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00:00.00mozrat*raises.eyebrow*
00:00.55catalystO.o
00:01.25catalystWham?
00:01.57mozratthe happy hammers, yeah
00:02.37Leedsmorning all!
00:03.03GundeGood morning, Leeds!
00:04.16mozrathey Leeds!
00:05.39secretlondonthis is the best i can find - http://www.reddragdiva.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=6
00:05.46secretlondontook me ages..
00:06.02mozratNo image to display  
00:06.08Leedssabinef72: hey, thanks!
00:06.11deep-blueyou are a word stating "no image"
00:06.12mozratthat is a search URL
00:06.13deep-blue><
00:06.43secretlondonhmm
00:07.05secretlondonhttp://reddragdiva.co.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-854
00:07.56mozratthere she is!
00:08.15secretlondonwoman with beer
00:08.15mozratare you that blurry or was the camera drunk?
00:08.25secretlondoncamera drunk - low light
00:08.34catalyst# Everything's so blurry #
00:08.58catalystI can't remember any of the rest of the song :(
00:09.03Leedssabinef72: sleep well
00:09.11mozrathttp://fsfe.org/en/fellows/sm/resources/picture_of_simon_morris << me
00:09.24Leedsnow, if only more women came supplied with beer...
00:09.44catalystheh
00:10.21xotlis that richard george in the corner?
00:10.51secretlondonmozrat: you have a linux coder beard
00:11.39catalystooh, nice getup
00:11.45mozratsecretlondon: not any more :(
00:13.53GundeTime for bed. Goodnight, bonne nuit, gute Nacht, godnat, spokoinoi nochi!
00:14.07serrisg'night
00:14.15catalystoyasumi nasai
00:23.18catalystI wanted to take a pic of myself with my "Prefectionist" t-shirt on but ze camera no workie
00:24.43mozratheh
00:58.04mozratI do believe my work is done!
00:58.07mozratGoodnight all
01:01.45Leedsnight
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07:30.59morsing'morning
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08:19.46mozratMorning
08:19.53mozratwassup dude?
08:23.27Copemorning
08:23.42mozrathey Cope
08:25.24morsingWhat's up Cope?
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08:27.25mozrathey LeedsTreo
08:27.31LeedsTreoSo... I just got on a ferry... before I got on, I went to get some lunch... came away from the nearest supermarket with some sushi (salmon and cucumber rolls) and a fresh Belgian-style waffle...
08:27.41mozratNice
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08:28.04morsingSlayerXP?
08:28.08LeedsTreothen went to investigate the little shops on the pier, found one specialising in West Country cider and pies :-)
08:28.15SlayerXPmorsing: yes?
08:28.39mozratMorning SlayerXP
08:29.24LeedsTreoalso, with a selection of Indian bits, Walkers crisps, etc...
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08:51.16Blaptorhowe lies!
09:26.02wethrinLies?
09:26.13wethrinHello!
09:27.18mozratwethrin: so Lordi was good?
09:27.30wethrinmozrat: Yes!
09:28.17wethrinWhat was your excuse for not coming?
09:35.33serrisHi mozrat
09:36.10mozratwethrin: Finished my job last night.. plus I have kids.. Halloween is special for them
09:36.22mozratBUT - I am going to see Maiden next month
09:36.27mozrat\m/
09:36.33sabinef72hello !!!!!!!
09:36.51sabinef72mozrat !
09:37.10mozrathey sabinef72
09:37.40sabinef72bank holiday today in France.... and the sun is shinning... Isn't it a perfect day ?
09:39.03murbno
09:39.14murbit is also a bank holiday in bayern.
09:39.20murbso ic an't have any food.
09:39.57sabinef72murb: your fridge is empty ?
09:39.59wethrinmozrat: Finished?
09:40.25mozratwethrin: Yep - started new job today (sme building, same parent company)
09:40.33mozratdifferent email :-)
09:41.31wethrinyay!
09:41.39wethrinPay rise too?
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09:47.53LeedsTreosabinef72: ping?
09:48.08sabinef72LeedsTreo: yes ?
09:48.20LeedsTreodid you go to Lamma?
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09:48.30sabinef72where is Lamma ?
09:48.36LeedsTreoevening CopeUK
09:48.52LeedsTreosabinef72: I guess that's a no :-)
09:49.10sabinef72LeedsTreo: no I never went in Lamma, but I would like to know where is it
09:49.46LeedsTreoit's one of the islands off Hong Kong - to the south
09:50.34LeedsTreoknown for having a nice walk between the two main villages, a nice beach with a power station overlooking it, and hippies...
09:50.49wethrinCope!
09:51.26CopeUKhello wethrin
09:51.46Blaptomorning
09:52.16CopeUKare you there, morsing?
09:52.18LeedsTreosabinef72: did you go to any of the islands?
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09:52.45LeedsTreoevening Gunde
09:52.58Gundegood morning
09:53.26sabinef72LeedsTreo: except Hong Kong, I did no island in China
09:53.38LeedsTreoah, good...
09:53.58sabinef72will you take pictures for me and show me when you will be back ?
09:55.09LeedsTreono... because I've only got my phone with me, not a decent camera... I think I have photos somewhere from another visit... was thinking more of sending you a postcard :-)  it is a holiday island, after all...
