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jrg

16:00

need another upvote for the cleanup site?

jokerdino

good night guys :))

Amith KK

@jrg Nah, It didnt get allotted to me :D

@jokerdino cya

jrg

@AmithKK ah i see.

@jokerdino cya

htorque

woohoo - we are free of the wrong ubuntus! \o/

rlemon

anyone currently on windows?

or feel like looking @ this on Chrome or FF in windows jsfiddle.net/aR273

htorque

16:04

updating my w7 vm

jrg

@rlemon give me a few minutes and i'll reboot.

rlemon

basically the nice styling of the select is lost in windows and you see the basic white input - but with white text... :(

makes me a sad panda

i'm already adding
option { background: inherit; } to circumvent Chrome issues on linux.

htorque

works with the ie

installing ff and chrome

looks ok in chrome

and ff

no white on white

rlemon

chrome + windows on two pc's at work now have white on white (not for the open list, for the closed select list)

htorque

the foo bar hello world list?

closed?

its white on black in my w7 vm - ie, opera, chrome, ff.

jrg

16:14

and then white on black

Amith KK

@jrg You have mod powers?

Cool :D

jrg

@AmithKK i have mod powers?

Amith KK

@jrg Yes, Yes you do 10k+

Global Rep

on SE

jrg

i'm confused.

rlemon

@jrg yup - that is what I see in Chrome on windows7/xp

jrg

16:16

ok, so what does that get me?

Amith KK

@jrg Ability to dispute chat flags

jrg

@rlemon ok. want my IE thing?

Amith KK

Sigh.... :D

jrg

@AmithKK and how useful is this?

rlemon

what is that?

Amith KK

16:17

@jrg Depends on you :P

rlemon

@jrg when I get flagged for 'offensive' material when really i'm posting a link to the greatest website on the internet... you can dispute them.

jrg

@rlemon looks the same in IE 9

@AmithKK i see

rlemon

so breaks in IE 10 is what you are saying.

jrg

i'm sorry, I JUST DONT SEE HOW USEFUL THIS IS

No. I don't have 10 installed

rlemon

lol

you said 10

i swear i saw ten

Amith KK

16:18

@rlemon He edited it

rlemon

y u edit them make me feel like i'm crazy!

jrg

I did. then i edited it after i realized my mistake. :P

Amith KK

@rlemon browsershots.org

rlemon

@AmithKK ok?

don't think that will like 192.168.x.x

:P

i mean... i can try

192.168.2.43/login

anything?? :P

Amith KK

@rlemon No,

rlemon

16:20

works well for me... i don't know what your problem could be.

Amith KK

Forward the ports to outernet

@rlemon Give me a plane ticket to your house, Ill try there (j/k)

rlemon

it's cool. it's a simple feature I can reproduce.

Amith KK

bitly.com/rlemon

htorque

@jrg @rlemon is that with windows' fancy 3d theme (aero?) enabled? i use classic look in my vm...

jrg

Yeah, the fancy thing

Amith KK

16:24

@jrg aero?

jrg

yeah

that

htorque

would be very weird if that's the reason for the different observations.

rlemon

ok, i love tracking down problems... makes me feel closer to getting them solved.

Amith KK

@htorque But, It is

rlemon

i'll go verify - i got a windows xp machine around here.

htorque

16:25

not sure i can enable aero in vbox

jrg

i'm on windows for another 20 minutes or so, then i'm shutting it down again. :P

htorque

i need to wait for 24 important updates to install :D

+ configure on shutdown + configure on boot :D

jrg

and then it'll tell you about more updates

htorque

hehe

jrg

You think i'm joking

htorque

16:27

no

i know windows well enough. unfortunately.

:D

0

Q: Is there a way to hide single bookmarks or bookmark folders in Google Chrome (or Chromium)?

In Opera I can choose to hide bookmarks and bookmark folders from the bookmark bar, is this also possible with Google Chrome or Chromium? As a workaround I put all the bookmarks I don't want to see in a separate folder within a folder that's on the bookmark bar. The "Other Bookmarks" folder is ...

crickets → answer = no.

rlemon

ok verified also broken on Chrome 16 / WinXP SP3

htorque

that kinda sucks

@rlemon then i suggest installing it in a vm :P

rlemon

what do you mean?

i'm trying to fix some css here

jrg

Another downvote without reasons. Ugh

htorque

@rlemon then add a note "optimized for use in a virtual machine" :P

Marco Ceppi

16:29

I like getting downvotes, it means I can fix my answers even more.

rlemon

@htorque and make all my users log into a VM - to log into Chrome - to log into my app/

htorque

@rlemon correct!

jrg

I appreciate downvotes - I just want a constructive downvoter. :) AKA a commenter

rlemon

I once worked on a friend's dad's computer. He had the hard drive divided into six partitions, C: through J:, with a 'Documents' directory tree on each one. Each new file appeared to be saved to a partition at random. I knew enough not to ask.

