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01:21.54Tarragonhighbury: Weird thing that - I don't know. Yes they sent me a CD, Yes it is different from the main game one I have. Trouble is hardly any difference. Bonus disk is meant to have histories and earlier versions and I cannot find that. I think they have sent me a more recent copy of the main disk. i will email them.
01:23.26SpudUAwayIt's not a game, it seems to be a way of life!
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01:39.32TarragonIt is. But they could have so easily hidden the bonus stuff on the CD that it maybe the proper disc.
01:59.01TarragonThey have replied already. No I do not have the bonus CD :-(
02:12.55highburyheh
02:13.21highburywhy don't they just let people download the extras
02:19.51TarragonThe extras are all down-loadable on the site. The bonus CD (re-ordered) is the history only
02:29.57SpudUAway+Mmmm, breakfast.  Pancakes, maple syrup and a banana, pear, and the Mars bar.
02:30.12SpudUAwayIt's a balanced diet it tell you!
02:30.24SpudUAwayIt's piled on a very small plate.
02:33.56dank_workMorning
02:35.12SpudUAwayHi.
02:35.58dank_workWill be back later. Hopefully :)
02:36.18SpudUAwayPah, collaborator!
02:36.25SpudUAway;-)
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04:01.21murbhi
04:01.30irvined_morning
04:01.49irvined_slept in again today.,
04:02.13SpudUAwayDoes the LPI have any standing in the UK?  Would anyone be interested in LPI certification in the UK?
04:02.52irvined_Not sure, i asked about it and nobody really knew, so i took that to be a no.
04:03.11irvined_But i think its possibly ebcause so few people have them nobody really has any experience of dealing with them
04:05.15SpudUAwayHmm, there is much I don't understand about the whole certification thing.  It's something I pretty much stopped bothering about after 10M.
04:08.08skugg"10M"? what's that?
04:10.47Ol3ha5l33plo colin
04:10.51Ol3ha5l33pu awake
04:11.05SpudUAway10 Metre swimming certificate
04:11.17Old3hawakelol
04:11.27Old3hawakei have trouble in a the bath
04:11.50skuggSpudUAway, ah, I see. haven't got any of those. got more 25M ones than I can carry though...
04:11.54SpudULikeHmm, not sure we want to know.
04:12.43SpudULikeUsed?  Once learnt, never forgotten, surely?
04:13.56SpudULikeOld3hawake: Thought you were out at Uni today?  Or is it still too early?
04:13.59SpudULike;-)
04:14.33skuggSpudULike, well, I don't swim competitions anymore... hence "used"
04:15.03SpudULikeSkugg: What RH experience have you?  Old3hawake was trying to set up nVidea drivers.
04:15.10irvined_right, im off to london. see you later
04:15.44Old3hawakei gave uni a miss
04:15.47Old3hawakelol
04:16.05SpudULikeWon't they miss you?
04:16.10Old3hawakeaye
04:16.12Old3hawake:>
04:16.24Old3hawakei'll get a bollocking
04:16.27Old3hawakelol
04:16.27SpudULikeWhat is it you're, err, not doing at uni?
04:16.37Old3hawakelol
04:16.41Old3hawakeapparently
04:16.45Old3hawakeim not doing much
04:16.49Old3hawake:>
04:17.06SpudULikeOK, another way, what should you be doing at uni?
04:17.23Old3hawakeBuisness degree thinggummy doodar
04:17.30Old3hawake:>
04:17.43skuggSpudULike, I spent weeks trying to install redhat5 when it was out. managed, but failed to use it. never tried it since.
04:17.46SpudULikeThat's a bit like media studies in'it?
04:17.53Old3hawakelol
04:18.13SpudULikeskugg: OK, never mind.
04:18.20Old3hawakeno its like learning about buisness
04:18.23Old3hawakehehe
04:18.42Old3hawakeits going really well though
04:19.16Old3hawakemuch better than my redhat 8 and nvidia drivers
04:19.19Old3hawake:>
04:23.53SpudULikeHave you tried asking in irc.xiph.org #quakeforge
04:24.24Old3hawakeno
04:25.07SpudULikeAh, well, a quick google on my part has brought up this irc channel,  they may know more.
04:26.10Old3hawakeok will ask
04:27.27SpudULikeNot really sure what quakeforge is all about, have a look at their website before pestering them tho' - http://www.quakeforge.net/about.php
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04:28.28Old3hawakequake hackers
04:29.41SpudULikeIt seems to be an Open Source Quake thing, so some are bound to be Linux hackers.
04:30.12Old3hawakei went to there channel
04:30.23Old3hawakethier
04:30.28Old3hawakehehe
04:30.53Old3hawakeviamently anti quake3
04:30.56Old3hawakelol
04:31.12Old3hawakebut im sure they can help with opengl
04:31.30SpudULikeBut you'll need OpenGL running, so you can play Quakeforge!
04:31.52Old3hawakeyes
04:32.09Old3hawakei did notice the opengl stull
04:32.11Old3hawakei did notice the opengl stul
04:32.13Old3hawakei did notice the opengl stuff
04:32.19Old3hawakeso i will persue it
04:32.56SpudULikelists.quakeforge.net/list-archives/quakeforge-users/ 2002-October/000248.html
04:34.40SpudULikehttp://new.newsland.it/nr/article/linux.redhat.misc/5192.html
04:35.09Old3hawakelooking
04:41.14SpudULikeIn what way didn't you get on with Mandrake?
04:42.14Old3hawakejust the same problem
04:42.20Old3hawakei like rh much better though
04:43.47SpudULikeI haven't touched RH for so long!  Does RH, conveniently support 3D?  Anyone know?
04:44.06SpudULikeDo you know what version of X you installed?
04:45.44SpudULikeOld3hawake: Out of interest, what does a 'locate XF86Config' command bring up?
04:46.20Old3hawakex er
04:46.23Old3hawakeno idea
04:46.29Old3hawake4.2?
04:46.37Old3hawake4.0.2
04:46.40Old3hawake4.2.2
04:46.41Old3hawake?
04:46.43Old3hawakelol
04:46.45Old3hawakeunsure
04:46.57SpudULikeApparently
04:46.58Old3hawakelinux box is not up and running now
04:47.12Old3hawakeneed to goto work in 5 mins
04:47.14Old3hawake:(
04:47.32SpudULikeNeeded to go to Uni 3 hours ago, but you didn't!
04:47.35SpudULike;-)
04:47.49Old3hawakeeeek
04:47.54Old3hawakedont remind me
04:47.56Old3hawake:)
04:48.20SpudULikeTry that 'locate' command from a commandline.  You may have more than one XF86Config file!
04:48.37Old3hawakeok will try that later
04:48.43Old3hawakei have to get out the door now
04:48.46SpudULikeGood stuff.
04:48.49Old3hawakecatch u later colin
04:48.54Old3hawake:>
04:48.55SpudULikeBBFN.
04:49.00Old3hawakewe should meet up
04:49.10Old3hawakeand i can give u all the files u need for quake
04:49.13SpudULike7th December sounds good!
04:49.21Old3hawakeand u can help me with this
04:49.27Old3hawake:>
04:49.46SpudULikeMuch better if you're able to help yourself!
04:50.01SpudULikeErr, so Ivan would have said.
04:50.09highburycan anybody get to www.natwest.com?
04:50.24Old3hawakeyes
04:50.26Old3hawakeno probs
04:51.20highburyhmmm, looks like I've got a dns problem :-/
04:51.36SpudULikeGot a JavaScript pop-up - "We a testing Netscape 6 support..."
04:51.41Old3hawakei got a cream for that !!!
04:52.01Old3hawakeclears up a nasty dns like DAT
04:52.05SpudULikeNah, JavaScript needs acid!
04:52.05Old3hawake:?
