IRC log for #gllug on 20070501

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05:57.00mumpererGreetings each! :)
06:43.58morsingsanelson!
06:55.29morsingmumperer!
07:12.38sanelsonho
07:24.55mumpererHas leeds surfaced from his job-getting-celebration hangover yet ...
07:25.57Leedsthere's no hangover :-)
07:26.25LeedsI didn't have *that* much to drink... it was a long night... there was a kebab towards the end of it... and a bottle of water with a mineral tablet in it before bed...
07:26.44Leedson the other hand, said kebab, around 13 hours ago, was the last thing I had to eat, so I think it's about time I went on a food-hunt
07:27.00mumpererLeeds: hiya! And congrats from yesterday and you've survived well ... :)
07:29.15mumpererright then - everything's tickety-boo then, so long-awaited shower awaits me, byeeee
07:29.34Leedsthanks, and seeya :-)
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07:54.37morsingniv_one_three!
07:54.39morsinggoibhniu!
07:54.42niv_one_threeoh
07:54.51niv_one_threegood morning morsing
07:55.56niv_one_threesimple question, I seek to send prints to cups using lpr. cups wants to print in letter thus I set it up in the web interface to use A4
07:56.10niv_one_threewhere need I fix it?
07:56.25goibhniumorsing: how are your rhododendrons?
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08:13.23niv_one_threegot cut off :-(
08:13.30niv_one_threedid anyone offer cups help?
08:15.04goibhniuniv_one_three: I don't understand, when you set the paper size through the web interface it doesn't work?
08:15.41niv_one_threeI can print to A4 by default from open office
08:15.55niv_one_threeand the printer paaramenters show A4
08:16.05niv_one_threeyet from lpr I apper to sending letter
08:24.39goibhniuniv_one_three: how about lpr -o A4 filename
08:25.04niv_one_threeI guess that should work
08:25.20niv_one_threebut I want to have it as a default
08:25.30niv_one_threeand dont relly want to add an alias
08:25.38niv_one_threeI think I can edit the ppd
08:25.52niv_one_three.ppd file - but isnt there a normal way?
08:56.16morsinggoibhniu: I wouldn't even know if I had any
09:12.55morsingIcecream
09:20.28antiphasePC Load Letter
09:44.10morsingMmm... Pilla
09:44.22morsingantiphase: It's #2 time. Will be back in 15
09:44.31antiphaseNice
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09:56.50morsingflips_and_rails!
09:56.51morsingJasperw!
09:56.54morsingantiphase: I'm back
09:56.59morsingantiphase: And it was good
09:57.06morsingLast nights chilli
09:57.40bilarhwhoa!! bit too much information there, chap!
09:58.01morsing:D
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10:22.04goibhniuoh .. so dell are shipping ubuntu by the end of the month! ... happy may day comrades!
10:22.33failuregob: url?
10:23.01goibhniu1 sec ... the original one was "taken down"
10:24.06goibhniuhttp://digg.com/linux_unix/The_embargo_is_over_Ubuntu_will_be_officially_supported_on_Dell_computers for starters
10:24.27failure:)
10:25.17goibhniuoh well, maybe it's just a rumour then
10:25.33failurewe will see soon
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10:37.50morsingranner!
10:40.44morsingfailure?
10:42.59failuremorsing?
10:44.46rannermorsing!
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10:46.00clive-hgood morning
10:59.06morsingclive-h!
10:59.17clive-hgood morning
10:59.37clive-hi seem to have another phone interview tomorrow
10:59.54morsingNice
11:00.28clive-hproper face to face one on thursday
11:04.18wethrinThere's also a London.pm social on Thursday
11:04.54clive-hhmmm interesting my interview is in Covent Garden at 16:00
11:05.22wethrinAhh, well....Cittie of Yorke, Holborn, from about 6ish, is London.pm
11:05.26wethrinNot that I'll be there
11:05.41morsinggoibhniu: I've physically remove the Print Screen key from my keyboard
11:06.10clive-hi know the Citte of Yorke
11:11.26halicovent garden, great area to work in
11:11.40halilots of marketing and cool mobile related stuff going on there
11:13.44cpufreakmarketing-- # too big a fruit + flowers budget
11:14.15clive-hyeah
11:14.26clive-hplenty of restaurants
11:14.42clive-hand it's near china town for dinner
11:14.43haliim around the corner in soho
11:14.47haliexcellent area...
11:15.12clive-hand orso is cool
11:15.15halinew world is ok'ish
11:15.38halii'd say Mayflower is the best chinese imo
11:15.48halinew world is great for dim sum though
11:15.49clive-hNot been to that one
11:16.17clive-hI like the chilli and garlic crabs at New World
11:16.52clive-hi also like Melati on Gt Windmill St for malay/indoesian cuisine
11:22.02wethrinPatara!
11:22.43clive-hwhat/where's that?
11:23.34wethrinAround the corner from Mill St.
11:23.37wethrinMaddox St.