Amith KK

people.mozilla.com/~prouget/ie9

htorque

16:30

@rlemon but seriously, i'd like to know why it works in vbox. :-?

Amith KK

@htorque Because its linux underneath

htorque

i doubt that :P

rlemon

that is odd to me... does the VM share dependencies at all??

is your Chrome /.config somehow being used for your vm chrome?

htorque

@rlemon nope that's completely separated

Windows works better on Linux.

rlemon

Ohhhhh I forgot! you have Unicorns in your system... How silly of me to forget, I put them there!

btw... you're welcome!

Amith KK

16:36

BB

Jorge Castro

16:53

hello from an airplane over Oklahoma!

htorque

o/

don't make it crash with your electronical device on :P

Jorge Castro

17:04

heh

Bah, got Marco'ed while I was searching for a dupe but he beat me to it

William

blender.org/download/get-blender 64 Bits!

htorque

> Assembling Service Pack. Do not turn off your computer.

well, i just turned it on...

nitstorm

17:23

guys, when you use ssh-copy-id -i 'absolute-path-to-file.pub' it should copy just that key to the authorized_keys on the server right?

jrg

no

nitstorm

coz I just tried that, and it copied all the public keys present in my .ssh directory to the authorized_keys file on the remote machine

@jrg explain please?

htorque

@jrg it's only 5 new updates \o/

William

@JorgeCastro You just got Marco'd! And it's @jrg's fault!

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Jorge Castro

17:32

And of course it was tweeted

* shakes fist at sky

Marco Ceppi

@JorgeCastro Shouldn't that be offtopic?

htorque

@jrg oh come on... after the second reboot there is still one more important update. i'm so glad i switched to linux. what a crap!

Jorge Castro

@MarcoCeppi I tried to save it with an edit

instead of "is it possible" this one can at least have an answer

Might be a better fit for the forums tho

htorque

yeah, "is it possible" questions are a bit problematic with open source software

nitstorm

17:52

is it safe to delete the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file if you want to hit the reset button on ssh and generate new keys and copy them to your ssh-servers?

jrg

Yes

@htorque Wonderful isn't it?

ok, that was either the greatest thing i've ever eaten, or the worst. Fried canned ham (not spam)

nitstorm

@jrg so that way even though i authenticated an old key using Gnome-keyring would become useless right? I mean without logging out? Or should I be logging out and logging back in?

jrg

Ok.

htorque

deep-fried mars bar.

do want.

jrg

~/.ssh/known_hosts does a few things

it keeps the rsa keys of an ssh server to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks

and thats about it actually. :P

@htorque oh no that sounds evil. *_*

nitstorm

17:57

@jrg Roger that! Sounds good :)

htorque

i sounds like a million calories. :D

jrg

Deep-fried Mars bar

A deep-fried Mars bar is an ordinary Mars bar normally fried in a type of batter commonly used for deep-frying fish, sausages, and other battered products. The chocolate bar is typically chilled before battering to prevent it from melting into the frying fat, though a cold Mars can fracture when heated. The dish originated at chip shops in Scotland as a novelty item, but was never mainstream. Since various mass media have reported on the practice since the mid 1990s, in part as a commentary on urban Scotland's notoriously unhealthy diet, the popularity of the dish has spread. History It...

"One phone call to a local paper with a quirky story transformed - in the space of just a few days - a bit of fun between a chip shop owner and some local children in a Scottish fishing town into a global cultural and gastronomic phenomenon."

htorque

scots know everything about healthy food (they just stay away from it). :P

Stefano Palazzo

18:13

guys, exciting news :)

jrg

Oh? Did the close votes level get brought down to 3? :D

Stefano Palazzo

Ask Ubuntu Moderator elections will start next week

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jrg

Fancy.

loads meta, sees nothing, hits refresh COMON GIMMME DETAILS ALREADY. :P

Stefano Palazzo

Ready your speaking voice, break out the rhetoric - or your voting pencil, as the case may be - it's time to elect some new AU overlords.

:D

(can you tell I'm excited?) (;

jrg

How many of them this time?

can't wait for meta

Stefano Palazzo

18:18

there will probably be two additional spots (probably)

Gigili

@StefanoPalazzo Is it the OTR problem again?

Stefano Palazzo

yes...

htorque

good, i vote for jrg!

jrg

thats one - ok, so i've got three votes for moderator already - you, me and roland. :P

Stefano Palazzo

and me (:

jrg

18:19

So you're saying I might have a slight chance of winning this? O_o

htorque

no

no slight chance

;)

jrg

never had a shot at all. ;)

htorque

and it's ask ubuntu that wins new moderators :P

jrg

true fact.

htorque

"additional"

George Edison

18:45

@jokerdino: You have earned so much rep. on English.SE now :)

rlemon

moderator votes what?

