[00:14] <cmaloney> I'd believe it
[00:14] <cmaloney> Sorry for missing another CHC, but decided to rip up the carpet downstairs since it wasn't drying all day.
[00:15] <cmaloney> Good thing we did. It's jute under there. Shit never dries.
[00:55] <trevlar> cmaloney: same situation here
[01:22] <rick_h__> ooooh, pycon in portland? damn it's so hard to justify going though
[03:29] <cmaloney> rick_h__: it's your favorite computer language and community? :)
[11:29] <rick_h__> cmaloney: and in my fav city now :/
[11:30] <rick_h__> and hey, a real TZ in a real house on a real network yay me
[12:58] <cmaloney> rick_h__: Welcome back
[13:19] <rick_h__> thanks, good to be back to the land of the living
[13:35] <cmaloney> Oh that will still take time. :)
[13:35] <cmaloney> Few nights sleep and I'll consider you back. :)
[16:13] <wolfger> tada!
[16:13] <wolfger> What's up, my long-lost people?
[16:15] <cmaloney> Hey wolfger!
[16:15] <cmaloney> Welcome back
[16:25] <wolfger> Just realized that since I'm no longer on the Chrysler network, I can try logging in at work again.
[16:25] <wolfger> :-)
[16:26] <wolfger> We'll see how the new evil overlord feels about IRC sometime next week.
[16:30] <greg-g> it'sa wolfger?!
[16:38] <_stink_> a rare sighting in the wild.
[16:46] <wolfger> It'll be frequently sighted at Michigan Homebrew Festival this weekend, though. ;-)
[16:48] <cmaloney> nice
[16:48] <wolfger> the subtitle of the event is (or should be) "Getting plastered, 4 ounces at a time!)
[16:49] <wolfger> at least, that's how last year went
[17:01] <cmaloney> http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28790807
[17:01] <cmaloney> Yeah, that's how Brufest is for me
[17:01] <cmaloney> At least it is when they have Black Note.
[17:01] <cmaloney> Which they sadly neglected to bring this year
[17:28] <wolfger> Nice BBC story. Let's all pay more to get an advantage over the poor.
[17:29] <wolfger> ...which we soon will be for paying these stupid fees
[17:29] <wolfger> unthinkable that a company might, you know, try to actually improve customer service to the level at which it used to exist.
[17:40] <cmaloney> Well, what happens when everyone pays? ;)
[17:41] <rick_h__> what are we paying for?
[17:41] <rick_h__> moar toys?!
[17:41] <cmaloney> support
[17:41] <cmaloney> http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28790807
[17:43] <cmaloney> like the times when the "limited edition" of something is more plentiful than the regular edition
[17:43] <rick_h__> heh
[17:44] <rick_h__> well, to be fair, if .50 gets me to the front of the line...
[17:44] <rick_h__> now, the trick will be if they give that option when there is no line
[17:44] <rick_h__> and just pocket .50 each time someone calls :)
[17:44] <cmaloney> likely
[17:44] <rick_h__> ah, so cynical...and probably right :)
[17:45] <cmaloney> you're at the front of the line? Mission accomplished.
[17:45] <greg-g> we never garaunteed there would be a line
[17:45] <greg-g> just that you would be the front of it
[17:45] <cmaloney> Only that you would be somewhere near the front of it
[17:45] <cmaloney> I think they should have reverse auction priority
[17:45] <cmaloney> front of the line starts at $50
[17:46] <cmaloney> any takers? $45
[17:46] <cmaloney> etc.
[17:46] <cmaloney> Or perhaps a conference call
[17:46] <cmaloney> That would be swell
[17:46] <cmaloney> Here's the "down below" section of the call queue.
[17:46] <cmaloney> You can pay a little more for some peace and quiet.
[17:47] <cmaloney> .np squeekyhoho
[17:48] <cmaloney> Bah, I missed Chc last night and forgot to tell Dan that his bot and he were AWOL
[17:49] <cmaloney> http://www.last.fm/music/Christopher+Franke/_/Marcus+on+Death+Watch+%2F+The+Final+Strike+%2F+Scouting+Mars+Targets+%2F+Main+Title
[17:49] <wolfger> There is no queue. If you pay extra, they'll take your call instead of letting you listen to the "on hold" recording. :-)
[17:51] <wolfger> Now if paying extra guaranteed me somebody who speaks English as a first language *and* who isn't working off a script.... I might just pay that. Maybe. Except there's that whole principle that we should have that service *anyway*.
[17:53] <cmaloney> wolfger: But that costs money
[17:53] <wolfger> By the way, who was it in here that really talked up Ubuntu One all those years ago? Was that jcastro? WTH, man? They shut it down.
[17:57] <cmaloney> Yeah, I was using it as well
[17:57] <cmaloney> It made sense at the time, but unfortunately I think it was a big money sink
[17:57] <cmaloney> not enough uptake
[17:57] <cmaloney> and better services
[17:57] <cmaloney> (competing)
[17:58] <cmaloney> The whole U1 Streaming thing didn't excite me, though I put the blame on the stupid licensing of the music companies.
[17:58] <cmaloney> The subscription fee on top of paying for the service was pretty redundant.
[18:00] <jrwren> wolfger: where you been man? that was announced in February?
[18:00] <cmaloney> jrwren: In case you hadn't noticed, wolfger has been living in another land
[18:00] <cmaloney> was living in another land
[18:00] <cmaloney> the great city-state of Chrysler.
[18:02] <wolfger> Yeah, this was announced a long time back, and more recently went into final effect, but I just haven't been around to bitch about it til now ;-)
[18:03] <wolfger> My Chrysler project ended, so I'm a little freer today. Working on in-house stuff and also a Ford project. Not sure yet if Ford banhammers IRC.
[18:04] <wolfger> Ford seems to be a generally nicer place to work (after all of 2 days there), so I'm hoping.
[18:05] <cmaloney> WEll, Ford hasn't had three disparate sets of owners.
[18:05] <cmaloney> each more paranoid than the last
[18:14] <wolfger> Heh. Yeah. Their latest move was to completely disable Outlook Web Access. VPN or no mail for you.
[18:15] <jcastro> wolfger, you must be mixing me up with someone else
[18:15] <jcastro> I've never talked up U1 file sync
[18:15] <wolfger> OK, sorry about that. I guess I need a RAM upgrade.
[18:42] <jrwren> jcastro: Did you go to bigalora? how was it?
[18:45] <jcastro> delicious
[18:45] <jcastro> how was your birthday?
[18:45] <jrwren> jcastro: It was good. I'm glad to hear that the place is good.
[20:51] <_stink_> is this old news? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161/comments/28
[20:53] <cmaloney> I thought I remembered seeing something about it
[20:53] <_stink_> pretty funny.
[20:53] <cmaloney> _stink_: is it still an issue?
[20:53] <_stink_> naw, just got a link from a very shady character
[20:53] <cmaloney> Yeah, `file` is a precarious beast.
[20:54]  * _stink_ glares at ColonelPanic001 
[20:54] <cmaloney> Oh, you mean the guy who doesn't play Go? :)
[20:54]  * _stink_ glares at ColonelPanic001 again
[20:55] <ColonelPanic001> SHUSH YOU
[20:56] <ColonelPanic001> I have no notification for it :\
[20:56] <ColonelPanic001> BW go sucks, just less than all other alternatives
[21:02] <cmaloney> There's a way to turn on email notification
[21:02] <cmaloney> Though not 100% sure how to do that
[21:02] <cmaloney> But that's how I keep notified.
[21:27] <brousch> Just leave it open in a tab and check it
[21:27] <brousch> And accept my challenge