[09:24] morning all [09:35] morning [09:35] hellos [09:55] morning all [09:57] morning -uk :) [10:15] woot! Another OU assessment done [10:17] Good morning my fair people [10:26] This church has surprisingly good mobile signal. Would have thought all the lead on the roof would block it. [10:26] probably been nicked [10:27] The organ pipes must be like a phased-array antenna or something. [10:28] Or sold off by the vicar and replaced with three sheets of Mylar [10:28] Oh great, a smoker sat near me [10:29] 2nd hand smokestench for 2 hours :( [10:29] another reason for atheism :P [10:29] wait are you ircing from a sermon? [10:29] As if you hadn't guessed, am here to avert emotional blackmail repercussions. [10:30] Wifelet is a godbotherer [10:30] that's not very pious [10:31] pipe organs are the best thing about churches === gordonjc1 is now known as gordonjcp [10:32] a pipe organ is the best way to get serious bass [10:33] all the dubstep kiddies are Doing It Wrong [10:33] Mmmmmmmm, bass [10:33] And they were mentioned in Cryptonomicon which makes them practically geekchic [10:34] I do like to hear an organ being played when I stumble upon a church or cathedral (usually on holiday and visiting something grand)) [10:34] awilkins: so you'll be off to midnight mass? [10:36] Not catholic [10:36] Wifelet and child are singing [10:37] awilkins: wifelet? Are you Lord Bath? How many have you got? [10:37] morning btw [10:37] Freecycle is the best source for new and weird words. Somebody is offering a roof rack that is "adjusterable" [10:37] bigcalm: Adjustissimo! [10:37] bigcalm: hah [10:38] you know what I don't quite get about freecycle? [10:38] the 'free' bit? [10:38] the sheer number of people freecycling breast pumps [10:38] Giving stuff away? [10:38] Haha [10:38] just... what? [10:38] why would you want a used one? [10:38] is it some sort of code for something? [10:41] you should try to find out. see how many you can collect before something strange happens. I'm sure it'll make an interesting story one day [10:44] I can understand the motivation tho. it's a bit of kit that they've considered foodsafe for however long, probably hopefully) sterilized on a disturbingly regular basis, and then retired at a relatively young age [10:44] but the moment it's second-hand, it's haraam [10:46] i should put all my junk on freecycle [10:53] So far, we've had : wrath, hegemony as reward for child-murder. Who knows whats next? [11:01] Ignorance of basic biology! [11:03] to quote the internet, "you're doing it wrong". you're meant to suspend all logical analysis at the door. otherwise you'll only end up in tears. and possibily mildly offended [11:29] \o/ CHDK [11:31] good mornign everyone. [11:32] hi brobostigon [11:32] * MartijnVdS is making a time-lapse video of the sky [11:32] nice dramatic hail clouds :) [11:32] hi MartijnVdS [11:40] hello [11:40] MartijnVdS: cool, sounds interesting. :) [11:41] Lightning! [11:41] brobostigon: If you have a Canon point&shoot camera (Ixus, Powershot), look up CHDK [11:41] thats the calender and to do list add on for TB iirc [11:41] brobostigon: it's a custom firmware that runs in the RAM of the camera only (so no warranty issues) [11:42] MartijnVdS: ah, interesting, i will have a look, didnt know that was possible. [11:44] brobostigon: and it's scriptable using Lua or Basic [11:46] MartijnVdS: interesting, [11:47] I've set mine to do a shot every 4 seconds [11:48] so every minute I get 1 second of 12 FPS video [11:48] (below that, it loses smoothness) [12:03] what do i need to restore the boot loader on a computer that was dual boot winxp and ubuntu but a windows re-install has trashed the boot loader i have booted a 11.10 [12:06] zleap: grub-install [12:06] thanks [12:10] do i need to specify the first partition on the drive e.g sda [12:10] or what ever it is, [12:10] no [12:10] /dev/sda is good [12:10] ok [12:10] and grub should find where ubuntu is installed to [12:10] zleap: it knows :) [12:10] ok [12:17] ok that fails [12:17] as I am used to 11.04, how do I from a