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| 06:48.59 | highbury | Bokker Tov |
| 06:49.08 | Leeds | shalom |
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| 08:56.25 | morsing | morning *cough* |
| 08:58.00 | Leeds | morning... |
| 09:09.41 | eye69 | Leeds: Are you in Israel now? |
| 09:11.51 | morsing | eye69: FreeBSD? |
| 09:12.30 | eye69 | Uhm, no. Been a few years. |
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| 09:15.01 | morsing | mozrat! |
| 09:15.06 | morsing | Coffee? |
| 09:15.20 | mozrat- | yes please morsing |
| 09:15.40 | mozrat- | niiice |
| 09:15.42 | morsing | Where did he go? |
| 09:15.45 | mozrat- | cheers, and top of the morning to you |
| 09:15.51 | mozrat- | I'm here, my alter-ego left |
| 09:15.55 | morsing | Ahh |
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| 09:26.24 | mozrat- | morning mart |
| 09:26.47 | SlayerXP | lo |
| 09:27.06 | SlayerXP | ghm |
| 09:27.20 | SlayerXP | how did you get in the club of people who are allowed to called me "Mart" ? |
| 09:28.13 | mozrat- | simply by hitting the m - a - r - t keys on my keyboard |
| 09:28.49 | SlayerXP | right, that's the usual way |
| 09:29.35 | mozrat- | :) |
| 09:44.22 | morsing | Anyone here heard of COMAL? |
| 09:45.13 | pdr | hmm.. morsing and mozrat seen for the first time in the same place at the same time.. |
| 09:45.46 | morsing | What? |
| 09:45.57 | pdr | there was a rumour that you were the same person |
| 09:46.21 | morsing | Was there? |
| 09:46.28 | pdr | there was |
| 09:55.06 | morsing | Mmm... COMAL |
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| 10:04.45 | mozrat- | well, someone from Hong Kong just IM'd me with a URL to a file called omg.pif |
| 10:04.59 | mozrat- | using language like "open it u'll lov it, it's cool" |
| 10:05.02 | mozrat- | which is most unlike him |
| 10:05.21 | mozrat- | hmm. me thinks maybe this is a IM-bourne virus |
| 10:05.33 | SlayerXP | yes |
| 10:05.45 | SlayerXP | just had a warning about that on a mail list |
| 10:06.19 | itsbruce | Better tell someone from Hong Kong that he has a virus |
| 10:09.31 | mozrat- | itsbruce, yep |
| 10:13.20 | SlayerXP | "492 upgraded, 48 newly installed" |
| 10:13.29 | SlayerXP | so, it's been a while since I last updated this laptop, then |
| 10:35.15 | morsing | milk |
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| 10:42.08 | Leeds | eye69: indeed I am |
| 10:42.28 | Leeds | was out getting myself a local pay-as-you-go SIM card |
| 10:43.23 | Leeds | don't do that |
| 10:43.49 | SlayerXP | you should be used to that, no? |
| 10:43.54 | morsing | Leeds: You never said goodbye |
| 10:43.56 | Leeds | why would I be? |
| 10:44.03 | Leeds | morsing: I'm coming back, you know :-) |
| 10:44.15 | Leeds | did you find your petrol? |
| 10:44.31 | SlayerXP | i went to Soham yesterday |
| 10:44.42 | SlayerXP | well, to the very outskirts thereof, anyway |
| 10:48.14 | Leeds | right, time to go for a drive... |
| 10:48.44 | morsing | Leeds: No - I had to fill 97 on it. Fortunately I had a bottle of octane booster in the car |
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| 10:54.45 | morsing | *sniff* |
| 11:00.48 | rhowe | "AS per our ocnversationt oday, pelase find attached the Service level Guiarante for your SDSL connections." |
| 11:01.10 | rhowe | heh, she resent the email 2 minutes later after introducing it to a spell checker, it seems |
| 11:02.18 | mozrat- | ugh, more MSN virus madness |
| 11:03.51 | mozrat- | http://windows-is-a-virus-ridden-pile-of-shit.foo/omg.pif see it! u'll like it |
| 11:14.26 | wethrin | morning |
| 11:25.57 | mozrat- | moin wethrin |