04:52.08Old3hawake:>
04:52.13Old3hawakeoh
04:52.24Old3hawakeme offers some pennicillin
04:53.04highburyoy Old3hawake! STop splitting your comments across so many lines!
04:53.31Old3hawakelol
04:53.43highburyhmm... natwest.com exists but not www.natwest.com, Old3hawake are you sure?
04:54.16SpudULikehighbury: Its come up for me.
04:54.34SpudULikeHence the comment about their JavaScript.
04:54.36Old3hawakesee it works on my windpoo box
04:55.14SpudULikeOld3hawake: No.  Their poor site ONLY runs on your windpoo.
04:55.47Old3hawakedats what i meant
04:55.49Old3hawake:>
04:56.14SpudULikeOK, I gotta go, chat later.
04:56.14Old3haw3hcatch joo later
05:00.11Leedshighbury: I get the same as SpudUAway
05:42.48dank_workBoo
05:42.58SpudUAwayhiss
05:44.00dank_workYes. 228 minutes for a Collaboration isntall (not including OS)
05:44.16dank_workAlthough about 10 minutes were waiting for Microsoft Windows Update to work (and it didn't)
05:44.24SpudUAwayAnd what is Collaboration?
05:44.42dank_workCauseway Collaboration
05:44.54dank_workA document manglement / workflow thing.
05:45.05SpudUAwayAh, workflow.
05:45.48dank_workCauseway Collaboration is a 'next generation' collaborative solution for enterprise intranets, online construction communities, departmental solutions, project management, and individual task management.
05:46.33eye69"Collaboration" sounds more like some tool for terrorists.
05:46.41dank_workIt probably is :)
05:47.03SpudUAwayYou know of any workflow products for Linux?
05:47.18dank_workNope.
05:47.33SpudUAwayWould there be a need, do you think?
05:47.49dank_workProbably not enough to make it worthwhile.
05:48.13dank_workIf you need one, then by all means write one. But it's not worth writing one solely for other people to use
05:48.30dank_workBTW, remember there was a thread on Gllug about Gantt charts?
05:48.47SpudUAwayBad news for Plexus Workflo then!
05:49.06SpudUAwayI don't read the ml!
05:49.13SpudUAway;-)
05:49.16dank_work:)
05:50.17SpudUAwayI've got no idea about how workflow products work, or how people use them.  At what size of group do you think they become useful?
05:52.51highburycan you guys ping www.natwest.com ?
05:55.01dank_workSpudUAway: Not sure
05:55.02SpudUAwaycolin@mine:~> ping www.natwest.com
05:55.02SpudUAwayPING www.natwest.com (155.136.219.110) from 80.193.219.24 : 56(84) bytes of data.
05:55.13dank_workNo ping
05:55.18SpudUAwayhighbury: Doesn't seem to be doing very much!
05:55.32SpudUAwayBut I can still go to the web page!
05:56.00highburyhmmm, seems my config is pickier about things
05:56.00dank_workFirewalled
05:56.25SpudUAwayMay even be a BY cache, for that matter.
06:01.29dank_workYeah. The website is still accessible, but they block pings at their firewall
06:03.47highburyoh well, I have to fill in some expenses, so I have to switch back to windows for a short while, catch you guys later
06:05.03highburyhmmm. I can now nslookup www.natwest.com .... must have been my ISP's DNS problem
06:05.14dank_workWINE!
06:07.04LeedsBEER!
06:07.30SpudUAwayVodka!
06:09.42dank_workBeer. Yes. I got given a 24-pack of beer yesterday.
06:11.32Leedsstubbies?
06:13.14SpudUAwayI still have a bottle of Korenwolf in the fridge.
06:13.34dank_workGrolsch, bottled
06:13.48Leedsnice
06:16.14SpudUAwaySorry to swear, but, Windows 2000.  Does this feature dial up modem support built in, like W98.?
06:20.31dank_workYes
06:20.56SpudUAwayTa.
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06:43.02formihello
06:43.03SpudUAwayFormi, how are you.
06:43.25formirecovering from a visit to the dentist
06:43.44SpudUAwayCheck Up or work?
06:44.08formione of my fillings came off
06:44.27formiand the guy recons I need some other work
06:44.36SpudUAwayAh, but you dealt with it quickly, so it's probably not too bad.
06:45.03SpudUAwayThey always do.  But can you trust them any more that car mechanics???
06:45.26SpudUAways/that/than
06:45.33forminope i've been patched up
06:45.43formitemporarily
06:46.00formicause on saturday im off to Prague
06:46.11formiso no time to "do" it
06:46.43SpudUAwayKewl.  Keeping them in or out of EC?
06:47.24formiill be too busy to go to the dentist in prague
06:48.09SpudUAwayWhat ya' doing there then?????
06:48.24SpudUAwayWrong time of year for a holiday.
06:49.06formiIm going with Simon for some work related thing
06:49.26formican't really say what we will be doing
06:51.40agkHmmm.  The next GLLUG meeting clashes with a GENERATIVE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL Experiment  http://www.socialfiction.org/psychogeography/dork.htm
06:53.42formii had a good laugh with the "german ripper" with a medical license
06:55.34formilast night and the usual english toffs saying it wasn't a good idea
07:00.04SpudUAwaySorry, phone, gotta go.  Laters.
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07:05.25formiibot: seen leeds
07:05.26leeds is currently on #gllug (2h 37m 33s) #handhelds.org (2h 37m 33s).  Has said a total of 5 messages.  Is idling for 51m 38s
07:05.48Leedsformi?
07:05.49formiibot: is leeds working?
07:05.50formi: parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about
07:06.07formileeds
07:06.14Leedsnothing to tell you...
07:06.20formiabout what we talked about the other day
07:06.23LeedsI didn't chase Danese yet...
07:06.46Leedsyou got any more info?
07:07.15formithe idea seems to be to find somebody independent first and  if no one available go for the big guns
07:07.54Leedsindependent meaning?
07:08.22formia bit more of info, it seems to be they want advice especifically on people faking identities
07:08.41forminot in a big company
07:09.21formieven though having ms in the middle is somewhat odd
07:10.13Leedsyeah...
07:10.23formii tried to contact steve yesterday, gave him ring and he said he would phone back
07:10.34formihe was busy
07:10.39Leedsanyway - I wasn't suggesting Danese as a Sun person, more because she is on the Open Source board and may be able to find someone
07:11.29formii really wanted somebody to talk directly to simon, so the situation would be clear
07:12.29formiand simon is dragging his heels also
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07:34.23dank_workibot insult David Damerell
07:34.42dank_work*mutter* Debian bigots
07:34.44formiI must for once agree with ibot
07:34.46Leedsibot lart also, he
07:34.52Leedsoops
07:34.56Leedsibot lart David
07:35.22Leedsdank_work: I agree with you
07:35.25formihttp://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28226.html
07:35.42formihave you read that one, for once MS was right
07:37.20formiit's about the study of viability of moving the freebsd farm hotmail had to 2000 severs
07:38.24dank_workYeah.
07:39.15formidid they actually moved away from solaris and fbsd?
07:39.36dank_workThe frontend is Win2000
07:40.26formii meant the big back end
07:40.29dank_workIt seems to me that it's only really Debian users who think that their distro is the one and only True Linux(TM)
07:41.03dank_workI've never really seen a RedHat or Mandrake person saying "Use RedHat", or "Use Mandrake - it'll solve all the world's problems"
07:41.14dank_workI thought the backend was FreeBSD
07:41.36LeedsI say "I use Slackware - but it certainly isn't right for everyone in all situations"
07:41.42formii've been reading freebsd ngs and the atitude seems similar to the debian guys
07:44.00dank_workLeeds: Yeah.
07:44.51dank_workAt least we can see that Slackware isn't everything for everyone.
07:45.07dank_workformi: Yeah, well, there's always a some people that spoil it for the rest.
