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00:01.18new2unixDear Hoover, please find enclosed an invoice for xthousand dollars for this weeks usage of the word "Hoover" in my collage essay. I have also enclosed a copy of the essay with all references underlined. PLease make cheques payable to me by end of month.
00:01.27skuggnight peaple
00:01.40new2unixnite skugg
00:01.50murblenn
00:02.00new2unixnite murble
00:03.28new2unixok. thats enough BS from me for one day. better go hang my wet clothes and quickly read up on Packet Filter (pf).
00:03.37new2unixnite all
00:04.48Xiaoqinight night!
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05:27.35TarragonMorning
07:41.10SpudULikeHello
07:41.37SpudULikeBye bye.
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07:45.09zacharymoin
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07:49.25bluebeardWhere is the next meeting, exactly?
07:49.50zacharybluebeard: installfest on 21st?
07:49.59bluebeardYes.
07:50.31zacharyhave you visited http://gllug.org.uk/installfest-20030621.html?
07:50.35bluebeardWhen I went by the Westminster University campus they seemed to know naught of it at the front desk.
07:50.37bluebeardyes
07:51.15zacharyThe weekday staff will most likely know nothing of it.
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07:52.06bluebeardSo if J Random Linux user walks in off the street and inquires about it, they tell him that it doesn't exist.
07:52.19zacharyThe lecture hall is on the second floor. Coming off of the stairs head straight, through a pair of double doors and the lecture hall is off to the right.
07:52.55zacharymoin sash
07:53.37sashMorning.
07:54.20zacharybluebeard: It is the way Westminster U. is handling the bookings. Even the weekend staff does not know until an hour before the event.
07:54.45bluebeardCool.  It's like a sneak attack.
07:54.49zacharyIt is best to deal with the outside organisations not with the uni.
07:55.33zacharysash: What is the Alexander technique that you braught up a couple of days ago?
07:55.35bluebeardWhy the stealth though; are we hiding from someone?
07:56.30sashzachary: It's a system of conscious awareness of body posture.
07:57.12zacharybluebeard: It is just a communications problem within the uni. I have addressed the issue, but nothing is going to change unless they fire someone.
07:57.20sashzachary: Their mantra is "Use affects functioning."
07:58.16zacharybook or via google?
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08:01.57zacharymoin new2unix
08:02.23new2unixHi Zachary, How'dy
08:02.25sashOi you!
08:03.09new2unixHi Sash. bit early for you to be online
08:03.27new2unixdidnt you get any sleep? Hahaha
08:03.52sashzachary: Book/google X. AT requires hands on experience. Ideally one to one tuition.
08:03.52new2unixMorning Lurkers
08:04.59sashnew2unix: Actually, not much sleep as got back from Croydon at half one.
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08:10.36SPQRre
08:16.11stephenwb SPQR
08:16.29stephen*yawns*
08:17.35SPQRcheers stephen
08:17.58SPQRlate night?
08:18.16zacharyDoes anyone have a spindle of blank cd's they could bring tomarrow?
08:18.50new2unixhow many are you after?
08:19.08zacharyabout 50
08:19.57new2unixnah. i've got a fifth of that, i think
08:20.18bluebeardI was thinking of shopping for CD's in the morning before the show.  If you want 50 I'll bring them at cost.
08:21.37zacharybluebeard: thanks! If they don't sell I buy them from you.
08:22.32bluebeardI heard mention of a CD burner.  What discs will be available to burn?
08:22.55bluebeardLet me guess; We'll know tomorrow?
08:23.24zacharymost recent isos of: debian, redhat, mandrake, slackware, freebsd, knoppix
08:23.24stephenSPQR: yep.  Went to bed at 01:30 or something, but was kept awake for another couple of hours by fire alarms / people making noise
08:23.47chrisazachary: does the university provide a network connection?
08:24.29SPQRstephen: gah. Its only fun when you're making the noises ya self...
08:24.33stephenhehe
08:25.32zacharychrisa: yes
08:25.42sashThe perils of living with drunks^W studente.
08:26.44new2unixcan somebody please bring along a copy og F.I.R.E <http://fire.dmzs.com> tomorrow.
08:26.53chrisazachary: ah, i guess any iso on sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk is available then :)
08:28.07bluebeardGood.  I gave away my last set of redhat 9 discs to a cabbie last night as a tip.  I'd like to replace them.
08:28.08SpudULikeAnd alt.binaries.warez ;-)))
08:28.20stephenso true sash
08:31.49TarragonOK I will download F.I.R.E. now.
08:34.19new2unixcheers Tarragon. I'll bring some blank CD's and my pocketmoney with me tomorrow :)
08:36.50TarragonOh slow connections. Still have all day.
08:36.55new2unixOK folks. work here began 9mins ago. i have to join the threadmill. seyall laters
08:38.17sashHappy sewing.
08:38.56stephenhmm, I would download F.I.R.E for ya Tarragon, but I don't think I'll be coming tomorrow, as I've left all my coursework to the last minute as per usual ;(
08:39.40TarragonThanks, but I am downloading it for new2unix, not for me.
08:39.55zacharyTarragon: I'm getting it at 48KBps.
08:40.09stephenindeed :p
08:44.25Tarragon.ie was only at 28KBps, NC is 67KBps, .be would not connect
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08:47.00SPQRbrb
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09:22.51JDdankolb: ping
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10:06.11Xiaoqimorning all
10:06.41sashMorning.
