[00:44] <Azelphur> Result of my annual conky binge, https://owncloud.azelphur.com/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=553eddabfeaca770f463cfc6b7b4d1c2 :)
[00:48] <shauno> I'm not entirely sure how a Conky Intervention should work ;)
[00:48] <Azelphur> haha
[00:50] <zmoylan-pi> a career in hollywood tv or movie graphics awaits... :-)
[00:51] <Azelphur> :D
[00:52] <zmoylan-pi> just needs to be more glowy with text scrolling all over the place and the laptop should be rotating and you're done.  can they have it by the morning? :-)
[00:56] <Azelphur> zmoylan-pi: sure ;)
[01:02] <Azelphur> I came up with an inventive solution to the "start conky after compiz is ready" problem too, http://paste.ubuntu.com/9160530/
[01:04] <diddledan> Azelphur, interesting
[01:05] <diddledan> I wonder whether compiz sends a broadcast when it's ready which you could listen for rather than polling?
[01:05] <Azelphur> diddledan: don't think so, I pasted that to my friend who just took over compiz maintenance and he didn't comment
[01:05] <Azelphur> so I'm assuming no :)
[01:06] <diddledan> heh
[01:07] <Azelphur> oh dear, broke stuff
[01:07] <diddledan> :-(
[01:07] <Azelphur> turned on don't request password for login - login fails altogether now, guess that's because encryption is on
[01:12] <Azelphur> yup, any suggestions?
[01:18] <Azelphur> aha, you can remove the nopasswdlogin entry from /etc/groups, crisis averted.
[02:46] <diddledan> that was fun
[02:48] <m0nkey_> split much?
[03:38] <diddledan> is this still accurate? http://developer.ubuntu.com/start/ubuntu-sdk/installing-the-sdk/
[03:38] <diddledan> the ppa appears to have very few packages for utopic
[05:24] <mapps> ah
[05:24] <mapps> its great having a drink problem
[05:24] <mapps> cant dissapoint anyone
[09:09] <foobarry> popey: heh, i've got a bored after reaching a target of £50 on globaltestmarket and cashing in
[09:10] <foobarry> and also, i'm on a samsung panel now that pays me £15 a month for about 15 mins of my time per month, so the surveys kinda get tedious
[09:12] <foobarry> also valued opinions i'm a couple of quid short of cashing in , but lost the will a bit. paid for my phone though
[09:22] <foobarry> oh no i've started on them again now.
[10:02] <popey> haha foobarry
[10:23] <foobarry> if you referrals for good sites letme know
[10:23] <foobarry> how much do yougov pay popey ? e/g. survey length/rewards
[10:32] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[11:47] <popey> foobarry: dont think they pay
[12:41] <foobarry> oh? they used to when i did them 10+ yrs ago
[12:43] <foobarry> ipsos mori pay
[12:43] <foobarry> yougov is all about ukip today
[13:24] <popey> any question is too
[15:55] <SuperEngineer> Last week I spent 35 mins getting my original "Sam and Max Hit the Road" CD copied to pooter & working under dosBOX...
[15:55] <daftykins> hahaha
[15:56] <SuperEngineer> ...this week I spent £3.69 buying the Linux version from GoG ;)
[15:57] <SuperEngineer> [even though I got the original working under
[15:57] <SuperEngineer> dosBOX
[15:57] <SuperEngineer> hahaha
[15:59] <SuperEngineer> [& 5 mins of that 35 was spent cleaning the original CD - the years hadn't been kind to it]
[16:03] <popey> almost certainly the "Linux Version" is actually dosbox
[16:05] <SuperEngineer> Sort of - it runs under scummVM
[16:06] <SuperEngineer> ...& does it so much better than my attempts under dosBOX
[16:22] <popey> ahhh
[16:22] <popey> someone had scummvm working on ubuntu phone recently
[16:22] <popey> fun
[16:26] <SuperEngineer> nice!
[16:39] <SuperEngineer> bbs - time to go play Sam and Max :)
[19:14] <andylockran> http://uth.zrmt.com/year.php :)
[19:15] <daftykins> what's that - your home usage?
[20:01] <penguin42> andylockran: What happened in January last year - electric heaters?
[20:21] <foobarry> want to keep a windows partition on a laptop, but want to resize it.. windows only offers to reduce it by 20GB altough i have defragge it and there is 140b free
[20:21] <diddledan> anyone ever heard of "ELED" TVs?
[20:21] <foobarry> 140gb,, would a shrink work better from ubuntu?
[20:21] <popey> yes
[20:21] <popey> i had exactly this issue
[20:21] <foobarry> its an ntfs disk
[20:22] <popey> a few days ago
[20:22] <foobarry> \o/
[20:22] <popey> used gparted and is shrank by a lot more
[20:22] <popey> however!
