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dwatkins_ciao00:04
forestpiskiehello ma00:34
forestpiskiehello matt_symes00:34
forestpiskieeven00:34
daftykins:D00:34
daftykinshey pa00:34
matt_symeshello forestpiskie00:35
forestpiskiedidn't expect to see me in here00:35
matt_symesyou're up late :) Must be the weekend.00:35
matt_symesI've heard you forest folk get about00:36
forestpiskie3 giggling 12 year olds woke me up :(00:36
daftykinsD:00:36
forestpiskieI should learn to say no more often :p00:36
daftykinsprobably shouldn't tell us more00:36
matt_symesBetter than any alarm clock00:36
forestpiskieha ha ha00:37
forestpiskieI'll learn 'em though - lights on at 6am :D00:37
matt_symesrevenge ;) lol00:37
forestpiskiedaftykins: I'm a soft single dad who takes it out on forum trolls lol00:38
daftykins:D00:38
forestpiskiematt_symes: indeed  - it went a bit quiet when I turned the upstairs leccy off00:38
daftykinsXD00:38
matt_symesnice move00:39
forestpiskieoh lord - english tv at silly o'clock includes the twoering inferno then00:39
matt_symesMust remember that one00:39
* forestpiskie puts music on 00:39
forestpiskiematt_symes: it worked surprisingly quickly lol00:39
daftykinswith the kids today i'd have thought changing the wireless key would scupper them00:39
matt_symes:D00:40
forestpiskieha ha ha00:40
forestpiskieshe uses linux ... she's had to work things out :)00:40
daftykinsexcellent training00:40
forestpiskieyep00:40
forestpiskiestrange noises from the school though lol00:40
andylockranhowdy00:41
forestpiskiehello andylockran00:41
matt_symeso andylockran00:41
matt_symeso/00:41
matt_symesforestpiskie: do they use Linux in school now ?00:41
forestpiskienot here - but she's used to doing things not the ms way00:42
forestpiskieso they asked lol00:42
forestpiskieI wish they did00:42
matt_symesMust have confused them no end. Take in a Live USB stick to show them ?00:43
forestpiskieI think the IT 'teacher' has some idea - but I've been there for a few days before when I was trying to get into teaching - not very open at all :(00:44
daftykins"what is zeez magical thing, it's a picture that has no start button!"00:44
forestpiskielol00:44
matt_symesha ha ha00:45
daftykinsi'm quite jealous of younger generations now, with the information they have access to00:46
matt_symeswho need a ?start? button anyway. I want to !do! not ?start?00:46
daftykinswhen i was ridiculously keen to learn you were at the mercy of others onlines' patience00:46
daftykinsand also OSs were harder to mess with pre-virtualisation and also lack of shared net connections to be able to experiment easier00:46
forestpiskiedaftykins: when I was at school we still learnt Lsd and proper measurements00:47
daftykinsinteresting school giving out LSD :D00:47
forestpiskie I add that when I left we weren't ...00:47
matt_symesdaftykins: so am i especially in schools. It was a couple of BBC model Bs when i was in school00:47
daftykins=]00:48
forestpiskiedaftykins: special school ... :)00:48
matt_symesforestpiskie 60s child :)00:48
forestpiskieyea - just :)00:48
forestpiskiebetween a rock and a hard place - learnt proper measurements - but still had slide rules and log tables when exams came00:49
forestpiskieso I did my 60s at stonehenge in the late70s/early 80s00:50
matt_symesnice place for it.00:51
forestpiskieit was :)00:51
forestpiskieor at least to start with :p00:51
daftykinsright i'm giving up on Friday and committing to Saturday, g'night all \o00:52
forestpiskienight00:53
matt_symessounds like a plan. Good night \o/00:53
forestpiskienight matt_symes00:53
andylockrannight all00:53
matt_symesgood night peeps00:53
forestpiskieo/00:54
ali1234my first shared internet connection had a 386 as router and ran over 2BaseT/coax02:10
ali1234all parts bought at computer fair for under £5002:10
directhex10base2.02:12
ali1234yeah that's the one02:12
ali1234thin ethernet02:12
directhexi loved that stuff02:13
ali1234being able to plug in an extra machine without dropping a cable was handy02:13
ali1234not so handy for the network admin trying to find the rogue machines though02:14
ali1234my first 4 port 10base-t hub cost more than my entire network up to that point02:16
jonsainthi all. can anyone tell me if theres a 64 bit ubuntu. ive got ubuntu on my machine but its only got the 32 bit on here08:29
forestpiskiethere is jonsaint08:30
forestpiskieyou'd have to reinstall to get it though08:31
jonsaintwhere can i grait?08:31
jonsaintyeah i know, where can i get it?08:31
forestpiskiecurrent version?08:31
jonsaintyes.08:31
forestpiskiehttp://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download08:31
jonsaintwhen the next version is released next month, will that also be upgraded as well?08:32
forestpiskiejust change the 32 bit to 64 bit08:32
forestpiskieit will ask if you want to upgrade to it yes08:32
jonsaintsuperb. many thanks08:32
forestpiskiewelcome08:32
christelgood morning lovelies08:51
AlanBellmorning all08:54
jussiMorning christel and AlanBell08:57
jussiALthough I wouldnt class myself in the "lovelies" group :P08:57
christelaww of course you are!09:07
christelanother sunny day today :D09:07
MartijnVdS\o/09:07
Myrttimeh09:09
* christel tickles Myrtti 09:15
MyrttiFinnish spring. snow on the ground - and it's raining like before the great flood.09:29
Myrtti;___;09:29
hank3three3chathi, can somebody tell me where I can download the up to date version of Pangolin09:41
forestpiskiehttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/09:41
hank3three3chatthank you09:42
forestpiskieI'd be more inclined to do the beta plus updates - no guarantee the daily will do anything :)09:42
hank3three3chatok, thanks for the advice, will take a look at that now…..09:43
forestpiskie:)09:43
ali1234bugs.maemo.org finally gave up the ghost and marked every bug "WONTFIX"09:47
Myrttilol09:49
Myrttiso ends an era09:49
AlanBellhank3three3chat: I would go for the daily, saves a few hundred MB of updates09:58
forestpiskieI think he probably did09:59
forestpiskieI just updated my lappy - been sitting in the kitchen unloved - it was lots of updates ...09:59
