irclog2html for #gllug on 20021230

00:02.35zimmgot a link ?
00:02.57JensonNope someone transfered it to me....I can dcc though
00:03.16zimmok , .. all i can find is downfall , or Running from me ..
00:03.21Jensonk
00:05.48JensonI've dust noticed I've got another little papercut type thing on my hands...it's that damn computer hardware I think...
00:05.53Jensons/dust/just
00:06.26resudaed_yawaevening
00:06.34Jensonheya resudaed_yawa
00:06.46zimmevening resudaed
00:06.50zacharyevening resudaed
00:06.53resudaedhi Jenson
00:06.56resudaedhi zimm
00:07.03resudaedhi zachary
00:07.33cupisresudaed: did you have to spell away backwards as well? lol
00:07.40resudaed:)
00:07.44JensonYeah true resudaed
00:07.46cupisresudaed: Micro?
00:07.46resudaedevening cupis
00:07.57cupisresudaed: morning
00:08.01JensonAlthough it isn't as bad as Yahoo or AOL or ICQ
00:08.15resudaedgood point ... although in my mind it is mid afternoon
00:08.45cupisresudaed: heh, you should try sleeping at night instead of during the morning :)
00:09.19Jensonresudaed: you're like my ex boy/f....sleeps at weird times
00:09.38cupiszimm: I'm a KDE3 junkie, and I use kopete :)
00:09.44cupiszimm: I'm a KDE3 junkie, and I use gaim :)
00:10.03resudaedwhenh I'm tired I sleep
00:10.08cupisin fact, for a KDE user, I use surprisingly few kde apps
00:10.14resudaedI'm a *box junkie and I use gaim
00:10.38JensonI'd rather get out of bed late and go to bed late....being awake when everyone else is asleep has the benefit of you can play music as loud as you want and chat as much as you want
00:10.45cupiszimm: my mind thought gaim, my hands typed kopete :)
00:11.08cupisJenson: don't you wake them?
00:11.09zimmheh
00:11.20resudaed:-) kde3 never really considered kde3 ... too much user friendly (micr?soft) stylie (IMHO)
00:11.35zacharyI'm a KDE3 junkie who uses vi. That's like walking into McDonald's and ordering a double cheese-burger, Super-size fries, and a diet coke. :-)
00:11.44cupiskde3 never really considered kde3 - that's logic for you
00:11.57Jensoncupis: Nope......they only whinge if I keep them awake, but once they're asleep they don't seem to notice
00:12.06JensonI like Win98 and 95 and 3.1....but not XP
00:12.23cupisJenson: hmm, heavy sleepers
00:12.45JensonFor some reason I thought that said 'harry hands zachary vim' I think I'm sleepy lol
00:12.59zacharyThanks cupis but I like the transparent shell window.
00:13.07cupisJenson: who is harry?
00:13.26resudaedfor some reason transparancy doesn't work on black box ... shame really
00:13.30Jensoncupis: I used to have a cat called harry but other than that I don't have a clue lol
00:13.33zimmvim ? vi ? bah  kvim for ever !
00:14.37zacharyresudaed: That's the purpose of blackbox. It is designed to be a lightweight wm.
00:14.59cupisresudaed: I switch between the three I mentioned and ion, but seem to gravitate towards kde
00:15.09JensonFuck MSN! grrrrr
00:15.49resudaedI went off kde & gnome when I found the equivilant to windows start menus
00:16.13Jensoncupis: That wouldn't solve it....the other person got disconnected at the end of a 151k transfer that had decided to take about 5 mins lol
00:16.31cupisoh
00:16.34resudaedJenson ... tell them to get on irc and dcc it
00:16.50cupisor ftp/mail it
00:16.50Jensonresudaed: I doubt he'd know how to do that
00:17.04cupisJenson: surely they could email it, though?
00:17.10Jensonyeah
00:17.12resudaedemail ... good point
00:17.32JensonNot that I really care who my online mate is gonna meet and shag, it's up yo him.
00:17.53cupishuh?
00:17.55resudaedunless it were to be you?
00:18.21cupisJenson: they were sending you a 151k list?
00:18.31Jensonnope pic
00:18.54cupisheh
00:18.59resudaed:-) cupis ... the list was written in MS word
00:19.25cupisresudaed: I'd have been worried if it was plain text :)
00:19.33cupisthat's a lorra lorra people
00:19.34Jensondankolb says hi
00:19.54cupisJenson: tell him hi back, please
00:20.07Jensonyeah i did
00:20.28Jensonhe says thx
00:20.40cupisso Jenson, you never explained why you were happy atm...
00:20.56Jensonno i didn't
00:21.04resudaedprobably danlkolb
00:21.25Jensonlol
00:21.32Jensonprobably
00:21.42cupisdid I miss sth?
00:21.54Jensonobviously.....
00:22.06cupishmm
00:22.11cupisnm
00:23.26resudaedwell, 4.1 I am using analogueoutput and don't have enough sockets for the centre speaker
00:26.03resudaed:( music stopped
00:26.55cupisnight all
00:27.04Jensonnight cupis
00:27.16resudaednight ... dream theatre - overture 1928 (classic)
00:27.39resudaedone of their finest
00:28.14zimmdream theatre ?!!?
