irclog2html for #gllug on 20021224

00:00.20cupispleased not?
00:00.28cupisnow?
00:00.49Jensonnow
00:00.50Jensonlol
00:00.52Jensonfucking typing
00:01.11JensonWell Outlook Express has been fucked for aslong as I've used it
00:01.23ResuDaedcupis: I'm having a problem with my Jack, could you help?
00:01.38cupisResuDaed: um
00:01.42ResuDaedsorry, I think that came out wrong
00:01.44cupislet me install jack first
00:01.44ResuDaed:)
00:01.52ResuDaedno, I jsut need a working conf file
00:01.58JensonAHHHHH why do I keep accidenlty pressing the quicklaunch button for Moz when I mean IE
00:02.18ResuDaedJenson: simple answer, uninstall IE
00:02.22cupisJenson: why do you mean IE?
00:02.35JensonI hate Netscape....
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00:03.06ResuDaedI know how you feel, but I have forgotten I ever relied on IE
00:03.12cupisdankolb: was from adsl modem from dabs>
00:03.13cupis?
00:03.14Jensonhey davilion
00:03.15ResuDaedevening davilion
00:03.16dankolbYes
00:03.18davilionevening all
00:03.47cupisdankolb: well that are delivering stuff tomorrow - just got a notice of delivery from them
00:04.17dankolbFingers crossed that ParcelFarce will work
00:04.36cupisevening davilion
00:04.38ResuDaedfsck it, I'll just copy this cd in windows, I really cannot be bothered at this time of night
00:05.26davilionResuDaed: dd if=/dev/mycdromdrive - cdrecord {options} -
00:05.38dankolbWhich is what?
00:05.42davilions/ - / | /
00:06.03JensonHistory
00:06.04ResuDaeddavilion: cdaudio -> mp3
00:06.16dankolbAh. Well, I never cared about it.
00:06.24daviliongrip
00:06.26dankolbIt was either that or geography. And I never could stand Geography
00:07.00Jensondankolb: Why you were doing extracurricular activities I was skipping them to be extracurricular with the guys lol
00:07.44ResuDaedpredicted an A in a-level chemistry if it counts
00:07.53Jensonah clever
00:07.59JensonI hate chem I'm shit at it
00:08.21dankolbJenson: Because if I couldn't do that with the guys
00:08.27ResuDaeda-level chemistry consists of getting your head around the basics, the rest tends to fall in to place
00:08.53dankolbResuDaed: Apart from Organic, which is just learn, learn, learn
00:08.55davilioni would have also got AAB for sys computing, maths, and english if i hadnt left
00:09.23ResuDaedorganic is learn to a point yes, but after that, it all makes sense
00:09.23JensonI don't know what grades I'm predicted
00:09.26JensonBCC I think
00:09.31Jensonwhich is totally shit
00:09.37ResuDaeddankolb: well you could, sure wouldn't have been the first @ oxford to do so
00:10.30cupisResuDaed: okay. jack.
00:10.33Jensondankolb: was I meant to be emailing you?
00:10.49dankolbYeah
00:10.51ResuDaedokay
00:11.04dankolbTo remind me about FreeBSD
00:11.13cupisResuDaed: have you tried it without a config file?
00:14.45ResuDaedyes, it writes the config file for me ...
00:14.52ResuDaed*ignore ...
00:16.44cupisResuDaed: do you have cdparanoia installed?
00:16.54cupisand mp3enc?
00:17.54cupishmm, mp3enc is dead. try gogo
00:18.06ResuDaedcdparanoia is installed (apparantly), cannot find mp3enc when attempting an apt-get
00:19.07cupisResuDaed: install gogo, tell ~/.jackrc to use gogo, run jack
00:19.47ResuDaedset gogo as the encoder?
