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geekpanth3r

11:03

Does anyone understand this doc?

wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=GConf_Settings

Where do I find /apps/docky-2/Docky (as per the doc)?

@jokerdino are you back from the meeting?

Amith KK

@geekpanth3r He's eating dinnr

geekpanth3r

@AmithKK oh...

Achu

Hello guys :)

Amith KK

@Achu Heya

Achu

@AmithKK o/

Still upgrade problems jammed

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11:12

How to make Tamil fonts work in a chat client? http://askubuntu.com/questions/126871/how-to-make-tamil-fonts-work-in-a-chat-client?atw=1 #fonts

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on April 28, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Amith KK

BBL

jokerdino

@geekpanth3r yeah back.

Achu

Hey guys HUD can bring "Shut Down" or "Restart" or "Log Out" right?

jokerdino

yes

Achu

Good, i'm installing 12.04 and i can not access my machine.

I'm going to give an answer now :)

jokerdino

11:23

all the best

holy cow, i can search my browser history from HUD.

this is a very serious and grave privacy issue

Achu

haha coool

No No it's cool

Privacy have own tool

jokerdino

@Achu i know. i am just joking :)

Achu

:)

Hey @jokerdino can you add a screenshot for this please?

0

A: How to get the shutdown & restart icon back in dash

Press alt don't hold it, this brings up HUD type Shut Down or Restart That is the easy solution.

like as said im installing my machine and i can not use it :)

jokerdino

ok :)

Achu

Thanks :) u r the best :)

jokerdino

11:29

it is showing my browser history o.O

brb, logging into guest account

Achu

lol i don't think so

suli8

Hi everyone, just a quick question : is it possible to change the unity music lens to open music in clementine instead of rhythmbox? in 11.10 it was not possible. in 12.04?

jokerdino

@suli8 not possible still

suli8

@jokerdino ok thanks!

jokerdino

yeah, the patch hasn't been made yet

@Achu whispers there is no restart in HUD

Achu

11:35

Thanks for the screenshot :)

what? restart not available?

jokerdino

and he wants to pin it to the launcher..

but typing shutdown shows the dialog box

suli8

@Achu with shutdown you will have the restart option :)

Achu

ahaa i missed get those icons back? part

@suli8 you right!

But that require another click ;)

suli8

@Achu :) i'm afraid so...

Gevorg Hindoyan

Hello everybody

jokerdino

11:39

Hi @GevorgHindoyan

Gevorg Hindoyan

Hey I have question but i don't know ask it or no

jokerdino

ask it.

suli8

@GevorgHindoyan go ahead :)

Gevorg Hindoyan

Question is about Shockwave Flash,when I trying to watch flash Chrome brings error about Shockwave flash.Tryed reinstalling Flash but it doesn't helped

Any ideas

?

jokerdino

Hmmmm hmmm hmm

suli8

11:43

@GevorgHindoyan how did you install flash?

Gevorg Hindoyan

Chrome bringed that error even when i got notification in chat room

one second

Achu

@GevorgHindoyan Check this: howtogeek.com/103292/…

Gevorg Hindoyan

And I can't hear any sound with Flash,and I don't getting that error message when I listening to music and using Flash

@Achu one second

@Achu Not working?!

Any other ideas???

Achu

Sorry to hear that. I never faced Shockwave Flash problem and i don't have a good solution for you.

But have you tried opening the video using Firefox?

@GevorgHindoyan

Gevorg Hindoyan

12:43

oh sorry

@Achu yes with opera,firefox and nothing changed :(

OK

another question

what can be reason that my computer suddenly shut downs???

jokerdino

no battery?

Gevorg Hindoyan

@jokerdino NO

@jokerdino The battery is OK

other reasons??

jokerdino

is your fan out of control? computer getting too hot?

Gevorg Hindoyan

maybe yes,and how to fix it?

jokerdino

not sure.

jrg

12:55

We have an employee whose last name is Null, and he destroys our employee app when we search for it

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@GevorgHindoyan what is the error that chrome gave you about flash?

