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* penguin42 wonders why x=y?:z is legal (nothing in the true path)00:27
ubuntuuk-planet[Miia Ranta] And then, unexpectedly, life happens - http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/08/21/and-then-unexpectedly-life-happens/01:02
ali1234so when i make a public post on google+ does it go to everyone in all my circles?02:22
ali1234or just my "wall" thingy?02:22
ali1234(btw sorry if my symbian rant is annoying anyone)02:23
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HazRPGali1234: as far as I know, "public" means anyone can see it03:51
HazRPGali1234: only if you use "your circles" can people in your circles see them03:54
HazRPGin theory, something in "Public" can be searchable via Google's search engine03:55
bigcalm_lappy486On the off chance that anybody is awake: Good morning :)07:26
MartijnVdS\o07:27
MartijnVdSoff to run 7.5 miles now though :)07:28
Myrttibigcalm_lappy486: moin07:52
bigcalm_lappy486Hola Myrtti07:52
bigcalm_lappy486Huva moin07:53
Myrttihad to check what "rant" actually means in English from Merriam-Webster to check what went wrong with my blog post when a commenter automatically seems to have understood that if I "rant about Arduino" it means that I have nothing but negative to say :-/07:53
bigcalm_lappy486Eh?07:53
bigcalm_lappy486To rant about something is to be negative07:53
bigcalm_lappy486To rave about something is to be positive07:54
Myrttiintransitive verb07:54
Myrtti107:54
Myrtti: to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner07:54
Myrtti207:54
Myrtti: to scold vehemently07:54
bigcalm_lappy486On myrant.net I complain about things07:54
Myrtti? or have I now understood the 1. wrong now?07:54
bigcalm_lappy486I guess that 1. does apply, but these days 2. is the norm07:55
AlanBellI think the use is evolving07:56
bigcalm_lappy486Are you complaining about your Arduino?07:56
Myrttinot all the time :->07:56
bigcalm_lappy486Hehe07:56
bigcalm_lappy486Morning AlanBell. How's the surfing? I too think that suit with blue looks better07:56
nigelbMorning08:01
nigelbAcutally, afternoon.08:02
nigelbMyrtti: I'm curious, what specific rants did you have? :)08:02
AlanBellbigcalm_lappy486: surfing was fun08:03
AlanBellbodyboarding really08:03
AlanBellI might wear the blue one today, due to popular demand08:04
nigelbheh08:05
Myrttinigelb: "soldering is fun" "decisions on what arduino to buy" "frustrations over not getting my head around example codes"08:05
AlanBellbit surprised that the internet cares and has an opinion about what wetsuit I look best in08:06
nigelbMyrtti: ah08:06
nigelbAlanBell: well, when you involve the internets in the decision making08:06
nigelbMyrtti: I agree with soldering is fun  ^-^08:07
nigelbI wonder what popey was soldering the other day.08:07
nigelbapparently he had no clue either ;)08:07
MyrttiNanode, like I did :-)08:07
nigelbAh08:08
nigelbnanode sounds like fun08:08
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bigcalm_lappy486Think it might be time for a new mattress. Any shop suggestions?08:53
bigcalm_lappy486I shall name it Zim08:54
bigcalm_lappy486That was lost on everybody then09:27
KrimZonwhat was?09:33
bigcalm_lappy486That when I get a new mattress, I shall name it Zim09:34
KrimZonafter the desktop wiki program?09:35
bigcalm_lappy486It's not worth explaining :)09:38
bigcalm_lappy486Oh sodd09:38
bigcalm_lappy486-d09:38
bigcalm_lappy486Zem, not Zim09:38
KrimZonhahah09:39
KrimZonafter the headphones? the footwear? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZEM ?09:40
MartijnVdSProbably the H2G2 thing09:40
MartijnVdSthis being a channel full of geeks ;)09:40
bigcalm_lappy486MartijnVdS: indeed. I did say it wasn't worth explaining :)09:40
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:43
MartijnVdS\o brobostigon09:43
brobostigono/ MartijnVdS09:43
MartijnVdSTime for some fresh tea.09:44
brobostigon:)09:44
KrimZonahh, that makes more sense than a pop rock band09:46
