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AlanBellmorning all08:00
AlanBelldanfish: hi, did it end up just you and Liam?08:00
DJonesMorning08:33
danfishAlanBell: yup08:33
AlanBelloh well08:35
danfishno probs - dreadful weather08:36
danfishpubs pretty good08:36
AlanBellyay, just sold my daughters dolls house on ebay09:13
oimonshe'll resent you for it when she's grown up ;)09:14
AlanBellshould pay for some beers this evening </parenting fail>09:14
gordbut it does some other kid is going to have a great christmas09:19
gordor... a nostalgic 20-something, one o the two09:19
oimonif you go to the museum of childhood in bethnal green, it's full of adults saying "hey i used to have that but my parents threw it away/sold it..the swines"09:20
oimonexcept me, who's saying meh that star wars collection is lame09:20
* oimon discovers he has mod points on slashdot09:21
czajkowskihttp://voices.canonical.com/isd/?p=180  Good to see happening09:25
gordpaypal are horrible, really just terrible. but convenient.09:28
Laneyi am being punished for waking up late by my housemate spening /half an hour/ in the shower09:29
oimonLaney: what do people do in there? i don't understand how a shower can take longer than 5 min09:29
MyrttiI understand 10 minutes, but I've got long hair and I'm a woman :-P09:30
danfishLaney: take revenge by sitting on the bog for 30 mins09:30
AlanBellhttp://www.thecrowntavernec1.co.uk/ is where some people will be tonight after the christmas meal at Dans Le Noir09:31
oimoni understand that because you can read on the bog09:31
oimonalthough kindles and tablets are a bit unhygeinic09:31
AlanBelldans le noir is here http://g.co/maps/np6u9 the pub is here http://g.co/maps/qqrx709:33
gordonjcpI just give my phone a skoosh of antistatic antibacterial foam cleaner after perusing slashdot on the bog09:33
AlanBellgordonjcp: that seems a strangely appropriate place to read slashdot09:34
gordonjcpAlanBell: well, quite09:35
PendragonUKMorning all...09:54
AlanBellmorning09:55
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:22
Myrttiinteresting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-1605026910:43
Myrtti"How Scandinavian is Scotland?"10:44
ubuntubhoynot very10:44
ubuntubhoyapart from its bloody freezing10:44
gordonjcpit's not *that* cold10:45
ubuntubhoyits not that warm either right now10:46
gordonjcp2C10:47
Myrttibalmy10:47
ubuntubhoyand snowing in Glasgow10:47
ubuntubhoyMyrtti, you from Norway ?10:48
MyrttiFinland10:48
ubuntubhoywhat you at today, -12ish ?10:48
gordonjcpI keep forgetting how far north even the southern tip of Finland is10:49
Myrtti0C from the looks of what Unity shows me10:49
Myrttilast weeks Scotland storm is just hitting us10:49
MyrttiFMI predicts +10cm snow today10:49
gordonjcpit's way further north than Sweden10:50
* gordonjcp is from the same latitude as Gothenburg10:50
davmor2morning all10:50
* czajkowski kicks davmor2 where have you been mister!10:52
MyrttiTampere is good way north of Shetland islands it seems10:52
davmor2czajkowski: Painting the flat as I had the week off :P10:53
Myrttiabout the same as faroes10:53
PendragonUKHi peeps, anyone help me out??10:53
davmor2PendragonUK: I don't know did you ask something?10:54
czajkowskidavmor2: bigcalm had the week off but he was on here 24/710:54
davmor2czajkowski: let me say this again I was on holiday painting I wasn't in the office :P  besides he has bip or something set up and I have never bothered :D10:55
PendragonUKI ran update this morning and there are a couple of updates with issues Quote "This update does not come from a source that supports changelogs."10:55
PendragonUKQuote "The action would require the installation of packages from unauthenticated sources."10:56
PendragonUKQuote "libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol — most notably, Google's services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support. This package contains the common data files for libgdata."10:57
PendragonUKShould I install or not?10:58
davmor2PendragonUK: it sounds like you already have installed it if this is an update10:58
davmor2PendragonUK: I'm assuming it is google gears or chrome you installed right?10:59