00:20.00cupisResuDaed: yes
00:20.07cupisencoder = "gogo"
00:21.25cupisshould be okay just like that. Else you may have to set up a 'helper' definition
00:22.22cupisor install/use lame
00:23.27JensonI think I'm gonna get going
00:23.29JensonSee ya guys
00:23.39dankolb'night Jenson
00:23.42dankolbErr.
00:23.43cupissee ya Jen
00:23.44dankolbMerry Christmas
00:24.00JensonI'll be back to say Happy Christmas tommorrow
00:24.08Jensonand I'll be back after Christmas dinner too I expect lol
00:24.09dankolbI probably won't
00:24.11cupisJenson: if anyone else is here :)
00:24.20Jensonlol cupis
00:24.31dankolbNot unless ADSL will work
00:24.39JensonSee ya then guys
00:24.41JensonByeeeeeeeeee
00:24.44dankolbbyee
00:24.45JensonAnd go get some sleep
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00:25.09dankolbHm. Sleep
00:25.33cupisdankolb: sounds good?
00:25.38cupisResuDaed: status?
00:25.45dankolbsleep sounds good
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00:29.37ResuDaedopps
00:29.44cupiswb
00:30.00ResuDaedand now I cannot be bothered to start X, too lazy
00:30.19ResuDaedah well ... jack killed my box
00:30.22ResuDaed:(
00:30.36cupisjack did? or gogo did?
00:30.46ResuDaeddon't know
00:30.50cupistry it again
00:31.00ResuDaedlaughs?
00:31.07ResuDaedwhy?
00:31.40cupisin case whatever problem you encountered is easily reproducible
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00:33.05ResuDaederr: could not read cd's TOC
00:33.20ResuDaed(and it is set to use gogo)
00:34.07ResuDaedprobably because the ripping process had already started
00:34.30cupisworks for me
00:35.15ResuDaedunless anyone has 'sum41 - does this look infected' online for me to leech, I need to rip it
00:35.38cupisneed to?
00:35.46ResuDaedyes *need to*
00:36.00cupisResuDaed: I did apt-get install jack gogo
00:36.17ResuDaedI did the two seperatly
00:36.31cupisran jack, editted ~/.jackrc, changing encoder from oggenc to gogo, and ran jack - it started ripping...
00:36.40cupisResuDaed: seperately if fine
00:36.55cupis(truth be told, I did mine seperately0
00:37.05cupiss,0,),
00:37.24dankolb'night all, and a Happy Christmas to all those who won't be online before 3pm tomorrow
00:37.28ResuDaednight dankolb
00:37.32cupisoh, metoo
00:37.35dankolb(that's when I finish work, and I don't know when I'll be on next)
00:37.37cupisi should be off soon
00:37.42cupisnight dan, Merry Christmas
00:37.47dankolbthanks
00:38.17dankolbgo on...
00:38.20ResuDaedsolution found ... ripping it as root :-S
00:38.40cupisdankolb: I'm not at a computer long enough...
00:38.50BorgBabymerry xmas dan
00:38.51cupisResuDaed: /exec -o groups
00:39.03dankolbAh
00:39.06cupisdankolb: (to make it worth it)
00:39.14dankolbIt's always worth it :)
00:39.17dankolbRight.
00:39.18dankolb*gone
00:39.32cupisdankolb: and I ahve to work.
00:40.47cupisResuDaed: what groups is your user in?
00:41.08ResuDaedah forget it, it's ripping, that's me happy for now
00:41.27cupisResuDaed: _for now_
00:41.54ResuDaedeverything necessary for the cd
00:42.10cupisResuDaed: okay
00:42.22ResuDaedit started as the user, then crashed ...
00:42.40cupisfor reference, your user might not be in the cdrom group, which would be necessary under Debian to be able to rip CD's.
00:43.04cupisadduser foo cdrom should fix it for your next login
00:43.21cupiss/foo/<your username>/
00:43.36cupisI'm off to sleep now as well
00:44.42cupisMerry Christmas, and good night
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01:52.01ResuDeadleave cd ripping to the other computer, takes 6 mins 30 to rip/encode an entire cd
07:36.13TarragonMorning.
