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diddledan2nd go-no-go is a go00:08
daftykinssay what?00:09
diddledanthat's about all we're gonna get until 2:35am UTC00:09
diddledandaftykins, the ESA probe onto a comet00:09
diddledanthey're at the step where they send the command to burn a sharp turn towards the comet from a wide orbital path00:10
penguin42diddledan: SO we're not going to really know anything tomorrow00:10
daftykinsooh-err00:10
diddledanpenguin42, yeah, the livestream isn't due to finish until 20:00 UTC tomorrow - I think the actual capture will be somewhere tomorrow eve?00:11
diddledanI should have taken notes00:11
shaunoit's one hell of an accomplishment so far, but all I can really come up with is "oooh, purdy"  (eg http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78214000/jpg/_78214682_78214681.jpg )00:16
daftykinsoh my word00:17
daftykinsthat looks like something from sci-fi00:17
diddledan<300:18
diddledanthat's an awesome photo00:18
penguin42yeh that's great00:18
daftykinssuch a thin arm to that solar panel, assuming that's what it is00:19
penguin42well, it has approximately no weight00:36
daftykinsyeah :D01:01
daftykinsor no mass ;)01:01
penguin42oh I'm sure it has plenty of mass; actually I guess the bigger problem is inertia?01:01
ali1234this one again01:03
diddledancosplay cylon anyone? http://www.geeknative.com/49333/incredible-cylon-centurion-cosplay-may-never-happen02:50
penguin42heck02:52
maphi all...GAH my laptop still not shipped04:06
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knightwisemorning07:06
zmoylan-pihappy harpoon a comet day \o/07:12
daftykinshmm these tesco tablets really are cheap07:54
daftykinsthe hudl 207:54
zmoylan-pii picked up a bt keyboard yesterday for €1507:55
zmoylan-pii think someone on this channel got a hudl using a boatload of clubpoints cheaper than that07:56
daftykins:D07:56
daftykinsi'm not in England though so don't even have a Tesco07:56
daftykinsdon't think they'd ship to here even07:56
zmoylan-pihaven07:56
zmoylan-pihaven't seen one in ireland, and i have looked07:57
zmoylan-pithey have cheap tablets for sale but nothing i like the look of.  got my current asus in argos for €130 with nice case07:57
popeyyeah, directhex got his for less than 2 quid, my hudl2 was 40 quid08:41
daftykinslittle bit dubious about intel atom usage08:42
daftykinsplus it doesn't seem to have much of an edge over say, the older Nexus 708:42
daftykinsah well, was just the temptation to play with something new then try and palm off to mother-dearest ;)08:43
DJonesThere's not much difference between the hudl2 & N7 2013 models in use as far as I can see, wife's got one to replace a broken N7v2, it does the job as well as her old N708:44
DJonesIf anything it has some advantages (micro sd slot etc)08:45
daftykinsah yes08:45
daftykinsstrangely the tesco website accepts a Guernsey postcode08:45
DJonesSpeed wise its the same, battery life appears pretty similar, resolution is slightly worse due to the bigger screen, but not noticable08:45
popeyhdmi too08:45
DJonespopey: Yep08:46
popeyit also feels more robust to me than the nexus range08:46
popeyi like the larger screen, especially for movies/tv08:46
popeyI spent the entire flight to USA watching films / TV. Was glorious08:46
DJonesIt is thicker and heavier, but not excessively so08:46
popeybattery life was ~6-7 hours while constantly watching video08:46
popeyyes.08:46
popeyfits in my back pocket ☻08:46
DJonesBig pockets08:47
daftykinsXD08:47
popeywell, sticks out vertically08:47
zmoylan-pior big backside... :-)08:47
popeybut i can put it in and walk about, i did so at the sprint, and used it for checking my calendar08:47
DJonesI'd recommend them08:47
popeyall of the above08:47
zmoylan-pibought a cheap winter coat from lidl and found it has an internal pocket that will hold the 7" tablet nicely08:48
DJoneszmoylan-pi: We got a BT keyboard for £10 in a local discount shop08:48
popeynice!08:49
popeydesktop size or pocket size bt kb?08:49
DJonesAbout the same size as an N708:49
zmoylan-pithe bt keyboard i got is same size give or take a few mm as 7" tablet08:50
zmoylan-pisquishy soft rubber buttons but should be useable with a little practice08:51
popeytoday (well yesterday) I learned of "livestreamer"08:52
popeylivestreamer http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding best08:52
popeywatching the comet thing08:52
willcookepopey, did I miss anything on the comet landing?08:55
zmoylan-pihttp://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30012854 'thruster system used to push the robot into the surface of the comet when it touches down could not be primed'08:56
popeynot yet08:56
willcooke:/08:56
zmoylan-piso fingers crossed it still makes it08:56
daftykinsugh £45 to see a doctor over here these days08:57
popeyblimey08:57
popeydo you not have NHS style healthcare?08:57
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)08:57
MooDoomorning all08:58
popeyhttp://www.androidpolice.com/2014/11/11/leak-download-lollipop-lrx21p-factory-image-for-2012-nexus-7-wifi/ interesting08:59
daftykinspopey: nah, you pay for GP consultations but you can get seen practically same day if you're early enough08:59
daftykinsi've always been given the impression there's a wait in England?08:59
popeydepends08:59
popeyI usually get same day appointment08:59
popeydepends how urgent it is09:00
daftykinsi didn't pay anything after my accident, even referrals to the physio09:00
christeldaftykins: whereabouts are you?09:00
daftykinsGuernsey, channel islands09:01
daftykinswe're nestled in just above France09:01
christel*nod*09:01
daftykinssome would have us labelled french mutations ;)09:02
christelhehe09:02
daftykinswhat's kind of amusing is i've got a doctors surgery just along the high street from me now, but i've not been since i was a couple of miles away at my parents place, where it was a short stroll down the road09:02
zmoylan-pii'm just surprised apple hasn't bought the islands as a tax haven :-p09:02
MooDoowhere i am, if you ring up before 8 they can try and get you in for an emergency09:02
daftykinszmoylan-pi: the Queen wouldn't allow it ;)09:03
zmoylan-pithink of all the corgis she could get with apples kind of dosh, she could turn wales into giant corgi sanctuary :-p09:04
popeySomeone just said "yes!" on the stream. I presume this is a good thing09:04
daftykinsthey might've just gotten given their tax rebate ;)09:04
zmoylan-pior his system finally rebooted on patch tuesday...09:04
daftykinshahaha09:05
daftykinsamusing part 2 is that they'll charge me an admin fee to sign up to another branch 0o09:06
daftykinsthe island's 26 square miles :( heh09:06
christelMooDoo: i have never had a problem getting a same-day appointment, the only appoitment challenge i've encounter is when trying to book a follow-up appointment in say three days or whatever as they will generally have booked up the appointments not allocated for same-day and try to offer you one in three weeks instead :)09:08