09:57.36sabinef72POSTCARDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
09:57.43sabinef72it's like a dream .....
09:57.50Blaptoanybody here got exim4 working on debian?
09:58.01SlayerXPBlapto: yes
09:58.25LeedsTreowow, I've just come outside and the sky is amazing... blue fading away, bright salmon pink clouds
09:59.00LeedsTreolet me try to take a photo...
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10:00.13CopeUKBlapto: was that random gathering of statistics? Or did you have a specific question?
10:00.29LeedsTreosomeone want to volunteer an email address I can send the photo to to put onlone somewhere?
10:00.36rhoweLeedsTreo: rhowe@siksai.co.uk
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10:02.15rhowehttp://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/hk-sky.jpg
10:02.30LeedsTreosometimes this single-tasking gets annoying... check you mail, rhowe
10:02.47LeedsTreowow, quick :-) how does it look? the pink is already 99% gone from the sky
10:03.21rhoweLeedsTreo: Hm.. looks more orangey - either it didn't pick it up very well, or the colours were fading, but you can tell the sky was pretty colourful
10:03.31LeedsTreois there  any green visible from the hillside?
10:03.39rhoweNah, too dark
10:04.00LeedsTreothought so - I was a bit too slow...
10:04.18rhoweSunsets are hard to photograph unless you're sitting there waiting
10:04.25rhoweThey change really quickly
10:04.40LeedsTreonext time I come here I'll bring a real camera & tripod
10:05.00rhoweLeedsTreo: Oh, heh. I got into trouble with my tripod at the weekend
10:05.01sabinef72thank you LeedsTreo and rhowe for the picture
10:05.01LeedsTreorather than a cheese & onion pastie and sushi :-)
10:05.25rhoweLeedsTreo: Went to the Tate Modern to go on the slides - was taking pictures of the slides and they said "sorry, no tripods - you might sell the pictures"
10:05.28LeedsTreonow, I should go find a postcard...
10:05.32rhoweLeedsTreo: So I got ushered out
10:05.42sabinef72LeedsTreo: don't forget to post it !!!!!!!!
10:05.55LeedsTreonasty people
10:06.03rhoweLeedsTreo: Later on in the evening, I was on the south bank taking some pictures across the river to the City and a council binman said "Excuse me, are you taking professional photos?"
10:06.08LeedsTreosabinef72: my plan is to post it *before* leaving the island
10:06.20sabinef72yeahhhhhhhh
10:06.27sabinef72go go go LeedsTreo
10:06.28rhoweImplying that I was only allowed to take amateur photos. I laughed at him, which wasn't perhaps the most sensible thing to do, but it worked :)
10:07.03LeedsTreorhowe: because he thought your pictures belonged in his bin? everyone's a critic...
10:07.36rhoweLeedsTreo: I think he was going to tell me that I wasn't allowed to take professional photos and that I'd have to apply for a licence or some crap
10:07.49rhoweLeedsTreo: All because I had my compact camera on a tripod instead of resting it on the hand rail
10:08.06LeedsTreomust get some phone->web thing setup...
10:08.40LeedsTreois it a serious-sized tripod? mine is only tiny anyway, but better than hands
10:09.21LeedsTreoanyway, gone
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10:34.57BlaptoSlayerXP, so do I :D
10:35.19SlayerXPBlapto: good
10:35.56LeedsTreorhowe: did the second one come through?
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10:39.08LeedsTreoanyone?
10:39.42morsingCope!
10:40.03LeedsTreomorsing: why are you ignoring me?
10:40.40LeedsTreobah...
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10:50.23rhowehttp://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/hk-harbour.jpg
10:51.03rhoweNot especially clear
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11:19.30morsingeye69!
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12:13.20Leedsyeah, see, that's the problem with the camera on the Treo - it's not not very good
12:16.18serrisI'm currently on the look out for fisheye lenses for my wife's digital SLR
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12:16.48zOOzhello
12:16.56serrishi
12:18.45zOOzwhat's on?
12:18.54serrisNothing really
12:19.36zOOzI'm waiting for Telewest broadband
12:30.54Leedsand... UCL is now showing a *really* direct hit for this typhoon
12:31.32Leedseveryone else is still showing a miss... I wonder why UCL hates Hong Kong
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13:14.21CopeUKmorsing!
13:18.53morsingCopeUK!
13:19.19CopeUKtop top email :)
13:19.45morsingCopeUK: Really?
13:22.11serrishi morsing, feeling any better?
13:22.34morsingserris: Yeah, :)
13:22.39serrisGlad to hear : )
13:22.45serrisHad a sucky morning?
13:23.18serrisI find that how my manager interacts with me the first 3 minutes at the beginning of my shift determines the next 10 hours
13:23.18CopeUKmorsing: yes :) really! :)
13:23.55CopeUKmorsing: lspv / lsvg seems to show about 20G free on rootvg?  Am I correct?
13:24.33CopeUKmorsing: philip?
13:24.49morsingCopeUK: It shows 40GB free but that's un-mirrored
13:25.21CopeUKFREE PPs:           160 (20480 megabytes)
13:25.47serrishehe I got a new manager around then too
13:25.59serrisBut now I have 2. One I like, the other I am hating more and more
13:26.27serrisMy supervisor keeps encouraging me to make formal complaints against that one manager since the supervisor dislikes him too
13:26.33morsingCopeUK: Which system are you on?!?
