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ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Shorter Talks And New Tricks - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/28/shorter-talks-and-new-tricks/00:14
daubersMorning06:16
Apacheukmorning everyone06:31
DJonesMorning all07:07
daubersAnyone seen this yet and actually been surprised? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-1431493507:17
DJonesdaubers: I was looking at that earlier, can't say I'm surprised, but it does seem outrageous07:19
daubersDJones: Yeah, it's a bit of a sad state of affairs really :(07:20
daubersMakes you wonder if the people supplying the government are still living in a world from 10/15 years ago when you could charge that kind of price07:20
DJonesI think I was more disappointed because it reads as though a lot of it is hardware overpricing, not just commercial software/operating systems07:21
DJonesWhen there are free & open source alternatives for the software, hardware seems to have as much of a tie in with certain manufacturers as MS do07:22
daubersYeah, you would of thought that buying in bulk like gov does, hardware would be significantly cheaper than what they're actually paying07:27
daubersAlso makes you wonder who signed off on that and didn't just turn around and walk out the door07:27
BigRedSWhenever the government buys anything they go for the most expensive07:39
BigRedSWhere I used to work we did a good bunch of contracting for various govnernmental things. they were teh only people who ever paid list price, and they AIUI they dismissed the idea of waiting to see what sorts of discounts they could get.07:40
BigRedSWhen the sidebar thingy in unity forgets to autohide, is there some way to remind it?08:03
olyhi, can someone tell me can you disbale network shares in fstab08:06
olymy vm will not boot because its trying to mount a cifs mount and failing08:07
olyso i need to disable the cifs mount so i can get in and remove it08:07
DJonesIs it not just a case of putting a # infront of the fstab line08:07
olyi can not boot up though to edit the file08:07
olyit dies during boot complaining about the mount08:07
BigRedSDJones: yuo08:08
BigRedSoly: just put a '#' character at the begining of each line declaring a share you'd like to not mount08:08
olywondering if there is a kernel parameter i can use or something because recovery mode does the same08:08
czajkowskialoha08:08
BigRedSor add 'noauto' to the mount options so it's not mounted automagically08:08
olyBigRedS, thats all well and good buyt how do i edit the file when i can not b oot the machine08:08
BigRedSah.08:09
BigRedSboot into single-user mode08:09
BigRedSI've no idea how Ubuntu manages that if there's no root password, though08:09
BigRedSwhat's it trying to mount? It's hard to make the boot *fail* through it being unable to mount08:09
olya cifs share, it says i can press s to skip only it does not skip :p08:10
BigRedSyeah, but it should still just keep trying for a while, then shrug and carry on08:10
olyperhaps i have not waited long left it about 15 minutes so far08:10
DJonesI had a similar problem with an nfs share, I think at one point, I had to wait about 30 minutes before I could to a desktop08:11
olyokay perhaps i will just wait then, seems a bit pof a silly timeout period :p08:12
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olysurely if its not responded within a minute you would knwo by then its not available08:12
DJonesMine was a physical installation though, not a VM, not sure if that could make any difference08:12
BigRedSnah, shouldn't do08:18
BigRedSthe kernel doesn't really care whether it's on imaginary or real hardware08:18
olycould be, its mounting a folder from the c drive of windows but nothing essential, just my working folder press s to skip not working could be related to the vm though08:18
BigRedSit's doing the same stuff, it's just what's under it that doesn't; that's part of the point :)08:18
BigRedSyou could boot a live CD and use that to edit fstab?08:19
olyBigRedS, livecd is an idea may do if it does not boot in next half hour08:22
DJonesCan you edit the fstab of vm installation from a live cd?08:22
DJonesPresumably just a acase of mounting the vm first08:22
olyyeah should work attach the iso and boot it, shoudl still have access to the hard disk image08:22
olyluckly i have my laptop with me so not to much of an issue for the moment,08:23
DJonesNot having played with vm's very much, thats a big blank area in my memory :)08:23
BigRedSDJones: I meant boot that VM with a livecd iso 'in the drive'08:23
BigRedSIt'd be nice if there was some way to mount a vbox disk image but, as far as I know, there isn't.08:24
DJonesBigRedS: Yeah I realised what you meant, probably didn't put my question very well08:24
DJonesI had never given a thought about how you'd edit a file within a vm when it was inside the vm container08:24
BigRedSAh, yeah. With Xen I gather they're just arbitrary volumes, normally LVM, so you just mount them and faff08:27
DJonesNot sure I like the new style Thunderbird 5.0 on windows, the transparancy takes a bit of getting used to08:28
oimonDJones: is there a PPA on 'buntu yet?08:29