DJonesJust a heads up for people updating to Android 5.0, if you use SkyGo, be aware it doesn't work with the lollipop yet and no date on when the updated app will be available09:11
DJonesWhich is a bit frustrating for me as it looks like the LgG3 is getting the update starting this week09:13
MooDoochristel: :p ;)09:14
MartijnVdSI'm waiting for the Nexus 5 UTA09:14
MartijnVdSOTA09:14
popeyI assume there will be an OTA for Nexus 7 2012?09:15
DJonesI heard a rumour that the iphone was getting Lollipop before the nexus 5 :)09:15
popeygiven they showed a leaked image (linked above)09:15
DJonespopey: You'd assume so09:15
daftykinsi'm already not fond of the new materials design gmail on my Nexus 409:17
popeyif not I don't mind flashing clean. I dont actually use my nexus 7 2012 for anything other than irssinotifier09:17
daftykinsbut ho-hum, classic change i guess09:17
popeyyeah, i dont like the new gmail app09:17
DJoneshttp://www.idigitaltimes.com/android-50-lollipop-release-date-nexus-5-nexus-7-nexus-10-nexus-4-get-ota-rollout-39424309:17
DJonesRollout from 12th November09:18
DJonesIncludes N7 but doesn't specifify which N7 models09:18
popeyhttps://twitter.com/Tesco/status/52992786584097177609:19
popeypffft09:19
popeyto be fair google haven't released AOSP yet09:20
popeyso it's hard for anyone (other than big partners) to do any updates09:20
MartijnVdSpopey: google released 5.0 sources09:20
MartijnVdSpopey: and people have compiled AOSP roms from them09:20
daftykinsthere's a certain rabid nature to those desiring updates, though i'm not even particularly sure there's much to be after09:20
popeyoh they have now?09:21
MartijnVdSpopey: several weeks ago already I think09:21
foobarrydaftykins: +109:21
popeythey hadn't last time I looked.09:21
popeynah, they didnt back a week ago09:22
foobarrywho are these people that foam at the mouth I MUST HAVE IT NOOOOW09:22
MartijnVdShttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-5.0-Lollipop-source-hits-AOSP-including-some-Nexus-branches_id6244309:22
MartijnVdS^ 9 days ago09:22
popeyso we're both right, good enough09:22
daftykinsi for one will laugh and watch for the bad news post-update then wait for fixed releases ;D09:22
MartijnVdSwow09:25
MartijnVdShttp://www.androidpolice.com/2014/10/28/nexus-5-owners-check-your-google-play-movies-tv-app-you-might-have-a-free-copy-of-gravity-waiting-for-you/09:25
daftykinsshame it's terrible ;)09:27
MartijnVdSdaftykins: free is free 8-)09:27
daftykinsoh wow shaun the sheep is free on my nexus 409:28
MartijnVdSwow09:28
daftykinsi've never even run Play Movies & TV before09:28
foobarrydaftykins: game? got a link?09:28
daftykinsfilm apparently sir09:28
zmoylan-pii liked gravity, lots wrong with it but nicely done09:29
daftykinsjust seemed a bit like calamity-Bullock breaking everything in her path to me ;)09:30
popeyyeah, i liked gravity too, watched it a few times09:30
popeyMoon is also great09:30
zmoylan-pisome people are just bad with tech, we used one manager to test all software as he could make the most dependable debugged software crash09:30
foobarrydaftykins: i didn't know the film had come out yet09:30
zmoylan-piit's nice to see hard sci fi instead of whizz bang aliens sci fi for a change09:32
foobarryand a 7 minute episode daftykins but its a great one09:32
* zmoylan-pi is hoping the do foundation justice as tv series09:32
zmoylan-pinot sure how they can though09:32
DJonesThere's only one scify movie to watch, all time classic "Silent Running"09:33
zmoylan-pi201009:33
daftykinsheh this shaun the sheep thing is only 7 mins09:33
zmoylan-pithe day the earth stood still09:33
daftykinsoops yes foobarry :D09:33
bigcalmdaftykins: children have short attention spans09:34
JamesTaitGood morning all; happy World Architecture Day! :-D09:34
daftykinsso do i apparently09:34
daftykins:>09:34
awilkinsIs that computer architecture or buildings?09:35
DJonesJamesTait: 32 or 64 bit?09:35
JamesTaitDJones, YES!09:35
MooDoobigcalm: don't know what you oooo look a unicorn :)09:52
bigcalm:P09:53
bigcalmThat's a cat with an inflatable horn09:53
zmoylan-picats and inflatable are brief acquaintences09:53
daftykinsi've been introduced to Star Trek TOS recently, an episode had these dogs with horns fitted to their heads XD09:57
daftykinshenceforth to be known as 'dogicorns'09:57
zmoylan-pioriginal flash gordon had iguanas with rubber frills :-)09:57
daftykinsa client has just email'd me saying a supplier of their has graphics in their email signatures - so they want to do the same09:58
daftykinsit appears to be three images hosted on their site embedded into an HTML email09:58
zmoylan-piand how big is the image?09:59
daftykinse.g. http://www.specialistglass.co.uk/esignatures/michael-mccabe.jpg09:59
zmoylan-pithen then terms and conditions in the image won't apply as they may not be available when the email is read09:59
daftykinshttp://www.specialistglass.co.uk/esignatures/gallery.jpg and http://www.specialistglass.co.uk/esignatures/footer.jpg09:59
daftykinsyeah i'm surprised they saw them without having to enable it in Outlook or some such10:00
daftykinsho-hum, told 'em i don't do graphics anyway so i'm no help10:01
bigcalmMorning intrbiz10:03
davmor2morning bigcalm10:04
bigcalmHi davmor210:04
bigcalmdavmor2: how's your health?10:04
MooDoohowdy davmor2 me ole mate me ole pal10:05
davmor2bigcalm: better today but I'll let you know latter if I'm going, I want to be well enough that I don't infect you all :)10:05
zmoylan-piflee! MooDoo's looking for a favour!! :-)10:05
christeldavmor2: sharing is caring!10:06
davmor2zmoylan-pi: no he isn't, He's not dumb enough to ask me for a favour it means he owes me and my favours are far worse ;)10:07
davmor2christel: not this close to the christmas meal it isn't :)10:07
zmoylan-pithere's obviously a complicated back story that should be in the channel header :-)10:07
davmor2Morning MooDoo me owld mucka 'ow am ya10:08
MooDoodavmor2: crackin lad....10:09
davmor2intrbiz: dude really have you moved over to the darkside or is this just the busier channel for wolves lug now :)10:10
MooDoodavmor2: nothing wrong with the dark side :D10:11
zmoylan-pidark toblerone.... mmmmmm10:11
davmor2MooDoo: I didn't say there was we're the happiest people on the planet :)10:12
bigcalmdavmor2: not sharing is preferable :)10:12
davmor2bigcalm: indeed :)10:13
davmor2MooDoo: So I woke up this morning and the tune playing loud in my head was the Kinks Lola10:16
brobostigonmorning boys and girls.10:16
zmoylan-piwas listening to that song while walking to shops yesterday, still a great song10:16
daftykinsspeaking of music, i dumped a lot of MP3 for FLAC rips yesterday, seems the ol' Music folder has ballooned to 160GB now :O10:20
MartijnVdS252GMuziek10:20
MartijnVdSdaftykins: lightweight ;)10:20
daftykins^_^10:20
daftykinsi could still prune a lot of that out ;)10:20
MartijnVdSI have most of this (the stuff I didn't buy as a download..) as proper CDs as well :)10:21
zmoylan-pino vinyl?10:21
daftykinsMartijnVdS: do you use FLAC?10:21
MartijnVdSdaftykins: yes10:22
davmor2I may be forced to listen to The Lord of the Rings bbc radio adaptation on all 13 cds10:22