StevenRurrgh. How do I reboot the USB stack? lost keyboard and mouse again10:00
StevenRovernight something happened to the DVB hardware and it appears to have killed all USB functionality10:01
* StevenR wishes he knew what the box tried to do just before it failed like this10:02
christelAlanBell: that riverside place apparently is down the road just to the left (before if coming from my side of town, oh wait.. it's a one way street? so before anyhow i guess) the leisure center10:14
christelcentre*10:14
MyrttiAlanBell: mind a pm?10:14
AlanBellsure10:24
AlanBellchristel: yeah, we went there, didn't find it10:24
AlanBelllots of industrial units10:24
christelaha10:25
AlanBellwe want posh modern offices to fit our up and coming dynamic hi tech startup image10:30
AlanBellor to give us a high tech startup image :)10:30
Apacheukmorning all, anyone having issues updating 12.04 this morning?10:41
forestpiskienot here10:41
Apacheukah... wait there, seems I might have spoken too soon... seems to be working now10:42
forestpiskie:)10:42
forestpiskiepigeon on the wire perhaps :D10:43
Apacheukmaybe, did find the broadband turned off this morning... mother-in-law had turn it off to "save the internet" :)10:43
MartijnVdSApacheuk: http://www.snopes.com/holidays/aprilfools/cleaning.asp10:44
StevenRApacheuk: you mean you don't turn it off? You realise that you're wasting electrons by not doing so?10:45
ApacheukMartijnVdS, thats funny... I sending that to our helpdesk now10:45
Apacheukhaven't updated in a while, theres alot :)10:49
hank3three3chatI have a wacom pen and touch late, and I was wondering, does it work on 11.10? If so where are the instructions? Or is it out of the box?10:51
hank3three3chatanybody know?11:02
AlanBellplug it in and let us know what happens11:03
MyrttiAFAIK they've worked out of the box for several years, but YMMV11:09
hank3three3chatnothing happens, the blue light on the slate comes on but the pen doesn't work, and I just found the wacom icon in the dash, and opened that and it doesn't recognise its connected11:16
hank3three3chatit works on my mac11:16
hank3three3chatis there anything I can do to get it working?11:20
hank3three3chatthe model is CTH-47011:20
brobostigongood morning everyone.11:21
directhextime to DIY!11:22
MartijnVdSDIY!11:23
hank3three3chatoh well, thanks any way, will just have to use it on my mac11:26
Myrttihank3three3chat: http://askubuntu.com/questions/88028/wacom-bamboo-capture-cth-470-pen-and-touch-not-working <-- seen this?11:47
Myrttiom nom, tea11:48
directhexso who knows how to take a radiator off the wall?11:57
MartijnVdSdirecthex: Make sure the system is empty first11:59
MartijnVdSdirecthex: then.. use some kind of wrench on the nuts connecting it to the system?11:59
MartijnVdSdirecthex: then just lift it off its holders?11:59
directhexyeah... sounds like a 2-man job :/11:59
directhexi'm off to town to cach a cheque, buy a lunch, and buy some wrenches12:00
directhexand let the sugar soap on this door dry out12:01
popeyMorning all12:04
forestpiskiehi popey12:05
directhexurgh i'm bunged up. might have the plague12:06
hank3three3chatMyrtti: you are awesome it works, thankyou12:13
hank3three3chatanother question, can you add any apps for this like you can on mac, or is it just use the way it is?12:16
Myrttihank3three3chat: depends on what you mean with "like you can on mac"12:17
Myrttihank3three3chat: the preferred way to add apps is through the Software Center12:17
ali1234it is on mac too12:17
ali1234xcept they call it Apple Store or something12:18
czajkowskialoha12:18
czajkowskihmm12:18
czajkowskilatest updates have strange behaviour :/12:18
czajkowskimoving mouse over icons in the dash12:18
czajkowskicauses them to flicker12:18
MartijnVdSOK so it's not me12:20
MartijnVdSfor me, the entire screen flickers12:20
MartijnVdSwhen things update12:20
hank3three3chatok, just watched a video, and the guy used my paint, and you got all the t=stuff on that that you need, going to play with it now12:22
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hank3three3chatMyrtti: well on mac, its got all these apps you can download, but having just seen the video on my paint with wacom, don't need anything else, its all in that program12:23
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: the tabs on chrome flicker when I add a new one or go to a different tab12:23
czajkowskimost epically annoying12:23
czajkowskiand not my terminal is fflickering when I type at times and hit enter12:24
MartijnVdSczajkowski: what about clicking the menus/indicators?12:24
Myrttihank3three3chat: gimp might be closest to what you are looking for - but I'm not sure what you're trying to do12:24
MartijnVdSczajkowski: does that flicker as well?12:24
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: yup12:25
czajkowskiflicker tastic which means working this morning is rather painful12:25
czajkowski:/12:25
MartijnVdS:|12:25
* MartijnVdS checks the launchpads12:25
MartijnVdSczajkowski: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/96309312:26
lubotu3Launchpad bug 963093 in unity (Ubuntu Precise) "Unity 5.8: Flickering and corruption on Unity UI elements" [Critical,Confirmed]12:26
hank3three3chatMyrtti: not much at the moment, need to get used to the slate and how it works, I have gimp installed, but will have a look at my paint to start, to get used to it……12:27
hank3three3chatjust rte ally glad it works in Ubuntu12:27
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: oh thanks12:27
czajkowskihmm ran unity --reset12:28
czajkowskinot sure resetting it worked12:28
czajkowskishall reboot12:28
MartijnVdSnow all customization is gone12:28
czajkowskibrb12:28
czajkowskihmm when did the dasher get a wine background12:29
MartijnVdSczajkowski: wine background?12:30
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: http://twitpic.com/90luiw/full12:32
czajkowskisee along side the side12:32
MartijnVdSczajkowski: I think it adapts to the dominant colour in your background image12:36
MartijnVdSczajkowski: or it's supposed to, anyway12:36
MartijnVdSczajkowski: you can blame gord if it doesn't.12:36
