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shaunoI just found the most amazing gizmo.  "RooTooth" adds bluetooth to the roomba.  I think I just found my christmas present00:20
daftykinswhat can you then do to the Roomba via bluetooth?00:21
shaunostart/stop it would be the most obvious, but you can take complete control of it over serial00:22
shaunothey already have a serial port that allows this.  this just plugs into the serial port and makes that available, so you're not following it around with a cable00:23
daftykins:D00:23
* MartijnVdS doesn't see much newness in Trusty yet.. ;)05:30
MooDoomorning all07:03
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knightwisemorning MooDoo07:30
MooDoohow's it going knightwise ?07:30
knightwisedoing fine , working from home today07:40
MooDoonice07:40
knightwisethat means I get to play with office365 and still work on my ubuntu machine07:40
MooDoonice, why office365 ?07:42
knightwiseThats what we use at work07:44
MooDoocool07:44
knightwiseand it works great in a browser (currently using Chrome on Ubuntu07:45
MooDooawesome, never tried it, normally I use google docs07:46
MartijnVdSPrevious work used Office365, but only for email07:47
MartijnVdSit SUCKED07:47
knightwiseOffice 2013 is a drag , but the web interface of 365 is better then outlook web access07:50
MartijnVdSit's still buggy though, and quite "heavy" compared to, say, gmail07:51
knightwiseThat is true. But if it enables you to use your 'own device" when you are not at work , I kinda lov it07:54
knightwisejust for that07:54
knightwisemind you , i'm not a serious excel user or anything07:55
* dwatkins signs-up for AlanBell's Ubuntu RPi project08:00
MooDooI'm sure he'll appreciate that08:04
MartijnVdSMore pi for everyone 8-)08:06
diploMorning all08:07
MooDoomorning diplo08:07
diploHow're we all this morning, tis Friday!08:08
MooDoodiplo: yippee08:08
diploMissing Xmas work do, not sure if I'm happy or glad about that!08:08
MooDoodiplo: mines next week08:08
MartijnVdSdiplo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5nfV3S7sqI08:08
diplonever really seen anything to do with this Rebecca Black08:09
diploI think i switched off when the internet went mad :)08:09
MooDooIt'll go mad today with the death of nelson mandela08:09
diploI did last night, switched normal telly off and went on the media centre08:10
MartijnVdSyesterday, I cancelled my TV subscription08:13
MartijnVdSso I'll be stuck with freesat channels and some FTA DVB-T channels :)08:13
diploI've debated that a lot recently MartijnVdS, but it keeps the kids quiet so can't decide08:18
MooDooMartijnVdS: still need a license though08:21
MartijnVdSMooDoo: not in the Netherlands :)08:23
knightwisegrrr08:24
knightwisebanshee seems to be unable to import simple standard playlist files08:25
MooDooMartijnVdS: :p08:27
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foobarry_knightwise: i#m compelled to use o365 for work,  never used the actual office bits besides email, does it work like google docs?09:00
diploAnyone know how to embed a video from youtube ( downloaded in multiple formats ) into an impress doc ?09:03
knightwisefoobarry_: yeah it does09:11
foobarry_knightwise: can't find it on mine :(09:11
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foobarry_knightwise: do they also request admin access when you try to use activesync?09:16
foobarry_i've gone from having a good email service on my phone to having to remove email because i won't allow my company remote wipe functionality on my personal device09:16
foobarry_99% of devices in use are personal09:17
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JamesTaitGood morning all; happy Friday, and happy Miners' Day! :)09:35
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MooDooJamesTait: morning09:42
MooDoomorning czajkowski09:42
JamesTaitMooDoo, o/09:42
czajkowskialoha :)09:44
czajkowskihow are we all09:44
MooDoofine and dandy thanks09:45
foobarryhow can i report a bug with a crash file? ubuntu-bug <crash file name> opens the crash window, but click continue does not submit it to LP09:50
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)09:51
bashrcg'day09:52
foobarryoh.. bug 99492109:52
lubotu3bug 994921 in apport (Ubuntu Quantal) "'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/app.crash' (and even more so, 'apport-cli -c /var/crash/app.crash') should still allow manual bug filing in stable releases" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/99492109:52
ali1234foobarry: it does09:56
ali1234you just have to fiddle09:56
foobarryi had to edit a conf file :(09:59
foobarryi think it sends a message that bugs won't get fixed...09:59
popeywhat crashed?09:59
SuperMattmorning guys10:00
MooDoomornign SuperMatt10:00
SuperMatttoday I should hear back about a job at rackspace \o/10:00
MooDooSuperMatt: you did an interview for rackspace?10:00
foobarrypopey: brasero10:00
SuperMattMooDoo: yup! yesterday :)10:00
