| 00:16.06 | *** join/#gllug Marios_ (~mkoumide@66.227.167.158.kzo.mi.chartermi.net) |
| 00:16.49 | Marios_ | anybody awake? |
| 00:24.05 | mozrat | yes sir |
| 00:24.28 | mozrat | how are you Marios_ ?? |
| 00:26.56 | Marios_ | hehhehe |
| 00:26.58 | Marios_ | I am fine.. |
| 00:27.16 | Marios_ | waiting for some friends for a small party |
| 00:27.31 | Marios_ | how are you doing? |
| 00:28.13 | mozrat | working unfortunately |
| 00:28.49 | Marios_ | so late? |
| 00:29.18 | mozrat | server rebuild |
| 00:29.24 | Marios_ | ohhh |
| 00:29.29 | Marios_ | good luck then !! |
| 00:29.39 | Marios_ | oh by the way I wanna ask you something |
| 00:30.12 | mozrat | sure! |
| 00:30.20 | Marios_ | I have a step down transformer here...input 110V and output 19V |
| 00:30.27 | mozrat | uh huh |
| 00:30.38 | Marios_ | on the wire there is a small plug (round plug) |
| 00:30.49 | Marios_ | which is what I plug on the device |
| 00:31.00 | mozrat | if you're going to ask "should I attach this to my testicles?" |
| 00:31.05 | mozrat | the answer is yes |
| 00:31.16 | mozrat | sorry, tired humour... go on |
| 00:31.17 | Marios_ | hahahhahahhahahahahaha |
| 00:31.18 | Marios_ | LOL |
| 00:31.29 | Marios_ | it was a good one ;) |
| 00:31.33 | Marios_ | anywayz... |
| 00:31.57 | Marios_ | that small round plug has - pole on the outside core and the + core on the inside |
| 00:32.55 | mozrat | yep |
| 00:33.09 | Marios_ | is it the same in the UK? |
| 00:33.25 | Marios_ | cause once my friend brought me a radio from there...many many years ago... |
| 00:33.40 | Marios_ | and the - pole was inside and the + pole outside |
| 00:34.23 | mozrat | I'm afraid I don't know offhand, but I believe the first one |
| 00:34.42 | Marios_ | hmm if this is the case then it is good |
| 00:35.07 | Marios_ | what is gonna happen to a device if put the wrong one? |
| 00:35.17 | mozrat | umm |
| 00:35.22 | Marios_ | invert the - with + and the - with + |
| 00:35.25 | mozrat | bad things probably! |
| 00:35.30 | Marios_ | I see |
| 00:35.38 | Marios_ | ok ! |
| 00:35.48 | Marios_ | I will have to make sure I don't do it... |
| 00:36.06 | mozrat | heh |
| 00:36.08 | mozrat | yes |
| 00:36.12 | Marios_ | I was looking on the google but I didn't find that info |
| 01:15.47 | mozrat | So Mr Marios -- when are you coming over? |
| 01:22.32 | Marios_ | middle to end of December |
| 01:22.42 | Marios_ | I have packed most of my stuff |
| 01:23.15 | mozrat | cool :D |
| 01:23.27 | mozrat | know where you are going to stay yet? |
| 01:23.49 | Marios_ | not yet...but as far as I know London..most probably North London |
| 01:24.52 | Marios_ | I hope I can find job easily |
| 01:24.58 | Marios_ | ;) |
| 01:25.32 | mozrat | yep |
| 01:25.36 | mozrat | sure you'll be OK :D |
| 01:25.53 | Marios_ | I keep my fingers crossed |
| 01:25.55 | Marios_ | hhehehe |
| 01:26.47 | Marios_ | is there some kind of icrease in jobs ? |
| 01:27.13 | mozrat | haven't looked in a while, but there are jobs going |
| 01:27.22 | mozrat | problem is people keep applying for them |
| 01:27.30 | Marios_ | hahahha |
| 01:27.45 | mozrat | I know my firm is still recruiting a bit |
| 01:27.52 | mozrat | so that offer still stands |
| 01:28.01 | Marios_ | cool :) |
| 01:28.05 | mozrat | brb |
| 01:28.28 | Marios_ | today I was reading somewhere that soon there will be a shortage of IT people |
| 01:28.28 | Marios_ | ok' |
| 01:29.36 | mozrat | I guess some of them aren't that tall but.... |
| 01:29.38 | mozrat | oh, I see |
| 01:30.15 | Marios_ | is the contracting sector option good thing? |
| 01:33.51 | mozrat | yes and no |
| 01:34.15 | mozrat | contractors don't get the same Tax breaks they used to |
| 01:34.30 | mozrat | so being your own boss in a one-man company isn't that good anymore |
| 01:34.43 | Marios_ | ohh I see |
| 01:34.44 | mozrat | but it is still lucrative if you are lucky/good |
| 01:35.04 | Marios_ | well what I was thinking is like what I did here....doing projects part time |
| 01:35.17 | Marios_ | full time job + some part time projects |
| 01:36.34 | mozrat | yep |
| 01:36.39 | mozrat | sounds sensible |
| 01:37.37 | Marios_ | cause here I couldn't have a full time job and be student at the same time...Bush doesn't let us do it |
| 01:37.57 | Marios_ | so I worked on some projects and it is quite a good experience |
| 01:38.16 | mozrat | "4 more years" |
| 01:38.36 | Marios_ | oh God... |
| 01:39.09 | Marios_ | everybody makes fun of him..everybody hates him...but he will win... |
| 01:39.14 | mozrat | I think even the slogan "10 more minutes" would be pushing it |
| 01:39.50 | Marios_ | they made some very funny car stickers about him |
| 01:42.17 | Marios_ | are you guys reelecting Blair? |
| 01:42.43 | mozrat | I saw a good picture of a young lady on a war protest march wearing a flesh coloured TShirt with stuck on hair in the shape of a pubic triangle, and the slogan "The only good type of Bush" |
| 01:42.52 | mozrat | No idea |
| 01:43.02 | mozrat | probably -- the opposition are in a bit of a state |
| 01:43.07 | mozrat | but I don't know |
| 01:43.46 | Marios_ | politics will be hot in Europe next year...with the referendum about EU constitution |
| 01:45.08 | mozrat | yes |
| 01:45.34 | Marios_ | I 'm happy returning back in Europe |
| 01:45.53 | mozrat | You must've enjoyed the US though? |
| 01:46.25 | Marios_ | well it is a whole new worls |
| 01:46.27 | Marios_ | world |
| 01:46.34 | Marios_ | so different from Europe |
| 01:47.00 | Marios_ | you discover things like you will never ever think they exist ;) |
| 01:47.11 | mozrat | like..... ;) |
| 01:47.53 | Marios_ | the way they think...is the first thing you notice |
| 01:48.16 | Marios_ | ohh and another thing is how hot the college girls are ;) |
| 01:48.56 | mozrat | :D |
| 01:49.03 | mozrat | that sounds promising |
| 01:49.24 | Marios_ | oh yeah |
| 01:49.40 | Marios_ | have you watched any movies about the American Spring Breaks? |
| 01:49.53 | mozrat | Ummm |
| 01:50.03 | mozrat | Road Trip, American Pie etc etc |
| 01:50.45 | Marios_ | oh yeah |
| 01:51.07 | Marios_ | American Pie 1-2-3 were shot about 40 miles from my house |
| 01:51.19 | mozrat | cool! |
| 01:52.19 | Marios_ | last year lots of students...about 500 got drunk and they closed the roads around campus .. set some sofas on fire... |
| 01:52.39 | mozrat | yeah, but you have riot cops right... no problem then |
| 01:52.44 | Marios_ | and the guys were shouting to the girls..."show your tits" |
| 01:53.02 | Marios_ | and you could see right there many many girls taking their shirts off |
| 01:53.10 | Marios_ | and the police couldn't do a thing |
| 01:54.19 | mozrat | cool! |
| 01:54.52 | Marios_ | do you guys have lots of wireless places over there? |
| 01:55.06 | Marios_ | cause here now you can find it in most cafes, libraries..etc |
| 01:55.10 | mozrat | lots of hotspots from TMobile |
| 01:55.15 | mozrat | but not so cheap |
| 01:55.26 | Marios_ | ohhh |
| 01:55.30 | Marios_ | here it is free |
| 01:55.31 | mozrat | there is a opennetwork called consume in London, but connectivity is very sparse |
| 01:55.39 | mozrat | yeah, not so here |
| 01:55.48 | Marios_ | probably soon it will be |
| 01:55.49 | mozrat | you may find some places have it free, but not many |
| 01:55.54 | Marios_ | hmm |
| 01:55.57 | mozrat | consume.net |
| 01:56.04 | Marios_ | I will check it out |
| 01:57.22 | mozrat | throw me one |
| 01:59.15 | mozrat | glug glug gllug |
| 01:59.26 | Marios_ | ;) |
| 02:00.44 | Marios_ | man it is late..aren't you going home tonight? |
| 02:00.55 | mozrat | nope |
| 02:00.57 | mozrat | too late now |
| 02:01.13 | mozrat | bit hard to get home so late -- I live a fair way out of London |
| 02:01.19 | Marios_ | ohhh |
| 02:01.25 | mozrat | so gonna walk back to office and find a sofa |
| 02:01.28 | mozrat | or... |
| 02:01.29 | Marios_ | do you commute by car? |
| 02:01.31 | mozrat | IRC all night |
| 02:01.33 | mozrat | nope |
| 02:01.44 | Marios_ | tube? |
| 02:01.46 | mozrat | I have a car, but driving to work is expensive and stressful |
| 02:01.58 | Marios_ | I believe the same thing |
| 02:02.12 | Marios_ | everytime I am in London...I always use the tube |
| 02:02.24 | mozrat | you have to pay £5 a day just to have the car inside central London now |
| 02:02.45 | Marios_ | yeah I was there when they started it ;) |