| 11:30.22 | wethrin | hi |
| 11:30.24 | wethrin | Meeting time! |
| 11:37.19 | itsbruce | exim++ |
| 11:37.44 | SlayerXP | all sane people like exim |
| 11:38.00 | SlayerXP | other people use postfix, qmail, sendmail and other such retardery |
| 11:47.30 | SlayerXP | and lo! lynda's laptop was updated with the latest and greatest debian |
| 11:50.51 | morsing | wethrin? |
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| 11:56.24 | AngelChild | morning o/ |
| 11:56.33 | morsing | morning |
| 11:59.04 | mozrat- | AngelChild, no longer ill? |
| 11:59.35 | AngelChild | nah, but nowhere near as bad as i was |
| 11:59.39 | AngelChild | mostly just very tired now |
| 12:00.19 | SlayerXP | http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7137070817 |
| 12:02.07 | mozrat- | why would anyone pay ~£40 for spent ammo cases |
| 12:02.57 | mozrat- | haha. just scrolled down |
| 12:03.35 | AngelChild | what a description |
| 12:03.37 | AngelChild | :D |
| 12:19.27 | morsing | ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media. |
| 13:13.58 | wethrin | Hello |
| 13:19.47 | AngelChild | hallo |
| 13:27.09 | wethrin | 'ello |
| 13:30.47 | mozrat- | Me: Does the server have a ILO card? Is it on the network? |
| 13:30.59 | mozrat- | Customer: Yes it has an ILO card.. it's plugged in |
| 13:31.07 | mozrat- | Me: cool, whats the ILO address |
| 13:31.13 | mozrat- | Customer: Whats an ILO card |
| 13:31.17 | mozrat- | argh |
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| 13:45.01 | pdr | hiya formi |
| 13:45.11 | formi | hi pdr |
| 13:45.33 | formi | I see you are going to bore us to death soon enough :-> |
| 13:46.50 | pdr | indeed |
| 13:46.58 | pdr | you'll be there will you? |
| 13:47.49 | formi | I don't know at what time I will arrive as I will have to go for a TCR raid earlier |
| 13:48.56 | pdr | you know it's at old street? |
| 13:49.14 | formi | I am on the admin list |
| 13:49.20 | pdr | :-) |
| 13:49.32 | formi | even though I am throughouly ignored |
| 13:49.54 | pdr | you are probably too blunt for them to take |
| 14:07.36 | itsbruce | And has the list archived locally and there are only three messages from you in it, Formi... |
| 14:07.51 | itsbruce | Only one of which is about GLLUG business and that was on the 28th of May 2004 |
| 14:11.40 | formi | well pdr, you know it as well as me |
| 14:12.50 | formi | itsbruce: I have been quite ignored and frankly I only post when I have no other choice, |
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| 14:13.21 | formi | the last email was because i didn't want to subscribe to the list to just send a single email |
| 14:15.20 | itsbruce | If there's something you want done, make noise about it or do it. It's not as if GLLUG is even a formal body of any kind. |
| 14:18.16 | formi | there is only one thing I cared enough to voice, since the very same day that Ivan quit, I have been saying that cattering for the experts on the group was the most important thing |
| 14:19.04 | formi | otherwise GLLUG would arrive at the position it is today |
| 14:19.30 | pdr | formi: that's a good point. and i agree |
| 14:20.05 | pdr | i'm planning on doing this python talk and possibly even a C tutorial either at the next meeting or a subsequent one |
| 14:20.21 | itsbruce | formi: Well, if you raise it again on the gllugadmin list, you'll find several people agreeing with you in part or in whole, depending on how you phrase it |
| 14:20.49 | pdr | i hope a programming focus may be of more interest to a slightly more expert audience |
