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webpigeono/00:00
jutnuxWOO00:03
gordonjcpright, time to cut some video00:13
jutnuxI am back.00:16
zleapwb00:27
HazRPGokay I think I've managed to narrow down my sound issue a little bit00:28
tidenburg#03:14
AlanBellmorning all07:52
TheOpenSourcerermorning07:53
popeyMorning07:55
popey#club-alan07:55
TheOpenSourcerer:-D07:56
TheOpenSourcererAre you all set for Christmas popey ?07:57
djonesGood morning all07:57
TheOpenSourcerermorning djones07:58
djonesHi07:58
popeynope07:58
TheOpenSourcererMe neither ;-)07:58
TheOpenSourcererAm going to try and do some shopping today.07:58
popeyGoing to Oxford Street as usual tomorrow07:58
TheOpenSourcererArghhhh!07:59
TheOpenSourcererThat is just mad07:59
shaunosounds like a setup for some extreme ironing08:00
TheOpenSourcererAt Oxford Circus - That would be fun.08:01
TheOpenSourcererwow - Mozilla to get $300m/yr from Google for the search tie in. http://allthingsd.com/20111222/google-will-pay-mozilla-almost-300m-per-year-in-search-deal-besting-microsoft-and-yahoo/08:02
shaunodo they mention what the current agreement is?08:03
AlanBellIn 2010, Google contributed 84 percent of Mozilla’s $123 million in revenue08:04
TheOpenSourcererIt ended in Nov. Was probably about $100m by the sounds of it08:04
shaunoquite a leap then.  seems counterintuitive when they have a better browser of their own now08:05
AlanBellI don't think google mind people using Firefox at all, they don't like rubbish browsers existing08:06
TheOpenSourcererI think Google like competition too. It keeps everyone on their toes and encourages innovation.08:07
shaunojust an interesting position to be that financially dependant on your closest competition08:07
popeyTheOpenSourcerer: nah, London is dead on xmas eve08:09
popeyI arrive at 8am to have breakfast before shopping. it's lovely08:09
shaunoI'm doing my usual for christmas; 60 hours in 5 days, then I run off giggling with my pockets full of overtime08:10
popeyhttp://twitpic.com/3j04gu08:12
czajkowskialoha08:12
shaunoand then off to the UK for christmas \o/08:13
shaunoer, new years, rather08:13
MooDoomorning08:36
MooDoo-09:00
BigRedSgood morning!09:02
christelmorning -uk!09:09
MooDoomorning christel :) x09:09
christelhow are you this fine morning?09:10
MooDoonot to bad, completed the food shopping at 7:30 this morning, even then sainsburys was packed09:11
christelwell done!09:13
MooDoochristel: i was mad :d09:14
christeli can imagine, mad in more ways than one i'd say! ;)09:17
MooDoochristel: oi you :p09:18
christel:P09:18
christeli need to brave the shops and get a couple more presents today, then i may consider myself done09:19
* MooDoo gives christel a kiss on the cheek, merry christmas luv :) 09:19
MooDoolol09:19
christelwooo09:19
christelmerry christmas you! <309:19
shaunorather disappointed at how many people showed up for work today.  Came all equipped for a day's gaming :(09:31
jutnuxMorning all.09:31
AlanBellMooDoo: is there a unicode mistletoe?09:42
MooDoo⚘?09:43
popey09:43
popeyconvovulous!09:43
AlanBell⚘  doesn't look quite right, like a flower from teletubbies or something09:45
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TheOpenSourcererGood stuff: http://www.cabletv.com/doctor-who-timeline09:47
MooDoohelen mirren for the dr :D09:50
jutnuxI think the beeb should keep Amy Pond.09:52
jutnuxor whoever plays her09:52
christeli quite like amy pond09:53
swat_she's pretty hot!09:53
jutnuxIndeed09:54
christelquite09:54
DJonesCan anybody recommend an online email provider for business, we've got an antique internal pop3 email server and planning to replace/upgrade in the new year.  We've got multiple branches and people move around the branches fairly regularly, so having email online is one of teh suggestions from our IT support firm, a new exchange server is also being suggested09:57
DJonesTheir suggestions at the moment is for an Exchange server (either hosted or inhouse)09:58
swat_drussell: vpwsys.net09:58
swat_woops09:58
swat_DJones: vpwsys.net09:58
chrisjrobDJones: I've only heard good things about gmail, thinking of moving across myself09:59
drussellswat_: heh sorry to mess up your autocomplete ;o)09:59
* MartijnVdS uses gmail. ♥ it09:59
chrisjrobto be clear, already use gmail for personal, but considering for business09:59
chrisjrobvery affordable + probably the best anti-spam10:00
DJonesI was thinking a domain based gmail could be an option, would certainly have advantages, but all suggestions welcome10:00
chrisjrob+ office + excellent webmail10:00
chrisjrobhard for anything else to compete tbh10:00
chrisjrobcurrently I just set-up a postfix vps for email10:01
swat_DJones: have nothing but praise for vpwsys.net, very clued up guys, reasonable prices10:01
swat_though the google solution could work, depending on how much you trust them10:01
chrisjrobwell there is that10:01
AlanBelland whether you have jurisdictional issues10:01
chrisjrobalthough the enterprise terms of service are supposedly that much more reasonable10:01
swat_AlanBell: pangolin all done and running10:01
AlanBellyay10:02
swat_AlanBell: and i have to say, mightily impressed so far, it's like ocelot but a bit less 'sticky' :)10:02
popeyhurrah10:02
DJonesswat_: Just looking at the Agility Mail service, would probably cost £6K per year for the pro service for 40+ email addresses10:03
DJonesAlthough it does talk about bespoke for more than 10 email addresses10:03
chrisjrobyikes10:04
chrisjrobDJones: how many users?10:04
DJoneschrisjrob: 40+10:04
chrisjrobah okay, sorry10:04
chrisjrobsame as us10:04
chrisjrobwe have about 5010:05
chrisjrobvery very happy with a bytemark vps + postfix + dovecot10:05
chrisjrobusing the bytemark greylisting anti-spam solution, which is dirt cheap10:05
DJonesSome of which have very large mailboxes, we're in the holiday industry, so multiple emails overseas daily with brochures etc10:05
chrisjrobDJones: depends what you mean by very large, our largest around about 3gb10:06
swat_DJones: it's probably worth emailing them with some requirements - as you say, they do bespoke solutions10:06
popeyTo the cloud!10:06
chrisjrobour total annual cost is about £70010:06
chrisjroband that's because I massively overspecced the VPS10:06
chrisjroband so far zero downtime10:06
chrisjrobsince 200710:07
* jutnux upgrades to pangolin10:09
popeyyay jutnux10:09
popeyeveryone is doing it ☺10:09
swat_popey: yup yup!10:10
jutnuxsudo apt-get dist-upgrade right?#10:10
jutnuxIt's early in the morning and my brain doesn't function10:10
popeyno10:11
popeyupdate-manager -d10:11
popeyor10:11
popeysudo do-release-upgrade -d10:11
jutnuxGotcha10:11
popeyto upgrade to Precise Pangolin10:12
jutnux15 minutes remaining \o/10:13
zleapyay i now have a tab on firefox that lists episodes of uupc10:14
popeymine took about 3 hours10:14
jutnuxFirefox :-(10:14
popey\o/ firefox10:14
popeyi switched back from chrome to firefox10:14
jutnuxI don't know whether I look it or not10:14
drussellfirefox ftw10:14
jutnuxlike10:14
jutnuxChrome keeps being a biatch10:15
andylockran:)10:15
jutnux700kb/s a second10:15
jutnuxFastest my Internet has everrrrrrrrrrr been10:15
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:16
bigcalmGood morning peeps. Anybody bothering to do any work today?10:17
andylockranbigcalm: yep :D10:17
andylockranI'm working on using the percona toolkit to check data integrity in MySQL replication.10:17
DJonesbigcalm: For a change, I am :)10:18
DJonesAlthough whether investigating hosted email counts as work is another matter :)10:18
dwatkinsof course it does10:18
dwatkinswell, unless you're a primary school teacher or something else unrelated10:19
dwatkinsWork is anything that helps me help my customers. I consider listening to podcasts as work, even though I do it in the car on the way to work.10:19
DJonesJust looking at Google Apps to see if that is a feasable option10:20
dwatkinsI may switch my domain away from GoDaddy thanks to them supporting SOPA.10:20
AlanBellwe have a bunch of domains there10:21
popeyyeah, I'm considering the same myself10:21
popeyghandi seem popular alternatives10:21
andylockranI like gandi10:22
MartijnVdSgandi.net is wonderful10:22
andylockranfree glue records :D10:22
* MartijnVdS sniffs some glue records10:23
dwatkinschangeip were a cheap choice a while back, not sure what their stance on it is10:24
dwatkinsI'm still amazed it's even come to this10:24
jutnuxdwatkins: Creator of CheezBurger is moving his 1000 domains from GoDaddy.10:24
dwatkinsjutnux: yeah, among many others from what I understand - they still seem to be saying it's not making any difference to them, although that may just be them ignoring the issue10:25
popeyhim moving 1000 domains does mean nothing to them10:26
popeyhim _telling_ everyone he's moving 1000 domains is another thing10:26
dwatkinsindeed, a drop in the ocean in real terms, but yes, the impact of the whole boycott should be significant10:26
bigcalmConsidering that Apple also support SOPA, where's the boycott?10:27
jutnuxI've never bought an Apple Product.10:27
jutnuxApart from an iPod which I got for Christmas.10:27
dwatkinsMicrosoft does too, but I imagine many of us boycott them already ;)10:27
bigcalmApple is more than just hardware10:28
bigcalmQuickTime, iTunes, Safari, etc10:28
jutnuxI honestly doubt SOPA will pull through.10:28
dwatkinsIt doesn't look like it's being stopped, jutnux :-/10:28
jutnuxIf it does, I guess TOR will be used more often.10:28
dwatkinsTor is made illegal by SOPA.10:28
jutnuxIt is ridiculous.10:29
dwatkinsSo was privatising the postal system.10:29
jutnuxMeh, never send post.10:29
jutnuxIt'll be a bad choice for America anyway, all of the companies will move somewhere else.10:29
bigcalmAnybody considered that GoDaddy will make a pretty penny from all of the transfer fees?10:30
dwatkinsindeed, although many companies already have callcentres in cheaper countries etc.10:31
jutnuxPerhaps. The call centres are being moved back to the UK though.10:31
popeybigcalm: once10:31
popeyrenewal fees are for life ☺10:31
jutnuxMicrosoft aren't supporting SOPA I don't think.10:32
jutnux1 hour to install the upgrades, you kiddin'?!10:34
dwatkinsI think they are a member of a business group which supports it, which means they support it by implication.10:35
dwatkinsjutnux: yeah, I much prefer speaking to someone in my timezone10:35
zleapif they were really against I guess they would be more vocal about it,  end of the day they object to piracy too10:35
dwatkinsyeah, the trouble is it can be so easily misused without due process10:36
andylockranyep10:37
shaunoI think that's why most companies are tied on it.  it is a problem would benefit from a solution10:37
shaunobut the currently proposed solutions are majorly broken10:37
zleapthe whole issue on piracy is a joke i tried to report a trader a few years ago,  selling pirate dvds.   police not interestedf, cinema not interesed either trading standards website so complex,  it was our local monday market site,  now local trading standards officers would know where i mean,   i gave up with their website as i had no address or details10:37
zleapi am not going to bother in future for exactly the reasons above10:39
dwatkinsThey're trying to attack the tools used to pirate media, when those tools also have legitimate uses. They should be looking at the reasons people copy stuff, and how they can make it pointless, e.g. making stuff available online cheaply10:39
zleapexactly10:39
jutnuxIf I'm honest, I don't want to spend £15 on a DVD.10:39
dwatkinsof course this cuts out the middlemen, who are the people trying to hold onto their business which is outdated10:39
zleapwhy can i buy a 50 blank dvds for 4.99 and yet get charged 15 quid for a dvd with a movie onit10:39
jutnuxnetflix would've been a choice except it's not on Ubuntu.10:40
dwatkinsgranted, I like having boxed sets of DVDs, but I'll happily pay a couple quid to watch a film online, or a few episodes of something when it comes out10:40
bigcalmzleap: you're paying for a licence to view the content, not the physical media itself10:40
bigcalmzleap: it's the same for audio CDs and software10:40
zleapbigcalm, its still a rip off10:40
bigcalmzleap: the customer never owns what they have bought10:40
dwatkinsespecially as DVDs fail after a few years of use, scratching etc.10:41
popeyi dont buy DVDs any more10:41
shaunoI very rarely buy physical media anymore10:41
popeymy policy is 'if i am likely to watch it 3 times in my life, I'll but it'10:41
bigcalmI get other people to buy me blu-ray ;)10:41
dwatkinspopey: do you rent stuff, itunes etc.?10:41
jutnuxI only watch films once.10:41
popeyi have itunes stuff recently10:41
* zleap buys ubuntu cd's mainly10:41
popeybut more often I just dont bother10:41
popeyI watch on demand on virgin10:41
popeyfor the trip to the USA last year I filled an iPad up with films from itunes10:41
bigcalmpopey: does that give you access to all films ever made?10:42
popeywas _so_ easy.10:42
popeyno, but i dont want to watch all films ever made10:42
bigcalm*grumble*10:42
popeyi want to watch _something_10:42
zleapi gues the same is for e-books,  i guess10:42
shaunothat's what's failing big media at the moment.  I don't care see purchases as paying for this film, that album anymore.  I see it as paying for convience10:42
bigcalmThat's why we still buy odd films now and then. Mostly from our youth10:42
popeyi still buy the odd thing but not much10:42
popeyi have the classics like 2001, star wars etc10:43
jutnuxStar Wars \o/10:43
popeybut new stuff I just watch in HD and thats it10:43
popeyI'd probably have bought Tron Legacy if I didnt rent it twice ☺10:43
jutnuxI have never seen it.10:43
bigcalmOnce we have a decent way of streaming media to the TV in the sitting room, then I'll be happy to stop buying DVDs. But I'm not there yet10:43
* zleap has limited funds so will buy a film if I really like it, I can go to the cinema cheap on a tuesday then if I really wnat to buy the movie I wil, usually when its been out for 6 months and costs <1010:43
popeybigcalm: Ubuntu TV!10:43
popey:D10:43
bigcalmpopey: when is that released? ;)10:44
popeyyou mean 'when is that started'10:44
bigcalmAlso, there's something fun about browsing the shelves10:44
bigcalmHaha10:44
shaunothis is just asking for a boot, but I love my appletv :/  the software is pants, I replaced it with xbmc.  but the box itself is lovely10:44
popeyyeah, i can understand that shauno10:45
shaunoso far it's the only box I found for the telly which passes the neuroticly-tidy SO test10:45
bigcalmThat's why I stopped using MythTV. The computer I built for it didn't fit in the TV cabinet10:46
popeyshame the apple tv only does 720p10:46
shaunomy telly only does 720, so that was a minor quibble for us10:46
bigcalmWhen I did replace it with the Revo and boxee, we rarely used it as it required faffing about10:46
MartijnVdSI use my Samsung TV's built-in video thingy10:46
shaunoI wish someone would do a cablecard gizmo for that stuff10:47
MartijnVdSit does mkv (h264, aac, ac3, dts, even the "hd" variants)10:47
bigcalmReduce the number of remote controls please! We already have 4 in use10:47
