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user136984

5:05 PM

Who is currently using Nathan's script and can see this message?

user136984

I am just trying to track down a bug. Please say if you can see this message and you are using the script.

user136984

Well, there's me, there's Chan-HoSuh, but who is the third person?

Zacharee1

hello

I do see the blank picture

But I think it's Chan's

for me at least

@ParanoidPanda

I see that ghost icon pop up a lot

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda I'm back.

Mateo

@JourneymanGeek so... how do you get internet on it?

Zacharee1

5:18 PM

Noooooooo!

:p

Byte Commander

No ghosts on my end...

Zacharee1

Every so often, do you get a blank user icon for the script?

It'll show up next to other icons

terdon

@Zacharee1 Why in the world would you hie the poster's name? o_O It's on know your meme for pie's sake!

Zacharee1

@terdon I picked whatever Google had first

Byte Commander

I saw that once, but not at the moment.

Zacharee1

5:20 PM

that was the actual image and not some weird collage

terdon

@Zacharee1 ah, fair enough, I thought you'd anonymized it :)

Zacharee1

@terdon I don't care that much

And I posted it in like a minute

terdon

@Zacharee1 Which seems like a much more reasonable position :)

Zacharee1

It would have been tricky to open GIMP itself in less than a minute

user136984

@Zacharee1: No, I don't think it's his because I see his separately too:

user136984

5:24 PM

user136984

But it would be interesting if it was a duplicate of his that didn't have a picture...

user136984

@Nathan: Do you think that's possible?

Zacharee1

@ParanoidPanda I think you see mine

user136984

Your one isn't blank though...

Zacharee1

Refresh and it'll disappear

huh

Weird

I guess it's just some strange bug

user136984

5:26 PM

Nope, not on my end...

Zacharee1

Really?

Mine disappeared. Do you see Chan's icon now? (Under the recent messages)

Hey, @Fabby 's here!

user136984

It's either a bug or someone who's hacked the script or using their own script as the script does not actually perform any validation.

Zacharee1

This doesn't seem terrible

user136984

@Zacharee1: Yeah, I still see both.

Zacharee1

How would you only see it though? Mine disappeared

I don't see Chan's under these messages at all

user136984

5:28 PM

It's a ghost!

Zacharee1

hmm

Nothing new besides @ByteCommander

user136984

@Chan-HoSuh: Are you our ghost?

Zacharee1

;p

Nothing after a force refresh

user136984

And now we have a fox @Bob in here too... :D

Zacharee1

really?

user136984

5:29 PM

Bob, Sydney, Australia

25.5k 8 63 108

Zacharee1

Oh wait

He was here a few days ago, yes

user136984

I thought it was a pair of shoes in its mouth! It's its paws! :D

terdon

Bob's a regular in Root Access, Super User's main room.

Zacharee1

Yay! You know possessive @ParanoidPanda

user136984

@terdon: So who's our ghost then?

Zacharee1

5:30 PM

@ParanoidPanda no idea

I don't see it anymore

user136984

@Zacharee1: Why wouldn't I?

terdon

Ghost?

Zacharee1

A lot of people don't even know that "its" exists. They just put "it's" for both

@terdon if you had @NathanOsman's script you'd know

terdon

I don't.

Zacharee1

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

user136984

5:33 PM

5

A: Missing full stop in privileges area

Since bugs like that are obviously of the highest priority, this will be fixed in the next build (build rev 2015.9.21.3704 on MSE/MSO, 2015.9.21.2834 on sites).

user136984

@Zacharee1: ^^ ;D

xiaodongjie

2

A: Add and remove update channels in an easy terminal way

I analysed the source of Ubuntu Software Center. After analysed it, I wrote following code runs well. #!/usr/bin/python import aptsources.sourceslist from subprocess import Popen, PIPE import errno import os def _lsb_release(): """Call lsb_release --idrc and return a mapping.""" resu...

Hi everybody. It got just 2 upvotes, i think that my answer is very good. Please teach me if i'm wrong.

