=== mapp is now known as mapps === bittin_US is now known as bittin [10:40] morning boys and girls. [11:28] morning bro [11:31] morning knightwise [12:06] morning brobostigon [12:07] hi andylockran [12:07] how's things? [12:08] headache, sandpaper throat, achy. and you? [12:08] super thanks [12:08] got a verry laggy network and trying to work it out [12:09] :) :( [12:12] Catching up on a bunch of paperwork over here [12:12] Having your own business tends to do that [12:53] does anyone know how to make a commandline mono program, run without having to add "mono [app name]? [12:55] * penguin42 doesn't know much about mono, but if it's a compiled mono program I'd expect you to be able to make a binfmt-misc entry for it [12:56] or write a bash script to call it and make it executable. it's what i do with perl python scripts i use often [12:57] binfmt-misc, ok will look into this. cheers [13:04] should be criminal [13:04] £2.20 a pack of marlboros £5 a litre of stolicynhia [13:04] mapps: haha [13:05] where's that? [13:05] gib [13:05] ;p [13:10] ah, wasn't sure if you were up to your travels! [13:11] hmm i just got an invite to buy a OnePlus X === CaveJohnson is now known as Xack [14:21] hi [14:50] Sadly and much to my dismay, the top menu bar/desktop bar (with clock, internet+mail icons etc) is missing, following some issues that lead to a new GFX card. [14:51] did you change graphics card type? i.e. AMD -> nvidia or otherwise? [14:51] the first thing to check is if it works ok in a guest user session [14:55] oops, someone at the door ... [14:55] still nvidia, [14:55] gotta run .... [14:55] ok [16:48] moaning [16:50] o_O [16:50] \o [16:50] oh, I misread unitytryer's quit message as an error in my clienty [16:50] thanks to the genius TJ in -discuss, i modified a sony laptop's BIOS to enable VT-x o0 [16:50] the line split oddly [16:50] :D [16:51] daftykins: Modified? [16:51] I basically saw on a line by itself "error: No route to host" and thought I had problems [16:51] err, that sounds scary [16:51] obviously I have problems but that is a different matter entirely [16:52] penguin42: yeah, NVRAM edit [16:52] daftykins: Ewww! [16:53] daftykins: They missed it off the interface? [16:53] yeah, common with Son [16:53] y [16:53] nasty [16:53] how is that kind of thing discovered? [16:53] I mean the "fix" [16:53] 3 weeks of reverse engineering he said :) [16:54] ouch [16:54] there are posts on the vmware forums that come from his own original work [16:54] I'm happy, I finished buying christmas today [16:54] satan is now safely stowed away [16:54] ooh what's the worlds luckiest nephew getting? [16:54] dinosaurs! [16:55] plural! [16:56] the parents of the world's luckiest nephew are getting a large box of thorntons and a pair of jegermeister shots and glasses [16:56] I was imaginative [16:56] O)O [16:56] O_O too [16:56] (I bought the same for my other sibling and his missus :-p) [16:56] dat jagermeister [16:57] :D [16:57] nowt like a good jagerbomb to clear the winter flu [16:57] they taste like calpol on their own ;D [16:57] or er, 'it' [17:00] hmm already hit 8GB of space occupied by all the FLAC of these opera CDs i'm ripping for someone o0 [17:15] * penguin42 wonders if anyone does bayonet converters that take a bunch of G9 or G4 LED bulbs [17:17] that sounds like an abom-bulb-ination [17:17] that's exactly right [17:19] daftykins: I want something about the size of a large compact-flourescent but that actually takes a bunch of G4 or G9 [17:20] daftykins: you don't seem to be able to get 100W equivalent LED bulbs that aren't huge, and most have very poor angles [17:20] *nod* [17:20] i still haven't done much about the poor lighting all around my house [17:21] in our landing we have a ~100W equivalent compact flourescent, it rarely lasts more than about 6 months, and rarely that long, I bet it averages 2000-3000 hours [17:23] i had a problem with ones like that in two light fittings in my lounge, they're on a dimmer circuit but the dimmer function is broken for whatever reason [17:23] i found some pretty good ones instead that've done me great since, let me take a quick snap - bayonet fitting too [17:23] dimmers rarely work with flouresents [17:23] yeah [17:24] a client of mine