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jacobwoh00:06
bigcalmchristel: http://8tracks.com/smurph/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-dubstep00:17
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] Community Management Crib Notes: A New Era Of Community Management - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/12/13/community-management-crib-notes-a-new-era-of-community-management/06:10
danfishgood morning07:47
danfishtad stormy here07:47
TheOpenSourcererIndeed danfish https://twitter.com/#!/opensourcerer/status/146494548904906752 indeed...07:49
danfishooh, unfortunate07:52
danfishI think I'll spend the morning Christmas shopping07:53
* danfish fires up amazon :)07:53
TheOpenSourcererlol - I'm off to High Wycombe shortly. Talking vtiger CRM...07:53
popeyMorning all08:07
TheOpenSourcerer\o/ popey08:07
popeygoing to make http://www.slowcookerclub.com/recipes/beef/awesome-chili-con-carne.html today i think08:10
ubuntuuk-planet[Jono Bacon] LoCo Council Goings On In 12.04 - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/12/13/loco-council-goings-on-in-12-04/08:11
TheOpenSourcererLooks like a good recipe for a slow cooker popey - not used one since my first house (~20yr ago) myself though.08:15
TheOpenSourcererGosh - in fact ~25yr ago.08:15
TheOpenSourcererMy endowment policy matures next year IIRC.08:15
christelbigcalm: \o/08:16
christelmorning popey, TheOpenSourcerer :)08:16
TheOpenSourcererHi christel08:18
AlanBellmorning all08:23
TheOpenSourcererMorning AlanBell08:26
christelmorning AlanBell :)08:27
TheOpenSourcererHmm traffic sounds a bit pants this morning. Wondering whether to go M3-M25-M40 to High-Wycombe or go "off-piste" and through Bracknell/Maidenhead cross-country...08:29
christeldo you save much/if any time on going M25/M40? (under normal traffic conditions)08:31
TheOpenSourcererYeah - about 1/2hr according to the big G08:31
TheOpenSourcererAnd it is only marginally longer, e.g. ~2 miles08:33
czajkowskialoha08:34
christel*nod* i am trying to think how long it used to take to drive to beaconsfield back when i frequently did that, but i want to say it only took about 40mins and that i went through slough (so heading reading direction i guess) but its been a few years and i must be mistaken if the M25 route can save you 40mins! :)08:34
christeler 30mins08:34
* TheOpenSourcerer ducks in case czajkowski is in "one-of-those-moods".08:34
christel(i have very selective memory and an irrational fear of driving on the motorway, well, driving in the uk, but motorway most of all)08:35
TheOpenSourcererchristel: Go on a Speed Awareness Course. Motorways are almost infinitely safer than other roads.08:35
TheOpenSourcerer~70% of all accidents occur in urban (30mph) areas. 26% on Rural and 4% on Motorways.08:36
christelsee, i learned to drive in norway, in a small town by the arctic circle -- i could drive for four hours and meet 3 cars in that time -- then i moved here and through some bizarre fuckedupness on my part managed to set off in the wrong direction from a service station on the M6208:37
TheOpenSourcererDeaths are: ~30%, ~69% and ~4% respectively.08:37
christelluckily it was 6 am and it went fine and i managed to turn around08:37
christelbut it scared me senseless08:37
TheOpenSourcererlol08:37
christeli think i really need to take some lessons to get my confidence back *and* get used to this whole "wrong side of the car/road" thing -- i try to avoid driving as much as i can, and when i have to i end up opening the door instead of changing gears! :)08:38
christeland if anyone is in the car with me they end up screaming at me that i am "WAY TOO BLOODY CLOSE TO THE CURB" (tsk!)08:39
christeli am a really rubbish (as in lacking in confidence) driver since moving here :)08:39
TheOpenSourcererOh man. 1trillion fps camera: chime.in/user/Bill/chime/8383209054251008008:39
TheOpenSourcererSee light "moving"08:40
czajkowskiTheOpenSourcerer: nope am ok and never in a mood with you, davmor2 and MooDoo is another matter08:40
DJonesmORNING ALL08:41
TheOpenSourcererSee Johnny has hung up his boots :-(08:41
christelczajkowski: you will be pleased to know that david has learned to say "rugby"08:41
christel(well, it's more like "rubby" but the sentiment is there)08:41
czajkowskiwhooo08:42
czajkowskichristel: unless he plans to be a ruby developer at which point all is list08:42
czajkowski*lost08:42
christelhehe08:42
czajkowskichristel: danfish is orgnaising an Ubuntu rugby meet up in the new year08:42
christelczajkowski: i think the childminder takes him to the rugby club, and our neighbours are like involved with it, so now when he sees tina or tim he points at them and goes "RUBBY RUBBY" (bless)08:43
czajkowskiawww cute08:43
christelit is a bit! :)08:44
christeli have made the executive decision to take him to rugby tots when he hits 2, however it appears the closest one is guildford08:44
czajkowskithat is a bit of a treck08:45
hoovergood morning all08:45
christelyeah, i'm not sure why noone more local does it08:46
czajkowskiwhoo a week to go to ireland :D08:47
TheOpenSourcererAnd the weather is getting much worse...08:47
christel:D08:47
TheOpenSourcererThink you'll be havign some fun travelling czajkowski ?08:47
czajkowskiTheOpenSourcerer: nope weatherforecsat looks good08:48
czajkowskino snow08:48
czajkowskiI just need to remember next week to get up and get train to heathrow and not gatwick like I usually do08:48
daubersuhhhh... are we one of the teams being twinned?08:59
daubersah, no :)09:00
daubers</sigh of relief>09:00
czajkowskidaubers: aye ye are09:04
DJonesteams twinned?09:04
czajkowskidaubers: aye 5 approved teams have been selected to twin with an unapproved team to help them grow09:05
czajkowskilearn about locoteams and how they are organised and help them in the ubuntu community09:05
DJonesczajkowski: Is there a mailing list post or web link about it09:08
bigcalmchristel: thought you might like to start your day with a little wub09:09
bigcalmMorning peeps :)09:09
christelbigcalm: aye! i love starting my day with some wub wub wub :D09:10
daubersczajkowski: We are being twinned? Looking at the blueprint I didn't think we where....09:10
daubers<confused>09:11
mrevellGoodly morning09:11
christelmorning matthew :)09:11
DJonesdaubers: Have you got a link to the blueprint docs for that09:11
daubersDJones: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-p-lococouncil09:12
DJonesThanks09:12
czajkowskiDJones: we're working on the blog post this week and mailing the unapproved teams09:12
daubersAlthough I might be misreading it09:12
czajkowskibugs have been created for the approved teams and the team contacts aka AlanBell have been added to them09:12
AlanBellI have09:15
AlanBelldunno who we are twinning with though09:15
popey\o/ loco twinning09:16
DJonesIts a great idea09:16
czajkowskiit was popeys ideas before he left09:16
czajkowskiso this cycle we're trying it out with 10 teams 5 approved and 5 unapproved09:16
bigcalmI thought towns in europe were twinned so that they didn't attack each other after ww2?09:16
daubersSo.... does this mean we have to start being more active again? :p09:16
* daubers obviously hasn't been keeping up very well with the Ubuntu news recentlt09:17
DJonesdaubers: You're going to have to learn another foreign language09:17
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:18
daubersDJones: There's a redundant "nother" in that sentence09:18
DJonesdaubers: I thought you may be better at foreign languages than me and could have known a 2nd one09:19