popeyat teh end of burning?10:01
foobarrynope10:01
foobarryjust clicking on tracks popey10:01
MooDooSuperMatt: wow fingers crossed, want to work there myself on day :D10:01
SuperMattI'll let you know what it's like ;)10:01
MooDooSuperMatt: if you get it :)10:01
popeySuperMatt: how are the helpouts going?10:01
SuperMattI mean, it could be totally dull or whatever, with their pool tables and xbox ones and stuff10:02
SuperMattpopey: I've been too busy to do them >.<10:02
SuperMattliterally, the next 5 nights I'm out dancing10:02
MooDooSuperMatt: I've watched videos I know all about what it's like to be a racker :D10:02
foobarryi'm told its a dupe of an expired bug 43830010:02
lubotu3bug 438300 in brasero (Ubuntu) "brasero assert failure: *** glibc detected *** brasero: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x084aea58 ***" [Medium,Expired] https://launchpad.net/bugs/43830010:02
SuperMattand I've got house hunting interspersed in that10:02
SuperMattoh, and hitting the gym to train for a 10K10:03
foobarryalthough my bug is from 12.04 and this bug is from 9.1010:04
popeysee if it's known upstream?10:05
popeyhttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=brasero10:05
foobarrydoesn't seem to be10:09
popeymight be worth filing one10:11
popeyat least write up how it's reproducible10:11
bigcalmctrl+alt+<arrow keys> are my best friends. So much so, that I have Windows doing it as well.10:21
* AlanBell just ordered 35 32GB SD cards10:23
MooDooAlanBell: anyone would think you've got a cluster to build.10:24
bigcalmWhat's the tar argument to preserve permissions?10:25
MooDoobigcalm: p?10:25
bigcalmMooDoo: sounds likely, ta10:26
foobarryi got banned from another freenode channel soon after asking why ops hadn't banned a persistent troll that had caused channel splits :-|10:36
MooDoofoobarry: have you spoken to free node staff about it?10:36
foobarryprobably for the best if they aren't going to ban the troll10:36
foobarrytbh if he is persistent, using /ignore isn't sufficient because everyone else gets sucked in four hours10:37
foobarryi'm prob better off not in there..10:37
foobarryMooDoo: its not  worth it10:39
* foobarry wonders if its possible to get RSI through using a mouse. i have persistent tendon type pain in middle right finger when i try to grip things10:41
diploYep definitely10:41
foobarryonly just noticed i've had it for about 6 months10:44
diploTry changing the way you work helps10:48
foobarryi think my hand is on the mouse most of day10:48
MooDoohi all, apart from bug testing any point in updating to the new LTS yet?10:48
SuperMattnot yet, because you really won't get the long term support until it's actually out :P10:49
MooDooSuperMatt: i meant for new features etc smarty pants :D10:49
SuperMattI normally like to jump on a +1, but right now I'm not sure I'm going to10:49
SuperMattwhen I hear of a killer feature, I might10:50
SuperMattso far, there hasn't been much on OMG about trusty10:50
foobarrythey are taling about image updates10:51
foobarrymainly for mobile devices i guess, unsure if desktop is affected10:51
SuperMattnot for mobile stuff10:52
SuperMattbut I'm sure there will be some very key changes10:52
SuperMattfor anyone upgrading between LTSes, the biggest thing to look out for is that apache has a number of gotchas10:53
SuperMattfor instance, if you have any virtual hosts files that don't end in .conf, the vhost won't be loaded10:54
SuperMatttrufax10:54
SuperMattnot sure if I should raise a bug against that though10:54
SuperMattis it a bug in apache, or a bug in the upgrade process?10:54
davmor2Morning all10:58
bigcalmMorning davmor210:58
bigcalmdavmor2: have you made sure you're not working next Wednesday evening?10:59
SuperMattg'ning!10:59
davmor2bigcalm: Yeah more important have you :P11:00
bigcalm:P11:00
bigcalmMy and my wife will be there :)11:01
MooDoomorning davmor211:01
MooDoobigcalm: davmor2 you guys having a party?11:01
davmor2MooDoo: Wolveslug xmas bashg11:01
davmor2MooDoo: morning good sir11:01
MooDoonice11:02
davmor2bigcalm: my and my wife hey nice ;)11:02
bigcalmHeh11:02
bigcalmI could say Hayley, but I still like saying wife ;)11:02
MooDoobigcalm: ewww you recently married?11:03
bigcalmo.O11:03
MooDoobigcalm: i'm teasing chap11:03
MooDoo:)11:03
bigcalmHaven't I been spamming here with that for long enough?11:03
bigcalm:P11:03
daftykinswoohoo the boiler guy just came to look at my gas boiler11:16
daftykinswith any luck, the 1 hour of work should be all that's needed to get it running sensibly again11:16
MooDooyay11:16
bigcalmYay warmth11:16
daftykinsah well it was heating fine11:17
daftykinsbut the thing was losing pressure all the time, seems it was the expansion unit thing11:17
daftykinsexpansion vessel rather11:17
daftykinsquick bicycle pump up of that and we may be back to normal :O11:17
arsenhihi11:19
daftykinsmorning sir11:20
arsenthat it is! just.11:20
arsenwaiting for my Wagamanas Breakfast11:20
