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JohanSJA

00:30

morning.

George Edison

Wow... QML looks really interesting.

The Evil Phoenix

um... hey @Oli @MarcoCeppi @StefanoPalazzo...

i accidentially flagged something as "Not an Answer"

Stefano Palazzo

'sup :)

The Evil Phoenix

but in hindsight, i read through...

and its actually an answer

just formatted so poorly it looked like not an answer

1

Q: DVB-T sound in VLC is jittering

After upgrading to Natty sound is jittering in VLC when watching DVB-T. About every 5 seconds the sounds stops for milliseconds, which is annoying. DVB-T sound works fine in MPlayer. Probably this is a bug in VLC. How to get this fixed in Natty?

the answer there was marked by me as not an answer mistakenly

Stefano Palazzo

@TheEvilPhoenix removed the flag

The Evil Phoenix

00:34

thanks

Questions Feed

What to install for mysql? http://bit.ly/oA5WTU #mysql

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on July 21, 2011 at 12:34 AM

The Evil Phoenix

@StefanoPalazzo there's at least one more flag in the system from me :P

and these are NOT accidential flags :P

JohanSJA

I am wondering is all the new question that is being posted on AskUbuntu.com being sent here?

The Evil Phoenix

@JohanSJA no, only ones with certain hashtags

afaik at least

JohanSJA

OK

The Evil Phoenix

00:40

@StefanoPalazzo its strange how i flag so often, and my score fluctuated down to 546 and in a matter of a day its almost 600 again :p

perhaps i have too much spare time on hand...?

Stefano Palazzo

@TheEvilPhoenix yeah your flags are pretty awesome though

now for 700 :-)

George Edison

I love the WebM encoder in FFMPEG - it is FAST.

I thought people stopped using animated GIFs...

JohanSJA

@GeorgeEdison , that animation is nice

George Edison

Yeah, but it's on the OpenGL.org home page.

JohanSJA

anyway, how long have you all been in AskUbuntu.com? How do you compare AskUbuntu.com and other Ubuntu forum?

George Edison

00:52

@JohanSJA I prefer it to the Ubuntu forums.

The Evil Phoenix

agreed with @George

George Edison

I have been a member since literally the minute it launched.

The Evil Phoenix

^

George Edison

I was (no joke) refreshing the page constantly until the site came online.

JohanSJA

:) OK. I love chasing for the award also.

The Evil Phoenix

00:59

anyone mind if i go on a rant about how Dell support sucks major ****?

because its their fault i'm once again stuck with windows instead of Linux

JohanSJA

@TheEvilPhoenix , no problem.

The Evil Phoenix

and their fault a replacement drive for this dying Windows drive stopped operating mid-operation

JohanSJA

What are they requesting?

The Evil Phoenix

they arent requesting anything

let me go through the course of events:

(1) I go to Dell's support site. I go to tech support. They ask for my system's service tag.

(2) I enter the tag, and get sent to hardware support for this system.

(3) Upon telling them this is in regards to a consumer parts order, i get transferred.

(4) 40 minutes after the transfer and after talking with the support agent, they are about to redirect me to the hardware support for my system

(5) 40 MORE minutes go by, and they FINALLY decide to replace the drive and take the defective one back.

</massive rage>

MaikoID

Hi there, I need to know how do I make my bluetooth dongle work, I'm getting root@maiko-cce-lin:~# hciconfig hci0 reset
Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110)

JohanSJA

01:04

@TheEvilPhoenix , I always refer Dell as the best support. But it doesn't seem to be fit in your situation.

The Evil Phoenix

indeed not

they got a bit of a rant from me too

lemme finish the tech support chat with them

then i'll provide some of the logs

just to amuse you all

and satisfy my need to rant

JohanSJA

sure

no problem

@MaikoID , I have no idea on that

The Evil Phoenix

and I thank the mods for allowing me this one-time rant

:P

JohanSJA

my Bluetooth dongle works upon plug-in

The Evil Phoenix

sounds like the device isnt communicating with the system correctly

could be one of a billion reasons

ranging from hardware problems to OS issues

you'd probably be better posting a question about it ot AskUbuntu, @MaikoID

or Unix&Linux, if you're not using Ubuntu

@StefanoPalazzo btw, you missed a flag :P

JohanSJA

01:09

what is a flag for?

Stefano Palazzo

I'm missing sleep first of all :D

(it's 3:10)

I'll be off, bye guys o/

MaikoID

Hi, I already post it there (askubuntu) and I'm using Ubuntu 11.04, what is the url for unix&linux stack ?
obs: how can I send a message direct to you, how you did with my nick ?

