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Oli
Oli
17:00
@fossfreedom Wasn't the best reply to the drama IMO. Essentially if you're upset with what we're doing, you don't want free software to rule the world. Both off the mark and mildly insulting to the people who live and breathe FOSS but don't agree with Canonical's last week.
@Oli eh, read CoC v2.0?
Oli
Oli
@jokerdino I hadn't.
I have now
I think there was a part about avoiding extended discussions and debate.
@jokerdino you know trignometry right?
@AmithKK depends
Oli
Oli
17:08
@jokerdino Yeah, there are a few unsavoury parts to it that weren't in 1.1.
So, here's my question :P
Given, Sin(Theta)=p/q
find cos(theta)+sin(theta) in terms of p and q
so, how do I get cos If I don't know the base?
@AmithKK lol
sint(theta) = 1 - square root of cos(theta)
sin square and cos square = 1
play with this ^^
But I don't think we can use that
Because we just learnt the ratios by this exercise
Oli
Oli
isn't this just algebra?
I guess :P
17:11
@Oli just related to triangles.
@AmithKK take the teacher by shock.
amaze them
or well, find the third side.
opp / hyp = p/q
find adj. by applying pythogoras theorem
But you need valid numbers for that :P
We haz letterz :P
Oli
Oli
Sin(Theta)=p/q, so Theta=p/q/Sin
And sub in to cos(p/q/Sin)+sin(p/q/Sin), and develop that out
oh right
lol that was damn dumb
@AmithKK hehehe
adj = square root of (p square - q square)
@jokerdino time to be a mod: nuke this: askubuntu.com/a/265162/10616
already flagged it
17:14
Oli beats me.
lol
@Oli = faster?
by 11 secs.
feels like some sorta scientist
Oli
Oli
Sorry I was on the flag page
17:15
Oli in Tamil means light / sound.
@Oli no problem :P
@AmithKK by solving a trig. question? lol
is the triangle right angle? or else, the solution wont work
Yeah, this is the trigs lesson
so, assuming triangle is a right angled one
@AmithKK trigs also apply for other angles.
@Oli while you're there, I flagged this 12 hours ago and it hasn't been handled yet. askubuntu.com/a/264967/10616
17:16
checkout sin rule and cos rule.
@Oli coming back to that. it doesn't work that way. because sin (theta) is the sine value of the angle theta.
@jokerdino ok :P
I do this homework for my safety :P
BBT
Good Night peeps
@AmithKK bye
dont email me about your math homework next time :)
@Oli thanks.
jrg
jrg
@TheLordofTime relax, there are sites that have 48 hour turnaround time on flags.
Oli
Oli
@jokerdino Fair enough - It's been at least 10 years since I've written Theta in anger.
17:17
VTC:OT due to Mint
0
Q: linux mint: waiting for network configuration

drawI went to another place and my network(either wired or wi-fi) starts not working... For now, I have a workaround solution that every time I logged in I have to run sudo service network-manager start which give me the following information: stop: Unknown instance: network-manager start/running, ...

@Oli heh. you don't like theta?
Oli
Oli
@jokerdino never met him
hmm
can we kill the low quality flag option already? -.-
jrg
jrg
yay, i <3 work.
I think we have a faster connection than @JorgeCastro.
17:26
you upload is faster than your download?
that's theoretically impossible.
jrg
jrg
@TheLordofTime not with symmetrical fiber.
Can I come to your location and siphon your download speed for three days so I can create an apt mirror on my netbook?
jrg
jrg
no.
the non-admins are capped at 5/5
:P
oh, so then YOU can create the apt mirror :p
xD lol I kid
jrg
jrg
oh, i intend to do that.
17:36
although in all seriousness, I wouldn't mind running an apt mirror locally, for my private use :P
at least for Precise/Quantal :P
Gui
Gui
@jrg I hate you! Show off!
I am trying to use espeak to listen to todays date on ubuntu, by using the following command: espeak --stdin date , but it just hangs, nothing is spoken.
@fossfreedom link or die?
@TheLordofTime it's on planet
need direct link.
:P
thank you kindly.
(planet was timing out)
Is: espeak --stdin date : hanging on your ubuntu too ? guys ?
@Tomarinator waiting for it to hang up
@Tomarinator date | espeak --stdin
@jokerdino this
thanks @jokerdino, I wonder why this isnt mentioned in the man page of espeak
17:42
@TheLordofTime :D #2 today
@Tomarinator i think people reading man page would usually know what stdin means :)
@jokerdino actually, #634234235235415155317898345781349657213948572405724057145987123445
because of the multiverse theory :P
@TheLordofTime ah right. my bad
Gui
Gui
Shuttle worth is not a webpage designer is he?
17:44
nope. he designs plumbing works.
Gui
Gui
That could be very lucrative to... everyone needs toilets...
Aussies were short of plumbers and carpenters last time I checked.
They get paid more than software folks.
Gui
Gui
@jokerdino looks like I need to move to the other side of the world (and get trained to be a plumber)
all the best!
Gui
Gui
Should I go classical or modern?
17:47
modern preferably.
Gui
Gui
Aright cool...
How can I concate two variables in ubuntu terminal ?
be more descriptive please.
what variables, etc
string variable, say
Example case?
17:57
something like concat 'foo' 'bar'
such that you get 'foobar' instead?
as output.
116
Q: How can I concatenate string variables in Bash?

