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christelgood morning lovelies06:35
AlanBellmorning all06:56
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dwatkinsmornin all07:10
BigRedSGooood Morning!08:06
JamesTaitGood morning all! :)08:13
Myrttitheres no proper tea here and I forgot my Yorkshires at home :-(08:14
gordyou should get czajkowski to bring you some, that always works for me08:14
mungojerrywho was complaining that they couldn't order from amazon due to the delivery company? i bought something yesterday and i saw a link for "pick up at one of these 11 delivery centres"08:21
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)08:22
BigRedSmungojerry: have you checked where those delivery centres are?08:24
mungojerryno, i thought it would only show me ones near me08:25
gordDTS are pretty good with amazon now, they even give me two hour periods in the day when the thing will be delivered08:25
gorduh, DPD not DTS08:26
Laneyyeah, I got a text this morning saying when they expect it to come08:30
* Laney is on edge about getting ninja carded though... 3 deliveries today08:31
Myrttino respectable company would offer a job by emailing from a live.com-email address, right?08:31
BigRedShaha08:31
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BigRedSmungojerry: my local one is in an Amazon distribution centre 45 mins away; I'm assuming laziness on their part :)08:31
bigcalmMy new fountain pen and ink just arrived via royal mail. Yay \o/08:32
bigcalmI think I might have an addiction08:32
bigcalmA very slow but expensive one08:32
gordone click ordering, its a real problem08:33
bigcalmThis wasn't via Amazon and I ensure that one-click is disabled08:33
MartijnVdSIn 13.04: "One click" shopping... from the dash08:33
bigcalmOh my08:33
MartijnVdSpopey: ^ suggestion for amazon lens08:33
bigcalmHorrible horrible thought08:34
MyrttiAmazon is nice, I ordered a waterproof coat, nice looking wellies and an archeology trowel from there, the latter was an Amazon Prime purchase08:34
Myrttino Amazon in Finland so I savour every moment in UK08:34
MartijnVdSMyrtti: doesn't amazon ship to .fi though?08:35
MartijnVdSMyrtti: .nl gets free shipping even though there's no ".nl" amazon08:35
Myrttiyup, but in most cases the shipping costs are a bit high08:36
MartijnVdS\o/ free super-saver delivery to .nl ;)08:36
Myrttiand I try to use .de for things I get to Finland and the language is teeniest problem there08:37
MartijnVdSMyrtti: If I want electronics from Amazon, .de is my best bet.. but UK is fine for books, CDs, etc.08:37
Myrttiyeah.08:37
MartijnVdSand there are rumours that amazon.nl will open this month..08:38
* MartijnVdS hopes08:38
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AlanBellkickstarter + company credit card is a great combination09:03
dwatkinsAlanBell: can I have a 3D printer please?09:04
christelyes! buy dwatkins a 3d printer from me (SHH - we're doing a build)09:06
theopensourcererSure. We'll buy you a printer if you purchase several thousand pounds worth of Free Software Consulting services services from us ;-)09:09
dwatkinsPlease define 'several', theopensourcerer ;)09:10
theopensourcererThat normally means more than a couple but less that loads09:10
dwatkinsThe 3D printer itself is about $3000.09:10
dwatkinsI really like the look of it, but it's Kickstarter - you're investing in a startup company, bnot buying a product which will arrive the next week, of course.09:10
AlanBellyou are not really, you are making a donation to a company mostly (well rewards are a bit of a payback)09:11
dwatkinsah ok09:11
bigcalmVenture capital without the VC having any stake in the company09:12
AlanBellexactly09:13
AlanBellthe rewards that are pre-orders make sense09:13
bigcalmYep09:13