MartijnVdSzmoylan-pi: I have some vinyl too, but those come with mp3 downloads OR flac downloads these days 8-)10:22
daftykinsdavmor2: my my, you'll wear out the eject motor!10:23
zmoylan-pii would love to get the version of the hobbit read on jackanory by cribbins10:23
daftykins24/96 FLAC i hope? ;)10:23
MartijnVdSdaftykins: Ripping CDs to anything other than 44100/16 bit is a bit useless10:24
daftykinsi know that, but i refer to vinyl ripping10:25
daftykinswhich is oft done to 24/9610:25
davmor2zmoylan-pi: I have the bbc adaptation of the hobbit too10:25
daftykinsi must stop using my parents co-op share number (you get 4p in the pound over here dividend) but i don't fancy another 5 digit number to remember :D10:27
popeyhmm10:28
popeyI'd run out of space on my phone if I used flac10:28
popeyvery quickly10:28
daftykinswell you transcode for mobile devices10:28
foobarryhave you seen mp3fs?10:28
popeyreminds me, need to get a couple of 32GB SD cards10:28
daftykinsbecause the processing overhead for FLAC causes rapid battery drain on mobile too10:28
foobarryhttp://khenriks.github.io/mp3fs/10:28
popeyahayzen: ^^ you use flac on your ubuntu phone?10:28
ahayzenpopey, i do yes 8GB of flac on the device pretty much :)10:29
daftykinsjust need kitchen-sinkfs now10:29
popeyahayzen: battery life suffers?10:29
ahayzenpopey, not really lasted the whole plane from DC->LHR and bus ride to oxford with still ~50%+ battery left :)10:29
popeyblimey10:30
ahayzenpopey, the CPU usage isn't too different to playing mp3s10:30
daftykinsthe (rough estimate) 10x greater IO to read a 10x larger file would speak of a definite difference10:30
popeythats like 12 hours or so?10:30
popeyahayzen: it's gstreamer + codec isn't it?10:30
davmor2daftykins: they have that, it's called a dishwasher10:31
ahayzenpopey, yeah ages... as Jim said to me at the sprint we are rivalling android/ios for battery life already when just playing music (and the app has a lifecycle exception :P)10:31
popeynice10:31
popeythats something we get asked about a lot10:31
popey"Yeah, but what's the battery life like!?"10:31
zmoylan-piwell cramming what is a full desktop os into a mobile device will generate questions on battery10:32
ahayzenpopey, i detailed some of the different CPU usages of formats while investigating bug 137339210:32
lubotu3bug 1373392 in pulseaudio (Ubuntu) "[mako] high cpu usage when playing audio via speaker" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/137339210:32
popeyzmoylan-pi: sure.10:33
popeyahayzen: hah, that bug is a bit lolworthy ☻10:33
popeythere's some bizarre behaviour on mobile devices10:33
ahayzenpopey, yeah i was like so playing via bluetooth uses *less* CPU \o/10:34
popeyyeah10:34
ahayzenpopey, the pulse guys reckoned the reason was playing via bluetooth has a higher buffer size10:34
daftykinsheh that seems utterly backwards10:34
* zmoylan-pi is very happy with battery life on feature phone nokia. no matter how much i use it in a day i can't get it below 75% left :-)10:34
popeyzmoylan-pi: which model?10:35
zmoylan-pinokia asha 20110:35
popeynice10:35
daftykinsthat thing looks like a blackberry!10:35
zmoylan-piand i've bounced it off ground a few times to show people how much it doesn't care10:35
davmor2ahayzen: I blame you for this ;)10:35
daftykinshaha10:35
zmoylan-pionly thing missing at the mo is a good java text editor for it10:36
ahayzendavmor2, well it is todo with music-app ;) ... can i blame tvoss ?10:36
davmor2ahayzen: no but you are aloud to blame jhodapp10:36
daftykinsa friend bought some new form of nokia device, he's even got whatsapp on it now but refuses to use it to message us for free X|10:36
ahayzendavmor2, hehe :)10:37
davmor2allowed even10:37
daftykinswell, 'free'10:37
* popey hugs telegram10:37
ahayzenpopey, is there a telegram click yet or do you still have to build it?10:37
popeygolly.. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/whatsapp-compatible-native-client-for-ubuntu-phone/x/105157910:39
popeyhe hit the target10:39
daftykinsglad facebook haven't ruined it... yet.10:40
zmoylan-pigive them time10:41
daftykins:)10:41
davmor2they have time to absorb it into facebook messenger yet10:45
popeydavmor2: got time for some music testing? ☻10:45
daftykinsdavmor2: *shudder*10:46
* ahayzen hides and pretends music is working perfectly10:46
popeyheh10:47
* popey emails10:47
ali1234why is gstreamer so bad at format support?10:48
ali1234mpv can play most formats, and if you install the proper ffmpeg it can play nearly anything10:49
ali1234gstreamer freezes and crashes with anything but a few simple formats, and if oyu install the real ffmpeg it doesn't work at all10:49
davmor2popey I might have10:50
zmoylan-pithe problem is that you have the strayed from the true path of vlc :-p10:50
ali1234vlc is rubbish10:51
davmor2ahayzen: chicken10:51
ali1234it can play any format as long as you don't mind the audio and video is always out of sync10:51
* zmoylan-pi never has that problem with vlc. ymmv10:51
* brobostigon neither.10:51
zmoylan-piand i use the oldest, cheapest, nastiest hardware with the least ram10:52
foobarryi see vlc sync issues sometimes10:52
foobarryalso vlc didn't play a format for me yesterday :(10:52
ali1234it also can't play back HD footage at 30 FPS because it is too slow10:52
brobostigonwhich format?10:53
foobarryg2m4 codec10:53
foobarry12.04 ubuntu doesn't have a vlc available that runs it10:54
popeyyeah, I've mostly switched from vlc to mpv10:57
popeyseems much better/leaner10:57
foobarrywhats mpv?10:58
foobarry!info mpv10:58
lubotu3mpv (source: mpv): video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.4.2-1ubuntu3 (utopic), package size 764 kB, installed size 1951 kB10:58
foobarrycodec not available "enable it at compilation"10:59
ali1234vs gstreamers, "codec not available? please wait..... ..... ..... would you like me to download it from the internet? ..... please wait some more ....... ...... sorry I couldn't download it."11:00
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foobarryVLC does not support the audio or video format "G2M4". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.11:00
foobarryheh11:01
popeywhat the hell is g2m4?11:01
foobarrygotomeeting webcast11:01
foobarrythese things tend to crop up a bit if there's a conf call via gotomeeting11:02
foobarrywebinars etc11:02
popeyya11:02
davmor2foobarry: latest vlc has support but that won't be the version we have for a little while though there is a ppa for it11:04
davmor2MooDoo: bit of stairway to heaven now dude11:06
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MooDoodavmor2: hungergames soundtrack11:11
foobarrydavmor2: ppa in 12.04? i can only get 2.0.8 from vlc ppa i found11:13
daftykinsback later!11:14
ali1234bug 139183711:24
lubotu3bug 1391837 in vlc (Ubuntu) "Blocky video with some files" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/139183711:24
davmor2foobarry: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily try that one11:34
foobarryyes, have that one. gave me 2.0.811:35
foobarrydoesn't matter, will try on my other pc when i want to watch these11:35