00:28.18zimmthey fsckin ROCK .
00:28.25zimmthe guitarist is a genius
00:28.34zimm<PROTECTED>
00:28.54resudaedI have a few (only a few) @ http://stolen.servemp3.com
00:29.16zimmi have like a 15 minute solo he did live mid set ..
00:29.28zimmits awesome
00:30.00Jensonwell i'm gonna go now
00:30.06resudaedI have a 5 min drum solo
00:30.12resudaedok, night Jenson
00:30.15Jensonnight all
00:30.19zacharynight Jenson
00:30.22zimmlaters Jenson
00:30.30resudaedzimm: you seen them live?
00:30.38zimmresudaed: nah .. i wish
00:30.41*** part/#gllug Jenson (Jenson@host62-7-110-232.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
00:30.56resudaedI saw them at the hammersmith apollo last Jan ... fscking amazing
00:31.12resudaedshite venue ... wicked gig
00:31.30zimmlol , im quite suprised to find someone else who has heard of them .
00:32.13resudaedyou are the second person I have ever met (other than those who introduced them to me) that knows even WhoTF they are :)
00:32.27zimmheh
00:32.50zimmwell, we do have spookily similar eclectic taste in music it has to be said
00:32.55resudaednow ... 'pull me under' ... the few uncorrupted mp3's I have managed to recover from my old hdd
00:33.02resudaedvery true
00:34.26resudaedall I have is @ http://stolen.servemp3.com/dream%20theatre/
00:34.46zimmresudaed: getting them now :-)
00:34.54resudaed(I used to have a load on tape, but I have since lost that)
00:35.04zimmyeh , all mine was on tape
00:35.42resudaedyou are on 128k downstream right?
00:35.48zimmyeh
00:35.55resudaed(I'm on 128k up)
00:35.59zacharyresudaed: just catching up on my reading, but Dream Theatre rocks. Have a few of their cds.
00:36.14resudaedlol, just as well I don't really want to do any hard ocre net usage
00:36.19zimmi thought so ,, usually i can pull 30-40 with multiple d'loads resudaed
00:36.26resudaedah, the 3rd person
00:36.39zimmquick ...
00:36.42zimmtie them down
00:36.47resudaed30-40kB?
00:36.52zimmwe nearly have a fan-base stablished !
00:37.03zimmresudaed: yeh
00:37.27resudaedthat is slightly over 128kB ... more like 3-400 or so I'd reckon
00:37.33zimmaye :-)
00:37.34resudaed(kb)
00:37.44zimmmy cable modem lives inside a set top box ,,
00:37.47zimmand its err ..
00:37.50zimmstupid :-)
00:38.00resudaedthe drum solo is fscked
00:38.12zimmit only throttles each connection hehe
00:38.21resudaedlol
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00:38.42resudaedI can't hit over 70kB even on multiple connections, 60 usually
00:38.54resudaeddavilion: do you know dream theatre?
00:39.13davilionno what is it?
00:39.24resudaeddamn, I was looking for some mp3
00:40.05zacharyresudaed: which ones?
00:40.29resudaedas many as possible ... I lost loads when my hdd went down
00:40.56zacharyI've just ripped 15GB over the last week.
00:41.10resudaedhollow years and drum solo are now marked for deletion (cannot have corrupt files on a public http directory)
00:41.12zacharynow ripping images and words.
00:41.52resudaedzimm ... drum solo, hollow years and long island expressway
00:41.58resudaednot looking healthy
00:42.02zimmhmm#
00:42.21resudaedthat means that there are potentially another 3 G of corrupted mp3s
00:42.28resudaedtime to hide some dirs
00:42.32zimm:-( , bummer
00:42.59resudaedoverture, P8ull Me under & rush are ok
00:43.28zacharyresudaed: I should have those ripped by tomarrow.
00:43.41resudaedzachary: you on bt's narrow band?
00:43.46zacharyadsl
00:44.04resudaedah good, you have twice my upstream
00:44.27resudaedmaybe our fan base should include mirroring mp3's :-)
00:44.42davilionanybody fancy another mp3 swappy sometime in the not too distant future?
00:44.43zacharydo you need anything off of awake & a change of season?
00:44.44zimmi'll see if i can extract keyboard and guitar solo's from my tape collection
00:45.06resudaeddavilion: wait for me to get another hard drive please
00:45.15resudaedand see if you can find a 100MBit switch
00:45.35davilionresudaed: the switch aint a problem i can get a gb switch
00:45.55resudaedyeah, but that requires gb cards
00:45.56resudaedo/wise 100MBit is pleanty
00:45.56davilionwe cvan use my flat as a venue next time if you like, its not in london but its got space
00:46.15resudaedok, as long as you provide sleeping space :-)
00:46.22davilionresudaed: we rarely use <1gb but it will drop down to 100m
00:46.37davilionyeah, large living room, plus some hallway and i have a few sq ft of space in my room too.
00:46.55davilionwe can always start it off then go down the pub for a few hours while it copies.
