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17:00
did we speak during that time?
/me checks call logs
i probably missed your call then.
Oli
Oli
@jokerdino Yeah it's a trial that never expires (it slowly gets snottier but keeps working) so you don't have to buy it at all.
@jokerdino nope. you didn't. Last call's yesterday. :P
@Oli That I don't mind. Let me grab a copy.
@Mahesh I miss calls all the time though. I won't be surprised :P
Oli
Oli
17:02
@jokerdino I'll warn... you you're going to become $70 poorer in the near future.
$70? $_$
Oli
Oli
As I said, it's not cheap.
That's more than what I get for the entire month.
too bad we had to sacrifice you to that diamond clan.
@jokerdino talking of pocket money or part time?
the former. i don't work for money.
not yet at least.
But, going to work just to pay for a IDE? Sounds fun aye.
17:05
well, then thats obvious. else I'd have probably said ridiculous.
I am broke because I bought ST2
@Mahesh eh
I have a mid term evaluation in a couple days..
and two assignments and a presentation...
It used to be fun.
well.... the future me may say the same, but right now its getting PITA
you'll get through it. like the most of us ;)
17:09
our professor wants us to make an algorithm to extract registration number from random images of cars. I have 4 days. and not a soul I know of made any progress.
Did you check for any relevant SE? :D
They can probably give you some idea.
Good idea.
Oli
Oli
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Q: How to recognize vehicle license / number plate (ANPR) from an image?

Ryan O'NeillI have a web site that allows users to upload images of cars and I would like to put a privacy filter in place to detect registration plates on the vehicle and blur them. The blurring is not a problem but is there a library or component (open source preferred) that will help with finding a licen...