PendragonUKOK Just not used to warnings like this, well not from Ubuntu10:59
PendragonUKYea Chrome is installed11:00
davmor2PendragonUK: basically what happens is google setup effectively a fake repo so you get updates, but it isn't signed by USC so it is saying if you trust the source install away but I don't know it11:01
PendragonUKWell I have tried but it's working, every time I try it blocks the install11:02
davmor2PendragonUK: try sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -f upgrade11:03
PendragonUKThanks I'll give it a go...11:03
X3NIntel OTC are hireing an intern if anyone knows of anyone http://t.co/CxJUVmFh11:04
X3N*hiring11:04
PendragonUKWARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!   libgdata-common libgdata13 Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y11:05
PendragonUKThat Worked Thanks11:05
PendragonUKcya peeps, thanks for your help...11:21
danfishmy local council are holding a "winter festival" tomorrow. PC gone mad11:23
AlanBellfestivus \o/11:23
czajkowskidavmor2: :(11:23
czajkowskidanfish: :(11:23
* AlanBell is on a train11:24
oimondanfish: is it winter yet?11:24
davmor2czajkowski: Oi madame don't flash my name up cause it begins with da :P11:24
sagacioimon: winter starts in December, til end of Feb..?11:24
czajkowski:p11:24
AlanBelloff to the hall of the worshipful company of information technologists11:25
gordno11:25
gordwinter starts when my toes are cold11:25
gordits like the groundhog thing11:25
gordbut with my toes11:25
gordand less Bill Murray11:25
AlanBella fair swap11:26
oimoni guess a winter festival is OK if held at start of dec11:28
danfishgord: do the locals have a 'gord's toes day'11:28
davmor2danfish: That's okay demand they celebrate the winter solstice due to the fact that the nations original religion was pagan and Druidism11:28
gordoh i wish it could be gords toes day every dayyyy11:29
oimonsome people might be offended by the word christmas as it has connotations of gluttony and excessive consumerism & spending :)11:29
danfishdavmor2: I think they are planning to sacrifice a mince pie on the solstice11:30
davmor2danfish: haha11:30
directhexmerry festivus!11:30
davmor2gord: We wish you some merry gords toes, we wish you some merry gords toes..........11:31
danfishdirecthex: I don't like your use of the word Merry there - it may upset certain members of the hobbit community11:31
directhexpippin festivus11:31
davmor2directhex: Are you insinuating that we in England have to be happy!  If so then that would be a fraudulent claim at best :P11:33
directhexdavmor2,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXSOD1N5lR411:33
oimonhas anyone tried the "design your own trainers" nike site?11:47
oimonhttp://ubuntuone.com/0OAmFMg1XFt5FpeiewoI4t11:48
oimonbeautiful11:48
DJonesWhere's my sunglasses11:49
oimontried to make the most hideous ones i could11:49
Myrttinice11:49
Myrttithat's not horrible... :-<11:50
oimonsomeone probably made a pair in the 80s like this11:50
davmor2directhex: you need help11:50
DJonesOr Tartan ones for the Bay City Rollers :)11:50
davmor2directhex: you deserve this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAIOzM7SsMo11:52
directhexsomeone clearly didn't watch ren & stimpy as a youth11:54
oimonanyone tried finding instagram style scripts for gimp?11:55
davmor2directhex: ren and stimpy was post my youth ;)  but I do believe I saw it :) once or twice :D11:57
davmor2directhex: of course what you really need to put a smile on your face is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqpn2oyEaX8&feature=related :D11:59
czajkowskihuzza have progress, date for back operation january 6th13:24
czajkowskihad a date for next week but flying the following week so they dont think thats a wise move13:24
dogmatic69:O13:29
dogmatic69czajkowski: whats up with your back :S13:29
czajkowskiit's a bit fecked since mark13:29
czajkowski*march13:29
czajkowskiI've damaged disc at L4/L5 with a bulging disc13:30
dogmatic69ow, sounds painful13:31
dogmatic69hope it goes well for you13:31
czajkowskithanks13:31
dogmatic69too much crouching by a terminal?13:32
czajkowskinope just I've had it for years and the last few months it flammed up worse than before13:33