Mine is so late time. tomorrow.

user136984

@Nathan: Are there any Easter Eggs in the script by the way? Maybe you could program a real ghost into it! :D

Zacharee1

@xiaodongjie if you got two upvotes, it must be pretty good. ;)

@ParanoidPanda like people looking like they're typing when they're not (@KGIII), or blank pictures (both of us)?

xiaodongjie

@Zacharee1 yes, maybe,

user136984

5:38 PM

Ok, a fake ghost, we already have the real one! ;D

user136984

@Zacharee1: I don't know, just something creepy... :D

Zacharee1

:|

|||||||||||

|:

KGIII

LOL I'm not typing. In fact, I'm leaving in like 20 minutes to do that holiday thing. :/

I just heard this go "donk" so I looked. :D

Zacharee1

¨_¨

:P

user136984

Like maybe a new picture appearing which is of a ghost or something, having it say something which then disappears, and then have it float away, you know, something weird like that! :D

Zacharee1

5:40 PM

@ParanoidPanda I don't think the userscript has the capability of writing messages. We'd need @GeorgeTheDev

user136984

:D

user136984

Well, perhaps it could, but messages that are not really there and only users of the script can see, or only some users of the script can see... >:P

Zacharee1

O_o : askubuntu.com/questions/702875/…

gtg

user136984

@Zacharee1: The guy's probably seen a film about hackers who have a cool looking Terminal and now he wants it but doesn't want the technical stuff, just the pretty look... :P

user136984

Bye! :)

terdon

5:47 PM

Wow, who was closing that as off topic? It's a classic "unclear what you're asking".

We have no idea if it is on topic or not.

user136984

@terdon: I don't know, I certainly didn't VTC it as off-topic.

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda Whenever you post a message containing the word "Windows", a penguin could walk in and give it a good smashing with a rainbow trout! :-D

@terdon I voted as unclear.

kos

Someone is serial-upvoting me.

Byte Commander

> "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – Florian Diesch, muru, Paranoid Panda

@kos There are worse things than that, I suppose! ;-)

kos

I guess so. Hopefully they really reviewed my posts.

user136984

5:58 PM

@A.B.: Do you have any idea about this strange problem of mine by the way? :)

kos

@Zacharee1 Lol

Fabby

@Zacharee1 Most of the time lurking in the shadows...

(And sound is turned off, so if I'm AFK, I don't see the pings until I drop down here)

Byte Commander

<-- this wolf leaves now for today and crawls back into his den.

Bye folks!

user136984

@ByteCommander: Bye! :)

user136984

Uhm, could someone please explain what the hell this is about? Seriously, I was just DDGing the definition to make sure that I hadn't accidentally written "Knitting" instead of "Knighting" and it seems that the latter has changed its meaning and I am now very confused, could someone explain? Has it stopped being something noble and majestic, and become something obscene?

user136984

6:12 PM

And should I stop using the term if it has changed its meaning to this new vulgar meaning?

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda That was probably written by someone like me: I can take a kid's fairy tale and make it vulgar (or sarcastic or a horror story or...)

;-)

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: is there any alternative(offline) to MS Powerpoint?

i tried to install MS Office 2010 using but it giving so many errors.. what should i do then ? is there any way to use ms powerpoint or is there any alternative(without libre impress)?

feature-request

Fabby

It still means what it means to 99.9% of the population (meaning: the non-vulgar one)

user136984

@Fabby: Phew... :D

user136984

I'm still horrified about the existence of the other meaning though...

Zacharee1

6:18 PM

@ParanoidPanda literally every word, even some that aren't English, gets turned into something weird by people in the US or UK

The mobile version of chat leaves a lot to be desired. I wonder why it hasn't been integrated into the app yet

Lol

meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14737/…

(The on up there)

Mateo

@AskUbuntuMeta oh... hrm same person that was pirating office...

Zacharee1

What? @Mateo

Mateo

look at his only question on the main site

office online web apps work perfectly fine... and Google docs I don't see any reason to even install those anymore really...

Zacharee1

Google is completely free. Office free is pretty limited.

Mateo

I haven't seen anything I would miss...

Zacharee1

6:29 PM

Different people need different things.