live cd mount the windows hard disk [12:17] in 11.04 theres a places menu [12:18] open nautilus, then click on it? [12:18] ok [12:26] heh [12:26] encoding h264 video [12:26] at 0.25 fps [12:26] using all my CPU cores [12:26] how many? [12:26] 4 cores [12:26] maybe it's 2 + hyperthreading [12:27] which CPU? [12:27] model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz [12:28] the i3 bit might be the issue [12:28] * MartijnVdS is saving money for an Ivy Bridge i7 in April-May [12:28] that should be able to hardware-encode h264 [12:29] MartijnVdS: http://ark.intel.com/products/46472/Intel-Core-i3-530-Processor-(4M-Cache-2_93-GHz) 2 cores, 4 threads [12:29] still, I'm surprised it's that bad - what res video? [12:31] ok typing grub-instlall results in it saying it can't find a device, is /dev mounted [12:31] i will just re-install its easier [12:31] there used to be a gui tool for this, but it's gone [12:32] zleap: you have to chroot into the installed path [12:32] how do i do tjhat [12:32] zleap: (also, bind-mount /dev and /proc and /sys) [12:32] zleap: 1 moment [12:33] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows [12:35] penguin42: those new Ivy Bridge i7 CPUs are supposed to have 6-8 cores with 2 threads/core [12:35] MartijnVdS: In the single socket ones? [12:36] MartijnVdS: You can get a 6 core i7 now I think (core extreme something or other) [12:36] penguin42: yes.. but I don't have enough money yet ;)( [12:36] yeh, they're not cheap [12:36] penguin42: hm.. Ivy Bridge "Performance" will be 4 cores/8 threads [12:37] ok, given there is nothing important on that partition, and alli wanted to do was restore grub so i could boot into ubuntu to make a live cdrom I(wndows sucks at that) would it be easier to simply make a usb flash disk boot with 12.04 and do it that way just reinstall with 12.04 [12:38] zleap: Windows 7 can burn ISOs straight out of the box [12:39] zleap: also, unetbootin :) [12:41] zleap: Hmm remember 12.04 is in alpha - anything may break and you might need to recover [12:46] penguin42, i know its on a 2nd system anyway [12:47] 2nd system effect? [12:47] i have a 2nd pc which iks space hence i have it dual boot with windows and ubuntu, so its for messing around with anyway [12:48] is spare [12:53] brobostigon: http://youtu.be/B9fyGO2i6Fk [12:54] ok windows xp sucks at that [12:55] MartijnVdS: looks good, :) [12:58] ok i am off to have a play with 12.04 which looks good in virtual box btw [13:39] brobostigon: making a new (longer) one with more cloud coolness [13:41] MartijnVdS: :) [13:42] even the import in shotwell looks amazing :) [13:42] :) [13:43] it's going to take a bit longer to encode too [13:43] (more images) [13:44] yes. [14:06] uploading.. :) [14:06] (8 minutes remaining) [14:13] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cVKL9XWZMM&feature=related :) [14:13] hey that's the background/intro music for the radio version :) [14:14] also the film, but yes originally the radio series. :) [14:14] brobostigon: http://youtu.be/5Idee9HRQrc (will be online shortly) [14:14] MartijnVdS: ok, let me look in a mo. [14:15] MartijnVdS: i like that piece of music, just the banjo, and pretty much nothing else, it is amazing really. [14:16] I think my dad might have it on vinyl - he has loads of Eagles on vinyl [14:17] MartijnVdS: it is by no band. it was made for that, by the band that did the music for the radio series, if memory serves. [14:17] brobostigon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbhAf62wfgE [14:17] brobostigon: it's by the Eagles [14:17] my fingers hurt [14:17] AlanBell: what did you do? [14:17] I need to be better at not picking up soldering irons from the wrong end [14:18] MartijnVdS: wow, interesting, i did not know. [14:18] but on the plus side, the robot circuit board is complete and ready for testing [14:18] AlanBell: A coworker has a t-shirt "If it smells like chicken, you're holding it wrong" [14:19] I was teaching the kids how to solder safely :) [14:19] lol :) [14:21] hi all.. and AlanBell ... try it when working in