50
awilkinsI find it helps my waning focal muscles in my right eye by forcing both eyes to focus to see the picture properly11:51
ali1234it's not an issue as long as you have your head clamped in a vice while watching the movie11:52
ali1234sounds good lol11:52
davmor2awilkins: It is?  The 3d is only realistically 2 1/2 d at best.  Until they make holographic projectors where you don't need to look a prat in glasses then it is a big CON!11:52
czajkowskihttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/27/nokia_cuts_memo/11:52
directhexali1234, you mentioned movies, not me11:52
ali1234also it has nothing to do with fixed focal distance11:53
ali1234and everything to do with total lack of parallax motion11:53
* awilkins is a little peeved at the lack of love for his N900 now11:53
directhexawilkins, we have an office filled with n900 owners. and developers, to a degree. nokia news is always "fun"11:54
ali1234^ if any of this news comes as a surprise you haven't been paying attention11:54
ali1234nokia pretty much pulled out of meego months ago11:55
awilkinsOh hell, yes, not a surprise11:55
ali1234despite constant denials, everyone knew it was happening11:55
ali1234and they've never supported old devices with updates11:55
directhexit does raise interesting questions for contractors with previously signed multi-year contracts11:55
awilkinsI was even laying the groundwork for trying out the developer image of MeeGo a couple of nights ago11:56
ali1234the idea of n900 getting a real meego official and supported install has never been on the table11:56
ali1234awilkins: trying meego on n900 is real easy, there is no ground work except for install 1 package and dd an image to an sd card, it takes 5 minutes11:56
awilkinsali1234, Yeah, I installed the SD card kernel loader, now my phone boots with a penguin, just didn't get around to preparing the card11:57
awilkinsIt was bedtime11:57
ali1234awilkins: i wrote that code :)11:57
oimonthere seems to be an unnerving similarity in the approach of nokia and my own employer lately11:57
awilkinsali1234, Which image do you recommend, sanity or one of the others?11:58
oimonnokia are heading all the way down to the bottom11:58
ali1234awilkins: dunno, i haven't tried one for ages11:58
ali1234awilkins: take the one with the newest timestamp11:58
ali1234it's not like they're even at the point of stabilizing yet11:59
awilkinsali1234, Yeah, the "won't charge off the charger" thing is worrying11:59
ali1234lol, they *still* haven't fixed that?11:59
awilkinsali1234, It's not clear whether they have or not11:59
ali1234well i wouldn't worry, it won't take you longer than about 5 minutes to realize meego is nowhere near done yet12:00
awilkinsaand... "MeeGo trunk is broken at the moment, so DE daily images are not working either."12:00
popeythe n900 was disowned at birth pretty much12:00
ali1234that's not really true12:00
ali1234it had as many updates as any other nokia device12:01
popeyi have never seen any assertion otherwise other than by fans who bought one in the hope it would live on12:01
popeyprobably more updates than most12:01
ali1234yes12:01
popeybut the future development of the platform (other than updates) was never really assured12:01
popeysoftware updates do not a platform make12:01
ali1234yes but the exact same thing happened with n80012:01
popeyexactly12:02
popeyso this is hardly surprising12:02
ali1234yeah12:02
popeyits the reason I never bought an n900, despite coveting them greatly12:02
oimoni almost bought one12:02
oimonbecause of the great hardware, and promises12:02
directhexpopey, the n900 was stillborn, thanks to nokia intentionally murdering it12:02
oimonbut went for the desire mainly due to ££ difference12:03
awilkinsWifelet just got a Desire Z ... I am envious12:03
popeywithin a month of it going on sale I was sure it would go nowhere12:03
popeyhence buying an android phone12:03
popey(HAH!)12:03
oimoni am coveting the eee pad transformer right now12:03
popeyand now iphone12:03
tugrikyeah, I used an N900, great little portable linux PC... but figured I'd need to change to something else sooner or later...12:03
ali1234n900 was never meant to be a phone anyway12:03
tugriks/used/use12:03
awilkinsWonder if you can try this Android / N900 build in a non-permanent manner...12:04
ali1234nope12:04
ali1234it's not compatible with u-boot12:04
ali1234because they use an ancient nokia kernel with too many bugs12:04
awilkinsali1234, So it could probably be patched up then... shame I don't have time / madskillz12:05
ali1234i sent a patch for the worst bug12:05
oimonthink yourselves lucky that nokia didn't release a meego tablet 1 month before the MS deal12:05
ali1234it got applied about 3 days ago (i sent it about 3 months ago)12:05
oimonall the geeks would have piled in12:05
ali1234oimon: i think they will still release their "one meego device"12:06
ali1234(which won't even be meego compliant lol)12:06
oimonali1234: but we are wise now...right?? RIGHT???12:06
ali1234oimon: nobody learned from n80012:06
oimonand nokia are dropping like a stone , and in bed with MS12:07
oimoni wonder how much the ad-supported kindles will be12:08
directhexali1234, i don't know what's public about their "one meego device"12:08
ali1234directhex: nothing12:08
ali1234except that there's supposed to be one12:09
awilkinsI saw a Kindle in the flesh for the first time in Tesco (they are selling them now) and was sooo tempted. That screen is lovely.12:09
ali1234and it will run "harmatten" and not true meego (so deb packages and stuff)12:09
brobostigongood afternoon everyone12:09
gordi have one, its very nice on the eyes :) modified it to run the ubuntu font, even nicer12:09
oimonawilkins: luxury purchases though IMO considering the cost of e-books and the amount i actually read12:09
directhexali1234, ah, so H is public knowledge?12:10
ali1234i never heard anything about any H12:10
directhex<ali1234> and it will run "harmatten" and not true meego (so deb packages and stuff)12:10
ali1234well, the codename has been known since before the n900 was even available12:10
oimonharmageddon more like :P12:10
directhexreally? man, that's been baking for a while12:10
ali1234they announced it when they announced the n900 and meego conf12:11
ali1234"here's maemo 5, oh btw, we're now working on maemo 6, it will be all Qt based"12:11
awilkinsoimon, Yeah, I think the only way I'd get use out of it would be to load a chunk of Project Gutenberg onto it and make a real effort12:11
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X3Nfun fact, the kindle runs a large portion of the GNOME stack12:24
BigRedSreally? What for?12:24
directhexthe shop.12:24
X3Npango, cairo and gtk are used12:25
directhexso it has webkit for that. and gstreamer for the mp3 player12:25
directhexamazon are not community collaborators though12:25
X3Nwell they maybe indirectly12:26
oimonkindle wifi doesn't work on certain networks , big shame12:28
oimone.g. WPA enterprise /eduroam12:28
gordworks on my phones wifi hotspot, all that matters for me :)12:29
oimonsee this? http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5137112:30
oimonwhile we are all talking about tracking users12:30
DJonesoimon: All we need now is for Bigfoot to get a mobile phone/kindle/tablet etc and we'd know exactly where to find him & his family12:33
oimonDJones: it's been a while since i thought about him..since i was 6 in fact12:33
oimonmysteries of the universe change a bit since then in my mind.12:34
oimonlike "why do people always walk through train carriages?" why not use the doors on the carriage you want.12:35
