Ask Ubuntu General Room

8:00 PM

I like the fresh air and to be about and to have snacks and drinks on the way down and the après-ski, but the skiing itself is pretty boring!

Serg

OK . . . I guess I haven't miss much have I ?

Fabby

Nah.

I did it for 6 years and then once again because someone asked me

first year: you just want to be able to stand up

2nd year: you want to do the red slopes

3rd year: black

4th year: you want to be in the first group

5th year: most of the time you're in group 1

6th year: always the first one down in the valley waiting for the slowies to catch up...

(My weight has a lot to do with my speed: I'm a rock) @Serg

:D

Serg

I used to skateboard when I was in my teens and living in the hometown, so I probably would feel more or less comfortable on the snowboard. But I'm not athletic type , way to skinny, no muscle, no balance

Fabby

@Serg How tall are you and how much do you weigh?

Serg

about 183 cm and 70kg . . . In the US units that's 5 feet 11 inches and about 155 lb

Fabby

8:09 PM

I'm 181 but have got a 3-digit weight...

user136984

I've got a slight problem... I started writing an answer, I put lots of work into it, but I got stuck for the second half, and I feel like I've just stolen someone else's entire answer for another question (to fill the second half of my answer)... And though I have added the credit at the bottom, I'm starting to feel really bad, but I wanted to post the answer because I put lots of work into the first half (and actually a lot to find the second half)... Should I delete the answer or is it ok?

user136984

This is the answer.

Serg

To say quite frankly, I'd like to gain more mass. I'm way too skinny and most of my clothes seems too big for me . . .

For the most part it's because i have lost a lot of weight due to smoking and problem with teeth ( in 2014 I've spend pretty much all year in dentist's chair )

user136984

I'm not actually too sure that the second half of my answer is so necessary though...

Jacob Vlijm

@serg the dentist? Then you must be poor as well...

Fabby

8:15 PM

@ParanoidPanda delete it and I'll upvote 3 other answers of you and everyone in the chat room!

Serg

@JacobVlijm yup, if it wasn't for my mom, I'd probably go insane from pain already . . . or took pliers and pretended I'm a dentist and pulled half my teeth :D

@ParanoidPanda reading the answer

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda I've voted to close as a dupe on top of your close vote anyway...

user136984

@Fabby: Ok, well I deleted it...

Fabby

Rain dance!

user136984

I just didn't find the duplicate one at first, I only found it once I got to writing about the systemd method... And then I sort of stole muru's answer and started feeling really bad about that... :D

user136984

8:20 PM

Even if you guys didn't reply, I would have probably deleted it anyway... I just wanted to ask for your opinions. :)

Zacharee1

Anyone know if there's a simple way to hide elements inside an iFrame?

user136984

@Fabby: Thanks for the upvotes by the way! :)

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda I lost count...

Done dancing! Let's just close some shit: on to the review queue!

user136984

@Fabby: I think there were only 2 as I only got +20 rep.

user136984

But I don't mind! :D

Fabby

8:22 PM

you should have had +30 or +40...

Zacharee1

I'll take the rest :)

user136984

@Fabby: Ah, it just hadn't come through! :)

Fabby

@Zacharee1 Ah! You should have spoken up sooner!

I didn't know you were around! :P

Now I'm doing reviewing!

(Only 5 votes left and I need those for the review queue)

Zacharee1

I was kidding :p

Although I need 1.1 +10 votes to make tag synonyms :p

Why are iFrames so slow?

Fabby

@Zacharee1 1.1E10?

or one +10 vote?

Serg

8:27 PM

@Zacharee1 incoming

Zacharee1

1 +10 vote and another +1 rep :p

@Serg Thanks :D

Serg

Now you should be feeling 3 goats better :)

Zacharee1

:)

Fabby

@Serg Is 3 votes the max for not having serial reversal???

Zacharee1

@Fabby We don't know

But 3 is safe

Fabby

8:28 PM

@Zacharee1 ah...

good to know...