Mateo

made a nice PowerPoint on it once no problem - emailed a link to the template right in there to a client - even easier

Zacharee1

Huh

Idk

Mateo

cloud save means it is accessible to anything no install

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: Question editing

Recently I found my question edited,problem is name of the editor is also not given.Secondly the answer is also given in that edit.Can someone please help me to get out of this problem.

discussion

Zacharee1

Gtg again

user136984

6:37 PM

@Zacharee1: Bye! :)

Nathan Osman

@ParanoidPanda Not really, no.

@ParanoidPanda Yes, I'm working on it right now.

@ParanoidPanda What's possible?

@ParanoidPanda No, there aren't any.

GeoMint

@NathanOsman you connect html to the GO code via apps.js ?

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: Getting out of ban

In the help center it is given that I will get out of ban when my positive contribution will outweigh my those questions which were poorly received.Can someone tell me how much positive reputation I have to gain to get out of ban.

discussion

Nathan Osman

6:53 PM

@GeoMint Sort of - the app is using Ember.

The AJAX code communicates with the Go server in that file.

kos

I guess we could let rtl8192cu leave us forever without anyone missing him, right?

cl-netbox

goodbye - see you tomorrow :)

user136984

@Nathan: Is it possible that the ghost icon is a duplicate of another user's icon, so basically, could it be that there is a user on this site two icons, one without one, but the other as the proper one as it seems to be following certain users around?

user136984

@cl-netbox: Bye! :)

kos

Bye @cl-netbox o/

cl-netbox

7:07 PM

@ParanoidPanda bye :)

@kos bye :)

user136984

> Hanno Boeck discovered that the dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain
old style Debian binary packages. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into unpacking a specially crafted binary package, a remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

kos

(I'll extend my question above to all the [tag:rtl*] tags, they seems to be a bit narrow but I'm not sure.)

user136984

dpkg (1.18.2ubuntu5.1) wily-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: multiple security issues
    - dpkg-deb/extract.c: Fix off-by-one write access on ctrllenbuf
      variable. (CVE-2015-0860)
    - lib/dpkg/ar.c: Fix an off-by-one read access in ar member name
      variable.
    - Thanks to Guillem Jover and Hanno Böck for the patches!

 -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 26 Nov 2015 08:00:10 -0500

user136984

What do you guys think of my answer by the way? :)

muru

Banned on main site, now on the way to a ban on meta

-1

Q: Want to ask a question on ask ubuntu

I am really in trouble I want to post a question on ask Ubuntu .But I have banned please help me .It's really important for me.

support

user136984

7:14 PM

@muru: Oh, I was hoping it was you who had been banned! >:P

Ask Ubuntu Meta

-1

Q: Want to ask a question on ask ubuntu

I am really in trouble I want to post a question on ask Ubuntu .But I have banned please help me .It's really important for me.

support

0

Q: Down voting of question

I recently asked a question which is simple as well as clear can someone suggest me why it is down voted.

discussion

muru

I'm kinda expecting one soon. :P

Mateo

lol...

kos

Will they keep posting questions about the previous question?

user136984

@kos: Yes

user136984

7:17 PM

>:P

kos

I suspected it, there were strong clues.

Nathan Osman

Hrm... no water is coming out of any faucets.

user136984

@Nathan: What?

user136984

Where?

Nathan Osman

If I turn on the tap, no water comes out.

Perhaps there was a drop in water pressure or something.

user136984

7:27 PM

@Nathan: That doesn't sound good...

user136984

@Nathan: Do you think that there is any way to convince my computer that the current year is 2558?

Nathan Osman

Not if it's using Unix timestamps.

Those can't go beyond about 2032.

user136984

@Nathan: So what are we going to do when we get past that year?

Rahul Raj

@muru,I really need your help

Nathan Osman

@ParanoidPanda I think we might be using 64-bit timestamps now. Not sure though.

user136984

7:31 PM

Could you find out and be more sure?

Nathan Osman

Why not ask a question? Something like "What does Linux use for storing the current time and what are the ranges of dates that can be stored?"

