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12:28 AM
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A: Google geocoding API (City => long, lat)

George EdisonYahoo PlaceFinder is a new service offered by Yahoo! that provides services for converting addresses (including city names) into latitude / longitude pairs. The service is also capable of doing the opposite (converting coordinates into an address). Unlike Google's Geocoding API the TOS for Yahoo...

 
 
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1:46 AM
Anyone around that's a member of the AU Tools PPA?
 
@GeorgeEdison Yes
 
2:16 AM
@MarcoCeppi Can I put the new version of FlackBot in it?
I've created Debian packaging for it.
...and it kind of fits the category (a tool for Ask Ubuntu).
 
2:31 AM
how do i install the gnome-keybinding-properties program http://askubuntu.com/questions/75631/how-do-i-install-the-gnome-keybinding-properties-program #gnome
 
3:27 AM
haha
good find @GeorgeEdison
 
3:41 AM
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Q: Does elementary OS use the standard AppIndicators?

ToxicbitsI think about switching from Ubuntu, but I don't want to miss the AppIndicators.

 
I've got 2 laptops to play with!
Gonna be a busy night <3
 
4:22 AM
@RolandTaylor How...?
 
@GeorgeEdison I was doing some work, and they were lying around. Turns out they're no longer being used, so I got em :)
I'm downloading 11.10 now :D
 
4:53 AM
just a few minutes to go :D
seconds to go!
woo hoo
These laptops are gonna love 11.10!
done "burning" the USB!
/afk
 
5:32 AM
Back, on my new laptop (it's old, but new to me).
The wireless device isn't being detected, but I can probably fix that :)
And btw - seeing 11.10 on a laptop screen for the first time - kinda epic!
Can't wait to get my screen fixed on my main system!
(Or for someone to be here to talk to :)
 
@RolandTaylor Great.
Sounds like a lot of fun.
 
It sure is!
 
If the workspace is switched while a program loads, its window will open in the newly-active workspace. ... http://askubuntu.com/questions/75663/if-the-workspace-is-switched-while-a-program-loads-its-window-will-open-in-the #unity
 
I'll be able to do a lot more now :)
 
Tip: Sometimes wireless issues can be fixed by getting the Linux kernel module source from the chipset manufacturer (in my case, Realtek, IIRC).
That straightened out one of my wireless issues on 11.04.
 
5:38 AM
I think it is an intel chip, but I'm not 100% sure as yet :)
BTW both laptops have some awesome battery life.
Not sure the max on this one, but the other one has like 5hrs
 
That's definitely not bad.
I've got some code in FlackBot "2" now.
 
Nice :D
 
I've almost begun writing a natural language parser :P
...but I'm trying to avoid that.
 
brb quick
back
restarting :D
 
@GeorgeEdison sweet! Yes! Wordnet is a great tool for FlackBot.
 
And then there's this: wordvis.com
Which has nothing to do with FlackBot but is cool.
 
I've never heard of it before.
Hey @GeorgeEdison can you spot a wireless device here: pastebin.com/SwZeTDEx
(Just making sure I'm not missing anything).
(The BIOS claims one is there but I doubt it).
 
6:13 AM
Nope - I don't see anything.
Seems the wordnet-dev package offers only manpages for documentation :P
 
@GeorgeEdison lol that's poor :D
BTW - I found out how to turn wireless on!
brb
Now I'm puzzled - the BIOS claims there is some form of wireless... but there isn't?
oh well this is only a temporary problem :D
I will soon have a new laptop screen for my main system :D!
 
6:48 AM
@RolandTaylor Cool!
So how does that work... you're using the screen from the laptop for your desktop?
 
 
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8:27 AM
why doesent /dev/usblp0 work
 
Can you answer this? How can a free, proprietary application be submitted to the Software Center? http://askubuntu.com/questions/27397/how-can-a-free-proprietary-application-be-submitted-to-the-software-center #softwarecenter
 
Hello @Takkat :)
 
Hi @AmithKK
 
Windows fanboy challenges you to a battle!
Windows fanboy sends out Windows 7
 
o.O
 
8:42 AM
Go! Ubuntu
Windows 7 used Aero
Ubuntu's Compiz ability is activated!
 
what is this game i don't even...
 
</stop-pokemonfanboyism>
 
thank you.
 
@jokerdino Oh, i see you in the 2buntu room
 
i am everywhere
 
8:56 AM
WTF, i was using irc and all of a sudden a new tab opened in chromium and it started playing the FR/LR Trainer Battle remix O.o
this is the url
 
weird
 
And, such a player is on youtube?
 
I demand LLVMpipe in Precise!
F*** my nVidia GPU, I want Unity!
Bye, sorry for the stupid outburst.
 
it is fine.
 
@jrg uhh, i need help
 
 
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10:27 AM
does anyone know a good text processing script?
i need to search for text and remove duplicate lines and give me the number of word counts..
 
