| <boredandblogging> yo | |
| <heathen> what's up? | |
| <boredandblogging> not much, just got home, you? | |
| <heathen> goofing off screwing up my xorg | |
| <boredandblogging> excellent | |
| <heathen> heh, i upped my resolution... my screen didnt like it... | |
| <boredandblogging> hah | |
| <heathen> down for reboot, be back in a minute.. | |
| <heathen> hah | |
| <heathen> got my boot down to 40 seconds.. | |
| <boredandblogging> not bad | |
| <heathen> yeah, trying to get to 30... i think it may be a bit unrealistic considering how long it takes me to type my username, pwd, and startx | |
| <heathen> i just want to prove that ubuntu can be as fast as my buddies slackware comp | |
| <boredandblogging> think you can set it up to auto login you in | |
| <heathen> meh, security issues | |
| <heathen> i'm overly paranoid | |
| <boredandblogging> you mean you don't want the wife to you find your porn? | |
| <boredandblogging> ;-) | |
| <heathen> ppfftt! I get my porn from the wife... | |
| <boredandblogging> oh man, you are whipped | |
| <heathen> nah, she's got good tastes... | |
| <boredandblogging> good good | |
| <boredandblogging> ever watch the descent? | |
| <boredandblogging> supposed to be a gore fest | |
| <heathen> the descent? that was a dos based video game wasnt it? | |
| <boredandblogging> hah, the movie | |
| <heathen> no, havent seen it. I took the 3 yearold to see ghost rider, but the most recent movie I saw befor that was probably starwars 3... | |
| <heathen> and befor that was 2 | |
| <boredandblogging> was ghost rider any good? | |
| <heathen> I liked it... from a motorcyclist point of view it was kinda cool to see the bike.. but the movie wasnt bad, ending was somewhat of a let down, but I've never read the comics so I dont know how it varied from the books | |
| <heathen> so yeah, all in all, in my own "special" longwinded way, it was worth the 7.50 i paid | |
| <boredandblogging> i'm going to see it, even if its just for the chick | |
| <heathen> eva... meh, not big on her face, but she's got an awesome body... something about her face makes me think she's always sweating... i dunno | |
| <boredandblogging> she kinda has that long boney face, which does nothing for me...but yeah, I wouldn't kick her out of bed | |
| <heathen> yeah, i put her in the same category as angelina, face? yeah well, from the neck down it's all good | |
| <heathen> I'm thinking about going to the Northeast ALE meeting next month (if they have it)... | |
| <boredandblogging> they never have the NW meetings | |
| <heathen> really? | |
| <heathen> that blows | |
| <heathen> allright, dinner time, I have to go be social... be back in a little while | |
| <boredandblogging> later | |
| <heathen> woohoo | |
| <heathen> that was good | |
| <heathen> ok, fixed my cpuscaling... got conky more or less the way i want it.. screwed up my xorg more than once today... got my transparent terminal... whatelse do i want to screw up today? | |
| <boredandblogging> haha | |
| <heathen> it's the little things... | |
| <heathen> only thing I'd really like to do is get conky to display my xmms status without the use of external scripts | |
| <boredandblogging> i need a 2nd monitor | |
| <heathen> dont we all? | |
| <boredandblogging> having only one monitor is so 90's | |
| <heathen> the virtual desktops are nice, but it'd be better on 2 screens | |
| <boredandblogging> definitely | |
| <boredandblogging> my old video card still costs 45, annoys me | |
| <boredandblogging> i bought in the summer of 2005 | |
| <heathen> heh, i got bored and plugged my laptop into my kids monitor, it didnt like it... showed up all fuzzy... | |
| <heathen> but im to lazy to try and configure it properly | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah | |
| <heathen> i hate stupid people | |
| <heathen> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=356671&page=8 | |
| <heathen> god that pisses me off... | |
| <boredandblogging> i don't go to the backyard | |
| <heathen> lol, i dont blame you | |
| <heathen> i saw it on the "new posts" buttons | |
| <heathen> had to read it | |
| <jsvh> hello everyone | |
| <heathen> allo | |
| <heathen> what's going on? | |
| <jsvh> not too much, at work | |