Might need to ask on U&L.

user136984

@Nathan: Would that just be ok as the question or should I give more information as I don't really know enough about the subject?

Nathan Osman

Hang on...

This question at least addresses the problem:

26

Q: Year 2038 problem

What is the likelihood of the Year 2038 issue being very problematic?

date

user136984

@Nathan: Right, so is there no way for me to change the year to 2558?

Nathan Osman

No idea.

That's the question you should ask, I guess.

kos

7:45 PM

Apparently it will be Sunday...

Chan-Ho Suh

@ParanoidPanda boo

kos

% sudo date 112620442558.00
date: cannot set date: Invalid argument
dom 26 nov 2558, 20.44.00, CET

user136984

@Chan-HoSuh: No, I don't think you are the ghost, or at least, it is not in you at the moment... :P

user136984

@Nathan: Ok, I've posted the question‌. :)

Nathan Osman

The question is asked well, but it may get migrated to U&L simply because it's likely not an Ubuntu-specific problem.

But we'll see what happens.

user136984

7:50 PM

Ok :)

user136984

Going to dinner now! :)

user136984

Should be back later though...

Chan-Ho Suh

@ParanoidPanda there's a pretty good article on unix time on Wikipedia

kos

Come on:

-1

Q: Unity launcher disappeared

I was going through this question where I installed and used Unity tweak tool.In which I changed settings of"window snapping" and "hotcorners"but when I restored defaults,the Unity launcher disappeared .I am working on Ubuntu 15.10.Please help me I have banned on main ask Ubuntu site,that's why I...

discussion help

Chan-Ho Suh

8:07 PM

it's funny how even technical people don't really understand the whole unix time thing... was in a meeting with a high-level CTO that complained tech guys were telling him they couldn't handle some data and were putting in the value Jan 1. 1970 as a default.

So the CTO guy basically said, why do you put in some stupid year like that as a default, and why can't you just filter out those dates? He apparently didn't understand you can't pick like 1 AD as a starting point for time, and that it's not as if those guys were purposefully putting in those dates (I expect the issue was missing or null values messing up their data feeds)

user136984

@kos: Yep, he's just going to carry on posting all of his questions on the Meta site... He was even in here asking @muru for help earlier... :D

user136984

How long will it take for the guy to just get a ban on everything (main and meta)? Because this is getting really annoying... Maybe I'll post on meta about it! :D

kos

I saw. If they post another one for sure they'll get a ban on Meta as well.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

-2

Q: Unity launcher disappeared

I was going through this question where I installed and used Unity tweak tool.In which I changed settings of"window snapping" and "hotcorners"but when I restored defaults,the Unity launcher disappeared .I am working on Ubuntu 15.10.Please help me I have banned on main ask Ubuntu site,that's why I...

discussion help

user136984

@kos: Has he just posted it again?!

kos

8:14 PM

No, it's the same I posted earlier.

user136984

@kos: Phew... :D

user136984

That would have been a bit too much otherwise...

Nathan Osman

Oh Twitter...

Please, no. Just. No.

user136984

@Nathan: I don't know what half of those are, but, you seriously listen to those???

Nathan Osman

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

user136984

8:17 PM

:D

Nathan Osman

I'm posting that image to show my complete disdain for those similar searches.

Chan-Ho Suh

nothing wrong with people enjoying whatever

like Paranoid, I don't know what that stuff is. I only know Justin Bieber :p

Nathan Osman

The rest aren't any better :P

kos

Personally I'm missing 5sos and zayn

Chan-Ho Suh

@NathanOsman, "related searches" eh

user136984

8:19 PM

I prefer BABYMETAL! :D

Nathan Osman

If those are the best things we can be thankful for...

user136984

@Nathan: So, what were you searching for?

user136984

:D

Nathan Osman

#imthankfulfor

Chan-Ho Suh

that's what we want to know

Nathan Osman

8:20 PM

I was looking at the tweets with that hashtag.

kos

Sure. :D

Chan-Ho Suh

btw, what is a good python module for twitter?

user136984

@Nathan: I'm sure you weren't searching for similar music, just a different similar search... :P

Nathan Osman

@Chan-HoSuh One sec...

