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00:39.08highburynight night
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05:08.09new2unixmoin all
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08:52.06armijnanyone happening to be in the Internet accessroom? with all the Macs?
08:54.09murbleI don't it.
08:54.17armijnexcpt for murble?
08:54.26murblearmijn: #linux2003 on irc.oftc.net
08:54.32armijnhmmkay :)
08:54.39irvined_Morning all
08:54.49zacharymorning irvined_
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09:15.33jason_ukfsnmorning all
09:15.53zacharymorning jason_ukfsn. Feeling better?
09:17.23jason_ukfsna little but I'm still taking it easy.
09:17.51jason_ukfsnHow's Edingburgh JD?
09:17.54zacharyjust recovering myself, nasty head cold.
09:19.05jason_ukfsnI've got rather a lot of work to do now though. I finished off last months UKFSN account late last night - big ++ change there :)
09:19.51JDjason_ukfsn: not too bad
09:20.00JDwireless just works
09:20.24jason_ukfsnthat's good. Any interesting talks yet?
09:20.39JDyesterday was a big talk on kernel internals
09:20.47JDor python
09:21.44JDmurble: doesn't seem to be able to get wireless even tough I am sitting next to him
09:21.50jason_ukfsnjust so long as they didn't try to combine them - "kernel internals in python" ;)
09:22.17jason_ukfsnJD - that'll be the blocking device you are pointing at his laptop then?
09:23.24highburymorning
09:23.42jason_ukfsnmorning highbury.
09:23.45jason_ukfsnBack at work yet?
09:23.58JDjason_ukfsn: do you recall the orb embedded in a kernel module
09:24.03highburyFINALLY.. I start back on Monday
09:24.14highburyso back to Bristol for me :-(
09:24.17jason_ukfsnthe orb or thesela?
09:24.21jason_ukfsnthe orb of thesela?
09:24.29JDcorba
09:24.29jason_ukfsnwhat pppd problem are you having?
09:25.00jason_ukfsnrestore the souls of vampires module - modprobe orb-thesela vampire=chubby
09:25.03Xiaoqimorning all
09:25.10jason_ukfsnmorning Xiaoqi
09:25.22highburyI'm running Smoothwall, and am trying to get HomeChoice's Serial-USB modem working
09:25.50highburyI've had quite a lot of success, and am just trying to get it working in an automatic way.
09:27.21highburySmoothwall appears to run pppd via the nobody account and when it runs the connect script doesn't have sufficient privileges to do stty's and setserial on /dev/ttyUSB0
09:28.07jason_ukfsnWell I don't use Smoothwall and I've not looked at it since my little debacle with Mr Morrell so I cannot help - sorry.
09:28.39highburywhat's weird is that /usr/sbin/pppd isn't setuid root, but by when it runs it appears to run as root, its just the connect script doesn't
09:29.24highburywell its identical to IPCop, but as such its more a generic pppd problem rather than a Smoothwall problem
09:31.28highburyI suspect I may need to configure an /etc/ppp/peers/nobody file
09:35.07highbury/etc/ppp-on is setuid root, and is run by user nobody, ppp-on runs "pppd /dev/ttyUSB0 connect SCRIPT", so pppd is runnign as root, however SCRIPT still runs as user "nobody"
09:40.56JDXiaoqi: you here?
09:49.01jason_ukfsnis it really that dull there?
09:49.18jason_ukfsnif so just heckle the speaker
09:49.32JDenglish isn;t his native language
09:49.55JDhe is fine apart from a couple of words
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10:02.39jason_ukfsnhey zimm and nasrat
10:02.50zimmhey jason_ukfsn
10:08.24nasrathi
10:12.13irvined_nyeeeheheheheh
10:12.20irvined_well i've just got out of doing any hard work today
10:13.06irvined_found out that the problem at wr is not due to red hat installer but some twonkle copying his different fstabs to different machines subsequently typing mount -a and breaking everything
10:16.13nasratirvined_: lart him
10:16.34irvined_nasrat: im hoping he'll just get fired.
10:17.05nasratirvined_: it *may* mostly work if you use disk labelling
10:17.27irvined_hte guy is a criminal waste of public money.
10:17.41irvined_nasrat: yeah it kinda does but a lot of stuffs fallen over
10:17.46irvined_and its 135 machines
10:18.02irvined_time will tell.
10:18.09irvined_its probably easier to remote install.
10:22.43JDirvined_: at leeds?
10:23.22irvined_yeah
10:30.28JDSCS, pyhsics or ISS?
