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Rinzwind

4:00 PM

mv me@work me@home

jokerdino

at home?

blade19899

Me moving my ass to my night job!

Working 7 days a week is nothing!

Aight people! latters!

Jorge Castro

We don't run this site

there is a site wide duplicate answer detector

let you what?

?

falconer

He says he was that i*t with the MAKE US MODS spam

Jorge Castro

oh

RolandiXor

4:15 PM

@nixveloper :)

Jorge Castro

spam is pretty easy to deal with with

RolandiXor

:)

Jorge Castro

flags

RolandiXor

Nice 'sploit, btw :)

You had us so "bogged down"... :)

rofl

falconer

Yeah, I think they failed miserably with their spamming, but it looks like he thinks it was a success

RolandiXor

4:16 PM

@falconer he thinks it was awesome and amazing. Like a desert storm bombing...

falconer

everyone is happy now, that is good

RolandiXor

@nixveloper what on earth is a "hard-force" test?

I think you mean "brute-force" and it certainly doesn't work like that AFAIK.

user1763514

hello

I need to install Ubuntu Gnome on a new partition of my disk. Since I already have another Ubuntu partition with working GRUB, is there a way not to install it? Thank you.
PS: no, I can't install ubuntu-gnome metapackage because i need to install gnome 3.10, which screws up unity

falconer

@user1763514 If you choose Something else at the install I think it asks for where to install grub, you can disable it there. If I'm wrong, then just run sudo update-grub from your old install and it will overwrite the newly installed grub.

blade19899

@nixveloper, lame.

user1763514

4:22 PM

@fal

@falconer thanks ill try that

bye :)

falconer

It is possible to ping someone with only part of his nick? Because I was pinged for that @fal also. :)

Journeyman Geek

first three letters, as long as its unique

so @jou will work for me unless there's another user with the same first 3 letters

falconer

@Jou Ah, good to know )

Braiam

no reproducible askubuntu.com/q/402931/169736

slm

4:51 PM

Got the spammers under control?

RolandiXor

Well I'm off for now. Going to get some things done and waste some time elsewhere.

jokerdino

@slm What spammers? :)

slm

@Braiam - said you guys were getting spammed by new Q's

over on the U&L chat room, was just coming to see what was up

jokerdino

@slm that spamming was not literal

slm

@jokerdino - I missed the smile at the end

so things are under control then?

usually they move from site to site so just seeing if we need to be paying extra attention

jokerdino

4:56 PM

@slm it has been swept under the mat.

slm

good to hear. What method did you guys use to deal w/ them, flag as spam, continuous DV'ing so that community would auto delete?

jokerdino

invoke several mods and destroy the account at first sight

Alvar

oo the good old spammers are back. love marriage <3 :) not the new I wanna be a mod

jokerdino

link?

Alvar

@jokerdino removed.

slm

4:59 PM

@jokerdino - OK so you just had mods watching the new accts and Q's being spun up and deleted as they were.

jokerdino

@slm quite.

slm

@jokerdino - OK, good luck!

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Q: Is there a way to see only questions related to my favourite tags?

From time to time I middle click all my tags to open them in new tabs and go look for some questions that I might be able to answer. I know that outside of this tags it is almost impossible for me to give a nice answer to someone. Is it possible to see only questions related to my favourite tags...

guntbert

5:36 PM

:-))

Amith KK

5:47 PM

BBT

Good Night

Alvar

6:00 PM

@Braiam askubuntu.com/a/403024/10698

Rinzwind

what an idiot :D

guntbert

@Rinzwind he cannot hear you ;-)

Rinzwind

so>

?

someone please flag it too D:

guntbert

@Rinzwind do you ever recognize a ;-) ? - (flagged of course)

Rinzwind

but the "too" was you and me >:)

and alvar

guntbert

6:06 PM

gone already

Rinzwind

lol

Alvar

there @Braiam ;)

Rinzwind

so many idiots the past 3 days :X

Alvar

yep -.-

guntbert

ah, so you can lurk here even with <20 rep?