There we go. Could be a good first step.
@Mahesh Remember, Oli has all the Google-fu goodness.
Oli
Oli
ANPR is what you need to look out for though most solutions are going to give you lovely imaging libraries you can drop in to analyse images, they're not going to help you too much writing your own.
17:12
yup that. Thank you @Oli
looks promising...
Oli
Oli
I mortarboarded at 9:13am (actually before I got up) so I've had more time in the chatroom to help people today :)
Oh and a silly amount of coffee.
You lurk on the front page all the time.
How's the delta between you and foss?
Oli
Oli
@jokerdino He's a robot sent back from the future. I'm never taking #1 back but it would be nice to keep #2 for a while.
One question.
How many bots do we have at AU?
(dont point me to that old meta)
@Oli I dont think anyone can challenge you for #2 for a while.
17:17
@Mahesh But ... that's the only credible source!
OK Marco is back. Everyone, shut the shops.
@FEichinger well, not always.
Hi @MarcoCeppi
erm, this blue-ness looks kinda wierd..
TOO. MUCH. BLUE.
(points at those chat names)
Oli
Oli
Say something really offensive (in chat) and then flag it if you want to see a lot of blue :)
17:20
okay.
you say something offensive, I'll flag it. :P
@MarcoCeppi hm, not really offensive enough for a flag
that is a bit better.
Oli
Oli
I dare somebody to flag it :)
Go on. Do it
I should make it far more offensive, you all have been warned. I really want to go all out, but I don't really want to go all out
Oli
Oli
yey!
Neee-naaaw
Oli
Oli
Yeah that describes the scene pretty accurately.
^--- the mods at this moment.
you guys can see who flagged it?
17:24
@Mahesh can't reveal. sorry
Oli
Oli
More importantly, why does it take so damned long for a poster to get sent from the US to the UK? I want my wookie-Jesus :(
@jokerdino :P Thanks for the answer.
♪♩♫♬♮
@Oli I approve of this
17:25
No matter what, we can't compete with The Bridge and The Comms Room.
@RolandiXor ?
Well, Jesus has laser vision (kind of) according to the Book of Revelation.
Oli
Oli
I've got a big gold frame for it too. It's going to rule.
@Mahesh that was to Oli's Wookie Jesus statement.
okay. :P
Oli
Oli
17:27
Right I have to get off the internet before I buy a life-size narwhal statue.
Toodles.
@Oli But you can buy it off the internet.
You know, ebay.
@RolandiXor And people will climb out of their graves like a zombie Apocalypse, but better.
>:}
@mateo_salta that's in 2Thessalonians IIRC
"And the dead in Christ will rise first"
(OMG I'm turning this into a religious joke fest D: - somebody will shoot me)
(possibly @MarcoCeppi!)
(with this:)
shoots Roland.
17:29
Guns don't kill people, Wookies do
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potato launcher?
Shot-rifle :P
Fires smart grenades
even if you run, you still go poof :D
ah, they are shaped liked potatos my mistake
I am going all out and calling in drone strikes.
17:31
There you go. Pacifier + 3 DealBreaker missiles == dead meat.
why does this room sound... like that english.SE room?
(You know your behind is toast when the drone is bigger than your fighter jet)
@Mahesh No, you are thinking of Root access.
And, we haven't invaded any chatroom in a while. Might be fun.
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@jokerdino was I ?
17:33
muhahaha
@Mahesh Actually not. Messin'
@jokerdino guessed that. Sort of.
Not many SE sites have a chat community like we do. ;)
2
yup that.
17:35
@jokerdino you have some free time, like 24 hours a day these days I believe? :P
Well, I got nothing better to do. :P
machine or assembly?
what sort of a language is it?
17:37
Its a high-level language. that treats data and programs the same.
you can meddle with the codez by running the codez
Hipster stuff. I am sold!
has functional roots..
ever programmed haskell, lisp, erlang, Ocaml, ML or the like?
No, just python and some bash.
and also, java.
@jokerdino stay away from me.
:P
java is like a disease.
2
I purged all java from my system. Don't worry.
17:40
Bad news.. TI may want me to work on Java all summers..
they are paying me, so I cant deny.. :|
I just hope I guessed wrong..
eheh.
stay away from me
why do I make absolutely no sense when i read my own statements today?
@jokerdino I'll do some python and Ocaml and C later.
OK I'll reconsider.
17:43
what do you call that thing some one does to wash their sins?
redemption.
Or repent.
Yeah, redemption. I'll do python and C and Ocaml for redemption, to repent the sins I may commit all summer with Java
Since last week, My vocab is failing me. Both in english and Telugu. And I dont speak much hindi these days. May be its just stress. I was such an eloquent speaker..
I told you not to stick around with amith. ;)
(jk Amith, you are awesome)
in Rebol (and Red) on Stack Overflow Chat, 10 hours ago, by rebolek
Hi guys, I finally have enough imaginary Internet points to say hello here.
well I need some imaginary internet points.
i am sure you can chat there.
17:48
Hi @BrunoPereira
bad Bruno..
@Mahesh alo lovely ape user
@jokerdino I'm hinting at VTC and stuff
Oh those. Just 3oo more.
@BrunoPereira what evil plans do you have in mind? speak up!
wait.. I'm 2.7?
Never knew that..