The Evil Phoenix

01:34

And now I go back to my brief rant to the Supervisor of Dell Support.

After finally getting my issue resolved...

pastebin.com/EsTJe9tE

I get transferred to a supervisor.

Who subsequently WELCOMES my rant.

(and keep in mind, I did have a thought to type this in all caps, but I didnt)

so now i'm stuck on Winsucks, and i'm somewhat annoyed

oh, what joy... >.>

@JohanSJA A flag is to get a moderator to attend to a question/answer/comoment. Usually they identify bad questions, offtopic questions, answers that arent really answers, etc.

JohanSJA

Oh I see

The Evil Phoenix

and i am sorry to the entire chat room that you had to endure my rant

JohanSJA

@StefanoPalazzo just deleted one of my answer attempt. But it is OK. Still need some time to get used to this AskUbuntu.com 'culture'.

The Evil Phoenix

but be glad I at least didnt cause a massive explosion of energies in subspace... that would have imploded the universe.

@JohanSJA you could always just refer me to your questions/answers...

I tend to flag if its bad xD

then its destroyed.

With fire.

And brimstone

And a massive explosion.

:P

JohanSJA

that's ok. I guess you guys are just trying to keep AskUbuntu.com 'clean' which is a good thing in first place.

The Evil Phoenix

01:43

And the explosion would be fiery xD

JohanSJA

so finally your got your hard disk fixed?

The Evil Phoenix

nope, its dead

they're sending a replacement

after a decent sized rant

and a good rant to their supervisor :P

JohanSJA

so your hardware is still under warranty?

The Evil Phoenix

mhm

thankfully

:P

JohanSJA

That's good then. So you are dual-booting your Dell?

The Evil Phoenix

01:58

i will be

when i get the new drive

AND my windows OEM media/key

since my current drive's windows key cannot be used again...

i had to get new media and a new key.

JohanSJA

why is it so? I thought that Windows OEM Key is stored in the BIOS chipset rather than the hdd.

The Evil Phoenix

except that the key for this system is for XP

i need to reinstall to a new drive

and the hardware change will result in the key being invalidated

trust me, i've worked with this stuff for a while - i'm a tech-in-training for windows (A+ certification)

JohanSJA

@TheEvilPhoenix , just asking since that is what I understand.

The Evil Phoenix

understandable

Dell is picky though

while the service tags are stored in the system, the OEM product keys for new windows installs don't get stored

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How do I make my USB Bluetooth dongle work? (Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110))

I've a USB bluetooth dongle root@maiko-cce-lin:~# lsusb | grep Bluetooth Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) that isn't working properly, hardly-ever it works but stops working in my next reboot. what I've tried it isn't software blocked...

linux ubuntu bluetooth

The Evil Phoenix

02:08

that's what i'm using, new windows installs

STFU @UbuntuQuestionsonUL

JohanSJA

02:39

I don't really care now. I just got a Dell laptop last two weeks. And I basically replace the Windows installation. Never thought of going back to Windows anyway.

Joshua Robison

so I wanna copy all the fonts from my mac to my linux machine but there's tons of files with a "._" in front of them

the thing is those ._ files are important

it seems

most of the time they have data like 40k or so

but the file with the file name without the ._ has zero data

O_o

juancarlospaco

copy the file with data

other are indexed thingys from the osx filesystem

Joshua Robison

@juancarlospaco, and then I could just rename the files to get rid of the ._ I guess huh

juancarlospaco

yes

pyrenamer

Joshua Robison

thanks

juancarlospaco

02:50

(removed)

(moved)

juancarlospaco

03:04

:)

Joshua Robison

03:22

all my files in a directory have a "thm_" prefix

how do I get rid of that

for example

mv thm_* *

mv thm_*

or rename thm_*

Questions Feed

03:40

Why does unplugging my laptop trigger a 'lid close' event? http://bit.ly/mShk6c #1104

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on July 21, 2011 at 3:34 AM

juancarlospaco

@JoshuaRobison install pyrenamer

JohanSJA

03:56

How can we check what are the badges available overall?

juancarlospaco

on the Profile (?)

JohanSJA

@juancarlospaco I can only see my badges in my profile. I am wondering what are other badges that are available to grab.

juancarlospaco

ah

mmm i dunno, i think its on the help of the page

juancarlospaco

04:20

:)

Takkat

06:03

Good morning

@JohanSJA askubuntu.com/badges

JohanSJA

morning, @Takkat

Rinzwind

06:30

morning!