Gevorg Hindoyan

something like this

jrg

Refresh the page and it should work.

Gevorg Hindoyan

again that error when refreshing

again and again........

jokerdino

Blame Chrome

I note that I have flash plugin disabled.

jrg

Weird. Might be worth asking on the site, I can't replicate it

Gevorg Hindoyan

13:01

@jokerdino do u think that it will help

jrg

Head over to about:plugins, and then uncheck the "flash" plugin and see what happens.

jokerdino

unless you do flash heavy stuff, just disable it

Gevorg Hindoyan

disabled

jokerdino

restart browser and report back

Gevorg Hindoyan

wait for minute

thank you very very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

jokerdino

13:04

so the problem is the inbuilt Google Chrome flash plugin is interrupting the system flash plugin

Gevorg Hindoyan

will remember this

Gevorg Hindoyan

13:26

did anybody knows how Xcursor Selector works?

jokerdino

@marco askubuntu.com/questions/6302/how-can-you-remove-unity - i would have updated the answer for free.. :/

brb, testing the answer..

Amith KK

13:54

@jokerdino back?

jokerdino

yeah... :(

jokerdino

14:15

finally, i am back to Unity.

That took a good couple of minutes.

Jaap3

anyone got experience with the ubuntu installer just booting into a black screen?

geekpanth3r

I am on Ubuntu 12.04, and I noticed that sometimes even when an application is open, the launcher doesn't highlight it as open, nor can I find the application window anywhere in the workspace. Does this happen to anyone else too?

jokerdino

@Jaap3 yeah we have got a couple of questions about that issue..

geekpanth3r

By the way, this also happened when I was using Ubuntu 11.10

jokerdino

@geekpanth3r happened when i was using 11.10 or 12.04 beta, not anymore

it sounds like a bug, yeah

geekpanth3r

14:18

@jokerdino So, now my issue confirms that it's still there. :)

@jokerdino hmm... what do you do when that happens? Restart the system?

jokerdino

i just restart Unity

geekpanth3r

How do I do that?

jokerdino

21

Q: How do I restart Unity

I know about unity --reset command. But how can I simply restart Unity without resetting its profile?

Jaap3

I can only find this one askubuntu.com/questions/126217/12-04-boots-to-black-screen, the difference being that I don't even get the option to install let alone change boot options

Amith KK

@Jaap3 You need to press a key when the keyboard symbol comes up

Jaap3

14:21

What keyboard symbol?

Amith KK

@Jaap3 Give me a second

jokerdino

Why a seperate answer instead of editing the first answer to include 12.04? — James 21 mins ago

Amith KK

And you will get this menu

jokerdino

Busted. :(

Amith KK

Images Courtesy @jrg

Jaap3

14:27

yeah I'm not even getting to these screens :(

I'm now trying the wubi cd boot installer thingy

jrg

@jokerdino Busted, and saved. I think.

jokerdino

Woo. thanks for the save. :)

Amith KK

Dang! I could have gotten that bounty

jokerdino

and a lot of negative publicity..

Amith KK

Yeah

jokerdino

14:39

heh he never accepted :( - askubuntu.com/questions/126871/…

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Bounty offered: How can you remove Unity? http://askubuntu.com/questions/6302/how-can-you-remove-unity?atw=1 #unity

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on April 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM

jokerdino

must. send. him. email.

fossfreedom

14:53

heh

jokerdino

welcome back @fossfreedom

fossfreedom

oops sorry @jokerdino - I didnt see that you had answered that question - I saw it after I finished editing jorge's answer :(

... shall I roll it back?

jokerdino

sobs

blinks eyes

Joshua Robison

anybody in here use ubuntu for developing?

im looking for opinions on ides.

jrg

vim.

jokerdino

14:56

I use VIM

Amith KK

vim

Joshua Robison

ive heard most about eclipse

oh yea,.... and of course vim

Amith KK

If you want a gui

you use geany

jrg

use gvim

Amith KK

Well :D

jokerdino

14:57

What jrg said

Amith KK

That'd work too

Joshua Robison

my friend is just getting into it though and i probably want him to get set up with a gooie gui

jrg

You could use sublime text 2, its nice.