MartijnVdSczajkowski: Cute pic though :)12:36
czajkowskiwhere the hell is it getting wine from12:36
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: cheers, me and the find angry birds for my desktop12:37
czajkowskior cows12:37
czajkowskiit alternates12:37
czajkowskiI realise that sounds strange but it's not :)12:37
MartijnVdSI have this one atm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/treenaks/6816260055/in/photostream12:37
ali1234the laucnher colour automatically changes to "match" your wallpaper12:37
ali1234which normally means turning bright pink or blue12:38
MartijnVdSczajkowski: http://www.flickr.com/photos/treenaks/3260817864/ ?12:38
MartijnVdSczajkowski: also.. do the birds need to be angry? :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/treenaks/5767921455/in/photostream + http://www.flickr.com/photos/treenaks/5828812586/in/photostream12:38
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: more like http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad278/maymidnights/angry-birds1.jpg12:40
czajkowskiMartijnVdS: or http://www.nothingsnormal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Angry-Birds-003.jpg12:40
ali1234i think that might be photoshopped12:40
MartijnVdSczajkowski: the second one is scary12:40
directhexdoor coat 1 done!12:43
directhexcoat 2 can be done in... at 7am!12:43
MartijnVdSyou have slow-drying paint? :)12:43
directhexMartijnVdS: wood paints take a long time to dry12:44
directhextouch dry 8 hours, recoat dry in 1612:44
quackersit's as good an excuse as any :-)12:44
directhexwalls are blocking on someone being around to help de-wall the radiator12:44
ali1234does OS X include blu-ray authoring software?12:58
czajkowskisay hello to my pretty new desktop http://twitpic.com/90m7f7/full12:59
quackersthat's pretty....................not!12:59
quackershello anyway12:59
OmNomDePlumeali1234: no.13:23
OmNomDePlumeBut why are you asking here?13:23
OmNomDePlumeOSX can't even play back BD's AFAIK.13:23
OmNomDePlumeYup, you need third-party software.13:23
dwatkins_You can't get a Mac with a built-in blu-ray drive.13:28
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OmNomDePlumedwatkins: unless you're the Woz.13:34
popeyali1234: don't think so13:35
popeyali1234: given no macs come with blueray drives13:35
ali1234OmNomDePlume: isn't this the mac channel on freenode?13:41
popey13:42
OmNomDePlumeali1234: yes, this channel - #ubuntu-uk - is the Mac channel on freenode.13:44
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dwatkinso.O13:45
Myrttiwhat Unity needs is a Goodreads-lens13:45
Myrttinot that I use lenses that much13:45
Myrttibut that would be nice13:45
OmNomDePlumeWhat Unity needs is to be sent to hell.13:45
popeytrololololololo13:46
Myrttioo, constructive criticism, just what I like.13:46
popeyneed a unicode trollface13:46
Myrttiplz moar.13:46
ali1234yes i was just thinking that the other day13:46
Myrttipopey: 🐭13:46
OmNomDePlumelmao13:46
Myrttiwould a mouse do?13:46
MartijnVdSpopey: Submit a proposal to the Unicode people13:46
popeyquestion mark in a diamond13:46
ali1234works for me13:46
Myrttipopey: screen or tmux?13:46
OmNomDePlumeI actually hope Ubuntu keeps Unity.13:47
popeyubuntu font, screen13:47
popeyOmNomDePlume: it will13:47
Myrttipopey: tmux and shows fine.13:47
MartijnVdSscreen doesn't understand unicode 613:47
popeythere is no other option13:47
Myrttiwith monospace font13:47
OmNomDePlumeBecause then it'll continue to lose market share to Mint.13:47
popeyhahaha yeah, right13:47
MartijnVdSit corrupts even in utf8 mode13:47
Myrtti🐵  monkey?13:47
OmNomDePlumeAnd eventually go the way of Linspire.13:47
ali1234mint? you;ve got to be kidding me13:47
popeyat least ubuntu is somewhat consistent in the choice of desktop ☺13:48
OmNomDePlumeYeah, you know, that Ubuntu derivative which makes things usable.13:48
popeywhat desktop will mint have in 3 years time13:48
popey?13:49
MartijnVdSpopey: his ;)13:49
ali1234mint won't have any desktop without ubuntu to provide the whole of the rest of the OS13:49
popeymate? cinnamon? gnome shell?13:49
OmNomDePlumelol you think the average user cares if it's KDE or Gnome?13:49
popeythats not the question I asked, no.13:49
popeyI'm pointing out the utter inconsistency of the mint UI13:49
popeyand the fact that they chop and change around at the whim of one guy13:50
MyrttiUx1F479 looks approximately like a troll13:50
popey(yes, I am aware of the irony of me saying that)13:50
ali1234popey: now that is truly ironic13:50
ali1234oh you beat me to it13:50
OmNomDePlumeYes.13:50
popey13:50
OmNomDePlumeYes..13:50
OmNomDePlumeThe Archbishop Desmond Shuttleworth.13:50
Myrtti"JAPANESE OGRE13:51
Myrtti"13:51
Myrtti"JAPANESE GOBLIN13:51
OmNomDePlumeI bet Shuttleworth likes anime.13:51
Myrttithat has a bit too long nose13:51
ali1234Myrtti: we want trollface not an actual troll13:51
forestpiskiethanks Myrtti - that got picked up in my alerts lol13:52
ali1234problem?13:52
popeyMy point was that there are hundreds of people working for canonical, and hundreds more in the wider community. Mint has what? 10 developers, 1 or 2 full time?13:52
Myrttihttp://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf <-- for reference13:52
Myrttiforestpiskie: which did?13:52
forestpiskiegoblin :)13:52
popeyI fail to see how mint can make a significant dent in any market other than the "unity haters" one.13:53
ali1234exactly my point too. mint is13:53
dwatkinsIf Mint is based on Ubuntu, does that not mean it's dependant on Ubuntu's success?13:53
ali1234too small to really make a difference13:53
directhexcinnamon might get wider traction, or at least influence gnome devs to un-suck shell13:53
popeyto some degree dwatkins13:53
ali1234mint can switch to debian, or something else, if ubuntu disappears13:54
popeyit did make me chuckle when the mint guys said they would change all references to Ubuntu when they find them (like affiliate codes)13:54
popeyyet they still use our bandwidth for the repositories13:54
dwatkinsThat sounds a bit cheeky.13:54
ali1234but it will never be top tier13:54
ali1234how can they use ubuntu repositories if they modify the packages?13:54