daubersDJones: I speak 2 languages, English and bad English09:19
czajkowskiit's too early for ye lot this morning09:20
czajkowskishhh go back to sleep09:20
DJoneszzzzz09:20
DJonesDon't tempt me09:20
daubersIs there anything known on how this stuff will work yet? Or is it all a bit fuzzy?09:21
christelpopey: did you request permission to pubcrawl? :)09:21
popeyI did not christel, when is it again?09:21
czajkowskidaubers: blog post to follow but we have some ideas09:22
christelczajkowski: make sure to twin us with someone we wont play in the rugby yeah?09:22
christelpopey: i think alan suggested wednesday (tomorrow? or did he mean next wednesday?)09:22
czajkowskichristel: you mean beat ye,...... that's kinda hard :p09:22
czajkowski*ducks*09:22
christelczajkowski: :P09:22
popeyno idea09:22
DJonesMaybe Ireland could be twinned with Wales :)09:22
czajkowskiwilkinson has retired from international09:22
czajkowskiDJones: wales is part of the UK loco.09:22
daubersczajkowski: I'll keep an eye out for it :)09:23
DJonesTrue, I wasn't thinking like that, definately too early for me09:23
* daubers might end up experimenting with OpenGL in python tonight09:23
AlanBellchristel: popey: I think the pub was suggested by gordonjcp who is popping down from Scotland tomorrow09:24
popeyoooh09:26
bigcalmLock up your radios09:26
popeyThere are now 8 computers on my desk. This is ridiculous.09:27
popeywell, 9 if you include a kindle09:27
daubersI have a kindle related conundrum09:28
ali1234are you counting smartphones in that?09:28
daubersUsing my tax refund (WOOOOOOOOO), should I buy a) a kindle, or b) a DSO quad?09:28
popeythere's no smartphone on my desk, but yeah, I should do09:29
bigcalmIs that a bike?09:29
daubersbigcalm: A pocket sized digital oscilloscope09:29
bigcalmHow sweet09:29
JamesTaitMorning all! :)09:29
popeyGood morning JamesTait09:30
andylockranmorning all!09:30
andylockranpopey, JamesTait09:30
czajkowskipopey: you have too many toys!09:31
popeyI do.09:37
MyrttiI think Google+ Secret Santa needs more Britons09:37
popeyis that still going?09:37
Myrttistupid Americans are afraid of amazon.co.uk09:37
DJonesdaubers: Kobo Touch rather than a kindle :)09:38
Myrttipopey: well atleast amazon.co.uk claims that six days of Christmas shopping left09:38
bigcalmI'm only allowed 1 free repo on github?09:40
* bigcalm scratches his head09:40
dogmatic69bigcalm: you want pvt repos?09:40
gordthat doesn't sound right09:40
dogmatic69open source are free, can make as many as you want09:41
bigcalmdogmatic69: I currently run my own svn server and I want to put a project out for people to join in on. Seems I already have a repo on github from long ago09:41
dogmatic69bigcalm: open ones are free, I have about 30 repos on my account09:41
dogmatic69moving to git is the way forward btw ;)09:41
bigcalmThen I'm not understanding the github interface :)09:42
dogmatic69i find it a bit confusing too, been using it for 2 years :/09:42
gordi have learnt how to get a projects git address from github, so i just run in, grab it and get out09:43
bigcalmI don't see the option to add a new public repo09:43
bigcalmTyping in the URL /repositories/new worked09:44
bigcalmBut couldn't find a link otherwise09:45
dogmatic69bigcalm: click dashboard at the top09:45
dogmatic69then on the right just above your list of repos is new repo09:46
christelAlanBell: what time are we expecting gordonjcp to arrive? :)09:50
bigcalmDoes it take a while for newly added files to appear in github?09:54
bigcalmAh09:54
bigcalmI need to commit before pushing09:54
bigcalmhttps://github.com/bigcalm/Twitter-IRC-Gateway09:56
AlanBellchristel: I have no idea09:57
gordhehe yes you do bigcalm, yes you do09:57
bigcalmgord: svn is much simpler for my little brain :)09:57
bigcalmNow, my project uses 2 files from another github repo. I haven't included them in my repo yet, wondering what the accepted method is10:04
dogmatic69git submodules10:04
JamesTaitThe menu in the upper-right corner, where we find Update Manager and Shutdown and such-like. Is that the Session Indicator?10:05
dogmatic69git submodule add <repo_url> path/to/where/it/goes10:05
JamesTaitI ask because it's not present on my machine after upgrading to Precise and I want to file a bug.10:06
MooDoomorning all10:06
bigcalmdogmatic69: repo_url being git://github.com/foo/bar.git ?10:08
dogmatic69bigcalm: you want the public address, so its https://something last time i checked10:08
dogmatic69if you open the repo in question the url is at the top10:08
dogmatic69just above the files list10:09
bigcalmIt is, but there is a git option for the URL as well10:09
bigcalmI'll use the https version10:09
dogmatic69there is ssh, http, read only10:09
dogmatic69either http or read only will work for you10:09
dogmatic69ssh will not allow others to check the submodules out10:09
bigcalmYou need to run this command from the toplevel of the working tree.10:10
bigcalmThat's annoying10:10
dogmatic69yep10:10
dogmatic69its once of thing10:10
bigcalmFound that I can use the git:// url10:11
dogmatic69yep, just saw that is the read only url10:11
dogmatic69bigcalm: i made a horrible script for importing branches and tags from svn to git if you like10:12
bigcalmIt's ok10:12
bigcalmI did an svn export and copied the files in10:12
dogmatic69it starts off like #!/bin/php510:12
dogmatic69bigcalm: you can import it with all the history10:13
dogmatic69git svn ftw10:13
bigcalmAs the repo was only on revision 8, I didn't mind losing the commit messages10:13
bigcalmOr the revision history10:13
dogmatic69hehe10:13
dogmatic69ok10:13
oimonthere seems to be a lot of numpties out there retweeting/sharing an old BBC april fools story about tv signals :(10:26
dogmatic69oimon: got a link handy?10:29
oimone.g. https://plus.google.com/115982047784351676092/posts10:29
oimonthis guy has been told, but loads of others are forwarding/sharing10:30
oimonwithout engaging brain10:30
dogmatic69the missing dr episodes?10:31
oimondogmatic69: yeah10:35
oimonunrelated to the slashdot story about missing dr who episodes10:35
dogmatic69i heard something the other day on bbc about a found missing dr episode, but that was in some old geezers cupboard, not bouncing back from outer space10:36
oimonyeah lol10:37
DJonesdogmatic69: I read about that, sadly, for one of them, the other 3 episodes in the story were still lost10:37
gordonjcpoimon: got to wonder what the path loss over 100 light years would be10:43
gordall the episodes would have a red tint to them10:44
oimoni have seen one DVD of dr who which has 2 filmed episodes and 2 animation - really good10:44
* dogmatic69 has never watched dr who10:45
oimonoh10:46
oimonwow10:46
oimon:)10:46
dogmatic69not my cup of tea :P10:46
oimonthe best time to watch it was the 80s10:46
dogmatic69top gear, how its made and myth busters is pretty much all my tell shows ;)10:46
* oimon can't stand the soap operas in space e.g. star trek etc10:46
* oimon is enjoying the forbrydelsen atm10:47
bigcalmPiiiiiiigs Iiiiiiin Spaaaaaaaaaaace10:47
bigcalmI fear that many here won't be old enough to get the reference10:47
dwatkinsMuppets are awesome10:47
oimoni liked them as a child, but now i'm grown up :)10:50
DJonesI never liked the muppets10:52
oimonpuncture proof tyres - are they real and are they any good?10:54
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dogmatic69:O http://t.co/5jMC2DbJ10:58
dogmatic691 trillion frames per second camera10:58