Zacharee1

4 might be, but I wouldn't risk it

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: udev creates the right rules, but rights disappear as soon as I try to access files via C++

I'm facing a really strange problem using udev. As I already explained here I'm trying to access some folders/files as a no root user Here are my udev rules for the gpio folder: KERNEL=="gpio*", SUBSYSTEM=="gpio", ACTION=="add", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'chown -R dave:users /sys/class/gpio; chmod -R ...

Zacharee1

Does anyone know anything about web design (or at least know what looks good [even opinions])?

Fabby

@Zacharee1 I've got pretty good taste

(Confirmed by a bunch of girls, though I don't like orange nor purple)

Zacharee1

Can you take a look here and see what you think?

@Fabby :p

Fabby

8:31 PM

So 1980s!!!

Zacharee1

wat

Fabby

erm, let me look up what web sites used to look like in the 1980s...

Here's an example: milliondollarhomepage.com

Zacharee1

ok..

Serg

@Zacharee1 the cursor icon looks somewhat large , so that might not be the best design choice . . . although good for people with poor vision . . .

Fabby

The blue is good, but the 0000FF green is a throwback to the 80's

Zacharee1

8:33 PM

@Fabby ahh

Fabby

use another colour,

Zacharee1

@Fabby I'm not good with #xxx coloring. what would be better?

Fabby

add a <br> after "with."

Zacharee1

@Serg Hmm. Funny thing: I already resized them :p

@Fabby It's half built with Weebly. I'll see what I can do

there

Serg

@Zacharee1 overall, the site is OK . . .maybe looks a little too dark . . . Look at teamtreehouse.com and linode.com for design ideas . . .it's pretty much the modern style that is used all over the place

Zacharee1

8:35 PM

@Serg ARGH! THE MATERIAL! :p

Do you think I should copy the color scheme somewhat?

I have to remember how I themed this thing

Fabby

@Zacharee1 don't undercharge: 10$ for the first hour, 5$ for the second one

Zacharee1

@Fabby hmm. I'll change it. I actually needed advice on that :)

Should I change/remove the transparency on the background?

What about the gradient thing?

Serg

I'm gonna go smoke, or i'm gonna strangle someone . . ..

Zacharee1

I vote latter :p

user136984

@Serg: Yeah, @Zacharee1 wants you to strangle him! :P

Zacharee1

8:45 PM

@ParanoidPanda *********SIGH*********

Well.... I wouldn't have to do my homework...

user136984

:D

Zacharee1

So, should the website body have any transparency at all?

@Serg @Fabby ignoring the hover color, how is it now? I know the body background should probably be changed

Nathan Osman

o/

I'm going to arrange a 0 A.D. game tomorrow afternoon.

Anyone interested?

Afternoon == 2pm PST (5pm EST)

But I can probably adjust it if necessary.

Lemme throw something on meta.AU.

user136984

@NathanOsman: I'm not sure if the AU Meta site is the right place for that sort of announcement...

Nathan Osman

It was last time.

user136984

8:56 PM

Anyway, cute fat things coming up! :D

user136984

Nathan Osman

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Q: Anyone interested in a regularly scheduled, multiplayer game of 0 A.D.?

First Game Scheduled for Oct. 13, 2013 at 5PM EDT [click to view in other timezones] I am pleased to announce that we will be having our first game this weekend. The game will start at the time scheduled above, so be sure to show up early to make sure you get to play. We will be...

discussion community fun

user136984

@Nathan: Ok, well that signifies that there is something severely wrong with AU... Because the Meta site is for discussion etc about the AU site, and not about social activities that have nothing to do with it.

Nathan Osman

No.

user136984

8:59 PM

How is what you are putting there on-topic?

Nathan Osman

It's been used for other things that generally apply to the community.

It's kind of like a rallying point.

user136984

@Nathan: Well, then that should be defined in the help section, until then it is off-topic.