suggested that had it worked, reducing the brightness before powering off might've kept them alive longer [17:24] since the function didn't work i think i ignored it and bought non-dimmable ones last [17:24] hmm not sure why [17:24] thermal trauma i think :D [17:25] poor thing [17:28] * diddledan_ wiggles his woggle [17:28] ah mine are nowhere near 100W, i shall link anyway though - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6qy39mj5w1nn313/AABTN5yrUrLAqrkLK0_Wy4q7a?dl=0 [17:29] we've used various brands [17:34] allah is doing [17:34] sun is not doing Allah is doing [17:35] moon is not doing Allah is doing [17:35] stars are not doing Allah is doing [17:35] planets are not doing Allah is doing [17:35] stop. [17:36] galaxies are not doing Allah is doing [17:36] is that what happens when an infinite number of cats run across your keyboard? [17:36] oceans are not doing Allah is doing [17:37] * zmoylan-pi gets a ham sandwich [17:37] mountains are not doing Allah is doing [17:37] trees are not doing Allah is doing [17:37] mom is not doing Allah is doing [17:38] dad is not doing Allah is doing [17:38] boss is not doing Allah is doing [17:38] zx is not doing, it has ram pack wobble [17:38] job is not doing Allah is doing [17:39] dollar is not doing Allah is doing [17:39] degree is not doing allah is doing [17:39] looks like a job for popey - or other /op ! [17:40] medicine is not doing Allah is doing [17:40] i learned a german word for such... 'Backpfeifengesicht' [17:40] those germans have a word for everything... :-) [17:40] customers are not doing Allah is doing [17:40] you can not get a job without the permission of Allah [17:40] i wonder if they've ever considered a job in ms tech support, about as useful... [17:41] user-1 is not an idiot, user_3212 is an idiot [17:41] you can not get married without the permission of Allah [17:41] no no user_3212 is a case of 'Backpfeifengesicht' :-) [17:43] nobody can get angry at you without the permission of Allah [17:43] or in ireland a complete gobdaw [17:43] light is not doing Allah is doing === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [17:43] fan is not doing Allah is doing [17:43] another week for the solstice [17:44] businessess are not doing allah is doing [17:44] america is not doing allah is doing [17:45] fire can not burn without the permission of Allah [17:45] knife can not cut without the permission of Allah [17:45] rulers are [17:45] !op [17:45] Help! DJones, Myrtti, Mez, AlanBell, popey, Gary, Seeker`, Daviey, PriceChild or X3N [17:46] rulers are not doing Allah is doing [17:46] yay k1l_ to save the day [17:46] could you not proselytise on Ubuntu channels? [17:47] governments are not doing Allah is doing [17:47] thank you [17:47] yeah Myrtti [17:47] yay Myrtti \o/ [17:48] same plonker i think [17:49] sleep is not doing Allah is doing [17:49] Myrtti has done [17:50] because as we all know this a pasterfarian channel... bless his noodly appendeges... :-P [17:51] penguin42: :D [17:51] zmoylan-pi: well said [17:54] though we also accept disciples of the invisible pink unicorn because they're awesome :-) [17:54] :) [17:55] as are yellow crouching tortoises [to be politically coorect] [17:55] and rge great green arkleseizure. [17:56] :-) [17:56] I personally hail the ancient Finnish pantheon [17:57] your words made zmoylan-pi lose his terminal :( [17:57] i'm back, and this time my pi is angry... [17:58] his terminal spontniously converted into a cricket. [17:58] it is green when it's angry... [18:01] does that mean we won't like it? [18:02] oh yeah, I was supposed to be being social. I got carried away looking at amazon that I forgot about y'all :-p [18:02] http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B010V2EUOI?psc=1 *drool* [18:02] using amazon is social? [18:02] zmoylan-pi: no, using amazon sidetracked me from being social [18:03] grr, icloud will you please stop telling me you want me to give apple monies for "moar storage" [18:04] it bellows at me very regularly (maybe every 15 minutes? or even more regular) [18:04] well apple need the money... [18:04] apple has more money than america [18:05] i.e. the country [18:05] I wonder if tim cook will be the first billionaire to turn into batman? [18:05] phew, for a sec I thought you america the banana shaped fish-monkey! [18:06] a bit old for batman... [18:06] is america a verb now? [18:06] to america a country... kinda makes sense :-) [18:06] diddledan_, don't blame me just bewcause your not telepathic [18:06] SuperEngineer said he thought I america'ed the banana shaped monkey [18:07] I'm not sure what a banana shaped fishmonkey is [18:08] ..