Seeker`dogmatic69: I think it is a significantly lower fps camera, just with the same scene imaged again and again with very precise offsets in when the shutter starts11:03
Seeker`(not able to watch the video atm)11:04
AlanBellthat is basically what they are doing, there is something clever going on, but it isn't being described very well11:05
oimont-mobile users can use orange 3G signal now too11:05
dogmatic69seems like it does not take pictures, but records data and then fed to a pc to render as a video / picture11:09
dogmatic69cant listen to the audio, just reading other links11:09
ubuntuuk-planet[Dan Fish] GU10 halogen bulbs are bad  a year on - http://www.ossmedicine.org/home_automation/12/gu10-halogen-bulbs-are-bad-a-year-on/11:11
davmor2morning all11:41
dogmatic69o/11:41
czajkowskidavmor2: Good morning how are you this fine day ?11:42
MooDoomorning davmor2 czajkowski11:42
czajkowskiMooDoo: ello chappy11:42
davmor2I hate christmas when it comes to standard shopping  20 minutes at the cash point, 45 minutes in Iceland queue for 4 things, 10 minutes waiting in the queue for the mother-in-law denture fix11:42
davmor2morning MooDoo11:43
MooDoodavmor2: stop whineing, it's nothing new to you, you do it every year :p and yes i'm a grumpy sod today11:43
czajkowskiand every other day11:43
MooDooczajkowski: oi i'm not grumpy every day11:43
davmor2czajkowski: read above I'm annoyed11:43
gordsome of us are smart and shop online ;)11:43
* czajkowski hugs davmor2 awww there there 11:44
czajkowskiyup all done and wrapped11:44
czajkowskiin the suitcase11:44
* MooDoo hugs davmor2 :D11:44
davmor2I wouldn't mind but this year they are only likely to be close 2 days you'd think it was world war 3 at least11:45
MooDoooooo panic buying11:45
popeyI have a massive stack of amazon boxes next to me. we did 99% of our xmas shopping on amazon11:45
MooDoothe wife did 99% of our shopping, that will do me :D11:46
MyrttiI wish I had the guts to give my sister our amazon wishlists11:46
czajkowskithat reminds me I must cancel my amazon prime ac11:46
czajkowskiwas very handy to get things delivered next day11:46
Myrttiatleast that way the stuff would be in UK instead of us needing to haul the stuff in our luggage11:46
* MooDoo has already had his christmas present and is going to use it tomorrow11:47
popeyMyrtti: for years I have used amazon wishlist as my 'this is my xmas list'11:47
czajkowskiMyrtti: I'm sure if you explain that to her it'd make sense11:47
gordi'm never cancelling my amazon prime account ever, its too wonderful, even if i can't use it i'll keep it11:47
davmor2christmas stuff we buy from parks hampers through out the year this was like milk bread coffee whitener etc standard  shopping11:47
Myrttipopey: I know, but Amazon isn't widely used in Finland11:47
czajkowskigord: just had a months free trial11:47
popeyahh11:48
MooDoodavmor2: my mum gives us an asda card she's been putting money on through out the year, comes in handy in jan :D11:48
czajkowskiMooDoo: nice idea11:48
czajkowskipopey: what are the kiddies getting from Santa, do you still have santa in the house ?11:48
danfishwhen I announced I'd done my xmas shopping on amazon, my wife was furious - "that's so lazy and shows lack of thought"11:48
popeyWe do11:48
popeyOne of her friends figured it out and has been sworn to secrecy11:49
popeyso I dont think we have long11:49
danfishdo amazon sell wives :P11:49
MooDoomy 3 year old can't wait for santa :D  we did him a video message from portable north pole :D11:49
MooDoohttp://www.portablenorthpole.tv/home11:49
davmor2MooDoo: we basically do the same thing but we buy the vouchers that we can use at iceland, sainsburys and else where11:49
czajkowskidanfish: it shows a lot of thought to sit down and wade through all the stuff11:49
* Myrtti stops herself from starting a religious debate over where Santa lives11:49
Seeker`O.o11:50
danfishczajkowski: true - in my defence to *do* wrap the presents myself11:50
czajkowskithough I do like popeys idea of a wish list can then be used for random gifts. would make my head less exploding when I've to think of gifts for some folks11:50
danfish(badly)11:50
czajkowskiaye I did that on Saturday night here , I hate wrapping.11:51
czajkowskiand I tormented myself more by adding string and bows to them11:51
davmor2Myrtti: and so you should of course he does :P11:51
Myrttidavmor2: sorry, not participating11:52
MooDoodavmor2: you're a tease :D11:53
dwatkinsI shy away from any religious debate in general.11:53
dwatkinsI don't mind so long as people don't hassle me with their thoughts.11:53
Myrttidwatkins: this would be the discussion over is it North Pole/Norway/Sweden/Iceland/Finland11:54
Seeker`North Pole ofc :P11:54
dwatkinsMyrtti: so basically "where does the myth say he lives"11:54
Seeker`dwatkins: not a myth :P11:54
dwatkinsSeeker`: you can believe that all you want, I respectfully agree to disagree :)11:55
davmor2czajkowski: you seem rather chipper this morning any good news you want to share with the class?11:55
* Myrtti is not participating11:55
* dwatkins steals davmor2's pen11:55
danfishHe lives in Swindon. Father Christmas was privatised in 2006 and sold off.11:55
czajkowskidavmor2: no sir11:56
MooDoodavmor2: i think we need to start abusing her again?11:56
christelwho are you abusing today?11:56
davmor2MooDoo: true I'm pretty sure it's against the rules somewhere for czajkowski to be this jolly especially when we are grumpy11:57
davmor2christel: there's only one person we ever abuse11:57
MooDoochristel: czajkowski me and davmor2 need to start abusing her again, she's far to chipper11:57
christelaww11:57
davmor2czajkowski: prod11:57
christelMyrtti: what's the url for this G+ secret santa thing?11:57
* MooDoo prods christel, just so you know how we roll :D11:57
* czajkowski gives a group hug to MooDoo and davmor2 11:58
christelMooDoo: oh i do enjoy a good poke before lunch11:58
MooDooczajkowski: oi behave....none of that nonsense please11:58
MooDoochristel: prod i said prod....dirty dirty11:59
Myrttichristel: https://plus.google.com/113269791493257695508/posts - G+ tag #gplussanta11:59
czajkowski*hugs*11:59
christelMooDoo: er prod. i meant prod. honest guv12:00
MooDoochristel: now i know how you roll :D12:00
davmor2christel: It still sounds no cleaner when you say enjoy a good in the same sentence12:01
christelMyrtti: how does it work, as in, do you just pick someone random?12:01
christelor does it assign someone to you12:01
Myrttichristel: not totally random: https://plus.google.com/100016383867666174158/posts/hBxkKC1dy4M12:01
MooDoodavmor2: i'm thinking it's not only czajkowski that needs abuse, christel appears to want it too12:01
Myrttichristel: but of course you can pick whoever you want12:02
Myrttithe person who curates the spreadsheet picks your name if you tag your wishlist g+ post right12:03
oimonsanta's dead12:03
czajkowskioimon: you're such a grinch12:03
oimon:D12:03
dwatkinsSanta violates the laws of physics ;)12:04
christelMyrtti: aha!12:04
davmor2oimon: take it back, you fowl evil blasphemer12:04
oimonnever!12:04
oimonit's what i'm telling my son too :)12:04
MooDoo"burn the witch"12:04
MooDoooh wrong film.12:04
davmor2dwatkins: no he doesn't he just utilises the timezones really effectively12:04
davmor2stone him stone him12:04
davmor2oh wrong film12:04
oimoni don't recall ever believing in santa12:05
czajkowskioimon: mate of mine her sister used to take her kid away on holidays for xmas as she didnt believe in it. until the child was 5 and was upset at hearing how thins person visited good children so she had to give in12:05