11:20 AM
Can you answer this? gnome-shell - where did the menu bars from my applications go? http://askubuntu.com/questions/75465/gnome-shell-where-did-the-menu-bars-from-my-applications-go #windows
 
11:40 AM
any mods here?!
askubuntu.com/q/75708/10698 this question should migrate to superuser.com, flagged it...
 
12:01 PM
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Q: How do I make a Theme from scratch for Unity?

AchuI'd like to make a theme from scratch for Unity. What knowledge and information/skills are needed? Are there any tools or templates out there for something like this already? I don't have any Python experience so tools biased towards beginners are preferable.

i'd answer that for 2000 rep :P
the question is a bit vague and could lead to a verrrrry long answer.
 
jrg
12:17 PM
@Oxwivi there's a guy on the Xubuntu IRC that just asked about compiz
So far hasn't had anyone answer him... :P
@AmithKK here I am.
@jokerdino Hm, there was something like that on the site ~a week ago...
 
@jrg irccloud is down please wait for a few mins
 
jrg
@AmithKK ok.
 
you have one interesting photo stream :)
 
jrg
@AmithKK yes, i've got deer, limo hummers, server errors, flowers, pictures of pictures, weird idiots in tshirts making faces, a random cat, pictures of cats, and that's about it. :P
 
I cant resist posting this
 
jrg
12:29 PM
um, which one is this...? :P
 
@StefanoPalazzo I hurd YU like make, so make make so that you can make make while you make make.
 
jrg
head desk stupid meme is stupid. :P
 
Iknow
 
jrg
indeed, that's not what a DBA does....
 
rofl
 
12:35 PM
embed magic:
Umm, no, that's not what a database administrator does... http://t.co/nQemOIHm
 
jrg
@AmithKK well, then you have to embed the image for full affect... :P
All hope for me was just lost. :P - askubuntu.com/questions/75769/…
 
i'd try to solve this via the dash
create a .desktop file that opens ask ubuntu
call it "as", should pop-up first
 
jrg
hm, but that doesn't open it in a existing chromium window as a new tab.
 
sure
 
jrg
would it be faster than ctrl-t, as ?
 
12:39 PM
no idea
super → as → enter
i'll give it a try
 
jrg
super > wait for dash to load > as > enter
 
i have no delay :P
 
jrg
we aren't all htorques. :P
interesting, as doesn't autocomplete it, but ask does.
does chromium has some weird thing where it requires three letters to do anything?
 
it kinda works, but when you run it without a open chromium window, it will create a new launcher item
oh, it was hiding already
[Desktop Entry]
Name=as
Exec=chromium-browser askubuntu.com
Icon=/home/USER/.icons/apple-touch-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
→ store in ~/.local/share/applications/au.desktop
 
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A: How do I alias `as` to `askubuntu.com` in Chromium?

Amith KKIf you want this to take effect to the whole of your computer, there is a host's file alias for that 64.34.119.12 as # askubuntu.com

 
12:49 PM
make executable, start it once from nautilus
then it should show up in the dash
no, i have no idea why it says "show desktop" :D
maybe because i copied the .desktop that shows the desktop
caching thing or so
 
@jrg Come to irc now please
 
1:22 PM
@jrg which site? give some lead please ;D
 
jrg
was here on ask ubuntu
Opted for hand screening frm TSA. Took the time to sell Ubuntu. Just because they have you by the balls doesn't mean you can't set them free
Nice. :D
 
lol
 
jrg
@StefanoPalazzo does chromify-osd work for you in XFCE?
 
it doesnt work in oneiric
not for me at least.
 
jrg
hm.
 
1:34 PM
i had asked a question regarding this question earlier on...
no one replied yet LOL
and @jrg are you by any chance referring to this question before? askubuntu.com/questions/73311/…
 
jrg
yes, that's what I was referring to
@MarcoCeppi Oi, looks like Chromify OSD is broken. - askubuntu.com/questions/69640/how-to-use-chromify-osd
 
i need to work on that script then.
 
jrg
@AmithKK Unless you have anything important going on right now, I'm about to kick all users off the server, update the apt sources and start the upgrade in about ~10 minutes
 
ok!
 
jrg
so save your work, as part of the user kicking session, i'll kill all screen/byobu sessions
 
1:41 PM
k
 
did i just get pinged amith?
 
@jrg done
 
and which server? the freenodeone?
 
jrg
ok, i'll start ahead of schedule then.
 
good luck
 
jrg
1:42 PM
nope, this is my personal server - use it for apache, git, mysql, and a few other odds and ends. :P
 
you guys talking abt the 2buntu server?
 