| 14:21.07 | itsbruce | Leeds, for example, is keen to have more talks from the people who actually invented/created things, rather than just people who use it |
| 14:21.11 | pdr | it's more difficult to cater for the guru types tho |
| 14:21.47 | itsbruce | pdr: Frankly, most of ths high-skilled people on list don't look to it for a source of information and are unlikely to change that |
| 14:22.41 | pdr | itsbruce: it's more a social thing, i guess, for them |
| 14:22.49 | itsbruce | But that doesn't mean they wouldn't turn up for a high-power talk. And Dean in particular has some good candidates lined up. |
| 14:23.16 | pdr | cool |
| 14:23.30 | pdr | i think with a bit of effort we can get gllug back on the rails |
| 14:27.36 | itsbruce | But it's never going to be the same as it was. When I joined GLLUG, most people on it (as on most LUGs) were new to Linux and everybody was looking for information |
| 14:28.27 | itsbruce | Now the skill and experience levels are much more varied but also there is much more, better information online and in the bookstores |
| 14:31.30 | formi | the basic principle is: alienate the hardcore experts, loose the speakers |
| 14:34.53 | itsbruce | It's true the quality of speakers has suffered. I don't think that's been anybody's plan |
| 14:35.11 | itsbruce | Who did you have lined up? |
| 14:42.38 | formi | I remenber the first times I turned up, everything sounded almost alien to me, I went to a summer talk at UCL with J.Hearns and Vince about QoS |
| 14:44.09 | formi | and I think 2 or 3 years later J.Hearns gave a talk on a similer subject, I found myself remenbering staff from the earlier talk |
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| 14:56.14 | AngelChild | o> o/ |
| 14:56.19 | AngelChild | \o\ |
| 14:56.25 | pdr | ? |
| 14:56.30 | AngelChild | 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* 4*\o/12* |
| 14:56.35 | AngelChild | ¬.¬ |
| 14:56.48 | AngelChild | I suspect I might be slightly bored |
| 14:56.51 | pdr | is this one of those iq tests where you have to pick the odd one out? |
| 14:57.13 | AngelChild | well, you can try but since it isn't you might have trouble reasoning it out |
| 14:58.07 | Leeds | AngelChild: (I think he's calling you odd... and I think he's right) |
| 14:58.24 | Leeds | btw, afternoon all |
| 14:58.49 | pdr | hehe |
| 14:58.50 | pdr | hey leeds |
| 14:59.10 | pdr | how's it going over there? |
| 14:59.57 | Leeds | not bad... not really done anything :-) |
| 15:00.10 | Leeds | there's been a touch of rain this afternoon |
| 15:00.23 | AngelChild | <PROTECTED> |
| 15:00.29 | AngelChild | :D |
| 15:00.39 | Leeds | so, we're all in agreement then - that's good |
| 15:00.53 | pdr | Leeds: rest is for the wicked! go and check some stuff out! |
| 15:01.21 | pdr | AngelChild: who are you on the mailing list? |
| 15:01.29 | Leeds | planning to go to a lug meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday... got to make some calls about now |
| 15:02.25 | Leeds | got myself a local phone number this morning :-) |
| 15:02.47 | AngelChild | pdr: I'm not on the mailing list |
| 15:02.52 | pdr | ah, i see |
| 15:02.54 | AngelChild | I don't even live near london any more :) |
| 15:03.00 | pdr | hehe |
| 15:03.43 | AngelChild | (allegedly) |
| 15:03.50 | JAV | good afternoon |
| 15:03.51 | Leeds | I mean, you're still in the same country... I'm on a different continent (for a short while anyway) |
| 15:03.56 | Leeds | afternoon JAV |
| 15:04.12 | AngelChild | Leeds: weather's probably better where you are though : |
| 15:04.13 | AngelChild | :) |
| 15:04.21 | AngelChild | yo JAV |
| 15:04.25 | Leeds | cloudy, warm, humid, with a few spots of rain |