DJonesoimon: I caught a glimpse of a Simpsons episode last night where Homer had been mistaken for Bigfoot which was what brought it to mind12:36
gordbecause the carriage you wanted turned out to be full of kids?12:36
oimonand if ticket inspectors earn more than their salary in revenue protection, why not have more inspectors on trains?12:36
oimongord: in n london, walking up train carriages is very popular12:37
oimonthe same people seem to do it12:37
oimonusually with their kids etc. maybe they are practising for when the inspector comes on.12:38
gordgrrr at websites that take you to a javascript thing if you open a link in a new tab.12:40
oimonhmm i'm using 1.2gb of RAM (out of 4gb) and 2.3gb of Swap12:41
DJonesThat sounds wierd12:50
DJoneswhy use swap when there's available free memory12:51
gordbecause things got swapped in at some point when memory usage was higher, its lower now12:51
DJonesgord: So if something is transferred to swap, it gets left there until needed, rather than transferred as soon as memory is available, I hadn't realised that12:52
ali1234this is the reason why you leave the computer over night or over lunch, when you come back and click on something, the HD grinds for 5 minutes before it works again12:53
BigRedSyeah, no point expending effort transforming one pattern of bits needlessly to another pattern of bits12:54
ali1234it's because some task, usually slocate-updatedb ran, used all physical memory, everything else got swapped out and then didn't get swapped back in12:54
ali1234actually slocate-updatedb is kind of a worst possible case12:57
DJonesWhen you've been used to a machine with only 512Mb ram, you expect everything to be in swap anyway12:57
ali1234it looks at every file exactly one, which means it fills up the filesystem cache and then never uses it12:57
ali1234and if swappiness > 0 then program memory will get swapped out in favour of cache12:58
ali1234so it basically makes *everything* get swapped out12:58
ali1234and then it doesn't get swapped back in until you come to use the computer12:58
ali1234another interesting quirk of the way swap work on linux... consider the firefox caches12:59
ali1234it has a ram cache and a disk cache that it manages itself12:59
ali1234but due to the way swappiness works12:59
ali1234there is a good chance that firefox's ram cache will be swapped out in favour of caching in RAM firefox's disk cache12:59
ali1234which means the ram cache could be slower to access than the disk cache12:59
ali1234and this is why apps should not try to be cleverer than the OS13:00
oimoni did a swapoff -a; swapon -a while buying lunch :D13:10
oimoni really should run some tests though since i don't usually have > 60% RAM usage13:11
oimonalthough firefox had crashed overnight so maybe it ate all the free space on my system13:12
popeyholy cow ATI 5970 is an expensive device13:18
gordthey are the super high end versions of the 5000 series, so yup13:21
hamitrongood afternoon all13:21
hamitron:))13:21
popeyjust saw someone talking about buying one (or more) for bitcoin mining13:21
gordbitcoin mining?13:23
oimonmust be someting to do with minecraft13:23
oimonhas anyone made a dire straits minecraft parody vid yet?13:23
gordno, bitcoin is a type of virtual currency or something13:23
popeyyes13:23
popeythat13:23
* hamitron doesn't trust bitcoin13:24
gordits the mining thing i don't understand :)13:24
gordah, wikipedia says the network generates randomly coins, and if you contribute lots of cpu, your chances are higher13:25
AlanBellnot sure that is accurate13:26
dogmatic69lol http://www.emohosting.com/13:26
gordseems accurate, generating bitcoins takes trial and error seems brute forcing or something, thus the more cpu, the higher chance you have of finding them13:26
popeysome people have insanely huge mining rigs13:27
popeywith lots of GPUs13:27
gordmakes sense, but the whole thing is dependent on bitcoins actually being worth something at some point13:28
popeywell, technically they are worth something13:28
popeybecause right now people are buying them13:28
popeymoney (real money) is changing hands to get and sell bitcoins13:28
popeyso by defintion of 'if someone is willing to pay for it', it has value13:28
hamitronthe only reason I can see for a spike in the value, is if people just want to buy them for the hell of it... or some service accepts them as payment13:29
hamitronotherwise it will just die?13:29
gordi think people want to buy them as an investment, to resell later13:29
popeyits gone up .20c in the last two days13:30
ali1234dogmatic69: refreshingly honest, it must be satire...13:30
popeythere will also be transaction fees in the future, and if you're mining then you could pick up some of that fee for processing the transaction13:30
dwatkinsIsn't the whole point that the value will decrease as more bitcoins are created, though?13:30
hamitronit is kinda like selling/buying shares of a virtual company that has zero value :/13:30
dogmatic69:)13:30
oimonthis is hurting my poor brain13:30
* oimon tucks into easter egg instead13:31
hamitroneaster eggs \o/13:32
popey\o/ eggs13:33
gordhrm, the client doesn't seem to work13:33
gordoh, a compiz bug13:35
oimoni'm not much of a visionary - i fail to see how bitcoins can take off13:36
ali1234they can't. next!13:37
ali1234that whole "if someone is willing to pay for it" thing worked out really well for subprime loans...13:37
oimonAt the peak of tulip mania, in February 1637, some single tulip bulbs  sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania13:38
gordgoogle are interested, that is how13:38
oimonmadness of crowds :D13:38
oimonprices of yak face figure from star wars are still holding up well on ebay though13:40
oimoni should sell him at some point13:40
directhexso where can i change my Unity preferences? like always showing the "dock"?13:43
DJonesdirecthex: I think its in the compiz settings unity plugin13:44
czajkowskigord: are you coming to the release party tomorrw13:44
ali1234directhex: type "launcher" into the dash search13:44
ali1234everything else you have to edit the registry (lol)13:44
popeyhttp://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/04/27location_qa.html13:45
popey"The iPhone is not logging your location. Rather, it’s maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location"13:45
ali1234directhex: is "ghost" tooltips in banshee a known bug?13:45
bigcalmWar driving on a mass scale?13:46
popeysame as google :)13:46
oimonpopey: that sums apple up !13:46
oimoni thought you were paraphrasing them, but alas no13:47
* czajkowski stabs Daviey 13:47
directhexali1234, i'm not aware of it13:47
Davieyczajkowski, o/13:47
directhexali1234, which gconf key?13:47
oimonit's not logging location ...but logging locations to calculate location when requested :S13:48
gordczajkowski, too far for little me to go i'm afraid :)13:48
shaunoI think 'your' is the keywork for lawyers there.  it doesn't log 'your' location.  just everything else it can see13:48
oimonwhat's kindle's excuse, since they aren't using GPS..13:49
davmor2czajkowski: I won't be Sue has to goto the Hospital tomorrow :(13:49
oimonshauno: true - if i leave my phone on my desk to go to lunch, it's only logging the phone's location, and not mine :)13:49
gorddirecthex, all the unity preferences are in compiz, so ccsm - or if you have that installed already. about:config in the dash search13:49
czajkowskigord: well no jammy dodgers for you so13:50
czajkowskidavmor2: :( poor sue you've driven her to going there13:50
ali1234gord: what is "launcher & menus" then?13:50