MartijnVdSbigcalm: logitech harmony \o/10:47
shaunoa cablecard with an arm & xbmc.  that'd be perfect10:47
popeyis that badu?10:47
chrisjrobput mythtv in the garage, and use your TV to play mythtv10:47
chrisjrobworks very well, for some reason the picture wuality is greatly improved10:47
chrisjroball you need is a DLNA TV10:48
chrisjroblike samsung10:48
chrisjrob"all share"10:48
jutnuxAllshare <310:48
shaunoI'm not buying a new telly for something a $99 box can do :/10:48
dwatkinschrisjrob: I'm considering something like that, it would be nice to get it top integrate with my Sky box too10:49
dwatkinsMy TV does DLNA, thankfully.10:49
chrisjrobonly problem I have hit is that I have transcoded my entire music collection to ogg, which samsung cannot play10:50
chrisjrobto think, I had it all in mp3 format10:50
chrisjrob*sigh*10:50
dwatkinsI saw a Panasonic 3D TV with DLNA the other day, I much prever the menus on the Bravia.10:50
shaunoyou transcoded lossy to lossy for a compatibility and quality hit, just because you wanted ogg?10:50
chrisjrobshauno: well i re-rippped rather than transcoded, but yes10:51
shaunoah, that nerfs the quality arguement then10:51
dwatkinsI hope you did so at a nice high bitrate ;)10:52
chrisjrobi was ill in bed for a week with pneumonia, felt like crap, but i could just about hit the buttons to rip my music10:52
chrisjrobit took almost the entire week10:52
shaunoI don't have originals to rip from anymore.  I've bought three CDs since .. 2002.  and anything I had before that is in a box in my father's attic10:52
chrisjroband now I waish i hadn't10:52
chrisjrobI think I need pneumonia again10:53
dwatkinsor a CD Changer ;)10:53
shaunoput it off until you build a new machine.  then throw it all at it in one huge batch job as a) burn-in, b) justification for buying unimaginally fast hardware :)10:53
chrisjrob:)10:54
dwatkinshttp://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/automated-cd-ripper.jpg chrisjrob10:54
dwatkinsassuming the CDDB has them all, that is10:54
chrisjrobactually, I looked into backing up my music collection online, and it worked out that the cost of so doing was higher than the cost of subscribing to an unlimited music download service, should such a catastrophe ever befall me10:55
dwatkinsI keep two copies my my media, it's simpler to buy another 2 TB disk and just copy the directory10:55
chrisjrobdwatkins: how delightfully hacky10:55
dwatkins*of10:55
jutnux31 minutes \o/10:55
dwatkinschrisjrob: yeah, I'd be tempted to build one if I had enough CDs I cared to rip10:55
chrisjrobdwatkins: and you store that off-site...10:55
dwatkinschrisjrob: yep, 400 miles away10:56
chrisjrobdwatkins: well done :)10:56
dwatkinsrecovery might take a while, of course10:56
dwatkinsanyway, it's just media, nothing personal (I don't have kids who have made musical recitals I've captured on video or anything, my brother loses that kind of thing occasionally, though)10:57
dwatkinsif you have only one copy of data, be very careful which power adapter you connect to your external disk enclosure.10:57
dwatkinsHe fried the PCB on the disk and the internals of the disk itself10:58
zleapouch10:58
zleapi know someone who did that with a portable cd player,  he got from the US, plugged a different adaptor in, wrong voltage and it burnt out10:58
popeychrisjrob: upload your music to google music?11:00
dwatkinsat least that would have just fried the player and perhaps a single CD, this was a 350 GB disk  with a bunch of mp3s of his kids :'(11:00
jutnux:-(11:01
jutnuxGoogle Music is only in the US isn't it?11:01
dwatkinsoh and pictures too - I suspect he might try and recover the disk when he has a spare couple hundred quid11:01
chrisjrobyes, i looked into that11:01
jutnuxBecause I'd love to use it.11:01
dwatkinsThere's Amazon's music service too, but I think you pay if you have a lot of music11:01
dwatkinsGoogle will probably make their service available in the UK soon.11:01
zleapyeah i should get a 2nd hdd really to back up the first one11:03
dwatkinsrsync for teh win11:03
zleapsever small drives is somehow better than 1 big drive11:03
dwatkinsheh, I can't talk about the advantages of speed, my media is connected to my "server" (a netbook) via USB ;)11:03
DJonesMooDoo: Are you around for a pm?11:04
MooDooDJones: as long as it involves christmas cheer :D11:04
zleapyeah data recovery is exensive, i went to a talk by the vancouver lug in 2006, you are talking megabucks for firedamage esp as they can take the hdd apart and put it back to gether again11:04
DJonesCheers :)11:04
dwatkinszleap: yeah, I think it starts at the high hundreds/thousands11:05
zleapyeah11:05
zleapthis was back in 200611:05
zleapit was a really interesting talk,  and they use lots of Linux / free tools to do it :),  whicj is why there were at a lug meet11:05
dwatkinsI asked about it at a similar time on behalf of a customer in my last job11:06
shaunoI heard itunes match launched in the UK, so I can't imagine amazon music is far behind; it's mostly the same agreements with the same labels11:07
shaunoer, google music, rather11:07
popeyhope so11:07
popeyI am uploading my entire collection to google music ☺11:07
shaunobarely related, but I'm looking forward to seeing what netflix' offering looks like over here.  they're slated to launch within the next quarter11:08
zleapcool11:08
shaunoespecially interesting for me as lovefilm don't do RoI, netflix have already said they are11:09
dwatkinssilly lovefilm11:09
dwatkinsI like the idea of being able to watch online by paying a subscription11:10
dwatkinsnot that they have the best films, but it's a good start11:10
zleapwhy don't lovefilm do Roi11:10
jutnuxSpotify for Films would be amazing11:10
zleapesp as there is a linux client in development ( i think)11:11
dwatkinsI thought it was just a flash application11:11
jutnuxNope.11:11
jutnuxThat's Grooveshark dwatkins11:11
* dwatkins notes the existence of screenclick in Ireland11:11
jutnux10 minutes \o/11:11
dwatkinsjutnux: I thought I'd played films off the lovefilm website via my browser before with no plugin11:11
dwatkinswell, no non-standard plugin11:11
jutnuxOh right, thoguht you meant spotify.11:12
jutnuxSorry.11:12
dwatkinsahh11:12
* daubers needs to remember how to set the answerphone message thing at work again11:12
daubersstupid BT pbx thing11:12
dwatkinsBT make a lot of stupid hardware ;)11:12
bigcalmPBX rock!11:12
dwatkinsmy home hub regularly throws me offline11:12
bigcalmNo, BT resell a lot of hardware made by other companies. BT are the MS of this world11:13
dwatkinstrue, they make it available then11:13
dwatkinsI should put my D-Link in its place, I suspect that'll work much better11:13
palnyo11:13
dwatkinsoioi11:14
palnwhat's this about routers?11:14
dwatkinsMy BT home hub 2 disconnects me a couple times a day11:14
palndwatkins: leave me alone I don't know you :P11:14
bigcalmo.O11:14
palnjutnux I know from yesterday11:14
dwatkinsI didn't touch you ;)11:15
palnbigcalm: lol11:15
daubersReally want to replace the BT thing with an asterisk box11:15
palndwatkins: isn't that kind of impossible over the Internet anyway?11:15
dwatkinspaln: indeed11:15
daubersbut the cost of desk phones for voip things is a bit steep at the moment11:15
palndaubers: asterisk box?11:15
daubers!info asterisk11:15
daubers:(11:15
lubotu3asterisk (source: asterisk): Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX). In component universe, is optional. Version 1:1.6.2.9-2ubuntu2.1 (natty), package size 2894 kB, installed size 9320 kB11:15
daubers:)11:16
palndaubers: lol, almost fail11:16
* dwatkins wanders off to find a sandwich11:16
daubersWhy is that still on natty?11:16
daubersping AlanBell11:16
paln!seen AlanBell11:16
lubotu3I have no seen command11:16
palnWHAT?!?!11:17
palnpoo...11:17
dwatkinsexcellent, firefox supports google queries in the address bar now11:17
dauberspaln: He'll respond when he has a moment11:17
palndwatkins: nice. now all the major rower are cheating the omnibox11:17
paln*browsers11:17
dwatkinspaln: cheating the whatnow?11:18
palnthe Omnibox from Google Chrone, where URLs and searches are in one field11:18
* daubers ponders upgrading his laptop to precise11:18
dwatkinsyes, what is cheating about this?11:18
jutnuxFirefox isn't11:18
brobostigonchrome/chromium*11:18
daubersWill have the christmas hols to fix it if it borks if I do it now11:19
palnbrobostigon: meh, I'd only use chromium if I wanted a super-fast erosion of chrome11:19
palnit doesn't hog as much ram11:19
jutnuxdaubers: Doubt it'll bork11:19
paln*version11:19
brobostigonpaln: i corrected youre spelling.11:19
bigcalmbrobostigon: you're11:19
palnmy iPhones autocorrect is beginning to bug me11:19
dwatkinsyou can turn it off11:20
daubersjutnux: No, but better safe then screaming in panic because it did :)11:20
bigcalmbrobostigon: your11:20
bigcalm(Correcting myself, correcting you)11:20
jutnuxdaubers: Perhaps :-)11:20
jutnuxScience In Action \o/11:20
brobostigonbigcalm: good point,11:20
palnbrobostigon: no you didn't11:20
* daubers presses "Upgrade" and waits11:20
palneven though I did misspell it as "Chrone", not Chrome11:20
* bigcalm sends out emails to disappoint customers. Holiday starts in 1h 39min!11:21
palnwait, how do you upgrade to Precise Pangolin?11:21
jutnuxBrb, need to restart :-D11:21
jutnuxpaln: update-manager -d11:22
palnok11:22
brobostigondo-release-upgrade also works.11:22
palncos in the update manager settings I only find it notifies me of either all releases or onlyLTS ones11:22
bigcalm12.04 is still in alpha, it won't show itself to you unless you dig11:25
palnok then11:25
daubers!12.0411:26
lubotu3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) will be the sixteenth release of Ubuntu. Codename announcement here: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/784 | Discussion and support in #ubuntu+111:26
daubers!alpha11:26
dauberspaln: Running 12.04 may present breakage as, like Grolsch, it's not ready yet11:27
palnregarding damn small Linux, is there any way to install new packages?11:27
palnI can't seem to find any documentation on the distro :/11:27
bigcalmNot sure how much help you'll get for it in an Ubuntu channel11:28
marcushaslamyea will be good i think11:28
palndaubers: and I'm not one for testing, so I'm  still on 11.1011:28
palnbigcalm: lol obviously11:28
palnjust a query11:28
daubersjabber \o/11:29
MattJjABBER \O/11:29
MattJ!11:29
palndaubers: what's jabber even like?11:29
MattJI really need to disable my caps lock key11:29
daubersheh :)11:29
MartijnVdSpaln: like Google Talk, mostly11:30
palnMattJ: you just did11:30
MattJpaln, I mean disable it entirely... so pressing it does nothing :)11:30
daubersMattJ: I'm rebuilding the doorbell! Slapping it on MQTT this time, and building an MQTT to XMPP gateway :)11:30
dwatkinsIsn't DSL a Debian?11:30
MattJdaubers, woohoo!11:30
palnMattJ: why would you do that?11:30
MattJdaubers, what's the gateway written in? :)11:30
MattJpaln, because I only ever press caps lock by mistake11:31
daubersMattJ: (python....)11:31
palndwatkins: based on knoppix gentoo ad Debian11:31
daubersWaiting for my xbee's to turn up for it11:31
jutnuxUpgraded, yaya11:31
MattJdaubers, XEP-0114 though?11:31
dwatkinspaln: right, so if it's Debian-based, you should be able to use apt-get11:31
daubersMattJ: Not seen that one11:31
MattJdaubers, or it's connecting to the server as a client?11:31
palnbut if you decide to install normally rather than frugally, it installs "like a Debian distribution would"11:31
daubersMattJ: It's connecting as a client to both servers11:31
MattJGotcha11:32
andylockranLD11:32
daubersMattJ: Think I'm still using prosody as the xmpp server.... not poked it in ages11:32
MattJ:)11:33
palnjutnux: what's 12.04 like atm?11:34
jutnuxpaln: Ok for me.11:35
palnjutnux: any real change in stability ?11:35
jutnuxpaln: Not really, seems a bit faster imo.11:36
palnjutnux: really? might try it out then :D11:36
jutnuxIt is now the desktop's turn to be upgraded.11:37
palnmeaning...?11:37
palnoh right different pc haha11:37
jutnuxThis week in tech, 2 hours long \o/11:40
palnso what led you guys to Linux?11:42
BigRedSI was asked to download 1/6th of a set of Redhat CDs off Kazaa by a guy I was at school with11:43
palnomg Kazaa11:43
palnmemories...11:43
BigRedShaha, yeah11:44
popeyhehe11:44
popeyI was told about it in ~1994 by a beardy guy at college11:44
popeyi said it will never take off11:44
BigRedSWe got the CDs together at somebody's house, I spent about four days trying to get it to work and gave up. I tried Mandrake a few months later and that seemed to work11:44
popeyit was slackware iirc11:44
palnI got into it when my sister broke the old computer I have by trying to install Wondows XP on t hen it only has 128mb of ram11:44
shaunoI picked up linux because everyone I knew got windows 95 but my machine wouldn't run it.  so I went and found something else to play with11:45
MattJI couldn't afford Windows XP (and didn't consider it worth paying for)11:45
palnso when he reverted back to WinMe, I had to reinstall the drivers for the scanner11:45
MattJPartly I couldn't afford it because it was above the specs of my computer11:45
dwatkinsI installed Linux because I wanted to learn about unix-like kernels back in 199411:45
palnthat was my first real experience with tech11:45
shaunoheh, linux will never take off?  It's been the year of the linux desktop for the last 8 years running!11:45
BigRedSI had no idea what a unix-like kernel was for the first few years of Linux use11:45
MattJshauno, the year of the Linux desktop was 2008, and I'm sticking to that :)11:46
palnso I got interested and after pondering around heard about Linux and downloaded Ubuntu 10.0411:46
palnMattJ: too right11:46
palnso many people are using it yet they've never heard of it11:46
palnit just about the publicity11:47
shaunoI got slackware 3.3 from my electronics teacher.  and then had to borrow a second floppy drive from him because my machine didn't have enough ram for the installer's ramdisk :(11:47
palnregarding whether anybody realises they're using it11:47
palnshauno: lol11:47
jutnuxI installed Linux for a play around in late 200911:48
bigcalmI attended an 'Introduction to Unix' course in '95. We used Red Hat 5 and learnt about sed and awk11:48
MattJYou're making me all feel old11:48
palnjutnux: what distro?11:48
MattJbigcalm, ah, thank you :)11:48
jutnuxUbuntu, obviously.11:48
palnMattJ: that's cos me and jutnux are teens11:49
palnjutnux: just checking :/ jheeze11:49
MattJSpeaking of which, who's for FOSDEM?11:49
jutnuxSorry :(11:49
shaunodid anyone else end up on djgpp?11:49
bigcalmIt's great that it appeals to all ages11:49
jutnuxbigcalm: We're just nerds11:49
palnMattJ: what?11:49
MattJhttp://fosdem.org/11:50
* BigRedS intends to have work send him11:50
AlanBellhi daubers11:50
jutnuxWhere do you work BigRedS?11:51
palnFOSDEM looks interesting11:51
BigRedSin a datacenter in cambridgeshire11:51
jutnuxbELGIUM :-(11:52
palnso does anyone know when the next kind of meeting is ?11:52
BigRedSIt's but a train ride away from London :)11:52