| 15:06.04 | pdr | Leeds: overcast here |
| 15:06.14 | pdr | is northampton near southampton? |
| 15:06.26 | AngelChild | i think northampton is north of southampton but not in the north |
| 15:06.54 | pdr | it took about 1:20min from SE1, London |
| 15:07.16 | pdr | up the M1 |
| 15:07.21 | AngelChild | southampton be on the coast by the isle of wight so |
| 15:07.28 | pdr | ah! i see |
| 15:07.56 | AngelChild | i need to fix my grammar and complete senstences |
| 15:08.05 | AngelChild | and learn how to spell sentence too :) |
| 15:09.41 | pdr | my girlfriend does sustainable development stuff for the government office of london |
| 15:10.03 | pdr | she writes reports on golbal warming and such |
| 15:10.50 | AngelChild | i'm interested by it but this is just an assignment set by my tutor, i'm actually doing a degree in computer engineering... which is why i'm somewhat apathetic towards actually doing it... |
| 15:11.40 | pdr | weird assignment to get given |
| 15:11.59 | pdr | it's an "ethics in engineering" type subject or something? |
| 15:14.45 | AngelChild | nah, just my tutor wanting to know about something i think, he's a bit of an odd person to deal with |
| 15:15.16 | AngelChild | (as part of the course we get set two essays a term... to keep us having a go at technical writing i suspect) |
| 15:15.43 | pdr | i see |
| 15:16.26 | pdr | it's quite topical at the moment anyway, what with oil wars and kyoto and such |
| 15:16.38 | morsing | *sniff* |
| 15:16.44 | pdr | sup morsing? |
| 15:17.04 | Leeds | morsing: still ill? |
| 15:20.02 | morsing | Yes |
| 15:20.13 | morsing | Got worse after I went outside on Saturday |
| 15:22.02 | Leeds | well... everyone knows that going outside is bad for you |
| 15:22.15 | morsing | Even in Israel |
| 15:22.17 | morsing | ? |
| 15:22.30 | Leeds | far too much uv |
| 15:23.16 | pdr | bah! |
| 15:23.23 | pdr | moon-tanned geeks! |
| 15:23.34 | pdr | sun is good for you. |
| 15:23.59 | Leeds | for me? you're saying Sun is good for me? |
| 15:24.21 | pdr | s/E/D/ |
| 15:24.28 | Leeds | sed? |
| 15:24.38 | pdr | vitamin D, not E :-) |
| 15:24.56 | Leeds | yes, yes :-) |
| 15:25.57 | pdr | but that would work in sed, yes |
| 15:25.58 | pdr | :-) |
| 15:28.33 | Leeds | has been - is no more... and it's Sun, not SUN |
| 15:28.34 | pdr | hahaha! |
| 15:29.06 | Leeds | oh, you didn't realise what I meant? :-) |
| 15:29.15 | pdr | no! |
| 15:29.25 | Leeds | duh |
| 15:29.28 | pdr | thanks |
| 15:29.36 | Leeds | :-) |
| 15:29.47 | Leeds | ibot fishslap pdr |
| 15:29.50 | ibot | ACTION slaps pdr up side the head with a wet fish. |
| 15:29.57 | pdr | yum |
| 15:29.59 | Leeds | I can't reach you from here... |
| 15:30.30 | formi | ibot: wet fish are expensive |
| 15:30.32 | ibot | formi: okay |
| 15:32.12 | Leeds | hmm... apparently intel is the biggest non-military private employer in Israel |
| 15:32.57 | formi | all that sand over there is useful |
| 15:33.08 | Leeds | heh |
| 15:34.27 | Leeds | I did notice a freescale (motorola's spun-off chip-making division) office this afternoon, on a business park which, 12 years ago, had a Digitial office... and there's a microsoft office just down the road |
| 15:36.09 | pdr | you thinking of looking for work with MS? |
| 15:37.20 | itsbruce | Did the temperature just drop in here? |
| 15:39.23 | JAV | Leeds: you obviously know this, don't you? --> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pow-portsolaris/ |
| 15:39.51 | Leeds | pdr: was actually thinking that while SlayerXP's comment earlier was very inappropriate, maybe it wasn't quite as bad as it sounded |
| 15:40.05 | SlayerXP | ? |