theopensourcererPotentially a Kickstarter project could offer equity I guess.09:13
dwatkinsor just dinner and a movie09:13
* AlanBell puts libertus Solutions on Kickstarter09:14
theopensourcerer"What do want?"09:14
theopensourcererdamn09:14
theopensourcerer"What do we want?"09:14
dwatkinsI hope that woman running away with people's money hasn't hurt Kickstart as a concept, it's been quite useful for some things.09:14
theopensourcerer"Money"09:14
gordkickstarter is supposed to be about giving little guys a leg up because you like the idea of what they are making and vc's won't take the risk. thats all pretty much gone now though, now its just people not knowing anything about traditional investment and just putting stuff up on ks by default09:14
theopensourcerer"When do we want it?"09:14
theopensourcerer"Now!"09:14
dwatkinsgord: yeah, I gather they often reinvent the wheel in terms of manufacturing, though09:15
AlanBellas a way of financing development by pre-orders of finished goods it makes a lot of sense09:15
gorddwatkins, who does?09:15
dwatkinsgord: some Kickstarter projects seem to go it alone in terms of how to produce their devices, I'm concerned they aren't being helped by existing manufacturers or companies who could assist with production09:16
gordeh, i think they all just get china to build the stuff like the rest of the world does09:17
dwatkinsI've been impressed by the sheer number of updates from Nifty about their MiniDrive and the Elevation Dock.09:17
dwatkinsI was tempted to get a Pebble watch, but they're quite expensive.09:18
popeydwatkins, not heard story of woman running off with kickstarter money?09:18
gordi think there was some other website that tried to do proper investment crowd funding, but it was really complicated and scary09:20
dwatkinspopey: it's a compicated story, and it looks like I may have misjudged her: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/comments vs http://newmediarockstars.com/2012/09/tropes-vs-women-do-anti-feminist-trolls-validate-sarkeesians-160k-windfall/09:22
SuperMattdoes anyone know of any php page that I can download that'll give apache/nginx a run for its money?09:24
AlanBellSuperMatt: that will test PHP rather than the server09:26
dwatkinspopey: the other thing about this Kickstarter project is that someone made a video apparently for free explaining many of the themes she discussed, but it seems the claims are false: http://www.reddit.com/r/antisrs/comments/10o665/anita_sarkeesian_on_the_front_page_of_reddit_in/09:26
SuperMattAlanBell: do you know of anything that'll test both then?09:27
dwatkinsI don't understand why it's so expensive to make a few videos discussing some topics many people are ery familiar with, perhaps she's interviewing celebrities.09:27
dwatkins*very09:27
BigRedSSuperMatt: there's a few tools for it; ab (apachebenchmark) and siege are pretty standard09:28
BigRedSyou run them from a client, configure them to make X requests/second and/or Y requests at a time and/or for Z seconds and see what the server does09:28
AlanBellSuperMatt: the important thing is to understand the actual workload09:28
SuperMattyeah, I know about ab, but I don't want to send back the basic "It works!" page, I'd like to send back something which may contain a few large images, maybe a couple of js and css files too, just to get the gist of how well it's running09:29
Myrttidwatkins: 6000USD is expensive?09:29
BigRedSSuperMatt: why? What's teh problem you're trying to solve?09:29
SuperMattI'm not trying to solve much, I just want to compare the stats for a "normal" site09:29
dwatkinsMyrtti: not for a 3D printer :)09:30
SuperMattcomparing stats for a holding page doesn't really cut it09:30
SuperMattit's not a "real" test09:30
MyrttiI should probably continue with the knitting and watching telly instead of getting trolled09:31