13:26.33morsingdre10dbp01:/> lsvg rootvg | grep "FREE PP"
13:26.34morsingMAX LVs:            256                      FREE PPs:       320 (40960 megabytes)
13:26.52CopeUKah; I was using lspv on hdisk0
13:26.53morsingAhh... You're looking at lspv
13:26.56morsing'k
13:26.56CopeUKyeajh
13:27.13morsingJust be awaare that AIX doesn't mirror disks...
13:28.53CopeUKnot sure I follow?
13:30.36morsingIn AIX the disks are not mirrored, LVs are
13:31.24morsingSo, the space available depends on if the LV you create/extend is mirrored or not
13:32.06morsingYou can have three disks in a mirrored setup as an example...
13:32.48CopeUKdo you mean like solaris, the OS doesn't mirror, but the software does? eg sds/svm
13:33.32keithlard_aah, CopeUK. i've been expecting you.
13:33.37CopeUKhello keithlard
13:33.45eyoreshite, just typed "dropdb postgres" instead of "dropdb videos" argh.
13:34.27morsingNo, not really. I mean, you can have a VG with three disks where hd2, hd4, hd6 and hd9var are mirrored but hd5, hd10opt and hd3 are not
13:34.43morsingSo it's not the disk, sector for sector, that's mirrored
13:35.52eyoreoh i'm such a dumb arse
13:36.00morsingeyore: Cawfy?
13:36.25eyoreif all the things i didn't want to do right now was corrupt my database installation
13:36.30eyoreif = of
13:36.36keithlard_restore from backup!
13:37.17eyoreproblem is i didn't corrupt the database i corrupted the database program itself
13:37.32eyoremeaning i either need to work out how to fix it or how to reinstall the whole app
13:37.44eyoreand yum remove, yum install doesn't do it
13:39.27keithlard_ah so now you can't load a dump file?
13:41.03keithlard_probably reinstall, then restore the dump
13:47.12goibhniueyore: you corrupted the rpm database?
13:48.06eyoreno, but uninstalling an reinstalling doesn't fix the corrupted postgresql install
13:48.20eyoreit's okay though some guys on #postgresql fixed it for me
13:48.29goibhniuphew
13:50.27keithlard_what was the solution?
13:50.44eyorecreatedb postgres
13:50.45eyorelol
13:51.08keithlard_:)
13:54.25Leedstime to go for a late gym session...
14:01.30goibhniuhttp://static.flickr.com/96/281193199_519775b141.jpg?v=0
14:18.36sabinef72someone free during 10 minutes to correct my translation please ?
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14:24.24murbhow much do you pay?
14:26.12sabinef72murb: well... a kiss is it enough ?
14:28.19morsingping Cope
14:29.38murbsabinef72: how much does it sell for on ebay?
14:30.18sabinef72well I have to go now
14:30.20sabinef72bye
14:45.23morsingping Cope
14:57.48Leedsrockbox+bluetoth++
15:35.14serrisHm.. anyone want a bunch of Hungarian PLAYBOYs?
15:36.28Leedsuh...
15:36.50serrisI'm decluttering the house and I no longer need them as HDD stands
15:37.00serrisSo they're probably going to the bin if no one wants 'em
15:37.21Gundeserris: Then at least the excuse "I bought them just because of the interesting reports" won't work any more for the majority of people here.
15:37.44serrisI have 2 german ones
15:37.52serris1 English one from 1998
15:38.02LeedsGunde: see - German ones, just for you!
15:38.10serrislol
15:38.38serrisThey're crap. They photoshopped a few odds and bits out cause In the August edition of the Hungarian one, the same pictures appeared with a little more
15:41.55Copemorsing: yes?
15:44.28Gundeserris: I don't want them because of the reports. (-;
15:44.41murbGunde: course you do!
15:45.05murbwhy would high quailty journalist put you off?
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15:59.53Copee=MC²
16:00.09morsingNice
16:00.35Copeå
16:00.35wethrinø¡
16:03.43wethrin~change 459.78 USD to GBP
16:03.58wethrin~change 500 USD to GBP
16:04.01wethrin+
16:08.26rhoweCope said “e=MC²â€
16:08.44rhowealthough I'm sure M and C should be lowercase
16:10.03Leedsnice screensaver... towers of hanoi :-)
16:16.02morsingCope: Is Paul not in?
16:17.53rhowehttp://www.aria.co.uk/productinfocomm.asp?ID=24938
16:20.11murbthe scissors look rather flimsy
16:20.30rhoweI thought the mirror was a nice touch
16:24.18morsingrhowe: Why are you ignoring me?
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16:33.09wethrinmorsing!
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16:37.30wethrinhi secretlondon
16:37.38secretlondonhi wethrin
16:37.45wethrinwant an Ultra1?
16:37.53secretlondonI have my new (to me) computers!
16:37.58wethrinw00t!
16:38.40SlayerXPsecretlondon: so your new doorstops arrived okay, then?
16:38.41secretlondon5 pizza boxes (2 heavier than the other 3), a stupidly heavy 17" monitor and the customary box of bits!
16:38.52wethrinAre they all SS20s?
