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czajkowskialoha09:12
MooDoomorning all09:16
mungbeanguys, how do i close a irssi PM window?09:17
popeymungbean: /wc09:18
popeyI very very nearly typed /wc in here ☺09:18
mungbean:P09:19
Seeker`popey: What is the key combination to close an application window?09:19
mungbeanta popey09:19
czajkowskimungbean: top stop me closing windows by accident I do turn on immortal windows09:21
mungbeanooh vmware tools has magic driver-free printing09:23
mungbeanjust noticed09:23
diploMorning all09:26
daubersMorning09:34
Seeker`hallo09:35
popeypip pip09:36
* popey wonders if AlanBell will write up his webcam fun sometime09:39
popeyhttp://guest:guest@popey.mooo.com:81/snapshot.cgi  cat cam!09:42
diploI really must buy one soon!09:48
diploI have the joys of fitting a laptop screen tonight09:49
diploNot done one in about 3-4 years if not more09:49
diplofun fun09:49
dwatkinsI put my laptop into the car a little too casually once, cracked the screen due to it hitting the floor of the car too hard.09:49
diploWatched a few vids, seems simple enough ( he hopes )09:50
dwatkinswhat kind of laptop, diplo/09:51
dwatkins? even09:51
diploSony Vaio09:51
dwatkinshopefully won't be too troublesome09:51
diploSeems it should be 4 screws on the front, 4 on the sides once the cover is off and 2 cables09:51
diploSwap out and new one back in ( as long as I got the right one! )09:51
diplo:P09:51
dwatkinsI had the display on my Eee replaced (dead pixels upon delivery when it was new) and the repair person gave me a present of a small hair just in the centre of the top part of the screen.09:52
diploheh09:52
mungbeanwhich eee?09:52
dwatkinsSo long as I don't look at white screens, I don't notice it.09:52
Seeker`dwatkins: that was nice of them09:52
dwatkinsmungbean: this was the 901, I've had several.09:52
dwatkinsSeeker`: yeah, if I worked in a lab I'd test if for DNA ;)09:52
mungbeani have a black spec , 1x1 pixel after replacing the screen on my tablet09:52
mungbean1 spec aint bad considering i did it in the living room with my son running around09:53
dwatkinsmungbean: bah - I originally sent the Eee back to where I bought it, they refused to repair it, so I sent it to the manufacturer instead09:53
mungbeanmy wife smashed the screen and the broken bits were v difficult to remove09:53
dwatkinsah ok, not a manufacturing fault09:53
mungbeansomeone do me a favour and tell me how much memory virt/res xorg is using09:57
dwatkins27008 638809:58
dwatkinsI don't use that machine much, though.09:58
diplo140m 122m09:59
mungbeantop gives  949m 317m09:59
popey 1732 root      20   0  304m  28m  11m S    4  0.4  51:24.70 Xorg09:59
mungbeandiplo: how many screens?09:59
diplo209:59
mungbeanwhy mine so high?09:59
mungbeanuptime 21days09:59
diploBut only booted an hour ago because of power cut last night09:59
diplo^^09:59
diploMine gets higher the longer it's up10:00
mungbeanpopey: when u booted?10:00
popeymungbean: firefox?10:00
popey 10:00:16 up 1 day,  1:59,  8 users,  load average: 0.77, 0.86, 0.9110:00
mungbeanchrome is running, not ff10:00
diplopopey: Just a fyi, can't connect to mooo.com10:00
popeyoh10:00
diploWell the camera specifically10:00
popeynvm ☺10:00
diploWell, actually... removed snapshot.cgi and it does10:01
diploSo incorrect url I guess10:01
brobostigongood morning everyone10:17
mungbeanhello brobostigon10:26
brobostigonhello mungbean10:28
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)10:34
diploAnyone like to confirm this for me.10:48
diploScripts in init.d get called and automatically run the start command within it if there ?10:49
dwatkinswhen?10:50
diploOn boot10:50
mungbeanon ubuntu or centos?10:50
Laneyjust got access to my student loan account for the first time ever10:50
Laney£14,856.3310:50
diploThis is Centos but wanting to know generically10:50
mungbeancentos you need to check chkconfig --list10:50
diploBasically we have a service that really needs to restart to delete a pid file10:50
czajkowskiLaney: is that good or bad10:50
diployeah I understand that side, it's the calling of the start/stop/restart script10:51
Laneyfeels like a lot10:51
diploHow does it know what to run on start10:51
Laneynot as much as what the yoof of today get though10:51
Laney9k fees + loan10:51
Laneymuhahahaha10:51
Laney(per year)10:51
directhexmy student loan outstanding balance is... about £15010:52
Laneyi've only made 4 repayments :(10:52
* Dave2 stabs directhex a bit with his ~£20k :(10:53
Laneyi think i was the last year before the fees loans10:53
directhexthe highest my balance ever was was £984210:55
directhexnw it's less. damn, i've lost my 2012 statement10:55
=== Ivanka_ is now known as Ivanka
directhexoh here it is. £1648.46 in april 201210:56
Laneycan't you get on the website?10:56
kvarleyLaney: 8k a year for me + maintenance loan10:56
kvarleyLaney: Only 4 units per year now as well10:56
Laneywhat is a unit?10:56
directhex£150 a month paid all last year, so apparently £300 to pay. if my sums are accurate.10:57
kvarleyLaney: Essentially a label for the topics they teach you. 12 hours tuition a week.10:57
Laneyoh, we called those modules10:57
Laneydirecthex: you can input your payments into the website and it works out the interest10:57
kvarleyLaney: Ah, same thing.10:57
directhexLaney, i can't log in. i predate them knowing what an "email address" is so i lack required data for a password reset10:59
* Laney just called up and had them reset it10:59
directhexnot much point resetting it for the sake of a couple of weeks :p11:01
directhexi'll call them after jan's paycheque has landed11:01
directhexthe point is to call them up once the coming month's payment is less than the PAYE deduction, and just pay off the balance with visa11:03
Laneydoes that fix having to claim money back?11:05
directhexyes.11:06
Laneyhax11:06
kvarleyAny footage of Ubuntu at CES 2013 online yet?11:09
czajkowskikvarley: https://t.co/k16GQr1b11:10
czajkowskihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RO7QbCqFY7Y11:10
davmor2Morning all11:11
kvarley czajkowski: Thanks :D11:16
czajkowskikvarley: or just search #ces on social sites ;)11:17
kvarley czajkowski: Ooops, no idea why I didn't think of that. I asked right after checking Twitter as well *facepalm*11:17
czajkowskilol11:18
czajkowski:)11:18
czajkowskikvarley: https://twitter.com/search?q=ces%20ubuntu&src=typd11:18
kvarleyczajkowski: Thanks :) there goes my productivity for today heh11:19
=== funkyHat_ is now known as funkyHat
mungbeanall the ubuntu phone stuff i've seen at CES is still in portrait mode11:35
SuperMattweeeellll, it's still not a full product11:36
SuperMattI bet there's a Canonical Monkey tapping away at the code as we speak11:36
SuperMattCan we start calling them Canonimonkeys?11:37
popeyor "developers" as they're usually called11:37
directhexxamarin has the monopoly on monkey-themed developers11:38
DJonesHmmh, why can't I mount a samba share via fstab, I'm sure I've got the right line in fstab, but I get mount error(6) No such device or address11:39
mungbeani also see a lot of unintended operations while demoing the phone11:39
bigcalmpopey++11:39
mungbeannot sure if a failing of the UI, or just because early builds11:39
bigcalmDJones: do you have cifs installed?11:39
popeythe latter mungbean11:39
popeygive us some credit, please11:39
bigcalmDJones: are you calling the remote server by name or ip address?11:40
mungbeanpopey, UI design , rather than implementation11:40
DJonesbigcalm: ip address, just checking for cifs, I've cifs-utils installed11:40
mungbeankeyboard popping up when trying to switch apps etc11:40
popeyyeah, early build11:41
bigcalmDJones: from my /etc/fstab: //proliant/iain     /media/smb/proliant/iain    cifs    credentials=/home/iain/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777      0       011:41
DJonesbigcalm: fstab line is //192.168.0.25/media/media/Video /media/Media cifs guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode  0  0  (as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently)11:41
bigcalmCan you get to \\192.168.0.25/media/media/Video in a file browser?11:42
DJonesI can browse to the share via nautilus11:42
bigcalmOh11:42