| 15:40.28 | Leeds | about loud explosion-type noises nearby |
| 15:40.58 | JAV | "know" --> heard about the doc |
| 15:41.09 | Leeds | JAV: yeah, I think so... |
| 15:41.22 | JAV | :D |
| 15:42.15 | itsbruce | ?? |
| 15:42.40 | pdr | Leeds: you want to blow up MS then? |
| 15:42.52 | itsbruce | Life expectancy is about a specific individual or group. itym average lifespan. |
| 15:42.55 | Leeds | pdr: not particularly... |
| 15:43.56 | Leeds | but I'd be ever so slightly less pissed off if someone blew up an MS office than, say, a nice nightclub at Tel Aviv beach, as they have a habit of doing... drove past one a couple of times today (the same one) which was blown up by a British bomber last year |
| 15:45.12 | wethrin | Foo |
| 15:45.18 | pdr | itsbruce: i guess so |
| 15:45.23 | pdr | hey wethrin |
| 15:45.25 | wethrin | hi |
| 15:45.30 | wethrin | I'm having a busy day |
| 15:45.33 | Leeds | JAV: remove access from their fathers if they refuse to come to speak to the teachers? |
| 15:45.43 | pdr | wethrin: me too |
| 15:45.52 | pdr | well it started very busy |
| 15:45.58 | itsbruce | Trevor Phillips seems to be going slightly mad |
| 15:46.08 | pdr | who? |
| 15:46.27 | JAV | Leeds: put them altogether on a different class |
| 15:46.33 | Leeds | JAV: that too |
| 15:46.43 | pdr | wethrin: what you been up to? |
| 15:46.59 | Leeds | pdr: might be easier if you look for israel :-) |
| 15:47.31 | AngelChild | itym? |
| 15:47.50 | wethrin | pdr: Bombing, etching, oxidation, and still need to do an evaporation |
| 15:47.55 | Leeds | JAV: honestly, I don't really want to be doing Solaris stuff... |
| 15:47.59 | Leeds | AngelChild: what is itym? |
| 15:47.59 | pdr | AngelChild: i think you mean |
| 15:48.02 | wethrin | But first, I need a cold drink |
| 15:48.04 | Leeds | ah |
| 15:48.04 | wethrin | Back in 5 |
| 15:48.06 | AngelChild | ah |
| 15:48.26 | itsbruce | pdr: What JAV and Leeds were talking about |
| 15:48.48 | pdr | ok |
| 15:48.49 | itsbruce | TP is chair of the Race Relations Board |
| 15:49.17 | itsbruce | Or whatever its exact name is nowadays |
| 15:49.19 | Leeds | he does tend to get somewhat radical at times - maybe it's just his way of making sure his agenda stays current and high-profile |
| 15:49.32 | pdr | Israel: Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.17 years |
| 15:49.32 | pdr | UK: Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.27 years |
| 15:49.51 | JAV | Leeds: after a life with x86 anything different (POWER) is interesting to me |
| 15:50.14 | itsbruce | Leeds: Sure, but his current proposals seem designed to provoke backlash and reinforce negative perceptions |
| 15:50.35 | Leeds | pdr: I'd be interested in a comparison of "white middle-class" in the UK and "Jewish middle-class" in Israel... |
| 15:50.52 | pdr | hmm.. probably difficult figures to come by |
| 15:50.54 | Leeds | itsbruce: they do seem a little deranged, yes |
| 15:51.04 | Leeds | pdr: oh, I wasn't suggesting you'd have the figures to hand :-) |
| 15:51.09 | pdr | not as much difference between then two as i remember |
| 15:51.28 | itsbruce | JAV: Aye. Power architecture is very interesting |
| 15:51.31 | pdr | :-) |
| 15:54.46 | pdr | ok, gotta get out of here, have a few hours sleep before class |
| 15:54.48 | JAV | itsbruce: it looks that finally there'll be a *real* cpu war, not just more Mhz |
| 15:55.01 | wethrin | Whee |
| 15:55.35 | pdr | laters |
| 15:55.51 | wethrin | Was it something I said? |
| 15:56.05 | JAV | surely the "Whee" thing :D |
| 15:56.19 | wethrin | Ahh |
| 15:57.27 | AngelChild | http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/CO2/images/kal.gif <-- hmm |
