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jrg
jrg
12:34 AM
What, you don't understand?
 
George Edison
George Edison
I was expecting it to be much more difficult than that.
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
I must admit, I don't understand. How do you slice a lemon (or half a lemon) when all you have is the lemon itself, a paperclip, and Ubuntu?
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@jrg I see where you are getting at with that ssh hacking lemon scheme. But what do we do with the pink elephants and the velociraptor riding a pig?
@EliahKagan , the sliced lemons is easy to get once you know that with Ubuntu and a paper clip you can....(click to continue reading)
 
badp
badp
hey guys, I have a "quick" question (notice the treacherous quotes)
I can't ask it on the site because I'm mostly relying a friend's problem and I doubt he's using Ubuntu anyway
...at any rate, he's complaining because when he uses the android emulator the top output looks weird
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
define wierd
 
badp
badp
12:46 AM
Tasks: 174 total,   1 running, 173 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 15,8 us, 10,5 sy,  0,0 ni, 73,5 id,  0,0 wa,  0,0 hi,  0,2 si,  0,0 st
KiB Mem:   1563624 total,  1467468 used,    96156 free,     8876 buffers
KiB Swap:  2152704 total,  1096688 used,  1056016 free,   163420 cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
15537 xxxxx     20   0 1397m 183m 5964 S  26,2 12,0  26:11.27 emulator-x86
20549 xxxxx     20   0  414m  89m 8332 S   9,6  5,9   2:30.18 plugin-containe
The RESident memory number for the emulator process looks way off.
Summing up the numbers on that column (I have a fuller output; I snipped it for you) doesn't get you anywhere close to 1467468 kB of used memory
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
@jrg you forgot that the acid from the lemon and a couple of nails is what gives you the initial charge to start the flux capacitor...before you harness a lightening strike that is
 
badp
badp
...well there difference is only ~300m
 
George Edison
George Edison
@mateo_salta: I updated our ad on Meta.AU.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@AbrahamVanHelpsing As your sidekick I concur that this actually gives the lightning strike previously mention, killing only cows, not humans
Well guys
take care, have a good day, night, eclipse
 
jrg
jrg
@EliahKagan you could do it with say, a credit card from your wallet.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
1:00 AM
Beware of half cut lemons, they tend to lightning strike you
 
jrg
jrg
i'm assuming that whomever is going for world domination does have some materials available to them that an average citizen in the US might have on their person.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@jrg yes, 2 whole pieces of half lemons
2 of them... 100% half lemons
omg 2!!!
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
there's that "plutonium" for sale thing. evidently since it's not a planet any more demand for the element of the same has dropped far enough that the general population can get it
 
jrg
jrg
oh, another question about the rules regarding what tools I have: can I make use of local, unsecured wifi connects and all the tools i have available to me there?
like, can i use google voice and sip gateways for phone calls?
because then i could social engineer my way in.
 
George Edison
George Edison
@AbrahamVanHelpsing Cue the conspiracy theories...
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
1:20 AM
Wait a minute, just because the clipper chip existed doesn't mean NSA backdoors crypto on purpose...
 
jrg
jrg
C-tech astronomy.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
someone finally watched sneakers
 
jrg
jrg
i've watched sneakers many, many times.
it's one of my favorite movies.
if i can only take the movies i can fit on a 32GB USB stick, sneakers is definitely on them.
 
jrg
jrg
1:39 AM
anyone ever done a PXE boot of another distro?
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
Spam. (And in the 8.10 tag no less.)
 
Seth
Seth
about time.
 
jrg
jrg
well done everyone
 
Seth
Seth
@EliahKagan did you see our new tag?
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
New tag?
 
Seth
Seth
1:44 AM
4 hours ago, by Seth
request-eliah-answer <-- We need that tag
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@Seth Ha! :)
 
Seth
Seth
;)
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
Hopefully not too much spam is posted with that tag... :)
 
Seth
Seth
lol
It's not really real you know.
 
Flabricorn
Flabricorn
@jrg Returned the thinkpad with no problems, they even did an in-store test this time to ensure it was in working condition when they swapped models.
 
jrg
jrg
1:57 AM
@Flabricorn noice.
so, whats the CPU on that?
i forgot to ask.
2.2GHZ or something, right?
 
Seth
Seth
2:18 AM
@JacobBlack --^
 
user19161
@Seth Yes I remember. =)
 
Seth
Seth
This time we're all blue :D
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
 
user19161
@Seth Will you ever run for mod though?
 
user19161
@AmithKK I see your face for the first time!
 