07:45.26dank_workUnfortunately, almost all the Debian users I know are like that.
07:46.35formii think they shouldnt be that scared of progressing, many things in bsd could be "made a bit easier" whithout much trouble or impact in the status quo
07:46.42murbdank: are but mandrake and redhat don't have a social contract.
07:47.34dank_workDoes the social contract say that the distro users have to promote Debian at every occasion, even when inappropriate?
07:47.40formii think those 2 are going in completely opposite directions
07:48.52formimdk has stopped including pine and others, for license reason
07:50.00formiwhen red hat seems to be more willing to introduce more un-free soft in
07:51.31murbdank: not read it, but probably :), I also didn't read the bit about doing pgp/gpg key signing at every possible moment, debian developers probably have to carry id everywhere as well even when not require by law for gpg  signing.
07:55.48dank_workSo it seems :-/
08:25.47TarragonIs it just me? I seem to have off days which I usually explain away with lack of sleep etc., but does anyone make stupid errors. Today I dismantles two machines - one because of a squeak (ended up being the VCR other side of room had a tape left in) other because I tried to record a CD as a user without permissions
08:26.10dank_workIt happens
08:28.13TarragonYes but I do seem to make really stupid mistakes at the moment.
08:38.22LeedsTarragon: getting old?  SAD?
08:39.31SpudUAwayGetting?
08:41.22Leedsold as in OAP, rather than old as in 'not young'
08:48.03dank_work:)
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08:57.06TarragonJust remember you are paying national insurance contributions to pay for my pension so I can drink sherry on a thursday. When i was young...
08:59.15LeedsI pretty much assume there'll be no state pension worth speaking of by the time I'd collect one
08:59.48Old3hello
09:00.01dank_workello
09:00.04Old3hyay
09:00.09Old3h\o/
09:00.11Old3her
09:00.13Old3hno
09:00.17Old3hthats not right
09:00.18Leedsboo
09:00.50Old3hcan ne 1 tell me how to stop my current install of red hat from jumping right to xserver?
09:00.51Old3h:)
09:00.57Old3hi know it will
09:01.02Old3hand wanna stop that
09:01.04Old3h:>
09:04.08dank_workYeah.
09:04.41dank_workEdit /etc/inittab
09:04.46dank_workChange initdefault
09:04.59TarragonChange the init level
09:05.41formiim having a look at old logs, and i have found 2 really old occurences of the open_ssl error,
09:06.18formihaving checked the cert advisory i have found nothing mysterious on /tmp
09:07.28formiwhat im wondering about is
09:07.35Old3hcheers for the advise
09:07.38Old3h:>
09:07.42Old3him reloding rh
09:07.47Old3hreloading it
09:07.48Old3h:>
09:07.58dank_work:)
09:08.15Old3hnot gonna update the kernal this time
09:08.18Old3hbecause
09:08.30formithe worm, could anybody exploit it when the firewall only allows certain ports in and out?
09:08.31Old3hi was upgrading on install to .18
09:08.51Old3hwhich the nvidia drivers wernt built for
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09:10.04SpudUAwayOld3h: Do you mean jumping to 'xserver' during the install?
09:10.10phizzedupno
09:10.16phizzeduplol
09:10.25oldeh:>
09:10.35SpudUAwayOK, what they said then.
09:10.45oldehhow do i do that though
09:10.47oldehim new
09:10.49oldeh:>
09:10.50oldehlol
09:11.11oldehi just lost what u wrote when my machine dicoonected
09:11.17oldehdisconected
09:11.19oldeh:/
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09:13.03SpudUAwayWhen you power up you get a boot manager. I don't know which one it is for RH, but you should be able to stop it and enter a command line.  You need to type 'linux init 3'.  That will boot the Linux system but stop it starting the xserver.
09:13.31oldehok
09:13.41oldehi think i found it in a menu
09:13.55oldehit said graphical or text logon
09:14.04oldehi chose text
09:14.09SpudUAwayHOLD ON
09:14.19SpudUAwayYou're installing NOW?
09:15.55oldehyeah
09:15.58dank_workUrg. BBC's top ten Britons.
09:16.01oldehi just reinsatlled
09:16.05dank_workWTF is Diana doing #2?
09:16.14dank_workWhat did she ever do that was so great?
09:18.53skeezorcan anyone give me some advice on which linux distro to get, ive never used linux before, but i DO know computers and programming
09:19.34skeezorwho's number 1?
09:19.40formimandrake skeezor
09:19.49dank_workBrunel
09:19.57dank_workSlackware :)
09:19.57skeezorwonderful, thats what im getting now
09:20.17skeezorthats for when i know wtf im doing. :-)
09:20.22SpudUAwayLR's Linux
09:20.25formii suggest you start by the "user friendly ones" and then choose
09:20.45SpudUAwayUser Friendly?  Mandrake?
09:21.02dank_workBah. I started off on a 'proper' Linux distro. People these days. Have it so easy.
09:22.11skeezorwell, im getting mandrake and slackware atm, i have a spare computer to play around with, so it doesnt matter how much i screw it up
09:22.26dank_workStick with Slackware. It'll reward you more in the longrun
09:22.59skeezorwell, i wanted something customisable, but i need to learn tha basics forst
09:23.06skeezorfisrt*
09:23.19skeezorfirst* (need to stop drinking so early in the day)
09:23.23LeedsSlackware is a great way to learn the basics if you're experienced with computers and programming
09:23.24dank_workWhy does Diana get a 5 for Bravery?
09:23.40skeezorcause she didnt shut her eyes when the car hit the post?
09:23.45Leedsshe died quietly?
09:24.01dank_workLeeds: You don't need to be experienced with programming
09:24.14skeezorwell, i am so that makes no real odds.
09:24.17formiwhen i started playing with linux, you had floppies and tgz and no automatic installing routines
09:24.31formiim glad i don't have to do it anymore
09:24.46Leedsdank_work: I don't mean you have to know how to program - I meant more generally, that a programmer is likely to be okay with Slackware, as opposed to a point-and-drool user
09:25.26TheNutNo-one likes slackware except the people who make it
09:25.33skeezorwell i like to think i am above the total luser-friendly software
09:25.58skeezorwhats everyone running atm?
09:26.08LeedsSlackware :-)  and Solaris...
09:26.10dank_workNo-one likes Debian except for people who are enamoured with it
09:26.13dank_workFreeBSD
09:26.21dank_work+ Win2k + Solaris + MacOS X
09:26.36oldehosx - windpoos xp and redhat 8
09:26.52TheNutno-one likes debian except the people who use it
09:27.06skeezorso i've gathered from some of the boards
09:27.21TheNutAnd of the people who use it, there are no exceptions.
09:27.53dank_workYeah. A lot are distro-bigots
09:28.40skeezorcause im just trying to get a feel of what would be right for me, and needed a place to start
09:28.56skeezori DONT want a windoze clone
09:28.57formimdk red brat and freebsd
09:29.00Leedsskeezor: what do you want?
09:29.13Leedsto you want to play, to learn, and/or to use?
09:29.25Leeds(play as in play with the system, not play games)
09:30.02skeezormainly to learn, i have my own businss, and need a decent server OS and to be able to say to my customers, yes i can sort you out with linux
09:30.17TarragonI like Debian but would not recommend it for first install.
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09:31.31LeedsI'd say Slackware sounds about right then...  RedHat and SuSE are both 'easy' server/workstation things, Mandrake is more workstation-oriented, and (IMO) Debian just has too much baggage
09:31.47TarragonMandrake is good if you want to play around on desktop, SuSE if you want everything in one neat working package, RH if you want corp support, Slackware if you are WEIRD!
09:32.42TarragonSlackware honestly! next you will be saying you like vi.
09:32.50skeezoratm i have slacware, mandrake and SuSE downloading so i'll have a play with them all. (joys of broadband)
09:33.02LeedsTarragon: I live in vim
09:33.27SpudUAwayItchy!
