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nigelbhggdh: What! Where?00:49
bkerensahggdh: What is special about PJ and Groklaw? Someone pointed out awhile back that they talked about me and I screenshoted the blurb but I have no idea why Groklaw is special00:57
nigelbThey do some fun stuff around software lawsuits00:57
nigelbI always find their analysis interesting00:58
bkerensanigelb: Groklaw - http://ubuntuone.com/1x8HWKSwWFfYDuxVjfHMuv01:00
nigelbheh01:01
mhall119bkerensa: groklaw had some of the best detailed coverage of the SCO linux lawsuit01:25
bkerensaahh01:51
marcoceppicprofitt: o/02:35
cprofitthey marcoceppi02:38
cprofittso... about the video02:38
marcoceppiyup02:39
cprofittI have been struggling to make askubuntu.com work for local teams prior to making the video02:39
cprofittand I have not been successful02:39
cprofitthere is the query I tried - http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/53493/top-1000-users-near-me02:40
marcoceppiwhat are some of the obstacles you're seeing?02:40
cprofittthe issue there is shows people who may not really be active with AskUbuntu02:40
marcoceppiAh, okay. So you're looking to find active people?02:41
cprofittwell... anyone who has actually used aksubuntu.com02:41
cprofittvs. any of the other stack exchange sites02:41
cprofittlike this person comes up on the query02:42
cprofitthttp://askubuntu.com/users/20692/mike-fisher?tab=accounts02:42
cprofittbut has not really done anything that I can see02:42
cprofittthe other issue is how do I then contact these folks?02:43
marcoceppiWell, the issue with Location is it does a relatively exact match. So Washington, DC doesn't match the DC Metro area, so it's a really finite match.02:44
cprofittI can get a state match by putting in NY02:45
marcoceppiAh, good point02:45
cprofittbut yes, it does an exact match...02:45
cprofittI do not mind that... that can be worked around02:45
marcoceppiIt might be a better idea, and I took a stab at this earlier, but building a map from all the users02:45
marcoceppiand I know that was discussed a bit at UDS02:45
cprofittyes, it was02:45
marcoceppiSo you can get a relative location of users02:46
cprofittthe real issue is to try to make it useful to a loco team02:46
marcoceppiAs for getting in touch with users, in touch how? Like email users?02:46
cprofittlike how does a team use the data to connect to users02:46
cprofittit could be email or something else...02:46
cprofitteven if askubuntu.com did something to link the person to the loco wiki it would be useful02:47
marcoceppiWell, there is not real way to abstract the email - however, what you could do is consume the feeds for these people identified as being around a Loco and follow their questions02:47
cprofittthe other way data could be useful is w/o user names, but show me the questions asked in my state -- then I could work those in to presentations or mailing list how to posts02:47
marcoceppiThat way Loco stewards could leave comments like, "hey if you need further help, check out the loco!"02:47
cprofittyeah, I have left a few - try your local groups comments based on the information I found02:48
cprofittbut it was difficult -- if I could get questions that were in my state w/o having to find and track people that would be good though02:48
cprofittis there anyway to find questions based on the location of the question author?02:49
marcoceppiYou'd have to build a query in the API for that02:49
marcoceppiI can try to mesh an example of how this would work if you'd like02:50
cprofittis that different than the kinds of query I showed you?02:50
cprofittmarco that would help... my ultimate goal would be to make it easy for state members to search by their city or state02:50
marcoceppiYeah, you'd need to use the API directly (not the query) to pull for instance, all the users, then perform post processing on it (determine each location of the user, find users within X miles from Loco center, generate a feed)02:51