popeytheirs are on top of the ubuntu ones13:55
directhexali1234: version bumping.13:55
directhex1.0-1ubuntu1+mint1 > 1.0-1ubuntu113:55
popeythey also have this odd system of updates which recommends you don't install security updates until they have been vetted13:55
popeywhich seems insecure by design13:55
ali1234yeah13:55
ali1234but that's always the way13:55
ali1234when you start messing heavily with an OS but also try to remain compatible13:56
popeysure13:56
ali1234it never turns out well13:56
directhexpopey: it means "give us long enough to make 1.0-1ubuntu1.1+mint1, otherwise ubuntu 1.0-1ubuntu1.1 will replace 1.0-1ubuntu1+mint1"13:56
popeyyup13:56
dwatkinsso essentially Mint is Ubuntu with a different logo spray-painted on top and has delayed security updates?13:56
popeythey have some apps too13:56
ali1234not really13:56
ali1234the updates aren't delayed13:56
popeyiirc they have a different update manager and a backup tool13:56
dwatkinsah ok13:56
directhexdwatkins: and stuff like cinnamon13:56
popeyali1234: not delayed, they just dont recommend them13:56
ali1234exactly13:56
* dwatkins looks cinnamon up13:57
sagacicinnamon challenge13:57
popeyhttp://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/13:57
dwatkinstar13:57
popeyobserve how it doesn't actually say wtf cinnamon even _is_ on the homepage13:57
ali1234cinnamon is the plugin for shell right?13:57
popey^^ see13:57
ali1234it's nowhere near as good as gnome fallback mode13:58
popey719 packages can be updated.13:58
popeyoops13:58
popeymums machine13:58
* popey hugs ssh13:58
directhexali1234: fallback is going away13:58
ali1234it's hobbled by the fact that it uses gnome-shell as a base13:58
dwatkins'Cinnamon applets are easy to write' apparently, but yes, I still don't know what it is13:58
ali1234which means no multimonitor support and no ability to configure panels13:58
popeydirecthex: they're switching to software rendering aren't they?13:58
directhexali1234: llvmpipe means shell can run without a proper gpu13:58
Myrtti:-| I'm sorry I mentioned Unity13:59
popeyFedora 18 is shipping with it iirc?13:59
popeyhah13:59
ali1234fallback isn't going away actually. gnome-panel has been ported to gtk3. you can't put that cat back in the bag now13:59
directhexsure, and MATE will completely keep gnome 2 alive too13:59
ali1234yeah but there's no longer any reason to do so13:59
popeythere is, for a minority of nerds who hate change14:00
ali1234because gnome-panel on gtk3 is identical to gnome2 in every way except the choice of themes (because old themes have to be ported)14:00
popeylets bring back CDE on solaris14:00
directhexCDE is free software now14:00
popeyi thought there were omissions ali1234 ?14:00
directhexit was released a week or two ago14:00
popeyahh, thats why it's on my brain14:00
popeypanel applets all work okay?14:00
ali1234i'm sure there's a minority that hates change but the majority dislike unity and gnome-shell because they are just bad14:00
popeyheh14:01
ali1234yes allthe old panel applets are there14:01
popeypotato/potato14:01
forestpiskiepopey: on another thing alltogether - someone in ubuntuforums wants to know how to report a daily iso test result - is there somewhere simple I can point him that you know of?14:01
Laneyat least gnome-panel works with other window managers14:02
popeywhy must all linux videos have metal on them ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrkDPIsddK814:02
ali1234at this point it would only take porting the old human theme and you could have identical desktop to 10.04, on 12.0414:02
ali1234oh, also the settings menu moved14:03
ali1234you only get applications and places now14:03
ali1234which kind of sucks14:03
popeyalso odd wallpaper choice from thet youtuber14:03
dwatkinspopey: the guy's background scares me more than his choice of music14:03
* dwatkins didn't think IRC channel names were case-sensitive14:03
ali1234popey: O_o14:04
dwatkins...and then there's the choice of game: "urbanterror"14:05
czajkowskipopey: cause it's clearly cool! don'tcha know!14:05
Myrttipopey: good thing that the view count doesn't go up if you don't watch more than 50% of the video14:05
czajkowskipopey: I suspect the majority are made by Americans as well14:05
ali1234is he using KDE?14:05
ali1234that's even worse IMO14:05
MyrttiI'd hate to think that he got one unsuspecting view more from me just because I had to click the link.14:05
OmNomDePlumedwatkins: they aren't.14:06
czajkowskiMyrtti: Pendulum any idea on a talk title to give to http://www.flossie.org/14:06
czajkowskigoing to be talking about the Ubuntu community, how I go involved and how it lead to a job in Canonical doing stuff I love14:06
czajkowskiand the kinda enviroment that it is14:06
dwatkinssounds like fun14:08
czajkowskidwatkins: do you work on banshee?14:08
dwatkinsczajkowski: no, I'm not a developer I'm afraid14:08
* dwatkins works in support14:09
dwatkinsI wonder if I can make an RSS feed of my +1s on google plus14:11
popeyhmm, 340 quid for a nokia n914:11
Myrttihttp://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/26048/dccft/Nokia-N9-alypuhelin-64GB-musta14:12
Myrtti16 or 64GB one?14:13
popeyyeah, 64GB seems to go for ~340 on ebay14:14
popeyhttp://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/ubuntu-linux-used-in-mcdonalds-restaurants/14:17
ali1234"The Gnome 2 desktop was kept until the 11.04 release and then the  infamous Unity desktop took over, and dealt the Ubuntu distribution a  blow it might never recover from."14:18
ali1234nice14:18
Myrttithat blog post is almost interesting14:18
ali1234i should put more trollposts on my website14:18
ali1234i might get more adsense clicks that way14:18
popey14:19
popeyworks for ZDNet14:19
ali1234also very next sentence "KDE is a nice alternative to Unity" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA14:20
popeyis there a "... if you like stabbing yourself with a thousand tiny knives.."14:20
ali1234i tried that plasma active build on the ideapad. it is totally awful14:20
ali1234the touchpad works14:20
popeyideapad? is that the lenovo thing?14:21