palnI hear they have them every so often11:52
palnthey bein you guys11:52
palnand other Ubuntu Linux freaks11:52
BigRedSthere's an approximately-monthly happy hour11:52
BigRedSwhich is in a pub, it moves around the country11:53
BigRedSI can't remember where January's is11:53
palnBigRedS: yes I heard about that11:53
palnI am from London11:53
jutnuxI am from Norwich.11:53
shaunoI like the way you describe that.  I picture ubuntu itself as being on a never-ending drunken stumble that way11:54
palnjutnux: :o no chance meeting one another then11:54
jutnuxIn 3 years when I have a car :-)11:54
shauno"ubuntu happy hour .. last seen heading past the watford gap.  if found, please return to .."11:54
BigRedSpaln: ah, they're in London more often than not generally11:54
palnwhat's the legal age in this country? 16 or 18 for driving?11:54
BigRedSshauno: haha!11:55
jutnux1711:55
BigRedSpaln: 17 IIRC11:55
palnBigRedS: lucky me!!!11:55
palnIIRC?11:55
BigRedSIf I Remember Correctly11:55
palnoh ok11:55
palnthen 3 or 4 years till I get a car11:56
dwatkinsyeah, 17 to get a provisional license11:56
palnok cool11:56
dwatkinsalso, Norwich is pretty close to London as far as I'm concerned, I live in Edinburgh ;)11:56
shaunoI'm not a huge fna of cars for things like that.  I'd rather national stagecoach so I can nap11:56
palndwatkins: argh, it's a Scotman!11:56
dwatkins115 miles - I could do that without stopping in a couple hours11:57
paln(no offence)11:57
BigRedSNorwich is pretty close to Edinburgh as far as I'm concerned - I grew up in London :)11:57
bigcalmHah11:57
dwatkinspaln: no, I grew up near Reading, Berkshire actually :-p11:57
palnoh...11:57
jutnuxI think you should all come to Norwich11:57
jutnux;-_11:57
BigRedSI still believe that anything outside of the M25 is entirely theoretical, despite now living there11:57
palnBigRedS: same11:57
dwatkinsjutnux: what's there?11:57
dwatkinsBigRedS is therefore entirely theoretical11:57
palnBigRedS: jahahahahahaha11:58
shaunowell, gravity is theoretical ..11:58
feisar_hi, if I want firewall rules to be persistent after a reboot do I need to get the UFW service to start on boot?11:58
BigRedSOh. I'd missed that.11:58
BigRedS:(11:58
palnshauno: true :/11:58
BigRedSfeisar_: yeah11:58
BigRedSyou'll boot with a 'standard' set of iptables rules, and then UFW will apply its own when it starts up and reads its config11:59
palnsho does anyone know of any kind of decent computer classes11:59
palnlike programming and shit11:59
dwatkinspaln: have a look at Stanford's video lectures11:59
palnnot "here's how you use MS Access!"11:59
dwatkinsbut please watch your language on this channel11:59
feisar_BigRedS: thanks, so how, using upstart do I set it to start on boot?11:59
BigRedSfeisar_: Ah, that I'm not so sure on! :) I'll have a look, hang on11:59
palndwatkins: ok... personally I don't consider that swearing11:59
palnand I never swear tbh12:00
dwatkinsfair enough, paln, just letting you know it's a family show :)12:00
palndwatkins: haha ;)12:00
dwatkins...and logged publically12:00
feisar_BigRedS: thanks, I have been looking but can't seem to work it out12:00
palndwatkins: oh yea, I forget that12:00
palnwell I'll betraying out Damn Small later, but bye for now12:01
dwatkinsenjoy :)12:01
paln* be trying12:01
shaunostanford have a bunch more of those starting in the new year.  CS 101, crypto, it's looking good12:01
palndwatkins: I'll try whilst trying :D12:01
palnshauno: cool, will have to check them out12:02
dwatkinsshauno: I signed up for that, looks very interesting12:02
* paln is happy now12:02
* paln is leaving 12:02
* paln says bye again12:02
palnbye12:02
shaunomy only beef with them, is I wish they'd put them all under one domain so I could find them!12:02
zleappaln, for programming classes I would suggest a good book and a commuity such as this,  if you grab a resource that others also use, then you can ask for help and refer to a specifc page or website12:02
jutnuxbye12:02
jutnuxBooks suck12:02
jutnuxWatch youtube videos12:02
zleapwell book / resource12:02
BigRedSfeisar_: apparently, update-rc.d still works12:02
palnI like wibit.net ATM12:03
BigRedSso update-rc.d ufw defaults12:03
BigRedSshould do what you want, assuming the service is known to upstart as 'ufw'12:03
zleapbooks you can make notes in12:03
shaunobooks are fantastic, if you use them right.  find an itch to scratch, and work from there.  if you just start at the front of a book, you'll be bored senseless before they've got past hello world12:03
BigRedSthis is the annoying thing about Ubuntu changing the bootup method every fortnight - it's hard to find docs on the particular version you're using :(12:03
shaunoI thought ufw handled that itself when you do ufw enable?12:04
shaunoor was it always in my startup, just de-flagged in /etc/default somewhere12:04
BigRedSshauno: oh. Perhaps. I just checked for the current version of update-rc.d and it seemed to be update-rc.d12:04
* BigRedS remembers about /etc/default12:05
* BigRedS gets more coffee12:05
BigRedSfeisar_: yeah, check for a file /etc/default/ufw and see if its' disabled in there12:05
BigRedSI know Shorewall's disabled by default - it's a sensible thing to do with a firewall12:05
shaunoI know if I do 'ufw disable', that persists across reboots.  so it's toggling something, somewhere12:05
dwatkinsheh, lovefilm asks me to install silverlight, but allows me to use flash anyway12:07
shaunoit just tells me that irish creditcards don't count :(12:07
directhexdwatkins: lovefilm goes SL-only in january iirc12:08
jutnuxhttp://imgur.com/9Tz8K12:08
dwatkinsdirecthex: oh bah, I guess I'll be cancelling my subscription then12:08
jutnuxhttp://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/godaddy-faces-december-29-boycott-over-sopa-support.ars12:09
directhex"Flash software will continue to run alongside Silverlight until the first week of January 2012, so that everyone has time to make the switch"12:10
directhexhttp://blog.lovefilm.com/uncategorized/why-were-switching-from-flash-to-silverlight.html12:10
jutnuxSilverlight12:10
jutnuxOh my God12:10
jutnuxThat's like stepping back 8 years12:10
jutnuxAs I believe was said in the UUPC12:11
feisar_BigRedS: OK, I just rebooted (it's a new server) and the rules have held, despite 'service --status-all' showing a '?' against ufw12:11
feisar_so it looks like 'ufw enable' is all that's needed12:12
directhexit's weird, considering microsoft have more or less killed SL12:13
jutnuxSL is so bad12:13
BigRedSfeisar_: ah, cool12:13
feisar_BigRedS: thanks12:14
shaunoSL's really not that terrible.  it's just 10 years too late for content to depend on proprietary plugins12:14
shaunoI don't break out in hives just because it's msft; but I do react about the same as if a page had just told me to install realplayer12:15
BigRedSfeisar_: no worries, I think it was you and shauno, I just confused things :)12:17
shaunoif they'd delivered SL back when the bbc popped up a box with 6 different options when you tried to view a video, I'd have loved it12:17
BigRedSOh man, I forgot about realplayer12:17
bigcalmThis last bit of the working day is going very slowly12:28
shaunolast bit?  I've got 6 hours left :(12:29
jutnuxHaha.12:30
jutnuxI have to go round my grandma's in 4 hours, voluntarily :-(12:30
bigcalmHalf day \o/12:30
bigcalm30mins to go12:30
bigcalmI'm only really in my office incase the phone rings12:30
awilkinsYeah, the work week is ending.. then the real work begins12:30
bigcalmToo right :S12:30
* awilkins is a Grinch and a Scrooge12:30
bigcalmI need to wrap Hayley's presents12:30
awilkinsThe week off would be quite nice if it wasn't for Christmas12:31
bigcalmAnd a bah humbug to you too :)12:31
jutnuxUbuntu is using less ram than my Arch installation. This is gewd.12:31
shaunoI don't do the week off bit.  I'm working the next 4 days.  leave christmas to the folks with families12:34
jutnuxshauno: :-(12:36
shaunonah.  someone needs to rack up all the overtime :D12:36
zleapback later guys12:37
jutnuxAdios!!12:37
Seeker`For the first time in ~15 years (apparently) the company isn't giving us a half day on the lat working day before christmas12:38
dwatkinsbah12:38
chrisjrobSeeker`: same here12:39
chrisjrobbut then I guess it makes sense12:39
awilkinsIt makes sense to a certain kind of mentality12:41
awilkinsI would imagine the amount of productive work that it's possible to do is limited12:41
dwatkinsPeople are doing work today?12:41
chrisjroblol12:42
shaunodon't I look busy?  all this typing!12:42
chrisjrobirc'ing == work12:42
dwatkinsI'm kidding, I'm just as busy today as I've been the rest of the week.12:42
awilkinsIf only that meant you were working ...12:42
shaunoI do consider irc working, in a roundabout way12:43
awilkinsOh definitely. IRC is useful to me in a work capacity12:44
awilkinsA shame our policies think of anything other than our flaky Office Communications Server as the work of Stan12:45
shaunoI have a very reactionary job.  unless either something breaks, or they need a native english-speaker to write documentation, my main concern becomes staying awake in case something breaks12:46
awilkinsI'm disproportionately excited by the trailer for The Hobbit.12:46
* jutnux watches the trailer12:47
MartijnVdSshauno: get a buzzer hooked to nagios, that way you can sleep until things break :)12:47
shaunowe used to have a rather large beeper12:49
shaunobut now we've been moved into the same cubefarm as a few other teams, so we're not allowed to make loud noises :(12:49
MartijnVdSshauno: that doesn't stop people around here12:50
MartijnVdSOne big "open office", more shouting than ever12:50
shaunosurprisingly little shouting here.  I tend to throw toys at people to get their attention12:51
MartijnVdSSteel firetruck toys12:51
shaunomostly because I struggle pronouncing a lot of these names12:51
MartijnVdSAren't most people called "OI YOU" anyway?12:51
awilkinsRig a USB missile launcher to pepper you with nerfules when an alarm goes off?12:52
MartijnVdSor something that sends an electric shock through your toes12:52
bigcalm7 mins to go - Excuse me while I rip the phone out of the wall12:53
christelHO HO HO12:54
* bigcalm puts a fiver in christel's hat12:54
christelwhy thank you12:54
jutnuxOk guys, just installed 12.04 on my desktop and I get "Ubuntu is running in low graphics mode"12:54
jutnuxI boot to the recovery prompt and I can't select any options12:54
shaunoactually, nerf could work.  we still have a box that trips a dry contact, after a disasterous "integration" attempt12:54
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feisar_hi all, does a ufw on lucid firewall ipv6 too?14:25
brobostigonyes, but you need to tell it to do it, the ufw instructions on the wiki say how,14:25
feisar_brobostigon: thanks, i'll check the wiki14:26
MartijnVdSalso, /usr/share/doc/ufw/ should have some14:26
brobostigonfeisar_: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW14:27
zleaphi14:31
jutnux12.04 mucked up my partition table and everything :-P14:32
MartijnVdSjutnux: how?14:32
MartijnVdSit didn't for me..14:32
jutnuxI have no idea.14:32
jutnuxJust going to put ubuntu 11.10 back on14:32
jutnuxHave 12.04 on my laptop  though14:32
palnhey again14:40
shaunoI'm on lucid, and I don't need to specify v6 for most rules?14:46
MartijnVdSshauno: because ufw-v6 is off by default?14:46
palnyou guys are still discussing ufw?14:47
MartijnVdSnot much was discussed in the last few hours :)14:47
shaunohm, I couldn't tell you what default was anymore.  it's been some years14:47
palnso anyways, what else is going on around here?14:49
shaunoit seems most are enjoying the real world today14:54
MartijnVdSReal what?14:54
brobostigonit is raining hard here. :914:54
brobostigon:(14:54
MartijnVdSit's raining a little here :(14:54
palnIts raining slightly here14:54
MartijnVdSBut my 1cm x 3mm neodymium magnets arrived :)14:54
shaunoI'm on the atlantic coast of Ireland.   It's been raining for years ..14:54
MartijnVdSshauno: 8-)14:54
palnwell, it was puring down earlier14:54
palnMartijnVDS: I want some Zen Magnets14:55
MartijnVdSshauno: luck of the irish?14:55
palncute little fellas they are14:55
palnthey're neodymium aswell14:55
palnbut are spherical14:55
MartijnVdSah, mine are discs14:55
MartijnVdSN4214:55
shaunothe spherical ones look interesting for making buckyballs14:56
palncool14:56
palnyou should check these guys out http://www.zenmagnets.com/14:56
MartijnVdSpaln: I just order them from ebay for €5 for 20 :)14:56
palnshauno: they come in different brand names, one of them actually being BuckyBalls14:56
palnyou've also got NeoCube and NanoDots14:57
MartijnVdSor cheap Chinese ebay sellers ;)14:57
palnhaha14:57
palni ordered a Rubik's Cube from China14:58
paln4 quid, + 21 dollars p+p14:58
palnso £1414:58
shaunomy love for cheap chinese vendors may be all that's still keeping an post in business14:58
MartijnVdS€5 + free shipping on 20 magnets :)14:58
palni only got it 'cause i speedcube, and it's a decent one14:58
MartijnVdSOh magnets + sugru = win btw14:58
palnthe China Post tracking service is absolute rubbish though14:58
palnsugru?14:58
MartijnVdSsugru.com14:58
palnah14:59
* brobostigon goes to find some beer.14:59
* paln wants something to discuss14:59
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: Hmm.. you make a good point :)14:59
palnI need to actually enter the Linux scene14:59
brobostigonMartijnVdS: :)14:59
palnI'm beginning to think I'm more of a designer than a coder14:59
palnbut i've always wanted to code15:00
MartijnVdSpaln: What's stopping you?15:00
palnlearning C atm15:00
* brobostigon returns with franziskaner :)15:00
MartijnVdSTry starting with Python or Perl, then go to C later when you've mastered the basic concepts :)15:00
palnMartijnVdS: not much, other than secondary school :D15:00
shauno(please note that 'or perl' is probably an in-joke)15:00
MartijnVdSshauno: Perl is not bad.15:00
palnI've mastered stuff like pointers and array-like strings15:00
MartijnVdSshauno: ♥ Perl15:01
palnmeh, i guess i'll start with Python15:01
palnbut i'm learning C atm so i'll finish that online course first ;)15:01
BigRedSI learnt Perl and now I'm struggling to come up with a reason to learn C15:02
palnBigRedS: really?15:03
palnwell, i'll make my own way15:04
BigRedSI've not yet had anything to write that's particularly better suited to C than Perl15:04
BigRedSthat's no reason to not learn C15:04
BigRedSit's just a good reason to learn Perl :)15:04
shaunodon't get hung up on languages so much. learn to program.  that's the important bit15:04
shaunocarpenters don't learn to hammer.  the tool is just a detail15:05
BigRedSyeah, it's worth noting, too, that I'm not a programmer15:05
swat_first bug on pangolin raised :D15:06
* paln is hungry, so is going to eat pasta!15:06
shaunosounds like a plan15:08
acperkinsI ended up learning bits of C because Perl wasn't on any of the company's Windows PCs I looked after.15:25
* paln has finished eating15:30
palnthat was yum15:30
palnanyways, what's this about Perl not being on windows?15:31
palnI've compiled Perl scripts in Windows a few times15:31
palnor is Perl a program is well as a language?15:31