| 02:03.51 | Marios_ | so where in London do you stay? |
| 02:04.17 | mozrat | Elm Park |
| 02:04.49 | mozrat | http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=552460&y=184750&z=0&sv=rm13+7hs&st=2&pc=rm13+7hs&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf |
| 02:04.55 | Marios_ | in harrow right? |
| 02:04.58 | mozrat | you can zoom out from there |
| 02:05.00 | mozrat | nah |
| 02:05.05 | mozrat | but same side roughly |
| 02:05.08 | evangineer | mozrat, your firm is recruiting? |
| 02:05.22 | Marios_ | I see |
| 02:05.36 | mozrat | yep |
| 02:05.36 | mozrat | casually looking |
| 02:05.42 | mozrat | mainly for Lotus Domino engineers |
| 02:05.49 | evangineer | really? |
| 02:05.52 | mozrat | but also other stuff |
| 02:05.53 | mozrat | aye |
| 02:06.04 | mozrat | I'm running off now |
| 02:06.10 | Marios_ | ok !! |
| 02:06.11 | mozrat | but mail me >> simon.morris@cmtww.com |
| 02:06.19 | mozrat | if you are interested |
| 02:06.29 | evangineer | 'k |
| 02:06.42 | mozrat | I'll be back on in about 30 anyway |
| 02:06.49 | mozrat | just walking back to Paddington |
| 02:07.37 | mozrat | I'm a bit gutted to be signing off actually |
| 02:07.42 | Marios_ | hehehe |
| 02:07.46 | Marios_ | see ya later... |
| 02:07.46 | mozrat | I think I'm 4 hours away from 24 hours online |
| 02:09.28 | mozrat | evangineer: www.cmtww.com is the company if you wanna look |
| 02:10.50 | evangineer | looking now |
| 02:11.06 | mozrat | Its an internal company dealing with advertising groups under a big parent company |
| 02:11.14 | mozrat | but the group is very big |
| 02:11.23 | mozrat | over 50,000 ppl atm |
| 02:11.32 | mozrat | and best of all |
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| 02:11.43 | mozrat | there is a pub *right* next to the office |
| 02:11.47 | mozrat | :) |
| 02:12.22 | Marios_ | go grub a beer |
| 02:12.50 | Marios_ | get me a job there man..we go everyday for beers |
| 02:12.51 | Marios_ | ;) |
| 02:13.12 | evangineer | ah yes, part of wpp they are huge |
| 02:13.21 | mozrat | yah |
| 02:13.34 | mozrat | Marios_: you're on :) |
| 02:13.47 | Marios_ | great !! |
| 02:14.29 | mozrat | [Legal disclaimer: "you're on" does not form a binding contract] |
| 02:14.37 | Marios_ | hahahahah |
| 02:14.39 | Marios_ | ;) |
| 02:14.48 | evangineer | hmm, rather outsource it to india as a cost centre. wpp have spun it out into a service providing profit centre. |
| 02:14.59 | evangineer | (my first impression) |
| 02:15.29 | Marios_ | are there many companies outsourcing to India ? |
| 02:15.30 | evangineer | s/it/IT/ |
| 02:15.35 | Marios_ | here almost all |
| 02:16.25 | evangineer | quite a few firms are outsourcing to india |
| 02:16.50 | evangineer | mostly call centre jobs but also an increasing amount of it as well |
| 02:17.11 | mozrat | evangineer: I'd have to discuss it more offline with you, but we're non-profit |
| 02:17.32 | evangineer | ah, ok. |
| 02:17.54 | Marios_ | hehehheh |
| 02:21.05 | Marios_ | anybody wanna suggest me a good PDA? |
| 02:23.58 | mozrat | I have a Blackberry which I like -- but not very customisable |
| 02:24.03 | mozrat | best going for email though |
| 02:24.08 | mozrat | used to have a Zaurus |
| 02:24.21 | mozrat | nice, low battery life... very extensible and loads of apps |
| 02:24.30 | mozrat | Pocket PC is..... pocket PC |
| 02:24.45 | Marios_ | yeah too Windows |
| 02:24.46 | Marios_ | ;) |
| 02:29.44 | mozrat | but zaurus is nice |
| 02:29.49 | mozrat | shell, filesystem |
| 02:30.25 | mozrat | you can run servers on it |
| 02:30.58 | mozrat | I used to have a proxy server that cached a set of pages every morning so I could read on the way to work |
| 02:31.20 | mozrat | plus it has both CF cards and SD-RAM slots |
| 02:31.29 | mozrat | for ethernet, wireless etc |
| 02:31.49 | mozrat | anyway - time for walkies |
| 02:31.53 | mozrat | see you in a bit |
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| 07:14.57 | morsing | 'morning |
| 07:15.24 | mozrat | moin morsing |
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| 07:22.54 | SlayerXP | Mister Tethys appears to be on crack. |
| 07:31.04 | mozrat | Hmm. yes |
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