ali1234but you can't click on half of the UI elements with it for no obvious reason14:21
ali1234yeah it's a hybrid tablet14:21
ali1234transformer14:21
ali1234i can't remember what they are called14:21
popeyahh14:21
popeyyeah14:21
ali1234anyway point being it has a touchscreen which is supported, just that plasma active is horribly broken14:21
ali1234it's also really hilariously confusing and difficult to use14:22
ali1234it has that kind of "drag down" menu like on android14:22
ali1234but then to run applications you have to drag it down TWICE14:22
ali1234and there is no visual hint for this at all14:22
ali1234and no other way to run apps ... at all14:22
ali1234it's also extremely slow14:22
ali1234like when you figure out to drag down twice, there is a search box14:22
ali1234you type the first letter of your search, wait 15 seconds for it to update, type second letter, wait 5 seconds, type third letter and now it updates instantly... because now there's only 3 hits14:23
ali1234i really hate search boxes that work that way14:23
ali1234don't search when i've only typed "s"14:23
ali1234it makes no sense and totally destroys any chance of interactivity14:24
ali1234also it took well ovet ten minutes to boot14:25
ali1234there were two separate points where i thought it had crashed because it took so long14:25
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dwatkinshahaha - "place your mouse on top of an analogue alarm clock to stop the screensaver ever kicking in"14:30
ali1234what?14:30
ali1234but i dn't have an analogue alarm clock14:31
ali1234will a digital one work?14:31
dwatkinshttp://lifehacker.com/5896093/use-an-analog-alarm-clock-to-disable-forced-screensavers14:31
ali1234wait that's actually GENIUS14:32
ali1234does the mouse pointer go around in a circle?14:32
dwatkinshehe, doubt it14:32
dwatkinsit probably just moves a bit to the side once a minute14:32
ali1234someone should send that link to totem developers14:33
ali1234they fixed that alt thing yet?14:33
dwatkinsbug 216939 ?14:36
lubotu3Launchpad bug 216939 in xine-lib (Ubuntu) "totem causes alt key press in openoffice every 30 seconds" [Low,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/21693914:36
dwatkinsIf they'd used 'shift' (like I do to come out of screensavers) I wonder if it might have taken longer to be reported.14:37
penguin42wow, that's a bizarre bug14:38
dwatkins"Looks like the culprit is gnome-screensaver-command"14:39
ali1234er, well that bug is back14:39
ali1234because it affects hud now14:39
ali1234because tapping alt opens it14:39
dwatkinsinitiating a keypress is a silly way to stop the screensaver, can't it just send a command to disable the screensaver for 10 minutes every 10 minutes?14:39
dwatkins(or every 9m59s)14:40
ali1234bug 92127614:40
lubotu3Launchpad bug 921276 in Totem "HUD appears every 30 seconds without any interaction (playing a video in totem in particular)" [Medium,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/92127614:40
ali1234yes, it's very silly, yes they could do it properly14:40
penguin42I guess they expect it to work with any screensaver, not just gnome14:40
ali1234that's why we have XDG14:40
dwatkinsthere's no standard way to send some kind of system call to temporarily disable whatever screensaver is enabled?14:41
ali1234yes14:41
ali1234see man xdg-screensaver14:42
dwatkinsthanks ali123414:43
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penguin42ali1234: Nice, I wonder - does xdg cleanup if the window disappears - e.g. if the app crashes/is closed without reenabling screensaver14:44
ali1234no idea14:44
ali1234i think it should according to phrasing of the manual page14:45
dwatkinsThat was why I suggested sending a signal periodically to temporarily disable the screensaver.14:45
directhexmoo.14:45
dwatkins'The window must remain in existance for the duration of the suspension.14:55
dwatkins'14:55
popeyPimm's O'Clock!15:04
SuperEngineerBeer o'clock - popey earns more than me I guess ;)15:06
SuperEngineer[I say "earns"but, you know, many words have several meanings :D15:08
ubuntuuk-planet[Gareth France] Tottenham Court Road  24th March 2012 - http://cliftonts.co.uk/cubuntu/?p=13515:09
popeythis is a bottle of pimm's that's been on the shelf for months ☺15:09
popeyI only bought some lemonade15:09
SuperEngineer;)15:09
Myrttino proper ginger ale or fresh mint so no pimm's for me :-<15:12
popeyyummy15:12
directhexi'm drinking archers & lemonade lately15:14
SuperEngineerFacebook get's my "stupid idiots of the month award" http://tinyurl.com/6mjwg92 [http://preview.tinyurl.com/6mjwg92]15:16
dwatkinsbook book book book book book15:17
directhexdwatkins is now a chicken?15:18
SuperEngineernow that *would * be a good compaign - everyone shouting "book" at facebook!15:18
dwatkinsdirecthex: I was saying 'book' a lot because of that article about Facebook15:19
dwatkinsSuperEngineer: indeed, it's silly what they're trying to do15:19
SuperEngineerbook book book book book - & no - I'm not a chicken either15:19
dwatkinsI guess they want to stop people making sites like 'farcebook' or something that sounds vaguely similar.15:19
SuperEngineerdwatkins: they just turned themselves into farcebook by attempting it15:20
brobostigonor like microshaft, and similer.15:20
SuperEngineerhope they don'y copywright face - I've had mine longer they they've had their name!15:21
SuperEngineerI'll sue ;)15:21
brobostigonthey cant really copyright a bodypart.15:22
SuperEngineerbut they copywrighted the human genome -why not - they're daft enough15:23
* SuperEngineer starts destroying the paper based publications he paper-based-publications shops in case fb get wind of them!15:23
MartijnVdShttp://i.imgur.com/x0Nrk.jpg15:23
SuperEngineer*bought from15:23
robinmdhI installed the 12.04 beta 1 image to see if the ext4 > 16TB issue was solved(as mentioned here(need the 3.2.X kernel etc) http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html#1.42) but i can't get it working, anyone know why/how ?15:26
* SuperEngineer thinks - copywright the word carpet - hmmm - 1 good get rich quick plan15:26
