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12:08 AM
listening to three audio streams at a time...seems like a bad idea, but if your head doesn't explode and you can retain at least half of it, you are ahead
 
 
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1:40 AM
Bounty offered: How do I switch from LightDM to GDM? http://askubuntu.com/questions/152256/how-do-i-switch-from-lightdm-to-gdm?atw=1 #lightdm
 
 
2 hours later…
3:41 AM
does anyone know if tachyons aka abcd is on irc?
 
4:07 AM
Good Morning
 
morning...
coming up on a deadline so i may be a bit grumpy i'll try and be objective
your signoff image before sleep was funny btw
 
When you flag a question, and then you realize that you flagged it for the wrong reason, what can you do?
You saw that? I took it down I thought is was offensive.
 
It was probably a good idea to pull it, but I saw it during the gap (many users despite the efficacy of doing so) post something borderline then pull it b/c the people that can see those things are usually less easily-offended than a casual passer-by
@Mitch ask a mod to change it requires finding a mod or post a comment that you think a particular flag might be a better idea than another. it's not that big a deal really (one over another) as long as it was generally bad
 
Yeah, I know, most people I work with don't have a sense of humor.
Oh OK
I flagged as Spam, but then I realized that it was off topic.
 
oh. that one's a substantial difference
do comment i thought you mean OT vs NARQ or something
 
4:15 AM
Have a look
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Q: I have a FTA Receiver Pansat.?

AntonioHow do I upload firmware to a FTA receiver Pansat thru RS-232 cable. Any help? I have ubuntu 12.04.

 
i would go with too localised. a general question about using rs232 to send firmware in a relatively portable way (using some common inexpensive hardware like a beagle or a wrt box might be okay imo)
 
That's what I did, but first I flagged it as spam. I guess I should NEVER do anything before coffee.
 
just agree with my comment as as self-protection getting it on the record thing to clean it up. anyone that takes exception to your spam flag will have a record to contend with then
 
So no need to leave another comment?
 
i don't think so...a bigger comment would indicate directly in the question that you flagged for closure. i don't really care about the points at this point. it seems like you do from some recent discussions and i don't want you to get selective downvoting because of something i said might be a good idea. anyone with sufficient priv should be able to piece together the situation now
 
4:23 AM
Something like: This was accidentally flagged Spam
OK
I have to sign off in a few minutes, to get ready to go to work, but I'll be back on in a couple of hours.
 
oh gtk-record YUNOWORKRIGHT
 
What?
 
why doesn't gtk-record have some features i desire, while it does have some bugs that i think are silly
 
I really don't about points, but I like to know the system better, and how it work. That's all
 
fair point. if you just don't stress it, the points kind of take care of themselves. on the other hand it's easier to say that when you have some points you don't mind losing temporarily
 
4:30 AM
Ok
Well, I'll see you on the flip side.
 
later on
 
4:43 AM
Why do the wallpapers I put in the 'Pictures folder' in the appearence settings never save? http://askubuntu.com/questions/158493/why-do-the-wallpapers-i-put-in-the-pictures-folder-in-the-appearence-settings?atw=1 #settings
 
@QuestionsFeed works for me
 
How to get youtube thumbnails via youtube api ?
using python
@aking1012
 
i haven't looked at the api since i don't really care about screenshots. if you let me google-around a bit, i may be able to find it
ogod, there's a question on SU
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Q: How to get thumbnail of YouTube video link using YouTube API?

RyanI want to pass a YouTube URL to maybe YouTube's API and get the video thumbnail using PHP & curl? Is that possible?

 
Thanks :-)
 
np
has anyone used a way to back-up virtualbox image snapshots that is known working?
relatively urgent or i'm going in to the "untested but critical" zone
@tachyons consider upboating it if it helped
i think my vid card is going to burst in to flames(on my lappie)
 
5:54 AM
anyone looking at the suggested edit queue?
 
not at the moment. i have something with a 2 hour deadline
 
ok.. Good luck with the task.. :)
SE should integrate Gtranslate to autodetect questions in other languages and append a translated version.
 
