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3:25 PM

Rlemon... wanna read something gruesome :D?

(My regular readers are all busy and I want feed back :>)

It is rather quiet today...

Or at least when I'm here...

3:42 PM

lol ok

3:55 PM

Hello all

May the noise begin

I need @rlemon for something

@AmithKK that's what she said

Jan 14 at 7:16, by George Edison

Well, your implementation would look like this:

Just see that conversation please

so you want a userscript to exist on all pages, with an input box - you type the name of a pokemon and it returns the id?

@AmithKK and kdex or ndex

@rlemon Yeah... Not like every page

Like in a textbox you enter

[pid.kdex:Pikachu]

I just need a .. list or something of things to learn to make it :D

4:12 PM

where is the textbox?

Where you type in SE CHAT :D

Its just a POC Project

@rlemon Anyways, I have a question

Can Userscripts load parts of the DOM of another website onto the present website

not really.

however... one sec....

BBT

4:30 PM

@AmithKK gist.github.com/1994205

or I can have them stored like pokedex[dec id] = {"name":"the name","hex":"the hex code"}

See, I was right.

about?

Aha! I was wrong!

1 hour ago, by Roland Taylor

Or at least when I'm here...

sigh... I was right...

4:48 PM

@MarcoCeppi how to I forward a domain to Odina?

5:08 PM

a little more neon

5:19 PM

jsfiddle.net/rlemon/5hp5H/embedded/result and now i'm done with the neon.

can i have a plate of dinner for 5$ plus gratuity?

finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=AAPL&t=1d&l=on&z=m&q=l

:D

aww shit there goes my retirement...

dammit apple I was counting on you...

"it's going to be flat!"

it should sky rocket after todays announcement today though...

Good think I bout the controlling interest last month...

5:23 PM

certainly. it's a higher number after all!

after today, I won't have to worry about working another day of my life, after the announcement...

not 1, not 2, it's the ipad 3!

"GENIUS!"

nah it is going to be the iPad 2s...

2S+

2S+ 5G Pro

be the same thing they did with iPhone5... let the hype build... then announce the 4S

5:24 PM

with siri beta2

no Siri beta2S

live.cnet.com/Event/…

ubuntu release parties happen twice a year. all over the world. and they are much more impressing (like the actual product >:D).

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5:41 PM

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Q: hp probook 4530s touchpad

I have a small problem. I installed ubuntu 11.10 on my hp laptop and among some problems, which I'm trying to solve is touchpad problem. It's working, but how can I turn on\off it? In Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (which was preinstalled) and Windows touchpad enabled\disabled by touching the lef...

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5:53 PM

Can you answer this? Writing a "Hello World" Device Driver for kernel 2.6 using Eclipse http://askubuntu.com/questions/63834/writing-a-hello-world-device-driver-for-kernel-2-6-using-eclipse #driver

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on March 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM

6:19 PM

i couldn't resist and am watching a coverage of that apple thing. lot of bla bla about being "post pc", then comes this slide:

Just watch here:

iPad announcement chat

Live chat during the iPad announcement

you could as well add a column for "sold bread"

no, i quit now

We're looking at Twitter on "a Samsung tablet" -- it's the Galaxy Tab. "It kind of looks like a blown-up smartphone app running on a tablet -- and that's exactly what it is!"

is there any progress on the review → close issue (showing already voted on questions)?

i'm so not happy with the way close votes in progress are handled. tools → close sucks because it shows stuff i voted on and it doesn't show the total number of votes (just for the selected timespan). review → close sucks because just opening the question removes it from the list, plus already voted on questions are showing up. all known, nothing happens.