MooDoo"he's not the messaih, he's a very naughty boy"12:05
dw1msg nickserv identify 394032112:05
czajkowski:)12:05
MooDoomissed the / there mate D:12:05
dw1hmmm12:05
DJonespassword change time dw112:05
dw1It's OK: I trust all of you implicitly12:05
czajkowskioimon: grinch12:05
Laneythis is why i always do that in a query12:06
dwatkinsit's a public channel, dw1 ;)12:06
MooDoodw1: crazy fool :D12:06
oimon czajkowski lol, if it was an intellgent child i would explain that it was their parents buying the pressies and pretending. but let's keep it our secret12:06
DJonesdw1: You trust us? We don't even trust ourselves :)12:06
dwatkinsI could be anyone, an imposter with the same initials, dw1 ;)12:06
oimonoimon jr will get pressies, just not from santa12:06
BigRedSdwatkins: It's also publicly logged12:06
MooDooDJones: don't worry we won't say anything, i'll leave twitter to do that for me ;)12:06
dwatkinsBigRedS: good point12:06
czajkowskioimon: grinch.12:07
davmor2dw1: You know this is #ubuntu-uk right this isn't a channel of trust, this is a channel of evil abuse and practical joking ;)12:07
oimonjesus > santa :)12:07
MooDoowith davmor2 being the biggest joke of all :D12:07
czajkowskioimon: ok lets not start with religion shall we12:07
* MooDoo loves davmor2 :)12:07
czajkowskiMooDoo: you follow closely on his heels to be fair12:07
oimonmy mistake i thought we were taling about christmas.:)12:08
MooDooczajkowski: yeah we've got a love hate relationship with you :) we love you, you hate us :D12:08
davmor2MooDoo: the quote is off mate, it's we love to hate each other :)12:09
MooDoodavmor2: i don't hate czajkowski she's not bad really....12:09
davmor2MooDoo: we'll soon know if she gets a pressie off santa :)12:10
MooDoo:D12:10
oimonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit12:12
* oimon is confused12:13
oimonnot sure who to believe anymore about the santa red suit - coca cola or not?12:13
AlanBellif you can't trust the coca cola corporation who can you trust?12:14
Seeker`http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/10/coke-denies-claims-it-bottled-familiar-santa/12:14
BigRedSI've seen several people claim that coca cola didn't do it12:15
oimoncoke influenced the change in a big way, surely12:15
BigRedSI've also tried to convince people that Santa caused Coca Cola to switch from green to red12:15
oimonthey publicised it12:15
BigRedSSo there's a bunch of 6/7 year olds who, in another five or six years, will be internet pedants telling people off for spouting lies about a green santa :)12:16
davmor2Santa was all green and brown prior to coke doing the red and white to make it stand out and look appealing was my understanding12:16
oimondavmor2: althought the articles linked to up there suggest otherwise, although coke seemed to popularise it12:17
oimonor at least cemented the red suit change, while the red/green/tan debate was in flux12:17
Seeker`a Cola to switch from green to red12:18
Seeker`-12:15:41- :oimon : they publicised it12:18
Seeker`http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/cocacola.asp12:18
gordits something everyone knows and everyone says as fact, so i tend to think its an urban myth12:18
Seeker`damn putty12:18
BigRedSSeeker`: it's a feature! :)12:18
Seeker`"A standardized Santa Claus appears to New York children. Height, weight, statures are almost exactly standardized, as are the red garments"12:19
Seeker`From a NYT article 4 years before coke's advertising campaign12:19
DJonesI'm surprised that the stereotypical image of santa isn't a McDonalds idea, bulging stomach etc :)12:20
oimonthat's the yanks. we had green first , so something changed12:20
dwatkinsI thought it was Coca Cola that invented the image of Santa we have today.12:20
davmor2oimon: you're opinions don't count it's not the summer time ;)12:20
dwatkinsoh right, I see Seeker`'s link now12:20
directhexDJones, now that you mention it, Col. Sanders is santa in japan12:20
oimoncol sanders is rolf harris12:20
DJonesdirecthex: Seriously?12:21
directhexDJones, 2-week waiting list for xmas kfc.12:21
oimonSeeker`: from the article, " All this isn't to say that Coca-Cola didn't have <U>anything</U> to do with cementing the modern image of Santa Claus in the public consciousness."12:22
DJonesdirecthex: Google has just explained that http://www.tofugu.com/2010/12/24/kfc-japan-christmas/12:22
Seeker`oimon: It sounds like there was a popular perception of santa, which is the same as we have today, and due to the colour scheme match coke decided to jump on the bandwagon12:23
shaunoI was fairly certain the cola thing was just myth12:23
Seeker`they didn't create it, it was popular enough to be in a NYT article 4 years earlier, they just pushed it12:24
oimonthey probably cemented the standard though, and globalised it. although i hope that russia's father frost still wears white12:24
directhexDJones, i said i wasn't kidding!12:24
DJonesdirecthex: I'm speechless at that12:24
oimoni like how the people who started this have run away12:24
Seeker`oimon: they didn't cement the standard, it was already a standard 4 years earlier12:25
shauno4 years?12:25
oimoncolonel saunders is dead too12:25
Seeker`shauno: read what I said about the NYT article12:25
shaunohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinter-claes-saint-nicolas-dam800.jpg  that's 16thC.  less wool, more saint, still red & white12:25
directhexSeeker`, nobody cares that apple didn't have the first mp3 player - theirs is the one everyone remembers. no matter the chronology, coca cola are forever tied to santa.12:26
oimonis he drowning babies?12:26
directhexoimon, everyone needs a hobby.12:26
oimonbaby eating bishop of bath and wells12:26
Seeker`directhex: mistakenly, yes. But that doesn't mean that history has now changed and that they actually did invent the image12:26
directhexSeeker`, as pointed out, they were a driving force in globalizing that image12:27
* oimon just finished 1984 again12:27
Seeker`directhex: it still doesn't mean that they created the red santa image -_-12:28
oimonWho controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.12:28
Seeker`12:13:27- :oimon : not sure who to believe anymore about the santa red suit - coca cola or not?12:28
shaunopft, I learnt thatin C&C red alert \o/12:28
Seeker`^ Not12:28
shaunoI also find it interesting that people are willing to take snopes as canonical, given that they've a history of completely inventing their sources12:29
oimonagree. not invented but popularised a meme at the time12:29
oimonmy reply was to Seeker`12:30
oimonsanta must be turning in his grave at all this12:30
oimonwe can still be against the red suit as it's an americanism though, right?12:31
Seeker`WRT snopes inventing things, here is the NYT article, if you can be bothered to pay for it: http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30610FF355B157A93C5AB178AD95F438285F9&scp=1&sq=a+standardized+santa+claus&st=p12:32
shaunoit's not so much that it's an americanism; more they they threw the existing st nicks / sinterklaus / etc in a blender12:33
oimonhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1091967/Santa-Claus-illegal-immigrant-declares-Kremlin-official-Christmas-Cold-War.html12:33
BigRedSshauno: surely that's a predictable byproduct of society in general becoming more secular, but still craving a festival of light at the solstice?12:36
BigRedSMore than being some american evil influence - they were/are pretty late to the secular party12:37
oimonone big reason not to move to australia..chrimbo should be cold and with a chance of snow12:37