6:14 AM
o/ jokerdino
 
o/ aking1012
 
@Mahesh thx, turns out i found a way to cache the critical bits
 
btw, i was talking about this legendary article timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/enterprise-it/security/… in root access.
 
:)
 
6:34 AM
does anyone know anyone that works on quickly directly?
 
why not just talk to the devs?
 
erm, i suppose i could but it's kind of a request thing with "this is what normal python glade imports look like" and "this is what we changed to add launchpad integration/other feature"...so i'm not sure launchpad is the best place
 
that's a link to top contributors to quickly.
 
i got it...my answering python questions has recently ballooned in to quickly issues that i don't understand completely, but i should since i 'get' python mostly
i'm sure it's beautiful if you designed it. i just need to find that headspace
 
Hello all\
 
6:40 AM
o/
 
Hello, good morning all (another day)
 
Just out of curiosity, is this question askubuntu.com/questions/150492/… same as this askubuntu.com/questions/2608/…
@AnwarShah Good Morning
 
could be, the only difference i see is "with vlc" which is ffmpeg backed. the whole ffmpeg libav debacle has me confused though
 
@Mitch, seems same, but not very sure (only a quick look)
 
like is there going to be a vlc compiled to libav backend and an alias to libav-thumbnailer instead or what why can't we all just get along
 
6:45 AM
lol
 
was all "wait a video protection system caches the whole video to disk? google-video beat that a couple years ago" <-- see webex. don't be stupid. if it's shared on the interwebs it's save-able. anything else is self deception
 
izx
I love the smell of Mint in the morning...
 
/me too loves the smell of more proprietary broken desktop environments...
 
> It is based on Ubuntu, so I think I can ask here.
good point
 
6:58 AM
it clearly says otherwise in the faq
 
Ubuntu is based on Debian. so I think I can ask about Debian here.
 
fair point
flagged as OT
 
Madam,
Some nice guy changed the password for pt3works three days ago. Please do something about this.
----
Thanks for informing me. I can't access as well. I'll see what I can do. Sigh!
 
izx
It's all based on the Linux kernel, how do I install Gentoo from scratch again?
 
Sigh. can't access. Eff this
 
7:02 AM
@izx hilarious
SWISTM wrote the faq to exclude Mint. If it's a problem contest it on meta. just how i think about it
someone who is smarter than me
 
It all base on Unix, so should I call Bell Labs?
 
oh
oh wait. we all start from Unix. so, we can ask about Mac here too!
 
lol might as well
 
I should ask Mac here , really
 
@Mitch and call freebsd and nextstep/machos mailing lists for mac problems
 
7:04 AM
lol
 
So, Why exclude Windoze
 
izx
<gets an Ouija board and invokes Charles Babbage's ghost>
 
it's all based on transistors ultimately right? why not ask low-level electronics math questions
 
So, why not physics here?
 
iirc you're the one that said fair point to mint being on topic
 
7:07 AM
He was being sarcastic I suppose.
 
i hope so
 
yes
 
He is being sarcastic again I suppose.
 
I hope so
 
It's not now.
 
7:09 AM
If I am always right, then I am right that you are being sarcastic here. Which negates the previous point. So...
 
type "tilt" on google search
or "z or r twice"
 
type google easter egg on google search. my favorite is zerg rush
 
izx
@jokerdino Stop being pedinantic :P
 
I don't know what I am getting into.
 
izx
Blue pill or red pill?
 
7:13 AM
Charcoal pill :S
 
you're trying to defend against the zerg rush...which is impossible when it is timed correctly
 
Right.
I still haven't figured out what is pedinantic :/
 
He was being sarcastic I suppose. -- no he wasn't. it was back-tracking.
 
You have a fairer point.
 
izx
@jokerdino It's "pedantic" for dinos :P
 
7:18 AM
:/
 
@izx Who would have guessed that? :P
 
I would like to hear from about the matter
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Q: Should I leave my questions open which I asked to share a find out?