| <heathen> work, dude, it's 8:30... you have one of them spiffy IT jobs dont you? | |
| <jsvh> not yet, I am working part time as Greeter/ Valet for a local Hospital while I am finnishing up my senior year | |
| <heathen> ahh, so soon you'll be working one of those spiffy IT jobs... | |
| <heathen> yeah well, I'm an electrition.. so you need me :P | |
| <jsvh> well those electrons are crazy guys, so its always good to know somewho who can handle them | |
| <heathen> dude, get zapped a few times at 220volts and see how stable you are :P | |
| <jsvh> haha | |
| <heathen> lol, nah, I'm not that kind of electrition... | |
| <heathen> mine is all low voltage, high voltage guys are a little to crazy for my tastes | |
| <heathen> (that, and I'm not a fan of unions) | |
| <jsvh> is high voltage more unionised? | |
| <heathen> for a decent pay check, in my expirence, yes | |
| <heathen> gar, i need some more message boards.... I got nothing... I suppose I could join linuxforums... | |
| <boredandblogging> do linuxquestions | |
| <heathen> .org? | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah | |
| <heathen> got anything else? | |
| <jsvh> what are you looking for heathen? | |
| <heathen> more linux related chat. Ubuntuforums is ncie, but I'm looking for more diversity | |
| <boredandblogging> most of the forums either cater to everyone like linuxforums or linuxquestions or cater to someone specific like ubuntu | |
| <boredandblogging> if you want some geeky stuff, check out anandtech: http://forums.anandtech.com/ | |
| <heathen> yeah, but i dont understand half of what goes on in ubuntu because most of it is unrelated to what I do on the computer | |
| <heathen> and since i cant seem to go into the backyard without getting worked up I tend to try and stay out of there | |
| <boredandblogging> true | |
| <jsvh> sorry I was away, I have to work at work sometimes | |
| <jsvh> heathen, are you wanting to learn more about linux in general? | |
| <heathen> yes | |
| <heathen> all kinds of things | |
| <boredandblogging> can you be a bit more specific? | |
| <heathen> lol... | |
| <heathen> yeah, give me a minute | |
| <boredandblogging> like how the operating system works? | |
| <jsvh> there are alot great wikis and web sites out there, that is where I pick up alot of my knowledge | |
| <heathen> I need more direction really | |
| <heathen> There's so much to learn and I can only focus on 1 area at a time | |
| <heathen> and I'm trying to divert myself from this damn thread that I cant seem to escape | |
| <boredandblogging> seriously, start with the wikipedia entry...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux | |
| <boredandblogging> and just look into the first thing that interests you | |
| <heathen> i could do that... but that'd be to easy man ;) actually, I'd never thought about looking there.. | |
| <jsvh> The Ubuntu Desktop Guide is also a great resource, it covers alot of info. From basic linux file structure and history, to Package repositories and syncing your Ipod. https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ | |
| <heathen> I've not had the problems that others seem to have with the ipod... but I'll look thru there | |
| <heathen> clear | |
| <heathen> doh | |
| <heathen> that was supposed to be in terminal | |
| <jsvh> you can even order a print version: http://www.lulu.com/content/324166 | |
| <jsvh> what happened? | |
| <heathen> just trying to clear my window... accidently moused here | |
| <heathen> i use mouse over to raise windows... sometimes it backfires | |
| <heathen> dude, linus is umm... somehow exactly the geek I expected | |
| <jsvh> haha | |
| <jsvh> yea, but he has some great quotes | |
| <heathen> linus's minix became linux | |
| <heathen> heh | |
| <jsvh> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds | |
| <heathen> nice | |
| <heathen> If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program. | |
| <heathen> beautiful | |
| <jsvh> haha | |
| <jsvh> Software is like sex; it's better when it's free. | |
| <heathen> yoda, you gonna talk or just enter and exit the room all day? | |
| <heathen> Which mindset is right? Mine, of course. People who disagree with me are by definition crazy. (Until I change my mind, when they can suddenly become upstanding citizens. I'm flexible, and not black-and-white.) | |