@Mahesh instruct you with hate thoughts about humans, clone you, equip you all with spiked clubs and let you loose in the middle of an empty huge cage. observe your frustration rise and despair take over when you realize all was done for my own pleasure...
@Mahesh (good enough?)
17:52
@BrunoPereira enough that you get a free star.
I'm coming for you.
Enjoy that while you still can.
:)
I will come up with something else just so you know...
bbl. got a call
Unicorns are in order, I would say.
Any 13.04 users using Firefox?
I'm getting random system freezes (they last anywhere from 1 second to over a minute) when using Firefox.
I think it might be related to my graphics driver but I'm not 100% sure, and it happens with both the normal build and the nightly builds.
gratz @RolandiXor @jokerdino :)
typical... make them moderator and they ignore you :(
18:10
@Rinzwind muchos gracias mi amigo,
prego :=)
and that's almost all my spanish, mon ami
Estoy tan feliz de que nos han felicitado, te daré una galleta, porque te lo mereces. Mi amigo, cualquier felicitaciones toca a mí.
:D
damn I can understand most of it :=)
cookies <3
wait ONLY 1?
De hecho, voy a escribir un muro de texto para usted. Tal declaración sincera como la suya merece el más profundo de gracias desde el fondo de nuestros corazones. Mi querido amigo, lo que nos han dicho es tan significativo, ojalá otros puedan leerlo. Es como un poema para nosotros, es como el agua que fluye en un río tranquilo, una experiencia relajante que calienta el corazón y calma el alma!
:'D
lolyou lost me :X
18:17
No hay una cantidad de gracias que se pueden resumir nuestros sentimientos de gratitud a usted! Si cada uno tenía un amigo como tú, el mundo sería un lugar mucho mejor. Sin embargo, no todo el mundo es este tipo, por lo que el mundo permanece en el estado que decimos hoy. Pero no se desanime! No te preocupes! Viene un tiempo donde todo el mundo va a experimentar el amor de un amigo como usted. Sabemos que un día la verdadera amistad de los amigos de verdad será revelada a todos.
En aquel día, el mundo verá la paz verdadera, significativa y todos serán felices, oh amigo.
Hahaha
@Rinzwind I was doing what happened to me the other day - this guy on G+ went off in Serbian or Turkish (was it?) about world issues and how meaningful what I said was... or something...
Don't worry, I only said good things about you :D
Oh I can not speak spanish but I did a few days of esperanto so some looks very familiair ;)
and i do not see any putas in the sentences >:D
whoa.. I go away one minute and this room is incomprehensible
English.se was better..
no cookies for you mahesh :D
I used Google Translate because I read spanish better than I speak it :P
Here is an example of what I said:
There is no amount of thanks that can sum up our feelings of gratitude to you! If every one had a friend such as you, the world would be a much better place. However, not everyone is this kind, so the world remains in the state we say today. But take heart! Worry not! A time is coming where everyone will experience the love of a friend such as yourself. We know that one day the true friendship of the true friends will be revealed to us all.
In that day, the world will see true, meaningful peace, and all will be happy, oh friend.
(It's a ramble, of course)
... and all I did was click 1 button >:D
18:27
xD
The above is what happens when you are me - and you become famous on G+ :P
I get stuff like that every once in a while... from people who are serious!
me too. But it also happens in real life for me.
O_o okay now that is just messed up :D
P.S. ADD ME FRNDZ
^--- let us not forget
In the bus I take to work there is one dude that is into scientology and kaballa (not as a member but as an interest into pshycology etc).
he keeps rambling when he sees me :D
18:29
lololol
"hey Wim I read something interesting today. Did you know (insert random idea}"
lol people like that drive me nuts
not me. I love messing with someone's intelligence >:)
or lack of :X
oh ... I got another one. me and friend in car. blond girl driving
we are at trafficlights. 3 possible directons. left, right and straight on. The latter is onto a parking space where the bar is where we are going to.
she asks "where do I go now". I say "left' and friend at the same time "right"
and as a result we spent 5 minutes in front of the traffic light since she went mental and could not handle the response...
xD
I hope there was no one behind you...
oh the honking of the ppl behind us did not help her think ;-)
18:36
- left, right?
- right!
she had 2 good things...
she was gorgeous and easy to get >:D
@jrg Hey, you got your shiny octopress blog running?
@Rinzwind I see what you did there...
:D
anyone know more about this omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/… ?
"A powerful voice recognition tool has been demoed on Ubuntu by Linux developer James McClain."
my past experience with this is mostly "sounds good but when I use it it sucks" :D
My speech is so muffled that even close relatives won't get it without me asking "sorry?" first. How can a machine do that?
18:49
you guys want this?
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Q: GRUB won't boot after Ubuntu upgrade

Andreasafter i updated my system with apt-get upgrade i rebooted and landed at the grub> promt. I wasn't able to set any root and booted always to kernel panic. I then started a live cd and used https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair. After i used this tool i now get error: out of disk error: c...

sure we'll take it >:D
@RolandiXor hey congrats on mod; I voted you ;)
@allquixotic like I said just now: you make them moderator and they ignore you >:D
bbl too >:D
@allquixotic thanks :)
back
I had to switch desktop environments from Pantheon to Unity.
jrg
jrg
19:03
@jorgecastro yes, still running.
Why, what's up?
@jrg I don't think anyone posted on planet about the new moderators yet?
@jrg check the secret bunker please.
19:35
@amith: It's on the list.
@RolandiXor: Hello!
@GeorgeEdison hey :D
20:01
I got a new phone!
Sweet :D
What kind is it?
Samsung Galaxy Discover.
Nice :D
I need to get a new phone myself
This was an excellent bargain - $80.
(I managed to get a really good sale.)
wait for the Motorola X Phone if you're in the market for a high end smartphone
20:15
I'm not - I was in the market for a low-budget smartphone :P
@GeorgeEdison wow
Right now I'm in the budget for a mid to high level smart phone if I play my cards right :)
X phone rumors: Android 5.0, Qualcomm 600 or 800, >= 2GB DDR3, LTE cat 4, Sony camera, 2 days runtime with screen and LTE on,
I'm considering the Galaxy Nexus
noooooooooo ancient
Though I don't want another mere 5MP camera tbh
@allquixotic Ubuntu Phone.
:P
20:17
@RolandiXor lol you want an ubuntu phone? at your own peril, have fun with that... nothing against Ubuntu but it's a desktop/laptop OS and always will be in my mind :P
Part of the problem is I'm on in the US or Canada so it's not as simple as walking into a store online or offline :)
This runs Android 4 ICS, has a 3MP camera, and works well enough.
@allquixotic have you seen the videos/demos/apps (I've played with Ubuntu phone app dev already actually)
It's not so bad at all
I'm spending some time here now :P
Hehe
I hope to join there soon myself ;)
That is - when I get my Android phone :)
Which will be soon
I have the money, but just haven't had the time to go shopping
jrg
jrg
20:23
@JorgeCastro don't know, i probably should consider doing that.
@RolandiXor k
Okay, time for recommendations... anyone know of a good QR Code reader app?
@jrg: This is where I need your help!
This looks interesting: play.google.com/store/apps/…..
jrg
jrg
Robot barf looks like QR codes.
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That is my opinion of QR codes.
Oh... okay.
jrg
jrg
so i can't help you, sorry.
That app works pretty well - I can't get it to scan barcodes though.
Any suggestions for must-have apps?
jrg
jrg
20:37
pushover is expensive ($2.99), but worth it for notifications.
dropbox, obviously.
VX connectbot for ssh.
keepassdroid for my keepass databases.
trello app.
and if you're rooted, give dsploit a whilr.
Youversion
@GeorgeEdison Spotify :D
jrg
jrg
Youversion as well.
Aviary Photo Editor, TeslaLED, AndExplorer, Mighty Grocery, Skype, Spotify, Google Voice, Tapatalk, Steam, Plumble, GPS Status, Speed Test, Wolfram Alpha, Translate, Beat The Traffic, Yellowbook, AudioGuru, Hi-Q MP3 Recorder, just a few apps I use regularly
oh and Battery Monitor, DuckDuckGo, Klink, MoboPlayer, PocketCloud, SoundHound, and SwiftKey to name a few more
@jrg Sorry, had to restart Firefox. Yes - somebody recommended VX connectbot for me.
It works great - and I have the benefit of a Bluetooth keyboard.
@allquixotic I thought of Skype... but I only have a rear-facing camera.
BRB again - I'm going to boot Windows.
Transferring files over BT is really slow.
20:46
I don't use video conferencing ever. nobody wants to see my face.
weird. Hey @jrg it looks like I should have gotten my proofreader badge yesterday. But it never showed. Any idea why?
I use Skype for other people who insist on talking through Skype and are too cheap to pay for PSTN calling
Mine turtle....
jrg
jrg
@Flabricorn that's the secret word for "@jokerdino's sister is around".
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As soon as I start Windows, everything wants to update.
jrg
jrg
20:52
or was it dolphin? I don't recall.
iTunes, Firefox, Flash player, Windows Media Center, etc.
My phone is supposed to have a built-in FM receiver... but I'm not sure how to use it.
@jrg @allquixotic Has a mine turtle gravatar, I think @jokerdino's sister was dolphin.
jrg
jrg
ok, must be dolphin then.
@Flabricorn I AM PUNCHING YOUR SALAD!!!!
@allquixotic Noooooooo!'
jrg
jrg
21:03
i haven't seen the flags go above 20 since they got elected. this is great.
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@jrg yeah, and the flag queue was empty when you all were elected. it'll change in a month
jrg
jrg
@MarcoCeppi i don't know man, FOSSFreedom is still going strong on it.
They're always so eager to prove themselves, then reality sinks in, despair, eventually destruction
@jrg even still he's definitely slowed ;)
jrg
jrg
yeah, true.
Oh, this isn't the room I thought it was. Where am, who are you all
jrg
jrg
21:05
lol
@jrg I was once like foss and flags
jrg
jrg
@MarcoCeppi yeah, you were.
or at least, i made you that way.
protip: not everyone here is a mod stalks
@jrg I predicted this.
I am a prophet.
It will rain in the Amazon tomorrow.
@GeorgeEdison I forgot to mention VLC
21:11
VLC?
I didn't realize they had a beta for Android.
Cool - except my already plays most common formats for audio / video.
jrg
jrg
can't find VLC for android
And I only have about 2.7GB of usable internal memory.
jrg
jrg
> This app is incompatible with your Asus Nexus 7
21:13
Oh, that's no good.
jrg
jrg
guess i have a different ARM chip.
Looking forward to my Nexus 4 landing soon. Annoyed that I now have to consider buying a Nexus 10
Weird, I can't get get into most of my accounts on Empathy...
Is this a worthwhile app?
I always thought Android shipped with a terminal app.
jrg
jrg
you can use connectbot to connect to the internal.
21:18
Oh, okay.
BRB - restarting to Ubuntu.
21:28
Hello all. Quick question. Does anyone know where I can find the memtest menu off the 12.04 x86_64 live cd?
@RolandiXor Meh; Figured I'd try here first.
Ask first, chat after, for most situations.
I know.. C++ lounger here
There are exceptions of course, but it's unlikely for most of us to know where the memtest is offhand.
=)
21:35
Help leeches are obnoxious
And I hate being a help leech
We don't consider anyone a leech unless they are lazy :)
Lol, yea.
So like, if you ask a question the site in the form of:

title: memtest
body: Where is it
Tags: ubuntu

We will call you a leech :)
Otherwise, you're welcome to go ahead and ask :P
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Q: Where is the memtest option on the 12.04 64-bit live cd?

DriseI'm looking for the memtest option on the 64 bit version of 12.04 live cd, but the only options I have are "Try without install", "Install", and "Check disk for defects". What am I missing?

Watch me get tumbleweed again.
There we go :)
21:41
@RolandiXor what happened to my shot I added there? askubuntu.com/a/187582/3940
Unfortunately I'm out of votes for 2 hours, but good stuff :)
@Takkat oh good catch
It was such a nice shot :"(
Now it seems loading forever.
I don't know what happened to your shot, all I see is a screenshot...
which is probably yours...
Yeah, its back now \o/
Yeah it's yours :)
21:44
<-- is always a bit proud on screen shots from boot screens
Already tried that, google failed me.
Hmm...
I don't ask questions unless google fails me extensively.
@Drise site:askubuntu.com memtest ;)
Never forget to tell Google the best place on earth (for questions on Ubuntu) :)
21:49
lol
my kids made a huge big scratch on the monitor.
Oh - it can be removed with some wet... May be a fake scratch then.
"some wet" -- What type of chat room do y'all run here?!
We like to clean all day long.
@Drise now back to you issue, what do you get when you hold down any key (preferably the left shift key) while booting?

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