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00:05

What tools can I use to a text overlay to a video? http://askubuntu.com/q/179109?atw=1 #videoeditor

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on August 23, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Jorge Castro

01:09

@RolandTaylor is the hurricane by you?

Isaac

Roland Taylor

01:29

@JorgeCastro it's affecting us with a feeder band, and giving us torrents

Some people had to be rescued today (Barbados has a lot of flood prone areas)

Thankfully, no wind so far :D

Thanks for looking out btw ^_^

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor Why? What happened?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy a lovely hurricane :P

@msPeachy tell... jokerdino... I................ wheeeze!

dies in your virtual arms

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor can't find any news of that on the Internet

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy Hurricane Isaac

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor :)

Roland Taylor

01:40

you won't see anything about our local problems

at least not until tomorrow

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor I see, it says here threatens Florida, Southern US

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy yeah it might hit Florida full on

As for us, we're getting a feeder band and loads of non-stop rain

and behind this, we have another system on the way

which will be like the 4th or 5th in a short time O_o

rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain...

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor I see, but everything is okay where you are.

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy Except for a leaking roof, yeah

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor :( well let's just hope the rain stops soon

Roland Taylor

01:44

@msPeachy I actually don't want it to stop lol

I only mind the leaky roof

msPeachy

my father can fix your roof, lol

Roland Taylor

I like to sleep when it's raining

@msPeachy oh yeah?

I'll come over and pick him up

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor ohh I see, well I like it when it rains too but not all day or all night, it could get very cold

@RolandTaylor if only, he does fix everything in our house

Roland Taylor

izx

<rubs eyes>"Singin' in the rain?"</rubs eyes>
*goes to fetch umbrella*

msPeachy

01:47

@izx good morning

Roland Taylor

@izx hey

@msPeachy I'll pick him up in that ^

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor lol, if you can get it to start

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy haha

I don't know the controls, but I'm a certified "driver" for it

It's a future bus... can't be too hard to um.. fly

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor A bus that flies? wow!

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy yesh

I am on Quantal.

Bow, mortals. Bow...

msPeachy

01:54

@RolandTaylor lol, I don't have the embedded terminal

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy it's a plugin by Flozz

msPeachy

Oh okay, will look for it

@RolandTaylor brb, will make breakfast

Roland Taylor

okie

Jorge Castro

ROLAND

and @izx

both awake

Roland Taylor

@JorgeCastro o_o

Jorge Castro

02:01

and we're 27 away for closing out the close queue

hit that!

Roland Taylor

:D

pulls out close vote weapon

pant pant pant

emptied my clip in that beast!

It twitched O_o

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor lol

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy I'm going to be doing some writing tonight :)

on 21 Islands

deepening a mystery in a way that even I didn't see coming

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor Oh guess the rain is a good thing

Roland Taylor

You bet ;)

msPeachy

02:11

@RolandTaylor what mystery?

about the sisters?

Journeyman Geek

@RolandTaylor IF IT BLEEDS WE CAN KILL IT, ELSE WE NEED BIGGER GUNS!

just ~~quoted~~ misquoted two movies in a line.

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy yes and "Uncle George" :)

He created something that no one would have suspected he did

@JourneymanGeek lol

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor Oh that'd be interesting.

Roland Taylor

brb gonna log out and back in to fix some theme issues

msPeachy

@JourneymanGeek lol, which movies are these?

@RolandTaylor okie dokie

Roland Taylor

02:15

Don't go wondering off in the forest while I'm gone

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor I won't. I'm afraid of the rain and the dark

Journeyman Geek

aliens, and split seconds

lol

msPeachy

@JourneymanGeek 1953 or 1992?