Anwar ShahI asked this question yesterday, but when I was writing the answer, a comment from izx was there, asking more details. Then a completed the answer, and told him that, I actually trying to share a find out. Though I was feeling shame or some uneasiness about the fact that, I should have give more ...

@izx, I specially want to hear from you
 
You should have checked the answer your own question box and answered it yourself.
 
Yes, It was a fault. only recognized after sending the question
 
izx
It's perfectly OK to self-ask and self-answer legitimate questions which aren't too localized, and if you haven't got better answers in 2-days (or whatever time limit you feel is fair), accept yours. If you get a better answer later, unaccept and accept that instead!
 
7:24 AM
@izx, thanks
feeling much better now
 
izx
I edited the title to be more catchy: "How do I quickly open System Monitor in Kubuntu" -- you should add a screenshot of System Monitor just to aesthetically enhance your answer
And deleted my comment since it's redundant now (you should too)
 
I don't know. I feel uneasy when things happen like this.
 
I'll do that, since I am now accessing from my university lab. (no kubuntu here)
 
It comes very close to being called rep farming. :/
 
izx
@jokerdino Well, almost all self-ask/answer are that to a certain degree (unless CW'd); I'd say the Q/A is still borderline too-localized, let the community decide...
 
7:29 AM
all of my self Q&A are all asked to do so from the chat. so, there was some sort of a community consensus.
 
@jokerdino, what should be ideal doing in that situation ?
 
izx
IMO an invitation for a self-QA is nice, but in no way essential if your Q is "legit"
 
i can't tell. i remember sharing a tip in the chat room and being asked to put it up in the site. or asking a question and then figuring it out myself.
 
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Q: Should I leave my questions open which I asked to share a find out?

Anwar ShahI asked this question yesterday, but when I was writing the answer, a comment from izx was there, asking more details. Then a completed the answer, and told him that, I actually trying to share a find out. Though I was feeling shame or some uneasiness about the fact that, I should have give more ...

 
I want to delete my answer.
 
7:32 AM
given that it is way too easy to set up a keyboard shortcut for things like that, i don't see it as really worthwhile.
 
@izx you typo-ed in your edit to the title
it's fixed
 
deleting the Q/A will be better. I think
 
izx
@aking1012 Thanks
 
<no comments>
 
izx
@AnwarShah Perhaps that might be for the best...
 
7:34 AM
np, methinks it looks like you fixed it yourself
 
izx
I think the hallmark of a good self-answer is that it is exhaustive, and original content (i.e. not a c&p with attribution)
 
washing dishes begrudgingly trudges to kitchen back in a bit
 
7 of my Q have self- answers :/
 
izx
(goes to investigate and upvote the good ones)
 
anyone seeing the question now? ( I suppose, izx can still see it)
 
7:37 AM
and six of the remaining q's are closed. Epic.
that leaves me with 10 valid Q's.
 
Any quick tip for searching own questions and answers
 
i just went to my profile.
@izx didn't think you were being serious there..
 
What files do I need in my home to login in to unity? http://askubuntu.com/questions/158441/what-files-do-i-need-in-my-home-to-login-in-to-unity?atw=1 #unity
 
izx
@jokerdino Well, I edited out the smiley for a reason...although I gave up after one (or two) because I'm feeling particularly lazy :/
Just because a good Q or A is "old" doesn't mean it shouldn't be upvoted, so long as its not obsolete and still relevant!
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@izx Right. Thanks btw.
I didn't star that. Just doing it now.
:/
 
izx
7:46 AM
(kidding!)
 
Figured as much.
 
izx
Did you ever find out which outbound ports your firewall allows you to access?
 