00:46.59resudaedzachary: you got an http server running?
00:47.04resudaed(or available)
00:47.38zacharyno http server, dynamic ip.
00:47.48resudaeddavilion: that sounds good enough ... just need my raid card and a couple of 120GB HDD's
00:48.04resudaedzachary: http://www.no-ip.com
00:48.06davilionzachary: i'm getting some colospace in a few weeks if anybody wants an account let me knoiw
00:48.36davilionif your not hammering bandwidth then its free for a shell account but if your raping the bandiwdth i'll need to charge else i'll go bust lol
00:48.49davilionresudaed: cool, what kinda raid carD?
00:49.20davilioncomp shop near me has a 'raid' card for 39 quid, but basically its just an ide controller which uses windows softrware raid but you could use it with linux and softraid
00:49.22davilionor lvm
00:49.45resudaednot sure yet ... but I have had enough of 2 things ... running out of space and losing data
00:50.02resudaedall is quiet ... don't want to let these amps get cold
00:50.08davilionheh
00:50.15davilioni quite like lvm its pretty good
00:50.25davilionso id go for software card since hot failover isnt that big a deal
00:50.30zacharyresudaed: thanks for the no-ip site. I'll probably use it.
00:50.45davilionand some reasonably big cheap ide disks since for mp3 30-40mb a second is plenty fast enough
00:51.26resudaeddavilion: I'm looking after some sound eqpt for a friend of mine
00:51.46davilionresudaed sweet
00:52.26resudaed4x500W Mid/Tops, 6x double 18" subs, and amps to power them
00:52.56resudaed(some other stuff as well, but I'm already hammering 2 mains circuits poweing them
00:53.31davilionheh
00:53.35davilionand this is on loan?
00:53.36resudaedhooked up to a 5.1 sound card (I am only using 4.1 though), gives quite an effect
00:54.14resudaedhe sort of ran out of space at his store room, I'm doing him a favour ... in return I picked what I was looking after
00:54.51resudaedI really wish I had the digital camera kicking around, but I can't find it
00:55.05davilionheheh
00:55.11davilioni dont have a lot of cool hw at home
00:55.18davilioni've got a fairly old but very decent pioneer amp
00:55.25davilionand i just plug my sb live into it
00:55.31davilionspeakers really let it down though
00:56.21resudaedthis is only for a week or so ... then back to 20W/channel RMS ... still good enough, but not the same :)
00:56.47resudaedjust joined an irc server in quest for some more mp3's, first thing I typed was /join #gllug
00:56.52resudaedcreature of habbit
00:57.02davilionheh
00:57.13davilionwhere are the best places to download music from?
00:57.17davilioni normally use ftp
00:57.26resudaedsome extreme lag between here and boston MA
00:57.58resudaedI don't know, I am currently playing around on irc.galaxynet.ord #mp3files, not great though
00:58.39resudaedam not expecting to find any DT
01:00.44zacharyI'm off to bed, good night.
01:00.49resudaedbastard will only let me que with more than 1 file
01:01.56resudaedzimm: you still abusing my feable 128k?
01:02.05zimmaye :-)
01:02.11zimmnrearly done
01:02.21resudaedwhat kind of bandwith are you able to get from it?
01:02.43zimm14-15kb/sec
01:03.03resudaedtollerable ... could be worse
01:03.05zimmso , err bout 128k :)
01:03.19zimmheh , its better than mine ..
01:03.42resudaedthere are 2 files on their way in to the httpd root dir
01:03.42zimmif someone starts pulling files off my box , it has a heart attack and dies !
01:04.11zimmwhich ones did you say were fscked ?
01:04.44resudaedzimm ... drum solo, hollow years and long island expressway
01:04.50resudaed(that I know of)
01:05.03zimmwell , long island expressway plays ok for me ..
01:05.50zimmohh a muse fan too i see ...
01:05.58resudaedall the way through?, I think it drops out at some point
01:06.21zimmplays fine ...
01:06.30davilionmmm museare soo good
01:06.34davilionbeen to see them a few times
01:06.48zimmyeh ? , ive never been to a gig ..
01:06.49resudaedyep, they are somewhere on my 2000 long rock play list
01:06.55zimmbut .
01:07.06zimmi know mat from years back
01:07.24davilionanybody fancy going to see some live music sometiem
01:10.41zimmyup i still have the plectrum i nicked last time we had a smoke with them
01:10.41davilioni want to start going out more in london but i dont relaly know where to go or no anybody to gow ith eh
01:10.41zimmdavilion: im up for  it .. just let me know where and when ..
01:10.41resudaedI'm up for it also
01:10.41davilioncool.
01:10.41daviliontime to find some good rock/indie venues
01:10.41zimmresudaed: rush drops out suddenly ..