czajkowskiboth my parents have bad backs also13:33
czajkowskibut they suspect I first injured it when I was about 18 moving house13:33
dogmatic69ah, my father has an extra vertebra. squashes all the padding between them and back pain follows13:34
danfishczajkowski: microdiscectomy?13:50
czajkowskidanfish: endoscopic lumbar discetomy... I think13:51
danfishthat's the one13:51
czajkowskidanfish: aye just watched the video, may not have been wise to watch it13:52
danfishczajkowski: don't worry - most surgeons can do that procedure with their eyes shut and in fact most do ;D13:53
czajkowskidanfish: not helping! mister!13:54
czajkowskiam glad I'm gonna be in guys hospital13:54
danfishcapable hands13:54
czajkowskihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LjlWa-xlW813:55
czajkowskidanfish: aye so the only thing I've left to do is find a new gp when I come back after xmas as we're moving so wont be able to go to the current GP13:56
danfishwhere are you moving to?13:56
czajkowskiI really find this registering for a gp in one area  rule rather annoying13:56
czajkowskiwaterloo13:56
davmor2czajkowski: when did you get so gobby every other line is you talking  sharrup ;)13:57
czajkowskishrup ya pup13:58
funkyHatI haven't bothered finding a GP since moving, but I am moving again after christmas anyway. I should do it then...13:59
christelAlanBell: ok, will you meet us at waterloo? or should we find our way to somewhere nearer the venue, if so where? :)14:42
christelfarringdon?14:42
davmor2czajkowski: :P14:49
* davmor2 throws a waterbomb in czajkowski 's general direction14:51
* czajkowski kicks davmor2 oi behave you 14:55
davmor2czajkowski: What I didn't say it was going to hit you London is a long way from here14:56
DJonesHeh, this is how to park http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bsK5C8m44JY14:56
czajkowskidavmor2: mind if I pm ?14:58
czajkowskibah14:58
czajkowskiDJones: mind if I pm14:58
DJonesczajkowski: Sure, go for it14:58
davmor2czajkowski: feel free but you might not like your answers :D14:59
czajkowskidavmor2: shrup ya pup!15:00
davmor2czajkowski: you woke me up tis you're fault :P15:00
davmor2bet you guys missed this right :)15:00
czajkowskino15:01
davmor2czajkowski: that was directed at everyone else I knew you missed it from my greeting this morning :P15:02
scoundrel50aI have a bit of a problem, I lost my desktop, on a laptop computer not long ago, and created another user and transfered admin to new user, problem is, when it comes to using opening the Synaptic it calls up the old username and pasword, and I dont know why, can somebody help please.15:09
dogmatic69scoundrel50a: maybe its using the user id thing, eg: 100015:10
scoundrel50ahave no idea what that is,,,,,15:10
scoundrel50ahave to log out, Firefox just crashed, brb15:11
scoundrel50asorry back again15:12
scoundrel50aits odd because I log in with the new username and pasword, but Synaptic calls up the old one15:13
scoundrel50awhen I go to open it15:13
czajkowskiscoundrel50a: is this the same issue you were here recently with and daubers was helping you with it ?15:15
scoundrel50ahi, sorry, was doing something else, yes, they started it, and I found out I didnt have the Users and Groups addon, but we never got further than that15:22
* Laney gets on a train to London :-)15:23
Laneycomplimentary wifi++15:24
bigcalm[mob]Hello from Farnham!15:24
Laneythe ticket machine's time lied to me so i ran15:25
Laneyturned out i had 7 minutes15:25
bigcalm[mob]I hope I'm in the right place ;)15:26
AlanBellchristel: hiya15:26
AlanBellchristel: I am currently at Faringdon station in the costa just outside15:27
bigcalm[mob]AlanBell: o/15:27
AlanBello/15:27
scoundrel50aanybody have any ideas?15:28
occupy64kno15:29
bigcalm[mob]AlanBell: bit early at the station?15:29
AlanBellbigcalm[mob]: yeah, but I was here already (or a couple of hundred meters away)15:30
bigcalm[mob]Fair enough15:31
Laneywhich tube station is it for dans le noir?15:31
AlanBellFaringdon15:31
Laneyty15:31
popeyta15:31
popeyi needed that too15:31
AlanBellif scoundrel50a stays online a bit longer I suspect someone would fix his problem15:32
Laneyi'm wishing that i got first class for the train back now15:32