cprofittgot it...02:51
marcoceppiI'd be happy to get a working example up this week for you, see if it's something you'd be interested in02:52
cprofittit would be...02:53
marcoceppiI can see how it would be great to help expose users to the greater community02:53
marcoceppiand other support channels02:53
cprofittif I can make it interesting to loco leaders then we can try to work on getting feedback, etc02:53
marcoceppicool, cool02:53
cprofitthttp://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/59470/questions-from-your-area03:00
cprofittmay have got something working03:00
cprofittmarcoceppi: that query works03:01
marcoceppicprofitt: Aye, that'll get the questions. Will that work for your criteria?03:02
cprofittI think working with the API might be better long term -- especially if the loco portal guys can build it in to their application03:03
cprofittbut for allowing loco leaders to see what topics are being asked it works03:03
cprofittmarcoceppi: slight modification03:07
cprofitthttp://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/revision/59470/59976/questions-from-your-area03:07
cprofittI will pass this by folks via my blog and they we can hook up and look at the API03:08
cprofittappreciate you talking with me tonight03:08
cprofittmarcoceppi: mind if I include the fact that you are working on some stuff with me via the API?03:09
marcoceppinot at all03:09
marcoceppihere's a little more verbose query03:09
marcoceppihttp://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/59471/questions-from-your-area?YourLocation=DC03:09
marcoceppiif you wanted to find "newer" users03:10
cprofittthat looks good... thanks03:10
marcoceppinp, I'll try to piece something together in the next few days, I'll ping ya if I've got anything03:12
cprofittthanks. I look forward to it.03:12
nigelbg2603:12
cprofittmarcoceppi: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/askubuntu-com-and-loco-teams/03:34
cprofitteverything ok with that?03:34
marcoceppicprofit Looks good!04:18
dholbachgood morning07:44
jokerdinohi there07:53
dholbachhi jokerdino07:58
bkerensadholbach: Can I pm for a second?08:01
dholbachsure08:02
dpmgood morning everyone08:11
dholbachhola dpm08:11
dpmhey dholbach :)08:12
dpmand happy belated birthday :)08:12
* dholbach curtseys08:15
dholbachthanks08:15
bkerensahello dpm08:46
dpmhey, good morning bkerensa08:47
s-foxHello :-)10:19
jokerdinohi there10:19
s-foxHello jokerdino , how are you?10:19
jokerdinoi am doing fine :)10:19
s-foxGood show.10:19
jokerdinohow about you?10:20
s-foxLittle nervous, got a job interview later...10:20
jokerdinooh good luck!10:21
hggdhnigelb: goto http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php and look for an entry called "A charming cartoon"13:25
cprofitthttp://chaoslife.findchaos.com/comics/2012-01-16PirateSocks.png13:28
hggdhbkerensa: growlaw started a few months after SCO sued IBM and others (and got entangled with Novell). A lot of what happened/happens on these cases can be traced back to groklaw13:29
cprofitthttp://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/103/d/5/groklaw_pj_tribute_by_doctormo-d3dxm1h.png13:30
AlanBellhggdh: it started sometime before then13:36
dholbachmhall119, ping13:37
hggdhAlanBell: I do not remember anymore :-)13:40
mhall119dholbach: pong13:43
dholbachmhall119, jono wanted me to talk to to you about patch piloting - if you have a moment we could have a chat13:53
mhall119dholbach: give me 10 minutes?13:53
dholbachsure13:53
scott-workanyone know if REVU is suppossed to be up and used?  it doesn't seem to be14:05
dholbachscott-work, it might be worth pinging ajmitch, wgrant or sistpoty or siretart in #ubuntu-motu14:06
dholbachI think it's meant to go away at some stage, but I thought that was some time off still14:06
scott-workdholbach: thank you :)14:07
mhall119dholbach: back14:14
dholbachmhall119, great14:15
dholbachstarting the hangout infrastructure14:15
akgraneris there anyway to read indd files in Ubuntu?14:25