DJonesoimon: I would have thought it would be in the mozilla daily if anywhere08:29
oimonDJones: ah, 11.10 has it, might try it on my testing box instead :)08:30
DJonesHeh, Thunderbird 6.0 is in a ppa08:31
DJones5.0 is at https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/thunderbird-stable08:31
oimonstable? wow08:31
oimoni remember when giant leap in version numbers actually meant new features08:32
DJonesHeh even better https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/thunderbird-aurora08:32
popeyMorning all08:34
BigRedSI think they should drop this idea of version numbers and just use release dates...08:34
BigRedSfirefox-2011072808:34
oimonit seems thunderbird still doesn't support maildir08:35
oimonso much for my gmail backups in maildir format08:36
jpdsBigRedS: http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/21310/original/1251552127474.jpg08:42
BigRedSjpds: haha!08:55
gordgrah it looks like the revo's are just glued together09:09
gorddon't see a nice way of prying mine open09:09
Garyhammer>09:10
DJonesI see the MPA have won their case to force BT to block Newzbin09:11
gorda nice way of prying it open that lets me put it back together without huge amounts of tape ;)09:11
diploIs this for upgrading memory gord  ?09:15
diploSaw you mentioning about errors last night09:15
diploWant to upgrade mine shortly09:15
popeythey're not glued09:15
gordreplacing it yeah09:15
popeythey are easy to get apart09:15
popeyone screw09:15
gordthe ram is screwed09:15
gordpopey, where's the screw? :)09:16
popeyon the bottom09:16
popeyiirc09:16
popeyi haven't had mine apart for a while and its at home and i am at work09:16
popeythey are clipped together09:16
iclebyte-workis there a method of vetting security updates before applying them across many machines?09:16
popeythere is a seam round the edge, you can run a credit card round it to separate them09:16
diploThink I only have a gig in mine, think it will make a huge difference09:17
daubersoimon: If you didn't solve your issue earlier, if you add init=/bin/bash to the kernel boot line in grub, it won't try and mount stuff in the fstab and it will mount / ro09:17
daubersoimon: remount / rw and you can edit your fstab :)09:17
daubersoimon: That will automatically log you in as root btw, no password needed09:18
diplodaubers, think that was oly09:18
daubersdiplo: Ah, my bad :)09:18
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:19
bigcalmIs it possible to have Skype use one audio device (a USB soundcard/headset) and the rest of the Ubuntu system use another?09:19
bigcalmAnd hi peeps :)09:19
gorddoes skype not let you choose the output device?09:20
gordi thought it did09:20
popeyyes, it does09:20
bigcalmYes, but it's only listing pulse audio09:20
gordeh yeah it does here too09:21
gordiruno how to do it then, there is nothing about pulse that states you can only use "Pulse" and not a specific output device09:22
bigcalmAny other thoughts? :)09:26
daubersbigcalm: An you not do it through pulse somehow?09:31
bigcalmdaubers: I haven't seen an option to assign skype to one thing and everything else to another09:32
daubersbigcalm: think you can using pavucontrol09:34
* bigcalm takes a look09:37
daubersbigcalm: You need the soundstream running to do it by the look of it09:37
bigcalmdaubers: perfect :D09:41
bigcalmThank you :)09:41
daubersbigcalm: \o/ no probs09:41
daubersHmmm... can get "fibre" broadband from Plus net now aat my exchange09:43
daubersbut 18 month contract :(09:43
olydaubers, cheers for that fstab tip09:44
BigRedSdoes plusnet still exist?09:44
BigRedSwell, clearly09:44
BigRedSI thought BT swallowed it09:44
bigcalmAren't plusnet pipex?09:44
daubersBigRedS: They are part of BT... but run as a seperate entity09:44
daubersoly: No probs :)09:44
BigRedSah, so it's not just rebranded bt broadband09:45
dwatkinsI'm probably going to switch to BeThere as soon as my tie-in with BT ends, I gather they're a vast improvement.09:47
AlanBelldaubers: I am having that installed next week09:47
AlanBellfibre to the cabinet09:47
dwatkinsMmm, tasty fibre.09:49
Davieyyou've got to have plenty of fibre in your cabinet, keeps you regular.09:49
daubersAlanBell: I'm aiming at moving as soon as I can get a mortgage, so don't want an 18month contract :(09:51
daubersAmusingly Plus nets broadband checker doesn't think i can get braodband, just dial up09:56
bigcalmWow, visiting flickr.com in chromium threatens to kill the system09:57
* bigcalm suspects Flash09:58
bigcalmNo such problem with FireFox09:58
bigcalmMost strange09:58
oimondaubers: was that me with the problem? doesn't sound like a problem i had09:59
daubersoimon: Not really09:59
oimonah...you meant oly10:00
oimonjust read scrollback..don't worry all sorted10:00
bigcalmDo people still use gkrellm for displaying useful CPU/memory/sensor information, or are there better alternatives these days?10:03
BigRedSbigcalm: conky10:05
BigRedSwell, that's what I use when I'm in a *box sort of mood10:05
bigcalmTa10:06
bigcalmNext ;) Is there a simple way of keeping a list of SSH hosts in easy clicking reach?10:06
bigcalmI can remember a lot of the hosts I need to connect to, but I did get used to the saved list in PuTTY10:07