StrawberryIn PHP I would add strings together like this: $foo = "Hello"; $foo .= " World"; So $foo would be "Hello World" How would I do that in Bash?

^-- ?
teward@luna:~$ export V1='foo'
teward@luna:~$ export V2='bar'
teward@luna:~$ $V1$V2
foobar: command not found
teward@luna:~$ echo $V1$V2
foobar
Gui
Gui
18:01
foobar = 'foo' + 'bar' ?
@Tomarinator you mean something like that right?
Gui
Gui
echo foobar ?
echo 'foobar' actually is how it reads it
echo just repeats whatever it gets.
kinda like the cat command.
except not.
Gui
Gui
oh here...
a=”part one”
b=”part two”
c=”$a, $b”
echo “$c”
part one, part two
indeed.
unless the desired outbout is NOT to include a comma and space
18:02
thanks :)
like my terminal-issued example is
At this point I just recommend using Google and typing in "bash concat"
well, i think we are staring at the XY problem.
agreed with @FEichinger
@jokerdino This.
18:03
@FEichinger I think it happens more often with bash.
bash people were one of the first to identify this as a real problem.
Gui
Gui
I think that my salad would have been better if it weren't shredded lettuce...
@jokerdino Yup. Kinda makes sense.
@Gui give it to me then, i'm starving and wouldn't mind a salad. :P
@Tomarinator Sooo ... Did any of this help then? =D
Gui
Gui
@TheLordofTime it is mostly gone now...
18:05
@FEichinger I think it did, partly my shell example, and partly Gui's example.
@Gui ah, well...
no matter.
makes his own salad
coffee?
@TheLordofTime I hope so, but ... I think we kinda flooded @Tomarinator a bit there ...
@jokerdino GIVE ME COFFEE!
Hm, no wikipedia article on XY Problem? what?!?
Gui
Gui
@jokerdino what about coffee?
18:06
@TheLordofTime i sent you some on coffeeville
@FEichinger i am working on it. its not easy
@Tomarinator What are you building? Sounds interesting for me.
i am trying to cron up a script , one that speaks the current time every 1 hour. Just like the one is a mac book
and what was the concat stuff?
i have to concat the string "the time is" and the current date , and pass it to espeak
18:09
there might be a simpler way.
why does this sound a little like a homework problem...
umm, do you know of any ? :)
@jokerdino would you mind pinning my starred comment on "Mint is offtopic on Ask Ubuntu"? At least for a few days.
i see more and more mint people show up here and on IRC every day
uhg just because i am 18, doen not mean everything i build is a homework problem, @TheLordofTime
especially since the... "rumors"
18:11
@TheLordofTime your wish is mein command
@Tomarinator wasn't implying that, but i had a similar question pass nearby recently, so... :P
echo "the time is $(date)" | espeak --stdin
@TheLordofTime Rumors? What did I miss?
@FEichinger It's dead.
18:14
@jokerdino Mint?
No, ubuntu community. It's been in the planet for the past couple of days.
@jokerdino Rumors are rumors, the community can't fully die.
@jokerdino That I know, but I don't get the train of thought behind "People come to us with Mint question because the ubuntu community is dead." then ...
@TheLordofTime but they said so!
@FEichinger Mint users assume that because it's based on Ubuntu, they can use Ubuntu's support places for support.
having said this, I've seen more people use Mint recently, because of problems they see with Ubuntu, and that increase has happened here too.
18:17
@TheLordofTime But if ubuntu's community - and thus also ubuntu's support places - is dead ... That makes no sense!
@FEichinger you are thinking too far ahead.
if it were dead, Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu Forums, and IRC would be dead right now.
and they're not.
so... :P
so, the four people who have a blog on planet thinks so. it must be true no? :P
That's why it makes no sense! The premise is wrong, which makes the conclusion ridiculous.
I agree with the notion of the community being largely pointless, however.
what changed?
18:20
@TheLordofTime what parallel universe do you live in ? :p
I believe we don't need the same discussion we've seen here for the past two days yet again. Boils down to "canonical secludes itself more and pushes decisions out of nowhere, community becomes a glorified support centre"
@FEichinger Canonical would want a community for at least the word of mouth.
@Tomarinator uh, what?
that was in response to this chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8411606#8411606 forgot to use the usual reply method.
@TheLordofTime I'm so inclined to say "The one where the TARDIS is real."
18:23
is it the community that builds ubuntu?
@jokerdino "community" means something totally different now than what it used to, that's the point there.
Now, the community is free advertisement and support. Ubuntu is no longer even remotely the "community's child" or anything like that. And the recent pushes from canonical just put that much more into plain view.
@FEichinger lol
@FEichinger well, when most of the work being done on ubuntu comes from Mark's pockets, i dont think i would have much of a say.
@jokerdino I never said it didn't make sense. In fact, it makes a lot of sense from various POVs.
But, from what it looks like, this isn't what a considerably large group of people has in mind.
which group do we fit in? the reasonable ones?
18:27
@jokerdino the defeatists.
so soon?
2 hours ago, by The Lord of Time
i'm starting to think i shouldn't have voted you for moderator now that you're being defeatist.
I'm a watcher, in that regard. Personally, I don't give a flying, really. I agree with various points on either side, but that doesn't mean I get involved on either side.
@TheLordofTime i tried to be sarcastic. :/
@FEichinger i'm in a similar opinion
18:28
clearly i failed.
@jokerdino sarcasm on the internet can be hard to interpret
after all, its only text we see here.
@TheLordofTime i totally understand.
anyone can make that mistake
could have typed them in comic sans.
okay, seriously, someone needs to shoot me, I almost used bronyspeak again...
18:29
@TheLordofTime If we'd finally get a new Doctor, I'd perhaps even find that parallel universe a whole lot more attracting than this one again. :P
@FEichinger heh
@TheLordofTime shoots you twice
@TheLordofTime i know one other guy who watches the pony show.
haven't seen him since a while though.
0
Q: different wallpapers for different sessions