DJonesAlthough that goes, Browse Network -> Windows Network -> DANCOL -> DANCOLSERVER -> share     Which then shows me 5 folders including Video, on the server itself, its mounted at /media/media/Video11:45
DJonesip address is correct11:45
bigcalmDoes the share have guest access? The file browser might be passing on credentials (shot in the dark)11:46
DJonesCould be, I'll check11:47
diploI always test when having problems with smbclient and mount on the cli11:49
DJonessmb.conf has path = /media/media, browsable = yes, guest ok = yes, read only = no, create mask = 075511:49
diplosmbclient -L //path -u ? and display as user ?11:50
DJonesThis doesn't look right http://pastebin.com/daiwy0mw I would have expected the share to give details of folders available11:56
diplodave the user that has access on the smb server ?12:01
DJonesyes12:01
diploNot used in a while, 2 secs.. will just run on mine to remind me of the output12:02
DJonesCheers12:02
bigcalmI keep forgetting how many Daves and Davids we have in here :)12:03
diployeah, defo shows my shares12:04
DJonesSo looks like the problem is on the server then12:04
diploYou dumped your config? Bit rusty on samba shares but can take a look12:04
diploI'd say yeah12:04
SuperMattbigcalm: is it more or less than the number of Alans?12:05
popeyNEED MOAR ALANS12:05
Dave2Fewer daves.12:06
TheOpenSourcererpopey: +112:07
TheOpenSourcereror is it +212:07
Seeker`why do we need more alans?12:07
TheOpenSourcererCoz it's good.12:07
Seeker`mmm. not convinced.12:07
bigcalmTheOpenSourcerer: the old kudos method was <name>++12:08
TheOpenSourcererlol12:08
DJonesdiplo: share section of smb.conf is http://pastebin.com/uXH29nUJ12:10
diploOK, so it is correct12:12
diploSo mount -t cifs -o dave //192.168.0.25/share /media/dir12:15
diplo?12:15
diploOr mount -t cifs  //192.168.0.25/share /media/dir username=dave,password=<yourpass> I think will work as well ( been a while on these :P )12:16
DJonesThat works with sudo, I'll change fstab to mount //192.168.0.25/share12:16
DJoneschanging fstab didn't work12:18
DJonesGot it12:19
diploSo you're running mount -a after..12:19
diploAh. :)12:19
diploCool12:19
DJonesThanks for the help12:19
directhexso with all my music loaded on, it's official: iOS is now the most linux-user-hostile smartphone OS, with WP8 leaving behind WP7's worst baggage12:19
directhexaquarius may be interested by this12:19
* aquarius grins12:20
aquariusdirecthex, I have not even tried to connect my phone to my laptop, because I think it will just end in misery and annoyance.12:20
directhexi received an SD card today12:21
directhexsince most WP8 devices have SD card slots, i just copied my music to it. and it worked, no fuss12:21
directhexworst i got was a popup asking me if it should switch to saving new photos on the SD rather than the phone12:21
aquariusheh. I just use u1 music anyway, on whichever phone I'm on; I don't sync from local storage. So that didn't affect me all that much, although I agree entirely that it's aggressively user-hostile to stop someone syncing if they want ti12:22
aquarius*to12:22
directhexwell MTP-Z also blocked me copying my photos off with wp7. mostly emailed to myself12:23
aquariusthat mtp-z thing is pretty annoying, indeed12:23
aquarius(although, again, photos are copied off with U1 -- the non-existence of U1 on WP was one of the big reasons I didn't look at it very hard)12:24
directhexdevelopment still requires windows. although that's no different from ios dev needing a mac12:24
DJonesAt least now I've sorted mount point, I can set xbmc up now12:26
aquariusindeed; I'd have happily made a U1 app for WP, in the same way I did for the N9, but I can't because I don't have Windows -- I'm exactly the same with iOS, in that I can't develop apps for it. Whether that is a serious problem is something I'm still trying to work out.12:26
aquariusIt's *conceptually* a problem: I don't like it. Whether it actually affects me or the problem is just theoretical (but still a problem) remains to be seen; answering questions like that is part of the point of the experiment ;)12:27
aquariusdirecthex, what's changed in your opinion from WP7.5 to WP8?12:31
directhexaquarius, from an end user perspective? an ubuntu user? visible os changes?12:32
directhexas an end user, i can use it 100% from ubuntu, and that's important. no more MTP-Z, no more zune to install updates. it's a real post-PC device, where WP7.5 wasn't12:34
aquariusdirecthex, just... what you think's happened. I don't know much about WP8, because the reasons I didn't choose WP7 have, as far as I'm aware, not changed. That's why I'm asking :)12:34
aquariusdirecthex, can you use it without mtp-z by connecting? or do you have to use the SD card to do that?12:35
directhexjust treat it as any other MTP device, in nautilus or banshee or rhythmbox or whatever12:36
directhexworst you need is an entry in libmtp music-players.h - but most new devices need that. the N9 needed that12:37
directhexand it's already in libmtp git (or was a few days ago anyway)12:37
aquariusthat's fair12:37
aquariushow do you get non-music content into apps on the phone? My primary care on this sort of thing is epubs12:37
directhexi just transferred a test PDF into the /Documents/ folder - dunno about epub12:39
directhex(via nautilus gvfs, not via SD card)12:39
directhexi don't think WP7 apps can read from arbitrary folders, so most of the reader apps i'm seeing are asking me to import via skydrive12:44
directhexnot that folders really exist with MTP. not really. it's complicated.12:48
awilkinsAnyone know a trustworthy domain registrar who will take a backorder and not betray me by selling the information to another party who will then register it and squeeze me for it?13:39
awilkinsAch, never mind, GoDaddy re-registered it13:40
awilkinsScum13:40
awilkinsThat's what you get for searching for it on their website13:40
SuperMattyup13:40
SuperMattthat kind of practice should be made illegal13:40
mungbeanhard to prove that13:41
awilkinsI searched for it on their site, it was owned by Domains by Proxy LLC the next day13:41
awilkinsThey are a GoDaddy subsidiary13:41
mungbeani had a cool domain that i wanted to get but someone else snagged it on expriy day, but could have been anyone13:42
awilkinsor "affiliate" as they put it13:42
awilkinsThis was not taken initially13:42
awilkinsBut they've sat on it since they registered it Dec 201113:43
dwatkinsA friend of mine used her name (.com) as her CV, but it expired because the guy who bought it for 5 years didn't give her access to renew it, so some domain squatting company bought it up, and she had to switch to the .org version of her name.13:43
awilkinsI had a calendar appointment for when it expired but I didn't know enough about the process13:43
dwatkinsat least namecheap allowed me to hide my address info on the .org domain13:43
dwatkins    Domain Admin        (contact@privacyprotect.org)13:45
mungbeanso if i want to snag a domain when it expires, what are my chances and best approach?13:45
dwatkinsyou can get some registrars to notify you when one's about to expire, for free iirc13:46
mungbeancurrently owned by domcollect domain snaggers13:46
mungbeani know when its expiring13:46
dwatkinsyou might even be able to pay to join the queue to buy a domain as soon as its freed-up13:46
dwatkinsquestion is, will they let it expire13:46
mungbeanseems to be designed to rip people off13:46
dwatkinsyeah, sadly there's a lot of this with domain names13:47
mungbeansedo want £1000 for it13:47
dwatkinsouch13:47
dwatkinschances are they won't get that from anyone, but if they do that for enough domains, eventually someone will pay up, I guess.13:48
awilkinsI know, and if I get the .co.uk variant of it, the .com variant will no doubt go up in price13:48
awilkinsAch, hell, I can live with just being a .co.uk13:50
dwatkinsget a .eu ;)13:51
popey.info!13:51
popey.cx :D13:52
dwatkins.co.gb!13:52
awilkinsSo, are NameCheap less scummy than GoDaddy?13:52
dwatkinsI prefer their website, it's less gaudy ;)13:52
popeyi use gandi13:53
popeynot scammy at all13:53
dwatkinshttp://www.changeip.com/ have also been reccomended to me, but I can't vouch for them13:53
dwatkinsi.e. never used them13:53
awilkinspopey,  I like Gandi just from their front page13:53
dwatkinssometimes that's all it takes to win a customer :)13:54