foobarrywith newer buntu11:36
zmoylan-piah, didn't realise that xkcd was doing a 'live' cartoon today. :-) http://xkcd.com/11:42
penguin42yes thanks for popey telling us :-)11:44
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foobarrydoes anything happen in it?11:48
foobarrywhen does it start11:49
foobarryoh , something appeared now11:49
daftykinsaww yeah, second and third cycle trips survived - recycling taken \o/11:59
daftykinshah, sunlight is right in my eyes right now, where i sit at my desktop11:59
daftykinsgotta lean in over the keyboard to avoid it ;)12:00
zmoylan-pimake a call to mr. burns and see if his giant block out the sun device is for sale12:00
foobarrymy patio is getting dug up today12:00
daftykinszmoylan-pi: i'm on it!12:01
foobarrywonder what they will find12:01
penguin42foobarry: So, that's where Lord Lucan went....12:02
foobarryi'm only the third person to live here since it was built in 1930s12:02
foobarryand one of the others was my sister (previous owner)12:02
zmoylan-piand shergar12:03
foobarryno he's in the freezer12:07
zmoylan-piyours or tescos? :-)12:07
daftykinsmy papers go back a few centuries on my 17th century cottage :>12:08
daftykins(for previous owners)12:08
zmoylan-piand you're still waiting for solicter from them to get back to you? :-D12:08
daftykins:D12:08
daftykinsalso, local property records are in French12:08
popeyLunchtime! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-3000093412:08
Laneywee12:09
Laneylegal and general let me upload my pgp key for them to encrypt mails to12:09
penguin42Laney: Wow - how did you get them to do that?12:09
Laneyit's some symantec secure mail system they use12:09
zmoylan-pimade an offer they couldn't refuse, brought muffins? :-)12:10
penguin42Laney: oh yeh I remember having to use the web interface on that once but didn't see any pgp thin12:10
penguin42g12:10
Laneywas an option when receiving the first mail12:10
Laneyyou could probably go back in and set it up now12:10
christelpopey: it is so wrong it is nearly right indeed, i would totally try that :s12:16
daftykinsi like the quote - "...why is this sort of food available?"12:24
daftykinssomething something something... demand? :>12:24
daftykinschop chop 5,000 or 9,000 files copied12:30
daftykinss/or/of/12:30
NET||abusehi guys. i'm using GNOME Terminal 3.12.3, couple of odd behaviours, i'm having very laggy rendering (in gnome-shell 3.12 from gnome3-team ppa) and when i scale text (ctrl-{+,-}12:38
NET||abuseit resizes the window, rather than just scaling the text and keeping the window at the existing dimensions.. it's actually exactly what i don't want12:39
NET||abusethe one thing i want is text-reflow. otherwise i'd be back in terminator :P12:39
NET||abusehas anyone got alternative terminals/fixes for gnome terminal?12:40
daftykinsi wonder if there's a gnome channel give your use of a PPA12:42
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AzelphurOn a roll today, had a power cut which turned all my stuff off, MicroServer won't boot because of the hard drive that failed, and my 70mbit fibre is http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/390352461913:31
Azelphurgoing for the high score of failure? o.O13:31
daftykinsAzelphur: :(13:33
daftykinsi'd go back to bed ;)13:33
daftykinsWednesday is cancelled!13:33
directhexi cancelled wednesday & went back to bed13:38
directhexjust got up13:38
directhexstill tired13:38
zmoylan-pimy personal /best/ for failures was it took 6 hours to replace a dodgy floppy drive.  and it destroyed 3 other drives in the attempt/process.13:38
daftykinsouch! HDDs?13:39
daftykinsooh-err suns gone so it's cold again13:39
* daftykins battons down the hatches13:39
penguin42zmoylan-pi: Please don't say this, I need to go and remount a drive later13:43
daftykinslol13:43
daftykinsor when i went to do some dust maintenance on my file server, the PSU died and i couldn't use it until a replacement arrived :(13:43
penguin42Azelphur: It's pretty impressive getting that sort of upload with almost no download13:43
daftykins:D13:44
daftykinsquite the async role reversal13:44
penguin42daftykins: I've got 2 drives in a RAID, and the 2nd drive makes the case vibrate strongly, I've put up with it for months now but it's driving me nuts13:44
Azelphurpenguin42: indeed, it has happened before when my ISP has oversold a location13:44
AzelphurI'm gonna get angry with them if that's the case this time13:44
daftykinspenguin42: doh! you need some nice rubber grommets or some such :D13:45
zmoylan-pii remember my boss ran out of compressed air dusters so brought an ancient cpm computer to nearest garage and used their vaccuum to clean out the 10 years of dust and cobwebs.  never worked again13:45
penguin42Azelphur: If you've had a power cut it's possible the DSLAM in the cabinet has also lost power and it's just figuring out again13:45
penguin42daftykins: Yeh I was thinking a lump of foam and mounting the drive on a tray13:45
Azelphurpenguin42: could be, the cabinet is right outside13:45
Azelphurthat's hopefully more likely than them overselling for a third time13:45
penguin42Azelphur: Well, I'd expect them to oversell, but it would be surprising if it happened to kick in just as you had a power outage, unless your electricity company is also overselling....13:47
daftykinsAzelphur: they actually admit it?13:47
Azelphurdaftykins: yes, they actually admitted it both times and reprioritised my line after much complaining so that I had some semblance of a functional connection13:48
Azelphurthey didn't use the word overselling, they said "an influx of new customers"13:48
daftykinsah-har13:48
Azelphurwhich to me equates to "You sold my internet connection to someone else"13:49
Azelphur:P13:49
foobarrysaw a puma and chinook at lunchtime overhead13:54
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daftykinsmust've been one scared puma getting airlifted ;)13:55
davmor2bigcalm: don't think I'll be going to night I'm off to bed now :(  If you could pay the fiver that would be awesome thanks dude.13:58
bigcalmdavmor2: no worries. Get well soon mate13:59
bigcalmczajkowski: how does couchbase compare to mongodb?14:05
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zmoylan-pii think she's at a trade thingy today, judging by her twitter feed14:15
intrbiz bigcalm How does PostgreSQL 9.4 compare to mongodb or couchbase ;)14:20
MartijnVdSdidn't postgresql beat those on benchmarks ;)14:20
bigcalmintrbiz: I have no experience with any of those 314:20
intrbizMartijnVdS: yup, faster than Mongo for importing JSON and querying JSON in some benchmarks I've seen, still in beta though14:21
zmoylan-pishouldn't any benchmarks now be required to be shown wether it's on hdd, sdd or some mobile platform?14:22
intrbizPostgreSQL 9.4 with JSONB, will be awesome, someone phrased it as 'they've put mongo inside PostgreSQL'14:22
intrbizzmoylan-pi: That is irrelevant when you are testing two applications on the same server14:23
zmoylan-pitrue, but for chosing which database to use...14:23
zmoylan-pion a particular project14:23