awilkinsbitcoin mining is lots of bruteforce hashing13:50
awilkinsRuns much faster on a GPU13:50
gordali1234, it changes one option, no idea why13:51
awilkinsI think my GPU (nvidia 560) goes about 60 times faster than my CPU (Core 2 Quad)13:51
davmor2czajkowski: Yeah I'm driving her there She ain't about to walk after an op on her foot is she you muppet :P13:51
awilkinsIt makes Compiz suck rocks in terms of performance though13:51
awilkinsAlso makes my graphics card dustbuster run loudly :-)13:52
gordhuh, theoretically a 560 could get the equivalent of 631ghz13:53
popeyi have asked this before...13:54
directhexok, unity makes a good case for using the scale plugin13:54
popeywhat card should I get?13:54
directhexpopey, for doing what?13:54
popeydesktop, more than my 7900 but not 400 quid13:54
gordif you want good ubuntu performance, nvidia. its what 99% of the unity team use13:54
popeyleaning towards ATI, because I, narked with nvidia13:54
popeyO_O13:55
ali1234don't get a 240 if you want to run nouveau13:55
ali1234don't get ati if you want it to work, ever13:55
* popey boggles at nvidia performance13:55
popeyhehe13:55
ali1234nvidia is rubbish but it's still the best13:55
directhexpopey, geforce 570 is currently a good price/performance bet for gaming13:55
gordi personally have a 260 gtx - its around £110-150 - happy enough with it, does games fine at highest settings, full resolution for my monitor. does unity very well apart from when the nvidia driver sucks13:55
ali1234if you want good ubuntu performance, disable compositing13:56
popeyhmm13:57
davmor2popey: You're never stunned into silence are you?13:57
popeyfrequently13:57
directhexthe 260 is an aged equivalent to the 570, really13:58
gordit is, but it doesn't matter, it plays all games at the highest quality just fine13:58
ali1234someone should make a chart of nvidia cards in order of speed13:58
ali1234because i'm just totally confused by it13:59
gordlots of benchmark sites exist13:59
directhexali1234, easy.13:59
ali1234but they always compare newest nvidia vs newest ati13:59
gordthey *love* charts13:59
directhexali1234, the most comprehensive info is on tom's hardware.13:59
davmor2ali1234: that's cause they make it up as they go along ;)13:59
ali1234i don't want comprehensive benchmarks13:59
directhexhttp://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/graphics-cards,1.html13:59
directhexali1234, i said info.13:59
* hamitron would get a GTX 460 now14:00
directhexali1234, top-to-bottom charts comparing 30-40 cards at a time. easy comparison,.14:00
ali1234no, they don;t have the chart i want14:00
ali1234they compare all cards from one year?14:00
davmor2popey: Intel all the way dude, just to be different :D14:00
popeylies14:00
directhexali1234, yes. what chart do you want?14:01
ali1234i want a chart of every nvidia card ever made in order of slowest to fastest14:01
directhexdavmor2, i hear the next-gen intel cards might handle *two* dozen polygons!14:01
directhexali1234, you can't make that comparison. they don't all fit in the same PC, and changing anything other than the graphics card would pollute the test.14:01
davmor2directhex: at once! NO that's never possible ;)14:01
ali1234ok then14:01
ali1234i want a chart of all pci-e nvidia cards14:02
* popey is so hardware dumb14:02
ali1234not just the ones made in 201014:02
andylockranhey dudes14:02
hamitron1 or 2? ;)14:02
andylockranand dudettes14:02
popeyi dont even know what slot my 7900 plugs into :)14:02
andylockranhow's tricks14:02
popeyhowdy howdy howdy14:02
directhexpopey, PCIe.14:02
popeyok14:02
andylockranmy 7900 is PCIe14:02
hamitronthere are some AGP ones directhex14:02
directhexiirc it's the 6000 series where they started phasing out AGP14:02
popeyquiet would be nice14:02
popeyare any decent cards quiet?14:02
directhexhamitron, a couple. rare & expensive compared to PCIe versions though14:02
popeyand will i need a new psu?14:02
directhexpopey, how big's your PSU?14:03
popeyand and and14:03
popeythis big14:03
popey<-                  ->14:03
popeyetc14:03
popeyno idea14:03
hamitronyeh, but we all know popey spends money.... he is a Mac user ;)14:03
andylockranyeah, so many questions14:03
gordmight need a new psu, quiet, erm... i don't know many that are built to be quiet14:03
popeyo_O14:03
gordwell, i have seen ones that are advertised as being quiet, but they aren't14:03
andylockranthere's a fanless one my boss just got.. hence quiet14:03
andylockrancan let you know the model.. uses it only for general purpose computing and coding - no games mind.14:03
directhexpopey, card noise varies by temperature. temperature varies by airflow. airflow varies by case14:03
directhexpopey, as a rule of thumb, the bigger the cooler, the quieter14:04
popeyyeah, dont want to change my case14:04
popeymight look at better/quieter fans perhaps14:04
davmor2popey: To quote everyone else Nvidia is the place to be baby!   Still the best gfx performance unfortunately.  Ati is getting there slowly that is the issue though slowly but it is improving14:04
directhexi use fglrx14:04
hamitronthis would be my gfx of choice today http://www.ebuyer.com/product/24730914:04
gordnvidia cards you can set the fan speed on, i would assume you can with others. so if its too loud just underclock the gpu and slow the fan down14:04
hamitronask me tomorrow and I may have changed my mind ;/14:05
popeyhttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/249399 golly14:05
directhexhamitron, rather than a 550ti?14:05
hamitronGTX 460 has more cuda cores14:05
hamitroniirc14:05
bigcalm1.28 GB?14:05
bigcalmOdd amount14:06
seekerP-p-p-Popey case p-p-Popey case14:06
directhexactually, yes, the 460 is better than the 55014:06
hamitron550ti is nice too, but nearer a GTS 45014:06
hamitronmy GTS 450 is find tbh14:06
popeythat 460 looks nice14:06
directhexali1234, the other thing is you can't run modern benchmarks on old cards - and old benchmarks are 101% irrelevant on new cards14:06
hamitronfine*14:06
gordpopey, you could do a lot worse than that 460 for sure14:06
gordmake sure your psu is okay with it :)14:07
popeyrelative difference between my 7900 and that?14:07
ali1234directhex: sounds suspiciously like blaming poor perforance on "you're running the wrong software"14:07
popeywill I even notice it?14:07
seekerWhat will the card be used for?14:07
popeydesktop and some gaming14:07
gordabout 10x better14:07
TheOpenSourcererIndividual sized Battenburg Cake!14:07
seekerLinux?14:07
popeyyes14:07
popeyand windows14:07
hamitronpopey: my GTS 450 vs my Geforce 7800gtx ........... 65 fps vs 11 fps in F1 2010 benchmark14:07
popeynice14:07
directhexali1234, erm... that makes no sense at all14:07
gordminecraft runs at 120fps fullscreen on my rig here14:07
popeyhow do i tell what psu that needs?14:08
popeyor what connector thing14:08
popeyI think my psu is man enough, just dunno if connectors have changed14:08
hamitronit needs a lot of psu :/14:08
popeymy 7900 has a square connector iirc14:08
ali1234directhex: i want the chart to use a benchmark that reflects the software i actually run. if it runs badly on a particular card that is no excuse14:08
hamitron2 x 6 pin iirc14:08
seekerOn windows I'd go for ati14:08
seekerUnless you are thinking of spending £70014:08
popeybah, new psu needed?14:08
ali1234directhex: i don't care about buying a card that is 100% optimized to run benchmarks only14:08
popey:(14:08
hamitronas in, 2 of the pin pin connectors14:08
directhexali1234, modern hardware isn't designed to throw a small number of un-lit basic textured polygons at the screen. you think a modern i7 rig would get millions of frames per second on quake 2?14:08
