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brobostigonmorning boys and girls.09:07
zmoylan-pimorning mammals09:08
brobostigonmorning zmoylan-pi09:09
zmoylan-pio/09:09
brobostigon:)09:10
mapppsmorning10:14
brobostigonmorning mappps10:20
linuxruleswhats the best lightweight linux desktop? - i am about to install linux on my mum's computer, it is quite old and she does not know much about computers, i waswondering which one is best10:44
zmoylan-pilubuntu is very light and easy on ram10:44
zmoylan-pibut best is a variable term and means different things to different people10:45
zmoylan-pixubuntu is what i use on ancient netbook10:45
linuxrulesyeah i tried lubuntu but the wifi and speakers would not work - on the first intel macbook10:46
* SuperEngineer has found Ubuntu Mate runs faster & lighter on an old oldbook than Xubuntu did11:02
SuperEngineer*netbook11:03
SuperEngineer& just realised that he/she has asked on several channels - then left after asking - hmmm11:04
zmoylan-piyup11:11
zmoylan-pithat's... not good... http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/05/10/0936213/enterprise-ssds-powered-off-potentially-lose-data-in-a-week11:21
SuperEngineerzmoylan-pi, don't seee what your complaining about! You gret to keep all your, personal valued stuff & system for up to a week! :D11:41
zmoylan-piand if the police raid your gear for copyright infringement and have a backlog... :-P11:42
awilkinsAh, the totalitarian state discussions11:45
awilkinsIt does seem the double-whammy doesn't it11:45
awilkinsStarve all the poor people and keep all the technorati under surveillance11:46
SuperEngineerwell... then you get off scot free & get to bust the police for harassment - with the compensation you could buy yourself a real storage system!  ;)11:47
awilkinsBarely a whiff of the protests outside Downing Street reported on the BBC11:47
SuperEngineerawilkins, really, still relying on beeb for unbiased news? signed, yours truely, anonymous [hint]11:49
zmoylan-pithe bbc is good for reporting on things NOT in the uk11:49
awilkinsOh, no, not since I was in a 50,000 person protest that they reported by putting the camera at a low angle across a narrow road to make it look like a mothers meeting and then gave it a 2 minute slot on the local news11:50
awilkinsI FOIAed the coppers for their survellance chopper footage to give an true idea of the scale of the crowd and they go tback to me 6 months later with some terrible stills from what was probably a building surveillance camera11:51
awilkinsWith a 640x480 CCD in it11:51
SuperEngineerawilkins, unfair! it's budget cuts!  they probably couldn't afford a tripod ;)11:51
SuperEngineeror a camera man11:52
awilkinsThose choppers have super-HD video cams11:52
SuperEngineeror an unbiased view11:52
awilkinsYeah. The protest movements need to start putting teams on the roofs and flying drones with GoPro cams over the crowd11:53
awilkinsIt's a sad thing but they need to take care of their own journalism11:53
awilkinsMaybe not OVER the crowd11:54
awilkinsLast thing they need is a drone falling on someone's head11:54
awilkinsGive an excuse to ban them11:54
awilkinsBet the coppers are starting to use drones to monitor protests though11:55
* SuperEngineer coughs & finds cough sounds like a reminder that this is a family friendly channel, not a political awareness channel11:56
* penguin42 doesn't think there's anything against politics is there?11:57
SuperEngineer"against politics"?11:58
SuperEngineerlol11:58
SuperEngineerawilkins, I highly recommend the Greg Proops proopcast [aka podcast] for a real look at life11:59
awilkinsWell, unless you consider the Tories to not be "family friendly"12:00
awilkins:-P12:00
* awilkins listens to proopcast on "Pies"12:02
SuperEngineer:)12:08
penguin42right, first important step to making the next batch of chocolate sorbet; finished the previous batch13:24
zmoylan-piit's hard work but someone has to do it...13:42
penguin42hmm, I think I'm going to have to get kitchen scales that have more precision; 1g precision when trying to measure 2g of xanthum gum and 8g of cornflour isn't very good14:16
zmoylan-pithere's a shop on moore street that sells scales and cigarette lighters... for no reason connected whatsoever... :-P14:20
penguin42haha14:21
diddledanello folks15:32
* penguin42 is watching a BBC programme on the insides of chocolate factories - worrying amount of human interaction with the chocolate15:35
diddledanhuman interaction with chocolate!15:35
diddledanyou can't beat chocolate airated by natural waterfall15:35
diddledanyou could whip it I guess15:36
diddledana decent lash of a whip15:36
penguin42diddledan: Well this is a factory, and they've still got humans just checking the boxes over after the robots (unglobved) and loading the fillings into machines (without gloves) and picking duds off the lines (ungloved)15:37
diddledan:-o15:37
diddledanhumans shouldn't be involved. oompa loompas are much more qualified15:37
OerHeksDo oompa's have common cold too ?15:38
diddledannothing common about it!15:38
diddledanvery upper-class, my colds15:39
diddledanlol @ mailing list: "I'm doing this through the mailing list as it's not a specific bug report but rather just a general bad mood my phone has developed!"15:40
penguin42Thorntons have got a wonderful machine for making easter eggs - spins the eggs in all directions16:00
=== Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte
foobarrycan't believe i got sucked in to http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton20:42
zmoylan-pido you are now dougal in father ted in the cockpit...20:43
shaunoI hope by "sucked in" you don't mean you pressed it20:46
m0nkey_foobarry, i've not pushed it yet21:11
m0nkey_damn it.. it got to 11seconds21:13
m0nkey_then somebody pushed the button21:13
m0nkey_fool21:13
diddledanevenin22:01
m0nkey_damnit. power went out for a few seconds22:08
diddledanmy APC UPS is moaning (via a red light) that I need to replace the flattery22:09
m0nkey_i need to get a UPS for this PC22:11
m0nkey_server closet has UPS22:11
daftykinsdiddledan: d'aww :(22:11
daftykinscan't even get a battery for mine anymore so it's whole unit replacement time if i care to22:12
diddledan:-(22:12
diddledanbooo22:12
daftykinswell there are some on ebay and amazon but i'm not so sure...22:12
daftykinsi thin they're labelled as reconditioned22:13
diddledanyeah that doesn't sound good22:13
daftykins+k22:13
diddledanI donno how long lead-acid really do last22:14
m0nkey_FFS!22:15
m0nkey_did it again22:15
intrbizmore about how they are stored / duty cycles etc22:15
m0nkey_next time, i'm sure power will go out properly22:15
diddledanthe lcd output says the battery was "installed feb 2012"22:15
daftykinsto be honest the software has started periodically losing contact with the USB attached APC UPS, so likely it's gonna die anyway22:15
intrbizwhat batteries does it take?22:17
daftykinssome proprietary thing22:18
daftykinshttp://www.bechtle.co.uk/medias/uazSVaIeVcKx24M9CBYV58-30.jpg22:19
daftykinslike that22:19
intrbizah22:21
daftykins'tis a pretty old APC Back-UPS RS 80022:21
m0nkey_what. that's two jelly cells with some adapter.22:21
intrbizpropbablly two standard seal lead acids in that pack22:21
daftykinsmmhmm22:21
daftykinsi should probably turn off the mains sometime and see what it does22:22
daftykinsi had to replace every other one i got at the same time22:22
ali1234that looks like two standard batteries stuck together22:24
diddledan"standard"?22:25
daftykinslead acid cells perhaps22:25
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