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AlanBellali1234: true enough :)00:00
ali1234also i found this the other day http://www.talkandroid.com/147462-new-aluminum-bluetooth-keyboard-for-nexus-7-looks-great-lasts-long-and-costs-little-video/00:00
ali1234it's a keyboard for nexus 7 that is also a dock, basically00:00
AlanBellI have that00:01
ali1234yeah? is it good?00:01
ali1234i have a bt keyboard but it's annoying to use because you have two separate things00:01
AlanBellit is pretty good, a little bit small for my hands and you need to put it on a surface, it isn't weighted right for holding00:01
AlanBellI like the way it snaps on as a cover and looks like it belongs, the dots match the other side00:02
AlanBellyou still have to use the touchscreen for mouse operations (or get a bt mouse)00:03
ali1234android is no good with mouse anyway00:03
Monotokodon't suppose anyone knows how I can get the valid BIOS password when it's been forgotten by a previous owner?00:20
MonotokoI'm stuck on Windows 8 :(00:20
penguin42laptop?00:22
Monotokoaye, pain in the ass...00:23
Monotokoit's an Acer Aspire V500:23
Monotokothe only place I've found to do it is a dodgy site that requests $35 upfront through PayPal... I have an system code, and now it's requesting a "key/password" but I don't know the key or the password00:24
penguin42yeh I suspect there might be some form of master password - but fundamentally the bios password is to stop people screwing with machines00:25
MonotokoYeah I know - I bought it from a pawn store on the cheap - I inspected it beforehand but didn't think to check for a BIOS password.00:26
MonotokoI've already tried with them but they need me to go back to the south (which is a good 300 miles away now)00:27
MonotokoI'm guessing taking the CMOS battery out will work if I can get to it?00:30
penguin42maybe, but it might be in flash00:32
MonotokoD:00:33
MonotokoAcer UK are closed until Monday... and Acer US won't speak to me at all, even though it's a universal problem -.-00:33
Monotokoalthough I doubt they'll give me the code00:34
penguin42do you have proof of purchase?00:39
MonotokoI have proof of purchase from the pawn shop, not from them00:39
penguin42better than nothing00:41
Monotoko"Windows blocked installation of an unsigned driver" - thanks Windows, real helpful00:42
Monotokohm, got a password that may work...00:45
daftykinsmonoAcer support will have a backdoor for you for free01:05
daftykinsoops01:06
daftykinsdidn' see the quit01:06
ali1234can anyone direct me to the source of this custom steam compositor based on xcompmgr?02:29
ali1234i would be very interested to know what they changed02:29
ali1234specifically if they are using opengl or xrender (xcompmgr only does xrender)02:29
ali1234i have always found xrender to be significantly faster and smoother on nvidia hardware02:30
daftykinsperhaps being pal'y with nvidia gave them some edge02:30
ali1234i found it. let's have a look02:30
ali1234yeah, they've gone to opengl02:32
ali1234so next thing is to benchmark it against compton i guess :)02:33
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denny-http://askubuntu.com/questions/364445/disable-the-new-keyboard-applet-in-ubuntu-13-10 ... I don't have the  “Show Current Input Source in Menu Bar” option on that dialog.  Help?  :)03:48
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ali1234has anyone bought a zoostorm PC from ebuyer? do they come with proper install media or do they have some weird recovery partition?04:17
ali1234comments? http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/27904305:06
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foobarry"vishing" what a hideous word07:23
foobarryalthough jeggings is worse07:23
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knightwi1emorning everyone08:06
knightwisemorning everyone08:19
popeyGood morning.09:44
popeyali1234: does that cpu come with a heatsink/fan?09:46
popeyand what will you do for gpu?09:46
popeyali1234: scrolling back i see your q. I have a zoostorm pc i bought from ebuyer, and I dont think it came with any media09:47