09:33.29TarragonOh not downloading SuSE? did not think they did a donloadable version
09:33.35LeedsSlackware is the easiest to play with, because it's less complex, and I find it the easiest to build my own style of system on top of
09:34.06skeezorwell, thats what i thought was best for me too.
09:34.33skeezoryou can download the component parts to your hard drive, but cant get an iso
09:34.41TarragonTo my shame I have not installed Slack for over a year so I am not the right person ever to say what and what not it can do.
09:35.05Leedsalthough, to be fair, I've not really used any Linux except Slack for a while either...
09:35.24TarragonHa - Bigot!
09:35.29skeezorwell, if its no good, ill come back and tell you so.
09:35.33skeezor:-)
09:35.38TarragonHold on you know RH
09:36.09skeezornope
09:36.13Leedstalking to me?
09:36.20TarragonThis may sound a daft question but how will you know if it is no good?
09:36.45TarragonLeeds; Yes you know RH (well rebadged as Sun) :-)
09:36.45skeezorcompared to the other distros im getting
09:37.06LeedsTarragon: :-) true... I've used that a bit - but I'm a Solaris guy at work, not a Linux guy
09:37.23TarragonDoesnt that mean loading them all on for a short amount of time.
09:38.02skeezorprolly not at the same time, but yeah.
09:38.24TarragonI normally find that I load on a distro and love it for the first day because of all the toys, hate it for the next two weeks because they have changed everything I know then learn to like it after that.
09:39.15skeezorthen i'll have to give them all a trial period i suppose, i'll stick one on each computer
09:40.54skeezoranyway, thanks for the advice, no doubt ill be back soon enough
09:40.57Leedshave you used any UNIX before?
09:40.57TarragonMind you, after the distro is sorted you can worry about the GUI, Some here probably use KDE or Gnome but Blackbox is the one true way with xmtoolbar menus.   ;-)
09:41.08LeedsAfterstep with a BeOS-like theme!
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09:41.23Leedstoo late...
09:41.31Tarragon:-)
09:41.50Leedsif he's not used UNIX, even if he is experienced with computers and programming, he's possibly going to have a shock
09:49.07TarragonMost of the recent distros are fairly similar to MS products so not too much of a shock on first installing. Only when he has to change config files will he find a difference. If he sticks with a GUI he is sanitised from a lot of it. Good that he wants to learn.
10:08.34SpudUAwayErr, how do I check what kernal I'm running?
10:08.50formiuname -r
10:09.04SpudUAwayTa.
10:09.11formiuname -a if you want everything
11:01.04dank_workFood time! See you this evening
11:05.18eye69Evening
11:05.49TarragonEvening.
11:07.02dank_workNot that quickly evening :)
11:26.33SpudUAway21.50 tonight, BBC2, just 10 mins of your time, "Look Around You".  V funny.
11:36.30LeedsI'll TiVo it... what is it?
11:41.14SpudUAwayV funny, that's what it is!
11:41.47SpudUAwayTiVos and the ilk.  How many channels can you record at once?
11:43.11Leeds1
11:43.13Leedswith Tivo
11:43.48Leedswith Sky+ you can record 1 and watch 1 (both Sky) - with TiVo you can only record and/or watch one Sky cahnnel at once
11:44.33Leedscomes down to number of tuners (and LNBs for Sky)
11:45.29SpudUAwayOr decoders for cable.
11:45.43Leedsyup
11:45.54SpudUAwayHmm, so you still need to know in advance what channel to leave it on to.
11:49.54Leedsnope
11:49.58Leedsit changes channel for you
11:50.09Leedsotherwise it would be pretty useless
11:50.15SpudUAwayBut only if you know in advance what you want.
11:50.42Leedswhat?
11:51.18SpudUAwayYou have to program it to record something, so it knows to chance channel.
11:51.22LeedsAs an example, it will have recorded at least 3 or 4 programs today while I've been at work - for each of them, it will have changed channel on the Sky box before recording
11:52.02Leedsapart from the fact that it will record things by itself, depending on your preferences (which you tell it by thumbing a program up or down), yes
11:52.09Leedshow else is it possibly going to work?
11:53.55murbLeeds: I though your working at home thing was to change the channel :), or did you have to meet with co workers?
11:53.57SpudUAwayPipe dream I had.  Thought it might just record everything for a given number of channels, so it was always available.  Kind of what HomeChoice offer.  I suspect that's where half the idea came from.
11:54.25murbSpuduaway: think of all the crap you would record.
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11:55.37Leedsone of the features in the software upgrade released early this year was that it will start recording a program from the buffer, which really shocked me the first time it happened - I hit record during a program and it started recording 15 minutes back!
11:56.05Leedsalso, think of the disk you'd need to record the hundreds of channels - yes, most of it is shit, but people have strange tastes - on Sky
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12:00.34Leedsnah, I'll be back in 20 mins :-)
12:21.11eye69skugg: You there?
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12:37.02skuggeye69, yes
12:37.29eye69skugg: Is there a way of making openbox display a small windowlist when alt-tabbing?
12:37.50skuggeye69, i don't know. I miss that too, but haven't looked into it.
12:38.03skuggi'll ask someone I know just now that you mentioned it.
12:38.06skugghold on...
12:38.18eye69I guess I could look at the tasklist at the bottom, but I'm too used to having it. :)
12:44.49skuggeye69, ah, I have the menu completely removed, so i didn't even know it showed  up there...
12:45.11murbgllug.org.uk is giving zope errors for the announcement of the next meeting..
12:45.14skuggi've basically just taken to not use more than 3 windows in a workspace..
12:53.30skuggeye69, i don't find anything about it. the person i was going to ask  had just left
12:53.39skuggremind me later, and I'll have a look
12:53.57eye69I guess you use stackedcycling?
12:53.59skuggs,ll.*$/ask again/
12:54.04skuggeye69, yes, I do.
12:57.11highburySpudUAway: btw. Sky+ will soon be able to record 2 channels simultaneously
13:12.54formihey what's the sequence needed to finish the writing of an email when you are using mail?
13:13.03eye69formi: a single dot
13:13.08formita
13:13.13eye69formi: _or_ ^d
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14:08.30formihehe
14:09.23formii've just compiled, installed and replaced sendmail with postfix in freebsd
14:09.50eye69Ok.
14:10.07formiit feels good
14:10.31formihoped over a few hurdles but got there
14:11.26formijust waiting for the spam test finishing
14:11.58eye69Postfix is nice (tm).
14:12.31formiwell lets say sendmail is not ideal, postfix fares better
14:13.56formiconfiguration could be easier
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14:58.42dankolbHi
14:59.21eye69Hiya
14:59.46dankolbHow goes it?
15:09.32Leedsskiing!
15:10.12dankolbWhoosh
15:10.32Leedsthe season has started - I like watching it... and therefore my TiVo now has a skiing fixation :-)
15:11.13Leedsfucking sourceforge... is down :-(
15:11.16davilionheh
15:11.22daviliondo you ski Leeds?
15:11.29Leedsnot for many years
15:12.05formileeds, do you know how to make pine authenticate against postfix using sasl?
15:12.21Leedsformi: I don't know anything about postfix, but... hang on
15:12.38formii just need the pine configuration part
15:13.27Leedsyou mean for SMTP, right?
15:14.19formii configured postfix to allow  relaying if the poster authenticates via sasl
15:14.34formiand now i need to test it
15:14.44daviliondankolb: i've not been in ages, i learnt to snowboard this summer though
15:14.54dankolbCool :)
15:15.12dankolbI tried a bit of snowboarding. Can be fun if you don't mind getting your arse wet
15:15.31Leedsformi: so you mean IMAP?