paln!seen15:31
lubotu3I have no seen command15:31
palnwhy does this channel's bot not have a seen command?15:32
brobostigonhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ml0g/broadcasts/upcoming15:32
zleapperl for windows http://www.perl.org/get.html#win3215:32
zleap!seen paln15:32
lubotu3I have no seen command15:32
zleap!lastseen paln15:32
zleappaln, not sure15:32
palnzleap: so Perl IS a program!15:32
zleapyes15:33
palni didn't know that15:33
palni dont' actually know that much about programming15:33
zleaphence you get !/bin/perl at the start of scripts15:33
zleapor something like that15:33
palnthe first "language" i learnt was HTML15:33
palnthen a teeny bit of JavaScript15:33
zleapwell its a start15:34
palnthen i attempted XML15:34
palnbut being 7, i sisnt really understand it15:34
paln*didnt15:34
zleapi find having a focus is a good way to learn something15:34
palnyeah...you have to have a decent interest in the subject15:35
zleapit would be good to get as many young people like you together to learn languges online15:35
palne.g. i'm excellent at biology but i hate it15:36
palnironically15:36
palnlol, i appreciate that15:36
paln;)15:36
zleapI have a meeting (hopefully ) with one of the people at my local youth centre regarding me helping to set up a programming group,  talking to you here, is like giving me more of an idea that there IS a need out there15:36
zleapand that teachers simply can't hack doing it15:36
palnwell, there's always room for improvement15:36
palnbut you have to start in order to improve15:37
palntrue -- teachers never do seem to understand the kids15:37
palnit's more on a need-to-know basis15:37
acperkinsI've never tried compiling Perl programs, or Python though I've heard it can be done with reasonable success15:37
zleapthey are too focussed on exams, etc15:37
paln"oh, this kid needs help, let's see what i need to do" kind of thing15:37
zleapi think perl is a script15:38
zleappaln  yes exactly15:38
palnzleap: yeah, exams are a lot of stress15:38
palnwhich is why I do /BTEC/ IT15:38
palngives me more time to review my work15:38
acperkinsI wish there had been programming groups when I was still in school, or real Comp Sci courses instead of "IT"15:38
palnrather than worry about getting everything perfect on one occassion15:38
zleapand as i said before,  are no how it is in the real world,  in the real world even ubuntu coding, you get help from others for your code15:39
palnthey mark your coursework, you see15:39
palnso it's more like reality, in a vague sense15:39
palni hate the fact it isnt what i imagined it to be15:39
palnas a result, ive got people who have no idea what an if statement is in my class15:39
palnand why had to use them in MS Excel on the first day15:40
zleapi think something like gold, platenum ingots would suit you,   with those you need to do X hours contribution to an OSS project15:40
palnmaybe, but i kinda get hung up on my schoolwork15:40
zleapschools could offer ingots at a vastly reduced cost compared to normal exams15:40
palnit would be better if schools allowed students to change their subjects at any time througout the academic year , imho15:40
palnbut for a valid reason, obviously15:41
palnwhat are ingots, btw?15:41
palni've heard the term before...somewhere :/15:41
zleaphttp://www.theingots.org/15:41
MooDoohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingot15:41
MooDooooops lol15:42
zleapnp15:42
AlanBellIan Lynch's qualification thingie15:42
palnMooDoo: haha a light piece of metal15:42
MooDoothat'll teach me for coming in halfway through a conversation :D15:43
palnAlanBell: will look into it sometime15:43
palnMooDoo: too true15:43
palnComputer Science needs to be today's IT15:44
zleapthis country is too far behind and has too many people saying MS is everything,   and everything else is insignificant15:44
palnIT needs to be renamed15:44
zleappaln, that is what the people behind raspberry PI are saying, it also needs to come from young people15:44
acperkinsI think the government are trying to push Comp Sci into schools now at last15:45
zleapwell you need two courses one IT being office stuff the other being COmpter science which is programming etc15:45
palnzleap: rightly so, yet we don't really have anything in our power to do that15:45
palnzleap: i thought they did that15:45
zleappaln, what about youth parliament15:45
shaunoIT really needs to be split in half.  basic computer literacy and CS are two entirely different subjects now15:45
palnacperkins: since when?15:45
zleapalso they are meant to listen to young people more15:45
palnzleap: they are meant to, yet they dont15:45
palnthe probability of this situation being beneficial is far too low atm15:46
acperkinssaw it in the news recently, I will dig up a link15:46
palnshauno, it already is, but they spparently don't offer Comp Sci as a GCSE/BTEC subject in secondary schools atm15:46
palnacperkins: thanks a lot if you can ;)15:46
shaunowell that's what I mean .. there's no distinction at gcse level15:47
zleapi agree, i tried to promote a group for young people a few years ago,  run by young people,  however thje youth worker was more concerered if young people will understand my flyer and what was on it15:47
palnyes, just A** to F--15:47
zleaptry to reach out to techie people via non techies is impossible15:47
palnzleap: that's the main issue; some kids are really informed opn the tech world, whereas most atm don't have a clue15:48
acperkinshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/06/michael-gove-computer-science15:48
zleapits the few we need to bring together15:48
paln...they just know how to use the Internet and (hopefully) how to stay safe on it15:48
palnzleap: precisely, and I think launchpad is doing a good job at that15:48
paln...we just need more people15:48
zleapi will see what i can do in the new year15:49
palnsocial netowkring is already a major part of daily lifestyle, it just needs to rack in those talented few15:49
palnzleap: why should all pitch in15:49
AlanBellrewired state and young rewired state is great for that15:49
zleapit does not help when the national grid for learing (or the south west one) block freenode15:49
AlanBellthey do really fun hack days15:49
palnnext week, my schedule's booked with homework15:49
palnAlanBell: "rewired"?15:49
AlanBellhttp://youngrewiredstate.org/15:49
palnzleap: do they?15:50
zleapAlanBell, yeah but we need to promote these things and like i said reaching out to techies via non techies is hard,  if we can bypass the non techies life would be much easier15:50
palnoh right, NGfL15:50
palnthey always cause issues15:50
palnAND they managed to block the proxy side of Google Translate15:50
AlanBelllook carefully and you might spot asenceur and issyl0 int the video15:50
zleappaln, they seem to at ourlocal library (its chat)15:50
palnso proxy's are a total no-go now :/15:50
zleapAlanBell, i know them from DFEY15:50
AlanBellDFEY is also great15:50
zleapit funny as they block chat via free node but not the chat server the dclug use15:51
palnzleap, Google + should start to do a good job with circles15:51
palnthe people you know are interested can be notified immediately, and then we can cause a chain reasction15:51
paln*reaction15:51
zleapAlanBell, yeah,  this is what I was trying to promote a while back,  and failed as I had to try to explain to a youth worker about it15:51
zleapthey are paranoid about online groups15:52
palnzleap: that's because they deal with paranoid people most of the time15:53
zleapyeah15:53
paln(no offence to them)15:53
palnbut google+ needs to lower their age limit 1st15:53
palnit still age>=1815:53
zleapi know if I could put a good flyer in a school I would probably find one or two young people like you15:53
zleap1815:53
shaunoI think that's a simple case of them simply not understanding the medium15:53
zleapits usallyu down to governments15:54
zleapi know facebook is 1315:54
palnhmph, pesky legal15:54
palnyep, which is why everyone has it15:54
shaunoif all you know of online groups, is your never-ending struggle to stop friends posting pictures of you drunk, then you're going to be very wary of any productive value15:54
palnbut i already have a google account and dont want to make another simply so i can fack my age15:54
paln*fake15:54
palnshano: im 1415:55
palnshauno, see above15:55
shaunoI mean the people you say are paranoid of online groups15:55
palnso that's highly unlikely HAHA :D15:55
palnah, right, that's another matter15:55
* AlanBell signs up as a YRS mentor https://docs.google.com/a/rewiredstate.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHBBb2psMk1oNXF3MXRlWjVsZG9uTVE6MA#gid=015:55
zleapseaching through the google+ terms and conditions it says "2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services"15:57
zleapnot of legal age to form a binding contract with google,  that does not say anyone 13 and above can't use it15:58
palnyes, but here in the UK the legal age is actually 16 unless otherwise stated within the Terms of Use and EULA15:58
palnthat is , afaik15:58
zleaphmm, so why can you signup to facebook at 13 here15:59
zleapsounds like it does not say in an explicit way and therefore is open to interpretation15:59
paln...unless otherwise stated within the Terms of Use AND EULA16:00
palnthe Google+ EULA is fine in this country16:00
zleapok16:00
palnTerms of Use are universally responsible16:01
shaunoI really have no idea why plus can't come down to 13 to meet COPPA.  this contract stuff smells like a red herring16:01
zleapi know people under 13 can't use IRC or freenode due to US law16:01
palnone document for every nation16:01
palnwhereas the EULA can be specific to a certain area16:01
palnGoogle need to sort out the US legal16:01
palnso the age can be lowered universally16:02
palnzleap, really? yet another thing i didnt know16:02
zleaplol,  you can't sign up to google + due to your age but you can view pages16:02
palndoes that only apply to the US though (IRC and Freenode)16:02
palnzleap: that's what proves the EULA is fine16:02
zleapnot sure,  are they gonna check16:02
palnthey being...?16:02
zleapfreenode16:03
palnah16:03
zleapor anyone,16:03
palnoh...16:03
paln016:03
palnwoops16:03
shaunoit's any service that provides a uniquely identifable identity (or collects uniquely identifiable data).  as long as the entity falls under US jurisdiction16:03
palnshauno: thanks16:03
zleapthanks16:03
palncos my 10 year-old cousin uses IRC :D16:04
zleapi don't have a problem with that16:04
shaunoit can go below 13 with parental consent, but the methods for proving it was a parent are fairly difficult to do at scale (besides the creditcard barrier, which introduces hurdles of it's own)16:04
zleapi am sure ops don't either,  they DO have a problem with people that are rude, or offensive ,  and I am sure the would rather spend time dealing with people like that than young people here following the rules on behaviour16:05
zleapthe = they16:05
palnshauno: of course16:05
palnbeen there done that16:06
palni've faked being my parents once or twice16:06
palnzleap: quite right -- at least, i would hope so16:06
zleapfrom what i have heard ops have a real hard time of it sometimes16:06
shaunoI moderate on another network, where we try to make as little a deal of it as possible.  unless they're silly enough to tell us their age directly.16:07
zleapyeah sound a good policy keep people on your side doing that16:08
shaunowell, there's no sane way to age-check on irc at all.  but if you find people saying "10/f/florida" in public channels .. I've no hard feelings if they can't reconnect.  probably for their own good.16:09
zleapthing is all this goes against the idea that the free software community are open to everyone16:09
zleapwell asking asl on irc is not apreciated anyway16:10
shaunoto some extent, it isn't, and I don't think it ever has been16:10
shaunoit's a meritocracy .. you can travel as far as you like on your own worth.   if your worth is a negative value, you'll still find doors closing in front of you16:11
zleapwhy is it important how old you are,   we are having a fare more intellegent conversation here than other forms of net communication16:11
zleapfar16:11
palntrue16:17
zleapanyway i have so far created a mini flyer for ubuntu youth, and included one of those QR codes,  on it,16:18
zleapso hopefully i can give those out to people16:18
palnnice16:19
zleaphttp://www.zleap.net/portfolio.html16:20
jutnuxBack16:21
jutnuxI know you all missed me16:21
zleapwb16:21
jutnuxzleap: How old are you?16:22
zleap3616:23
jutnuxAh16:23
jutnuxDid you found the Ubuntu Youth thing?16:23
AlanBellit is a good age to be :)16:23
zleapthanks16:23
zleapyeah, google search16:24
zleapbasically so I could grab the graphics and promote it a little16:24
jutnuxGuess I better join the channel :-P16:25
zleapthat was quick16:25
zleap /join #ubuntu-youth  I think16:26
jutnuxYeah I just restarted XChat.16:26
zleapok16:26
zleapto add to problems, local library don't like flyers with links to chat rooms either,   i just wondered if young people are faced with the same barriers when promoting stuff16:28
jutnuxI can't promote anything16:29
jutnuxPeople don't trust kids16:29
shaunoI know email is the last bastion of old farts, but have you considered a mailing lists like google groups offers?  You can have a fully transparent archive that way, which is probably more parent-friendly16:31
jutnuxThe problem is that most children use parents / their own laptops and the maintainer wont let them change naything.16:31
jutnuxanything.16:31
jutnuxIf the libraries provided an ubuntu machine this might change.16:31
zleapthe only library i have seen running linux is one in georgetown ontario, i only noticed due to seeing an gtk error message on the screen16:32
zleapwell the mailing list for ubuntu-uk is archived publically I think16:33
AlanBellit is16:33
shaunoit is, but I don't think mailman is the most user-friendly beast out there16:33
shaunoif you're looking for people with techie parents, sure16:34
AlanBellshame the raspberry pi won't run Ubuntu16:34
zleapyeah16:35
AlanBellhowever it will run python and other stuff16:35
zleapbut it is still running Linux16:35
zleapwhich is a good thing,16:35
jutnuxDo you reckon someone will hack together a version of Ubuntu for the PI?16:35
zleapprobbaly16:36
zleapgcc should be able to compile it for arm16:36
zleapi guess16:36
AlanBellnope16:36
shaunofrom what I gather, it's a fairly large amount of work16:36
zleapthat has never stopped people, they do it for the challenge16:36
jutnuxI'm going to get one just to use round other people's houses.16:36
jutnuxAnd school, I wonder if that'll work :-P16:37
zleap:)16:37
AlanBellbecause there is stuff in Ubuntu that uses stuff in the ARMv7 instruction set and the pi has ARMv616:37
zleapwell hopefully schools will get them16:37
jutnuxNah16:37
AlanBellanyway, Ubuntu wouldn't run well on it, even if it did work a bit16:37
AlanBellit would also set the wrong expectations for the device16:38
jutnuxAnyone know what OS it is running?16:38
jutnuxOr is it just CLI?16:38
