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