Takkat

Hi @Rinzwind o/

George Edison

06:41

Why does Chrome think 'scalable' isn't a word...

Questions Feed

Natural Sounding Text to Speech? http://bit.ly/nU7T9y #softwarerecommendation

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on July 21, 2011 at 6:34 AM

Questions Feed

09:49

Can It be said that Ccleaner is beneficial for linux? http://bit.ly/qj9Nkl #1004

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on July 21, 2011 at 9:34 AM

hotveryspicy

10:08

@Takkat hi

Takkat

hi @hotveryspicy

hotveryspicy

need help.

Takkat

am rather busy here, what's your problem?

hotveryspicy

how to do this? help me

Takkat

so sorry, but I know nothing on Android or Eclipse :/

hotveryspicy

10:12

its noon here all are sleeping in SO. that's why came here. any way thanks.

Rinzwind

having a compiler as a username does not guarantee good questions it seems :-P

Takkat

struggling with absorbers again

Alvar

11:10

is there a good gmail notifier out there?

I jsut want a simpel ping with a gmail logo that is flashing

like if you are having a starring contest with a source code you will notice if you get a new mail! :)

@anyone?

@takkat

maaaaaaaaaaarcoooooooooooo

Amith kk

@Alvar Im Alive

Alvar

@Amithkk really? :O can u help? :D

answer my question PLEASE :(

Takkat

@Alvar: try Popper

Amith kk

Popper is good

Takkat

developer is on AU! askubuntu.com/users/5102/ralf-hersel

Alvar

11:18

@Takkat lol

@Takkat updating ppa.....

[email protected]

lol the deafult for the program in gmail was

LOL

Amith kk

Thats not real

I tried

I got Error:Message Bounced

Takkat

ducks away - absorber attack

Alvar

anyone know where I can get the sound for a "new mail" in mac os x?

@Takkat do you know wheree I can download the mac os x sound for a new mail? (in the program mail)

Amith kk

@Alvar Sorry, I cannot find my EHDD :(

I have sounds from Windows 3.1-7 + Mac System 2-10

Alvar

11:34

@Amithkk aaa...

I'm looking for the sound of a new mail in the program mail for either iphone or mac (the sound is the same)

I tried to put a .mp3 sound in propper but all I heard was just bad noise

like when you can't find a radio station (on a old school radio)

Amith kk

no .mp3 is allowed

wav only

Alvar

@Amithkk LAME

then how do I convert .mp3 to wav?

would handbrake work?

Amith kk

LAME MP3 Encoder?

lame.sourceforge.net

Alvar

@Amithkk !!??!?!!?!

Amith kk

LOL

Alvar

11:38

lol LAME LOL

I hate tar.gz I love .deb ...

Amith kk

Great! @TheEvilPhoenix I haz summoned you

Alvar

wtf

does lame has a graphical interface?

:O

Amith kk

:D

ME WANTZ ARDUINO!

Alvar

lol

eas up on the caffeine...

Amith kk

Serial may sound like a tasty breakfast food, but its actually quite different. The word serial means "one after the other." For example, a serial killer doesn't stop with one murder, but stabs many people one after the other. Serial data transfer is when we transfer data one bit at a time, one right after the other.

LOL

Alvar

11:47

i hate source code :/

Amith kk

Learn's

C

Alvar

lol

it was coded in python lol

Amith kk

ladyada.net/learn/arduino/lesson4.html

No its in AR_C12

Alvar

so what?!

Amith kk

con-f-use

12:16

0

Q: Who owns Ubuntu and the ownership of Ubuntu as a going concern

Possible Duplicates: Who pays for Ubuntu? Ubuntu finances and future of project? How does Ubuntu make money? As I read Mark Shuttlesworth (hope i got it correct) is the one calling the shots through his owned created trust (God bless him). My question is that what will happen if he (...

11.04 canonical

just wow

juancarlospaco

12:32

ʘ⏠ʘ

Stefano Palazzo

@juancarlospaco please don't do that again

con-f-use

what did you do?

Questions Feed

Running Xubuntu without panels http://bit.ly/opKUvC #xubuntu

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on July 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM

The Evil Phoenix

12:48

@Amithkk you are NOT authorized to summon me.

However you are authorized to request burnination of yourself >:)

Amith kk

adds himself to TEPS group

I haz authorization

The Evil Phoenix

ERROR: Your authentication codes are not correct. Please enter security verification codes.