mungbeanno pics of that danica girl13:54
awilkinsI think they had me at "write your own zone file"13:54
awilkinsNot that I know how to13:54
awilkinsBut I sort of know what one is13:54
dwatkinsturns out you can't register under .gb any more13:54
awilkinsAnd that someone who makes a point of saying "hey, geeks, you can control things right down to the bare metal" is probably more useful than someone who says "Hey! Domains! Pew pew!"13:55
popeyit has a template13:55
mungbeanbit of a rude slogan tho13:56
neuronominet consultation ends today on creating SLD registrations under .uk13:56
neurogeneral consensus from UK internet types is "no, bad"13:56
popeyscot.uk ☺13:56
awilkinsWhere the hell is .sx13:56
dwatkinsglad to hear that they won't be doing that, neuro - keep it simple, imho13:57
neurodwatkins: nominet may just press on and do it anyway13:57
dwatkinsneuro: hmmm, I don't see any reason to, but perhaps there's something I don't know13:57
mungbeanSint Maarten (located in the northeastern Caribbean)13:58
awilkinsMy domain only taken in four TLDs. One being .com (*grr* GoDaddy scumballs)13:58
neuroawilkins: install isoqueryroot@defiant:~# isoquery sx13:58
neuroSXSXM702Sint Maarten (Dutch part)13:58
awilkinsOne being an EE nation (cyrillic letters) one being China (well, chinese characters TLD)13:58
neurooops, missing new line there13:59
neuroinstall isoquery:13:59
neuroroot@defiant:~# isoquery sx13:59
neuroSXSXM702Sint Maarten (Dutch part)13:59
neuro(replacement for old countrycodes package)13:59
neurodwatkins: there is a reason: cashgrab13:59
neuroand snuggling up to the copyright people13:59
dwatkinsneuro: ah yes, how naive of me ;)13:59
neurothe proposal has a 'registered trademark holder' sunrise13:59
neurothen a 'non-trademark holder' sunrise14:00
neurolike, thanks14:00
awilkins.eu is on sale14:00
neurowhat, the whole region?14:00
awilkins£1.50 for a year. Or £20 for 2 ;-S14:00
mungbeaneu is a bit of a skank14:00
dwatkinsI've only ever seen one domain within .eu14:01
mungbeanan eu expired and it cost £25 to get out of suspended mode14:01
mungbeanwe still owned it, but had to pay an admininstrative fee14:01
neurodwatkins: http://europa.eu/index_en.htm14:01
awilkinsHah, 10 years of .co.uk for £3014:01
awilkinsBargain14:01
neuroum, wat14:01
mungbeanwho with?14:01
neurothat's < cost14:01
awilkinsGandi (ex tax)14:02
awilkinsSo 30 * 1.2 == £36 with VAT14:02
awilkins£4 a year or £3 a year for more than 1 year14:03
awilkins+ VAT14:03
awilkins.eu is £85 for 10 years14:03
awilkinsNot so bargain14:03
neurooh actually14:04
neurojust checked the pricing14:04
mungbeanwhy .co.uk so cheap?14:04
awilkinsWhat's cost then?14:04
neuro10 yrs is £30 incl VAT14:04
SuperMattI'm interested to know why TLDs don't have a flat cost14:04
neuroso gandi are still making 6 quid profit off you14:04
neuroSuperMatt: they do14:04
mungbeanawww thin.gy has gone14:04
awilkins6 quid for 10 years work doesn't seem an atrocious profit14:05
neuroSuperMatt: it's just that competition is fierce amongst registrars, so some charge more than cost, some less14:05
SuperMattah, gotcha14:05
awilkinsMore like £5 mius the VAT14:05
neuroSuperMatt: each TLD operator sets its own pricing for registrars14:05
Neoti_DesktopDoes anyone in here use DDWRT, i would like to have 4 WAN and 1 LAN, all i want is for DDWRT to route between all 5 subnets. simples.14:05
neuroe.g. nominet charge members (usually registrars) £4.20 incl VAT for 1 yr co.uk14:05
SuperMattoh no, I meant that a co.uk should be the same as a .com or a .eu14:06
neurowhereas if you went directly to nominet as a customer, a co.uk for 2 yrs would cost you £96 incl VAT14:06
neuroSuperMatt: oh right14:06
neurowell given that every TLD and ccTLD is operated by different companies ...14:06
awilkinsAnd 15% off for mor ethan 3 years registration, apparently14:06
awilkinsWooty woo14:06
* neuro wonders how much he is charging for co.uk ...14:07
* neuro checks14:07
SuperMattI'm getting my domains from streamlinenet.co.uk14:07
SuperMattI don't really care about getting any deals14:07
SuperMattthey're offered me good support when I've needed it, so whatevs.14:07
* neuro buys domains from himself14:07
dwatkinsSuperMatt: do they have a 'hide my address and contact info' option?14:08
mungbeani don't own any domains14:08
SuperMattI believe they do14:08
SuperMattwant me to check14:08
dwatkinsjust curious, no rush :)14:08
mungbeandon't see the point when i have work servesr to run irssi and owncloud on14:08
neurohmm, seems i'm selling co.uk for 2 yrs for $1414:08
neurowhich is about £8.6914:08
SuperMattyup, I can protect my identity over at streamlinenet14:08
SuperMattcrikey, I have a lot of domains14:09
mungbeanwhat for?14:09
SuperMattjust because14:09
neuroSuperMatt: go on, how many?14:09
mungbeanyou like spending money?14:09
SuperMattI have a project in mind, and then fail to get it off the ground14:09
SuperMatt1114:09
neurobah14:09
neuroi have 1014:10
neuroplus another blah blah on top that aren't actually mine14:10
neuro<- opensrs reseller14:10
neuroSuperMatt: so what's your oldest domain?14:11
SuperMattsupermatt.net14:11
neuro2006? acht, youngster :)14:11
SuperMatthah14:11
neurohornet-wifi:~ neuro$ whois zensoft.co.uk | grep "Registered on:"14:12
neuro        Registered on: 28-Aug-199814:12
SuperMattnice domain14:12
neurohornet-wifi:~ neuro$ whois zensoft.net | grep "Record created on"14:12
neuro Record created on 25-Oct-1999.14:12
neurothat's my two oldest ones14:12
neuroyou're using route53?14:12
neurohow are you finding it?14:12
SuperMattit's great14:13
awilkinsI like that the "Resell your data?" radio defaults to "No"14:13
SuperMattI pay something like 50p a month for each zone14:13
SuperMattwhich compared to other places is damn cheap14:13
* Hornet- sets fire to neuro14:13
=== Hornet- is now known as Hornet
neuroi run three nameservers (london, france, canada) and i'm always tempted to just ditch them by automating stuff out to aws14:14
neuroHornet: um, ok?14:14
Hornet<neuro> hornet-wifi:~ neu14:14
Hornetpings everywhere14:14
SuperMattI do all my stuff through aws these days14:14
neuroHornet: haha14:14
neurounlucky14:14
SuperMattyeah, I have matt on hilight, and that goes off all the time14:14
neuromy hostnames are starships from star trek14:14
SuperMattI just run my website/shell from aws. I could use a managed solution for cheap, but it means I don't have control, and I like my control14:15
neuroUSS Hornet, NCC-45231, Renaissance class (seen in TNG ep Redemption part 2)14:15
neuroi tried briefly running ubuntu instances for nameservers14:15
neuroit cost like 20 dollars a month14:16
neurochucked it in14:16
Hornetlol14:16
SuperMattmy computers are called Bruce, Babs, Tim, PeeGee14:16
SuperMattwell, I like aws. As long as I don't get too many zones, I'll keep using it14:16
neuromine are enterprise, challenger, columbia, saratoga, hathaway, cochrane, majestic, grissom, hornet (sorry Hornet), excelsior, melbourne, intrepid, defiant, valiant, ulysses, phoenix ...14:17
* neuro just manages zones on a local system here then pushes updates out over rsync+ssh14:17
* neuro can actually read BIND zones, so it isn't that bad14:17
mungbeancan i search the gas safe register for a name rather than company? can't see how14:19
awilkinsI use characters from anime14:19
awilkinsMotoko, Aramaki, Totoro, Ryo-Oki14:19
neuroooooh, hyphens14:19
awilkinsNot like it's on a public domain14:20
Hornetheh14:20
neuromine are14:20
neuroand i realise i've just blabbed a ton of hostnames14:20
awilkinsOh, and one Final Fantasy character, my HTPC server is aeris14:20
neuroso 1 + 1 and you can get my private IPs14:20
neuronot that it'll do you much good :)14:20
Hornetold-school gamer detected14:20
SuperMattone thing I don't understand, is why more places don't make up a tld for their internal domain14:20
Hornetall the new translations use 'aerith'14:20
Hornetwhich can fuck right off14:20
SuperMattwhen I'm playing with vms at work, I create a domain .sm14:20
neurobecause separate tlds are a pain in the arse14:21
awilkinsYeah, I know, I played the PC version14:21
SuperMattHornet: no swearing in here!14:21
HornetI can tell14:21
neuroHornet: language14:21
Hornetpff14:21
SuperMattfor once I get to tell someone else of instead of being told off14:21
mungbeanand neuro too14:21