BigRedSclicking? ssh?10:07
bigcalm:)10:07
BigRedSI used to have a bunch of aliases10:07
BigRedSalias a='ssh avi.co'10:08
BigRedSetc10:08
bigcalmUg10:08
bigcalmThat still means remembering a list10:08
bigcalmI'm thinking of an additional menu10:08
BigRedSI'm now in the habit of using screen and keeping an ssh session open to most of the hosts I'm likely to want to connect to10:08
dwatkinsor for some systems: alias b='export TERM=vt100 ; autossh -M 20000 -t dominic@example.com "screen -DR"'10:09
daubersbigcalm: You use the unity quicklists thing10:09
daubershttp://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/4536294249/more-quicklists10:10
bigcalmdaubers: not using unity :)10:10
bigcalmI need to actually get work done10:11
bigcalmBut yes, that is an option10:11
bigcalmTa10:11
daubersbigcalm: I use it every day now with no problems :) You could try this appindicator http://www.gulecha.org/2011/05/19/sshlist-an-appindicatorunity-replacement-for-sshmenu/10:11
bigcalmCan you call ssh and have it ask for a username rather than having to put it in the call to ssh?10:12
oimonputty is also available for linux too10:15
diplobigcalm, I used to make shortcuts on desktop to gnome terminal with ssh info in the,10:16
Davieycjwatson uses putty as his linux terminal emulator.10:16
HazRPGhey guys10:16
brobostigonmorning HazRPG :)10:17
HazRPGbrobostigon: morning :)10:17
olydaubers, ukfsn do a month by month contract if thats of any use10:24
andylockranhowdy dudes and dudettes10:25
* andylockran quite likes OpsView10:25
davmor2morning all10:26
livingdaylightgreetings10:28
oimonnovacut made the $25,000 goal then10:29
* popey starts the clock on seeing the code10:30
oimonthere are only 750 backers, which sounds like a rather niche project10:31
popeymany of them aren't even target audience10:31
popeymy comments to them were dismissed because I am apparently not an artist10:32
oimongrow a beard and they might listen10:32
Davieypopey: $ time bzr branch lp:novacut .. do i win? :)10:32
popeyoimon: i think that is exactly what they dont want10:32
davmor2Daviey: looks like evolution stuff is creeping back into oneiric10:33
oimoneven if it's an arty shoreditch beard?10:33
oimonand skinny jeans10:33
Davieydavmor2: Well seems the Desktop team have recently done an update, but 'creeping' in?10:34
popeyhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2011-July/000994.html   is interesting10:34
oimonformulae is a better word than formulas10:35
livingdaylightHi, want to install adobe air on my x64bit system. But not compatible. Anyone know the workaround?10:36
AlanBellformulæ is even better10:36
oimonyou probably just broke someone's irc client there :)10:37
andylockran:)10:37
livingdaylightpopey, sorry to ask again. Have you still got those links handy for the short-cuts for unity bar? Need to bookmark them properly this time.10:37
andylockran10:37
andylockran⌠⌡10:37
oimonfancy pants10:40
popeylivingdaylight: uhm.10:43
oimonwhy does KDE always look inviting from the screenshots but i feel a bit meh when i use it?10:48
popeyKDE always strikes me as looking like a really crap shareware app from about 199210:49
Davieywritten in VB.10:49
oimonwindows 7?10:50
livingdaylightuhm?10:51
BigRedSwindows7 still feels a lot like KDE3 to me10:52
popeylivingdaylight: go to askubuntu and search for unity faq10:52
livingdaylightthank you10:52
BigRedSbut I know exactly what you mean oimon - I keep logging in to it, then about 20mins later think "why did I do that?"10:52
oimonas for gnome..stock gnome looks lame but most people know how to customise. i used to customise kde3.5 but i don't know how to customise kde4.x10:53
BigRedSI know how to customise it but I prefer it stock...10:55
BigRedSthe great thing about customising kde is there's about nine different ways to change each thing10:55
BigRedSbut only four of them have been tested, and only one is remembered between logins, but that one's not in the four that have been tested10:56
oimonhehe10:56
oimonanyone bought t-shirts from shirt.woot before?11:07
oimonwondered how the size works out for you11:07
dwatkinsyeah, oimon11:07
oimoni.e. if i'm a medium in the UK , how does their medium fit?11:07
dwatkinsI tend to get XL even though I'm actually probably an L, as I like baggy t-shirts, so I'm probably not the best person to advise. If you're buying a t-shirt for someone else, make sure you get the male/female bit right, though ;)11:08
oimonare the tshirts thick cotton, or thin & flimsy?11:09
oimonmy ubuntu one is thin and flimsy :(11:09
dwatkinsfairly thick, but not hugely so11:10
dwatkinsI find it just right11:10
oimonyou sound like a happy customer11:10
oimonthere's a t-shirt they made once that i really want , but it's no longer for sale :(11:11
dwatkinsI am, my TARDIS/DeLorean t-shirt is probably my favourite.11:11
dwatkinswhich one?11:11
dwatkinsFrom the Reckoning, I assume...11:11
oimonhttp://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=1628511:11
dwatkinsI have a mouse/portal t-shirt which has thinner material than the TARDIS/DeLorean one, actually, not sure why.11:12
dwatkinsStill waiting for "Release the cuddlin'" to arrive for my girlfriend.11:12