10:37.36irvined_ISS
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10:50.00nasrathey skugg
10:50.06skugghi nasrat
10:50.07skugghi jd
10:50.09skugg:)
10:50.16skugg*knock knock*
10:50.52JDirvined_: I didn;t know they had any linux boxen
10:51.05JDI assume they replaced all their unix boxen with linux
10:53.01skuggwho did?
10:53.21JDuniveristy of Leeds
10:53.57skuggah.
11:05.50jason_ukfsnhi skugg and Jenson
11:06.29Jensonheya jason_ukfsn
11:06.42Jensonim not meant to be here, was looking for zimm as i havent spoken to him in ages
11:06.46Jensonbut he's wandered off
11:07.04jason_ukfsnOK Jenson I'll pretend you're not there ;)
11:07.09Jensonheh
11:08.20JDhi
11:09.58Jensonheya JD
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11:13.37Jensonheya sash
11:15.15irvined_JD they
11:15.28irvined_JD:they are managing (ha) a cluster whichruns linux
11:16.21JDbut SCS have been doing that for years
11:18.29irvined_yeah its all politics though
11:18.41irvined_at the end of the day its being mismanaged and the users are suffering
11:19.41nasratusers are meant to suffer
11:19.46Jensongotta go
11:23.26sashHello all
11:24.46sashnasrat: Of which circle of hell are you the regent?
11:27.42JDirvined_: I trust SCS more than I trust ISS
11:27.50JDmainly cos they have a clue
11:28.40nasratsash: city of dis
11:30.28sashnasrat: I'm likely to end up there.
11:30.35JDshame none of them will be here
11:30.49nasratheretic!
11:31.27sashGetting practice. Atheist, if you don't mind.
11:31.53nasratnp.  ditto
11:32.16nasratStrangely this agrees http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
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11:44.39sashre
11:54.00skugghey again.
11:54.02skuggi was away a bit.
11:59.19Copehiya
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12:01.14ResuDaedhas anyone here ever worked with Zeus?
12:03.38jason_ukfsni installed it once for testing but that was a couple of years ago.
12:03.57JDResuDaed: I could get you an ex developer
12:04.09JDResuDaed: if that is of any help
12:05.13jason_ukfsnI'll see your ex developer and raise you a tin of sardines
12:05.44jason_ukfsnSorry about that - I had a sudden bout of sanity.
12:06.00JDand I was about to raise you to 2 ex-developers
12:06.20jason_ukfsnI'd have replied with tuna - be careful now ;)
12:09.35skuggi'm going offline now. getting ready for lunch.
12:12.28ResuDaedI was just wondering what anybody could tell me about it, all I know is that it is a web server
12:13.16ResuDaedwhat platform, how is it configured (conf files or gui), how difficult is it to administer
12:13.31ResuDaed(could I learn it in 48 hours if needs be)
12:16.15NisoDaemonI remember reading some articles about a year ago on how fast it was but a quick google doesn't bring up any that sem familiar
12:16.56ResuDaedI have heard it is fast, I just need to know how difficult it is to use (administer)
12:16.58jason_ukfsnit runs on all the platforms I cared about (Linux, UNIX) and I think it can also run on OS-X. The configuration is GUI based
12:17.24jason_ukfsnSee http://www.zeus.co.uk/products/zws/features.html for their claims however be aware that it severely downplays apache in the comparison.
12:17.44ResuDaedoooh, things are looking good so far
12:17.58ResuDaedyeah, I noticed that, and I find a scale of 100 slightly hard to beleive
12:18.18NisoDaemongui server config: http://www.zeus.com/products/zws/management/gui.html
12:18.27jason_ukfsnThe idea that apache is limited to <1000 hosts on a server is rediculous. I've run tens of thousands on a single box.
12:18.45NisoDaemonjason: what does ukfsn do for web? apache 1.3.*?
12:20.08jason_ukfsnyes NisoDaemon. I'm not happy with Apache 2.x yet.
12:20.24jason_ukfsn1.3 is more than sufficient at the moment.
12:20.50ResuDaedthe gui looks as easy as managing cobalt boxes
12:21.20NisoDaemonI assumed that since you did php you'd stuck with 1.3
12:21.37NisoDaemonBut they can ease the learning curve
12:21.58NisoDaemonAnd having them do some lint like validation on the config is nice
12:22.01jason_ukfsnI disagree NisoDaemon - all you end up learning is how to use the GUI and be slow.
12:22.27jason_ukfsnValidating the configuration is not hard - run httpd -t ;)
12:22.46NisoDaemonOnce you've got comfortable using the gui and have an understanding on the settings you do hit a limit i agree, but thats when you move upto the command line :)
12:23.11ResuDaedcommand line is the best place to start if you have the time
12:23.18jason_ukfsnWhereas if you start with the command line you decide to automate that much sooner so you have less work to do ;)
12:23.28ResuDaedNisoDaemon : I've left behind a few of them
12:24.07NisoDaemonThat fine if you are your own boss, for those of us looking for work i like ineffective admins.