popeyhttp://imgur.com/a/LpuE809:51
popeyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcY3aLPzn810:21
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brobostigongood morning everyone.10:38
popeyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6908321 getting odd deja vu reading the first comment. can hear ali1234 in my head telling me about the game10:43
SuperMattmorning all10:49
brobostigonmorning popey and SuperMatt10:51
daubers2Morning10:54
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)12:34
penguin42Hi BC12:35
brobostigonafternoodlings bigcalm12:39
nuernubuntu-pl12:40
nuernanyone knoe how to run starcraft 2 with optimus technology laptop ?12:43
bigcalmOh, we've passed noon?12:45
penguin42noon is quite a flexible concept at weekends12:45
gordonjcptime is an illusion12:46
gordonjcplunchtime doubly so12:46
penguin42nod12:47
brobostigonHHGTTG :)12:48
gordonjcp:-)12:50
nuernAnyone knoes how to run Starcraft2 on linux ?13:07
nuern anyone could help runing starcraft2 on wine on laptop with optimus technology bumblebee instaled and apears to be working unable to run starcraft2 with optirun14:07
penguin42probably no point in reasking if there has been no other activity!14:11
nuerncan anyone help me with runing starcraft2 on optimus technology laptop bumblebee installed and working unable to run starcraft214:17
Myrttiyou're not very attentive14:26
SuperEngineernuern: tried on #ubuntu-steam?14:42
nuernno i will try thx14:42
foobarryare b&w photos best printed as matt or gloss?15:05
SuperEngineerportraits on matt, landscapes on gloss - those inbetwwen have to be personal choice15:10
SuperEngineer[though tony whitmore may have differing  views]  ;)15:10
SuperEngineer...my monitor is matt btw - all my photos look superb on it - tho I may be biased in that particular opinion :015:12
Mark_de_JHello.16:00
Mark_de_JAny operator on/16:00
Mark_de_J!ops16:01
lubotu3Help!  DJones, Myrtti, Mez, AlanBell, popey, Gary, Seeker`, Daviey, PriceChild or X3N16:01
Mark_de_JI want a unban from other chats!16:01
Myrttiand this isn't the way of doing it16:01
Mark_de_JMyrtii?16:01
Mark_de_JKnow, but banned from ops channel.16:01
Myrttithen why didn't you pm the people there, or me, instead of misbehaving on this channel?16:02
AzelphurMark_de_J: clearly you don't understand how IRC works. Ops here have no control over other channels, and mass highlighting the ops is not a way to get an unban from anywhere.16:02
Myrttion the contrary, they're more prone to keep you banned and ban you on more channels16:02
Mark_de_JI want a unban16:02
Mark_de_JLearned my lesson.16:03
foobarryanyone used foto.com? seem rather cheap16:04
DJonesMark_de_J: This channel can't deal with bans in other channels16:04
AzelphurMyrtti: lol now he's pming me16:04
Azelphur!private | Mark_de_J16:05
lubotu3Mark_de_J: Please ask your questions in the channel so that other people can help you, benefit from your questions and answers, and ensure that you're not getting bad advice. Please note that some people find it rude to be sent a PM without being asked for permission to do so first.16:05
AlanBellsome people don't know when to stop digging16:05
Azelphuralso he clearly didn't listen to the whole "Nobody here has any power to do what you want" thing.16:05
Mark_de_JWho becomes person 4..?16:06
DJonesEnough of that16:06
MyrttiAzelphur: well, there you've got it wrong16:06
MyrttiI *do* have the power16:06
Myrtti:-P16:06
Azelphurtrue :P16:06
AzelphurIs there any easy way to install the experimental version of a package, or do I have to use pinning?16:11
penguin42Azelphur: wget it and dpkg -i16:12
Azelphurperhaps, but that does cause dependency issues16:12
penguin42yes16:12
penguin42Azelphur: Are the dependencies real or would it actually work with older libs?16:12
AzelphurI'm sure I remember seeing something akin to apt-get install package/unstable or something16:12
Azelphurpenguin42: it'd probably work with dpkg, was just wondering about ^16:13