| 15:59.42 | wethrin | hmm? |
| 16:01.43 | Leeds | looks like an Economist cartoon to me |
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| 19:15.28 | woman8076 | hello |
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| 20:04.11 | woman8076 | hi leeds |
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| 20:20.38 | Leeds | evening woman8076 |
| 20:27.10 | woman8076 | bit quiet today |
| 20:30.58 | AngelChild | 2.Learn Lifeskills With Robot Wars! - Free Lecture |
| 20:31.01 | AngelChild | mwahahaha |
| 20:31.19 | Leeds | robot wars? |
| 20:31.32 | AngelChild | according to the IEE |
| 20:32.45 | Leeds | mmm... futurama... I have 2.something seasons on my laptop for emergency humour when travelling :-) |
| 20:34.05 | woman8076 | I'd imagine you might need emergrncy humour in Israel |
| 20:34.05 | Leeds | so, anyone know? what's a flag which looks like the USA flag, but with a circle of stars instead of a grid? |
| 20:34.35 | Leeds | why's that then? |
| 20:36.09 | Leeds | okay, there may be a touch of gallows about the local humour... |
| 20:39.14 | woman8076 | Liberia has one star instead of 50, and Malaysia has a crescent and a star |
| 20:40.10 | Leeds | we were in a schnitzel shop, and they had chickens on the menu on the wall... one painted like the US flag, one like the Australian, one like the UK... and one like the US with a circle |
| 20:45.45 | Leeds | it is possible it's not a real flag :-) |
| 20:46.39 | woman8076 | which one did you buy? |
| 20:47.07 | Leeds | oh, I had the Mexican schnitzel :-) |
| 20:47.11 | SlayerXP | yo fo sup manizzle? |
| 20:47.32 | Leeds | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States suggests it was the "Betsy Ross" version of the US flag |
| 20:48.34 | Leeds | SlayerXP: flag-hunting |
| 20:48.53 | SlayerXP | ? |
| 20:49.55 | SlayerXP | is it legal to have a woman here? |
| 20:51.43 | Leeds | we have multiple women here, although, strangely, far less than 8076 of them |
| 20:52.04 | SlayerXP | Leeds: you're a girl???? |
| 20:52.07 | SlayerXP | i had no idea. |
| 20:52.35 | woman8076 | lol |
| 20:52.48 | Leeds | nope... still male |
| 20:53.25 | woman8076 | so the shop was using the 1776 version of the US flag |
| 20:55.13 | Leeds | apparently, as well as a current one (well, approximately current - I didn't count the stars) |
| 20:55.28 | SlayerXP | i'd say this converation was a bit odd, by my only alternative would be to offer up 24oz of 83Q drugs |
| 20:56.04 | SlayerXP | yours for a mere 5k |
| 20:56.05 | Leeds | hmm... drugs... |
| 20:56.29 | Leeds | I don't pay for my drugs |
| 20:56.43 | SlayerXP | http://www.drugrunners.net |
| 20:58.39 | Leeds | looks like fun |
| 21:00.05 | SlayerXP | sign up and i'll give you some drugs to get you on your way |
| 21:00.23 | Leeds | nah... |
| 21:00.25 | SlayerXP | say 5k for 10oz of 83Q |
| 21:00.37 | Leeds | I find I don't keep up with web games |
| 21:00.39 | SlayerXP | woth nearly 7k when sold on th epublic market |
| 21:00.44 | SlayerXP | worth |
| 21:04.44 | woman8076 | is it legal to have drug dealers here? |
| 21:05.23 | Leeds | sure |
| 21:08.50 | SlayerXP | woman8076: depends, are you cute? |
| 21:09.27 | Leeds | ibot fishslap SlayerXP for being even more of a prat than normal |
| 21:09.29 | ibot | ACTION slaps SlayerXP up side the head with a wet fish for being even more of a prat than normal |
| 21:10.09 | woman8076 | I *think* all the FOSDEM photos of me have been taken down again |
| 21:10.12 | SlayerXP | harsh |
| 21:10.32 | SlayerXP | what do you mean "even more"? :) |
| 21:10.34 | Leeds | woman8076: are you sure? :-) |
