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William, Nowhere, OK?

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Its not showing my upvotes

What up votes?

My upvotes - my 12

hat I just made

I'm goin for the civic duty badge

3:10 PM

Maybe it takes some time.

everything is heavily cached on AU

give it like 10 minutes

Probably.

Like my new avatar?

Kitty will come when you least expect him.

@OctavianDamiean you use your whispering skills to lure unsuspecting Unicorns into dark alleyways .. then ... well, we all know the rest.

@William DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVEL-what happened to ballmer?!

@jrg - how do I place a picture in here?

3:12 PM

@rlemon JUDAS!

He has been arrested.

@dunderhead Just post the link to the picture in here.

@dunderhead there is a "upload" button, click that and then it will put it in for you.

or just paste the link

Damn notifications! :P

All the developers organized a riot

3:12 PM

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@WilliamHilsum sorry.

They exposed him for the Windows tax.

I don't see an upload button

lol! not your fault! (well, technically was.. but... oh well!)

@WilliamHilsum Damn notifications!

Damn developers!

3:13 PM

@dunderhead If the picture is already online you don't need to upload it manually.

Windows Tax? You Linux guys aren't Microsoft bashing without anyone here to defend MS are you? ... maybe I should stick around :P

Just post the image link in here.

It's not online...

@OctavianDamiean I need a fancy sign that says vote william

3:14 PM

The upload button to the right of the chat textbox.

Ah! I don't have that. Clearly I'm not trusted. (And with good reason!)

lol

@WilliamHilsum Oh, if you try that, we will hunt you down. :P

Wait...

actually i think there is a limit on photos as well

@WilliamHilsum Don't underestimate the penguin. It just looks harmless but it isn't!

In fact they are predators.

Trained to waylay their prey through their windows and wait until the gates open.

@jrg I'm not that good with Photoshop either, but I do have a pic of Octavian lurking in the bushes blowing a poison dart at a unicorn...

3:19 PM

@GeorgeEdison I recall you had a library somewhere that let people run the community ads on their blog, etc.

@jrg :P

@OctavianDamiean lol

@OctavianDamiean nah... penguins just steal stuff... I saw that documentary...

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hah, documentaries. You should not trust everything in the television.

darth tuxidious

now i got it right xD

no, it has a link to this

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that's usually how i start wasting one hour by watching cute animal clips on youtube :D

@JorgeCastro The 2buntu people have it implemented (@jrg)

@MarcoCeppi @JorgeCastro Yes we did

or rather, George did, so you still need to go to him for it.

3:29 PM

I want to write a blog post including it, how can I do that?

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Note: This page is due for an update but until then you can add StackAd to your site by adding: <script type='text/javascript' src='http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/stackad/stackad.min.js'> </script> to the <head> section of your page and sticking the...

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haahaha :D

That is quite amazing actually.

aah now I'll always think of that when I look at your avatar

fantastic @dunderhead :D

snicker

3:35 PM

I need a new avatar.

thanks!

I have a great idea for a new avatar. :P

<evil grin> would you like me to make you one Octavian?

I'm considering changing to my lovely Star Trek counterpart

make the shaking-hands-with-yourself gesture, that always gets people elected ;)

3:37 PM

hehe

If I don't get elected I know who's fault that is! :D

Foxit Reader is windows only, right?

Alright time to go ~~lure some~~ ... err ... to uni. Time to go to uni.

unfortunately, yeah.

@OctavianDamiean good luck! :)

Thanks, I'll need it. Damn subjunctives.

Who are you calling subjunctives? I thought we were a friendly lot in here... Oh. Wait.

@Octavian good luck

3:46 PM

damn, that's the second time a whole folder disappeared from my chromium bookmarks >:(

3:56 PM

@rlemon there's a Sandbox if you feel like messing about with the chat

@JorgeCastro bugs that are present on a version higher package than the ones present in the repos should be reported to the application's site and not launchpad correct?

ubuntu-bug is for ubuntu packages

ok, thx

they should just not use ubuntu bug and report it wherever the project has a bug tracker

there's a bug report somewhere to make ubuntu bug do what that guy wants

not sure where it is, you should find it though, I'm sure it will have a bunch of discussion

@jrg Here you go boss, a new bookmarklet just for you!

I would make it a userscript.... but bookmarklet just seems fun

4:02 PM

@JorgeCastro would you add anything to this? askubuntu.com/questions/100813/…

I am sure if you find the bug report it will have more info

@StefanoPalazzo sorry.. i was hoping to be able to post a bookmarklet link directly in the chat.. rlemon.github.com/justforfun/vote_jrg_bookmarklet.html

BTW guys, if you like any of the Campaign stuff i've done (or think its funny.. or just wanna know how i did it) you can fork my github.

brb reboot

Hello all

@rlemon I want to reuse that..