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:32
shaunodepends what the expected role of the site actually is.  if you're just serving static assets (js/css/etc), a holding page is just as good09:33
BigRedSSuperMatt: there's not really such a thing as a 'normal' site. If you just want something that'll excercise 'stuff', I'd go with a Wordpress install or something09:33
mgdm+109:36
SuperMattBigRedS: Thanks, that's what I was thinking, I was just wandering if there's anything else09:36
AlanBellvtiger is a stressier thing on database and php interactions09:41
AlanBellprobably the bit that the http stack does is insignificant in comparison09:42
AlanBellif you trace what it does rendering a page you can get stuff like this: http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/callgraphs/contact.png09:44
* BigRedS was expecting a screenshot of an strace09:44
BigRedSAlanBell: I'm guessing the Apache vs NGinx was really caching nginx + apache vs just apache09:46
AlanBellprobably, I am using php5-apc to make things faster, and did a lot of work optimising mysql queries so they are all indexed09:46
mgdmAlanBell: there's someone making a nicer UI for XHProf at http://xhprof.io09:56
mgdmAlanBell: might be worth keeping an eye on09:56
bigcalmmgdm: is drinking or hacking happening this Friday evening?09:57
bigcalmI am confused09:57
mgdmbigcalm: both09:58
BigRedSwe have a customer who does that from time to time09:59
bigcalmI should work out where to park09:59
bigcalmIt really surprised me that the Sunday is a half day thing. I guess I'm only used to oggcamp10:01
mgdmthere's often a mass exodus of folk on the Sunday afternoon anyway10:01
bigcalmAnybody else in here attending phpnw12?10:02
bigcalmGuess not :)10:03
davmor2Morning all10:05
mungojerrycan i use virtualbox to run a VM of my physical windows partition?10:05
BigRedSI bet the 'NW' in that doesn't refer to north-west London10:05
bigcalmBigRedS: no, not really :)10:06
bigcalmHi davmor210:06
bigcalmdavmor2: going to the lug tomorrow?10:06
mgdmmungojerry: while I think it might be possible, the Windows install will get horribly confused by the complete change of hardware10:07
mgdmmungojerry: so I wouldn't recommend it10:07
davmor2bigcalm: maybe depends on what is happen but the 1286 emails this morning doesn't look like a good start to be honest ;)10:08
bigcalmHo hum10:08
bigcalmdavmor2: As I'm going to Manchester Friday to Sunday, I'm pondering saving my pennies10:09
bigcalmdavmor2: I intend to attend on Thursday though10:09
davmor2bigcalm: so I was talking with alex and he doesn't think he can make it so unless gord and or mrevell are going I think it might be off10:10
bigcalmdavmor2: that's fair enough10:10
mrevelldavmor2, I'm in that there London tomorrow.10:11
bigcalmgord: what say you?10:11
gordgord no want to go anywhere this week10:11
bigcalmdavmor2: see you in a month then10:12
BigRedSmungojerry: I've seen it done before. It's iffy and non-reversible AFAIK10:13
* mungojerry takes the advice 10:13
davmor2bigcalm: Sounds that way10:13
mungojerrytried to get chromium os running on my eee pc 701 , didn't work :(10:14
bigcalmAnybody here use MySQL Workbench?10:16
dogmatic69yes10:16
bigcalmdogmatic69: can you increase the size of the page?10:17
bigcalmIn the model view10:17
dogmatic69yep10:17
bigcalmdogmatic69: how? ;)10:17
bigcalmOh, now I see it :|10:17
dogmatic69file -> page setup10:17
bigcalmModel -> Diagram Properties and Size10:18
dogmatic69lol10:19
dogmatic69that crashed mine10:19
bigcalmYeah, MySQL Workbench is a rather crashy thing in Linux10:22
* bigcalm saves10:22
bigcalmI hate having connections overlapping10:30
mungojerryis there a decent gnome 3.6 ppa for 12.04?10:33
LaneyI haz SSD! CPU! Graphics! RAM!10:34
