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00:06.45LeedsI defy anyone to watch Shrek and not come out smiling :-)
00:07.12ClyphoxI didn't find it that funny
00:07.29Leedshmm... are you alright?
00:07.39Clyphoxpainfull scenes with that girl/ogre thingee
00:07.46Leedsreally?
00:07.48Clyphoxpainfully predictable
00:07.49Leedscynic...
00:07.57ClyphoxI loved Iceage tho
00:08.06LeedsI prefer Shrek
00:08.24ClyphoxI admit Shek is better... god story line
00:08.29Clyphoxthe voices are great too
00:08.40Leedsand the bonus dance party :-)
00:08.56Clyphoxuh?
00:09.31Leedson the DVD - and video, I think, there's an extra bit, like the last scene - where all the characters are dancing and singing - only longer and more kareoke like
00:09.52ClyphoxOnly seen the divx and in cinema
00:10.17Leedshmm... maybe I should rip that for you :-)
00:10.54Leedsnot now, though
00:11.06Clyphoxwould be worth it for a decent copy even
00:11.21Clyphoxmy sisters would appreciate it too :-)
00:11.26Clyphoxohh sure np
00:11.39ClyphoxHow you you rip stuff?
00:12.02Leedsmencoder
00:12.08Clyphoxyay!
00:12.09Clyphoxwise man
00:12.17Leedsthree-pass
00:12.27Clyphoxcool.. I'm lazy and settle for 2
00:12.34Clyphoxdoes it improve it much?
00:13.30Leedsnot sure... I think the third pass is pretty much the sound... maybe improves the syncing, maybe just makes the video encoding quicker
00:14.08Clyphoxno idea. I found 2 passes over one just takes longer and comes out more.. uhmm smoothed (visually)
00:14.33Leedsright
00:15.04Leedsbut for a 4-minute scene from a high-quality source (i.e. DVD) it's worth getting all the quality you can out of it
00:15.30LeedsI have the whole film in a 400Mb or so file, shrunk for viewing on the iPAQ
00:15.31Clyphoxindeed
00:15.44ClyphoxI want an iPAQ!
00:16.42LeedsI didn't say it was viewable on the iPAQ...
00:17.17LeedsI've never been able to get decent a/v working - it can play video without audio okay, but the combination seems to be enough to push it over 100% CPU, or bus, or something
00:17.38Clyphoxtried reducing the audio quality?
00:18.03Clyphoxof even shrinking the divx more and using double buffer?
00:18.04LeedsI mean, you can get silly - 1/2 frame rate, smaller resolution, and so on - but it seems that it has to be reduced to an unacceptable level to be playable
00:18.31Clyphoxhow fast is yours?
00:18.49ClyphoxI wonder what chance I have of getting a fast enough one when I buy one
00:18.51Leedshmm... hadn't thought of using the doubling... suppose it depends on how much CPU that takes
00:19.00Leedsmine is a 200MHz strongarm
00:19.24Clyphoxaye.. quite fast right?
00:19.49Leedsit's worth noting that you can get a lot lower with a cartoon than with live action, AFAIK, before the quality really suffers
00:20.12Clyphoxweird
00:20.12Leedsit's plenty quick for most things - but mplayer, even with ARM asm, seems to push it too hard
00:20.25Clyphoxare there faster ipaqs?
00:20.34Leedsyes, sort of
00:20.34Clyphoxwhats the ram on those things?
00:20.49ClyphoxI guesse I should research this and not nag you hehe sorry
00:21.29Leedsthe newer devices are 400MHz XScale (newer version of ARM) - but various things mean that the first generation XScale - PXA250 - at least, wasn't much quicker than the 200MHZ SA... the newer XSCale - PXA255 - is meant to be better
00:21.42Leedsbut Linux support for new devices has really lagged behind HP'
00:21.58Clyphoxthats a real pity
00:22.15Clyphoxmight be better to get a different PDA maybe :-(
00:22.30LeedsHP's release schedule - since they're heading for two new releases a year (next new release is Monday!) and each new release needs a largely new port, since they're all designed and built by different people
00:23.24Leedsthe 3xxx (original) series are pretty well supported, and the 54xx is almost there apart from one or two showstopper bugs
00:23.45Leedsanything newer than that is highly experimental and not very useful
00:24.05Leeds39xx is PXA250 though :-(
00:24.24Clyphox*noted*
00:24.32Leedsif you're after a Linux PDA, the only other option is the Zaurus, really... and the newer models are only available as imports
00:25.09Leedsand even then, I don't know how well, for example, X is supported - or if you're stuck with qtopia/opie
00:25.35Clyphoxnot sure I could cope with qtopia hehe
00:25.58LeedsI know I couldn't... it's a fine PDA environment, but it's just not really Linux
00:26.48Clyphoxindeed
00:31.02Leedsapparently "Internet Protocol is becoming a business reality"
00:31.39Leedsvery strange phrase
00:32.06Clyphoxheh
00:32.20ClyphoxI would love to punch the person who wrote that
00:32.29Clyphoxjust a nice peck on the nose
00:33.23Leedsit's an advert for the "Times Online IP Infrastructure" thingy in conjunction with BT
00:33.59Clyphoxweird
00:37.09Leedsyes
00:54.09JDhi
00:57.34Clyphoxheya
00:58.28JDhi
00:58.42Clyphoxhowzit?