16:38.56secretlondonyes
16:39.25wethrinmemory's swappable between SS20s, SS10s and Ultra 1s
16:39.47wethrinThey can support up to 4 CPUs, using two dual-CPU mbus cards
16:40.13secretlondonso I read - I've not opened them up to see if they have dual or single mbus cpu cards
16:40.27SlayerXPi guess that. fully specced, that box might just keep up with your average dell cheap desktop
16:40.28wethrinyou can really freak people out by having 3 CPUs :)
16:41.03secretlondon3 of them have a sticker on saying 75Hz, 4G and 64 MB TRAM - however there is no guarantee thats what they actaully are
16:41.24secretlondons/RAM/TRAM
16:41.27secretlondons/RAM/TRAM/
16:41.32wethrin:)
16:41.33secretlondonwaa
16:41.42wethrinITYM 75MHz
16:41.45secretlondonyeah they come with their own trams ;)
16:41.51secretlondonindeed
16:42.18secretlondonI have no idea what they put in sun monitors - they weigh a tonne!
16:42.24wethrinLots of lead!
16:42.40wethrinDo you have a monitor lead for it?
16:42.45secretlondonit came with one
16:42.46LeedsI had a 21inch Sun monitor in my second-floor place...
16:42.55wethrinGood good
16:42.59Leedsnearly killed myself carrying it up, got a hand carrying it down again
16:43.12wethrinLeeds: Getting an E4k up a flight of stairs is a challenge
16:43.20wethrinJust about doable if you take all the boards out
16:44.26secretlondoni think they all have expansion graphics cards as well as the built in one, and many have an extra network card
16:44.35SlayerXPi fail to understand this obsession with old, crap, hardware
16:44.36secretlondonbut I need to have a proper look
16:45.02wethrinThey'd make a nice firewall machine
16:45.08wethrinSlayerXP: Interest, mostly
16:45.14SlayerXPnothing with a hard disk makes a nice firewall machine
16:45.29SlayerXPfirewalls should have no moving parts, except perhaps a cooling fan
16:45.33Leedsin a majority of cases it's about the money
16:45.46Leedss/majority/minority/
16:45.50Leedsand I should go to bed :-)
16:46.32rhoweSpeaking of firewalls, iTron pointed out that OBSD 4.0's out today
16:46.48secretlondonit's mainly for fun
16:47.10Leedssecretlondon: to be fair, there are much more fun things to do with your time
16:47.45secretlondonLeeds: a) it depends how sad you are b)Not in London on very little money
16:48.24secretlondonI'm going to try and get pics of all the expansion buses as wikipedia needs pics
16:48.38Leedssecretlondon: one of the many reasons why I'm happy to not be living in London any more :-)
16:48.49secretlondonLeeds: I'd rather be in Hong Kong too ;)
16:49.16Leedsso, come... we'll go to the pub
16:50.07secretlondonIf I ever manage to get to HK I'll look you uop
16:50.42Leedsthis afternoon, I got a ferry to Lamma, hung out and watched the sunset, had a coffee, got the ferry back... $11 for each ferry and $25 for the coffee - not exactly an expensive afternoon out
16:51.20Leedsibot change 11 hkd to gbp
16:51.45secretlondonnice
16:52.25Leedsif I was in the mood - and hadn't done it already a few times - I could have done the 90-120 minute Lamma walk, stopped at a couple of beaches on the way, etc. for no more cash
16:53.14GundeLeeds: On what money do you live currently? Savings or some kind of support?
16:53.29Leedsoh, and I should add a total of $5.60 or so for the tram to the ferry and the bus home afterward
16:53.40LeedsGunde: uh, savings - more precisely, the money I made last year and didn't spend
16:55.03Leedsso short-term savings rather than long-term
16:55.18goibhniuLeeds: any luck with the job hunting?
16:55.50goibhniuyou've mainly a python dev, no?
16:56.10Leedsno luck, because I've been totally crap, unfocussed, etc. and not really done anything about trying
16:56.31LeedsI've been doing python dev recently, but I did a lot of C before, and some serious shell
16:56.47goibhniuit's such a shame teleworking still hasn't taken off
16:57.17Leedsthere are legal issues doing that internationally
16:57.22goibhniuLondon wages for HK living would be great
16:58.12Leedsthat's pretty much what I had last year
16:59.13goibhniunot wearing your trousers at work being the other obvious advantage
17:00.07LeedsI actually think the way we did things at Sun was quite good - you could, at your choice and your manager's discretion, work at home, as long as you were reasonable, came in for regular meetings, etc.
17:00.57goibhniuI spend 4 hours a day commuting so that I can say good morning and good evening ... and a bit of chit chat in between
17:01.57Leedsyeah, that's crap - I had 20 minutes or so each way
17:03.19goibhniuever tried "codelancing" or whatever it is where you bid on projects?
17:03.56goibhniuI guess the competition is tough, but I like the idea
17:04.24LeedsI'm somewhat paranoid about the work visa thing - I'd prefer something permanent/full-time
17:05.09Leedspeople keep asking me why I don't just freelance - make enough to live on, etc. - but again, I'm worried about the legalities...
17:05.16Leedswould be much easier in the EU or Israel
17:07.42Leedsdue to lack of need of work visa, obviously
17:07.50goibhniuyou just need to marry into the HK police force I guess
17:08.31Leedswhy police?
17:08.39goibhniuyou don't speak Chinese do you?