Only 80 was not blocked from 1-1000
gave up after a while.
 
izx
Hmm, so I think an HTTP CONNECT proxy on port 80 should do the job nicely (or better, SOCKS)
 
nods
 
izx
7:48 AM
Does this great firewall affect other everyday activities? (besides downloading ISOs, etc., of course)
 
blocks gaming sites, p2p sites, torrents, file storage sites, those sites among others.
the list is quite big.. so yeah..
 
izx
and this is school-sponsored, not state-sponsored, right? :O
 
Yes. I don't think we have this level outside of my school.
 
izx
     export RESULT=`sed '' ${FILE_PATH} | grep ${VAR_NAME}  | cut -d "=" -f2-`
 
epically funny.
 
izx
7:53 AM
I'm not sure whether to close as OT, or farm some rep by correcting/answering....
damn you dino for pinging my conscience! :p
 
lolwut?
you should answer it. that's the policy of SO at least.
 
izx
Good. "I was just following orders, sir..."
 
oops
sneaks out of the room.
 
izx
Nah. Too lazy to explain how using grep with backreferences would either give him what he wants, or the return code tell him there was a problem. Close-goated as OT...
 
How is it off topic anyway?
Though a better platform would have been U&L.
 
8:03 AM
Is there a terminal command that can visualise hard disk usage?
 
izx
Poorly titled. Not even the fig leaf of mentioning Ubuntu. The new title makes OTness clear ;)
 
as in ... where the largest directories are, etc.
 
izx
@Greg ncdu
 
thanks, that looks perfect
I'm about to cry ... I think my webserver has finally filled up :(
 
izx
@jokerdino Thanks for removing the I overlooked; that and mislabeled 12.04 are my pet peeves these days. Note that there is now an on-topic answer, which, nevertheless, may not work for OP because of his crazy plumbing scheme
 
8:06 AM
@Greg Cry me a river.
 
@izx it's your duty sir
 
oh ok ... thanks to ncdu, my database logs were set to logging everything ... got nearly 100gb of text files to delete :)
 
@izx it's alright. i just happened to see the tag. i would have notified you to remove the tag but was too lazy. :/
 
izx
@aking1012 LOL
 
idk if you've seen that movie or not, but that was a relevant scene
 
izx
8:09 AM
Baobab is for the arugula-eating elitist libruls, ncdu all the way!
@aking1012 Is that from AN?
 
if you haven't and you have a couple minutes
at 0:59, there is NO doubt in his mind. none.
 
Hmm
"best usernames with joker"
stop landing on my blog with weird Google searches. Pfft
 
@jokerdino th3j35t3r
 
lol
 
ruh roh...deer is boiling
 
izx
8:20 AM
@aking1012 Done, and thanks :)
 
AND the deer is now simmering. @izx glad you enjoyed it
 
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Q: Can we merge driver and drivers tag?

jokerdinoBefore it gets too much to handle, can we merge driver and drivers tag? driver x 1243 drivers x 6

 
I came across this this morning, and since it's Monday
 
whatever that was, it is blocked here.
 
8:35 AM
@jokerdino Sorry
 
??!!
 
Oh I thought you were talking about the image.
 
I said I can't see the image because it is blocked.
 
Oh, Need More Coffee.......
 
8:39 AM
@izx - hey ... go easy on the beginners please when commenting no matter how strange the question. Thanks.
 
@fossfreedom hi - you're on at kind of a weird time
 
he is in his lunch break :)
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A: Can we merge driver and drivers tag?

Bruno Pereiradriver and drivers are already synonymous, I think we did that because people have a tendency of writing it according to what they think its correct. Probably we will keep seeing any of those 2 randomly showing up, so unless we clean up drivers all the time it will keep on coming back. We canno...

 
9.42 am here
 
Bruno has me confused.
@fossfreedom Early lunch break then.
rechecks his mod stalking tools.
 