00:58.48JDnot bad
00:59.21JDlooking for a female to converse with
01:00.48JDbut no one seems to be here
01:00.53ClyphoxBekie is here
01:00.56Clyphox(arg)
01:01.05JD01:59 < JD> looking for a female to converse with
01:01.55Clyphox?
01:02.15JDlooking for a female *to converse with*
01:04.19Clyphoxwhats mrtg?
01:05.17Leedsmulti-router traffic graph(ing)
01:05.24Leedshttp://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/
01:06.50Leedsfor an example of it running, see the BBC support pages, or http://www.j-colo.net/mrtg/host-eth0.html
01:29.44Leedsjob done... and some cable tidying as well :-)
01:29.50Leedsg'night to anyone still conscious
01:34.19JDnight
01:34.24Clyphoxnn
01:38.26JDClyphox: you off too?
01:38.31Clyphoxyup
01:38.38Clyphoxthis minute
01:38.49Clyphoxr u psychic?
01:39.15JD?
01:39.47ClyphoxI just quite Urban Terror specificly to sleep 10seconds before you asked
01:39.52Clyphoxquite funny thats all
01:40.03Clyphoxnm me
01:40.16JDokay
01:40.32JDI was mostly asking if you were sayig nn to Leeds or me
01:40.58ClyphoxAh I C
01:41.03Clyphoxnm me I'm weird
01:41.05Clyphoxcya laters
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08:46.51JDhi all
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10:26.29Xiaoqimorning all
10:34.05JDhi
10:39.09murburgle.
10:39.38murbtime for some tea me thinks
10:45.21Xiaoqitea is good
10:58.30murbmore tea is better.
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10:58.59murbI'm taking 1.5kg of tea to .lu + beer tomorrow.
11:01.18Xiaoqiwon't that fill Bridport your suitcase?
11:01.27Xiaoqihuh?
11:01.33Xiaoqi- bridport
11:04.18JDwhat was that meant to be?
11:06.07Xiaoqia random word that the software put in
11:15.50JDwow
11:15.55JDimpressive
11:18.00XiaoqiI know!
11:20.26Leedsfor no particular reason, I'm now doing pine doing IMAP over ssh, rather than pine over ssh
11:21.37murbLeeds: those slow curses based menus?
11:22.04Leedsnot really...
11:22.28Leedspartly because I plan to play with thunderbird at some point
11:22.40murbfwiw i tend to do imap/ssl
11:23.01Leedsyeah, but I had trouble setting that up at the server, and ssh is already working
11:23.25murbare you running uwimapd?
11:24.05murbthe annoying thing about ssl on linux is there are some many places to store root certs.
11:24.14Leedsyes, uw...
11:24.16murbI want to be able to place somthing like /etc/certs/trusted-root/
11:24.18murbin
11:24.21murband have it just work.
11:24.25LeedsI think we need to upgrade our openssl anyway
11:24.34murboh fun.
11:24.58murbi have a "rescue" sshd running from / for things like that..
11:25.27Leedswe tend to just bring up telnet for a few minutes
11:25.51murbI also have a serial console as a last resort.
11:26.05murbalthough It is a v.good idea to test it before relying on it..
11:26.34Leedsplanned that - never got around to implementing it
11:27.01murbDo you have the machine/s on a masterswitch or somthing?
11:27.33Leedsnope - two machines sitting on top of each other
11:28.04murbLeeds: do you still have your frog?
11:28.33LeedsI still have it - I don't use it, and I have a bag BT sent me (without any instructions) to send it back on
11:28.57murbthey actually asked for it back?! that must be a first.
11:28.58JDmurb: debian has just one place for CA certs
11:29.15Leedswell, they sent me a bag - I *assume* that's what it's for
11:29.17murbJD: so why does evolution, Mozilla etc ignore them?
11:29.35JDbeebo david% ls /etc/ssl/certs/*.pem | wc -l
11:29.36murbJD: a bit pointless if most user-agents ignore it.