Rinzwind

6:08 PM

yes you can

jrg

you can, but you can't chat.

guntbert

didn't know that

Rinzwind

took me milliseconds to get 20 rep :X

Alvar

you can lurk here without being logged in...

Rinzwind

ah well :-)

now all we need is a serial downvoter and we got a full deck :P

Alvar

6:11 PM

haha

jrg

brb rinzwind made me mad, i be downboating everything.

Alvar

I got that last week ;)

Rinzwind

ok time to make people laugh

How do you know if an elephant got into your fridge? There will be footprints in the cheesecake.

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Alvar

funny.

Braiam

@Alvar I have 10k guys, I can read deleted messages already :D

@Rinzwind NOT IN CANADA!

Alvar

6:15 PM

@Braiam And I just wanted to be friendly.. hater!

Braiam

btw, what people thinks I am... so much doge with me....

Rinzwind

@Braiam so? we do not want you to read it :+)

instead of annoying people you should focus on getting 20k rep >:-D

here Ill help with another 10 >:)

Braiam

but, but... for some reason I keep getting pinged!

Rinzwind

pinged? Hmm let me see. Like this ? @Braiam

Braiam

no... like this: @Rinzwind @Rinzwind@Rinzwind@Rinzwind@Rinzwind@Rinzwind

Rinzwind

6:19 PM

I heard nothing >:D

no ping or whatsoever

Ubuntu always boots with sound muted and I hardly ever need sound when at home _O-

Braiam

> You've enjoyed initial successes in your campaign against the rats. Now they're switching tactics. They post watch-rats and employ anti-trap squads.

O_O

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Q: What are the reasons to downvote answers?

I'm not asking why a specific answer get downvoted but specifically why would you normally downvote an answer. This should help newbies understanding why their answers were downvoted even though nobody commented. If you want you could add your reasons to upvoting answers. Note, this is limited ...

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Rinzwind

6:34 PM

8,04 serious?!

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Q: How to dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 8.04?

How can you keep different partitions for Windows and Ubuntu. I'm not sure if I want to switch to full Linux already, so I need to try it before. Never did it before, can you guide me?

dual-boot

Avinash Raj

i think ques and answer was posted by same user in askubuntu.com/questions/403037/…

Braiam

I have no money to buy new sorry :/ — user233804 1 min ago

then where you buy it free??? — user233804 12 secs ago

I... don't know what to say

Seth

@RolandiXor You just... deleted him?

Avinash Raj

@Rinzwind see the suggessted edit.How did tux_ping know that it was ubuntu 8.04

Braiam

I want install 8.04 with windows 7 alongwidth. — user233804 9 mins ago

Avinash Raj

6:41 PM

yes the same

Seth

@RPiAwesomeness Oh.. guess I missed out on that. made a secret room eh?

Pity too.. I was just 5 minutes too late.

Avinash Raj

@Braiam did you notice that.am i wrong?I think both r spammers.

Seth

We don't normally have this many ~~stupid~~ crazy users at once...

Rinzwind

and is this ontopic: askubuntu.com/questions/403032/…

Braiam

> answered 20 mins ago

Rinzwind

6:47 PM

?

Braiam

> thank you it worked – user233804 13 mins ago

someone is trolling me

Rinzwind

sure looks like it

Braiam

@Rinzwind installing Chrubuntu is ot...

last time I check out

Rinzwind

@Braiam I think I saw something about it.

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Q: chrubuntu questions - on-topic or off-topic?

This question relates to this Q on the main site: Chrubuntu terminal issue Having done the traditional "google search" (other providers may be used) I came across this blog post that describes chrubuntu and how to install it. http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-...

discussion

hey you commented on that one :=D

Braiam

@Rinzwind I had to put the other side of the coin... I wasn't here in Aug

@Seth creating tags comes at 1500 ;)

or so says SO help page

Seth

6:56 PM

That's only on SO. Read the AU FAQ

Braiam

stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/create-tags

Seth

that doesn't apply here.