Amith kk

quantum:>SV_code_EVLPHNXAthr.key

The Evil Phoenix

ERROR: Your authentication keys are not valid. Security has been alerted, and military units will arrive at your location shortly to take you into military custody.

@MarcoCeppi or @StefanoPalazzo burn worthy "answer"?

-1

A: What to install for mysql?

Alternatively, you can use postgresql, which is widely (universally?) supported among web host services. (My website on lunarpages supports it fully.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL It may have a favorable aura respecting free software. It is highly capable and is, I think, functionall...

i answered the question and this user posts something about PostgreSQL

which is unrelated to the question.

and sounds like advertising a tiny bit

Amith kk

@TheEvilPhoenix FAIL!

Oli

12:56

@TheEvilPhoenix Is gone now, thanks.

Amith kk

Give this bit of code to george and ask him to please try it with his uno

#include  <LiquidCrystal.h>

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

byte newChar[8] = {
	B00000,
	B11111,
	B01100,
	B10000,
	B10110,
	B01110,
	B00010,
	B11111
};

void setup() {
	lcd.createChar(0, newChar);
	lcd.begin(16, 2);
	lcd.write(0);
}

void loop() {}

The Evil Phoenix

@Oli thanks for burning it :)

Amith kk

Shall thy be trusteth? @TheEvilPhoenix

The Evil Phoenix

13:18

@Amithkk shall thy be placed on ignore?

:P

@Oli migrate worthy question? (if so, i flagged it. :P)

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Q: Need minimal linux distro, with install size less atmost 250 - 300 mb

I need a distro of Linux with occupies 250 to 300 mb as an install size on HDD... This distro should be able to run C programs (NOT COMPILE!! just execute)... and must be compatible with grub2 (NEED TO USE 'GRUB-REBOOT'). Please let me know if some have an idea that which distro can be useful...

software-recommendation linux-distro

Oli

Yeah that's migrated now.

The Evil Phoenix

:)

@Oli question. upon migration, does a question get untagged at the destination site?

Marco Ceppi

@TheEvilPhoenix Yes

The Evil Phoenix

same would apply if, say, an internal migration from meta to main or main to meta would occur?

(in the event someone posted a support question in meta, or posted a meta question in main)

Marco Ceppi

@TheEvilPhoenix Correct

The Evil Phoenix

13:33

i see.

in an internal migration, do mods usually retag the question accordingly, or do you wait for retag/edit-permission people to retag it?

Marco Ceppi

13:45

@TheEvilPhoenix I usually let someone else do it - I'm pretty bad at tagging things (since I actually started the now infamous [ubuntu-desktop] tag)

The Evil Phoenix

lol

@MarcoCeppi so you'd rather migrate it then let someone such as myself with retagging privs redo the tags

Marco Ceppi

Yup

The Evil Phoenix

(like on that question that @Oli sent over to U&L)

Marco Ceppi

Basically

The Evil Phoenix

i hate to say it... but...

@MarcoCeppi lazy. much? :P

Marco Ceppi

13:49

mod_lazy

The Evil Phoenix

and what caused that ubuntu-desktop tag to be considered infamous?

Oli

@TheEvilPhoenix Why did we nuke it? It was getting used for far too many questions, to the point where there's no purpose in having it.

The Evil Phoenix

ah

one of those "catch-all" tags

Oli

You might as well have a question tag.

The Evil Phoenix

:P

lol

oh good i just got an area51 proposal shot down because it has no basis to create an se site.

>:)

Oli

13:55

It also doesn't really portray much unless you're talking about the ubuntu-desktop metapackage... And I don't think any of the questions that were using it were.

The Evil Phoenix

:P

Marco Ceppi

14:29

@TheEvilPhoenix It was a meta tag: it's longevity meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=ubuntu-desktop

The Evil Phoenix

ehh, I prefer @oli's explanation, @Marco xD

but lol this one is pretty funny to see in that list, @Marco

5

Q: Is the ubuntu-desktop tag immortal ?

As of 2011-01-18, Jeff Atwood deleted the ubuntu-desktop tag. One day later there are already new ubuntu-desktop questions. Considering all askers are relatively new to askubuntu, I suppose they were not addicted to this particular tag. Was the tag still available in tag suggestions ? It may b...

discussion tags

Achu

Interesting!

►

2

Alvar

14:58

how does propper work? I don't even know how to start it!

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