AzelphurMaybe I'll just pin it anyway, I always want the bleeding edge version of deluge anyway.16:13
* penguin42 never really got on with pinning16:13
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AzelphurI like how the pinning guide is ultra wrong on the ubuntu community16:49
Azelphur\o/16:49
foobarryare u fixing it?16:52
Azelphurthe problem with that plan is I was reading the documentation because I wanted to learn pinning16:52
AlanBellpinning is for keeping old things mostly isn't it?16:55
AlanBellnot for getting the new hotness16:56
Azelphurseems to be both16:57
directhexpinning is for forcing the apt resolver to behave in a non-default manner17:00
directhexthe specifics of that are up to the user's config file17:00
directhexthe default is to always use the latest version of a package which is available, unless it's from a repo called "experimental"17:01
Azelphurdirecthex: well, I need to pull from rc-buggy17:01
Azelphurbecause, stable is buggy...amusingly17:01
directhexyou can use pinning to, for example, run a debian testing system and use debian testing packages by default, but also have (newer) unstable packages defined in sources.list and available wih apt-get -t unstable install foo or apt-get install foo=1.017:01
directhexand you can work on several basis - per package, per codename, per repo, etc17:02
Azelphurthat's pretty much what I wanna do, I have debian jessie, and need to pull deluge from rc-buggy17:02
Azelphurbecause, the current version is broken17:02
penguin42AlanBell: Well it depends on your definition of old and hot; I think the way Azelphur wants to use it is to add the experimental repo but then to set the pinning to keep all the normal repo as 'old'17:03
Azelphurall I want is an updated deluge, since stable version is broken17:03
penguin42Azelphur: Sometimes the easiest thing is just to pull the source of the new version and rebuild17:03
Azelphuryea, I was thinking I might do that17:03
foobarryit seems to be non-trivial to find out how much money yuo've paid into an ISA this year, if at all17:05
penguin42foobarry: Indeed, it depends on the company you use - they'll normally tell you if asked, and on some of the stocks and shares ones it can get a bit complicated17:05
foobarryhalifax didn't give my wife an online account with her17:06
foobarryso it's more confusing17:06
foobarryi'd have to find the certificate17:06
foobarrybut even my online account doesn't show much17:07
foobarryi seem to have a halifax ISA at 4.25%17:10
penguin42quite old or 5 yr?17:14
penguin42oh maybe not, looks like they were doing that in 201217:15
foobarryi can't top it up but might be able to transfer17:17
foobarrynot sure if i can transfer ISA > once a year tho17:17
foobarrynationwide have moved the goalposts again17:18
foobarryseem to be getting zero %17:19
foobarryits a swindle17:19
foobarrythey know people don't have time to check all their sneaky stuff17:19
penguin42foobarry: If you try to move a fixed rate there'll probably be a penalty17:20
foobarryi'm moving into a fixed rate17:20
foobarrynot sure if its allowed to transfer the whole ISA stash into it though17:21
penguin42oh the rules for that stuff vary from each one17:21
penguin42some don't allow transfer in17:21
foobarryPlease note that you cannot transfer funds into a fixed term ISA that is more than 60 days old (but you must give us sufficient notice in order to process your request). Do not complete this form if your fixed term ISA is more than 40 days old as your request may not be processed in time.17:22
foobarryYOU SUCK17:22
foobarrythieves17:22
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/56iw7ahmc0j4aar/IMG_20131215_172358.jpg17:26
daftykinskitty investigates shelves17:26
Azelphurdaftykins: kitty \o/17:26
AzelphurI have a seagull doing a dance in my dropbox.17:26
daftykinsXD17:26
AzelphurSpeaker warning, loud wind so mute your stuff, but https://www.dropbox.com/s/tc3cu1fah4dc48t/2013-11-19%2011.33.01.mp4?m= :)17:29
Azelphurthat seagul = pro dancer17:29
foobarrythink i'll give up of quidco17:32
foobarrynothing ever works17:32