12:24.13NisoDaemonMakes me look better  ;)
12:24.33NisoDaemonWhat do you two use for mail servers?
12:25.05jason_ukfsnpostfix. I've used sendmail in the past
12:25.22NisoDaemonAny particular reason why postfix?
12:26.37jason_ukfsnIt's easy to manage, it isn't sendmail, scales really well, it isn't sendmail, handles virtual users in a nice clean manner, it isn't sendmail, allows me to use mysql for the tables. Oh and did I mention it's not sendmail?
12:26.46ResuDaedwith courier-imapd
12:27.02jason_ukfsnI looked at exim briefly but decided that postfix is better for me.
12:27.15ResuDaedI havn't really looked into postfix
12:27.15jason_ukfsnWe don't do imap. It's not suitable for an ISP in my view.
12:27.30jason_ukfsnI'm using tpop3d for the POP3 daemon - used cucipop in the past.
12:28.17jason_ukfsnThe code in tpop3d is nice and clean, it scales well, works with virtual users and different auth schemes, supports APOP and just runs.
12:28.27ResuDaedI don't bother with pop3, I shift machines a lot (and OS's when working), so imap works better
12:28.47ResuDaedme being admin, everyone else has to lump it
12:28.50NisoDaemoni need to pick up one of qmail, exim or postfix but can't seem to see any huge seeling points between them I've done some sendmail in the past
12:28.54jason_ukfsnYes but this isn't just email for me - it's for lots of other users.
12:29.15ResuDaedI hear many good things about qmail, just never really got around to playing with it
12:29.23jason_ukfsnfor me the fact that postfix is Wietse's project was a big selling point. Security is a consideration from the outset.
12:29.27NisoDaemonits djb which is the seeling point but also the bug
12:29.39jason_ukfsnqmail has the djb bug
12:29.57NisoDaemonAhh thats the tct guy
12:30.29NisoDaemoni'd like an alternative to bind but DJBDNS is one of those things that your replacement would hate you for :)
12:31.11jason_ukfsnI'm happy enough with Bind. None of the "replacements" I've seen really match up.
12:32.18NisoDaemonDo you run 8 or 9?
12:32.25jason_ukfsn9
12:32.48NisoDaemonHave you put it on any SMP machines?
12:33.35ResuDaedI am happyish with bind 9
12:33.57jason_ukfsnno, SMP seems excessive for the named requirements of a small ISP.
12:34.03NisoDaemonI like bind for views if nothing else.
12:34.07jason_ukfsnAre there issues with it?
12:34.28NisoDaemonApparently, i've never had an smp machine to run it on so i'm after first hand experiences :)
12:34.46NisoDaemonNix was complaining about instability issues on gllug a couple of months ago
12:34.47jason_ukfsnI've used bind with views to fix a problem at a client site where they had to secondary a zone that was running on MS DNS with RRs containing characters invalid in bind 4.
12:35.06NisoDaemonAh the srv records from AD i assume
12:35.18NisoDaemonbind 4 == evil. if it was a horse it'd be kebab by now
12:35.48jason_ukfsnyes SRV records <yurch!>
12:36.04jason_ukfsnTo make matters even more "fun" bind 4 was being run on IBM AS/400s
12:37.00NisoDaemonyou get all the fun problems :)
12:38.03jason_ukfsnThat particular client is my bread and butter though - they pay me a £500 retainer each month for phone support on their firewall and DNS. Without that UKFSN would have folded
12:38.44NisoDaemonWith needs like those you have a pretty niche market. i dont knnow many who'd try and compete with you on systems that diverse
12:39.09NisoDaemonI assume its a finacial if they are running AS400s and AD
12:39.20NisoDaemonNo one else is that sick :)
12:39.33jason_ukfsnin sewer ants company
12:39.59jason_ukfsnThe AD was actually in a separate company they bought out. They are not a pro MS shop
12:40.33NisoDaemonI was wrong, i was going to say bank.
12:40.45NisoDaemonAlthough the lack of novell should have tipped me off :)
12:41.01ResuDaedsewer ants?
12:41.10NisoDaemoninsurance
12:41.15ResuDaedah :-)
12:41.24NisoDaemonsounds of dwarfs underground?
12:41.38NisoDaemonecho-gnomics
12:41.51NisoDaemonI think they're both pratchetisms
12:44.15NisoDaemonI've only read a couple of holts and i wasn't that impressed. Steel rat's were readable but not very engrossing
12:44.44jason_ukfsni liek silly
12:44.50jason_ukfsns/liek/like/
12:44.52NisoDaemonGood humour thats not fantasy (OK maybe a little bit) are bill brysons travel books.