Rs_0023I have two sessions - Unity and Gnome Fallback on my laptop. I'm using unity in portable mode and gnome fallback with second display at home. And i want different wallpapers for unity and fallback sessions. Light for unity and dark for fallback. I think, i can use autostart option showonlyin=, bu...

this q is answerable!
Isn't it also a dupe?
@FEichinger i cant find one. but i think so too
along the likes of askubuntu.com/a/79616/25798
18:33
:/
@FEichinger i'll pop a 50 rep if you want to try answering it.
But then I'd have to switch on my brains. I only do that when I code something ... I'm not coding something.
<-- lazy arse
@FEichinger I'll give ya a dollar.
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A: Is it possible to have different GTK+ theme in Unity and Gnome Shell?

Mr HydeBuilding upon the previous answers: For 11.10 #!/bin/bash if [ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" = "Unity" ] then gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Ambiance' gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Ambiance' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-the...

find the gsettings key and write a bash script ;)
@TheLordofTime I'm European. A dollar ain't worth shit over here.
18:37
i actually had it in my script.
@jokerdino Did I mention that I'm also tired and slightly drunk?
lol wait, i edited it out of that particular answer actually
@jokerdino lol
@FEichinger don't care that you're tired. don't care that you're drunk. would you rather me have said i'd give ya a euro?
paypal makes giving euros easy :P
@TheLordofTime Nah. I'm not cheap either.
18:39
you know what, i am going to do it. brave face
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A: different wallpapers for different sessions

jokerdinoUsing this bash script, you can achieve what you want. #!/bin/bash if [ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" = "Unity" ] then gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png' else gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///...

you have failed, @jokerdino. Downvote.
good thing it is wiki-ed :P
0
Q: When commenting on a "moderator" flag, how can I finish just with the keyboard?

guntbertWhen I flag a post "for moderator attention/other" I want to just type my comment and then commit the flag using only the keyboard. As I see it now I have to use the mouse to click on "flag question" because enter just inserts a break. Additionally I have already tried CTRLenter, ALTenter and SH...