czajkowskihow to make a bunch of people very happy mid sprint, bring them a large curly wurly cake! and watch the finger licking begin!10:34
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gordgive me the cake10:50
gorddon't let them have it10:50
gordwhy should they have it? why are they so special, give me the cake10:50
gordwhy are you not giving me the cake right now? >:(10:50
hooverhi folks10:50
czajkowskigord: cause they're webops and I plague em :)10:52
czajkowskigord: I bring you tea bags10:53
gordi want a curly wurly cake!10:54
gordno actually, i just want curly wurlys10:54
gordi'm gonna buy some curly wurlys at the shop and celebrate by eating them10:54
czajkowskigord: I just had to explain what they were to people10:54
elfyyou had to explain what a curly wurly was ?10:55
elfythat's sad :p10:55
gordits a ladder of deliciousness10:56
davmor2elfy: they aren't all england and so many have been deprived10:56
elfyindeed - and I'm still not sure whether my hands are bigger or curly wurly's are smaller10:56
elfydavmor2: that's almost sadder :)10:56
czajkowskidavmor2: this was to an enlgish guy as well as an aussie10:58
davmor2elfy: I blame their parents for not emigrating so they could have a better level of chocolatey goodness10:59
gordif you are english and do not know what a curly wurly is, you should have to give in your passport10:59
elfyha ha ha10:59
mgdmor even British10:59
mgdm:)10:59
BigRedSI've not seen a curly wurly for a long time10:59
BigRedS@)10:59
BigRedS:(, even10:59
elfyI saw one yesterday11:00
elfyand then I didn't11:00
BigRedShaha11:00
pinky-at our local Co Op they sell Curly Wurlys in packs of ten, but they are much smaller then they used to be11:06
pinky-same with Wagon Wheels.. they seem a lot smaller too11:06
BigRedSshould there be a release party listed here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-uk/events ?11:13
czajkowskiBigRedS: ello11:14
czajkowskiBigRedS: AlanBell is sorting that out11:14
christelAlanBell is such a slacker.11:16
christel(i have no idea what a curly wurly is) :o11:17
BigRedSczajkowski: g'morning!11:17
czajkowskiBigRedS: not heard from you mister!11:17
BigRedSNo! I've had one hell of a busy, er, many days... :(11:18
BigRedSwill be doing that this evening, though. Finally caught up enough to be sorting out my calendar, so once I've no fear of the wrong person walking in midway through I'll be filling in some forms11:18
czajkowskiany leadership folks here christel AlanBell https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/leadershipenvironment  mate is doing his masters11:21
LaneyI often lead people to the pub, does that count?11:21
czajkowskiLaney: yes you too11:23
czajkowskiyou're TB11:23
czajkowskior is it ARB11:23
czajkowskiI mean DMB11:23
LaneyD to the M to the B11:24
* Laney makes a gang sign, yo11:24
AlanBellBigRedS: yes, the plans were a bit fluid but I will get that sorted out today11:24
AlanBellchristel: yes, I am a slacker11:25
BigRedSAlanBell: cool, - I was just trying to find the date (which is elsewhere) and wondered if that was an omission or a broken something else :)11:25
theopensourcererCurly Wirlies are fab11:32
christelAlanBell: i shall think of some appropriate punishment for your slacking11:34
AlanBellhttp://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/2006/detail/11:38
DavieyAlanBell: sadly, i'll be out of the country :(11:43
BigRedSwhoop!11:48
AlanBell:(11:48
AlanBellDaviey: we will wait at the pub until you get back11:48
DavieyAlanBell: 19/10 14:30 LHR .. so it's not quite 24hrs.11:49
Myrttihere we go then.12:17
Myrttihttp://www.reddit.com/r/fossworldproblems12:17
* BigRedS subscribes12:29
BigRedSoh, actually, it's not as funny as britishproblems12:30
BigRedSI have a couple of Linux machines with no optical drives, and a Windows 7 ISO. Is there a sane way to get Windows installed on one of them (presumably with a USB key)?12:33