MartijnVdSKrimZon: Sex, drugs, rock&roll :)09:52
brobostigon:)09:53
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Guest96266good morning this is the first time I have connected how do I find #ubuntu-beginners09:58
AlanBellhi09:59
Guest96266hello09:59
AlanBellGuest96266: you can do "/join #ubuntu-beginners"09:59
AlanBelland/or just stick around here09:59
Guest96266thank you AlanBell10:00
brobostigonmorning AlanBell10:00
AlanBellhi brobostigon10:00
* AlanBell thinks about going to the beach10:01
czajkowskialoha10:01
AlanBellaloha czajkowski10:02
gordkonichiwa10:03
MartijnVdShowdy10:03
brobostigonmoin10:04
mvrtechlinuxhi10:05
bigcalm_lappy486Mornin' czajkowski :)10:13
adrian__hi10:18
adrian__hi I have just installed ubuntu 11.04 Desktop on my Presario-V6000 (hp laptop)the v6000 has broadcom network and wireless built in and needs the commands 'sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb' followed by 'sudo modprobe b43' to switch the wireless on everytime ubuntu is started how do I now make this module part of my kernel build?10:20
bigcalm_lappy486I would say that you don't need to have it staticly built into the kernel if it works ok with modules.  You can auto-load modules by editing /etc/modules10:22
bigcalm_lappy486adrian__: ^^10:22
AlanBelladrian__: I think you need to blacklist the modules you don't want to load10:23
AlanBellso in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist you would have a line "blacklist ssb"10:24
bigcalm_lappy486I was about to say that too :)10:24
AlanBellnot sure why you are removing b43 then adding it back though10:24
bigcalm_lappy486Add "blacklist ssb" to /etc/modules.d/blacklist.conf. Add "b43" to /etc/modules10:25
adrian__Thank you as you can see I am new to this I will look at it just seems to need this to work its fine afterwards /etc/modules and come back thank you guy's10:25
bigcalm_lappy486adrian__: reboot after that and let us know how you get on :)10:25
adrian__thanks off to play10:26
bigcalm_lappy486I was surprised but pleased that once I installed Ubuntu on this laptop, no tinkering was required for all of the hardware to work10:27
bigcalm_lappy486Thank you Dell :)10:27
matti:)10:47
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Guest70067well that was brilliant thanks guys on had lp in modules so added 'b43' and blacklisted as you said and all is great thank you10:51
brobostigonmatti: good morning, :)10:51
adrian_first time I have used xchat as well couldn't even log in in time I dont stand a chance -lol  well that was brilliant thanks guys only had lp in modules so added 'b43' and blacklisted ssb as you said and all is great thank you bigcalm_lappy486, AlanBell and all who share their time here10:59
mattiHey brobostigon11:09
matti:)11:09
daubersAfternoon11:11
bigcalm_lappy486adrian: you are welcome :)11:12
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jchristelbigcalm_lappy486! <311:13
bigcalm_lappy486jchristel: good morning my dear *squeeze* :)11:28
jchristel\o/11:28
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bigcalm_lappy486jchristel: how are you today?11:30
* suprengr has just caught up & listened to U-UK OggCamp podcast - nice one. but now I'm even more jealous :-/11:36
popeyheh11:37
bigcalm_lappy486I'm still glowing from the joy that was the oggcamp 4 day weekend11:39
jchristelaww11:39
bigcalm_lappy486I'm also still suffering with #oggflu11:39
mgdmo/11:39
bigcalm_lappy486Hiya mgdm11:39
bigcalm_lappy486And good morn^Wafternoon popey11:39
suprengrbigcalm_lappy486, is #oggflu similar to a hangover by any chance?   ;)11:40
bigcalm_lappy486suprengr: I had 2.5 hangovers that weekend11:40
suprengr:D11:40
bigcalm_lappy486suprengr: oggflu is similar to conflu11:41
suprengr:D :D11:41
popeysimilar to ubuflu that happens at ubuntu developer summits11:41
popeyalthough ubuflu tends to be more severe11:41
suprengr:D :D :D11:41
popeyWe had something like 320 people turn up to oggcamp11:41