10:06.51Xiaoqihow are you?
10:11.43sashSuffering from a debilitating condition resulting in a frenzy of mucus and lingering headache. And you?
10:12.05SPQRhayfever?
10:12.51JDhi all
10:12.55JDanyone seen dankolb
10:13.02JDibot: seen dankolb
10:13.02dankolb is currently on #gllug
10:13.08SPQRhey JD . Not dor a bit..
10:13.11SPQR*for
10:17.10sashSPQR: Could be. Is a headache usual?
10:24.43SPQRfor some yes.
10:37.16Jenson|AwayJD: dankolb is in Wales with Heather
10:37.23XiaoqiJenson|Away: morning!
10:54.21zacharybbl
10:54.30Jensoncya
10:54.37Xiaoqibye zachary
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11:14.12Xiaoqii was wondering if anyone could maybe help... I am VERY newbie... hehehe
11:14.25XiaoqiI am trying to get blackox to run
11:14.32Xiaoqiand it sais:
11:14.56XiaoqiBasedisplay::basedisplay: connection to X server failed
11:15.03Xiaoqiany ideas?
11:15.41Jensonerm nope, not one ive seen
11:16.08Xiaoqiah, ok.. thanks
11:16.28Tarragonfire-0.4a.iso 578MB downloaded and burn to CD.
11:16.38Jensonwill it not run any of the other desktop environments
11:16.42Jensongood afternoon Tarragon
11:17.01XiaoqiTarragon: huh?
11:17.02TarragonAfternoon
11:17.23Tarragonnew2unix wanted a distro burning for tomorrow
11:17.28Jensonyeh
11:17.31Xiaoqiah
11:17.32Xiaoqiok
11:17.34Jensoni wwas here for that conversation
11:17.40Jensoni had a dream about him last night
11:17.42Jensonfreaky
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13:58.33Xiaoqihi new2unix
13:58.57new2unixHi Xiaoqi
13:59.25Xiaoqihows you?
13:59.43new2unixat work. arghh...
13:59.56new2unixback in a tick all. got some cabinets to attend to.
14:11.15new2unix|bye all
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15:38.21*** topic/#gllug is GLLUG - Greater London Linux User Group, http://gllug.org.uk [Next Meeting: 21 June - Installfest], Check out IRC FAQ at http://www.gllug.org.uk/irc.html
15:38.46zacharygood afternoon. For those who protest the outside world and have blackened out their windows; what a beutiful day.
15:39.24SPQRlol
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16:02.05zacharyTarragon: Were you able to get fire downloaded?
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16:52.39SPQRibot: dance
16:52.40ACTION does a disco dance.
16:53.07zacharyanyone familiar with the debian disc sets 3.0r1
16:53.58SPQRlaterz peeps.
17:09.16Jenson|Awayzachary: yeh Tarragon got that d/l, he was telling us this morning
17:09.30zacharyty
17:09.48Jenson|Awayyw, how are you anyway?
17:10.35zacharygetting things ready for tomarrow, a bit busy.
17:11.03Jenson|Awayoh, i'm about to go get a train down to Alex's place
17:11.39Jenson|AwayWell I'm off, gotta move a couple of things off the table then I'm going out
17:11.40Jenson|AwaySeeya later
17:11.56murblezachary: oh is it tomorrow?
17:14.06markyboyZ1300where has murble been???
17:15.50markyboyZ1300a diary would be better :)
17:18.48murblewell, i know i'm flying to .lu on tuesday and coming back friday week. so for the next 2 weeks i don't need to know anything else.
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17:57.45zacharyresuDaed: Did you get your kdm question answered?
17:59.17resuDaedzachary : yes thanks ... I actually worked it otut myself - it was how to chane the background
18:51.22Xiaoqianyone there?
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18:52.34Xiaoqihi formi
18:52.46formianybody running red hat on a laptop
18:52.55Xiaoqino, sorry...
18:52.56formi?
18:59.25Xiaoqihellooooooooo out there
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19:38.19Xiaoqihi Tarragon
19:42.19TarragonHi
19:44.09cupishi Tarragon
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20:19.36armijnre
20:19.41Jensonhey armijn
20:19.47armijnhiya
20:20.39Leedsevening
20:20.46armijnhi leeds
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20:21.29Leedsso, who's going shopping in 3 hours?
20:21.34Xiaoqihi armijn Leeds KMD
20:21.40Leedshey Xiaoqi
20:22.12KMDHiya Xiaoqi and Leeds.  How's the heat ?  
20:22.19Leedshot...
20:22.24Xiaoqiloely!
20:22.46KMDhehehee.....  y servers are humming too.
20:22.54TarragonLeeds: Why 3 hours? Some of us already .....
20:23.22armijnheat? that hot over there?
20:23.28Leedspress privilege?
20:23.40Leedsarmijn: it's 31 degrees in this room right now
20:23.48TarragonNo wife who proof read for it
20:24.04KMD24C  is hot here in London...earlier of course.  
20:24.14Leedsoh, cool
20:24.42Leedsmate of mine's wife works for JKR's publisher... was at the wedding and all...
20:24.52KMDSmoke my gkrellm is quenched.  Cant tell the temp , right now.  
20:25.22armijnaah, you're talking about that new book about the dutch prime minister!
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20:26.25LeedsEuropean non sequitur ahoy!
20:26.53armijnhe looks a lot like that wizard boy, y'know...