01:10.41resudaedI hope BY don't have bandwidth limits
01:10.41resudaedah well, I will replace them when I get around to it (still trying to fond a cgood resource of DT files)
01:11.48resudaed8GB down in the last week (ISO's), and over 1GB up on just mp3 sharing
01:12.57davilionheh cool
01:17.16davilioni soo need broadband
01:17.16resudaedI think I need T3 :-)
01:17.16davilion40 quid a month gets you 1mb from ntl
01:17.16davilioni'm temped since i pay plus.net 30 a month anyway
01:17.16resudaedfor me, 1MB would be 35 quid
01:17.18resudaed(got a phone to got with it ... tis why)
01:17.19highbury£38 per month from HomeChoice plus Videostream channels
01:17.19highbury1Mbps
01:17.19zimmright , im off to sleep ..
01:17.19resudaednight zimm, does that mean I have my internet connection back ? :-)
01:17.19zimmaye :)
01:17.19zimmlaters
01:17.19resudaedlaters
01:18.43resudaedI'm going to look for another way to get mp3's ... gnutella is shite, irc is too damn messy
01:18.48resudaedmy method of hosting is the best IMHO
01:19.50davilionyeah
01:19.50davilionftp is pretty good
01:19.50davilionits just finding a good site
01:19.50resudaedI do it over http
01:23.08resudaedmy site is simple but very affective
01:23.08davilionurl?
01:23.08resudaedhttp://stolen.servemp3.com
01:23.08resudaedbut watch my b/width :-)
01:23.11resudaedwhy can't everyone with a broadband connection be so generous
01:23.11davilionheh
01:23.11resudaed(if is too slow, try http://stolen.servehttp.com/mp3)
01:23.11resudaedthat is on finding the page
01:23.11resudaedthat is only a redirect
01:23.12davilionmy plan was to find a few people with a fiarly decent connection and set up some kind of rsync system
01:23.12resudaedthat would be pretty sweet
01:27.27davilionyeah i think so
01:27.29resudaedI will sacrifice some b/width to a good cause
01:33.15davilionright im off to bed before jessica beats me up
01:33.15davilioni'll catch you later.
01:33.15resudaedlaters
01:43.23murblemoo
01:49.26highburybaa
01:52.12murblebla
01:58.43highburyjust reasearching for a CD-RW drive. I rather fancy the new Samsung Combo drive, it just isn't in the shops yet.
02:07.00resudaedI would not recommend mitsumi ... I have found them not to be particularly reliable
08:43.34*** join/#gllug zachary (~zachary@host217-39-19-126.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
08:44.35zacharygood morning
09:24.47resudaedmorning
09:29.16resudaedanyone have any real reasons for not using SuSE as a mail/httpd/gateway/cache-proxy (and what ever else I can fit on 400MB)
09:29.25resudaed7.2pro
09:35.26dank_workMorning
09:44.15*** join/#gllug Tarragon (~john@public1-stoc3-3-cust104.oldh.broadband.ntl.com)
09:44.23dank_workHi Tarragon
09:44.30resudaedmorning Tarragon
09:45.08TarragonMorning - Finally back in the land of the living.
09:45.37dank_work(although some people complain about it politically)
09:45.48TarragonLost some sectors on a HD. Bookmark file seems to be the only one affected.
09:46.04TarragonI have another reason.
09:46.16resudaedit's just I'm treading carfully with bandwidth this month ... SuSE 7.2pro is all I have on CD
09:46.50dank_workTry it. But remember it's easy to put too much stuff on the disk, so watch out
09:46.57resudaedmy traffice is somewhere in the region of 15-20GB on the downstream and 3GB on the upstream
09:47.22TarragonAlthough I run SuSE and it does have everything possible on the discs - trying to add new software that is not on the discs can cause library problems.
09:47.32resudaedI don't need X, any window managers, any soffice
09:47.46dank_workThere's not that much that isn't on the SuSE discs :)
09:48.00resudaedI've got 7 CD's worth
09:48.12Tarragonresudaed: Vi or Emacs?
09:48.23TarragonLots of the Gnome stuff is not on.
09:48.31resudaedVi (I'm not brave enought to try and work out emacs)
09:48.56resudaedI have some docs fom an old mandrake distro somewhere when I decide to work out emacs
09:49.08TarragonAdmittedly the same problem exists on all commercial distros and the only way around is to run Deb
09:49.36resudaedTarragon: that'd be everything that primarily uses rpm packages?
09:49.38TarragonEmacs - 20MB just to edit a text file :-)
09:50.03resudaedwell I have 400MB, httpd/cache will run over NFS
09:50.57dank_workYeah, but don't use Gnome :)
09:51.11resudaedI don't like gnome much anyway
09:52.07resudaedcouldn't see any major fundimental differences between it and kde (contraversial comment :), but my opinion)
09:52.10dank_workemacs isn't that bad
09:52.23resudaedemacs or gnome?
09:52.27dank_workemacs
09:53.02resudaedah rite ... I will one day move on from Vi, quite happy with it at the moment
09:54.15dank_workvi is good too
09:54.25resudaedtime to find 5 blank floppies (or 1 and keep re-writing)
09:55.00dank_work5!?