Nathan Osman

Gaming.SE does a similar thing.

user136984

Meta Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users discuss the workings and policies of Ask Ubuntu rather than discussing Ubuntu itself. It is separated from the main Q&A to reduce noise there while providing a legitimate space for people to ask how and why this site works the way it does. Meta is for...

    ...Ask Ubuntu users to communicate with each other about Ask Ubuntu (asking questions about how the websites work, or about policies and community decisions)
    ...Ask Ubuntu users to communicate with Stack Overflow the company (posting bugs, suggesting improvements, or proposing new…

user136984

Source

user136984

9:02 PM

@Nathan: I don't see how your post is covered in that.

Zacharee1

The last element here isn't affected for some reason:

#active a:hover,
#commentUserInfo:hover,
.columnlist-blog a:hover,
.blog-link:hover,
#navigation a:hover {
  color:#2E7D32;
  text-decoration:none;
}

Serg

Going to college has probably been worst decision I've done with my life

Zacharee1

:( why?

?

Serg

I';; be back later guys, sorry

Rinzwind

Personal things should be avoided in chat ;-)

Fabby

9:17 PM

@Zacharee1 Sorry, was gone for a moment...

Looking now

Is the green in the middle the same green as the other one?

If not adapt and it'll look much better!

Zacharee1

Right now I'm actually changing the colors again :p

Fabby

on home page: change " I should " to " I will "

Zacharee1

OK

I found a site that gives me material color sets

Requist

Is there a moderator which can see why my answer http://askubuntu.com/questions/697842/where-is-the-smb-mount-point-in-15-10-of-shares-mounted-via-the-file-manager/716073#716073 was deleted? Or do I have to check with the moderator who deleted it?
If it is no good, no problem but I ATM I have no clue why that would be; I do not see any flags , reasons or comments.

Fabby

@NathanOsman A bit late for me... Ask me again if you need another player... (just know that I'm crap anyway)

Rinzwind

9:21 PM

@Requist it was @Mitch so he has been pm' d now ;)

Requist

@Rinzwind Thx :)

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda Relax and enjoy... :P ;-)

Zacharee1

@Fabby ignoring link hover, text color and link color, how does the basic scheme look now?

Fabby

One word:

Wow!

Rinzwind

@Fabby that is 3 words :=)

and 1 exlamation mark :D

Zacharee1

9:23 PM

Is that good?

Rinzwind

+c

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind ◔_◔

Rinzwind

@Zacharee1 world of warcraft is 3 words >:)

Zacharee1

sigh

Rinzwind

lol

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Q: Ubuntu ruined everything

So here is the story: One day I decide I'm getting bored of the normal, plain, boring Windows 7. So, I install Ubuntu. Everything is great at first, for about 3 days. after the third day, of doing mostly surfing the web, I decide, Hey, I'm gonna play some games on Steam. After a post or two over ...

boot steam bios

RANT! >:-D

Fabby

9:25 PM

Definitely 21st century instead of 1980 @Zacharee1

Zacharee1

lol

Good

I'm working on text now

Fabby

@Rinzwind Voted to close as "unclear what you're asking"...

Jacob Vlijm

@Rinzwind yuck, another "they are doing me wrong" post

Fabby

@Zacharee1 I will be able to help...

Rinzwind

@Fabby NO NO NO it is off topic

he wants to install w7 >:)

Zacharee1

9:28 PM

ok

Fabby

My mother always told me: "When you really want, you can do anything!

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind But are you sure?

Rinzwind

@Zacharee1 yes :=)

" I only want to do one thing. INSTALL WINDOWS 7. "

Fabby

@Rinzwind I'm pretty sure, not 100% sure, but leaving the vote in there otherwise I can't vote any more...

blade19899

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Fabby

9:29 PM

@blade19899 You OK???

blade19899

lol

Jacob Vlijm

Oh dear, I did the unclear choice. Actually it is unclear too😯

Rinzwind

lol

blade19899

@Fabby Yeah, just really frustrated right about now

Zacharee1

I think I broke Weebly o.O

Although, I guess it isn't hard to do :p

Fabby

9:30 PM

@JacobVlijm It is! It just look like he wants Windows 7 back, but I'm unsure! :D

Rinzwind

@blade19899 heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey :=)

blade19899

I made a CentOS(minimal) server in virtualbox, now, via my host laptop, trying to connec to it.

