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12:07 AM

@RolandTaylor @GeorgeEdison so is redcar.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

defers to the judgement of the resident ruby guy

well, whatever editor you have on hand works.

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Q: Postfix/Courier on EC2 instance

I have an EC2 instance with Amazon. Server has a LAMP stack running on a Ubuntu OS. Additionally, I have Postfix and Courier set up on there too. I'm not very well versed in the use of Postfix and Courier and as a result, Amazon SES is requiring that I designate an email address as a validated s...

ubuntu email postfix amazon-ec2

First and foremost. If I only have nano, then by jove I'll be using nano!

AbrahamVanHelpsing

do you know if anyone has made any progress towards textmate on non-osx?

12:09 AM

if i only have emacs, then i will use emacs dangit!

@AbrahamVanHelpsing no, but redcar comes pretty close. :P

oh, this could be a fun way to spend tuesday. - videothevote.org/resources/…

AbrahamVanHelpsing

this is how i'm spending my monday...probably... exploitablelabs.com

@AbrahamVanHelpsing sweet!

AbrahamVanHelpsing

user image

everything's a test

until it isn't.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

true

12:31 AM

guess i won't be doing that tuesday. guess i'll go break into some VMs or something.

There are way too many HTTP status codes.

AbrahamVanHelpsing

if you run up against some ESX instances check out VASTO - set of VMWare assault plugins for msf

@GeorgeEdison the first number is the really important part for the most part

but you knew that

looks cool.

@GeorgeEdison 418

1:06 AM

@jrg Right.

My first silver badge! Thanks guys! Hi, by the way

Howdy @Mochan, and congrats!

Journeyman Geek

heya @Mochan

and yay!

@jrg Hey jrg! Thanks. I was actually trying to get the badge for 30 days consecutive - but I found out I missed the 28th. Today would've been my 30th... sigh

@JourneymanGeek Thanks Journeyman~ have you done A3? I haven't.

Journeyman Geek

no

2 more videos to go

1:17 AM

@JourneymanGeek You haven't watched the Week 5 videos yet?

Journeyman Geek

not finished

its been a busy 2 weeks

@Mochan oh well. i tried for a long time to get that one.

@jrg :D

Well, thanks to you all (since I was reliant on the public to get the other badge) :3

@JasperLoy How sad. Is this on Math.SE?! Some, let me repeat for emphasis, SOME, people there are plain weird.

Hi, Mochan! Week 7 already! Hope you're keeping up with the course.

@kan Yep. I'll watch the Week 6 and 7 ones this week.

Should this be downvoted because the OP answered their own question with an edit-like statement?

I'm not good with these things, as you can tell.

1:25 AM

@Mochan Just ignore, no? Why bother? (BTW: tl; dr).

@Mochan Hmm. I see. Wish you luck.

@kan What's tl; dr? Because I'm trying to get a badge >O<

@Mochan The post linked is too long. As for whether you should down vote, I'd flag the answer: it is a comment; not an answer. But, I'd not downvote.

@kan Cool ty.

Oh look who dropped in. It's @jokerdino.

hi

Hello @jokerdino.

1:28 AM

@jokerdino o/

what's up?

Nothing much.

I am executing a C program. It is running for the past 20 minutes.

:[

≡ find another good algorithm.

This answer also does not answer the question very clearly... the video is also irrelevant.

1:30 AM

But, on another note: I have done something nice: I have set up IBus, solving my symbols problem from the key board.

Petty Peeve: I don't want the drop down suggestions.

@kan I use IBus for Japanese input :3

@Mochan Also, flagged as not an answer. (Actually, I should thank you. I am flagging the posts -- taking me closer to the Marshall badge, if the moderator clears it positively.)

@Mochan Kanji script?

@kan That too. Also Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese use three alphabets)

@kan I flagged it too :)

Oct 13 at 23:28, by Mochan

In Japanese, there are three different alphabets. Hiragana looks like this こんにちは. Katakana looks like this アメリカ . And kanji looks like this 何、私、愛.

@Mochan I see. What's predominant if at all? (Lowly mortals such as me find learning languages hard without support from a native speaker.)

@kan Well, it's hard. Hiragana you could say is the main alphabet. But Kanji is used to shorten Hiragana into a pictograph instead of maybe 7 characters. Katakana is used to write English and non-Japanese words. For example, アメリカ means 'America'. I love learning Japanese, I do well with linguistics. I'd say Hiragana is the main one.

1:40 AM

@Mochan Oh, OK. Thanks for the input. Wondering if Coursera is giving language lessons -- I wanted to learn French and German ya know... :(

@kan That'd be cool.

Yup.

TBH, I prefer Asian languages over European languages.

Hi @Joshua

I should take a Japanese course and just ace it :S

Should I kill the C program or wait for it to die?

@kan XD Let it die a slow, painful death, I say.

1:43 AM

OK.

Can I know the RAM being used currently to know how dirty my program is?

back

Welcome back.