6:37 PM

get to 20K and use the mod tools, those are nice.

you get more tools with 20k?

it would also help to know how you guys pick questions to insta-close, so we don't need to waste votes to "confirm" open closure votes.

e.g., if i make 24 questions go from 3 to 4 close votes, when you would normally go through all 3-votes questions, i would have wasted all my votes

Oh, no its just /review. I go through this frequently - askubuntu.com/review/…

note

although i'm noticing that a lot of questions never get there, so I think I'm going to start just going through everything.

i'd just love to see a list of all ongoing close votes, sorted by #votes, excluding questions i already voted on, and if the cake is free, being able to ignore questions that i think shouldn't be closed.

doesn't sound like an impossible task to me :P

finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=AAPL&t=1d&l=on&z=m&q=l

the market is not amused :D

6:53 PM

This is one of the longest dist-upgrades i've ever done.

disk io is going to kill this poor thing...

is there a command to list all packages installed?

dpkg --get-selections > installed-packages.txt

or something like that

$sudo dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}t${Package}n' | sort -n |more

that is what i ran

ok. i like yours :P

output to a file

iPad event is boring, although I could almost see myself getting one of the new versions. Maybe.

@jrg yeah... it is underwhelming so far...

6:58 PM

i use dpkg --get-selections | grep -P "\tinstall$" | awk '{print $1}' | sort

@htorque that one is slightly more elegant.

many ways to do it

many ways to make mistakes :D

don't forget to save the auto/manual install marks!

huh?

if you use that list to reinstall a system i mean

all the packages would get marked as manually installed

nope, gonna review the list and try to write a script to remove the packages I don't need.

7:00 PM

in that case, nevermind :P

7:14 PM

ok this is going to sound stupid... but where do I copy the files to if my device is sdb1

sudo cp -R ~/file.txt /dev/sdb1 ???

A: How to "roll up" the window?

-1

Use Ubuntu-Tweak to do this: For instructions on how to install Ubuntu-Tweak: How do I install Ubuntu-Tweak?

Clearly, I am stupid.

but i still no know?

@jrg or @TheX where did I go wrong in that answer?

I got a downvote and a comment - but I don't get the comment...

let me look

(If the comment made sense I could improve my answer, no prob).

7:21 PM

What..... i see nothing wrong.

me neither...

I guess I should take his advice next time then...

Makes certain to read before posting... as he always does :)

Thanks guys :P

@rlemon you need to mount it

via nautilus' automount or the mount command

@htorque ubuntu server. mount sdb1 ??

@RolandTaylor read my comment

mount /dev/sdb1 /to/some/directory/maybe/in/mnt/

7:28 PM

Youch, thats a little harsh there @rlemon, but if you're happy with it go for it. :)

it should be able to figure out the filesystem type, else you need to supply it with the -t switch, eg mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data (where /mnt/data/must exist)

@rlemon good catch!

Thanks bro, you deserve icecream or cookies or something :D

@jrg it's true though. these guys b*tch but they forget that a good answer is a good answer. don't downvote it because it's not helpful to you per-se. it will be helpful to a guy creeping the post with a similar yet slightly different problem.

True, but you can be polite about it. ;)

Well personally I didn't see it as impolite, but I guess I wouldn't cause I'm naturally a bit blunt/sharp :)

7:33 PM

@jrg that was the polite version.

Hey, just as an FYI, if you have a github account, go through and make sure your keys are A-OK. - github.com/settings/ssh/audit

Thanks to apple for the underwhelming product announcement today

Thanks to apple for the underwhelming products...

@rlemon lol

5mp "back cam", VGA front cam? really? :D

7:42 PM

Anyone ever done an Arch install to a USB stick?

I've only ever done it in VMs when I've needed a lightweight custom system for testing stuff.

@jrg I have never had very good luck with arch at all

@htorque my phone is the same except for no front cam....

5MP cam, records videos in QVGA...

I'm so impressed, I might go get an Apple from the fridge.

i imagine no front camera is better than watching 640*480 at 2048*1536 :D

:P

@RolandTaylor will it blend?? apple sauce anyone?

7:46 PM

1.3MP front / 5MP rear

@TheX hahahaha

@rlemon so essentially they took my old phone and my current phone and stitched them to a retina display...

"rear", @rlemon thanks, that's the word i was looking for

boring.

\o @takkat

Hello all

Hi @htorque

7:48 PM

already ordered an ipad 3? :D

I have no iDevices (you don't get them for an apple and an I ;))

Q: How do I completely turn off screensaver and power-management?

