irclog2html for #gllug on 20021206

00:00.54Leedsheh... I'm used to people meaning places like Camden when they say North London...
00:02.54Resudaedcamdens pretty much 'london' for me
00:03.17Leedsme too
00:03.22ResudaedI don't go south of the river very often
00:03.42LeedsI don't go south of the North Circular very often :-)  apart from this week...
00:03.50Resudaedonce to wandsworth for a coorperate party, and once to tolworth to look at UKIT trainings setup
00:03.58BorgBabyI'm south a lot of the time, Brixton & Vauxhall
00:04.14LeedsI've spent most of this week down the M3...
00:04.17BorgBabyis Tolworth in London or Surrey?
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00:04.40Resudaedit's both
00:05.02Resudaedin the sameway the london has parts of middlesex & essex
00:05.05dankolb_boo
00:05.14Resudaedoob
00:05.29LeedsI would say that if it's in Middlesex it's not in London (having lived in both places...)
00:05.41LeedsGreater London, yes...
00:06.16Resudaedtechnically greater london, but as far as I am concearned I just call the whole damn lot london
00:06.54Resudaed(unless anyone has any strong objections)
00:07.05BorgBabynope
00:07.13Leedsyup
00:07.23Resudaedactually if anyone has any strong objections, it won't change anything anyway
00:07.27LeedsMiddlesex != London
00:07.28Resudaedleeds
00:08.22Resudaed('middlesex'=='greater london' && 'greater london'=='london') IMHO
00:09.09BorgBabyif((middlesex==greater_London)&&(middlesx!=london)drive2Camden();
00:09.18Resudaedlol :-)
00:09.44BorgBabymy programming class must be paying off ;)
00:10.34ResudaedIMHO { enfield=london }
00:11.01Leedshate to say it... ("Greater London">"London") pretty much by definition :-)
00:12.29Resudaedok, by my definition, I live in N.London, by Leeds, I live in N.Greater London
00:12.47Leedswell, I live in London now... I used to live in Greater London but not London... and I work outside London
00:13.19ResudaedI live in north (greater) London, and work no-where
00:13.40ResudaedEnfield is a London Borough
00:13.52Leedsare you in a county?
00:13.54Resudaedie a district of london
00:14.31Leedsare you in a county?
00:14.33Resudaedyes
00:15.11Resudaedin a street in a borough of London in a county
00:15.11Leedswhich one?
00:15.16Resudaedmiddlesex
00:15.31Leedsokay, so that's greater london and not london...
00:15.48LeedsI'm south of middlesex, so I'm in London
00:16.05Resudaedsurrey is south of middlesex, but is not all in london
00:16.53Leedssurrey != London... some of surrey is in Greater London, like some of Middlesex is in greater London
00:17.04Leedsnone of Surrey is in London
00:18.04BorgBabycroydon is in surrey & london, but they think they're a separate city
00:18.21Resudaedif greater london!=london, then london is a very small city
00:18.22LeedsLondon is a metropolitan area approximately equivelent to a county - if you're in surrey, you're in a different 'county' from London
00:18.47LeedsLondon is NW, N, NE, E, W, S, SE and so on postcodes
00:19.23Resudaedthis all started form you asking where the snooker club was
00:19.36LeedsHarrow, where I used to live, is HA postcode, is Greater London and Middlesex.  Watford, where I work, is WD postcode, is Middlesex, isn't London at all
00:19.59BorgBabybut you can't get a tube to watford
00:20.04Leedssure you can!
00:20.17Resudaedwatford is outside the london travelcard zones
00:20.18BorgBabytube ? (not train)
00:20.36Resudaed(1-6)
00:20.39Leedsit's outside the travelcard zones, but the tube goes there
00:20.49Resudaedit doesn't, the train does
00:21.00BorgBabytrains yes
00:21.00Leedsit does
00:21.06BorgBabywhich line?
00:21.23Leedshang on... looking
00:21.42Resudaedhe's right
00:21.48Resudaedthe metropoliton
00:21.56LeedsMet line
00:21.59Resudaeddon't tell him though
00:22.01Leedsof course I'm bloody right :-)
00:22.02Resudaed:-)
00:22.04BorgBabyhe he
00:22.20Resudaedstill outsize of regular travelcard zones
00:22.29LeedsResudaed: so what?
00:22.29Resudaeds/outsize/outside
00:22.42Resudaedcan't remember
00:22.49Leedsanyway, I tend to get the Watford Junction->Euston train rather than the tube :-)
00:23.17BorgBabymakes more sense ;)
00:23.21Resudaedis how I used to get there too, why I thought there was no tube
00:24.32Resudaedthe only reason enfield (and other boroughs) are not on london postcodes is because there aren't enough
00:24.47Leedsno, it's because they're not in London
00:25.01ResudaedN I think goes into the 20's and it was getting messy
00:25.02BorgBabyyou could always have SW99
00:25.20Leedspostcodes don't have to be sequential or contiguous
00:25.33Resudaedenfield is half on the N post codes anyway
00:25.39Resudaed(having looked at the map)
00:25.53Resudaedalthough I'm about 1 mile up the road fromt here
00:25.56Leedsso the bit in N is London, the bit in EN is Middlesex/Greater London
00:26.10Resudaednight leeds
00:26.13Resudaed:-)
00:26.21Resudaedsome sleep may clear your mind
00:26.43BorgBabysweet dreams of being a postman in greater middlesex
00:26.47LeedsTiVo is running out of room :-(
00:26.54LeedsMiddlesex is anything but great ;-)
00:27.10Resudaedfinally we agree on something
00:27.37Resudaedtime to change the topic I think
00:27.55BorgBabyphone codes
00:28.00BorgBaby;)
00:28.24Resudaed020 is the london phone code, goes up to the edge of herts
00:29.10Resudaednumbers begninning 7 are in inner areas of 'london', areas beginning with 8 ... the outer parts
00:29.24Resudaednah, need another subject
00:29.52Resudaed(not tubes, not post codes, phone codes, not counties, not LONDON)
00:32.39Resudaeddoes anyone have any ideas on how to get a working linux on a 386 with 4MB RAM and 1 floppy drive?
00:32.47Resudaed(ideally slack)
00:33.06dankolb_Yes
00:33.11BorgBabyhave you tried any of the 'tiny' linuxes?
00:33.12dankolb_Look at lowmem.i
00:33.42Resudaedproblem is that with only 4MB it needs to use a floppy disk as the root disk
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00:34.09BorgBabythere are a few distros that fit on a floppy
00:34.14Resudaedwb jenson
00:34.22dankolb_Yeah. lowmem.i works\
00:34.27ResudaedI do eventually want to get in running from the HDD though
00:35.19Resudaeddan, you still have a _  on your name
00:35.28dankolb_So I do
00:36.09Resudaedmaybe I'll try lowmem.i from slack 3
00:36.20dankolb_Get Slack 8.0
00:36.23dankolb_That'll work
00:36.37Resudaedon this heap of ****
00:37.28Resudaedbollox to a general read failure
00:37.40Resudaedmaybe I'll try this in the morning when I'm awake :)
00:37.45dankolb_:)
00:38.34BorgBabyhave a vodka ;)
00:38.39Resudaedand has run out of jd
00:39.04Resudaedok, vodka, got a bit left (from a 25quid bottle)
00:39.37Resudaedwill have to drink neat, no mixers around
00:41.11BorgBabybest way ;)
00:41.16Resudaednow I remember why I never used to drink it straight :-o
00:41.35Resudaedwiskey straight, don't mind it
00:41.57Resudaedthat's cleared my head though
00:43.14Resudaedprefer it with a *dash* of something (orange, coke, not bothered really)
00:44.04Resudaedthink I'll roll a fat cigarette, go for a walk, go to bed
00:44.12Resudaed(helps me think)
00:44.49ResudaedI've been invited to this meeting tomorrow because the customer wants to hear technical stuff (never a good sign)
00:45.22Resudaedno idea what to say
00:47.22BorgBabycustomer for what?
00:50.59ResudaedI do a lot of back-end webserver stuff
00:51.11Resudaedmostly php/mysql combo
00:51.44BorgBabyok
00:51.56ResudaedI work a lot with a guy who does a lot graphics
00:53.07BorgBabyI do some teaching around pcs, but mostly hardware/networking
00:53.19Resudaedbut I'm looking for a perminant (9-5) job, but can't find one anywhere
00:53.43BorgBabyit's pretty hard these days
00:53.57Resudaedyeah, especially when I have no bits of paper to help me
00:55.10ResudaedI'm thinking of sending something out in the mailing list to see if anyone could offer anything, but am not sure how well people will take it
00:55.37BorgBabymay as well try, it can't hurt
00:56.03BorgBabyI don't have much paper myself, trying to get some more
00:56.27ResudaedI have a great shortage of 'paper', and without a job I cannot afford to get it
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00:57.27its-formiResudaed: what are you doing?
00:57.33Resudaedeh?
00:57.47its-formiwhy am i getting cctp pings from you?
00:58.02Resudaedonly one, just seeing what a BY-BY ping was like
00:58.34Resudaedslightly faster than others, not much though :)
00:58.37BorgBabyanyway, I'm off to bed - see you later
00:58.42Resudaednight
00:58.44dankolb_night
00:58.48forminight
00:58.49BorgBabynight ;)
00:58.51*** part/#gllug BorgBaby (~BorgBaby@modem-667.pounder.dialup.pol.co.uk)
00:58.53formifunking xp
00:59.05formifucking colombian flatmate
00:59.05Resudaed(my thoughts exactly)
00:59.19formishit windows media player
00:59.23Resudaed(don't know the flatmate too well though, can't comment there)
00:59.35Resudaed(agree on media player though)
00:59.39formihe has asked me too fix his laptop
00:59.59formibasically wmp won't play dvds unless it is connected to the internet
01:00.01Resudaedshould have said no, I can only fix unix systems
01:00.10formime too
01:00.42formianyway, phoenix under xp is really nice
01:01.50Resudaedthere are pleanty of f/ware dvd players out on the internet (quick but effective fix)
01:02.54forminope
01:03.10formibasically xp stops other players from playing
01:03.14dankolb_'night all
01:03.18Resudaednight
01:03.21forminight dand
01:03.39Resudaedis there not an update for WMP?
01:04.10Resudaedor something in microsofts lack of knowledge base?