@fossfreedom just not a time i remembered you being on before (i don't pay attention to your local time or mine for that matter, i go by utc all the time)
 
8:45 AM
you are scary aking.
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i know
 
so, by now you know when I will say "good night all"
 
usually about 2.5 hours from now
iirc
 
hmm
7 hours actually.. :/
It's 5 PM now. I'll go off at 12 Midnight.
not that very scary then.
 
what? i know i've seen you say night in the last 7 days at 3 hours from now
 
8:51 AM
I invalidate your statement.
 
welcome to do so. i just could swear i remember you saying night then sticking around and talking anyway...recently...
 
hmm that might have happened. possibly..
well, I say good night for myself at around 4pm GMT +0.
I probably would have said night for others leaving.
 
it's possible. iirc it struck me as someone upsetting you and you bowed out but kept talking
 
that makes me smile. heh
hmm last night, i took a stroll before the day ended.
investigating the transcript last night, there was some 30 minutes break. so yeah.. :P
o/ @BrunoPereira
 
@jokerdino, First seen you actually now.
 
9:03 AM
@jokerdino hey, syn'ed tags doesnt mean you cannot use one of them, or when using one it will be replaced with the other one by the system, or am I wrong?
 
@BrunoPereira mods are not mortals.
 
searching for your G+ profile
 
@jokerdino dam you powers!
 
you sure you syn'ed them? I don't see them as syn'ed. :/
 
@jokerdino I tried with the current situation, drivers > driver
 
9:05 AM
and then you removed the syn or what?
http://askubuntu.com/tags/driver/synonyms
http://askubuntu.com/tags/drivers/synonyms
 
@jokerdino no, I used the tag drivers, which tells me that is a syn of driver, I can use it and my post shows in and not in
@jokerdino hum? someone is doing it, sec
 
if it is syn'ed, it will remap new questions with one tag with the other tag automatically I think.
 
that is what I tested, it was not so when I did it.
 
and same goes if you edit existing questions as well
@BrunoPereira probably because it is not syn'ed ?
i don't see a syn to check or test your issue at all!! :/
@foss ping you.
 
the page says so, but the list of syn does not show that ^^
 
9:09 AM
Hmm
 
@jokerdino there is something fishy anyways here
@fossfreedom is that you?
 
@jokerdino yeah I know
 
we broke the system! \o/
 
lol
@jokerdino jrg broke it
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9:12 AM
LOL, starred xD
 
its true, he made syn of driver and drivers
thats why it shows :P
 
Hmm it doesn't show for lesser mortals.. :/
 
@jokerdino what's up?
 
help us check what's going on between driver, drivers and additional-drivers tag.
 
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Q: Ubuntu 12.04 Faster boot, Hibernate & other questions

Samarth ShuklaI've recently started exploring Ubuntu (my 1st distro). I fresh installed precise without a swap (4GB ram). The only issues are, slow boot (regardless of the swap) and instability after a few days of installation. The runtime performance is immaculate otherwise. Even though not needed, I still...

 
9:15 AM
@jokerdino @fossfreedom its fixed
 
I feel like there is more than one question there. What do you all think? Should I comment suggesting the OP post separate questions for the separate constituent issues?
 
@BrunoPereira I get to vote on it now. Just that i don't have enough points.
 
@jokerdino I dont need points ;)
 
yay. now what about additional drivers?
 
who cares, why would that even exist?
 
9:19 AM
it doesn't exist. great!
hmm. driver is the master tag.. :/
 
Some may find this interesting skeptics.stackexchange.com/q/6504/7632
 
@EliahKagan sounds like multiple questions. the title itself hints there are several questions.
 
9:33 AM
@AnwarShah not enough answers. not interesting.
 
@AnwarShah I heard some guy on TV say watching TV makes me stupid. I believed it. ;-)
 
:)
 
9:46 AM
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Q: Not able to configure phpmyadmin in Ubuntu 12.04

user1425223I tried to configure lamp on ubuntu 12.04 following this guide (http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-12.04-lts-lamp). But when I point to localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php in the browser, it just download the index.php file to my downloads folder. As men...