shaunoI believe schools getting them is one of the larger end-goals.  the primary goal is to get enough traction that someone wants to underwrite it first16:38
AlanBellit will run fedora and debian and various other builds of operating systems16:38
jutnuxDebian \o/16:38
shaunoeg, right now it's a bbc micro without the bbc :/16:38
AlanBellthe main storage is just an SD card so very swappable16:38
jutnuxSounds amazing16:39
AlanBellshauno: they really really want to fix that16:39
zleapand the expansion boards look cool too16:39
jutnuxNo bigger than a credit card too!16:39
zleapthing is even though its not running ubuntu,  we can still help them with stuff,  esp if its running debian,  as the packaging system is the same16:40
AlanBellyeah, it could run a lot of common stuff that is in Ubuntu16:40
AlanBellbut don't expect to use it as a desktop computer16:41
AlanBellit is a tinkering toy16:41
zleapyeah16:41
zleapi just hope that it does well, and gets people interested in development16:41
AlanBellI think it was a great decision to ship it without a box to cover up the clever bits16:41
zleapor hacking in the old sense16:41
zleapif I get one will probbaly see if I can take it in to the after school club i work at, they have a tv in reception classs they use for the WII,  so maybe i can get the kids playing tux racing or something16:43
jutnuxI'm going to get one16:43
jutnuxand feel like a major badass.16:43
jutnuxYou know what's funny16:45
zleapif anything it will get through to people there is ANOTHER operating system out there other than windows and mac16:45
jutnuxWikipedia domains are on GoDaddy.16:45
zleapjutnux, that could be interesting16:45
zleapesp if they decide to move16:45
jutnuxThere's a reddit post with 700 comments16:46
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zleapI just get the impression that most people are not aware of it,  and if they are they do not understand it enough,  those of us that do understnad it either do something or like us in the UK can't do much16:47
jutnuxStackOverflow is moving away from GoDaddy.16:47
zleapa lot of people are16:47
zleapbut this mass migration away needs to be on public forums so the rest of the population see it16:47
matttwhat's the deal w/ godaddy?16:48
shaunoI disagree with that to a large extent16:48
zleapthey support SOPA16:48
matttoh16:48
zleaphence people are moving their domains away from them16:48
AlanBellI just got a domain renewal thingie from godaddy for votegeek.org.uk16:48
AlanBellmight try out the domain migration on that16:48
zleapsounds good, and tell em why16:48
jutnuxNSFW: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy-ceo-elephant-hunt_n_843121.html16:48
zleapmaybe it will get the message to some suit at the top they are misguided16:48
shaunothe huge problem is that far too many people who are actually calling the shots, don't "get" the internet at all.  making more noise online isn't all it's cracked up to be in this case16:49
zleapi found the anonomous thing on you tube basically saying they know everything about the people that support SOPA and will act,   I think 2012 could be a really interesting year16:49
shaunofocussing on godaddy has the potential to pull one name off the support's list.  that really only affects godaddy, not SOPA16:51
jutnuxGoDaddy will probably change their mindset.16:52
zleapits not just go daddy that users are pulling away from if another hosting company is supporting SOPA then related projects or groups will pull from them too16:52
zleapjutnux, yeah but at what cost to them16:53
jutnuxzleap: Well if they don't move they're going to lose lots o' money.16:53
shaunobut how much does that trickle down to the people debating the bill?  convincing one small business owner to call their local representative, makes a lot more difference than convincing 1000 people to move their domains away from one SOPA supporter16:54
shaunoI fear people are getting distracted fighting the wrong fights16:54
zleapwhat i meant was teven if they back down, the damage could be done,  people may lose trust in them and go elsewhere,  and then tell others16:54
zleapshauno, well any action is better than nothing,  but you are right,  i think there is other action being taken that is similar its just not gettingi on to forums16:55
jutnuxshauno: People in the UK cannot do much so they can boycott the companies that support it.16:55
shaunothe reps that 'get' the online response are almost all already on the right side.  the real fight is offline16:56
zleapand write to MPs urgening them to reject similar acts here16:56
zleapurging16:57
popeyjutnux: not true17:01
popeyi have contacted US senators before ☺17:02
popeyand some reply ☺17:02
MartijnVdSpopey: "You're not in my constituency. Shut up."?17:02
popeyhah17:02
jutnuxOh right.17:02
jutnuxWhy does my Cat hide underneath my bed :-(17:02
shaunoI have an SSN & a zipcode.  they'd actually have a fairly unreasonable time proving I'm not local17:03
shaunounfortunately I have handwriting that makes doctors look educated, so I tend to shy from these things lest it be mistaken for some abstract art / death threat17:04
zleapwell british citizens can write to the US senators when it comes to things like the death penalty,  so why not this17:05
MartijnVdSyour handwriting looks like mismatched letters cut from magazines?17:05
shaunoit's got bad enough, that my signature on the postman's touchscreen thing is actually pretty accurate17:05
zleapI am sure that is happening in the case of gary Mckinnon (or what ever his name is)17:06
shaunooutside of a restraining order, I'm fairly sure you can contact anyone, to some extent.  it just holds more weight if you're local .. or better yet, employ locals17:07
zleapyeah17:07
shauno(or even better .. spend obscene amounts of money "lobbying"17:07
popeyzleap: thats very different he's a british citizen17:07
palnwhat happened in the last ten minutes?17:07
MartijnVdSshauno: I wish I had obscene amounts of money :(17:07
palnmy internet went down17:07
zleapI know but people are still writing to the US congress about it17:07
popeylots17:07
zleapyeah lots17:08
popey!logs | paln17:08
lubotu3paln: Official channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/17:08
* MartijnVdS has shiny magnets17:08
zleapwe are dicussing SOPA and if we can write to US congress / senators about it17:08
zleapamong other things17:08
jutnuxAlong with the GoDaddy boycott17:08
zleapyeah17:09
shaunoI'm all for raising awareness online; I just think that poking americans to contact their rep should be the default position, rather than just trying to see how many you can roll into a relatively localized boycot17:10
shauno"if you have a rep, do $this.  If you don't, spread the word to someone who does"17:10
shaunoelse you just end up with a bunch of sabre-rattling on various online forums, and all the disconnected old men discussing the bill are (literally) none-the-wiser17:11
palnjutnux: who's boycotting GoDaddy and why?17:11
jutnuxpaln: Reddit, Imgur, ICanHazCheezburger17:12
jutnuxLoads of other companies.17:12
jutnuxHopefully wikipedia17:12
zleapI iwll be bakc laer17:12
palnbut why???17:12
popeypaln: google + godaddy boycott + sopa17:12
MooDoopaln: because godady support sopa17:13
zleapback later17:13
shaunothis time, because they're publically supporting SOPA.  the time before this, it was something to do with the owner shooting rhinos.  the time before that, was because all their advertising seemed to occur on tightly-fitting tanktops.  godaddy are no stranger to controversy17:13
popeylets not go through this all over again17:13
palnah...that makes them fools17:13
MooDoo:D17:13
palnreally?17:13
palni always thought they were alright17:13
palni agree, you've got it logged17:14
palni can read over17:14
palnit17:14
shaunothey're the walmart of domain registrations.  for everything they get wrong, the price is right.17:14
palnhaha17:14
palnplease dont say Wal-Mart17:14
palnwe have Asda17:14
jutnuxAsda \o/17:14
palneven though they own it17:14
paln:/17:15
shaunoI never found asda to be anywhere near as despicable tho :)17:15
palnwhy do people contantly use "\o/" on IRC but nowhere else?17:15
AlanBellwe moved all our domains to godaddy because we got screwed over by uklinux.net which kind of folded and the owners just gave up on it17:15
palnis it just unknown to the outside world?17:15
palnshauno: fair enough, i guess17:15
AlanBellwanted to move our domains to somewhere big that specialised in domains17:15
jutnuxnamecheap17:16
palnAlanBell: good choice, you dont' want to be registered with someone who'll just give up /ignore their members after a month or two :D17:16
palnplus, GoDaddy tends too be pretty cheap at times17:16
jutnuxThese other hosts are loving the new way to get business17:16
palnbrb17:16
jutnux"Use the code STOPGODADDY to get 20% off today!"17:16
AlanBellname.com looked OK from a cursory inspection this morning17:16
shaunoI like ghandi, but they kinda fail on pricing17:17
christeli have a fair few domains with godaddy, i also have some with gandi17:17
AlanBellalso godaddy is getting more and more annoying with their attempts to upsell stuff to you17:17
palnim bak :/17:17
christeli like gandi, but as many have pointed out, godaddy tends to win on price17:17
palnthat was ridiculously quick17:17
AlanBellI am not particularly price sensitive, it isn't many domains17:17
palnjutnux: (Y)17:18
christelgandi are decent, and you can harass them in #gandi! gotta love the french17:18
christelthey're also Mad about FOSS17:18
christel:)17:18
shaunogandi won out for me on technical grounds; they were the only big-name registrar I could find that let me put ipv6 entries in my NS glue17:18
AlanBellI have 16 domains at godaddy17:18
palnAlanBell: whoa17:18
palnwho needs that many sites?17:18
AlanBellsome I don't need, they were for old projects17:19
palnalbeit, you do run a major part of ubuntu-UK17:19
shaunoMr Cheeseburger apparently has 1000+ he's holding over their heads.  I found that rather disturbing17:20
palnshauno, uh...wtf?17:21
shaunothe chap behind 'icanhazcheeseburger'17:21
AlanBellASTORYFORBEDTIME.COM GIVEHUGS.NET LIBERTUS.CO.UK NAKEDCOMPUTERS.ORG OSITIVE.CO.UK OSITIVE.COM PLANETA11Y.ORG POLYFRIENDS.ORG.UK SOFTWAREFREEDOM.BIZ STROLL2SCHOOL.COM STROLLTOSCHOOL.COM THEOPENLEARNINGCENTRE.COM VOTEGEEK.ORG.UK WEBBOOKBLOG.COM WEBBOOKHQ.COM WEBBOOKHQ.ORG17:21
palnyea, i kno who he is but why would he have so many17:22
paln???17:22
shaunoI assume it's either a profitable tactic to have as many spammy lolcatz sites as possible17:22
shaunoor he has an issue with vodka+impulse shopping17:22
palnjust to redirect you to the main URL haha :D17:22
AlanBellpeople get them for ideas they think of and keep them rather than let them go17:23
AlanBellsome of mine never got used17:23
AlanBellositive was a possible company name, but we ended up with libertus17:23
AlanBellgivehugs.net hasn't been implemented yet17:23
shaunoI have some that never got used, but convincing my webhost suddenly fail at comprehension when I try to stop renewing them without cancelling my service altogether17:23
shauno(that was a sentence in my head. sorry - long day)17:24
christelaww givehugs.net17:27
palnshauno, no wonder it made no sense to me17:27
christelhow sweet17:27
popey17:15:21 < paln> why do people contantly use "\o/" on IRC but nowhere else?17:27
kvarleyDoes anybody know of any software which can read from a USB OBDII device? OBDII is a connector system for cars which lets you view faults and realtime information.17:27
popeydo it on skype17:27
popeysee what happens17:27
popeykvarley: google probably does17:28
jutnuxSkype <317:28
shaunopopey: hopefully not much.  It'd be rather rude for people to comment on his tourettes'17:28
popeyeh?17:28
shaunoif someone used \o/ as punctuation in person, that'd be my first suspicion17:29
palnpopey: i know what it is17:29
christeli frequently throw my hands up in the air irl17:29
palni just dont see it often17:29
christelboth in glee and frustration!17:29
palnin fact, only on IRC17:29
directhexlike you just don't care?17:29
popeypaln: i didnt say you didnt know what it was17:29
christeldirecthex: haha <317:29
palnits like its only used here17:29
popeypaln: my point was it is used on skype too17:29
palnah17:30
palnhehe sorry17:30
christelAlanBell: give me all your hugs17:30
popeyhence me saying 'do it on skype see what happens'17:30
christeland tell me about your poly friends, are any of them cute and may i borrow them17:30
popeyyou get an animated man17:30
shaunoah, I thought you meant on camera. Now I see why my response was odd17:30
palnpopey: really? that's unusual17:30
daubersI GOT MY PHONE BACK FROM THE MENDERS!!!!!17:35
palnwould you rather learn to program by starting with code and then moving on to writing GUI apps, or writing GUI apps in a simple way and then examining the concepts in setail afterwards?17:35
daubers\o/17:35
palndaubers: what phone?17:35
* daubers waits for it to update17:35
palne17:35
AlanBellchristel: *hugs*17:36
daubersn900 goes back in the cupboard of DOOM!17:36
AlanBellrun out now17:36
shaunopaln, I tend to find a real-world problem I want to fix, and work backwards from there.  If I've no motication to see/use the end results, it gets old quickly17:36
christel\o/17:36
* christel hugs AlanBell 17:36
AlanBellchristel: polyfriends was an elgg social networking site for St Polycarps17:36
christeli appaear to have 110 domains with godaddy17:36
AlanBellnever quite got going though17:36
christelAlanBell: oh! i assumed there was er, less networking and more key swapping based on the domain name17:37
* christel blushes17:37
AlanBellgivehugs.net will be cool17:37
AlanBellchristel: nope, I am sweet and innocent17:37
daubersheh17:37
popeyLIES17:37
christelmy dreams, all shattered yet again!17:37
* christel tickles AlanBell 17:37
AlanBellnakedcomputers.org is also sweeter and more innocent than it might sound to the uninitiated17:37
christelyeah? what's the plan for givehugs? :)17:37
christelis it like flattr but with more hugs?17:38
AlanBellit will be a non-evil "like" button17:38
AlanBellor a +1 button17:38
christelooh17:38
jutnuxJust make it +o17:38
jutnuxor +<>17:38
christelnono, \o/17:38
* christel hides17:38
* popey just realised he's out in AlanBell's neck of the woods this evening17:39
AlanBellorly?17:39
christelpopey: oooh?17:39
shaunoI'm a little miffed that I'm finally in the UK next week, and HazRPG is leaving the country 6 hours before I get there17:40
palnshauno, haha17:40
paln:D17:40
palnunlucky much?17:40
shaunoI'm not sure there's luck involved.  I think he planned it.17:40
popeyhttp://g.co/maps/8f446  <- there17:41
palnshauno, no unlucky that you're arriving a little late :P17:41
palni find it funny that there are so many people on this channel yet only 8 people are actually talking17:43
christelpopey: lobster pot?17:43
AlanBellpopey: that pub has the worst B&B rooms in the world17:43
christelit is also 200 metres from my house17:43
christelBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA17:43
christelbe afraid17:43
christelbe very afraid popey17:43
christel;)17:43