popeywonder if we could get 500 next year :D11:41
bigcalm_lappy486Geting enough unwashed people in the same place and viruses will spread11:41
suprengr[you could have 501 if you sent me ticket now...}11:42
bigcalm_lappy486popey: having it down south on a non football match day helped11:42
bigcalm_lappy486suprengr: it's free (so far), just be interested and give support where you can :)11:42
suprengrsupport ...like a tent pole perhaps?11:43
bigcalm_lappy486Hayley is hungover, I've got some sort of virus. Despite this, we're off for sushi!11:44
bigcalm_lappy486Laters kids :)11:44
popey:D11:44
popeyo/11:44
suprengr...& could Ogg please ensure that /me is not sent to Brum to fix riot damaged hardware next year please11:44
penguin42ouch11:51
penguin42suprengr: Well after the riot?11:51
suprengrnope... in the midst of & during... & then some sites took 6 sixs for 'access' "for security reasons" :D11:55
suprengr*six days11:55
penguin42yeuch - wouldn't want to be going anywhere near it until they'd got rid of the rioters11:56
suprengr[you too can go into a burnt out building to get pooters & connected machines working!]11:56
suprengr...if you fancy the job... pretty please11:57
* penguin42 hadn't realised that Brum had burnt out buildings; the news seemed to concentrate on London and here in Manc oh and Brum's unfortunate car incident11:58
suprengr[I think if I say much more - you'd guess what type of 'machines' I refer to ;)   [damn the press coverage]12:00
suprengrimho... only hero in the brum riot scene... the father of of those dead kids who pleaded for reason.12:01
suprengr*one of12:01
penguin42nod12:01
ali1234HazRPG: but you didn't answer my question13:57
WesterhamSorry didn't get the question.13:59
ali1234do posts marked public on google plus appear in all my followers streams?13:59
WesterhamSorry, not on this thread.14:01
ali1234I got a reply so i guess they do14:02
mgdmI thinks  o14:03
WesterhamHello, Apologies if I'm doing this wrong - first time on an IRC ever. Since doing an Ubuntu update around 5th August I've found the account login on my Ubuntu machine really slow - you have to keep each key for the password depressed for sometime.  The keyboard works fine once I'm logged in and on an elderly Apple Mac as well.  I've run Log Viewer and found this bit around the keyboard but I'm none the wiser (apart from thinking 14:05
penguin42Westerham: Welcome!14:08
penguin42Westerham: Which version of Ubuntu? Standard Ubuntu or KDE? How much memory do you have?14:10
WesterhamHello - I'm running Natty 32bit with 4GB of RAM.14:11
penguin42ok, can you get the logs onto the web somewhere so we can have a look - may be using a pastebin  ?14:12
WesterhamGot a log but don't know how to use a paste bin or where to 'paste' it.14:14
brobostigonpastebinit *.log14:14
brobostigon:)14:14
Westerhampastebinit *.[    3.451152] input:  USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-3/2-3.2/2-3.2:1.0/input/input3 [    3.451216] generic-usb 0003:15D9:0A4D.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [ USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:02.0-3.2/input0 [    3.525043] usb 2-3.3: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 [    3.658168] input: Justcom Technology USB KVM Switch as /devices/pci0000:00/0014:17
penguin42Westerham: No, in a terminal run the command pastebinit filename14:18
penguin42Westerham: Then it will upload that file to a pastebin and give you a URL that you can tell us14:18
WesterhamSorry, realised that wasn't what you wanted as soon as it posted. Will give it a go and get back to you.14:20
AzelphurHmm, OT math sort of question. Given pitch and yaw, how can I calculate the vectors for throwing something?14:43
dutchie"pitch and yaw"?14:50
dutchie"""vectors for thrwoowing"!?14:50
dutchiearg14:50
Azelphurlol14:50
dutchieyou know what i mean14:50
Azelphurpitch and yaw, IE the direction your looking in14:50