Amith KK

@jrg Wasnt it paid

Joshua Robison

lol

jrg

14:58

@AmithKK it's a unlimited free trial, which is interesting

Joshua Robison

@jrg, that is only for html

jrg

@JoshuaRobison What, ST2? Or geany/vim?

I use ST2 for almost everything.

Joshua Robison

@jrg, looking to develope c++ and java

Amith KK

Or just download Wine and use Notepad ;)

Joshua Robison

isnt gvim just a terminal basically with vim O_o

jokerdino

14:59

@fossfreedom hmm there is no evolution-indicator in 12.04?

Amith KK

Problem?

:P

Joshua Robison

how does geany compare with eclipse?

jrg

You can use whatever you want for that, you don't need an IDE. If you're just starting, use an editor.

Joshua Robison

jrg, but then i dont have a build button O_o

Roland Taylor

nano.

jokerdino

15:00

emacs

or pico

Amith KK

@JoshuaRobison Eclipse== Big Toolchain in I'm sure your not going to use 50% of it

Roland Taylor

lol

jokerdino

fossfreedom

@jokerdino I'm just in the middle of rolling back my VM ...

Amith KK

@JoshuaRobison or empathy

Roland Taylor

15:01

Eclipse == slow crap, difficult to setup correctly, useless unless you're using Aptana Studio.

Amith KK

Aptana is awesome

jokerdino

@fossfreedom oops sorry, i shall wait until you are done.

Jaap3

I like pycharm wich is based on idea

Roland Taylor

You should probably look into:

Monodevelop,
Codeblocks,
Geany,
Bluefish,
Codelite,
Or
Gedit ;)

jrg

@JoshuaRobison You can set it up so that you do a quick little keyboard shortcut, and then it will trigger a build.

Jaap3

15:02

but it's a paid IDE...

jrg

Jetbrains makes awesome stuff

Roland Taylor

brb

food needed

jokerdino

Off-topic. Stack Overflow stuff

Hmm Super + Tab does weird things in Gmail.

Roland Taylor

sudo apt-get install jrg

4

jrg

@RolandTaylor If you install me, you install fossfreedom, marco-ceppi, remove roland-taylor and also remove amithkk.

4

Jacob Johan Edwards

15:06

Reopen? askubuntu.com/q/126606/24694

jrg

donero

Roland Taylor

@jrg O_O

fossfreedom

@jrg ... but that's a bug...

Jacob Johan Edwards

But we could try to help him recover at least...

As in, instructions on how to recreate a user from CLI

jrg

But its also technically a duplicate, if I understand the situation.

Jacob Johan Edwards

15:09

Oh? I didn't know, do you know the link?

jrg

Its a duplicate of creating a user from the CLI, isn't it?

Since that is the "solution" for this problem.

fossfreedom

point him to the dupe - close it again if he doesnt come back in a few days.

jrg

That's what I was intending to do, and what i've done. :)

jokerdino

you done now @foss?

what does removing unity-greeter do?

fossfreedom

... I was testing with gnome-classic - now I'm testing with gnome-shell (download servers are still slow)...

jokerdino

15:15

keep me posted. :)

aking1012

15:38

thank goodness for google translate :) askubuntu.com/questions/127063/qbittorent-ntfs-nfts-error

fossfreedom

@jokerdino ... I'm happy with the revisions ... it works with gnome-classic and gnome-shell. I cant find any more "unity" stuff in synaptic to remove.