Braiam

should we move the bar?

Seth

askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags

@Braiam IMO yes..

Braiam

meat Q!

btw, I removed twice a new tag called ubuntu-13.10

no repro askubuntu.com/q/300219/169736

seriously, I'm the doge now?

Seth

7:08 PM

Sorry dude, but you probably just completely killed your welcome.

We told you how to contact SE staff.

Breaking the rules will get you purged.

Just like anywhere else.

Braiam

unclear or dupe? askubuntu.com/q/402998/169736

Seth

He's probably just trolling.. but whatever. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

@Braiam He just needs to be told how to pass the EULA

So dupe of this: askubuntu.com/questions/16225/…

I don't know what Brask is trying to say there...

Thomas W.

7:38 PM

@Seth He's autoposting bad answers

@Seth This is the fourth day in a row he's been doing that

Braiam

that's one of the reasons that I downvote answers... missing the point of what it is being asked

anyone knows how to improve this question SEO, so it appears when people search "replace windows with ubuntu"

RolandiXor

8:02 PM

SE needs to do something about the royal pain in the behind that we've had for the past few days...

And something effective.

@Seth nope

Someone else did IIRC

If I did... I don't remember now

and that's understandable

Mitch

Yeah some cleaning would be the way to go

RolandiXor

No they need to devise a way to stop him from getting back in.

He has no plans of working by the system, and we told him how.

He's probably watching the chat all like now.

But he won't do what he needs to do to send his report to SE...

bleh why am I wasting my time discussing this?

Rinzwind

@RolandiXor best way is to get some police over to the person :=)

Braiam

can someone end the votes

Seth

@roland only the moderators can talk to SE.. Haven't you guys told them yet?

jrg

8:12 PM

they have been looking at how this will work

Mateo

Guys, what do you think about using a green screen to put a live video person on your desktop?

Braiam

OT askubuntu.com/q/403068/169736

Seth

8:30 PM

@jrg So they have been notified?

Good.

this guy is spamming links to one of his answers everywhere: askubuntu.com/users/231712/mahendra-gunawardena

Seth

8:45 PM

not about ubuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/403075/one-beep-from-computer-on-start

Lucio

hello

@Seth I flaged every one of his answers

Is there any news about last night events?

Seth

9:03 PM

@Lucio No public news..

Lucio

@Seth has stop spaming at least?

Seth

@Lucio It has sorta stopped.

Lucio

mods or devs are going to take actions improving the system?

Seth

I don't know.. Only a few users from last night got invites to the private room where I'm told that stuff was discussed (and I wasn't one of them) .. So I don't know.

@NathanOsman around? your feed in the Regulators room isn't working..

and I'm not sure how to fix it.

spam in the regulators room guys

Mateo

special effects!

Lucio

9:15 PM

nice

Mateo

and the icon new icon

Lucio

you look like an alien :P

Mateo

:p

Thomas W.

where can I go poke the CMs?

i need to report this guy again: askubuntu.com/a/403112/10616

he's back

Seth

The tavern, remember?

more spam: askubuntu.com/a/403116/44179

Thomas W.

9:17 PM

@Seth i'm on my phone so meh

Seth

Well please don't ask me to do it...

Thomas W.

i was planning on doing that

@Seth unless one of our esteemed mods is around

Seth

:-/

Thomas W.

if not i'll go poke the CM team again since we had to get them involved on this issue before

Seth

Well they're around but they seem too tired out.

@ThomasW. we did?

Thomas W.

9:19 PM

@Seth rumor has it, yes...

Seth

good

more: askubuntu.com/a/403117/44179

@fossfreedom around?

Thomas W.

@Seth FYI i have poked the Tavern

Seth

@fossfreedom If that was you who just nuked 'em, can you tell us if the staff are working on this?

Braiam

@Mateo THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT A PENGUIN!!! DON'T DESTROY MY DREAMS!!!

fossfreedom

@Seth yep - they are - I cant say what exactly for obvious reasons... but the are more than monitoring the situation.