Azelphurand the vectors for throwing things, game programming stuff \o/14:51
dutchiewhat data do you have in what form and what do you want to get out?14:52
AzelphurI have pitch and yaw, aka the direction I'm looking in14:52
Azelphurand I want to throw an item in front of me using xyz vectors14:52
dutchiewhat are pitch and yaw? angles?14:53
Azelphuryea14:53
dutchieand you want a vector basically in the direction of those angles?14:54
dutchiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinates#Cartesian_coordinates14:55
dutchiesee the bit at the bottom about transforming back to cartesians14:55
Azelphurweee, complicated math \o/14:56
AzelphurI'm doing contrib to bravo, the python minecraft server btw :)14:56
dutchieoh cool14:56
Azelphurwhen items drop there's no throw at all, so it just appears in front of you14:57
AzelphurI already wrote item bounce for when you destroy a block, that's working14:57
dutchieyou might have to do things like add or subtract right angles with those formulae14:57
Azelphurso now I'm just writing the stuff for when you throw something out of your inventory14:57
Azelphurthen I'll commit :D14:57
Azelphurhehe14:57
dutchiebut it should work just fine14:57
shaunohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory has a lot on the maths behind ballistic paths14:58
Azelphuronly problem is I don't understand the mathematical notations they are using14:59
WesterhamHello. Have posted bit of log featuring keyboard etc at http://paste.ubuntu.com/671690/14:59
Azelphurhigh school dropout, it has it's downsides *shrug*14:59
dutchieAzelphur: heh, it's a bit hard to explain this over text only14:59
Azelphurindeed14:59
dutchieideally i could draw diagrams and wave hands around14:59
shaunomost of it is just modelling a parabola; and then figuring out where on it you're starting from15:00
gordum if your doing it in python, chances are there is some module that will do this for you15:01
shauno(which is gonna be complete overkill for dropping items; but good fun when you start firing arrows)15:01
gordbatteries included and all that15:01
Azelphurgord: indeed15:01
ali1234no15:04
ali1234no to everything everyone said so far about this15:05
Azelphurlol15:05
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mgdm\o/ Arduino15:44
Azelphurouınpɹ∀ /o\15:45
mgdmheh15:45
andylockranmgdm: how's germany?15:49
mgdmandylockran: pretty good :)15:52
Myrttihm15:53
MyrttiI was about to do something but I forgot what15:53
penguin42sleep?16:04
Laneygive laney lots of money16:08
czajkowskiWesterham: how are you doing, did you get your issue resolved16:10
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Myrttiraspberries ♥16:19
MyrttiLaney: I don't have lots of money to give16:19
mfraz74raspberry pi?16:19
Myrttino, real raspberries16:19
WesterhamHave pasted log extract at http://paste.ubuntu.com/671690/ as requested but no observations yet. Sorry, have to go. Will try to log in later this week or next weekend.16:29
czajkowskihmm16:30
czajkowskiwish he's stay around more16:30
czajkowskihe only seems to be able to irc on the weekends but posts to mailing lists for help16:30
bigcalm_lappy486!ping17:07
lubotu3another contentless ping... sigh...17:07
bigcalm_lappy486Poor  lubotu317:07
czajkowskihttp://paste.ubuntu.com/671749/  to remind me later17:14
bigcalm_lappy486What an odd problem17:17
oracologyhi from canada everyone! i'm back home to visit for a bit.17:21
ali1234czajkowski: sounds like USB IRQ problems (yet again)17:21
HazRPGali1234: oh, didn't realise that's what you meant... well I saw one of your posts in my stream, so I would assume so. It depends how people are subscribed to you - if they have you in a circle, then yes, if they have you in the "following circle" then no, they will show up in the "incoming" section.17:21
ali1234HazRPG: yeah that's all i wanted to know17:21
ali1234HazRPG: i'm getting comments from people now so they must be showing17:21