AlanBellooh, maybe it isn't the one I thought it was, not stayed there17:43
palnchristel: lol maybe not by coincidence17:44
jutnuxNaked Scientist show \o/17:44
monsterwizardwait what?17:45
christelAlanBell: we should go be obnoxious at the table next to popey and just accidentally bump into him17:45
* christel nods17:45
shaunothat can't be safe.  Eye protection, people!17:45
monsterwizardjutnux where?17:45
palnwhat are we even discussing at this point?17:45
palni didnt see anyone change the subject17:45
popeypaln: please.17:46
* paln is confused :S17:46
shaunonaked scientists and popey's lobster.  sometimes, clarification isn't all it's cracked up to be17:46
jutnuxNaked Scientists is a podcast.17:47
jutnuxA good one too!17:47
palnpopey's lobster???17:47
palneven more confused :D17:47
popeyi like naked scientists17:47
palnjutnux, might check it out17:47
* popey kicks gpodder17:47
* jutnux is using gPodder \o/17:47
AlanBellcould someone remove this picture of Brian Cox from my mind please17:48
jutnuxThe mullet one?17:48
monsterwizardwhy?17:48
monsterwizardthat guy is awesome17:48
monsterwizardand sexy :o17:48
christelAlanBell: is this one of brian cox wearing nothing but a lobster?17:48
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popeyhttps://gpodder.net/17:48
popeywe're in the top 10 :D17:49
christel(could be worse, could be alan cox wearing nothing but a lobster)17:49
paln#817:49
* AlanBell thinks "wearing nothing but a lobster" could be meme-worthy17:50
monsterwizardis gpodder good?17:50
monsterwizardDoes it actually update?17:50
popeyhttp://gpodder.net/user/popey/subscriptions   <- my subscriptions17:50
popeyyes monsterwizard17:50
palnAlanBell: maybe it could be a meme17:50
monsterwizardI'm having trouble finding a good podcast catcher17:50
popeyget gpodder, it is good17:50
AlanBellwow, never knew there were so many podcasts17:50
kvarleypopey: Found some software written in python which should work, I will also be able to use CLI tools =] Gonna be saving some cash and avoiding the drive to the garage, win win!17:51
popeyyay17:51
popeyAlanBell: this is where itunes is great for podcast discovery17:51
monsterwizardwow that's a huge list17:51
popeyhandy to have it sync the list up to the site17:52
jutnuxI just downloaded Popey's list from his blog and added some of my own17:52
palni reall need to get into the community17:52
paln*really17:52
palnkind of feel on my own :(17:52
shaunoyou're missing The Bugle!17:53
popeyhttp://www.thebuglepodcast.com/ ?17:53
shaunothat's the one  (altho they're shedding The Times in the very near future)17:53
* popey adds http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/rss/thebuglemp3.rss ta17:54
monsterwizardif i delete all the possible epidoses will it still update for newer episodes?17:54
jutnuxWhat is the bugle?17:54
popeyyes17:54
monsterwizardcool17:54
popeyjutnux: look up about 4 lines17:54
jutnuxOh yes17:55
shaunoit's a weekly (well, most weeks) rip-on-the-news type comedy, which ers on the side of complete absurdity17:55
popeyexcellent17:55
popeyi quite like andy z17:55
popeyprefer his sister tho17:55
Seeker`popey: would you like him better if he were wearing nothing but a lobster?17:55
shaunoI don't like this meme anymore.  make the bad man stop!17:56
* shauno googles unicorns17:56
jutnuxIs Brian Cox on the naked scientists?17:56
jutnuxSounds like him17:57
popeyno jutnux18:00
popeythey say their names at the start of the show!18:00
MartijnVdSalso, Brian Cox has quite a recognisable accent18:01
AlanBellwhat is a good thing to associate with mp3 and ogg files that just plays the things? Banshee isn't what I want and now I have it launching podcasts in audacity18:02
MartijnVdStotem18:03
MartijnVdSvlc18:03
popeygstreamer :D18:03
popeyyeah, I'd go with totem18:03
MartijnVdSgst-launch 8-)18:03
popeythassim18:03
MartijnVdSpopey++18:03
shaunoI really want to say quicktime, but I think I've been not-funny enough for one day18:04
monsterwizardmoive player18:04
popeyis that like moire player?18:04
popeyor moria player?18:04
MartijnVdSmoria playa?18:04
popeyi now have a sip phone on my desk18:04
popeyit works, and I love it18:04
monsterwizardit plays mp3s ust as well as video files18:04
MartijnVdSpopey: I have one as well. It's my Android phone ;)18:04
popeyheh18:04
popeythis is a cisco thingy18:05
popey794018:05
MartijnVdSI used to have a Grandstream one18:05
MartijnVdSbut I never used it18:05
popeyi want to put the 24 ringtone on it18:05
AlanBellwith totem can you turn off the image window to make it just player controls? I turned off the visualisation but that just shows a clapperboard18:05
popeymine is connected to sipgate and canonical, works really nicely18:05
popeyAlanBell: press h and then press 018:05
popeyoh, oyther way round18:05
AlanBellyeah, opposite of that :)18:06
popeyyou can do it with vlc :D18:06
MartijnVdSyou can do it with gst-launch18:06
popeyand vlc has a santa hat on the cone which makes it better than totem18:06
AlanBellvlc is looking like the favourite18:06
MartijnVdSor write a small .html with a video tag, and open it in chrome --kiosk18:07
zleapback18:07
MartijnVdS(am I overthinking this?)18:07
shaunoMartijnVdS: that might explain why you think perl is normal :p18:07
shaunopoints for the most convoluted way to open an ogg18:07
MartijnVdSshauno: I don't need my brain anymore to write Perl18:07
zleapyeah vlc does that every year nice fun feature18:07
popeyhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/12/omg-5-five-lightweight-music-players/18:08
AlanBellok, so I like vlc, now how do I get the file associations fixed?18:08
shaunoMartijnVdS: switch your keyboard to dvorak, and let your cat write it for you :)18:08
popeyright click, properties, open with18:08
popeyhighlight the app, 'set as default'18:09
MartijnVdSfor each file type18:09
MartijnVdSseparately18:09
popeyvideo and audio is broken for me on 12.0418:09
AlanBellaah, that is the key, did it for ogg and this podcast is an mp318:09
popeyevery video skips at like twice speed18:09
popeyin flash and vlc18:09
MartijnVdSpopey: saves time. Feature.18:09
popeyi blame pulseuaudio18:09
popeyLEEEENAAAAAAAAAAAART!18:10
shaunoI wonder if patenting this feature would get it fixed quicker18:10
zleapyeah it would probably end up removed18:11
jutnuxpopey: Ubuntu 12.04 died on my desktop18:12
popeysame here ☺18:13
popeyhad to reboot18:13
MartijnVdSIt died for me too,but slowly18:14
jutnuxI had to put 11.10 back on18:14
popeyblimey18:14
MartijnVdSonly udisks.. then the USB subsystem18:14
popeythats drastic18:14
MartijnVdSafter a reboot everything was fine18:14
palnback again18:15
MartijnVdSpaln: we can see that, no need to announce it every time :)18:16
jutnuxHow rude MartijnVdS18:16
AlanBellnot a bit of it, MartijnVdS was being helpful18:16
MartijnVdSjutnux: I like to treat the "[ person has joined ]" messages as implicit greetings18:17
shaunohence the tactical smiley18:17
jutnuxI saw no such message18:17
jutnuxPerhaps it is just me :-P18:17
* AlanBell wonders whether it will stop raining18:17
MartijnVdSjutnux: also, I can /ignore those if I want less noise on my screen18:17
jutnuxI was joking by the way...18:17
AlanBelljutnux: yeah, different clients turn them on and off, generally they get a bit annoying so I divert them all to a separate window18:17
MartijnVdSAlanBell: What kind of time frame were you thinking of?18:18
AlanBellMartijnVdS: in a walking to a pub on the other side of town timeframe18:18
palnMartijnVdS: just saying :/ 'cause i was just away18:18
palnnot offline18:18
shaunothere goes the Ice Age prediction :/18:18
MartijnVdSIsn't that why the British invented umbrellas and the raincoat?18:18
MartijnVdSpaln: no problem :) You're new to irc, still learning (I guess?)18:18
MartijnVdSshauno: First, the rain age. THEN the ice age.18:19
palnof course MartijnVdS18:19
shaunoI've been in Ireland since 2006.  I believe this _is_ the Rain Age18:19
palnjutnux: you didnt get a notification cause there was no need18:19
palni didnt come back online as i was never offline, just idle18:19
palnshauno: haha18:20
* MartijnVdS watches(!) a marathon radio broadcast for charity18:26
palnyou're /watching/ the radio?18:28
MartijnVdSpaln: yes :) Dutch radio is awesome like that ;)18:28
* paln is very bored tonight18:33
* jutnux is too18:33
MartijnVdSpaln: try this in totem/vlc: http://livestreams.omroep.nl/npo/3fm_vsr-bb (might not work outside .nl but you can try)18:34
* paln needs to get into the Linux community more18:34
AlanBellhttp://harvest.ubuntu.com/ < boredom fixed \o/18:34
palnMartijnVdS: now I see how you're watching the radio18:35
MartijnVdSpaln: we have a "red button"-like channel as well18:35
palnMartijnVdS: cool18:35
MartijnVdSpaln: which shows that on "normal" TVs18:36
palnAlanBell: trying it now18:36
palnMartijnVdS: awesome18:36
palnMartijnVdS: so you're in the Netherlands, I presume?18:36
MartijnVdSI am, yes18:37
palnMartijnVdS: are your from the UK though?18:38
MartijnVdSpaln: no18:38
palnMartijnVdS: what's your reason for being on #ubuntu-uk18:39
palnjust so there's a bigger audience, or...?18:40
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MartijnVdSpaln: because people on #ubuntu-nl don't know what they're doing (or didn't a few years ago anyway :)18:40
palnMartijnVdS: ah, alright18:42
palnAlanBell: How do you sign in to Ubuntu Harvest using your Launchpad?18:42
AlanBellpaln: really not too sure, kind of just worked for me18:43
AlanBellI have not really used harvest, only saw it for the first time a few days ago18:43
jutnuxI want to start working on bugs18:44
palnAlanBell: I dont' have any bugs, so the boredom still lies within me18:44
jutnuxI seem to start on one then do something else18:44
palnjutnux: Similar issue with me18:45
AlanBelltesting things and reporting bugs is good to do as well18:45
paln...I get into something, then forget about it for a month or two18:45
AlanBelland testing stuff with orca the screenreader is really interesting18:45
palnOrca has NEVER worked for me18:46
palnI guess I just don't know how to use it18:46
AlanBellit isn't easy!18:46
palnIs there speech recognition at all for Linux / Ubuntu?18:46
palnI find it handy in Windows; I use it really often18:46
bigcalmAsk the Software Centre?18:46
AlanBellvery little. There are two recognition engines, CMUSphinx and Julius18:46
AlanBelland there is something called simon-listens which uses Julius and is a pretty decent command recognition tool for controlling the desktop18:47
AlanBellcontinuous speech dictation doesn't really work at all18:47
palnbigcalm: unfortunately no results18:48
palnAlanBell: that's a shame18:48
AlanBellit is a really really hard problem18:49
palnI think I saw a site for submitting sound samples of sentences somewhere...can't remember where though!18:50
palnFound it on Google: VoxForge18:52
palnThey simply collect samples of sentences being said in different dialects18:53
palnThey even divide English into various accents :D18:53
AlanBellhttp://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=37818:54
gordonjcppaln: well that's kind of handy18:55
gordonjcppaln: I always think it's funny when Americans talk about someone having a "British accent"18:55
palngordonjcp: yeah18:57
palnIt's even funnier when a British guy imitates an American putting on a British accent18:58
gordonjcppaln: well Americans mostly seem to end up doing some ridiculous Dick van Dyke cockney thing18:58
palngordonjcp: That, or enunciating "Harry Potter"18:59
gordonjcpnever mind accent, I don't even speak the same language as most of the people in this channel18:59
MartijnVdS'arry po'eh18:59
MartijnVdSpaln: like that? :)18:59
gordonjcpoh christ glottal stops19:00
gordonjcpthey give me the rage19:00
gordonjcp"glo'ul stops"19:00
gordonjcp<STAB>19:00
MartijnVdSgordonjcp: haha :)19:00
MartijnVdSgordonjcp: wa'uh19:01
gordonjcpMartijnVdS: jeez, I was in London last week19:01
palnpretty much, yeah19:01
MartijnVdSgordonjcp: yeah they do it a lot there :)19:02
gordonjcpI could understand the French staff in the hotel far more easily than I could understand the locals19:02
AlanBellgordonjcp: in fairness you would get subtitles if you were on the BBC :)19:03
palngordonjcp: why wouldn't you be able to understand the French -- it's their language -- Americans just try to be different Englishmen19:03
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gordonjcpAlanBell: I have quite frequently been on the BBC19:04
palnAlanBell: I put on subtitles all the time; it's a habit19:04
* MartijnVdS turns on subtitles for his irc window19:04
gordonjcpI don't really have much of an accent at all, having grown up with one parent with an RP accent and one with a bit of a public school accent19:05
palnMartijnVdS: that's ridonkulous, IRC is composed of subtitles19:05
gordonjcpAlanBell: a lot of people here think I sound English; it seems to be very roughly 50:50 between English and Scottish19:06
gordonjcpthen there are the weird outliers19:06
palnwhy is every twitter username I want taken?19:06
palnpaln is taken19:06
gordonjcplots of people think I am Norwegian, and a couple think I sound Canadian19:06
MartijnVdSgordonjcp: Yorkshireites?19:06
MartijnVdS(Yorkshirians?)19:07
palnMartijnVdS: lol :D19:07
palnThe Yorkshish19:07
MartijnVdSYorksheesh19:07
gordonjcpMartijnVdS: I don't know what they think I sound like19:07
AlanBellgordonjcp: you do speak very clearly, but I think quite a recognisable scottish accent19:07
palnAlanBell: you know gordonjcp in person?19:08
christelbloody scots impersonating norwegians at every opportunity19:08
AlanBellyeah, he camped in my garden for a few days :)19:09
palnAlanBell: seriously?19:09
AlanBellchristel: I always thought you were scottish ;)19:09
christelAlanBell: hahaha19:09
palnchristel: where did you come from??? :P19:09
gordonjcpchristel: :-p19:09
popeyhttps://gist.github.com/150548319:10
dwatkinslet it /dev/snow19:11
palnpopey: awesome19:11
palndwatkins: haha :D19:11
palnAlanBell: what was this about an Ubuntu Youth channel earlier?19:12
popeyhttp://popey.com/~alan/snow.png19:12
palnwhen ~jutnux was here19:12
palnpopey: I think I'll do that on my tty19:12
matttlolz: http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smtwsup19:12
jutnuxI am still here.19:13
jutnuxHave you got a vps popey?19:14
popeyi have19:15
jutnuxWho is your provider? :-)19:15
popeybitfolk19:15
palnpopey: I get an error with your script for snowy terminal:19:15
paln/home/paln97/snowy.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('19:15
paln/home/paln97/snowy.sh: line 2: `<!-- saved from url=(0089)https://raw.github.com/gist/1505483/d2d063f0bb3252b201b731fe665f21b93e7867dc/gistfile1.sh -->'19:15
MartijnVdSbytemark for me19:15
popeyjutnux: i highly recommend bitfolk ☺19:16
matttrackspace for me :P19:16
jutnuxI will have a look at both :-)19:16
bigcalmpopey: would you recommend somebody for server monitoring and updating?19:16
palnmattt, hahahahahahaha! goDaddy has finally seen the light!!!19:16
jutnuxLink?!19:17
palnhttp://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smtwsup19:17
matttpaln: yeh, just saw that on hacker news19:17
palnmattt, i know i clicked your link ;)19:17