Lucio

9:26 PM

@Braiam booooo

Thomas W.

@fossfreedom okay, then I'll poke Tavern and make a note that you've said they're monitoring the situation, but if I have to expend another 50 flags for this spam flood, I expect a flags refund from staff

since all my flags will have been for the spam in the past 24 hours

Seth

@fossfreedom Okay good. Want to pin something so others know?

Braiam

WHERE IS THE CHEAT CODE FOR INFINITE FLAGS!

Thomas W.

@Braiam diamond moderator status

Lucio

This is the my first time writing this word:

There are two possibilities here: placebo or luck — Lucio 53 secs ago

Thomas W.

9:31 PM

@Lucio heh

fossfreedom

sorry ... fighting fires ... busy

Seth

@fossfreedom Thank you for all your hard work :)

hbdgaf

has it subsided?

Seth

it did, then it started again.

this time answers

Thomas W.

@Seth that was a bulk of the spam last night when you weren't here

was here for that though

hbdgaf

9:33 PM

@Mateo did you just cut in a GST filter?

Seth

@ThomasW. I was here for a lot of it

Braiam

@Lucio actually, that is plausible... some windows drivers lock away the wireless card

Thomas W.

ah okay

Seth

more: askubuntu.com/questions/403123/laptop-heating-lenovo-z570/…

Lucio

@Braiam O.o

write a comment there then

Seth

9:35 PM

again: askubuntu.com/questions/403106/…

Thomas W.

@fossfreedom can you poke Radu and tell him to not comment on the spam when you get a chance?

Mitch

@fossfreedom M8 you need this

Mateo

@hbdgaf yeah, not quite sure how to link it yet, making a github feature request

Mitch

hbdgaf

@Mateo I'll look in to it.

fossfreedom

9:42 PM

and it goes quiet. phew.

Thomas W.

6 mins ago, by Thomas W.

@fossfreedom can you poke Radu and tell him to not comment on the spam when you get a chance?

Mateo

@hbdgaf so we can do brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. Was looking into it - as the auto on my cam is a bit off, blown out

Thomas W.

@fossfreedom lies

fossfreedom

damn

Thomas W.

@fossfreedom stay on alert, maybe ping the CM godmods to help out if it becomes unmanageable. We should also consider having more moderators to deal with this, too...

hbdgaf

9:45 PM

I vote @ThomasW. and/or @Takkat ... I'm a little too hot tempered to be in mod mode ever.

fossfreedom

@radurădeanu ... just a friendly reminder - dont worry trying to engage with this guy ... just use your spam flag powers. Thanks.

Thomas W.

this is suspicious too

@hbdgaf temporary mod to deal with this crisis wouldn't be bad, but me without coffee is a hellish force of nature so it would have to be super temporary

Braiam

@fossfreedom I would close that as unclear askubuntu.com/q/401572/169736

Takkat

@hbdgaf what's ging on? I was away for a while...

Thomas W.

@Takkat spam on AU

lots of it

GabrielF

9:47 PM

@ThomasW. The "make me mod" guy is still around?

Takkat

still the same - oh noe...

Thomas W.

"make us mods" spammer that has been around since yesterday

@GabrielF yes

@GabrielF well maybe

hbdgaf

@Takkat make me a mod spammer on AU. simple bot horde that is autoposting

Thomas W.

@GabrielF probably still the bots.

Takkat

@hbdgaf tsk - I had my fun earlier today.

Thomas W.

9:47 PM

@GabrielF source troublemaker 'nixveloper' was sniped off of SE by the CMs though

hbdgaf

autopost make a mod, then question and edit in make a mod, then post random answers and edit in make a mod... etc etc.

GabrielF

@ThomasW. nixveloper?

Thomas W.

@GabrielF troublemaker who is now deleted and banned so it doesn't matter

anyways

GabrielF

@ThomasW. Has it ever happened before? Maybe in Stackoverflow?