Mem: 3819 3091 728 0 315 1214

How can I do that formatting thing that hyperlinks you to Launchpad or the software center for a program?

use that script

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Q: Ask Ubuntu Toolbar Buttons - A set of toolbar buttons for Ask Ubuntu that make it easy to insert links to packages, PPAs, etc.

Update: This script was previously called "Insert APT Link" but has now been renamed. As such, you need to uninstall any previous versions before installing the new one. Screenshot / Code Snippet About This UserScript adds some buttons to the editing toolbar that allow the follo...

script askubuntu

TY

What do i do with the script?

1:51 AM

there is a how to in the above link

Really? Thanks :S

Where? //shot

Did you read the link?

Just read the question post.

@jokerdino I did >o<

It says 'Download the script' and I did.

Then what?

It's on another tab for some reason?

As you can see, in firefox:

user image

Might take a while, sorry.

1:56 AM

>0< -- what's this smiley?

you need greasemonkey.

@kan Like... eyes squinting, mouth open. Usually angry or offended

@jokerdino -.-

i thought it was obvious scripts go with greasemonkey.

@Mochan D'oh.

@jokerdino I don't use scripts.

@kan :P

Where do I get greasemonkey from >.>

1:58 AM

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey

@Mochan Look at all those indicators. Does your computer lag anytime?

stackapplet is broken and is full of bugs. it still uses v1 of the API and it needs to be updated for v2.1.

@jokerdino No. I have i7 and 6GB RAM. If it lagged, I'd shoot it.

the system monitor always uses high resources and you are better of with commandline tools.

-____- stop judging my desktop

no. just stating the facts

i guess people really just like to install fancy stuff when reviewed on fancy blogs.

@jokerdino Wait wait wait.

You're referring to an old version.

2:03 AM

I am talking about v1.4 of stackapplet

the one in debian repo

The latest version is 1.5.1 and there is a preview release for 1.6 that is even better.

@jokerdino I have fancy things because they're fancy and practical

Just switch to my PPA and your problems will disappear.

Let me retry 1.6 and file bug reports :P

Wait - don't try 1.6 on Ubuntu.

2:04 AM

:|

I think there are problems getting the popup to work.

Better stick to 1.5.1.

Use deb?

It's still supported and runs without any problems.

Use my PPA!

Your ppa has 1.6

=.=''

2:05 AM

Do you want me to pin it to 1.5?

never tried pinning. So might as well try it

My PPA?

yeah

Are you referring to the StackApplet PPA or my personal PPA?

I better check which one has 1.5.1...

the team one.

launchpad.net/~george-edison55/+archive/george-edison

Hm, okay. it has 1.5

but no package for quantal.

Hang on. That I can fix.

2:09 AM

Dupe?

Okay, there are now two pending builds. One for Quantal and one for Raring.

They will end up in my PPA shortly.

Thanks.

Why is it that we don't have the same set of features in 1.6? :|

Well, I rewrote it in Qt for one thing.

And sadly the app indicators don't seem to distinguish between left-clicks and right-clicks.

So it works great on Windows... not so great on ~~Ubuntu~~ Unity.

That is true.

@Mochan marked it as dupe.

@kan or other, this isn't an answer, right?

@jokerdino Ty. I answered it but shrug.

2:15 AM

if the apt is broken, you can't really install synaptic.

@Mochan Yes, atmost a comment. :)

@kan Flag?

Journeyman Geek

@jokerdino: I'd guess you'd have to use dpkg to fix it?

@Mochan Of course, I flagged it as not an answer.

Journeyman Geek

If thats borked then... things get fun

2:16 AM

@JourneymanGeek usually yes

@kan Me too :) TY

Mochan is slowly getting better at reviewing.

@Mochan :) I should thank you. :P

@kan NP. (Do we get rep for helpful flags? I know there is a stat, but...)

> Is this behavior known? What can I do about it?

in a way, it can be considered an answer

@Mochan No. We don't get. But, after you have had hopeless number of helpful flags, you get a Gold Badge -- Marshall.

Journeyman Geek

2:20 AM

lol

500

hi

Journeyman Geek

there's a lower level one too

long lost 500

@RolandTaylor hi

720 or sth?

500 helpful flags is the right answer

2:21 AM

no? for Marshall, I mean.

@jokerdino hi

Journeyman Geek

it used to be by flag weight

@kan *O*

Journeyman Geek

which was.. just impossible

> Raised 500 helpful flags

2:21 AM

I'd better go. I'm heading out for a nice lunch~

@jokerdino May be, on MSE, or I misremember.

See you

Journeyman Geek

there's also deputy

80 flags

@GeorgeEdison they don't, at all.

@Mochan without us.

Journeyman Geek

;p

2:22 AM

That's how friends treat friends, yeah.

@Mochan Have a tasty lunch! I will be getting my favy breakfast served in half an hour.

@RolandTaylor Yeah. I'd invite you, but you'd have to pay for your own flight

@kan :P Thanks

I've been perfecting the way to annoy people these days.

@Joshua @jokerdino I hope you're seeing this ^

soon, i'll finish it.