* SuperEngineer laughs at thought of U-UK IRC listeners rushing to copywright office with "carpet" written on a piece of &arp*t15:28
SuperEngineer[can't mention the word - someone's copyrighting it as I speak....]15:30
penguin42it's UPS that owns a particular brown15:30
SuperEngineer...yeah, they can have that one - let's paint all our vehicles so they resemble the colour of faeces.. a good reminder to our customers15:32
ali1234is that really the official flag of mars?15:36
ali1234http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mars apparently it actually is15:36
ali1234or at least as official as you're going to get anyway15:37
SuperEngineerali1234: please stop using the word Mars - I've copywrighted it ;)15:40
ali1234no.15:40
SuperEngineerdamn15:40
MartijnVdSSuperEngineer: you have not.15:40
ali1234what about mars bars?15:40
SuperEngineerdouble damn15:40
SuperEngineerfoiled again15:40
penguin42heck USB thumb drives are coming down; play.com has got 32GB for about £1515:41
ali1234http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar is that really worthy of it;s own article? really?15:41
ali1234i tried one once, it was disgusting15:42
ali1234and i love fried food15:42
SuperEngineer+1 to tried & disgusting - got as far as 2 bites before retching15:42
ali1234yeah really15:42
ali1234i don't think anyone has ever purchased more than one15:43
ali1234it might be alright if the batter didn't taste like fish i guess15:43
popeyI had a lovely haggis pudding supper in aberdeen once15:44
popey_once_15:44
popeywas heart-attack inducing levels of fat15:44
popeytasty ☺15:44
SuperEngineeris that fried haggis in batter with chips by any chance?15:46
ali1234http://23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html15:46
ali1234not sure if for real15:47
SuperEngineerjust looked -  oh no! surely not!15:48
ali1234http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchy_box it must be real it's on wikipedia15:48
popeythat looks awesome15:49
popeywikipedia having issues here15:49
SuperEngineer...but, then again, yum yum15:49
popeyor chrome15:49
ali1234i just went to the shop to buy a BD-RE disc and it's really hot out15:51
ali1234it's like summer15:51
ali1234last week it snowed15:51
ali1234makes no sense15:51
popeyyeah15:51
popeypimm's here, and bbq about to be lit15:51
SuperEngineercall the fire brigade before lighting... much safer15:52
popey15:53
popeyi once had the police turn up because i was burning some crap in the garden15:53
popeylotsa smoke15:53
Nafallothat's just stupid15:55
Nafallothey should have sent the fire brigade15:55
Nafalloalso, morning15:55
ali1234http://www.imgburn.com/ claims to work in wine and can create udf 2.5 filesystems16:05
ali1234so i just need something that can make menus?16:05
popeyhmm, cant get to wikipedia at all16:06
penguin42bizarre; Amazon has recommend Twelve Monkeys to me - which is great; but it says it did it because I said I own Pulp Fiction, 2010 and I rated 200116:09
SuperEngineerpopey: +1 www.wikipedia.org/ & en.wikipedia.org/ both DOA16:10
Nafallomeh16:10
Nafallothat would be why I can't reach them16:10
penguin42SuperEngineer: Fine here16:10
SuperEngineerpenguin42: so you're the reason why the rest of us can't get there?16:11
Nafallohmm. their loadbalancer pings...16:11
Nafallomtr16:11
* penguin42 whistles innocently16:11
Nafalloconnected to, but doesn't seem to load a lot.16:12
NafalloI was just going to read about what libre.fm is...16:12
SuperEngineer[probably overloaded by people deleting their definitions of "Facebook" and replacing them with the word "idiots"16:13
ali1234penguin42: i don't understand why you think that amazon recommendation is odd?16:13
popeyNafallo: last.fm for freetards ☺16:14
Nafallopopey: is that all? they do all the same things or?16:14
popeythats the goal16:14
popeybeen around for years, started by Matt Lee16:14
NafalloI take that as a no16:14
popey16:14
Nafallowhat parts are i place?16:15
* popey shrugs16:15
NafalloI noticed it because I changed scrobbler on my phone, so that part is there :-P16:15
ali1234penguin42: twelve monkeys and 2001 are both "weird" sci-fi (for want of a better term) movies16:15
ali1234and pulp fiction and twelve monkeys both use non-linear story telling16:15
ali1234so it makes sense to me16:16
penguin422001 isn't that weird!16:18
gordits more along the lines of other people who like 2001 and pulp fiction also like twelve monkies16:18
ali1234penguin42: yeah except for the first hour and the last 45 minutes16:18
ali1234gord: sure, it's not intelligent. but it does make sense too16:19
* SuperEngineer votes get-iplayer best linux tool - my Formula 1 Grand Prix rescuer!16:19
gordi find amazon recommendations pretty good :) its let me know about a few things i wouldn't of picked up on otherwise but have found very enjoyable16:19
gordand its fun to spend a few minutes a week pruning its recommendations on the phone -_-16:20
ali1234penguin42: i'd imagine it recommending memento and inception for you also based on what you've told us so far :)16:21
penguin42ali1234: OK, OK, the chimp bit is weird and the beyond infinity bit as well....16:21
penguin42ali1234: Ouch! It did recommend memento, but I didn't know what that was - haven't ordered it - what is it ?16:21
ali1234the blue danube docking scene is pretty tripped out (and awesome) too16:21
penguin42oh the blue danube scene is *nice* not weird16:22
ali1234memento is a movie about a guy who has no long term memory16:22
ali1234it's by the same guy that did inception16:22
gordmemento is good, i'd recommend it16:22
penguin42ali1234: Thing is I saw Inception at the cinema and only kind of liked it16:23
ali1234and it uses non linear story telling16:23
ali1234i liked inception16:23
ali1234not because it was complicated (it wasn't)16:23
nothingspecialo/ quackers16:24
quackerso/ people :-)16:24
ali1234memento *is* complicated though16:24
penguin42ali1234: I think I got confused by the reason for the 2nd to last layer16:24
ali1234penguin42: i don't think you;re really supposed to analyse it16:24
ali1234i mean if you do most of it makes no sense16:25