hamitron2 of the six pin connectors14:09
hamitronffs14:09
ali1234directhex: what does that have to do with it?14:09
gordpopey, in the specs it recommends a 450W psu14:09
popeyit says it comes with accessoy14:09
* hamitron smacks his own fingers for mis-typing14:09
popeyaccessory*14:09
ali1234all i care about is which card will be fastest for the software i use14:09
ali1234i do not care about how many millions of triangles it does in CoD414:09
directhexali1234, everything. pick a benchmark which adequately shows how well a Riva TNT compares to a GTX 59014:09
popeywill that attach to a 4 pin molex?14:09
popeyRiva :)14:10
popeyRetro14:10
ubuntuuk-planet[iain woz ere] tumbling away - http://orangesquash.org.uk/~laney//blog/posts/2011/04/ikiwiki/ikiwiki/14:10
ali1234directhex: ok. i choose the benchmark "rendering launchpad in firefox"14:10
directhexpopey, i'm not the one asking for a comparison of every nvidia card ever!14:10
hamitronGTX 460 is gonna need 4 x 4pin molex :/14:10
popeyblimey14:10
popeywell, my box only has one hard disk14:10
seekerpopey: It'll technically need 2 moles14:10
seeker*moles14:10
seekerFfs14:10
seekerMolex = 60w14:10
seekerPci 6 pin = 75w14:10
ali1234also, i didn't know they made a pci-e riva tnt14:10
directhexknow what? i really can't be bothered today.14:11
popey:(14:11
seekerPci 8 pin = 150w14:11
seekerAnd it will likely only come with 1 adaptor14:11
hamitronthe GTS 450 and 550ti will use less power14:11
hamitronit is partly why i went for a GTS 45014:12
hamitron:)14:12
hamitronalso because I am cheap \o/14:12
ali1234actually what really puzzle me about that firefox bug is it *never* happens if you save the html of the page and then load it up14:14
gordi would like a new gpu, would be nice to get a 3d monitor and do some 3d gamging14:14
hamitron£82 for a GTS 450 if you can stomach Inno3D :/14:14
gordmaybe patch compiz for 3d monitors14:14
ali1234to me that suggests the javascript is really hammering the dom or something14:14
dwatkinsouch14:15
* dwatkins is called Dom14:15
seekerhamitron: All of the card manufacturers use the same14:15
seekerCard14:15
hamitronseeker: fans are different14:15
seekerJust with custom stickers on the cooler14:15
seekerIn most cases they Use the reference cooler14:16
hamitronsome are also cheap, and miss connectors off the rear14:16
hamitrondo some still use different memories?14:17
seekerLike I said,14:19
seekerMost of them just put a different sticker on the reference cooler14:19
seekerThe rest is the same14:19
daubersMost important question: Will it play Minecraft?14:19
andylockransd:)14:19
hamitrondaubers: who knows with the next patch ;) will anything?14:20
hamitronseeker: it is no good saying most are the same, not doing research, then getting a card with a connector you want missing14:21
hamitronI nearly bought a GTS450 and it only had 1 DVI and 1 VGA port on the back :/14:21
popeyexactly daubers !14:21
seekerYea, you have to actually *look* at what you are14:22
seekerBuying14:22
seekerShocking!14:22
seekerBut, if you are faced with a choice between some cards with exactly the same14:22
hamitronyeh, just annoying they don't always make it clear :/14:22
seekerSpecs, they are likely using reference designs, so choose the cheapest14:22
hamitroncertainly14:23
hamitronyes14:23
hamitron:)14:23
hamitronmine comes with the clocks overclocked as standard too14:23
hamitronjust cuz I am lazy14:23
hamitron;/14:23
seekerBut, of course, reading is important14:23
seekerhamitron: You paid extra for what you can do with a free app in 2 mins?14:23
hamitronit cost 20p more14:24
hamitronand no hassle with voiding a warrenty14:24
hamitronand I got a nice OC sticker14:24
hamitron;)14:25
popeyseeker: i find interal computer bits confusing so glaze over14:25
popeyi dont want to sit and read specs all day14:25
gordonjcpoverclocking is silly14:25
popeyhence asking "what card should I buy"14:25
seekerpopey: What sort of gaming?14:27
hamitronsome manufacturers provide you with a "better" chip if you get one ready overclocked too14:27
gordwhats so silly about overclocking?14:27
popeyseeker: some fps, bit of minecraft14:27
hamitrongord: reduces life? :/14:27
gordeh, not really14:27
hamitronextra heat14:27
seekerpopey: Crysis 2? Half life 1?14:27
gordhave good cooling :)14:27
hamitroncan be unstable14:27
hamitrongord: waste of energy! think green!14:28
gorddont overclock so much that its unstable14:28
gordi think MEAN!14:28
hamitronyou abuser14:28
hamitron;/14:28
ali1234if you are only going to play games that run in linux (maybe in wine) then there is no point getting an expensive card14:28
seekerI7 920 @ 4 Ghz \o:14:28
seeker\o/14:29
gordi overclock my cpu by about 0.5 ghz. thats 2ghz extra. really helps14:29
hamitroni3 550 @ 3.2ghz \o/14:29
hamitronstandard clock ;)14:29
hamitronoem cooler14:30
gordi water cool my i7. keeps it at 30 degrees :)14:30
hamitronpopey: this is cheap http://www.ebuyer.com/product/25722114:30
seekerNoctua nh-14 :D14:30
hamitronbut only 1 dvi port14:31
seekerpopey: If you are going to be spending a lot of time in windows and aren't planning on cutting edge, it may be worth looking at an ati 57** or 6***14:32
popeyi am not14:32
popey(spending a lot of time in windows)14:32
ali1234wait, what card do you have now again?14:33
popey790014:33
hamitronI'd have thought that is powerful enough?14:33
ali1234and what programs are you running that don't run fast enough and you want them to be faster?14:33
popey01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GT/GTO] (rev a1)14:34
ali1234frankly i doubt you'll see much difference even if you bought the most expensive nvidia there is14:35
hamitronthe 7 series doesn't do cuda14:35
hamitronthat was one things that annoyed me14:36
hamitronthing*14:36
popeyi certainly notice the difference beteen the various nvidia cards in my house14:37
popeythe one in the imac, and the one in the mbp as well as the one in the desktop14:37
* bigcalm spies something on twitter and heads to iTunes14:37
hamitronpopey: what game you struggling with?14:37
popeyI'm not struggling with any game14:38
hamitronor app14:38
popeysome games do feel a bit sluggish14:39
gordthe 460 will be really good, its a good card14:39
hamitronand the 450 if you are cheap14:40
hamitron;)14:40
popeyadded to wishlist14:40
hamitronor 550ti inbetween14:40
hamitronbut I would go for the 46014:40
hamitron:)14:41
hamitronit does use a lot more power than the 450 though14:41
gordgrr customer services lady forwarded me to technical support14:41
hamitron:/14:41
gordi just need to  unblock my card :( i set off fraud protection all the time14:41
hamitrongord: just as you thought you'd managed to chat her up? ;)14:41
hamitron:\14:42
* awilkins likes his new 560Ti14:44
awilkinsSeems to run Crysis 2 happily enough at "ludicrously detailed" at 1680x105014:45
awilkinsNot tried the original Crysis on it yet14:45
awilkinsThe GTS8800 was getting a bit long in the tooth14:46
popeyi actually have two 7900's14:46
popeytheory being to run them in parallel14:46
popeynever have though14:46
hamitronimo, you want cuda14:46
awilkinsI don't think it's worth it on modern cards unless you have a stooopid large monitor or need lots of numbercrunch14:46
hamitronI think my upgrade helped with flash, and new games 9in windows)14:47
Azelphurunless you have a stooopid large monitor <-- that's me :D14:47
awilkinsI wonder if Amazon / other clouds have GPU rigs you can rent14:47
hamitron(in windows)14:47
* awilkins has 2x 1680x105014:47
* Azelphur has 4x1920x1200 :p14:47