diploYes, with usb key.. I've not done it in a long time but defo doable12:37
diploThink it's a lot easier now actually12:37
diplohttp://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/12:38
mungojerryany photography people ever try a telephoto lens converter to 2x the zoom?12:44
shaunohave done, haven't done it since.  my el-cheapo 300 is soft enough as it is, and the combination reveals just how much coffee I consume12:45
mungojerryi'm taking moon photos shauno12:46
mungojerrywondered if it would help12:46
shaunocan't hurt to try, but there's no way on earth it'll be handheld12:47
mungojerryi have a sigma 70-200 atm12:47
mungojerrycurrent moon photos are like this: http://ubuntuone.com/2MHfeqb6XImqN4hQwNAl5812:47
shaunobiggest problems I have with the teleconverter are that they're either soft, or ungodly expensive12:48
mungojerryi can't imagine a £10 converter is gonna do much for me12:53
mungojerryprob not worth it just for a clearer moon pic13:04
czajkowskipopey: cheeky :p13:11
popey:)13:14
Laneyhurry up afternoon13:16
LaneyI want to play with my new toy!13:16
dwatkinspopey: yhis is the video I was talking about earlier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxVtLGJFaVk - female characters in video games13:17
dwatkinss/yhis/this/g13:25
davmor2Laney: what new toy would that be13:38
Laneynew PC13:38
davmor2Laney: so play with it already :D  I got a RP I want to have a play on at pyconuk but I've had no time13:39
Laneyyeah got a bit of work to do sadly :P13:39
davmor2Laney: you are testing that the machine can be installed, up and to your working project within and Hour, keep a log of your steps report any bugs and keep all the timings and then it is work :)13:42
davmor2czajkowski: so what you up to tomorrow?14:04
BigRedSdiplo: yeah, I came across that one earlier I think, but not sure what a Linux equivalent of the 'BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:' step would nbe14:07
Darael...Netcraft want to give me an Amazon voucher and a laptop bag for no good reason?  I love being a student!14:13
mungojerryDarael, can i get one?14:19
diploBigRedS: No windows box to create it on at all ?14:19
Daraelmungojerry: The College told me about it.  So I have no idea.14:19
BigRedSdiplo: nope14:29
BigRedSdiplo: I could just wait until I have one14:29
BigRedSjust wondered if I could get away with not14:29
diploBigRedS: unetbootin ?14:29
diplohttp://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/install-windows-7-from-usb-drive-requires-2-simple-steps/14:30
BigRedSoooh, I'd assumed unetbootin couldn't do it14:31
* BigRedS clicks14:32
BigRedScoool, I'll try that14:32
BigRedSthanks!14:32
Daraelunetbootin, getting more u every day.  It appears.14:33
czajkowskidavmor2: working :)14:37
davmor2czajkowski: well incase I forget happy birthday :)14:38
czajkowskithank you14:39
* dwatkins hands czajkowski a conical hat and a party popper15:15
dwatkinsMany happy returns15:16
czajkowskigood news http://blog.launchpad.net/general/burning-down-critical-bugs15:21
Laneymmm purple15:27
FNDhi - I'm seizing the opportunity to migrate my mom to Ubuntu at last after her Windows system caught a nasty virus15:58
MooDoohello all15:58
MooDoolong time no speak15:58
FNDis there any danger in migrating existing (possibly infected) Thunderbird archives?15:59
mgdmif they're infected, there'll be no risk to the Ubuntu system16:01
FNDworst case, there's some XULRunner vulnerability, right? but seems unlikely that a virus would target that and remain active cross-platform16:02
mgdmpossibly16:05
mgdmyou could maybe check out ClamAV and use that from Ubuntu to be sure16:05
MartijnVdS♥ IMAP16:05
FNDthanks, I'll look into that16:07
FNDMartijnVdS: yeah, well ... if it was up to me, she'd use mutt16:07