Seth
Seth
2:20 AM
@JacobBlack I don't know... thats TBD ;)
@AmithKK fun!
 
user19161
@AmithKK What happens at the end?
 
Seth
Seth
@AmithKK did ls work? I heard it didn't.
Ah, I see now.
Ha! echo was left. lol
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@Seth echo is provided as a shell builtin (in addition to existing as /bin/echo). So long as the shell is in memory and running, echo is usable.
 
Seth
Seth
ah nice.
Well at least I can talk to myself when nothing it left.
Anyone know of a markdown editor? Or a gedit plugin?
(asks before checking repos lol)
 
vasa1
vasa1
2:49 AM
@Seth, there's ReText in the repos. Pulls in qt stuff. I use it.
 
Seth
Seth
Yeah I just found it :)
Works great so far.
If only Google docs supported markdown :(
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@AmithKK after seeing your video (Well actually after you pressed enter on that beautiful recommended command line I just fast forwarded the whole thing to the end) I can honestly say this might be the only operating system that STILL works after been deleted in the moment
 
vasa1
vasa1
@Seth, if you could figure out how to make Retext open files with a suggested extension such as .markdown, you'll be my hero (of the moment). In other words, I want to associate files (that are genuinely markdown and with a .markdown extension) with Retext. I've spent quite sometime trying but I've found that if I do manage, Retext works a bit oddly.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@AmithKK you can even create a video called "How to record a video in Ubuntu.. without ubuntu"

Step 1. Start recording...

Step 2. Delete the whole thing

Step 3. Upload to youtube before the world ends
 
Seth
Seth
@vasa1 Well, I'll see what happens on my end :)
 
vasa1
vasa1
2:57 AM
@Seth, thanks!
 
Seth
Seth
If you change the extension of a txt file to something like markdown and try opening it in Retext it should work. Is that what you tried?
 
vasa1
vasa1
No, that's not what I want if you mean using the context menu and Open with ... I want to open the file in Retext by double-clicking on the file's icon.
 
Seth
Seth
ah, that shouldn't be too hard.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
Anybody knows what group will be developing the h.265 codec for linux?, will it be avconv/ffmpeg or somebody else?
 
Seth
Seth
probably someone else.
but idk
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
3:03 AM
you mean h264? that's a separate project
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
no
h265
the actual h265 or hevc codec
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
okay i googled. i would imagine it will be a separate lib. a LOT of what ffmpeg/avconv does is tie together loads of codec libraries, not actually implement all of them
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
Am very eager about it ^^
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
from the wikipedia page, it sounds like they want to charge a load of money for it. even if/when someone buys a copy of the spec it will be "restricted"
 
Seth
Seth
bah
Apple uses h.264
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
3:08 AM
they pay for it
 
Seth
Seth
Whats wrong with VP8 or OGG or THEORA?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
not a thing. they're comparable to h264. but if h265 is significantly better...
 
Seth
Seth
in what way?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
i just read the wikipedia page. they claim it gets higher resolutions and better bitrates for similar visual feedback
also theora is the video end of ogv is theora. so saying ogg or theora is redundant
 
Seth
Seth
go figure. I knew i'd mess them up.
but you get the point.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
3:12 AM
vorbis is audio. theora is video. you didn't "mess it up"
 
Seth
Seth
@AbrahamVanHelpsing I meant confuse my videos with my audios.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
 
Seth
Seth
okay...
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
just saying...now you know
lots of stuff i don't know. i don't mind when people tell me an answer i can recall later
 
Seth
Seth
Sure :)
 
Seth
Seth
3:33 AM
Since my GIMP skills are awful, I just copied the ad from Area 51
 
smartboyhw
smartboyhw
@Seth lol
 
Seth
Seth
shrug
Can I have an upvote please :)
 
Seth
Seth
4:11 AM
What should be done about this edit?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
do they both work? if so reject it
 
Seth
Seth
@AbrahamVanHelpsing well, that's what I don't know.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
they both should work
i haven't tested it though. /g is for if it occurs more than twice is my understanding
 
Seth
Seth
okay, I'll reject it then. The guy seems to think the original command ruined his file, but that should be a new answer.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
the string shouldn't appear twice... i suppose it could
 
Seth
Seth
4:22 AM
As in "The world should go round and round, though I suppose it mightn't"?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
deb and deb-src lines would make it appear twice
s///g might be more correct. i wouldn't touch it and leave it alone
 
Seth
Seth
ah, well that would be "The world goes round and round, except when it doesn't"
I suppost anyway.
Well, needs one more reviewer.
 