12:45.20NisoDaemonRankins?
12:45.38NisoDaemona google for "book  Rankins" got me some odd results.
12:46.02jason_ukfsnAs in books by Robert Rankin
12:46.10jason_ukfsnshould have included the '
12:46.46NisoDaemonNever heard of him. "The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse " sounds promising though!
12:47.18jason_ukfsnIt helps to read his books if you are on acid.
12:47.46NisoDaemon"Even kindly old Mother Goose, madame of the Toy City brothel,"
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12:48.36jason_ukfsnbrb - I need to feed
12:48.45NisoDaemonfoot?
12:48.46NisoDaemonhehe
12:49.20new_unixprolly needs to feed his foot
12:49.57NisoDaemonworrying. very worrying
12:49.59new_unixhow is everyone this fine afternoon?
12:50.08NisoDaemonhot and tired.
12:50.14NisoDaemonyourself?
12:50.32cuptired, but w/e is only 4 hours away
12:50.37NisoDaemonlol
12:50.43new_unixsome ppl have to feed their caffeine habits, others feed their foot fettishes. hah
12:51.08NisoDaemonthat doesnt make it any less worrying :)
12:52.08NisoDaemonAmazon has one book on postfix...
12:52.10new_unixboss wont let me enable sshd on the mac server:(
12:52.23NisoDaemonyou have xserves?
12:52.56new_unixso i have to walk all the way to the machine to administer it.
12:53.03NisoDaemonlol
12:53.26new_unixxservers? almost. we're testing one at the mo. It's on hire :)
12:53.29NisoDaemontell him you've put telnet and rsh on it and see how quick he changes his mind
12:53.47NisoDaemonWhat do you think? are they worth the huge price tag?
12:54.43new_unixvery sexxxy server, thats for sure.
12:55.00new_unixmakes the other 1u's green in envy. hah
12:56.02new_unixbut thats a good thing cos at least we know the others are working. if they were amber or RED then we'd have a major problem. hah
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13:16.07NisoDaemonAnd thats how to cure world hunger
13:16.41NisoDaemonwillow == geek bait.
13:16.51NisoDaemonI want Cordelia back. Yum
13:16.52jason_ukfsnlet campires loose among the hungry?
13:17.05NisoDaemonLOL Soylent green all over again :)
13:17.06jason_ukfsns/campires/vampires/
13:17.12JDone time at band camp ...
13:17.27jason_ukfsnput that trumpet down!
13:17.36NisoDaemonMention Willow and everyone comes in...
13:17.42nasratStep away from the buffy references
13:17.57nasratThis is not what I need post lunch
13:18.01NisoDaemonJD the yellow bus was enough to prove that :)
13:18.07jason_ukfsnwhy did you add "in..." to that sentence NisoDaemon?
13:18.10NisoDaemonWhat you need is alchol
13:20.21NisoDaemonAny of you lot ever watched firefly?
13:20.35jason_ukfsnI tried to but I keep missing the episodes.
13:20.52nasratNisoDaemon: yeah
13:20.54NisoDaemonI was just wondering if ts worth downloading them or not :)
13:21.07nasratNisoDaemon: I have the first few on $media
13:21.24NisoDaemonnasrat, best buddy...
13:21.31jason_ukfsnNisoDaemon: where do you get your $binaries?
13:21.45nasratjason_ukfsn: IIRC alt.binaries.perl.sick.bunny
13:21.54jason_ukfsnI'm talking to Clara about a reseller deal for their Claranews service.
13:22.23NisoDaemonI occasioanly go hunting on dcc and emule
13:22.26jason_ukfsnnasrat: shouldn't that be "sick.poney"?
13:22.42jason_ukfsnor "dead.parrot"?
13:22.50NisoDaemonlol
13:23.03NisoDaemonso perl6 what do you really think ? :)
13:23.15NisoDaemonAre you one of the realists or a Damian follower?
13:23.31jason_ukfsnI've not touched it yet. I don't jump onto new things so quickly.
13:23.57jason_ukfsn5.6 still does everything I want.
13:23.59NisoDaemonThere isn't much to jump on. Its still mostly bluster.
13:25.02NisoDaemonI'm running 5.6 on anything thats important. i dont do unicode so i dont need 5.8 :)
13:26.06jason_ukfsnYet another "gissa job" spam arrives in my mailbox :(
13:26.18jason_ukfsnat both ukfsn and ukpost.
13:26.21JDalt.binaries.pictures.beastiality.hambster.duct-tape?