akgraneror rather using one of the applications that come with Ubuntu14:26
nigelbjcastro_: ping?14:47
nigelbohwait, its mhall119's job now.14:47
nigelbmhall119: for bug 759871, would you prefer we just gave a suggestion to use real name instead?14:47
ubot2Launchpad bug 759871 in summit "Force sponsorship applicant to use real name." [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/75987114:47
nigelbforcing it might be challenging.14:47
mhall119nigelb: I think making it requires is reasonable, since it will be used for arranging travel and booking rooms, etc14:52
mhall119things where we need that info for 3rd parties who won't accept pseudonyms14:53
nigelbmhall119: Well, I can make it requires, but not control what someone puts there.14:53
nigelbThat's what I mean.14:53
mhall119nigelb: that's fine14:54
bkerensaGood Morning Folks :)15:04
bkerensahggdh: Thats some pretty nice work... DoctorMo is good at art15:05
mhall119morning bkerensa15:05
bkerensaApparently the good ol' Arctic circle decided to push some wicked cold weather and snow down to Portland :)15:08
bkerensaNo penguins sighted yet though15:08
mhall119penguins are antarctic15:08
mhall119you'll just get polar bears15:08
bkerensaoh they dont sound so friendly :)15:10
mhall119bkerensa: they're very friendly: http://jonathancarter.co.za/files/images/qimo-shot.jpg15:11
bkerensa\o/15:14
mhall119dpm: ping15:22
dpmhey mhall11915:22
mhall119dpm: did you have a chance to look at http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/platform/api/ and the fact that it still references CouchDB as the Data API?15:23
mhall119since U1 has dropped it, is it still the recommended way of storing data for desktop apps?15:24
dpmmhall119, sorry, it's on my TODO ever since you sent that e-mail, but I haven't done it yet. Do you know if we recommend something already for the data api, or shall we remove it altogether?15:25
mhall119U1DB isn't ready yet, I think, so we'll probably just need to remove it15:25
dpmmhall119, ok. Let me put it in a "Deprecated" section for now, until we've got an alternative15:26
mhall119dpm: I'm trying to get a hold of aquarius too15:26
mhall119thanks15:26
dpmcool15:26
dholbachmhall119, dpm, jcastro_, balloons: I guess we won't have a team meeting in 33m?15:27
dpmdholbach, I assumed we were not going to have it. I think both jono and jcastro are away15:27
* dholbach nods15:28
dholbachok15:28
dpmmhall119, http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/platform/api/15:29
mhall119dpm: thanks15:31
james_wmhall119, http://askubuntu.com/questions/95956/creating-a-unity-lens-the-name-activation-does-not-exist-in-the-context-of-u15:31
mhall119james_w: thanks15:33
mhall119dpm: I have a bug report against the ubuntu one documentation that the dev portal links to for "Ubuntu One (Data)"15:35
mhall119what project on LP should I use to link that bug to the dev portal? developer-portal?15:36
dpmmhall119, ubuntudeveloperportal (developer-portal is, confusingly, only for the myapps webapp to submit applications)15:36
mhall119dpm: good thing I asked15:37
dpmmhall119, there is a link to "report a bug" on the footer of all d.u.c pages, although it's not very visible15:37
dpmyou can click on that one and it should make things easier15:38
mhall119dpm: I already had a bug against ubuntuone-servers, just wanted to attach ubuntudeveloperportal to it so you get updates when they change their docs15:38
dpmmhall119, ok, cool, thanks!15:39
mhall119dpm: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntudeveloperportal/+bug/91769415:39
ubot2Launchpad bug 917694 in ubuntuone-servers "Developer documentation still suggests CouchDB" [Undecided,New]15:39
mhall119just incase they move that page and you need to update the links on the dev portal15:40
dpmgood point15:40
dpmmhall119, since you've got way more web development experience than I do, we should probably discuss how to better publish API docs on d.u.c at some point (it's not urgent for now)15:41
mhall119ok15:42