dwatkinshehe neat11:12
dwatkinsI had to explain how they use a combination of ideas in some of their t-shirts to someone who isn't so familiar with popular culture, that was difficult.11:13
dwatkins"It's part A-Team, part Knight Rider, part Batman.... yeah, that's the A-Team bit..." took ages11:13
oimoni keep hoping the hot dog one will get resurrected again in a derby11:15
* davmor2 prods czajkowski11:19
oimonis there a reason why i can't format a 8gb usb stick to 1 single fat32 partition?11:42
oimongparted and friends are only formatting it to 2gb11:43
diplofat32 limited to 4gb11:43
BigRedSthere is a max size to fat32, but I thought it was bigger than 2gb11:43
oimondiplo: the 4gb limit is a single file11:44
oimonyou should be able to format a partiton to 8gb11:44
diployou are quite right, really should go back to bed11:44
diplo:)11:44
Davieywow popey, how many dongles do you need?11:47
davmor2Daviey: you fool it's one for each day of the week ;)11:48
oimonah, i think it is because it thinks the partition is a GPT partition , whatever that is11:48
oimonpopey: how much are those cheap dongles?11:49
ikoniadirecthex: re-ping11:49
directhexre-pong11:51
ikoniadirecthex: check your private messages11:53
andylockran:)11:55
andylockranEveryone happy?11:55
* directhex has 14 VMs offline, so is tense11:56
Davieyandylockran: I imagine there are many people in the world not happy, so the answer to that is No. :)11:56
oimoni'm doing better than i deserve :)11:57
andylockranDaviey: are you happy?11:57
andylockranVery long time since we last lunched together Daviey11:57
Davieyandylockran: Yeah, your turn to pay next time IIRC.11:58
Davieyandylockran: I'm pretty good!11:58
andylockranDaviey: yeah.11:59
popeyoimon: http://popey.me/mWAVAH12:07
popey8 quid or so12:07
oimon\o/12:07
oimonwork OOTB?12:07
popeyshould do, realtek12:08
oimonalthough my crusty old netgear thing has become less flaky since i moved a new PC and 11.04..hhmm12:08
andylockranpopey: looks kewl12:14
brobostigonwhat would be good, is if the stuff i share on google reader, could me shared onto google+.12:15
mgdmI thought it was meant to do that12:17
mgdmwould make sense12:17
brobostigonit hasnt done it for me.12:18
brobostigoni dont see any setting for it, in google reader either.12:19
daubersInteresting... http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=Q274679 <- Win7/XP dual boot12:34
popeyserial port!?12:36
gordwhy would you need a win7/xp dual boot?12:36
popeythat looks like a rebadged revo 370012:36
popeyhttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/23658112:36
daubersYeah, being touted as dual boot here www.misco.co.uk/content/student/index.htm but nothing about it on the link the image follows12:37
daubersgord: Convince people to move to Win 7 without losing the Win XP familiarity?12:37
BigRedSbut if they don't want to lose teh XP familiarity they'd just not boot into 7, surely?12:37
daubersBigRedS: I dunno. I'm not MS12:38
daubersOr Acer for that matter :)12:38
BigRedShaha12:38
oimon7 has XP compatibility mode too12:41
daubersJust been informed I'm going to need Windows for the maths part of my OU stuff :(12:41
oimonhow come?12:41
oimononly the statisticians in the maths dept use windows12:42
daubersNo idea, prolly using some weird maths package12:42
BigRedSoimon: I spent a lot of last night finding that it doesn't really12:45
BigRedS:/12:45
BigRedSwell, a couple of hours12:45
oimonit worked for me to the extent that big boss gave me 30 mins to get a webcam working for a skype call, and the logitech webcam driver only supported for XP and older12:46
BigRedSAh, I ended up needing a specially-crafted binary for this flight sim12:46
BigRedSflight sims are way more important than web cams12:47
oimonof course :)12:49
BigRedSthough I turned out to be rubbish at flying afterwards. I spent a lot of the time going downwards very very quickly12:52
oimonisn't it a bit boring to fly a jumbo jet in real time from haethrow to NY?12:54
BigRedSyeah12:54
BigRedSthat's why I play combat flight sims :)12:54
oimoni used to play chocks away on my archimedes...probably a bit before some people's time lol12:55
gingi used to play that12:55
gingrarely was able to actually shoot anything down12:56
oimonneeded to do the up down movement creating a kind of sine wave with your bullets12:57
directhexi used a proper flight sim once12:57
directhexand nobody died12:57
dwatkinsDid it use a big LCD/CRT based multi screen display, or a physical representation of the ground etc., directhex? I'm curious.13:07
directhexdwatkins, very very old school multi-displays13:08
BigRedSI had a brief go on a many-screen heli sim a while ago13:09
dwatkinsnifty13:16
BigRedSi crashed repeatedly13:17
davmor2daubers: try it wine first then if that fails look at installing it again then :)13:18
daubersdavmor2: I don't have to worry about that bit until January :)13:24
davmor2daubers: have you had a quick look on google to see if there is any mention of linux and you ou math course? :)13:24
daubersdavmor2: Goolging gievs me this "MST121 means you have to use the Mathcad and OUStats packages. The Open University recommends a windows based computer"13:30