20:27.03Leedsah...
20:27.21armijnsame haircut, same glasses...
20:27.26Tarragonhttp://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/bal020517.html
20:27.38LeedsBrits don't tend to know what minor European leaders look like :-P
20:27.43gregjhi
20:27.59Leedsevening gregj - how's things?
20:27.59armijnleeds: minor?
20:28.05gregjLeeds: i got a flu :/
20:28.11gregjfor 4 days now
20:28.31gregjand it doesn't get better
20:29.01Leedsarmijn: you're basically EU citizens, aren't you?
20:29.05gregjLeeds: i am looking for av qmail soft, that will work on my server - but no luck so far
20:29.20armijnleeds: ehr, in what respect?
20:29.31Leedsgregj: qmail! argh! pain and suffering! look at qmail-scanner...
20:29.45gregjLeeds: qmail is nice, just for a smart boys :]
20:30.04gregjLeeds: i had to aply 1000 patches and change few things my self, but it is ok
20:30.06Leedsarmijn: don't mind me - I'm just stirring... but the majority of your national legislation is EU-sourced, you don't control your economy...
20:30.20Leedsqmail bad, qmail painful...  qmail isn't a unix program
20:30.31Leedsqmail doesn't do *anything* sanely
20:30.32gregjqmail is a right unix software
20:31.04gregjqmail is perfect, fast, relaible (whatever), and does his job *perfectly*
20:31.17gregjqmail with vpopmail = good email server
20:31.24gregj:]
20:31.31armijnleeds: well, it's not always clear if you should follow EU legislation or national legislation
20:31.43Leedsbut it's fucking evil for an administrator, who doesn't have time or inclination to work out what colour the sky is in djb's world - because it's not the same colour as in the real world
20:31.50armijnit will be a long time before there will be a paperless office in Brussels...
20:32.07gregjarmijn: you mean - never ?
20:32.09Leedsarmijn: the thing about legislation is true for the UK as well, AFAIK :-)
20:32.14armijngregj: I think so...
20:32.28armijndjb...I had some serious "fun" with tinydns...
20:32.35Leedswhat does a paperless office have to do with anything?
20:32.41gregjdjb dns sux
20:32.42gregj:]
20:33.11gregjqmail is ok, i had no absolutly single problem with it
20:33.30armijnleeds: I think sweden and finland joined the EU so they could get "Brussels" as customer for their paper industry ;-)
20:33.36gregjand source code is so nice, i can change anything without looking for hours into to figureout where is what
20:35.00Leedsqmail is unusable - you have to apply more and more patched to do anything with it (because the license says that no-one can release a patched one) and it refuses to do anything the 'normal' way
20:35.12LeedsI really dislike qmail - I've been fighting with it for months
20:35.21Leedsif it's so nice, tell me one simple thing:
20:35.46Leedswithout patching it, without dumping .qmail files - how do I get every incoming mail sent through spamassassin, with per-user settings?
20:36.33gregjdunno
20:36.41gregj:>
20:38.39Leedsno-one has been able to answer that question... I've been looking for an answer for months, and since this is on an active multi-user production system, I can't play too much, and I really don't like applying random patches
20:39.07gregjwell, you have source code
20:39.14gregjtheir not "random"
20:39.24gregj(they are)
20:39.52Leedsthey
20:40.09Leedsthey're not random when they come from unoffical web sites and haven't been accepted into the core by the author?
20:40.09Leedshow so?
20:40.34armijnleeds: hobby horse? ;-)
20:40.45Leedsarmijn: ?
20:40.54gregjanyway, both PLD (www.pld-linux.org) and debian (eveyone knows) packages are tested + patched well
20:40.57armijnleeds: well,is this riding your hobby horse?
20:41.20Leedsarmijn: ah, yes... as I said - it's been annoying me for a long time, and no-one seems able to answer what seems like a simple question...
20:41.52gregjbut indeed, qmail does only part of the job
20:41.57Leedsas far as I'm concerned, I'm happy to dump qmail-local (or all of qmail) and use procmail for delivery - easy to integrate spamassassin in that... but we have a couple of users who like qmail, and since they're used to it :-(
20:42.06gregjit simply works like smtp server, nothing more
20:42.34armijnsmtp...still gotta dig deep into e-mail...
20:42.40Leedsit also delivers mail - that's the bit it'd like to replace
20:42.48Leedsthe particular bit
20:43.07gregjwell
20:43.16gregji will say it differently,
20:43.30Leedsbut I don't like administering it...  the unix standard is that SIGHUP to a daemon means 'reload your configuration files' - how do I do that in qmail?
20:43.49gregjcase : i need email server with virtual domains, www based administration of each domain and good www interface
20:43.52gregji am using:
20:44.02gregjqmail+vpopmail+sqwebmail+qmailadmin
20:44.14Leedsgregj: do you have multiple users? or is this a personal machine?