neurocode of conduct, dude14:21
SuperMattthe student has become the master14:21
mungbeanneuro just swore too14:21
awilkinsOoh, I now have an .eu domain14:21
neuromungbean: my epithet was less offensive than hornets :)14:21
SuperMattbravo14:21
HornetI don't see how it matters tbh14:21
awilkinsMy .co.uk and .me.uk are in progress14:21
Hornetif someone can use IRC they can read mature language14:21
SuperMattnot always14:22
mungbeanstill, civilised people tend not to like it :P14:22
SuperMattsome people sit here with their kids14:22
awilkinsI think the principle is that FreeNode is supposed to be about community and free software14:22
Hornetthat's moralistic nonsense14:22
mungbeanreddit comments with swear words in the title get a downvote from me :)14:22
awilkinsAnd that if you use foul language you decrease that because you alienate parents / childre14:22
mungbean?14:22
HornetI can understand nsfw links being labelled as such, etc14:23
Hornetstuff like that is fine14:23
mungbeanwhatever happened to that offtopic channel that wasn't official?14:23
Hornetbut in an adult community you will get adult language14:23
neurohttp://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/chat14:23
Hornetubuntu-uncensored you mean14:23
SuperMattyou mean omg!ubuntu! where I'm op and no one speaks?14:23
neuro"When participating in Ubuntu IRC channels, please follow the code of conduct." - http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct14:23
mungbeansomewhat controlversial one, run by this girl14:23
SuperMatteveryone should totes come to #omg!ubuntu!14:23
Hornetif you mean em's one it changed to club-ubuntu14:24
neuroHornet: i normally swear like a trooper on irc, in #ubuntu* i refrain, because it's the courteous thing to do14:24
Hornetironically due to pressure to censor the fact that everywhere else was censored14:24
neuroand when i say swear like a trooper, i mean *all* swear words14:24
Hornetwell, that's your decision14:24
Hornetpersonally I think it's fine14:24
awilkinsThere's a difference between censorship and community culture14:25
Hornetif someone wants to ban a 4-year + user then they can14:25
awilkinsThe server didn't asterisk the words out14:25
Hornetgroupthink is a more dangerous version of censorship14:25
neuropersonally i think it's fine to hear swearing on TV before the watershed14:25
neurobut I understand and tolerate the fact that it's not the way things work14:25
neuronot everyone >18 likes swearing14:26
SuperMattI think swearing really all depends on the context, not the word14:26
awilkinsI'm fine with swearing a bit in front of my daughter (8) if only because it gives you the opportunity to explain which words are considered bad14:26
Hornetanyway, I don't gratuitously swear, that's pointless, but if it's relevant to making the strength of my point felt then it's fine14:26
neuroit sounds like you're making a point for the sake of it14:26
awilkinsI'm of much the same mind - it's useful for emphasis, it's a part of language14:26
SuperMattfor instance, you can say before the watershed "breast scans are important" but you can't say "touch my breasts"14:26
SuperMattcontext is the rude part, not the words14:26
HornetI'm making a point as it's part of the current conversation14:26
Hornetsimilarly you can be incredibly racist without using any racist words14:27
Hornetit's intentionality14:27
neurothat makes no sense14:27
Horneteg someone could insult someone's mother using words you might find on fridge magnets14:27
Hornetbut it would be no less offensive14:27
neuroand no-one's saying that's tolerated in #ubuntu*14:28
Hornetanyway, we're getting off topic14:28
SuperMattwe are indeed14:28
neurowait, i thought this was part of the current conversation :)14:28
Hornetmy point is the words are almost irrelevant to the intention14:28
SuperMattlets talk about steam box, aka piston!14:28
Hornetwot, no ouya?14:28
neurothe words are massively relevant to the context14:28
Hornetbut to think you can stop something being offensive by blacklisting certain words is nonsense14:28
neurothe context being that this is not a place where swear words are welcomed, to ensure an inclusive environment14:28
neurojings14:29
Hornetanyone who needs that level of molly-coddling has no place on irc14:29
Hornettbqh14:29
neurodude14:29
neurothe point is14:29
neuroregardless of words used14:29
neurobe polite and courteous14:29
neurowhich just happens to include please don't swear14:29
Hornetand I was14:29
HornetI was simply making a point14:29
Hornetwithout being offensive to anybody14:29
* neuro bangs head off keyboard14:30
neuroioesfjoiefw14:30
neurowow, that hurt14:30
Hornetif someone wants to get on a bandstand and point out that one particular word is 'naughty' then they can14:30
davmor2neuro: it's the sticky out bits on j and f that do it14:30
neuroyou are entirely misunderstanding why someone said "don't swear"14:30
Hornetdavmor2: clearly you've never used an acupoint keyboard14:31
Hornetno I understand entirely14:31
neurodavmor2: ah, those crazy blind people and their assistive nubbins14:31
Hornetbut I think it's like trying to get a pub to ensure that nobody within the walls ever swears14:31
Hornetit's an adult environment, it'll happen14:31
Horneteven if it's a family pub14:31
neuroand when it happens, people will say "please don't swear" to try to prevent a further reoccurrence14:32
neuroit's not molly coddling or blacklisting or censorship, it's just common courtesy14:32
HornetI would disagree entirely14:32
neuroyou may disagree, but participation in #ubuntu* IRC channels demands adherence to the Code of Conduct14:32
neuroit's pretty straightforward14:33
neuroswear all you like elsewhere14:33
neurobut in the Ubuntu channels, please don't14:33
neuroin the same way someone would say please don't be racist in these channels14:33
neuroit's not inclusive behaviour14:33
neuronor courteous14:33
Hornetthat's an entirely different matter14:33
neurono, it's not14:34
neuroswearing is just a part of general discourteousness14:34
Hornetso you're saying a choice of words has an equal effect on a community as deciding that certain people are unacceptable based on their skin colour?14:34
Hornetmassive difference14:35
neurodepending on the words, yes14:35
Hornetthat sir, is what's commonly referred to as bullshit :)14:35
directhexthis isn't a productive discussion. easier to just say "comply or banhammer"14:35
neurooh good grief14:35
neuroHornet: i agree with you that i don't believe swearing is all that bad14:36
neuro*but* I understand that in *this* environment, it's not conducive to an inclusive air14:36
neurohence, i follow the code of conduct while participating14:36
ormiretIt doesn't really matter if there is any rational reason to consider swear words offensive: many people do. In the interests of not offending them it is discouraged here.14:36
neuroexactly14:36
neuroEXACTLY14:36
Hornetif people choose to be offended by something that simple then either they're religious recluses or below the age of 814:37
HornetI don't expect to encounter either on irc14:37
neurothat's very unfair14:37
neurothat's like saying "well, there's porn on the web, so why can't everyone just deal with it if it appears on your screen"14:38
Hornetlike I said earlier in this conversation, nsfw matters, language by & large does not14:38
neurosome words *are* nsfw14:39
HornetI wouldn't expect someone to be on #KKK during work hours, sure14:39
neuroplease do use all of the FCC's "seven words" in front of a CEO and see how far you get14:39
Hornetpretty sure at various points I have actually :)14:40
Hornetanyway, I have more productive things to do than try to explain why self-censorship is an inherantly worse practice than external14:40
davmor2Hornet: You're really dragging this out... The rules of the Channel are abide by the COC it's that simple whether you like it or not is a pretty pointless argument14:41
neuroactually, let me rephrase my "seven words" comment14:41
neuros/CEO/policeman/14:41
HornetI've been here years, nobody's cared yet14:41
neurowe're caring14:41
neuroor at least I am14:42
Hornetgood for you14:42
neurowhat's the point of having a code of conduct if not to abide by it?14:42
neuroit's just good community citizenship14:42