@Chan-HoSuh pypi.python.org/pypi/twitter

I recommend that one ---^

user136984

You were so quick you didn't read your own message! :D

user136984

8:23 PM

Nathan Osman

I try to be fast.

user136984

Is that you just being really quick, or a bug?

Nathan Osman

No, just latency probably.

Chan-Ho Suh

@NathanOsman thanks

Nathan Osman

The message got to you before the message that I read the message did.

GeoMint

8:39 PM

@NathanOsman ohh ok

Guys, one friend has this graphics card: e-shop.gr/…

if i go for linux gaming it will be good?

he may sell it to me for $50

Anthony

Hey all- my laptop makes clicking noises, but it's new so I don't know if it's a problem with Ubuntu or the computer.

GeoMint

[EDIT]: i maybe putted the wrong link. e-shop.gr/…

user136984

@Anthony: "...clicking noises..."?

blade19899

> "Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, proudly announces the release of “0 A.D. Alpha 19 Syllepsis”, the nineteenth alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient warfare. This alpha features building and siege engine capture, a new pathfinder, visual replay and more!" - New Release: 0 A.D. Alpha 19 Syllepsis

GeoMint

WOW

@blade19899 thanks

blade19899

8:46 PM

@GeoMint No Problem!

Anthony

@ParanoidPanda sorry I was trying to think of a better way to expand on it

Is there a way I can upload a video to this chat room?

blade19899

New features:

> New Pathfinder, Capturing, XML validation, Visual Replay, Ceasefire, Map Height.

Anthony

I guess not. Anyway the noise appears to be coming from the hard drive, but I don't know what is causing it.

GeoMint

@blade19899 i have the alpha18 version

blade19899

@GeoMint Did you install it via ppa?

Anthony

8:47 PM

It's my second computer of the same model, Thinkpad T440p, and I just don't now... I tried turning off everything that was accessing the harddrive, including logging, and it still amde noise. I just don't know what to do.

blade19899

@GeoMint See, this Answer

GeoMint

@blade19899 no, in windows 8.1. But i will try the 0AD_19 at my Xubuntu laptop

blade19899

@GeoMint Ow, yeah in Windows you have to install it manually.

GeoMint

its ok :P

@blade19899 btw if my friend gives me the graphics card i will need a new monitor :P

cause VGA and DVI

Chan-Ho Suh

huh, dug up an old fortune db file ... seem to be a preponderance of Homer Simpson quotes

Apu: Friends do not betray friends.
Homer: Friends are the only people you CAN betray!
%

user136984

8:51 PM

@Anthony: You could get the video to us creatively.

user136984

Such as converting it to binary and then pasting it in a pastebin. ;)

Nathan Osman

@NathanOsman Yes, I am aware of that. If I had any actual incentive to improve this answer, I would do so, but as it is, there are simply better things for me to spend my time on. You'll note that this is an answer to my own question from several months ago which received almost no attention in the first place, so it's not like anyone will see and/or upvote it anyway. — Elogent 19 mins ago

Somebody doesn't get it.

Chan-Ho Suh

It's not unreasonable

Nathan Osman

GET localhost:8000/css/particles.min.css net::ERR_INSECURE_RESPONSE

How is that an insecure response?

I miss helpful error messages...

Mateo

9:10 PM

ok, getting rid of brasero is a good thing for 16.04, because it never seems to work when i use it ever - I just end up install ing k3b or xfburn

thought I might just try it again, and it crashed and ruined a disk

let's install qnx on this thing!

GeoMint

@Mateo emm qnx.com/products/neutrino-rtos/index.html you will install QNX on your pc?

Mateo

having fun with a pos (point of sale) but it is turning out to be the other definition of pos

had touchscreen drivers for 9.04, but couldn't even get them going on that version ;)

worked great on 15.10 otherwise

may make it into a "picture viewer"

GeoMint

9:26 PM

i am confused :P

QNX is an os?

