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nigelbmhall119: aha, thanks.01:53
cprofitthey guys02:05
nigelbhey cprofitt02:06
nigelbcprofitt: Did you finish your summit setup?02:06
cprofittNo.02:06
cprofittI have not done anything since I sent you the email with the error messages02:07
nigelbAha. Let me read that error first :-)02:07
nigelbWith my bandwidth back then, I couldn't.02:07
cprofittI know... I was in no hurry02:08
cprofittI won't have time to touch it until Monday ... so no rush now either02:08
nigelbaha, ok02:10
cprofittwe will get to it... no worries02:16
cprofittnight all -- gotta run... the tomorrow will be out of town02:20
doctormonI just got a donated google mini server, does anyone know how to switch them on?02:23
mhall119doctormon: have you tried googling it?03:03
mhall119(sorry, couldn't resist)03:03
marcoceppiSounds like it's already been google'd03:03
pangolinfrom what I can find it just needs to be plugged into power outlet03:04
pangolinhmm wait, apparently it should have a power button03:05
nigelbIrony detected.03:06
pangolinfrom me? usually i would agree but not this time03:07
nigelbheh03:07
pangolinThe search appliance typically takes approximately 10 minutes to load the software, but the process can take up to 20 minutes. The Google Mini plays a melody when the software is fully loaded. If a monitor is directly attached to the search appliance, you see a message on the monitor indicating that the start-up process is complete.03:08
bkerensaGoodnight Folks!10:53
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doctormonpangolin: Yeah I've taken the thing apart, (drilling lots of rivets out) and looked inside. The power switch is there under the front case section but the machine is unresponsive. Suspect broken hardware.18:00
doctormonI used the motherboard manual to directly short the on button pins, it's certainly got some power as the ethernet lights up.18:01
doctormonThanks for your help pangolin18:01
bkerensaWhat if every Ubuntu LoCo worldwide could distribute 2,012 Ubuntu 12.04 CD's in 2012? I think it is possible!22:28
AlanBellI don't :)22:29
* bkerensa did the math and it would cost roughly require each LoCo to crowd source $700 to buy materials and make Origami sleeves :)22:29
bkerensaAlanBell: :P22:29
pangolindon't loco's get cd's from canonical?22:31
cjohnstonpangolin: approved LoCos do22:31
AlanBellapproved ones get 25022:31
bkerensa250 is not much though... that could be given out in a single event22:33
bkerensaits great Canonical gives them out though since some distros dont have that luxury22:34
pangolinI think it would be very hard for many of the locos to find $70022:35
bkerensareally?22:35
pangolinyes.22:35
bkerensaIf my loco can raise $600 through crowd sourcing I would have no problem paying $100 out of pocket myself22:35
bkerensaNotably also.... starting in the next month or two I will have a neverending supply of Ubuntu CD's but I do have to go pick them up and store them somewhere22:36
pleia2bkerensa: being able to crowd source monetary funds is a skill that most people don't have (or are necessarily interested in having)22:36
pangolinhow's that?22:36
bkerensaFreeGeek has to test cd and dvd burners so they are going to be making hundreds of burns per month22:36
bkerensa:D22:36
bkerensaand have offered to burn whatever we want on them :)22:36
pangolincool22:37
* bkerensa plans to ship to California and Washington when they get around to it :)22:37
AlanBellthat is nice!22:37
bkerensaParcel Rate of course :P22:37
pangolinI see a potential source for other locos to get free cd's22:37
pleia2it's also not quite so easy in some countries where the materials are more expensive, culturally raising money is more difficult, there are legal limitations financially on what non-incorporated clubs can do money-wise22:37
bkerensatrue22:37
AlanBelldistribution opportunities is a bigger problem for us22:38
bkerensayeah22:39
