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jrg

3:00 PM

besides, some of these comments would be really hard to do in a survey format.

Mahesh

:(

jokerdino

@jrg i dont know. we can do an other comments etc.

jrg

if we were looking for something in particular, then yeah i could see a survey. but letting people speak their minds about it is better for pinpointing problems.

jokerdino

well, it is better than nothing anyway

jrg

@jokerdino But then we can't carry on a conversation, ask them for more details, etc. it cuts both ways.

@Mahesh yeah, totally.

jokerdino

3:01 PM

yeah i get it

jrg

i'd toss that in ~/bin and recompile every month or two, never have to worry about out of date packages. drool

Mahesh

the problem is, I have ssh access on a machine.. our college server. I need git on it.

jokerdino

plus.google.com/u/0/103117938079967018309/posts/L4syzU8csHv

Well..

Mahesh

they dont have it, and it doesn't let me compile peacefully.

@jokerdino wierd..

jokerdino

@Mahesh weird indeed

The Interrupter

3:04 PM

Can you answer this? Terminal emulator left-click to open link http://askubuntu.com/q/174596?atw=1 #terminal

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on August 16, 2012 at 2:54 PM

Mahesh

can someone help me by compiling git with statically linked libs for me on a 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04 ?

jokerdino

never really used git

Mahesh

^ LIES.

okay, no probs..

@jokerdino btw, if you are serious, look at it. you'll thank me.

jokerdino

not until they stop blocking ssh

Mahesh

bah.. use https kiddo

ssh into external servers is blocked here too..

have a .inputrc to skip having to use password everytime.

and use gh, bitbucket via https

eeeeeeeveryone changed gravatars.

blame @Sathya for that.

Roland Taylor

3:09 PM

Lies.

Mahesh

^ ??

ObsessiveFOSS

I am in need of a new gravtar.

jokerdino

ok changed

Mahesh

^?

Roland Taylor

lol

@Mahesh I just realized you had said Lies before me.

Mahesh

3:14 PM

I'll probably bug our sysadmins to install git on server. Cant get static compiling to work

izx

@Mahesh I wonder how an institute of technology gets off firewalling worse than @jokerdino's school....

msPeachy

Have come across 3 questions with "please bare with me" today

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ObsessiveFOSS

My Gravatar has been updated.

SirCharlo

@msPeachy i didn't think Ask Ubuntu was that kind of site

jokerdino

@msPeachy Please bare with them.

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izx

3:18 PM

@msPeachy To which the response is: "I like keeping my clothes on in public. Go bare yourself!*

5

Mahesh

@izx lolz. @joker's life is hell, but mine's no heaven either.

jokerdino

@izx :-P

ObsessiveFOSS

gravatar.com/avatar/…

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS haa haa ha ha h....

ObsessiveFOSS

New gravatar---^ Not an image rickroll

Mahesh

3:19 PM

^ LIES

jokerdino

@ObsessiveFOSS Bare and now bang? What have we come to?

3

izx

@jokerdino Barebang?

ObsessiveFOSS

@jokerdino What does the "bare" refer to?

msPeachy

@SirCharlo I thought otherwise, I really did, LOL

jokerdino

@izx That would be Mahesh's gravatar

ObsessiveFOSS

3:20 PM

It's still an interrobang, in Palatino Linotype.

jokerdino

@ObsessiveFOSS Bare.

Mahesh

@jokerdino ???!!!!????

ObsessiveFOSS

It's fine.

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS A lecture on the birds and bees is needed. @jrg?

msPeachy

@jokerdino lol

ObsessiveFOSS

3:21 PM

@izx I am well-aware of the process necessary to choke the world with an ever-increasing population.

msPeachy

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Q: Complete Disk Wipe, reformat and OS change

Please bare with me, I am very new to open source and have never used uBuntu before and as such may be asking basic questions, which I need to understand before preparing to download uBuntu. I have an old laptop, that I wish to rejuvinate, and I need to completely wipe the hard drive as well as ...

too long, too lazy to edit, probably a dupe anyway.

jokerdino

McKayla Maroney is younger than me.. chuckles

Mahesh

@jokerdino and she is..

ObsessiveFOSS

BBL.

izx

msPeachy

3:24 PM

hey, are you on @RolandTaylor?

@izx Animated GIF?

@izx Hmm the meme?

@ObsessiveFOSS yup

It's slightly posterized.

izx

GIF is limited to 256 colors...

Damn, it sucks how news websites can't even properly optimize anigifs anymore!

ObsessiveFOSS

3:26 PM

Have you reloaded the page recently?

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS Yes, thank you for your unicode avatar.

ObsessiveFOSS

Is it considered spam if I use interrobangs for question marks‽

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy hey

msPeachy

is there a system restore in Ubuntu?

Roland Taylor

Sorry about that I got distracted by G+

@msPeachy not out the box

But you can in a sense achieve that

jokerdino

3:28 PM

Justin Dino

Better than the original.

msPeachy

@jokerdino who's Justin Dino?

