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00:46.53zacharyGood Morning
01:08.23TarragonMorning
01:36.31Tarragonhighbury : http://links.epanorama.net/links/wire_telecom.html  http://users.erols.com/amccull/802_3.htm
02:07.26dank_workMorning
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03:59.19SpudUAwayIs it possible to have different domains pointing to the same Apache server and for them to be handled differently depending from whence they came?  eg - www.col1.me.uk and www.col2.me.uk both point to my server, those that are visiting col1 only see stuff for col1 and those visiting col2 only see that stuff?  If so, what is this technique called?
04:03.14dank_workVirtual hosting
04:03.24murbSpudUAway: yes it is possible with a feature in http/1.0 sometimes called virtual hosting etc.
04:05.12idoruhi murb.
04:05.30dank_workIf you just type in 'GET /' as your HTTP request, what version does that conform to?
04:05.50dank_workIt seems you need to specify 'GET / HTTP/1.0'
04:06.05murbdank: 0.8
04:06.08murbs/8/9/
04:06.26murbdank: and send a host: header
04:06.41dank_workI know you need the host: header.
04:06.54dank_work'GET / HTTP/0.9' also work, with a host: header
04:07.28murbdank: but that is a version 1.0 request with an invalid version number, HTH.
04:07.47dank_workAhh. IDH, thanks
04:08.01dank_workSo it's only valid for HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1, yes?
04:08.38zacharySpudUAway: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/name-based.html
04:08.50idorumurb: did you go to the LBW with Eoin?
04:13.02SpudUAwayThanks
04:16.16zacharybrb
04:16.39SpudUAwayThis virtual hosting seems very simple to do, where is the catch????  Is this a feature of other servers like IIS?
04:17.25dank_workYes.
04:17.29dank_workAll web servers do it
04:18.48murbwell nearly all.
04:18.51SpudUAwayOK, thanks again.
04:18.59dank_workDecent ones, anyway.
04:19.13murbbut not all clients support it.
04:19.39murbso a nice hack is to have a default page that permits you to get to the other hosted sites via an aliased path
04:19.40dank_workAgain, any web browser built since the HTTP 1.0 spec was defined will support it
04:19.50SpudUAwayDecent ones?  Does that include IIS then?
04:19.53SpudUAway;-)
04:20.05dank_workIn this case, yes :)
04:21.41SpudUAwaymurb: Why would you need such a hack tho'?
04:23.44murbSpudUAway: to support older clients and people behind broken proxies.
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05:12.33dank_workHi Leeds
05:12.41Leedsafternoon :-)
05:12.55Leedshow goes it?
05:14.43Leedsdon't suppose you know an easy way to throttle the bandwidth of an arbitrary program?
05:15.42LeedsI suspect I'd be looking at kernel-level traffic-shaping...
05:16.11murbYou don't have a particular program in mind?
05:16.19Leedsubh
05:16.37Leedsusenet binary harvester - I want it to run 'nice' on the ADSL bandwidth :-)
05:17.14Leedsparticularly since I'm working at home today, so I can't really afford for it to max me out...
05:17.16murbwell i suppose you could modify it to make it sleep inbetween reads.
05:18.15LeedsI'd prefer the good old "slap in a program/kernel setting" and have things just work :-)  if nothing else, ubh is Perl, and I'm not hot on Perl
05:18.34Leedshttp://www.stewart.com.au/ip_relay/ looks interesting
05:19.32murbLeeds: running a local throttling proxy?
05:19.48Leedsthat's the idea - looks like that's what ip_replay is
05:20.12Leedsbut it's nice and arbitrary - not protocol-level :-)
05:23.00dank_workHrm. Running rm -rf / on a Windows machine isn't a good idea, really. Especially if it's done from Cygwin
05:23.11murbLeeds: you're trying to grab divxs or somthing?
05:23.23Leedsmurb: approximately :-)
05:53.16highburyTarragon: thanks for the links
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06:46.52dank_workAnyone understand Neil Fryer's last message?
06:48.39Leedsdank_work: which one was that?
06:50.03Leedsah!
06:50.25Leedsno... he's drunk?
06:51.29LeedsI understand the first half, I think... I think he's talking about nice as in system priority - but I don't know about the second, unless he means "what will give the program so much priority that it'll make the system completely unresponsive?"
07:03.17dank_workAh, okay.
07:04.30Leedsthat comes to mind, since I just managed to... limit access... to a couple of hosted boxes, by doing some huge data transfers across the hub they're hanging off...  should really get a small switch...
07:05.07Leedsah! now he's asking about non-existant errors :-)
07:25.34Leedsit's a fix! I didn't win :-)
07:25.59idoruLeeds: 6music compo? :)
07:26.06Leedsyeah :-)
07:26.16LeedsI did get a mention though... as an optimist...