17:08.59murbLeeds: find a nic echinese girl.
17:09.04Leedsnope - a couple of random words/phrases I've picked up around the place... I read more than I speak
17:09.45murbLeeds: if you free lanced, could you set up a ltd and employ yourself?
17:09.52Leedsmurb: also an option... or, as it happens, given the current legal situation, a non-chinese girl with a work visa :-)
17:10.10LeedsI could setup a company, but I really really don't want to deal with the hassle - I'm quite happy as an employee for now
17:10.54murbwhat sort of freelance work is avalible?
17:11.22Leedsdunno, really... more php/mysql stuff than real coding, I think
17:13.06Leedsgot an email forwarded on to me today asking for "two or three GOOD JAVA/AJAX/PHP/MySQL developers who could work on a pretty impressive project for three months"
17:16.25rhowehttp://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/leeds+co.jpg
17:17.08Leeds403
17:17.24rhoweheh, whenever I try and do anything involving network filesystems with Nautilus, be it SMB, SFTP, etc, it crawls and crashes
17:17.53rhowereload
17:18.34Leedsoh, lovely :-)
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17:25.06Leedsokay, two great headlines: " Donald Trump cited for 80-foot flag pole" and " Duct tape no substitute for a babysitter, police say"
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17:45.39secretlondonhi cat
17:45.47catalystheyo :)
17:46.09catalysthow goes?
17:47.00catalystooh! food time
17:47.04catalystback shortly
17:47.17catalystbots? :)
17:47.23secretlondonbox
17:47.37secretlondoninteresting typo
17:48.01secretlondongot my 5 suns today - came with
17:57.21wethrinsecretlondon: So, would you like an Ultra 1?
17:57.28wethrinI can deliver some time in December
17:57.52secretlondonwethrin: possibly - I'm going to see how these go. i may be sick of them by then
17:58.00wethrinIt's a 64-bit Sparc....
17:58.15secretlondonooh okay then
17:58.25wethrinheh
18:01.31wethrinIf I'm feeling particularly enthused, I could even power it up to check it works
18:02.52secretlondonmight save transporting it if it didn't
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18:03.31wethrinsecretlondon: Indeed. But you could still salvage bits
18:04.05secretlondonwethrin: true
18:04.14wethrinYou might end up being dragged out for beer, mind
18:04.36wethrinnice
18:04.47catalysthi again! bye again! XD
18:06.07wethrinTry to see if it works
18:06.18wethrinYou should be able to match different speed CPUs
18:06.39wethrinHometime!
18:06.54secretlondonit looks like it has a 75 and an 85 on it.
18:07.49Cope:)
18:08.16Copesecretlondon: what machines do you have?
18:08.37secretlondonI've just been given 5 sparcstation 20s
18:08.51Copeah 20s?
18:09.05Copethey're fun
18:09.23secretlondoni hope so - not looked at any of them yet - not had suns before
18:09.31Copeare you going to stick with solaris on them?
18:10.04secretlondonthey'll need something putting on them - i might try debian for sparcs
18:10.18Copeif you want to use linux, debian is ok, but not really stable on 32 bit sparc
18:10.30secretlondonwhat would you suggest?
18:10.32Copenot the fault of debian - just the way it is - same for gentoo
18:10.39CopeI would use solaris or netbsd
18:10.49Copenetbsd on sparcstations flies
18:10.54secretlondonok thanks - someone else suggested netbsd
18:11.10Copedo have at least 2 solaris machines though
18:11.19Copesol 9 will run fine on them
18:11.39secretlondonok
18:11.43Copebit slow, and forget running a bitmapped display - that's painful
18:11.55Copesol 8 would be fine too, and would be good for experimenting
18:12.00Copebut netbsd rocks
18:12.12secretlondonthanks - i'll download it
18:12.55secretlondonstill to work out how to install on them anyway. don't think i have any cd or floppy drives - but not inspected thoroughly
18:13.19Copedo you have any networked machines on the same vlan?
18:13.30Copes/vlan/subnet/
18:13.49secretlondoni can network however it best suits - I just have the one desktop on currently
18:14.45secretlondonbut I need to get a hub or switch anyway as I'm currently just using cross over cable when needed
18:17.33Coperight
18:17.43Copewell if you do, a diskless install is do-able
18:17.50Copewith tftp and nfs
18:20.34secretlondonthanks
18:23.10GundeHas anybody of you ever heard of http://www.antispamproject.info/ ?
18:26.05secretlondonno
18:26.34Copeno
18:28.08GundeAccording to their page they want to help webmasters to secure their guestbooks against spam. They draw attention to themselves by spamming guestbooks.
18:28.29GundeI only saw it, because I get a mail everybody generates an error in my guestbook.
18:28.49psnla novel approach to pushing a antispam solution
18:28.52GundeNot a nice method, but maybe ok, so I thought.
18:28.54GundeBut!
18:29.45GundeToday another spam attempt, from a different IP. But the data used for submitting the form still had the encrypted IP from that antispam site in it.
18:30.10GundeSo somehow I doubt they really have the right motives to run their site.
18:30.40secretlondonalmost blackmail?
18:31.05Gundeblackmailing means putting pressure on somebody, right?