dogmatic69oimon: s/australia/southern hemisphere12:38
oimon+112:38
dogmatic69that Russian father christmas looks much more bad ass than the normal father christmas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ded_Moroz12:39
DJonesoimon: Barbecued christmas turkey is amazing12:40
dogmatic69in South Africa Christmas normally consists of BBQ, swimming and sun burn12:41
BigRedSFrom what I gather, most things in SA consist of that12:43
BigRedSI've met a lot12:43
BigRedSof South Africans working in the UK grumbling about a lack of BBQs and sun12:43
oimonbut not grumbling about the exchange rate12:44
oimonotherwise they would still be in SA12:44
BigRedSHaha, no12:44
oimonanyone know what the 2GT means onthe description of intel xeon E3-1245 8M , 2GT is?12:46
Myrttihttp://webcast.web.cern.ch/webcast/ <-- webcast from CERN, press conference starts in ~12 minutes12:48
MooDoooimon: giga transfers per second12:48
oimonMooDoo: thanks...however the E3-1270 has 0GT?12:49
davmor2oimon: it's the new measurement system, giant turnips12:49
gordoimon, same thing as xp?12:49
MooDooor take your pick - http://www.acronymfinder.com/GT.html12:49
davmor2MooDoo: you know mine would be better12:50
oimonhttp://ark.intel.com/compare/52274,52276 suggests 5GT ...now confused12:50
czajkowskiMyrtti: ohh thanks12:51
shauno5 sounds more like it .. you need 5GT/s for pcie 2.012:52
davmor2Myrtti: is this the one where they apologies for slowly sucking the world into a black hole but it really was in the name of science? ;)12:53
Myrttitis a secret12:53
oimonisn't this the cern webcast? http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html12:55
shaunonot a fan of press conferences for that kinda thing.  especially since nasa got me all excited about aliens, and then announced they'd found arsenic in arizona or something silly12:55
oimonwow everyone is using macbooks12:55
shaunoheh, I spotted a guy with a purple bow tie who had a PC12:56
oimonas a part-time sound engineer, i hate it when people tap mics to see if they are on12:57
oimonit's not gonna work cos i muted it while you tap it12:57
gordheh, i like how it sais "now available on iphone and ipad" at the top12:58
MyrttiMyrtti's fist of annoyance deployed to Switzerland in 3, 2...12:58
oimonresearchers tend to have big IT grants so they buy apple cos they have money to burn IME12:58
gordeveryone keeps saying flash is dead and that html5 is amazing, but everything in the entire universe is still flash12:58
dogmatic69gord: even adobe has admitted defeat to html512:59
gordoh yeah, defeat. when adobe's flash has 99.99999999% of the implientations ;) they just want to get around apple13:00
shaunoI very rarely actually notice things that need flash13:00
czajkowskiahh had volume up very loud13:01
dogmatic69i use my ipad a lot for general surfing and hardly ever encounter flash13:01
gordwell yeah, because you use an ipad13:01
gordi have the same experience with flashblock on my desktop13:02
dogmatic69ye, but surfing reddit etc so its just random links from all over13:02
oimonthe stream is stuttering a bit13:02
dogmatic69the odd youtube video wont work and that is about that13:02
gorddogmatic69, so, a thousand img.ur links then?13:03
MyrttiSHE USES COMIC SANS13:03
MyrttiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa13:03
dogmatic69gord: :D13:03
czajkowskiMyrtti: inhale13:03
czajkowskiMyrtti: exhale13:03
gordshe uses comic sans a *lot*13:03
Myrtti;___;13:04
oimoni'm more annoyed that she is holding her tie mic13:04
gordgiving presentations is scary, nice to have things for your hands to do13:04
shaunoI gave up watching because the stream was static more often than it was streaming13:04
Myrttioimon: that as well13:05
oimonholding the tie mic means the cable causes a lot of noise, and is too close to mouth13:05
oimonthere's a handheld mic there on the desk13:05
gordanimated clipart!13:05
oimonagh13:05
oimonthis is from the 90s13:05
gordt-minus 10 seconds to keyboard cat i swear.13:06
oimont-10 till i have a seizure13:06
knightwiseMorning13:08
MooDooafternoon13:08
knightwiseHey Moodoo  , how are you today13:09
MooDooknightwise: i'm well, busy at work but ok13:09
knightwisesame here13:10
knightwisealthough ,i'm having a bit of a lazy afternoon this afternoon13:10
MooDoopah!13:10
daubersHooray \o/ I broke quickly13:27
dogmatic69?13:27
daubersCreate a new application with quickly create and it barfs trying to run it. It sits and waits for a dbus reply from couchdb which isn't running13:28
AlanBelldunno what they are doing about quickly now they are dropping desktop couch13:29
* AlanBell quite likes couchdb13:29
daubersdoes quickly require couchdb? Or can it just be yanked from the templates?13:29
AlanBellcould be yanked from the templates13:29
* daubers yoinks it from his13:31
daubersurgh, it's a bit ingrained13:31
daubersah ha13:34
daubersgot rid of it13:34
smittixhmm, trying to connect to a vnc machine on port 1. but remmina doesnt seem to like IP:PORT.14:11
smittixAnyone else use remmina and vnc?14:12
oimonyou mean port 5901?14:13
smittixIve changed the port number on the server14:14
smittixactually14:14
oimonvnc usually uses 5900+ the port number14:14
smittixTried all sorts to connect14:15
smittixI can connect using ultravnc from a win7 box. but not using remmina on a linux machine14:16
s-foxHello.14:16
AlanBellhi s-fox14:16
s-foxHello AlanBell .14:16
s-foxHow are you?14:16
MooDoos-fox: howdy14:16
s-foxHello MooDoo .14:16
s-foxHow are you?14:16
MooDoos-fox: bit stressed at work, but ah not too bad14:17
MooDoos-fox: what about you?  having fun today?14:17
s-foxWhy are you stressed MooDoo ?14:19
MooDoos-fox: stressed is probably not the correct word, it's just manic and never ending :D14:19
s-foxMy cow-orkers in USA have just woken up so I am having my patience tried14:20
s-foxlol, cow-workers14:20
MartijnVdSmoo14:20
MooDoos-fox: lol beat them with virtual sticks.14:20
oimonany tomcat dudes in here?14:30
oimonstruggling to get started with it :(14:30
oimonthe index page worked but not much else does14:30
oimonn The requested resource (/host-manager/html) is not available.14:31
oimonah.../usr/share/tomcat was wrong...uising /var/lib/tomcat6 instead14:32
davmor2oimon: I'm a Tom Cat fan I just wish he would finish off Jerry Mouse once and for all though ;)14:38
andylockranoimon: tomcat6 is the bane of my life :p14:50
oimonhaving bad problems getting webmathematica to work without much documentation14:50
oimondifferent issues with ubuntu and centos14:50
MartijnVdSwebmathematica? you mean wolframalpha? *runs*14:52
oimonit's rubbish when you have to do it blind14:52
oimonSEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception14:53
andylockranoimon: I don't understand enough tomcat14:53
oimoni don't have a clue14:53
oimonnor does google14:54
Laneymy lovely cloak!14:54
* Laney strokes it14:55
oimonoh my.....it seems to be working on ubuntu14:57
s-foxMooDoo,  How goes getting people to contribute to your blog?14:57
cliftontsHi all, is popey about at all?14:58
MooDoos-fox: getting blood out of a stone14:58
popeycliftonts: i am14:58
cliftontshi, I've just been reading about adding my blog to planet ubuntu14:59
cliftontsand just like any ubuntu related wiki I can't edit the page to add myself14:59
cliftontsI just hoped you might know why14:59
popeycliftonts: go to launchpad.net, do you see your name in the top right?15:00
cliftontsyup15:01
cliftontspopey: yes15:02
davmor2cliftonts: have you logged into the wiki?15:03