 
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Bruce
Bruce
5:49 AM
anyone familiar with iptables here?
 
Jack
Jack
@Bruce Mildly.
I usually know enough to cause trouble and just not enough to fix it.
 
mojo706
mojo706
6:16 AM
I keep getting this bronze badges I need one gold and some rep :(
 
Takkat
Takkat
7:14 AM
@jrg it may not be "fixed" forever. It does come back occasionally on my multiuser setup, but I am unable to see a pattern.
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
7:55 AM
appears
 
Takkat
Takkat
Hi @AmithKK
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
@Takkat Hey :P
@LuisAlvarado The gui is actually somewhat functional too
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
@mojo706 No one is going to give that to you. Take some time, edit, comment, and spend some time here and you will get your rep.
@vasa1 Setting up Retext to open default files was easy for me. All of my *.mkdn files open with Retext as default.
 
George Edison
George Edison
8:12 AM
What...
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I thought wubi was the entry drug of choice into ubuntu?
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
hello
is ubuntu use anaconda installer ?
somebody is there ?
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
who is somebody?
ubuntu dosen't use anaconda as far as I know
and no
standard install from livecd uses ubiquity, cli install uses whatever debian uses I believe
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
hmm
which module or function it's use for dialog box for user input
in python
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
No idea
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
8:22 AM
in command line and shell it's dialog but i need in python.
@JourneymanGeek thank for the Links..
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
X Y problem
what're you trying to do?
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
i link that installation text mode window.. i trying to create interactive script like that..
that's why i am searching ..
* like
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
oh
headesks
its curses based
but that's not much help
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
hmm
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I believe something called dialog might interest you
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
8:26 AM
so do you have alternate solution ?
other than dialog ?
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
why not that?
 
Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil
in python
thanks , it's curses in python..
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I'm not a coder. I just hit rocks together to make fire ;p
 
Takkat
Takkat
@RahulPatil for Gtk it's gtk.Dialog or similar in Gtk3... and there is Qt, and more.
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Takkat: I'm assuming he wants to code a curses 'gui' in python
 
Takkat
Takkat
8:40 AM
@JourneymanGeek ah I see I did not read all of the conversation above, sry
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
8:53 AM
If I meet a KDE developer in a dark alley...
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
9:22 AM
shows off desktop
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@maggotbrain: also worth looking at Bryan Larsen's Answer here askubuntu.com/questions/177909/…
I wonder if you could blacklist those packages
that would break GTK integration in KDE, if it works, but that's the whole point
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
@JourneymanGeek Appreciate the tip. What if I want to keep KDE alongside of my other WMs? I still need to test this for multiple users on the same system. Right now I am just testing with a single user profile. What if I have a user who likes to switch between multiple WMs?
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@maggotbrain: thats tricky
I'd hope the KDE integration was per user
I don't use anything but KDE so... I'm not too sure
there's a reason this is comments and chat and not answers ;p
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
9:53 AM
@JourneymanGeek Agreed. I can deal with it as far as my systems testing goes. But, I've got some savvy, but newish users who don't accept jumping through hoops. They are hooked on Ubuntu but play around a bit too much to keep things stable. ;-)
They'll be a bounty on this one, cuz it ticks me off and makes me look bad giving half-assed answers. Folks love being able to switch between gnome, Unity, xfce. Some really like KDE, but KDE botches the smooth integration.
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
10:06 AM
XD
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
XD
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
@AmithKK And everyone's workflow is perfect. For them. That gives many IT folks job security. I loathe the day that I find a boss who has a <Meta>-<Ctrl>-<Alt> key to turn on his computer fan. ;-)
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
lol
@maggotbrain: I have my top fan set to run so I can see the inside of my case ;p
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
@JourneymanGeek wat? How does that work?
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
10:21 AM
@maggotbrain: well, fan speed management software (in windows), fan has a LED that is powered by the same power supply as the rest of the fan
so its brighter when the fan is spinning fast
need to get it working in linux at some point, but fan speed management isn't a major concern for me
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
@JourneymanGeek Just use serial I/O
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@AmithKK: oh, I have some ideas on how to do it
the actual fan settings tho... ;p
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
@JourneymanGeek lool
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I'd have to use pwmconfig for the actual speed control
I think
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
Yeah
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
10:28 AM
not really a priority
I have a really quiet computer in a fairly noisy apartment ;p
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
@JourneymanGeek That's interesting. So, are bright lights bad? I should wire something up so when I reboot a string of Christmas lights go on. My GF would love that.
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
BBL
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
11:05 AM
@maggotbrain: naw, I wouldn't mind the lights
actually if you wanted to do that, ikea has these light strips
LEDs, pretty bright, run off 12V
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
This: askubuntu.com/questions/253793/… is a brilliant troll!
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20119418 I have an older version of this
tested it off a molex connector once or twice
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
11:18 AM
@maggotbrain how so?
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
11:32 AM
site down?
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
o_o - tweet "We have lost all connectivity with our New York data center, hang on while we try and get things back online.."
 