popeygord, did you have to dance for beverages in South Korea? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgtijpUNKGo#!16:29
gordheh no, only saw that after i got back, i would of found it and never left if i knew about it there ;)16:30
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dogmatic69anyone know of alternatives to 'open university' in the UK?16:54
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AlanBellnom nom nom tomato juice17:12
MartijnVdSAlanBell: visiting popey? :)17:12
AlanBelldogmatic69: if you just want to learn stuff or get a qualification?17:13
AlanBelllearning stuff -> Kahn accademy17:13
MartijnVdSKHAAAAAN17:13
AlanBellMartijnVdS: I got popey into it!17:13
* AlanBell was the trendsetter17:13
AlanBellKhan Academy even17:14
AlanBellthey probably teach you to spell and everyfink17:14
MartijnVdSdepends on what you want to learn really17:14
RadiumCatwot iz u lot bangin about17:15
pinky-I've forgotten my name, can I upgrade?17:15
MartijnVdSSpeaking of learning... ;)17:15
MartijnVdSpinky-: your name is *scratchy sound* slim shady?17:15
dogmatic69AlanBell: learn stuff and get a piece of paper17:24
pinky-MartijnVdS: why am I slim shady?17:24
dogmatic69AlanBell: I already have loads of points on kahn accademy17:24
MartijnVdSpinky-: the other slim shadies are just imitating17:25
AlanBelldogmatic69: I think various universities do correspondence courses and part time things17:25
dogmatic69academy*, none for spelling though...17:25
popeyspeaking of which, my tom juice should have arrived today!17:30
MartijnVdS"tom juice" sounds worse than "tomato juice"17:30
MartijnVdSor dodgier, at least17:30
popeybetter than "Love juice" as i tweeted yesterday!17:32
MartijnVdSdepends.. is it tom's love juice?17:32
popeyMister Lovebuckets incredibly sparkling tonic water17:32
popeynobody will get that film reference17:32
AlanBellhttp://static.userland.com/gems/jvb/mr-jolly.mr-jolly17:34
popeythats the one17:34
popeythat is one of my fave films of all time17:34
popeyi used to watch it over and over, from a VHS tape I recorded it on17:35
popeytape snapped eventually, and I fixed it with sellotape17:35
popeybroke again :)17:35
AlanBelltry doing that with your modern you tube things!17:35
AlanBellkids these days17:36
MartijnVdSAlanBell: yes mr wing commander17:36
Bollingerdo AMD graphic cards work well with Ubuntu? I am looking at building a well specced new machine17:53
AzelphurBollinger: depends on what your planning on using the machine for17:54
Bollingersoftware dev. multi screened. big monitors17:57
AlanBellas long as you have as many HDMI ports as monitors anything should be fine for that18:02
MartijnVdSgo with intel18:03
brobostigonhislop on the one show. :)18:03
dogmatic69intel ftw18:03
MartijnVdSunless you really need the performance18:03
AlanBellintel works great for me too18:03
Monotokoguys, how do I report that an abuse email address isn't working? I keep getting strange confirmation messages in my email box generated from an IP that owns a very spammy looking site. I tried to send an email to the abuse address listed in the WHOIS but it bounced18:07
popeyMonotoko, i wouldn't bother18:17
popeyI'd just block/spamtrap it18:17
Monotokopopey, it's not sending me email itself... it's generating confirmation messages from other sites which are then sending me email... I blocked anything with the IP address it ("email confirmation generated by xx.xx.xx.xx") but some of them without the IP are still coming through18:25
Monotokoand I now have over 100 registrations on more spammy sites I haven't heard of -.-18:25
DaraelMonotoko: Find out who's hosting it and send to /their/ abuse@ address?  There was a tool to find who was hosting things somewhere...18:27
DaraelMonotoko: http://whoishostingthis.com18:28