popeycliftonts: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet do you see 'Login' at the top?15:03
cliftontspopey: yes, this one gives me no editing options. The last one I tried had an editing bar when I tried but it was empty15:04
popeyhang on15:04
popeydo you see 'Login' at the top15:04
popey?15:04
cliftontsNo I see logout at the top15:04
cliftontspopey: I've tried logging out and back in. Now it has my details on the 'single sign on screen' but has hung saying 'connecting' in the tab title.15:08
popeyit takes a while15:09
popeyi just tried it, be patient15:09
popeyrevisit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet and refresh the page, see if you are logged in?15:10
cliftontspopey: I've got it now. The edit button is visible. I'm really not getting along with these wiki pages. I don't think they like me!15:10
popeynah, it's just slow15:10
oimonthis webmathematica thing is pretty cool15:11
davmor2cliftonts: unfortunately there is more than one person editing them at a time so it tends to be slow :(15:12
BigRedS button is visible. I'm15:13
cliftontsdavmor2: It's not the slow that gets me. It's the fact it's taken me a month for it to offer me a working edit screen at all!15:13
BigRedS button is visible. I'm15:13
BigRedSHmm15:13
* BigRedS can't even blame putty15:13
davmor2BigRedS: is a parrot15:13
BigRedSAh! Bit of lunch wedged between the left and middle mouse buttons15:14
KrimZon_2heh15:15
cliftontsWow! It worked!15:15
cliftontsfinally!15:15
cliftontsthanks guys15:15
cliftontshow long does it usually take to get reviewed and accepted for planet?15:15
Mjolinorcan anyone tell me how to stop a PS2 mouse working in 10.04. I want to use it for something else so don't want X to get it15:18
MartijnVdSMjolinor: that's going to be harder than you think15:19
MjolinorI thought that an entry in xorg.conf pointing the mouse to /dev/input/mouse2 (my usb mouse) instead of /dev/input/mice would do the trick15:19
MartijnVdSas all input devices are equal, according to the kernel15:19
MartijnVdSAutomatic detection of pointer devices always runs, I think?15:20
MartijnVdSeven if you manually define one15:20
Mjolinorit seems so, the log shows it finding it and installing it despite it not being declared in xorg15:20
gordeh, you can use xinput to disable this stuff15:20
popeycliftonts: it's updating now15:21
MjolinorI looked at xinput15:21
cliftontsoh right. Thanks15:21
Mjolinorthought it was only for defiing buttons and things, I will look again, see if I can disable a device in there15:21
gordMjolinor, something like "xinput set-int-prop "3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator" "Device Enabled" 8 0" according to my googling15:22
Mjolinor:o15:22
gordi've done something similar (long while ago) to disable a touchpad15:22
Mjolinorthat did it :)15:27
Mjolinorthank you15:27
gordnp15:27
oimongord ftw15:27
BigRedSIs there a way to tell SSH to continue connecting to a machine with a fingerprint it's not seen before?15:35
BigRedSwithout prompting - I want to script this15:35
ali1234yes15:35
BigRedSoh goody15:36
BigRedSI've only just opened the man page15:36
ali1234something in ssh_config15:36
BigRedSit's probably in here15:36
ali1234CheckHostIP15:36
TheOpenSourcererAnyone confirm this upgrade route works OK? Want to upgrade a customer's machine from 9.10 to 10.04 and would rather not have to wait for hours for t' Internet https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades#AlternateUpgrade15:38
ali1234and StrictHostKeyChecking15:38
BigRedSali1234: aha, yeah, I just found those15:38
BigRedSta!15:38
ali1234there's a way to turn those off for eg the LAN15:39
ali1234that is, by an IP range15:39
BigRedSit's just for one script, so ssh -o should work15:39
ali1234yeah, it's handy to turn it off for LAN if you have dynamic addresses15:40
ali1234or if you keep making new virtual machines or something like that15:40
BigRedSthis is for messing around with ec2, which seem to be as dynamic as they get15:40
gordthats neat, didn't know that15:40
awilkinsI need a drink. And it's only Tuesday.15:57
danfish+115:59
awilkinsThere is actually a snowman in the room topic16:03
directhexreally? shit. i already ate all the wife's ice cream16:03
awilkinsCanonical reposted a job I applied for... I wonder if I should take the hint...16:05
danfish..nothing ventured....16:05
awilkinsIt would be much more interesting if they actually put wages on them, I suppose it cuts both ways though. If you stick a wage on, you know whether the company is prepared to pay what you deserve... but it also limits the pool of applicants you receive16:07
MooDooawilkins: it's happened to me :D16:07
awilkinsMooDoo, The "reposted a job you applied for already without telling you why you didn't get it or even if they looked at your CV" phenomenon?16:08
awilkinsI suppose they could just be short on candidates and haven't made up their mind yet...16:09
gordcanonical are always hiring, chances are that its just another position open :)16:09
MooDoo:)16:09
awilkinsI think the Job Code is the same number, off the top of my head16:09
oimoncanonical is not the only company in the world though16:12
oimonmany others allow useful open source work16:12
awilkinsThere is that, I suppose16:12
MooDooand that includes your good self if i'm not mistaken oimon16:12
awilkinsIt's mostly an expression of dissatisfaction with my current job16:13
MooDooawilkins: what you do now?16:13
oimonyes although i may have been stitched up regarding getting a new permanent staff member :(16:13
awilkinsI work for the NHS IT programme16:13
oimonawilkins: check jobs.ac.uk16:13
awilkinsI'm currently having to extend and maintain some software that we didn't have a hand in writing .. let's be charitable and say that it could be better.16:15
gordonjcpawilkins: where is that?16:16
awilkinsgordonjcp, My office is in Leeds, but I work at home a couple of days a week16:17
awilkinsgordonjcp, We have offices in Redditch and Exeter to, I believe16:17
gordonjcpawilkins: ah right16:17
gordonjcpawilkins: nothing to do with NES then?16:17
gordonjcpjust wondered if you'd ever run across Kyle Gordon16:18
awilkinsgordonjcp, Nope, I work for the Data Standards & Products dept ; we deal in models of healthcare data, messaging standards (which are really the same thing but over a wire) and ontologies / terminologies.16:18
gordonjcpah, okay, Kyle's more infrastructure stuff16:20
awilkinsMost of my work seems to orbit around version control systems16:21
awilkinsIntroduced SVN to the department some years ago (they had spent 2 years deciding between CVS and Visual SourceSafe but hadn't made up their minds yet)16:22
awilkinsIntroduced Bazaar for a particular project with a branch/edit/merge + fancy diff report workflow16:22
awilkinsAnd now I'm working on software that has an internal version control schema that makes RCS look modern.16:23
awilkinsHence the urge to test the water elsewhere ...16:23
awilkinsWhat I really want to do is do git, but for arbitrary object models not limited to filesystems... I'm sure it can be made to work, but all my time and energy is consumed by other things...16:25
awilkinsI'm getting old16:25
oimonaren't we all :)16:32
jutnuxI wish I was older :-(16:35
oimonlol!16:36
oimonnever heard someone say that before16:37
oimonunless they were 1616:37
bigcalmjussi: don't wish your life away16:37
oimonand wanted to buy beer16:37
bigcalmYou can't buy beer at 16? I did :)16:37
* awilkins was able to buy beer from age 15 without difficulties, but times were different16:37