07:26.19idoruLeeds: to answer your question, yes i do work with linux
07:26.30Leedsbut you're *badly* lagged :-)
07:26.48idorui'm listening to a stream from someone's wavefinder :)
07:27.37LeedsI bought a wavefinder... found I had no chance of getting it working with Linux, sold it on... (for the same amount I'd paid)
07:28.02LeedsI'm working at home today, so I've got Sky Digital on
07:28.54LeedsI can't really complain... I've won an absolute shedload of stuff from 6music...
07:33.07murbidoru: are you in Belfast?
07:35.17idorumurb: yes, you know me vaguely, i run straylight with eoin
07:35.45idoruLeeds: lucky b*tard :)
07:35.50murbso you are planning on moving londonwards?
07:35.58Leedssmall bloody world :-)
07:36.43idorumurb: not really. maybe. i'd prefer barcelona TBH.
07:36.56idorudid you enjoy the LBW?
07:37.01murbidoru: well that was a bit obvious, who other than someone going round with a nick like that be running a machine called straylight?
07:37.16idoru:D
07:38.14Leedsidoru: it got a little embarassing when I managed to win 4 competitions in a little over 24 hours...
07:38.41idoruLeeds: just mailing in quickly, or what's your strategy?
07:39.04murbidoru: i don't really rember much.
07:39.11Leedsmailing in quickly... sending answer,address,name and an optional 'extra comment'... and googling for answers :-)
07:39.32idorumurb: that means it was good. eoin can turn things into alcoholic binges so quickly...
07:39.58murbLeeds: using google is cheating. although it helped us win the SU pub quiz every other week for a term in my final year
07:40.12idoruhaha
07:40.39LeedsI've largely stopped googling now...  I've won enough :-)  only won a CD from the Phil(l)s and an Aqualung t-shirt this week, anyway
07:40.44murbhmm, i think the alocholic bit started in belfast, although i note you failed to turn up for that bit.
07:40.58Leedsidoru: any idea on the Easy Rider? :-)
07:41.18idoruLeeds: no, i've not been paying enough attention... oh, she's reading it now :)
07:41.20murbLeeds: are they ogg streaming again?
07:41.34idorui can't think of any dutch rockstars...
07:41.42Leedsno ogg yet...  the "coming soon" notice went up on the 24th of September, but nothing since...
07:44.08murbwell I won't have a sky card here...
07:44.15murbi wonder if a bbc one would od.
07:44.18murbs/od/do/
07:44.27Leedswhat do you mean?
07:44.39Leedsit should be pretty much free-to-air...
07:44.48Leedsthere's always Real :-(
07:45.07idorua friend is streaming from his wavefinder
07:45.22idoruit's an mp2 stream i'm listening to
07:45.42murbLeeds: it isn't if you have a dvb-s it is encrypted.
07:46.19Leedsidoru: I stream it over my WLAN (to my iPAQ!) from a text-mode realplayer, using esd to stream
07:46.29idoruoooh.
07:46.40Leedsmurb :-( it shouldn't be - BBC free access and all that
07:47.05murbLeeds: not for those outside the uk, the only unencrypted stuff is bbc world, and bbc worldservice radio
07:47.30murband I think bbc worldservice is only on hotbird2 and astra.
07:48.31LeedsI used to listen to world service in Israel on AM...
07:49.09murbyep 658khz am
07:49.15murbs/5/4/
07:49.39LeedsI can't remember the freq... it was 7.5 years ago :-)
07:49.58murbdo you need a visa to go to israel?
07:50.42Leedsnope... you get a tourist visa at the border... I got it extended because I was there for a year... then I lost my passport
07:50.54idorueep.
07:51.11Leedsfor some reason the passport control weren't happy with my trying to leave the country with no record of my entering it in my (replacement) passport :-)
07:51.28Leedsanyway, I have the right to Israeli citizenship...
07:52.05murbLeeds: and the right to serve in the israel defence forces..
07:52.30Leedswell, I don't get one unless I voluntarily exercise the other, but yes...
07:53.22idorucan you get into israel if you've been in egypt?
07:53.50murband if you take another citizen ship you loose crown protection
07:54.48Leedsidoru: yes
07:54.48idorucool.
07:54.49Leedsyou can cross from one to the other...
07:55.11idorumy dad is egyptian
07:55.20Leedsmurb: not necessarily...  the UK will not protect you from your other country, but AFAIK you choose which passport to choose from and retain pretty much everything else...  anyway, who said I'd retain my UK passport?
07:55.43murbLeeds: if you are a citizen of another state they can't protect you from that state, or somthing like that is what is says.
07:56.00idorumurb: i think you're right.
07:56.11idoruhere in n.i. you can hold british and irish passpts
07:56.18murbLeeds: well the nice thing with the uk citizenship is that you can revoke it and reapply for it.