@jokerdino No, thats owned by @MarcoCeppi
oh, im part of the moderator duty list?
 
so amith you are on jrg's server?
 
yeah
 
jrg
yup.
we're working on a few things
ok, sources set.
OOOOOOOHHHHHH MYYYYY. - paste.ubuntu.com/729095
Should I press the button?
 
1:48 PM
are you upgrading to the next version or what?
 
jrg
yes.
 
press the red button then!!!
 
jrg
since it's my personal server, I do crazy things like this. :P
OK, PRECISE HERE WE COME!
 
the button!
 
precise already? haha
gd luck
 
jrg
1:48 PM
yup. :D
heh thanks
 
man, four workspace is hardly enough for me. i need MOAR!
 
jrg
there's a question for that!
 
i am guessing i answered one of those questions.
and it doesnt work for me. :/
 
jrg
:(
 
precise promises to give us a simple workspace editor.
 
1:58 PM
@jrg I see dpkg
 
jrg
@AmithKK ?
 
and apt-get
 
jrg
where are you seeing this?
 
running as root processes as the top command on irc-bots
 
jrg
ah.
 
1:59 PM
oh, and i dont seem to be kicked?
 
jrg
how many ssh sessions do you HAVE on my server?! :P
you kicked now? :P
 
@jrg 2, one of nautilus, one of terminal
 
jrg
i counted 4.
 
yep
 
jrg
to the irc-bots user.
 
2:01 PM
uhh, thats impossible
I so wish they would have given Paused Penguin as the release name.
 
jrg
I still think 12.04 should have been Pathetic Pigeon.
` * Stopping web server apache2
* The apache2 configtest failed, so we are trying to kill it manually. This is almost certainly suboptimal, so please make sure your system is working as you'd expect now!`
oops.
not cool...
and apache is down.
oops, this may have just broken everything. :D
 
O.o
 
jrg
nope, i'm still in.
i think i closed it to people outside the lan
 
And wait, you didnt stop apache before upgrading to a pre-alpha?
 
jrg
nope. :P
 
2:07 PM
Ohai @RolandTaylor
 
jrg
`Cannot load module /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/*.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/*.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/*.so does not export GTK+ IM module API: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/*.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory`
waht.
gtk?! ON MY SERVER?! WHATTTTTTTT. :P
 
hihi :D
 
@jrg looks like the pangolin precisely screw'd you
2
 
jrg
@AmithKK :D
 
pretty precise
how much of awk do you ppl know?
 
2:12 PM
BBL
 
jrg
ok, it is done.
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu precise (development branch)"
 
chrome desktop notify stopped working D:
 
jrg
apache is broken for good. :D
 
bits and pieces indeed
 
jrg
2:18 PM
not a real question
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Q: To Mark Shuttleworth

MiguelThe unity icons should be at the bottom of the screen "Macs like", the reason doesn't have anything with copy or lack of originality, is much more simple: Humans tend to see beauty in symmetry, the icons at the bottom-center and 3d looks aesthetic perfect located, that explains why so many peopl...

 
anyone knows why transmission bittorrent client doesn't work well?
 
jrg
define "doesn't work well"?
 
I've got the error "could not connect to tracker" all the time and none of the downloads get started
 
jrg
hm.
 
@jrg i'm not flackbot ;)
 
jrg
2:21 PM
@Explorer did I say you were..? :P
hm.
 
@jrg i got the impression , that was close
 
jrg
not sure how to fix that.
@Explorer sorry!
 
@jrg no problem at all
i didn't have the problem before
 
sounds to me like a network firewall o.O
 
i waited for a download to start about 2 hours but it didn't start
@jokerdino what does that suppose to mean?
hi by the way
 
2:23 PM
hi :D
 
jrg
goes a googlin'
 
Bounty offered: How to stop maximizing windows in Unity 2d? http://askubuntu.com/questions/71613/how-to-stop-maximizing-windows-in-unity-2d #unity2d
 
@Explorer what that means is that, in my network, torrenting is blocked by the server between my computer and the Internet.
so, there is a firewall between the both of us.
 
@jokerdino i don't think it's the case for me
 
2:32 PM
hi @Explorer @jrg @jokerdino
 
hi
 
hi @RolandTaylor
 
jrg
Hallo @RolandTaylor
 
hmm if it is not firewall, let me think
 
jrg
2:35 PM
@RolandTaylor since you can vote, please vote. - askubuntu.com/questions/75797/to-mark-shuttleworth
I want that killed. :p
 
i voted alrady :p
 
and i got the critic badge
 
jrg
yay critics!
 
2:37 PM
@Explorer did you open a question about your backlight issue?
 
nope
i'm not good at asking questions there
 
2:52 PM
Ask what you can and I'll edit it for you
that's the way we do things here :)
 
RT has a lot of time here :P
 
:)
I love this place
Cause I love helping people :D
 
do anyone know of a software that lets me analyze text?
 