maggotbrain
maggotbrain
gack!
@fossfreedom oh. it just looked like buzzword bingo to me and not a real question.
I am so happy to not be the engineer on this change/outage. That sucks.
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
Just in case you live in Europe and are looking for a awesome job! nu.nl/buitenland/3180317/…
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
... wonder what the pay is like :)
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
:)
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
11:46 AM
15 minutes and counting - looks serious.
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
oh, so its not just me... was about to submit new mobile phone to the "accidental" crush of a 15 tons press cylinder
 
Takkat
Takkat
You'll lose all your warranty when seal is broken.
So keep the 15 tons off the seal!
All is broken except the seal ;P
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
@Takkat oh, lol!
See? Seal is intact... Now give me a stupid new phone!
 
Takkat
Takkat
lol
The other day they showed what a pint of beer does to a Samsung vs. an iPhone.
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
as in: smash or splash?
who won?
 
Takkat
Takkat
11:52 AM
Dipped them deep into the full glass.
Apple won: they had moisture detectors inside.
But the Samsung was the only one that survived because you could immediately remove the battery.
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
Next obvious question will be: but was the seals on the phones intact?
 
Takkat
Takkat
Well, pink coloured moisture detectors make you lose your warranty as well (at least with an Apple product).
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
well, there is a reason you pay extra... :P
 
Takkat
Takkat
Secret pink spots inside your iPhone are a feature you always wanted.
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
I knew it was not only me! <3
 
Takkat
Takkat
11:57 AM
Neuropsychologists found out that people actually have a deep emotional relationship with their iProducts.
 
qbi
qbi
5
Q: How does the shell environment load when logging in graphically?

mkrmrI've found that when logging in graphically the shell loading process works differently than logging in through the console. Environment variables such as $BASH_VERSION and $ZSH_VERSION are not set when logging in graphically, and a script specifically written for bash and zsh that I tried to use...

12.04 command-line login
 
Takkat
Takkat
They put people into a PET brain scan to see that archaic brain regions are activated when you showed them an iPhone.
 
qbi
qbi
I tend to vote for NRQ here. Because several important parts are missing. What do you think?
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
@qbi why?
@Takkat haha! loving the bashing :)
 
qbi
qbi
@BrunoPereira If you follow the link in this question, you'll see that there is more information, which is not contained in the question.
 
Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira
12:02 PM
@qbi Is the shell loading process working as it should when logging in graphically, and if so is there any documentation on how it works (and if so, where can I find it)? How should I make this work?
Sounds like a question
 
FEichinger
FEichinger
@Gui You, sir, called it!
Also, heya folks.
 
jrg
jrg
@takkat hm, weird.
 
mojo706
mojo706
anyone watched TPBAFK yet?
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
@mojo706 about to close this conversation as too-localised...! had to google that.
4
 
mojo706
mojo706
@fossfreedom hahaha
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
12:12 PM
@fossfreedom: you need to work on your knowledge of AOEL
 
mojo706
mojo706
@JourneymanGeek whats the meaning of ^
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
... "AOEL Amis des Oiseaux d'Eure et Loir (French bird club)" - the freedictionary - bizarre!
 
mojo706
mojo706
@fossfreedom that is even more confusing
 
Takkat
Takkat
This is on topic because penguins are birds.
4
As are Quetzals.
3
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
:)
 
mojo706
mojo706
12:15 PM
@Takkat I see what you did there ^
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
acronyms of excessive length?
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
 
mojo706
mojo706
@JourneymanGeek aah! I feel like a Dunce
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@mojo706: I often make up acronyms on the spot as a joke
 
Takkat
Takkat
 
mojo706
mojo706
12:18 PM
:)
Farmished BBL 15:26 and I haven't had lunch yet :(
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
12:40 PM
But does it work like that?
 