Amith KK

@jrg -_-

jokerdino

@fossfreedom i tested my answer myself and it worked.

the question is should you remove unity-greeter?

fossfreedom

I'm sure there are more than one way to do this :)

no - dont remove unity-greeter - its fundamental to lightdm

aking1012

@Jaap3 If you're looking for a python/django IDE, I've got the Aptana plugin working in eclipse from repo. It uses pydev(you could probably install just pydev).

jokerdino

15:54

Thanks jokerdino, you're the only one so far who understood the question. — oshirowanen 3 hours ago

LOL that made me smile

fossfreedom

... nice feedback ...what question?

jokerdino

Click on the 3 hours ago.

Amith KK

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Q: Automatically hide and show launcher

Possible Duplicate: How do I configure the launcher to “dodge windows”? I remmeber in earlier releases of unity before 12.04 that the launcher would automatically hide when an application was maximised, and it would automatically reveal itself if it had enough space to do s...

12.04 launcher unity-2d

This one

fossfreedom

I hated dodge windows ... why are so many questions coming in complaining about the removal?

aking1012

because a lot of people drive mouse only, but want full screen. i personally like hide all the time and tapping super

Amith KK

17:12

BBT

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17:37

Can you answer this? Where to obtain Ubuntu Supplied Third-Party Device Drivers Patches to apply them t... http://askubuntu.com/questions/126595/where-to-obtain-ubuntu-supplied-third-party-device-drivers-patches-to-apply-them?atw=1 #kernel

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on April 28, 2012 at 5:12 PM

TheX

18:02

my ubuntu has gone all wonky since the last update :-(

hey

skype doesn't work camera in 12.04 :(

what should i do?

?

Mahesh

(posting this just so i could load to the last message later)

Gevorg Hindoyan

Hello everybody and i have question again...

Mahmoud20070

I have problem here plz anyone help me

http://askubuntu.com/questions/127102/something-wicked-happened-resolving-archive-ubuntu-com#comment151848_127102

aking1012

i just give up on launchpad...i know for a fact there are no binary components in a three file python package.

Mahmoud20070

18:17

i think the problem from repository not from me

http://askubuntu.com/questions/127102/something-wicked-happened-resolving-archive-ubuntu-com#comment151848_127102

Gevorg Hindoyan

I have Ubuntu 12.04 cd and when I booting from it, trying to install Upgrade button is Disabled,can anyone say why????????

Mahesh

@TheX The user is the weak link. yup, its little low on linux platforms. partly coz its more secure and partly coz not many are interested in making a linux virus.

Mahmoud20070

anyone help me plz

http://askubuntu.com/questions/127102/something-wicked-happened-resolving-archive-ubuntu-com#comment151848_127102

jrg

Hey, anyone here who as done a 11.10 > 12.04 CD upgrade? it's asking for a username/password like the normal installer

@aking1012 got a moment?

aking1012

just a sec

Gevorg Hindoyan

18:24

@jrg i don't understand what you write

aking1012

@jrg sure go for it

jrg

@GevorgHindoyan Its a more... obscure part of Ubuntu.

nevermind, sorry to bother you aking - answer was sitting in front of me... - askubuntu.com/questions/123654/…

Mahmoud20070

problem in update

http://askubuntu.com/questions/127102/something-wicked-happened-resolving-archive-ubuntu-com#comment151848_127102

jrg

@Mahmoud20070 Relax, people will get to your question and answer it when someone can - please stop spamming chat, because its not polite and people will just ignore you.

aking1012

@jrg, on the bright side, the lenstoggle thing is done

Jorge Castro

18:27

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Q: "Problem with MergeList" error when trying to do an update

The computer said the following to me in a window: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/es.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: Las listas de paquetes o el archivo de estado no se pueden analizar si...

apt

@Mahmoud20070 that should fix you up

Mahmoud20070

ok i'm sorry just i need help because i left my question for hours ithout reply

@JorgeCastro thanks man i will try it

Jorge Castro

you only posted the information needed to help you an hour ago, and then you buried it in a comment instead of putting it in your question, that's why it took so long.

hey @jrg

I just flagged a merge proposal

is it possible to have a merge use one title over another?

actually, the duplicate has more views than the original

come to think of it, these aren't even duplicates, they just happen to have the same solution

aking1012

@JorgeCastro That's a really good point that I've seen come up before. Do you make it a dupe? Post a link as an answer and CW it? How do you think a good way is to handle that?