Azelphuryay for Facebooks "add an answer" feature: http://i.imgur.com/gAerG.jpg XD19:04
mgdmIDGI19:04
Azelphurmgdm: XFire put up a vote asking people what the best console is, specifically not PC. Someone used the "Add an answer" feature on the vote to add "PC" as an option, and it's winning the vote xD19:06
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MartijnVdS\o issyl019:11
issyl0Hi!19:11
MartijnVdSyou got your name back!19:12
issyl0I did!19:12
issyl0It's been a while!  ;-)19:12
MartijnVdSBusy learning things the official way? :)19:12
issyl0Busy full stop!19:13
issyl0How've you been?19:15
MartijnVdSBusy-ish.. installed wifi at a local car dealership19:16
MartijnVdSso people charging their electric cars can use the internet while they wait19:16
MartijnVdSand helped my brothers with a beer/wort cooler19:18
MartijnVdS(using an Arduino and a Pi)19:18
AlanBellMartijnVdS: ooh, that was you!19:20
MartijnVdSAlanBell: what, the beer or the wifi? :)19:21
AlanBellhttp://brewpi.com/ this thing?19:22
MartijnVdSAlanBell: we built its predecessor19:22
MartijnVdSAlanBell: well, a clone19:22
AlanBellah, nice19:22
AlanBellissyl0: coming to the Qantal release party in a couple of weeks?19:23
issyl0MartijnVdS: Cool!  :-)19:23
issyl0AlanBell: I've been hideously out of the loop with everything.19:24
issyl0AlanBell: So I probably should!19:24
issyl0Indeed, yeah, I should.19:24
AlanBellyou should!19:24
MartijnVdSyou should!19:24
issyl0OK.19:24
AlanBell18th, in London19:24
MartijnVdSdrink one for my birthday as well :)19:24
issyl0OK, that works.19:24
* MartijnVdS will be 0x20 on the 18th19:24
issyl0I can do that then.19:24
issyl0MartijnVdS: Woo!19:25
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Neoti_Laptophey people.... been a while... hows peeps....20:21
MartijnVdShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOTpIVxji820:24
dogmatic69I broke my pc :/21:54
brobostigonnos da everyone, sleep well.21:56
popeydogmatic69, oh dear22:27
bigcalmEvenin'22:28
popeypip pip22:42
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jimbo_can anyone help me with a wwan issue?23:00
DaraelSomeone may be able to, but we won't know for sure until thou sayest what the issue actually is!23:01
DaraelAlso at this time of night #ubuntu may be a better bet.  -uk is getting rather less active right about now.23:01
jimbo_hmmm, ok my wwan card isn't showing up in modem-manager, ifconfig, or iwconfig.  why is this?23:02
DaraelLack of drivers?  Does it show in lspci?  If so, is there anything about what drivers are in use, or it being unclaimed?23:03
jimbo_its in the lsusb output23:03
jimbo_and in the lsmod output23:03
jimbo_let me check to see if the drivers are in use23:04
jimbo_Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1410:a014 Novatel Wireless23:04
jimbo_that's all that I see there for the wwan card23:05
jimbo_nothing listed in lspci23:05
DaraelNo, if it's USB-connected it won't.23:06
jimbo_if it helps it's an embedded card23:06
jimbo_qcserial               12822  023:09
jimbo_usb_wwan               20491  1 qcserial23:09
jimbo_usbserial              47077  2 qcserial,usb_wwan23:09
jimbo_above is what is loaded in lsmod23:09
dogmatic69anyone know why my fonts are strange? http://i.imgur.com/EBBVu.png23:11
Daraeljimbo_: Which Ubuntu release art running?23:12
jimbo_12.04 LTS23:12
jimbo_don't know how to do the red text you're using23:12
DaraelRed text?  I shouldn't be using red text.23:13
Daraelwait.23:13
DaraelAh.  It's thy client; because I started with thy nick, it sees it as a highlight and brings it to thy attention.23:13
jimbo_dogmatic69:  what's strange about the text?  i'm missing something23:14
dogmatic69jimbo_: that is not the usual font, its crap23:14
jimbo_dogmatic69:  i know this is a stupid suggestion but have you tried changing the font via Settings?23:15