intrbizzmoylan-pi: The benchmark was run on an AWS instance IRRC14:24
intrbizzmoylan-pi: These days, I'd stick any database on an SSD14:25
intrbizThe PostgreSQL 9.4 v Mongo benchmark EDB did is here: http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/2014/09/24/postgres-outperforms-mongodb-and-ushers-in-new-developer-reality/14:26
zmoylan-piah ha, the fox is back, been missing a few weeks. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9j38UmSYjClRVdqMW1CQ3Bidlk/view?usp=sharing14:29
daftykins:O14:31
daftykinsis... that a bunch of cocktail sausages and dog/cat food?14:31
zmoylan-pia bunch of slugs fighting over catfood. no local wild life will eat the spanish slugs... :-/14:32
zmoylan-pii usually salt the area but the heavy rain washes it away14:32
daftykinsoh yeah i see stalks now XD14:32
hayahi guys plz help me, when i comiple kernel 2.6.11 in ubuntu, i got these errors,14:33
hayamake[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel/process.o] Error 1 make: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel] Error 214:33
daftykinscompiling an arch kernel on ubuntu, lol.14:34
hayatell me the solution14:35
hayaim new in linux14:35
intrbizhaya: are you compiling such an old kernel for any particular reason?14:35
directhexyeah, that's neolithic. it won't support any of your hardware14:35
directhexhttp://i.imgur.com/g60eHhg.jpg14:35
hayayeah, bcz kernel 2.6.11 support the macKill patches14:36
intrbizhaya: forgive my ignorance but what is mackill and why do you want it?14:38
ali1234haya: going to need the full output not just the last line14:39
hayaMackill is a little tool for dropping IP Packets which where sent by an host having a certain hardware address.14:39
intrbizhaya: can you not use ebtables?14:40
ali1234just make a filewall rule?14:40
MartijnVdShaya: so.. you could use ebtables or iptables?14:40
haya  CHK     include/linux/version.h   UPD     include/linux/version.h   SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86_64   SPLIT   include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/*   HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/lex.c   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.h   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/keywords.c   HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/lex.o   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.c   HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/parse.o   HOSTLD  scripts/genksym14:41
haya  CHK     include/linux/version.h   UPD     include/linux/version.h   SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86_64   SPLIT   include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/*   HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/lex.c   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.h   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/keywords.c   HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/lex.o   SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.c   HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/parse.o   HOSTLD  scripts/genksym14:41
directhexhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/iptables-mac-address-filtering.html14:41
directhexsimple.14:42
daftykinshaya: don't paste please14:42
directhexhaya: is the target computer newer than 2005?14:42
hayayeah14:42
directhexhaya: then 2.6.11 won't have drivers for it14:43
hayabut its my project requirement14:43
directhex._.14:43
directhexhooray for coursework not updated for a decade14:43
intrbizhaya: 2.6.11 is a 2005 kernel, even if you get it to compile your unlikely to get any modern userland to work14:43
intrbizhaya: and 2.6.11 is completely unsupported14:44
ali1234nonsense14:44
ali1234unless by "modern userland" you mean unity and gnome14:44
jpdsali1234: Dude, go and install systemd already.14:44
directhexali1234: udev?14:44
intrbizali1234: no i meant udev / systemd etc14:44
hayabut these old kernel only support the MacKill Patches14:44
hayanew kernels dnt support it14:44
intrbizhaya: so look for an alternative to MacKill, I suspect ebtables will do what you need14:45
ali1234udev was around before 200514:45
directhexali1234: but there was a breaking ABI change in it, which caused many upgrade issues between debian releases14:45
directhexhttps://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrading-udev14:46
jpdshaya: https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/manet/current/msg05622.html14:47
ali1234this does not mean software won't work14:48
jpdshaya: First hit googling "mackill linux kernel".14:48
hayaanyone can tell me the solution??14:48
jpdshaya: Do you have to compile such an ancient kernel?14:50
hayayeah14:50
directhexokay.14:51
directhexi think you'll have more luck doing this in a debian 5 VM.14:51
jpdshaya: Better go to http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ and install 5.04 in a VM.14:51
foobarryhaya: but why>?14:52
foobarrywhat course /project is this for?14:52
haya<directhex> 5.04 for what??14:53
hayai have instaled etch debain base system on usb and now installing kernel and then login from usb <foobarry?14:54
directhexso you already *have* debian 5.14:54
directhexno, that's 414:54
directhexjesus14:54
directhexoh yeah, debian. etch was 200714:55
directhex2.6.1814:56
daftykinsseems like an exercise in futility - impressive, lecturer.14:58
directhexthis is decade-old course materials, showing how to do something in a frustrating manner which is a 1-liner today14:59
directhexit's a waste of time for everyone involved14:59
daftykinsso, education then? :)15:00
hayaoh please dn't give me a lecture and tell me a solution15:02
directhextime travel?15:02
directhexyou haven't actually said what the build error is15:03
intrbizhaya: the solution is to use IPTables on a recent distro release15:03
daftykinswhat a terribly unfriendly fellow15:04
directhexhaya: "Error 1" from Make means "the last thing just above this line caused a build failure". it's meaningless without context.15:04
foobarryif you really want help with your homework maybe you should paste the entire problem as posed to you15:06
haya{standard input}: Assembler messages: {standard input}:1111: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov' {standard input}:1137: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov' {standard input}:2157: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov' {standard input}:2159: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov' {standard input}:2161: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov' {standard input}:2163: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'15:06
foobarryi fear that people are trying to solve your interpretation of the problem15:06
daftykinshaya: use http://paste.ubuntu.com from now on15:07
NET||abusehmm, having fun with usb now..15:07
daftykinsit's the fUnSerialBus!15:08
NET||abusesomhow, my mouse is still working, yet if i plugin a usb ethernet or usb memory stick, neither register, the lights on either don't light up,15:08
NET||abusesuod lsusb just hanging15:08
daftykinsdmesg?15:08