@jokerdino: are you around?
yeah
almost, kinda
did i screw something up?
18:50
could you delete this comment: askubuntu.com/questions/265125/…
I had flagged it but it got declined
i had answered that comment and then deleted it myself :-)
ok done.
maybe the mod who handled the flag got confused and so let it remain
@jokerdino thanks
hm, also why so many exclamation marks lol
@jokerdino !!!!!!
i think there is a low quality auto flag for so many !!!!. watch out
18:52
@jokerdino really
it is one of the heuristics for low quality content
I have this line in my crontab file [ */1 * * * * espeak 'i am awesome' && date +%I:%M | espeak --stdin ] , but only half of it, first command gets executed every minute. While when I write this in the terminal it works like a charm. Is there a different way to specify 2 commands in the same crontab ?
that was just a comment... Won't do so in questions/answers unless necessary
:)
@Tomarinator yep
@Aditya okay just letting you know. there are people getting offended by the abuse of ! :)
@jokerdino I thought of it as a sign of jolly mood
really !!!!!!!!
18:55
might be a bit of a overkill ;)
@Tomarinator but are you awesome?
anyway, try this
echo 'i am awesome $(date +%I:%M)' | espeak --stdin
i dont think its working, i am not hearing any I am awesomes
double quotes probably
ok. i am leaving for the night. i have lots of stuff to do tmrw. :/
ok thanks man :)
@Oli ok - bad joke :/
btw it still doesn't work
So how does one specify 2 commands in a single line in a cron job
19:02
who else here hates text speak in online posts?
the internet is NOT texting.
@jokerdino good night
the internet is NOT IM.
explodes
19:16
hehe, i wonder how many stars the pinned post is going to get... :P
i mean, it is just a reminder, but... :P
yep, yep
aw, it was unpinned, oh well.
meh, no issue, although it still should be kept around, there's been a significant rise in the number of people asking for mint support via ubuntu support.
19:33
guys guys , does anyone here have any previous experience working with cronjobs on ubuntu ? I am running 2 commands in the same line in my crontab file [ source ~/Desktop/apps/twitter_bot/twitter-bot-env/bin/activate;python ~/Desktop/apps/twitter_bot/yugdom_cron.py ]
and it wont work, even with very simple commands like espeak. chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8412330#8412330
@Tomarinator Don't use ~ it doesn't expand well in cron
@MarcoCeppi , isnt that necessary to specify absolute address ? and btw it doesnt work without ~ , i tried that way too
@Tomarinator so use /home/<username>/rest/of/path
Ninja'd
~ is a shortcut in bash i think to /home/YourUserNameHere
use the full path, without the ~ shortcut.
THERE we go
code formatting is awsum, when it freaking WORKS
19:38
@TheLordofTime Backticks, no spaces on the inside.
The chat's formatting is weird anyway.
@FEichinger breaks when you use [ ]
because uses the [ ] and i think [ ] has other uses as well, and the chat doesn't process it right with the `
(the bash tag being an example of used syntax)
[tag:bash]
@FEichinger i meant with everything else
[Blargh]
@FEichinger the original example was /home/[user]/i/am/a/path
19:40
"[]{}~?[tag:bash]"
okay i tried that way [ */1 * * * * source /home/stom/Desktop/apps/twitter_bot/twitter-bot-env/bin/activate;python /home/stom/Desktop/apps/twitter_bot/yugdom_cron.py ] , it still doesnt work,
[Bla rgh ]
/home/[user]/i/am/a/path
huh, why did that work, but not the one I originally did... shrugs
@Tomarinator you should create a script for that, and have cron exec the script, i think
it may make your life easier.
19:41
vm
no i didn't?
To the sandbox!
have fun with it.