Hornetto make certain people feel like they're important by creating and maintaining it?14:42
neuropoint .                                                       X <- you, far from the point14:43
Hornetyou asked a question :P14:43
Hornetanyway.14:43
Hornetlike I said I have better things to do at the moment, so back later14:43
* neuro sighs14:44
neuroi may as well have just banged my head off the keyboard for 20 minutes, it may have been more productive14:44
Hornetthat would be a side-effect of arguing an invalid point, yes14:45
neurothat's the last time i try to defend the CoC for a while, at any rate14:45
neuroi thought you had better things to do?14:45
HornetI do indeed14:46
Seeker`go do them then?14:47
neurolol14:48
kvarleyMark Shuttleworth mentions that windows apps can be streamed to Ubuntu on some footage at CES this year. Is it possible to do that for the Adobe Creative Suite? If so, how?14:48
neurohe did?14:48
ormiretHave a windows machine running them nad connect via RDP or VNC14:48
neuroor use crossover to run locally14:49
SuperMattkvarley: you need to have a citrix ics environment14:49
neurono you don't14:49
neuroyou can enable RDP on some versions of windows14:50
neurousually pro/biz versions14:50
kvarleyneuro: Yes, he was talking about putting apps in the data centre and streaming them to Ubuntu phones or PCs as thin clients14:50
kvarleyTo give access to legacy software14:50
neurokvarley: huh, well you could probably do that now14:50
davmor2kvarley: you can now via rdp, citrix etc14:50
kvarleyneuro: Yes, he was saying it already exists but it's what you could do to solve problems of legacy software requirements in the corporate sector14:51
kvarleyRDP isn't fast enough for graphics apps14:51
neurokvarley: he's probably taking about DaaS14:51
neuroe.g. VMware View14:51
neuroand you'd be surprised how fast RDP can be14:52
neuroi've streamed video over RDP on a LAN before14:52
awilkinsRDP has special provisions for video (I'm presuming it may only work Windows -> Windows though)14:53
kvarleyneuro: I just wondered if you could make it so a windows app would at like any other window in an Ubuntu session14:53
kvarleyRather than going through a viewer14:53
awilkinsWhat I think should be do-able is storing RDP sessions as a screencast14:53
awilkinsThat would be both low bandwidth and high fidelity14:54
popeyawilkins: no, works on linux too14:54
popeywas demo'ed at UDS a year or two back14:54
awilkinsNeato14:54
neurokvarley: best way right now is crossover14:55
neurorun it locally14:55
awilkinsTBH RDP is probably the best remote desktop server in my opinion14:55
kvarleyneuro: Last time I checked it doesn't support the creative suite by Adobe tho14:55
awilkinsNX is a close second but it's much more fiddly14:55
popeyI hear good things about NX14:55
neuroawilkins: mac remote desktop is all kinds of awesome14:56
neuropopey: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO14:56
neuroNX is THE DEVIL14:56
awilkinsI use three pieces of remoteware14:56
awilkinsssh, RDP and Synergy14:57
SuperMattI've never managed to get NX working14:57
awilkinsSynergy not really a remote desktop though14:57
kvarleyProblem is Adobe are too ignorant to port their products to Linux despite boasting about a portable codebase, so I'm left with running virtualbox to access their software.14:57
neuroSuperMatt: it's evil, evil, nasty stuff14:57
awilkinsThe key to getting NX working is furtling with encryption keys in the /etc folder14:57
neurodon't get me wrong, it's GREAT when it works14:57
neurobut when it goes bad, it goes bad A LOT14:57
neuroawilkins: um, wat?14:57
neurojust ssh it14:57
awilkinsneuro, In my experience you have to change the public key before it will work14:58
neuronot IME14:58
neuroat least not with FreeNX14:58
awilkinsneuro, But this may just be that I don't trust the default key that ships with it14:58
neurowhich was a bag of hurt14:58
awilkinsNot set it up recently14:58
davmor2kvarley: it should run under wine14:59
ali1234NO15:03
ali1234adobe creative suite does NOT run under wine15:03
ali1234not now, not ever15:03
ali1234photoshop might15:04
ali1234an old version anyway15:04
ali1234premier does not. after effects does not.15:04
neurowhat, you mean like the version that adobe "accidentally" gave away?15:04
ali1234encore does not15:05
neuroCS2 is "freely" downloadable from adobe.com15:05
ali1234it always has been15:05
neurono, no it hasn't15:05
ali1234the "trial" version is the full software15:05
ali1234all you need is a serial to make it work15:05
ali1234(or a crack)15:05
neurothey threw up full downloads with serial numbers because they were switching off the CS2 activation servers15:05
ali1234same is true of the new version15:05
neuroerr, no15:06
neurohttp://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html15:06
neurolookit15:06
neuroeverything bar after effects15:06
neurothe full smash15:06
neurowith serials15:06
ali1234lolol15:06
ali1234ok, that's funny15:06
ali1234it's not like anyone who wants it hasn't already pirated it though15:06
neurothey're saying you still need a licence to run15:06
* neuro hasn't15:06
ali1234well they would say that15:06
neurowell yeah that's the contentious point15:07
ali1234i mean if you don't care, piratebay is that way ->15:07
neuroloads of tech press already noticed15:07
neuropiratebay?15:07
neuroi'm on sky and BT, i can't access that site15:07
neuro*cough*15:07
ali1234incidentally15:07
ali1234CS2 is not "old" enough for any of it to work in wine15:07
neuroshame15:07
ali1234except perhaps photoshop15:07
ali1234it all runs perfectly in virtualbox though15:08
neurobut not in a "native" stylee15:08
ali1234sure it is15:08
ali1234if your CPU is less than 5 years old and not a cheap intel one15:08
neurounless vbox has some parallels ubiquity mode that i'm not aware of15:08
ali1234i have no idea what you are talking about15:09
neurono, i mean windowed without the windows desktop underneath (if you see what i mean)15:09
ali1234anyway it runs perfectly well15:09
ali1234oh yeah virtualbox seamless mode15:09
ali1234yeah it works well15:09
neurobah15:09
neuronot ubiquity15:09
neurocoherence15:09
ali1234still dn't know what you are talking about15:09
neurohttp://download.parallels.com/desktop/v5/docs/en/Parallels_Desktop_Users_Guide/23413.htm15:10
neurowindows from the virtualised OS appear as though native to the host OS15:10
ali1234http://i.techrepublic.com.com/blogs/seamless.png15:10
neurothat's the bunny15:10
dwatkinshttp://www.technologytell.com/apple/110494/adobe-is-not-giving-away-free-cs2-downloads/15:11
ali1234i used to even have a ubuntu type theme for windows15:11
neuroi forgot vbox could do that15:11
neuroi never use it now anyway, was too buggy and crashy for me15:11
neuro(running ubuntu on win7)15:11
neurothe VM would just snap out of existence without warning15:11
dwatkinsseamless is great, works great (when it works...)15:11
neuroand sometimes would just reboot the host machine too15:11
SuperMattall right, php5.3 is going to reach end of life in march. Is there an *official* ubuntu way to upgrade to 5.4 in precise?15:12
SuperMattI'd rather not touch PPAs15:12
neurobwahahaha15:12
neurobackports?15:12
SuperMattbackports doen't have an updated version15:12
diploWell they will need to support upgrade path ?15:12
diploit's an lts15:13
neurothey don't need to support an upgrade path15:13
neurothat's the point of an LTS15:13
neuroyou want fixed point releases on board15:13
SuperMattyeah, but it's a major version, and could break a lot of stuff for people15:13
diploI suppose15:13
neurohow will it break stuff?15:13
neurogoing EOL won't stop it working15:14
SuperMattno, but upgrading to 5.4 could break people's sites, so the upgrade process to 5.4 needs to be... manual15:14
SuperMattbasically, I should have the option to install a package php5.415:14
neurothe upgrade process, if any, will not be an official one15:14
neuroyou do15:14
neuroPPAs15:14
neuroor from source15:14
neurobut from official LTS sources, doubtful15:15
diploThere is a blueprint for it SuperMatt15:15
SuperMattdiplo: where are you seeing this?15:15
kvarleydavmor2: Does Illustrator work under Wine? What version? I never had any luck running it previously15:15
ali1234illustrator is probably ok15:16
diplohttps://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-p-php5415:16