ali1234i feel like i should post something not symbian related17:22
HazRPGali1234: I usually just post things into "your circles" and only put stuff into "public" if I want the whole world to be able to see it (via my "wall")17:22
ali1234i wanted to post links to the posts on another forum17:23
popeyEvening ratfans!17:23
ali1234the only reason it is even on g+ is because the g+ auto photo upload is super easy to use17:23
HazRPGindeed17:23
HazRPGI have a feeling I won't be scrapping facebook any time soon though :(17:24
czajkowskiali1234: aye but the guy seems to have one day to irc17:28
czajkowskiand was told to wipe his system17:28
czajkowskii suggested irc17:28
czajkowskihe unfortunately chose a time when ther were few people around so i have it on pastebin so i can ask tomorrow17:28
czajkowskipopey: ahoy17:28
directhexNafallo, do you have root on the buildds?17:33
ali1234czajkowski: who suggested to wipe the system? that never works17:35
czajkowskiali1234: a guy on the surrey lug mailing list17:36
czajkowskimy reply was no log on here and we can see if we can help17:36
czajkowskihowever 5pm on a sunday not many around17:37
ali1234it's unlikely anyone can help unless they are in front of the machine17:37
czajkowskiaye shame he's gonna wait another week for the issue17:37
czajkowskinot heard of any of the mac folks having similar issues17:38
czajkowskiit's hot today!17:46
popeyczajkowski: who is he on surrey list?17:47
popeyi must have missed this thread17:48
popeyoh, found it17:48
czajkowskipopey: aye from last weekend give or take17:51
czajkowskipopey: http://paste.ubuntu.com/671749/  is all his details/issues17:51
suprengrrule no. 1 if having a bath - remember you superglued a cut on forehead back together earlier in week...forget it:  ooooh boy; a distinct ouch :(18:00
DJonessuprengr: That'll teach you not to do a triple twist with pike into the bath18:06
suprengr[I deny keeping pike in my bath!]18:07
DJonesDon't blame you, pike have too many teeth to be friendly in a bath18:08
suprengr...a few sea-horses, a couple of terrapins and a squid maybe... but *no* pike*18:08
suprengrDJones,  would you be a a certain person G+ with no photo? if so - ok to add to mon U-UK circle?18:12
DJonesCould be, I've not added anything G+18:13
gordadvantage of having far too many fans on your computer - makes for an excelent way of drying out a laptop after spilling a can of coke on it...18:13
suprengras in not there?18:13
DJonessuprengr: I'm listed as "Dave" on the home page18:14
suprengrDJ?18:14
suprengr[without giving too much away ;)  }18:15
DJonessuprengr: just pm'd my email address for g+18:15
suprengrgord, with enough fans thew coke never gets to the pooter in the first place!18:22
suprengrDJones, cheers18:23
gordthis is why you need quad cores, burn the coke off before it gets anywhere near the electronics ;)18:23
suprengr...or not snorting coke in the first place is probably as good ;)18:24
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dwatkinsYou superglued a cut on your forehead, suprengr?18:29
suprengryup.. standard "field" dressing technique... 10x better than waiting in a&e dripping forehead onto floor!18:31
suprengr[superglue = standard procedure for both those in A&E and for those avoiding it!  ;D18:32
* penguin42 guesses the trick is not to glue it to anything else18:34
shaunoglue a pillow to your forehead, stop it happening again ;)18:35
penguin42shauno: Makes falling asleep on the keyboard more comfy18:36
suprengrshauno, :D18:36
* penguin42 burps Eves pudding18:40
* suprengr burps Adam's apple18:42
* StevenR wonders how often to make the very little computer take a photo (arduino+servo to control my camera) for a "24 hour" video18:51
shaunosurely just 86400/how many images the camera can store?18:53
StevenRwell, actually, I need to look at jpegvideo or whatever it's called19:02
StevenRso I can work out how much padding, how many fps, etc, and thus how frequently I need to take photos to make a suitably short video19:03