Roland Taylor

@jokerdino noooo lol

:D

jokerdino

@RolandTaylor LOL XD

@msPeachy my new gravatar

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor that's okay. I've come across an answer suggesting system restore.

SirCharlo

@msPeachy fixed and cleaned up a bit askubuntu.com/questions/176620/…

;)

jokerdino

3:30 PM

@SirCharlo Thanks

msPeachy

nice Sir

izx

@jokerdino Oh OK, for completeness sake... (ani-gif): cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/08/06/maroneymedal.gif

jokerdino

@izx lolser

now i lose interest already. bah

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS Then I suggest you get acquainted with the terms non-geeks use to describe and discuss said process....

jrg

@izx waaaaaaaaaaat

SirCharlo

3:33 PM

who the heck is con-f-use, and why did he remove my subtle attempt at humor!!!?

jokerdino

@SirCharlo :D

he cleaned up your edit :P

ObsessiveFOSS

@jrg No need. Wikipedia has helped me enough.

izx

@jrg I didn't see any real parents online and since you've visited parenting.SE, thought you'd be a good surrogate to lecture @ObsessiveFOSS about the birds and the bees...;)

jrg

@izx I'm active on parenting.SE?!

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx No need.

SirCharlo

3:34 PM

no, he overwrote it :S

msPeachy

I don't understand my rep keep changing for like every minute

izx

@jrg edited :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: What user installs a .deb package?

I am experiencing a behavior in the installation of a .deb package that I don't really understand. I have a set of "things" in my computer that I deploy to remote computers using a .deb package. I work in my local machine logged as the user "borrajax". There's also a "borrajax" user in the remot...

ubuntu users packaging dpkg

jrg

sigh

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx Again, no need.

jokerdino

3:35 PM

shrug

who wants tickets for my tour?

jrg

I go on a bike into work and you guys go nuts.

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx Again, please stop.

jrg

anyway, anyone excited about cool features in Q?

izx

when they work, sure...

jrg

I saw a new wayland build that got uploaded.

jokerdino

3:36 PM

what cool features?

nothing is broke here

izx

^^^ said the Q user

ObsessiveFOSS

@jrg Like what? I haven't seen Quantal yet. I don't even have a working RAID controller with enough disks.

Roland Taylor

@jrg what's new?

As you know I haven't upgraded yet.

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS Get a REAL RAID controller, no software raid or pseudo-raid

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx This is a real RAID controller.

jokerdino

3:37 PM

i can't wait to upgrade to 13.04

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS Which one?

ObsessiveFOSS

Both of my controllers hate one specific disk but the disk is fine. Let me check.

I think it's Adaptec... not sure. Let me dig.

And hope I don't get electrocuted.

izx

Adaptec is trash. Go LSI or Areca (or new 3Ware, which is rebranded LSI)

ObsessiveFOSS

Do they support RAID5?

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS If you get electrocuted at 12V you should donate your body to room-temperature superconductivity research

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ObsessiveFOSS

3:39 PM

It's actually Intel I'm using now, I think.

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS 5,50,6,60

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx OK.

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS Well, that's most probably MB raid...intel rebrands LSI, but it's a niche product for servers.

ObsessiveFOSS

And they don't kill Ubuntu?

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS No, both work great on Linux/Debian

and I imagine Ubuntu, my home storage server runs Debian.

jrg

3:40 PM

@RolandTaylor webapps should land shortly

ObsessiveFOSS

OK. I'll roder one sometime today or tomorrow.

Mahesh

^ *order

jokerdino

@jrg thanks

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx Interestingly, my father is a superconductor researcher/lead senior engineer in this relearch//production plant run by Intermagnetics until Philips bought it and made everything worse...

jrg

I dislike window focus bugs.

jokerdino

3:41 PM

you didn't type your password at least :P

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Mahesh

lol

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS Fascinating. And that's why you were obsessed with Philips stock price?

jrg

@jokerdino no, just deleted my 10GB of code and then restored from backup.

jokerdino

@jrg oh okay

Mahesh

10 GB???????????????

jrg

3:42 PM

@Mahesh I have a lot of projects stored around here.

Mahesh

what on earth are you coding?

ObsessiveFOSS

10 GB‽

Mahesh

ohkay.

jokerdino

omgbarbequeatmyplace@3.141526593

Mahesh

still... 10 GB is like extremely large...

I ts the size of Ubuntu repo. :O

Roland Taylor

3:44 PM

@jrg that's all?

@msPeachy lol

jokerdino

@msPeachy has more movies than that :P

jrg

roughly boils down to a lot of ruby stuff, 2-3 copies of rails, ruby, a copy of jruby and rbx. i think i've got the linux kernel in there, 0ad, about 500MB of test files for another project, and then i'm done.

bulk of it is 0ad and the kernel.