neurokvarley: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/15:16
SuperMattmy other option is to upgrade my webserver to quantal15:16
ali1234it's the video stuff that has basically no chance of ever working15:16
ali1234those are also the tools that have no serious open source competition15:16
SuperMattdiplo: thanks, I think I'm gonna have to subscribe to that15:16
ali1234illustrator is not really any better than inkscape for most uses15:17
kvarleyneuro: All known not to work under crossover15:17
neuroit's marked completed15:17
neuroStatus: This has been a hard, back and forth process, and I am not entirely happy with the result, but I don't feel there was anything more we could do. With Suhosin unavailable for 5.4.0, we have decided to ship 5.3.10 with the full protections of Suhosin and its known working state rather than 5.4.0 without Suhosin. With beta2 all but released (undergoing final testing) with 5.3.10, there isn't much more we can do. Thanks to everyone who put their ti15:17
neuroyour option seems to be https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/php515:17
SuperMattindeed15:18
SuperMattthat scares me somewhat15:18
kvarleyali1234: It's just the time taken to learn Illustrator which is the industry standard tool is so long so that's why I'm investigating getting it working15:18
diploDaviey is mentioned in there, or could ask in #ubuntu-server SuperMatt ?15:18
ali1234who uses crossover anyway? use wine15:19
neurokvarley: you'd be better off just ponying up the 60-70 quid for a copy of win7 home premium and virtualising that15:19
kvarleyali1234: +115:19
ali1234yes, virtualbox15:19
neuroat least you'll know it works15:19
kvarleyneuro: I stated earlier that I'm currently doing that :)15:19
* neuro shuts up :)15:19
kvarleyheh15:19
ali1234don't bother with wine. even if you get it working it will be flaky and act weird, especially fonts15:20
kvarleyIf Adobe would jump down from their high horse and port their code it'd be awesome. But they have no intention of doing so, which makes me dislike them strongly.15:20
neuroi think if they thought there was a market for it that they could recoup their costs from, they would go for it15:21
neuroobviously they don't think that15:21
kvarleyneuro: There IS a market for it, it's just too small in their eyes15:21
dwatkinshow big is the Linux desktop market, 2% of users?15:21
neurothat's ... what i said15:21
neuro:)15:21
kvarleyneuro: Yeah sorry, sent before you sent second msg15:22
kvarleydwakins: Not sure, but imagine all the businesses who could ditch windows if it was ported properly to Linux15:22
neurodwatkins: wikipedia says 1.19%15:22
dwatkinsw3schools says 5% iirc15:22
kvarleySince designers and creative types won't care about the OS, they just need to be able to launch and use their apps15:22
SuperMattthing is that linux market != linux business market15:22
dwatkinsI don't know if that's just browsers etc.15:22
neurohttp://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=015:22
SuperMattthe market for adobe stuff in business could be much larger than 5%15:23
dwatkinsalso, it depends how much effort is required to port the code, of course15:23
dwatkinsif you have to spend 50% of your time porting and supporting applications for 5% of users, that's not ideal15:23
neurokvarley: you'll probably find the number of business who would want to ditch windows and still run adobe software would just get macs instead15:23
* neuro hugs his macs15:23
kvarleydwatkins: They've boasted about their lightweight and portable codebase many times before online, so either they're lying or can't be bothered.15:23
neuroboth, probably15:23
dwatkinskvarley: oh, I wasn't aware of those statements, nor their context15:23
kvarleydwatkins: Quick search should bring them up. It happened many times on forums and their customer support and chats with devs. Not high up sources but they gave a good gist of the company stance15:24
SuperMattadobe have been very clear on their reasons: the colour management in linux is poor.15:24
kvarleyneuro: But macs cost a lot and windows licenses aren't exactly getting cheaper15:25
neuromacs don't cost that much if you're prepared to shop around a bit or buy refurb15:25
kvarleySuperMatt: So it's another thing to blame on the proprietary graphics drivers front?15:25
neuroand in terms of capex and depreciation, they are better than wintel15:25
neuroand windows licences are very cheap if you're a large biz or enterprise15:26
kvarleyneuro: But vs Linux they lose15:26
neurowhy vs Linux they lose?15:26
SuperMattkvarley: I'm not sure about that, but essentially I don't think Adobe will touch linux until everyone can agree to do colour one way, rather than 1000 different standards15:26
kvarleyLinux gives you a massive range of hardware to choose from and gives you support for way longer than a Macs life15:26
kvarleySuperMatt: Maybe they're forgetting that THEY are the standard setters ;)15:27
neurowhy would i want a massive range of hardware to choose from? :)15:27
kvarleyneuro: To better cater to your needs and spend less in the process15:27
neurobut my needs are all software15:27
kvarleyneuro: Plus your price estimations are off. Mac = 2x the PC equivalent15:27
neuroo rly15:27
dwatkinsmy Macs have lasted twice as long as my PCs, though15:28
kvarleyneuro: This was assuming if the software was available on Linux too :)15:28
kvarleydwatkins: How come? What hardware - manufactured or home built?15:28
daubersdwatkins: That's only because it takes you twice as long to recover from the initial expense :P15:28
neuroif i want a cheap dell vostro that will fall apart after heavy use, then sure, i guess15:28
kvarleyneuro: yes, I got a more powerful PC for half the cost of a mac15:28
awilkinsThe only reason my PCs get changed these days is dead hardware or more demanding apps / games15:28
kvarleyneuro: I never said anything about getting cheap hardware, just reasonably priced hardware :015:29
neurokvarley: with a tenth of the build quality no doubt15:29
kvarley*:)15:29
awilkinsAnd now I'm on a quad core i7 with 8GB of RAM I think games are probably the only pusher15:29
* neuro ahems15:29
neuroSystem Info: Model:  MacBookPro9 · CPU Speed:  8 @ 2.6 GHz · L2:  256 KB · L3:  6 MB · RAM:  8 GB · OS X:  Version 10.8.2 (Build 12C3006) · Hostname:  hornet · User:  neuro · Client:  Linkinus 2.4.3/25089 · Style:  I Are Sea!15:29
neurohee15:29
neuroquad core i7, 8 threads baby15:30
mungbeanwhat's the story on the valve console?15:30
neuroit's probably going to suck?15:30
neurobut lots of people will probably buy it?15:30
awilkinsIt's a three board modular PC15:30
neurobut not enough to shake the domination of xbox/sony/nintendo?15:30
awilkinsTheir retail rates are in excess of $50015:31
neuros/lots of people/hardly anyone/15:31
awilkinsFor the one with the crap integrated graphics and a 32GB SSD15:31
awilkinsIt's a really nice form factor but the price is too high15:31
awilkinshttp://xi3.com/buy_now.php15:32
neuroHOW MUCH (little)???15:32
neuro32GB?!15:32
awilkinsOh, sorry, 16GB SSD15:32
awilkinsNot RAM15:32
awilkins2G of RAM15:32
neuro16GB?!15:32
neurothat's even worse!15:32
awilkinsYeah15:32
kvarleyAnybody see the 1TB flash drive unveiled today? Looks sweet15:32
neuroyeah i knew what you meant15:32
awilkins(NB - Windows requires 32GB or more)15:32
gordworth noting that that is the price of the original hardware that company has been shipping around for a good while, valve would probably customise it and then sell it at a loss, then make their money in steam sales15:32
awilkinsIt's a nice case, and a nice external storage case (see further down on page)15:33
awilkinsI'd like one as an HTPC running MythTV, but it's too much15:33
neurogiven that steam have a sale every other week, i wonder how valve would actually *make* money? :)15:34
awilkinsAnd too inflexible. I want to buy that external case and stick my own spinning rust in it15:34
mungbeanwhats the graphics chip?15:34
directhexvalve have a 30% split on the final sale price of everything on steam15:35
awilkinsDoesn't say15:35
directhexpublishers get 70%15:35
neuro30% of 50% off though ...15:35
directhexyou asked!15:35
awilkinsTheir website is being pummelled by Piston searchers right now I think15:35