01:05.15Resudaedgetting wuite annoying
01:05.22Resudaeds/wuit/quite
01:05.45formithe update restricts what you can do even more
01:06.03Resudaed(prime example of ms logic)
01:06.25Resudaedis the internet thing some kind of piracy protection or something
01:09.07Resudaedsomehow, one of the fdir's on my laptop has become a file, and it's contents gone :)
01:09.18Resudaeds/fdir's/dir's
01:10.34formiyeap
01:10.58formimy flatmate is brain dead
01:11.10Resudaedalways the way :)
01:11.19Resudaed(I knew that already, he uses XP)
01:11.28formibought a packard bell laptop from pcworls, its bloody heavy and runs xp
01:11.41formihe doesn't use it much
01:11.45Resudaedpb + xp, bad combo
01:11.57Resudaedwe have a pb desktop in our front room
01:12.02Resudaedgot it home ...
01:12.08formiand the few things he wants half don't work when they work
01:12.09Resudaedfdisk
01:12.24formithis is a easy one silver
01:12.30Resudaedwin98
01:12.44Resudaed(not perfect, but not as bad, and I didn't have 2k)
01:20.25Resudaedan MD5 hash is 99.9999% unique, but not 100% correct?
01:20.53Resudaedor am I wrong?
01:21.03Resudaed(I am attempting to crack them)
01:21.08Resudaed((boredom))
01:22.25formi[12~do you know how to to a cd c:/program files/
01:22.28formi?
01:22.46formihow do i type the space?
01:23.45Resudaedthe easiest way is to use it's dos filename
01:24.09Resudaed(the first 6 chars (excluding spaces), a ~ then a number
01:24.10formihow do i find out that one? just counting i suppose
01:24.24Resudaedprogram files would be C:\PROGRA~1
01:24.35formiit works
01:25.13Resudaedif you were to ever add a directory with the same first six alpha-numerical characters in the same dir, it'd be PROGRA~2
01:25.22Resudaed(works the same way for files also)
01:26.07Resudaedwindows uses that technique for any file that does not fit into basic 8.3 name format
01:26.34Resudaed(origionally from the integration of 3.1 ->95, the first 95 was only 16bit and emulated 32)
01:27.11Resudaed(I have the same problem with smbmounts with spaces
01:28.15Resudaed(many years ago, I though windows was the be all and end all of computers, so I got into the guts))
01:28.29Resudaed(I was 14 at the time)
01:29.27formime too
01:29.45formibut have manage to clean up all the junk i learned
01:30.15ResudaedI found a space somewhere in the back of my head for it, still proves useful every now and again)
01:32.24murbgood morning
01:33.40formithis is bloody unbelievable if i delete wmplayer.exe it reappears a few seconds later
01:33.47formimorning murb
01:34.52murbformi: sounds beliveble enough to me, if you are running win2k in service pack 3 you can "uninstall it"
01:35.03murbalthough it just reoves the icon, the same for outlook express etc.
01:35.40formiim on xp trying to remove, or rename the file
01:36.00formido you know how to stop xp missbehaving?
01:36.31Resudaedback for a sec, fdisk usually proves the most effective
01:37.01murbdd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/block/device/with/xp
01:37.12formii wish i could do that
01:37.19forminot my machine
01:47.02Resudaedmornig murb#
01:48.02murbmorning Resudaed. do you still want 'puters?
01:48.16Resudaedyeah, if they're still going
01:48.38murbare you ever in town during the week?
01:49.48ResudaedI should be, I have pretty much cofirmed transport
01:52.04formifreebies ??
01:52.21ResudaedI hope so
01:52.27Resudaed(study aids)
01:52.31Resudaedfinding somewhere to put the mouse in amoungst 3" open books is getting difficult
01:52.51Resudaedc++, linux referennce and 'steal this computer book 2'
01:52.52murbResudaed: get a proper book. sorry but  i woudln't trust anyting from sams
01:53.30murbget a book on c++ and a book on the stl
01:53.31Resudaedis only to learn the basics (ie classes & functions syntax etc.)
01:53.42Resudaedstl?
01:54.37ResudaedI don't usually go for sams, but wasnt a great selection of books on c++ (wanted one there and then)
01:54.55Resudaeddidn't particularly want to learn c# yet
01:56.47murbstandard template library
01:57.05Resudaedmight have been a good idea then
01:58.06Resudaedcan you recommend any online docs?
02:00.30Resudaedmy method of learning basically consists of writing my own docs as I go (the way it would have been easiest for me to learn, then making my docs freely available online)
02:00.44Resudaedexcept I lost the last lot
02:22.16ResudaedI am going to bed now (early night, client meeting tomorrow)
02:22.20Resudaednight
02:48.41formime
02:48.51formistill battling with xp
02:49.00Resudaed_Awaywhere you at?
02:49.56formiat finding a player that can play vob files
02:50.39formieven tough the dvd is from warner wich probably has some kind of funcky protection[6~
02:50.55Resudaed_Away(just wondered (if you were within distance) if you wanted a hand, bacuse I'm bored as hell, and won't be able to sleep)
02:51.23formimy pig sty is in nw5
02:51.40Resudaed_Away(the fact that it's almost 3am makes no difference to me, I seem to be nocturnal)
02:51.59formihappens the same to me
02:52.12formigosh this keyboard is awful
02:52.33formiwhy the bonker didn't buy a thinkpad is beyond me
02:52.40Resudaed_Away:)
02:53.05formithat is what i told him, get a 2nd hand thinkpad
02:53.25formiand one he goes into pcworld and buys this crap
02:53.40Resudaed_Awaygo in to pc world, you're asking for trouble
02:53.52formiat the charity i volunteer for
02:54.18formii managed after much threating to convince them to get pcs with 2k
02:54.30formihad a few fights with dan
02:54.39formino wonder they went bust
02:54.49Resudaed_Awayheh, where in NW5?
02:55.27formii suppose after telling them `10 of times, no xp shit, they finally got it
02:55.48formijust off camden road, by the 2 petrol stations
02:58.33Resudaed_Awaydo you want a hand (give me something meaningful to do)?
02:58.47formimy flatmate was suggesting restoring the laptop to factory defauks
02:59.16Resudaed_Awayrestoring the laptop to an empty hdd would probably prove more effective :)
02:59.27formii think i will go for that and then disable all automatic upgrades
02:59.45formithe xp install is hidden on the hard disk
02:59.54Resudaed_Awayusually it is
03:00.11formiit is not the first time
03:00.46formii had 3 gigs of mp3 on it and he screwed xp so much that i had to reinstalled it
03:00.54Resudaed_Away(do you still want a hand, I'm only 1 bus ride away, and looking for a meaningful task)
03:00.58formilosing all my music
03:01.11forminot really
03:01.33Resudaed_Awayah shame, I was hoping to get away from this damn laptop
03:01.39formicause he is sleeping and he needs to tell what to backup from the disk[6~
03:02.09formiso it probably will be done tomorrow
03:02.31Resudaed_Awayjust back up docs & sttings most likley
03:02.32formithere is a nice music program on itv
03:02.49Resudaed_Awaycan't watch tv, my sisters got the couch
03:03.03formii dont know where he has the crap
03:03.22formiand other wireless my samba shares go really slow
03:03.32formis/other/over
03:03.50Resudaed_Awaycopy them accross in 1 go
03:04.12formii get something like 30 kb/s
03:04.17Resudaedouch
03:04.19formianyway what time is it?
03:04.32Resudaednow? 3.07
03:04.56formii should go to bed, i havent slept much for weeks
03:05.14formiwhere do you live?
03:05.19Resudaedsame here, my body refuses more than about 6 hours a day though
03:05.38Resudaedjust the other side of edmonton
03:05.44formii need a 13 hours session
03:05.58formifuck that is far
03:06.05Resudaedabout 30 mins on the bus
03:06.18formii know somebdoy who used to live there
03:06.25formie15 i think
03:06.49Resudaedthe only way to travel anywhere near your area is on night busses, there is no useful day bus
03:07.28formianyway have a cup of warm milk and go to bed
03:07.38formimy eyes are already hurting
03:07.49ResudaedI'll be up till about 6/7
03:08.24formiwell good luck
03:08.27formiim off
03:08.31Resudaednight
03:08.48formigood sleepless night :-}
03:24.10TarragonNo chocolate - feeling ill :-(
03:38.21Resudaed_Awaymornign tarragon
03:38.39Resudaed_Aways/mornign/morning
03:39.22Resudaed_Awaybrb, x-restart
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09:15.28dank_workMorning
09:17.36TarragonMorning
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09:23.46dank_workHi zimm
09:25.12zimmhi
09:25.50zimmjust moved to london , so im trawling for local linuxfreaks
09:26.47zimmwasnt expecting anyone to be awake tbh
09:26.50zimm:)
09:33.50dank_workAh. I'm at work, hence awake :)
09:34.22zimmah , ive yet to retire , hence half-awake
09:34.29dank_work:-)
09:34.38dank_workWell, okay. I'm half-awake. But that's just normal
09:34.48zimmheh
09:37.29dank_workSo, where are you from, and what brings you to London? :)
09:38.33zimmive lived all over ,, from near Bristol to the hebrides, after running my own business for a few years i thought it might be fun to get a degree ( it isnt ) , so im here :-)
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09:39.09dank_workOkay :)
09:39.11dank_workHi highbury
09:41.33highburymorning
10:20.05dank_workOn serial cables, DCD is optional, isn't it?
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10:37.34TarragonPin 1 on a DB9 or Pin 8 on a DB25 sometimes referred to as CD(Carrier Detect) On a Null modem cable this normally goes to DTR but so does DSR
10:38.16dank_workYeah.
10:38.40dank_workI'm building an RJ45->DE9 cable, so I can't have more than one cable connected to a pin
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11:36.06formihello
11:36.39formihas anybody heard of trillian?
11:41.16SpudULikeTrillian - apart from a hot babe that goes to parties in Islington, no.
11:47.33formiit is an all in communications program
11:47.46formiirc, icq, msn, aol in one
11:47.59formiim running it on xp
11:48.06SpudULikeUrgh.
11:48.43formii was hoping it could grab the settings of yahoo messenger and msn as well
11:48.59formicause im fdisk /dev/fucker
11:49.03dank_workI've heard of it
11:51.22formispud, so you go to hot parties in islington, do you care to give details?