StevenR(I want the video to show 24 hours, not actually be 24 hours :) )19:04
shaunoin the past, I've done it completely the other way around.  just pure trial & error depending on the subject19:05
shaunoeg, clouds move much faster than tides or plants.  so there's not one answer to fit all 319:05
StevenRwell, for theatre get-ins, every 10 minutes should be ok19:06
StevenRbut for say "sunrise-sunset" type stuff, I'm gonna need to think about it a bit more19:06
shauno10 minutes is likely going to turn out to be far too long for most things.  that's 144 frames a day, and less than 5 seconds at 30fps19:08
StevenRtheatre doesn't change that quickly (4 hours is the actual elapsed time)19:08
shaunoone thing that did catch me out, primarily with sunsets, but may catch you with theatres too, if it's dark enough; all the math on paper went wrong when the exposure time got longer than the interval19:12
ali1234take more photos that you need19:13
ali1234higher frame rate always looks better19:13
ali1234plus you have an out in case a bird flies in front of the camera or something19:13
shaunoI didn't like having spares, depending on how fluid the scene is.  it becomes difficult to remove them without making it jumpy19:14
ali1234yeah always go for 2x or 3x or 4x etc19:15
ali1234basically do as many frames as you have storage for19:15
StevenRshauno: the light level isn't going to change much, the stage is lit with fluoros19:16
ali1234but if you have 4x frame rate then frc isn't going to be noticable if done properly19:16
shaunoI mostly ran into limits that I didn't see coming (but should have).  my camera going to sleep if it was too slow, the buffer filling if it was too fast, etc19:17
ali1234also be aware that 80000 file in one directory will choke a lot of applications19:21
gordi wonder if there is anything listed on ebay that isn't listed as RARE19:25
gordif there are ten other listings next to yours for the same product, its not rare19:25
StevenRgord: led torches and usb cables.19:25
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stuphi\quit20:27
bigcalmGood evening peeps20:37
bigcalmI almost responded to my own greeting20:41
bigcalmI am ill20:41
penguin42:-(20:41
penguin42bigcalm: What's up?20:41
bigcalmOggflu20:42
penguin42doesn't sound good - I'm not feeling great; running a bit hot (but otherwise fine)20:43
* penguin42 is watching a fascinating prog on Beeb 1 about dolphins20:43
dwatkinsAre they still cruel, penguin42?20:44
penguin42who? The people or the Dolphins?20:44
shaunothey're whales :/20:44
penguin42dwatkins: There was one example of two groups of males having a fight - but given they were just doing it by making threatening squeeks at each other I'd say that's reasonably civilised20:45
dwatkinspenguin42: I heard they do unspeakable things to each other at times20:45
dwatkinsI hope that was wrong.20:45
penguin42ooh unspeakable20:46
shaunoI think that's just narwhals :p20:46
dwatkins...or just bottlenosed dolphins, perhaps.20:46
penguin42dwatkins: They seem smart enough to be able to do bad things20:46
dwatkinsyeah, I imagine it's a case of there being bad and good ones.20:47
dwatkinsNot every human is evil etc.20:47
penguin42dwatkins: One of the scientists gave a bunch a machine that blew bubble rings - they loved it20:48
dwatkinsI'd like to have a conversation with a dolphin, but right now I think I need to cook, later dudes and dudettes :)20:49
shaunothis is still the type of show that the bbc seem to do better than anyone else20:51
penguin42oddly they have Steven Fry doing the narration; which was even odder last week when it mostly seemed to be about sex20:52
shaunoI say that, and then my ntl signals starts dropping out.  ugh.20:53
penguin42scary, I can't see a way of setting the font20:53
penguin42oops - wrong window20:53
suprengr"time for bed", said Zebedee....  "boing", said suprengr21:00
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