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msPeachy

02:00

@izx LOL, yeah a virtual daughter

izx

Well, that or @Roland is really the ladies' man everyone claims he is...

@msPeachy What is that, like a Tamagotchi?

msPeachy

He said his brother is married and has a daughter

izx

@msPeachy I know, I was kidding - I saw the context ;)

msPeachy

@izx thanks, was gonna Google it

izx

It's like the old-school/kids version of Sims

Roland Taylor

02:02

@izx wait what?

I was afk

msPeachy

@izx so yeah something like that, a Tamagotchi

Roland Taylor

And for the record - I have never attempted to "create children".

izx

@RolandTaylor You missed the context....

Roland Taylor

:D

izx

@RolandTaylor Not even virtual ones? :P

Roland Taylor

02:02

@izx not even

lol

although...

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor nooooooooooo

Roland Taylor

xD

msPeachy

I already said yes

LOL

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy LOL

izx

It looks like the two of you got timelines in that time-machine crossed...

Roland Taylor

02:03

apparently :D

msPeachy

yeah undo undo undo

Roland Taylor

wait, @msPeachy you said... yes to?

me having virtual children :D?

izx

...and the virtual daughter will turn out to be:

Roland Taylor

I could live with that...

izx

:P

Roland Taylor

02:04

I'm a proud father

izx

@RolandTaylor Getting hitched to you dummy :P

Roland Taylor

She has my eyes.

izx

(and ruining her life, if I remember @msPeachy's thoughts correctly...) :P

Roland Taylor

@izx omg

rogcg

space used to preserve files across reboot (ubuntu only). which value should I set?

Roland Taylor

02:05

@rogcg 1GB

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor we

Roland Taylor

@rogcg then again, how much space do you have?

izx

@RolandTaylor With the caveat that any children be virtual...

rogcg

of what

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy we... have virtual children O_o?

@rogcg on the USB drive

izx

02:05

@rogcg I'd suggest you start with nothing -- once that works, you can recreate with persistence.

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor LOL, guess so

rogcg

oh 8 gb

Roland Taylor

@izx good suggestion

@msPeachy I should not have gone to get water :D

rogcg

so?

Roland Taylor

What did I miss and how did I get virtual children in 5 minutes?

izx

02:06

@RolandTaylor Time machine!

Roland Taylor

@rogcg don't set any yet

izx

It's not the how, it's the what that matters :P

Roland Taylor

@izx but you have a removed message at a critical time :D

izx

@rogcg see 0 above ^^^

rogcg

I already have the iso downloaed on my machine

izx

02:08

Fine, so select the Diskimage radio button

Roland Taylor

@rogcg Are you on Windows?

izx

But keep space on zero.

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor LOL

rogcg

no. I'm on a ubuntu 12.04 LTS LOL. I just want to reformat my PC

LOl

Roland Taylor

Oh well use the built in USB creator

rogcg

02:09

its not working

it doesnt start

IDK why

Roland Taylor

Ahh I see

rogcg

a lot of things stoped working

msPeachy

Startup Disk Creator

rogcg

software center

neither

it doesnt receive updates

Roland Taylor

It's supposed to be possible to copy the contents of the iso to the USB directly and boot that way, but I've never gotten it to work, and I'm not sure if it's supposed to be done with dd or if manual extraction is fine

@msPeachy how many virtual children do we have?

izx

02:10

@RolandTaylor I simply assumed that the starred message referred to your good self, and fingered the obvious partner :P

@RolandTaylor I'm more interested in who changes the virtual diapers....

Although given the 12-hour time difference, should be an easy split :P

@RolandTaylor with dd, but the creator- methods are more user-friendly

msPeachy

@rogcg why not just reinstall?

izx

I think that's what he's trying to do :)

rogcg

reinstall what

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor Not sure, I lost count

lol

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy D:

what?!

That's it!

I'm going for virtual surgery!

izx

02:13

o.O! Virtual children fork-bomb!?

rogcg

Im gonna reboot and see if it works. If i dont get back in a few minutes it means it worked. LOL

Roland Taylor

xD

rogcg

see ya.

izx

bye-o

Roland Taylor

@rogcg lol okie cya :D

@izx wicked :D

izx

02:14

hehe

Roland Taylor

I'm called a ladies man because I'm friendly enough that women talk to me without feeling like I'm after something... or at least I think that's why they talk to me O_o

izx

It seems dino is sleeping more or is actually studying...

Roland Taylor

In real life though, it's a slightly different story :)

msPeachy

@izx we had a fight, lol

Roland Taylor

Been officially single for all of my 24+ years :D

izx

02:15

@RolandTaylor One of these days I must track down the old chat transcripts and solve this "Explorer" mystery everyone keeps nodding-and-winking at.... :P

Roland Taylor

@izx e_e don't remind me

it was funny/fun at first... then it got psychotic :O

it ended well... but only privately...

izx

OK, we'll put Roland in the Mahesh-camp then, @msPeachy?

Roland Taylor

we parted amicably

izx

Good to know

Roland Taylor

@izx what am I missing?