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11:53.51dank_workHi resudaed
11:53.53SpudULikeformi: Nah, I just get to hear about them.  I heard about this one when I was 15.
11:54.04formiearly morning resu
11:54.36formiso it's probably gone cold and old now, {:-}
11:55.00SpudULikeNo. That party lives on in the minds of many.
11:55.17resudaedmorning all
11:55.35resudaedIRC hasn't been letting me connect for the past 12 hours
11:55.55dank_workYes. It said you should get some sleep :)
11:55.57resudaedapparantly I was running an unsecure proxy (just as well it told me, I hadn't realised)
11:56.05resudaedforgot to deny all
11:56.12resudaedstill a pain in the arse
11:57.01dank_workbaaaad
11:57.19resudaedforgetting to deny all ?
11:57.32dank_workyes
11:57.40dank_workrunning an open poxy
11:57.56resudaedI sort of used that line to deny anyone else access between 12am - 6am (my o/night downloading time
11:58.08resudaedforgot to replace it
11:58.25resudaedstill don't understand what that's got to do with not letting me on to IRC though
11:59.10dank_workThe IRC servers check for open proxies that could be abused
11:59.33resudaedand then deny me acceess to irc?
11:59.46resudaed(very useful service, but fail to see the point)
12:00.12formidon't you have access to another machine?
12:00.34dank_workYeah. Possibly because people used open proxies to connect to IRC servers and abuse them
12:00.35resudaedme?, only 2 windows boxes
12:00.42dank_workHence it's protecting the servers, not you
12:00.51resudaedmakes more sense now
12:00.54formii was last night using xchat-text on my server via ssh
12:03.29resudaedactually, I havn't bothered setting up irc on the other machines, I'm the only one here to use it#
12:05.22resudaedformi, anyway, I had a good 5 hours sleep
12:06.31forminot me
12:06.36formii got a cold
12:06.50formiim considering not turning up tomorrow
12:07.09formiwhat is worse than a group of linux geeks?
12:07.12resudaedsorry to hear, everyone's abandoning me tomorrow (my first time)
12:07.33dank_workAw well
12:07.36formia group of linux geeks all with a cold
12:07.42dank_workThere's always January
12:08.03resudaedso who actually is turning up tomorrow?
12:08.17formii can stand it, but i don't know if i should subject others to the illness
12:09.07resudaedam guessing that means none of us
12:09.23resudaedr/us/you
12:09.29dank_workLeeds might be
12:10.49resudaedI signed up to the debian-uk mailing list yesterday afternoon, not got anything yet :-)
12:10.58dank_workWhy would you that?
12:11.11resudaedwhy not?
12:12.00resudaedthe only deb' user I know in here is eye69, could do with a few more people to ask deb' specific questions
12:12.56dank_workYes, but you should use a better distro :)
12:13.56resudaedI'll use a new distro when I get my next comp
12:14.05resudaed(actually, I was thinking of FreeBSD)
12:14.29resudaedwhat use am I to myself if I am used to one single distribution
12:15.26resudaedit isn't the most user friendly to get started with I admit
12:15.28dank_workNot much. FreeBSD is nice. I'm using it here
12:15.57dank_workPersonally, I prefer OpenBSD, but I can't use it here - doesn't run Wine, and Mozilla is hardly working (they just about got a statically linked version running)
12:15.57resudaedmy next 3 installs are going to be slack, freeBSD, and probably sol
12:16.16formiwhat is the minimum file rights to have a file displayed by apache?
12:16.35resudaedwould have thought u+r?
12:16.36formis/displayed/served
12:17.05formiright now they are 444, but it is not working
12:17.13resudaedprobaly a+r actually being that apache didn't create the file
12:17.20dank_worka+r
12:17.26resudaedI don't know as far as fancy number though:)
12:17.37dank_workStandard octal
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12:17.58dank_workEach set 'rwx' is 3 bits, hence can be represented by an octal number
12:18.06dank_workOctal is just half hex
12:18.30forminow it works
12:18.38Tarragonresudaed: I will be there tomorrow.
12:18.41formihttp://www.its-formi.net/photos/wyndows.jpg
12:18.54resudaedthank you, 3 of us I think now :)
12:19.10formifor your pleasure, i got it from the it department at prague uni
12:20.29resudaedclassic
12:21.18formiand that was the office of the it coordinator who runs win98
12:22.11resudaedso by my reckoning, a+r would be 444?
12:22.27dank_workYes
12:22.33dank_workThat'd be r--r--r--
12:22.37dank_workWhich isn't quite a+r
12:22.53dank_worka+r means, add the 'r' bit to everyone
12:22.58resudaeda+r & a-wx though
12:23.29dank_workYeah. So the numbers specify an absolute value for the permissions
12:24.51resudaedthat reminds me, time I locked my squid.conf file again :) (left it a+rw)
12:25.07dank_workbad :)
12:26.05resudaedrw-r--r-- good enough?
12:26.28resudaedor even rw-r-----?
12:26.57dank_workyes
12:27.04dank_workIt only needs to be readable by Squid
12:27.24resudaed(should really stop being lazy, nearlly as bad as when I used root as user because it saved su'ing all the time)
12:27.54resudaedwhich one?
12:30.15dank_worksquid.conf
12:30.38resudaedas in what permissions (ideally)?
12:33.07resudaedset it to 400
12:35.14resudaeddank_work, I was working on the squid conf last night, just forgot to lock it again
12:37.18Trelhello
12:37.53formihi mark
12:38.00TarragonHello
12:38.26Trelso I thought it was about time I checked out this gllug thing
12:38.39Trelbut I actually do have a nasty question too
12:38.59TrelI'm trying to get blackdown's jdk to work on debian unstable
12:39.03TarragonGood timing as GLLUG is tomorrow
12:39.25TrelTarragon: I was really annoyed about that - I'm busy tomorrow
12:39.29Resudaed.away
12:39.38Trelwhen's the next one likely to be?
12:39.44Tarragon18 Jan
12:39.56Tarragonish :-)
12:40.07dank_workResudaed: 400 would be okay, as long as it's owned by the Squid's process owner
12:40.15Trelwhere it will get lost next time it goes flat
12:40.50TarragonAh thought you meant lost next time you washed your hand
12:41.16TarragonWhats the problem with Blackdown?
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12:41.34TrelIt's build against glib2.0
12:42.02Trelso it's throwing a wobbler at the new libc in unstable
12:42.07Trelis there anything I can do about that?
12:42.52Trel"symbol __libc_waitpid, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference"
12:42.55Resudaedhttp_access deny all is denying *all*
12:43.49Resudaedincluding the allow lines
12:45.50Resudaedafter commenting out, it works
12:46.18Resudaedbut now, I am running an unsecure proxy
12:47.20Resudaedthe orrigional conf was src 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 allowed, 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 denied
12:47.49TrelResudaed: what IP ranges are you trying to allow?
12:48.11Resudaed10.0.0.x on 255.0.0.0
12:49.15Trelhmm, the original should have worked
12:49.24dank_workGet a distro with glibc2.0 ;-)
12:49.26Resudaeddoes it matter which is first ?
12:49.40Resudaedie the deny or the allow?
12:50.16Treldank_work: ha ha, I don't want java *that* much
12:50.51dank_work:) Can't you install the proper Sun JDK?
12:51.10TrelI supose so...I was just hoping that it would just work
12:51.49dank_works/an//
12:51.53Resudaeddebian works for me, and that's a damn mircale
12:52.18zimmive always found debian to be perfectly useable
12:52.20Trelwell, I *am* running unstable
12:52.22ResudaedI've just found out I need to be smartly dressed for this meeting
12:52.30Trelwhich is just asking to be kicked in the teeth
12:52.34Resudaedbollox, washing machines broken
12:52.48zimmTrel: sid's never that bad ..
12:52.50Resudaed90 minutes left
12:53.19Trelum, not sid, unstable
12:53.25zimmsid is unstable
12:53.33zimmsarge is testing
12:53.37zimmwoody is stablew
12:53.44Resudaedanyone on the far north part of london got a spare tie?
12:54.37Trelsorry, never type when your boss is trying to talk to you
12:54.47Trelyes, I've had problems with the latest unstable
12:54.55Trelgnome2 is not so all together
12:55.12Trelbut that's what you get for running on the bleeding edge
12:55.16zimmgnome2 doesnt reallyt work whatever you do to it ,,
12:55.30zimmim sticking with kde3.1 for now
12:55.47Trelwhatever works
12:55.56ResudaedI am running woody (playing it safe, what ever doesn't work is my fault)
12:55.57Trelanyway most of the problems are due to the change in the c lib
12:55.59Trellike this one
12:56.26TrelAh, I want perl5.8 from unstable
12:56.36Treland once I got that, I though, hey why not go the whole hog
12:56.44zimmTrel: when did it change , ive been running a homebrew sid built with gcc3.2 for the last 2 weeks
12:57.03Trelhmm.
12:57.50Trelhttp://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200208/msg00538.html
12:58.57TrelI gave up compiling things for myself a while back
12:59.09Trel(though I obviously can still do it if needed to)
12:59.16Trelbut you do get odd problems like this one
12:59.45zimmTrel: I just had a few days to kill when i didnt really need my box , and was curious to see what would actually build
13:00.09zimmmost of it did (to my uter surprise)
13:03.16Trelinteresting, installing sun's java just crashed gnome-terminal
13:03.35TarragonTrel: Problem reported in Deb bugs #165352
13:03.51zimmive heard opening both eyes while gnome terminal is running can crash it :-P
13:13.30formiim trying to do something a bit winded and is not working
13:14.23formiphoenix at laptop -> server squid > localhost 1000  < ssh tunnel> squid at remote server 3128
13:14.58formifunny thing i still get the blueyonder web proxy in the logs
13:15.53formicache_peer 127.0.0.1 sibling 1000 3130 proxy-only
13:16.25formii think that is the offending line in the local squid server, should it be sibling or something else
13:16.26formi?
13:18.21Trelformi: surely you can skip a stage
13:18.41Treljust forward the port on your local machine with ssh to the remote squid server
13:18.55murbformi: a sibling etc in squid terms means you speak ICP to it ?
13:18.57formiyes i know but i don't want my web adventures lying on my laptop
13:19.29formishould i set another tunnel to port 3130?