Journeyman Geek

imdb.com/title/tt0105459/quotes

msPeachy

@JourneymanGeek okay got it, thank you

Good morning btw

Journeyman Geek

02:20

morning ;p

jokerdino

@JourneymanGeek good morning

bye

Journeyman Geek

lol

jokerdino

hm i have 10 more minutes

msPeachy

@jokerdino morning, you're gonna hit and run?

jokerdino

@msPeachy YEAH

msPeachy

02:22

are you at school? in a classroom? the library?

jokerdino

library

during recess

was doing my essay for the past 85 minutes

just finished it.

msPeachy

oh okay, you're suppose to eat something during recess

jokerdino

no, i have lunch later

msPeachy

@jokerdino nice work

jokerdino

@msPeachy thanks :P

msPeachy

02:24

@jokerdino you're welcome, talk to you later then

Roland Taylor

Muhahaha.

jokerdino

i have some 10 more minutes actually

windows xp suck btw

msPeachy

@jokerdino okay, well you said "bye" earlier so though you're in a hurry

jokerdino

@msPeachy that was for dramatic effect

msPeachy

@jokerdino you're not using your laptop?

jokerdino

02:25

was writing a literature appreciation essay :P

@msPeachy no. using library computer.

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor :)

jokerdino

chatting like a boss

Roland Taylor

@jokerdino my cousin has a rap group called B.A.W.S.

jokerdino

@RolandTaylor :P

msPeachy

@jokerdino lol

@RolandTaylor what does it mean?

Prasad

02:27

he he he....i'm back :-) gud morning!!

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy Be All With Soul

@Prasad hey yo

jokerdino

hm

Prasad

@RolandTaylor hello!

jokerdino

gt to go

Roland Taylor

@jokerdino cya cuz

msPeachy

02:28

@jokerdino okay, cya, have fun!

Prasad

@jokerdino bye

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor Oh that's nice

@Prasad o/

Prasad

@msPeachy heee

msPeachy

what does "low down" mean?

Roland Taylor

the full details

msPeachy

02:32

lol, okay

Roland Taylor

However, the down low...

heh

that means "behind the scenes" or "secretly"

(keep it on the down low, okay)

msPeachy

ohh how do people coined these phrases? why not just say it in plain english?

@RolandTaylor lol, how do you know this?

Roland Taylor

because then everyone would know what you're trying to say

@msPeachy lol I just know these things :D

see you n' me, we down

that's right yo, we down

@msPeachy LOL no no

that carries a bad meaning :P

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor oh it does?

Roland Taylor

if a man is a down low man

it usually means he's seeing other men behind his wife's back

msPeachy

02:35

I didn't meant it that way

LOL

Roland Taylor

or girl friend or whoever

@msPeachy xD

I know you didn't :D

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor but you said you n' me, we down

Roland Taylor

(@jokerdino we need to cancel our plans she's on to us)

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor what plan?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy oh lol if you and somebody are down, it means you and that person are friends, or you are really close, or that person "has your back"

@msPeachy er, um, well you see...

msPeachy

02:37

@RolandTaylor oh okay, yeah we down

LOL

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy it's not what you think! :O

xD

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor how do you know what I'm thinkin'?

Roland Taylor

I can read your mind :D

It's rather entertaining, btw

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor owww really

what's entertaining? you and dino gonna rap?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy lol nah :D

we got a beef

msPeachy

02:42

@RolandTaylor what beef?

Roland Taylor

he wants to use a Bentley but we only use Cadillacs

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor lol

Roland Taylor

we can't do a video like that it just ain't happnin

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor I thought it was something serious

Roland Taylor

Have you heard my hit single Ask Ubizzle?

@msPeachy lol you know me all this time and actually think I can be serious :O?

msPeachy

02:44

@RolandTaylor You have a single?

where?

Roland Taylor

lol I'm kidding :D

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor LOL

Roland Taylor

My brother and I do have some of our own music to work on but that one was a joke :D

Journeyman Geek

@RolandTaylor: someone listened to it, and hit you with it?

Roland Taylor

@JourneymanGeek xD

msPeachy

02:45

@JourneymanGeek could be it

Roland Taylor

Yo dawg, you know how it do,

izx

And a hallooo to you fair maiden @msPeachy and sir knight @RolandTaylor

Roland Taylor

When we step up in the club all the shorties be votin

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor yeah saw some photos of you and your brother singin'

izx

freestylin'?

Journeyman Geek

02:45

darn it, why do people keep thinking I'm a dog? ;p

Roland Taylor

@izx yeah dawg

izx

@msPeachy Where? music video?

msPeachy

@izx no, photos

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy you sure it was me and my brother?