ali1234like why do they need that machine thing in any of the inner layers? it's not real16:26
gordi still like paprika more than inception, but no one i know has ever seen that :(16:26
penguin42what's that?16:26
ali1234never heard of it. will check it out16:26
gordits similar, came out prior16:27
ali1234also, for the ultimate in impossible to understand sci-fi, you should watch primer. you literally need a diagram to understand it16:27
gordwell, has similar themes16:27
popeyhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/16:27
popey?16:27
* popey adds both to his 'list'16:28
penguin42ali1234: Oh I keep intending to watch that16:28
ali1234you can't watch it once :)16:28
* popey welcomes suggestions for other 'related' films16:30
ali1234what i really love about inception is that it has the feel of a william gibson setting. it could easily be set in the same universe as neuromancer etc16:30
popeyali1234 / gord you can be my amazon 'you may also like' bots16:31
ali1234hmm, i dunno, how much films have you seen?16:31
popeywell, seen inception, like films with that or time travel bents16:32
ali1234a scanner darkly was pretty good16:33
gordthe girl who leapt through time is pretty good, i enjoyed it quite a bit16:33
ali1234perfect role for keanu16:33
ali1234robert downey jr is really good in that one too16:34
ali1234the rotoscoping gets a bit annoying in places though16:34
tugrikafternoon :)  If I want to run a box using full memory and loading the CPU, to test the hardware - kind of memtest but more so, what could I run?16:34
gordrobert downey jr is enjoyable in almost all roles ;)16:34
gordthat reminds me, must get more Nic Cage movies16:34
ali1234i often find him annoying - but again he's *supposed* to be annoying in this movie so it works16:34
popeyoh yes, i liked a scanner darkly16:35
ali1234like tom hanks in ... that one movie where he plays a jerk16:35
ali1234since i can't stand him, that's his only movie that i like16:35
popeytugrik: phoronix test suite ☺16:36
ali1234phoronix i found really difficult to actually get it to run the tests :(16:36
ali1234if you don't want to do CPU and memory at the same time, i recommend cpuburn and memtest16:36
ali1234i think there's a memory tester that runs inside linux too, so you could do that, can't remember what it's called though16:37
penguin42gord: Actually, I tend to dislike Nick Cage in most things16:37
gordpenguin42, you are watching the wrong nic cage movies then ;) like 2/3rds are pretty awful - but that last third are glorious just because of him16:37
tugrikthanks ali123416:38
czajkowskiin google docs how does one merge cells16:40
czajkowskias it's clearly escaping me16:40
ali1234hmm i tried that once16:40
ali1234well, either i know how to do it, or it isn't possible16:40
czajkowskino it is16:41
czajkowskiI can see it done in another doc16:41
ali1234yeah i just need to remember how16:41
popeyright click16:41
penguin42gord: Only one I've seen I really liked was Con Air16:41
popeyhighlight the two cells, right click context menu has the option to merge16:42
ali1234not here it doesn't16:42
* popey checks16:42
ali1234edit -> merge cells16:42
popeyodd16:42
czajkowskihuzza16:43
czajkowskiFINALLY!16:43
czajkowskigoes back16:43
ali1234penguin42: what about the rock with sean connery? that's a good movie16:43
czajkowskicheers16:43
penguin42ali1234: Hmm yeh16:44
ali1234raising arizona is also good16:44
czajkowskiexpendibles!16:47
tugrikthanks as well popey btw, appreciated17:03
SuperEngineerthought I bumped into the WC today - but no  - just some imposter Doo-glass with his wife Deer -Dree! damn!17:43
* SuperEngineer misses the WC17:43
DJonesyay. new tablet17:46
SuperEngineerDJones: as the doctor says... keep taking the tablets17:47
DJonesheh17:48
SuperEngineer[you -didn't- "take", it I hope17:48
DJonesnah, couldn't swallow it17:49
SuperEngineer;)17:49
MartijnVdSDJones: you're not supposed to.. they're suppositories17:50
DJonesouch, that'll bring tears to my eyes17:50
daubersEvening18:39
jacobwevening18:40
dauberssometimes I forget that google groups is more than a mailing list :)18:43
jacobwi don't use google groups for anything right now18:45
daubersThe local hackspace uses it quite a lot18:46
* daubers writes blog while software installs18:48
christeloh so quiet!18:49
* czajkowski jumps on christel *HUGS*18:52
christelhello princess!18:55
* christel hugs czajkowski 18:55
czajkowskihello darling18:56
christelhow art thou18:56
mgdmevening al18:57
mgdmall, even18:57
christelhullu mgdm18:59
czajkowskichristel: not bad got  some jason stratham on :)19:02
czajkowskichristel: how was the little on and rugby today?19:19
czajkowski*one19:20
ali1234AlanBell: i think the offset notifications on second monitor has been fixed!19:30
ali1234rebooting for updates...19:30
MartijnVdSali1234: but not all unity graphics flicker19:31
ali1234well notifications aren't part of unity19:31
MartijnVdSsure, but if you've _also_ upgraded Unity, you're going to have a bad time19:31
ali1234i'm having a bad time anyway, actually19:32
ali1234all window decorations disappeared before i updated19:32
ali1234if they flicker they'll at least be there half the time, that's an improvement right now19:32
ali1234i don't see any flickering19:37
ali1234and notifications are fixed19:37
ali1234but they are blue like the launcher19:37
ali1234except the launcher isn't blue cos i set the setting to change the colour19:38
ali1234is there a dash lens for launchpad?19:39
ali1234yes, there is19:39
ali1234but it isn't packaged19:40
ali1234seems not ready for prime time19:41
ali1234AlanBell: doh, there's a bug older than both of ours with active discussion: https://bugs.launchpad.net/notify-osd/+bug/71645819:51
lubotu3Launchpad bug 716458 in Notify OSD "notify-osd, Multimonitor - notify-osd in invisible area of dual screen setup" [High,In progress]19:51
ali1234ok, i successfully built a udf 2.6 iso using imgburn in wine19:56
ali1234so i just need some software to make blu-ray menus now. any ideas?19:56
MartijnVdSblu-ray menus? aren't those java stuff?20:03
ali1234i don't know, and i don't really care :)20:05