20:44.16gregjfind me something that will be so good, i am going to replace it:]
20:44.24gregjLeeds: 5 email servers
20:44.41gregjLeeds: each with few x100 domains
20:44.52gregj(each is owned by different ISP)
20:45.02LeedsI keep hearing good things about exim... and I've met the author and heard him speak about it, and he seems like a clever and sensible bloke - which counts for a lot when I choose software
20:45.08Leedsq.v. vim :-)
20:45.43gregji like qmail becouse it is very secure too
20:46.06gregjexim is still better than sendmail in that matter
20:46.08gregj;]
20:46.21Leedsso, answer my question, and I'll be happy
20:46.23gregj(or should i say in this subject)
20:46.29Leeds(or rather, my questions)
20:46.33gregjwell, i said "dunno"
20:46.38gregjwrite email to djb
20:47.03gregji have never seen so easy and clear server before
20:47.13gregji am not saying - qmail is perfect
20:47.21Leedsarse
20:47.25LeedsFUCKING XCHAT
20:47.39gregjit lacks almost everything else beside smtp functionality
20:47.43gregjLeeds: use irssi
20:47.44Leedshow do I make qmail re-read configuration files without killing and manually restarting it?
20:47.45armijnyou're not trying to blame xchat for your qmail problems are you?
20:47.55gregjLeeds: he ?
20:48.06gregjLeeds: some files he re-reads automaticaly
20:48.10Leedsblaming xchat for having a broken history... if you type a long line, then hit up, then down, you get a blank line
20:48.32gregjxchat is very poor
20:48.45Leedsgregj: rcpthosts? virtualdomains?
20:48.56gregjLeeds: seems to read on fly
20:49.08gregjLeeds: maybe i have patch that tells him to do so
20:49.29gregjbut fe badmailto badmailfrom , i can update online
20:49.35LeedsI like a graphical IRC client - IRC is naturally multi-channel, and text makes that hard
20:49.36gregjno reboot required
20:49.59armijnleeds: then break up your lines?
20:50.04Leedsdon't care about them - all I care about is rcpthosts and virtualdomains
20:50.09gregjLeeds: have you ever heard about word - consoles ?
20:50.27gregjLeeds: console based client god his own virtual "consoles", windows
20:50.33gregjLeeds: i can have as many as i want
20:50.45Leedsarmijn: I'm not typing very long lines... but if I've typed 80 characters or so, it's annoying
20:50.49gregjthis, operate on this chanell and talk to you in different window
20:50.56gregjs/this/thus/
20:51.10Leedsgregj: you mean multiple connections to the server???
20:51.18gregjLeeds: no
20:51.24gregjLeeds: multiple WINDOWS
20:51.40gregji can have few channels , few server connections and so on
20:51.46gregjjust a matter of configuration
20:51.47armijn(I think the subject has switched from mailservers to irc clients)
20:51.51gregjwww.irssi.org :]
20:52.03gregjand it is console based, so i can leave it on screen
20:52.15Leedsarmijn: I still hate qmail and no-one has helped me with it yet...
20:52.29Leedsbut I like xchat apart from this one thing... maybe I should fix it
20:52.37armijnleeds: you hate qmail, you hate xchat...
20:52.52Leedsflowers?
20:52.58armijnyeah, peace man!
20:53.03gregjLeeds: maybe we should start to thing about rewriting something that will be as clear as qmail ( i mean, source, fact that it is splited into separate programs)
20:53.37gregjLeeds: it is very nice, becouse you can always split design/implementation job between few people
20:53.50gregjLeeds: one does something, other different part
20:53.57Leedsgregj: I don't want it split into multiple programs like qmail is...  I don't really see the point in that - I don't mind it forking and execing to deliver mail, but multiple daemons??? ugh
20:54.21gregjwell, reason behind spliting is simple
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20:54.42gregjfirst it can work on cluster (you always saying to me that X is more scalable than Y)
20:54.47gregjyou're
20:54.59gregjsecond - it is more secure
20:55.04armijnleeds: music from 70s german pr0n movies?
20:55.06gregjseparate priviliges
20:55.17gregjand third - it is very clean
20:55.27gregjarmijn: rotfl
20:56.00armijngregj: you'd be surprised, but I've actually seen records of it...great easy listening music
20:56.09gregji dislike sendmail becouse it is a huge program that does everything
20:56.17gregj+ its source is so bad
20:56.18armijnpostfix?
20:56.40gregjwell, postfix is little bit better
20:56.46gregji like exim my self
20:56.58gregjbut when i have to choose, qmail is always best
20:57.06Leedsqmail is a completely separate subsystem - it's designed to be apart from everything else on the system.  that's wrong - it's not the unix way
20:57.20gregji don't have to worry that somebody will find next sec. hole in it
20:57.38armijnehr, may we quote you on that?
20:57.45gregjLeeds: well, you can follow the same approach - bit do it in unix way
20:58.09gregj(like king used to sing 'i did it myyy way')
20:58.09Leedsarmijn: quote who?
20:58.25armijnleeds: gregj of course
20:58.28gregjarmijn: ;)
20:58.34gregjarmijn: on what ?
20:58.43armijnmy way...wasn't that Sid Vicious ;-)
20:58.55gregjno, Elvis Presley
20:59.06armijngregj: that you don't have to worry that someone will find a security hole
20:59.11Leedsthat's the point - I don't want to do it my way - djb does... I want to do it the unix way - the way proven over the past 30 years to be a good way to run servers
20:59.26armijnheh, sid vicious did "my way", frank sinatra did it...