NET||abusebeen waiting 2 minutes15:08
daftykinsthis a laptop?15:08
directhexhaya: okay, that's a problem with inline assembly for your processor architecture.15:10
hayaso whats the solution??15:10
directhexhaya: possible issues: a bug in the kernel version you're trying to use; a bug in the assembly, which a newer compiler is refusing to touch; problems introduced by your patches; a bug in the compiler you're using15:11
hayadirecthex: so tell me how can i solve this problem15:14
directhexhave you asked your lecturer? you're supposed to bring problems with assignments to their attention15:15
daftykinshaya: what level of education is this at?15:15
zmoylan-pii'd set about compiling a recent kernel to make sure all my ducks were in a row before trying an ancient one15:16
hayadirecthex: yeah he knows but he thinks its posible15:16
directhexwhat is your *actual* assignment?15:16
hayadirecthex: first instal etch debain on usb then append MacKill patches in kernel and compile the kernel from source then install lilo and finally login from usb15:18
directhex._.15:18
directhexso you're supposed to *patch the debian kernel*, or do a new kernel from scratch?15:19
directhexhm, /me has a hunch15:20
haya:(15:20
hayadebain kernel15:21
directhexdid you install 32-bit or 64-bit etch?15:21
hayai dnt know exactly, i used this command, sudo debootstrap etch /mnt/buildroot/ http://archive.debian.org/debian/15:24
NET||abusedaftykins, yeh, laptop, sorry got grabbed re work stuff for a minute15:24
daftykinsNET||abuse: did they appear within that time? :)15:25
NET||abusenope15:25
NET||abusehmmm    unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count =15:26
NET||abuse115:26
daftykinsi wonder if your USB controllers are a tad wonky15:26
NET||abuselaptop is and XPS-15-9530, Intel C220 chipset15:27
daftykinspull the mains and battery, then fresh boot?15:28
hayadirecthex: ??15:29
NET||abusehave message continually running.. wiating for eth0 to become free.. Usage count = 115:29
directhexhaya: go into the chroot and run "dpkg-architecture"15:29
NET||abusehmm, maybe that vm is doing something odd.15:29
directhexyou care about DEB_HOST_ARCH15:30
popeyhttps://gigaom.com/2014/11/12/a-milestone-moment-for-microsoft-net-is-now-an-open-source-project/15:32
daftykinsO_O15:33
penguin42popey: Wow interesting, I wonder which licenses - but that's interesting15:33
hayadirecthex: i used "dpkg-architecture" but problem is still same15:34
directhexpopey: er, isn't that still under embargo?15:34
directhexhaya: sigh. dpkg-architecture will tell you information. it isn't some magic command to make your 10 year old coursework right. it's information useful for debugging15:35
popeydirecthex: seems not15:37
popeydirecthex: its all over twitter15:37
daftykinslol we have someone asking the exact same kernel compilation thing in #ubuntu now15:41
daftykinswho bets we get more of the same class in soon :P15:41
foobarryi don't get the question15:46
foobarryi find it hard to believe that they would really be asked to do that on a 10yr old kernel15:47
daftykinsyeah, seems a bit dubious15:47
foobarrythe question was never explicitly stated15:47
daftykinsi sense there's a reason for the lack of completeness15:48
intrbizit sounds like the lecturer hasn't tried to do it recently15:48
foobarrysurely somebody would reason with him15:48
foobarryalso, if no linux skills then kernel ciompilcaition? really?15:48
foobarryextra letters there15:48
intrbizthe only thing it teaches is that time marches on and there are multiple solutions to any problem15:48
foobarrytime marches on , except syllabi15:49
ali1234clompication15:49
foobarrybit late in the day for my brain16:03
foobarryhow to i double indent a <li> list?16:03
foobarryheh, forget that16:03
Seeker`oooh, they landed on the comet16:13
bigcalmThe clock is missing from my notification area. Trying to use the Time & Date config to find out what's wrong is greyed out: http://discworld.cuth.eu/dump/datetime_settings_dialog.png16:20
bigcalmAnybody know how to fix this without restarting the machine or lightgdm?16:20
ali1234restart unity panel service or something16:21
bigcalmNot something I'm used to doing. Do you know how to do that?16:23
bigcalmdavmor2: stop being ill and fix my computer16:23
bigcalmsudo fix my computer16:26
penguin42bigcalm: it's normally a case of restarting indicator-timedate or something like that16:27
ali1234bigcalm: the exact method for restarting the indicator services seems to change more often than i change my socks17:06
bigcalmEw17:13
* daftykins sniffs17:20
daftykinsali1234: not sure that carries much weight ;)17:20
bigcalm> 12MB/s torrenting17:38
* bigcalm bounces17:38
daftykins:O17:39
bigcalm13.2MB/s now :)17:40
daftykinswhat's the service?17:40
bigcalmVM cable. Meant to be 100/617:40
daftykinshmm, more upload needed :( i have 40/517:41
bigcalmConsidering it's home time, I'm really surprised I'm getting a good rate17:41
bigcalmhttp://www.speedtest.net/result/3904196259.png17:42
penguin42bigcalm: That's going some :-)17:43
bigcalmI'm happy17:45
bigcalmI'll be happier once they install our telephone line17:46
bigcalmNice that they are applying a credit to our account for the time we've been without the line17:46
penguin42bigcalm: vm seem to give credits if you ask; I've had a couple17:47
daftykinsi only have a telephone line to provide my copper pair :(17:50
zmoylan-pithink of the money you'll save not using netflix or other online services17:51
bigcalmpenguin42: I tried to leave VM. They asked how much I'd be willing to pay. Said £35/pcm and they agreed. So we now have a £20/pcm rolling credit17:51
penguin42bigcalm: !17:52
bigcalmQuite :)17:52
penguin42bigcalm: Still, I'm only paying ~27/month (basic cable package) and I can't get infinity here so I've not got much options17:53
daftykinswhen i had it in portsmouth the choice was probably them or get a phone line based service, i looked up at the phone line running over to a pole and was like 'naaaaah'17:53
daftykinscome to think of it, that was when a 10Mb service was first offered in late 2006 O_O17:53
bigcalmI did my home work and knew I could get a decent FTTC connection here. So didn't mind if they didn't try too hard to keep me17:56
bigcalmBeing calm and polite works wonders :)17:56
daftykins* bigcalm is now known as bigpolitecalm17:57
bigcalmTime to go and buy a dishwasher!17:57
bigcalmHeh17:57
penguin42they're excellent17:57
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bigpolitecalmI like it17:58
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bigcalmpenguin42: what are?17:58
daftykins:D17:58
bigcalm17:57 -!- You're now known as bigpolitecalm17:58
bigcalm17:57 < bigpolitecalm> I like it17:58
bigcalm17:58 -!- Keepnick: Nickstealer left [freenode], got bigcalm back17:58
bigcalmHeh, silly irssi proxy17:59
daftykins:D17:59
penguin42bigcalm: Dishwashers17:59
bigcalmpenguin42: ah, I hope so :)18:00
bigcalmPaying 300 notes for an 18 month old one from a friend of my wife18:00
daftykinsi wonder what the top end for virgin media cable is18:00
daftykins(downstream throughput)18:00