| <heathen> refering to linux vs bsd | |
| <nomasteryoda> lol | |
| <jsvh> haha | |
| <nomasteryoda> my xchat is setup to login to all my channels when it comes on... | |
| <heathen> i see | |
| <nomasteryoda> my life is a mess right now... | |
| <nomasteryoda> so such is life on irc | |
| <heathen> so is mine... | |
| <nomasteryoda> but howdy | |
| <nomasteryoda> my wife was diagnosed with MS in Jan | |
| <heathen> why stress.. it is what it is man | |
| <jsvh> hello yoda | |
| <heathen> ooo | |
| <nomasteryoda> so life is hell | |
| <heathen> sorry man | |
| <heathen> my cousin has that.. | |
| <nomasteryoda> htnaks | |
| <nomasteryoda> thanks | |
| <nomasteryoda> it seems many people have it | |
| <boredandblogging> that sucks dude | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <boredandblogging> how is she holding up? | |
| <nomasteryoda> she is doing better, but still i have to check on her at lunch... she was sub teaching before chirstmas | |
| <nomasteryoda> walking with aid of walker and wheelchair | |
| <nomasteryoda> at the moment | |
| <boredandblogging> gotta keep her spirits up | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda> that is the issue right now | |
| <nomasteryoda> on meds to stop it getting worse | |
| <nomasteryoda> she's really liked being able to read the screen on the computer... | |
| <heathen> gah, I hope things work out well for you.. I'll keep that in my thoughts | |
| <nomasteryoda> using beryl | |
| <boredandblogging> you guys have a good support network? | |
| <nomasteryoda> i showed that to 3 other women at the doctor's office today and they were like ok, where can we get that | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <heathen> excuse me while i attempt to extract my foot from my mouth | |
| <nomasteryoda> lol | |
| <nomasteryoda> np | |
| <nomasteryoda> who knows what is happening at anytime to anyone on irc | |
| <nomasteryoda> just like the founder... | |
| <nomasteryoda> lilo | |
| <nomasteryoda> life happens... | |
| <nomasteryoda> its ok | |
| <boredandblogging> hang in there man | |
| <heathen> no... Insanity happens... life just is | |
| <nomasteryoda> yup | |
| <boredandblogging> just to lighten the mood a bit, linus is a flamethrower: http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/16/1937237 | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <heathen> kde? | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah | |
| <nomasteryoda> i was reading the news post when i had to restart to reset the wifi card on this lapptopy | |
| <nomasteryoda> linus kicks butt | |
| <nomasteryoda> he submitted patches to Gnome ... | |
| <nomasteryoda> he's so cool | |
| <boredandblogging> i gotta kde a try again, been a while for me...blue is my favorite color, but all that blue in kde annoys me, don't know why | |
| <nomasteryoda> kde is nice now... | |
| <nomasteryoda> themes.. ya can make it do anything | |
| <nomasteryoda> i installed the kickoff menu | |
| <nomasteryoda> its much nicer | |
| <heathen> never got into kde... honestly, it felt a little to windows-ish for me.. | |
| <nomasteryoda> way over windows | |
| <nomasteryoda> like split konqueror windows | |
| <nomasteryoda> and fish | |
| <nomasteryoda> for drag-n-drop remote file managment | |
| <heathen> dont know about fish... but i was refering more to the look and feel of it | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda> fish:// is how to mount a remote ssh drive... | |
| <heathen> i see... | |
| <nomasteryoda> but i know what ya mean | |
| <heathen> that's something I need to set up.. I've got a spare computer with an 80gig drive that would make a decent network storage/file server... | |
| <nomasteryoda> ys | |
| <heathen> eh? | |
| <nomasteryoda> setting up a mp3 server is sweet with ampache | |
| <nomasteryoda> you can access your songs from any computer via webpage | |
| <nomasteryoda> and it can use https | |
| <heathen> yeah, now if only i had more than 200 songs... | |
| <nomasteryoda> hehe | |
| <nomasteryoda> i have like over 300 cds from over the years | |