[20:22] <foobarry> so gaprted?
[20:22] <diddledan> googling ELED says that the E stands for entangled stating that it's a quantum computing thing - so what does that have to do with illuminating my TV?
[20:22] <daftykins> diddledan: sounds like a typo
[20:22] <foobarry> ...
[20:22] <popey> I'd make sure you delete as much as you can and empty recycle bin first
[20:22] <foobarry> yep
[20:22] <foobarry> and disk cleanup
[20:22] <foobarry> etc etc
[20:22] <popey> ya
[20:22] <popey> but yes, gparted was fine
[20:22] <foobarry> thanks
[20:22] <popey> np
[20:22] <diddledan> ebuyer have one
[20:23] <foobarry> windows does indeed suck
[20:23] <diddledan> they spammed me with details of it
[20:23] <penguin42> diddledan: URL?
[20:23] <foobarry> but i might need it for something
[20:23] <diddledan> penguin42, http://www.ebuyer.com/611946-digihome-50-full-hd-smart-eled-freeview-hd-tv-lcf501080snbsm
[20:23] <penguin42> hmm, it's digihome so it's not going to be anything super special
[20:23] <diddledan> no, I agree. I was just curious what they think an ELED is
[20:24] <popey> "
[20:24] <popey> I looked that up too and was a little surprised. I think they probably mean Edge lit LED perhaps."
[20:24] <diddledan> I've never heard of it before
[20:24] <popey> http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/digihome-50-full-hd-smart-eled-freeview-hd-tv-374-98-ebuyer-1939339
[20:24] <penguin42> diddledan: It says edge if you scroll down
[20:24] <penguin42> (imho edge is worse but I'm not 100% sure)
[20:24] <diddledan> yeah, edge-lit means the middle is dimmer
[20:25] <diddledan> and it's the middle that you want the brightest 'cos that's where the action is
[20:26] <diddledan> with a decent led grid you're probably only adding an extra 1 or 2mm to the thickness of the TV anyway, so Edge-lit seems pointless to me
[20:26] <daftykins> Sony always claimed to have edge-lit nailed, but i prefer a rear-grid with local dimming where possible
[20:26] <penguin42> diddledan: But it's cheaper I think
[20:27] <diddledan> yes, it's cheaper 'cos you're using less diodes, I guess
[20:27] <popey> i like that my new sony auto-dims/brightens
[20:27] <shauno> and thinnerer
[20:27] <diddledan> shauno, you like them thin, eh?
[20:27] <penguin42> diddledan: and as importantly I guess you don't need a PCB over the whole of the back to hold the LEDs
[20:28] <shauno> diddledan: behave.
[20:28] <diddledan> good point
[20:28] <diddledan> shauno, as if
[20:28] <diddledan> a wifi kettle?!
[20:28] <shauno> where?!
[20:28] <diddledan> this one's in maplin
[20:29] <shauno> oh.  nm
[20:29] <diddledan> http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/ikettle-n00dt
[20:29] <diddledan> I wonder if it complies with the RFC
[20:29] <penguin42> simple, you just replace the heating element by a 2.4GHz magnetron, and connect it to the wifi card - simples
[20:29] <diddledan> i.e. HTCPCP
[20:29] <popey> why on earth is that a thing?
[20:30] <popey> kettles aren't known for taking _that_ long to boil
[20:30] <diddledan> it's taking the internet of things a bit far methinks
[20:30]  * penguin42 checks popey's list of kickstarter orders before answering that
[20:30] <popey> although saying that I frequently "race" the kettle.
[20:30] <popey> haha
[20:30] <shauno> I have a wifi switch thingie on my coffee machine.  it's awesome
[20:30] <popey> surely you have to have the presence of mind to put water in it earlier
[20:30] <popey> ← would fail at that
[20:31] <daftykins> ^
[20:31] <daftykins> yep, or remember the water status
[20:31] <daftykins> :D
[20:31] <penguin42> we really just need kitchen robots
[20:31] <shauno> my machine takes 30-40 minutes to warm up properly, so being able to turn it on from bed/work is ftw
[20:32]  * penguin42 wonders if a Baxter robot would work well in a domestic kitchen
[20:36] <foobarry> gparted says it is moving the partition to the right :S
[20:36] <foobarry> don't recall asking to do that
[20:40] <shauno> watching x-files, because I never saw it the first time around.  someone left a cassette on his dashboard.  I feel old now.
[20:41] <penguin42> it was good at the time
[20:41] <penguin42> didn't watch the last few series I think
[23:47] <daftykins> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3pcdpe08hvv7pn6/VID_20141122_225136.mp4?dl=0