20:59.58Leedsarmijn: there's not been a release of qmail in years, and there's no sign that there will ever be another one, AFAIK... so if there are holes, they're staying open
21:00.22gregjLeeds: but still , you cannot say spliting program to make each part functional it self as standalone piece of soft is not a unix approach
21:00.53gregjLeeds: unix way - jigsaw
21:01.13Leedsnot when the whole thing does one job - you don't use multiple daemons for something as simple as SMTP
21:02.55gregjwell
21:02.59gregjyes and no
21:03.07gregjsmtp deamon does many things
21:03.34gregjfe, it will be nice to have something that can split .eml format into some pieces
21:03.47Leedsno, it really wouldn't
21:03.48gregjfe, derrive attachments and save them
21:03.49gregjand so on
21:03.53Leedsthat's nothing to do with smtp
21:04.06gregji think about email service
21:04.09gregjnot about smtp
21:04.34Leedsright
21:04.37gregjsmtp have to be close to pop3, imap and goes knowswhat else
21:04.45Leedsbut qmail doesn't do email services... it just does smtp
21:04.50Leedsbullshit!
21:04.52gregjlook, have you ever seen novell email
21:05.11Leedsqmail does SMTP and delivery... you can use whatever pop server or imap server or whatever server you want with it!
21:05.24gregjdepends
21:05.25Leedsdon't care about novell email - is that a normal unix package?
21:05.42gregjunix - in good meaning :]
21:06.29gregjso, you say that qmail does not see what is in email
21:06.54gregjhe just gets that he gets between data\n and \n.\n
21:07.00Leeds<gregj> i dislike sendmail becouse it is a huge program that does everything
21:07.01gregjwhat he
21:07.23gregjwell, sendmail does everything
21:07.28Leedsright - the MTA shouldn't care what's between data and .
21:07.31gregjwhat is email related
21:07.38gregjhe should
21:07.45Leedsbut I want it to be able to run *external* filters - pipe in, pipe out... not multiple persistent parts of the SMTP server
21:07.56gregjjust fe becouse nowdays we have antiV and antispam soft
21:07.58gregjthat cares
21:08.14Leedswe use uw-imapd because it's so simple...  we use uw-popd because it's simple...
21:08.37Leedsqmail's job is to accept mail and route it to a mailbox (or accept it locally and route it to another server)
21:08.49Leedsbut it should know how to run in a pipeline - that's how unix things work!
21:08.54gregjMTA should be able to put thoughether email , if i will tell him that this is attachment, this is subject
21:09.19gregjLeeds: i will agree, pipe is good
21:09.19Leedswhat? no!
21:09.22Leedsthat's not an MTA
21:09.29Leedsthat a MUA
21:09.34gregjright
21:10.04gregjwell, they should be related or even the same pieces of code
21:10.15gregjbut not the way sendmail is made
21:10.23Leedsand MUAs talk to MTAs with a standard protocol!  they should be 100% separate pieces of code
21:10.35gregjargree
21:10.38gregjagree
21:11.09gregj;)
21:11.11Leedsthe current qmail package is 5 years old!
21:11.22Leedsit's fucking prehistoric!  no wonder it's so unusable!
21:11.29gregjhehe
21:11.40gregjversion changed from 1.0 to 1.03 ;0
21:11.51Leedsthere have been one or two advances in the world of e-mail in the past 5 years...
21:12.04gregjtrue
21:12.36Leedsno wonder qmail feels so painful - I'm used to working with current software, not archaic shit
21:13.27LeedsI'm a believer...
21:13.34gregjbtw. mplayer is a very nice mp3 client
21:14.09Leedsindeed - I use xmms for local stuff, but mplayer on iPAQ or for headless use
21:14.26Leedsand I do use mplayer for playing on desktop machine sometimes...
21:14.37Leedsnow mplayer - *that's* a true unix program :-)
21:14.49gregjno
21:15.02gregjtrue unix program is splited into lib and frontend ;)
21:15.11gregjlike xine
21:15.20gregjfaster and better for movies
21:15.28Leedsno faffing with GUI unless you want to... can be controlled remotely... everything on the command-line or in the config file
21:15.43gregjjust like xine :]
21:15.49Leedswhy do I need a GUI to play audio files?  or videos, for that matter?
21:15.51gregjbut true, mplayer is nice
21:16.12Leedsalso, mplayer is a nice easy package to build and install :-)
21:16.35gregjapt-get install mplayer-i686 ;)
21:16.38Leedsarmijn: gone into hiding? :-)
21:16.44armijnyeah
21:16.48Leedsconfigure ; make ; make install :-)
21:16.53gregjno
21:17.01gregjyou forgot about make uninstall first
21:17.13armijnportinstall mplayer
21:17.15Leedswhy?  just install on top of old one... it's small enough that it's safe
21:17.19armijnand portupgrade mplayer
21:18.01LeedsI manage my system manually - by choice - don't let any software do it for me...
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21:19.05gregjaway
21:19.32armijnleeds: in what sense?
21:19.33XiaoqiLeeds: congrats!
21:19.51armijnleeds: as in, no more work for today, or stopped working today ;-)
21:20.12Leedsin the sense that my car went to the garage today, so I worked at home, and I just logged out of all the work machines I was logged into all day - not going to do any more work today
21:20.39nasratLeeds: logged out or detached :)
21:20.47*** join/#gllug new2unix (~new2unix@dsl-217-155-250-140.zen.co.uk)
21:20.48Leedslogged out... not got that much state going right now
21:21.40nasratFair enough
21:22.46new2unixhi all. hope we're all ready for the big day tomorrow :)
21:22.49Leedshmm... I can feel bass in my feet
21:23.01skuggwho's going to the installfest?
21:23.13LeedsI'll go along...
21:23.14new2unixi am:)
21:23.46nasratprobably not
21:24.44new2unixwhy not, nasrat?