Fabby

This is starting to look more and more like the Dutch happy hour! :D :D :D

Zacharee1

This is how you apply one thing to multiple elements, right?

.el1,
.el2 {
  stuff;
}

Rinzwind

@Fabby Veenstra lost :(

blade19899

9:31 PM

Meaning, typ in ip adres of CentOS from virtualbox, in my web browser, and see apache web page.

Tried Virtualbox port forwarding, butm nothing worksdfsd

f asdsdf

Fabby

@Rinzwind Football?

blade19899

sdf

dhkmagds

Rinzwind

@Fabby darts ;-) girls lost the voleyball final :(

ajax won >:)

Fabby

Poor Blade: he's lost it completely:

2

He's banging his head on the keyboard!

blade19899

@Fabby Ow, I'm banging something alright

Zacharee1

9:32 PM

@Fabby Trying to right a Twilight sequel

Rinzwind

yeah that is what you get for wanting to use centOS :=)

Fabby

@Rinzwind I have to support one CentOS server!

blade19899

Can someone put me out of my misery, and just tell me how to get this to work ;(

Jacob Vlijm

@Fabby maybe switch to Dutch :)

Fabby

I asked them why they chose that when they could have had Ubuntu for the same price and the answer was "because it was first on the list!"

Rinzwind

9:33 PM

hey we got some at work >:) does not mean I support it though :-P
we even got a client user SCO Open Server :-X

Fabby

@Rinzwind :O

SCO??? Does that still exist?

Rinzwind

yups/

Fabby

I haven't touched one of those in 15 years!

@JacobVlijm Or worse: phonetic so the others can't use google translate!

Rinzwind

funny thing... that client bough a new system 2 months ago and can not get our software installed on it (they decided to do it them self) since we gave up on SCO 10 years ago or so. And they asked my boss to help and he said .... heck you paid 9k for SCO .... Ubuntu would have been free of charge plus we support it for our software >:-D

Fabby

:D

Good boss!

Did he offer to replace SCO by Ubuntu?

Rinzwind

9:36 PM

and now they have to pay full price for us to -convert- their software from sco to linux O

Fabby

OTOH: I was once forced to change a dual RHEL firewall by a single MS Proxy server because MS was "certified"

Rinzwind

yeah well thing is... they use Open Basic with SCO, and that is free. Using Thoroughbred Basic on Ubuntu is expensive if you need more then 32 users.

blade19899

So, no one is gonna put me out of my misery ;(

Fabby

@Rinzwind and OpenBasic doesn't run on Ubuntu???

Rinzwind

I can't

Fabby

9:38 PM

No source available?

@blade19899 Want me to come and shoot you in the head twice and put the gun in your left hand???

;-)

blade19899

@Fabby I would very much like that.

Rinzwind

nope. It is a Unix basic :) There are alternatives and clones but we do not support them ;-)
Thing is there ... we are ditching it for cloud software with mysql/perl/python on the server so we never bothered with a replacemnt

Fabby

@blade19899 Stop banging the keyboard, walk away from the computer and do something physical that is pleasant... ;-)

Rinzwind

@blade19899 I would if I could :)

Fabby

@Rinzwind Ah! Mmmh...

I see now.

blade19899

9:40 PM

@Rinzwind I went from 6 days to the gym, to 3 day gym. Perhaps, not the best idea.

Doing 1000 push ups... be back in a sec......

Zacharee1

@Fabby new revision. Still working on body text

Fabby

@blade19899 You're in the Netherlands: go buy a reefer!