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13:30.53formiaha its working now
13:31.13formii changed sibling for parent, thanks murb
13:33.15formii can even appreciate the difference on speed, hehe
13:40.07zimmhmm , so whats the scoop with this LUG then ? what happens at your meetings etc ? .. are you a V techy pro group or a more laid back affair ? having just moved to london , im interested in err , well , finding something to do ..
13:40.25murbzimm: come along tomorrow and find out :)
13:40.40zimmmurb: where ? when ?
13:41.12murbumm, see the topic, but it is at westminster uni or some such places v.near the bt towner
13:41.14formitomorrow, university of westminster
13:41.19murbs/twoner/tower/
13:41.28formibeer afterwards
13:41.33zimmbeer sounds good
13:41.43zimmtastes better mind
13:41.50murband beer and lunch before at the hope i assume/
13:41.58murbare people computerfairing before?
13:42.01formiwe know what wins supporters,:-o
13:42.08zimmwhat time does it all kick off ?
13:42.16formiwww.gllug.org.uk
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13:42.43zachary_knoppixgood afternoon!
13:42.54Resudaed_Awayafternoon
13:43.59zimmooh , looks quite funky.. if i can drag my arse out of bed and find a bus i might come along
13:44.38zimmwhat do you guys do on the whole ? IT pros ? students ?
13:45.52murbtoday i'm working from bed, due to london.pm yesterday at getting back from town at 0200 then ircing for an hour.
13:45.54formihi zach
13:45.59zachary_knoppixhi formi
13:46.17formii usually prefer the sofa
13:46.23zimmlol
13:46.44murbformi: that would require getting out of bed
13:47.58zachary_knoppixzimm: child rearing technician / student / bum
13:48.13zimmzachary_knoppix: you must be V busy ! :-)
13:48.43formihe is a highly multitasking guy
13:49.00formiprobably running a few parallel processors
13:49.08zachary_knoppixzimm: it is hard squeezing in the time to be a bum :-)
13:49.18zimmzachary_knoppix: tell me about it :-
13:52.40formiit is unveliable the increase in speed im getting,
13:54.45zachary_knoppixformi: increase in speed? what's new?
13:55.33dank_workThere was a 6-month job advert posted on Gllug
13:56.00formii have just put in place ssh compressed tunnels between my home squid and a remote one that has  adsl
13:56.25formiso i can avoid the crappy blueyonder web proxy
13:56.31highburyformi's had more exposure to more technology though. I'mm just and old Unix hand
13:57.32Resudaeddan, I've just seen the message (vacancy)
13:57.43formihttp://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2305&page=2
13:57.52formihighbury check that one
13:58.24Resudaedactually an IT related job I might be in with a chance of getting
13:58.25formihighbury, are you for real? $-D
13:59.05formiit's an interview with klaus knoppex
13:59.28Resudaedeh?
14:01.19formihighbury, do you have any experience with wmp on xp?
14:01.33highburyI've used it
14:02.40formibasically my flat mate had the idea of letting it upgrade itself
14:03.01forminow the dvd player doesn't work unless the laptop is online
14:03.58highburyuse a different player, e.g. winamp, realplayer, quicktime, or other shareware program,
14:04.18formiim just waiting for him to come back to back up what he wants keeping and fdisk /dev/xpshit
14:04.32formino other player works
14:04.38highburyhe could try reinstalling
14:04.40formiand i have tried a few
14:05.06highburysounds like he's got problems.
14:05.10formiit is not the first time we restore the system and it takes something like 20 reboots
14:05.30formisee ya
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14:34.44jason_ukfsnhey all
14:35.09dank_workHey
14:36.26formihello jason
14:50.51dank_workWill hardly be anyone there, then
14:58.45murbi might wake up in time.
15:02.12zachary_knoppixbrb, hour or two.
15:16.10jason_ukfsnI had intended to be there but I came down with a bad fever yesterday and I am still not feeling right so it's rest for me. I had very much wanted to see Alastairs LVM presentation :(
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15:23.46formiim in the middle of a cold, in my case it's usually a question of 2 days to recover, im still considering if i subject everybody else to the risk of getting it
15:26.00TrelI went to see London.pm's Damian Conway lecture with a fever
15:26.22TrelI had to do a runner when I hit 39.5C
15:26.38Treland go home and get in an ice cold bath
15:30.50formiusually going into iceland and asking for a trip into the big freezers is an option
15:35.22jason_ukfsnLOL, I felt cold enough yesterday that I could not stop shivering. The last time I felt that way I had pnumonia and was coughing blood for weeks.
15:35.59jason_ukfsnFortunately I feel somewhat better today so I'm just going to rest and let myself recover. It's a good thing I work from home.
15:37.52formiim off to reinstall xp
15:38.30formiwish me good luck
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16:51.37eye69Anybody have a tip on where I can get a hotswap SCSI drive enclosure? I just need box, power and backplanes, since it will be driven externally.
16:52.27agkeye69: are you gllugging tomorrow?
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16:55.52dank_workeye69: Try Dabs?
16:59.05eye69agk: I am. Goin to be interesting to hear about LVM2.
16:59.07eye69+g
16:59.18highburyeye69: pc500.net or vipower.com www.span.com
16:59.36agkeye69: IIRC you offered to lend a laptop?
17:01.37agkif we have a working internet connection in the lecture theatre, things'll be easy: any machine + knoppix'll do
17:02.20agkI'll see about writing stuff to CD tonight though in case we don't have a working connection
17:02.27highburysean, never replied to my message about internet access near podium
17:02.44eye69agk: I guess I could lend a laptop. I can equip it with a fresh HD if you want?
17:03.06eye69Do you want an installation on it?
17:03.12agkplease -
17:03.47agkneeds a kernel with device-mapper: e.g. 2.4.20 with patches from http://people.sistina.com/~thornber/patches/2.4-stable/2.4.20/2.4.20-dm-2.tar.bz2
17:04.30agkbut *if* I've got internet access, it doesn't matter because I can connect to a test machine at work where it's already set up
17:04.40eye69Ok.
17:05.09agkif no internet access, need a patched kernel to do a live demo
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17:14.50eye69span.com was a bloody IE page...
17:14.57eye69Wouldn't open properly in Mozilla
17:29.55formican somebody translate 7.8 pounds to kilos?
17:30.41zimm~3.8 (?)
17:30.43zimm: I'm not sure, is it larger than a breadbox?
17:31.02zimm~ lart ibot
17:31.04parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about, zimm
17:31.09zimmbah]#
17:35.03dank_workibot calc 2+3
17:35.04dank_work: no idea
17:35.08dank_workbah
17:35.20eye69formi: apt-get install units
17:35.24dank_workformi: Try 7.8*0.454
17:36.07eye693.5380205
17:36.55formiis that heavy for a laptop?
17:37.36zimm|stuffits twice the weight of a mountain bike frame
17:38.11formiit depends on the bike, certainly not my flatmate's
17:38.19zimm|stuff:-)
17:38.23dank_workHometime!
17:38.47zimm|stuffformi: its pretty heavy
17:39.26formii might get a thinkpad 770ed and that is its supposed weight
17:41.45formithe 560e that im using now is 3.8 pounds
17:47.25highburyeye69: span.com opened fine with konqueror
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18:15.15*** topic/#gllug is GLLUG - Greater London Linux User Group, http://gllug.linux.co.uk [next meeting 7 December 2002]
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18:36.36formi<PROTECTED>
18:50.44resudaedping
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19:18.50its-formitricky question, how long does it take to restore xp in a packard bell laptop?
19:26.53zacharyits-formi: easy, it's Microsoft, takes to long to begin with. =-)
19:27.22its-formiwhat would you call long?
19:28.53zacharyno clue, I haven't played with xp and do not plan on it in the near future.
19:29.23its-formi2 and a half hours
19:29.52its-formiand something in between 15-20 reboots, thanks god it is automated
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19:44.09its-formihey jenson
19:44.19Jensonhey its-formi
19:45.11its-formii'm feeling really tired
19:46.16JensonI probably shouldn't have gone to bed at 2:30 last night that would have helped.
19:47.09its-formii went at about 4
19:47.14JensonBloody hell
19:47.25its-formiand got up at 9
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19:47.43JensonI went to bed at 2:30 and woke up at 7.
19:47.50JensonEvening dankolb
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19:52.53JensonHi BorgBaby
19:53.08BorgBabyHi Jenson
19:53.12dankolbHi
19:53.49BorgBabyHi
19:59.13BorgBabyanyone know a good place (in London) to go hunting for PSUs?
20:01.22dankolbTCR Computer Fair
20:03.07BorgBabylooks like it may have to be.  hope they have a selection as I need a "micro" one, not standard
20:03.37BorgBabygo on Jenson, get pi**ed ;-)
20:03.53JensonYeah resudaed I know but then I'd have to go to the shop.
20:04.02resudaedhow hard can it be?
20:04.10resudaedevening Jenson :)
20:04.11JensonAnd it isn't reccomended I drink with the tablets I'm on.
20:04.17dankolbDepends how lazy you are, resudaed
20:04.18JensonAnd I get really stupid when I drink lol
20:04.35JensonHow hard can what be resudaed? I'm sure we could find out :P
20:04.39BorgBabywhat happens if you drink on them?
20:04.50JensonSupposedly nothing BorgBaby
20:04.52resudaedyou got pissed about 4 times as quick
20:05.16JensonI disolved water soluable paracetamol in whisy once.....damn ammusing if potentially lethal lol
20:06.00resudaedI've done that a few times in my stomache
20:06.11Jensonresudaed: whats coproximol for
20:06.25BorgBabysounds familiar...
20:06.27resudaedhave no idea, was in the cupboard, said do not drink
20:06.32resudaed:)
20:06.36Jensonlol
20:06.39resudaedjoking, it is a pain killer
20:06.49*** part/#gllug its-formi (~andres@usr89-har.blueyonder.co.uk)
20:07.02resudaedI screwed my knees a few months back
20:07.17Jensonpainkillers and alcohol don't mix well lol...make you all lightheaded
20:07.31BorgBabyfrom a quick google, I'd guess its a painkiller with codeine in it
20:07.35resudaednot that I use nail varnish remover that often
20:07.45Jensoncodeine is addictive
20:07.57JensonI don't use nail varnish remover my nails are always to short.