Jorge Castro

I just voted to reopen it

and flagged it asking for it to be reopened

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Q: How to recover files deleted with rm

I deleted a file from an entire drive using rm on 11.10 and I need to recover it. The problem I have is there are many different file types and the sheer volume of data is too large for me to put anywhere else without buying a lot of storage. What is the best tool/method for recovering data?

11.10 recover rm

13

Q: How to recover deleted files?

Are there any tools, methods, incantations to recover recently deleted files on Ubuntu? If it makes any difference, I want to recover a Keepass 2.x database file. But would be better to have a method/tool that works on any kind of file.

recover keepass

Is a duplicate if someone has any votes left!

aking1012

18:48

@JorgeCastro done

jrg

19:03

@JorgeCastro done done

Jorge Castro

19:17

Lots of popular and notable questions

we must be getting a bunch of traffic!

I'm not this person

I dont have 12.04 ,So cant answer 12.04 questions :(

Jorge Castro

it's ok, most of them are incoming bug reports anyway, heh

jrg

19:32

Yeah, its a bug reporting close voters heaven

Dan2k3k4

20:00

Anyone here used Burg before? Looking for a better looking "grub" as at the moment I just have a custom background with different colours... would you recommend burg or is there something else?

Hmm will try burg out, seems good :) but first to customise the boot loading screen before grub (via Asus FancyStart)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Installing daemontools on ubuntu 10.04

I am installing D.J.B.'s daemontools on an ubuntu 10.04 server (64 bit). I followed the instructions on http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/install.html 1:1 but it fails: Script started on Sa 28 Apr 2012 21:41:34 CEST root@daemontools1: /^Groot@daemontools1:/# mkdir -p /package root@daemontools1: /^Gro...

ubuntu install compiling daemontools

aking1012

solved: askubuntu.com/questions/127210/thinkorswim-crash-in-12-04 :)

Marius Balaban

@Dan2k3k4 I've used it. Even if it's not easy to set it up, I think it's a good app. You can try it, but you'll have a hard time finding a nice theme that fits your requirements

Dan2k3k4

How 'easy' are the themes to set-up? I only have dual-boot (Win7, Ubuntu 12.04) but just want something a bit more 'unique' than just the terminal style grub :)

Also is the 3 second delay-time (loading-tyime?) after selecting Ubuntu from grub - part of Ubuntu, or part of grub?
As when I select Win7, it instantly shows the animation Win 7 loading screen

Marius Balaban

it will be easy if you use Super Boot Manager. it has a a burg theme manager.
about the second question: don't know, I never paid attention

aking1012

20:14

@Dan2k3k4 I suspect it's part of linux in general. My observation is that linux deals more dynamically and gracefully with hardware changes. That's what you're paying three seconds for. Just my opinion, and I'm open to correction

Marius Balaban

I have some problems with my mouse behaviour in an Ubuntu 12.04 installed on vmware player. I wanted to ask some things about it, but because of the external factors (the mouse &&/|| vmplayer) I'm not sure if it's OK to create a new question on askubuntu.

Dan2k3k4

@aking1012 Well I mean, after I select Ubuntu in grub, it just shows the grub background and nothing else (removes the boot options), but when selecting Windows, it switches to the animation instead. Though it's not a big deal, just wondering where I might go to customize it though I guess making it load an animation would technically 'take up more resources and cause a slight increase in delay' in loading (though I doubt it'd be noticeable, I barely restart)

@MariusBalaban Super Boot Manager? Ok I'll look into that too :) Cheers

Found a nice guide that mentions Super Boot Manager and Burg, so should be good with those

techdrivein.com/2011/12/…

Hmm, I guess it's not possible to access Ubuntu files from Windows 7 (on dual-boot)?