13:26.29JDhompster
13:26.34JDdammit
13:26.45NisoDaemonJD you have issues with this subject :)
13:27.29NisoDaemonI didnt want to say anything ;)
13:27.37NisoDaemonWhat have the talks been like so far JD?
13:27.52jason_ukfsnNisoDaemon: You don't want to work for me - I pay shite wages. I only pay myself £400/month.
13:29.16JDNisoDaemon: hmm to be honest I have not been paying attension
13:29.20JDbeen busy on irc
13:29.35NisoDaemonJD you went to edinburgh to do irc? :)
13:30.08NisoDaemon£400 a month... in my day...
13:30.10JDyeah
13:31.31NisoDaemonGo to John Hearns talk and heckle. Tell him i told you to ;)
13:31.41JDthat is Sunday
13:31.45jason_ukfsn£400 /month is minimum wage. It's interesting trying to pay my mortgage, council tax, bills, etc out of it though.
13:31.51JDi think he will heckle himself
13:32.03JDhaving beeing drunk the night before
13:32.37NisoDaemonPretty much. I dont think i'lll be seeing him for a couple of weeks after he gets back :)
13:32.48NisoDaemonHave you tried deep fried hamburgers yet?
13:33.51JDhamburgers is too close to hampsters for my liking
13:34.19NisoDaemonI couldnt find deep fried marsbars but i did ge tto try haggis and deep fried hamburgers.
13:36.16NisoDaemonAnyone who tells you haggis is spicy is talking bollocks
13:37.17JDAnyone who tells you haggis is talking bollocks is spicy?
13:38.31NisoDaemonum.... i can hear the yellow bus ;)
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13:41.13JDzimm: Jenson|Away is looking for you
13:41.18JDjust for a chat I think
13:41.25zimmJD, oh , k ..
13:41.38zimmi spoke to her earlier briefly ..
13:42.02zimmJD, hows things with you anyway ? good i hope ..
13:43.21JDhi edinburgh atm
13:43.58zimmfunky
13:44.00zimmworking /
13:44.01zimm?
13:44.21JDukuug conference
13:44.40zimmahh
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14:43.25sashdankolb: Trying to induce a field?
14:43.31dankolbYes.
14:43.43sashWhich sort?
14:44.18sashMagnetic, electric or other?
14:44.26dankolbBit o' both
14:44.43jason_ukfsnhow about a corn field?
14:45.45sashThat might have a popping effect <groan>
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14:48.41piehello again
14:48.58nasrathey pie
14:49.11pieI worked out why the gllug list was so quiet
14:49.21piemy subscription got set to nomail.
14:49.25piebah
14:50.14JDlol
14:50.25pieanyone had much luck getting WinXP to use samba as a domain controller?
14:50.31pieas it, does it work?
14:50.47piewe want to change the PDC over to sambe from NT
14:50.59murblepie: it is very doable, there is even a howto
14:51.09murbleusing samdump
14:51.11piecool
14:51.16piesamdump?
14:54.09JDdankolb: where are you?
14:54.34murblethe howto is written by Mike Brodbelt if that helps you google for it.
14:55.30nasratmurble: he's on gllug isn't he?
14:55.32dankolbI'm in the foyer
14:55.37murblenasrat: yep
14:55.42JDdankolb: come upstairs
14:55.54murblenasrat: he talked about it at sage-wise once as well.
14:55.55dankolbIs there a lecture going on?
14:55.58JDif you want to learn about the health service
14:56.01JDyeah
14:56.18JDI think murbe is being sod xfs
14:56.18murbleXFS
14:56.19dankolbIsn't there a tea break in a few minutes?
14:56.44murbleafter questions.
14:56.47JD15min
14:56.49dankolb*nod*
14:56.50JDor more
14:56.54murbledankolb: is there any choloate kcake left?
14:57.01dankolbErm, I'm not sure.
14:57.16JDdankolb: well head over the where cake is and chek
14:57.19jason_ukfsnkcake - is that only available to users of KDE?
14:57.31JDno that would be kake
14:57.33dankolbThat requires moving.
14:57.42JDbah
14:58.03jason_ukfsnkake? Isn't that a perl monger?
14:58.12pieyes
14:58.51JDreally?
15:03.41nasratno cake's a made up drug
15:04.37dankolbNo cake?
15:04.43dankolbLet them eat cake!
15:05.37JDdankolb: lart them
15:05.43JDwe want kake
15:05.51JDis dfaure around yet?
15:07.46dankolbDunno
15:08.03JDask the KDE desk
15:08.30dankolbNot many people down here.