 
9:57 AM
Given the OP's comment, this should be duped:
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Q: Flash videos go haywire in fullscreen mode in Google Chrome 20

sanukcmWhenever I go fullscreen on a youtube video, there is a moment of static, then the controls continuously jump all over the screen, and it seems like the player is trying to center the video between both monitors (I have a two monitor system). Never had any problems watching full screen flash vi...

 
jrg
10:41 AM
@EliahKagan duped
@jokerdino stop. giving. me. crazy. tags. GRRRRRR
and yes, it is my fault, I broke it
 
Bounty offered: How can I customize Plasma default wallpaper, activity and panel in Kubuntu CD? http://askubuntu.com/questions/155355/how-can-i-customize-plasma-default-wallpaper-activity-and-panel-in-kubuntu-cd?atw=1 #cd
 
@jrg Mwahahaha
 
jrg
@AmithKK howdy!
 
jrg
11:03 AM
Just realized that lxc might be a really fast way to do VPS-ish type web hosting.
@AmithKK ping. gtalk?
 
izx
11:21 AM
@jrg lxc is....still devoid of features compared to the massive(ly successful) hack that is OpenVZ
 
jrg
@izx never heard of it. goes to play with it
 
izx
@jrg In that case, start here.
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@jrg oops sorry
 
jrg
@izx cool, thanks.
@jokerdino do I look mad?
 
Very much.
 
jrg
11:23 AM
Ok, stupid question
 
heh :P
And what the heck, I just won a bounty.
 
jrg
Yay!
 
Target got closer by 60 points.
 
jrg
@izx can't use that here/at work, it's 64 bit only. Looks slick though.
People need to provide 32 bit builds, it's not that hard!
grumble grumble :)
 
izx
11:46 AM
@jrg Oh, IIRC it supports 32-bit just fine, they definitely provide 32-bit kernels, you just have to do the "manual install" (and obviously, no 64-bit guests!)
 
jrg
Interesting, for all the fuss about how popular Ubuntu/Debian server is, I sure see a lot of projects that only provide RPMs!
@izx ? no, wasn't them.
 
izx
Sorry, I saw one sentence but read another :/
 
jrg
and I wasn't very clear either. :)
 
btw, I saw a very wild izx in my G+ circles.
 
izx
Yes, that's me :)
 
11:57 AM
I guessed as much. :)
You could if you want to :)
 
izx
I think the Great Firewall of China is more lenient than @jokerdino's school FW....
 
Heh :P
 
izx
@EliahKagan, btw the default max CPUs is 512 on amd64, while "experimental" max is 512/i386, 4096/amd64 (not that the latter are guaranteed to work on consumer hardware)
 
@izx Can you take a look at this askubuntu.com/questions/158555/…, and let me know your thoughts please.
 
izx
@Mitch My thoughts are in my answer :D
 
12:04 PM
I meant about my answer.
 
jrg
wow, just reading that stuff is making me want more CPUs. :P
has access to a grand total of 5 CPUs, spread across three chassis
 
izx
CPU = core, but given that you said "32-bit only" I wouldn't be surprised if your best was a Pentium MMX :P
Two things: (a) CPU in this context must be defined as the kernel defines it, which is "core" and (b) answers.com shouldn't be used as an authoritative source for anything (worse than wikipedia)
 
jrg
@izx CPU=core in my count as well. The computer I have with me right this moment is 32 only, my primary machine is 64.
It's just this little problem that it's 4 miles away from me...
and turned off. ;P
 
izx
@jrg Pringles can point-to-point link time? :P
@Mitch, see edited post above...
 
Also I think the you cam recompile the kernel, to accept more CPU's if the Motherboards can accommodate the CPU's.
 
12:10 PM
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A: PlayonLinux install menu is empty

pradhabanI hope this link may work, http://webnans.blogspot.in

this is spam
@jrg may want to check the flags queue, i think there's a spam flag on it
 
izx
@Mitch You have to recompile it to enable anything beyond what the current NR_CPUS tells you...
 
jrg
@izx Hehe i wish.
 
jrg
LOL
i just read the title, nice
 
People are really smart out there.
 
12:43 PM
hi all
siuggest a good GUI frontend to git
 
jrg
12:59 PM
@Mahesh there is none.
 
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