neurosee their last failed kickstarter for more info then: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/262476727/xi3-help-us-usher-in-the-post-pc-era15:37
directhex"Xi3 wouldn't discuss price for Piston, but commented that the Steam Box is based on its "performance level" X7A offering, which is priced at $999. Xi3 declined to comment on what would differentiate Piston hardware-wise from a standard X7A."15:37
neurodirecthex: i did, didn't i? :)15:37
neurofrom the looks of it, both classes of system have some sort of unnamed DX11-compatible chipset15:37
neuroprobably using system ram15:37
neurosince neither spec mentions discrete ram for gpu15:38
directhexonboard amd, i guess15:38
awilkinsYeah, don't the AMDs have an on-die GPU now?15:39
mungbeanvalve can re-spec it though15:39
neurotrue15:39
mungbeanmainly the gpu15:39
directhexamd A10-4600M15:40
directhexthat's my guess.15:40
directhexall the current xi3 stuff is amd based, and their kickstarter said the x7a would be 3.2ghz quadcore with 384 gpu cores15:41
directhexthe a10-4600m matches that15:41
awilkinsReplacing my current HTPC (which is a noisy full size desktop case) with one of these would be nice15:41
awilkinsBut would have to be part of a larger program to "go HD"15:41
awilkinsStill on an SD CRT15:41
mungbeanamd is a fail on linux thoug15:44
directhexi know, that'll be a major hurdle15:44
directhexi suspect valve are breaking heads at amd hq15:44
mungbeanwhy choose the worst possible sitation?15:44
awilkinsThey'll probably ship it with Windows15:45
mungbean:-|15:45
mungbeanthat would be a fail too15:45
directhexthere isn't space in that kind of form factor for a discrete cpu15:45
directhexso that leaves intel with intel hd4000, or amd15:45
awilkinsBut a no-brainer - want to support the most games? Use Windows.15:45
directhexamd is faster, *if* the drivers don't suck15:45
directhexthe chance of drivers not sucking is higher than the chance of intel hd4000 not sucking15:45
neuro:)15:46
neurohd4000 is the reason i didn't buy a new mac mini :P15:46
directhexand amd are in trouble financially so if valve promises to ship a couple of million units in year 1, amd will do *anything* they say15:46
neurocouple of million?15:46
neurou mad? :)15:46
awilkinsIsn't Intel the best for just flatland work though?15:46
awilkins(in terms of best-compatible-with-Linux)?15:47
directhexneuro, what's wrong with a couple of million units?15:47
neuroxbox 360 has sold on avg 10m per year over 7 years15:48
neuroand that's with microsoft and third parties spending millions on marketing15:48
neurojust checking numbers15:49
neurothey sold 1.5m in year 115:49
mungbeanquite pricey thou15:49
directhexignore all the pricing15:50
neuro360 launch price in US was $39915:50
directhexyou are being lied to if you pay attention to the pricing on standalone xi3 stuff and assume that is steambox pricing15:50
neurothe real question is, how much are valve willing to eat in terms of loss making on hw15:51
directhexthat depends on how much their unit costs are15:52
directhexwhich depends on how much volume they aim for15:52
mungbeanwindows licences won't be part of the cost15:56
directhexokay. Looks like the "bulk" price on that AMD chip is $10615:59
directhex"bulk" meaning 5 units or more15:59
directhexthe price for 500,000 units will be rather lower16:00
* awilkins wonders how long it will be until a "root your Piston and install MythTV on it" guide occurs16:00
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kvarleyThe i/o on the steambox is insane16:08
awilkins2x SATA 4X USB3 4x USB 2 isn't it?16:09
directhexagain, don't assume that what you're seeing is final. use it as a starting point for educated guesses16:09
awilkinsIndeed16:10
directhexwe can make an educated guess that it won't have more than 2G RAM - valve's work has been in 32-bit land, so more than that is pointless16:10
directhexwe can assume it'll have a limited SSD to keep the price low - 64G is twice a premium wiiu - and will have the ability to use a USB disk for additional storage (again, see wiiu)16:10
kvarley1x Ethernet, 2x Mini Displayport or mini hdmi, 1 fullsize DP/HDMI port, 2x powered usb, 2x usb 2.0, 4x usb 3.0, 3.5mm mic in, 3.5mm headphones out, optical audio, 4x eSATAp ports16:11
directhexfrankly i can't find a way to make this thing unprofitable at $400 retail. maybe even profitable at $300 in sufficient bulk.16:11
kvarleyDoubt it will be about profit for Valve16:11
kvarleyMore a way to get more people onto Steam16:11
awilkins"Xi3 chief marketing officer David Politis told Polygon that Piston will offer up to 1 TB of interal storage and offer modular component updates, including the option to upgrade the PC's CPU and RAM"16:11
awilkinsUp[ to 1TB sounds like a spinning disk16:11
kvarleyI can see this working, but not with the general publish yet16:11
kvarley*general public16:12
awilkinsBut hey, that's a marketing officer16:12
kvarleyThe expansion board thing is cool16:13
kvarleyLove that their site is down lol16:13
gorddirecthex, you might be forgetting that valve only has digital downloads, wiiu uses disks. small ssd's really aren't an option for a steam box16:13
directhexthe xi3 x7a is the base platform on which the steam box will be built. again, don't assume that what you see is a steambox, it's an x7a. ports will not neccessarily be identical16:14
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kvarleyWii U supports external hard drives on top of the nand space too16:14
kvarleydirecthex: Still nice to see that much I/O on one of their boxes16:14
directhexgord, you can download games from the estore on wiiu. hell, sony sells a 12gb ps3 that still lets you download games16:14
gorddirecthex, yeah, but can is different than must16:15
gordand with the basic wiiu package. can is a struggle at best16:15
directhexinvesting heavily in nand today is a mistake. prices are too volatile to make it a smart move16:15
directhex32GB is enough for lots of *most* blockbuster pc games16:15
directhexespecially when you can redownload any title as often as you like16:15
directhexit's not much for an MMO16:15
awilkinsMost of the games I install seem to be 5GB - 10GB16:16
gordgames are hitting 20gb a pop these days, then there is the OS and all the other gubbins to deal with16:16
awilkinsYeah, they'd be daft not to have a "Hey, store all your music n'stuff on here too" feature16:17
kvarleygord: Battlefield 3 with all the DLC is over 30GB now 0.o16:17
awilkinsWouldn't be surprised to see a merging of "Big Picture" with Unity Dash16:17
gordnot going to get better once the next xbox comes out with bluray support16:17
awilkinsAnd all that Ubuntu TV stuff16:17
directhexyes, that changes things16:17
kvarleyHas anybody noticed Valve's stance upon running other software on the box yet? Will be interesting to see if they would let you install other OS' on there16:17
directhexright now, size of a dvd, on 360, helps keep sizes grounded16:18
popeykvarley: it doesnt exist yet, hard to say16:18
kvarleygord: Xbox 720 is getting BluRay support? *facepalm*16:18
gordwell its not getting hd-dvd support16:18
directhexgames on SD!16:19
kvarleypopey: Ah ok, would be very nice if they did. They obviously have no reason to allow that kind of thing except to be nice to the minority. Could be a similar deal to those Android TV sticks that let you boot off USB or SD media16:19
kvarleygord: Could be proprietary format like the Wii U? I doubt Microsoft will want to pay Sony for anything16:19
kvarleydirecthex: You could do that on the old Wii xD16:19
czajkowskigord: you're back!16:19
directhexkvarley, wii u is blu-ray. mostly.16:20
kvarleydirecthex: But it's not "Blu-Ray" to avoid licensing?16:20
directhexkvarley, right.16:20
gordkvarley, depends if they want to be able to play movies, if not, no point in spending the licencing monies16:20
directhexno movie support, and nonstandard filesystems and stuff16:20
gordczajkowski, yup, back from irc-holidays16:20
kvarleygord: I imagine if they don't allow disc playback they'll be able to push people to use the Live store or whatever it's called16:21
czajkowskiaquarius:  daker> does anyone know if u1 does have a qml sdk ?16:31
aquariusczajkowski, depends which bits of U116:31
aquariusczajkowski, where did that get asked?16:32