arsenas inevitabtly my lunch will be delivered before 12, annoyingly :(11:20
daftykinsi thought the brand was Wagamama? though i'm unfamiliar with them11:20
arsenit probably is. :d11:21
daftykinsheh you get delivered lunch? :D11:21
arsenWagas not encroached the island yet then?11:21
arsenyeah, Fridays.11:21
daftykinsyou name it, we've not got it11:21
daftykinsalthough two of our big supermarkets are now Waitrose11:21
daftykinsaaaand we have two Costa coffee shops in town now11:22
arsenHow very Middle Class. :D11:22
daftykinsone is 20 seconds from my door, the other is about 90 seconds :>11:22
daftykinsyeah i still shop mostly at the co-op though11:22
daftykinswhich carries the produce of English co-ops but is separate, as we have share numbers and get little 4p stamps with every £1 spent!11:22
arsenhah cool. my parents pretty much live off Co-Op and Waitrose.11:23
daftykinsthey still up Notts way or did they move somewhere?11:23
daftykinsi remember you said they were downsizing, many moons ago11:24
arsennope, still in the middle of nowhere.11:24
daftykinshehehe11:24
arsenthey moved to this huge house split into 'apartments', that are bigger than the average house11:24
daftykins:D11:24
arsennever a fan, felt like a bad hotel or an old people's home - so last year they just finished building a house. Much better now imo.11:24
daftykinshahaha nice11:25
arsenEco-house, sustainable/passive heat storage etc, all very clever.11:25
daftykinsO_O11:25
daftykinsthat'd be nice11:25
daftykinsif this fix today isn't permanent on my boiler, i may have to consider dropping £1,500-2,000 on a new boiler D:11:25
daftykinsoops repetition.11:26
arsenthat sucks - boilers are .. :( though i think the latest generation ones are all very efficient and cosy.11:26
daftykinsyeah they seem to be all on about these fancy condensing ones now11:27
daftykinsmy parents even have a wireless controller/thermostat for theirs O_O11:27
arseni dont know if there's any govt grant scheme to encourage boiler upgrades11:27
DJonesdaftykins: I had a similar problem because of problem with the expansion, radiators worked fine, but couldn't get hot water, ended up getting a new boiler11:27
daftykinsalthough were it me, i'd love to get some kind of home automation on the go11:27
daftykinsDJones: that's pretty weird!11:27
arsenyou all sold up in the portsmouth house yeah?11:27
daftykinsarsen: yep i was over that time in late 2011/early 2012 fixing things up - then i think it sold around April11:28
daftykinsthen i kicked around back in Guernsey at my parents again - before finding a local place :)11:28
DJonesdaftykins: Yeah, it was something to do with a sensor that was supposed to touch the bladder/expansion & wasn't doing it for the hot water11:28
daftykinsDJones: ah - more economical to replace rather than repair was it?11:29
daftykinsthat's what this guy is saying for mine, as apparently the whole unit has to come off the wall to replace the expansion vessel D:11:29
DJonesPretty much, old boiler was 10 years old & could have spent a couple of hundred on the repair because of obsolete parts for something else to go at any point, ended up getting my cousin to fit a new one for just over £110011:30
dvrrhiiiii11:30
DJonesMust say the remote is quite handy11:31
arsenneed a ubuntu boiler.11:31
daftykinsmmm same here, got a pretty old Vokera Linea 24 that the guy reckons is between 10 and 1511:31
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daftykinsarsen: been having fun and games upgrading the clients' Macbook Pro (mid 2010) to OS X 10.911:33
dvrrMooDoo: haiiiii11:33
MooDoodvrr: :D11:33
daftykinsafter which it can no longer use her time machine NAS11:33
DJonesdaftykins: We had a few quotes of around £1,500-£1,750 with remote control & a couple of radiator valves from local fitters, but as its my cousins trade, him & his mate did it in a couple of hours11:34
arsenI don't dislike OSX, the only thing i ever got annoyed by was the lack of encouragement to non-techys to close apps, so my gf ends up with every app under the sun running 24/7 and it slows down to a halt.11:34
daftykinsDJones: nice :D i have mates in other trades but not gas reg'd plumbers sadly!11:35
arsenas predicted, my Wagas has arrived. lol.11:35
daftykinsarsen: lol every time i need to restart my clients iMac she has about 10 word docs, 5 draft emails, a couple of powerpoint presentations and Outlook open >_<11:35
arsenexactly!11:36
MartijnVdSex-windows users mostly, probably11:36
daftykinsi just save everything to the desktop so she knows where it is ;x11:36
MartijnVdSwho expect "I closed it so it's gone"11:36
daftykinsnah Windows would be more obvious that something's still running11:36
daftykinsyou could close off docs but still have an indicator light beneath the dock icon for a prog11:37
daftykins(with OS X)11:37
daftykinsbut in this case it's docs too, all open just 'minimised'11:37
dvrropenvpn  windows 7 client   connection  i recived this problem  please resolve  open this url  http://paste.ubuntu.com/6529339/11:37
daftykinsdvrr: "this problem" = ?11:39
dvrryes11:39
dvrrInitialization Sequence Completed With Errors11:39
daftykinshmm looks fun11:39
dvrri connected  in linux  client11:40
SuperMatterr mer gerd, waiting for this call from rackspace is just the worst11:41
dvrrdaftykins: windows client i faced  this problem Initialization Sequence Completed With Errors  openvpn  but    linux client working11:41
daftykinsdvrr: try disabling the Windows Firewall on the Windows client as a test11:42
daftykinsSuperMatt: twiddling your thumbs watching the phone? :(11:43
MartijnVdSSuperMatt: Don't forget to brush up on your American language skills!11:43
dvrryes  i disabled  window firewall  all same problem recived11:43
diploWhat role have you applied for SuperMatt ?11:43
foobarrydvrr: is this for home or work?11:44
MooDoodiplo: some tech job at rackspace.....11:44
SuperMattdiplo: you don't apply for a role, you apply for the company and they put you where they think you'll do best11:45
dvrrwork11:45
diploOh right, sounds my sort of place :)11:46
SuperMattdaftykins: pretty much so. It's so nerveracking11:46
dvrrfoobarry: from fast 1 week i faced this problem  please11:46
MooDooSuperMatt: did they say they will contact you today?11:46
SuperMatttoday or monday11:46
SuperMattwhich means I'm potentially in for an entire week of pain11:46
SuperMatt*weekend11:47
MooDooah just forget it, if they phone it will be a suprise11:47
SuperMattit's hard to forget when it's bloomin rackspace!11:47
foobarrydvrr: not to be rude but i suggest you take it to your sysadmins at work who setup the vpn11:49
dvrrme only11:52
dvrrcerated openvpn11:52
foobarryi received an amazon delivery with correct address but the billing details were someone completely differnt :S12:08
shaunomerry christmas foobarry12:08
foobarrylol12:09
foobarryit was something we ordered12:09
foobarrybut if they put the wrong slip in mine, i wonder if all the packages got out of sync12:09
foobarryand 100s have that prob12:09
daftykinsdvrr: even if you set it up, if you're at work - you are unlikely to be allowed to connect out without authorisation12:13
daftykinsfoobarry: that sounds nasty :S12:13
daftykinsfoobarry: did it have name, address and last 4 digits of their card?12:17
foobarrydaftykins: invoice number, billing address, shipping address as some lady in leicester12:18
foobarryon christmas day i will mostly be sorting 10,000 hama beads into separate colours12:19
daftykinsO_O12:19
daftykinsfoobarry: making necklaces?12:19
foobarryno, 8 bit mario and angry birds12:19
daftykins8D12:19
foobarrymy son hates the darth vader on angry birds, finds it scary, and then says daddy can we make the black robot from angry birds star wars?12:20
foobarrynutter12:20
foobarrywe have mario, yoshi, and angry birds characters done so far12:20
daftykins:)12:22
daftykinsmaybe he wants a form of it he can attack12:22
popeyfoobarry: i had a similar issue one christmas when we got a box addressed to us, with someone elses presents in12:23
daftykinsi made a space invader from small mosaic tiles off ebay12:23
daftykinspopey: erk!12:23
popeywe complained and they told us to keep them12:23
popeyand they sent ours12:23
daftykinsnothing of any great value then? :(12:24
foobarrywow12:26
ali1234foobarry: maybe the other person ordered the exact same thing?12:26
foobarrythe address label was correct though12:26
foobarrythey did order the same thing12:26
foobarryto: address on the front is OK, but inside label not OK12:27
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directhexfoobarry, hama seems an odd choice for vector characters like angry birds12:33
directhexno anti-aliasing with beads ;)12:34
foobarryjust following orders...  :)12:36
directhex"no, son, angry birds sucks. let's do classic 16 bit characters like bubsy and plok and rolo the elephant!"12:39
ali1234hehehe12:39
directhexi only actually own one of those 3 games12:40
foobarryhttp://ubuntuone.com/6FxeaC1FFwyCCckBU7eDV312:42
foobarrydirecthex:  ^^12:42
directhexu1. might take a few hours to load12:43
ali1234heh12:43
foobarry:(12:43
ali1234someone should make a 3d version of hama beads12:43
MartijnVdSali1234: can't you do layers?12:43
foobarrylok for hama tardis12:43
ali1234MartijnVdS: i dunno, but it can't be easy12:44
foobarryhttp://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/317/c/9/hama_bead_tardis_by_lwordish-d5kwczc.jpg12:44
ali1234i'm imagining like lego then you bake it12:44
foobarrythat involves layers and glue i think12:44
ali1234er... aren't you supposed to iron it to the holes close up?12:45
foobarryi do12:45
foobarrythey didn't12:45
foobarrybecause i suspect they just glued them :P12:45
foobarrywow is u1 down or seomthing?12:46
foobarrysuper slow12:46
MartijnVdSDoctor Glue12:46
foobarryholes in the space/time fabric12:47
ali1234imagine someone archaeologist digging this stuff up in 1000 years12:50