seekerhamitron: Why does he need cuda?14:47
* hamitron has 1024x768 baby ;)14:47
popeyI have 2x1680x105014:48
hamitronseeker: you maybe doesn't14:48
hamitronhe*14:48
popeytempted to reduce down to one big screen14:48
popeyand offload one of those to mumbuntu14:48
hamitronbut new flash uses it doesn't it?14:48
Laneyyay for planet spam14:48
awilkinsAha, amazon DO have GPU rigs14:48
popey:)14:48
popeythe only thing left to upgrade in my desktop is the CPU14:49
popey(I dont want to upgrade the mobo14:49
popey)14:49
awilkinsAt work I have  1440x900 + 1280x1024  :   2x 1280x012414:49
popeyQ6600 is the fastest it will take AIUI14:49
awilkinsTo get a CPU upgrade I'd need a new slot (no point upgrading the clock speed, it's all bus and L2 cache these days, baby14:50
hamitronpopey: what cpu you got?14:50
dwatkinsI used to have a quad 660014:50
popeyP5N32-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 180114:50
seekerpopey: I've got one of Thise14:50
dwatkinsI gave it away because I was moving house and had a laptop14:50
seeker*those in my mythtv box14:50
awilkinspopey, snapsies14:50
popeymodel name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz14:50
awilkinsIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad  CPU   Q9550  @ 2.83GHz14:51
* hamitron keeps quiet, for fear of the lols14:53
AzelphurIntel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950  @ 3.07GHz14:53
Azelphur:p14:53
hamitron"some people have small winkies"14:54
hamitron;/14:54
gord... i hate you popey. why am i even shopping for a new gpu? i don't need one.14:54
hamitronhaha gord14:54
hamitronit got me shopping too :/14:54
Azelphurlol14:55
* awilkins is content with the size of his14:55
* awilkins GPU14:55
davmor2gord: it's cause you're a mindless sheep following the flock ;)14:55
hamitron:))14:55
Azelphur03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF110 [Geforce GTX 570] (rev a1) || 06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2)14:55
* Azelphur runs14:55
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seekerSomeone has more money than sense :P14:56
davmor2gord: that or you heard new and shiny and got jealous :D14:56
awilkinsBlimey, the only line in my `lspci` that doesn't have "nVidia" in it is the Firewire controller14:56
gordoooh new and shiny!14:56
hamitronAzelphur is the reason seti@home will run out of units soon14:56
hamitron;/14:56
Azelphurhaha14:57
gordseti announced they are kinda... shutting down, lack of funds14:57
AzelphurI actually do use my hw though, I'm using like 50% of that i7 right now and I'm not even doing anything in particular14:57
hamitronAzelphur: on what?14:57
MattJThey should use everyone's PCs to generate bitcoins instead14:57
MattJThen they'd be rich14:57
gordvirtually rich14:57
MattJYes, quite14:58
Azelphurhamitron: burnout paradise all max at 1920x1200 via wine, pidgin with every channel as a separate window (so like 70 windows) and a bunch of other stuff :p14:58
hamitronis burnout any good?14:58
Azelphurquite fun :)14:58
hamitronI keep looking and nearly buying it14:58
awilkinsIt could be the only currency you could bribe ET to phone us with14:58
Azelphurhamitron: I'd fully expect my PC to be able to fire up TF2 while I'm running burnout paradise so I don't have to close/exit my game in order to go in game and check something on my TF2 servers14:58
AzelphurIt's not unusual for me to have 3 games running at the same time all via wine :P14:59
hamitronAzelphur: but why?14:59
hamitronyou need an ultra expensive comp because you are too lazy to close a few windows?14:59
hamitron;/14:59
Azelphurhamitron: for example, minecraft standing in my mob farm, world of warcraft waiting for the dungeon queue, burnout paradise to entertain me while I wait :p14:59
awilkinsI'm pretty peed off with Crysis 2 because of the stupid login issues15:00
awilkinsHaven't played it online yet15:00
gordEA?15:00
awilkinsgord, yup, EA15:00
hamitronbrb, 3pm = cup of tea and cakes15:00
Azelphurhamitron: also when someone needs an admin on my game servers, sometimes I have to stop what I'm doing and fire up another game, I don't want to have to go through the hassle of stopping my current game and exiting just to go check something in TF2 for example15:00
Azelphurso yea, my spec needs to be very overkill :p15:00
awilkinsTBH I think it's Crytek GMBH's fault though15:01
gordi have sooo many problems with ea servers15:04
awilkinsOh holy monkey, logging in with my OOOOld Gamespy credentials just worked on their forums15:05
awilkinsMaybe that will work for the game now....15:05
davmor2popey: I so wanted mark to say eggs'n'bacon15:06
popey:)15:07
ubuntuuk-planet[Ubuntu UK Podcast] S04E05  The Nomad - http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/04/27/s04e05-the-nomad/15:10
s-foxHow does one get on the ubuntu uk planet?15:12
popeys-fox: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet15:12
s-foxThanks popey :)15:12
s-foxWhere does the face need to be stored?15:14
s-foxOh never mind :D . I can see how some have done it using url15:15
davmor2popey: your description of a casual windows user.....Were you thinking Jono?15:17
bigcalmClapton Common Music!15:26
* oimon just realised that new uupc is out \o/15:31
oimoni haven't switched on my home desktop PC for yonks.15:35
Azelphurlol all this crazyness over apple/android "tracking" is funny :P15:36
* oimon wonders if laptops will be mostly ARM tablet/laptop hybrids soon15:36
AzelphurI dunno about iphone, but all android does is send anonimized data to improve wifi geolocation, and it asks you upon first install if you are ok with the phone doing it15:36
Azelphurand the cache it keeps on the device is constantly trimmed15:37
oimonAzelphur: trimmed to 1yr for iphones15:37
AzelphurI know it's different with iphone but everyone seems to be lumping android in with the iphone evilness that admittedly use it for marketing purposes xD15:37
Azelphuryea, the iphone one is terrible15:37
BigRedSto several people the android one is terrible, too15:38
oimoni didn't opt in to the location tracking when i got my phone15:38
oimontherefore i should not be tracked anyway15:38
oimonalthough i'm tempted to root my phone to find out15:38
AzelphurBigRedS: how is it terrible if the phone asks you in no uncertain terms before doing it :S15:38
oimontmobile track me anyway15:39
oimonso do oyster15:39
oimonand my wife does too15:39
Azelphurlol15:39
BigRedSAzelphur: I don't remember being asked, but *I* don't find it a bad thing15:39
AzelphurBigRedS: when you first install and go through the setup wizard for your google account and such, it presents you with a tickbox saying something along the lines of share my location with google15:39
BigRedSah, perhaps15:40
BigRedSI wasn't paying much attention15:40
BigRedSI use latitude anyway, there's no getting out of Google knowing my whereabouts :)15:40
Azelphurhaha :P15:40
popeyditto15:40
Azelphureveryones going crazy about it and it's an opt in service xD15:40
AzelphurI think I'mma take a screenshot of the button :p15:41
oimoni could save them the effort of tracking. i go to work, then go home, then go to work, then go home...or do I? since i turn my mobile off at night.15:44
oimon...then I put it in a faraday cage and bury it in the garden until 8am the next day15:45
Azelphurlol15:45
Azelphuroimon: that's the thing there is no "tracking" XD15:45
* hamitron trusts nothing and no-one15:46
hamitron;/15:46
Azelphuroimon: Android uses WIFI hotspots to try and locate you if you don't have a GPS chip, it does this by street view cars driving around and detecting those hotspots and keeps it up to date with android phones15:46