We have a video together rapping but normally he's on the keyboard

izx

You can draft jrg in for the obligatory white-boi interlude ;)

Roland Taylor

02:46

I didn't upload the video though cause it's huge

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor definitely you, not sure about your brother though

Roland Taylor

@izx some white bois can really rap though lol

my favourite white rapper, Braille, is probably better than a lot of the others

@msPeachy I'll show you my brother

izx

Evidently not the ones who also specialize in Ruby-fu ;)

Roland Taylor

:P true

msPeachy

@izx did you know that a maiden is a former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine?

Roland Taylor

02:48

o_o

@msPeachy I'm innocent!

msPeachy

@izx jrg can sure rap

@RolandTaylor okay, leme see

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy waiting on my internet :(

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor LOL

course you're gonna say that

Roland Taylor

gah

album taking forever to load

plus.google.com/photos/108901876667002638432/albums/…

I was trying to find a single picture but I can't see a thing :/

msPeachy

oh my Internet is so slow

izx

02:51

@RolandTaylor You gotta to do something about your interwebs provider :/

@msPeachy You too. But you're on a cellular connection so "too many people" is a legit excuse.

msPeachy

@izx yesh, yeah everytime I call the technical support, they say congestion and all that, that I need to connect in off-peak or peak hours and all that. I always end up berating the poor individual who answers my calls.

Roland Taylor

Oh it was dropbox holding up the show :(

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor yeah that him

Roland Taylor

backing up my config folder

@izx I would love to switch to another ISP, but I'm not the one paying the bills

@msPeachy that's my brother

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor yes I know

Roland Taylor

02:54

okie

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor and why do you have umbrellas?

Roland Taylor

It was rainy that day

msPeachy

you gonna do some musical number or something?

izx

@msPeachy Sometimes berating "tech support" that doesn't have a clue can be fun ;)

@msPeachy o.O . Medieval sarcasm...

msPeachy

@izx it is, they can't talk back, they're like a robot, saying the same thing over and over again.

izx

02:57

@RolandTaylor That's a really well-composed pic -- did you take it?

And what are the steps right on the beach!?

msPeachy

@izx lol

@RolandTaylor Who's the other guy?

Roland Taylor

@izx yep I took it with my phone, and it's at the end of the board walk

@msPeachy he's a close friend of ours, we call him our brother cause he really is like a brother to us

izx

@RolandTaylor Sweet, amazing for a phone pic...

Roland Taylor

@izx ikr?

izx

ikr?

Roland Taylor

02:59

@msPeachy lol I won't do any music (this time) but I will probably upload the video of me rapping and send it to you some time :)

@izx "I know right"

izx

Oici ;)

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor okay, do that

izx

Why would Jorge ask a question only he (or possibly Marco) could answer....must have forgotten to check the self-QA box again :D

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor Some nice phone you got

Roland Taylor

lol

@msPeachy technically not, technically yes lol

izx

03:02

OMG, Firefozilla on the loose: Firefox completely consuming the OS

2

Roland Taylor

Nokia X3-02 - half smart phone, half wth

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor at least it's half smart

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy lol true :P

izx

Nokia's late phones have been half/half consistently (dunno about the Windows OS phones though)

I gave up on them after the N800

msPeachy

@izx what's your phone?

izx

03:04

@msPeachy iPhone4

Fully jailbroken into a BSD mini-monster ;)

msPeachy

wow

izx

It's bog standard here, what wow?

Roland Taylor

O_o

izx

You pay through your nose every month in exchange for the phone subsidy....

msPeachy

@izx well Apple phones are expensive

izx

03:07

I got mine a while back though, but I try to keep the old ones in decent condition and sell them, so net it's not so bad

msPeachy

100 = 5000 here

izx

5000 Philippine pesos = 118.2450 USD o.O

msPeachy

@izx how you sell them for?

izx

@msPeachy eBay, usually...probably half the "unlocked" (contract-free) price, so the iPhone 3GS I had before went for approx. $300 (a while ago)

msPeachy

almost, it depends on the money changer store you go to

@izx i meant to ask how much, typo

@izx 300? that's a lot!

izx

03:13

@msPeachy You have to consider that phones are locked to a carrier -- in exchange for the 99 rate shown above, you must pay at least ~75/month for 2 years

Unlocked iphones are more in the $700+ range...

msPeachy

@izx wow that would be like 30K here, phones here are not locked, if it is, you can have it unlocked for a minimum fee of 100 pesos

izx

@msPeachy Apple locks phones so they can't be hard-unlocked...hence the price premium :(

The Interrupter

What does ' (single quote) do in the terminal? http://askubuntu.com/q/179199?atw=1 #terminal

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on August 23, 2012 at 3:00 AM

msPeachy

people here change sim cards anytime they want, me for example, have changed sim cards almost 20 times already on the same phone.

