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@jrg Haha, I am sure you would have a better idea of who would make it. ;)

@Seth You know, it never hurts.

nope. i have no insider info.

yeah right :P

@jokerdino no it doesn't. I just need to figure out problems on my end.

@Seth Problems? That sounds .. not right.

5:14 PM

no problems per se... but you know what I mean.

That is a serious problem though.

things that would prevent me from running (not exactly no internet).

Not having computers and net.. :O

You know... I think that would almost be nice for a little while...

perspectives, perspectives.

Dec 30 '12 at 2:47, by jrg

ok, at the risk of sounding silly, the answer to winning mod elections is to write a few miles of text, and then trim it down so you hit the limit. er, something like that.

5:16 PM

Funnily enough, I was trying to console myself saying the same.

@jrg I thought you knew about the 1200 character limit

@jrg :O

Had been around since the SU elections IIRC.

I am not a writer... at all.

Heh, you don't need to write stuff. Dont worry.

somewhere i had a rant about turning into me.

5:18 PM

I won't, I won't... :/

I would suggest picking up all the good stuff from the previous nominations across a variety of SE elections.

:O

Is there a canonical question about 12.10 and unity (now forced 3d) being slow on older hardware?

you stole my idea

@gertvdijk I could never find one.

@Seth No, I am giving you one.

5:19 PM

lol :D

@Seth askubuntu.com/questions/202982/… seems close

@gertvdijk yes...

close...

three more votes and I pass @fossfreedom on the leaderboards :D

Q: How do I enable llvmpipe rendering in Unity?

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I've been looking at other questions, but none seem to answer my query. The closest I got gave me information about a ppa for 12.04. My computer's battery life is suffering under Ubuntu 12.10. I imagine the performance will be better if I use LLVMPipe, as it is aimed at lower end computers. How d...

unity 12.10

is that it?

Jun 28 '12 at 20:16, by jrg

I hit 2K, had a rep recalc, ended up losing like 60 rep. I was floored. Then I took my 2 month break, came back and was like "screw it, rep is for children". :P

Jun 28 '12 at 20:16, by jrg

the moral of that story is folks: Don't be a JRG. You end up being a moderator.

and i think the context was @Seth hitting the rep cap and then getting a recalc.

MY PROPHECY IS BEING FULFILLED!

no, no. The leaderboards for voters

5:22 PM

@jrg No, I mean more of a question: "How come Ubuntu 12.10 is so slow on my older pc compared to 12.04?"

@gertvdijk oh. uh, don't think we have one.

whelp, I'm out for now folks!

@jrg I'm thinking I misunderstood what you where saying...

Hey everyone

BBT

@AmithKK night

5:36 PM

Just 2 minutes into compiling a kernel my HP $3000 Elitebook already starts to smell:
Physical id 0: +99.0°C

Ouch burn.

hate it when you can't use your device to the fullest just because they designed the hardware the wrong way :(

shookees

what do you mean 'the wrong way'?

Mouth where your belly should be.

@shookees well, clearly, the design of this machine can't handle 100% CPU usage

5:39 PM

bigger fan?

@mateo_salta it's a laptop...

oh a laptop... live in an igloo?

Physical id 0: +104.0°C (high = +87.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

if I'm offline in a moment, you know why

just 1°C to go before kernel shuts it down.

dang. i freak out if mine gets to 80C.

^^^^ Same here.

Mine shuts down at 90 C though.

5:43 PM

I keep mine under 120F

How much is that?

50C

that only happens when I resume from suspend :(

the most I like it at is 60C when doing a alot

Do you have an exhaust fan or something?

Mine right now is at 60C with Firefox open.

5:46 PM

the fans on this go up to 6000 rpm (mac book pro)

@user1930341 Please include more information as I asked in this comment: askubuntu.com/questions/247861/…

I dont think that pings the user.

I heard the icore processors get hotter and can work alright at higher temps, so that might be the case for some.

Unless you use the superping.

@jokerdino why not?

5:49 PM

For you to ping a user, he needs to have a chat account.

And check this particular chat room at least once in the last three days.

I had a talk before a few weeks ago and this should work for every low-rep user including the ones without a chat account (will look up that).

Or you get a mod to use the superping.

It's frustrating to see users updating their questions with other information than you asked for...

ign

6:01 PM

Hey, @jrg can I bother you with some doubts in AskDifferent?

@ign doubts?

i'm confused.

oh, i see it.

ign

thx