* popey is going out19:17
popeyttfn19:17
zleappaln, ubuntu youth is for young people so they have their own area set up by young people i guess19:17
palnpopey, i got an error with your snowy terminal script!19:17
palnzleap: ah cool, thz for the info zleap19:18
zleaphttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuYouth19:18
zleapnp19:18
zleapbest to hang out in several channels this channel is always pretty active19:18
ubuntuuk-planet[Gareth France] Is it just me? Or did it just get awful quiet? - http://cliftonts.co.uk/cubuntu/?p=3419:19
zleapbrb19:22
dwatkinsI hang out in about 7 channels19:23
palnwhats the channel name for UY?19:25
palndw, found it19:25
palnits #ubuntu-youth19:25
jutnuxNo one talks in it haha19:26
MartijnVdSbecause it's past bedtime?19:26
MartijnVdSor because they're all out partying?19:26
dwatkinsWell it is Friday night...19:27
MartijnVdSdwatkins: could still be either :)19:27
palnjutnux: i realised that19:27
palnMartijnVdS: they've probably fallen asleep /whilst/ partying :P19:28
palndwatkins: I didn't realise it was Friday -- I though it was Wednesday19:28
dwatkinswow, you must be on holiday19:28
palnI'm slow today :/19:28
palnnope, at home19:28
palnhardly ever go on holiday19:28
dwatkinsI mean not at school/work etc.19:29
palnjust lazy this week19:29
palnit being holidays and all19:29
palndwatkins: oh right...then yea, as i said above19:29
palnHey guys, is there any way to change your Launchpad username?19:29
palnLaunchpad ID19:29
dwatkinsYou probably can't, but you could always just register a new one.19:31
jutnuxYou can I think.19:31
jutnuxJust click on your name19:31
jutnuxthen change the settings19:31
jutnuxUgh19:33
jutnuxgot family coming round19:33
palnjutnux: there's no pencil next to Launchpad ID19:35
palnjust email etc.19:35
jutnuxoh19:36
palndwatkins: too much hassle for me :D19:36
jutnuxmake a new id then19:36
palnor can you assign different ids to the same e-mail?19:36
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zleapyou can change the display name19:38
zleapgoto change details19:38
AlanBellyou can merge two launchpad accounts19:38
palni found a way to change it anyway19:39
palnrather than there being an edit button next to LP ID19:39
palnthere is one where it says "Change details"19:40
* zleap just said that19:40
* paln is sorry for not seeing zleap's statement19:41
zleapnp19:41
paln;)19:41
zleap:)19:42
palnWhat to discuss now?19:44
zleapdunno19:44
palnHow do you create /public/ PGP keys???19:48
palnI can only seem to conjure up private ones :/19:48
Nafallopaln: private ones usually comes with a public counterpart.19:48
palnNafallo: any knowledge on how you access them?19:48
palnI generated mine in "Passwords and Keys" in Ubuntu 11.1019:49
Nafallopaln: what are you trying to achieve?19:49
zleappgp keys are in two parts  private and public19:49
palnTrying to generate a PGP key to push to the Ubuntu Key server so I can sign the Code of Conduct on Launchpad19:50
AlanBellthere are some good step by step tutorials on that19:50
AlanBellhttp://screencasts.ubuntu.com/2010/12/22/004-SigningCoC19:51
palnI'm on this page: https://launchpad.net/~paln/+editpgpkeys19:51
palnAlanBell: thanks for the URL19:51
Nafallopaln: gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --send-keys <your key id>19:51
zleapif you have a gpg key already download the code of conduct and as far as I am aware you do pgp --clearsign  code of conduct.txt  and you end up with code of confuct.asc whichis the signed one,  which you paste in to the box19:52
palnNafallo: thx but no worries now...I think19:52
zleapyou enter your private key to sign it19:52
palnyou too zleap :)19:52
zleapok np19:52
zleapwow, godaddy has pulled support for SOPA (google+)19:56
zleap24 hours since boycott was suggested19:56
Nafalloheh. loads of people migrated from them, right? :-)19:56
zleapor were talking about it19:57
NafalloI saw some of the tweets :-)19:57
jutnuxI think it'll still go ahead20:03
palngot two errors whilst sync'ing PGP keys20:03
palnjutnux: most likely20:03
palnCouldn't retrieve keys from server: keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 "Couldn't communicate with server 'keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371': Internal Server Error"20:08
paln...and...20:08
* TheOpenSourcerer says have have a great Christmas as he is now off to wrap and watch telly and probably not online much now till next week.20:09
palnCouldn't retrieve keys from server:pool.sks-keyservers.net "Couldn't communicate with server 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': OK"20:09
palnany help?20:09
monsterwizardcan someone recommend some motivational songs#?20:10
palnNafallo: got any advice?20:10
zleapwe will rock you20:10
TheOpenSourcererHa GoDaddy drops support for SOPA: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/victory-boycott-forces-godaddy-to-drop-its-support-for-sopa.ars20:10
gordonjcpmonsterwizard: I always feel pretty motivated when I listen to Minor Threat - Straight Edge20:11
monsterwizardI'll give it a go20:11
Nafallopaln: local firewall?20:11
palndont' have a firewall20:12
gordonjcpmonsterwizard: here you go -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFHLptvauU20:12
monsterwizardcheers20:12
gordonjcpit's quite short, you might need to play it a couple of times before it works20:13
gordonjcpif it doesn't work right away try again with it louder20:13
MartijnVdSwoo, finally installed vnc on my windows box20:15
monsterwizardlol less than 60 secs20:15
palnNafallo: can't find any help online :/20:18
palnMartijnVdS: VNC irritates me on Windows20:19
palnRemote Desktop on Ubuntu is a lot less hassle20:19
palnsoooo much easier20:20
palnbut congrats! :D20:20
palncan anyone else help me?20:21
palngetting an error upon trying to sync my PGP key with the Ubuntu keyserver20:21
palnCouldn't retrieve keys from server: keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 "Couldn't communicate with server 'keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371': Internal Server Error"20:21
palnand20:21
AlanBellpaln: the problem might well be on the server side20:21
palnCouldn't retrieve keys from server:pool.sks-keyservers.net "Couldn't communicate with server 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': OK"20:21
palnAlanBell: thought so, but im hoping its on mine so i can do it :P20:22
AlanBellthe server is up http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/20:22
gordonjcpI can't get tired of this -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvxOuC7Bhc20:23
palnthe key server list i have lists fkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/20:23
palnthe difference being "fkp://"20:23
MartijnVdSthat's just the protocol20:25
palnMartijnVdS: alrightey then20:27
zleapi have it as hkp here20:27
MartijnVdShkp sounds better20:28
zleapi just looked on my password and encryption keys20:29
palni think it is hkp actually20:29
palni mean on my side too20:29
zleapHTTP Keyserver Protocol (HKP)20:29
palndw, tried again and they sync'd20:30
zleap:)20:30
palnnow i just have to wait for Launchpad to recognise my key :?20:39
paln:/20:39
palnmore waiting20:39
* paln yawns20:39
zleaphmm according  to click its using ubuntu20:39
palnzleap, what's using Ubuntu?20:39
palnthe Raspberry Pi?20:39
zleapyeah20:39
zleaphttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9504208.stm20:40
zleapbut what is in the back ground is not ubuntu20:40
palnaccording to om ubuntu its using ubuntu20:43
paln*omg ubuntu20:44
zleaphmm20:44
palnit was lubuntu on the screen wasnt it?20:44
zleapnot sure i think it was a kde desktop20:45
palnit had lxde20:45
palnim watching the vid now20:45
zleapyeah its something DE20:45
zleapoddly we said here it was arm 7 and click are saying arm 1120:45
zleapit runs fedora and debian20:46
palni have that copy of tomb raider20:47
paln!!!20:47
zleap:)20:47
* zleap has lots of spectrum games20:47
brobostigonHIGNFY on in a minute, bbc1.20:48
palni think kids that are interested and know this stuff should opt in to become tutors for Comp Sci20:50
* paln doesn't know what a Spectrum is :S20:50
* paln ws surprised to see a Commodore 64, though!20:51
paln*was20:51
palnAW, THE TWO RONNIES WAS ON!!!! hopefully on iPlayer20:51
zleapthe spectrum was the better of the two20:52
* zleap ducks and hides20:53
zleapit did show a spectrum ]20:53
palnyea but i'd never heard of them20:53
zleapbut they showed the 48k (rubber key one)20:53
zleaphttp://www.worldofspectrum.org/20:54
zleap:)20:54
* brobostigon has one of those upstairs stored away.20:56
jutnuxBack20:57
MartijnVdSTime to wash your best black clothes? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-philip/8976636/Prince-Philip-undergoes-precautionary-tests-after-suffering-chest-pains.html21:00
* paln is having dinner now21:05
* paln will be back soon!21:05
zleapk21:05
jutnuxok21:07
zleaphi feisar21:16
feisarzleap: hi21:16
zleaphow are you21:16
feisargood cheers, you?21:16
zleapi am good21:16
feisarsorry I'm not sure I can remember, have we chatted much before?21:17
zleapdon't think so21:18
feisaroh that's fine : )21:18
MartijnVdSAlcohol \o/21:18
feisarhi MartijnVdS21:19
feisarI too have had a couple of mulled wines...21:19
feisarso what are you guys up to?21:19
zleapnot much21:22
feisarI'm in the process of setting up a web server, just got a vps with Bitfolk, you heard of them?21:22
feisar(running lucid lts)21:23
MartijnVdSfeisar: they're quite popular with Ubuntuites21:23
feisarthe service seems to be very good, I did a clean install setting things up exactly how I wanted - originally heard about them on Linux Outlaws21:23
feisaruntil now I have been running centos on my servers21:25
feisarmy mail server still does but I'm really enjoying using Ubuntu21:26
* daubers throws oblivion on the xbox21:28
jutnuxFinally got my head around bzr \o/21:29
zleapyay21:30
zleapwb paln21:30
feisarok, here's a question, mysql or postgrey?21:32
jutnuxGoDaddy boycott is still going ahead btw21:33
Azelphurindeed, if your using godaddy for your domain switch away, they support SOPA :@21:34
Azelphura good alternative is namecheap, they even have a coupon code going at the moment: SOPASUCKS21:34
zleapjutnux, sounds like they are now being punished for even thinking about supporting, well the law will show no mercy to anyone so why should we show mercy to them21:35
palnthanks zleap21:36
zleapnp21:36
palnfeisar: postgrey?21:36
palnjutnux: \o/ riots! \o/21:36
jutnuxzleap: They helped to write the SOPA bill.21:36
zleapah21:36
palnjutnux: wha-?21:36
jutnuxAnd Gina Tripani is retweeting everything about them21:37
palnjutnux: teehee they're soon to be dead then?21:37
jutnuxDoubt it.21:37
palnjutnux: good they have good offers21:38
zleapno they just lose customers,21:38
palnjust bad principles21:38
palnwell IMO you pay someone for their service, not for how they treat you (even if it is mutiny to all)21:39
palnbut SOPA is just a load of ****21:39
zleappaln, when you get back to school if they ask what you did over xmas you can say you had a highly technical discussion on the SOPA bill21:39
palnzleap: ;D cos I did21:40
zleapyeah21:40
palnI can use this is Citizenship class :)21:40
zleapactually thats agood point get it some exposure21:40
palnyou actually just gave me an awesome idea21:40
palnwe have to analyse something we feel strongly about21:41
palnthen we're gonna hold some form of protest next year for whatever we chose21:41
zleapsoftware patents are the current big big issue21:41
palnSOPA shall die21:41
palnreally? what's so bad about them?21:42
jutnuxyou crazy?21:42
zleapwho21:42
palnme21:42
palnlike I said, I'm not too engaged in the tech world ATM21:42
palnjust your Cnet news and stuff21:43
jutnuxCnet :|21:43
jutnuxCnet = CBS21:43
jutnuxCBS = Supporters of SOPA.21:43
* paln is beginning to reconsider being friends with jutnux21:43
palnoh right21:43
zleaphttp://stopsoftwarepatents.eu/21:43
palnwell they still have good news21:43
jutnuxHey, you can't reconsider being friends with me - I'm too cool.21:43
MartijnVdS!politics21:44
lubotu3Please take political discussion to ##politics-uk. Thank you!21:44
zleapok google are beijng sued because there is a link to a phone number which when you click the link it dials the number21:44
zleapi think bt has a patent on that21:44
DJonesAren't the aims of SOPA to stop online piracy?21:44
zleapyes21:44
jutnuxYep21:44
MartijnVdSzleap: beijing sued? sounds Chinese? :)21:44
zleapi was just trying to explain why patents are bad21:44
jutnuxPermission to PM you paln?21:45
zleapsorry being21:45
zleapsorry my keyboard is playing up21:45
MartijnVdStime for new batteries21:45
DJoneszleap: jutnux So In that case, SOPA is a good thing, piracy is wrong, illegal etc21:45
jutnuxNo, it's bad.21:45
palnsure jutnux21:46
DJonesThe artist/developer of something has put their effort into it, they should be rewarded for it, rather than every tom, dick & harry ripping them off21:46
zleapno SOPA may mena if you post a music video somewhre or make your own but use music in the background you get sued for illigally using that music21:46
jutnuxDJones: Except every tom, dick and harry do not rip them off.21:46
zleapi think the patent issue is also how the law is writtne or how the patent is described21:47
monsterwizardsopa will get passed21:47
zleapnormally with engineering you have to submit how the patented idea works,  as in blue prints21:47
palnDJones: it attempts to be beneficial, yet it does it in such an idiotic manner that it could ruin the Internet as we know it; consider having Facebook and Wikipedia shut down, along with possibly Google21:47
palnmonsterwizard: I'm afraid that's what it looks to be ATM...21:47
zleapbut how do you do that with software methods of doing something (usually source code)21:47
monsterwizardin that case21:47
monsterwizardwe're all screwed21:47
palnthe software patent thing doesn't seem too bad to me21:47
jutnuxMeh21:47
DJonespaln: Thats one reason why the entire world should support SOPA -> Shutting Facebook down :)21:47
palnhowever I can see how it's kind of a big problem :/21:48
monsterwizarddoes google support SOPA21:48
monsterwizard?21:48
zleapdoubt it21:48
palnmonsterwizard: don't think so21:48
zleapits mainly the film and music industry that are leading this21:49
palnDJones: don't hate on Facebook21:49
monsterwizardbecause youtube?21:49
palnjust hate on its development team21:49
zleapdue to all the downloading of movies etc21:49
monsterwizardthe whole of youtuebe would need to chang21:49
palnmonsterwizard: pretty much21:49
zleapunder sopa you can get suied if you link to a page that links to copy righted material21:49
monsterwizardhuge companies rule countries21:49
monsterwizardholy crap!21:50
monsterwizardthis is madness21:50
zleapfor something like that21:50
palnall those uploaded tv shows would have to go and the people responsible for uploading them would most likely be prosecuted a lot more easily21:50
zleapand if you link to them you could be too,21:50
jutnuxTor would be made illegal, also.21:50
palnTor?21:50
palnzleap: also true21:50
jutnux.onion21:50
jutnuxprivacy services21:51