18:31.08secretlondonyes
18:31.31secretlondonthey will spam your guestbook until you buy their software
18:31.35GundeNo, they dont want you to buy a product or so, they dont offer anything they could get richt with
18:32.44GundeAmong other things they link to a commercial product, but they also link to descriptions about how captchas work.
18:35.24GundeSo I don't really understand what is going on, but I find it funny.
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18:37.56mozrathello
18:39.14morsingmozrat: When's your house warming?
18:41.21mozratgood point, we never got around to that
18:41.59mozratI live several thousand light years from where you are anyway
18:42.51mozratthe train was full of Russian football fans acting like total assholes
18:42.53mozratvery intimidating
18:44.06morsingMilton Keynes is the place to be
18:44.56morsingNice
18:44.56mozratMoo
18:45.12morsingQuack
18:45.40mozratConcrete ducks?
18:45.45GundeWhat is special about Milton Keynes except that it has an Ikea?
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18:48.12morsingxotl!
18:48.21xotlevening
18:48.24morsingGunde: It used to have concrete cows
18:48.24mozratGunde, good question
18:48.46morsingBut now they're gone and instead it has free wireless Internet all over
18:48.58mozratthey have roundabouts, concrete cows, Bletchely Park and Wimbledon football club
18:49.01secretlondonthats not that bad
18:49.09morsingAnd free Internet!
18:49.10secretlondonfree wireless i mean
18:49.35secretlondonfree internet for the masses!
18:49.38mozrati didnt know about free internet
18:49.49morsingmozrat: Was on the news 8 minutes ago
18:51.11wethrinmozrat: No, Bletchley has BP :)
18:51.27GundeBletchley park sounds familiar somehow
18:51.37wethrinWW2 Code Breaking centre
18:51.58Gundeyep, remember it from the cryptonomicron (spelling?)
18:52.02xotlenigma movie
18:52.40xotlalan turing
18:53.14Gundeyep
18:53.28xotlcollosus
18:54.14Gunde?
18:55.07xotlit was the name of the computer they used, or one of them
18:55.23xotlactually its spelt Colossus
18:55.37xotldesigned by tommy flowers
18:55.57JAVhello
18:56.04secretlondonpost office research station at dollis hill
18:56.28GundeWhat does a post office research station research?
18:56.46secretlondonthe post office used to be telephones as well
18:56.48xotlstamps, lost mail etc
18:56.50secretlondonso communications
18:56.59wethrinYay for the GPO :)
18:57.23mozratwething MK and BP are very close though
18:58.25mozratwething.... wet thing.... wethrin
18:58.33mozratwhoever you are :-)
18:59.41morsingwethrin is virtual
19:00.10morsingHe doesn't really exist
19:05.48morsingwethrin?
19:05.50mozratI've never met him
19:05.59mozrator you
19:06.02morsingmozrat: No-one's met him
19:06.04morsing:)
19:06.15morsingping wethrin
19:06.18mozrathe exists only in the ether
19:06.36morsingwethrin: Prove your existense
19:07.02mozratspeak now or forever admit you don't exist
19:07.11mozratPROOF!
19:07.33mozratibot wethrin also doesn't exist
19:09.19morsingibot wethrin
19:09.21ibotrumour has it, wethrin is bigger than a breadbox, unless said breadbox is > 5'11" long, or silly, or afraid that its time to correct how people use it's, or ha
19:09.42morsingd
19:09.45morsingibot wethrin
19:09.46ibotrumour has it, wethrin is bigger than a breadbox, unless said breadbox is > 5'11" long, or silly, or afraid that its time to correct how people use it's, or ha
19:09.51morsingha what?
19:10.05morsingibot ha what?
19:26.20morsingBack
19:40.49trousers_ibot trousers
19:40.50ibotextra, extra, read all about it, trousers is the new and improved George without the defects and with all the acne
19:40.58trousers_:o
19:41.08Gundeibot ibot
19:41.09ibotextra, extra, read all about it, ibot is a blootbot written in perl run by TimRiker on his server. logs on http://ibot.rikers.org/<chan>/ , ibot, jbot, apt are all the same process. It uses sqlite, but mysql or other SQL storage is also supported.
19:41.38trousers_ibot mozrat
19:41.40ibotsomebody said mozrat was a geek, or pissed, or not morsing  ALIVE!!!, or not a CNAME for morsing, or so pissed he can't update his factiod, or and we won!!!!!!, or not even Australian, or a piker, or morsing, or completelylylyl pissed
19:43.31trousers_ibot Goerge
19:43.35trousers_ibot George
19:43.36ibotgeorge is, like, gwright@kde.org and a KDE devel
19:53.24secretlondonello trousers
19:55.40morsingmozzie?
19:59.33boudiccasibot boudiccas
19:59.39trousers_ello secretlondon
19:59.40boudiccashahahaha
20:01.18trousers_ibot boudiccas was a queen of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people of Norfolk
20:01.35trousers_ibot boudiccas
20:01.48trousers_:(
20:07.49PussInBootshi i plugged a 500GB on firewire but only 138GB are recognized
20:07.55PussInBootsany idea how to get the full 500GB?
20:08.02morsingInstall Linux?
20:08.08morsingping mozrat
20:08.11secretlondona 500 gb what?
20:08.36PussInBootswhat what?
20:08.44PussInBootshdd
20:09.26secretlondoni dunno - google to see if there are firewire issues or issues with that hdd. check the partition
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20:12.23morsingrhowe!
