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Kilosmorning thatgraemeguy inetpro magellanic totimkopf TinuvaMac and others07:17
magellanicmorning Kilos, all07:17
thatgraemeguy'lo07:19
totimkopfgoeie more oom07:37
superflymorning all07:40
superflywoo! a working keyboard!07:40
pieter2627morning all07:43
superflyhi pieter262707:44
pieter2627hi superfly, hope you enjoyed the holiday?07:45
superflypieter2627: i'm still on holiday :)07:46
pieter2627oh, refered to yesterday's public holiday07:46
superflyi know ;-)07:47
* pieter2627 jealous of the early holiday takers :P07:47
pieter2627oh yeah forgot how 'late back' cape town is07:48
superfly*laid back07:48
pieter2627i made a pun (on late)07:48
superflyI normally don't take holidays like this, but I had the leave07:48
superflyah, sorry, went over my head07:49
pieter2627also did not want to figure the correct spelling and thought that might be a good excuse07:49
pieter2627superfly: do you know how (and when) the next meeting will go since we skipped the last one?07:51
superflynope07:52
superflyKilos would know07:52
pieter2627ok will wait for his input then...07:53
magellanicubuntu switched to systemd in 15.04 right? are most people using that or later? any noticable differences (esp in boot time)?08:26
Kilossorry i just came from cell shop09:53
Kilospieter2627 maybe you must talk to inetpro bout that but we could even skip a dec meeting i think09:55
pieter2627Kilos: got it... how are you btw?09:57
Kilosim good ty and you?09:57
pieter2627good ty, love the weather we are having09:57
Kiloswe need rain10:13
Kiloslots and lots of rain10:13
Kilosmaybe year after next10:14
Kiloshi there superfly 10:14
Sxuzai think down here in EL we had some good rain over the past month 10:36
Sxuzaim not sure if its enuff though10:36
Sxuzabut its been pouring 10:36
Sxuzaotherday we had hail storm aswell10:36
pieter2627same here... having rain every few days, and cloudy a lot (the great part :P)10:46
superflyMaaz: tell magellanic I am using both Debian and Kubuntu, which are both on systemd. I haven't noticed any changes, neither positive nor negative.10:48
Maazsuperfly: Righto, I'll tell magellanic on freenode10:48
magellanicok thanks Symmetria superfly :)11:22
magellanicoops, just superfly 11:22
superflymagellanic: you're welcome11:38
superflyKilos: you quiet today14:43
Kilosi just woke up superfly its one of those head days14:43
superflyai14:43
superflyit's probably about time I upgraded my netbook... still on 25.0415:01
superfly*1515:01
superflygee, imagine Ubuntu 25.0415:01
Kiloshaha15:03
Kilosill be too old to use it15:04
superflycontrolling the music on your wife's computer via SSH15:13
superflyI played a trick on the kids :-D15:14
superflyKilos: there's a command line tool called "qdbus" and it can be used to control apps that use DBUS15:16
superflywhich is pretty much the entire KDE system15:16
Kiloswow15:19
superflyjust open konsole and type "dbus"15:20
Kilosok15:20
Kilosit yes so dbus but givews others15:20
superflyit shows you all the programs available via DBUS15:20
Kilosqdbus ibus and gdbus15:21
Kilosoh my im talking a strange language15:21
Kilosit said no dbus but asked if i meant those others15:22
superflyKilos: the command is "qdbus"15:24
superflyKilos: sorry, "dbus" was wrong, my fault15:24
superflyi typoed15:24
Kiloshaha15:24
Kilosthat makes me feel good15:25
Kilostoo much uses it15:25
Kiloswe just had a power cut from a storm thats brewing15:26
superflysjoe15:27
superflytime to power everythign down and hide under your bed?15:27
Kiloshahaha15:28
superflyKilos: here's an example to increase your volume: qdbus org.kde.kmix /kmix/KMixWindow/actions/increase_volume trigger15:33
Kilossjoe15:34
Kilosand it even works15:35
Kilosmoves volume up about 5% everytime15:35
superflyOr, if you're in my position, and there's music blaring from your wife's computer downstairs, but she's upstairs with the baby, you can stop the music with: qdbus org.kde.amarok /Player Stop15:36
Kiloshahahaha15:36
Kilosyou gonna be inna dog box15:36
Kilosor be called to fix the bug in the pc15:37
Kiloshi Sxuza 15:37
Sxuzaola Kilos 15:37
superflyKilos: she knows15:37
superflyok, supper time15:38
Kiloshahaha15:38
superflylater15:38
Kilosenjoy15:38
magespawngood evening17:16
Kilospower returned17:17
magespawnhi Kilos 17:18
Kiloshi magespawn 17:18
Kiloswe had some rain17:18
Kilosits gonna rain17:19
magespawnthats good17:24
LangjanHi Kilos whats news - visa? 17:58
Kiloshi Langjan still no word from them , sigh17:59
magespawnhi Langjan 17:59
Langjanhi magespawn 17:59
Kiloslast time i applied i did the paper route and it took 2 years18:00
LangjanWhen we did our visas we fund a weblink where we enquired about delays and the process was expedited, I'm trying to find it again... 18:11
Langjanhttp://southafrica.embassy.gov.au/pret/immi_contacts.html18:14
LangjanSend an enquiry to immigration.pretoria@dfat.gov.au18:15
Kiloswill do ty Langjan 18:23
magespawnthat is handy to know18:26
LangjanIts now outside the indicated one month time for processing, so go for it, assuming that you applied for a normal visitors visa?18:26
Kilosi have mailed the top one i think and got some mail with lotsa stuff mainly saying stuff about time frames but nothing useful18:26
Kilosya the 600 one18:27
Langjanmagespawn,  you also have connections in Oz? 18:27
LangjanOK Kilos  then they have exceeded their time frame so go for it18:28
Kiloswill do ty very much18:28
Kilosvery stressful this visa nonsense18:28
magespawnno, just useful to have a place to contact 18:28
LangjanIts horrible to sit around waiting and hoping and nothing happens 18:29
Kilosyeah definitely18:30
Kiloswe had 20 mm rain Langjan 18:30
Kilosnow even the weeds can grow18:31
LangjanThats great news, was that today? we are still waiting, had a bit on Tuesday, 11 mm 18:31
Kilosjust now yes18:32
Kilosbig storm and power off for an hour or so18:32
Kilosbefore 7de laan started18:33
LangjanI saw the cloud towards the South was hoping it will reach us. Maybe ask Zuma, he can show Oz PM how to quickly appoint a new, efficient minister 18:33
Kiloshahaha18:34
LangjanLmga18:38
LangjanSorry I did'nt break anything today Kilos  so will have to say 'bye now18:39
Kiloslol ty for the visit my friend, look after yourself18:39
LangjanAm looking for 2x2 gb ddr3 desktop ram if somebody has modules lying around18:40
LangjanTake care Kilos , slaap lekker, droom  van visas wat vinnig loop! 18:40
Kilosdankie oom selle daar18:41
LangjanDankie my vriend18:41
Kilosnight all. sleep tight19:23
magespawngood night all20:38

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