mhall119dpm: ping again16:09
mhall119dpm: aquarius says that the "Ubuntu One (Data)" links on http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/platform/api/ should be moved to deprecated too, until they have the U1DB docs available16:10
mhall119dpm: also, what city are you in ? (needs to add your localtime to my clock)16:11
dpmmhall119, ok, let me do that in a few mins.16:30
dpmValencia16:31
balloonsdholbach, wanted to let you know I listened to one of your dubstep mixes.. pretty good actually17:14
dholbachballoons, drum'n'bass maybe? not sure if I posted a dubstep mix somewhere already - I thought they all were not good enough yet17:16
balloonshmm.. let me go check17:16
dholbachmhall119, but soon dpm is going to move to Berlin (still the same TZ), we'll open a bar there together17:16
balloonsdpm moving to berlin?17:17
dpm dholbach, don't tempt me!17:17
balloonslol17:17
dholbachdpm, go go go go go17:17
balloonsdpm, tell dholbach the weather and sea are much nicer in Valencia17:17
dpmdholbach, have you already started spotting potential bar candidates? ;)17:17
balloonsand it's Spain! flamenco guitar..17:17
dholbachdpm, once I'm back in Berlin I'll let you know17:18
dholbachballoons, I'm sure we can find a flamenco guitar for dpm in Berlin, but there's a good point about the climate :)17:18
dpmdholbach, great!17:18
balloonsdholbach, ahh yes it was drumnbass17:19
dpmballoons, yeah, weather is a plus point in here17:19
balloonsmixtape: cryptkeeper17:19
dpmalthough it's starting to get cold too17:19
dholbachah yes, the "latest" one - I've become a bit lazy, I need to post something new again :)17:19
balloonsdpm, yes, I like nice weather. I have the windows open and a nice warm breeze today.. It's around 24 c today17:21
balloonsdholbach, no worries.. I've got all the old ones to listen to.. I'll keep on them17:21
dpmwow, definitely much nicer than in here :)17:21
dholbachdpm, "cold"? Valencia seems to have 16-18°C during the day, while Berlin has around 4°C17:22
dholbachif you keep going on with this conversation I might have to add you to my ignore list17:22
dholbach;-)17:23
balloonsyou guys are too funny..17:23
dpm;)17:27
dpmmhall119, Unity Utilities Lens has just landed in the Software Center :) - David Callé has been working with stgraber to sort out the packaging details and it should be all set now17:30
jcastro_mhall119: hi17:30
dholbachwow, the ARB seems to be on a roll now :)17:30
=== jcastro_ is now known as jcastro
jcastromhall119: I'm not working today but I thought I'd check in, see if you need anything17:31
balloonsnice job guys! keep that software rolling17:31
dholbachmhall119, should "upstream tech overview" be "unity tech overview" instead? (not quite sure?)17:31
balloonsbtw, does anyone know who does the commercial apps in software center?17:32
dholbachballoons, these people: http://www.canonical.com/partners/isv :)17:32
jcastroI miss hanging out already17:37
balloonshey jcastro17:38
dholbachalright my friends - see you tomorrow17:43
nigelbg'nite dholbach17:44
dpmyeah, calling it a day here too...17:49
dpmgood night everyone!17:49
balloonsnight dpm117:49
mhall119hey jcastro18:19
jcastroyoyo18:19
cprofitthey jcastro18:23
cprofittdid some work on the queries last night -- askubuntu and loco teams18:23
jcastrohey, is your arm still in that HUGE block of cheese?18:23
cprofittno... that was for 1 week18:23
cprofittI get the stitches out tomorrow18:23
jcastrothe queries turning up anything interesting?18:24
mhall119heh, block of cheese18:26
mhall119it really did look like that18:26
cprofittthe nurses called it a sponge bob18:28
cprofittjcastro: I got it to the point I could show questions from 'my area'18:29
jcastroheh18:29
cprofittand marco tweaked it to order them by most recent questions18:29
cprofittjcastro: http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/59471/questions-from-your-area18:30
jcastro"the distribution that tends to set ambitious goals that get people excited, then breaks hearts when the harsh realities of real life"18:32