hamitronso no hotspots = no tracking?15:47
hamitron:))15:47
Azelphurhamitron: yes, it only stores/pushes the location of hotspots so google can improve the location db15:47
oimondoes it not log the mobile antenna stations too?15:47
Azelphurand it does so anonymously15:47
Azelphuroimon: no.15:48
hamitroncan rogue apps access the location information?15:48
Azelphurnot unless you give them root access, and even then they only have access to a small cache15:48
oimonhow can i find out if my wifi hotspot is in the db?15:48
Azelphuroimon: dunno15:48
oimoni saw a link yesterday about it but i was busy, now i lost it15:48
Azelphuroimon: it probably is, as I say the main data gathering was done by street view cars15:49
oimoni thought they deleted that data15:49
oimonor was that the packet sniifing they did15:49
AzelphurI'm not sure on the specifics of that I think what they did was just capture everything with the goal of only getting ssid+location15:50
hamitronI should maybe turn on wifi for some google loving :/15:50
oimonhttp://samy.pl/androidmap/15:52
dogmatic69anyone know how to recursivly delete '.svn' folders?15:57
bigcalmYes15:57
bigcalmfind ./ -name ".svn" | xargs rm -Rf15:58
dogmatic69tx15:58
bigcalmWelcome15:58
davmor2popey: 哞15:59
Azelphurjust checked with my phone, it does definitely ask you about location stuff clear as day :p16:06
AzelphurI'm trying to hack up my android emulator to have gapps so I can screenshot it16:06
AlanBellrelease party: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/889/detail/ for those not yet registered16:11
andylockranbrilliant16:12
andylockranI might be able to pop into this16:12
oimonwow, release day tomorrow! natty doesn't feel ready yet16:14
BigRedSthere's a lot less excitement about this one than there has been any previous release, as far as I can remember16:15
BigRedSI'd have completely forgotten about it had I not been using it as an excuse for pub tomorrow16:15
oimoni wouldn't feel confident recommending it to noobs like i did for lucid and maverick16:16
oimon(excluding mverick UNE of course)16:16
dogmatic69in a crontab, what is 0 5 * * 116:17
dogmatic695am every day?16:17
popeyno16:18
dogmatic69:/16:18
dogmatic690 5 * * *16:18
popey5 am on the first of the month isnt it16:18
popeyyes16:18
BigRedSyeah16:18
dogmatic69cool, thanks16:18
bigcalmHow might I subtract 10% in PHP in simplist possible way?16:19
oimonno..16:19
oimon0 5 * * 1 is 5am every monday16:19
andylockranbigcalm x = x * 0.9 ?16:19
bigcalmAha, ta andylockran :)16:19
hamitronit wasn't a trick question?16:19
hamitron:)16:20
oimonformat of cron: # m h  dom mon dow   command16:20
popeyah16:20
BigRedSHaha, I read that as every day in January...16:20
oimoni add that line to all my crontabs16:20
dogmatic69oimon: what is dom, mon, dow16:21
dogmatic69day of month16:21
dwatkinsmonth16:21
BigRedSmonth16:21
oimonyep16:21
dogmatic69day of week?16:21
dwatkinsday of week16:21
shaunoding!16:21
oimonday of month / month / day of week16:21
dogmatic69mon just month?16:21
dogmatic69ah16:21
oimonyip16:21
oimonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron16:21
dogmatic69cool, think i got it now16:21
dwatkinsI thought all version of cron had that explaining line now16:21
dwatkinsin the user's crontab16:21
dogmatic69i want to run ./command <param> in the cron, so is this right...16:22
dogmatic69uname -n | ./home/ubuntu/backup -16:22
oimonman -s5 crontab has it, but not man -s1 crontab16:22
popeyor put it in a script16:22
dogmatic69popey: good point...16:22
dogmatic69ill just edit my backup script :D16:23
bigcalmIt's best to keep logic out of crontab. Even if the shell script is 1 line long :)16:23
dogmatic69ye16:23
shaunoI have so much fun with envs in cron, that I like to keep everything out of it :/16:23
dogmatic69and the backup needs sudo, so i just do sudo su && contab -e16:24
dogmatic69*cron16:24
oimonoooh:     Months or days of the week can be specified by name.16:24
bigcalmdogmatic69: you can put your crontab commands into a file and then install it with "crontab my_cron_file.txt"16:25
BigRedSthat strikes me as cheating16:25
bigcalmSave messing about with crontab -e16:25
dogmatic69seems the same to me?16:25
dogmatic69both are nano16:25
oimonnano ugh16:26
dogmatic69:D16:26
bigcalmSure. Just you can put a text file into a repo :)16:26
dogmatic69vim is to hard core :P16:26
dogmatic69bigcalm: i see16:26
oimoni hate it when it does that nano thing when you are expecting vi(m)16:26
BigRedShaha, yeah16:26
dogmatic69will look at that.16:26
BigRedSspend about five minutes working out how to save and exit...16:26
oimonZZ^X^Q^C^W16:27
dogmatic69ctrl + o, ctrl + x16:27
bigcalmOne of my servers has jed as the defult editor for svn and cron. That one trips me up every time16:27
dogmatic69i cant figure out how to do anything in vim16:27
bigcalmesc:wq!16:27
oimonvim is good for you16:27
oimonZZ is all16:27
oimonyou need a mug with vim commands16:28
oimoni should buy those for all new staff16:28
bigcalmI wonder if Absolute80s.com will play some Weird Al16:28
davmor2bigcalm: ask them16:28
andylockranyeah16:29
bigcalmCurrently playing MJ's Beat It16:29
bigcalmEvery time I hear it, I expect Weird Al's Eat it16:30
davmor2bigcalm: I'd be listening but apparently my internet woes won't end till June 8th16:30
dogmatic69if i have a backup script that is the same across 10 servers, what is the best way to store / run it?16:31
dogmatic69i was thinking store and run it from a backup server some how16:32
shaunocurl url | sh  :)16:33
dogmatic69?16:33
dogmatic69dl it from some place and run it16:33
shaunoyeah.  if you want to keep it centralised, rather than have 10 local copies, you can just pipe it from http on-demand16:33
dogmatic69nice16:34
dogmatic69and that is secure?16:34
shaunoonly as secure as http is :)16:34
dogmatic69nobody gonna intercept it and stick a sudo rm -rf /*16:34
shaunoeg, if you have ssl in place, curl will die on a bad cert16:35
Oli``wget -qO- url | sh16:35
Oli``^ if you don't want to install curl16:35
shaunobut if that's a real consideration (eg, it's a public network, etc), it's probably not the best way to do it.  but it is an option16:35
dogmatic69ha. could stick it in a gist, then its ssh and under sc16:36
shaunoI'm sure scp could do the same (scp remote:/path/ - | sh)16:36
dogmatic69ye, the nodes dont have access to anything16:37
dogmatic69you can only access them16:37
shaunooh, - doesn't work for scp :(16:37
shaunoshould be push tho.  ssh host </path/to/script16:39
shaunoso the nodes only need to accept inbound, rather than connecting back16:40
dogmatic69ye16:47
dogmatic69what would that do?16:47
BigRedS I have an SVN repo. anyone know of a way of checking I have permissions to commit, without actually committing anything?16:47
dogmatic69shauno: would that be run on the main server with the code on and it will be executed on the node16:48
dogmatic69BigRedS: try push with no changes16:48
BigRedSdogmatic69: ah, so just checkout then push?16:49
dogmatic69might check permissions before checking the changes16:49
shaunodogmatic69: the last one would, yeah.  ssh remotenote <script17:03
dogmatic69shauno: ill try that out quick17:03
shaunoit's push vs pull, but requires nothing but key-based ssh on the nodes17:04
popeyhttp://oggcamp11.eventbrite.com/17:05
popeyahem17:05
BigRedSI thought you'd run out of spaces already?17:08
BigRedSaha!17:08
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Ubuntu California Natty Release Party - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/04/27/ubuntu-california-natty-release-party/17:10