Marius Balaban

@Dan2k3k4 see Ext2explore, maybe it suits your needs

Dan2k3k4

@MariusBalaban works perfectly :)

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20:37

suspend resume not working on HP dv7 http://askubuntu.com/questions/127253/suspend-resume-not-working-on-hp-dv7?atw=1 #suspend

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on April 28, 2012 at 8:12 PM

htorque

> * Cannot join #ubuntu+1 (Channel is invite only).

:..(

aking1012

awwz, so sad for you. maybe they're talking about how they're going to stage QQ

htorque

must ... know ... everything!

Dan2k3k4

Hmm, I wonder if instead of installing a 'fresh' virtual OS - you could load up the other OS's that are already installed as other boot options

Though I guess it wouldn't be 'virtual' anymore...

aking1012

@htorque did you try out that terminal in eclipse thing? the only thing that bothers me with it is the having to right-click to paste

htorque

20:50

@aking1012 not yet, but i'm a mouse clicker, so i wouldn't mind. :P

George Edison

21:01

Hello.

Did any of the mods get my email?

aking1012

@GeorgeEdison hi

George Edison

Hello.

I'm not this person

@GeorgeEdison No :P

George Edison

P.S. The round bubble next to my Gravatar is an ugly square in IE 8.

@Imnotthisperson You're not a mod...

...or did I miss something? :)

Dan2k3k4

People use IE still? :(

George Edison

21:03

@Dan2k3k4 Some Windows users do... I definitely don't.

I'm just telling you how it shows up.

aking1012

@Dan2k3k4 Many companies do. It's about plug-ins and software written to support the minimum set of clients.

I'm not this person

@GeorgeEdison :D

George Edison

IE plugins.... throws up.

aking1012

@GeorgeEdison I did throw up in my mouth a little when I said it...but that's the answer I see on linkedin ALL the TIME

George Edison

Oh, [shudders] - remember ActiveX?

Dan2k3k4

21:06

Which round bubble? You mean when you highlight over the gravatar to show the contact info?

aking1012

how could I not: web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/…

@Dan2k3k4 I think he means the speech bubble for stackchat

like IE doesn't round the corners

George Edison

Right.

aking1012

is that a bug in jquery rounding? <-- my 2 second fly-by analysis

George Edison

No idea.

Dan2k3k4

Tweaking my pre-boot screen (before the boot-options grub/burg screens), Asus FancyStart allows for background image + custom sound - that can be loaded randomly... I wonder if the webcam can be accessed to take a screenshot as soon as the laptop is turned on? Then to display the screenshot cropped down in the boot-options screen with a message that it's been uploaded to a server (thus making anyone who steals the laptop freak out and return it)....

George Edison

21:17

The chat might just be using plain old border-radius which is unsupported in IE <9 IIRC.

@Dan2k3k4 Any smart criminal who steals it would never boot it from the hard drive.

They would have some sort of LiveCD that they would use to extract information from it or wipe it clean.

aking1012

So we may be getting some traffic from thinkorswim. I reported my how to get it installed and working answer for the ThinkOrSwim Ubuntu 12.04 question to their tech email and it was forwarded to their support team.

George Edison

Neat.