davmor2daubers: so that's all it's for then :(13:31
davmor2bit sucky13:31
daubersdavmor2: Sounds it. Never mind13:31
oimonsounds like a headless RDP session to a windows VM13:33
daubersHeh, or just reboot into the Win7 partition on my laptop :) Just have to resist the temptation to play Civ 5 will there13:33
dauberss/will/while13:33
davmor2daubers: that's easy install 0a.d on ubuntu and you'll forget all about it :)13:35
daubersdavmor2: Not seen that. Looks quite good13:37
dwatkinsMy brother asked me to remotely setup their machine to run a VM so his oldest daughter can play Sim City 2000 - she was born in that year!14:01
daubersdwatkins: I'd be more impressed if she was born _in_ Sim City14:03
* davmor2 guesses that daubers silence is cause he is too busy playing 0a.d :D14:03
dwatkinshaha, she doesn't have a green diamond above her head ;)14:03
dwatkins(different sim, I know)14:03
oimonsim city 3 & 4 were better14:04
dwatkinsI need to find a fast enough machine to try them on.14:05
dwatkinsI'm guessing they didn't port them to Linux.14:05
oimonit used to be the only reason i kept a win xp partition14:05
oimonafter that it was the sims 2 for the mrs14:06
dwatkinsRoger that14:06
davmor2dwatkins: I think 2000 was still a dos based game so you could try it in dosbox14:08
dwatkinsdavmor2: it seems to require Windows, but I'll give it a go14:08
dwatkinswow, yeah - the install directory cites DOS and Win 311, that'll make things a whole lot easier, thanks davmor2 :D14:10
dwatkinsnow I just need to stop DOSbox from taking up all the CPU cycles... or is that just under Win 311 it does that....?14:11
davmor2dwatkins: no guaranties it was just a thought being as it would of been made in 99 for win 98 :)14:11
dwatkinsyeah, I'd completely forgotten it had anything but Windows executables, davmor2. I've also been tidying up my games recently, and can add it to the list of DOSbox images :)14:17
dwatkinsThere's a GUI for DOSbox on the Mac which is really handy, Boxer - makes it a whole lot easier to import and use disk images.14:17
shaunoI do like boxer.  smooth as hell14:18
davmor2:)14:18
davmor2dwatkins: glad to be of help :)14:19
bigcalmI'm having a bad hair day. How do you show the collation information of a database in mysql?14:32
bigcalmSometime ago I recall holding down alt and using the mouse scroll wheel to change between desktops. Is such a feature still available?14:58
gordbigcalm, i'm sure you can set it in ccsm14:59
gordnever heard of that being default ever before though (might be mistaken)15:00
bigcalmTa15:01
oimonanyone know if it's at all possible to find a radio programme that was once on iplayer, but no longer publically available?15:03
popeyoimon: yes, contact the producer at the production company15:06
popeythey will often let you have a copy15:06
oimongot to be worth a try15:11
gordits a shame that the bbc don't just "open the archives" with regards to radio15:11
oimonparticularly as it regards a peel session song that is impossible to buy or obtain via any other means15:13
ubuntuuk-planet[Michael Wood] Android development tools Linux quick ref - http://www.michaelwood.me.uk/wordpress/2011/07/28/android-development-on-linux-quick-ref/15:14
gordoh well i imagine things get a little muddier for copyrighted works15:16
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gordi *may* have signed up for what is essentially, a japanese sweet version of graze.com - kinda exciting; http://www.candyjapan.com/15:31
dwatkinsoh my15:31
popeythat sounds awesome!15:31
popeydo they do referrals?15:32
dwatkinsI suspect if I mention this to my GF she will be signed-up quicker than you can say "Thanks, gord-san"15:32
gordits just one guy i think :) does it as part of a "club" more than a big thing, so no referral system15:32
gordhttp://blip.tv/youcanplaythis/i-love-candy-anpanman-grape-gummy-5414392 - is the kind of stuff you get15:33
dwatkinsseems quite a bit more expesive than Graze, but sounds like a great idea15:36
dwatkinsperhaps with the economies of scale the price will go down15:36
popeyits also international postage15:37
dwatkinsyeah, I guessed that was the main reason for the price15:37
dwatkinsanyhoo, hometime, toodleoo folks15:37
gordi'm hoping its worth it for the enjoyment it'll bring bi-weekly :)15:39
gordmaybe i can start candyengland.com and send chewits to japan15:39
popeythere is an american sweets place near me15:40
popeyrun by one of my wifes friends15:40
popeyhttp://www.americansweets.co.uk/15:41
Azelphurjapanese sweet graze :o15:41
Azelphurso tempting15:41
bigcalmIs SunJava any more usable than OpenJDK?15:44
DJonesgord: I hope you don't get sent anything like white sherbet, I can just image the consecuences of a leaking package of white powder being delivered to your door, closely followed by a couple of sniffer dogs15:45
gordno officer, i pay this guy on the internet, i don't know him, its a guy, he sends me these packages from japan, i'm going to gaol aren't i? :(15:47
andylockran:)15:58
andylockranhaving a fun day15:58
bigcalmI'm seeing "3D" peppered around an email I'm trying to debug. Seems to be after every =. %20 is a space, what's 3D?16:11