15:33.49nasratgad, I need beer
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15:59.43CopeHello
16:01.46nasratwb
16:02.42CopeHiya nasrat
16:02.47CopeHow's your Friday been?
16:03.10nasratok, I'm feeling particularly hyper
16:03.20CopeAny particular reason?
16:03.33jason_ukfsnOK time to go now. I need to stop working and starting doing non-work work.
16:03.34nasratbusy at work, sleep deprivation, coffee
16:03.36jason_ukfsnhave fun all
16:03.41Copetara
16:03.53Copenasrat> Yeah, sounds about right.
16:04.23CopeI got home last night at 9pm - didn't take laptop with me; crawled into bed and fell asleep immediately. Woke at 7am
16:04.47CopeI almost never go to bed before 1am
16:05.13nasratargh I'm going to leave soon
16:05.40Cope:-(
16:06.41nasratto the pub that is
16:07.25dankolbFoobar.
16:07.30nasratdankolb: ba
16:07.31nasratz
16:07.36nasratgad can't type
16:08.46Copequux
16:09.15dankolbYou missed bat
16:11.29dankolbfoo, bar, baz, bat
16:11.52Copehttp://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/m/metasyntactic_variable.html
16:12.00JDdankolb: where the fsck are you?
16:12.06Copefoo bar baz quux (sometimes qux)
16:15.38dankolbI'm with all the Macs.
16:16.59JDah
16:17.08dankolbWhere are you?
16:17.55JDupstairs
16:18.02dankolbCome down, then.
16:18.09JDI'm in a talk
16:18.11JDwith power
16:20.11dankolbI have power too
16:22.57dankolbMe too
16:24.04CopeYay!
16:24.46dankolbJD: Are you coming to the Scottish buffet tonight?
16:25.38JDyeah
16:25.47dankolbGood good
16:26.54JDI think Jenson is expecting me to go to london tomorrow
16:28.46dankolb*snrrk* Why?
16:29.16JDnot sure
16:29.26JDI have teld her before I will be here
16:29.40dankolbDoes she think she's more important?;
16:29.52JDno idea
16:30.02dankolbHeh :)
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16:50.52JDhi zimm
16:53.10zimmheya JD
17:05.30zimm:)
17:12.43Jenson|Awaylol @ dankolb and JD
17:15.47JDooh BDSM
17:17.04Jensonlol
17:17.29zimmlol
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17:30.05Jensonmy hands smell like guinea pig food lol
17:55.24Xiaoqihihihi
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18:49.10JensonWTF?
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18:50.12CopeHello
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19:04.55sanelsonHiya
19:05.05CopeHya even
19:17.47Jensonheya Cope
19:23.20CopeWoo Jenson
19:27.05Jensonits quiet tonight......ppl in Edinburgh or something
19:31.33Jensonhere's a pic of the guinea pig i got today, he's still nervous ATM http://www.btinternet.com/~lita16/guineapig.jpg
19:38.16Copebrb
19:40.19Jensonk
19:43.59irvined_good evening
19:46.14CopeEvening
19:52.26irvined_well today has been fun
19:52.47irvined_got my photos back from developing, going to upload them in a mo.
19:53.01irvined_and i've just put the steering wheel in my kit car (Yay)
19:56.59CopeWoo
19:57.11CopeI've had a hot and tiring day
19:57.23CopeI'm hungry - pondering ordering takeaway
19:57.40CopeMeeting a very good friend online in a tic! :o)
19:59.59irvined_yeah im a bit peckish
20:00.12irvined_just ate some cake
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20:12.33Copelo highbury
20:54.30CopeWoo Jenson
20:54.45CopeHow are you this evening?
20:55.11Jensonalright ty...i wanna write some poetry but im not depressed enough
21:00.27irvined_i didnt think that was a real pre-requisite for poetry
21:01.45Jensonbah well i wrote one and posted it, its crap though
21:03.06Jensonirvined_: i can only write decent poetry when im depressed
21:03.11irvined_im listening to some 80's electro pop, i forgot just how good it was
21:03.33JensonI'm listening to the DEf Leppard - Slang album
21:03.49irvined_not heard that in a while
21:03.52irvined_need to look it out.
21:11.50Jensonirvined_: what fo?
21:11.54Jensonof even
21:13.04irvined_my holiday
21:13.44Jensoncool
21:13.47Jensonwhere you been?
21:14.15irvined_all over
21:14.30irvined_was in the states went up the west coasnt into western canada and  back down into baja mexico
21:14.32Jensondi i tell you my new mobile number?
21:15.20irvined_no you didnt.
21:25.10Jensonnight all
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21:52.52stephanbnew2unix: anybody here ?
21:53.00stephanbJD: anybody here ?