20:13.20rhoweevening Henrik
20:13.30rhoweHmm
20:13.32rhowethis is irritating
20:14.13murbwell it is snowing here.
20:14.23boudiccassecretlondon; you're cold! its only 5'c here in maidstone
20:14.32boudiccasmurb, where is 'here' please?
20:14.42murbhere is $HOME
20:14.52murbI also have an alpha in this room.
20:14.57murbit isn't making the room any warmer.
20:15.09murbalthough i'm sure if i turned it on something would happen.
20:15.15secretlondoni have an athlon but their central heating properties are overstated
20:15.15murbProbably post from my energy supplier.
20:15.28rhowemurb: Ah, well I have 3, only one's running though :)
20:15.35murbI have an amd64 toy and working wake on lan.
20:15.55murbmy next evil plan with be static arp enteries and a netfilter queue hack to send wol automagically
20:16.07rhowemurb: So that it wakes up when needed?
20:16.15murbrhowe: yes.
20:16.27rhowemurb: swsusp, or just a normal bootup?
20:16.27murbrhowe: i spent ages getting wol to work, now i atleast want to use it for something useful!
20:16.29boudiccasmurb; ah, so its snowing in some part of Belgium ... i hope its not heading out our way then and across the channel :)
20:16.38rhowemurb: haha yeah, I know that feeling
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20:17.15rhoweevening Cope
20:17.16murbrhowe: read http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6604#c19
20:17.27Copehello rhowe
20:17.29boudiccasibot boudiccas was a queen of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people of Norfolk
20:17.40rhowemurb: Lemme guess.. driver puts card into deep sleep mode?
20:17.41boudiccasibot boudiccas
20:17.52murbrhowe: better than that.
20:18.10murbi spent lots of doing disabling acpi, putting it into the correct powersaving mode with setpci .
20:18.17rhowemurb: haha
20:18.17murbno it writes the mac address out in reverse order.
20:18.23rhowemurb: *chuckle*
20:19.21murba normal boot up i've not playhed with swsusp
20:19.26murbthe last itm ei looked there was competition.
20:19.50murbwho could smoke the most crack i think was the name of the game..
20:20.02murbs/most/& best whatever/
20:21.06rhowemurb: Yeah.. there was something on the XFS mailing list about it
20:21.22Gundeis ibot able to calculate time zone differences?
20:21.38rhowemurb: The guy doing swsusp (the other one is suspend2, I think) didn't seem to grok the concept of a filesystem journal
20:22.03rhowemurb: Easy fix - freeze the filesystem before suspend. He didn't seem to grok
20:22.44rhoweThis thing has to pick something up, surely?
20:23.43rhoweBus 002 Device 003: ID 07c4:a600 Datafab Systems, Inc.
20:23.44rhoweaha
20:24.01rhoweNow, why can't it see me plug in a mouse, a floppy drive or a bluetooth adapter?
20:24.12rhoweI wonder if it can read anything from a memory card
20:24.43rhowe<PROTECTED>
20:24.47rhoweyup
20:25.33rhoweIt's not like it's missing the relevant USB driver, it just can't see a USB device being plugged in
20:25.38rhoweI wonder if it's a power problem
20:29.01rhoweFFS
20:29.04trousers_argh, I'm in a really awkward state where I'm physically tired but mentally awake :(
20:29.05rhoweI didn't include OHCI, only UHCI
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21:07.13trousers_Slash button is a bit iffy :(
21:07.17mozratheh
21:07.28mozratkick trousers YOU_PLONKER
21:07.33mozratoh, so is mine :-)
21:07.36trousers_Hehe
21:08.06trousers_I still don't know how to connect to multiple networks in irssi :(
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21:11.14trousersThat didn't work.
21:12.31rhowewhee
21:12.37rhoweWe now have a Linux desktop in the kitchen
21:13.36trousersrhowe: Funky, is it controlling the oven/toaster or anything or is it just there? :P
21:13.55rhowetrousers: Just there :)
21:14.18rhowetrousers: It's actually my web/remote access server, but it's now been 'repurposed' :)
21:15.25trousersrhowe: Set it up with the oven so you can start dinner from a blackberry :)
21:16.50trousersAha, I finally have irssi sorted out \p/
21:34.28trousersAnd am also slowly converting some people at school to Linux \o/
21:45.22mozrattrousers: you have /server and /connect
21:45.37mozratIIRC /server disconnects you from your current server and connects to another
21:45.45mozrat<PROTECTED>
21:45.51mozrator... the other way around :-)
21:57.17sabinef72mozrat !
22:30.55mozrathey sabinef72
22:31.05mozratany mailing list admins here?
22:36.35sabinef72not me
22:38.31mozratAre you on the mailing list?
22:41.08sabinef72no
22:41.34sabinef72I don't now what is it
22:42.35mozratthe GLLUG Linux list
22:42.51sabinef72have I to be on the mailing list ?
22:43.43mozratNot really
22:44.29sabinef72I'm not a geek woman, so....
22:44.37mozratfair enough
22:46.09sabinef72if you think I have a good reason to be on the mailing list, in this case ok
22:46.11sabinef72otherwise....
22:47.48mozratdon't bother joining it
22:48.50sabinef72is it geek emails ?