@RolandTaylor yeah. i read it, felt sad, cried a little and moved on.

2:23 AM

@RolandTaylor Seeing what?

@jokerdino I sense a tinge of realism in what you just said.

The rest is sarcasm, born out of rolling eyes at a disdain for a personality or person.

@RolandTaylor it happened too fast

ANYWAY! I'm out. See y'all~

@Mochan bye.

@RolandTaylor sarcasm yes. but not the rest

2:25 AM

:P

I tend not to have a positive view of myself from other people's eyes ;)

i don't know.

Journeyman Geek

#annoy @jokerdino?

@JourneymanGeek stop right there

Journeyman Geek

;p

@jokerdino perfected.

@JourneymanGeek NOOOOOO

2:27 AM

Watching Doomsday preppers reminds me I'm not human.

Aliens, thankfully, are not THAT stupid.

Journeyman Geek

woof?

A woman teaching her child about when sh*t hits the fan... o_o

sorry offtopicness

Journeyman Geek

lol, to the 'I'm not human' part

askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-proliant-dl @RolandTaylor, do you think we really need these tags?

Journeyman Geek

thinks a go bag (if he was in a disastery area), and his EDC stuff is about all he'd worry about

2:33 AM

we need hp-proliant-dl585-g2 tag instead

phaser.gfxile.net/ligen/technobabble.php

@jokerdino lol

brb - will fix it

cya

black

b l ack

@RolandTaylor: What doesn't?

2:43 AM

@GeorgeEdison click the arrow on the message.

Ah, okay.

Will my C program also suspend if I suspend my user now (on Ubuntu 12.04)?

(Sorry; pardon my ignorance.)

You mean if you switch users?

@RolandTaylor No, I will be away. But, I am working from a common room. So, I want to suspend the screen and resume when I come back.

Oh so you're putting the computer on suspend then?

2:56 AM

(There is an option to suspend which is like sleep in Windows; distinct from lock the screen.)

@RolandTaylor Yup... exactly.

@kan oh well then yes, your C program will suspend.

@RolandTaylor what if I lock the screen?

(I don't want the C program to die a premature death.)

@kan if you lock the screen it will still be running

Is it a program you wrote yourself (like a hello world type program)?

@RolandTaylor Yes, a program I wrote myself: but unfortunately more complicated than the Hello World program. It is computationally expensive.

Well, strangely enough, the entire computer shut down. I don't know why. It just shut down.

scared

O_o

Are you on Ubuntu?

3:03 AM

@RolandTaylor Yup. 12.04-1 LTS. :)

oh okay

Perhaps, something memory oriented happened?

Well, break fast time. I should really go... My Favourite yummy break fast awaits me.

@kan I'm not sure.

@kan cool

3:17 AM

should this edit be approved?

askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/47124

no

Aww hell no :D

he has enough rep to post his own answer right

@Peachy ya

1 rep users can post answers

okay

3:19 AM

He's just using the site incorrectly

thanks

You're welcome

just woke up and need to eat breakfast now

brb

okie

3:39 AM

i'm back

does anyone here use vnstat?

{entering heaven space} hello all

{empty heaven space}

leaving

4:00 AM

Hello. Back.

4:41 AM

appears

Dammit.. badwords filter is off

Anybody have luck using A2SD?

@Peachy welcome back

@RolandTaylor Welcome Back

@AmithKK yeah

4:58 AM

@RolandTaylor do you use vnstat?

@Peachy What's up?

@AmithKK hello, do you know what the 'estimated' column in the vnstat means?

> The estimated value is an calculated average that tries to predict the total traffic for the current day/month based on previous traffic. This estimate works fairly well if the monitored interface has constant traffic of the same magnitude (like game servers). It can't predic peaks but the accuracy usually gets better by the end of the day/month.

@Peachy --^

okay, thank you!

np

5:59 AM

"Ubuntu drifts away from the FOSS...."

In the newspaper

Journeyman Geek

I prefer to get my news from more reliable sources, like rumours and little children

Wish me luck

I'm flashing my phone to a custom rom

6:12 AM

Where do you live @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

singapore

Indian?

Journeyman Geek

first generation singaporean i'd guess. Parents are from india

6:54 AM

@AmithKK: Just finished writing a webserver in Qt.

You can see it here: home.quickmediasolutions.com:8000

Nobody is here :(

Journeyman Geek

lol

wait. QT... web server?\

Qt can do pretty much anything.

Here's what it looks like on my end:

user image

Journeyman Geek

shh

ahh even

7:25 AM

@AmithKK Yup on the Hindu, right?

@kan yep

Journeyman Geek

8:01 AM

anyone got a pi and want a quick and dirty build of an IRC server? ;p

8:40 AM

@JourneymanGeek Give me one

@GeorgeEdison nice

Journeyman Geek

@AmithKK: one moment

You're really sending me one?

:P

Journeyman Geek

You'll still need to set up the config file

its a deb, its really a non issue if you want it

:P I mean the RPi

Journeyman Geek

oh, no ;p

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