directhexfoobarry, the craftsmanship is fine, but artistically i don't approve of using vector characters for pixel art :p12:52
foobarrytime team 3000: "this was the work of a master craftsman"12:53
ali1234"the primitive people of 2000 worshipped a god known a 'murry-o'"12:54
foobarrydirecthex: we must all make sacrifices and compromise for our kids sometimes12:54
foobarrylike watching baby jake12:55
directhexmagic baby see12:57
directhexmagic baby do12:57
MartijnVdSmagic baby doo-doo12:57
directhexdeezy deezy doo12:58
directhexthere are worse shows than baby jake.12:58
foobarryyes, i draw a line at those12:59
foobarryworst one at the moment is one called the wiggles12:59
MooDoobaby jake is ace, we also watch peppa pig, in the night garden,12:59
MartijnVdSParappa the Rapper?12:59
MooDoofoobarry: wiggles is ace :D dorothy the dinosaur :)12:59
foobarryabney and teal is the best12:59
foobarryMooDoo: my son chnaged his name to dorothy for a few days13:00
MooDoolol13:00
foobarryi told him it was a girl dinosaurs name13:00
foobarryso he changed to grommit13:00
foobarryand didn't speak for the day13:00
MooDoolol13:01
MooDooswashbuckle is another good one my 5 year old loves that13:02
bigcalmWho has pinched my SGS3's ear buds?13:05
MartijnVdSbigcalm: it wasn't me13:06
bigcalmHummmm ¬,¬13:07
directhexi think dirt girl world is probably the worst show on cbeebies13:08
directhexand so is mike the knight13:08
MooDoolove them both lol13:08
MooDoonina and the neurons is ace too :D13:08
arsenwhy are you watching dirt girl world directhex ? :D13:08
directhexMooDoo, nina <313:08
MooDoodirecthex: she's mine13:09
arsenspeaking of cartoons, havent watched any modern toss for ages.13:09
directhexarsen, because it's on tv?13:09
arsenoh you're at home? :D13:09
directhexMooDoo, nope. i called shotgun on all adult females with pigtails. it's the law.13:09
MooDoodirecthex: pah! no fair...13:09
directhexarsen, it's on on sunday mornings, as it happens13:09
directhexMooDoo, see also josie jump from balamory13:09
MooDoodirecthex: what about rebecca from lets play13:10
directhexan expert in role-play...13:10
directhexalthough i've only laid claim to her at specific times, e.g. when sid was playing a cowboy.13:11
directhexperversions aside, i reckon the best shows on cbeebies are sarah & duck, abney & teal, and tinga tinga tales13:12
MooDoowhat's sad is that yu carry on watching them when you've put your kids to bed ;)13:12
directhexnope, because cbeebies ends at 7pm, and nathan goes to bed at 7:2013:13
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MooDooah my lad goes at 7:30 but he'll play minecraft till then13:13
MartijnVdSdirecthex: so he gets 20 minutes of BBC Three? ;)13:14
MartijnVdS"Sun, Sex & Suspicious Parents"13:14
MooDoothat's an aweful show13:14
MartijnVdSMooDoo: most of BBC3 is13:14
MartijnVdSexcept for the Doctor Who and Sherlock reruns ;)13:15
MooDoo:D13:15
MooDoosherlock o/13:15
MartijnVdSMooDoo: apparently, new episodes start January 1st!13:15
directhexMooDoo, 18 month old. bad at minecraft. enjoys super hexagon though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBFgsFeZCgU13:15
directhexMartijnVdS, 7pm means bathtime. then book then bed. no bbc313:16
MartijnVdSdirecthex: Also, bbc3, not really age-appropriate for 18 months I guess13:16
arsendidn't know you had a youngen, directhex :)13:16
directhexprotip for new parents: babies don't like lullabies, they like progressive house. buy your toddler some deadmau5 today!13:17
MartijnVdSdirecthex: not old-school techno!?13:18
MartijnVdSls13:18
directhexMartijnVdS, anything as long as it's not dubstep, really13:19
directhexsee also https://twitter.com/EpicGames/status/22503309209881804913:19
MartijnVdSdirecthex: my mother used to turn on the vacuum cleaner to make me sleep13:19
directhexMartijnVdS, that's an old one13:19
directhexsame reason, of course13:19
MartijnVdSdirecthex: Epic Games? Did they drop the "Mega"?13:19
MartijnVdSoh.. they did. in 199913:20
directhexfor younger yoof, plug your smartphone into the wall and run http://www.ipnossoft.com/project/relax-melodies/13:20
directhexrecommended white noise app.13:20
foobarrywe watch bagpuss, button moon and  postman pat/bob/abney mostly13:20
directhexabney & teal feels french to me. dunno why. it's made in stratford13:23
directhexsame company as teletubbies, brum, pob, rosie & jim, ITNG13:24
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arsenbrum! rosie and jim!13:33
arsen<3 childhood.13:33
MartijnVdS"Ow my childhood!"13:34
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Adriannomhow do i change the seconds hand on the system clock?13:45
MartijnVdSAdriannom: change it to what?13:45
MooDooyou have to do the whole lot it's easier13:45
Adriannomsure, but how do i change it so that i have control over the seconds13:46
MooDooyou just set it something like this date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"13:46