09:55.01resudaedtechnically I should only need 3 or 4, but knowing my luck it'll still ask for the usb/firewire modules disk on a 486
09:55.11resudaeddevice modules :-)
09:55.32resudaed(disk based installation seems very poorly written)
09:55.33dank_workAnd is ideal for a server system
09:55.50resudaedSuSE was designed around this rather modern invention they call a CD
09:56.04resudaednot floppy friendly
09:56.05dank_workThey've also moved on from 10 years ago
09:56.16resudaed(a 486 bios probably doesn't know how to boot from CD)
09:56.19dank_work:)
09:56.55resudaedfrom memory, the SX doesn't, this is a DX(1) 33MHz
09:57.11resudaedif I put a heat sink on it <g> I might be able to push 66
09:57.32dank_workHeh. Unlikely, though
09:57.32*** join/#gllug winjer (doug@host217-35-41-24.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
09:57.42dank_workIt's not heat that's the problem, it'd be the silicon
09:57.48resudaeddank_work: you've never seen my heat sinks :)
09:58.04dank_workEven so
09:58.43resudaedmy last one is a standard socket 7 with 2 3" fans, the processor that used to run around 60-70 degrees with a heatsink/fan is now doing 28 degrees with the same heatsink
10:00.26dank_workYes, but running the silicon twice as fast as it's designed to be run won't work (properly)
10:02.10resudaedanyway, that is a project for the future ... lets get something running on it first (486(33), 20MB RAM, 400MB HDD, 4xCDROM, 2x3COM EtherlinkIII NIC's) a set up that should be compatible with pretty much anything
10:02.23resudaed(anything oldish)
10:04.53resudaedapparantly it has a secondary ide controller, I've never found it though :)
10:05.50dank_workOpenBSD :)
10:05.57dank_workYou can install it over FTP/HTTP
10:06.12dank_workAnd it's only one floppy disk needed to install
10:06.19resudaedI think more than 5 emails a day will count as a DoS opn this thing, you have all been warned :)
10:06.27resudaeddank_work: I am watching b/width
10:06.42resudaeduntil I have read my contract fully
10:07.05dank_workHave you been warned about bandwidth usage then?
10:07.23dank_workWOO!
10:07.34resudaednot yet, and I don't want to be until I am sure they have no defined limits
10:07.37dank_workMy Demon name resolves!
10:07.51resudaedresolves as?
10:08.01dank_workspookhive.demon.co.uk has address 80.177.26.183
10:08.55resudaedstolen.servehttp.com has IP 80.193.187.194 and has had for 2 weeks now
10:09.23dank_workAnd other domains have resolved for me for a year or more
10:09.28dank_workThat's beside the point.
10:09.38dank_workBut if the Demon address resolves, then ADSL might well be on its way
10:09.50resudaed(as stolen.serve{irc/mp3/ftp}.com) :-) but I am only serving on port 80
10:10.09resudaedoh right, I assumed that meant you already had adsl
10:10.29resudaeddifferent story then :)
10:10.57resudaedwahey ... I have got to the 'Missing operating system' message
10:11.29resudaednow time to start 'burning' floppies
10:11.47dank_work:)
10:11.59dank_workI ordered it. Three weeks ago tomorrow.
10:12.10dank_workBut it looks like something might finally happen about it
10:12.21resudaedI think ours came in about 2 weeks ... still too long
10:12.32dank_workTwo weeks is what they normally quote
10:12.40resudaedthe new tv/dvd/vcr comes next friday ... that's what I'm looking forward to
10:16.07resudaedwriting over Windows NT4 w/station boot floppy ... :)
10:16.23resudaedwindows 3.1 disk 3
10:16.28resudaed(copy of)
10:17.51resudaedif I reverse if and of, would I save an image of a floppy to a file?
10:17.57dank_workYup
10:18.08dank_workif = input file; of = output file
10:18.16resudaedthat way I can use a trust worthy Packard Belkl Rescue Disk :)
10:18.43resudaedso if=/dev/fd0, of=<file>
10:18.53dank_workYup
10:19.50resudaedlife feels so simple these days ... if it looks like it should be do-able, it usually is
10:20.27dank_workSometimes
10:21.12resudaedI have not come across an instance where I have thought o/wise (except with wms)
10:21.17resudaed(WMs)
10:22.43dank_workIf it's not doable, you can always write your own program :)
10:26.24resudaedwihout much difficulty
10:26.34resudaed(assuming you can type properly
10:26.35resudaed)
10:27.43resudaedthen you'll find hours searching cryptic erro messages trying to find the one typo thats causing a 1MB file of compiler erros
10:28.12resudaed1+0 records in
10:28.15resudaed0+0 records out
10:28.22resudaedthat wasn't a good disk anyway
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10:31.08resudaedI have a good feeling about this next one
10:33.02resudaedperfect 2880/2880
10:33.34resudaeddidn't find out till I started using disk images how volatile these floppies were
10:35.53dank_workFloppies are
10:37.23dank_workHum. Just finished reading Garfield
10:38.32resudaedI've found 1 disk that's about 3 years old kicking around on my floor ... even sounded perfect
10:38.53resudaedclicked in nicley, hardley makes a noise
10:39.11dank_workHeh
10:40.29resudaedand when did M$ say 'have a lot of fun...'
10:40.45dank_workThey didn't
10:41.44resudaed(my point)
10:42.36resudaedat what age should one be introduced to linux?
10:42.50dank_workI was introduced at 15
10:43.44resudaedmy 11 year old cousin is wanting to be introduced :-)
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10:44.03dank_workAlso a good age
10:44.11resudaed(he has grown up pretty quickly)
10:44.49dank_workIt's never too early to introduce people to other OSes (not just Linux), assuming you think they'll be able to cope with them
10:44.54resudaedI went to their house on christmas day, and found he was re-building a 486 with hard ware scavanged from his dad's study
10:45.18dank_workCool :)
10:45.27resudaed(he knew 90% or so of what he was doing, the rest was an educated guess)
10:45.55dank_workLike most of the time when you start building computers
10:47.12resudaedyeah, but to be doing it at 11
10:47.28resudaedsome people go through their entire lives not even knowing what the inside of the computer looks like
10:47.50resudaedhe needed some help with some things that you can opnly really learn through experience
10:48.26resudaedhow quickly can I have a cd mounted on NFS?
10:50.12dank_workAbout 5 minutes
10:50.15resudaedthis has got to be the *worst* installation disk ever written
10:50.17dank_workAssuming you have nfsd installed
10:50.27dank_work:)
10:50.33resudaedfirst I'll have to set up a network card
10:51.24resudaedPlease enter parameters for "3c59x", what parameters?
10:51.34resudaed(none doesn't work)
10:51.42resudaednfsd is installed ok
10:52.20resudaedfscking germans
10:52.26resudaed:)
10:53.27TarragonOh how I agree with that comment!
10:54.03resudaed:)
10:54.19dank_workThere shouldn't be any parameters needed for 3c59x - it's a PCI card, so should be automaticalyl detected
10:54.25resudaedISA
10:54.49resudaed3C509B (x2)
10:55.14resudaed(you expect a 486 to have PCI slots)?
10:55.27dank_workThen you don't want 3c59x drivers
10:55.39resudaedgood point, I can't read
10:55.42dank_workYes, some 486s have PCI slots (but they're generally the 486/100s)
10:55.51resudaedDX4's
10:56.29dank_workYeah
10:56.36dank_workBut you'd want 3c5x9 drivers
10:57.43resudaedwhich are on the second modules disk (I'd assume) which I currently cannot write to for some unkown reason
10:59.25resudaedah well ... I'll eventually get there :)
11:00.14resudaedand, guess what ... ti's only found eth0 I am going to get extremely pissed off very soon
11:01.04resudaedshould be enough for NFS anyway (assuming I can work out which is eth0)
11:04.38dank_workUm.
11:04.47dank_workIf you have two identical cards it should detect both
11:04.59dank_workUnless they're completely identical (i.e. port and IRQ settings)
11:05.45resudaedI don't know ... bios isn't that specific
11:06.00dank_workIt's not the BIOS
11:06.20dank_workPresumably the cards aren't in Plug-n-Pray mode?
11:06.26resudaedyeah, but the bios is my only way to find out
11:06.35dank_workGet hold of 3COM's 3c5x9cfg program
11:06.45resudaedneither card has any jumpers
11:07.31resudaedone has S/N 004, the other 002, apart from that the cards are identical
11:09.36dank_workNo. They're software configurably. Not jumper-configurable
11:09.41dank_workHence get 3c5x9cfg
11:10.13resudaedI realised ... just looking (will the s/ware be bootable (obvious reasons)
11:10.41dank_workNope. You need a DOS boot disk
11:12.38resudaedah well ... too much for now ... I'll just make do with the one card for NFS
11:14.16resudaedhah, neither of them work now :-)
11:14.21dank_workHeh
11:14.27resudaedtoo much effort generally, I'll go ice skating instead
11:14.30dank_workYou might just have to remove one of them, then
11:14.35dank_workFair enough :)
11:14.42resudaedremoving one means turning off
11:14.54resudaedturning of means turning on again
11:15.08resudaedturning on means writing 3 floppy disks again
11:15.30dank_workOh. Right.
11:15.48resudaedlets seeif physically removing 1 while turned on causes any major problems (if they are sharing h/ware addresses, should confuse it to much (50/50))
11:16.00dank_workHeh. Good luck
11:16.12resudaedkeyboard still responds
11:17.27resudaedassuming you can see what I am typing ... I need a new monitor
11:19.34dank_workWhat's wrong with this one?
11:19.43dank_workFuzzy?
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11:29.13dank_workwb
11:29.45resuDaed_Cty, I'm still here as resuDaed, but I think if I attempt to switch back to X I will start a fire
11:30.13resuDaed_C(I am using an old IBM early vga job)
11:30.48resuDaed_Cusing the other monitor for the installation being that that is where my concentratio should be ... mymonochrome monitor just gave up
11:31.06dank_workAh
11:31.07dank_work:-/
11:31.39resuDaed_Csome how the 486 still works even though I just ripped out one of the NIC's
11:31.52dank_workHeh. Hot-plugging ISA :)
11:31.52resuDaed_C(just re-loaded the module)
11:32.04dank_work:)
11:32.12resuDaed_Cthey must have been sharing some h/ware settings for that to have worked at all
11:32.43resuDaed_CI have eth0 @ irq1
11:33.02dank_workirq1?
11:33.07dank_workUrg
11:33.17dank_workThe usual configuration is port 0x300, IRQ 10
11:33.28resuDaed_C(I thought irq 1 was reserved for someting more meaningful than a network card)
11:34.15dank_workIt is.
11:34.18dank_workNormally
11:34.33resuDaed_Cthe huib isn't detecting the card though :(
11:34.45resuDaed_Cs/huib/hub
11:35.53resuDaed_Cit found the other NIC though (different MAC)
11:36.03resuDaed_Cso yes, it was a h/ware conflict
11:36.26resuDaed_Cand it is on port 0x300
11:36.41dank_workThat's fine
11:36.51dank_workIn which case, the other card should be set to, say, 0x310
11:36.55resuDaed_Cjust not lighting up my hub
11:37.16resuDaed_C(def *not* a faulty cable)
11:39.00resuDaed_C'hot swap' back and test the other card (this time it may crash)
11:41.09resuDaed_Cdon't now what is going on
11:41.15resuDaed_C^know
11:43.31resuDaed_Couch ... accidently switched to tty7 (x session) on this monitor ... didn't explode though
11:43.59dank_workHeh
11:44.08dank_workYou seem to have very dodgy hardware
11:44.21dank_workMaybe the reason only one NIC was working was because one of them is b0rk3d?
11:45.54resuDaed_Cwierd, because when the first one was removed, the second one was found
11:47.17dank_workOh hum.
11:47.20dank_workDunno
11:47.39resuDaed_Ca 3com card wouldn't need any initialisation from an OS before it will 'light up a hub'
11:47.46resuDaed_Cwould it?
11:48.19resuDaed_C(I have seen something like it before, but not with a mainstream vendor)
11:49.04resuDaed_Cmaybe I'll check if I have any other ISA NIC's kicking around
11:49.13dank_workNo, it won't
11:49.13resuDaed_Ca nice NE2000 clone or something
11:49.16dank_work:)
11:49.49resuDaed_C(they always work fine)
11:51.33dank_work3coms always work fine for me
11:51.46dank_workI really like the 3c509
11:51.48dank_work+s
11:54.21resuDaed_Cwell if you have any spare, I could do with one
11:54.31resuDaed_C(or 2)
11:54.44resuDaed_Cbecause I have always really like them in the past
11:55.02resuDaed_C(this 486 was once a firewall)
12:08.12dank_workUnfortunately I don't have any spare 509s
12:08.17dank_workI have quite a few 503s
12:28.27resuDaed_Cjust had a shower, are 503's ISA or PCI?
12:29.27dank_workISA
12:29.29dank_workBut they're really old
12:29.34dank_workAnd BNC-only
12:29.38resuDaed_CAh
12:29.38dank_work(well, and AUI)
12:30.30resuDaed_Cmy minimum requirement is 10baseT, o/wsie I'd be using my machine to get bnc on to 10baseT (the rest of the network is made up of reasonably modern parts)
12:30.48resuDaed_Cthat kind of defeats the object of a seperate box doesn' t it
12:32.48dank_workEh? I'm confused
12:33.22resuDaed_Cg2g, I'll explain later
12:34.15dank_workOkay
12:34.16dank_workHave fun
12:38.45resuDaed_iceSkatI should do, my sisters firends sister isn't bad looking
12:38.58resuDaed_iceSkat;)
12:48.52dank_workHehe :)
12:49.02dank_workAlways hopeful..
12:51.14resuDaed_iceSkat(I think she's single)
12:51.19resuDaed_iceSkatI am really gone now
13:01.31dank_workEven better if she's single
13:05.21zacharyresuDaed_iceSkat: Were you looking for a 10baseT hub with BNC on the back?
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14:08.14dank_workHi davilion
14:14.47davilionhi dank_work
14:14.50davilionhows it going?
14:15.42dank_workOkay.
14:15.48dank_workFighting with FreeRADIUS
14:16.21davilionradius server? yuck!
14:17.52dank_workHeh
14:18.00dank_workRADIUS seems to be slightly evil
14:18.28davilionyeah i got that impression when i read the cyclades manual it has all these horirble bits of config if you want to use radius for authenticating lusers
14:20.26davilionthankfully we just use it for console redirection
14:20.46dank_workApparently we're looking into some single signongs
14:20.51dank_work*sign-ons
14:20.56dank_workPlus I'm bored
14:30.26dank_workRight. Recompiled statically and it seems to be working
14:52.42TarragonWhat is the sticky bit used for? Is it to keep an app in swap and RAM so it is available quicker for the next user?
14:54.54dank_workI thought it was to maintain directory gids
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14:55.33dank_work<PROTECTED>
14:56.33dank_work(does that man page exist on Linux?)
14:57.29davilionTarragon: it effectively allows you to share a directory safe in the knowledge that one user can only fuck up their own files
14:57.37TarragonNo the man page does not exist
14:58.26Tarragon:-)
14:58.31dank_workA directory whose `sticky bit' is set becomes an append-only directory,
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14:58.32dank_work<PROTECTED>
14:59.09TarragonWhat happens when it is set on a file and not a directory?
