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Sirin
February 8th, 2006, 02:44 AM
Guess what? I just saw bill gates(?) on IRC! He claims he was discussing plans to "affiliate with ubuntu". Here's the log:


wastrel etsb, try delete, esc, f10, other esc keys
ablyss 15 years of computer hobbying and from day 1 I always called it execut key.. bad habbit hard to break
wastrel etsb, or look it up on google if you know your mobo manufacturer or what bios you're running
etsb wastrel midwinter can i restart in dos and from there go to bios?
wastrel no
LjL soundray: and still, what you experienced earlier is not quite normal. a few minutes of memtest won't hurt, that's all i'm saying - i'm not wishing you doom and gloom, i'm sure memtest won't find a thing :)
LjL ablyss: hah
billgates Hello, this is Bill Gates. If possible, I would like to talk about affiliation plans with Microsoft & Ubuntu. :-)
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etsb wastrel : no idea what bios its using..doesnt say at start up
LjL billgates: you've finally decided you want to offer customers an operating system?
bimberi billgates: sorry bill, we're with Google :P
navarone etsb are you using a HP or Compaq or similar?
midwinter yeah, I always wanted a linux native version of IE.
tatters how do guys make a complete back up of your PC?
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etsb navarone : an old dell system
_jason billgates: can you port notepad for us?
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etsb navarone : p3
luisito an IE version? what for?
bimberi lol _jason
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soundray tatters, partimage is a good way
navarone etsb...any badging on the case...like model number?
LjL midwinter: not native, but it runs fairly on wine, give it a try some time
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billgates Well. I'm using Ubuntu right now, and we've been planning to affiliate with Ubuntu. We've also been thinking about bringing WIndows Media Player 11 to Debian and Ubuntu.
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tatters soundray only problem is I have to unmount the partiton , how can I do that when its running on the partition?
midwinter LjL, I was actually joking.. but I sadly do use it in vmware :|
etsb navarone : dimension4100
soundray LjL, doesn't hurt to run memtest overnight, does it?
LjL billgates: please don't :)
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cfh_dev How can I install grub from a rescue disk?
soundray tatters, live CD?
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tatters hmm id like anautomated daily weekly kinda thing
Draconicus crimsun: Don't you remember me? /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state does not change apart from the charging/discharging status.
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etsb billgates : we have no need for your Windows Media Player II
LjL soundray: it definitely doesn't, memtest needs a *long* time to really find out the subtler errors (if you look on the site, they'll probably mention *days*, not one night). so if you can leave it on during the night without much of a hassle, by all means do it
soundray billgates, any discussion is futile until you place all Windows sources under GPL v3
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krusbjorn Hey, I have no blank CDs and the ubuntu installer refuses to mount i dvd with the cd iso on. Possible to fix this?
LjL soundray: though if it *is* somewhat a hassle, don't do it, i don't think one night of memtest is really warranted here, in a practical sense
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LjL midwinter: well perhaps you actually could switch to wine then, at least it integrates better
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wastrel i ate too many cookies and now i don't feel so good
LjL midwinter: actually, firefox on wine looks better than native firefox here ;)
soundray LjL, I'm just thinking of setting it off and going to sleep. Watching memtest becomes incredibly tedious after the first 55 seconds.
macsat111 i have a mac running minimal ubuntu. how do i get it to find my internet?
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LjL soundray: oh. really? then it must be something wrong with me... just kidding :)
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midwinter LjL, yeah i'm not surprised about ff.. as for wine I tend to use 64 bit, so it's a bit messier..
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LjL midwinter: oic
billgates Does anyone have ideas of what Microsoft can bring for Ubuntu?
LjL midwinter: though i actually use konqueror anyway, mind you :)
midwinter blue screens?
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tatters a good backup utility?
Eleaf a good one
LjL billgates: they could drop stupid "trusted computing" ideas, and open their file formats (see Word, etc)
tatters system restore?
kbrosnan visio
bimberi the 'your capslock is on' warning on the screensaver wake up screen
midwinter hehe
LjL tatters: nah. a versioning file system would be way better, i'd really like one
hollywoodb how do I get rid of this X-enabled vim and back to good 'ol console vim ?
tatters sry whats a versioning file system>
tatters ?
etsb navarone : any ideas?
jetscreamer there is no blue screen (red now i hear)
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macsat111 i restarted linux after install and now it just stays at configuring network interfaces.
LjL tatters: ever used CVS?
tatters nope
navarone etsb did you try the "del" key by the keypad to get to bios?
billgates Yes. System restore would be nice. We would like to support the Ubuntu community. We are as of now planning on affiliating with Debian and Ubuntu.
etsb navarone : yes
navarone etsb making sure numlock is on
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tatters ill look into it
LjL tatters: well, anyway, to make it short, with a versioning filesystem you could say "open this file, but not the current version, the version of yesterday at 3pm"
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tatters I C

Rotarychainsaw
February 8th, 2006, 02:46 AM
/throw chair

matthew
February 8th, 2006, 02:54 AM
rotfl

interesting imposter and amusing log

Cap'n Refsmmat
February 8th, 2006, 02:57 AM
At least the imposter tried to spell properly.

I've seen a few pathetic ones.

towsonu2003
February 8th, 2006, 02:57 AM
second that with /throw underwear

kakashi
February 8th, 2006, 03:00 AM
third that
/throw copy of windows xp

bored2k
February 8th, 2006, 03:07 AM
I had a talk with Oprah the other day. I tried to convince yer that I was her long-lost son, but she wouldn't listen :(.

krusbjorn
February 8th, 2006, 03:11 AM
I had a talk with Oprah the other day. I tried to convince yer that I was her long-lost son, but she wouldn't listen :(.


That's because she is a virgin.

xequence
February 8th, 2006, 03:17 AM
Guess what? I just saw bill gates(?) on IRC! He claims he was discussing plans to "affiliate with ubuntu". Here's the log:

And I am David Gilmour.

vyruss
February 8th, 2006, 04:21 AM
And I am David Gilmour.

What an honour to meet you, Sir! I am such a great fan of Frijid Pink!

briancurtin
February 8th, 2006, 04:42 AM
yeah, you talked to bill gates on IRC

im from nigeria and i have a large sum of money waiting for you, just send me your social security number and bank account information

mstlyevil
February 8th, 2006, 04:48 AM
I know for a fact it was Bill Gates. Now I have to get back to my space ship and go visit my relatives on Venus.

briancurtin
February 8th, 2006, 04:51 AM
bill gates just IMed me!!!111one

billygatesMS: hey brian
me: whats up bill
billygatesMS: not much
me: cool

BLTicklemonster
February 8th, 2006, 04:54 AM
I met Pink Floyd once. Dude welcomed me to the machine, handed me a cigar and pointed me to the gravy train. I wish he was here. :(

cutOff
February 8th, 2006, 05:02 AM
huh

c_harrison
February 8th, 2006, 09:55 AM
That's because she is a virgin.

Damn! Miracle baby!

sapo
February 8th, 2006, 10:51 AM
haha this log is funny

the blue screen part made me laugh :mrgreen:

wrtpeeps
February 8th, 2006, 11:01 AM
haha

Brunellus
February 8th, 2006, 03:51 PM
And I am David Gilmour.
heck. if you're David Gilmour, I'm Syd Barrett.

Isn't this what they made GPG for? :p

earobinson
February 8th, 2006, 03:57 PM
MS has quite a large linux lab... think it is run by the gentoo guy. They gota scope out the competition!

christhemonkey
February 8th, 2006, 04:04 PM
Oh, Bill Gates!, im Dominic Muldowney, howdo?

Kapre
March 24th, 2006, 06:24 PM
Ha..Ha..Ha....So amuzing!!! Has anyone met Jim Morrison (from the beyond) in IRC?

DoeRayMe
March 24th, 2006, 06:41 PM
MS has quite a large linux lab... think it is run by the gentoo guy. They gota scope out the competition!

Didnt the gentoo guy leave, something about he was'nt allowed to do what he wanted to do?

yep check this

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/14/1736230&from=rss

EDIT: just checked the date of your post, days before he left :)

sherlock-holmes
March 24th, 2006, 06:52 PM
I have just been to the space station and they cannot connect to the wireless on dapper... i fixed it for them...

SkimWear
March 28th, 2006, 01:18 AM
bill gates just IMed me!!!111one

billygatesMS: hey brian
me: whats up bill
billygatesMS: not much
me: cool

rofl

interesting log. The system restore and blue screens made me laugh.

rfruth
March 28th, 2006, 01:28 AM
Ta heck with Billie boy how about Eddie Van Halen and his ex Valerie :)

nemik
March 28th, 2006, 01:52 AM
I was in the airport VIP lounge in route to Seattle a couple of weeks ago. While in there, I noticed Bill Gates sitting comfortably in the corner, enjoying a drink.

I was meeting a very important client who was also flying to Seattle, but she was running a little bit late.

Well, being a straightforward kind of guy, I approached the Microsoft chairman, introduced myself, and said, "Mr. Gates, I wonder if you would do me a favor."

"Yes?"

"I'm sitting right over there," pointing to my seat at the bar, "and I'm waiting on a very important client. Would you be so kind when she arrives as to come walk by and just say, 'Hi, Ray,'?"

"Sure."

I shook his hand and thanked him and went back to my seat.

About ten minutes later, my client showed up. We ordered a drink and started to talk business.

A couple of minutes later, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Bill Gates.

"Hi, Ray," he said.

I replied, "Get lost Gates, I'm in a meeting."

Sirin
March 28th, 2006, 03:27 AM
I was in the airport VIP lounge in route to Seattle a couple of weeks ago. While in there, I noticed Bill Gates sitting comfortably in the corner, enjoying a drink.

I was meeting a very important client who was also flying to Seattle, but she was running a little bit late.

Well, being a straightforward kind of guy, I approached the Microsoft chairman, introduced myself, and said, "Mr. Gates, I wonder if you would do me a favor."

"Yes?"

"I'm sitting right over there," pointing to my seat at the bar, "and I'm waiting on a very important client. Would you be so kind when she arrives as to come walk by and just say, 'Hi, Ray,'?"

"Sure."

I shook his hand and thanked him and went back to my seat.

About ten minutes later, my client showed up. We ordered a drink and started to talk business.

A couple of minutes later, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Bill Gates.

"Hi, Ray," he said.

I replied, "Get lost Gates, I'm in a meeting."

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=7719&stc=1&d=1143512853

Iandefor
March 28th, 2006, 04:16 AM
lol. Not a bad impostor.

And am I seriously the only one who isn't annoyed by all the poorly-photoshopped pictures of Bill Gates depicting him to be evil? I hardly like him, but it gets annoying after a while.

Luggy
March 28th, 2006, 07:01 AM
lol. Not a bad impostor.

And am I seriously the only one who isn't annoyed by all the poorly-photoshopped pictures of Bill Gates depicting him to be evil? I hardly like him, but it gets annoying after a while.
It bothers me since we all know that it's Balmer that is the son of Satan.


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MenZa
April 8th, 2006, 09:11 PM
Hahaha. Hillarious log - fun imposter. The discussion is equally good; best thread I've read in ages (I tend to read dull webdev specs :()

paul cooke
April 8th, 2006, 10:29 PM
[...]

A couple of minutes later, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Bill Gates.

"Hi, Ray," he said.

I replied, "Get lost Gates, I'm in a meeting."

oh shoot, there goes another keyboard... and coffee up my nose stings...

BWF89
April 8th, 2006, 10:36 PM
I had a talk with Oprah the other day. I tried to convince yer that I was her long-lost son, but she wouldn't listen :(.

That's because she is a virgin.
Oprah was a prostitute for a short period of time. Shes no virgin.