0ad is like 1.5GB by itself.

jokerdino

interesting.

the alpha game is in repo already

jrg

keep in mind i'm talking source code, including full revision history.

ObsessiveFOSS

Our school's code of conduct regarding computer use just arrived---although I have graduated and am now wasting scholarships I don't want to a local college...

jokerdino

3:46 PM

@Obs you are one of a kind.

ObsessiveFOSS

And there are so many loopholes... You can be exempt from random data searches just by using HTTPS as then aren't allowed to medd with it...

jrg

@ObsessiveFOSS got a link? I'd be interested in reading that.

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS How did you graduate already at 15?

jrg

@izx he's younger than me, that was going to be my next question.

jokerdino

@izx child prodigies I say.

msPeachy

3:47 PM

@jokerdino than what?

Mahesh

how many under-20's do we have in here?

jokerdino

@msPeachy than Ubuntu repo

msPeachy

lol

izx

@Mahesh Most of them, I'd think :p

jrg

@Mahesh raises hand

jokerdino

3:47 PM

@Mahesh 4?

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor what?

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx I shoveled on as many couses as possible in 9th and 10th grade and ended up meeting graduation requirements already, having worn muself out and trying to overstack.

Mahesh

me, dino, jrg, obs, and thats it?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy when I came back to the room, you dropped out the same time

jrg

4.

izx

3:48 PM

AMITHKK!

Roland Taylor

and I thought you had left, then you dropped back in lol

jrg

5. william makes 6.

ObsessiveFOSS

I've also entered a year early thanks to my skipping second grade...

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor oh got dc

jokerdino

@msP still doing the exam questions?

izx

3:48 PM

@ObsessiveFOSS Well did you get a diploma yet...requirements are meh...

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy ahh

ObsessiveFOSS

Yes. Advanced regents. Also, there's a loophole that lets me use my scholarships whenever I want... I never will take 12th grade so they never expire(1 year after entering 12th grade)

msPeachy

@jokerdino nope done with them, now I have 270 papers to check!!!

jokerdino

@msPeachy yay

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS So you're not going back to school come Labor Day, and...?

ObsessiveFOSS

3:50 PM

@izx I'm ging to be blowing off useless scholarships... And if I don't come to volunteer, I don't see how the school's LAN will survive.

msPeachy

@jokerdino it's stressful especially when I come across spelling and grammar errors and not to mention wrong answers

@RolandTaylor its morning there now, right?

ObsessiveFOSS

They are to a local college that has a good history program but the math/science/technology are only slightly above-average.

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy for 9 minutes more lol

jokerdino

@msPeachy me hate it.

@RolandTaylor that 9 minutes

that same 9 minutes

jrg

interestingly enough, the bzr repos transfer faster than git when doing rsync.

izx

3:51 PM

@ObsessiveFOSS Take easy courses, credit will transfer when you go to a real college. Especially humanities...

ObsessiveFOSS

But, I should use them as they are around and waste is evil...

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy one of our tutors used to warn us about that. He was the English and Communication tutor, and he should have been retired...

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor you mean it's 11:51 am?

ObsessiveFOSS

@izx Possibly... I'm probably going to regret wasting my time here before going to a better college... I's only one year so far, though...

Roland Taylor

He said if too many people had mistakes, he would mark everyone with low grades.

@msPeachy yeah 11:52am now lol

jokerdino

3:52 PM

hm

ObsessiveFOSS

BBL.

jokerdino

serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/08/…

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor I don't think it is fair though, if I implement that, it just wouldn't be fair to diligent and responsible students.

jokerdino

i am pretty sure he is reading this chat anonymously but he isn't really helping Ubuntu spirit

izx

@ObsessiveFOSS If you are interested in EE (not pure CS), you should consider Cooper Union in NYC -- it's free...and good...

msPeachy

3:54 PM

@RolandTaylor 11:54 pm here and it's 11:54 am there? how can that be?

izx

@jokerdino Who is?

jrg

ARGH. The college talk. again. Grr.

jokerdino

@izx s-fox.

izx

@msPeachy Because the earth revolves around the sun!

jrg

(sorry. internal frustration with other people. )

msPeachy

3:55 PM

@izx duh

lol

jokerdino

@izx TIL

msPeachy

@jokerdino who's s-fox?

izx

@jrg (no one says you have to go, or more importantly, have to go RIGHT AWAY...)

jokerdino

@msPeachy forums admin

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy it sure isn't fair, but he was a miserable guy - and true to form, we got all got C for our final exam thanks to some poorly done work by some students

izx

3:56 PM

jokerdino is speaking in tongues now

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy we are 12 hours apart

jokerdino

he doesn't like ask ubuntu

Roland Taylor

argh stupid retry error

jrg

@izx (oh, i'm going. just need to convince certain people to let me take 6 years to do it half time while holding down a job.)

jokerdino