AlanBellis he on dialup or something I wonder15:32
Laneylast one ...15:32
bigcalm[mob]Wishing I had brought my spare phone battery with me. Car chargers are very slow when you are also on irc15:32
AlanBellpopey: are you meeting christel at waterloo?15:32
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popeyAlanBell: i had not planned to15:32
* bigcalm[mob] twiddles his thumbs15:36
* Laney is next to ratcliffe-on-soar15:38
Laneyit's a bigun15:38
davmor2bigcalm[mob]: Moo!15:40
nigelbdavmor2!15:56
davmor2nigelb: Me owld mukka 'ow am ya15:57
davmor2MooDoo: Boo!15:57
Pendulumnigelb: go to bed :P15:57
nigelbdavmor2: Have you been away for a long while?15:57
nigelbPendulum: I was peacefully sleeping when someone decided to call my phone. Sigh.15:57
Pendulumnigelb: so go back to bed15:59
davmor2nigelb: only 4 days15:59
gordhey look, snow... wanted to go shopping but whatever15:59
nigelbdavmor2: ah15:59
nigelbPendulum: heh, will do. son.15:59
nigelb*SOOON15:59
nigelbClearly, I need sleep.15:59
nigelb2015:59
nigelbbah15:59
davmor2gord: :'( I want snow where's the snow16:00
czajkowskiNO SNOW!16:00
gorddavmor2, its not really snow...16:00
gordits a horrid half snow half sleet mixture16:00
davmor2we want snow ignore czajkowski16:01
* czajkowski glares at davmor2 such a brat16:02
* davmor2 would throw a snowball at czajkowski but there is no snow16:03
oimonlovely skies over london16:03
AlanBellvery clear16:05
davmor2AlanBell: ditto here16:05
AlanBellshould have brought a hat or something, might get cold later16:06
davmor2AlanBell: By cold you mean snow right :D16:07
czajkowskithere is no snow16:09
czajkowskithere was fireworks last night16:09
gordfireworks are very different than snow, but i can see how you could of been confused16:10
* davmor2 starts praying for snow now he knows czajkowski hates it :P czajkowski wear some decent shoes when you go out tonight incase you get caught in the snow ;)16:10
czajkowskidavmor2: I hope your computer crashes!16:12
davmor2czajkowski: as long as you can explain to my boss why I'm not working I don't care :P16:13
davmor2czajkowski: anyway excuse me for telling you to wear sensible footwear when the forecast is for snow16:13
AlanBelldoctormo is on his way here16:24
* popey gets changed16:28
* hamitron wonders what sort of popey we get as replacement16:29
oimonone with a cape16:30
hamitronmagic one?16:30
davmor2no it just means that popey is adding an e to his nick and eating a can of spinach16:31
hamitron:)16:32
Laneyoh dear16:34
Laneywhatever details did I register my oyster with?16:34
oimonfred bloggs?16:35
davmor2Laney: quite obviously not those ones16:35
Laneyemail / postcode16:35
LaneyDue to a site update, we need to reset your password.16:35
LaneyPlease call the Oyster helpline on 0845 330 9876.16:35
Laneyquality16:35
oimonthey're gonna get you16:35
danfishI thought you were all dining in the dark tonight? Perfect excuse not to get changed.16:54
oimonsmell-o-vision16:57
oimoni wonder how many people have walked out of a first-date when it wasn't going very well, and the other person didn't realise for 10 minutes?16:58
hamitronoimon, why 10 mins?16:59
oimonif the date was going badly, and happening in pitch dark...awkward silences might occur16:59
hamitroncould be interesting if going well though ;)17:00
DJonesAnd then you get outside in a lit area and find that the female, 25, GSOH, is actually an 18 stone rugby prop forward with a high pitched voice :)17:01
oimonyeah...i'll meet you in there..blind date etc17:01
hamitronI'd never ask one of them on a date, nvm a date in a dark room ;/17:01
DJonesI've only ever been on one blind date, never again17:02
hamitronbet it is scary tbh17:02
oimonmust be awkward17:02
* Laney has breached london17:03
oimona "date" creates too much expectation17:03
DJonesDefinately awkward when you don't them or what they like, so difficult to chat, although you do get the chance for life histories17:03
DJonesAllocate BSP Cleardown17:03
DJonesGrr17:03
oimonsudo rm /*17:04
oimonwoops17:04
hamitronno -rf? :/17:05
oimonalias rm=rm -rf17:05
hamitronbah, lazy17:05
hamitron;)17:05
Laneywon't work, unless you --no-preserve-root17:06