14:59.25dank_workBugger all
14:59.32dank_work(at least on UFS filesystems)
15:01.50dank_workAh. And the GNU version (from the horrible horrible info page):
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15:03.52highburyhi guys
15:04.16davilionhi
15:04.26highburysticky bit on files was used on old SunOS 3.5, to lock files into memory, for efficiency purposes
15:04.35Tarragonhi
15:06.56dank_workhi highbury
15:07.14highburyhi Tarragon, davilion, dank_work
15:14.59TarragonHad a good Xmas?
15:16.19dank_workYes! RADIUS passwd authentication works!
16:30.54zacharybrb in a few hours
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16:43.57dank_workDid I say that?
16:44.05JensonNope....but still....
16:44.11dank_work:)
16:46.31JensonWell I don't seem to have livened it up...
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17:06.57formihi
17:13.12dank_workHi
17:13.19dank_workBack in .UK then?
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17:34.25murbleblah
17:34.35formiblo
17:36.41formiim having an annoying problem
17:37.24formii can log into remote machines with ssh, a few seconds later the connections freeze
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17:57.00dank_workhi zimm
17:57.12zimmhi dank_work
17:57.23dank_workAnd, in fact, bye :)
17:57.26dank_workI'm off home
17:57.48dank_workI'll be back around 11, after the pubs shut (assuming my friend will still feel like going in a couple of hours)
17:58.18zimmheh
17:58.43zimmany idea why when i start X with startx it starts at 75dpi despite /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc specifying -dpi 100 ?
17:59.40dank_workIt doesn't pick up the settings from there?
17:59.49dank_workAnyway, home. Must go.
17:59.55zimmk
17:59.58dank_workC'ya later.
18:00.10zimmlaters
19:11.11highburyzim; startx is just a script, so trace what it does
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19:47.35pdrhello
19:49.08formihiya
19:49.20pdrhi formi
19:49.44pdrhow has your festive season been going?
19:49.50formiboring
19:50.00formiim back at home
19:50.13pdrhome as in spain?
19:50.24formiand it's been raining like hell for the last week
19:50.28formiyeap
19:50.41pdri hate rain
19:50.49pdrespecially when there is a drought back in au
19:51.06formisome days we had 100 litres per square meter
19:52.17formiand continuous thunder storms
19:52.33formiso I had to resort to reading paper books
19:53.38pdrthat's 100mm of rain!  wow!
19:54.38formithat is not much
19:54.56formibut it tends to bore you after a few days
19:58.38formiappart I went to lend a hand to the people trying to clean up the petrol of some beaches
19:58.45formiand it was really sad
20:09.39formiwell i need to be off
20:09.53zimmlaters formi
20:10.13formisee ya all
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21:37.06JensonEvening all.
21:37.37BorgBabyhi Jenson
21:37.53JensonHey BorgBaby
21:38.26TarragonEvening
21:38.41JensonHey Tarragon, long time no chat. Where you been?
21:39.00TarragonHere - lurking as usual. Very shy
21:39.25JensonAwww Tarragon you shouldn't be shy, we aren't scary.
21:39.34Tarragon:-)
21:56.06winjerhaw haw haw: http://www.riaa.org [very offensive]
21:56.17winjerhttp://www.riaa.org/admin/add_press.cfm
21:57.51zimmhehe
21:59.29Jensonlol that sites got all the anti napster stuff on it. If I didn#t d/l music I probably wouldn't decide to buy albums at all.
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22:18.47zacharygood evening all
22:18.52TarragonEvening
22:22.01Jensonhey zachary
22:22.02JensonBRB
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22:37.33highburyanybody know where the multi-region DVD hack page is for DVD (computer-based) drives? There used to be a web site
22:37.38highburyin France
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22:37.51Jensonback
22:37.51zimmwb Jenson
22:37.54Jensonty zimm
22:39.12zacharyhighbury: I have that page bookmarked on my desktop, i'm burning a dvd right now. If you don't get it bug me later, k.
22:40.00zimmheh
22:40.04highburyJenson: search out anything by Klaus Nomi
22:41.39highburyHe was a kick-ass Counter-Tenor who did some "popular" stuff, really cool
22:42.55JensonI visited the local computer store to look at HDs...but they only had 1.
22:43.54highburyI'm waiting for somebody to stock either a Samsung SM-348 or Philips JackRabbit II
22:46.08JensonI don't trust me with HDs actually....I think I've killed 2 in the last few weeks
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22:55.55highburyzachary found it! http://www.firmware.fr.st
22:55.56zimmlol ,
22:56.06zacharyhighbury: region-free firmware from digital-digest @ http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/firmware.html
22:57.00zimmif anyone can tel m why my TV card causes random lockuups on linux i'll err ,, well , say thanks ?
22:57.06Jensonwb zimm
22:57.13zimm:)
23:05.27zacharyI'm off to bed. Good night.
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23:21.14Jensonhi dankolb
23:21.25dankolbHiya
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