21:25.34new2unixa shell script a day keeps the doctors away. :d
21:26.03new2unixcome along and share your linux knowledge
21:27.01new2unixisnt that what linux meets are all about? apart from the politics, beer drinking and other oddities that also go on most times :)
21:27.22Leedsnew2unix: nah - it's the showing-off which is important... oh, and Jenson-baiting...
21:28.57new2unixdidnt know there was much to show off in Linux. perhaps i should form a closer relationship with this box :)
21:28.59nasratit's an installfest rather than a normal meet
21:29.07Leedsnasrat: not really
21:29.11Leedsthe name is overused
21:29.32Leedsit really means people are more encouraged to bring machines along - it's more of a 'practical meet' than an installfest
21:29.55new2unixtrue
21:30.17Leedsbut central London isn't a great place for that, IMHO
21:30.47new2unixits a University.
21:31.01Leedswhat is?
21:31.14new2unixnext door to the computer fairs. quite adequate if you asked me
21:31.15armijnI think I'll skip...
21:31.24new2unixthe venue is
21:31.35Leedsnew2unix: of course, I know... I've been going to GLLUG for over 4 years :-)
21:31.59Leedsbut my point is that I'd not want to take my computer unless I drove... and I don't want to drive there
21:32.00gregjbash * lacks of "random" where is to play mp3 with it :]
21:32.03gregj(mplayer *)
21:32.24Leedsmplayer * -shuffle
21:32.25nasratProblem is "practical" stuff I'd rather be doing is packaging/coding/devel stuff ...
21:32.44Leedsnasrat: GLLUG isn't really a coder/developer group
21:32.47new2unixnasrat, you can do that too :)
21:33.14armijnleeds: jenson-baiting?
21:33.20armijnleeds: not jenson-batting?
21:33.30murbleLeeds: GLLUG is what we make it.
21:33.53Leedsmurble: not really...
21:34.13nasratLeeds: is the UG not really the focus then?
21:34.33new2unixIts an onomatopoeia. We are what we sound like.
21:35.00Leedsnasrat: hmm?  my point is that most people are hobbyists and admins - not enough coders (and we're fragmented anyway) and certainly not enough coder-talkers
21:35.33nasratLeeds: true, I'm trying to move away from admin :)
21:35.51new2unixbasically, the coders amongst us are shy. they just lurk in the shaddos like ninja worriors.
21:36.02LeedsI've never been an admin... so unless someone has a talk on 'integrating spamassassin with qmail, while keeping one's hair'
21:36.39Leedswe could always do a hacking group... if we could agree on what to hack, what language to hack it in... :-)
21:36.46new2unixthats an interesting one. Leeds you offering to talk on that at the next oportunity?
21:36.48murbleis anyone bringing along an access point tha can lie about tis mac address and nat?
21:37.10Leedsmurble: no idea what you're talking about
21:37.25Leedsnew2unix: nope - I'm offering to listen to it... since no-one seems to be able to do i
21:37.31murbleLeeds: so we have wireless internet access tomrrow.
21:37.37new2unixwe can build an access point. that shouldnt take too long :)
21:38.32new2unixwe, could use one of the machines in the lab and somebody's pci wifi card (assuming somebody brings one along)
21:38.35murblenew2unix: i was thinking of bringing along an celastix box
21:40.31new2unixare there any talks scheduled for tomorrow?
21:40.35LeedsI've tried to encourage iPAQ developers around London to come along...
21:41.02murblehttp://www.celestix.com
21:41.37Leedscool
21:41.47new2unixnice site.
21:42.09new2unixlooks really cool in konquror
21:43.49murbleof course this celestix of works, runs debian/woody :)
21:44.42Leedsso... it's a PC running Debian?
21:45.04armijnbeddy time...festival tomorrow, gotta leave early
21:45.05armijncu!
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21:45.52Leedsnew2unix: good!
21:47.15new2unixIt isnt a problem but i got kinda spoit with Opera for windows. i miss the mouse tricks. Opera for nix is too heavy for my present needs.
21:47.55new2unixand i cant even login to my bank anymore. its little things like that that i'm missing. good thing i was never a gamer.
21:48.16Leedshmm... have just encoded DVD-rip...  with audio and video at same bitrate...
21:48.17Leedsoops
21:48.46Leedswhich bank?  lloyds-tsb works (or worked - not tried in a while) with lynx-ssl
21:48.54new2unixcitibank.
21:51.04Leedsforeign, isn't it?
21:51.07new2unixhad to change the browser identification to an "approved" one to let me login. but their heavy reliance on javascript and others make their site unusable on anything bt netscape or IE.
21:51.43new2unixforeign? dunno. been with them for nearly 5 years. Natwest was a pain so i jumped ship :)
21:51.56Leedsyanks, aren't they?
21:52.35murbleLeeds: but it is small, and has pcmcia and 2 ethernet and things.
21:52.43gregjNWN is now for linux, just left beta stage
21:53.07new2unixi couldnt say. but one Michelle, who often answers the phone is indeed very nice to talk to. i often want to cook up a complaint just to hear her say "we are sorry".  haha
21:53.09murblewhat would you gain from that?
21:53.18gregjwhere is about games for linux, nothing beats netris
21:53.37gregjin 95` this game was truly network tetris for two
21:53.37new2unixi dont think i've tried netris
21:53.40Leedswww.s2games.com/savage
21:53.58gregjnew2unix: tetris for console (text more)
21:54.00gregjmode
21:54.36new2unixcan you believe it? i actually have it installed already. talk about bloatware installs. LOL
21:55.07gregjnetris?