20:08.01Resudaedeven more with an alcohol mixture
20:08.12BorgBabyJenson: ever had codeine liquid?
20:08.20JensonNo BorgBaby
20:08.45BorgBabyif ya get it, try it... (works wonders for your cough too!!!)
20:08.52ResudaedI often use paracetemol, but I needed something a bit stronger, tore tendons in both knees :)
20:09.15JensonSounds fun Borgbaby....I know it cures coughs but why do people get addicted to it?
20:10.11BorgBabyOnly had it once (as liquid) - for a cough.  Very nice...  AS for addictive, haven't a clue, I don't think codeine addiction is exactly common.
20:10.24Resudaed(I was stupid, my knees gave way on an exercise, then 20 miles in to a 64 mile charity bike ride, my knees were in agony again (I then finished the bike ride)
20:10.27JensonNo I don't think is common but it happens
20:10.56Resudaedit was so bad I needed help to get off my bike
20:11.19BorgBabyprobably similar to ppl getting addicted to nurofen.  its the painkiller thing
20:11.21JensonResudaed: little insane are you mate?
20:11.46Resudaedjust a bit
20:12.06JensonI got psychologically addicted to the last tablets I was on....but the physical addicition wasn't actually bad.
20:12.14Resudaedthe TA gave me 6 months medical leave because of it, I go back on tuesday next week
20:12.30BorgBabyJenson: what were they?
20:12.43Jensonflupentixthol
20:12.57Resudaednever heard of it, but it sounds like good shit :)
20:13.01BorgBabyfluppies for short ;-)
20:13.45JensonResudaed: It's an antipsychotic.....which is why I was taken off of it coz it wan't what I needed.....my doctor was rather annoyed at the other for prescribing it
20:13.51JensonI forget what I'm on now
20:13.53JensonI'll look
20:14.02Resudaedparacetemol for hangovers and coproximol the once
20:14.25JensonI'm on cipralex now.
20:14.38ResudaedI think it was a paracetemol that killed bruce lee
20:14.54BorgBabydunno...are antipsychotics similar to MAOI inhibitos or betablockers?
20:15.10Jensonyeah MAOI inhibiters I think.
20:15.22Resudaedhe had never taken anything in his life, and then at the age of 70 something (I think) he took 1 paracetemol, and it killed him
20:15.22JensonI'm not sure.
20:15.24BorgBabythat explains why you get pissed quicker
20:15.43JensonWhen I got them I was really very fucked up with panic attacks
20:15.46JensonI'm a lot better now/
20:16.20JensonI was so fucked up that I couldn't sit and chat without panicking.....I couldn't do anything
20:16.21BorgBabywith any MAOI inhibitor, any other drug (drink, e , whatever) will work about 3-4 times as much as it should
20:17.09Resudaedwriting a cv when you messd up school is hard
20:17.20Resudaeds/messd/messed
20:17.47BorgBabyhow old are you now?
20:17.50JensonYeah Resudaed thart's currenlty happening to me. If I panic during the exams in Jan like I did in June them I'm fucked
20:17.52Resudaed18
20:18.43ResudaedI enjoyed my exams, the only bit I knew I would do well
20:18.46zimm|stuffResudaed: Bruce lee was in his 30's when he died
20:19.02Resudaedwas it his 30's? sure he died an old man
20:19.13zimm|stuffno , thats why it was big news man ..
20:19.27zimm|stuffhalfway through his 5th film
20:19.30Resudaedit was him who died of paracetemol was it?
20:19.34JensonResudaed: Yeah I used to like exams....meant I couldn;t talk to the pople near me and I got on with something for once.
20:19.52zimm|stuffResudaed: it wasnt paracetamol , but it was something just as innocuous
20:21.01Resudaedexams were the only time where I didn't have to listen to teacher explaining the basics of something to me
20:21.16Resudaed(IMHO, most of gcse's were the basics of things)
20:21.21JensonExactly
20:21.33JensonOther than electronics which was the basics of fucking it up.
20:21.51JensonI don't think many of us did zimm|stuff
20:21.52Resudaedneither did I, well no coursework, is why I came out with 6 pA-C's
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20:22.05Resudaedas in almost *no* coursework
20:22.08zimm|stuffGCSE's were like , turn uop, ask what subject , do it , piss off home
20:22.43zimm|stuffunfortunatly im finding degree's to be a little harder
20:22.47zimm|stuff:-)
20:23.07JensonI think that's the point zimm|stuff
20:23.23zimm|stufflol
20:26.55Resudaedand going to uni next year
20:27.06zimmResudaed: what do you want to do at Uni ?
20:27.14Resudaedsomething comp sci related
20:27.34dankolbYou are doing A-Level Maths, then?
20:27.37dankolbOr will be doing?
20:27.43JensonI was doing A Level maths
20:27.49Jensonbut I go removed lol
20:27.57dankolbYou need it for any sciency degree
20:28.01Jensonthe Uni guy daid I wouldn't need A Level maths
20:28.15zimmyou dont NEED maths to do comp sci , i talked my way into Keele uni , and i never even took maths
20:28.15Resudaedmaths and computing def (no comments about the a-level comp please), possibly physics
20:28.56zimmadmittedly , i left ... but thats not the point :-)
20:29.33dankolbPhysics can be useful
20:29.49Resudaednot really, just for pure fun (sick SOAB)
20:29.55dankolb:)
20:30.06dankolbA-Level Physics is easy anyway
20:30.08JensonPhysics GCSE was fun pour teacher was never in control of us
20:30.09zimmphysics is fun ,,
20:30.20ResudaedI know, bit limited, but fun never the less
20:31.50JensonYou people are obviously clever than me......I'm just an idiot lol
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20:32.07Jensonhey unclex
20:32.09dankolbNo you're not
20:32.11dankolbHi unclex
20:32.48ResudaedHi uncles
20:32.49zimmJenson: never tell yourself you are an idiot ,, thats for other people to think , and be wrong about :-)
20:33.00Resudaeddoh, can't even 'speel' his name
20:33.18unclexhi just waiting for Formi
20:33.30JensonSorry I'm in self hating mood just ignore me
20:33.31unclexhe is just comming
20:33.37JensonMaybe I should leave
20:34.45dankolbNo
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20:35.23Jensonhey formi
20:35.26Resudaedhey formi
20:35.38dankolbHi formi
20:35.40Resudaedsay uncles (random comment)
20:35.41formihello
20:35.57formianybody familiar with php nuke?
20:36.05dankolbNope
20:36.16JensonI'm leaving guys. I'll come back later when I'm not going to irritate everyone.
20:36.16Resudaed^is
20:36.25JensonI'm ok I'm just not going to inflict myself on you.
20:36.29formisee ya
20:36.36JensonSee ya formi
20:36.42zimmlaters Jenson
20:36.43Resudaedbye then
20:36.46formihow polite ofu
20:36.49TarragonNIght Jenson
20:36.51JensonSee ya
20:36.53Borg321see you
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20:37.36Borg321see
20:37.51Borg321(oops! wrong window!)
20:38.20Resudaedno cert's, just 6 a-cs @ gcse
20:39.35zimmResudaed: just lie , hardly anyone checks a CV
20:39.52unclexformi
20:42.01Borg321anyone know how to change the menus in gdm?
20:42.37Resudaedright click on the foot thing, click 'edit menus'
20:42.54Resudaed(or anything on the bar gadget)
20:42.54Borg321foot thing?
20:43.03Resudaedfoot thing
20:43.33Resudaedgdm as in gnome right ?
20:44.04Borg321yeah, gnome display mgr
20:44.26Borg321wanted to add to list of window managers
20:44.36Resudaedyeah, there is a 'foot thing' equiv of windows start button.
20:45.11Borg321I;ll give it a go
20:45.51Resudaed:)
20:45.59Resudaedsomebody'll tell me I'm wrong now
20:49.38dankolbgdm is the equivalent of xdm, not the window manager
20:50.10Resudaedare the menus in gdm not refering to the ones in gnome though?
20:50.24dankolbNope
20:50.50dankolbIf you have an X login manager, you get a list of window managers that you can choose from on login
20:51.11dankolbAfterStep^WWindowMaker!
20:51.14Resudaedso what is gnome then if not a desktop manager?
20:51.28dankolbA desktop environment.
20:51.32zimmgnome is ..
20:51.34zimmexactly
20:51.35dankolbAnd that's different to a login manager
20:51.54Resudaedgdm is just a login manager then?
20:52.00zimmyup
20:52.02dankolbYes
20:52.13Resudaedah well, told you somebody'd put me in my place :)
20:52.57dankolb:)
20:54.48dankolbAny time ;-)
20:55.24ResudaedI just assumed being that my install attempts to load gdm, kdm and xdm (in that order)
20:55.30Resudaedsaying that, the last 2 do fail
20:55.45dankolbAh right
20:56.12highburyI use kdm :-)
20:56.58formiquick question, is anybody playing dvds off a laptop connected to a tv?
20:56.58Borg321I used to do that
20:57.06highburyThe Display Manager is different from the Desktop Environment and different from Desktop Manager
20:58.22formiwhat do i need to do that? i suppose an adaptor, anybody knows how much they cost?
20:59.12formione of these days im going to commit flatmati-cide
20:59.17Borg321you mean dvd drive on laptop playing dvd, showing on tv screen
20:59.19Borg321?
20:59.30formiexactly
20:59.48Resudaednever seen it done from a laptop
20:59.57Borg321no, but am curious
21:00.43Borg321wouldn't you have to tell X it has another display (the tv) ?
21:00.51formiill pop tommorrow in pcworld and ask
21:01.00dankolbIt works nicely for me, under OS X :-P
21:01.11formiits a bloody xp shit
21:01.30unclexformi its up
21:01.50dankolbWell get a PowerBook G4, then
21:01.57formino indecent comment in the channel please
21:02.33dankolbBut they're so much nicer than PCs
21:02.44zimmand they cost SOO much more too
21:02.51dankolbYeah. It's worth it, though
21:02.54zimmutter waste of money
21:02.54Borg321I like the design, but not the software
21:02.59dankolbNo they're not
21:03.10formithere is company selling atx powerpc boards
21:03.18dankolbCool
21:03.30formithrough the yellow dog distro site
21:03.53Borg321has anyone here used yellow dog?