07:56.19Leedsegypt and jordan are 'special' cases - Israel is at peace with them, so there is free(-ish - I don't know about visas, etc.) movement between them
07:56.37Leedsmurb: I did say "will not protect from your other country" :-)
07:56.47murbidoru: many people in the uk are theoritcally entitled to irish citiezen ship if they cared.
07:56.57idoruoh. i didn't know that.
07:57.15LeedsI don't think I am...
07:57.27murbidoru: read the irish constition.
07:57.33murbas ammeneded.
07:57.48idorumurb: thanks for the tip.
07:57.49LeedsI should go get some lunch...
07:58.08murbLeeds: you don't have an office canteen?
07:58.19idoruwhere do you work, leeds?
07:58.19Leedsmurb: not at home, no... I'm working at home today :-)
07:58.35murbLeeds: oh yes, so you have an office kitchen intead :)
07:58.37LeedsI work in Watford normally - just couldn't be bothered to go in today...
07:59.08murbI've just heard that a teh redudances at sun aren't going to affect the team of a friend of mine which is good.
07:59.23idoruwatford, the place or the company?
07:59.26LeedsI e-mailed my manager to check it was okay, his reply was: "There is no need to ask me if you want to work at home. We are only measured by deliverables so long as we make enough of these where we work is not important." which is nice
07:59.34Leedsidoru: Watford the town... Sun the company
07:59.48idoruooh. what's it like working there?
08:00.10Leedsmurb: it seems to be quite selective - a lot of groups are getting green lights, which means whole swathes of other parts of the company must be getting cut
08:00.33murbLeeds: I'm more supprised they took so long to do it.
08:00.53murbwhich reminds me i need to order a sunfire v120.
08:00.57Leedsidoru: it's... pretty good... when the economy was better it was great, but there's a lot of belt-tightening going on, and more work with less people...
08:01.16Leedsmurb: this is the second round - there were 4000 or so laid off this time last year as well
08:01.40murbLeeds: but compared to other companies sun seems to be coming off realtivly lightly.
08:02.06Leedsplanning is at a similar level to other companies...  things are constantly changing - re-orgs every month, projects cancelled, restarted, killed again, etc.
08:02.07murbLucent seems to have halfed its work force in 2 years, but still has the same number of managers, suspious or what?
08:02.26Leedsas opposed to HP, where they laid off 5000 managers at one point, I think...
08:02.51LeedsScott is keen on the 'rule of 11' (or 10) - there should be an average of 10 'contributors' to 1 manager, at all levels of the company
08:04.12LeedsSun has come off relatively easily so far...  partly because there's been a lot of cost-cutting to avoid redundancies... whereas other companies seem to start by cutting people, so the costs (i.e. spending) can stay up
08:05.37murbs/a/another/
08:07.02murbbut i've got posix acls working.
08:10.48Leedsanyway... time for lunch...
09:18.23Leeds_lunchidoru: Anna Morel (however she spells it) - has half the mails on the show, right?
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09:55.24formievening
09:55.30dank_workEvening
09:55.52formistill at work?
09:55.56Leedsevening
09:56.05dank_workYeah. It's not quite 5 yet
09:56.40formiso waiting on irc
09:57.20formiim having dinner
09:58.13formii spent part of the day laughing at the "new fire fighters"
09:58.45Leedswhy?
09:58.48formithey were trying to rescue a cat from the top of a tree
09:59.00formiand they are supposed to be soldiers
09:59.27Leedsthey could probably have shot the cat down from miles away...
09:59.57highburyanybody help me with an html tables question?
10:00.35dank_workYes. www.w3schools.com
10:00.37dank_work:-)
10:00.39highbury+--------------+----------------+
10:00.40highbury|AAAA          |+--------------+|
10:00.40highbury|              ||BBB           ||
10:00.40highbury|              ||top-aligned   ||
10:00.40highbury|              |+--------------+|
10:00.40highbury|              |                |
10:00.42formiin the end a neighour in the house by the tree threw a bag full of old clothes
10:00.44highbury|              |                |
10:00.46highbury|              |+--------------+|
10:00.48highbury|              ||CCC           ||
10:00.50highbury|              ||bottom-aligned||
10:00.54highbury|              |+--------------+|
10:00.59highbury+--------------+----------------+
10:01.19highburyis this possible, I can't seem to stop CCC having to butt against the bottom of BBB
10:01.35Leedsblank cell in the middle?
10:01.42dank_workYeah. Wot Leeds sed
10:02.12highburytrouble is I want CCC to only extend to the bottom of the AAA cell
10:02.41dank_work<table> <td width=50%> <tr> AAAA </tr> </td>
10:03.03dank_workWhoops.
10:03.15highbury<table border="1">
10:03.16highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.16highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.16highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.17highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.18highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.19highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.21highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.22highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.24highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.30highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.32highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.34highbury<PROTECTED>
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10:03.40highbury<PROTECTED>
10:03.44dank_work<table> <td width=50%> <tr> AAAA </tr>
10:03.45highbury</table>
10:03.58dank_work*thwack*
10:04.02dank_workibot insult dankolb
10:04.17Leedsoh, table-in-table?
10:04.25dank_workThat's nasty.
10:08.17dank_work<table> <tr> <td width="50%"> AAAA </td>
10:08.20highburyuhuh, needless to say I'm trying to tweak the gllug pages
10:09.20dank_work<td> <table> <tr> <td valign="top" height=33%> BBBB </td> </tr>
10:09.30highburydank_work: that just affects the width of AA not the hight of BB/CC
10:09.41dank_work<tr> <td valign="top" height=33%></td></tr>
10:09.57dank_work<tr> <td valign="bottom" height=33%> CCCC </td> </tr> </table>
10:10.13dank_work</td> </tr> </table>
10:10.19dank_workAt a guess, of course.
10:10.33highburyahh I see, let me try, a dummy cell
10:11.01dank_workMy IRC advice comes with a full money-back guarantee, of course.
10:13.26Leedsdo you not need a &nbsp; or whatever the hell it is, in a dummy cell?
10:13.54dank_workMaybe.
10:13.58Leedsugh
10:14.14Leedsdo you see the HTML entity there?  gaim seems to have parsed it...
10:14.29dank_workYes, I see it.
10:14.29Leedsthat should be ampersand-"nbsp"-semicolon
10:14.44dank_workYes. It worked here.
10:15.38Leedsstrange...
10:20.49highburyhmm, not working yet, you need to put lots of lines in cell AA to see where things go wrong
10:24.10formihave you tried any wysiwyg package, just to see what it comes up with?
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11:21.17highburyits-formi: nothing helpful yet
11:22.19its-formii used to use dreamweaver a long time ago
11:22.51its-formibut it wasnt without drawbacks
11:27.11its-formiyou "can" see it for yourself, at www.its-formi.net
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12:12.10zacharygood evening.
12:12.22eye69Whei! My SNMP diskspacechecker actually works!
12:12.48its-formihiya
12:13.00eye69Hello
12:14.54its-formiSNMP, wasn't that a can of security worms?
12:22.14eye69It's all inside the firewall
12:22.38eye69SNMP is far too valuable to disregard
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12:38.34zacharyhi Jenson
12:38.58Jensonhey zach
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12:42.29zacharywelcome back its-formi
12:42.59its-formithanks
12:43.18its-formiim experiencing a very slow connection at the moment
12:43.58its-formii've just being phoned by the owner of the server asking why the are 4 ssh connections to his 2 boxes
12:55.48highburysheesh, somebody sends me an email to one of my rarely used addresses from hotmail, and I immediately start getting spam there :-(
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13:10.04its-formiwhy a isp puts 2 dns servers in the same subnet is beyond me
13:30.18highburyagreed, but  they might be doing wacky subnetting or something weird on their switch
13:31.10its-formiive just done a dnstracer and changed the secondary dns
13:46.55zacharybrb, 1 hr
13:51.16Leedsyay Framestore!
13:52.21its-formi?
14:14.09Leeds...
14:14.22LeedsI was watching Walking with Beasts, and they did the effects
14:25.06eye69Evening
14:25.29Leedsjust about
14:32.32LeedsSky is just so tabloid!
14:32.50eye69Regarding?
14:33.53Leeds"celebrity babes behaving badly"
14:34.32highburyyep, its only worth it, for on average, 3 programs a night, the rest is sub-channel 5
14:38.25LeedsI love the fact that they made the connection: people sign up for the football - we need people to watch other channels for ad volumes - lets make a football soap for Sky One...
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14:45.36davilionevening all
14:45.45its-formihi davilion
14:46.00davilionhows it going?
14:46.06its-formii need reasurance
14:46.14Leedsevening, davilion
14:46.31its-formisurely i don't need to allow port 22 udp on the firewall for ssh
14:46.41davilionnope, just tcp
14:46.45davilionhi Leeds
14:46.52JensonOh hi dav
14:47.11davilionHi Jenson, hows it going?
14:47.31JensonFine thanks. How are you?
14:49.41davilionim good, just looking at bad photos from a few weeks ago of stuff i have no recollection of
14:50.32its-formianybody with experience on setting up freebsd firewalls?
14:50.40JensonYou don't remember doing the stuff or you were drunk when you did the stuff?
14:51.52davilionboth
14:52.03highburyits-formi: use smoothwall :-)
14:52.07davilioni dont really suffer from memory loss, i just dont remember anybody taking photos lol
14:52.40Leedshttp://photos.geeksgetrevenge.com (particularly /far_east)
14:52.47davilioni think my main mistake was pretending to be gay to stop this girl annoying me all night.
14:52.54Jensonlol
14:53.01Jensoni take it you're male then
14:53.07Jensonhow old are you if you don't mind?
14:53.40davilion20
14:54.03JensonCoo, you at uni?
14:54.09Jenson^Cool
14:54.26davilionno, i left after a few months, and never looked back.
14:54.32its-formihighbury, i am playing with freebsd
14:54.48davilionI took a year out before i went and i learnt enough to fondle my way into an IT job and its snowballed since then
14:55.53its-formismothwall is just a waste of hardware, even tough I have a machine at the charity that has been working nicely without attention for over a year
14:56.14davilionJenson: what do you do? Are you a student?
14:56.23JensonI'm a year 13
14:56.44Leedskids...
14:56.58Leeds:-)
14:56.58Jensonkids?
14:57.01Jensonlol
14:57.25davilionBeing educated from North of the border, that makes you what age? our years only went up to S7 :)
14:57.31davilionoops S6
14:57.44Jenson18 (well in a few days anyway)
14:58.00davilioncool.
14:58.04davilionHappy birthday in a few days
14:58.08davilionyou going out celebrating?
14:58.10Leedswe didn't do year numbers like either... it was 1-5 and lower6/upper6
14:58.15davilion(silly question) What are you doing to celebrate?
14:58.37JensonLeeds: yeah upper 6th is also the words for it.
14:58.47davilionOurs generally go from Primary 1-7 then secondary 1-(4...6)
14:58.59davilionit seems to depend on the LEA down south
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14:59.58Jensondavillion: I might go bowling, I might stay at home until the internet or windows pisses me off (bout 10 mins then lol) I might go to Camden market or I might try to convonce my dad to get a new computer.
15:00.14JensonEvening dan
15:00.16LeedsI like bowling... most of my friends don't :-(
15:00.23dankolbEvening
15:00.29davilionI'm crap at it but its a good laugh
15:00.41dankolbI'm really crap at it, too
15:00.42davilioni'm going bowling with one of my LUGs tommorow night in fact
15:01.25Leedsah, now GLLUG could never do that... far too fun...
15:01.30JensonI'd like a nice deathmatch DooM but that isn't gonna happen, 1) I don't have a network 2) only my ex boy/f and one of my mates has ever played DooM, 3)Only my ex boy/f likes computers.
15:01.38dankolbWe all like computers
15:02.31davilionLeeds: its mainly a #scotlug thing our lug as most do, have a lot of very sad people who frown upon things like fun.
15:02.31JensonI don't understand how to network would be a 4th
15:02.57LeedsJenson: not hard :-)
15:03.17JensonLeeds: Most likely not, I've just never tried.
15:03.19davilionJenson: Wow, another geek girl :)
15:03.19dankolbA 4th?
15:03.34Jensongeek girl lol
15:03.56JensonHow many geek girls do you know daviliion?
15:03.56davilionor did i jump to the wrong conclusion?
15:04.15Jensonyeah dankolb, a 4th reason why I couldn't deathmatch
15:04.25dankolbAh. Networking is easy
15:04.29davilionabout erm 2 serious hard core geeks, who are fantastically competant.
15:05.00davilionits very hard to meet girls who dig gadgets :P
15:05.42JensonEveryone I know tells me I'm good at computers then I point out that I'm good at Windows, vaguely aquainted with Mac, not acquainted with Linux, and sort of understanding the hardware.
15:05.51LeedsJenson: coming along to the meeting in 3 weeks?
15:05.57dankolb'tis true. Most people run away if you have more than 2 computers
15:06.14Leeds2 computers?  boring!
15:06.25JensonNo Leeds, GLLUG isn't actually near me.
15:06.32davilionJenson: Where do you stay?
15:06.35Leedshang on... we did this before... sorry...
15:06.39Jensondankolb: We have 3 except 1 doesn't actually beloing to us.
15:06.54Jensondavillion: I'm near Colchester.
15:06.54davilionim not sure how many i have, quite a few, but since i moved i havent had time to really set up my network again
15:07.03dankolbLeeds: I have about 50
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15:08.10*** topic/#gllug is GLLUG - Greater London Linux User Group, http://gllug.linux.co.uk [next meeting 7 December 2002]
15:08.17davilionim going to get stocked up again this weekend meeting some friends to build lots of scary things, and participate in dangerous activities involving fire, and old dead mobo's
15:08.19Jensonibot hello
15:08.19niihau
15:09.15Leedsfor reference, people, ibot has been going through some changes... he's only really a guest in here, and his owner(s) have been messing around - he should now be a different bot, albeit with similar knowledge
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15:09.34dankolbBut....but.....I'll miss the old ibot :(
15:09.58Leedsdankolb: too late, unless you want to host him...  I could probably get a copy of his brain...
15:10.16davilionAnybody seen Harry Potter? I went to see it last weekend, really enjoyed it, althouhg i think the cinema had something to do with it too
15:10.26dankolbWell....as long as he's okay
15:10.30Leedssaw it last week...
15:11.29Leedsit's good... not great... didn't feel too long, but didn't feel as fun as the first one to me...
15:11.30davilionI went to the filmworks in manchester, fantastic place, first time i've been in the gallery though
15:11.45davilionno it wasnt as fun as the first time, a few niggles, it felt fairly long compared to the first
15:11.59davilionand harry looked distinctly older in some scense than he did in others
15:12.45Leedshe was starting to look like a teenager dressed up as a kid...
15:12.45davilionand for some reason hermione kept reminding me of my ex, not sure why, they dont look very similar.
15:12.48davilionyeah, thats what i thought sometimes
15:12.56davilionyou expected him to have stubble.
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15:13.46davilionThe bird is cute though
15:14.02davilionreminded me of the famous grous adverts, not sure if you get them down there
15:14.23JensonHas everyone got fireman doing pickets near them?
15:14.51LeedsJenson: not noticed any... but I don't drive past any stations, and I've worked from home today
15:15.17davilionJenson: yeah passed a few on the way home,
15:15.37JensonLeeds: We have and my mother is really against it and I think to an extent it was a good idea so that should cause some arguments.
15:15.38dankolbWe had.
15:15.39davilionnot very many fireman out though btu they all had big banners and at least one person manning a table or something similar
15:15.52davilionI've managed to get a day off tommorow (sort of) thanks to this so im quite chuffed
15:16.07Leedsdavilion: I just couldn't be bothered to go in :-)
15:16.44davilioni fully support it, i think its really crap what they get paid for, considering they do a really dangerous job, but i think 40% is a bit steep for all officers, but they definatly deserver more than 11%
15:17.27JensonI reckon it'll end up something like 18%
15:17.32LeedsI see 40% as being their bargaining position... not their actual goal... but 11% (over 2 years, not in one go!) is pretty cheap
15:17.39davilionLeeds: i played the 'if im going to have another smash, this time im not going to be able to walk away from it, in fact i'll probably be squished pretty badly, and knowing my luck it willbe when theres nobdoy to cute me out and patch me up so i'd rather not drive on a friday with no fireman if you dont mind mike' card so im  on call working from 'home'
15:18.06Leedsno-one to cute you out?  you like firemen? :-P
15:18.14davilionyeah on the whole i would like them to get 20% avg, some more experience officers getting more, lesser experienced getting less etc
15:18.33davilionit should at least be competative with a normal office job,
15:18.44davilionno comment
15:18.49Leedsplus, they should get more in London than, say, north Yorkshire...
15:19.06davilionlol, well all joking aside, i'v ebeen lucky, very lucky so far that i havent drowned or been crushed, 3rd time wont be lucky
15:19.22davilionyeah exactly, your pay should be competative with work in the area
15:19.22Leedsit'd take more than competitive to get me doing a job like that...
15:19.30davilionits like teachers in london should get more brecause it costs more
15:19.54davilionyeah, thats true, i wouldnt want to fight fire, but motorway rescue i could do.
15:19.56Leedsdavilion: they do get more - just not enough more...  one of my friends (wife) is a teacher
15:20.19JensonMy mother is a teacher and she says fireman shouldn't get anywhere near the moeny she gets, unfortunately I dont agree with her
15:20.23davilionlol mine qere quite commical
15:20.52davilioni dont get into debates with my parents, (one teacher, one (un)civil servant) i can never win.
15:21.01LeedsI've had a couple of bumps
15:21.15davilionbut pretty much anybody who works for a publicly funded body is getting screwed
15:21.20Leedsmy dad is a solicitor, and my mum is... at leisure
15:21.27davilionheheh
15:22.00LeedsI do think it's fair to differentiate between, say, a teacher and a fireman/policeman - danger money and all that
15:22.14JensonWell davillion let's just say I'm not politically quiet or conservative. I haven't had a chance to march or do anything interesting yet but I like making my feelings known.
15:22.30LeedsJenson: going to uni?  that's the time to get into stuff like that...
15:22.37davilionyeah but i think fireman should be paid more than say a policeman.
15:22.43davilionwell a bog standard pc,
15:22.53Leedshow about a Mac?  or SPARC?
15:23.07JensonLeeds: might be, but my Marxist mate says the uni types are the worst coz all they do is talk.
15:23.13davilionJenson: me too, although i dont get the chance to really march or anything these days
15:23.24davilionbut i have quite strong views on things like public money, guns etc.
15:24.02JensonThe only protest we've ever had in my town before the fire strikes was people crossing over and over the road to get a crossing, bloody irritating lol
15:24.15dankolbUni political types are made up from Arts students who have too much time on their hands
15:24.26LeedsI've been on a couple of anti-racism/fascism marches
15:24.27davilionthats something i missed out on, not being a student i didnt get to march student marches etc
15:24.35Leedsdankolb: you calling me an artist?  huh?
15:24.58dankolbNah. :)
15:25.08dankolbThe Arts students just talk about crap
15:25.54davilionalthough i did join in the stop the war one at leeds.ac.uk until somebody handed me a flyer saying dont bomb iraq, freedom for palastine then i flew off the handle, shouted at the guy for confusing the subject and left
15:26.12Leedsyes, indeedy...
15:26.49davilioni really dislike war in general, but the war between isreal and palastine is totally different than the rogue state that is the USA^H^H^H iraq
15:27.51Leedsyup
15:29.21JensonWell I must go my mother is expecting a phonecall
15:29.23davilionwhilst i dont agree on whats going on in palastine, i dont think its got anything to do with iraq, and i dont think we should be getting involved in palastine, although it is to an extent our responsibility, its just a shame neither side want peace, as where i just dont think its our place to intervene in iraq
15:29.23Jensonbit late I know
15:29.39JensonI ought to get some sleep
15:29.40dankolbGoing to return after the phone call?
15:29.49davilionSleep?
15:29.50JensonSo I'll catch up with you guys tomorrow
15:29.53Leedsg'night...
15:29.55davilionok, take it easy
15:29.57dankolbOkay. See you tomorrow
15:29.59Jensonexpect I'll stay here late tomorrow
15:30.00dankolb'night
15:30.03dankolbCool :)
15:30.03JensonSee you guys
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15:30.37Leedsawooga!
15:30.48dankolbWhat?
15:31.16Leedsnothing... geek girl :-)
15:31.34Leedshttp://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/
15:31.38dankolbYeah, and?
15:31.47dankolbGeek girls are good
15:32.19Leedswell, yeah... that's the point
15:32.46dankolbMine :)
15:39.45davilion:)
15:40.07dankolbWell....always a hope, isn't there :)
15:40.22Leedswe need photos, dammit!
15:40.31Leedswe already have a/s/l :-)
15:41.17eye69What would be a good way of testing if a specific listserver is slow because of network or if it's slow because of waiting for IO. Some way of making it send the mails into a bitbucket?
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15:42.14eye69Nevermind...think I just thought of a way to do it.
15:42.21dankolbLeeds: I had photos
15:42.32Leeds?
15:42.50Leedshow, where, when, URL?
15:43.00dankolbShe pointed me to a URL, which I can't remember at the moment.
15:43.06dankolbHowever, http://testme.eco.li/me1.jpg
15:43.12dankolbIs one picture of her
15:43.25Leedsah, goth geek girl...
15:43.40dankolbYeh.
15:44.20dankolbNothing wrong with that.
15:44.25dankolbEspecially the geek and girl bits
15:44.38davilionexactly
15:44.45davilionanything with geek and girl in its all good really
15:44.53Leedspity she's out of GLLUG range...
15:45.40dankolbYeah.
15:45.42dankolbAh well.
15:47.31zacharyI'm off to get some sleep, good night.
15:47.59dankolbWe just need to wear her down until she does come.
15:48.07dankolbHow far is Colchester, anyway?
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15:49.55davilionanglia
15:50.08dankolbHmm. Motorway-wise?
15:50.15davilionnear the coast, up the m11 then east a bit
15:50.27dankolbHmm. Not too close by :-/
15:51.28davilionactually, along m25 then up the a12 is probably best route from central london
15:51.29dankolbAbout 3-4 hours drive.
15:51.40Leedswe could have a whip-round for a train ticket...
15:51.47davilionits crap from leam too, since theres no real routes east from here
15:51.54eye69Desperate, guys? :)
15:52.00Leedseye69: yes
15:52.02dankolbSo, I'd be on the M25.
15:52.04davilionbest bet for me would be to bedfordshire then along
15:52.05dankolbeye69: Yup
15:52.26davilionshit these are logged?
15:52.32Leedsgood point...
15:52.33Leedsshit
15:52.41Leedsactually... depends on how sane ibot is feeling
15:52.47dankolb:-)
15:53.27Leedsoh, well...
15:53.49dankolbYeah. We just need to work on her, so she'll come to Gllug
16:02.55dankolbAnyway, seeing as that's run out the conversation
16:03.13Leedsyup
16:03.21dankolbIs it worth pointing Neil Fryer to here, to save clogging up the mailing list?