15:15.43formiive had unlimited fun going down car tracks with just a plastic bag
15:16.10formileeds, no i just need to authenticate to be able to relay
15:16.17Leedsformi: try putting /secure in the IMAP server specification - so something like {imap.somewhere.com/secure}INBOX
15:16.54formithere is no imap server
15:17.31Leedsthen you want to do SASL for SMTP?
15:17.37Leedshang on...  back in a bit
15:18.01formiyes that is what i want
15:19.02daviliondankolb: yeah its not too dificult to get the hang of the basic stuff which was good for me, but you definatly spend more time on your bum than when you ski
15:19.16dankolbYeah :)
15:19.20dankolbRight. See y'all soon
15:25.06Leedsformi: try just putting /user=<username> after the SMTP server
15:25.39formiok
15:30.26formiit works
15:30.28formithanks
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15:44.14JensonHi all.
15:44.16dankolbHey!
15:44.20JensonHi dan
15:44.38davilionwb dan
15:44.42davilionhi Jenson
15:44.56formican somebody expand to me the meaning of the 1 in permission terms of 1777?
15:45.02JensonHiya dav
15:45.12formihi jenson
15:45.17dankolbYeah. 'man chmod' will do it nicely :)
15:45.22Jensonhi formi
15:45.24dankolbI think it's the SUID bit
15:45.57formithe issue is pine was recommending to set up /var/mail as 1777
15:46.01davilionhows it going Jenson
15:46.08Leedsah, not suid on directories
15:46.11Leedsevening, Jenson
15:46.14davilionJenson: how far are you from Milton Keynes?
15:46.19formiit was drwxrwxr-x   2 root    mail    512B Nov 21 19:56 mail
15:46.31JensonHi Leeds.
15:46.36davilionin Fact how long does it take to get from london-> milton keynes.
15:46.53davilionContemplating organising a gllug et all snowball fight#
15:46.56formiso im trying to understand what is the difference in here
15:47.01JensonI'm about 80 miles from Milton Keynes
15:47.11LeedsLondon->Milton Keynes?  depends on where in London... maybe 30-40 mins from me if the traffic is light enough
15:47.20Leedssnowball fight?!?!?
15:47.39Leedsformi:
15:47.41Leeds<PROTECTED>
15:47.41Leeds<PROTECTED>
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15:47.43dankolbYeah. MK is so far up north.... :)
15:48.15davilionTheres a snowdome in MK,
15:48.18davilionquite a big one apparently
15:48.27davilionski/snowboarding, and the odd snowball fight
15:48.32daviliontheres one in Tamworth which i t]
15:48.43dankolbAh. Proper snow?
15:48.52davilions/i t\]/i go to quite a lot/
15:48.58davilionyeah as real as artificial snow can get
15:49.18Jensonartificial snow looks evil.
15:49.24davilionits not got that real piste feel, and it doesnt taste like real snow, but it is to all intents and purposes it is snow
15:49.39dankolbThat's good.
15:49.44dankolbIt's not the wire-brush kind, then
15:49.49JensonIt's not like you really want to eat snow anyway.
15:50.04davilionJenson: no, but im not a very good snowboarder
15:50.23davilioni've not been for a few months, but i was at the stage where i could justabout pull of a 4ft ramp if i didnt concentrate too hard
15:50.29dankolb#gllug ski trip, anyone?
15:50.36davilionI'm game
15:50.46dankolbCool.
15:50.47daviliongeeks and snow go well together
15:50.48dankolbanyone else?
15:51.06LeedsI'm up for it... if not built for it
15:52.15dankolbwb
15:52.21Jensonty
15:52.42dankolbGood opportunity to learn then :)
15:52.44davilionJenson: skiing is a lot easier than skating
15:52.48JensonI'd spend most of the time landing on my ass though
15:52.50dankolb:-)
15:52.51davilionand snowboarding isnt that hard either.
15:53.01dankolbDepends what you're used to.
15:53.11JensonI don't like skating, the cute steward guys come and ask if you are all right and you feel like an idiot.
15:53.11dankolbSnowboarding takes a lot of getting used to, if you're used to skis
15:53.12davilionJenson: ahh but the snow is soft (read less hard than concrete)
15:53.30davilionyeah thats true, you balance a lot differently on a board
15:53.34davilionand yo point the wrong way
15:53.38dankolbYeah
15:54.39davilionand when your board digs in at the edge, you can't break free like you can with ski's so you erm eat snow.
15:54.49dankolbYeah.
15:55.00Leedsskiing is strapping two planks on your feed and falling down a mountain
15:55.06dankolbOr I found that I can start controlling it a bit, but it ends up pointing downhill....
15:55.09Leedsskiing is fun...
15:55.36dankolbLeeds: That it is, yes.
15:55.53Leedsand messing around in snow is fun even if you don't want to ski :-)
15:55.56davilioni totally humiliated myself (not uncommon) when iw as learning to snowboard, tried a ramp, didnt get enough speed, or rather i got too much, lost bottle and slowed down, then slowed to a near halt going up the ramp, board caught on rubber edge, i fell off ramp, dangled by board, had to summersault off, i felt like a twonkle.
15:56.09dankolb:-)
15:56.15dankolbThat often happens when learning, though.
15:56.27dankolbNo Jenson. :)
15:56.28davilionheheh
15:56.40Leedsreally... *don't* go there
15:56.57JensonOnly dav seems vaguely amused by the idea lol
15:57.00dankolbSee. You've scared him off
15:57.07davilionhahah, i have a twisted sense of humor,
15:57.16dankolbNot if it happened to you, you wouldn't
15:57.17dankolb:)
15:57.22davilionanybody got any ideas of cool things i can do to a sun IPC? (Other than burn it)
15:57.24davilionits got debian on it at the moment
15:57.30dankolbInstalled SunOS
15:57.53dankolb*Install
15:57.58Leedsprop a door open?
15:58.06daviliondankolb: heh, im not too sure, i tend to find most things amusing, not entirely because of the initial act, but just as soon as it would happen my mind would fill with thoughts of revenge
15:58.21Jensonlol dav I won't try it then
15:58.24davilionJenson: i got about halfway through reading that and my mind went right to the gutter
15:58.24dankolb:-)
15:58.35davilioni need something cool to do with it,
15:58.45dankolbYour mind?
15:58.47Jensondavilion: you mean your mind wasn't already there?
15:58.51dankolbOr the IPC?
15:59.09davilioni was going to gut it and put a mini pc in it, but too much effort, i still havent made the fishtank out of sparc classic cases yet so i dont want any more cutting up yet
15:59.11JensonMy old phone had an automatic vibrate mode on the secret menu for some reason
15:59.13Leedswho, what?
15:59.32daviliondankolb: the ipc
15:59.42davilionJenson: Ok so it sunk right into the sewer.
15:59.43dankolbInstall a proper distro
15:59.48dankolb:)
15:59.48davilionsuch as?
15:59.53dankolbPlay with NetBSD?
16:00.00LeedsJenson: does your client beep when someone says your name?
16:00.02daviliontoo much hassle, i just want coolness
16:00.05davilionheh,
16:00.10davilionmine just speaks when somebody says my name
16:00.13davilionits cool.
16:00.24dankolbdavilion davilion davilion davilion davilion davilion davilion davilion
16:00.29Leedsdavilion: make it a public Adventure server...
16:00.30formidank, have you tried fbsd 5.0?
16:00.43dankolbNot yet.
16:00.59dankolbI'll probably stick with 4.7 at work
16:00.59davilionPublic adventure?
16:01.19JensonLeeds: No, at leat if it does I can't here it. I don't think its switched on
16:01.27Leedsget a copy of adventure... make it a login shell
16:01.33Jenson^hear
16:01.35dankolbxchat doesn't beep
16:01.40Leedsgaim bongs
16:01.58Leedsor rather, pings - it bongs when a friend logs in and out
16:02.06dankolbAh yes
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16:02.10formiit's just cause i coulnd't make X work
16:02.12dankolbHi eye69
16:02.32JensonI hate things that announce things when I can see. I only like that if no-one is in and I leave it to announce when someone arrives.