21:04.55dankolbHeh
21:07.08Resudaedor seen the yellow snowman (the snowman the yelow dog pissed against)
21:07.13dankolb:)
21:07.34Resudaedit looks disgusting :)
21:08.33dankolb:)
21:10.45eye69Evening again
21:10.53Resudaedevening
21:10.57BorgBabyhi
21:11.15Trelquick question...does anyone know when /tmp will be cleared out (if at all) on debian?
21:11.54eye69Trel: At reboot
21:12.07Trelhmm, that's what I feared
21:12.26eye69That is normal system behaviour
21:12.29dankolbWhy? Do you store things in /tmp?
21:12.38Treloh, I've got some code that does it
21:12.51TrelI guess I'll have to change it
21:13.11BorgBabychange it to a permanent directory
21:13.19highbury/var/tmp is safer
21:13.49eye69It's done in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh according to a simple grep
21:14.30TrelI think I'll avoid this code and use a different module all together
21:14.30highbury<PROTECTED>
21:14.56BorgBabyTrel: is it your code or someone elses?
21:15.03Trelsomeone else's
21:15.05eye69Code storing things in tmp should only store tmpfiles there
21:15.13BorgBabychange it ;)
21:15.17Trelyeah, I don't think it means it to be perminant
21:15.30TrelI'll probably patch it later
21:15.33Trelbut I don't have time now
21:24.35dankolbTime for HIGNFY
21:24.37dankolbBack later
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21:26.57Resudaedevening again Jenson
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21:27.26JensonHeya Resudaed
21:27.29Jensonwb unclex
21:27.41BorgBabyhi Jenson
21:27.47JensonHey BorgBaby
21:28.17skuggTarragon, you there?
21:28.27JensonEvening skugg
21:28.35skugghi Jenson
21:28.42skugg:)
21:28.56skuggwho's going to gllug tomorrow?
21:29.01BorgBabyapparently its -5 outside
21:29.03zimmwb Jenson
21:29.11formii will try
21:29.42zacharyunless the world suddenly stops spinning, I'll be there.
21:29.42highburyformi! you said you'd be helping
21:29.42Jensonty zimm
21:29.55BorgBabyI should be going
21:30.11JensonI won't be there...I hope to be there in Januaury though
21:30.11zimm:-(
21:30.13Resudaedbye BorgBaby
21:30.20BorgBabyyou off ?
21:30.38JensonHe/She means they should be going to gllug Resudaed
21:31.00Resudaeddoh, what you get for joining halfway though a conversation
21:31.11BorgBabyit's he, Jenson ;)
21:31.19JensonNothing new there then Resudaed lol
21:31.24highburyWe just need confirmation from Westminster Uni for the rooms, and rustle up some speakers, and hopefully that'll be in 18-Jan
21:31.26JensonEveryone is he except me I think lol
21:31.54BorgBabythere's always ibot
21:32.22highburyI'm a me too!
21:32.27Jensonlol
21:32.30zimmheh
21:32.30Jensonbut I'm me
21:32.43BorgBabyno I'm me
21:32.53zimmim not
21:32.53Jenson<AOL> Me too! </AOL>
21:32.56highburyme! me! ME!!
21:33.14ResudaedMe!!
21:33.22highbury:)
21:33.45Resudaedor he?
21:33.52Jensonor he
21:33.56Jensonor both
21:36.37BorgBabyif(!me){?}
21:37.58BorgBabystop it you two, you'll make me blush
21:38.11Jensonlol
21:38.30JensonWant me to exam you in more detail too BorgBaby?
21:39.11BorgBabyif you promise not to fry my circuits
21:39.14Resudaedcough drop?
21:39.21formisexual harrasment on the gllug channel, never heard off
21:39.42JensonI don't think girls were heard of either though formi.
21:39.48Resudaedblame Jenson, she wanted to examin all of us to see if we all deserve the title 'he'
21:40.13formii shall stand in pride and not let here
21:40.15formii shall stand in pride and not let her
21:40.18Resudaed:)
21:40.25JensonWell if you choose formi
21:40.41Resudaedjust join the imagnary line
21:40.47formii shall stand in pride and very quiet
21:41.06JensonI have a bad influence on this channel lol
21:41.19BorgBabywhat happens if we need a second opinion?
21:41.22Resudaedare you sure it's not the other way around though :)
21:41.28zimmJenson: of course my dear , you are a not-male
21:41.51ResudaedI think ibot is the only one is a suitable position to check
21:41.52JensonWhat you are a bad influence on me Resudaed?
21:42.05Jensonibot Resudaed
21:42.05i haven't a clue, Jenson
21:42.09Jensonlol
21:42.15Resudaedthe channel, the channel
21:42.36formiwe are a bad influence, no, you are perverting us
21:43.07formithis was a female free zone before you came and starred up the group
21:43.14BorgBabyI feel corrupted
21:43.55JensonIt'll be worse when I come to gllug, esp if I bring a couple of mates
21:44.08BorgBabyare you coming tomorrow?
21:44.28JensonNo
21:44.31JensonHopegully Januaury
21:44.39Resudaedshame
21:44.42formii suppose you are not that policewoman looking for child molester on irc channels?
21:45.04JensonLast time I checked I don't own any proper handcuffs lol
21:45.17BorgBabywhat about a trunceon??
21:45.25zimmJenson: but you do have "improper" ones ?
21:45.35Jensonlol zimm
21:45.48formiare you 16 years old jenson?
21:46.02JensonSuggesting that I'm improper or immoral or something are you zimm....whatever gave you that idea.
21:46.05Jensonformi: 18
21:46.05skuggformi, no, 18 i think.
21:46.15formisure of that?
21:46.33zimmJenson: im just rearranging you words Jenson
21:47.04JensonI am definately 18 lol
21:47.47Resudaedyou didn't answer about the handcuffs though
21:48.00formiwell i don't have the logs at hand but what you said yesterday or day before was 14 +2
21:48.05Resudaedinfact, I seem to remember you handcuffing me in here a few days ago
21:48.34JensonI am 18 formi
21:48.50JensonMost likely Resudaed. You were probably being a pain.
21:49.06zimmlol Jenson
21:49.25Resudaeddoesn't explain why they were pink and fluffy though
21:49.42Resudaedor why you had them
21:49.43JensonI don't think much would explain that Resudaed....
21:50.07Resudaed^too graphic
21:50.52formiit is not the first time i nearly get in big trouble because of under age girls trying something on me
21:51.20Jensonformi: I am not underage
21:51.34formieven mentally?
21:51.40Jensonlol no
21:51.43zimmhehe
21:52.31Jensonzimm: Are you new here BTW?
21:52.43zimmyeh .. does it show ?
21:52.59JensonNo I just hadn't seen you before
21:53.23formiyou certainly act as a cop
21:53.28zimmheh , yeh i moved to london quite recently , and came searching for locale err .. nutters
21:53.29JensonYou never sure the channel when it was sane before I got here then.
21:53.41JensonI'm not a cop formi
21:54.18skuggformi, in which way does she act like a cop?
21:54.34formiinterrogative nature
21:54.38skugg*cough* you not paranoid?
21:54.48JensonGuy'd for fuck sake I'm not a fucking cop
21:54.54Resudaedand formi why would it be a problem if she were
21:55.06Resudaed(not that I know anything)
21:55.10formii can have you checked
21:55.15JensonThere isn't anyone underage on here anyway.
21:55.16skuggJenson, i don't believe that, i'm just wondering why formi thinks so
21:55.18BorgBabymaybe she's a private dick
21:56.27formii used to pose as a female with good sucess
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21:56.59Jensonformi: I am female and I'm not a cop
21:57.03JensonI resent this
21:57.04zacharyformi: I thought you looked familiar!
21:57.11formiyou are getting paranoid
21:57.29Resudaedformi > are you drunk?
21:57.32formisadly my grandma fired up my skirts
21:57.51skuggformi, stop talking shit and go to bed.
21:58.00formiim joking
21:58.11skuggi'm not.
21:58.23skuggResudaed, deja vu.
21:58.30formii knew britons don't have a sense of humour, but you skugg...
21:58.43skuggformi, "in rome, do as the romans"
21:59.14formiat least in rome most are romans not like in london
21:59.16skuggand i don't share your definition of "humour" if you by that mean upsetting people.
21:59.40BorgBabyyeah drop it
22:00.01BorgBabyeveryone here should be able to take a little joke/slagging off without getting upset
22:00.06formifor my standards, i don't think anybody should feel upset
22:00.27JensonI'm not upset formi I just think you are a fucking idiot.
22:00.56formiyou can think whatever you want
22:01.50JensonI thought you were nice but whatever your fucking problem is I don't see why you have to talk shit about me.
22:02.00Resudaedgood opportunity for a caffine break
22:02.45JensonYeah Resudaed I'm sorry about this....
22:03.05formipersonaly i don't think i was talking shit, maybe you are taking things too seriously
22:03.32BorgBabyI'm with formi on this one, chill out Jenson, it was only a joke
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22:04.44JensonYeah BorgBaby I respect that I just wonder why he found it necassary to say it in the first place
22:06.12formiwell as i said i don't have the logs but what i understood from what you said was you were 16
22:06.24JensonI never said that.
22:06.42JensonDoes anyone else remember me saying that?
22:07.24BorgBabywell, if you did, it's in the logs & when we're bored enough, we can go thru 'em & find out.  If you didn't, it won't be there. QED.
22:07.45formiyou said something like "we had the sexual education class when we were 14"
22:07.55formiand that was 2 years ago
22:07.59JensonYeah....when we were 16
22:08.06JensonLast lesson before the GCSES
22:08.09BorgBabyanyone up for a quick log grep?
22:08.17*** join/#gllug dankolb__ (~dankolb@host213-122-114-221.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
22:08.19JensonI will
22:08.24Resudaedwb dankolb
22:08.37formiwhere do you grab the logs?
22:08.38zimmffs , does it really mater ?
22:08.49BorgBabyformi: what prog you using?
22:08.52dankolbFor fucks sake.
22:08.54dankolbWhat's BT's fucking problem?