| <heathen> half of which I dont even like anymore | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <heathen> I've got a crap load of records... lots of stuff from the 70's that you cant find on the net... and since I lack a good soundcard to import with, im stuck with the turntables | |
| <nomasteryoda> i've got about 50 i also bought at a yardsale for 50c per disc | |
| <heathen> 50... heh | |
| <nomasteryoda> really? | |
| <heathen> I've got about 700 | |
| <heathen> give or take | |
| <nomasteryoda> gramofile and an riaa (gasp) preamp works super | |
| <nomasteryoda> i did several of the lps i have | |
| <heathen> I'll look into it... the problem is more one of time and effort... with all the LP's I've got, it'd take a long time to transfer that stuff over | |
| <boredandblogging> lps? whats that? | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <boredandblogging> j/k | |
| <nomasteryoda> hehe | |
| <heathen> cmon man, I'm the young one here... even i know LP | |
| <boredandblogging> nah, jsvh is probably the youngest one, he is still in school | |
| <heathen> ok, fine, in active conversation | |
| <heathen> :P | |
| <nomasteryoda> lol | |
| <jsvh> Sorry, in and out. yea i am 22, senior at UGA | |
| <nomasteryoda> cool | |
| <nomasteryoda> govt contractor... 43 | |
| <heathen> lol. damnit, you're ruing my moment here jsvh | |
| <heathen> heh | |
| <heathen> gah.. | |
| <heathen> 24, electriction of sorts | |
| <jsvh> haha | |
| <nomasteryoda> cool | |
| <jsvh> what sort of contracting nomasteryoda? construction? | |
| <boredandblogging> youngins | |
| <nomasteryoda> computer support for evil | |
| <heathen> hehe | |
| <nomasteryoda> but it pays | |
| <boredandblogging> 28, working in IT, architecture for our software | |
| <nomasteryoda> cool | |
| <heathen> i dont do to badly... I want to get into IT but I dont know where to start | |
| <heathen> I had at one point in time my A+ net+ and a MCSE, but then, so did everyone else | |
| <nomasteryoda> i don't have any of those... | |
| <heathen> somehow, i knew that was coming | |
| <nomasteryoda> but i need to get my linux cert | |
| <boredandblogging> what do you want to do? like help desk stuff or being a code monkey? | |
| <boredandblogging> ubuntu is trying come up with a certification | |
| <heathen> not a code monkey... helpdesk, i could do, but my certs are expired now... | |
| <heathen> I'd kill myself trying to program... | |
| <heathen> been there too many times to try again | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah, maybe getting a linux certification is the way to go | |
| <heathen> I'm thinking of taking the CS course from Gwinnet-Tech | |
| <heathen> biggest problem i have though is my current job.. I make good money, and my hours are so unpredictable from one week to the next | |
| <boredandblogging> maybe a night class or something you can do online? | |
| <heathen> yeah, but finding a fully accredited online course is hard.. | |
| <heathen> I've looked into the University of Phoenix and they are fully accredited... but other than them ITT Tech is the only other place I know doing it... and they are a rip off | |
| <jsvh> I am about to get off work, so I will ttyl | |
| <heathen> allright kids, it's way past my bedtime... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> nn | |
| <heathen> hey, tomorrow's tuesday... | |
| <heathen> that means it's not monday... it has to be good right? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> just another monday... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but a day closer to friday | |
| <heathen> heh | |
| <heathen> yeah well.. | |
| <heathen> optimism... it keeps me going... | |
| <heathen> gnight.... | |
| <sync0> hey yall | |
| <nomasteryoda> howdy | |
| <sync0> whats up? | |
| <nomasteryoda> not much... playing with beryl's snow... | |
| <nomasteryoda> adding stuff to it... like tux | |
| <sync0> heh nice :) | |
| <nomasteryoda> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda> now to make some new skydomes... | |
| <nomasteryoda> time to drive home... i'll be online, but afk | |
| <sync0> k cya | |
| <nomasteryoda> ok, i'm back | |
| <nomasteryoda> =D | |
| <jsvh> hi all | |
| <nomasteryoda> what's up | |
| <jsvh> not too much, just got home |