czajkowskiaquarius: jono channel16:32
czajkowskiubuntu-community-team16:32
popeydirecthex: i want an internet connected fridge16:40
popeyin fact, i could just stick an android tablet to the wall, attach a scanner and scan everything in/out, or when it's 25/50/75 33/66% used16:40
awilkinsThey're doing that for our meeting rooms at work16:40
awilkinsMounting a tablet to the wall outside for bookings16:41
awilkinsThis is an office leased from an office rental company though16:42
awilkinsRegus16:42
gordi remember seing a fridge that did that on tomorrows world when i was young16:44
popeyeven just saving out a text file of what's been removed recently would help when shopping16:45
popeyand also remind you of how much you spend on stuff ☺16:45
awilkinsI want something like that that sorts in aisle traversal order16:45
gordit could tell you when you are about to eat some gone off milk with your cereal16:46
BigRedSI've always disliked the manual tedium required there16:46
awilkinsNaah, the human nose is the best gone-off food detector16:46
BigRedSIf I'm going to come to rely on it I don't want it to rely on me scanning barcodes whenever I take anything out of the fridge16:46
awilkinsRFID16:46
popeyis there an API for turning barcodes into products tho?16:46
BigRedSyeah16:46
awilkinsBut that supposes packaging16:46
gordgoogle goggles sure does it16:46
awilkinsTomatoes don't have RFID in them (yet)16:46
BigRedSMy first imagination of it used cameras and some hilariously impossible photo recognition stuff16:47
BigRedSbut now that's less impossible, and RFID's better anyway16:47
gordactually, you could litterally have a camera and just google image search the product, you'll probably get the right result a a suggested title16:47
popeyyeah, front facing camera could work16:48
mungbeani like the xkcd fridge16:50
mungbeanhttp://xkcd.com/1109/16:50
gordif you had a camera you could also hold the recept up to the camera and have it automatically figure out what the cost of each individual thing was16:57
awilkinsOr just run off the barcode and integrate with the Tesco.com database etc16:58
awilkinsWith of course, frightening privacy implications17:00
mungbeani left my fridge door open ovrnight the other day and the lamp cooked everything on top shelf17:01
awilkinsThe bulb in mine is blown :-)17:01
mungbeanand i ate mouldy bread by kmistake17:01
awilkinsYou'll either cure a malevolent space disease that would have wiped out half the western hemisphere and left the rest sterile, or go mad.17:02
mungbeanthe true story was that i was nervous and paranoid for 6 hours17:04
mungbeangreen/blue mould on bread means a massive invisible mould cluster underneath17:04
gordhow mould works is that everything is absolutely fine until midnight on the eat by date then it all suddenly turns bad17:05
awilkinsxi3.com have finally given up the ghost17:10
awilkins503... they must be overjoyed, TBH17:10
awilkinsHah, Adobe CS2 up for free17:13
awilkinsIf I had a use for any of it I'd download it17:13
awilkinshttp://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html17:13
popeyhmm, or use one of those business card scanners to scan the barcode17:22
gordput one next to the fridge, one next to the bin17:34
brobostigonany suggestions as to how i track down, my eeeps networking sudenly having a goslow since sunday? i habe done no software updates, now changed any network settings. when in comparison on my nexus7, same network things work fine.17:46
brobostigoneeepc*17:47
brobostigonnor*17:47
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: wired or wireless network?17:52
brobostigonwireless17:53
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: did a neighbour install wifi on the same channel, or did he start downloading a lot?17:53
MartijnVdSor, maybe something is sending/receiving a lot of packets?17:53
brobostigonMartijnVdS: my nexus7 is wifi also, so woildnt that affect that also?17:54
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: only if you're downloading/uploading a lot on it.. I'd expect old (802.11b) devices to interfere more than new (802.11n) ones17:54
brobostigonMartijnVdS: nope, i have nothjng but a terminal running, and it wont even ssh smoothly, it is that slow.17:55
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: that's bad17:55
MartijnVdSwhat does "iw wlan0 link" say?17:55
brobostigonMartijnVdS: which bit do you need?17:56
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: can you pastebin it all (should be around 5-6 lines?)17:56
brobostigonMartijnVdS: pastebinit, what syntax?17:57
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: dunno17:59
brobostigonMartijnVdS: paste.debian.net/22289518:00
MartijnVdSlooks OK -- it has a 48 mbit connection, at -63dBm -- which is normal if you're not too far from the AP18:04
brobostigonMartijnVdS: i am 4 metres away from it.18:05
MartijnVdSanything in dmesg?18:06
MartijnVdSor /var/log (about WPA?)18:06
brobostigonMartijnVdS: not that i can see.18:06
brobostigonminute.18:06
brobostigonMartijnVdS: nothing that looks abnormal.18:09
MartijnVdSifconfig -> does it show "errors:" ?18:17
MartijnVdS"iw wlan0 scan | less" (maybe "scan dump") -- does that show any other networks on the same channel, or near yours?18:18
brobostigonMartijnVdS: there is one other network, in the same channel range, that just about registers signal.18:19
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: what happens if you change your channel to one that's at least 5 different from the current one? (one of 1, 6, 11 is the best)18:22
brobostigonMartijnVdS: on the router? will this affect other people from connecting?18:23
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: all devices will reconnect, but that shuold be automagic18:24
brobostigonMartijnVdS: ok, minute18:24
brobostigonMartijnVdS: ok, i have changed to the channel to 11.18:31
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ali1234what is the open source alternative to exchange server?18:56
ali1234specifically for contacts and calendar sync18:56
popeyzimbra?18:56
ali1234is it light weight?18:58
ali1234what i need is something that talks caldav and also exchange.18:59
ali1234to replace the google MfE sync that they have switched off now18:59
ali1234what does ubuntu phone use for sync btw?19:03
davmor2ali1234: in comparison to exchange yes :)19:03
ali1234the answer better be caldav19:04
ali1234zimbra needs a proprietary extension to do exchange sync according to wikipedia19:05
davmor2ali1234: there is zarafa too http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3932591/Top-5-Open-Source-Alternatives-to-Microsoft-Exchange.htm19:05
ali1234also i only want contacts and calendar support. most of this stuff only does email19:06
ali1234actually exchange might be totally unnecessary... i think all nokia phone do this on bluetooth as well19:08
ali1234that would probably be easier19:08
popeyali1234: pass19:09
ali1234https://syncevolution.org/wiki/sync-your-phone-bluetooth looks like what i need19:09
ali1234plus a plugin ffor it that talks caldav etc19:10
brobostigonMartijnVdS: that seemed to have fixed it, why?19:10
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awilkinsYeah, ActiveSync is patented and they charge licenses to implement it21:03
* awilkins is responding to discussion from 2 hrs ago21:03
scratmanirc.freenode.org, #videolan21:16
solarcloud_3scrnMy A.D.D. friend once asked me, in a fleet of depression, whether or not there was a video website 'about him' .. Funnily enough, the guy on the opposite dinner table leaned over and said "there is, ya know !"21:29
scratman#mixxx21:36
scratmanopps21:36
scratmanirc.freenode.org, #mixxx21:36
scratmanjeez21:36
mgdmtry '/join' in front of that?21:39
solarcloud_3scrnApparently Mint beats Ubuntu.. http://www.rlslog.net/linux-format-uk-february-2013-p2p/#comments  .. [I'd try extabit.com]22:04
solarcloud_3scrn.. or I'll know in 29 minutes !!22:05
popeythat doesn't look like a legit download site22:08
solarcloud_3scrnWoops .. my bad .. should have been for hitchcock, sorry.22:12
solarcloud_3scrnTescro run went well . 19 items Av. price 18.42p (pence). 8 coleslaw .. not sure if the cat will warm to it thou.23:55
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