@htorque

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In previous releases I could set "Put display to sleep..." to Never in the power management settings. However since 11.10 in Screen settings the longest time span possible is 1 hour: As I am running 11.10 in Virtual Box I don't need a screensaver or power management (this is all done by the h...

power-management screensaver

i prefer a frühstücks i ;)

Does this need an update for 12.04?

@JorgeCastro in 12.04, the setting @Takkat misses, is there, so i don't know what to do?

7:51 PM

Yeah you can say never now...

Oh, so we can say "In 12.04 the option is present in the dropdown"

yeah. if you think it needs a screenshot:

added the info, removed my comment

good enough, high 5!

Which of these packages can I remove safely. I will be running this ubuntu server install completely from the CLI - needs to be BASIC BASIC BASIC

I woudld give you a bounty but you passed me!

7:55 PM

yeah, that's what i need. MORE rep i don't know what to do with. :D

ttf-dejavu-core can go

@rlemon Guess who has ordered quite a lot of Github stuff today. :D

if you find questions that need bounties, go ask me!

@htorque Send it my way. :P

ha, i don't think so. :P

7:56 PM

@htorque I try to keep 3 bounties going at all time

@OctavianDamiean Send it my way. :P

@OctavianDamiean what do you think of the revisions.. they all work - now just a matter of whether they are useful

@JorgeCastro you have what, over 100 bounties and over 15k rep spent? that's awesome!

Which branch are you talking about 1.1?

@OctavianDamiean yup

7:57 PM

@htorque it's tough work giving away rep

It's way harder than earning it

well, you could do it carelessly

but like, to do it in a way that helps people with the right ratios and whatnot

when i do it, it goes to /dev/null

is hard and fun

i'm not good at picking questions for bounties

the first trick is to check the person's profile and see if they've been around

that saves like, so much wasted effort

stackoverflow.com/users/22656/…

7:58 PM

@htorque Basically all questions that have my face on them.

;-)

@OctavianDamiean again, i don't think so. :P

It was worth a try.

> 15 Earned bounties for 1,450 reputation

Thats a drop in the bucket for Jon Skeet.

is python required to run anything system wise?

do we have a "how can i burn a ISO to cd via the command line" question?

8:00 PM

jon skeet offered no bounty. what a skinflint! :D :D

if I ax python from the system will anything all of a sudden 'stop working'

assuming nothing is installed or running other than my tty session

@jrg I'm sure we have, if not then @Stefano can definitely provide an answer off-hand. :P

@rlemon Yeah, it will.

bash autocorrect uses python iirc.

heck, almost everything uses python.

@OctavianDamiean soooo dude leaving me hanging? useful features or no??

:P

I'm still trying to figure out what most of the code does.

I guess what confuses me is the missing Sizzle part.

But I can see that you've added options which is cool. :)

I guess not only Sizzle confuses me but also the runner thing.

8:11 PM

easier for me to remove it later.

Sizzle is there, just in it's own function.

I mean I understand the purpose of the injector function but I have to make a dry run through it to figure it out completely.

software-recommendation desktop-environments

guys - I need a quick thumbs up or down - is this a dupe

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Q: Which DE to choose?

I have a pretty good HP laptop. I believe it has 6GB of ram and a 2GHz intel i3 processor and won't have trouble with heavy tasks. The thing is, I really can't figure out which Desktop Environment to choose. I would like one that that is easy to use, customisable and visually appealing. It would ...

of this

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Q: What different DE's and shells are available?

What different Desktop Environments or shells are there for Ubuntu users to install? Please list one DE / shell per post with: a description on why you like / suggest it (features, performance, etc.), a good screenshot, preferably of it running on Ubuntu and showing off some of its features, T...

software-recommendation desktop-environments

@fossfreedom i think this has been fixed with an update

the never sleep thing i mean

@fossfreedom I'd say it should be closed as a dupe of that one, yes.

... thanks - I need one more to confirm please

8:15 PM

@fossfreedom Yes,

@OctavianDamiean jsfiddle.net/rlemon/2gauQ

Ah!

I see.

jsfiddle.net/rlemon/2gauQ/1 <- check this one

baseClass option, I forgot about it.

Oh, that is awesome.

the code needs refining still.. but it is functional as is so I wanted some feedback before I proceed.

8:19 PM

Thumbs up!

Definitely useful.

ok cool.

any other options? should I allow them to define the search parameters? as in; what makes it a char, a line, or a word? or is that kinda overkill

Mhmm, the baseClass option doesn't seem to work.

also, if a element contains html the html is currently lost.

@OctavianDamiean add a comma, there is a typo in the fiddle

Oh my ... how blind I am ...

@rlemon Sounds a bit overkill, yes.

A: How do I completely turn off screensaver and power-management?

5

On an up-to-date 11.10 system this should be fixed (the Never option has been added back to the menu).

8:22 PM

<h1>this is a test <small>of some typesetting.js</small></h1> - small tags are blown away and only the text is read and converted.

@fossfreedom okay? ^^

I'd say that what you currently have is really fine for now.

<h1>ab<em>c</em></h1>

to
<h1>
     <span class="char1">a</span>
     <span class="char2">b</span>
     <em><span class="char3">c</span></em>
</h1>
or
<h1>
     <span class="char1">a</span>
     <span class="char2">b</span>
     <span class="char3">c</span>
</h1>
or even
<h1>
     <span class="char1">a</span>
     <span class="char2">b</span>
     <span class="char3"><em>c</em></span>
</h1>

@Takkat would you mind removing your comment from that question?

it doesn't make sense anymore ;)

which makes sense? what would the average user find more useful?

8:24 PM

@htorque we should close the question as too localized anyway

@htorque oops - I've just re-edited the question to really reflect your answer! ... rollback the answer?

Would a mod be so nice to unfreeze this room?

Web Development Chat

I'd like to move over to that room so we don't spam the chat with our web development messages. :)

@OctavianDamiean done

Thanks. :)

Q: How to install and update Ubuntu to a Pen drive

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I want to install Ubuntu into a pen drive. The pen drive is 16GB and I want to be able to boot from it (Not the LiveCD but the actual installed system) and be able to update and install new packages. At the end I want to be able to have the latest Firefox, Apache, MySQL, PHP installed and an upd...

11.10 installation usb-drive

Duplicate, right?

8:32 PM

@fossfreedom no idea, let's close it like suggested by @Takkat? (but the version that says it's fixed in 11.10 ;))

... I've rolled the answer back - the reason is Jorge wanted a similar 12.04 question to be duplicated against this. If you look at the Q&A now - I think it now is a good question and answer.

@jrg borderline - but I would let it stand as is.

Ok.

...11 more questions to "answer" to 82% !

Ahg, only 300MB available on my thumbdrive, and I haven't even installed the build-essentials I need! (side note, what kind of RAID lets me have two drives pretend to be one big drive? RAID 1?)

@fossfreedom yeah, looks fine to me.

8:39 PM

RAID 1 is a mirror - RAID 0 - but you have no redundancy

RAID 0 is what I'm looking for then. thanks.

... if you've got 3 drives - strongly recommend RAID 5

only have 2 4GBs, need to make the most of them.

hrm.. I have a few 32GB thumbdrives and a few 16GB thumbdrives sitting around... maybe i'll put ubuntu on one.

Trust me, it'll be worth it someday.

i'm finding mine incredibly useful. :)

I'll ask if I can borrow dad's 16GB thumbdrive later, depending on how long its going to take for me to get a new drive.

8:47 PM

ugh, i should install the xorg-edgers ppa to confirm a fix, but i don't want to mess up my system :-/

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climb up the directory tree faster http://askubuntu.com/questions/110922/climb-up-the-directory-tree-faster #bash

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on March 7, 2012 at 8:39 PM

@htorque don't do it ;P

@fossfreedom raid 5 needs a good controller, though.