22:09.00formixchat
22:09.12formibut it is not logging
22:09.14Jensonhttp://ibot.rikers.org/gllug/ formi
22:09.24BorgBabyformi : <user>/.xchat/
22:09.25Jensonibot may not have been here then though
22:09.26no idea, Jenson
22:09.39Resudaedenjoys half a pint of vodka and a dash of coke
22:09.53JensonBut I definately said 16 coz I was 16 when we were taught it.
22:09.58JensonI never said 14
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22:10.44Resudaedwb dankolb
22:10.56Resudaedscrew this :)
22:11.06dankolb__FOR FUCKS SAKE
22:11.09dankolb__BT are even shitter than usual
22:11.10dankolb__Grrrrrr
22:11.18dankolb_Nope
22:11.34JensonAren't we all dankolb__
22:11.45dankolb__Normally less so
22:13.24zimmlol
22:13.54JensonWell I've managed 48mins so far dankolb
22:13.56Resudaedyou can tell what time of night it is, I just put "'"'s everywhere where there's a trailing s
22:14.01dankolbYeah, but BT likes you
22:14.06dankolbYes.
22:14.15dankolbDon't do that on a CV, otherwise it will go straight into the bin
22:14.22skuggdankolb, you coming to gllug tomorrow?
22:14.30dankolbUnfortunately I can't
22:14.39skugg:/
22:14.47dankolbSorry :-/
22:14.51dankolbI'll come in January, though
22:15.41BorgBabygrid computing & gnome 2 - should be good
22:15.55dankolbI've heard the Gnome 2 talk before
22:16.07zimmdoes anyone here actually use Gnome2 ?
22:16.12BorgBabywho is michael meeks, btw?
22:16.19dankolbOne of the Ximian developers
22:16.33BorgBabyzimm: no, waiting for debian to put it into stable ;)
22:16.43BorgBabythe name is familiar
22:16.53zimmBorgBaby: dont hold your breath ,, it still doesnt work in unstable !
22:17.15BorgBabywell, with woody, my gnome-panel would crash about every 10 mins, switched to flwm, no such problems...
22:17.29BorgBabyzimm:  I'm not! ;)
22:17.57zimmhehe
22:18.18BorgBabykde takes up far too much memory & runs too many processes
22:18.28dankolbAnd Gnome doesn't?
22:18.54zimmBorgBaby: actually we ran a comparison of kde3.1 against fluxbox
22:19.03zimmfor memory footprint etc ..
22:19.09zimmnumbers of proc ..
22:19.14zimmit was evenn
22:19.38zimmand both beat gnome .. its just far too bitty
22:19.38skuggapparently it doesn't matter what you think about gnome; Meeks is a brilliant talker and it's fun just to be there (according to dean [aka nisodaemon])
22:19.47dankolbskugg: That's true
22:20.03zimmoh totally , i want yo see what he has to say .. ,, i just dont like the current incarnation of gnome
22:20.13zimmat all
22:20.16zimmmutter
22:21.17skuggapparently the gnome build-directions are rather arcane :P
22:23.17dankolbcd /usr/ports/x11/gnome ; make install :)
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22:23.48zimmapt-build install konqueror
22:24.58skuggdankolb, ah. *bsd...
22:25.04dankolbYes
22:25.45skuggwell, i don't really know anything about the build instructions, i just know that it used to be a pain... maybe they've fixed it now
22:25.56skuggi don't use it, so it's the same shit to me :P
22:26.03dankolbNeither do I.
22:26.14dankolbI never managed to get larger software to compile properly under Linux
22:26.20dankolbIt always crashed out somewhere
22:26.23zimmhehe .
22:26.28dankolbUnder *BSD, it all Just Worked
22:26.32zimmwho here uses debian ?
22:26.42BorgBabyI do
22:26.57BorgBabyThe One TRue OS (TM)
22:26.57zimmwant a nice tweaked X built with gcc3.2 ?
22:27.09BorgBabymaybe
22:27.27zimmhttp://www.fudo.org/~zimm/Files/linux_files/
22:27.30BorgBabytweaked how?
22:27.39zimmits all on there , i built it for sid last week ..
22:27.47zimmi686
22:28.06zimmnothing radical , i didnt want to waste the compile time
22:28.20zimmbut its a step in the right direction
22:28.27skuggdankolb, i tried installing freebsd but it refused. it crashed every time in the install.
22:28.32dankolbOh. That's odd.
22:28.44dankolbDuring the installer itself, or while booting the kernel?
22:29.43skuggcan't remember quite, it's a while ago
22:29.51skuggboth i think
22:30.01skuggdidn't like my pcmcia-card
22:30.15skugghang hard every time i inserted it
22:30.21BorgBabygoing for dinner, back later
22:30.37skuggthink i managed to get through the install if i didn't have the pcmcia-card in...
22:31.01dankolbHm. Odd
22:31.48skuggthink i even have the cds here, will check wich version it was...
22:33.03skugg4.2 it was
22:33.13dankolbThat's *old*
22:33.19dankolb4.7 is current
22:34.16formithere was sombody on the fbsd channel using 2.6
22:34.53zimmJenson: what distro do you run ?
22:34.55formisomebody recommended him to jump a century
22:35.03Jensonzimm: Slackware
22:35.09dankolb:)
22:35.14zimmJenson: ahhh ..
22:35.19zimmhardcore sheet
22:35.25dankolbwell, if 2.6 works, why upgrade?
22:36.09Jensonzimm: I installed it a week ago today. first Linux distro I've used........some call it jumping in at the deep end lol
22:36.38zimmJenson: yeh , ive always kept ata safe distance from slackware
22:36.47skuggJenson, i take it that it came warmly recomended from leeds ;P
22:36.50dankolbBest distro out there
22:36.58dankolbskugg: And me
22:36.59formihe was having a problem, and the main consensus was he needed to upgrade
22:37.01skuggdankolb, mmv
22:37.03Jensonskugg: Leeds and dankolb
22:37.10skuggJenson, awkay.
22:37.16JensonI was going to get Mandrake
22:37.26zimmbah , mandrake sucks
22:37.36zimmits horrible
22:38.15dankolbMandrake's okay for a pointy-drooly-just-get-it-working distro
22:38.28zimmslack is ok , its just needllesly old skool
22:38.38formimdk, dont install linuconf or the wizards and youll be alright
22:38.45dankolbNeedlessly old-school?
22:38.53dankolbWe need some old-school for the proper Unix people.
22:38.54zimmformi: apart from RPM hell ..
22:39.07dankolbNot for the I-want-an-alternative-to-Windows people
22:39.10Resudaedthen went caldera (had a cd), deadrat and now debian <- no nasty comments please
22:39.14formicome on zimm, use urpmi
22:39.34zimmformi: im quite happy with apt and *.debs tbh ..
22:39.37JensonI like pointy-drooliness....I should be sorting Slackware out but instead I'm sitting here on my arse running WIN98SE talking to you
22:39.52formimy sever is running 9,0 upgraded by hand from 7.1
22:40.17zimmthe beauty of debian is intelligent dependency handling ,,
22:40.32dankolbAnd apt-get for OS X
22:40.38zimmalongside the easy methods of running it al from sourec a'la gentoo
22:41.00zimmdankolb: rpm's still suck
22:41.09dankolbzimm: Why?
22:41.47formizimm: if you don't know how to use it, probably
22:41.50zimmcos , RH rpms are different to Mdk rpms are different to other rpms , etc .. and they are all over the freakin web ..
22:42.06zimmwith debs , debs are debs ,, they are all in one place ,, and it works
22:42.10dankolbAnd sid DEBs are the same as woody DEBs are the same as Potato DEBs?
22:42.20zimmits all debian
22:42.39zimmand apt-get update apt-get upgrade , works nomatter which flavour you run
22:43.04zimmits just neater
22:43.11dankolbSo you can quite happily install a DEB from Potato into Sid, and it'll work?
22:43.22zimmwhy the hell would you want to ?
22:43.23skuggdankolb, yes.
22:43.39zimmskugg: you couldnt actually , you could try ,, it would refuse
22:43.52dankolbWhy the hell would you want to install a SuSE RPM into a RedHat system?
22:43.56skuggdankolb, if the package is not compiled to depend on any ancient libs
22:44.01dankolbYour point.....
22:44.10skuggdankolb, but if it is you could just install those libs too.
22:44.15zimmrpm's are a mess ..
22:44.51zimmnot to mention that RH and MDK are commercial which goes against the whole philosophy of linux
22:45.03dankolbErr, no it doesn't
22:45.05skuggzimm, steady the accusations
22:45.14dankolbrpms are not a mess.
22:45.31formiwhere wold linux be witout those 2?
22:45.44dankolbformi: Don't forget SuSE
22:45.49JensonCommercialism relies on people to buy it, they have the choice of how much they pay.
22:46.02dankolbThey were one of the first distros, along with Slackware
22:46.03zimmwhere would cars be without ford ? doesnt make a fiesta a nice car
22:46.16formithat one is my red herring
22:47.21dankolbzimm: Ford doesn't sponsor car development
22:47.32forminever liked suse, even though i installed it once from floppies, masoquism
22:47.51dankolb:)
22:47.58zimmok , linux is opensource ,, and free according to the gnu licence .. so what right do people who just collect other peoples work have  to charge for it ?
22:48.20dankolbPerfect rights.
22:48.24skuggzimm, all the right in the world.
22:48.29dankolbIt's in the GPL
22:48.33eye69Installing the LVM2 laptop now, in case it would be needed...
22:48.34zimmso i can steal you work , and sell it at a profit ?
22:48.37skuggzimm, otherwise it wouldn't work.
22:48.42dankolbIt's not stealing.
22:48.53skuggzimm, try reading the gpl maybe?
22:48.55dankolbIf I licence some software under the GPL, I do so knowing that other people can sell it
22:49.43dankolbIf I licence it under the BSD licence, I do so knowing that it can be used in a commercial product
22:49.57dankolbIf I licence it under the old-style BSD licence, I'll get my name into that product
22:50.19forminot to spoil the fun, but flame wars should be gpl-ized
22:50.32formiand then sent to rms
22:50.37zimmhehe ..
22:50.57formito provide him with more ammunition, not that he lacks
22:51.45zimmim just stating an opinion .. and imho , having used most of the major distro's i prefer debian for the reasons ive stated
22:52.25formik
22:52.44formii used the best, i use the rest
22:52.55dankolb:)
22:53.10dankolbNah. Slack is the step before going BSD
22:53.13JensonMy parents banned me from collecting computers today, I'm not allowed anymore
22:53.19dankolbAwww
22:53.21skuggdankolb, not necessarily
22:53.23zimmheh
22:53.36zimmJenson: how many do you HAVE ?