dogmatic69http://i.imgur.com/9LOpm.png23:15
dogmatic69jimbo_: it was not like this a few hours ago. something has happened to nvidia I think.23:16
jimbo_dogmatic69:  ok well all i can offer you is luck because I've never had to use any nVidia drivers23:17
jimbo_dogmatic69:  I know you can try installing the "restricted drivers" package from software center23:17
dogmatic69that is why I use23:17
dogmatic69have been since 12.04b23:17
Daraeljimbo_: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1649139 is about the only resource I can find on that USB ID set.  Got there from a bug back in Oneiric...23:17
jimbo_Darael: I have the same laptop23:20
jimbo_Darael: the link as to how to fix 3g is broken23:21
jimbo_blah23:21
jimbo_its the one non-working thing on this lappy23:21
DaraelI'm afraid I don't know.  I have no personal experience with it.23:22
DaraelTry #ubuntu instead?  It's a lot busier, there's a good chance somebody in there will know.23:23
jimbo_Well you've been more help than the folks over at #ubuntu... i was told to quit asking the same question23:23
jimbo_one person did try to help but he thought i had meant the wlan card instead of the wwan23:24
jimbo_Darael: what IRC client are you using?23:26
Daraeljimbo_: irssi.  In screen.  Although I mean to move from screen to tmux at some point.23:27
BigRedSI did that, it horribly broke my muscle memory for no discernible advantage so I moved back to screen23:27
popeywhat laptop is it jimbo_ ?23:28
popeyis it by any chance a toshiba or dell?23:28
jimbo_popey: CR-4823:28
popeyahhh23:29
jimbo_lovely, right?23:29
popeyi guess this is you... http://www.computersupportforums.com/showthread.php?tid=10839623:29
popeyhttp://securit.se/en/2012/03/guide-sa-har-far-du-gobi-2000-wireless-modem-att-fungera-ubuntu-12-04/ seen that?23:30
jimbo_yes it is23:30
popeyhmm, wrong modem23:31
jimbo_first link is me, checking 2nd link now23:31
popeynever seen those devices, sorry23:32
jimbo_yea the "driver" im using is a Novetel driver23:32
popeyhttp://www.chromeoslounge.com/cr-48-chrome-notebook/807-cr48-gobi2000-use-other-oses.html23:32
popeyanother possible thread23:32
popeysorry, I'm just googling, I dont know the answer, not tried any of these23:33
jimbo_its ok i've been googling for awhile myself and at one point using something called ChrUbuntu the card works23:34
jimbo_however i was still using the ChromeOS kernel, and to use that kernel i have to have ChromeOS instaled23:34
jimbo_the thing about these laptops is that it came with a 16GB ssd as the hard drive23:34
jimbo_not much room to play with23:35
popeyis the cr-48 any good?23:35
popeygood enough with chromeos?23:35
jimbo_thats a tricky question23:35
jimbo_yes and no23:35
jimbo_it's wicked fast, though it is "limited" with ChromeOS23:35
jimbo_as in i can't install/run native linux apps23:36
jimbo_i have to use googles proprietary apps23:36
jimbo_and if have no internet connection then the laptop itself is a paperweight23:37
popeysure23:37
popeybut if you had home wifi or tethered to phone its okay23:37
jimbo_sure23:37
popeydo the CR-48's get software updates like the new ones?23:37
jimbo_everything was done "in the cloud"23:37
jimbo_yes23:37
popeyyeah, nice concept23:38
popeybe ideal for my mum23:38
popeyshe basically lives in gmail, iplayer, youtube, facebook23:38
jimbo_well the only drawback I had to using chromeos was the lack of standalone apps for video chat23:38
popeyyou have to use hangouts basically?23:40
jimbo_pretty much23:41
jimbo_if your mom lives in the cloud then any chromebook would be good for her the cr-48 is a little outdated now and considering it's a prototype computer it may not be a good choice for her23:43
popeyyeah23:47

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