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08:57.36dank_workMorning
10:23.40TarragonFinished - 12 hours of shopping - Christmas is bought so back to work.
10:33.22dank_workWork? At this time of year?
10:36.01TarragonYeah! Why not. The one thing I really want for Christmas is more time to play on computers. 26 hours a day is just not enough.
10:36.11dank_work:)
10:36.25dank_workI get fed up of computers after a day at work
10:37.21TarragonI have had to promise everyone that I won't buy another this week
10:38.32TarragonFamily don't know it but I have enough spare parts to make a few interesting hours of fun when they are all asleep ;-)
10:38.48dank_workBad Tarragon :)
10:39.07dank_workI have an urge to destroy an old IBM AT
10:39.17dank_workThe power supply doesn't work any more, and I need to take the hard drive out of it
10:39.24dank_workSo I can just strip it for parts
10:39.28TarragonAfter Christmas shopping I treated myself to a new 400W PSU
10:40.32dank_workHehe
10:40.37dank_workPressie for yourself?
10:44.58TarragonWell yes. I am very bad in that if there was anything I wanted during the year I either bought it or it was too expensive to buy. Bought for all family and will spend hours wrapping tonight. But in return I got a PSU, 6 fans and a screwdriver. Later I will download a new distro then I am all set for a week of gluttony and self indulgence (hmmm just like any other week really)
10:46.48dank_workHehe
10:46.54dank_workWhat about a different OS ;-)
10:48.42dank_workEek. I've just realised I've had my laptop for about 6 months now
10:59.00TarragonJust downloaded Gendist. Now to find a junk laptop to play with.
10:59.50dank_workgendist?
11:01.12dank_workwazzat?
11:04.57TarragonDistro building system. Make my own unsupported system with just what I want. I want to see just how big it would be for just the tools I use.
11:06.13TarragonIt was a 95K download
11:07.39TarragonThe guy that wrote it had previously produced a bootable recovery CD. So along with BYLD I might get something working.
11:08.10dank_workCool
11:10.42dank_workSimilar to LFS?
11:12.10TarragonYes but a little smaller
11:12.22dank_workTry *BSD :)
11:15.25skuggeh, hello
11:15.28skugg:)
11:15.38skugghow's it hanging?
11:15.39dank_workhello skugg
11:16.02TarragonMorning
11:16.06skuggwhat a sad christmas this will be....
11:16.12dank_workHow come?
11:16.40skugg3/4 of my family, including me, has had the shits and puking the last days
11:17.04skuggwe're supposed to have christmas dinner today, but nobody feel very hungry ;p
11:17.15dank_workOh. Sorry to hear that :-/
11:17.19dank_workHope you'll be better soon
11:17.30skuggyeah, I hope so too.
11:17.35skugg:)
11:17.38TarragonKill the bugs with alcohol
11:17.53dank_workThat might work
11:17.56skuggi am _better_ now, but not quite fine yet.
11:18.04dank_work*ABV
11:18.12skugguh.
11:18.32dank_workIt's nice. Good for colds, anyway - kills all the bugs
11:18.37skuggdank_work, that counts as narcotics in norway :P
11:18.51skuggeverythyng over 80% does over here
11:19.23dank_workHeh
11:19.28dank_workI've only seen it in Austria
11:19.51skuggi see
11:20.09dank_workI want to get more of it :)
11:20.14skugg:)
11:20.36TarragonStill if you had to live in Austria you would need something to take you mind off it.
11:20.58dank_workI only got a smallish bottle (330ml, IIRC) as I didn't know if I'd like it or not
11:21.04dank_work:) Austria isn't so bad
11:22.33TarragonMy favourite quote this year was Jeremy Clarkson in the Sunday Times, I should have kept a copy as I now cannot find it but I think it went "Nothing in the world is so bad that living in Germany is better"
11:22.44dank_work:)
11:22.52dank_workSounds Clarkson-esque
11:24.47TarragonI was in Munich last week and went into a Spanish Tapas bar. I really need to ask Formi what he would expect in a real Tapas bar. I was expecting lots of different small dishes. Instead we had one chicken steak each
11:25.06dank_workHm. I thought Tapas was lots of small dishes
11:26.16TarragonThe Italian restaurant was excellent though.
11:26.46dank_workThat's good
11:27.10dank_workI'm bored.
11:27.23dank_workI'm reading Garfield and listening to Lord of the Rings
11:30.03TarragonJohn Cale - Hallelujah Ogg version and Slashdot
11:45.25dank_workHm. Slashdot
11:53.18TarragonStill reading about the DMCA law and how greece and Denmark signed up for it.
11:54.26dank_workNot nice
12:09.55TarragonOK the Christmas songs on the MP3 Jukebox have just kicked in.
12:10.21dank_workSeasonal. I'm off to Tesco - back later
12:13.01TarragonL8ers
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12:15.26Tarragonibot sing
12:15.27ACTION sings off key
12:15.43resudaedafternoon Tarragon
12:16.16TarragonAfternoon
12:26.16TarragonRight that's it! Next year I only buy square boxed presents.
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12:33.09zacharyGood afternoon and a happy christmas eve!
12:36.17TarragonHi Zack - How is the family?
12:37.09zacharyWe're doing great, Astanzi is getting spoiled this year.
12:37.42zacharyHow's your side?
12:39.55dank_workback
12:40.24resudaedafternoon again
12:40.44dank_workIt's hot here
12:40.46TarragonChildren will be spolit as usual - Although this is now depending on whether they SHUT UP right now or not.
12:43.13TarragonSorry about that - one of those precious family moments - Note to self NO more children EVER!
12:43.52resudaed:-)
12:43.52zacharyMy daughter has been really funny lately. My wife was trying to disiplin her. And Astanzi just giggles and smiles. Wife came to me and says, "I can't take the cuteness make it stop!"
12:44.21dank_work:)
12:44.41zacharyTarragon: They do have a procedure for that. Snip, snip!
12:48.07TarragonRight now I am soooo tempted.
12:50.15dank_work2 hours left
13:09.30dank_workBwurgh
13:09.59Tarragon??
13:14.02dank_workI'm bored
13:14.12dank_workMaybe I should do some work...
13:37.48TarragonDepends on what needs doing
13:40.21dank_workSome stuff that I can't be bothered
13:40.45dank_workPlus I've forgotten the CDs with the firewalls on them, and I need duct tape to tie network cables down
13:40.49TarragonNow playing Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry and Jethro Tull - Solstice bell very loud - Only time I can get away with it.
13:41.02dank_workAt the same time?
13:41.10Tarragonlooped
13:43.21zacharyTarragon: What size is your mp3/ogg collection?
13:45.13TarragonHard disk - close to 80GB juke-box - CD - 100GB+ Mind you SpudUAway's is bigger. I just consider my the tasteful end of the scale. Some of his is weird!
13:48.47dank_work:)
13:52.00TarragonEveryone says that they have an eclectic music taste because they like some odd albums. The word does describe Spud. It is fantastic getting a CD off him because it is like a new world. Admittedly some are so odd you wince but others are amazing. I once heard a 20 second loop he had made of swan lake  perfect.
13:52.26dank_workHehe
13:53.06TarragonI could not workout what he had done or why until I actual heard it.
13:53.33zacharylol, sounds interesting!!
13:55.14TarragonHe must have done it ten years before Techno was mainstream
13:56.51zacharySpud the music revolutionary! Wouldn't suprise me.
13:58.41TarragonHe is also really into Radio comedy
14:01.34dank_workRadio comedy is good
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14:05.22ResuDaedooh, SegFault, first on this install
14:05.33dank_work:)
14:05.37dank_workCongrats
14:05.48ResuDaedabout time I got some new ram then
14:05.52dank_workYep
14:06.49ResuDaedI now call myself a die hard linux user ... I have disabled the graphical login, and only startx when I need it
14:07.09ResuDaed:)
14:07.15dank_work:)
14:07.38dank_workMost Unices actually have booted into graphical logins for the last 10 years or more
14:07.39dank_work:)
14:08.52ResuDaedI know, but I prefere a text based login ... that way when I'm doing it from halfway around the world on a laptop, hacking in to the local phone system, routing my call through 3 or more US government satellites, I know what to expect at the login screen
14:09.20dank_work:) Fair enough
14:09.37dank_workI tend to use text-based logins, and just run startx
14:10.27ResuDaedI am quite happy now I can run 2 sessions of X at the same time
14:10.39dank_workThat's useful why exactly?
14:12.38ResuDaedon the first session I have blackbox, I use it to read emails/irc/browse etc.  the second I use fvwm2 ... this is useful for graphics and stuff
14:12.56ResuDaedand mass browsing which I do every now ang again
14:13.45ResuDaedI am one of those people who is logged in 5 times at once ... multi tasking :)
14:14.12dank_workWhy isn't blackbox useful for graphics?
14:14.58ResuDaedit isn't *not* usful for graphics, but my screen is currently limited to 1024x768, so is quite a small workspace
14:15.16dank_workSo you've got panning on one server?
14:15.28ResuDaedyes
14:15.43dank_workAh. Okay
14:15.51ResuDaedonly because I can is a more common excuse than because I need it
14:16.26ResuDaed(if the truth be told)
14:16.35dank_work:)
14:17.55ResuDaedI have yet to find the be all and end all of window managers, if I don't find it soon, I'll have to write it myself
14:18.09ResuDaed(a good way to learn)
14:18.17dank_workHah. They're not that easy to write
14:18.21dank_workWhat do you want from one?
14:18.52ResuDaednot quite sure yet, but something a lot more orrigional than what I've seen so far :)
14:19.07dank_workIt'd help if you know what you want before you start writing it :)
14:19.28ResuDaedif I were to write one, it'd start basic, and would (in the stylie of RedHat) be re-released with a new version every couple of months
14:22.41dank_work:)
14:28.33ResuDaedtime to sort out some new ram
14:31.14dank_workwb
14:31.23ResuDaedooh, desperation ... pcworld for ram :(
14:31.27ResuDaedty
14:33.06dank_workWhat about Dabs, and wait until after Christmas?
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14:33.25dank_workHello, clone
14:33.34tom__hi
14:35.00ResuDaedis it me, or does almost everyone have something better to do that irc on christmas eve?
14:35.15ResuDaed(it is christmas eve isn't it?)
14:35.45dank_workIt is.
14:35.55dank_workYeah, most of us have better things to do. I'm still at work
14:37.36ResuDaedah well, I wish I was at work ... been 6 months since I actually had a real job (ie not bar work)
14:37.45dank_work:-/
14:38.58ResuDaedsuch is life
14:40.44ResuDaedfor a laugh, I've added /home/httpd/mp3 to my mp3 playlist
14:41.02ResuDaedtotal play time = 89h 1m 3s
14:41.55dank_work:)
14:42.27ResuDaeddid you see what that dir did to my hard drive yesterday? (http://stolen.servehttp.com/opps.png)
14:43.15dank_workHeh :)
14:47.52ResuDaedmy problem is this ... I want to let a script run wild sorting/renaming my mp3's in to dirs by their idv3 tag, but I havn't got back up space ... nor the time to copy them on to another machine at 10MBps
14:48.01ResuDaed^Mbps
14:48.18ResuDaed:-(
14:53.49dank_workCopy them overnight
14:54.06ResuDaedand *work* on christmas day?
14:54.53ResuDaeddo you know a way I can copy from one machine to another with a badnwidth restriction of say 5Mbit?
14:55.14dank_workDon't know
14:55.25dank_workMaybe rsync has a bandwidth limit option?
14:55.27ResuDaed(so that nobody notices anythings being put on their computer)
14:55.47ResuDaedfrom a local partition to a samba mount
14:56.07dank_work--bwlimit=KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth, KBytes per second
14:56.12dank_work(from rsync --help)
14:56.27ResuDaedrsync needs an rsync server does it not?
14:56.34dank_workNope
14:56.45dank_workIt can run over ssh, or, it seems, even locally
14:56.56ResuDaedwill have a look at this option
14:57.10dank_workrsync -r mp3/* /mnt/samba/mp3store/ --bwlimit=1024
14:57.10ResuDaedI was going to write a program to send it bit by bit at a given rate per second, but that'll be a real cpu hog
14:57.16dank_workyeah
14:57.23dank_workSomething like that might work
14:57.31dank_work(the rsync line that is)
14:57.36ResuDaed:)
14:57.55dank_workTools for the jobs, remember. Don't write your own if the facilities you need already exist
14:58.00Trelrsync will need a sever for the bwlimit option I think
14:58.18Trelat least I've never had much joy without one with that option
14:59.04ResuDaedthe theory is that if nobody notices the internet is slow (only 512K anyway) then nobody will complain ... nobody will notice that I'm using 6GB or so of their hard disk
14:59.26dank_workFrom what the man page implies, rsync does the bandwidth limiting on the client end, not the server end
15:00.50ResuDaedhas anyone noticed any problems with ftp.uk.debian.org?
15:02.02dank_workA lot of people
15:02.15dank_workTry ftp.fi.debian.org or ftp.de.debian.org
15:02.16ResuDaedother than the fact it seems to keep disappearing from the face of the earth
15:02.23dank_workThat's the usual complaint
15:02.28dank_workBlame Phil Hands' ISP
15:02.35ResuDaedI have mirror.ac.uk as a second mirror
15:02.44ResuDaedjust takes ages to timeout
15:03.45dank_workah
15:03.54dank_workmirror.ac.uk is good
15:04.41ResuDaedthe only reason I keep ftp.uk.debian.org is that mirror.ac.uk is about 72 hours behind (I think)
15:06.45dank_workThat much?
15:06.57dank_workJust use ftp.fi.debian.org then - other people do
15:07.23ResuDaedI may do
15:07.59dank_workRight, well.
15:08.00dank_workI'm off now
15:08.12ResuDaedhave a good christmas
15:08.15dank_workHave a happy Christmas, and I'll see you when I'm back online
15:08.23ResuDaedlaters
15:12.26ResuDaedrsync -rv ../httpd/mp3/* /net/pb/c/mp3 --bwlimit=256
15:12.29ResuDaeddid the trick
15:13.00ResuDaed6 GB to transfer at 256KB/s :-)
15:50.21ResuDaedI have found a backup of my old harddisk that died last month (I didn't know such things existed) ... can only hope it was before the corruption started
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18:49.36murblegood evening
18:50.39Jensonhey murble
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21:08.59highburySeasonal Greetings!
21:33.31zacharyGood evening highbury, happy holidays!
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22:04.42zacharygood evening Jenson
22:04.48Jensonhey zachary
22:04.49highburyanything been happening for the last few days. I've been battling with my Modem/USB connection.
22:04.56highburyHi Jenson
22:04.58Jensonhey highbury
22:05.26zacharynothing to much. pretty quiet.
22:06.27highburys/and in/and is in
22:06.58zacharyhighbury: ok darth.
22:08.38highbury(8<)
22:08.45Jensonhighbury: I've decided I don't like XP
22:09.16JensonI've decided I don't like Linux either.....but unlike XP I will like Linux again tomorrow when I can be arsed to look at it again
22:09.18highburyIts harmless. and it works better than win9x
22:09.33highburybuy a Mac!
22:09.40JensonI don't understand Macs lol
22:10.34highburythey're all just computers, same old same old. just different complexity hiding capabilities
22:10.34Jenson1MBps.....nice I get 5kbps when trying to d/l isos.....great fun :)
22:11.10JensonI'm sleepy.....I don't think I could deal with anything other than Win9x right now
22:11.43highburyallegedly, I'm downloading 3 of the RedHat Beta iso's simultaneously at 37KB/s !!!
22:12.20JensonI'm gonna have to get a job (as the say 'will work for bandwidth' lol)
22:12.25highburyjenson: what irc client are you using?
22:12.28Jensons/the/they
22:12.31JensonXhcat
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22:13.08Jensonhey zewwwt
22:13.11zewwwthey
22:13.21highburyahh, I'm using Trillian at the moment, its Instant Messenger clone, supports IRC, MSN, ICQ, AIM, etc
22:13.21zewwwthow yu been
22:13.32zewwwtyu could use amsn for msn
22:13.48Jensonhighbury: My experience of those things that support them all is I don't like them
22:14.12JensonBesides I gave up yahoo, ICQ and AIM...just use MSN now (on odd occasions)
22:14.36zewwwthe he
22:18.40JensonWe've gone all quiet...
22:19.09zewwwtit says the next meet is on 18 jan. on site it doesnt say wer??
22:19.57JensonWestminster University I think
22:20.43zewwwtok thx. will check back later on site.
22:20.56zacharyWestminster University on New Cavendish St.
22:21.25zewwwtok thx
22:22.42highburyI'll be updating the website next week, but am just waiting for confirmation on speakers
22:23.17zewwwtoh ok. was the last meet good??
22:25.13zacharyzewwwt: The talk about LVM was very interesting. I was in one of the computer labs for the rest of the time.
22:26.31JensonI won't understand anything the speakers are talking about so I'll probably loiter like a loner in one of the labs.
22:26.48JensonMind you I should be brining 2 mates so that'll be OK
22:28.57zewwwtwill b the 1st time i attend. im excited.
22:29.21JensonYeah me too
22:29.43JensonIf I'm there and I bring 2 mates then that'll be 3 girls
22:30.06zewwwtok.
22:30.36zewwwtwer could i purchase a cheap but large hdd
22:31.03JensonCan't say I know much about good HDD prices.
22:31.39zewwwtthere is this shop in watford. i think bout £40 for 40 or 60 gig.
22:31.53zewwwtbut i dnt trust the
22:31.54zacharyacross the street from the university is a computer fair. Prices are not that bad.
22:32.33zewwwtok thx.
22:32.41murbleI don't trust computer fairs for disks
22:33.03JensonNah I wouldn't either murb
22:33.13zewwwtno where else to get cheap ones
22:33.15Jensonunless I was buying a small cheap disc
22:33.35zewwwtim lookin for large but a 4 gig will do
22:34.06zewwwtwould it be wise to purchase smaller hdd at fair??
22:34.26JensonI know they were charging £8 for 1GB last fair I was at.....but I wasn't actually looking for them so I didn't pay attention
22:34.50zewwwtok
22:35.13JensonActually that wasn't the last fair I was, it was apretty shit one in Thetford where evrything appeared overpriced
22:36.02zewwwtbout the ones at totenham court rd??
22:36.16JensonI've never been to them.
22:36.20murblezewwwt: a 4gb disk is likly to be second hand and thus is thefore probably about to die.
22:37.04murblezewwwt: off on both sides of the road at the norht end just past the american church towards euston
22:37.21zewwwthow much would a nu 4g hdd cost?
22:37.28Jensondo they make new ones?
22:37.36zacharyzewwwt: I think the min. size of a new HDD is 10GB.
22:37.54zewwwtfuck. how much yu reckon they'd cost??
22:38.28JensonI wouldn't mind a 20GB....but I'll just wait til my dad gets a new computer and then have this one (he can have his damn new XP machine aslong as I can have this to dual boot Linux and Win98)
22:40.34murblelook at scams site for an idea of howmuch you shouldn't pay
22:40.54zewwwtok thx
22:41.05murblesome things at the computer fairs are way overpriced, the other week someone was trying to sell a cisco 250X for 350 quid!
22:41.43zacharyjust checked dirtcheapdrives.com, nothing below 20GB @ 43 GBP
22:41.55JensonLast fair I was at I bought a computer...the one I've got slack on.
22:42.18murbleas for buying stuff new i've not had problems with http://www.rlsupplies.co.uk/
22:46.47zewwwtthx alot for your help. speak soon. tc.
22:49.24zacharygotta go, good night!
22:52.23murblego to university then :)
22:52.40Jenson:)
22:52.54JensonI will, but I gotta go back to school in September first
22:53.14JensonI'm just in a mood to whinge about lack of bandwidth today
22:53.29murbleJenson: can't you do a foundation course at  a local uni/college?
22:53.51Jensonmurble: Probably but I should finish my A levels
22:54.56murbleare you doing thesee new fucked up ones?
22:55.08Jensonwhat the AS levels you mean?
22:55.37murbleI think, they also seem to have changed the points system for getting into uni as welll.
22:56.24Jensonyeah they have
22:57.07murblewhat as levels are/were you studying?
22:58.09Jensonhistory, biology geography
23:01.33murblescary, well other than the advanced map colouring :)
23:02.05Jensonlol
23:03.58JensonOn Demon ADSL setup is £100 cheaper when aimed at 'technical literate users' who can set it up themselves
23:08.48murblethat is just wires only standard thing.
23:09.13Jensonyea
23:09.32murbleI think the wholesale price is being cut in half from bt from mid jan so everyone is doing discounted installs atm
23:09.48murbleand many ISPs now only commit you for 1 month.
23:10.17JensonIt'll soon go down in price when they realize evetyone isn't gone mad to get it
23:12.27murblehow much is the current setup free?
23:12.31murbles/free/fee/
23:13.19Jenson£150
23:14.49Jensonmy mate is online, she's all excited about christmas and I'm like 'oh yeah, I forgot'
23:16.53murbleI don't know how people get excited about it.
23:17.08murblewell unless they're 5 or somthing.
23:17.22Jensonlol
23:18.01JensonI worked ount it's still about £55 cheaper with ADSL if you get your own modem and filters....or are most people too lazy to research in the first place?
23:18.36Jensonmy mate cant sleep coz she's so excited....she's 18 for fuck sake
23:19.03murbleJenson: well you can buy for 50 quid a PCI card that'll work under linux as the odem, then 5 quid for a uFilter
23:19.36JensonIf I got ADSL I'd put it on the Win98 system
23:19.45JensonI've gotta extend the damn phone lines into my room
23:20.09murbleJenson: why not get a small linux box and use that as a router?
23:20.20JensonNot that Linux seems to have noticed my modem even exists...I think I'll get the dialup sorted before I contemplae ADSL on my linux machine
23:20.31murble:)
23:20.33Jensonmurble: Coz I know nothing about computers...
23:20.50murbleyeahyeahyeah.
23:21.17JensonWell it's true
23:23.09JensonI'm gonna go to bed now
23:23.11Jensontime to sleep
23:23.31murblenext you'll say you don't have bed irc :p
23:23.33Jensonsee ya
23:23.37Jensonlol
23:23.38Jensoni dont
23:23.38murblenn
23:23.44JensonBut I will everntually
23:23.57Jensonbedirc isn't helpful when I want to sleep anyway
23:24.02JensonHappy Christmas everyone
23:24.05Jensonnight murb
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