(and trolling, and bugging moderators, and getting on getting on jrg's nerves, and...)
analyze?
Explain what you mean :)
 
like i put in text, i need to count certain words, remove lines with certain words at a certain field and so on
 
2:55 PM
I don't know anything that does that (off the top of my head), but there might be libreoffice extension for it.
 
jrg
@RolandTaylor Yeah, you do get on my nerves. ;)
 
haha
 
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Q: To Mark Shuttleworth

MiguelThe unity icons should be at the bottom of the screen "Macs like", the reason doesn't have anything with copy or lack of originality, is much more simple: Humans tend to see beauty in symmetry, the icons at the bottom-center and 3d looks aesthetic perfect located, that explains why so many peopl...

:D
i prefer asymmetry, disharmony, and total chaos!
3
 
jrg
YEAH!
 
3:03 PM
haha
once qn.
how do i get add custom output from terminal
like say, i run wc -l, i want output "word count" + the output
 
echo "word count: $(wc -w file)"
$(cmd) will run the command and return the output
 
i am running grep and piping it.
 
grep, sed, awk - many roads lead to rome :P
 
i want to learn awk
so i can process these darn game combat logs
 
3:47 PM
hi @user32434, nice Avatar. You will need some rep to chat btw
 
sad to see banshee die
 
what did I do?!
he/she/it/they left :O
@htorque it's heresy
 
jrg
Not dead, just not for 12.04
 
trying out rhythmbox in precise now
 
jrg
it'll be back in 12.10
 
3:50 PM
LOL
 
not sure about that
now that they got rid of tomboy too, it's bye bye mono
probably all because they needed disk space :>
 
jrg
the only solid reason I saw was it's an LTS, and for folks upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04.
 
@htorque how's precise btw?
 
Hello all
 
I'm planning to try it on a laptop I have
@AmithKK hey :D
 
jrg
3:52 PM
Although the music player change is nothing compared to the confusion that's going to happen when they install/upgrade and BAM Unity's in front of them with no way to change. :P
 
@RolandTaylor no big changes
 
jrg
@htorque although that will change soon. :D
 
@htorque I mean in terms of stability
 
not sure about that :)
 
I know the changes won't land yet
 
jrg
3:52 PM
It's stable-ish.
or it was a few days ago at least
 
@RolandTaylor no change here since oneiric
 
boring
jk
that's good
 
though, i already reported two bugs :D
today
hopefully one will help reduce mem leakage from unity
> Ubuntu 12.04 Disc Size Increased To 750MB
 
IRCCLOUD- Loading..
 
jrg
@AmithKK everything is fine here
 
3:57 PM
@jrg It goes real slow in chrome dev
 
jrg
yeah, I noticed that.
preparing a chrome stable SSB for irccloud, since I can't trust my server now. :P
 
"A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.

Script: https://irccloud.com/static/js/dep/jquery-1.6.2.min.js?v=a1a8cb16a060f6280a767187fd22e037:18"
 
jrg
heh
 
It finally loads
 
I need to report a bug: I cannot star my own messages. Clearly everything I say is interesting.
9
 
4:02 PM
@jrg Irc please :)
 
@AmithKK pardon? huhbot?
 
Nvm
O.o did i do something wrong?
 
I'm not a good "never minder", my mind saves everything even craps
 
Noooo... I have violated @RolandTaylor . Im Doooooommmedd!!!
No! the room is quiet!
What is the ip of askubuntu?
 
jrg
4:18 PM
@AmithKK sorry, chromify OSD is kinda borked
 
:( my ISP!
I got disconnected for a while there
 
@RolandTaylor That reminds me
 
25 mins ago, by Explorer
I need to report a bug: I cannot star my own messages. Clearly everything I say is interesting.
 
2buntu has been classified as inappropriate/porn site by my isp, they said they will resolve it, by the next working day
 
XD
LOL
What, Ubuntu is porn now?
@jrg hide my eyes D:~!
:>
 
4:31 PM
@RolandTaylor A hen symbol?
 
@AmithKK what is a hen symbol?
brb
 
Ah now to see the epic war in beetween explorer and ubuntu!
 
jrg
@AmithKK lolz.
 
patiently waits for jrgifford
 
jrg
sorry, this is taking a little longer than expected. :P
 
4:40 PM
@jrg no prob
@jrg can you please install pgsql :)
and the pg module?
 
jrg
Ok, done
/me ssh'es into the server
 
ahh my screen is glitched
graphics obverheat
 
jrg
heh, it's a UDS joke
 
rhythmbox has no equalizer?
some process crashed on music import, after a restart rb used 60% CPU, next start it crashed, now it seems to work.
also, i'm not able to see cover art, if i don't enable cover fetching from the internet. how is this better than banshee?
 
4:55 PM
Evening.
 
holla
missing the uds yet? :D
 

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