16:03.17Leedswell, mine is loud enough that I can hear if someone is talking to me (or about me) from the living room
16:03.30Jensonlol Leeds brilliant
16:03.32davilionyeah, although my pet hate is new windows overwriting my screen, or getting the focus, that really bugs me
16:03.39formimasochist
16:03.48dankolbThat can be changed
16:04.02Leedsdavilion: I hate that - particularly since it interacts badly with afterstep...
16:04.25JensonI hate pop-up ads popping up when i don't load the pop-up killer. And I don't realize until I've typed loads and realized I'm not on the right window anymore
16:04.42davilionyeah i managed to get gnome to stop changing focus, but it doesnt stop some new windows overwriting the screen
16:04.47davilionwhich means i just acn't see what im typing
16:05.01LeedsI haven't seen a pop-up on my own machine for a long long time
16:05.47formime neither, fluxbox
16:08.29LeedsJenson: do you use mozilla?
16:08.54SpudUAwaydankolb: xchat does beep if you set it.
16:09.11dankolbHm. I suppose. By default, I think it doesn't, though
16:09.29JensonLeeds: I'm running Windows.....but the chance to run Linux should be here soon.
16:09.36SpudUAwayBy default no, it's an option per #room
16:09.37dankolbRun Slackware :)
16:09.40LeedsJenson: Moz runs on Linux...
16:09.48Leedsugh! Moz runs on Windows!
16:09.57JensonDoes it.
16:10.00dankolbIt does.
16:10.12dankolbCan you be bothered to download it is another matter
16:10.43davilionheh yeah
16:10.44davilionits not small
16:11.06JensonWell d/ling doesn't involve moving from the computer at least....I'm not actually lazy lol
16:11.19dankolbIt's, what, 12Mb?
16:11.21JensonI dunno where you d/l it from anyway
16:11.29Jenson12MB ain't bad
16:11.31dankolbwww.mozilla.org, suprisingly enough
16:11.56Jensonty dan, I hope there wasn't any sarcasm behind that
16:13.10Leedssarky git
16:13.14davilionheh i realised how lazy i was today, i went to the gym after work, and went to park outside, couldnt find a space so decided to go home lol
16:13.23Jensonlol dav
16:13.25davilionim not normally that bad, but today cracked me up
16:14.56Leedsthe gym is 2 minutes walk from home for me... doesn't mean I go :-(
16:15.03davilionheh
16:15.10davilioni try to go most nights when im down here now
16:15.15JensonYeah the gym is like 2 mins from me aswell
16:15.27Jensonbut the computer is 2 secs from the living room lol
16:15.30davilionheheh
16:15.41davilionim going to make up for it this weekend i think
16:15.50dankolbGym. Hmm. I think there's one about 3 minutes walk from me
16:16.29Jensonfucking hell 2k per sec d/l bloody thing
16:16.41dankolbHeh
16:16.45dankolb:)
16:17.12LeedsJenson: mozilla?  use a mirror...
16:17.21davilionyeah mirror.ac.uk should have one iirc
16:17.34dankolbmirror.ac.uk has one of everything :)
16:17.44JensonI shall look
16:18.05JensonI am of course d/l virus def updates at the same time. I forgot that
16:18.06Leedsit might be worth waiting... 1.2 will be out in a few days
16:18.14dankolbftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.mozilla.org
16:18.21Leeds(I built 1.2 from CVS yesterday...)
16:18.26dankolbIf it's mirrored
16:19.00JensonDoesn't apprear to erb
16:19.03davilionanybody here play freeciv?
16:19.06Jenson^appear and be
16:19.31Leedsdavilion: not against other people...  but I play SMAC a lot
16:19.45davilionSMAC?
16:20.09LeedsJenson: http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.1/
16:20.16LeedsSid Meir's Alpha Centuri
16:21.11dankolbHm. Friday tomorrow. Who's been stealing the wek?
16:21.13dankolb*week
16:21.35LeedsI didn't steal no wok!
16:21.53dankolbOh yeah? When was the last time you had Chinese?
16:22.51Leedsum, in China about a month ago
16:23.04Leeds:-)
16:23.08dankolbAha. Did you steal a wok there?
16:23.41Leedsno!  it was in a buddhist monastary
16:23.49dankolbThe wok?
16:24.22davilionLeeds: ahh yes
16:24.27Leedsthe food
16:24.28davilioni used to play colonisation when i had dos
16:24.29davilionit was good
16:24.40LeedsI played Civ, Civ II, Colonisation :-)
16:25.01dankolbBut was the food cooked on a wok?
16:25.03davilioni never had civ, didnt have an os that supported it by the time i knew about them
16:25.15davilionanybody fancy a game of civ? its very addictive
16:25.30Leedsfreeciv?
16:26.09Leedswait while I install it?
16:26.54davilionyeah its like civ, but free
16:26.56davilionwww.freeciv.org
16:27.22dankolbThere's also a free Warcraft clone, isn't there?
16:27.25LeedsI know what it is - just don't have it installed :-) gonna take me a couple more mins to download it, then maybe 5 to build it?
16:27.28Leedsfreecraft...
16:27.29davilionooh that i didnt know
16:27.34dankolbYeh
16:27.38davilioncool
16:27.47davilionnot played that.
16:27.59Leedswhat, freecraft?
16:28.03davilionheh, i can't belive im talking about parallising a cd copying process
16:28.07dankolbNeither have I. But I've played Warcraft II & III
16:28.11davilionyeah didnt know about freecraft until now
16:28.55dankolbNow you do :)
16:29.08LeedsI've never really got freecraft working... it can use warcraft graphics, but the supplied ones aren't very good, and it didn't run campaigns last time I looked - just single battles
16:29.28dankolbI can use the War2 CD to get graphics
16:30.21davilion<davilion> script threads for each cd drive, then rips a .bin, then copies the iso onto an nfs store, then telnets to burning machine and sends the name of the iso, ejects the drive, polls until drive is inserted again. <davilion> burning machine listens on a socket for a connected, ecah connection it quees up hte iso filename (checkpoints this after every burn) then it has a thread for each burner, each burner then locks the que, gets the next f
16:30.21davilionilename marked as untouched, marks it as being burnt, then unlcoks the que, burns the cd, ejects the drive, locks the que, removes the filename from the que, and waits until a new cd is put in the drive, <davilion> then when the que is empty or restarted it prompts you to look for cd's which are marked as being burnt but havent been ticked off, you can select to reburn or cancel
16:30.57davilionfor copying iso's from multiple cd's
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16:33.41davilionits times like that i get worried
16:33.46dankolbwb
16:33.50davilionre Jenson
16:34.14JensonNice to know my computer can manage 45 mins between being rebooted coz the internet was half dead to crashing again.
16:34.19JensonI really oughta format
16:34.27dankolb:)
16:34.37Leeds... the obvious comment ...
16:34.46JensonMy mother winges if I format though
16:34.56dankolbWhat? Install Solaris/x86?
16:35.14Leedsdankolb: :-P install anything but Windows...
16:35.16Jensonso it means that I have to back up - format and then load everything again to stop her whinging
16:35.19dankolbMinix?
16:35.47dankolbSeen what 28 days later? ;-)
16:35.54skuggthe movie
16:35.56Leedsskugg: any good?  I went to see it last week, but saw Harry Potter instead
16:36.00JensonFormatting and just installing Linux would be a fun idea. I expect I'd figure it out the quickest on account of my mother doesn't seem to have mastered Windows yet and we had 95 before this
16:36.24skuggLeeds, i was on the edge of my seat the whole time... _very_ good imo.
16:36.31Leedsscary?