bigcalm3D is =16:12
bigcalmThis is quite confusing16:12
davmor2bigcalm: it's cause 3D is the next big thing :D16:16
bigcalm3D is over-rated :P16:19
shaunoI've seen that before; is it now something to do with how they handle long lines?16:21
shauno*not16:21
shaunohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoted-printable#Quoted-printable_encoding16:23
shaunothey use =(hex) to put 8bit chars in a 7bit body; then =3D means a literal =  (the same as having to escape / with another /, so // = /)16:24
bigcalmAha16:31
bigcalmThat makes sense16:31
bigcalmSome global end users are complaining that they are getting "weird" emails.16:32
bigcalmSeems that their email clients aren't seeing a difference between Plain Text and HTML parts of the message and just showing the whole lot as Plain Text16:32
bigcalmWe recently moved the client's server from one host to another. This is really playing with my sanity this week16:33
shaunoI don't recall email ever being sane :/16:33
bigcalmI wonder if some of the end users have email clients that can't cope with quoted-printable on plain text16:34
* bigcalm attempts to set 7bit.16:34
shaunoemail tends to be either screwed up in ways you're used to; or screwed up in ways that are new to you.  it's never actually sensible16:35
BigRedSshowing the whole thing in plain text is the way it should be16:35
shaunoheh.  that's been a losing battle for a long time now :/16:36
bigcalmHeh16:36
shauno7bit ascii is email's "native" tho.  as soon as you try to do anything remotely modern, it'll break for someone, somewhere16:37
bigcalmBigRedS: and everybody should use OS software. Just not going to happen. Client demands feature X, client pays for feature X. Web dev eats for another month16:37
shaunoI tend to be happy as long as they do still include a text part.  luckily most html-only messages are spammy16:38
bigcalmAye. This client do put out plain and html parts16:40
bigcalmAnother client of ours just does HTML16:40
bigcalmAnd they wonder why they have end users complaining of spam16:40
shaunoyeah.  that needs a spanking16:41
bigcalmBudgets16:41
shaunoI believe spamassassin still has that as a red flag16:41
shauno(I tend to think budgets is the wrong answer for that one; it just means they chose the wrong product.  if you buy a mailshot program that has an artificially high risk of landing in people's spam folders, you bought the wrong one)16:43
shaunobut that's just an opinionated-nerd rant :)16:43
bigcalmHehe, you have a fair point :)16:47
bigcalmThe client's project was built from scratch but another company which has since folded. I've been nursing it for a few years now16:48
bigcalmSo, they can have the proper features if they will pay for the time needed16:49
bigcalmGoing back to the other project, I've found why moving to a new host has messed with the plain-text body16:49
bigcalmhttp://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail-mime.mail-mime.php  ---16:50
bigcalm$params['head_encoding'] - Type of encoding to use for the headers of the email. Default is "quoted-printable".16:50
bigcalm$params['text_encoding'] - Type of encoding to use for the plain text part of the email. Default is "quoted-printable".16:50
shaunoso the new host has it's own defaults?16:51
bigcalmOld host had an older version of Mail_Mime and possibly different settings16:52
bigcalmI'm still digging16:52
shaunocompletely off-topic, managed to shatter my phone last night.  not entirely sure what to do with it now16:55
bigcalmPaper weight?16:55
bigcalmOuch, it's 5.55pm16:56
bigcalm:'(16:56
shaunotrying to decide if I really want to fork out 100eur to replace the screen, when there's apparently a new one due out later this year (or early next)16:56
shaunoweighing off being a tightwad vs trying to use a shattered touchscreen for 6-9 months16:57
shauno(or alternatively; whether we can fool the phone company into replacing it under the insurance my wife has on hers)16:59
directhexinsurers have the IMEI on record, no?17:00
directhexto prevent fraud17:00
shaunothat's it.  I'd assume so, but not 100% sure17:00
shaunojust feel like an idiot paying 90 quid for a bit of glass17:01
shauno(and also feeling like an idiot for the whole phone vs concrete fight in the first place)17:02
shaunoor I could just use it as an excuse to try some of these android toys until apple bring out a new one ;)17:05
AlanBellwhat would be a good name for a podcast about free software in business?17:35
directhex"the free software in business podcast"17:36
AlanBellcatchy, descriptive, I like it17:36
mgdmI was thinking of the pun angle17:37
mgdm"The Business Free Software Alliance"17:37
mgdmwhich is maybe a little more than just a podcast, but hey17:37
davmor2The Businoss podcast17:38
AlanBellI was trying to get some words together that had the initials RTFM or something like that17:38
davmor2AlanBell: ^17:39
AlanBellreasonable davmor2, but suffers from the "OMG I can't read/pronounce that" problem that Ubuntu has for some people17:40
AlanBell"Enterprise Class" is one option17:41
davmor2AlanBell: Open For Business17:42
AlanBellthat was on my list too17:42
AlanBella googleable word or phrase would be nice17:43
