2008/10/25/#ubuntu-ops.txt

[00:04] <mneptok> Mac_Taylor: from what has been said, it appears you are evading a k: line.
[00:04] <mneptok> that is, as we say in the IRC racket, "way uncool"
[00:10] <mneptok> <3 subtlety
[00:13] <nalioth> awww
[00:13] <nalioth> you scairt him
[01:40] <mneptok> nalioth: blasphemy from a customer in Ala-gawddam-bama ...
[01:40] <mneptok> "You're good people, Kurt. Ya know, for a Yankee an' all ..."
[01:56] <LjL> hello is there a channel that works as outlet for frustration and i can whine, swear and insult random people in?
[02:34] <Seeker`> anyone had to do an online C test for a job before?
[02:37] <LjL> return(EXIT_FAIL);
[02:40] <Seeker`> i have to do one tomorrow; am trying to work out whether it will be a "write code to do x, y, z", "find the bugs in this code" or "what does this declaration mean? how about this one?"
[03:18] <mneptok> LjL: try EFnet. that's what it's for.
[03:29] <mneptok> vbvirus: please change your ident before using Ubuntu namespace IRC channels
[03:29] <mneptok> gah
[03:58] <genii> @login
[03:58] <ubottu> The operation succeeded.
[03:58] <genii> Good evening/morning/afternoon
[04:00] <vorian> hi
[04:00] <mneptok> genii: /msg NickServ identify .....
[04:00] <mneptok> ;)
[07:29] <ompaul> elkbuntu, LjL pm?
[07:29] <ompaul> thanks
[10:20] <jussi01> argh, I hate the million guestxxx niks...
[10:22] <elkbuntu> yeah
[11:12] <juliux> hi
[11:14] <jussi01> hi juliux
[11:15] <juliux> damn i missed ompaul
[11:16] <jussi01> he wil likely be back...
[11:49] <Onefield> hey I am a newbie in ubuntu. I have just installed virtualbox and windows xp pro, but cannot find vrdp under settings i virtualbox which i need
[11:49] <jussi01> Onefield: support is in #ubuntu
[11:50] <jussi01> Onefield: This channel is only for Operator questions
[11:51] <jussi01> !idle | Onefield
[11:51] <ubottu> Onefield: Please keep in mind that this channel is for operator/abuse questions only, and we ask you to part when you have no further business here, in order to keep track of users with pending inquiries.
[11:52] <jussi01> bazhang: what do you think, violet is a bot? been repeating this for a bit... [13:49:48] <violet_> Q^U^R^A^I^^S^Y
[11:52] <bazhang> jussi01, could be, though the klien may indicate he/she is Chinese
[11:52] <jussi01> Ok
[11:52] <bazhang> ie the name klien@
[11:52] <jussi01> yeah
[11:53] <jussi01> althought the -5 looks suspicious to me
[11:53] <bazhang> will PM him/her if he joins again :)
[11:53] <jussi01> Onefield: please respond, do you have an operator/abuse query?
[14:46] <Mez> @bansearch bush
[14:46] <ubottu> No matches found for bush!*@* in any channel
[14:46] <Mez> @bansearch georgewbush
[14:46] <ubottu> No matches found for georgewbush!*@* in any channel
[14:48] <nalioth> Mez: it's a troll.
[14:50] <Mez> nalioth: I know ;) I was just looking through to see where his bans were on here (know him from another channels banhistory, and just noticed some very... bad... comments by him in the QDB over there
[14:54] <Mez> and to be honest, I don't think he tries to be a troll... he's just an idiot
[14:55] <nalioth> deity help us if he tries . . .
[14:58] <Mez> http://wiki.blitzed.org/Channel:bitfolk/GeorgeWBush#GeorgeWBush.27s_current_IRC_status
[15:10] <elkbuntu> that wikipage is comedy central
[15:11] <elkbuntu> #  In 2002 he spent £100/month for approx. 3 months on an unmetered dialup internet connection primarily in order to receive 24-hour streamed news from Canada. This was paid for by state benefits.
[15:11] <elkbuntu> wtf?!