* bigcalm runs away18:01
penguin42daftykins: I think top end is 120Mbps18:01
daftykinsthat the tech is capable of?18:01
daftykinssurely not18:01
daftykinsi should've been more specific perhaps18:02
penguin42daftykins: The tech is DOCSIS18:04
penguin42daftykins: My router claims it's in 'EU DOCSIS 3.0' mode18:05
daftykinsapparently they can do 152/1218:05
penguin42nice18:06
penguin42daftykins: I'd actually like a bit more upstream, downstream I've got more than enough at the 50-60Mbps they give me18:06
daftykinshttp://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2014/07/virgin-media-uk-lab-testing-10gbps-docsis-3-1-broadband-upgrade.html18:07
daftykinsyeah i agree, i'd like at least 10Mb18:07
daftykinsthe worst part is knowing my line is capable and just being offered less :(18:07
camasonI've probably already missed the discussion... but any thoughts on the .net open-sourcing? What might it mean on Ubuntu?18:59
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mapwhy cant the months go quicker19:46
mapi wanna go away but skip the weeks of work19:46
penguin42shhh don't suggest that, I'm on holiday this week19:46
map:D19:47
foobarryhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-3001997619:47
foobarrypatch for winXP ?19:47
mapim going to Barcelona 8th-12th december / Portugal in January / Morocco for 2 days at some point (we can get a ferry!)19:47
mapand then off to Ibiza last week of may for the opening parties -- im 30 in 13 days so last time i can go there probably19:47
zmoylan-piif we get penguin42 to go to meetings for map the time dilation will make the week seem longer and map gets to skip the work and everyone is happy! ;-)19:49
penguin42yeh what have I got to say?19:50
penguin42I assume just agree to all deadlines and volunteer to do all the work the next week?19:51
mapyay19:54
mapyea19:54
mapyou can do my job19:54
mapil still get the pay though19:54
mapdeal?19:54
map:D19:54
penguin42hmm19:55
maptempting eh:D19:55
zmoylan-pishhhh, that part was going to be a surprise :-p19:55
mapheh19:56
daftykinsfoobarry: i sure hope XP doesn't get a patch, it should be hung out to dry19:57
daftykinsbut then XP embedded is still within support, so no doubt customers of that will demand a patch :(19:57
mapxp lasted for years19:57
mapit had a good life19:57
mapyea isnt xp still used on lots of atms and everything19:57
zmoylan-pixp will be around a few years yet, just a diminishing %19:58
mapyea19:58
mapuntil replacements etc19:58
mapbut it lasted 10+years?19:58
mapgood life for an OS imo19:58
daftykinswe need to help it on its' way to death19:58
zmoylan-pithe dos used on russian satellites is still around and in use :-[19:58
daftykinsrefuse to fix it, etc.19:58
zmoylan-pi:-p19:58
mapsome of the stories about ATMs and cyber crooks installing malware on them's quite incredible...they simply plug a USB drive in reboot the machine boot off usb etc19:59
mapnot simply but thats kinda how..no password protection in bios..nothing19:59
mapand they make the machines just give out money lol19:59
daftykinsor they're likely configured with defaults19:59
daftykinsyip19:59
daftykinsdon't even need to boot off other devices sometimes19:59
daftykinsjust button sequences on the front19:59
* daftykins looks left and right20:00
zmoylan-pithe ones in germany had usb ports covered with just a few mm of plastic and ports weren't deactivated so it was a beautiful hack to my mind.  atm builder deserved to be sued for that one20:00
daftykinscrikey D:20:00
mapyea20:00
mapthats what i was saying zmoylan-pi they were cutting through plastic20:01
mapconnecting usb rebooting etc20:01
mapno bios pass etc crazy stuff20:01
foobarrytopcashback are giving 7.50£ worth of lego cahback20:01
mapthe atm malware would say how many notes in the casettes etc20:01
foobarryso buy 7.99+1.99p&p , get 7.50 back20:01
zmoylan-pireminds me of the great scene in sneakers where they encounter the door with the keypad and after a few minutes of conferring he just kicks it in bypassing the super secure lock20:01
mapheh20:02
maphttp://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/10/spike-in-malware-attacks-on-aging-atms/20:02
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foobarrychristmas present ideas anyone?21:07
SuperEngineerhelicopter21:07
popeysure, you can buy me anything off this list http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/29FWHGD2GAECA21:09
popeyhttps://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images21:13
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/0qe9bsidl2fnxca/IMG_20141112_211603.jpg?dl=021:18
foobarrypopey: you(r kids) like lego, did you see what i mentioned earlier?21:18
popeyno21:18
foobarry£7.50 off a lego purchase21:19
popeyneat!21:19
popeymy brother went to a lego display in london today21:19
foobarrytopcashback are doing it21:19
popeyhttp://artofthebrick.co.uk/21:19
foobarryoh yeah q. expensive i heard21:19
foobarryfew friends have been21:20
mapi want an ipad air21:20
daftykinsmap: freedom hater!21:20
mapthey had a bus stop made of lego in London last year if anyone remembers:D21:20
foobarryi/ve just been tryin gto fix dishwasher21:20
foobarryfailed21:20
foobarryif you're after a good torch popey i can recommend21:21
penguin42popey: I missed the opening of our local Netto today; apparently they had a huge Lego dog at it21:21
foobarryhttp://www.torchdirect.co.uk/professional-torches/led-lenser-police-tech-focus.html21:21
foobarryi have this, its nice21:21
foobarryok , how is this so cheap? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007B86KLC/ref=wl_it_dp_v_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=29FWHGD2GAECA&coliid=I13V6MLMZ2OGEW&psc=121:24
SuperEngineerfoobarry, re your dishwasher; have you tried using a mallet?21:30
foobarryno21:31
SuperEngineerah! that's where you went wrong :D21:31
SuperEngineer[it may not *completely* solve your problem: but it us soooooooooooo satisfaying letting it now who's in charge!21:32
SuperEngineer*is21:32
MartijnVdSSuperEngineer: ah the old percussive maintenance21:42
SuperEngineerMartijnVdS, ;D21:52
SuperEngineeryup21:52
foobarryi like that popey has had a getting things done:priority high in his wishlist since 200721:54
popeyheheh21:54
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diddledanthis is a fun read (after following the link to the block request): https://blocklist.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p42822:16
diddledanI'm unclear just what exactly stops working with the plugin disabled22:18
diddledanbut meh22:18
diddledanofftopic, I guess22:18
maphm22:20
diddledanI just found it interesting is all22:21
diddledanin related news, tho, which is actually sort of topicful: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/11/mozilla-releases-firefox-developer-edition22:23
mapchan 4show called bad robots hm could be interesting22:34
zmoylan-pithe south african air defence demo that went horribly wrong?22:35
shaunohm, msft open-sourcing chunks of .net is .. perplexing22:36
zmoylan-pii think it's desperation to stay relevent22:36
mapthought .nets still popular22:48