| 21:10.38 | woman8076 | I like my anonymity :?) |
| 21:10.39 | Leeds | woman8076: and are you Jennifer? |
| 21:12.08 | Leeds | ha! you could be lying... |
| 21:12.33 | Leeds | I'll swap an admission of Jennifer-ness for not posting my photos you online :-) |
| 21:12.50 | SlayerXP | Leeds: url? |
| 21:13.12 | notjenny | I lack Blutooth functionality |
| 21:13.28 | Leeds | hmm... that's a fine excuse, I guess |
| 21:13.43 | notjenny | Jennifer is technically superior |
| 21:13.49 | Leeds | SlayerXP: they're not there *yet* - I'm just trying to see what I can get for them |
| 21:14.32 | SlayerXP | Leeds: will trade 4oz of 82Q |
| 21:14.36 | SlayerXP | 83 |
| 21:14.44 | JAV | evening |
| 21:15.59 | Leeds | hmm... |
| 21:16.22 | Leeds | so now you're offering drugs in payment for naughty photos? |
| 21:17.05 | SlayerXP | mmm, yes, seems so |
| 21:23.02 | SlayerXP | well, make with the naughty photos |
| 21:23.30 | Leeds | negotiations are proceeding |
| 21:26.26 | Leeds | Jennifer gets first refusal - they're worth more if she *really* doesn't want them shown |
| 21:29.28 | notjenny | slayer: I only let flattering images get published |
| 21:29.46 | notjenny | it's difficult to find a good photographer these days |
| 21:29.47 | Leeds | oh, that explains why you wanted me to remove all 50 of them! |
| 21:29.52 | SlayerXP | sure, url? |
| 21:30.34 | SlayerXP | http://photos.hinterlands.org/p9021719.html |
| 21:31.14 | notjenny | ahh... a rose... |
| 21:31.24 | SlayerXP | not just any rose |
| 21:31.30 | JAV | aahh... a error message |
| 21:31.31 | Leeds | SlayerXP: see http://www.j-colo.net/~richardc/tmp/390.jpg (just a thumbnail - my connection is being slow) |
| 21:31.39 | SlayerXP | one of the last roses of authumn |
| 21:31.50 | SlayerXP | and one blowing about like buggery in the wind |
| 21:32.11 | SlayerXP | Leeds: she looks a bit rough there, to be honest |
| 21:32.22 | Leeds | not her best side, I think |
| 21:40.24 | notjenny | fotopic appears to be temperamental |
| 21:41.26 | SlayerXP | it has character |
| 21:41.48 | notjenny | it's 404 page is boring |
| 21:41.53 | notjenny | its |
| 21:42.01 | Leeds | ha! |
| 21:42.03 | SlayerXP | hint: try a page that exists instead |
| 21:42.50 | notjenny | most give "Could not connect" |
| 21:43.13 | SlayerXP | just email me your high-res photos directly |
| 21:43.15 | SlayerXP | easy fix |
| 21:43.54 | notjenny | I was looking at yours |
| 21:44.09 | SlayerXP | i have lots |
| 21:44.20 | SlayerXP | mostly not of me |
| 21:44.33 | notjenny | lots of kittens |
| 21:44.41 | SlayerXP | true |
| 21:45.41 | Leeds | mmm... pussy |
| 21:46.30 | SlayerXP | and if I mention that I frequently get wet pussy rubbed on my face? |
| 21:51.08 | Leeds | then you're a sick sick man... I don't really like cats so much |
| 22:04.25 | AngelChild | o.o |
| 22:04.42 | Leeds | AngelChild: hello |
| 22:04.48 | notjenny | is angelchild female? |
| 22:06.59 | AngelChild | HELLO |
| 22:07.05 | AngelChild | angelchild might be female :) |
| 22:07.06 | notjenny | hi |
| 22:07.15 | AngelChild | then again she might be a porpoise |
| 22:07.17 | AngelChild | who knows |
| 22:07.29 | notjenny | probably more fun being a porpoise |
| 22:07.41 | AngelChild | i suspect so :) |
| 22:07.48 | AngelChild | but unfortunately I've never tried it |
| 22:09.24 | ar | any particular reason for not using a conventional light? |
| 22:09.54 | notjenny | or downloading the book to the laptop? |
| 22:10.25 | Leeds | ar: I have a bright room light, but the switch is across the room... I have a local lamp, but it's purple and dim - bad for reading... and I haven't seen a downloadable version of this particular tome |