a friends garden... burn causes a drop of iron onto wire - daft instint makes you turn around and put one hand on ground - other on wire.... ffffthcccchhhh = ouch - bang - burn [14:22] *instinct ;) [14:36] Anyone know of a way to get Rhytjmbox [in 10.04] to open in Podcast view rather than music view. gconf no help. [15:06] aloha [15:44] dal.net is really unhappy today [16:18] people still chat on dal.net? [16:30] mattt: There is a #science that I occupy; it's not particularly busy but I don't know of another [16:39] #occupyscience [16:44] it's difficult, if you claim to be the 99% they ask you to prove it [16:44] heh heh [17:20] ☺ [17:21] ಠ_ಠ [17:21] like that one [17:25] christel: the good glögg is gone, and they haven't got any more ☹ [17:51] Nafallo: aww :( [17:54] christel: now I've got three bottles of 10% vinglögg instead of the 21% cognac laced one :-P [17:54] aww === dgjones is now known as djones [18:00] * czajkowski tickles christel [18:02] * christel bites czajkowski [18:02] * Nafallo orders chinese [18:04] oi cheeky [18:04] christel: how goes it my dear? [18:04] MooDoo: like the pics? very hit and miss but a good work shop all the same [18:05] omnomnomnomnomnom glögg ♥ [18:07] * bigcalm waves some wine around (not the same but trying to blend in) [18:10] czajkowski: not bad! not done with my christmas shopping yet mind :s [18:10] christel: oh dear what's left? [18:11] gah. stupid candle [18:16] Nafallo: are you drunk ? [18:17] czajkowski: not yet/anymore [18:19] czajkowski: it's tagged as taken at "Grenwich", which is what I'm referring to. [18:20] fixed [18:21] \o/ [18:21] the rejoicing can commence [18:35] czajkowski: inlaws! [18:38] ah lovely [18:39] i just haven't a clue what to get them [18:41] camels [18:41] no one else would have given them camels [18:41] hmmm [18:42] that's not a bad idea that... [18:43] bah. damn orange messing up my google search. wrong kind of animal to pay for... [20:10] ANybody picked up on this http://goo.gl/5VXaB Interesting review/comparison of Unity, Gnome 3 and KDE desktops, ends up putting Unity 2nd after KDE [20:19] hi [20:20] * zleap now has 12.04 dvd ready for testing [20:49] AlanBell: you about? [20:51] AlanBell: one person is getting cruddy audio from your mumble server, can't figure out why [20:52] hi [20:53] are they on the same client/platform as everyone else? Most problems I've run into with that sorta thing, have been the availability of various codecs in various implementations [20:54] we're both on 11.10 [22:12] hi [22:12] 12.04 looks pretty cool [22:41] good night everyone, sleep well. [23:06] anyone here have any samba wisdom? I can't figure out what's going wrong [23:07] don't ask to ask [23:09] I'm afraid my question really is that vague. It's not working and I don't know how to proceede [23:09] well without a crystal ball it's hard to know where to start [23:09] what have you tried? what happened when you tried it? what did you expect? [23:10] !samba [23:10] Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/windows-networking.html - Samba can be administered via the web with SWAT. [23:11] might be some troubleshoting info there [23:11] I followed the how-to instructions ( http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/install.html ) and also created a guest share. testparm says it's ok and i can connect with smbclient to localhost and it's advertised on avahi and shows up on my mac, but when i try to connect there, i get a connection failed [23:12] nmblookup -d 2 '*' returns a bunch of lines of tdb(/var/run/samba/unexpected.tdb): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/unexpected.tdb: No such file or directory [23:13] and the log file for it says [2011/12/18 22:11:30.116959, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:250(create_subnets) [23:13] create_subnets: Waiting for an interface to appear ... [23:13] i suspect i may be barking up the wrong tree, though [23:22] defH0j14 [23:31] [Gareth France] Today Britain! Tomorrow&..well, Britain I suppose& - http://cliftonts.co.uk/cubuntu/?p=23