AlanBellI set up http://ubuntu-uk.org/free-cds/ and we promote it a bit, but I get more emails about it from india than the UK22:40
bkerensaheh22:40
bkerensa:D22:40
bkerensaWe gave almost a hundred CD's out in 4 hours at a single event22:40
bkerensa:(22:40
AlanBellwe have a few people who distribute them at computer fairs, but the demand here is low because all geeks have broadband22:40
AlanBellgetting them out to non-geeks is a distribution challenge22:40
bkerensayeah22:40
bkerensaespecially when they dont know what Linux is :P22:41
pangolinI have a cd to my ISP tech dude the other day hehe22:41
pangolingave*22:42
bkerensaUbuntu Oregon will be hosting a GeekNic right around the week of OSCON so hopefully we can get some non-geeks to come for some free food and send them home with Ubuntu :)22:42
AlanBellanyhow, 2012 CDs would be very hard for us, but money isn't the issue22:42
pangolinhe sat at my desk and was like, umm what is this K in the bottom left corner?22:42
bkerensa:P22:42
bkerensaYou gave him Kubuntu?  :P22:42
pleia2pangolin: I think something was wrong with your Ubuntu CD :)22:42
pangolinI gave him ubuntu 10.0422:42
bkerensaheh22:42
pleia2ah22:43
AlanBellI have had no complaints from my chickens about kubuntu22:43
bkerensaOne thing I also have thought of is asking local libraries to allow us to set 10 CD's on one of their brochure tables22:43
bkerensabut I'm concerned that the ratio of those CD's being used would be low versus turned into frisbees22:43
pleia2that's one of the suggestions akgraner makes here: http://ubuntu-us.org/2009/12/06/what-individuals-can-do-for-their-loco-team/22:44
pleia2fliers too22:44
pangolinmagicfab got his local library to allow him to give OSS/Ubuntu presentations, they didn't charge for the space either.22:44
bkerensaI think FreeGeek may stop shipping Ubuntu before 12.04 :( which is sad because I still think they get Ubuntu into more peoples hands then most sources in the U.S.22:45
bkerensapangolin: Yeah our LoCo will start doing a Ubuntu Hour at the Salem Library and also some clinics22:45
bkerensafor the rural folks :)22:45
pangolinhe also hosts and ubuntu hour separate from the presentations.22:46
pangolinI haven't been in a few months :/22:46
pleia2slacker22:46
pangolinI really should go have lunch with him soon22:46
bkerensaheh22:46
pangolinit's his turn to buy too22:47
pangolinlol22:47
bkerensaI wish I could get to every FOSS thing going on but it is utterly impossible22:47
pangolinpleia2: y u mean 2 me22:47
pleia2pangolin: <322:47
pangolin:-)22:47
* pangolin hugs pleia2 22:47
* pleia2 hugs22:49
pangolin42 Mississippi, 43 Mississippi....22:51
pleia2AlanBell: where are we with the planet cleanup?23:11
AlanBellum, ball back in your court I think23:12
AlanBellthough I may not have let you know about that23:12
pleia2ok23:12
AlanBellat the top of the config file there is a section of candidates for removal23:13
AlanBellsomeone was going to blog about the cleanup and let people come forward and claim any unclaimed blogs or something23:13
nigelbI'm so glad AlanBell picked up from me.23:13
bkerensa:D23:13
nigelbI'm starting the day awfully early today.23:14
pleia2AlanBell: did you actually sync up given nicks with proper launchpad nicks?23:14
AlanBellyes23:14
pleia2ok, excellent23:14
nigelbthat is the single most painful thing.23:14
nigelbI hope my script helped :-)23:14
AlanBellI did some grepping and spreadsheeting23:14
nigelbheh23:15
pleia2dholbach, Milo and I ended up doing eyeball review and associations23:15
nigelb:)23:15
pleia2AlanBell: I'll check it out and have a look this week and reply to the open thread on the list then, would you care to blog about it since you started the process?23:15
AlanBellnope!23:16
pleia2I would, but I just told the world we're closing mailing lists, removing people form planet too, phew, I'm not popey!23:16
AlanBellthat was the only thing we agreed, that it wouldn't be me23:16
pleia2ah ok23:16
nigelbneed help there?23:16
nigelbI blogged about it once, I don't mind doing it again.23:16