MartijnVdSAdriannom: if you install the "ntp" package, it's synchronized to reference clocks all over the world13:46
MooDoofor exampple13:46
Adriannomnice one, cheers :)13:46
MartijnVdSyou should never need to set the clock yourself13:46
AdriannomMartijnVdS, nah i need to manually sync with something13:46
MooDoo^^^^ what MartijnVdS said :)13:46
MartijnVdSAdriannom: ah, you're in the TARDIS then?13:47
Adriannomlol13:47
MooDooMartijnVdS: you know it's bigger on the inside?13:47
MartijnVdSMooDoo: that's what.. never mind.13:47
MooDoolol13:47
bashrcyep, ntp is super13:47
MartijnVdSOne of the things i want to do with my Pi13:48
MartijnVdSfigure out NTP Reference clocks/GPS stuff :)13:48
Adriannomi'm calculating stuff from hand histories from pokerstars, and the only way i can figure out to work it is to sync my time with theirs. it's a bit flakey actually, wish there was a better way13:48
Adriannomthought you meant time travel then13:49
Adriannomdunno if the pi is powerful enough13:49
MartijnVdSAdriannom: people have done it, using the serial port pins and a GPS from a place like adafruit13:51
Adriannomtime travel?13:52
Adriannomawesome13:52
Adriannomlink?13:52
MartijnVdSAdriannom: no, GPS stuff 8-)13:52
Adriannom;)13:52
MartijnVdShttp://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Raspberry-Pi-NTP.html13:52
Adriannomgot two pis running xbmc. i need something similar but more powerful as a kitchen pc though :)13:53
MartijnVdSAdriannom: Intel NUC13:53
Adriannomthanks, i'll look13:53
Adriannomnice low power consumption, looks pretty good13:55
Adriannomhave you got one MartijnVdS ?13:55
ali1234seriously tho, why d you need to sync your clock with theirs?13:56
MartijnVdSAdriannom: I have one in use as a "2 video streams an a refreshing TODO list" screen13:56
MartijnVdSAdriannom: it's like an ultrabook in a different form factor13:56
daftykinsomg my shower is now so powerful the force of the spray makes it swing upward XD13:57
Adriannomali1234, because i need to calculate when the big blind goes up in a sng so i can calculate my relative stack size accurately with a script. i just can't do the maths quick enough in my head for turbo tourneys :o13:57
ali1234oh so you are calculating based on the current game in progress? fair enough then13:58
Adriannomyeah13:58
daftykinsthere was another board that seems to have more beans than the r-pi and isn't far off price wise13:58
ali1234beagle bone?13:58
daftykinsnah13:58
ali1234well it fits the description13:59
daftykinsone was the cubieboard i think which even has a SATA port, but i was really thinking of yet another13:59
AdriannomMartijnVdS, how do you mean? is it running x and a brower?13:59
Adriannom*browser13:59
MartijnVdSAdriannom: it's running X, 2 VLCs and a browser with some customizations, yes13:59
MartijnVdSAdriannom: but it's way overpowered for what I'm doing with it :)14:00
Adriannomhow's the multi tabs / flash performance?14:00
MartijnVdSAdriannom: It's an Intel CPU/GPU, so it's fine. Especially if you get the i5 or i7 one14:00
MartijnVdSAdriannom: you'll have to find an affordable mSATA SSD though, and for wifi a mini-pcie wifi card14:01
daftykinsare you talking about NUCs still?14:01
Adriannomdon't need wifi, and i could run the os off usb/sd14:01
MartijnVdSdaftykins: I am14:01
daftykinsi've read that the haswell NUCs still have major issues with XBMC, fwiw14:02
daftykinsread/been told14:02
Adriannomnice to see a gigabit card in there14:02
MartijnVdSAdriannom: sure, but an usb thing sticking out of it looks ugly :)14:02
MartijnVdSAdriannom: and a 30GB mSATA SSD is only a few £14:02
directhexhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002Z9RYSA/14:04
Adriannomlol14:04
foobarrywhat dpi should i scan a 6x4 photo at for good repro?14:17
foobarryi suspect they have been scanned themselves so will go for 600 dpi14:19
davmor2foobarry: The dpi only matters with what you are doing with it, if you intend to edit it and play about with it then higher is better, if it is to post online the lower is fine :)14:28
foobarrydavmor2: its a b/w photo to print 6x4 copies of14:29
davmor2foobarry: 600 should be fine then, if you find it's missing detail on the first print rescan at a high rate14:30
foobarryta14:31
foobarrynow to learn colourisation :S14:31
bigcalmAre the nvidia binary drivers usable with 13.10 yet? I dare not install them because it means an OS reinstall when the system gets trashed15:46
SuperMattI've never had to reinstall after a messed up binary install15:48
SuperMattbut why not use the nvidia drivers in the repos?15:48
bigcalmI did. They stopped the machine from booting15:48
bigcalmI might try at the weekend with a fresh install on a spare HDD15:49
SuperMattif they stopped the machine from booting, I don't think you'll have much luck with the nvidia binaries15:54
bigcalmEh?15:55
bigcalmThe additional drivers available without having to use a PPA gave me trouble15:56
