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01:56.45dank_workMorning
01:57.57TarragonMorning.
01:58.06SpudUAwayFor some.
01:58.22SpudUAwayStill night for others.
01:59.21TarragonDepends whether you are about to go to bed or not.
02:00.10SpudUAwayDefine 'about'?
02:01.05TarragonOh say the next eight hours...
02:05.52SpudUAwayHoh, there's optimism for you!
02:11.21SpudUAwayPah! Demon POP server too busy to respond.
02:14.11*** join/#gllug Korenwolf (~mark@guardrodent.korenwolf.net)
02:18.20dank_workThank you :)
02:45.18highburySpudUAway: demon pop mail working fine for me
02:45.56highburyof course all it pulled was spam
02:46.08SpudUAwayHmm, must just have been a proper, real, busy, not just broken.  ;-)
02:50.50SpudUAwayNo sugar for me please.
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03:43.39jensonMorniing all. That is if any of you are watching.
03:44.45SpudUAwayWatching?  Of course.
03:46.02jensonHeya
03:51.37SpudUAwayAnyone know what's wrong with this:
03:51.45SpudUAwaycolin@mine:~> rpm -q --queryformat "%{Summery}\n" xmms
03:51.45SpudUAwayerror in format: unknown tag
03:52.03SpudUAwayShould % be $     ???
03:52.27SpudUAwayMan, do I needs Leeds to give his Bash talk again.
03:53.31SpudUAwayIts 'Summary' in'it!
03:54.08SpudUAwayBah, had to type it out to figure it out.  Next time I'll just pester IBot with it in a private chat.
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03:56.10dank_workHey jenson
03:56.25dank_workSpudUAway Summary?
03:56.59SpudUAwaydank_work: It's a long and embarrassing story.
03:57.01jensonHeya dan
03:57.41dank_work:)
03:58.11jensondan: i used to have CD burner program that supported over burning but now I haven't the one I've got now won't even convert Mp3s to CD ormat.
03:58.35jensonIt's ok I'll be back at 12:30 so if you are on lunch break then I'll catch you then.
03:58.37dank_workYou need a better CD writing program
03:58.54dank_workBTW, if you want to send a private message, use /msg <user> foo
03:59.21dank_workAnd /query <user> starts a conversation. Not like xchat which nicely brings up tabs
03:59.36jensondan: I know my private msg commands. I also know my CD burner software is crap
04:00.02jensonI was about to mail you back but I won't bother seen as you're here
04:00.04dank_workAh. Good :) Didn't know how many IRC commands you're familiar with yet :)
04:00.14dank_workWhat burner software do you have?
04:00.26jensondan: I know the command I just usually forget them or type them wrong.
04:00.39dank_workAh right :-)
04:01.23jensonI've got Adaptec Easy CD Creater either 3 or 4...I use to have whatever the newer version was but I formatted and then didn't have a copy of the newer software coz the computer builder had installed it and then given us the older discs
04:01.36dank_workD'oh :)
04:02.31jensonThe soundcard driver discs were out of date to I got blue screen crashes for about a week when I booted up until I bothered to d/l the updated drivers.
04:02.41dank_workThat's really quite bad.
04:03.13jensonI have to go now mate. I'll be back at about 12:30...you going to be here then?
04:04.40dank_workAs always :)
04:04.56dank_workTake care, then.
04:05.08jensonLater then.
04:05.10dank_workC'ya
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04:45.37Davilionbugger, just pulled the heatsink off an athlon, couldnt see the actual chip, then realised it was stuck to the heatsink.
04:57.23dank_work:-)
04:57.44Davilionunfortunatly the ceramic part of the chip was still in the socket
04:59.19dank_workAhhh
04:59.25dank_workNew chip time?
05:03.24Davilionyeah i'll just put the heatsink back on the board, and send it back as one faulty unit
05:04.16*** join/#gllug Leeds (~richardc@beryllium.eu.sun.com)
05:08.58dank_workDishonest :)
05:08.59dank_workHi Leeds
05:09.27Leedswho are you calling dishonest?
05:09.45dank_workDavilion
05:09.55dank_workAlthough I can't comment about someone working for Sun
05:10.05dank_work:-)
05:11.37Daviliondank_work: its not dishonest, i'm not lying, i'll just put 'doesnt work' on the returns sheet.
05:12.13Leedswhat doesn't work? :-)
05:12.30Leedsdank_work: hey - I'm wearing a Sun Linux t-shirt toda, so you've got to be nice to me...
05:13.36Davilionheh
05:13.37SpudUAwayWhat, with what people are saying about Sun Linux???
05:13.49Leedswhat are they saying?
05:13.57DavilionLeeds: pulled the heatsink off an athlon, and pulled the chip off with it, however it left the ceramic part still in the socket.
05:13.59dank_work"It's not Debian"
05:14.26Davilionwhats sun linux based on? red hat? or is it more hardcore?
05:14.51LeedsSun Linux is basically RedHat, with a bunch of tweaks and small upgrades
05:15.05SpudUAwayIt's just a licensed copy of RH8, which is true, and that there is no real effort to hack code, which only might be true.
05:15.15SpudUAway;-)
05:15.58Leedshang on...
05:20.56TarragonThanks OK I'm am wearing a Fosdem shirt but daydreaming about actually getting some sleep.
05:21.25SpudUAwayDoes HJ know your daydreaming???
05:24.30Leedshttp://wwws.sun.com/software/linux/Linux_Differences.pdf (sorry, I thought there was an HTML version) is the official list of differences between RedHat 7.2 and Sun Linux 5.0
05:26.51TarragonHmmm bad month, need sleep - I have managed to destroy/write for seven magazines this month. The only useful one is MicroMart.
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05:33.15dank_workHey jenson
05:33.19jensonhey dan
05:33.27Leedsevening...
05:33.32Leedsno, wait :-)
05:33.43Leedsafternoon...
05:33.46jensonlol Evening Leeds
05:34.35jensonDamn it's cold in here, as usual.
05:34.45dank_workWhere are you now, then?
05:34.54Leedswarm enough in here...
05:35.05dank_workWarm here too. I'm in a T-Shirt.
05:35.22jensonWhere my mother works, on the computers, meaning I'll be overrun by Year 1 and 2 kids in a min.
05:35.35jensonIt's warm here too, just not in the computer room.
05:35.35dank_workSwarms...
05:36.00jensonBRB I better just chek no-one has left me any phone msgs
05:36.05dank_work:)
05:36.16dank_workNoone ever messages / phones me.
05:36.31dank_workWell, almost never.
05:37.38Leedsokay... try to imagine a situation in which one would type "man platypus"
05:38.02Leedsno-one ever calls me either... e-mail, SMS, IRC, Jabber, etc.