@Takkat yeah, i've seen what this ppa can do to your system before

plus, ppa-purge doesn't like multiarch

... correct ... I didnt realise James is doing this via thumbdrives

I must admit, this is rather fun. :P

8:50 PM

I spent 3 days without a working graphics until I reinstalled some time ago...

hehe

"ppa purge by hand" is fun, though :P

blind is more fun...

It was all written with white letters on white background. Very stylish!

clean

Next generation iDisplay ;)

sounds like a great idea for apple

hahahahaha

8:59 PM

think they will ever release iPorn? I am thinking about buying the domain

choking from lol

lol

... damn damn damn ... first time 12.04 actually died on me! Going have to reload from a CD ISO :(

ADOBE AIR COLLISION

9:14 PM

Air collision?

@TheX buy it buy it buy it! they have an iVibe and all other assortments of iSexToys

(not officially endorsed by apple of course)

@rlemon lol

iPorn could be a new big business for you... but don't actually show porn. just show iPods/Tabs/Phones without their covers/cases

oooo look at that sexy lithium battery all hanging out her back end

@JorgeCastro whats the dupe for that question?

Q: How do I install Adobe AIR?

I had it backward

I've fixed it now

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I found some links, but they all seem a bit unsure, so I'm wondering if it is possible, and looking for simple (if possible) instructions.

11.04 adobe-air

is the dupe

even though it's older the answer there is referencing something offsite that could be out of date

9:17 PM

@rlemon good idea!

iPorn

I can see someones screws

lol

alas, iPorn is taken

Ew.

lol

9:20 PM

(no, i didn't click)

@jrg silhouettes's you're safe. she is choking on a ear bud and he's helping her, however they both feel forward in the process. what the image captured is the action shot of all this happening.

You just about got me fired!

lol.

planet.ubuntu.com

hahaha

> AskUbuntu

Well, aint that dandy! Jono Bacon likes us!

Notice he fixed it already in hist post on jonobacon.org @htorque.

9:22 PM

ya, seen that

what does the at package do

but he made it in the first place. inexcusable!

at → execute command at specific time

Oh, never mind.

@htorque cool - related to cron?

yeah, i think so. never used it really.

manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/en/man1/at.1.html

9:24 PM

OOOOOOOOOOoooo chat easy input tools should look for -> and <- and replace with the fancy unicode → arrows.

CTRL + > == → ????

woo hoo ... just hit 82% - only 387 more to 83% answered rate :)

altgr+i →, altgr+u ↓, altgr+z ←, shift+altgr+u ↑

altgr ?

the alt on the right side

Alt Gr + I, yup.

9:26 PM

damn, my ceit uses alt + i

I really need to beef that thing out some more.

man, i'm starting to have too many projects on the go again!

9:38 PM

Hello @All

Got a strange update manager bug

@OctavianDamiean jsfiddle.net/rlemon/5hp5H/embedded/result

@rlemon Wow O.O how????

9:54 PM

@Allan jsfiddle.net/rlemon/5hp5H

@rlemon So its mainly CSS thats awesome

wait...

I'm going to do something really stupid. I'm going to try and dual boot with USB sticks.

@jrg Want me to pull your finger

i'm such an idiot.

@Allan nah i'm good.

XD

So my Update manager is Shy is that a bug or a personality disorder??

10:02 PM

Both.

the personality disorder is a bug.

just keep in mind that usb sticks aren't really made for holding an os (limited write cycles)

I know, but at most this is for a week.

a week is fine i guess, unless you build kernels on the system 24/7 :D

crap, arch can't find anything. oh well. back to ubuntu I go. runs back to the welcoming arms of Ubuntu

When my update manager pops in to the dash automatically it won't show its self at all it is in the alt tab menu and everything but it is completely hidden otherwise any one heard of something similar or is it a new bug?

10:13 PM

@Allan thats a bug.

I had that happening to me all the time for other things.

can't find the bug right now.

might be a good op to test Kazam

tienes mas espanol en PreguntarUbuntu :/

(yes, my spanish is very rusty)