SuperMattwell, there's not really much different between what's in the repo, and what you get from the nvidia binaries15:56
davmor2bigcalm: all you have to do is boot into safe mode and do sudo apt-get purge nvidia-version_number and the binary is removed and you are back to the default nouveau driver16:02
bigcalmdavmor2: in doing so I then ended up with error boxes upon logging into unity16:03
bigcalmLike the ones I showed you on my laptop16:03
davmor2bigcalm: you'll get them anyway :P16:03
daftykinsthe sunlight over Sark looked good just now16:03
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/v8zm7503ipadgd9/IMG_20131206_154404.jpg16:03
bigcalmdavmor2: nope, not seen any yet on this install16:04
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DJonesHmmh, have to laugh at this http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/125647-teen-buys-450-xbox-one-on-ebay-and-only-receives-photo-of-console16:30
DJonesEven worse, a 19 year old buying an xbox for his 4 year old kid......so that would make him 15 when the kid was born, take off 9 months, could almost be 14 getting his partner pregnant16:32
SuperMattI'm sickened more that society has failed him, more than anything.16:35
SuperMattno doubt the root of the issue is that he probably had nothing better to be doing at the time16:36
SuperMattwhich is what all my friends who lost their virginity at an early age said16:36
SuperMattsome of them though had the sense to make sure they didn't get pregnant16:36
bashrcI don't really take a strong view on the topic of at what age people should become parents16:42
bashrcit seems to me that there is never really a "right time" to have offspring16:43
daftykinsfinancial stability can be for their benefit though16:44
daftykinsas well as maturity16:45
bashrcits always possible to find reasons not to have children - too young, too old, to poor, too busy, etc16:46
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foobarryif the kid had an xbox at 14, would he have got the girl pregnant?17:12
foobarryprobably unrelated17:12
daftykinsXD17:12
foobarrycertain estranged family member sold his for a pittance to pay off frivilous debts17:13
daftykinsdebts at a young age?17:13
foobarrydrug related most likely17:13
foobarry"debt"= owes mates 50 quid17:14
foobarrymummy and child are curled up under blanket watching snowman and snowdog17:16
daftykins^_^ how old's your little one?17:16
foobarrymakes me wish my chrimstas holidays had started17:16
foobarry3, nearly 417:16
foobarrygot a v little on etoo at 8 months17:16
daftykinsooh :)17:16
foobarry3yr old is arguing whether they are going to south or north pole17:17
daftykinsi have no idea - what age is it they tend to start talking?17:19
foobarry9 months is MAMA17:19
foobarrybetween 2-3 years they start sentences17:19
daftykinswowzer17:20
foobarryat 3-4 they say words like condensation, wonderful, astounding in regular use17:20
foobarrybut still get past tense wrong a bit17:20
foobarryi bringed , i singed ,17:20
daftykins:)17:21
JamesTaitInstead of I brought and I sought. :-P17:21
JamesTaitHm, maybe I brung and I sung?17:22
daftykinsi think my jaw would drop to the floor upon hearing a 3 year old with a polysyllabic vocabulary17:22
foobarrykids can remember it all though17:22
daftykinspossibly start imagining they're a child genius17:22
JamesTaitThey have brains like sponges.17:22
foobarrymost 3yr olds can probably memorise a dinosaur encyclopaedia17:22
JamesTaitMy jaw frequently drops to the floor with the things my boys come out with.17:23
daftykinsit would probably pay to have a good choice of material on hand to educate them with by feeding that sponge with a good variety :D17:23
daftykinsJamesTait: any examples? :)17:23
JamesTaitYou think they're not listening, then they say something astounding and I wonder where the heck it came from.17:23
foobarryi had a convo about where water goes when you flush it17:25
foobarryhadto explain the sewage system17:26
JamesTaitI remember the one time my then-6-year-old son navigated the way to a park he'd last been to when he was 3.  He tried initially to tell me which park he meant (he called it "Micky's park" - it was the park that backed onto the garden of one of my wife's clients, Vicky), but when I didn't know where he meant, he told me how to drive there.17:26
foobarryand show him the water treatment works 3 miles away17:26
daftykinsJamesTait: O_O17:26
foobarryi regularly ask my son to direct me, he has his mums sense of direction17:26
daftykinsi never watched wher were were driving as a kid17:26
daftykins*where we were17:26
JamesTaitI had him in the front passenger seat, in his car seat, and he told me when to turn and everything.17:26
daftykinsweird SSH lark going on today17:26
daftykinslol17:27
daftykinsthat sounds like something from a comedy D:17:27
foobarrythink i've mention that my son has memorised all the books of the bible, in order17:28
foobarryi had to memorise it so I didn't lose respect17:28