Thomas W.

@GabrielF lets stop talking about it

i'm not in the mood to go back to yesterday about it

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hbdgaf

9:50 PM

very true ^^

GabrielF

@ThomasW. haha. ok.

hbdgaf

who retagged the room?

Mateo

lol, just saw that

Seth

Marco

Thomas W.

@Oli FYI, the ubuntuforums site is a CC Attribution 3.0 license, so on the specific post that the whole philosophy argument was on is OK with just an attribution back to "Ubuntu Forums" and the user there who posted it, according to the ubuntuforums people.

Mateo

9:54 PM

@hbdgaf think there would be a way to do a "weather man" type of thing with green screen and the alpha plugin?

hbdgaf

it' possible

Thomas W.

@Oli but in general, yes, we have to be careful. For Ubuntu Forums linked posts, though, CC Attribution 3.0 means we can simply copy and provide attribution back to who originally made it, as I understand that license.

GabrielF

@ThomasW. There's also fair use... why can't I see oli's messages? Maybe I shouldn't be in this conversations, really? hehehe

Thomas W.

@GabrielF stale discussion from >24 hours

GabrielF

Why did it just appear to me?

Ok.. that's was a stupid question... sorry.

Thomas W.

10:05 PM

no problem :)

@fossfreedom ping.

look who came back after being sniped.

Braiam

wow, a post on hold in 13 minutes, that's the spirit!

Thomas W.

@Braiam ?

Braiam

@ThomasW. here

Thomas W.

@Braiam ah, nice.

Braiam

I'm not saying that it's bad... that post needed to be closed

btw, for some reason it seems like a forge thingy

spam

Thomas W.

10:18 PM

@Braiam ping, look elsewhere at other channels

Mateo

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Q: Very low quality flag on a question, can't do anything but invalidate the flag?

I got two VLQ flags in my queue... actually the question is impossible to understand by normal humans, but I can't handle the flag if I don't either, invalidate (which I will not), or add a spam/offensive flag. What to do in such situations?

support flagging 10k-tools

Lucio

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Two more to go!

Out of votes now :(

JohnMerlino

11:22 PM

I was reading this documentation: help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/openvpn.html

The first sentence says "If you want more than just pre-shared keys OpenVPN makes it easy to setup and use a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to use SSL/TLS certificates for authentication and key exchange between the VPN server and clients." That's not really a good way to start off. Because what are preshared keys?

Braiam

@JohnMerlino keys that you already shared ;)

Mateo

@hbdgaf well, It doesn't look like setting the device in that area is working (at least not in the way the brightness control worked) but these links look interesting, what I was surfing lately: giss.tv/wiki/images/2/21/Webcamstream-v4l.pys , occasionalrandoms.blogspot.com/2010/11/webcam-videowall.html , wiki.oz9aec.net/index.php/Gstreamer_cheat_sheet

Thomas W.

Pre-shared key

In cryptography, a pre-shared key or PSK is a shared secret which was previously shared between the two parties using some secure channel before it needs to be used. To build a key from shared secret, the key derivation function should be used. Such systems almost always use symmetric key cryptographic algorithms. The term PSK is used in Wi-Fi encryption such as WEP or WPA, notably in Extensible Authentication Protocol, where it is known as EAP-PSK, where both the wireless access points (AP) and all clients share the same key. The characteristics of this secret or key are determined by th...

hbdgaf

@Mateo the one i saw was a gst sink/source pair that did a transform on the video as it transited. seemed right

JohnMerlino

@Braiam what keys does it refer to? ssh keys, ssl certificates?

Assume I am reading that article without prior setup of a vpn

Mateo

11:31 PM

@hbdgaf ah, I was approaching as "launch second app" - different video... that sounds a lot better one app - two videos

Braiam

@JohnMerlino any key can be a Pre shared key...

JohnMerlino

ok thanks i read the wikipedia article

Seth

11:53 PM

Someone really needs to talk to this Brask guy..

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