11:29.36JD70
11:29.56JDthat is where openssl looks for them aiui
11:29.57murbJD: those would be 3rd party certs that i don't trust?
11:30.12murbJD: which isn't much.
11:30.13JDif they ignore it then file a bug
11:31.27murbJD: can i file a bug against all gpled software that links with openssl without an exception?
11:31.58JDmurb: ask on debian-devel first saying you are going to do a mass-filing
11:32.34murbJD: Don't think it is a good idea to piss lots of people off.
11:33.21JDmurb: hence the asking on debian-devel first
11:33.36JDthat is how yo should do mass-filings
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13:49.12ClyphoxYay netsplit
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15:20.29ClyphoxHi Leeds
15:21.13Leedsafternoon...
15:21.35Clyphoxhowzit going?
15:21.40Leedsnot bad...
15:21.52LeedsI should go shopping before Tescos closes at 5...
15:22.30eye69Sainsbury's closed at 4
15:22.42LeedsI think Tescos is 11-5 rather than 10-4
15:39.41ClyphoxI miss 24/7 tesco's
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16:45.24Xiaoqimoo
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16:48.17Leedsbaa
16:51.26Xiaoqi:0
16:51.28murbfoo
16:56.10irvinedoink.
16:58.55Clyphoxwoof
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17:07.40Wethrinmoooo
17:07.53Xiaoqioink!!!
17:10.34XiaoqiWethrin: how goes it?
17:11.44WethrinI have a cold.
17:12.14Xiaoqiaww
17:12.24Xiaoqime too, would you like a hot lemon?
17:14.21WethrinSure.
17:14.22Wethrin:)
17:15.48ClyphoxI love Milo!
17:15.52Clyphoxwhere did you buy it!?!
17:16.02WethrinMilo? Isn't that a Linux Loader for MIPS?
17:16.03LeedsTescos!
17:16.22Leedsimported from Kenya...
17:16.25ClyphoxExcelent! its very big in South Africa and .au !
17:16.45Leedsyes, I had it recommended by a couple of southern hemispere-people
17:17.22Clyphoxhmmm.. I can almost taste it now
17:17.32ClyphoxLast time I had was at PDR's place
17:21.55murbhmm alpha.
17:22.48WethrinAlpha?
17:23.16Leedsmilo is the alpha bootloader
17:23.35WethrinAh right.
17:25.10Leedsme neither
17:57.41WethrinSteal some.
17:57.50gregjvery funny
17:58.33WethrinAsk on Gllug if anyone has any Alkphas.
18:00.06gregjto be honest, i don't need any
18:01.11WethrinEveryone needs some :)
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18:47.18WethrinHi Spud
18:47.36Clyphoxre SpudULike
18:48.01SpudULikeHi guys.
18:48.51SpudULikeWhat aspect of a Linux system would you show off to impress a Windows user?
18:49.05SpudULikeOn the desktop.
18:49.26Clyphoxmplayer
18:49.29murbboing
18:49.42murbit'll probably fail
18:49.43Wethrinmplayer isn't that impressive, though
18:49.45murband windows has that arlready.
18:49.47ClyphoxAnti Aliased everything with gnome2
18:49.53WethrinWindows has that already.
18:49.53murbXP has that already.
18:49.57SpudULikeThe Windows world is full of media players.
18:50.00WethrinAnd looks much nicer than Gnome
18:50.09murbacutally it doesn't.
18:50.15Wethrin(Telletuubby theme not counting)
18:50.20murbmy first operatin system looks horrible.
18:50.36ClyphoxSub pixel RGB stuff
18:50.42WethrinIt's not too bad when you switch it back to 'classic' look
18:50.47murbClyphox: leenux can do that as well.
18:50.51Wethrinsub pixel RGB?
18:50.59murbWethrin: anti aliasing
18:51.07WethrinAh.
18:51.15murbbut on a TFT you can be more presise
18:51.24murbbecause you can light not all of a pixel
18:51.27SpudULikeDo people do much in the way of desktop sharing on Windows systems?
18:51.40murbwhat does desktop sharing mean?
18:51.41WethrinSome AA sucks badly, though.
18:51.46Clyphoxda
18:52.02Wethrini.e. text between certain size fonts
18:52.03Clyphoxmight be worth showing off ssh -X
18:52.19SpudULikemurb: Sharing the same machine but for different users.
18:52.36WethrinWindows TSE
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18:52.37gregjoops
18:52.42Wethrin(Terminal Server)
18:53.01SpudULikeThe whole remote display stuff, can that even be done with Windows?
18:53.09murbCitrix!
18:53.12LeedsVNC!
18:53.20gregjssh -C -X ;P
18:53.25murbmultiuser DOS
18:53.25WethrinNot on a per-app basis.
18:53.37gregjwhat does it do in apache.conf
18:53.41murbWethrin: X works on a per-app  basis
18:53.51WethrinBut how many normal users actually use remote X.
18:53.51gregjLogFile "|/usr/bin/something "
18:54.03Wethrinmurb: I know. I was talking about 'can that even be done with Windows'
18:54.05gregjit probably sends log to some process
18:54.33murbWethrin: it can be done
18:54.37murbcertainly with Citrix
18:54.38zacharyWethrin: Cheapest way to upgrade a laptop.
18:54.45WethrinWhat? Per application?
18:54.47SpudULikeI am thinking that we need a list of such 'unique selling points' for the install-fest.
18:54.49murbyeah
18:54.54WethrinI thought Citrix just gave you a complete desktop.
18:54.56murbInsignia Multiluser NT even did it.
18:54.58zacharyWethrin: Y :)
18:55.17murbWethrin: no, you can do individial apps and that i think is more normal anyway.
18:55.23murbto use it.
18:55.26WethrinOkay.
18:55.28Wethrin:)
18:55.31murbe.g. users have foreign app on local desktop
18:55.42murbcerftainly that is how it is used to economics.ucl
18:55.45murbs/to/@/
18:55.46WethrinBut Unix can do it all for free.
18:56.32WethrinThe average joe trying out Linux isn't that likely to want to use remote X apps.
18:57.08Clyphoxlinux sucks on the desktop
18:57.19SpudULikeWethrin: Who does use remote apps?
18:57.22LeedsClyphox: no, not so much
18:57.50WethrinSpudULike: I do sometimes. Load up exmh from UCL and display it here.
18:57.56LeedsWethrin: daily, at work
18:57.57murbhas anyone played with NoMachine?
18:58.03ClyphoxLeeds: its a matter of opinion.. X stil has very far to mature
18:58.08murbWethrin: try it through Nomachine?
18:58.16SpudULikeBe honest, Windows sucks on the desktop!
18:58.33WethrinBe honest, desktops suck.
18:59.04WethrinWhat's NoMachine?
18:59.12SpudULikeI'm just waiting for someone to comment about desktop users!
18:59.23LeedsWethrin: a VNC-type thing... GPLed core, commercial UI/config
18:59.30WethrinAhh.
19:00.01WethrinI'm not actually sure if any of us can really be called average desktop users, though.
19:00.39murbWethrin: much better than VNC because it resolves lots of X protocol stuff locally.
19:00.50zacharyLeeds: I will not disagree with you!
19:00.56Leedsapart from any other way... multiplie OSs on multiple platforms, and working in a very very network-oriented environment
19:01.08WethrinGood good.
19:02.35murbI think  the NoMachine is supposed to be significantly better than that, since it does thing slike caching bitmaps and stuff
19:14.06zacharybbl, need to take care of a few things.
19:20.27WethrinCU
20:27.12ClyphoxMoo
20:27.47WethrinThat's what they want you to say...
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21:16.13ClyphoxGah
21:16.24Clyphoxanyone remember how to add a .ttf font to X?
21:16.32Clyphoxxset fp rehash?
21:16.41Jenson|Awayi can do it with KDE
21:18.48Jenson|Awayoh well, time for bed
21:18.51Jenson|Awaynight guys
21:18.54Clyphoxnn
21:19.18Jenson|Awaycya
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22:20.47WethrinEeek!
22:20.51Wethring'night, then, JD
22:23.31WethrinMmm. Reconnections.
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23:02.20Wethrinwb
23:04.11Leedshello
23:07.01ClyphoxHeya
23:08.13WethrinWhy am I not asleep?
23:10.07Leedstoo much caffiene, not enough alcohol
23:10.15WethrinThat's not true.
23:10.29WethrinI haven't had a caffeinated drink since, erm, around 2pm
23:11.08Clyphoxhehe
23:16.31Wethrinibot google for online php introduction
23:17.02Clyphoxohh. aren't you posh.. did you learn though a Carbon based book thing?
23:17.28WethrinDead-tree?
23:17.30WethrinYes.
23:17.55ClyphoxLost my damn book..
23:18.00Clyphoxit was good too :-(
23:18.22WethrinBleh.
23:20.30Wethrin42
23:20.40WethrinIs he still sitting in a box?
23:21.13ClyphoxNah he's walking around NY atm
23:21.23Leedsit's magic! :-)
23:21.37WethrinWhy isn't he in his box?
23:22.29Clyphoxmaybe he can teleport?
23:22.43WethrinMaybe it's one of his minions.
23:30.59Wethrinnytol
23:31.50Clyphoxnn
23:44.35Clyphox[yawn]

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