16:05.39dankolbOr would that annoy people here?
16:05.54Leedswouldn't bother me... I'd just piss off :-)
16:05.59davilionneil fryer?
16:07.31dankolbGuy who always asks really easy questions on Gllug, which other people always manage to answer before I do.
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16:08.12dankolb@123snap.com, or something like that
16:09.08Leedsthe one who sends to gllug@London and glug@linux.org.za
16:09.34Leedsnever worked out if he knows he's sending to a LUG in London and a LUG in South Africa...
16:09.47dankolbDoes he send to both?
16:10.06dankolbSo he does.
16:10.10dankolbFule he is
16:10.28LeedsI think that's him...  it could well be that he's from South Africa, and it's his old group... but probably not - too much of a coincidence in the names
16:10.29dankolbAlthough some people send to both gllug and OxLUG
16:11.00Leedsthat's probably because they're in ox in termtime, or live between the two...  I think when one is glug and one is gllug, that someone is confused
16:11.11Leedswait til *he* sees this log :-)
16:12.00dankolb:-)
16:12.16dankolbLeeds: More often live between the two, or graduated from Ox, and moved to London
16:12.55Leedswell... I'm not on the WYLUG list or the Liverpool LUG list :-)
16:13.10dankolbFair enough. :)
16:13.30agkthe next WYLUG meeting looks quite good (Russell King)
16:13.43Leedsbut I did contemplate joining the slug list :-)  just read the archives in the end...
16:13.44agkI'm going to see if I can make it.
16:13.49davilionim on scotlug and gllug simply beacuse i lived in lodnon and joined gllug and found it has a much wider user base and much better response times, and lonix is fun
16:13.52Leedsagk: when is it?
16:13.55dankolbWY being?
16:14.01davilionbut scottish is quite a good lug to be on, nice people good party
16:14.02agk2nd Mon of Dec IIRC
16:14.04LeedsWest Yorkshire - Leeds, basically
16:14.14dankolbAh right.
16:14.17dankolbFar away, then :)
16:14.57LeedsI went to one of them, many years ago... I still think GLLUG could learn from that single meeting, but it could be nostalgia
16:15.13dankolbNostalgia ain't what it used to be
16:15.38Leedsagk: I could always go see my parents, make a weekend of it...
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16:17.34dankolbwb, its-formi
16:18.27its-formire
16:18.33Leedsthen again...
16:18.47Leedsapparently they're also in the process of migrating to a new website too :-)
16:19.54dankolbIs highbury doing their site, too? ;-)
16:20.33Leedsnope...
16:20.44dankolbBah.
16:20.46LeedsPhilip Wyett
16:20.51its-formianybody using pipex in here?
16:20.55dankolbVote highbury to maintain *all* the LUG sites :)
16:21.10Leedsits-formi: Philip Wyett actually is :-)
16:21.41Leedswhy did mozilla lose it's amazing navigation toolbar???
16:21.48its-formiim having trouble again with them
16:22.14its-formitheir routers are playing again ping pong
16:22.23Leedsand someone has suggested a wiki for the WYLUG site too...
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16:23.08dankolbHm. How old is OxLUG now?
16:23.20Leedsoh, wookey too...
16:23.25Leedswonder where they're eating...
16:24.29agkoxlug began Jan '99
16:24.58agkeating:  "it's at a place that does Indian and Pizza."
16:24.59dankolbSo it'll be 4, soon.
16:25.12dankolbPizza Madras
16:25.16agkhttp://www.jamesholden.co.uk/7spices1.png  http://www.jamesholden.co.uk/7spices2.png
16:26.16Leedsagk: I went to school near there...
16:27.26dankolbIs it worth doing something for OxLUG's 4th birthday? Or wait until its 5th?
16:28.55Leedsin fact... I went to 2 schools near there...
16:31.32davilionheh theres a 7spices just outside my old flat, its a takeaway but you can get pizza with curry ojn top
16:32.37Leedsanyway... bedtime for me
16:32.46Leedsgoing to work in the morning :-(
16:33.32dankolb'night Leeds
16:34.07daviliondoing some freelance stuff again, and finally got some motovation
16:34.08Leedshttp://www.javascriptweenie.com/columns/perpend1.html
16:35.31dankolbOn a roll? What sort of roll?
16:35.38dankolbSwiss? Bread? I think we should be told.
16:36.26davilionBread.
16:36.32davilionswiss is ncie but i need to watch my belly
16:38.21its-formilooking at it won't solve anything
16:38.41dankolbLooking at what?
16:39.06its-formihis belly
16:39.24dankolbYes it will. It means he won't be watching the swiss rolls
16:51.44dankolb'night all
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17:02.02CyrilBhi
17:02.44davilionhello
17:06.37highburyhello
17:13.14CyrilBhow are you ?
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