@izx and for the record, we were not actually a couple.

That was what one party wanted beyond anything else, and that party wasn't me :).

izx

02:17

@RolandTaylor We were discussing how the under-20s handled "To have been loved..." and it appeared Mahesh was particularly angst-y about it ;)

Roland Taylor

@izx lol

izx

@RolandTaylor Wow...was she even geographically close? Or long-distance?

Roland Taylor

I've never truly had a relationship, so I'm in the clear :)

rogcg

well it didnt work. =(

Roland Taylor

@izx let's put this way.

rogcg

02:17

any idea of what can I do???

izx

@rogcg Use a CD...sorry.

rogcg

IDK any here I guess

Roland Taylor

I live in the Caribbean, she lives in Northern Europe.
I'm a (hardcore) Christian, she (was) an atheist.
That's all you need to know for now :)

msPeachy

@izx Oh sure

for now

Till I sort him out

rogcg

what if I extract the iso manually on the usb driver?

izx

02:19

@msPeachy ROFLcopter!

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy o_o

izx

@RolandTaylor Well, the second difference in particular can often be insurmountable... :(

Roland Taylor

you know, I don't need to get out more :>

All I need to do is sit here and the right one will blow right along :> muhahaha

@izx believe it or not, it wasn't ;)

izx

Yes, the right one will be "exploring" AU chat and will "discover" you...:P

Roland Taylor

If one side won't budge, the other will.

izx

02:20

Just like @msPeachy :D

Roland Taylor

I don't budge.

izx

@RolandTaylor Hah, wow...sounds serious-y.

msPeachy

@izx lol

Roland Taylor

@izx I give off a beacon or something

I had "female suitors" in college...

lol no

izx

@RolandTaylor The stereotypical geek beacon (if you fit that profile) is neediness :P

Roland Taylor

02:22

@izx well I'm not a needy person, so I don't know what it is lol

in university (I went to university before college, long story but yeah) - I had two interested parties fighting over me (subtly)

izx

oooooh ^^^

Roland Taylor

it wasn't easy to write notes in a lecture with a head on either shoulder =_=

2

izx

so, reluctant Casanova, eh :D

Roland Taylor

and no, I did not encourage it D:

I was like "Wth O_o?"

It didn't help that I was the youngest in the class lol

izx

You sure they weren't just bored and catching up on sleep?

Roland Taylor

02:24

lol trust me, they were not bored :D

(:

Me however - I was disturbed O_o

imagine - at school you're told no one would ever want you...

and at university suddenly you can't seem to find a safe place to hide O_o

izx

Really? Someone told you that at school? <evil>

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor what's with this female suitors???

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy LOL

izx

Hell hath no fury like an @msPeachy scorned.... ;)

Roland Taylor

I'll go change a virtual diaper...

izx

02:26

@msPeachy All in the past, no need to worry. He's reformed now. :P

msPeachy

@izx LOL

Roland Taylor

@izx reformed :D?

I never had to change, they did :D

I don't go after anyone

msPeachy

@izx reformed?

Roland Taylor

I made a decision a long time ago not to chase after anyone

izx

@msPeachy Then I'll change that "don't worry" to "WORRY...and keep him under physical and virtual lock-and-key" :P

Roland Taylor

02:27

xD

izx

Because the beacon is still active and broadcasting.... ;)

rogcg

isnt there anyway to run the iso from my system, and try to install it from there?

izx

@rogcg Not if the ISO is on said system :)

Roland Taylor

Trust me, the moment I "tie the knot" the beacon will stop broadcasting and become "STAY FAR AWAY FROM ME YOU DIRTY THING YOU"

rogcg

any iso program to run it?

Im gonna mount it

izx

02:29

@RolandTaylor ROFL!

msPeachy

@izx LOL

you're both funny

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy :D

And, @msPeachy don't worry, until I'm sure who "Mrs. Taylor" is, I haven't "gotten away" :D

izx

@rogcg It doesn't work that way...sorry.

Roland Taylor

rocks virtual baby to sleep

George Edison

BRB

izx

02:32

@RolandTaylor So it's basically "catch-me-if-you-can" but "first-come-first-serve"? ;)

Roland Taylor

@rogcg you would need a partition for it, and then you would need to set up grub so you can boot it, but that would be a bit tricky in your case.

@izx yeah :D

With a bit of "I'm picky" thrown in.

If the first to come isn't worth serving, I'll just play cold shoulder :)

@rogcg your best bet is to burn on a CD, because it seems like your BIOS (or maybe the USB drive?) doesn't want to boot this time

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor oh you're not getting away

rogcg

yeah

msPeachy

@izx LOL, that's catchy

rogcg

well thanks for the tips

I'm gonna sleep. see ya!

izx

02:35

later @rogcg

George Edison

Is this page giving everyone else timeouts?

msPeachy

@GeorgeEdison it does

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy u_u is that a good thing or a "good" thing?

George Edison

:(

msPeachy

Sorry, something just went wrong in Launchpad. ^

@RolandTaylor take it any you want...