Azelphurfoobarry: I've had success with quidco o.O17:32
foobarrykeep having to raise claims17:32
foobarrysuch a faff17:32
AzelphurI did have to raise a claim17:33
foobarryi appear to have been tracked twice for my energy :S17:33
foobarryi have a web browser with no ad browser, clear of cookies etc, and still have issues with the vendor17:34
popeyToday is a hassleback potatoes kind of day17:34
foobarrythey did an offer when u join u get £517:35
foobarrywifey bought something, didn't get the five quid17:35
foobarrybasically bought something she wasn't going to buy anyway17:35
foobarryand wasted £1017:35
penguin42popey: Today, as most sundays, is an apple crumble day17:36
foobarryalso tried setting up a bank account for the kids, and i have to arrange an appt for 1 hr17:39
foobarryi have 2 kids. i do not have 1 hr free in the whole week. any week.17:39
daftykinsAzelphur: y u record portrait :'(17:39
AzelphurI know, I'm bad.17:39
foobarryouch , credit card last month was 1800.0017:44
popeyyowzer17:44
* popey has no credit card17:45
daftykins^ me neither17:45
* penguin42 thinks at this rate we'll have foobarry's inside leg measurement, date of birth, mothers maden name and full address17:45
popeyhere I am in the kitchen making dinner, kids in the lounge watching disney, wifey in the playroom watching xfactor or some other bollocks17:45
* penguin42 has - paid off each month, just much easier/safer for buying on line17:45
* popey has radio 4 on ☻17:45
daftykinsmust be tough being a woman and having to keep up with such tripe on TV17:46
foobarrypenguin42: i pay off every month17:46
foobarrythis was credit card spend in 1 month :(17:46
daftykinsi suppose there might be benefits to be had from abstracting a debit card, be a bit annoying if you had to cancel your debit card if it got nabbed online17:46
foobarrysome of it was the car service17:46
daftykinsbut then surely most people have at least 2 accounts for a backup17:47
daftykinssometimes when i've been off travelling, i've come back and the cards stopped working in a coffee shop e.g. in London airports X|17:47
daftykinsso then i whip out my old Uni time one :D17:47
foobarrypenguin42: yeah, wifey is out and baby just gone to sleep for a bit, so trying to get my finances sorted for 1st time in a year. getting a few shocks17:47
daftykins(Channel Islands students have to really create a mainland account since they can't do anything with offshore ones)17:47
* foobarry doesn't have any of those bitcoiny things though17:48
penguin42daftykins: And they can empty your current account if they have your debit card17:48
daftykins*nod*17:49
foobarrydid u read about google getting more interested in ARM?17:49
foobarrymaybe making own chips?17:49
penguin42foobarry: There was also story of them getting interested in the Power CPU as well - so it does look like they're after doing something, but not clear which direction17:50
penguin42foobarry: However the news they've just bought Boston Dynamics is much more entertaining17:50
foobarryyeah, google with crazy robots? bad idea17:51
foobarryED20917:51
penguin42Androids running Android ?17:52
directhexso just keep running away from them until the data connection breaks or memory leaks or force closes17:59
daftykinshttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/18:00
daftykins'mac' got added to the name of 64-bit desktop versions? 0o18:00
foobarryhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nanny-have-we-been-bad-milton-keynes-winter-wonderland-closes-after-upsetting-scores-of-children-9006208.html18:03
foobarrylol18:03
AlanBellheh, don't we have a crap winter wonderland that gets closed every year with kids crying etc?18:03
daftykinsthat sounds nasty18:04
daftykinsperhaps the 'wonder' part is wondering how it gets tried every year? ;)18:05
daftykinsbleh wordpress 3.8 ready to go on i see18:13
Azelphurffs, I hate three. Their layer 7 tethering detection is a pile of crap18:37
Azelphurevery time I do a search in PVSTAR+ it triggers their tethering detection.18:37
daftykins=/18:48