zleapbut they are talking about changing some of the ways the internet works,  underlying protocols are affected,21:51
palnthe pirate bay would definitely be shut down somewhere along the line21:51
zleapblacklisting whole domains21:51
MartijnVdSjutnux: The Onion would be illegal? STOP THIS LAW21:51
MartijnVdSP21:51
DJonespaln: If they're uploading them legally and with a licence, they won't have a problem21:51
palnand then where would my installation of Windows 7 be?21:51
monsterwizardprate bay is in sweden though?21:51
zleapi t hought it moved to egypt21:51
palnDJones: but downloading a the problem21:51
jutnuxpaln: They can't shut down TPB. They could block the dns' of it though.21:51
palndo the users have a licence? no? that's piracy21:52
zleapbut will it stop people downloading21:52
monsterwizarddepends on what crypto technologies are developed21:52
zleapwhy do people download stuff illigally,  cost of movies on dvd,  they want to download stuff,   or they think its on the net there for its there for the taking freely21:52
jutnuxI am not paying £15 for a DVD.21:53
palnzleap: people think they have rights in some cases21:53
palnjutnux: haha21:53
zleapjutnux, nor me,  i wait till they are on cheap21:53
paln£20 for te Harry Potter box Set21:54
zleapthat is 7 or 8 dvds though21:54
monsterwizardin the UK oit wont be ilegal21:54
palnexactly21:54
monsterwizardont*21:54
monsterwizardyet!21:54
palnmonsterwizard: it will21:54
zleapbut if they close domains downit will affect us21:54
palnsoon enough21:54
zleapthen they will push for the same laws in the EU21:54
monsterwizardthere should be riots in the streets over this21:54
palnzleap: exactly21:55
zleapthinking aside,  HAS making some drugs class A and illigal stopped the drugs trade21:55
palnmonsterwizard: riots in the cloud are already occurring21:55
zleaphas making child porn illigal stopped kids being abuse21:55
zleapanswer to both is NO21:55
palnwe need to leave heaven and literally rain on their parade from the cloud21:55
monsterwizardyes but I dont want to go to prison :P21:55
monsterwizardor doing something that could send me to prison21:56
zleapas i said earlier tried to report someone locally sellingpiracted dvds and failed  to even talk to anyone remotely interested in even giving advice21:56
palnmonsterwizard: like I said earlier people think they have rights21:56
monsterwizardlol21:57
zleappaln,  exactly so people need to be educated21:57
palnin the case of Aragon riots, we can't :'(21:57
palnbut protests are legal21:57
MartijnVdS.. for now21:57
paln*staging = Aragon21:57
zleapok21:57
monsterwizardAre you using any services or prooducts from companies supporting this?21:57
monsterwizardMicrosoft seems to support it21:57
palnmonsterwizard: There's my windows partition going bye bye21:58
zleapactually Microsoft have not directly supported it,   but they are part of a group that does (aparently) so they do indirectly21:58
monsterwizardI'm using windows right now!21:58
monsterwizardhow are they going to enforce this law?21:58
monsterwizardI mean, so much resources would be needed21:58
monsterwizardIt'll have to take resources away from 'real crime'21:59
palnthrough direct banning and/or blocking of certain URLs21:59
monsterwizardtime to write down Ips :P21:59
zleapthe movie industry has billions from charging high prices for movies21:59
palnand possibly more bots monitoring online activity21:59
monsterwizardno way?21:59
monsterwizardseriously?21:59
monsterwizardbots?21:59
palnmonsterwizard: anything to get their message through to us22:00
zleapi don't think any laws will stop piracy,  what is needed is to make things cost a reasonable amount,  like with music oneof the reasons given is that people object to music companies getting a huge cut and the artist gets less22:00
palnso I say we do anything to get ours through to them22:00
jutnuxThey'd just force ISPs to block certain websites I believe.22:00
zleapwhy not have a system like with the humble bundle you choose how much to pay and how that money is split22:01
palnjutnux: maybe22:01
palnthat's not the not efficient way though22:01
palnproxies22:01
palnzleap: but that would affect the local economy22:02
DJoneszleap: Using the humble bundle argument though, does that mean I could into a Mercedes dealership, say I'll have that car but I only think its worth £2,50022:02
zleapi mean for movies etc22:02
monsterwizardtbh I didn't know how serious sopa is22:02
palnDJones: regarding digital media22:02
monsterwizardI never pay close attention to poltics22:02
monsterwizardI feel like a right douche22:03
MartijnVdS!politics22:03
lubotu3Please take political discussion to ##politics-uk. Thank you!22:03
palnlubotu3: haha22:03
DJonesShouldn't the manufacturer/developer be allowed to set the price they feel is right, if people don't want to pay it, they don't have the product22:03
palnI got a message from lubotu3 saying it doesn't know anything about haha22:03
zleapDJones, yes22:03
zleapbut they do and people pirate stuff,  rather than not buy it22:04
palnDJones: they are ATM22:04
palnthat's what causes problems22:04
zleapso they make it harder for people to copy movies which for us linux users makes it harder to watch movies due to getting codecs legally22:04
zleapwhy u think the codecs for dvdf playback are in extras22:04
palnlegal reasons, duh22:05
palnsome countries don't have legislation for those specific codec22:05
zleappaln,  yes but it makes life harder for people like us to go out and buy movies legally22:05
palnH264 is disallowed in northern Punjab afaik22:05
palnzleap: true22:06
DJonesThats the point though, if you're not willing to pay the set price, you shouldn't steal it, just because its a download rather than breaking a shop window and pinching something isn't any different22:06
zleapyeah22:06
palnthat's the thing with closed source and proprietary software. you know you're paying for it for a reason. and ATM that reason seems to be legal reasons22:06
zleapactually we had a discssion onthis at a lug meet a few years ago22:06
zleapif i break in to your house and steal something I am removing a physical device or object22:07
zleapif I download something all I am doingis copying 0s and1's across a network,  and creating a duplicate22:07
palnwhereas digital downloads are simply copies22:07
zleappaln, yes22:07
palnI know a great little video regarding this topic22:07
zleapso is it stealing in the same sense or perhaps taking something without making payment22:08
zleapso on a technical level its harder to define,  are you actually stealing in the same sense22:08
DJonesI've got artwork which is a limited edition copy, 1 of 500 etc, at the end of the day, just because its a copy doesn't mean the rights holder shouldn't be paid22:09
palnhttp://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/home22:09
Nafallohow can I possibly steal something if it's still there when I've left? ;-)22:09
zleapNafallo, exactly22:09
zleapthey are using old definitions in a modern digital world22:09
zleapand its not working22:09
palnsorry, doesn't work22:09
zleapso they need to change the definition,  how is hard to work out22:10
Nafallofor a movie, it would be illegal to make a copy, I would imagine.22:10
Nafallobut then, most crews doesn't make copies, they change it, downsize it, convert it :-)22:11
Nafalloso I wouldn't call that a copy.22:11
zleapwell we used to have a fair useage claus,  e.g you can copy cd to tape for personal use (back when we had tape players in cars)22:11
palnhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6vgkDbMcZc22:12
zleapbut they stopped that and I think have gone back to it now so you can rip a cd to mp3 for use on a personal music player or int he car22:12
Nafallorip a cd to files would make more sense.22:12
Nafallomaybe I'd rather have FLACs than MP3s22:12
Nafalloand that's still not a copy :-)22:13
zleapNafallo, well rip to files then but you got my point22:13
Nafalloyeah, sure.22:13
zleapwhat i mean was its a fair usage personal use, use on your personal kit,  you bought the original cd legit,22:13
Nafallonot that I would ever buy a CD, but indeed. that's the point.22:14
palncheck this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=s6vgkDbMcZc22:14
* MartijnVdS buys CDs all the time22:14
MartijnVdSI have over 500 :)22:14
zleapi am watching tjhe mars bar one atm22:14
palnzleap: same one22:15
palnthought it didn't show up22:15
zleapMartijnVdS, so you should be able to copy to mp3 or whatever andlisten on the move22:15
MartijnVdSzleap: and I can (yay Dutch laws)22:15
zleaphowever it is when you pass those files to me,   you are basically breaking the law as I am not paying for it22:15
zleapas i said they stopped it here, then I think have gone back on it22:15
MartijnVdSzleap: there's a "tax" on blank media and MP3 players to cover that22:15
MartijnVdSthe people who collect it are corrupt as heck22:16
MartijnVdSbut they're fixing that22:16
MartijnVdS(well, politicians are.. so it might take a while)22:16
zleapyeah22:16
zleapso how do you stop people downloading music and not paying for it ?22:17
zleapor films or anything22:17
MartijnVdShttp://torrentfreak.com/copyright-corruption-scandal-surrounds-anti-piracy-campaign-111201/22:17
Nafallozleap: you don't :-)22:17
MartijnVdSwe don't22:17
MartijnVdSdownloading is legal, uploading isn't :)22:17
MartijnVdS(except software, that's illegal to download too)22:17
NafalloMartijnVdS: hrm. so... how does that work? it's illegal to download a cracked program, but it's okay to download a trial version and apply a crack? :-P22:18
zleapi installed windows a while back,  failed to notifce the bottom box saying country so it said USA, it installed then said my copy could be counterfiet22:18
zleapwith a cracked version you lose out on things like updates etc,   so you pay a small price i guess22:19
MartijnVdSNafallo: no22:19
Nafallozleap: not on everything :-)22:19
zleapon somethings then22:19
MartijnVdSNafallo: the "tax" on blank media is just for music and video, not software22:19
zleapah22:20
zleapwell 4.99 for 50 cd's still isn't bad22:20
MartijnVdSzleap: empty ones or what22:20
zleapblank22:20
MartijnVdSyes that22:20
zleapideal for creating lots of ubuntu cds22:20
zleapdvds good for creating lots of copies of the open disc22:21
zleapof course you then have to convince people that its a) legal and b) really does mean free22:21
zleapan c) its good software22:21
mgdmI didn't realise the Raspberry Pi had Model A and Model B versions... heh heh22:21
zleapyah22:21
zleaplatter has a network port i think22:22
DJoneszleap: Yep, thats the differnece from what I read earlier22:22
DJoneshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-1631643922:23
zleapi posted that to google+22:23
DJonesHadn't seen your G+ post, but I saw that bbc article earlier22:24
zleapnp22:24
zleaplets hope they find people who can teach programming22:25
* MartijnVdS discovered sugru through one of rasperry pi's blogposts :)22:25
zleapit is interesting when you post to google+ or facebook the link gives a small preview of the linked page,   could this in theory fall foul of SOPA  and people get accued of copy right infringement22:26
DJoneszleap: Using a cracked version of windows.... Isn't that slightly insane, I've seen similar comments about copying news articles onto messageboards, there wasn;t a problem as long as the source was credited properly22:28
DJonesStupid paste buffer22:28
DJoneszleap: Ignore that first bit22:28
DJonesI think the way round that is that by having the link, you're giving credit to the original source, I've seen similar comments about copying news articles onto messageboards, there wasn't a problem as long as the source was credited properly22:29
DJonesThats what was supposed to be said22:30
zleapwhich it does automatically22:31
zleapthast never stops some drone trying or thinking they could though22:33
zleapyeah citing sources is common practice, in assignments etc,  otherwise you can get accused of plagiarism (as in claiming others work is your own)22:34
jutnuxGnome-shell is so awful.22:47
palnjutnux: havent had a chance to use it22:51
jutnuxI'd much rather use Unity / XFCE.22:51
palnzleap: what did you think of the Magic Mars Bars video23:15
paln?23:15
zleappretty neat, explaisn the point well23:15
* zleap is just making dvds from the star trek new voyages episodes23:17
monsterwizard:o23:18
zleapi would post a link to the episodes but the site is down again23:18
palnzleap: ugh...star trek23:19
zleaplol23:20
jutnuxStart Trek \o/23:20
zleaphmm that was quicjk for a 1 hour episode it took ages the other day23:20
zleapand it works as well23:22
monsterwizardis there a way to use the same virtualbox image on another OS23:28
monsterwizardfor example23:28
monsterwizardMove a windows XP image from a windows 7 machine to a ubuntu machine23:28
monsterwizardwith the settings and OS intact23:29
palnzleap: wouldn't posting the Star Trek links go against SOPA :O rebel23:31
zleapnope these are legal fan made episodes23:31
zleapso as longas you share freely even paramount are ok withit23:32
palnah23:32
palnjutnux how do you open a pm window???23:32
zleapclick on the user in the list23:32
jutnuxpaln: /query username23:32
palni know about private messages within channels :P23:33
palni wonder if those with the /msg tag get logged or not though23:33
palnzleap: using XChat23:35
zleapyeah23:35
zleapyou should be able to just click on a name23:36
palnno, it's right-click then open dialog windows for me23:36
dwatkinsI don't believe those are logged by the network, paln23:40
palndwatkins: thx for the info23:40
dwatkinsIn theory they could be, but the archives of this channel are just the main channel, what Blitzed do is separate.23:40
dwatkinsoh wait, we're not on that network... ;) Freenode, I guess.23:40
AlanBellfreenode doesn't log, however you shouldn't say anything in channel or in a private message that you wouldn't mind being logged23:47
monsterwizardunless23:48
monsterwizardyou're an Mi5 agent23:48
AlanBellespecially if you are an MI5 agent23:48
AlanBellcould cause a case to collapse if I did that23:48
AlanBelloops23:48
* Nafallo spots the logbot23:48
AlanBell!198423:49
lubotu3Official channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/23:49
Nafallolol. srsly? 1984? :-P23:49
christelpaln: the network does indeed not log, some channels do log stuff, and other users may indeed log chats with you -- or were you pondering whether your client logs stuff? :)23:49
AlanBellgreat factoid alias that one Nafallo :)23:49
christelAlanBell: i mentioned you (well, ubuntu-uk) on the fn blog a minute ago!23:49
christelbecause i am LOVELY like that23:49
* christel nods23:49
AlanBelloooh we are famouse23:49
monsterwizardLMFAO23:50
monsterwizard!198423:50
lubotu3Official channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ . LoCo channels are now logged there too; for older LoCo channel logs, see http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/23:50
monsterwizardawesome!23:50
AlanBellwhich is like butchmouse, but the other way23:50
christelhaha23:51

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