ali1234i just want to make chapters in a looooooooong video20:05
ali1234and put a menu on the front20:05
* popey tickles Laney 20:27
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threemobcan somebody help with installing midori, if I did it through Synaptic., it had a list as long as my arm to remove programs that I need and use.......22:00
threemobis there a .deb file that can be used to install it22:00
AlanBell!info midori22:02
lubotu3midori (source: midori): fast, lightweight graphical web browser. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.4.0-2build0.1 (oneiric), package size 1093 kB, installed size 3736 kB22:02
AlanBellthreemob: just sudo apt-get install midori or grab it from the software centre22:02
threemobyeh, get lots of  errors when I do that in both ways22:04
threemobhttp://pastebin.com/cijEhzGQ22:05
threemobget it from synaptic and it wants to delete things like brasero, and other programs I need22:06
AlanBellwhat version of Ubuntu are you starting from?22:06
threemob11.1022:06
AlanBell!info libwebkitgtk22:06
lubotu3Package libwebkitgtk does not exist in oneiric22:06
AlanBellhmm, it just installs in 12.0422:07
threemobah, that would explain it22:07
threemobthank you22:07
AlanBellwell that doesn't explain it, the thing should just work in 11.10 too22:07
threemoboh right22:08
threemobhow do I find the missing package22:08
AlanBell!info libwebkitgtk-1.0-022:09
lubotu3libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 (source: webkit): Web content engine library for Gtk+. In component main, is optional. Version 1.4.3-0ubuntu4 (oneiric), package size 6888 kB, installed size 21824 kB (Only available for any all)22:09
AlanBell!info libwebkitgtk-3.0-022:09
lubotu3libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 (source: webkit): Web content engine library for Gtk+. In component main, is optional. Version 1.4.3-0ubuntu4 (oneiric), package size 6885 kB, installed size 21820 kB (Only available for any all)22:09
DJonesAlanBell: I have that version installed22:09
threemobok so what does that mean, sorry. :(22:10
DJones-1.0-0 (1.4.3)22:10
AlanBellthreemob: try sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-022:10
threemobok22:10
AlanBellI am expecting some kind of different error message22:10
threemobone sec I'll give it a try22:10
threemobhttp://pastebin.com/jbZtSWPM22:12
threemobmost odd22:13
AlanBellgosh22:13
threemobso how do I get around that22:14
AlanBellsudo apt-get -f install22:15
threemobwill that install the whole of my 11.10 again22:15
threemobjust so I know22:15
AlanBellno, that should just give another attempt at installing the not-quite installed midori package22:16
AlanBelland anything else that is a bit broken22:16
threemobhttp://pastebin.com/5bG8XqTm22:17
AlanBellwell that didn't do much did it22:17
threemobhehe22:17
threemobnope22:17
AlanBellmaybe try installing midori again22:17
AlanBellsudo apt-get install midori22:17
threemobjust did that, got the e already postedsame message as before that I hav22:18
threemobsorry, start again, got the same message, as I have already posted22:18
threemobhttp://pastebin.com/LA3GKaNv22:20
threemobvery strange22:20
DJonesAlanBell: I've just tun the install command (but cancelled it) http://pastebin.com/y3ZuVX58 Maybe that gives some info22:21
AlanBellthreemob: I am kind of out of ideas here22:21
threemoboh wow, definitely missing something22:22
daftykinsdo you have universe and multiverse enabled?22:22
AlanBellmaybe sudo apt-get --fix-missing install22:22
threemobdaftykins: what is universe and multiverse?22:22
daftykinsthey're different package sources22:22
daftykinsif it's refusing to install that libwebgtk package, perhaps it's not got a source for it22:23
threemobhow do I enable both and where22:23
daftykinsi read once not long ago that that's usually the cause, that universe and multiverse aren't enabled22:23
daftykinserr not sure on such a new Ubuntu, i've not really used the 11.xx series22:23
daftykinsi'm also guessing so AlanBell may well slap my wrist in a moment :D22:24
threemobIt might be an idea to see what I have enabled anyway22:24
daftykinsusually there's an app called "software sources" somewhere under admin or system22:25
daftykinsor, you can just delve straight into /etc/apt/sources.list22:25
daftykinsand see what's commented out or included22:25
threemobAlanBell tried that, and got this message http://pastebin.com/NFCeEVEN22:26
threemobjust looked and both are activated22:27
threemobor enabled I should say22:27
daftykinsah-har22:27
daftykinsdo you get a result of you "apt-cache search libwebgtk" ?22:27
daftykins*if you22:27
threemobnothing22:28
threemobhow do I correct broken packages, with the commands you already gave, as its no corrected22:30
daftykinsthreemob: did you have to add a repository for midori?22:33
threemobnothing when I enter apt-cache search libwebgtk22:34
threemobI havent added a repository, how do I do that22:34
daftykinsoh it's not necessary, probably, i just wondered if you did. did you just run "sudo apt-get install midori" to begin with?22:34
threemobyes and got the same message I started off with, in pastebin22:35
daftykinsyeah it's not going to go on until it's aware of where to find that libwebgtk package22:36
daftykinsi take it you're fully updated and upgraded? "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"22:36
threemobhttp://pastebin.com/y3ZuVX5822:36
threemobyes, but I can that again22:36
threemobsame error message I just showed you22:37
threemobneed to go to bed, back is killing me, thank you so much for your help22:38
threemobmight try again tomorrow, after some rest22:38
daftykinswow it wants to get rid of a lot22:39
daftykinsno problemo, gl with it!22:39
threemobI know, and if I deo it via synaptic, it wants to get rid of even more22:39
threemobbye for now22:39
threemoband thanks again22:40
=== quackers is now known as metal_mickey
=== metal_mickey is now known as quackers
* Laney wibbles at popey 23:12
Laneyman, my hands are /freeeeeeeeeeeeezing/23:12
Laneylong dark cycle back without gloves23:12

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