dogmatic69shauno: kinda got it working, there is a few issues though17:13
dogmatic69script does not run properly, and it needs a pw now for the ssh17:13
dogmatic69thanks for the help, will fight it some more tomorrow17:14
shaunothey're just thoughts.  there's 1001 ways to skin that one :)17:17
KartiHi all, quick question - If I have the 11.04 daily build from 7 days ago. If I just update can I just assume that it will the latest version once its released tomorrow?17:32
BigRedSKarti: I think you need to do a do-release-upgrade17:37
BigRedS'cause you're going from RC to release17:37
KartiBigRedS, I have done the upgrades before and they were time consuming. Do you think it would be just as easy reinstalling? (not an issue)17:38
BigRedSno, it's always easier than reinstalling17:39
BigRedS'cause you just tell it to go and it goes and does it17:39
BigRedSit's time consuming for the computer, but shouldn't take any more time for you than to kick it off17:39
BigRedSand perhaps say yes or no to a config file overwriting17:39
KartiBigRedS, Ok, the classic go and have a cup of tea in the meantime :)17:40
BigRedSyeah :)17:40
BigRedSor minimise it and carry on working, but don't suggest that to management17:41
BigRedS:)17:41
BigRedS(actually, can you minimise in unity?)17:41
Kartilol... if only they would let me. - Thanks17:41
davmor2BigRedS: Yes you can.17:42
BigRedSah, cool. I remember someone complaining about something to do with window minimising in unity17:42
Psychobudgieit was probably to do with reopening a minimised window17:46
Psychobudgieif you have more than one window open of an individual application you have to open all of them to select 117:46
Psychobudgiewhich is annoying17:47
Psychobudgiealmost as annoying as unity17:47
Psychobudgie;)17:47
BigRedShaha17:48
KartiI must admit that I actually like it. My biggest loss would have been wobily windows <How shallow am I :)>17:49
BigRedSHah. I've only just got into compiz17:50
Psychobudgiegnome 3 is way better17:50
BigRedSyeah, I keep being told to try gnome 317:50
Psychobudgieusing it here from the ppa17:50
BigRedSyeah, I don't like the apparent irreversibility of its install17:51
BigRedSwhen I get home I think I'll inflict it upon my desktop17:51
Psychobudgieunfortunately that is down to unity17:51
BigRedSright now, all I have is my laptop and I sort of need it to work17:51
BigRedSPsychobudgie: ah, the latest ubuntu I'm running on any real hardware is 10.1017:51
PsychobudgieI switched to gnome 3 a couple of weeks ago and haven't looked back to be honest17:52
Psychobudgietried unity again within a vm a couple of days ago and it just feels amateurish to be honest17:53
BigRedSit reminds me of gnome back in the day17:53
BigRedSwhen that was chock full of niggles17:53
Psychobudgiesaying that though, it runs on my daughters netbook and works pretty well but that's a netbook and not a desktop where it just feels wrong imo17:54
BigRedSmy first and, as yet only, go on Gnome3 was similar, though17:55
shaunogot some pretty bizarre questions in a job interview today :/17:55
BigRedSI wondered why i twas on such a large screen17:55
BigRedSshauno: where were you interviewing?17:55
shaunocurrent employer, different role17:55
shaunotrying to get them to put the word 'senior' infront of my title so I can haz moar monies17:56
Psychobudgiesounds like my old developer job in the nhs17:56
shaunoodd, odd Qs tho.  the worst was being asked the average voltage at a substation.  at which point I decided the german chap just didn't like me17:57
Psychobudgiecreated a role specifically for me by adding senior to the front of it on a higher salary band then interviewed me for the role they specifically made for me17:57
Psychobudgiecouldn't make it up17:58
Psychobudgieor so I thought17:58
KartiNo guess.....given away to someone else?17:58
BigRedSshauno: what did you answer?17:59
shaunoI guess about 15k18:00
shaunopretty sure I got the 'k' bit right :)18:00
shauno15 was a guess, and I told them that :/18:00
BigRedSI wondered if they were after the average of the in and the out...18:03
BigRedSnot sure why I'm putting more thought into your interview questions than my work, though :)18:03
shauno3:)18:09
shaunoI'm really tempted to email the interviewer and ask if he asks everyone that, but not sure if that's kosher18:10
shaunojust that one Q is playing on my mind as a why on earth18:10
gordonjcpshauno: seems a strange question18:12
gordonjcpdepends on the substation, surely18:12
kaushalHi18:13
BigRedSmaybe it's another of those 'clever' "what would he do when presented with X" sorts of questions?18:14
kaushalwhat would be the IST time once 11.04 is released ?18:14
BigRedSIST time?18:14
BigRedSahhh18:14
BigRedSIndia timezone18:14
kaushalyes18:14
BigRedSno idea, it's not a prearranged hour18:14
kaushaloh i see18:15
BigRedSsubscribe to ubuntu-announce, and they'll email you when it's out18:15
kaushalgreat18:15
BigRedShttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce18:15
BigRedSusually it's prior to pub-time GMT :)18:15
MartijnVdShey, cool. iplayer live radio works outside the UK :)18:55
shaunofor most things, yeah :)  five can be a bit grumpy about some things tho18:57
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ubuntuuk-planet[Matthew Garrett] On platforms - http://mjg59.livejournal.com/135944.html19:10
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AzelphurYay, I stumbled upon some sanity re the zomg smartphones are stalking me thing, http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u127998/chartughhhh.jpg20:15
Azelphurgood chart is good :p20:15
BigRedSAzelphur: haha20:22
BigRedShandy, though20:22
Azelphurindeed20:23
MezAw man - completely ballsed that up ..20:29
MezCouldnt remember how many octets in a mac address... couldnt remember what kill does by default ... explained setuid rather than sticky..20:29
Mezand said syn ack synack20:30
DJonesNatty must be nearly fully baked, only 30Mb of updates in the last 48 hours20:41
gordonjcpI should boot into Ubuntu and pull the updates20:42
DJonesgordonjcp: That was my thought, download updates now before the servers go ballistic tomorrow20:43
zleapso what sort of time should i try and download tomorrow ?20:43
AzelphurAnyone know how I add the C/C++ editor to eclipse?20:43
gordonjcpDJones: excellent point20:43
AzelphurIt doesn't seem to be in my list of editors :(20:44
BigRedSzleap: friday :)20:44
zleapok20:44
DJoneszleap: Could be anytime tomorrow when its officially released, as soon as it is, the servers will be battered.  I'd suggest waiting till Friday as well20:45
zleapok20:45
zleapsounds a good plan, i can spend tomorrow printing cd labels20:46
DJonesOr update now anticipating minimal changes between now & final release :)20:46
zleapi am sticking with 10.04 for now, but will download so I have a usb stick and a few cd's they come in useful20:47
zleapmy update netbook with it though20:47
zleapmy = may20:47
TheOpenSourcererI have a nightly cron job that zsyncs to the daily isos.20:51
TheOpenSourcererAlthough I am not planning to be upgrading to Natty anytime soon.20:51
ubuntuuk-planet[iain woz ere] Too Many Cephalopods - http://orangesquash.org.uk/~laney/blog/posts/2010/09/too-many-cephalopods/21:10
ubuntuuk-planet[iain woz ere] Break - http://orangesquash.org.uk/~laney/blog/posts/2010/12/break/21:10
ubuntuuk-planet[iain woz ere] tumbling away - http://orangesquash.org.uk/~laney/blog/posts/2011/04/ikiwiki/21:10
AlanBellI wonder if Natty will run on an old Dell desktop circa 200221:14
DJonesIt wouldn't run on an old dell laptop circa 200121:14