22:53.44dankolbLess than 50,anyway
22:54.01Jensonzimm: 2 lol and I'm meant to be getting rid of one :(
22:54.01formii gave slackware a go on holydays, wouldn't recgnize the pcmca-pci card, so i could connect while enjoying the sun
22:54.22formiso i installed microbsd and worked with no fuss whatsoever
22:54.25JensonI said, but Dan's got 50
22:54.36JensonMy mother said yeah and his own house I expect lol
22:54.45zimmheh ]
22:55.01dankolbHeh. Not yet.
22:56.36formii only have 4
22:56.47dankolbYeah, well, I got that laptop off you :)
22:56.53formiprobably 5 by tuesday
22:57.33JensonI should be getting another computer next week, for my granny.....then I'm gonna try and scrounge her old one to drop off a large building or something
22:57.53zimmhehe
22:58.48dankolbOne OS X, two Slackware, one FreeBSD, one 98SE, one NT4, one 95, one DOS/RedHat 6.2
22:58.48JensonMy mother wants my Win95 computer.......maybe I'll install Slack on it then let her have the damn thing
22:59.11dankolbTwo OpenBSD, one NetBSD (+1 netbooting), 2 VMS, 1x DEC Unix
22:59.19forminice way of securing a prompt return
22:59.23dankolb1x{Solaris|RedHat 6.2}
22:59.29Jensonlol formi
22:59.49JensonMy mother gets confused easily....she'd get stuck with LILO
23:00.09formi3 mdk, 3 freebsd and a rh
23:01.06zimm1 box , 2 debian installs , win98 , winXP
23:01.28formiups and 2 98 rarely used
23:02.11formii had nt once after i got my mcse just to see what the fuss was about
23:04.30BorgBabynt is horrible
23:05.02formieasier to connect to a smb server than 98
23:05.35BorgBabyI had problems connecting w2k server to samba, not box but not files
23:05.47BorgBabys/not/saw
23:06.01skuggapart from xp being slow and it lacking useful tools, it's not that bad. i've not had it crash on me yet.
23:06.04formia blind server
23:07.12formitell me i spent most of the day trying to restore the ability of playing dvd without it barking for not having internet access
23:07.12BorgBabydunno if its the way the xp boxes at work are set up, but they seem really crap.  theres just nothing on them
23:08.18formii restored the system and took 2 and half hours and between 15-20 reboots
23:09.33formiso it is probably better to install it and not touch it. just in case
23:10.20BorgBabymanaged to install w2k pro on a 166 with 32mb ram last week, not a good idea though as it crawls...
23:11.20formithis was a 256mb og ram plus 1.2g celeron with a dvd rom
23:13.23BorgBabyi installed that one for a friend of mine who's never touched a pc before (he's 42) - mandrake might have been better, but didn't want to confuse him!
23:13.36skuggit's funny, there's this guy in my class that used to work at microsoft... he's been told that i'm this free software lunatic, so he comes to me with his m$ propaganda all the time :)
23:14.29BorgBabyhehe - you could always just wind him up
23:14.39dankolb:)
23:14.42formiyou would probably be excused for acting as one and send him packing
23:19.35*** join/#gllug zimm (~plato@public2-bror1-4-cust195.bror.broadband.ntl.com)
23:19.40Resudaedwb zimm
23:19.46zimm:-)
23:20.20zimmman, i really need some new cou fans .. its hitting 65'C
23:21.29formiwell im off to bed
23:21.37forminight all
23:21.41zimmlaters
23:22.36BorgBabyzimm: I like your music choice (in the media dir)
23:22.41zimmhehe
23:22.59zimmyou check out the mitch benn stuff ?
23:23.04zimmits funny as fsck !
23:23.11BorgBabynot yet - what's "sick of drugs"?
23:23.20zimmWildhearts track
23:23.26BorgBabyah, ok
23:24.01zimmits not really a collection , its just what seems to have ended up on there
23:24.26zimmheh , that sums up the whole site really
23:24.40BorgBabyprobably better like that - more random
23:24.43zimmaye
23:26.46skuggborgbaby: the funny thing about him is that he winds himself up.
23:27.45skuggBorgBaby: i've not mentioned anything against M$ at all, i don't even argue against him. he's just got in his head that he need to convince me M$ is the way :P
23:28.12skugghe quoted the M$-supported "independent" research recently published the other day.
23:28.41skugg*conclusive evidence*, he said, that linux was inferior
23:28.44skugg:)
23:28.55BorgBabywell he would ;)  I've got a couple of mcse's in my class, they are obnoxious twats
23:29.37BorgBabywell, if it didn't bother him, he wouldn't have said anything (so he must be worried!)
23:29.46skuggi just said that i don't give a fuck what other people say, and that i would use windows if i thought it was best for my needs.
23:30.09BorgBabythat's fair enough.  mac ppl never have this trouble do they?
23:30.42skuggBorgBaby, it's obvious that it bothers him, but he's acting exactly like the "free software weazels" everybody's so scared of ;P
23:30.51skuggthat's what I find so funny
23:31.30BorgBabyhe's probably worried about the 7 grand or whatever he paid to get 'certified' for an obsolete os
23:31.45skuggi don't fud microsoft, i don't argue that linux is better (i've given up, they're not interested and i respect that)
23:32.08skuggi just plain and simple use it and don't make a fuzz.
23:32.13skugghe makes all the fuzz
23:32.38skuggi just show what i can do if someone asks.
23:32.53skuggbut i don't imagine anybody is impressed with my desktop :p
23:33.01skugg(anybody in my class that is)
23:33.20skuggi'm pretty minimalistic, and use mostly tools that work in a terminal
23:33.24BorgBabyI don't anymore either.  people know I use it, but they seem surprised that I still am.  Then they get shocked when I start typing at a console...
23:33.27skuggmozilla is the exception
23:33.45BorgBabymozilla refuses to work with me
23:34.02murburgle ntl are giving me broken files from their proxies even when i tell them to not cache :(
23:34.05skuggeverybody's interested in what the fuck i'm doing when i'm on irc or reading email with mutt... :)
23:34.12BorgBabyI'm into flwm at the minute - minimal, fast & doesn't crash
23:34.30skuggBorgBaby, flwm? fluxbox?
23:34.56zimmmurb: yeh thir DNS servers were a week out of date last month
23:35.09BorgBabyskugg: well, I have to start with fluxbox, because gdm won't let me start with flwm, then I go into flwm
23:35.28BorgBabywhat's openbox?
23:35.33murbzimm: i don't use their DNS servers, well expect that i use their proxies.
23:35.50skuggBorgBaby, openbox is a blackbox-fork.
23:36.05skuggfast, minimal and stable.
23:36.22skuggi prefer it to fluxbox, but ymmv
23:36.22BorgBabyI'll check it out, blackbox is ok
23:36.27zimmBlackBox is cool
23:38.23BorgBabystrange combination
23:38.46zimmI only run kicker , i dont run kdesktop
23:38.58zimmand i use blackbox as the wm
23:39.04skuggzimm, isn't it the other way around?
23:39.13skuggkicker on top of bb?
23:39.17zimmnope
23:39.27zimmits a normal kde3 session
23:39.32zimmbut without kwin
23:39.37zimmor kdesktop
23:40.05skuggyeah, but isn't the desktop thing on top of the window manager?
23:40.32BorgBabynot sure
23:40.36skuggremember there was vast flames over that some time ago
23:40.41zimmwell , you can say it whichever way you want .. i see it as kde3 , with no icons on the desktop , and a different WM
23:40.50skuggi thought i was right, but i've been wrong before
23:41.18BorgBabywell, you can use different wm with gnome, aterstep/sawfish,etc
23:41.24skuggsince you can run a wm without a desktop env., but not a desktop env. without a wm?
23:41.58skuggthus i thought the desktop env. was built on top of the window manager
23:42.01zimmI was using fluxbox ,, but all the apps i was running wreew kde , with a few gtk anyway ,, so i just move to doing it this way , and i get to keep the kde fiont config , and menyus
23:43.54skugghttp://icculus.org/openbox/
23:49.13BorgBabynice screenshots
23:51.18skuggi've got a couple up on brautaset.org/pics/shot.png and <..>/screen.png
23:52.25BorgBabyit I used my surname as a .org it would just sound silly ;)
23:52.51BorgBabys/it/if
23:53.06skuggwhy?
23:53.07skugg:)
23:53.13skuggwhat's your name?
23:53.21BorgBabyhanley
23:53.38skuggby the way, i just discovered that the .../shot.png one is ancient...
23:53.49BorgBabydoesn't have the same ring, does it?  (yours sounds like a german shaving firm or something...)
23:53.50skugghanley.org? what's wrong with that?
23:54.30BorgBabynothing I suppose, brautaset sounds more like a company I think
23:54.39skuggmaybe
23:55.17skuggan aquaintaince of mine says it sounds so "rough/cool"
23:55.20BorgBabythen again, maybe that's just me
23:55.21skuggi'm not sure i agree
23:55.28skuggit's a pain when over here at least,
23:55.33skuggnobody manage to pronounce it
23:55.53BorgBabybrow-ta-set ?
23:56.03skuggnot quite
23:56.09BorgBabybrow/brau?
23:56.14skuggno
23:56.15skugg:)
23:56.21BorgBabyoh well ;)
23:56.31skuggthat's where most go wrong
23:56.40skuggthe u is as in user
23:57.04skuggthe (first) a as in arsenal
23:57.22BorgBabybraa-u-ta-set?
23:57.26skuggthe "au" thing is a bit hard for people over here to get
23:57.30skuggBorgBaby, probably
23:57.38BorgBabyirc phonetics!
23:57.47skuggand a long 'e' on the end,
23:58.05BorgBabywhere are you from anyway?
23:58.09skuggnorway
23:58.21BorgBabyi'm irish originally
23:58.49skuggdo you post to gllug?
23:58.56skuggif so, under which name?
23:59.17BorgBabynot really, read the list about once a month, think I've unsubscribed now
23:59.42skuggi see
23:59.46BorgBabyI did last week, had a spare Stallman ticket, but not other than that

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