AlanBellsabdfl agreed it would be someone on the CC to do that23:16
nigelbaha, that's fine then.23:16
pleia2ok, I'll make akgraner do it then :)23:16
bkerensalol23:16
AlanBellideal23:16
nigelbUsually, I'd nominate popey for something lik this :P23:17
popey\o/23:17
mhall119shut it down!23:17
bkerensaShould blog.... Due to the non-recovering economy Canonical has decided to shutter Planet23:17
AlanBellpleia2: we have bug 913541 to deal with :)23:17
ubot2`Launchpad bug 913541 in ubuntu-community "there are a number of people with Ubuntu IRC cloaks who have expired from the ubuntumembers group" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/91354123:17
pleia2AlanBell: yeah, that's what reminded me about planet23:18
nigelbI thought IRCC had scripts to deal with that.23:18
AlanBellthey do23:18
AlanBelland today I ran it23:18
pleia2scripts to identify23:18
nigelbah23:18
nigelbthe uncloaking is still manual because gms isn't ready.23:19
AlanBellit would be manual anyway really23:19
AlanBellwe will just try not to have a backlog23:19
* popey thinks canonical have somewhat taken over budepest23:19
nigelbheh23:19
nigelbI thought we did that once in May :p23:20
pleia2I'm still sad about not staying longer and going to the budapest zoo23:20
nigelbpleia2: I'm sad about turning back from the gate.23:20
mhall119bkerensa: if you're going to go with that, the shutdown should be scheduled for Dec. 21, 201223:20
pleia2I have since learned that it was really worth seeing23:20
nigelbAlso, about not going out late to see the bridges in the dark.23:20
bkerensa:D23:21
pleia2nigelb: aw, yeah, they were beautiful!23:21
mhall119nigelb: yeah, you missed out on that one23:21
nigelbbut hey, I saw the awesome countryside..when I got lost.. twice.23:21
pleia2bkerensa: why aren't you doing a User Days session on Saturday, busy?23:21
pleia2nigelb: we are running out of time, 4 slots to fill!23:21
nigelbzomg23:21
nigelbmhall119: why aren't you doing a session this time? :D23:22
bkerensapleia2: Honestly... Because you guys schedule everything epic early :)23:23
bkerensawhat is it like 7am PST?23:23
bkerensa:D23:23
pleia2lol23:23
pleia2we don't schedule it early, Oregon just lives too far in the past23:23
bkerensasabdfl did his q&a so early in the morning :(23:24
bkerensaI was like forget this23:24
pleia2we have slots open at 11, noon and 1PM23:24
bkerensaI can do 1pm23:24
bkerensa:)23:24
pleia2ok, thoughts on topics? we really need someone to do one on finding help in ubuntu (system docs, forums, askubuntu, irc, loco teams...)23:24
bkerensaConsider it done23:25
pleia2yay!23:25
* pleia2 adds to schedule now23:25
bkerensabut since this is my first session over IRC can someone who has done one.... please explain the format and what prep work I should do?23:25
bkerensado I just write it up before hand and copy paste?23:25
bkerensaor am I supposed to do it on the fly? :P23:26
pleia2most people write it up before and hand copy/paste23:26
bkerensaok23:26
bkerensawill do23:26
pleia2starcraftman has done the session in the past, he leaves great notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam/natty/FindingHelp23:27
pleia2(logs are at the bottom)23:27
nigelbstarcraftman's sessions are usually awesome.23:28
* AlanBell notes that starcraftman is in the output of a script I ran today23:29
nigelb:(23:29
nigelbI guess he got too busy to continue Ubuntu work.23:29
AlanBellwell you can still just renew, anyhow, that is the kind of reason why it is a manual process23:30
bkerensapleia2: I think I get to see a Ubuntu TV tomorrow23:43
bkerensa:)23:43
pleia2pfft, my tv already runs linux23:43
bkerensaat the very least I do get to go see two new Ubuntu Laptops but I found it interesting that Canonical is gonna show off a prototype at CES and just couple weeks before hand CTL announces a new line of Ubuntu products and they happen to make a majority of their money off of TV's23:44
bkerensa:D23:44
nigelbok, out for a run. laters.23:45

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