mapi dont use it;F22:48
map:D22:48
diddledanshauno, link?22:51
diddledanshauno, I'm betting xamarin will "borrow" some of it22:51
shaunohttp://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet22:51
diddledanpatent promise too22:52
shaunoyeah, they've pretty much said so already; http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html22:53
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ali1234the most interestng thing is they are using MIT license, not some MSPL or something22:53
penguin42ali1234: Yeh that's not bad; the only odd thing is the patent promise only seems to be for use as a .net system23:19
ali1234promises aren't worth anything anyway23:20
penguin42ali1234: Yeh, I'm not sure how that works23:20
penguin42http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1SM813W6H36YA  is wonderful23:29
directhexpenguin42, that's largely irrelevant for now, but will be relevant when they add their runtime to the source tree23:31
directhexpenguin42, basically their patent promise doesn't cover Sun against integrating MS.NET GC/JIT behaviour in Java23:32
penguin42directhex: But more importantly it doesn't cover you using a part of their code in your own project that's not .net related (if I read it right)23:34
directhexright.23:35
penguin42directhex: and for an open source project that's a mess, it means you can't just reuse code23:35
penguin42directhex: If you had someone working on a JIT could they work on that as well as working on a javascript jit say for fear of anything they might pick up?23:37
directhexpenguin42, you're not covered for non-.net uses, as you say. any end-user apps running on .net are covered, any .net runtimes are. unrelated stuff is not23:37
penguin42directhex: Right23:37
directhexyou still have the copyright coverage from MIT, but not patent coverage alongside. how much that bothers you is an individual decision23:37
penguin42directhex: It worries me because MS make a lot of money off open source projects by patent stuff afterwards23:38
penguin42directhex: and it worries me because someone might reasonably think they can take a chunk of MIT licensed code and use it in random other projects23:39
diddledansurely if a patent holder releases source code under a permissive license then any uses allowed by that license are inherently patent indemnified23:40
diddledanit would need testing in court, and IANAL23:40
directhexdiddledan, only on licenses with patent language in23:40
penguin42diddledan: I don't think so, I think that's why there's the separate patent thing23:40
directhexdiddledan, otherwise copyright & patents aren't the same thing23:40
ali1234that's the main reason why they made GPL323:41
diddledansurely it's implicit thpough23:41
penguin42diddledan: No, it's not23:41
ali1234nothing is implicit in a license, that's why they are always 500 pages long23:41
penguin42diddledan: Hence why people worry about it23:41
diddledanlike "I own X Y and Z. you can use X Y and Z for any purposes without warranty" <-- how is that not a patent grant?23:42
* penguin42 wont claim to know23:43
directhexit's not "i own x y and z" though23:43
ali1234that wouldn't even be a valid license23:43
diddledanwell you can't license it without owning it23:43
diddledanunless the license allows such23:43
diddledana license can only be granted by the title holder unless the title holder has divested the right to sublicense23:44
directhexsource code is just source code. when you receive MIT-licensed source code, you have received MIT-licensed source code23:45
diddledanin this case microsoft is the title holder so their assignment to an MIT license declares that any recipients of microsoft-owned MIT-licensed code is implicitly granted patent immunity23:45
diddledanit would be different if I then took microsoft's code and modified it23:46
directhexanything else which may or may not be associated with that source code, such as patents possibly covering that implementation, are distinct. unless the copyright holder explicitly ties them together, e.g. using a license like GPLv3 or Apache 2.023:46
diddledanbut just usage should be indemnified implicitly23:46
* diddledan gets tied up in knots23:47
diddledan.. but I want patent immunity for everyone, so I'm going to argue black is green until microsoft and the court system agrees with me!23:47
diddledanit may be a long night23:47
directhexdiddledan, everyone using the .net source for anything .net related is covered23:48
directhexanyone using it for things which are not .net related are not. using chunks of that source in something .net related does not neccessarily mean you are in breach of a patent23:48
directhexer, using it in something *not* .net related23:48
directhexthe point is, patents are complicated23:49
diddledanI wonder how that would be affected by embedding23:49
diddledansoftware patents moreso23:49
directhexembedding how?23:49
diddledanlike taking the jit and making it a part of your irc client23:49
diddledanso that your irc client can run .net code without a preinstalled runtime23:50
diddledankinda like an embedded scripting host23:50
penguin42diddledan: That's OK because it becomes 'part of a 'net runtime'23:50
directhexcovered. as long as you implement enough of the class library23:50
diddledanI guess it depends on semantics in edge cases like that23:51
penguin42diddledan: However, if you liked one of the libraries in it and found a way to link it against your irc client without any .net involved, then you wouldn't be covered23:51
directhex"all of the required parts of the mandatory provisions of Standard ECMA-335" means the basic types like string, integer, etc23:51
ali1234so oracle can use the JIT and GC stuff in java, as long as they also make the java runtime capable of running .net as well?23:52
diddledanooh, beastly23:53
diddledan.net/java hybrid23:53
directhexali1234, YES.23:55
directhexdiddledan, we already have a java/.net hybrid23:55
penguin42ali1234: interesting question; but then if someone was using it and decided they didn't need .net and compiled it out, they'd not be covered?23:55
directhexcorrect!23:56
ali1234unrelated: why can't i have a C compiler that generates jvm/.net bytecode?23:56
directhexyou can. microsoft have one23:56
ali1234what is it called?23:56
directhexdirecthex@desire:/tmp$ javac HelloWorldApp.java23:57
directhexdirecthex@desire:/tmp$ ikvmc HelloWorldApp.class23:57
directhexdirecthex@desire:/tmp$ mono HelloWorldApp.exe23:57
directhexHello World!23:57
directhexali1234, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B/CLI23:57
directhexdirecthex@desire:/tmp$ rm HelloWorldApp.exe23:58
directhexdirecthex@desire:/tmp$ ls HelloWorldApp.*23:58
directhexHelloWorldApp.class  HelloWorldApp.java23:58
directhexdirecthex@desire:/tmp$ mono /usr/lib/ikvm/ikvm.exe HelloWorldApp23:58
directhexHello World!23:58
directhexjava on .net :D23:58
popeyPervert23:58
penguin42yeh but then if you had a C compiler you could compile your .net implementation in .net23:59
directhexyou think *that's* perverted?23:59

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