Oh cmon; make one for me ;)

bodhi.zazen

'lo everyone, just curious is this chat more popular then any particular irc channel ?

A: Is there an equivalent to Adobe Creative Suite for Ubuntu?

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As far as I know, there isn't such thing as a "Creative Suite". What you have instead are several alternatives to the different programs in Adobe's suite: Gimp vs Photoshop Inkscape vs Illustrator Tons of editors and IDE's (such as Netbeans, Eclipse or Bluefish) instead of DreamWeaver etc Tho...

@bodhizazen Yep :P

4:16 PM

@AmithKK lol ok ok

4:30 PM

@AmithKK Here is your banner ad

@rlemon Yay! Thanks Alot!

np

Anybody with Windows 7 here?

not on my w7 box... but i do have one.

I need something tested... fast

4:33 PM

can't help ya then

@rlemon Does .mpg's work on Windows?

@rlemon You are really trying to suck up to all the moderator candidates who have a decent shot of winning. :P

lol

@AmithKK should

@jrg no, i'm just bored and would not qualify for a moderator (nor would I want to run) - so this is how I contribute.

heh.

same with all of the ubuntu ads... and SE scripts... just my way of giving back to a free service / community.

A: mencoder: Encode a movie that is playable in a minimal Windows installation

4:41 PM

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This can be done using an app called Arista Transcoder: Firstly install sudo apt-get install arista Then launch it using Dash > Arista You will see this window: Click create conversion and select DVD Player- PAL DVD Select the source and output Click Create and use the file on Windows 7

BBT

Good Night

Q: Are bugs necessarily off-topic?

5:11 PM

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Jorge Castro recently commented on one of my questions that it should be filed as a bug instead. And I've seen here that the general view is that questions about bugs should be considered off-topic here and handled on Launchpad instead. My question is whether that stance should be modified somew...

discussion bug-reports

5:23 PM

Yes!

questions on how to identify an issue, or questions asking specifically for a workaround are not.. but straight bug reporting on AU is off-topic.

IMO

Workarounds, I believe, belong in bug reports

but isn't a workaround just another way of doing XYZ?

I think a workaround is like any other answer

If it's a work around to a bug, it's still a bug. Bugs, workarounds, and patches - IMO - should be on Launchpad

link to the bug report, summarize the content

5:30 PM

so wouldn't (theoretically) someone asking how to remove unity for another DE be a "workaround"

no

no

Would someone asking for a patch be considered an on-topic question?

someone asking how to find and download a patch if one exists would be on-topic IMO

If I ask "I have this problem, I would like a patch" - that's a valid question?

it's a matter of semantics..

5:31 PM

No how to apply a patch, asking for a patch

Someone asking for a patch is off-topic, having a patch as the only solution is ok. Depends on where the patch comes in to it.

Workarounds are patches to a bug. So they belong on Launchpad

but if they are answered should we close them?

no but if i ask " I have this problem, [does a patch exists (i cannot find one). || how do I install X patch I found to this bug]" is that off-topic?

yes, should be reported as bug for the package in lp

5:34 PM

The first one is, imo the best place to find and get patches is on Launchpad. If you have a bug that needs to be patched it need to be on LP. The second one is on-topic

how is that off topic.. I have a patch, I don't know how to install it. (assuming there is no guide from where I got the patch)

You asked two questions.

I have this problem, [does a patch exists (i cannot find one). - Offtopic

how do I install X patch I found to this bug - Ontopic

okkk i misread.

:)

"The second one is on-topic" i read "The second one is off-topic"

5:35 PM

ah, yeah - the second one is a great question

but what if the user legitimately does not know about LP, does a bad search of the site and comes up with no answers.. I don't think asking where to find the patch if one exists should be off topic (albeit likely a dupe)

@rlemon Just because a user doesn't know, doesn't give them a free pass to do something wrong. Post should be closed with a comment about LaunchPad.

We really need to fix up our pro-forma comments to add more details for users

As someone new to all this I find bug reporting a bit, for want of a better word, scary!

so the question "Where do I go to find patches for Ubuntu" is off-topic.

@rlemon No, that's on-topic

5:39 PM

I assume that as I don't know the facts I'm going to just annoy the poor developers if I file a bad bug report

Off-topic is defined on our faq

but that is essentially what i am saying..

@dunderhead it's ok the system weeds you out if it's worthless

we don't let users report bug reports in the launchpad UI

you need to submit with the tool

@MarcoCeppi I only am pushing this because I cannot find "Where do I go to find patches for Ubuntu" type question in the pool. :P so i can understand how a new ubuntu user will be confused by this.

either way, I don't think it's a bad thing to let people not report bad bugs.

launchpad debug bug-reporting

5:41 PM

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Q: How do I report a bug?