hamitronnever tried tbh17:06
oimonalias rm= echo"removing $1"17:06
oimonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWOjmvWPRvQ17:07
oimonwe need a bot that tells us the title of a youtube link :(17:07
DJonesor a bot that just parses every line, looks for a reference to youtube and tells you its a rick astley video17:08
hamitronlets just ban youtube?17:08
AlanBellor shut it down?17:08
hamitronboth sound good17:09
hamitron:)17:09
oimonagh train17:10
* oimon runs17:10
Laneyarriving17:10
Laneywhere are people?17:10
AlanBellLaney: where are you?17:11
Laneyst p17:11
AlanBellok, Faringdon station17:11
AlanBellturn right, find costa17:11
Laneyaye aye17:11
davmor2Noooooo then how would you be able to view things like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA017:11
AlanBellLaney: me and doctormo so far17:11
hamitrondavmor2, I can't17:12
hamitron;)17:12
hamitronunless it is special17:12
hamitronthen there would be a reason to download it17:12
davmor2AlanBell: Use the link above it will fill the floor with party revellers17:12
davmor2hamitron: It's fantastic17:13
hamitronworth the download?17:13
hamitron:/17:13
davmor2hamitron: Oh yes if only to annoy people local to you :)17:13
hamitronk, 18 mins download time17:14
hamitron;/17:14
davmor2hamitron: Ouch that's slowband you're on there17:14
hamitronreason I ban youtube17:15
hamitron:)17:15
hamitronnothing worse, than someone downloading a vid on youtube, while I play a game17:15
hamitron;)17:15
hamitronbbl, find something to eat17:16
Laneyok, at st pancras now17:19
Laneysee you shortly17:19
Univoidhi all having a problem when i click dashboard and type terminal no terminal icon shows so i cant run it also software centre will nop open it opens then closes any ideas?17:30
Univoidnot**17:30
Univoidin fact i cannot find any programs that i type such as system monitor17:30
Univoidits as tho they do not exist17:31
davmor2Univoid: sounds like your install didn't complete17:32
Univoidit worked yesterday17:32
Univoidhow can i fix this17:33
davmor2Univoid: try pressing ctrl+alt+t that should open a terminal17:33
Univoidgot a terminal17:34
Univoidwhat do we reckon is messed up?17:34
davmor2Univoid: Pass but try sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade and see if it throws up any errors17:35
davmor2or updates17:35
Univoidhow do i fix my package info that did not throw any errors17:36
Univoidi have some that say ign17:37
davmor2Univoid: you'll need someone with more experience than I for that one17:38
Univoidwell i just tried to run synaptic from command line and it said it was not installed17:41
Univoidis there anyway to install all fresh install packages or is it easier to just format u reckon17:43
AlanBellanyone wanting to join us in the Crown http://www.thecrowntavernec1.co.uk/ from about 9ish would be most welcome17:43
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buzz_AlanBell, holy crap @ london prices :-)18:23
buzz_AlanBell, should meet in a samuel smiths pub!18:23
Gizmo_the_Greathey guys. I got a Drobo FS NAS box. Attached via ethernet (eth0). According to this (http://support.drobo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/165) it should be listed as a dev/sdx but lssci isn't showing it up and its not listed in /dev20:31
Gizmo_the_GreatAny ideas how I go about mounting it? Accessing it?20:31
Gizmo_the_GreatI know the system to be working because I configured at work using Windows and the Windows configuration utility20:32
Gizmo_the_GreatI'm led to believe by Drobo help and tech support that providing it got latest firmware etc Linux should see it20:32
Gizmo_the_GreatI using 2.6.32-31-generic20:32
* AlanBell is in the pub20:56
MartijnVdSGizmo_the_Great: is it iscsi?20:58
MartijnVdSGizmo_the_Great: you may need to install stuff to see iscsi drives20:58
* brobostigon is jealous of AlanBell :(20:58
brobostigonQI :)22:02
ubuntuuk-planet[James Tait] Social networking  youre (probably) doing it wrong - http://voices.canonical.com/james.tait/2011/12/09/social-networking-youre-probably-doing-it-wrong/22:30
AlanBellchoo choo23:15
* AlanBell is on a train with christel and bigcalm23:15
mgdmevenin'23:16

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