[15:13] <nalioth> it's not the same guy
[15:22] <elkbuntu> nalioth, you mean more than one troll tries to name himself after the current US president? no wai
[15:22]  * nalioth is afraid it is so  . . .   :(
[15:23] <elkbuntu> orly
[18:01] <ubottu> In ubottu, ompaul said: forget mikem*
[18:01] <ubottu> In ubottu, ompaul said: forget mikem*
[18:01] <ompaul> @login
[18:01] <ubottu> The operation succeeded.
[18:01] <ompaul> silly bot
[18:01] <ompaul> :)
[18:03] <jdong> in soviet russia, mikem* forget YOU?
[18:03] <LjL> i wish
[21:26] <maxbaldwin> Would having a google function for ubottu be a good idea?
[21:27] <maxbaldwin> I've seen it in other bots, and if ubottu couldn't provide help with a factoid, he could google it...?
[21:29] <maxbaldwin> There's already a !google, but It could be replaced
[21:29] <Flannel> maxbaldwin: It would be a bad idea, way too much noise
[21:29] <Flannel> maxbaldwin: Also, all of the factoids have been checked out, etc, we know they're giving good information.  With google, that wouldn't be the case.
[21:29] <Pici> maxbaldwin: What wrong with that person actually opening up a browser and using goole then?
[21:30] <maxbaldwin> Seems that people go to irc, then google.
[21:30] <maxbaldwin> But yeah, it probably would create more trouble than it's worth.
[21:41] <PriceChild> a bot can only send so much to a channel without flooding
[21:41] <PriceChild> and google search results are quite large
[21:42] <maxbaldwin> hrm, the one I've seen just sends the first result's link.
[21:42] <PriceChild> i can also see that being abused
[21:45] <maxbaldwin> Well, yeah.
[22:03] <PriceChild> starscalling in -kde4.... for a minute i thought he was saying that in -devel and was a little scared
[22:03] <Flannel> maxbaldwin: anything else we can help you with?
[22:04] <jussi01> maxbaldwin: we have thought about that before, and supybot has a plugin for it, just we have chosen not to implement it
[22:18] <maxbaldwin> Flannel: Nope, I'm good.
[22:18] <maxbaldwin> later.
[22:33] <Flannel> Why are bots not echoing here?
[22:34] <PriceChild> Flannel: not echoing what? ops calls?
[22:34] <Flannel> PriceChild: yeah
[22:36] <PriceChild> I don't see any bans or mutes in place.
[22:37] <nalioth> Flannel: ubot3 doesn't echo anything in here except requests for factoids and is not in #ubuntu or #kubuntu to echo !ops calls from those places
[22:38] <Flannel> nalioth: Floodbots usually echo ops calls here.... hmmm, no floodbots here.
[22:38] <Flannel> Or is it ubotu who does? I don't remember
[22:38] <Pici> Flannel: Its ubottu
[22:38] <Flannel> Either way, it's not happening currently.
[22:38] <Pici> I'm pretty sure we mentioned this the other day
[22:39] <Flannel> Pici: I know I mentioned it the other day, but did I miss some announcement?
[22:39] <Flannel> How its not happening anymore or something?
[22:40] <Pici> Flannel: I think jussi01 was looking into it... or I'm making this up.
[22:40] <Pici> or stid
[22:40] <Pici> stdin, rather
[22:41] <Flannel> either way, they're both pinged now, so hopefully it'll get sorted.
[22:42] <jussi01> yeah, I forgot to look, looking now, if I could just remember the variable name...
[22:44] <jussi01> curous
[22:46] <jussi01> is it only in -ops monitor? or other places also?
[22:47] <jussi01> this is quite weird
[22:49] <Flannel> jussi01: #ubuntu as well
[22:49] <Flannel> jussi01: Or at least, I've noticed the lack of it happeniing in -monitor and #u
[22:49] <jussi01> yeah
[23:22] <Q-Bot> So I screwed up when I tried to register this account, and sent it to the wrong email
[23:23] <Q-Bot> and now it won't let me change it
[23:23] <Q-Bot> can anyone help me?
[23:23] <Flannel> Q-Bot: you need freenode staff, try #freenode and http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#helpfromstaff
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