& there was I thinking you were edumacated, diddledan_ [18:08] I do know about seamonkeys tho - they're the pets that children buy dehydrated that they rehydrate to die a slow and painful death [18:09] that's why cats are better pets, you hurt a cat and the little sod will have it's revenge... :-) [18:09] "look, ma, I made creatures" .. "look, ma, I killed them all!" === SirMarky1 is now known as SirMarky === m0nkey__ is now known as m0nkey_ [19:15] * diddledan_ awaits amazon's dispatch notice [19:15] :) [19:15] sprees are fun [19:15] new toy? [19:15] *s [19:15] :D [19:15] :) [19:16] plural! :-p [19:16] i've got yet more gear on the way myself! [19:16] tis the season for selfish purchases :-D [19:16] oh no, i bought a samsung S4 LCD to fix up a friends phone [19:16] £49.99 is pretty good for one [19:17] bah you're not doing it right [19:17] sure i am! i get the great fuzzy feeling of fixing, success - AND get paid at the end! [19:17] and then toys? [19:17] well i'm doing it for cost since it's a mate :) [19:17] bah you're not doing it right [19:17] :-p [19:17] https://www.dropbox.com/s/svdkjz4syy7ll96/subwoofer.mp4?dl=0 [19:18] meow [19:18] no, wait, wrong animal [19:18] might try and get this fixed though, then i can enjoy christmas time entertainments [19:18] flash is required?! [19:18] dropbox y u do dis?! [19:18] can just hit download, no? [19:18] probably just their vid player [19:18] that means downloading it tho :-p [19:19] then I have to go to the bother of deleting it afterward [19:19] oh i'm sure curiosity will get the better of you [19:19] bleeping nora [19:19] that's huge [19:20] that's bigger than my flat! [19:20] what, the sub? :P [19:20] aye [19:20] it's only like, 8" [19:20] I could live comfortable in that [19:22] see what you do is say the samsung s4 will never be the same again and give them a nokia dumbphone :-) [19:22] tell them you've loaded new apps like "snake" [19:23] and buttons... [19:25] so a watch I haven't worn in over 3 years is still running, and despite being on summer time is telling the correct date and time within 4 minutes (minus the one hour of summer from gmt) [19:26] it's the equivalent to a nokia dumbphone in terms of watches tho [19:26] :D [19:26] is it that classic Casio digital? ;) [19:26] it's an el cheapo casio water resistant thingy [19:26] XD! [19:27] * zmoylan-pi reports diddledan_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Claimed_use_in_terrorism [19:27] it's the kind of casio that has three buttons - light, mode and 12/24 hour [19:28] * zmoylan-pi wonders if i can get a reward in amazon vouchers... :-P [19:28] yeah it's one of those only with a metal case and strap instead of placcy [19:28] my one of those went for a good 11 years i think [19:31] this is the guy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-A163WA-1QES-Classic-Digital-Watch/dp/B000KDBJIE [19:32] a classic [19:35] does anyone use flickr these days? [19:37] diddledan_: I'm thinking of switching to it, Google's new photo stuff is really really annoying me [19:49] they offer a silly amount of space these days don't they? === MooDoo is now known as Guest59013 [21:30] the new independence day trailer is out [21:30] looks epic [21:30] :O [21:30] might you possesseth a link? [21:30] I saw it on facebook so there wasn't a link :-( [21:30] D: [21:30] I'm guessing it's on boobtube tho [21:31] mmm probably [21:31] the verge has it https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiWtdS75NnJAhUHOxQKHbo8CgcQqQIIIDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2015%2F12%2F13%2F10034926%2Findependence-day-resurgence-trailer-jeff-goldblum&usg=AFQjCNFTPQBDQ40q6Twt3eDI9_rwUQxTKA&sig2=MhSwy4zW1-KFoDo-lfly3w&bvm=bv.109910813,d.d24 [21:31] eww link :-( [21:32] try this: http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/13/10034926/independence-day-resurgence-trailer-jeff-goldblum [21:32] that one won't tell teh googs that you've been there [21:32] the video is at https://youtu.be/LbduDRH2m2M [21:35] eep https://twitter.com/danluu/status/676066293372444672 [21:36] o0 [21:38] * zmoylan-pi remembers the fun of dos 6 and write caching... [22:23] dispatch notification finally [22:23] left it late [22:23] the notification was delayed in christmas post... [22:24] o_O [22:24] email... [22:24] * diddledan_ tries to figure that one out [22:24] my brian hurts [22:25] two parcels arriving tomoz then [22:25] \o/ [22:25] I should prolly go to bed so I can be awake bright and early so as not to miss the driver [22:25] next day delivery, what a dream you mainlanders live :) [22:25] lol [22:25] amazon prime [22:26] it's free next day [22:26] one deliveryman will deliver a while you were out notice but the second delivery man won't because there was someone at the door :-) [22:26] <3 [22:26] diddledan_: yeah, no such thing with an island though [22:26] britain is an island :-p [22:26] one day down to the south coast maybe, one for the flight or boat... delay if the weather is bad... [22:27] i really hate it when people say that [22:27] or worse use it for Australia, it's the dumbest thing [22:27] :P [22:27] lol, pulling legs is fun [22:27] or the americas [22:27] north and south america together are an island [22:28] asia and africa and most of europe are an island, too [22:28] those poor austrian kangaroos... :-P [22:28] hmm kangaroos carrying a good sized stein, excellent image [22:28] :D [22:28] in leiderhosen [22:28] they'd pop over the border to a beer festival you see [22:29] absolutely! [22:29] oder ich denkt das ist 'leder' [22:29] whassat skippy? lil timmy fell down a well and broke his leg and can't climb out and is getting hungry and the well is dry so he's also thirsty? ... "dad? how did you get all that from the 'roo chewing it's teeth?" [22:29] tie me kangeroo down, spowt [22:30] and mention of skippy pops the useless fact that skippy was stuck to a board to keep him in place for filming that tv show... [22:30] he should've silenced that kangaroo, we'd still have animal hospital [22:30] the chav version is "tie the bish daan bruv" [22:31] animal hospital was good [22:31] innit [22:32] I don't care if he is convicted of being a bar steward, he made good entertainment [22:32] the two are orthoganol in my mind [22:32] one has no bearing on the other [22:33] that's a posh word to be using late on a sunday [22:35] next up... antidisestablishmentarianism [22:35] you know what I think? I'm gonna tell you: using words that aren't real like referring to people as bae is totes craycray. YOLO. [22:36] * daftykins glances back in, does a U turn, strolls out :) [22:36] apparently the yoof think that using punctuation makes you a jerk [22:37] did you see that amusing article that suggests a correlation between sentences ending with a full stop and someone being in a mood? :D [22:37] people get annoyed when i add my name to the end of an sms... so i do it just for that reason :-D [22:38] no. [22:38] seewhatididthere? [22:38] zmoylan-pi: i had you pegged for that sort of guy! [22:38] i switch sims fairly often so it may be the first time they see the new number [22:38] that reminds me of my bemusement toward those that can't work out third person in a /me [22:39] I used to be speedy at texting on my old nokia dumbphones [22:39] buttons allow more feedback and allow you to send the process of typing to muscle memory [22:40] predictive text with my mind predicting what the predictive text would predict so that I get the predictive text to predict the right predictions and correct wrong predictions by predicting how many time I have to hit "next" was awesome [22:40] with touch screens your hands have to rest away from the screen whereas your fingers could rest on the buttons without pressing them [22:40] aye [22:40] also buttons are easier to know your fingers are in the right place [22:41] the T9 dictionary was an amazing invention [22:42] you can get by typing on a smartphone a lot with just faith [22:42] combined with only pressing each button once instead of the older way of a,b,c. a. p,q,r. p,q,r. m,n,o. m,n. [22:42] i