05:38.59dank_workI have you on my AIM list. But you're on IRC anyway
05:39.06Leedsyup
05:39.18dank_workHmm.....probably if you're looking up the usage of a command called 'platypus'
05:39.42dank_workOr if someone asks what situations one would type 'man platypus'
05:39.50jensonback.how bloody long did ity take me to finbd my phone lol
05:39.51Leedsnope... I actually meant the animal
05:40.07LeedsI meant to type "dict platypus" - my hands are too well trained :-)
05:40.11dank_workah :)
05:40.37dank_workdict: command not found
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05:41.26dank_workwb
05:41.37jensonty
05:41.37jensondamn thing
05:41.37dank_work:)
05:42.07jensonMind you I didn't think I had the intelligence to run anything text-based so I guess it's an improvement
05:42.21dank_workIt's either that or not use IRC at lunchtimes at all
05:42.37jensonWell exactly
05:43.11Leedsscreen rocks for unreliable connections...
05:43.17dank_workYup.
05:43.24dank_workAnd if you need multiple windows
05:43.28jensonEating micht be a good idea at some point too...but that can wait a while.
05:43.33dank_work(in my case, IRC, mail, IRC, shell)
05:44.26jensonWell the kids aren't allowed to eat in the computer room so I'd best not set a bad example.
05:45.27Davilionanybody reccoment a rescue boot disk distro type thing with a working ssh and tar?
05:45.53dank_workKnoppix?
05:46.05dank_workTom's RootBoot?
05:46.18jensonI've just workd out that it'll cost m,e more to d/l Knoppix, get some decent CD burner software and an 800MB CD than it would to buy the damn thing in the first place.
05:46.19Daviliontried toms, doesnt have ssh
05:46.38Davilionahh, see, if you had linux you could burn it for free :)
05:46.39jensonNot to mentio it will take me 40 hrs to d/l it.
05:46.46dank_workHmm.
05:46.51Davilionwell the cost of a cd or two anyway :)
05:46.54dank_workI could download it at work and send it to you
05:47.02Davilionknoppix would be good if it had a cdrom drive,
05:47.41jensonI know what I'll do. I'll get my dad to d/l it. Although with his understanding of the internet that could be futile.
05:48.09jensonI'm meant to be going into his mwork to do something for him sometime soon so maybe I can d/l it then I think they have a CD burner.
05:48.22jenson^work
05:48.37Leedsjenson: I was trying to tell you that
05:48.41Leedslast night :-)
05:49.12LeedsI'm actually into VNC for semi-stable connections right now...
05:49.26dank_workI use VNC all the time here
05:49.26jensonDamn kids keep asking me what I'm doing
05:49.42dank_workQuick. Write words the kids wouldn't understand :)
05:49.50jensonThey've gone
05:50.08dank_workOut of sight, out of mind
05:50.21dank_workI want to sleep
05:51.14Leedsdank_work: so sleep... we'll cover for you
05:51.22dank_workThanks :)
05:51.27jensonMy mother insists I should just buy the damn CD and be done with it. My parents are finally beginning to take my desire to switch to Linux seriously
05:51.51dank_workYou should get a better distro, though.
05:51.54dank_workDebian sucks.
05:51.57jensonYeah dan. I'm sure I could do you're job, or just charm people into thinking I knew what I was doing. Not sure they'd mistake me for you though.
05:52.24dank_workNo. Your hair is probably longer for a start.
05:52.29jensonWell I'm going to get Mandrake 9 but davilion said to try out Knoppix first to find out what Linux is like.
05:52.38Leedsjenson: Knoppix is a very pretty way to play with Linux without installing it... but it's not necessarily the best thing to actually install
05:52.47dank_workGo for Slackware. You know you want to.
05:52.58jensonNah I don't want Slackware
05:53.01dank_workYes you do :)
05:53.06LeedsMandrake is pretty good for a first install, I think, unless you want to start at the deep end, in which case you can't beat Slack
05:53.12dank_workIt'll get you on the road to *BSD :)
05:53.15Davilionjenson: in a perfect world you'd try out knoppix or a bootable distro, but its sometimes just easier to take the plunge
05:53.19dank_workAnd Real Unix.
05:53.19Leedsdank_work: take it back!
05:53.22jensonThe kid next to me says this looks like teletext only smaller.
05:53.33dank_workYou can increase the font size
05:53.34Leedsteletext because it's text-only :-)
05:53.43jensonThat and the kid is 7.
05:54.14dank_workEEK
05:54.25Leedsshouldn't be allowed...
05:54.27dank_workThat means the kid will have (likely) been born after Win95 came out
05:54.31jensonI think Knoppix would be a good option first but I do intend on getting Mandrake 9 when I actually have a computer powerful enough to run it.
05:54.44dank_workSlackware doesn't need a powerful computer
05:54.59Leedsslckware will happily run on anything from Pentium up
05:55.08jensonI was born into the world of the Winchester OS until I learn't how to use the command promp to get into Windows 3.0
05:55.10dank_work486 up
05:55.24Davilionwow, i'm the king of convolutedness, pxe, hacked lnxbbc iso, two tin cans and a bit of wet string.
05:55.38Leedsit'll run on 486 - happier on Pentium... if nothing else, it *really* wants a bootable CD nowadays
05:55.42dank_workI started with Linux FT. Command line stuff.
05:55.47dank_workHonestly. People these days.
05:55.50dank_workYou have it so easy.
05:55.53LeedsI started with Slackware :-)
05:56.11Davilioni can't remember what thre first linux i used was
05:56.20dank_workThere's no joy in learning Linux any more.
05:56.20Leedsjenson: you will quickly learn that which distro you started on is a big macho thing :-)
05:56.20jensonI have a P90 24MB DDRAM 1GB HD.......but the sys reqs go on about the amount of RAM needed for graphic mode, and I don't think I'd survive text-mode...or the computer weouldn't survive me!
05:56.24dank_workIt's all spoon-fed to you
05:56.33dank_workClick click click. Drag. Drop. Click.
05:56.39Leedsdrool
05:57.02dank_workP90! In my day I *dreamed* of a P90
05:57.09jensondan: at least some of us are making an effort, I could just carry on with Windows
05:57.27dank_workI made the effort a long time ago. don't need to now :-)
05:57.46jensonI hadn't heard of Linux a long time ago.
05:57.55Davilioni had to download lots of floppys over 9600baud, one kernel, one root, plus applications, then, you could fdisk your hard disk, and copy the root over and run lilo on it.
05:58.08Davilionit was awful, then somebody got x working and it was awful but it was still good fun
05:58.11Davilionnot very functional though
05:58.15dank_workNeither did I. I only got it because I wanted to learn Unix, and a friend gave me the FT CD
05:58.32dank_workWho here remembers 'xadmin'?
05:58.59Leedswhat's xadmin?
05:59.07LeedsI know xanim :-)
05:59.14dank_workX-based admin tool. Old old old :)
05:59.18jensonI've been using Windows since I was 6 or 7.... I think my brain is kind of integrated with the everyday functions of it that impress everyonbe else.
05:59.24dank_workIt might have been FT specific; not sure.
05:59.35LeedsI've always used vi (or nedit) for admin
05:59.38dank_workHmm....6 or 7.....
05:59.48dank_workI'd have had my Sharp MZ-80K then.
05:59.57dank_workPossibly used a PE 3600 (with PETOS)
06:00.18LeedsI was using a Speccy at about 8
06:00.18jensonLike when I was chatting to you earlier I wasd showing peoplke how to use Powerpoint autoshapes and they all think I'm really clever....it might sound weird but I like it here because people dopn't treat me like I know everything (probably coz I don't know much at all )
06:00.19dank_workNever really used Windows until I was about 11 or 12.
06:00.40jensonYeah dan but you are older than me that would be why.
06:01.28dank_work4 years older
06:01.29jensonawww poor dan
06:01.42jensonWell 3 years seen as my b/day is at the weekend
06:01.53dank_workCool :)
06:01.57Leedswindows didn't really come along until I was about 12...
06:01.58dank_work3.5 years, in that case (approx.)
06:02.12dank_workLeeds: Yeah, but you're even older.
06:02.19Leedsyeah... I'm old...
06:02.27Leedsbut not as old as Tarragon, SpudUAway or highbury
06:02.55dank_workTrue. :)
06:03.02LeedsI did use Windows 2 at school...
06:03.13dank_workI have Windows 2.03 install disks (copies) somewhere
06:03.13jensonIt's when my mother starts talking about BBC Basic programming I wonder.
06:03.28jensonIf she could understand BBC Basic what isd it about WIN she doesnt get?
06:03.39LeedsBBC BASIC was *excellent*... I'm still proud of the Logo interpreter I wrote my my GCSE project :-)
06:03.43jensonI never used 2. 3.0 was the oldest I got.
06:03.49Leedsstructured BASIC...
06:04.12SpudUAwayDavilion: That's nothing, I used to update viewdata pages at 75baud.
06:04.35Leedstold y'all he was old!
06:04.43dank_workYep :)
06:04.51LeedsI did start off with a 300 baud modem - seriously :-(
06:04.56dank_workI have a PDP at home.
06:05.02dank_work2400 was the slowest one I used.
06:05.35dank_workBwah. Meeting at 2.30 (or 2, or something around then) :(
06:05.47Leedswell, I bought a 300 and 1200/75 one... but I couldn't use it as 1200/75 until I found a hack to TOS which slowed down outgoing bytes enough that the modem could deal with them
06:05.58dank_work:-)
06:06.07Leedsthe first time I used a 2400 baud one, I thought I was in heaven...
06:06.15DavilionSpudUAway: heh, before my time :)
06:06.35Leedsnow I've got a 512K/256K pipe at home, and a 2Mbit pipe at work :-)
06:06.38dank_workI think everyone should start off on 9600, before being allowed to touch broadband. Especially web designers
06:06.44Davilionyes i agree
06:06.53Davilionpeople just don't appreciate bandwidth any more
06:06.58dank_workI used a 9600 modem for a long time
06:07.02jensonWe've got damn 56k modem
06:07.14Davilioni can remember when i first played with 56k it was like wow thats fast (which it was compared to 14.4)
06:07.19dank_workDon't complain :-P
06:07.24jensonI'm on 128k ISDM LAN here...least I think that's what it is.
06:07.28Leedsdank_work: absolutely
06:07.36jenson^ISDN
06:08.56jenson^in a moment
06:09.03jensonSorry, talking and typing.
06:09.21dank_workAh. You need a text-to-speech converter.
06:09.28dank_workThen you won't need to speak what's on IRC
06:09.53LeedsI'm sticking to my new diet plan - sandwiches without bread!
06:10.06SpudUAwayROFL!
06:10.09jensonLeeds: Thjat's an interesting one.
06:10.23Leedsotherwise known as a tuna salad :-)
06:10.49Davilionheh
06:11.11Davilionjenson: Festival can be tuned to do a wicked hall impersonation
06:11.13SpudUAwayTalking of fish, has anyone seen Formi since the sinking?
06:11.21Davilionits not too bad at shakespear either
06:11.43LeedsSpudUAway: he was here last night... seemed - greasy - somehow :-)
06:12.02SpudUAwayThat's cruel!
06:12.08SpudUAwayFunny, but cruel.
06:12.33Daviliondare i ask?
06:12.50SpudUAwayFormi comes from Galicia.
06:13.12Davilionahh :)
06:13.16jensonWell all I have to go eat
06:13.21jensonbye
06:13.24dank_workByee
06:13.25SpudUAwayjenson: What you eating then?
06:13.28Davilionlater gater
06:13.48jensonSpudUAway: mars bar and little orange, very healthy lol
06:13.52SpudUAway'while 'dile.
06:13.52Davilionheheh
06:14.11SpudUAwayYoung people, huh!  Now where are my Jaffa cakes.
06:14.12Leedsenjoy food...
06:14.45Davilionback in a bit, im off ot try and find a working network card. this 3c59x downloads the os, then linux loads the modules and promptly falls over because the card doesnt exist
06:14.54dank_workErrr...
06:15.02SpudUAwayThanks dan, but I've gone metric.
06:15.49SpudUAwayBig up to Dan the Man there!!!!
06:16.03jensonRight now I really must go coz I have to eat.
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06:16.09dank_workBah. Hungry people.
06:16.39dank_workWhatever happened to eating in front of the computer?
06:17.32dank_workYou're never allowed to leave IRC :)
06:17.54Leedsyou've got to go get food so you can bring it back and eat in front of the computer
06:18.23Leeds*I've* got to go get food so I can bring it back and eat it in front of the computer
06:18.42dank_work*I* bring food in the mornings
06:18.48dank_workBefore I'm in front of the computer
06:19.00dank_workAnd get some around 10am, when you're still asleep :-P
06:19.55SpudUAwayI want to know what the official name of the phenomenon is.
06:20.04dank_workWorking?
06:20.46SpudUAwayNo, not that.
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06:21.18SpudUAwayVery small orange, obviously.
06:21.21jensonBack again
06:21.36jensonMy mother is here asking me about how to use the internet so now I'm eating in here
06:21.54SpudUAwayIn front of the computer?  We'd never do that!
06:22.03jensonI always do that lol
06:22.05Leedshow to use the internet?  no idea!
06:22.07jensonhehehe
06:22.18Leedsso is she reading over your shoulder?
06:22.24jensonI've got people either side of me who asks questions now.
06:23.02jensonno leeds she isn't
06:23.03Leedsthe answer is 42!  it's always 42...
06:23.04SpudUAwayI've got the 7 disc CD set of the Internet, bought from PC World a couple of years ago.  Probably available on DVD now.
06:23.05dank_workwb
06:23.21jensonLeeds: thats the meaning of life
06:23.32SpudUAwayAnswer!
06:24.01Leedsit's the answer to the great question of Life, the Universe and Everything - and therefore a correct answer to all lesser questions
06:24.01dank_workibot insult this shitty firewall
06:24.11jensonlol dan
06:24.19dank_workSorry. It b0rk3d again
06:24.28jensonibot lart the firewall
06:24.43dank_workCan I have the Internet on a floppy disk, please?
06:25.06SpudUAwayYeah, I got some 360K disks here, will they do?
06:25.26SpudUAwayAh, when floppies flopped.
06:25.34Leedsibot thanks
06:25.34bitte, Leeds
06:25.34TarragonThe big 5.25" ones?
06:25.36dank_workYeah. I'll have an old copy of the internet
06:25.40Leeds8 inch!
06:25.43dank_workTarragon: No. 8" were big
06:25.46jensonI have some 720s
06:25.47dank_workI have some somewhere
06:26.11Leedswe had a machine at school which took 8" disks... but no-one knew how to use it...
06:26.12SpudUAwayThe good old days, when you didn't have to struggle, too much, to get the disk stapled to a piece of paper.
06:26.23dank_work:-)
06:26.25LeedsI've got 5.25" disks at my parents place...
06:26.36dank_workI have boxes and boxes of 5.25" disks
06:26.43dank_workGrrr. I can't get used to a UK keymap
06:27.06LeedsI'm on a (Sun) US keymap at work and a (PC) UK keymap at home...
06:27.06TarragonI have one 8" and some punch cards framed. Never kept any mylar tape though :-(
06:27.08jensonWhy haven't you been using a UK keymap
06:27.38dank_workBecause for the last couple of years I've used a DEC LK401 keyboard on my PC
06:27.51SpudUAwayjenson: So, what are on these mp3's that you converted?
06:28.02dank_workWhich is from a VT520(IIRC), and is US.
06:28.13dank_workAnd the Apple has a US-style keymap, too
06:29.20dank_workMaybe I should switch back to a US map. I feel more comfortable with it
06:29.31jensonYeah I noticed that Dan
06:29.48SpudUAways/you converted/you want converted/
06:30.43jensonSpud it isn't MP3 i wanted converted. I was talking about things that my CD burner software doesn't do I have to use MMJB to convert.
06:31.50SpudUAwayjenson: Oh, though you were trying to convert some mp3 back to a 'normal' format, maybe to play in an audio CD player.
06:31.54dank_workMy head's hurting
06:32.12jensonAnyway I really must go now coz there is going to be a class full of kids in here in a min asking me a million questions about IE and Ecatra
06:32.18SpudUAwaydank_work: Falling asleep on a keyboard, regardless of map, will do that!
06:32.27dank_work9zwitfc9iutf0
06:32.29jensonSpud: Yeah I can do that though
06:32.45dank_workSimple answer with IE is DON'T USE IT!
06:32.48Leedsjenson: just look enigmatic and answer "FOO!" to all questions...
06:32.59SpudUAwayjenson: L8ers then.
06:33.36dank_workLeeds: No no. You have to alternate between foo, bar, baz, bat
06:33.48Leedstrue...
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06:35.22Leedsin there...
06:35.45dank_workIn where?
06:36.09Leedsin *there*
06:36.13dank_workAhh yes :)
06:36.16dank_workI'm working on it.
06:36.36Leedsremember the logs...  someday someone will point her at them :-)
06:36.57dank_workYou?
06:37.28Leedswhy would you think that?
06:37.33dank_workDunno :)
06:37.37Davilionits always the quiet ones you gotta watch
06:37.49Leedscounts me out then
06:38.04dank_workSo that'd be agk here, then :)
06:38.09Leedsheh :-)
06:41.32dank_work"The MS OS Certificate of Authenticity is a multi-colored label located on the side or bottom of your system. To learn more about this, visit support.dell.com. Then "Ask Dudley" about COA"
06:41.44highburyLeeds: did you reply to sudhir?
06:41.53Leedshighbury: I forwarded Jason's reply on
06:43.03murbare there any mailling lists for cordination between various LUGs etc?
06:43.05highburyahh, we should have told him about the mailing list, but hop[efully he'll look at the website. I should say something on the website to say "free to join"
06:43.24SpudUAwayLugmasters
06:43.36murbSpudUaway: isn't that uk only?
06:43.44SpudUAway<lugmaster@mailman.lug.org.uk>
06:44.04SpudUAwayYeah.  You want international?
06:44.07SpudUAwayHmm.
06:44.18murbSpudUAway: well UK+Ireland
06:45.36Leedsit also seems to have a couple of slightly unfortunate problems... a lot of stuff about the lug.org.uk stuff, and regular arguments started by MJ Ray
06:46.12murbso i won't recomend it to some linux.ie people then.
06:47.11Leedsit would be nice to have a more general (global? European?) lugmasters list setup
06:47.55murbLeeds: European i think would be about right.
06:48.13Leedsotherwise maybe flooded by US people...
06:48.25murbatleast for organising localish things it doesn't make sense to have a gloabl list
06:48.33Leedsthen, of course, you get into language problems...
06:48.44SpudUAwayQuick, someone grab lugs.org.eu
06:48.59LeedsI don't really meant for organising cross-LUG things... more just for keeping in touch with each other, sharing tips, etc.
06:49.06murbLeeds: that does'nt happen with debian-events-europe.
06:49.08highburybtw. *we* are now also at http://gl.lug.org.uk
06:49.23Leedshighbury: I know, but we don't really use any of their other services, do we?
06:49.30Davilionhmm mental note, don't buy sainsbury's cheese pasta salad in future as its more salad less cheese
06:50.00SpudUAwayHmm, cheese, that's a thought.
06:50.07LeedsDavilion: I can recommend M&S cheese pasta layered salad
06:50.25Davilionyummy
06:50.36highburyLeeds: it has been discussed, you were involved. But, for the moment we stay as we are.
06:50.57highburyKorenwolf: Do you think you might be able to the meeting on the 7th?
06:51.07murbDon't they put nasty adverts in their list mail?
06:51.36Leedsmurb: not any more
06:51.41Leedsor at least: not at the moment
06:52.28murbsomeone went and created herts.lug.org.uk, when hlug@earth.li already existed...not it causes intersting problems with people being on the wrong list.
06:52.53SpudUAwayMmmm, I knew there must have been something in the fridge that wasn't covered in chocolate.  The bluey/green bit are good for you, right?
06:53.20LeedsSpudUAway: you hear all those ads about 'live yougurt' being good for you, don't you?
06:54.48Davilionmurb: we used to get that all the time in scotlug, people creating sub lugs just for the sake of it without looking to see whats already out there
06:55.54SpudUAwayLeeds: lug.org.uk did seem to be the main resource for organising the national installfest days.
06:56.55LeedsSpudUAway: sure... but it might be nice if it were a little more independent, and MJ Ray really rubs me up the wrong way...
06:57.03SpudUAwayI wonder who is taking responsibility for the 2003 days?
06:57.13Leedsfood time!
06:57.39SpudUAwayBut how many independent lugs are there?
06:58.13Davilionnot all that many active ones
07:01.14Korenwolfhighbury: not sure atm
07:01.18KorenwolfWill try and make it
07:01.57SpudUAwayWHAT!  You mean I might have to find some money to buy you that promised beer!
07:02.44Korenwolfheh :)
07:02.56SpudUAwayI'm only going to buy it at 1999 prices!
07:09.11murbLeeds: I think MJ Ray has a little brother who has just gone to hatfield poly...
07:09.29murband is a right haz0r type
07:10.33Davilionheh
07:10.59Davilionhow long do you recon before all the l337 d00ds start invading linux?
07:11.20SpudUAwayStart?  Look at Murb!
07:11.27Leedslook at D
07:11.27SpudUAway;-)
07:12.06dank_workMeeting time
07:12.07SpudUAwayThough you may not realise it, look and John and me!
07:12.26SpudUAwayNo, sorry, that's just toooooo far fetched.
07:12.34Leedsbloody QL geeks
07:12.57SpudUAwayWe were l337 before Elite !
07:13.52SpudUAwayWe all had out own, personal JSW pokes.
07:16.23Davilionheh
07:16.35Davilioni meant the little script kiddies
07:16.46Davilionit seems they can't work linux yet
07:48.05dank_workBoo
07:54.15Davilionwhat a day
07:54.49dank_workHappy Wednesday afternoon
07:55.29Davilionits not too bad, didnt leave the office until midnight last night then i spent all night onn the phone to the states so im pretty tired today
07:55.34SpudUAwayGod, is it Wednesday!
07:56.15SpudUAwayHump day, already, crikey.
07:56.40Davilionhump day?
07:56.59TarragonPersonal JSW pokes - Ha - Used to have lunch and play 3D Monster Maze with Eugene Evans - We were too young for beer :-(
07:57.00SpudUAwayHump day, yeah.  Over the hump, coast down to the weekend.
07:57.22dank_workAh. You weren't having a dirty-minded thought, were you?
07:57.24TarragonWeekend? Whats that!
07:57.25Davilionahh ok
07:57.57SpudUAwaydank_work: I was, just not about hump days tho'.
07:58.01Davilionyou mean you dont work 7 days a week?
07:58.53SpudUAwayTarragon: The weekend.  You know, those 3 hours where you go to Bowlers.
07:59.31SpudUAwayDavilion: Have you been working your weekends off?
07:59.31TarragonAh the company buying trip you mean.
07:59.44SpudUAwayAnd will you be sowing them back on again?
08:00.06DavilionSpudUAway: yeah, i've been starting my own company, doing more private work, and doing overtime for streamline, not to mention tyring to 'socialise'
08:00.10SpudUAways/sowing/sewing
08:00.28SpudUAwayErr, though, I don't know, now that I come to think of it.
08:02.01SpudUAwayErr, IRC isn't really socialising!
08:02.08SpudUAway;-)
08:02.59dank_workYes it is
08:03.00dank_work:)
08:10.20SpudUAwayHey, I've just got a ticket to go and see RadioActive being recorded on Sunday week.
08:22.26LeedsSpudUAway: congrats
08:24.18SpudUAwayI suspect the minidisc will have to be put to good, or is that bad, use.
08:25.07Leedsout-takes?
08:41.02dank_workHeh
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09:44.17dank_workHi
09:44.24Oldehello
09:44.26Oldeh:>
09:45.13Oldehfirst of all let me say :) i wanna jump into linux
09:45.26Oldehbut im findin it dam hard
09:45.46Oldehi managed to get rehat 8 up and runnin
09:46.00Oldehbut i play open gl games
09:46.01dank_workLinux is easy :)
09:46.12Oldehand i carnt get nvidia drivers into it
09:46.16dank_workAh.
09:46.22Oldehi can get quake3 running in sofware mode
09:46.37Oldehbut the nvidia stuff is so confusing
09:46.39dank_workBut you'd rather have the hardware acceleration?
09:46.44Oldehyes please
09:46.53Oldehi followed 3 or 4 howtos
09:46.59Oldehbut nothing
09:47.06Oldehim very frustrated
09:47.22dank_workIt has a tendency of being like that
09:47.29Oldehhehe
09:47.38Oldehi have tried mandrake and redhat
09:47.51Oldehi got on much better with RH
09:49.29dank_workOkay. I don't have NVidia cards, so I don't know how to get the binary-only drivers working.
09:49.48Oldehi have a radeon 9700pro as well
09:50.00SpudUAwayhttp://www.nvidia.com/search.asp?keywords=linux+drivers
09:50.06Oldehyes done that
09:50.14SpudUAwayIs a link that will get you more info.
09:50.16Oldehlet me add
09:50.23SpudUAwayYou got both rpms?
09:50.35Oldehright i got the right glx driver matched to the right kernal
09:50.44Oldehyes rpms come up with errors
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09:50.49CyrilBhi
09:50.53Oldehi even compiled
09:50.59dank_workHi
09:51.03Oldehbut nothin
09:51.17Oldehi need a linux quake player
09:51.26Oldehsome one whos done it on rh
09:51.31Oldeh:/
09:51.42SpudUAwayActually, i need a linux quake player!
09:51.51Oldehbut me and all my mates run WindowXp
09:51.58SpudUAwayI've got it running, but on SuSE.
09:52.08Oldehoh dam
09:52.32Oldehi got a gf3 ultra
09:52.41Oldehand a radeon 9700 pro
09:52.48Oldehi carnt get either to work
09:52.56Oldehim quite frustrated
09:52.59Oldeh:/
09:53.09dank_workDon't play Quake then :-P
09:53.13Oldehbah
09:53.22Oldehits a reason to try linux
09:53.26dank_workPlay Hunt the Wumpus instead
09:53.31Leedsangband!
09:53.45Oldehmmmm
09:54.35Oldehso u which of u guys is in london
09:54.36Oldeh?
09:54.54Oldehne1?
09:55.24SpudUAwaydank_work: HtW, man you mash my head up, hehe!
09:55.31SpudUAwayIs top game.
09:55.45Oldehis there any release of linux that comes with opengl for nvidia already in it?
09:55.54SpudUAwayKind of game you could play on hump days ;-)
09:56.26LeedsOldeh: all of us, approximately
09:56.41SpudUAwayNo, 'cos opengl is lisence doesn't allow it.  Saying that, my SuSE installed it automatically, from the nVidea sites.
09:56.53Oldehoh
09:56.56Oldehdam
09:57.15Oldehhow many iso's do i need to download
09:57.26Oldehi guess i'll try suse then?
09:57.27SpudUAwayWhat errors do you get when installing the rpms?
09:57.35Oldeherror line 23'
09:57.38Oldeherror line 23's
09:58.00Oldehand then startx dont work and kicks me to commandline
09:58.03SpudUAwayWhat an odd sort of RPM error.  what about when you compiled?
09:58.15Oldehno errors from the compiled
09:58.24Oldehbut startx just errors out
09:58.33Oldehi edited xfree86config
09:58.56Oldehi included load "glx"
09:59.17Oldehand changed driver from nv to "nvidia"
09:59.22Oldehas per instructons
09:59.28Oldehbut nothing
09:59.31highburySuSE don't provide iso images
09:59.56Oldehu carnt download suse?
10:00.15SpudUAwayOldeh: Not as an iso, no.
10:00.29Oldehhows do u getit then?
10:00.36Oldehi meant how?
10:00.38highburyyou should be editing /etc/X11/XF86Config
10:01.36highburyyou buy it, approx £35 for SuSE 8.1 Pro Update (which has all the cd's but less manuals) or arounf £59 for full thing
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10:01.59Oldehi already bought suse 6 and 7
10:02.08Oldehbut found it too frustrating
10:02.11SpudUAwayDo you like Lederhosen?
10:02.14Oldehso gave them away
10:02.20highburythey bring out a new version every 6 months
10:02.32Oldehja laderhosen is da bombe
10:02.42Oldeh:>
10:03.05Oldehnow stop it
10:03.07Oldeh:>
10:03.15SpudUAwayConsider it stopped.
10:03.30Oldeh:>
10:03.37Oldehbut
10:03.39Oldehbut
10:03.39Oldehbut
10:03.49SpudUAwayWhat config file in RH* were you changing?
10:03.51Oldehwhen i say No do i really mean it?
10:03.58Oldehlet me look
10:04.19Oldehim sure its the right file
10:04.24Oldehbut ill check
10:05.18Oldehomg
10:05.26Oldehmachines not booting
10:05.30Oldehdoh
10:05.51Oldehi guess i'll leave it till the next meeting
10:05.58Oldehwhere is it gonna be btw
10:06.37SpudUAway/etc/X11/XF86Config
10:07.01Oldehyep thats the one i edited
10:07.14Oldehhehe
10:07.25Oldehsome ones leetching
10:07.27Oldehfrom me
10:08.00highburysame place as before, check out the website
10:08.58Oldehcool i will look into it again thx for your help
10:09.06SpudUAwayOldeh: You play Q3 over the Internet?  What free servers are there?
10:10.05Oldehtheres loads
10:10.11Oldehdo u play q3 then
10:10.12Oldeh?
10:10.33SpudUAwayI have Q3, would like to play, need somewhere to start.
10:10.40Oldehcool
10:10.42TarragonIf you get the SuSE 8.1 then the online update does the nVidia driver. Running here smooth. Makes a huge difference. Frame rate and pixel smoothing
10:10.49Oldehwe can swap tips then
10:11.12Oldehcool
10:11.27TarragonNot Q3 tips - Counter-Strike maybe.....
10:11.45SpudUAwayYeah, but no CS client?
10:12.05SpudUAwayYou gotta try the UT2003 demo tho'.
10:12.24TarragonTrue. pity as then I would ownz you all!
10:12.33Oldehlol
10:12.42OldehUT SUKX WORSE THEN WINDOWS
10:12.47Oldehinfact its so bad
10:12.54Oldehit could be a M$ product
10:12.58Oldehhehhehe
10:17.24TarragonnVidia is better for games especially the transgaming stuff. Just a pain about the drivers. Still no driver for Mandy 9.0 If you want bad though Mattrox 550 dual head. Crashes on any GL stuff with cursor lock
10:19.12Oldeh:<
10:20.09murbTarragon: well nv have a certain repultation for crashy drivers.
10:20.23Oldehhehe
10:20.32Oldehthats so not true
10:20.41Oldehi have had nv driver on windows for years
10:20.51Oldehand the only thing they do is imporve
10:21.11Oldehi have never had to downgrade drivers for stability problems
10:35.04eye69Evening
10:42.27dank_workHi
10:47.42dank_workHometime.
10:48.46eye69Sadly, no.
10:49.28dank_workIt is for me.
10:49.37dank_workI'll be back on this evening. As usual.
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12:03.28resudaedis there anyone here?
12:06.53murbno.
12:08.56resudaedok
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13:01.09irvined_evening all
13:33.27SpudUAwayAnyone see Dead Ringers on the telly Monday?
13:39.08TarragonMonday night - Nah was working :-)
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13:45.09SpudUAwayagk: How was it decided who should take the responsibility for organising the National Installfest days this year?
13:45.37agkone person volunteered and everyone else let him get on with it
13:45.57SpudUAwayKewl.  Has he recovered?
13:46.28SpudUAwayHas anyone offered plans for next year?
13:55.36eye69Fscking MySQL
13:56.02SpudUAwayAye, eye!
13:57.11eye69When checking mysql.com for information about OPTIMIZE TABLE it says that if I run 'myisamchk --quick --check-only-changed --sort-index --analyze' that should be the same thing as OPTIMIZE TABLE. It isn't.
13:57.37eye69Myisamchk doesn't seem to be reclaming space from deleted rows, while OPTI.... does.
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13:59.12dankolbEvening
14:01.08TarragonEvening again - long trip home?
14:01.35dankolbNope. Just on a modem here, so am not connected all the time
14:01.57TarragonOK.
14:02.21dankolbI really must get around to installing ADSL
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14:03.02TarragonCost vs benefit if you have work access
14:03.46dankolbHey jenson
14:03.59jensonHey dan
14:04.00dankolbApparently work might pay for it
14:05.28irvined_heh
14:05.46irvined_tidying up really is an oxymoron
14:05.59dankolbHowso?
14:06.12irvined_well, whenever i try to tidy up, all i do is create lots of mess
14:06.32jensonirvined: welcome to my world lol
14:06.39dankolbAh :)
14:07.46irvined_heh
14:08.48irvined_elwell must be nearly here
14:08.51dankolbCan I have a DHCP lease?
14:09.08jensondamn that freaking bleeping can't be assed to turn it off though.
14:09.30dankolbBEEP BEEP
14:09.35jensonNow I've turned the CD player on with speaskers off.....lol
14:09.37dankolbWhat's beeping?
14:09.40jensonty for that input dan
14:09.50jensonThe damn thing announcing private msgs
14:10.04dankolbAh. :-)
14:14.40jensonHas it gone quiet or is this thing dying on me
14:14.56dankolbQuiet.
14:30.01irvined_much as ibm pisses me off its always nice to know you've got space for pr0n
14:30.03irvined_/dev/home             4.3T  344G  3.9T   8% /hpcx/home
14:30.03irvined_/dev/tmpchkpt         4.3T  835M  4.2T   1% /hpcx/tmpchkpt
14:30.04irvined_/dev/work             6.4T 1022M  6.3T   1% /hpcx/work
14:30.06irvined_/dev/hsm              2.1T  1.8G  2.1T   1% /hpcx/hsm
14:30.30dankolbGive me :)
14:30.35dankolbThe drive space, that is
14:30.37TarragonT oh please
14:30.58dankolbWhat system is that on?
14:31.11irvined_now you know what your education budget is spent on
14:31.19irvined_daresbury
14:31.35dankolbIBM system?
14:31.42jensonI can't stay much longer coz my granny wants to phone a mate soon.
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14:32.59dankolbAh. :-/ Okay
14:32.59jensonhey cupis
14:33.01dankolbHi cupis
14:33.11irvined_dankolb: yeah
14:33.23dankolbDon't know it. Can I have it?
14:33.25cupishey
14:35.31irvined_i think they're using it at the moment, if your willing to wait a few years im sure they will scrap it evenutually
14:36.50Tarragon17T - whats the electricity bill and what backup?
14:37.59dankolbirvined_: Cool. Put my name down already, then :)
14:38.21irvined_backup is a lot of cool shiny roboty goodness i'm told
14:38.28irvined_24 lto drives on a robot
14:38.53dankolbMmmm. Can I have that too?
14:39.03irvined_sure anytime :)
14:39.15irvined_just pop over in a transit van and the security guard will let you in
14:40.08dankolbAh. Could be difficult.
14:40.12dankolbWhat about a VW microbus?
14:40.30irvined_heheh
14:42.08TarragonDepends on your suspension then.
14:42.20dankolbThanks :)
14:42.29jensonI have to go now.
14:42.31dankolbTarragon: It's quite reasonable
14:42.32jensonSee ya guys
14:42.44dankolbC'ya
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14:48.42SpudUAwayirvined_: No, 'tidying up' is only an oxymoron if you have children, because, no matter what they have, it will end up on the floor, so you HAVE GOT TO PICK IT **UP** to tidy.
14:49.43SpudUAwayAdults can tidy down.  Tho' I suspect her mother would have something to say about it if I tried to Tie D down!
14:49.58dankolb:)
14:50.51TarragonAwwww I'm gonna show D a log file of this - Your in trouble.
14:51.03SpudUAwayD, or Diana, my partner.
14:51.56SpudUAwayirvined_: How much of that is mp3s?
14:52.23TarragonD=Diana you know how much she doesn't like SM
14:52.30irvined_SpudUAway: none at present, i dont get on that system, its not my toy unfortunatly.
14:52.54irvined_I do however, have few terrabytes of storage at leeds which occionally gets used for some mp3/ogg/divx encoding :)
14:52.56SpudUAwayirvined_: Matter of time, surely.
14:53.20SpudUAwayI'm sure it does guv'ner.
14:53.24irvined_yeah i imagine so, our MD seems to be getting his finger deeper into more and more hpc pies as time goes on
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15:10.02agkSpudUAway: installfest plans for next year - nope; raise it on the lugmaster mailing list?
15:11.31SpudUAwayagk: Murb was asking after any other lub support mailing lists, like lugmaster, but European.  Do you know of anything?
15:11.57agkonly an international one
15:12.05agknot much happens on it though, and it's very Us-centric
15:12.45SpudUAwayOK.
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15:55.41old3hspud u there doode
15:56.26old3hspud u there doode!
15:56.29old3hwake wake
15:56.32old3h:>
15:56.39old3hgowd hes gown
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15:56.44old3h:/
15:57.25dankolb_Stupid BT
15:57.42old3him still lookin for a linux chappie that can help me install nvidia drivers on redhat :>
15:57.55old3him not having ne luk
15:58.33dankolb_Try asking on the mailing list
15:59.21old3haye
15:59.31old3him new
15:59.33old3h:>
15:59.54old3hrying to get opengl accleration working on redhat
16:00.18old3hnvidia rpms errors out on me
16:00.29old3hand then X wont run
16:00.49dankolb_Yeah, I know.
16:01.02old3hhehe
16:01.20old3hu were here before
16:01.21old3h:)
16:01.44old3haye
16:01.46dankolb_:)
16:01.46old3hi guessed
16:01.49old3h:>
16:01.58old3hhow long u been a linux peep?
16:02.21old3hi been trying a few days now :>
16:03.00dankolb_:)
16:03.03dankolb_*thinks*
16:03.07dankolb_1996 it would have been
16:03.39old3hcor an expert
16:03.41old3h:>
16:03.53dankolb_Semi :)
16:04.00old3hgreat
16:04.09dankolb_To be honest, I'm becoming more of a *BSD person
16:04.24old3h<-- ignorant
16:04.29old3hwhats the difference?
16:04.33old3heek
16:04.44dankolb_:)
16:04.58dankolb_Quite a lot.
16:05.02old3hoh
16:05.05dankolb_Apart from different politics
16:05.09old3hruns the same software?
16:05.13dankolb_Pretty much
16:05.18old3hcompatible?
16:05.30old3hdo u have to recompile for bsd?
16:05.51dankolb_There exist binary compatibility layers, but recompilation is the best way
16:05.59dankolb_Fortunately, this is really easy, as there exist Ports
16:06.05old3hi thought as much
16:06.13old3h:>
16:06.22dankolb_These pull down the software, apply patches, compile it up. Also takes care of any dependencies
16:06.23old3h<-- windpoos xpert
16:06.38old3h:>
16:07.13dankolb_I'm using Windows 2000 on one of my work serveres
16:07.15dankolb_*servers
16:07.20old3hlol
16:07.29old3hfraudian slip
16:07.31old3h!
16:07.41old3hdidnt u mean siv?
16:07.48old3has it lets so much thru
16:07.51old3h:>
16:07.58old3hsiv'er even
16:08.02old3hoops
16:08.06old3hpuns apart
16:08.21old3hi would really like to develop some linux skills
16:08.27old3hvery difficult
16:08.32dankolb_Not Freudian. There wasn't anything related to sex in my statement
16:08.51old3hafter working for microsoft for a couple of years
16:08.57old3hi feel
16:09.05old3hindoctinated
16:09.13dankolb_Heh. Unix skills aren't that difficult to get
16:09.15old3hand its all seems a world apart
16:09.24old3haye
16:09.29old3hi'll get it
16:09.43dankolb_It does, but you just need to keep working on it
16:09.58old3him keen to be able to be able to choose something other than windows
16:10.02dankolb_If you can, get hold of some 'old-school' Unix teaching guides
16:10.19old3hwell
16:10.29old3hthats how i got good with windows
16:10.47old3hreally wanted to be able to tinker and fix all the problems it throws at users
16:11.05old3hand i developed to a stage where i now have my own i.t compnay
16:11.16old3hwindows based support
16:11.26old3hbut im keen to develop all aspects
16:11.30dankolb_Yeah.
16:11.50dankolb_I got started with Linux because I wanted to learn Unix, and a friend gave me a copy of Linux
16:11.59old3hyeh
16:12.35dankolb_So I did have to install Linux, but I got a guide with it.
16:12.50old3hi am looking into rounding up skillz for playing games on linux
16:12.59dankolb_And I think it was better for me coming at it by saying 'it's Unix; I want to learn Unix', rather than specifically Linux
16:13.16old3hso i can offer much cheaper machines for clients
16:13.45old3him interested in linux now
16:13.52old3hi see a market
16:14.21old3hbut im an enthusiastic about all computers
16:14.30old3him a geek im afraid
16:14.41old3hahhhh
16:14.42dankolb_Ah, but you can get *BSD, too. And Solaris 8 (for x86) is available for free licence on < 8-CPU machines
16:14.43old3hit burns
16:14.48dankolb_We're all geeks here :)
16:14.55old3hoooh cool
16:15.06old3hdid u see the specks of my machine
16:15.10old3him a pro geek
16:15.15old3hlol
16:15.25old3h9 Operating System8 (3 Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 (5.1 - 2600)8 )
16:15.25old3h9 Uptime8 (3 2days 6hrs 54mins 16secs8 ) 9 Record Uptime8 (3 2days 6hrs 54mins 16secs8 )
16:15.25old3h9 Processor8 (3 1-Intel Pentium 4, 2805MHz, 512KB (11% Load)8 )
16:15.25old3h9 Memory8 (3 Usage: 287/512MB (56.05%) [|||||||||||---------]8 )
16:15.25old3h9 Motherboard8 (3 Abit p4-553-c8 )9 Temperature/Fan8 (3 CPU Temprature is -1°C, and Case Temprature is °C8 )
16:15.26old3h9 Display8 (3 1600x1200 32bit 100Hz8 ) 9 Monitor8 (3 Iiyama 22"8 )
16:15.28old3h9 Graphics Card8 (3 Radeon 9700 Pro8 ) 9 3DMark Score8 (3 153238 )
16:15.30old3h9 Internet8 (3 nilly via Alcatel SpeedTouch USB ADSL PPP @ 576Kb/s for 6h 51m 18s (122.34MB up, 600.98MB down)8 )
16:15.33old3h9 Free Space (C:)8 (3 30.98 GB8 )
16:15.35old3h9 Free Space (D:)8 (3 23.51 GB8 )
16:15.37old3h9 Free Space (F:)8 (3 25.34 GB8 )
16:15.49old3h<-- freeki geek
16:16.26highburyold3h: I wonder whether the Radeon drivers are available yet for Linux?
16:17.04old3hcool
16:17.19old3hi got a powerbook g4 too
16:17.24old3hwith osx
16:17.27old3h:>
16:17.31old3him a true geek
16:17.36highburyold3h: have you a freezer in your cpu? The temparatures are a bit suspect
16:17.36dankolb_Cool :)
16:17.38old3h=>
16:17.56old3hthe temps not right
16:18.00dankolb_My workstation at work is an Athlon 700 with FreeBSD 4.7
16:18.05old3hdunno why it says that
16:18.26dankolb_Also I've got a Dell Poweredge 2550 server (2x 1.133GHz P-IIIs) with Win2000
16:18.32dankolb_And a Sun Ultra 10 with Solaris 9
16:18.38old3hu geek
16:18.56highburymines, still a dual-pentium 400 with SuSE 8.0, and 147Gb across 3 disks
16:19.03old3hi got a girlfrind who keep my cpu that cold ;)
16:19.10old3hlol
16:19.13dankolb_:)
16:19.24dankolb_That was only my work stuff.
16:19.28dankolb_Well, the Powerbook is my own
16:19.36old3hdid i mention my ultra 160 lvd raid?
16:19.38old3h:)
16:19.49old3him A geek
16:19.52old3h:P
16:19.55highburyahh, scsi .... a proper machine
16:20.48dankolb_Hmm. Evidently I should try a different tack.
16:20.48dankolb_2x VAXen
16:20.48dankolb_1x PDP
16:20.48irvined_oooh a pdp
16:20.48irvined_quite fancy one of those
16:20.48old3hlol
16:20.48old3h<--- ignorant
16:20.48dankolb_(11/83)
16:20.48old3hwhats a pdp
16:20.48dankolb_Ahh. A young'un
16:20.48irvined_i want to try and get my ahands on an origin2k and make it into a water feature for my livingroom or something
16:20.48old3hcome on let me drool
16:20.49highburyI want one with the old Lunar Lander with light-pen gam on it
16:20.49dankolb_irvined_: NOO
16:20.50dankolb_Bad irvined_!
16:20.55dankolb_Don't destroy old computer equipment, unless it doesn't work
16:21.15old3hwhat about old computer operators like me
16:21.24dankolb_You should know about old DEC stuff, then
16:21.24dankolb_:)
16:21.44old3hmy memmorys not what it used to be
16:21.54irvined_i dont in general, i like to keep computers alive as much
16:21.56irvined_as possible
16:21.59old3hdid i meantion my machine has the new 1066 rdram in it
16:22.05irvined_origin racks look so cool though
16:22.14old3hlol
16:22.30dankolb_I had a chance to get a Honeywell 316 a long time ago. But that was before I was really interested in old computers
16:23.07old3hhehe im very old
16:23.33old3hi probably have had every home pc and console right upto xbox
16:23.39old3hlol
16:23.57old3hbut im resisting ps2
16:24.02old3hlo
16:24.04dankolb_:)
16:24.06old3hlol
16:26.49old3hso dan
16:26.55dankolb_Yes, old3h
16:26.58old3hu goto these gllug meetings?
16:27.03old3haye im scott btw
16:27.23dankolb_Ah. I go to gllug meeting, yes.
16:27.27old3hinfact does ne 1 goto them
16:27.31old3hgreat
16:27.38dankolb_Started going a few months ago, afer being on the list a couple of years :)
16:27.45old3hu dont find windows users doing them sorta things
16:28.00old3hhehe
16:28.22old3hi remmber getting an amiga 1000 in the late 80's
16:28.53dankolb_Yeah. I have an A500 in my cupboard
16:28.54old3hi used to got loads meets
16:29.00old3hlol
16:29.10old3ha1000 was the best looking machine ever
16:29.18old3hand when u took it to bits
16:29.25old3hlook on the inside of the cover
16:29.35old3hit had signitures from jeff minter
16:29.41old3hand all the works peepl
16:29.53old3heven jeffs dog had a paw print in there
16:30.02old3hwhich was so cool
16:30.10old3h<--- im a real geek innnit
16:30.19dankolb_:)
16:30.38old3hpity i blew mine up
16:30.53old3hmaking a 20 gig a500 hdd work with it
16:30.58old3hhhehehe
16:31.10old3h<-- me learnt a lesson
16:31.42old3h:>
16:31.52old3hmy mum killed me
16:31.54old3h:>
16:32.10dankolb_:)
16:32.23old3hcost like £1000
16:32.32old3hand i broke it
16:32.40old3hand my brother told me mum
16:32.48dankolb_Oops
16:32.57old3hso lets say she wasnt pleased
16:33.04dankolb_I'm not surprised
16:33.11old3hhehe
16:33.18old3hi was young
16:33.23old3h:)
16:34.06dankolb_When I were a lad...
16:34.41old3haye
16:34.54old3hi still got the marks
16:34.57old3h:>
16:35.48resudaedhas anyone in here ever configured squid?
16:36.27dankolb_Nope.
16:36.36dankolb_The one time I used it, it 'just worked'
16:37.09resudaedit keeps returning access denied
16:39.27dankolb_Hm.
16:42.38old3ho
16:42.40old3hok
16:42.51old3hi got uni and work tommorrow
16:43.00old3him gonna have to get some sleep
16:43.05old3hspeak to u laters
16:43.08dankolb_Laters
16:43.09old3h:>
16:43.14old3hnice meeting ya
16:43.19old3hnighty night
16:43.22dankolb_You too
16:43.22dankolb_nn
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16:58.53*** topic/#gllug is GLLUG - Greater London Linux User Group, http://gllug.linux.co.uk [next meeting 7 December 2002]
17:41.26TarragonIt's that chocolate time again.
17:42.17dankolb_Mmm
17:44.43TarragonThe joys of no sleep and chocolate/coffee overdoses. Right time for some serious gaming. Be back in a couple of hours.
17:44.58dankolb_Have fun.
17:45.02dankolb_See you in the morning, probably
17:45.03dankolb_'night
17:45.32TarragonManic miner here I come...
17:45.58dankolb_:)
17:46.07dankolb_Sounds an old game
17:46.10dankolb_Or old-school
17:46.30TarragonActually I have just found Zzoom - the hours I wasted on a Spectrum. I wonder...
17:46.40dankolb_:)
17:47.13TarragonIt works :-) Thats tonight sorted then.
17:47.39dankolb_:)
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18:31.59highburyTarragon: did you get the Uplink extras cd?

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