Takkat
Takkat
Everything works as soon as you know what it is that is supposed to work.
4
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
lol
 
 
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Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
3:55 PM
0
Q: Do favoriting questions help to get an answer?

NicolasWebI've read What if I don’t get a good answer? and in meta What is the purpose of favoriting questions?. Do favoriting (clicking the star) highlight my question to others ? Is there a way to do that ?

discussion support unanswered-questions faq-suggestion
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
appears
 
jrg
jrg
last call for nominations folks.
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
Hey @jrg
 
jrg
jrg
howdy @AmithKK
i wasn't ignoring you on purpose yesterday,
my computer was up compiling, while i was out of the house.
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
@jrg lol np :P
 
RolandiXor
RolandiXor
4:00 PM
Hey @jrg @AmithKK who was it that setup our cloudfare again?
 
jrg
jrg
amith, i've got access though
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
@RolandiXor Me
sup?
 
RolandiXor
RolandiXor
brb
afk
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
4:31 PM
BBT
Good Night
 
mateo_salta
mateo_salta
4:42 PM
@GeorgeEdison Awesome!
@jrg I have a SIP analog telephone adapter, haven't tried any services on it yet
 
jrg
jrg
@mateo_salta hm. what i'd like to do is have a SIP provider that i can hook into my google voice number.
or maybe port my gvoice # over to a SIP provider. either one.
but i want to make phone calls from my laptop.
 
mateo_salta
mateo_salta
ah, so a program that would do what the box would be doing
 
jrg
jrg
oh, that looks cool.
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
5:02 PM
2
Q: How to ask a following question?

NicolasWebI've found a question corresponding to mine (What is the purpose of favoriting questions?), but need some precisions (Do favoriting questions help to get an answer?). If I had enough reputation : by adding in the question a comment? an answer written like a question? Something else ? If I don't...

discussion support close-reasons asking-questions
 
Seth
Seth
5:24 PM
Why are we duping questions like "Ubuntu freezes, whats wrong?" to "What to do when Ubuntu freezes"?
that doesn't make sense as it wouldn't really solve any problems
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
Who does?
 
Seth
Seth
We do.
I see it a lot.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@Seth maybe the answers to many of this can be moved to a single question
The actual answers that solve the problem
 
Seth
Seth
But the question is about how to unfreeze Ubuntu
most people want to know why it is freezing.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
see your point there
 
Seth
Seth
5:26 PM
 
jrg
jrg
man, libreoffice is downright unintuitive. How can people use such a weird piece of software?
 
Seth
Seth
@jrg That's why I don't use it (as much as possible anyway).
 
jrg
jrg
@Seth right.
 
Seth
Seth
Another question:
How can a 1 rep user flag for re-opening?
 
jrg
jrg
i think they can flag their own thing.
 
Seth
Seth
5:28 PM
Okay.
 
jrg
jrg
i don't know, let me create a disposable sock really quick and check.
 
Seth
Seth
okay great.
 
jrg
jrg
0
Q: Can I flag this?

i'm meI'm a 1-rep user, and I'd like to flag this question. here's my problem, ask ubuntu is really cool, but my ssh server doesn't work. import antigravity antigravity.activate look, python code!

12.04
the answer is "sorta"
 
Seth
Seth
okay.
 
jrg
jrg
so right out the box, a unregistered user can't do it
 
Seth
Seth
5:32 PM
please get a screenshot of the flag dialog for my meta post.
 
jrg
jrg
oh, i just killed the user.
:P
 
Seth
Seth
@jrg Okay, then how do they re-open it?
I just closed one :(
 
jrg
jrg
they have to become "registered", and by that I mean log in using an openID, or create an SE account.
 
Seth
Seth
I see.
Well, I'll go get my own sock for the meta post.
 
jrg
jrg
just link me later and i'll clean up.
 
Seth
Seth
5:35 PM
Okay will do.
 
jrg
jrg
unless of course you're going to be nefarious and use him for evil.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
 
jrg
jrg
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A: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?

fossfreedomFreezes such as you have described can be both software and hardware related and as you have found sometimes frustratingly difficult to diagnose. Hardware If this is a desktop PC look at your hardware-cards. For both laptops and desktops possibly acpi type issues. It might be useful to tempora...

it has a large section about the nvidia drivers
 
Seth
Seth
yeah, its weird. Maybe a meta post @LuisAlvarado? I'm going to do one later.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
true, this are not the only cases, since I can remember others similar to this
 
Seth
Seth
5:49 PM
@jrg Can you close this please? That way it looks right.
 
jrg
jrg
what, too localized?
 