oimonbig brother is watching you16:37
jutnuxoimon: Guess what, I am 16 ;)16:38
oimon:D16:38
awilkinsThey were announcing in the supermarket they are going to start carding anyone under the age of 2416:38
awilkins(or who appears so)16:38
bigcalmawilkins: my lady is 39 and still gets asked for id16:38
bigcalmShe hates it16:38
oimoni was in the bowling alley the other day and the guy started carding everyone indiscrimaintely16:38
oimoni just walked around the back of him, the cheek of it16:38
awilkinsMind, I found the most satisfying way to get hold of alcohol was to brew my own16:38
oimonalcohol is incredibly overrated, i've found16:39
oimonmy interest in it peaked around 21-2516:39
awilkinsWell, alcohol is overrated as a drug, but I do enjoy a nice drink16:39
awilkinsI think most of the complaints are because people mismanage their dose16:40
awilkinsUsually the kind of people who use the phrase "getting leathered"16:40
jutnuxI could say that I love getting smashed every weekend but then I'd be lying16:43
jutnuxI pretty much never drink, only at Christmas.16:43
oimonbritain suffers from a disease of drunkenness - my town centre is carnage around 11pm on a friday night16:44
awilkinsYeah, it's nuts.16:44
awilkinsMy daughter will be introduced to alcohol in the continental stylee16:44
gordonjcpmakes sense16:44
awilkinsDidn't do me any harm <hic>16:44
oimoni did abuse it when i was at uni..to my shame16:45
awilkinsYeah, same here... was always a cheap drunk through. Three pints or a bottle of wine and I'm done.16:45
jutnuxoimon: People in my school get "leathered" every friday and saturday.16:46
oimonjutnux: and then boast about it16:46
jutnuxYes. So annoying.16:47
jutnuxAlong with huge amounts of drugs and nicotine.16:47
jutnuxnicotine + thousands of other carcinogens.16:48
oimon i'm 36 now and those who are addicted to smoking since age of 16 have a lot to be unhappy about16:48
jutnuxGlad I don't smoke haha.16:49
TheOpenSourcererCigars FTW!16:52
awilkinsI've never smoked, but I have considered trying electronic ciggies  / nicotine inhalers recently16:53
awilkinsJust to see if they are beneficial to the brain chemistry16:53
oimon:-\16:53
s-fox*sigh*16:53
TheOpenSourcererYou can't beat a good cigar IMHO. Cigarettes taste foul.16:53
awilkinsLike the new Sherlock  ; "It's a three [nicotine] patch problem"16:53
* oimon pokes s-fox16:53
* s-fox pokes back16:54
jutnuxOh my God the new sherlock looks so good16:54
oimonnew series?16:54
awilkinsOr the new Sherlock movie?16:54
dogmatic69movie16:54
* awilkins meant the BBC TV series starting Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, not the new movie with Iron Man and Gigolo Joe.16:55
oimonwhen's it restart?16:55
jutnux*Looks*16:55
oimonmeh...january16:56
DJonesI just read that as Benedict Arnold and Morgan Freeman....16:56
awilkinshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/sherlock/16:56
awilkinsCool, Martin Freeman is doing Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit16:57
ali1234sherlock was good but a bit silly17:04
ali1234wait, actually it was incredibly silly17:04
awilkinsTBH you expect silliness with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in the lead roles17:05
awilkinsThey were either hired for silliness or they brought it with them17:05
ali1234i read somewhere that either matt smith was going to be sherlock, or benedict cumberbatch was going to be doctor who17:05
awilkinsCumberbatch would probably have been good as Dr Who17:05
ali1234it's pretty much the same show17:05
ali1234same formula anyway17:05
awilkinsBut Tom Selleck would have been a terrible Indiana Jones17:06
ali1234LOL17:06
ali1234well, martin freeman isn't silly at all... in fact he's the straight man surrounded by all the weird stuff. and he holds it together really well. i don't normally like him in other stuff17:07
TheOpenSourcererGoing to upgrade a customer's server tomorrow: uptime currently stands at 655 days.17:08
jutnuxOh no :-(17:08
MartijnVdSbad kernel security17:08
awilkinsWhat about that thing where you can restart a server without rebooting it? What's it called, you load the new kernel and then ditch the old one?17:08
ali1234ksplice17:09
awilkinsCan't say I've ever found a need for it, but maybe it does that17:09
awilkinsMy MythTV box still runs Karmic17:09
TheOpenSourcererThe server is not easily accessible from the big bad world and has been absolutely fine.17:09
ali1234i updated my mythtv to natty and the capture driver stopped working cos the guy rewrote it from scratch and now it is really buggy17:09
awilkinsExactly. Unless the BBC are crafting special buffer overruns in their DVB-T transmissions I think it's fine17:10
ali1234speaking of DVB-T has anyone tried to get T2 and HD working?17:10
awilkinsali1234, Happily, DVB stuff is really simple and doesn't need all of that mucking about with v4l17:10
ali1234oh i have a DVB-T card17:10
ali1234te old driver was written by the manufacturer and deemed to messy to go in the kernel17:11
ali1234so one of the linuxtv guys rewrote it and now it doesn't work properly17:11
awilkinsali1234, Which card, out of curiosity?17:11
ali1234but the old driver no longer works on recent kernels17:11
ali1234RTL28xx17:11
* awilkins has Hauppauge PCI card + 2 Hauppauge USB tuners17:11
awilkinsThink they are blackbird / CXxxxx ones17:12
ali1234i want to get a T2 card anyway17:12
ali1234but there's only one that is close to working17:12
awilkinsUntil I actually get an HDTV, it's a moot point for me17:12
jutnuxWhat are all of your twitters, if you use twitter that is :-)17:12
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dr_barnowlThat's where my twitter is17:13
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ali1234did anyone crack the encoded EPG data?17:13
ali1234i heard it is just a simple RLE "encryption"17:14
awilkinsali1234, I would imagine that it's extremely trivial to break, it's only Huffman encoding17:14
ali1234ah huffman you say...17:14
awilkinsOh darn, they may have discovered the Higgs Boson17:15
awilkinsThis means that all the work I did today will be wiped out by the inevitable rewriting of the universe to prevent us discovering it.17:16
MartijnVdSawilkins: it happened before though17:16
awilkinsDammit, where's a pigeon with a baguette when you need one.17:16
jutnuxI want an Ubuntu mug, damnit.17:19
awilkinsThe new one is large17:20
jutnuxIndeed17:21
awilkinsNot as large as my Kennedy Space Centre lustreware one17:21
jutnuxAnyone know when they are coming back in stock?17:21
awilkinsSomeone broke my Dr Who one17:21
awilkinsGrr17:21
jutnuxI have an elvis mug17:22
awilkinsI have one of the older white Ubuntu mugs with a small logo. Also, an Ubuntu beanie hat17:22
jutnuxhttp://r.jutnux.co.uk/tBXxHt17:22
jutnuxI saw the picture ;)17:23
brobostigonafternoonings everyone.17:38
directhexI AM SLEEEEPY17:39
andylockranI have a popey mug17:42
jutnuxA popey mug?17:42
andylockran17:22 | jutnux > I have an elvis mug17:42
jutnuxAh.17:43
MyrttiWOHEY!18:07
awilkinsIs that "popey", but with a mouthful of pizza?18:08
MyrttiI'm getting Good Night Keith Moon on G+ Secret Santa \o/18:08
awilkinsHmm, anonymous social network Secret Santa is probably less onerous than one with work colleagues18:09
davmor2I have a bit of Ubuntu Merchandise18:10
MarquessDeBonBonA Mark Shuttleworth ivory tusk?18:16
MarquessDeBonBonAn Ubuntu-branded shirt which says "Free (as in freedom) Mandela"?18:16
Myrttiawilkins: https://plus.google.com/u/0/113269791493257695508/posts/evMD75CnVCP18:17
jussithanks jutnux for the ping...18:26