@Zacharee1 looking....

Rinzwind

@Fabby my boss also offered our new cloud software :-D He did not want to offer them Ubuntu with the old software :=D

blade19899

@Fabby never have, and I think never will.

Fabby

@blade19899 Did you ever drink alcohol?

@Zacharee1 Make the grey 10% darker.

Zacharee1

9:42 PM

@Fabby which gray?

Fabby

Old people like me can't read that shit!

Text

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Warn in case of new questions with tags of outdated Ubuntu versions

I have asked this question yesterday, which was for Ubuntu 10.04. I wasn't aware that it is not allowed to ask questions for outdated Ubuntu versions. As you can see, I have tagged the question as 10.04, so the system could have identified my misbehavior in advance and inform me that it is not a...

feature-request tags closed-questions

blade19899

@Fabby Nope.

Fabby

@blade19899 Ah!

blade19899

Tried it. Tasted like seasoned P**S

Zacharee1

9:43 PM

@Fabby you mean on every page but Home?

I'm darkening that

Fabby

Well, stay on my first proposal then:

@blade19899 leave the computer and go take care of the GF!

@Zacharee1 keep all of them the same!

Zacharee1

@Fabby I am

@Fabby I have to fix the rest of the site, which is what I'm doing now

Fabby

@Zacharee1 2 fonts, 2 colours for background, 1 colour for titles, one colour for text!

KISS: Keep It Simply Stupid!

:P

blade19899

@Fabby I doubt having a GF would fix my problems. They usually give me headaches, so I don't really put much effort in them xD

Zacharee1

@Fabby I'm using a palette

Fabby

9:45 PM

@Zacharee1 Don't: KISS!!!

Zacharee1

@Fabby There are 8 colors total. I'm using about 6

Fabby

@blade19899 You're definitely doing it wrong then!

(Let me look up the cartoon)

blade19899

last one was a couple of weeeks ago, talked for an hour or two

She was the pretty type, and wanted men to wait on her hand and foot.

I ignored her after those hours. Dont have the patienced for that

@Fabby I know I am xD

Fabby

@blade19899 yes... I agree: not a keeper.

Girls who act difficult are

Let me give you a tip for girls:

Difficult shoes, difficult girl! Easy shoes, easy girl!

So don't take the high-heeled ones but the ones wearing combats...

>:-)

blade19899

@Fabby Good to know xD

Zacharee1

9:50 PM

@Fabby I think I'm pretty much done with the change except for links and that stupid homepage sidebar

Jacob Vlijm

Bye people, I can't handle the excitement of the current discussion :) need to zliep. See you later...

Fabby

@JacobVlijm Goeie nacht!

@Zacharee1 lemme look

Zacharee1

@Fabby I might actually just choose a whole new theme and edit that

Fabby

@Zacharee1 don't go overboard! Keep it as it is, except the colour of the text on the home page

Zacharee1

@Fabby well that's the thing. I feel like the site is too small (physically). It feels lonely :p

Fabby

9:56 PM

@Zacharee1 :P done with the free consultancy for today!

Zacharee1

ok

Fabby

;-)

blade19899

10:09 PM

I give up. Probaly hs something to do with my router or something. But, f it. GOnna wathc " Making a Murderer"

Bye Ya'all

Zacharee1

@Fabby since I really need full control over my site, I'm switching to an offline viewer and using some other hosting solution.

Fabby

@Zacharee1 Huh?

Zacharee1

@Fabby Weebly sandboxes you, only letting you control certain aspects of the site. A lot of stuff gets put in after publishing, with no way to edit

Obviously, that makes manual editing really hard

user136984

10:58 PM

Goodnight! :)

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Are social announcements not related to Ubuntu or the site on-topic on Meta?

It is defined here what is on-topic on the AU Meta site. That currently being: Meta Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users discuss the workings and policies of Ask Ubuntu rather than discussing Ubuntu itself. It is separated from the main Q&A to reduce noise there while providin...