21:56.38Leedsso, who's going shopping in an hour?
21:57.02new2unixhaha, not me.
21:57.13gregjsomebody from royal dock area :>
21:57.28new2unixi cycled in to work today. not going out again till tomorrow
21:58.06new2unixalmost got squashed between a white van driver and a coach. yikes!
21:58.16murbleLeeds: good point, is there a list of bookshops that will be open on the interweb?
21:58.31Leedsdunno...
21:59.43skuggapparently it's the longest day today...
21:59.48new2unixback in a tick. need to make install netris on a few machines here :)
21:59.56gregjhehe
22:00.02gregjnew2unix: you want to play ?
22:00.15gregjnew2unix: as long as you are not behind masquarde :]
22:00.27murbleskugg: isn't that tomorrow?
22:00.31new2unixdunno how. just read the help file. sounds like i'm going to loose before i even start. hehe
22:00.37skuggmurble, maybe. i'm not sure
22:00.43murbleI know my paretns are at a summer party  somewhere in .se
22:00.45gregjnew2unix: it is tetris
22:00.55murblebut i think they normally have it on the closest friday night...
22:00.59new2unixi know. i was crap at that too. lol
22:00.59gregjnew2unix: don't tell me you've never played tetris before ?
22:02.13skuggmurble, why are your parents in .se?
22:04.14murbleskugg: 'cos they took a flight to stockholm this morning.
22:04.38murbleand they are visiting friends and stuff.
22:05.08new2unixdoes anybody else smell a BBQ+house party?
22:05.23gregjnew2unix: don't tell me
22:05.39gregjnew2unix: my neighbours are doing bbq at this time saturdays
22:05.54gregji can smell nothing else but roted carbon
22:05.57gregjor something like that
22:05.58gregjble
22:07.30gregjhttp://www.virginradio.co.uk/thestation/listen/ogg.html
22:07.32gregjvery nice
22:07.35gregjogg :]
22:07.46gregjwe love them allready, do we ?
22:09.02gregjbut mplayer does not
22:09.10gregjfcuk
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22:16.57zacharybluebeard: wb
22:17.09bluebeardwb?  
22:17.18zacharywelcome back
22:17.20Leedswelcome back
22:17.20gregjre
22:17.21bluebeardwhy bother?
22:17.25gregj;)
22:17.28bluebeardthank you
22:17.32gregjwazzza brother
22:17.41bluebeardIt's good to be back.
22:17.58bluebeardI now understand why chicken tikka masala is the most ordered dish in England
22:18.10gregjis it ?
22:18.15gregjwhy ?
22:18.19bluebeardSo I hear.  So I hear.
22:18.35gregjit is becouse there is more indians here than english :]
22:18.44gregj(just jokeing)
22:18.58bluebeardThe traditional preparation of the meal has meat, grain, vegetables and more grain.
22:19.00zacharybefore I quit this evening, does anyone want me to burn a set of discs for tomarrow?
22:19.40bluebeardzachary,  you say there is an internet connection at the library?
22:19.49Leedszachary: what?
22:19.51bluebeards/library/university
22:20.14murblebluebeard: there normally is, via windows machines.
22:20.32zacharyyes, the uni just moved two of the labs, so I don't know about the availability yet.
22:20.33murbleif you plug stuff in you have to lie about your mac address, e.g. make it the same as the thing you're replacing, dhcp and it just works (tm)
22:20.41bluebeardI wanted to get ahold of a 60MB file, not really worth burning.
22:20.48gregjwhatch
22:20.58Leedszachary: what do you need?
22:21.19murblewell as i said if i'm motivated enough i'll bring along a celastix box.
22:21.49bluebeardhttp://www.w-m-p.com/software/pocketworkstation/zaurus-debian-big-v0.15.tgz
22:21.53zacharyLeeds: I don't need cd's burned, I was just offering a service.
22:22.36bluebeardBut I can download that so long as the Windows machines allow attaching USB drives.
22:22.57Leedsah, read "me to burn" as "to burn for me"
22:23.10bluebeardAnd even if they don't.. there's always knoppix
22:23.11murblebluebeard:  being a uni they're probably pretty much locked down.
22:23.37bluebeardmurble,  proxied web access?  anyone know?
22:23.49murbleit was proxied last time.
22:23.59bluebeardbastards.
22:24.17bluebeardthey make the students tunnel for porn, eh?
22:24.58zacharyLeeds: lol
22:25.17bluebeardactually the URL was: http://www.w-m-p.com/software/pocketworkstation/crow+deb-rom-20030303.zip
22:26.05zacharybluebeard: Do you need the zaurus-debian-big-v0.15.tgz?
22:26.13new2unixhi zachary
22:26.21zacharyevening new2unix
22:26.33bluebeardno.. I'm not really sure now.  bring them both if you're going to burn them.
22:26.48new2unixi'm after a disro called F.I.R.E. I'll go look for the url.
22:26.58new2unixdistro
22:27.28zacharynew2unix: Tarragon downloaded it this afternoon. I do have a copy just in case he forgets.
22:27.40zacharyv 0.4a latest of sf.net.
22:28.10bluebeardzachary,  just wget the whole directory.