Mateo

mcmelectronics.com/product/58-17505

a realtime os for embeded stuff

GeoMint

ok

you remind me a guy with youtube videos, i think he was named XWORKS and he installed an screen with operating system on his car

i will send you a link in a sec

Mateo

kindof neat if only the touchscreen would work: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25703685#25703685

and I don't think I'm going to spend as much money for a win licence as it costs

I might install xp just to see if the drivers there actually work though...

GeoMint

ok :)

i still have a computer with touchscreen from olympus printing ciosk :P

@Mateo i found him :D youtube.com/watch?v=boI_UXyHUkw

Nathan Osman

9:49 PM

@NathanOsman Ah, downvotes. Saw that coming. I find it a bit hard to see how the question "is unclear or not useful" or, indeed, how "this answer is not useful", though. Care to explain? — Elogent 37 mins ago

Le sigh.

And I didn't even downvote.

Mateo

hrm, would have been fun, but they have quite a complicated key system, they say non for profit and hobisists can get keys but it is a very long form...

so this is why all those old kiosks are still running xp...

GeoMint

indeed. it ran win XP. i can try open it the next days

i think it has a pentium 4 cpu

Mateo

if it wasn't for the obscure touch screen it would be a perfect ubuntu box

GeoMint

:D

but it is a bit heavy to move

i can take a pic if you want

Mateo

cool

this one is a atom - with 1gb ram, sata drive, speakers, gigabit ethernet, fanless,

really nice frame

Chan-Ho Suh

10:00 PM

@NathanOsman I don't really get why someone that doesn't really care about fixing up answers or questions would care to engage in discussion about downvotes, but that's just me

Mateo

lol, that q/a from eariler?

Chan-Ho Suh

yeah, I get the no time thing

but then you kind of undo that if you start debating why people are downvoting

Mateo

if he can't maintain, or try out answers to his own question, that fits in the "unclear/not useful" category for me.

GeoMint

@Mateo this was it : damati.com.ua/product/…

Mateo

oh, fun

that might make a neat project

even if you revamp it into a arcade cabnet or something, you have enough room to put whatever you want in there

GeoMint

10:06 PM

for now i have only the screen

+ card reader + cdrom on it

Mateo

ah, the top bit?

GeoMint

the stant might be on my fathers PhotoShop

yeah

you think that it be ok to run ubuntu?

Mateo

maybe, you said a p4 right?

if it has a graphics problem go with Ubuntu Mate

GeoMint

you think touchscreen will work?

Mateo

the only problem machines I found were centrino/m processors with the pxe flag problem

@GeoMint maybe maybe not, I had luck with a diffrent usb touch screen before this one

GeoMint

10:10 PM

i have it from 2004 or 2007

Mateo

wiki.ubuntu.com/Touchscreen

I'm still not sure the touch screen on this didn't come dead...

going to try xp with those drivers provided to find out

GeoMint

i think it still have Windows XP with Olympus program

the problem was, that they stopped selling photo-paper

Mateo

ah, was it a special type, like zink?

Fabby

I need some extra sleep!

GeoMint

it was a thermal printer i think

user136984

10:15 PM

Goodnight folks! :)

GeoMint

@ParanoidPanda night

@Mateo i don't know how to call it. its not a paper, its photo.

Mateo

olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_pressDetails.asp?pressNo=429

so, yeah. maybe another photo-paper might work? or might not...

@GeoMint oh, then it probally wouldn't work with anything else...

GeoMint

yeah

old hardware support maybe

Serg

o/

GeoMint

\o

Mateo

10:24 PM

hi

Serg

A.B.'s bounty question drives me nuts

Mateo

so, If i get something going on this with the touch screen, I'll lock that into a full-screen browser or something, and 3d-doodle most of the ports over

GeoMint

@Mateo i would like it more being more "family-calendar" style

Nathan Osman

@ParanoidPanda Woo! It works! I have a local copy of the script working in multiple rooms!

I just need to fix up some stuff and clean things up a bit.

GeoMint

like everyone writes where he is and a list what to do

Nathan Osman

10:35 PM

The feature will show up within the next couple of days hopefully.

Mateo

well, the main purpose is for a room scedule at the church - will have who is using the building displayed - with foward/back buttons for days