popeydaftykins: no, there's amd64 and amd64+mac isos19:23
popey(well, there should be) :D19:23
daftykins*nod* i don't know why i didn't trust my instincts to start :)19:23
popeyheh19:24
daftykinsthere seems to be different success visiting cdimage. vs. releases.19:24
daftykinsand again just going through ubuntu.com19:24
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/5uhwb8a54szax3r/IMG_20131215_192051.jpg19:24
daftykinstonights foreign chocolate bar :O19:24
penguin42daftykins: Bought locally? Some of the polish chocolate in tesco is quite nice19:32
daftykinsyeah just in a local co-op19:33
daftykinsjust devoured that one - very impressed :D19:33
penguin42daftykins: The Wedel slabs of dark chocolate are quite nice (blue packs with curly white writing of E. Wedel)20:07
daftykinsthat one you've seen in Tesco?20:08
penguin42nod20:09
daftykinsah we don't have them here :(20:09
daftykinsalthough one sort of bulk-buy type place seems to offer some of their lines20:09
penguin42the Tesco Metro in Manchester city centre has them in their Polish section20:11
penguin42and I think the full size Tesco has them near me as well20:12
daftykinswow dedicated Polish section - impressive20:13
daftykinswe're starting to get supermarkets managed by the local immigrant nationalities now20:14
penguin42well in the T.Metro it's one unit of shelves wide - I dunno 5ft across; they have quite a few sections like that20:15
penguin42yeh there is a Polish deli near me - quite a selection of stuff20:16
daftykins:)20:16
directhexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin20:56
directhexAzelphur, I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE!20:56
directhexalready 19th biggest cryptocurrency since its creation 9 days ago20:59
MartijnVdSSuch money!21:08
Myrttitoday's philosophical cooking question: if steak and ale go together nicely, would the same recipe be viable if beef would be replaced with pork and ale with apple cider?21:09
MyrttiI might need to do some research on this21:09
MartijnVdSsounds like a great research topic :)21:10
daftykinsi'll volunteer for testing21:11
daftykinsall in the name of science, you understand21:11
MartijnVdSSuch money! Very science! Wow!21:11
Azelphuroh god, dogecoin has invaded here too21:23
Azelphurit's everywhere >.<21:23
MartijnVdSThe fact that every block in the chain "signs" the previous ones, you could call all these systems "Yo, dawg"-coin21:24
Azelphurlol21:24
MartijnVdSWoo, check my G+ -- photos from yesterday's concert21:25
penguin42MartijnVdS: I like your pictures from the museum - heck and I just noticed it was a Nexus5 not a 'camera' as such21:33
MartijnVdSpenguin42: the "photo sphere" thing is *cool* :)21:34
daftykins<cuteness-warning> http://i.imgur.com/bjbb7Y2.png </cuteness-warning>21:47
Myrttioof https://twitter.com/ploughpub21:48
MartijnVdSMyrtti: I wonder how many <sarcasm>-like tags are missing htere21:52
popeyoops https://twitter.com/ploughpub22:12
TwistedLuciditypopey: Viral anti-marketing? Is that now a thing?22:16
popeyi think they happened to have fired the guy who has the twitter credentials22:17
TwistedLucidityOh dear, that could land him in trouble.22:17
TwistedLucidityGood luck, and goodnight22:18
Myrttipopey: old22:20
popeyoh22:48
MartijnVdS\o22:49
popeyyo23:11
popeygood day out in london?23:11
daftykinsamazing how many of these social networking blunders are cropping up23:16
daftykinsis it so tough to make a password for a service and hold onto it / change it? XD23:16
popeyhttps://scontent-a-cdg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1486685_691233830911117_59500816_n.jpg23:19
popeynice23:19
daftykinshah23:22
AlanBelldistributing on an EXT3 hard drive23:22
daftykinsWile E Coyote's fave23:22
popeyhttp://www.twitch.tv/popeydc23:32
popeydoes that work for anyone else?23:32
daftykinsit states you're offline23:33
popeyhmm23:33
popeywonder why23:33
daftykinsgot a client claiming it's uploading the feed?23:34
popeyah works now23:35
daftykinsah-har23:36
daftykinsyou murderer :(23:38
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