16:36.51skuggyou could say that... never seen so many people leave the cinema before :P
16:36.58skuggand it was _not_ because they were bored
16:37.02dankolb:)
16:37.47Leedsdavilion: want to try firing up a freeciv server?  slap a couple of AIs on it...  my main machine is NATed, so if you can run the server...
16:38.06JensonI keep wanting to say ' I cant see that I'm not 18' its my birthday in 2 days for hell sake. I'm not gonna get use to the being 18 thing for a few months
16:38.15dankolb:)
16:38.17davilionJenson: heh
16:38.29dankolbDoing anything special, then?
16:38.43LeedsJenson: my (24-year-old) sister still gets IDed!
16:38.43davilionskugg: i enjoyed it, wasnt what i was expecting but it played with my mind, theres issues in that film which hit a nerve with me and it just totally grossed me out
16:39.04davilionLeeds: i only get id'd when i dont bring my wallet its soo annoying
16:39.12davilionJenson: want a game of freeciv?
16:39.19skuggdavilion, me too.
16:39.19davilionLeeds: i'm thinking use a public server
16:39.22LeedsI haven't been IDed for a few years...
16:39.30Leedsdavilion: fair enough - never played on one of them...
16:39.45Jensondavilion: I haven't got it and I doubt it runs on Windows
16:39.54davilionJenson: it does run on windows :)
16:40.10LeedsJenson: of course it does!
16:40.14skuggJenson, i turned 24 8 months ago, and I still tell people i'm 23...
16:40.23skugg:)
16:40.37davilionheh yeah i keep forgetting im 20 sometimes
16:40.40skuggi'm always lagging a year
16:40.57LeedsJenson: ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/packages/windows/
16:41.20JensonI don't think I want to play it now but I shall d/l it.
16:42.52davilionok just a sec i need to download source i think, .deb segfaults
16:43.06Leedsbeen there, done it...
16:43.32dankolbAOTC?
16:43.35dankolbibot aotc
16:43.36dankolb: are you smoking crack?
16:44.11davilionheh
16:44.39LeedsAttack of the Clones
16:44.43dankolbAh
16:45.02Leedssaw it at the cinema... and downloaded it :-)
16:45.05dankolb:)
16:45.11dankolbDo you have a decent copy?
16:45.23Leedsit's a DVD rip to two SVCDs, so yeah
16:45.37dankolbCan I have a copy? Please?
16:45.40davilionLeeds: which source version did you download?
16:46.03Leedsdankolb: remind me nearer GLLUG - I'll burn you a copy
16:46.08dankolbThanks :)
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16:47.13Leedsnight, formi
16:47.16formisee ya
16:47.26dankolbnight formi
16:47.31formidon't be naughty
16:47.42dankolbUs? Naughty?
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16:49.22Leedsin, out, in, out... shake it all about!
16:49.25JensonSorry Leeds. Could I possibly have that link again. My computer seems to have got it in for me tonight
16:49.36Leedsftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/packages/windows/
16:49.43Leedsor did you mean the Moz one?
16:49.52dankolbibot mozilla
16:49.52i heard mozilla is made in JavaScript?
16:50.02JensonNo that one
16:50.09JensonI managed to save the Moz one
16:51.31skuggibot, mozilla is great
16:51.31...but mozilla is already something else...
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16:51.42Leedsibot mozilla is also great
16:51.42Leeds: okay
16:51.43skuggibot, i know. mozilla is many things
16:51.44skugg: I think you lost me on that one
16:51.56dankolbibot mozilla
16:51.56rumour has it, mozilla is made in JavaScript?, or great
16:52.01dankolbibot mozilla
16:52.01i guess mozilla is made in JavaScript?, or great
16:52.05JensonDammit I've only just rebooted and already crashed to programs
16:52.09dankolb:-)
16:52.13dankolbReinstall
16:52.17JensonIt's coz I left the damn computer on all last night
16:52.29dankolbI leave my work computer on all week
16:52.46LeedsI leave computers on for many months
16:52.48JensonYeah I expect I could with my old P90 but this is a bitch
16:53.00dankolbGet a better computer, too
16:53.04Leedsthey only go down for hardware upgrades, low-level software upgrades, or power cuts
16:53.05dankolb:)
16:53.21JensonNevermind, when we get some other computers I'll stay away from this.
16:53.38JensonIt just needs formatting but I'm lazy coz it gets fucked up again in no time
16:54.41dankolbWhich Windoze version?
16:55.03Jenson98SE
16:55.19dankolbHm.
16:55.29LeedsField commander Yoda!
16:55.39dankolbChange hardware, possibly? That could be an issue
16:56.08JensonI don't have hardware problems I don't think
16:56.22dankolbDriver issues, though
16:56.27JensonDirectX can be a bitch but other than that the hardware seems to be well integrated
16:58.17JensonDriver issues wouldn't surprise me though. Problem is I'm the one who has to thing about these things coz my mother doesn't understand and my dad understands more than he lets on so he doesn't have to do it.
17:00.44JensonShit BRB I need to finda URL I'm looking for.
17:01.11dankolbwhu?
17:01.20Jensonback
17:01.39JensonCan't see an Ad Trader therefore I'm going to have to find it somewhere else
17:02.43SpudUAwayI see MCA have another auction Sat week in Crawley.  Anyone been to one of these?
17:03.03Leedsis that the huge auction?
17:03.14JensonD'oh the link was right next to the other computer fair one
17:03.18dankolbHeh
17:03.28SpudUAwayLeeds: Fairly big.
17:03.50SpudUAwayhttp://www.mca-uk.co.uk
17:04.17SpudUAwayThey should have the catalogue online by now.
17:04.46Leedshttp://www.mca-uk.co.uk/Cat.htm
17:04.59SpudUAwayQuite possibly.
17:05.59SpudUAwayIs 19400 Lots huge?
17:06.08SpudUAwayWhoops, 1940
17:06.49Leedsand now it's time for...
17:06.56LeedsYoda the Hedgehog!
17:07.08dankolbThat's quite a lot
17:07.35SpudUAwaydankolb: Yeah, but half of them are 15" monitors.
17:07.57dankolbI have enough monitors
17:08.37SpudUAwaySome interesting stuff.  Page of 2nd user laptops that 'might' go for a reasonable amount.
17:08.40Jensonwe have a 14" monitor, a 17" monitor and somewrid b/w Atari monitor. That makes 3 and that's all.
17:08.53Jenson^some weird
17:09.09Jensonlol
17:09.29LeedsI've got a 14, a 17 (permanently loaned out), a 21, and a 21 borrowed from work (which is the one I use)
17:09.35Leedsplus a 19 inch X-term
17:09.57JensonI have too many marbles/pogs/tazos/CDs to count on 4 hands but thats about it
17:10.14eye69I need to fix my 21"
17:10.14dankolbHave you lost your marbles yet, though?
17:10.25JensonNo Dan lol
17:10.28dankolb:)
17:10.30eye69I'm incredibly annoyed that it broke
17:10.33LeedsI like things like "  BOX OF MISC HARDWARE" on the auction list
17:10.41dankolb:)
17:10.49Leedseye69: you shouldn't have head-butted it
17:11.10Leeds<PROTECTED>
17:11.15dankolbThat's what the Debian Installer does for you :)
17:11.32Leedsor possibly David thingy
17:11.42JensonWhen I was younger we blew a fuse out in our monitor. When it was fixed and we got it back for the next 2 weeks I sat as far away as possible lol
17:11.45dankolbDamerell?
17:11.56eye69Leeds: The bloody thunderstorm took it
17:12.11Leedsdankolb: yes
17:12.19Leeds100 3Com network cards?
17:12.20dankolbibot insult David Damerell
17:12.37LeedsI've had a monitor actually go bang and start smoking out the back on me...
17:12.48JensonThunderstorm hasn't got us yet. Got my granny's modem (external) and blew out an internal modem on a mate's PC but hasn't got me yet.
17:12.58JensonLeeds: I've seen an iron do that.
17:13.23LeedsJenson: it's scarier when it's a monitor and you're sitting in front of it - I yanked the power and ran
17:13.34SpudUAwayJenson: How long has your granny been wired then?
17:13.56JensonMy granny had a computer before I did, that's quite scary lol
17:14.11dankolbThat got binned
17:14.20JensonThat and she's still got the bloody thing. Couldn't get slower if it tried
17:14.26dankolb:)
17:14.30Leeds<PROTECTED>
17:14.53JensonWhen I saw the iron blow out my mother askes me to turn it off and I'm just staring at it. Didn't blow the fuse either.
17:15.12JensonNow we have a new fuse box it blows every time a light bulb goes or for no apparent reason.
17:15.24dankolb:)
17:15.33LeedsI'd bought a 2nd hand 8088 (really!) - the monitor blew up and I got a shock from the mains cable... apart from that, it was a great buy
17:15.42dankolbHeh :)
17:15.46JensonWhat fun Leeds
17:16.02Leedsbetter a fuse-box goes when it shouldn't than doesn't when it should...
17:16.23dankolbA transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first
17:17.05Leeds879V 9" FLAT PANEL MONITOR
17:17.11dankolb9"
17:17.14dankolbOooh
17:17.34SpudUAwayI saw those, they have a few, might be nice for some project.
17:17.52dankolbDo you know Java?
17:17.58SpudUAwayNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
17:18.12JensonI hate PCWorld
17:18.14SpudUAwayNot PC World
17:18.30JensonI mean I know nothing and I go in there and I know the assistants are talking shit.
17:18.41Leedsdankolb: I'm aware of Java...
17:18.47dankolbHowever, a colleague did pick up a nice cheap 2.8GHz P4 base unit (hard drive, RAM, etc.) for about #400
17:19.27JensonWhat I noticed though is the don't have 3D graphics cards
17:19.27dankolbLeeds: Yeah, but it's not important really. Not a Microsoft product.
17:19.37dankolbWho needs 3D graphics for IRC?
17:19.40SpudUAwayThe sales droid mis labled it????
17:19.46dankolbNope.
17:19.53dankolbThat was the correct price. No CDs with it, though.
17:19.58dankolbThe ones with CDs were #500
17:20.00dankolbNo monitor, either
17:20.22JensonOne doesn't need 3D graphics for IRC but SimCity3000, F12002 and Q2 and Q3A do.
17:21.14dankolbNone of the new ones, anyway
17:21.16JensonWhy the hell would I want a base-unit with XP on for anyway.
17:21.28dankolbFor wiping and installing a proper OS on it?
17:21.41Leedsbed time...
17:21.47SpudUAwayJenson: For the satisfaction of formatting it!
17:21.55dankolbnn Leeds
17:21.55Leedsdavilion: if you're awake... we'll play civ sometime, but I need to sleep now...
17:22.06dankolbHm. It is bedtime, too.
17:22.35JensonSpudUAway: Well yes, but why pay for something you don't want/
17:22.44SpudUAwayJenson: For the satisfaction of formatting it!
17:22.49SpudUAway;-)
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17:22.58dankolbTry and get a refund, then
17:23.43SpudUAway"But you'll need XP to make it work." they'll say.
17:24.01JensonI'll say 'If you insist!'
17:24.07dankolbTell them to go <snip> themselves
17:24.24Jensonlol dan
17:24.35JensonActually saying snip might be funny
17:24.51dankolbYep.
17:24.55JensonSimilar to the ice down pants thing
17:25.03dankolb"I say I say I say. My salesperson has no balls"
17:25.16SpudUAwayFunny, but only if you provide the hedge shears.
17:25.49JensonNo I'd provied a snapped in half XP CD
17:25.51dankolbI've only got a penknife
17:28.17dankolbIt's sharp, though
17:29.38oldehasleepnighty night guys
17:29.41dankolbnight
17:29.49oldehasleepnight dan
17:29.51oldehasleep:>
17:29.54SpudUAwayYou must be intent on going uni tomorrow then!
17:29.59oldehasleepaye
17:30.06oldehasleepuni and 2 appointments
17:30.07oldehasleeplol
17:30.09oldehasleep:>
17:30.10SpudUAwayGood stuff.
17:30.32SpudUAwaynight
17:30.38oldehasleepnight colin doode
17:30.40oldehasleep:>
17:31.00SpudUAwaySo, Is Jenson coming to the GLLUG meeting on the 7th?
17:31.20SpudUAwayoldehasleep: Well get that card working yet!
17:31.54JensonSpudUAway: Something tels me I';m gonna have trouble convincing me to get my parents to go to London, but maybe i can get to0 one early next year.
17:32.12dankolbCome on your own....
17:32.28SpudUAwayWalking distance from  Euston.
17:33.02JensonI'm paranoid enough of my own town let alone London. Maybe I can convince a mate to come with me sometime...I think there is one I could convince if I promised they'd be guys there.
17:34.00SpudUAwayHmm, the meetings are mainly female, 'bout 80/20 female/make split.
17:34.36SpudUAwayPah, you saw right thorough that, didn't you!
17:34.42skuggSpudUAway, yeah, that's a fair estimate :P
17:34.43JensonYeah
17:34.59SpudUAway:-)
17:35.00highbury85/15
17:35.09skuggnight nigh
17:35.11JensonYou meant 80% of males talking about girls the other 20% interested in sometihng else
17:35.11skugg+t
17:35.23Jensonnight skugg
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17:36.02SpudUAwayNo, 80% are girls
17:36.03dankolb_ibot insult forced disconnects
17:38.53SpudUAwayApparently seagulls have this sort of valve system in their digestive tract.  I, while you're out on a ferry with seagulls following, like they do, and you throw it an Alka Seltza, it'll eat it without realising, and eventually explode.
17:39.09SpudUAways/I/if
17:39.16dankolb_:)
17:39.46dankolb_# All the world seems in tune on a Spring afternoon, when we're poisoning pigeons in the park
17:39.54SpudUAwayI mean, how else are you supposed to keep yourself amused on a cross channel ferry?
17:40.12dankolb_Feed ASes to the other passengers?
17:40.26SpudUAwayApart from asking the steward if there's a pool table on board.
17:40.52JensonGood idea dan
17:41.10JensonMakes floppy disk bombs to deposit on people you don't like?
17:41.17dankolb_Yeh
17:42.50JensonI think I really had better get going now.
17:43.07dankolb_Me too
17:43.08JensonI had decided that staying up late was making me tired and depressed and I'm still here
17:43.13SpudUAwayProlly speak to you later then.
17:43.17dankolb_Are we that bad company, then?
17:43.31JensonNo, but thae lack of sleep isn't good.
17:43.42dankolb_There's a magical brew.
17:43.49dankolb_COFFEE!
17:43.54JensonI should be back at lunchtime (12:30) if not then after 10pm
17:43.58JensonI HATE coffee
17:44.13dankolb_Okay. I should be around at lunchtime, assuming I'm not in the server room
17:44.21JensonOk cool
17:44.47JensonShould be there for about 45mins then I have to go meet some mates.
17:45.09dankolb_Okay :)
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17:47.26JensonBT killing you mate?
17:47.48dankolb__yeh
17:48.28SpudUAwayJen. I'm gonna go too, speak soon.
17:48.38dankolb__night SpudUAway
17:48.43JensonBye spud
17:48.44SpudUAwaynn
17:48.49Jensonnight mate
17:48.50dankolb__Sleep well
17:49.20SpudUAwayWe'll have to start calling you Underscore Dan   ;-)
17:49.34Jensonlol
17:50.00_dan:)
17:51.15Jensonlol
17:51.18_dan:)
17:59.24JensonBye all
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