I found a problem with a application on Ubuntu. How do I best report the issue? What sort of information should I provide?

I think I'm beginning to understand:-)

@MarcoCeppi that encompasses so much, doing a site search for "Where do I go to find patches for Ubuntu" and that doesn't even appear.

@rlemon A canonical question like that is fine. It's informative - it's also on-topic per the FAQ

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@MarcoCeppi so to sum up basically I should create a "Where do I go to find patches for Ubuntu" question and this will not be an issue anymore (hopefully?)

5:43 PM

Thanks for the link - but almost the first thing I see there is you need to press Alt-F2. erm, what if you've configured that shortcut as the run command...

that's what you type in the run command

that is what it should be.

I don't think it was on my 11.10 install - I recall having to enable the ALtF2 shortcut.

It's on my fresh install

I know I'm a tad dense, but the Ubuntu Wiki states "You should not file a bug if you are: Requesting support..."

I thought I was doing the right thing in a question I asked recently but people pointed out that this should be a bug report. Sorry but for me it's a bit confusing to see where the fine line is

5:49 PM

must... handle... flags...

There's only 23, not bad for mid-day

weird, I can't see any next to the review link :S

You can't see every flag, only a handful

oh

I guess I was being led on by the fact that there usually like 19 or so every day lol

@dunderhead so it's like this

we're good at "How" questions here

"How do I use this to do that?"

what we can't handle are "This crashes, now what?"

5:53 PM

@Jorge ahh, that's helpful

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You get a lot of these on SO -> javascript and jquery

@RolandTaylor do you have flags?

not votes, flags.

yep

Do you have the prefilled out comments?

We need to flag these so they can be closed: askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/…

but then need a flag AND this comment "This question should instead be filed as a bug report, and as such is off-topic, thanks! Instructions here."

brb

sorry about the sudden "brb" had to go afk

I'll handle em :)

6:10 PM

@RolandTaylor we're rocking those right now

we need everyone to max out their flags like every day for a week

and we'll be money

awesome :D!

switching to firefox to burn through questions

@RolandTaylor meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2436/…

if they're obvious "this crashes" style ones then flag em

back

hi all

i want to ask a ?

@JorgeCastro How should I flag em (as other?)

6:17 PM

what i flag mistakenly or i have flag wrongly

@RolandTaylor offtopic

okie

So, hold a sec lol, wouldn't that be using my close votes?

(I mean, if I click "Doesn't belong here" it opens the close vote dialogue :P)

oh nvm, I read through the second answer on the meta thread

JS junkies... can we please get some feedback on paste.ubuntu.com/826710

@JorgeCastro worked fine few days ago. ;-)

@JorgeCastro I'm really glad about the masses of "this is a bug" flags that have been coming in lately - it seems like we're really cleaning up now

I say "coming in lately", 90% of them are from two users

who are awesome (:

6:28 PM

if every thing is not working fine or slow YYY its always a bug

now i can say that its a " bug " as no one replyed

@OneZero not quite :)

just jokin

i came here for this askubuntu.com/questions/100864/…

@OneZero that belongs on:

I was about to say :)

@OneZero I'll move this over for you

you also ask two questions in one

already commented on that :P

6:34 PM

ask ubuntu meta ? new stack ?

@OneZero every SE site has a Meta for questions about the site itself

@StefanoPalazzo if we can get 5 or so people doing it every day for a week we should be good.

hmm ok ty

with six moderators soon, handling the amount of flags will not be a problem either

icantwaitforelectionstobeover

6:36 PM

@JorgeCastro if we do cleanup sprints, we could think about a site-banner to announce them as well

I am not convinced clean up days, sprints, or weeks are effective

it's always the same people

and we do it every day

so every day is basically a clean up day

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@MarcoCeppi you hurt my soul whenyoudothis.

right, that's why I was thinking of a banner

@rlemon imsosorry<3

@StefanoPalazzo like this one

6:38 PM

if it would say "See a questions that is actually a bug report? Flag it for moderator attention" (link to this weeks meta post)

iloveitwhenpeopledothathonestly

@MarcoCeppi it'sokmarcoi'llforgiveyou

heh

whatsthisidonteven?

editwarsarenomore,butspacesarenolongerallowed.thankgodforpunctuation.

@MarcoCeppi I can't wait to see the question "myspacebuttonnolongerworks!helpplease"

6:40 PM

@rlemon closed as Off Topic - please file a bug instead!

@StefanoPalazzo you people will be "file as a bug" happy. I know it! What if that is not a bug but a configuration error! huh?! what then smarty pants!

:D

@rlemon reopen it?

@OneZero I answered you

@JorgeCastro finally,somejustice.