21:59.28stephanbirvined_: hi there
21:59.55stephanbi was gonna ask : what is irvination ?
22:01.38irvined_irvination?
22:01.41irvined_ibot irvination?
22:01.42irvined_: bugger all, i dunno
22:02.19stephanbirvined_: come on, you have been irvined, don't you know what the process is ?
22:02.32stephanbis it a rite of passage ? a chemical reaction ?
22:02.47stephanband i have a second question...
22:03.21stephanb*who* enters data into ibot. Is ibot an AI and does it *learn* from the conversations on the chan ?
22:06.28stephanbibot who are you ?
22:06.29from memory, ibot is a blootbot now, no longer an infobot. run by BZFlag (TimRiker) on his server. see blootbot also http://blootbot.sourceforge.net/ it uses SQLite but can use MySQL or other SQL for storage.
22:07.03stephanbibot who am i ?
22:07.04i guess stephanb is a darling :P
22:07.22stephanbibot why am i here ?
22:07.22stephanb: I wish you would RTFM.
22:08.02stephanbibot why is there something rather than nothing ?
22:08.03stephanb: I think you lost me on that one
22:08.09irvined_stephanb: you tell it stuff and it rememebrs
22:08.26irvined_ibot irvination is what happens when irvined clobbers you.
22:08.27okay, irvined_
22:08.42stephanbibot what is irvination ?
22:08.43irvination is, like, what happens when irvined clobbers you.
22:09.10stephanbibot who is alan turing ?
22:09.11stephanb: what are you talking about?
22:09.51stephanbjeez, can we get ibot to pull some data from wikipedia ?
22:10.09stephanbor can it only search its own sql database
22:10.26stephanbmind you it's better that way, it makes it more specific to the channel
22:11.45stephanbibot where is bletchley park ?
22:11.46I think you lost me on that one, stephanb
22:13.08Copeibot lart stephanb
22:15.22stephanbi shall read the blootbot page on sourceforg later..
22:20.57stephanbfor now i'm gonna go brush my teeth and go to bed
22:24.21Xiaoqihihi all
22:24.40CopeHiya Little Energy
22:25.05Xiaoqi:)
22:25.10stephanbXiaoqi: hiya
22:25.25Xiaoqihow is everyone this evening?
22:25.32stephanbdoes xiao mean "little" ?
22:25.36Xiaoqiyeah
22:25.37CopeIt does indeed.
22:25.54CopeHey stephanb
22:26.04stephanbas in small or packed together ?
22:26.13Xiaoqismall
22:26.15stephanbCope: hiya
22:26.48stephanband qi is the qi of taiqi and qigong (= life energy) ?
22:27.21CopeProbably not, since Xiaoqi's name is the pinyin from Cantonese not Mandarin.
22:27.21Xiaoqino idea, it was just thename given to me by my chinese friends a few years ago...
22:27.36irvined_nice.
22:27.41irvined_hi Xiaoqi/cop
22:27.58Xiaoqiwell, it was the mandarin, as the people who gave it to me all spoke predominantly manderin
22:28.03Xiaoqihi irvined_
22:28.17CopeI love the name, its great. I am known as Xiao Yang by my beloved, hence I know what Xiao means!
22:28.37Xiaoqiwhat is yang in your case?
22:28.48CopeSheep
22:28.57Xiaoqihehehe
22:29.05Xiaoqibrb -off to put brad in the oven
22:29.13CopeWho is Brad?
22:29.34CopeAnd why are you putting him in the oven, poor chap?
22:30.12irvined_heh
22:30.42stephanbBrad is a silicagel lifeform
22:30.58stephanbneeds to be put in the microwave to be re-activated
22:31.18Copeibot brad is probably a typo for bread. Or maybe a silicagel lifeform that needs to be put in the microwave to be re-activated.
22:31.19okay, Cope
22:31.33Copeibot tell Xiaoqi about brad
22:32.03Copeibot What is brad?
22:32.03well, brad is probably a typo for bread. Or maybe a silicagel lifeform that needs to be put in the microwave to be re-activated.
22:32.28Xiaoqihehehe
22:32.40Xiaoqihehehe
22:32.45Xiaoqiit was bread
22:34.17Xiaoqihelp
22:34.19Xiaoqihumph
22:34.26irvined_hmm im hingry again now
22:34.30Xiaoqihehehe
22:34.42irvined_theres cake, (sugar free too) downstairs but i've had so much of it, my better half with think im a real fat pig if i eat any more.
22:34.44Xiaoqiwell if you were in aberdeen, i would offer you some roast brad...
22:35.19irvined_but alas not before i die of hunger at this rate.
22:35.22Xiaoqicool
22:35.37Xiaoqihow come you're coming up here?