22:48.55mozratooh yes
22:50.08sabinef72well, I will understand anything in this case
22:50.18sabinef72except if it's about gimp
22:50.38sabinef72I could understand a bit in this case
22:51.52mozratyou meant to say "I won't understand anything....."
22:51.58mozratnot "I will..."
22:52.12sabinef72euh....
22:52.19sabinef72well...I dunno
22:52.19mozrat:)
22:52.30sabinef72do you want to make me upset ?
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22:54.29mozratnope
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22:58.00Leedshmm... someone is leeching off my connection, I think
22:58.31mozrathi quinophex
22:58.41mozratLeeds: find and destroy them
22:59.17quinophexhi mozrat
22:59.32quinophexi thought i should better come back here as i'm starting a new job in the big city on monday
22:59.43mozratquinophex: oh cool. congratulations
23:00.21Leedswouldn't be so bad if they were polite enough to throttle themselves, but it seemed like they were flooding my line
23:00.30Leedsquinophex: I assume you mean London... :-)
23:00.58quinophexLeeds: well, yes ;)
23:01.36quinophexit's big, it's a city
23:01.40quinophexmatches the profile :)
23:02.03quinophexgoing to miss the meeting next week, which is annoying :(
23:02.10Leedsthe/a
23:02.11mozratshame :(
23:02.18LeedsI'm not going to be able to make the meeting either
23:02.45quinophexi wanted to hear the talk about xen
23:02.56quinophexi don't suppose anyone makes recordings of talks or something?
23:03.08mozratquinophex: it is a possibility
23:03.23mozratwe should be doing such things.. problem is finding volunteers to do a decent job of it
23:03.32mozratthey are *very* thin on the ground at the moment
23:03.38Leedsalso, serving...
23:03.58mozratLeeds: less of a problem. HantsLUG have that cracked now
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23:04.07mozratthey use archive.org I think
23:04.13quinophexi'd want to volunteer... but, i'm travelling back to norfolk each weekend for a while until i get sorted out with proper place to live etc.
23:04.32Leedsyeah, as long as you've got permission from the speaker
23:04.53mozratquinophex: we have one GLLUG talk on our website actually
23:04.56boudiccasquinophex; whereabouts in Norfolk? I did my nurse training at the N&N
23:05.04quinophexAylsham
23:05.08quinophexthe old N&N?
23:05.08Leedsquinophex: everyone has a good reason not to help out - the problem is that *everyone* has a good reason
23:05.19boudiccasAh, I used to live in Dereham
23:05.31quinophexLeeds: i've done a fair amount for Alug while i've been here... i'm quite happy to do stuff for gllug
23:05.46boudiccasyes, the old N&N not the N&NUH
23:06.07boudiccasbeer!
23:06.13Leedssorry - that wasn't sarcastic... that genuinely is the problem, that everyone has a good reason - something else to do that's more important to them, etc.
23:06.54quinophexwell, if people don't mind my 18 month old daughter coming to meetings then it'd certainly be a case of being able to help ;)
23:07.06quinophexshe likes Tux, computers and is very well behaved :)
23:07.13mozratquinophex: ooh, she might take the record off of Wm
23:07.19mozrathe was 4 I think
23:07.26quinophexshe's been to a couple of Alug meetings
23:08.01mozratquinophex: we have had a couple of children come before, it's not really a problem at all.
23:08.11quinophexoh, good
23:08.18quinophexi know some geeks don't like children
23:08.21mozratI'll take mine at some stage, but she has ballet and swimming on Saturdays
23:08.28quinophexbut, if she was ever to misbehave we'd take her out, obviously
23:08.28mozratquinophex: their loss, tbh
23:08.33quinophexand not take her into talks etc.
23:08.51mozratquinophex: our venue has a quick escape route ideal for kiddies :-)
23:09.00mozratsit at the top near the fire exit
23:09.14Leedsas long as she doesn't mind being used as a football...
23:09.39quinophexif i was rich i'd get her a toughbook as her laptop
23:20.50sabinef72time for bed
23:20.54sabinef72good night all
23:22.27mozratouchy
23:22.30mozratnn sabinef72
23:22.40mozratnn
23:23.52Leeds'night
23:25.01keithlard_i could video the talks on my phone!
23:25.16keithlard_except it only has about 32Mb of memory, so that's enough for about ten seconds :S
23:26.32LeedsI suspect that if someone reputable would honestly volunteer to do the filming, someone else could be found to lend a camcorder
23:27.46quinophexi've got a camcorder.... but...
23:27.49quinophexit has no microphone port
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23:48.47keithlard_i can take informative stills :)
23:48.56secretlondondo we have any reputable?
23:48.59secretlondonanyone
23:52.01keithlard_i'm disreputable, but i'd be happy to film if someone lends me a camera
23:55.36quinophexthe camera might have a reasonable enough microphone, but at the back of a lecture hall i'd doubt it :(
23:59.05Leedsso, the plan is... quinophex gets a new, better camera, and keithlard_ uses it... right?
23:59.19quinophexi wish i was rich enough ;)
23:59.42keithlard_even a webcam would be fine
23:59.53keithlard_we're not exackly making 2001 here
23:59.59quinophexjust taking this job, travelling for interviews, buying a few bits, paying for a months rent etc. has cost me over a grand

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