DJonesBut that was limited by memory & graphics memory21:15
AlanBellI don't think the intel graphics will do 3d any more (It did do compiz in hardy)21:15
AlanBellprobably will perform better than popey's nvidia21:16
DJonesThis one would do compiz up to Karmic, but with only 32mb of graphics memory, you could hear it whirring trying to update the screen (Geforce 2go)21:16
Laneyffs21:23
Laneyspamming planet twice in one day?!21:23
mgdmcareless21:23
Laneyrather21:24
Laneyapologies all21:24
duvelhedzwill the new ubuntu not default to gnome2 instead of unity if you are trying to install on a relic21:25
AlanBellyes21:25
duvelhedzshould have no worries on an x41 so21:25
duvelhedzshould be down to the party tomorrow Alan, dragging down a mate from work21:26
AlanBellgreat21:27
duvelhedzI'm not a huge fan of unity though, I think its going to annoy a few heads alright, especially power users21:29
* bigcalm sighs21:33
bigcalmMy fiancee's side of the family are no to AV while my side of the family are yes to AV. Also, her side are looking forward to the royal wedding while my side couldn't give a flying flip21:34
Azelphurbigcalm: haha21:35
bigcalmThankfully we are spenind Friday and the weekend with my parents21:35
Azelphurbigcalm: I'm a good medium on the royal wedding, while I couldn't give a flying flip, my street is having a street party, food \o/21:35
Azelphurand I do give a flying flip about party food, party food is awesome21:35
bigcalm:D21:35
Azelphurplus the lady across the road who's a professional cook is gonna be doing some stuff :D21:36
duvelhedzbigcalm, i would be in the no camp as Ireland is a perfect example of how bad it can be21:36
Azelphurand I bet the nice old lady who always makes me cake will make more cake, cake is good.21:36
AzelphurxD21:36
Azelphurbigcalm: also I think a large amount of the no to AV is down to misunderstanding21:36
Azelphurit's kinda complicated to understand, and it doesn't help when you get leaflets through the door full of lies...I mean statistics :p21:37
AlanBellthis thing has lucid on it at the moment, think the CD drive is busted though21:38
AlanBelllets see if it will do a USB boot21:38
duvelhedzAV is what we have in ireland, it works on 1st, 2nd preferences and so on, I do think it makes it harder to boot out bad polititians21:38
Azelphurduvelhedz: I would have thought the opposite, doesn't it stop strategic voting which makes it easier to boot out bad politians?21:40
duvelhedzYou would think so, i think its just that most people dont think much beyone the 1st preference so there is a good chance that incumbants scrape their way in, the benefit i see of it though is that right wing fascists will find it harder21:42
duvelhedzhi airurando21:46
airurandohey duvelhedz21:47
duvelhedzare you having a release party in Dublin?21:47
airurandoyes indeed21:47
duvelhedzgood stuff, I'm going to be at the one here in London so sorry I cant make it21:48
airurandothat should be a blast.21:49
airurandoenjoy21:49
duvelhedzWhere are you having the irish one at?21:49
airurandohttp://www.ubuntu-ie.org/node/14421:49
airurandoJimmy Chungs (as is becoming the norm) for grub21:50
airurandoTrinity Capital for socialising afterwards21:50
duvelhedzPilgrimage at this point I would have thought21:50
duvelhedzI hope you have a good turnout21:51
airurandome to21:51
airurando:)21:51
* popey hugs piepopey 21:57
* bigcalm spies on the spy21:58
bigcalmAww21:58
AlanBellok, so the CD drive doesn't work and the one I ripped out of another relic doesn't fit22:00
bigcalmpopey: irssi plugin or something else?22:00
AlanBellwon't boot from USB22:00
popeyjava thing22:00
bigcalmAh, the original one then22:00
popeyya22:00
AlanBellPXE might work22:00
duvelhedzAlanBell, what are you trying to install on?22:00
bigcalmAlanBell: duct tape22:01
AlanBellduvelhedz: a P4 Dell desktop from 200222:01
X3NAnyone recommend a good enclosure for sata hdd?22:01
duvelhedzIf the CD drive isnt completely banjaxed, you could try PLOP boot manager on a CD, Its only a couple of meg so may work to chainload the USB and boot from it22:02
duvelhedzbasically, you boot from it so you can boot from usb devices22:03
AlanBellinteresting, that might work22:03
duvelhedzAlan, its worth a shot, If it doesnt work for you, I can can give you a dell ide cd drive that i happen to be leaning my arm on at the moment, minus the green things. Ill bring it down tomorrow if you like22:06
alien2601HI Guys, Anyone know of any good linux program that can compare files and folders something like "Beyond Compare" for win systems?22:07
duvelhedzalien2601, i'm not sure of any GUI software out there to do it, I may be wrong, I am certain there is some kind of compare command you could use if you get stuck22:11
bigcalm3 =+ 422:13
bigcalm3 += 422:13
bigcalmI cannie remember22:13
bigcalmOops22:13
bigcalm$i =+ 422:13
bigcalm$i += 422:14
alien2601duvelhedz: hmm had a quick google hunt and found some options but they don't look great - http://meld.sourceforge.net/22:15
AlanBellduvelhedz: thanks for the offer, might take you up on that one22:15
bigcalmI find running winmerge in wine works for me22:15
duvelhedzOk, just bring your bag with you tomorrow then and ill sort you out22:16
* BigRedS adds 'banjaxed' to his list of words to make more use of22:25
hewbassalien2601: meld is good. I use it a lot. It is also in the ubuntu repositories.22:42
alien2601Thanks for the suggestions .. will check both of them out :)22:49
shaunohm, that's odd.  mrtg ran happily for 20 hours, and now coughs up errors on every poll :/22:58
hamitronshauno: how did the interview go?23:18
shaunoI'm really not sure yet23:18
hamitronok :/23:19
shaunothe only good news is that the person I thought was a shoe-in for the position, apparently isn't allowed to apply because they haven't been in their current position long enough23:19
shaunoso \o/ for stomping out the competition ;)23:19
hamitron:D23:19
VlRUSHello23:20
VlRUSpeople23:20
VlRUS:D23:20
hamitronand aliens ;/23:20
VlRUSahahahah23:21
VlRUSOne question23:21
VlRUShttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ this ver of natty is the same that final ver?23:21
hamitronthe final version is out?23:21
VlRUSi don't know23:22
VlRUSi'm asking us23:22
VlRUSif this daily ver is like the final ver23:22
shaunomaybe, maybe not.  sometimes it is, but there's no promises it won't see any polish before the next build23:22
hamitronmy guessing is there may be a few changes23:22
VlRUSI see isee23:23
hamitron(11:22:11 PM) hamitron: my guessing is there may be a few changes23:23
hamitronno harm in waiting is there? ;)23:23
shaunothere's been releases where there's no change from the previous daily or two; and there's been releases where they've been frantically working up until the last minute.23:23
shaunowe don't know which it is until someone from the release team swoops down and blesses it23:24
hamitronhave the bugs been ironed out?23:25
BigRedSfor particular definitions of 'ironed out', yeah :)23:25
hamitronwill do ;)23:25
AzelphurAnyone know of a easy/simple php library I can use to do country level geolocation?23:26
VlRUS:p23:27
shaunoI think most people just use maxmind23:27
Azelphurfun23:27
hamitronhmmmm23:30
hamitronearly bed, or crack open an easter egg and stay up late?23:30
hamitron;/23:30
hamitronchoc it is23:37
hamitron\o/23:37
Azelphur\o/23:38
shaunohm.  I was gonna say there's a geoip lib in natty, but it looks like it just uses maxmind too.  so you're probably better off using maxmind's php api rather than trying to wrap libgeoip yourself23:45

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