| 22:10.43 | AngelChild | /dev/locallamp |
| 22:10.47 | notjenny | just wondered if I was still in a minority |
| 22:11.05 | Leeds | notjenny: I suspect you will be for the foreseeable future |
| 22:11.10 | ar | /dev/lamp0 -> /dev/local/lamp |
| 22:11.31 | Leeds | ln /dev/backlight /dev/lamp0 |
| 22:11.35 | AngelChild | Leeds: we'll see about that xD |
| 22:11.59 | ar | hard link eh |
| 22:12.01 | Leeds | AngelChild: with pleasure :-) |
| 22:12.18 | AngelChild | pff :) |
| 22:12.32 | Leeds | ar: yeah... that might be a mistake |
| 22:13.30 | ar | Leeds, no idea if it is or not |
| 22:14.05 | Leeds | well, I think a symlink would be more sensible in this case |
| 22:14.33 | Leeds | given that it's an "acting as" rather than "is" relationship |
| 22:17.50 | ar | would stuff like that be handled by devfs or udev? |
| 22:23.21 | Leeds | what, would they handle the concept of using a laptop backlight as a reading lamp? :-) |
| 22:23.45 | *** join/#gllug BobtheAvenger (Bob@host213-122-56-23.in-addr.btopenworld.com) |
| 22:24.28 | Leeds | mornin' BobtheAvenger |
| 22:24.36 | BobtheAvenger | hey |
| 22:24.47 | ar | hi |
| 22:24.56 | BobtheAvenger | how are yall? |
| 22:24.59 | ar | Leeds, i was thinking more the concept of symlinks and hard links under /dev |
| 22:25.11 | Leeds | ah... |
| 22:25.27 | Leeds | symlinks, certainly |
| 22:26.32 | BobtheAvenger | *fine bob, how are you* |
| 22:26.45 | ar | hmm, i get Operation not permitted |
| 22:27.21 | notjenny | hi bob |
| 22:27.27 | BobtheAvenger | hey |
| 22:27.28 | BobtheAvenger | stupid physics tests |
| 22:28.01 | ar | physics is cool :) |
| 22:28.24 | BobtheAvenger | it would be if me and my physics teacher could agree on my score |
| 22:28.53 | Leeds | 42 |
| 22:29.08 | ar | how big is the discrepancy? |
| 22:29.15 | BobtheAvenger | he says i got 100% but i only got 97 |
| 22:29.32 | notjenny | does that matter? |
| 22:29.34 | ar | well, i wouldn't argue too much |
| 22:29.36 | Leeds | wait... you're arguing because you were given extra marks??? |
| 22:29.59 | BobtheAvenger | no but if i'm getting 100% when i got 97 how do i improve? |
| 22:30.17 | Leeds | you start correcting the questions |
| 22:30.46 | ar | hmm, did that on an interview test for my current employer |
| 22:31.25 | Leeds | did that when chatting with my soon-to-be or recently previous employer |
| 22:31.26 | BobtheAvenger | leeds: thats how i found out that i got 97% |
| 22:32.38 | BobtheAvenger | 100% isnt even that good |
| 22:35.34 | BobtheAvenger | stupid smart people |
| 22:43.39 | notjenny | what level of physics are you doing? |
| 22:43.52 | BobtheAvenger | 1st year of GCSE |
| 22:44.21 | notjenny | yeah, I could get 97% back then |
| 22:44.59 | BobtheAvenger | i'm bored off people smart than me in my class |
| 22:45.51 | notjenny | don't forget to have fun, exams aren't everything |
| 22:46.07 | BobtheAvenger | i spend most of my time tellin them to chill |
| 22:47.24 | BobtheAvenger | but i really dont care that they know than sin pi/2 radians = 1 |
| 22:52.09 | BobtheAvenger | *that |
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| 23:15.51 | AngelChild | hrm, the physics we did struck me as being a little lacking in substance |
| 23:15.58 | AngelChild | they removed most of the maths from the course : |
| 23:15.58 | AngelChild | :/ |
| 23:16.46 | ar | how tedious |
| 23:17.22 | AngelChild | indeed |
| 23:30.52 | *** part/#gllug notjenny (suzanne@83-216-146-103.suzann536.adsl.metronet.co.uk) |
| 23:33.29 | AngelChild | SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK |