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davmor2AlanBell: How about, Business Openers?17:49
jacobwFree Software: Serious Business17:54
brobostigondoes seesmic needs need androids sync and or background data turned on, to automaticlly check for updates?17:57
* BigRedS just found himself in an argument about the colour of the enter key18:01
jacobwIs it beige?18:02
BigRedSno, it's purple18:11
BigRedSI think18:11
BigRedSbut apparently I didn' twin18:11
AlanBelljacobw: that is a good strapline18:12
ubuntuuk-planet[Tony] Last gasp OggCamp tickets - http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2011/07/28/last-gasp-oggcamp-tickets/18:14
gordubuntu one got more awesome :) http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=102318:15
Davieygord: But does it do versioned backups?18:18
Davieybecause who uses *that*?18:18
gordubuntu one is not a backup service ;)18:19
DavieyThe really neat thing is, that i can use it to spread out files on multiple machines incase i accidently delete it.18:20
DavieyOh, then if i delete it in one location...18:20
gordi guess, the delete's are propagated but i think u1 just renames18:20
gordbut alterations of files can be very destructive18:21
bigcalmsudo pear install Mail_Mime18:31
bigcalmdownloading Mail_Mime-1.8.1.tgz ...18:31
bigcalm1.8.1 is the latest version, but it doesn't seem to get installed18:31
Davieybigcalm: Does sudo apt-get install php-mail-mime not cut it?18:33
bigcalmHumm, that's the problem with having multiple channels for installing things18:34
Davieywell there are two types of channel.. the right one, and the wrong one.18:34
Daviey:D18:34
bigcalmWhat's wrong with PEAR (if it works)?18:35
bigcalmPEAR will give you up to date libs while apt will give you the last packaged version18:35
bigcalmYeah...18:36
bigcalmSetting up php-mail-mime (1.5.3-0.1) ...18:36
* bigcalm shrugs and wonders if it'll work18:36
Davieypear IMO dirties a system.18:37
bigcalmNope, didn't work. Too old a version18:37
bigcalmSame way CPAN does?18:37
Davieyyah18:37
DavieyI see no reason to use cpan directly.18:37
Davieyunless you just want to try something quick and dirty.18:38
Davieybut in production, NFW :)18:38
bigcalmA RackSpace server with RHE has up to date versions from PEAR, I'm trying to get my dev system to the same level18:39
bigcalmTis a little silly18:39
bigcalmNow considering downgrading the lib version on the live server18:39
shaunowhat could possibly go wrong ;)18:39
bigcalm:'(18:41
AlanBelltry some ruby packages18:41
AlanBellthey won't work, but it will make you feel better about the PEAR ones18:42
dutchiei managed to install a ruby gem without breaking anythin18:42
dutchieg18:42
Davieythen punch yourself in the face, it's just as rewarding.18:42
dutchiei was quite pleased with that18:43
* Daviey pats dutchie.18:43
bigcalmhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/653943/18:44
bigcalmHelp :(18:44
DJonesbigcalm: Don't know why, but that paste looks as though its just downloading and not installing18:46
* BigRedS concurs with DJones 18:46
BigRedSI keep having trouble with pear. I've started downloading and building the things manually in the main18:47
DJonesbigcalm: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3822373/pear-install-issue-downloads-but-doesnt-install18:51
Davieythis further adds to my view about using pear for module management :)18:55
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justinBUJITSUBROcan anyone tell me where to got for russian grammer questions i am learning and i need help?19:12
BigRedSI bet there's a stackexchange for that19:13
BigRedSstackexchange is the new app19:13
justinBUJITSUBROok ill ceck it ok19:13
BigRedShttp://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/10848/russian-language-usage19:14
BigRedSyou need to vote for it or something I think19:14
BigRedSbut it's not actually there yet19:14
justinBUJITSUBROok but do u know if it is like a chat ?19:15
BigRedShm?19:15
BigRedSI don't understand the question19:15
justinBUJITSUBROsorry like quick responces19:15
justinBUJITSUBROdown here in belize one must learn to make the most of he or her time on the net19:16
justinBUJITSUBROalso thanks for helping me the other day19:16
BigRedSah, no problem. Stackexchange isn't a chat site though19:17
BigRedSit's more a forum19:17
BigRedSish19:17
justinBUJITSUBROah i see hey i want to upgrade my distro version but i dont whant to lose my files or have to back them up19:18
BigRedSA normal upgrade wont touch your files19:18
BigRedSit just upgrades the software19:18
justinBUJITSUBROi have come to understand that i have to w8 for the next lts19:18
BigRedSbackups are recommended, but no more than for anything else you might do19:18
BigRedSnah, you can upgrade to non-lts19:18
BigRedSwell, Ubuntu lets you - whoever runs your computer or supports it might insist upon LTSs19:19
justinBUJITSUBROok i just dont want to get left behind19:19
justinBUJITSUBROi think i like lts better personlly19:20
justinBUJITSUBROhow do i do an upgreade19:20
justinBUJITSUBROthanks B.R.S bye19:23
BigRedSthe update manager should have a button for it19:23
BigRedSbut I'm not at a ubuntu machine at the minute so I can't say for sure19:23
BigRedSit'll be on the ubuntu wiki I'd imagine19:24
justinBUJITSUBROok cool man thank you very much19:24
justinBUJITSUBRObye19:24
BigRedSno problem!19:25
Myrttiwriting an email after a day of ripping wallpaper and doing wood filler feels weird19:45
MyrttiI didn't know I had the words in me19:45
brobostigonnew torchwood, :)19:58
oracologybrobostigon: excellent :)19:58
oracologyhi everyone, btw. enjoying some noodle soup this fine evening.19:59
brobostigonbbc1 now19:59
shaunogah.  fantastic.  came running down stairs, popped the calbe box on, and it told me it's doing a firmware upgrade & to leave it alone20:00
shaunowhen did TV get this complicated :(20:01
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dauberslo20:24
BigRedSg'morning21:05
mgdm'lo21:06
* daubers listens to Feist21:08
brobostigongood ep of new torchwood,21:11
brobostigonendof;21:11
* BigRedS asks spotify for some Feist21:11
daubersBigRedS:  Snap :)21:12
mgdmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI Feist as you've not seen them/her before21:12
* daubers moves computesr21:12
Myrttiawwww21:16
Myrttioggcamp hotel is full :-(21:16
dwatkinsmgdm: I really like that version of the song :)21:17
Myrttithis makes me sad21:17
dwatkinsmgdm: the (second) link in my tweet appears to be slightly less jittery than yours: https://twitter.com/#!/glymph/status/9651019550465228821:20
* dwatkins likes the last half second where she turns to the side in jubilation21:22
mgdmmine was the first hit on Google, I didn't research it all that hard :)21:23
BigRedSAw sesame street! Awesome21:23
AlanBellMyrtti: got a tent?21:37
brobostigongood night everyone, sleep well.21:43
bigcalmGood night brobostigon21:48
MyrttiAlanBell: Im not going camping on me birfdae :-(21:50
AlanBellbut there could be cake!21:53
MyrttiIll be at oggcamp alright21:54
MyrttiI just will not stay over in a tent.21:54
AlanBellfair enough21:55
AlanBellI will be in my own bed :)21:55
Myrtti:-\21:55
AlanBellsome people are camping in my back garden21:55
ali1234is there a way to open an xterm window such that the command running inside it will read from stdin of the xterm?21:57
ali1234eg i want to do:21:57
BigRedSAh, AlanBell, I meant to email you about that :)21:57
BigRedSWould it much trouble if I turned up on saturday morning?21:57
ali1234cat file : xterm -exec 'hexdump -C'21:58
AlanBelloh cool, the more the merrier21:58
ali1234and have it work21:58
AlanBellno problem BigRedS, send me an email and you will be added to the breakfast order :)21:58
BigRedSAlanBell: ah, I'm an awkward vegetarian, too :)21:58
AlanBellthe type that doesn't even eat bacon?21:59
BigRedSthe sort that means eveyrone else gets more bacon21:59
BigRedS:)21:59
AlanBellsheesh, one of them :)21:59
BigRedSthe same. more sausages for you, too21:59
AlanBellnom21:59
matttBigRedS: :(22:00
BigRedSbut, yeah, I get back from france at ~11pm on the friday. Not sure I'd get to yours much before 1am which seems plain daft22:00
AlanBellyes, especially as we will all have been in the pub all evening22:00
BigRedSyeah, and I'll have been in the back of a van since ~geneva...22:01
AlanBellnice22:01
AlanBellMyrtti: do you need any help finding a hotel or somewhere local?22:01
BigRedSbut any idea on what sort of times would be sane in the morning?22:01
matttany other interesting talks going on at oggcamp?  the page is a bit sparse right now22:03
AlanBellbeing an unconference it will be sparse22:03
AlanBellyou can turn up and talk22:04
* AlanBell wonders what mattt will talk about22:04
matttcooking w/ a wok 10122:05
AlanBellexcellent22:07
AlanBellI don't have a wok at the moment, I think induction compatible woks might be a bit expensive22:08
gordhuh, could induction stuff get hot enough to properly wok? i'm not very familiar with induction ovens at all22:09
mattti got a brilliant wok at http://www.loonfung.com/ the other week, cost £622:09
AlanBellinduction is *fast*22:09
gordi miss my old wok, should get a new one, been so long since i cooked some nice wok food22:09
AlanBellwe used to boil a kettle first if boiling stuff on gas, but the induction hob beats a kettle easily22:09
matttgord: do it!  they're fun to use, and don't require scrubbing :D22:10
AlanBellI have a standalone double oven and 4 induction hobs, the total unit is rated at 52 amps22:10
AlanBellhad to get the kitchen rewired to get it in22:10
gordinduction does sound nice :)22:11
AlanBellgeeky and faster than gas22:11
gordplus, you can say "now we are cooking with magnets"22:12
mattthehe22:12
matttnever seen induction in action22:12
gordnot much to see :)22:12
AlanBellapart from much leaping over to the hob to turn it down to stop things exploding22:13
Davieyi bet having an induction cooker and hobs significantly reduces gas bill.22:28
AlanBelltransfers it to the electricity bill22:30
Davieywell yes. :)22:30
gordwonder what happens if you put a magnet on one22:35
shaunoit gets warm?22:35
gordwas thinking more, superhero origin story22:37
gordi could be oven man22:37
mattthahaha22:41
AlanBellsadly it cuts out if you try to do anything remotely interesting with it22:42

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