@izx Oh and only Apple does that?

izx

@msPeachy More or less, the others like Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, etc. as you mention can be unlocked with a code which can usually be easily generated with the right tools ;)

msPeachy

03:21

I've unlocked my USB modem with DC-Unlocker

Roland Taylor

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah...

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor ?

Roland Taylor

713 words non stop

writing is good feeling

izx

Self-duper (arrghhhh):

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Q: reduce Launcher icon size to 32 pixels

In System Settings > Appearance in both Ubuntu and Ubuntu 2D, there is no icon size slider (in pixel units). I want to reduce the icon size to the minimum which I believe to be 32 pixels. How can I fix this problem? I am on a fresh installation of 12.04 with the updates to 2012 August 22 pl...

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor great job, carry on and I shall bother you no more :)

Roland Taylor

03:31

@msPeachy bother me :D

I like to be bothered

by some people I should say

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor lol, you sure?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy yeah from time to time a little botheration is nice :P

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor how can you be so sure?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy because

you don't like to be bothered sometimes too?

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor lol, really this is me bothering you now as requested

Roland Taylor

03:34

ha

I figured :D

msPeachy

lol

@RolandTaylor depends on the person bothering me

Roland Taylor

If some person is always a bother, then it's annoying. If the person is a bother when it matters - then that's cool

brb

msPeachy

okie dokie

msPeachy

03:58

this guy spams answers with this

already flagged it but still no action

Roland Taylor

I'm back.

msPeachy

yay you're back!

Roland Taylor

Deleted the spam :D

woo hoo

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor good

are iTunes questions off-topic?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy if they don't contain anything about Wine or an alternative for iTunes, then yes

msPeachy

04:11

@RolandTaylor Oh okay, thank you, was gonna flag it

Roland Taylor

Where is it?

msPeachy

0

Q: Why is it every time i try to download something its says error

I tried to download itunes,and it worked far as loading but when i clicked on it,it said "an error while loading this archive". And it always says that everytime i try to download something.

unity

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

0

Q: Ubuntu password policy

I want to set the system-wide password policy on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server. Googling around, a lot of people point to this (very old) document: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/user-management.html It says to edit the /etc/pam.d/common-password file and look for the password required l...

ubuntu password

Roland Taylor

sorry about that was talking to my parents

@msPeachy that is a dupe of another question

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor oh its okay

Roland Taylor

04:22

I can't remember the title though - but a question detailing how to run apps using Wine

@msPeachy can you cast close votes?

msPeachy

Oh okay, will look for it

@RolandTaylor Oh noes

lol

Roland Taylor

:P

msPeachy

lunch time...

Roland Taylor

mmm food!

msPeachy

yes food!

I'll start with pineapple

Roland Taylor

04:30

:O I want some

msPeachy

here

it's called 'pinya'

Roland Taylor

:D

you're so kind

virtual Pineapple/Pinya for me :D

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor lol

will eat now, and need to reboot too, bbl

don't sleep yet

Roland Taylor

okie

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

04:50

0

Q: good Ubuntu/Debian distro for a development/coding VM?

I have a Windows laptop, but I like to use Linux as a development/coding environment. Currently I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04 as a guest OS with VirtualBox. Some of the issues with this setup are: I need a lighter-weight distro - Ubuntu installs too many extraneous packages I like to work...

ubuntu debian virtualbox virtual-machine

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor i'm back

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy welcome back :P

msPeachy

:P

31 emails

Roland Taylor

wow

Haven't checked in a while?

msPeachy

yes, I rarely check my yahoo mail

Roland Taylor

04:59

oh Yahoo

that's... e_e

msPeachy

yesh, most of the email were in my disposable inbox

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