jutnuxSorry? What did I do?18:27
jussi[18:37:23] <bigcalm> jussi: don't wish your life away18:27
jussiaccidental ping ;)18:27
jussidavmor2: were you after me yesterday?18:27
jutnuxAh18:27
jutnuxSorry :-)18:27
jussino probs :D18:28
popeyMyrtti: hos does this secret santa thing on G+ work?18:29
jutnuxI would like to know this too18:29
popeyhow do the secret santas know you bought something?18:30
Myrttipopey: well D is apparently getting a Mr. Tickle book and a Mr. Tickle mug, and I've seen kinkymal posting a photo of the book she's got18:43
Myrttiand I'm apparently getting something as well18:43
popeybut the spreadsheet has 'x' next to people who say they have bought stuff, how can anyone know?18:43
popeyunless you have to forward the amazon sales mail or something?18:43
Myrttiwell I'm looking at my Amazon wishlist18:43
Myrttiand D's18:44
Myrttiooo18:44
Myrttinew Angry Birds levels18:44
mgdmpopey: I've seen that PC from scratch thing before, but not in video - very nice18:45
mgdmpopey: I see he's got the terminal you want ;-)18:45
popeyyeah18:45
popeythat made me annoyed ☺18:45
mgdmhehe18:45
davmor2jussi: Yes I was wanting to know how the new arrival was :)18:46
jussidavmor2: hasnt yet arrived. due on 6th jan18:46
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gorddig deep peoples, its games for donations to charity time again: http://www.humblebundle.com - make linux look good ;)19:40
popeyit already looks pretty good19:43
gordcave story+ is maybe my favourite game of all time, i have a lot of video games, that does not come lightly. don't go a few months without playing it through19:44
davmor2gord: have you played skyrim if so what did you think to that?19:44
gorddavmor2, i basically played it non stop for about a month19:45
* daubers almost bought skyrim today19:46
daubersbut Tesco didn't have it19:46
gordbit trip runner is also exceptionally fun, as is gratuitous space battles in space19:47
gordand super meat boy19:47
DJonesIs there a way of getting ssh+irssi to accept alt+e as a tab changer instead of bringing up Terminals Edit menu?19:47
gordits a really good bundle19:47
czajkowskiDJones: not sure if you find a way can you let me know for alt f also :)19:48
DJonesczajkowski: Turns out its simple19:48
DJonesczajkowski: Edit menu, keyboard shortcuts and disable the menu access keys19:49
DJonesJust have to use the mouse to get to the menus (which I rarely use)19:49
czajkowskiahhhh now that is handy19:49
czajkowskithanks DJones19:49
popeyoooo i needed that 6 months ago19:51
popeythanks DJones19:51
mgdmI switched to Terminator to solve that issue, not realy a workaround, but the other bits are handy :)19:51
Myrttiterminator ♥19:52
davmor2czajkowski: prod19:52
czajkowskidavmor2: *wallop*19:52
* MartijnVdS plans his "Analemma photo" idea a bit more19:55
mgdmMartijnVdS: Oh aye19:56
mgdmMartijnVdS: how do you think you'd do it?19:56
MartijnVdSmgdm: First, check where it'll be using stellarium :)19:56
mgdmgood call! ;)19:57
MartijnVdSmgdm: then pick a time I can make each week or so (15:00 on a week-end also not forgetting summer/winter time changeover)19:57
MartijnVdSmgdm: then think up some kind of rig that I can either recreate each week or keep in place for a year19:57
MartijnVdSI was thinking of marking where my tripod's legs are when I take the first pic (also, all camera settings, angles, etc.)19:58
MartijnVdSoh and a NDx400 filter19:58
MartijnVdSso I can actually take a pic of the sun without frying the camera19:58
mgdmI have an ND1000 for long exposure purposes19:58
MartijnVdSshould work even better?19:59
mgdmtheoretically :)19:59
MartijnVdSah wait19:59
MartijnVdSNDx also blocks non-visible light more19:59
MartijnVdSso NDx400 > ND1000 for sun shots20:00
mgdmah20:00
MartijnVdSanyway.. that's my plan for now :)20:01
MartijnVdSconsidering using my "old" 350D body instead of my 50D because it's the sun and it might burn a hole in the sensor :)20:02
mgdmgood shout20:04
DJonesczajkowski: popey You're welcome to that20:17
jutnuxMince pies <321:02
ubuntuuk-planet[Alan Bell] ERPpeek, a tool for browsing OpenERP data from the command line - http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2011/12/13/erppeek-a-tool-for-browsing-openerp-data-from-the-command-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erppeek-a-tool-for-browsing-openerp-data-from-the-command-line21:11
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SuprEngren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning21:19
SuprEngr[that's in case you're as daft as me & nee]]21:21
gordnothing kills your interest to contribute more than a wiki that doesn't work... looking at you ubuntu wiki since forever21:56
AlanBellwhich is what happens when you have services managed by people who don't use them22:02
AlanBelland have difficulty accepting help that is offered22:02
Monotokohey guys... is it possible to get the right click menu that lets me move a window to another workspace while maximized in 11.10? It does it while a window is not maximized, but not while maximized :(22:18
popeyMonotoko: alt+space ?22:19
Monotokopopey, that did it! Thanks22:19
popeynp22:19
bigcalmpopey: you should feed tig22:20
BigRedSAnyone fancy telling me how a PHP user iterates through lines in a test file? I want to do  while($fh){ if $_ =~ /someregex/{ $line=$_; last;}  but in PHP, not Perl22:31
brobostigongood nigyht everyone, sleep well.22:33
mgdmBigRedS: $data = file('/path/to/file.txt'); foreach ($data as $line) { doStuff($line); }22:34
BigRedSmgdm: yeah, I wanted to not load the whole file in, but c+ping your line is way easier :)22:35
BigRedSIt's php, it's not supposed to be done properly ;)22:35
* BigRedS runs22:35
mgdmBigRedS: Actually you probably want file('file.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES) to trim the line endings22:35
BigRedSAh! I do! Ta!22:35
mgdmyou can do it the hard way with fread, and stuff, but... meh22:35
BigRedShaha, yeah, I assumed there was an easier way than fread. If there's not, I'll just do it that way. Thanks!22:36
BigRedSOh, actually there's a way easier way to do all of this, and it doesn't require me poking round php.net :)22:44
mgdmOh?22:46
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filo1234hi all22:57
filo1234sorry guys how can you see wich kind of server audio are you using? ( I'm on lxde session )22:58
popeywut?22:58
filo1234popey: example, on Ubuntu gnome I use pilseaudio22:59
filo1234pulseaudio22:59
popeyah22:59
filo1234but on lxde... alsa?22:59
popeyare you using lubuntu?22:59
filo1234yes22:59
popeyask in #lubuntu ☺22:59
popeyi have no idea22:59
BigRedSmgdm: yeah. rather than intercept calls to a suid binary and do different things, I'm just going to write a suid perl script22:59
filo1234I've installed lubuntu-desktop from a minimal installation23:00
filo1234popey: ok23:00
popeycool23:00
popeysounds fun ☺23:00
filo1234yeah but out of curiosity I'll like how to find server audio in use23:00
filo1234:/23:00
filo1234from shell23:01
filo1234ps doesn't say nothing23:01
moreatiEvening all, a Makefile question http://trac.edgewall.org/browser//branches/0.12-stable/Makefile includes Makefile.cfg. The latter has lines such as '''python.24 =''' and '''.python =''' (without quotes). Do these somehow affect the expansion of '''python''' in Makefile?23:09
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filo1234popey: you've saw?? I'm unfortunatly23:27
filo1234lol23:27
moreatito answer my own question, no.23:32

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