22:28.22bluebeard(if you please)
22:32.57bluebeardOh, this is good.  From dell.co.uk:
22:32.59bluebeardQ4.  Will the product(s) be used in connection with weapons of mass destruction, i.e. nuclear applications, missile technology, or chemical or biological weapons purposes?
22:33.12bluebeardUh.. Yes.
22:33.16skugglol
22:33.20bluebeardI mean no.  NO!
22:33.52Leedsweapons of mass distraction
22:34.57skuggooohyeah.
22:34.57skuggseen the picks?
22:34.57skuggs,k,,
22:34.57new2unixweapons of mass debate tion
22:34.57bluebeardWe lol now, but there may come a day when such a questionaire asks:  Will you install GNU/Linux or other terrorist operating systems that do not follow the UN DMCA
22:34.57skuggweapons of mas(s)turbation
22:34.57gregjnew2unix: have you seen this commercial, airlines :]
22:35.20Leedsget the most surreal spam: "Eight Cents a Day for Septic Tank Maintenance"
22:35.20bluebeardAnd when they came for me, there was no one else left to help.
22:35.38Leedsbluebeard: there's a lot of difference
22:36.13bluebeardLeeds, difference between what?
22:36.32skuggLeeds, i got that too! it's the first spam in _ages_ to get through bogofilter...
22:36.39Leedsbetween being taken away and killed and being asked if you're going to use a particular piece of software
22:36.50Leedsskugg: got 4.6/5.0 on SA
22:37.34skuggi've stopped using SA. bogofilter takes it all at much less load...
22:37.58Leedswell... if I could get SA to integrate with qmail properly... or rather, the other way around
22:37.59skuggthis way my machine is still usable, even when i download mail
22:38.03LeedsI'd be happy
22:38.06skuggand yes, i was using spamc/spamd
22:38.14new2unixi use procmail only. its good enough for my present needs :)
22:38.25skuggnew2unix, procmail -> bogofilter here.
22:38.29skuggit rocks :)
22:38.48Leedsskugg: spamd has had 7 minutes of CPU time in over 54 days of uptime - I can live with that :-)
22:38.53skuggbogofilter catches about 200 spams a week here
22:39.31skuggLeeds, it's okay if you leave your machine on all the time. it's not okay if you, as me, leave it off at night and need to deal with 30-40 mails in the morning...
22:39.39LeedsSA catches about that many a week for me... but there's 25 users on the machine
22:40.09skuggSA brings the machine to a halt then for 15 minutes or something... with bogofilter it is barely noticable. and it catches it all anyway :P
22:40.12Leedsah, well - machine going off overnight is a broken model :-)
22:40.26skuggLeeds, it's necessary when you live in one room
22:40.28new2unixtrue
22:40.49skuggLeeds, it's not really off though... it's a laptop, so it's only in suspend.
22:40.59skuggtakes 5 secs to bring it back to life :)
22:41.12LeedsSA should run on the server anyway...
22:41.19new2unix5mins is a long time in computer years.  lol
22:41.50Leedsnew2unix: sure... but not in the scheme of things
22:42.31new2unixOops! was that 5 secs? i swear it said 5 mins just a minute ago.
22:43.25new2unixleeds did you say you wanted to play netris?
22:43.35new2unixwho was it?
22:43.36Leedsnope, savaga
22:44.05gregjnew2unix: i want to
22:44.07gregj:]
22:44.12zacharyI'm off to get my beauty sleep. (yes, I know, it would take a century to make any imporvements)
22:44.44new2unixhaha. nite zachary
22:46.24bluebearddeath is natures way of telling you to turn off the computer
22:46.44new2unixwho's died bluebeard?
22:46.57LeedsITYM dawm
22:46.59Leedsdawn
22:47.03bluebeardI feel like I will if I don't go to sleep soon.
22:47.39bluebeardmust.. download.. more.. porn
22:49.00skuggheh
22:49.35bluebeardOkay, I'm really debating whether buying an XBOX for use as a Linux PC is such a good idea.
22:50.05murblebluebeard: how much does it cost to solder on a vga connector, and fix the bios?
22:50.11murbles/cost/& effort/
22:50.52skuggbluebeard, it's fucking noisy.
22:51.00bluebeardThe bios can be fixed for about 20£ I think.  Don't they have a digital out?
22:51.28bluebeardNoisy fan?  Like audiable noise?
22:52.29skuggbluebeard, yeah. very very loud.
22:52.39bluebeardThe computer I'm using now has a warbling fan.  They can deal with a little noise.
22:52.40skuggmy housemate has one
22:52.48skuggi can hear it in the next room...
22:52.58bluebeardOh, and it starts bleeping when the CPU overheats.
22:53.19bluebeardIs the fan variable speed?
22:53.32murbleskugg: you've not offered to convert it to linux?
22:53.32bluebeardOn the XBOX I mean.
22:53.52murble(and maybe accidently break it in the proccess thus ceasing the noise)
22:55.57skuggmurble, he's already done it himself...
22:56.18skuggbluebeard, fuck if i know.
22:58.56gregjLeeds:
22:59.06murbleskugg: broken it, or converted it to run linux?
23:00.01skuggmurble, the latter
23:03.55bluebeardskugg,  did your roommate solder on a VGA connector?
23:04.11skuggbluebeard, doubt it
23:04.30bluebeardskugg,  so just the modchip then?
23:05.21skuggyeah
23:08.35new2unixnite all
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23:43.14Xiaoqinn all

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