daftykinshehe17:28
JamesTaitThe other night, I forget what we were doing, one of us made reference to "the three dots" - and he said "you mean the ellipsis".  I don't think I knew what that was called until I got to University! :-P17:29
foobarrylol17:29
foobarryi learned that when postfix was truncating email sent with an ellipsis17:29
daftykinsO_O17:30
foobarryat 30 something17:30
daftykinsJamesTait: that sounds like an effective school ;)17:30
JamesTaitThere are countless other examples - some where he's come out with stuff he's picked up at school, but others where I've asked, "Where did you learn that?" and he says, "You told me!" and it just reminds me to keep explaining things, even if it seems like he's not interested or not listening.17:32
foobarryi keep testing my son for aspergers17:33
foobarrysubtley17:33
foobarrynot sure if all kids are the same or not17:33
JamesTaitI'm saying "he" because both examples I've given were from the same son, but the younger one is the same.  In fact, he's probably even more impressive with some of the things he comes out with.17:33
JamesTaitWho was it who said we're all different, but we're all the same, or something similar?17:35
daftykinsthat drunk fella down the pub? ;)17:41
foobarryhas anyone colourised a b/w photo before?17:42
foobarrynot sure whether to fix contrast issues and cleanup before or after colourising17:44
ali1234foobarry: what software are you using19:09
ali1234you should use an adjustment layer for the contrast, then you're not doing it before or after, but both19:10
foobarryali1234: gimp19:18
ali1234oh19:19
ali1234well, god luck with that19:19
foobarrythere's blemishes etc on it too19:19
ali1234you have almost no non-destructive editing capability19:19
foobarryi'm following this http://tutorialgeek.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/use-gimp-to-create-color-photos-from.html19:19
ali1234yeah, "make a copy of layers so you can go back"19:21
ali1234this is why gimp sucks19:22
foobarryi'll manage19:23
foobarrybit unsure about colour of caucasaian skin19:25
daftykinswow Microsoft really did it with Windows 820:07
daftykinseven dumping the key inside the EFI with Linux gets rejected for trying to obtain a 'Windows 8' (non-Pro) ISO20:08
daftykins"This product key cannot be used to install a retail version of Windows 8"20:08
ali1234well it can't...20:20
daftykinsyeah thanks ali123420:20
daftykinsvery helpful :P20:21
ali1234get the OEM ISO, assuming they still exist20:21
daftykinsyeah i tried changing the ei.cfg on a Pro ISO to start, didn't realise you can't do that20:21
daftykinsso i'm having to use other channels to obtain an 8.1 Core edition ISO20:22
ali1234directhex probably knows how to do it20:22
daftykinsi'll get there :)20:22
daftykinsit's just worse than ever20:22
ali1234btw, it's been this way since windows 720:23
ali1234probably XP20:23
directhex7 was laid back about keys and isos20:23
directhexyou could download from publically available urls20:24
ali1234yeah, but you still had to have the right one for whatever was in your bios20:24
daftykinsno it hasn't been like this with 720:25
daftykins7 is COMPLETELY different20:25
daftykinsno there weren't keys in the BIOS for 7 IME20:26
ali1234well, there was for XP20:26
daftykinsmaybe i just didn't see any EFI'd 7's though20:26
daftykinsno XP was easy too20:26
ali12347 does not support EFI20:26
daftykinsVL, Home and Pro ISOs20:26
daftykinsappropriate key = sorted20:26
daftykinsyes it does support EFI20:26
ali1234oh yeah. it doesn't support secure boot20:26
ali1234anyway, all dell machines sold in the past 10 years have the real key in the bios. the key on the label won't work with a retail ISO20:27
directhex7 supports efi.20:28
directhexwindows vista x64 sp1 onwards do.20:28
ali1234(and nor will the one from the bios if you dump it)20:28
daftykinsalso not true i'm afraid, i reinstaled my clients new Dell systems with the key on their COA stickers20:28
daftykins*reinstalled20:28
directhexalso windows for itanium totally supports efi :D20:28
ali1234and then 2 months later they suddenly got "this copy of windows is not genuine"20:29
ali1234either that or you didn't use a retail install cd, you used the dell one which automatically picked up the real key from the bios20:30
daftykinsit was a vanilla win7 ISO from digital river20:30
directhexMSDM tables are supported in Vista onwards too20:30
directhexand SLIC20:31
daftykinsin fact i think i was doing a win8 downgrade20:32
ali1234i guess 7 ws more relaxed then20:34
ali1234that didn't work with XP, i have a dell machine right here where it doesn't work20:35
daftykinsXP really depended on what media you had20:36
daftykinsvolume license, Pro or Home20:36
daftykinsit didn't care across service packs either20:36
directhexxp was a very different beast to 7, as far as how lenient it was over media goes20:41

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