jcastrohah, awesome18:32
jcastrohttp://www.thevarguy.com/2012/01/17/aligning-linux-distributions-with-presidential-hopefuls18:32
jcastrocprofitt: the query takes a long time18:34
jcastrobut seems to work18:34
cprofittit does -- faster when limted to just askubuntu.com18:35
cprofittI linked you, by accident, to the larger one18:35
cprofittthere are also issues with just searching for NY18:36
cprofittbecause 'germaNY' contains NY18:36
cprofittjcastro: askubuntu only - http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/59471/questions-from-your-area18:37
cprofittto search for NY you have to input , NY18:37
cprofittwhole lotta Jorge Castro when I search for , FL18:41
cprofittjcastro: here is the most recent questions from someone in FL that appears to be new18:41
cprofitthttp://askubuntu.com/questions/86148/windows-server-2008-remote-desktop-with-maximum-security18:41
mhall119jcastro: nice, and very spot-on for the most part18:42
mhall119cprofitt: 'Castro' is a popular name in South Florida ;)18:42
cprofittmhall119: it Jorge though18:43
cprofittnot multiple people18:43
cprofitt:-)18:43
mhall119jcastro is multiple people18:44
mhall119well, multiple robots anyway18:44
mhall119see http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1900/is-jorge-castro-a-robot18:45
balloonsjcastro, some easy listening for you. Metal I've bet you've never heard: http://www.myspace.com/becomingthearchetype/music/albums/terminate-damnation-1054514118:45
mhall119omg, a myspace url?18:46
balloonslol -- I had to laugh too18:46
cprofittwow... I thought myspace was gone18:46
balloonsI was trying to find a link to someplace you could listen18:46
balloonshmmm18:46
balloonsshould have done a grooveshark playlist18:47
jcastrocprofitt: ok so for this to work18:47
jcastrowe tell people to put their state in?18:47
jcastroot, I guess in the biography people can put their loco in18:48
cprofittjcastro: you can also use Syracuse, NY18:56
cprofittetc18:56
cprofittit queries the owner of the question's location field18:56
* jcastro nods18:59
cprofittmarco is still planning on doing something with the API that might be more useful19:04
cprofittand could be intergrated with the loco portal19:04
cprofittsuch as a feed of questions19:05
jcastronod19:05
technovikingbodhi_zazen!~bodhi_zaz@fedora/bodhizazen Fedora! :)20:56
bodhi_zazen'lo technoviking , long time no see20:58
technovikingbodhi_zazen: howdy sir, you get the note I posted to the trouble ticket last week20:59
bodhi_zazenAbout upgrading the forums and working out openid later ?21:00
technovikingyup21:00
bodhi_zazensir, lol, why so formal21:00
technovikingjust keeping the ducks in rows:)21:00
* mhall119 broke down and installed advanced window list on irssi21:09
doctormonI've upgraded to Precise, first Alpha I've ever used on my main machine21:13
akgranerdoctormon, :-) me too22:09
doctormonakgraner: Actually I'm quite glad i get to test software, but still sad the kernel is unfixed.22:12
cprofitthey doctormon22:12
doctormonakgraner: I think in my frustrations I will end my freedom by kidnapping a kernel develop of the right sort and sit him bodily down in front of the blasted thing.22:13
akgranerdoctormon, don't you know I am not allowed to even mention the word kernel :-P22:13
doctormondeveloper*22:13
doctormonHey cprofitt22:13
akgranerdoctormon, um yeah good luck with that. you are talking about *kernel* developers :-)22:14
doctormonakgraner: You mean I might have to lay siege to their encavement?22:14
akgraner:-)22:15
doctormonSeriously how can one f'in computer be broken from maverick to precise? It's an entire 2 year cycle of death.22:15
akgranerdoctormon, I had one that was broken for 3 cycles22:16
doctormon6 years or 1 and a half?22:17
akgranerthe dell that kept over heating - 1.522:17
* jussi prods at akgraner - PM!22:17
akgranerjussi, sure22:18
czajkowski/c/c22:21

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