 Sandbox

Where you can play with regular chat features (except flagging...
in Sandbox, 25 secs ago, by FEichinger
@FEichinger so use /home/[yourusername]/rest/of/path
Works for me? ...
19:44
it works here, too
perhaps a rendering bug shrugs
Weeeeird.
But, as I said, chat formatting is weird anyway.
yup
oh, and because I have the overwhelming urge to repeat this...
3 hours ago, by The Lord of Time
@SomeKittens Mint is offtopic on Ask Ubuntu.
@jokerdino @RolandiXor I've posted the spam question on MSO:
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Q: What can we do about the reoccurring spam?

SethI have noticed across SE we are getting a lot of spam, usually titled "WATCH BLAH BLAH BLAH HERE". It is very repetitive, regularly coming in the later afternoon/early evening (pacific time) a few times a week. This is starting to become a problem (on Ask Ubuntu at least) because this spam com...

I think I covered everything :>
20:13
I really don't think spam is that big of an issue on the site
Is there something worng with the following address i specified to an executable bash file in my crontab? */1 * * * * ./home/stom/Desktop/bak.sh
I think the leading dot isn't needed.
but its an executable file
Oh, right, missed that, nvm.
are large verbatim copies from help.ubuntu.com useful?
1
Q: Ubuntu reinstall without loosing /home?

Ondra ŽižkaI got to a state when upgrade is not possible - old system (10.10, packages index too broken) I dediced to reinstall. Now I'd like to keep my /home. Ideally, I'd like to burn a CD or ISO to USB and click Next, Next, Next. How should I proceed?

20:19
@guntbert Large? no. But snippets that provide context and pointpoint solutions to the problem, yes
@MarcoCeppi, look at the answer to the above question please
@FEichinger As strange it may sound, I removed that dot and it worked, it freaking worked......
@guntbert this is plagiarism
Then I was right ... and I have no idea why. Hooray!
A large, verbatim, copied text with no sources cited
20:23
@guntbert No credit given is enough to kill that one.
Do we flag such a post?
@guntbert yes
and leave a comment telling the user how to fix it
When you flag it, please include the link to the original source so we can compare
if you didn't already put it in the comments
goodnight people, :D
@MarcoCeppi, I stated it in a comment - but "telling the user how to fix it" requires some work on my behalf...
@guntbert this is what I used:
Please do not plagiarizer other sources. You should copy relevant portions of the text, always insuring you link back to the original content, and make use of "Quotation" tags >
20:29
s/plagiarizer/plagiarize/ :-)
@MarcoCeppi, thx for the education
20:51
0
Q: problem connecting to L2TP VPN

4r1y4nI installed l2tp-ipsec-vpn‍‍ from ppa:werner-jaeger/ppa-werner-vpn. Yesterday I was able to connect to my L2TP vpn account successfully. But after restart i'm getting this on syslog: Mar 07 21:16:44.834 xl2tpd[7179]: death_handler: Fatal signal 15 received Mar 07 21:16:44.835 Stopping xl2tpd: ...

21:02
@MarcoCeppi Just noticed you have a charm for Discourse already.
@GeorgeEdison yeah, it should work unless upstream changed again
I test it about once every week
hhh
hhh
21:51
I need to run an infected EXE file with trojan horse for which I thought to do with my Ubuntu laptop under Wine with a dummy user -- what kind of privileges does the dummy user have?
you assume the dummy "guest" user can run Wine.
hhh
hhh
Good point...I haven't thought about that
having said this
hhh
hhh
Perhaps let it compile it?
if it can, it'll have just as much admin access
21:53
why not just use an actual VM?
for "Windows" at least
i agree, use an actual VM that you can nuke
but before you do anything
WHY are you wanting to view a trojan program?
hhh
hhh
curious
curiosity alone is insufficient.
i work IT Security, curiosity is insufficient, but if you're using it to see what damage the trojan could do, then that's a different story.
just pure curiosity isn't a reason to run a trojan.
hhh
hhh
what can it do?
...it would be best to test in totally-physically-separated computer...
but I don't have such device
@TheLordofTime, your edit in askubuntu.com/questions/265192/…, please s/(for/(from/
21:59
@guntbert you can't edit it?

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