George Edison

@rlemon I have something for you... :)

rlemon

ducks

George Edison

It's some JS code.

rlemon

(sorry natural reaction to that statement... i have older siblings)

jrg

18:48

And I have younger ones, and its a natural reaction here. :P

rlemon

well i'm now 25 and he's 27 so it is no longer an issue - but the damage has been done.

George Edison

@rlemon: paste.ubuntu.com/814562

Fetches all SE sites across all pages :)

(Using my new Stack.JS library.)

rlemon

lol, cool man :P i'll defiantly be using that

George Edison

Wait - paste.ubuntu.com/814564

@rlemon: stackapps.com/questions/2988/…

juancarlospaco

:)

jsfiddle.net/juancarlospaco/8BphM

jrg

19:01

lol

juancarlospaco

:)

rlemon

jsfiddle.net/S6kYy

juancarlospaco

:)

rlemon

jsfiddle.net/rlemon/S6kYy/4 now he talks.

juancarlospaco

hehehehe

Jedi Lightsaber into a Game-like behavior without JS : jsfiddle.net/juancarlospaco/52MhV/embedded/result

Use the Force to turn ON the LightSaber :P

Bruno Pereira

19:14

evening

juancarlospaco

its onMouseover :P

jrg

@oli I sure hope you have your cleanup site "live" by next weeks election, because unless you tell me not to, i'm linking to the leaderboard. :P

@juancarlospaco i can't figure out how to move the lightsaber. :P

juancarlospaco

@jrg on Webkits it moves

as i said i try to mimic a game WITHOUT js

jrg

Oh.... so i don't control it?

juancarlospaco

nope, just a demo

lol no JS at all

jrg

19:17

oh ok.

juancarlospaco

it has laser shoots made using html marquee and css, but they are commented out :P

wisemonkey

anyone here uses Tor?

Bruno Pereira

@wisemonkey sure, maybe I can help

wisemonkey

nice I wanted to find links having some more information / tutorials (the one which can be understoof relatively easily)

understood*

Bruno Pereira

for what, install, removal, config? the page from tor is a gem on information

wisemonkey

19:27

hmm I'm reading page from tor only but one thing I can't understand: -- if I install from Download link on home page is it applicable to all traffic going/coming to computer

or is it tor browser only?

yea after download it says tor browser

Bruno Pereira

there are 2 ideas of tor, 1 is system wide and involves you configuring your system to use tor as a proxy, that goes for all traffic

wisemonkey

top

Bruno Pereira

or you can configure tor only for 1 program, ie firefox

thats it what you are seeing atm

Jorge Castro

OMG ELECTIONS

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Bruno Pereira

after you install tor you can configure your system to use tor as a proxy

or only your browser

wisemonkey

19:32

ohh ok so after I download and install at configuration I can say its a system wide

I'll try thanks :)

Bruno Pereira

@wisemonkey the browser plug-in adds a nice button to enable/disable tor on firefox, that does not mean the system is using it or that if you press the button it will enable/disable system wide settings, that is only for the browser and nothing else. You can tell Ubuntu to use your tor installation as a proxy for all traffic

wisemonkey

yea looks like I've button, I will read about configuring tor for ubuntu

Bruno Pereira

@JorgeCastro next time please mount the camera (or ask the guys to) somewhere else! during the unity customization part 70% of the time there was ppl in front of it! :)

jrg

@JorgeCastro yes, elections.

Bruno Pereira

@jrg I am assuming I will see your face on the list? ;)

jrg

19:36

@BrunoPereira someone is holding kittens hostage right now, so probably unless I can rescue them before then. ;)

Bruno Pereira

@jrg Oo? :D

wisemonkey

yea I'll definitely go for system wide config "Aurora (FF beta)" kills my system :P

Bruno Pereira

That can be a problem, beta ftw ;)

wisemonkey

for some reason beta FF takes up all CPU :-/

Jorge Castro

@BrunoPereira oh I didn't know the talk was recorded! Link?!

Bruno Pereira

19:42

@JorgeCastro I don know it either, I watched real time

rlemon

Where is elections link

jrg

@rlemon nothing up yet

@JorgeCastro @BrunoPereira I've been trying to find out if the talks were recorded

wisemonkey

@BrunoPereira: Is this a good place to start? : help.ubuntu.com/community/Tor (I'm using 11.10 and its not listed there)

Jorge Castro

@StefanoPalazzo is there going to be a meta post?

Bruno Pereira

@wisemonkey looks very good explained

wisemonkey

19:47

ok cool then will start from there :) thanks

Bruno Pereira

@wisemonkey ping me anytime or drop a question on the main, Iĺl try to help if Im around

wisemonkey

sure will do

Bruno Pereira

oh wow, no dupe? askubuntu.com/questions/97897/add-a-path-to-bash-script

Bruno Pereira

20:10

dupe:

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Q: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64bit only showing 2.9GB of memory

I have installed ubuntu 10.04 lts (64bit) on my lenovo thinkpad X60 (Core 2 Duo T5600). I installed 4gb of ram before installing ubuntu, but when I check the available memory in Ubuntu it says that only 2.9gb is installed. I have checked the bios and it shows the full 4gb of ram. Any help with th...

10.04 memory ram

wisemonkey

ooh I've a blog post answering that issue

I'm gonna brag :D

Bruno Pereira

Is this too much editing? askubuntu.com/a/97705/25863

rlemon

jsfiddle.net/rlemon/8G42h/2 @jrg does that fix the problem for you as well?

jrg

@BrunoPereira is it the correct answer?

Bruno Pereira

@jrg yeah he can enable it there

jrg

20:19

@rlemon what problem?

@BrunoPereira then I'd say its fine

rlemon

remember the css issue i was having earlier windows + ie/chrome

select.ui-state-default {
    background-image: none !important;
    background-color: auto !important;
}

Jorge Castro

I don't believe in "too much editing" :)

rlemon

appears to be the solution for chrome + windows at least.

Bruno Pereira

@JorgeCastro just dont want to change the original answer too much, but in this case he had it right!

Oh wow, mod tools have moved around a lot, looks better but still need to look around a bit, a guy blinks his eyes for a week and everything moves ahead!

Marco Ceppi

@BrunoPereira I'm converting that question

Bruno Pereira

20:34

@MarcoCeppi askubuntu.com/questions/95776/… is done already

just remove the "answers"

Marco Ceppi

I did

ugh, nvm.

Also, please don't delete the text from the answers

Bruno Pereira

@MarcoCeppi sure. i'll let you fix it for now else it will not help at all.

Marco Ceppi

Naw, go ahead and finish

Bruno Pereira

going for it then

rlemon

if i'm working in branch development and I want to push to stable should I A) just push what I have to stable or B) merge development with stable

Questions Feed

20:40

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rlemon

anyone??

basically I just want my stable and development branches to be the same (as dev is currently stable)

is that a merge or just push the same repo to both branches.

git push origin development
git push origin stable

Marco Ceppi

Merge, then push

git checkout stable; git merge development; git push origin stable

rlemon

sweet thanks

Marco Ceppi

Otherwise you overwrite everything in stable with development and bypass merging any hotfixes that may have taken place in stable

Bruno Pereira

20:55

Is there an answer in this big text of information? askubuntu.com/a/97862/25863

jrg

21:16

umm.... i can't find anything

Bruno Pereira

@jrg there is a half answer:

"but here is a solution.

the installer should ask for a starting resolution. (if you say now then it must start at legacy reso, 640x480 , with a message. if the screen stays blank for more than 10seconds, hit the space bar to go to 600x800. some distributions do this, now."

jrg

i see

wisemonkey

@BrunoPereira: looks like I successfully got Tor working

Bruno Pereira

@jrg its lame, I know. Dont want to downvote that full body of lost memories and troubleshooting exp ;)

@wisemonkey great! got it smooth, took me more time to do it when I did ;)

wisemonkey

but now google thinks I'm in some European country and provide me with errors as : "Домен Stackexchange.com хоче отримати інформаці..."

hehe yea I can imagine the way I was stumbling

Bruno Pereira

21:22

@wisemonkey that is tor working alright ;)

wisemonkey

yup :)

Bruno Pereira

(lol)

wisemonkey

ohh yea I've noticed though that clicking on links doesn't work

however if I copy paste a link then it works

jrg

@BrunoPereira hehe.

Bruno Pereira

@wisemonkey I think it has something to do with the addon for firefox, also had that problem at start, cant figure out what happened in the mean while :S

jrg

21:25

I found it hard to believe I was running Precise, and then i realized that my updates were going to take a long long time. :P

wisemonkey

ohh well no issue I can middle click or copy paste I hardly open a link in same tab anyways :P

rlemon

21:56

how do i change which branch i'm currently adding / committing too

when I merged development and stable it kept me in stable.

:S

jrg

git checkout $branchname

right?

rlemon

hrmm... possibly just a cache issue

hrmm... ok now.. I did not realize I was working in the stable branch... from the stable branch I ran
git add *
git commit -am 'blah'
git push origin development

then ` git checkout stable; git merge development; git push origin stable `

now stable has the latest code, but development does not.

Bruno Pereira

gn all

rlemon

nevermind... fixed it.

:P

Stefano Palazzo

@JorgeCastro There should be an announcement on the site itself in a weeks time

htorque