didn't like t9. i used 3 presses to get a c keyboard. worked for me. and i preferred phones with full qwerty keyboards like my current 302 [22:42] hit where things are and it'll guess the right thing more often than not :> [22:42] missed off the Y [22:42] w,x,y. [22:43] I loved being able to press each button once instead of three times [22:44] maybe they should bring-back the T9 and put it on smartphones? [22:44] replace full qwerty with a 12key pad [22:44] samsung have released a clamshell phone with buttons and android i think, it might have t9 [22:45] nono, it's gotta be touchscreen still [22:45] clamshells are old [22:45] and mouldy [22:45] like my toes [22:45] people liked clamshells as it protects the screen and you can end calls by snapping it closed [22:45] true [22:45] no bum dialling [22:46] I like the 7110 though which was a similar action to end the call by snapping the mouthpiece back over the keys [22:46] (the 7110 was the martix-like one) [22:46] i loved my n70 that had a sliding cover to protect the camera. slide the cover and camera fired up. great for taking pics of cats [22:47] yeah that's something we should reuse [22:47] and also meant you knew the camera was in use [22:47] I like the ipwn with it's usage of the volume button to take a photo, tooo [22:49] 20 years later, they come back.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbduDRH2m2M [22:49] m0nkey_: I squeed like a schoolgirl [22:49] yep diddledan_ showed us his Jeff Goldbum earlier ;) [22:49] * diddledan_ wiggles it [22:49] Just seen it myself [22:49] you can't unsee! [22:50] oh the trailer ;) [22:50] :-p [22:50] No Will Smith [22:50] :-( [22:50] sucky [22:50] at least it's got the hacker [22:50] i hope those aliens have upgraded their ships to lightening data cables... :-) [22:50] The web site gives that spoiler away [22:50] ikr, who's going to be hip and enthusiastic to reach to the younger generations? [22:50] who undoubtedly won't use a mac this time around [22:50] zmoylan-pi: i'd bet they ditched firewire when we did [22:51] oh wait we never adopted firewire! 8D [22:51] the first ipod was firewire [22:52] reminds me of selling my PIII to a coursemate and he bought a firewire card, lul [22:52] \o/ [22:52] gotta love idealism [22:52] or maybe that should be optimism [22:57] so with my (killing?) spree coming to fruition tomorrow does that make it xmas already? [22:57] there's nothing like an xmas killing spree [22:58] GOURANGA! [22:58] [22:58] never played it [22:58] wat [22:59] or if I did I didn't know what to do so I just ran over as many pedestrians as possible [22:59] gouranga is the message displayed on-screen when you run over all the Hare Krishna procession folks [23:00] aah [23:00] gotta love killing religious types [23:00] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn7NzBrxYtw [23:00] I suppose they're worth more points because the deity believes in them more [23:00] i can't believe it's only 11pm! early mornings are weird. [23:01] don't you love the perfect right-angled bends? [23:02] it looks like habbo hotel! === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [23:02] ok, I've just lost all credebility now [23:04] :) [23:06] omg it still exists [23:06] and looks exactly the same as it always used to [23:08] second life still exissts too [23:09] zomg [23:09] does habbo use flash? ;) [23:09] it alwasy used to [23:11] i seem to remember going on it with friends in sixth form and blocking someone in a corner [23:12] at sixth form the only chat we found that wasn't blocked by the firewall was freeserve [23:12] oy [23:12] someone got UT'99 running, which i thoroughly schooled the yeargroup at [23:13] I suppose I need to figure out what to wipe off the work laptop in case they want it back [23:14] I've already taken _my_ SSD out and put the hard disk it came with back-in [23:15] that ssd was a samsung evo 1TB jobby I got in last year's black friday \o/ [23:15] juniors don't remember [23:15] http://habbo.wikia.com/wiki/Mobiles_Disco [23:16] diddledan_: :D did what went back in have a horrendously out of date install, due to that? [23:16] I copied the disk across [23:16] partitions** [23:18] oh on giving it back o0 funky [23:19] er i mean ahead of