Roland Taylor

02:38

@msPeachy aye

you're serious lol

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor LOL

you think?

Roland Taylor

@GeorgeEdison times out for me too :(

@msPeachy :D

msPeachy

:5829208 I do have gmail

Roland Taylor

(:

msPeachy

@izx oh you

lol

@izx I didn't get your name from gtalk

@izx yeah, took a screenshot, remember?

izx

02:43

True that...

msPeachy

@izx Ohhh

Journeyman Geek

moo

izx

neighhhhh

Journeyman Geek

/me is trying to clear his desk :/

Roland Taylor

baaa-aa-aah

Journeyman Geek

02:45

Which never works very wekk

well

/me needs to install that LED lighting strip, and get a new, larger powerstrip

George Edison

02:56

I think I need to rebuild cairo as a shared library.

The Interrupter

Can you answer this? How to disable guest session ONLY from login screen? http://askubuntu.com/q/171747?atw=1 #login

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on August 18, 2012 at 2:56 AM

Flabricorn

04:02

Am I sadistic enough to become a Hegemon?

Roland Taylor

Relevance? None.

Flabricorn

Yup.

Eliah Kagan

3 more close votes needed to close this self-dupe:

-2

Q: can not authenticate libopenexr6

The question asked earlier and got solutions , but not working ie "open your terminal and type this sudo -i apt-get update apt-get -y upgrade apt-get -y dist-upgrade to get updates . Regarding to your issue , open your update manager and select settings option . in settings window at other s...

Jeff

04:23

Hi all. Is anyone in here a gdb user?

that is, if anyone's paying attention in here on a Friday night! :D

Amith KK

Greetings fellow Ubunteros

@Jeff It's a saturday morning here

Jeff

@AmithKK oh. well then everyone should be on here! :D

Roland Taylor

@AmithKK hi

Amith KK

@RolandTaylor Hey

George Edison

05:58

Oops.

Forgot to install libjpeg8 and libtiff.

Now I have to download and compile them again (since LP isn't doing any of the daily builds).

The Interrupter

Bounty offered: Error installing from terminal http://askubuntu.com/q/171746?atw=1 #installfromsource

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on August 18, 2012 at 5:56 AM

Roland Taylor

@jokerdino hey

jokerdino

@RolandTaylor Hey

Roland Taylor

Good night ^_^

jokerdino

good night

izx

06:15

Hi @jokerdino

jokerdino

hi @izx

Divya Sharma

@DivyaSharma24

50 tweets, 7 followers, following 2 users

SO spammer

izx

lol

well, as long as she doesn't migrate to AU

jokerdino

you wouldn't know

could be the next viswa

izx

What do they get out of it?

jokerdino

they get question banned in SO and then they come to AU.

izx

06:18

Bots following that account too...

jokerdino

interesting.

Amith KK

@RolandTaylor Good Night

George Edison

And now... drumroll...

Time to package GTK.

izx

So @jokerdino aking has really vanished...

jokerdino

:(

Like 3 hours ago?

izx

06:31

lazypower showed up, btw, and offered him something...

jokerdino

oh

izx

@jokerdino "Seen 9h ago..."

jokerdino

:S

htorque

good morning!

jokerdino

good day

on Reddit, a spider killed a snake. o.O

htorque

06:35

so, let's take a look at askubuntu.com/review then :-)

jokerdino

@htorque you better finish your delete votes today >:]

htorque

i will

388?

wasn't it 231 earlier today?

jokerdino

wait what?

htorque

are those votes or questions to close?

jokerdino

close votes

htorque

06:37

good :D

izx

questions with close votes or flags

htorque

then not good

how can it raise that much?

jokerdino

people started using their close votes

htorque

how dare they?

:D

jokerdino

:D

that is a bit too much

it was 200+ at 1 vote a couple of days ago

htorque

06:48

> 0 votes remaining

:..(

jokerdino

good job

delete votes please?

htorque

the number of close votes active in the queue is not a good indicator of the queue's size. :-/

i used askubuntu.com/tools?tab=close&daterange=last30days to kill a bunch of questions with four votes.

jokerdino

i don't know what you are talking about

htorque

about the number next to 'close votes' here: askubuntu.com/review

Amith KK

You have no more close votes today; come back in 17 hours.

htorque

06:52

if i close a question, the number of close votes seems to go down by 4?

jokerdino

@htorque i think it exactly means what it is.

wait what?

it should go down by only 1?

Amith KK

I think so too

htorque

i certainly didn't just close 27 questions :D

Amith KK

I dont think I've closed more than 20 questions

It's a bug

htorque

it's not a bug, just a bad metric

jokerdino

06:53

@htorque some one else might be closing along with you?

htorque

yeah, but closing 27 questions in five minutes or so?

jokerdino

mods.

htorque

i don't think that's it

jokerdino

i closed a 4-close q and it reduces by 1

htorque

weird

i don't trust this. why can't i just browse through all open questions i didn't yet vote on?

jokerdino

06:56

izx is closing..

htorque

anyways, i've done my good deeds - time to go ;-)

jokerdino

good day

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