Seth
Seth
sure
 
jrg
jrg
k done
 
Seth
Seth
thanks.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
0
Q: Why problem occurs questions should not be redirected to How to solve problems

Luis AlvaradoThe title might not explain the idea very well, but let me put it here. Let us say we have somebody with an Nvidia problem that occurs when Unity loads.. For example Unity freezes after installing recommended Nvidia drivers The OP wants to know why this happens and prevent the problem from happe...

discussion
 
Seth
Seth
5:51 PM
@jrg OK, I think I'm done.
You can delete the question now.
 
jrg
jrg
ok, here comes the nuke.
all done.
 
Seth
Seth
chokes
 
RolandiXor
RolandiXor
poof :)
 
Seth
Seth
OK back
Thanks for your cooperation ;)
@LuisAlvarado +1
 
jrg
jrg
@RolandiXor gtalk please.
 
Octavian Damiean
Octavian Damiean
6:07 PM
Oh teh noes!
udisk-daemon keeps crashing!
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
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Q: Why problem occurs questions should not be redirected to How to solve problems

Luis AlvaradoThe title might not explain the idea very well, but let me put it here. Let us say we have somebody with an Nvidia problem that occurs when Unity loads.. For example Unity freezes after installing recommended Nvidia drivers The OP wants to know why this happens and prevent the problem from happe...

discussion
 
Octavian Damiean
Octavian Damiean
This might explain why gparted won't start up either.
 
RolandiXor
RolandiXor
@jrg no!
:>
 
RolandiXor
RolandiXor
6:23 PM
@jrg where'd you go :D?
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
Guys is there a problem with AU right now that takes away points from any votes today?
 
Seth
Seth
@LuisAlvarado LOL you hit your rep cap XD
Only accepts count now.
(until tomorrow)
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
6:38 PM
@Seth And bounties.
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
man that is like super rare on me
my normal daily count is like 40 points
 
Seth
Seth
Well, enjoy it while it lasts!
brb
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
correction, it is always 49 points, because every time I see my score it says something something 49...
@Seth yes you are right, I got 230 points. but like about 20 minutes ago I did not have that. I have 10 I think I saw
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
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Q: Tag synonym request: [persistent] and [persistence]

guntbertBoth deal with persistence issues on Live USB. While [persistent] has more posts I propose to make [persistence] (or persistance??) the main tag anyhow. Suggestion for a tag wiki text: This deals with problems of keeping settings on live media.

discussion tags tag-synonyms
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Q: Are upvotes not giving points right now

Luis AlvaradoI was working on enhancing my answer in Measuring and documenting internet speed (download and upload) when I noticed I got an upvote, but the counter did not give the +5, +10 or whatever the points are for an upvote. Just to verify I went to the reputation page and saw this: Did the system fr...

support
 
Seth
Seth
Hey Folks! Check out the election's Town Hall Chat this Wednesday and ask the candidates some questions!
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
6:46 PM
@LuisAlvarado You might want to undelete your meta question. (It's entirely your choice. You are under no obligation to undelete it!) I think your situation, where you get 230 rep and upvotes don't add to it, is illustrative for others, and I composed an answer I think can help others. (However, I don't feel an extreme need to post my answer--if you undelete it, I will; otherwise I won't; either way is OK.)
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@EliahKagan Yeah already did lol
The 230 came all at once. About 30 minutes ago I had only 10 points
Then boom 230, maybe it was some lag on the system
lag + luck
I can leave the question if you feel your answer will help others
Got no problem
give me a second
@EliahKagan there buddy. Go ahead
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@LuisAlvarado Thanks, answer posted:
1
A: Are upvotes not giving points right now

Eliah KaganYou are at the daily reputation limit. (Congratulations!) A user can only earn 200 reputation per day, not counting accepts and bounties. So far for today you have zero reputation from bounties, and 30 points from accepts (two of your answers were accepted). Therefore, except for any further ac...

 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
@EliahKagan thanks buddy, already accepted
Gave you a full complete upvote
I need change for that, do you have a 0.5 upvote with you?
 
Seth
Seth
lol
 
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