22:35.44XiaoqiCope: cool!
22:36.27Cope'When I was about 3 we lived in Rosemount, then moved to Banchory. When I was about 20 I lived in Aberdeen for the summer.
22:36.46Xiaoqihehe
22:36.53XiaoqiI looked at a flat in rosemount...
22:37.10XiaoqiI'm in sunnybank place, in old aberdeen atm... next to the uni
22:37.15CopeHow much was it?
22:37.27Xiaoqierm, 360 for a 1 bed flat i think
22:37.37Xiaoqisame as my one here,
22:37.38CopePer month?
22:37.41Xiaoqiyeah
22:37.44Copelol!
22:37.47Xiaoqiwhat?
22:37.51irvined_Xiaoqi: customer wants an upgrade.
22:37.58Xiaoqi???
22:38.08irvined_my reason for going to aberdeen
22:38.11Xiaoqiah
22:38.13Xiaoqicool
22:38.15irvined_want to try and visit a friend there too but not sure if thats likely.
22:38.20CopeJust a good bargain, Xiaoji
22:38.26Xiaoqinot up here
22:38.35Xiaoqilondon, yeah, but up here...
22:38.42CopeWould get you a cupboard here :-)
22:38.52XiaoqiWe're looking at a 1 bed house for 325
22:39.16stephanbirvined_: what kind of things do you upgrade ? Mainframes ? Turbocharged BMWs ?
22:39.20Copealthough I do love London
22:39.20Xiaoqibut if we move in with some friends, then it would be 550 per month for a 3 or 4 bed cottage
22:39.50Xiaoqiscotland is wonderful -its very pretty and relaxing, and aberdeen is a very friendly place
22:40.20irvined_stephanb: all of the above hehe
22:40.25irvined_but its a beowulf cluster
22:40.25stephanbXiaoqi: yes but what sort of work do i find there ?
22:40.51Xiaoqialmost anything if you apply at the right time of year...
22:40.58stephanbooooooh nice !
22:40.58irvined_yeah i would love to move back home, but i need to get a job there to do that and also convince my gf to stay in the scotland let alone the uk
22:41.04Xiaoqidavid is just having very bad luck
22:41.38stephanbXiaoqi: hang on, i'm not gonna get a job in television there, am i ?
22:41.38irvined_there are some fantastic places to live in scotland, i want to build a holiday  home/ get-away in the borders somewhere
22:41.56stephanbirvined_: your gf is not british ?
22:42.07Xiaoqibbc scotland is based in aberdeen
22:42.30Xiaoqiscotland has it's own programming
22:42.43stephanbXiaoqi: if it's like in london, i don't have a gf or an uncle working at the beeb...
22:42.47irvined_stephanb: Spanish
22:42.50irvined_She's a vet.
22:43.06irvined_Cope: im not a fan of the borders much either but its a nice compromise
22:43.15stephanbirvined_: let me guess, her diploma is not recognised in the uk...
22:43.21irvined_ideally i want to live in edinburgh or glasgow and have a cottage in lanarkshire or somewhere nice and remote
22:43.35irvined_stephanb: it is, here is one of the few places its actually recognised
22:43.38CopeI also lived in Lanark.
22:43.56CopeAnd Glasgow.
22:43.58irvined_i have a friend who has a huge house near lesmahagow in the middle of nowhere thats where i want to live.
22:44.04irvined_but i need my flat in the city
22:44.09irvined_and bb
22:44.32irvined_im hoping yolanda will love glasgow and decide to get a job there sooner or later.
22:44.38irvined_but i still have to get a job there which is going to be hard
22:44.57Xiaoqiedinburgh is nicer than glasgow imho
22:45.21irvined_if its going to happen its going ot be in 3 or 4 years time rather than any time soon.
22:45.26CopeEwww! Flame war!
22:45.40Xiaoqianyway, its late and I'm worn out... so I am off to sleep
22:45.45Xiaoqigood night all!!
22:45.51Copenn Xiaoqi
22:45.58Xiaoqisleep well everyone :)
22:46.02Copety
22:46.39irvined_nn
22:49.47stephanbwell i'm off too
22:49.51stephanbcya
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22:58.20eye69I wonder if it's possible to clean an MO disk with isopropyl alcohol
22:59.51CopeI don't see why not.
23:02.08eye69We'll see in a minute.
23:09.37eye69DOH...turns out that cfdisk doesn't partition them correctly...worked fine with the usual fdisk.
23:12.01CopeHuh?
23:12.07highburylime-lite is pretty effective ;)
23:12.17CopeHeh Highbury
23:15.36eye69Hey highbury
23:17.17Copeibot highbury
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