Dan2k3k4

Mmm yes but doesn't the loading screen (before showing grub) always load up even with LiveCD?

aking1012

You could do something with a linbios...but tape over the webcam solves it

Dan2k3k4

But how many people would tape a webcam before turning a laptop on? :) Though I guess once that becomes a 'norm' for catching thieves it wouldn't be too difficult and a smart criminal would probably think twice

aking1012

21:22

@Dan2k3k4 Who starts a stolen laptop connected to the internet...that takes a dumb crook

Dan2k3k4

A GPS embedded into the chip-set with a mini-SIM linked that updates the laptop location would probably work better

aking1012

you mean lojack for laptops? it already exists

store.lojackforlaptops.com/store/absolute/en_US/html/…

and
http://www.itpro.co.uk/609210/intel-adds-gps-to-track-stolen-laptops

Dan2k3k4

Ah, cool... :) (was just thinking that it should exist by now with the amount of smart-phones around)

aking1012

Intel has some really neat asset tracking stuff going on. Like data access based on GPS location. ACLs based on geo-location and what-not

Dan2k3k4

Wow, since 2008? My friend lost his at a londroid event back in 2010... if only he knew about it back then

George Edison

21:27

Yeah - a smart criminal wouldn't just blindly turn on a machine they've stolen.

aking1012

or they own a REALLY big faraday cage :)

Dan2k3k4

or access to a faraday cage (i.e. CERN has a few...)

George Edison

Most likely not...

aking1012

@Dan2k3k4 I don't want to know how you know that

@GeorgeEdison - you get a star from me on that one

George Edison

:D

Totally unrelated... but Ampache is awesome (not Apache the web server - Ampache the streaming audio web application).

aking1012

21:35

that is pretty neat...have you used it? and if so what infrastructure does it rely on? like a web front-end for a vlc streamer instance/red7 or what?

Dan2k3k4

It's hosted on Gitorious too :)

George Edison

It just uses PHP.

I'm using it right now :)

aking1012

cringe PHP

George Edison

Basically the idea is that you copy a bunch of MP3 / WMA / Whatever files to a folder on your web server and then point Ampache to it.

Then you generate a playlist and it will be streamed to the media player of your choice.

aking1012

I wonder if they'll support ubuntu-one or google-disk(whatever it's called)

George Edison

21:39

(You can use VLC, Rhythmbox (IIRC), Windows Media Player, etc.)

@aking1012 If your PHP install can access the Ubuntu One folder, then sure.

I realize PHP isn't something to jump up and down over but... it is very common for even a shared hosting provider to offer PHP.

In fact, I'm running Ampache off a shared hosting account right now.

Can't argue with cost and ease-of-use.

aking1012

Can't argue with the cost for sure. I'm just a python junkie...if only I could find a way to package it properly for launchpad

Octavian Damiean

o/

aking1012

@OctavianDamiean - hi

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Q: How do I post animated GIFs on Facebook?

A friend posted an image that was animating directly in the messages feed on my Facebook start page. How is this possible? How can this be done? This is the URL used by Facebook: http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/29301_442976909814_310716489814_5773694_3162803_s.jpg In Notes: http...

facebook animations

Octavian Damiean

Got a job offer from a company in Santa Clara. Was pretty shocked.

aking1012

21:47

@OctavianDamiean congrats

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George Edison

@aking1012 I'm a Python guy too... it's just that I've used PHP for the last 5 years and I'm only now making the transition to Python.

Octavian Damiean

Well, the only problem is that I've got a new job already.

aking1012

:) That's the way of things. Job searching is like dating. When you don't have one, they're scarce. When you have one, they're throwing it at you.

Octavian Damiean

Yea.

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21:50

the above image having the extension .jpg but it is actually gif .how to do it ? :)

aking1012

mv test.gif test.jpg ??

Octavian Damiean

@Imnotthisperson It's actually just a gif.

The browser doesn't care about its name.

htorque

is it real?

cgi gull - that's way too cool for a bird :P

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how to do it ?

Octavian Damiean

@Imnotthisperson How to do what?

aking1012

21:57

he wants you to feed him the answer to the question webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/15767/… but apparently for gravatars

Octavian Damiean

No, you can't have animated gravatars, for good.

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@aking1012 yup but for fb :p

htorque

animated gifs, or how i call them: ctrl+w

Octavian Damiean

Oh, facebook. Yea, pass. I don't want to know about facebook stuff.

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