11:23.46clive-hahhh right
11:23.53clive-hwhat cuisine?
11:24.27wethrinThai
11:24.38clive-hnice
11:25.11clive-hi really must try Phuket steam beer at some point
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11:38.50goibhniumorsing: good thinking
11:40.15dick_turpingoibhniu: Daaa dum daaaa dum, dum dum dum dada daaaaaaa
11:40.32goibhniudick_turpin: ace of base?
11:40.41dick_turpinJaws you muppet
11:40.56wethrinniv_one_three: Is there something wrong with your jabber client?
11:58.39Leedsbah, mailman day
12:01.25dick_turpinLeeds: Well you wont be getting one from gllug
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12:15.28goibhniuhow are the bruises?
12:15.45bilarhwell, my calfs have turned into this funky blue colour now :)
12:15.55goibhniuhave you got all the herbs for that?
12:15.57bilarhbut the bruising on the chest and arms is going down :)
12:16.31bilarhherbs for what? :)
12:16.38bilarhthe only 'erb i need is a coffee bean :)
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12:19.10morsingmikejw!
12:19.16morsingJasperw!
12:19.18morsingdick_turpin!
12:19.21morsingbilarh: Why?
12:19.25mikejwhelooo
12:19.42mikejw:)
12:19.56goibhniubilarh: e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dit_da_jow
12:20.18goibhniubilarh: I think arnica is good too
12:21.01goibhniubilarh: bruises can block up the flow of your chi
12:21.40bilarhooh right.. jau :)
12:21.53bilarhyeah my wifes mother keeps putting it on me all the time
12:21.57bilarhgot a some stuff at home as well
12:22.15bilarhit doesn't seem to do much for me though, unfortunately
12:22.22bilarhbut i may not be zealous enough with it
12:22.44bilarhbut it does help against sore muscles.. it feels like it increases circulation
12:22.47bilarhas the area goes all hot
12:24.18goibhniuahh, excellent
12:29.56bilarhhmm, maybe i should start using it more often
12:29.56bilarhit's the same stuff as tiger balm isn't it
12:29.56bilarhwell, it smells the same anyway :)
12:29.56bilarhalthough tiger balm seems to be a bit weaker
12:29.56goibhniuI dunno, I never did any external martial arts stuff
12:29.57bilarhwe have this one clear liquid which stings your eye at a long distance :)
12:29.57goibhniuexcellent!
12:29.57morsinggoibhniu: Beer
12:29.58morsingping wethrin
12:29.58goibhniumorsing: cawfy
12:30.29goibhniuanyone got some wild skills they want to show off at the next meeting?
12:30.29morsinggoibhniu: I do
12:30.30goibhniumorsing: you're ubuntu modded keyboard would be nice to demo
12:31.09morsinggoibhniu: My keyboard goes into spasms everytime I turn on my VAX
12:31.10morsinggoibhniu: I owuld actually :
12:31.12morsing:)
12:31.12goibhniuhave you pulled off the caps lock too?
12:31.12morsingIt would... You get the point. Stupid keyboard
12:31.22morsinggoibhniu: No, my keyboard goes funny when my VAX is singing at me
12:31.39goibhniuyeah ... keyboards are shite ... they make me depressed for being human
12:32.46goibhniudoes your vax send you encoded messages, that only you can hear?
12:34.13goibhniumorsing: can you give a demo on odd things that computers do when they get old ... or something?
12:34.27bilarhgoibhniu: interesting youtube-vid at the end of that wikipedia article :)
12:35.37bilarhoh no sorry
12:35.43bilarhit was probably off the iron palm page
12:35.47goibhniuahh
12:35.58bilarhwhich is itself a link off the jao one
12:36.09goibhniuterrific set of demos?
12:36.18bilarhyeah i think that was it :)
12:36.24bilarhwell, it's cool if you like breaking things :)
12:38.05bilarhit's quite cool to see that the guy doing the moves is a bit of a larger character as well
12:38.32bilarhbit like myself :-)
12:38.33bilarhalthough i'm working on losing some weight so that I can move faster
12:38.34bilarhat the moment it's a bit like a rhino charging forwards more than a swallow flying around :)
12:42.42goibhniuyeah, keith looks like he likes breaking stuff alright
12:43.30goibhniuimpressive the way he goes for a load of pressure points really quickly
12:44.11goibhniunot something I'd be into myself though
12:47.06goibhniuI think weight isn't a problem in itself for martial arts, you just have to learn how to use it
12:47.06goibhniuand some techniques will surely be more suitable than others
12:47.14bilarhi like the "breaking a brick with your knuckle" part and the finger tips :)
12:47.29bilarhi have no idea what he's doing, but it looks cool :)
12:48.19bilarhyou may be right about the weight thing... i don't think being heavy is a problem, but having lots of lard bobbing about probably isn't that good as it's dead weight, as opposed to say muscles :)
12:48.25goibhniuif I was really motivated I'd love to learn the whip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhW67MBO8M8
12:50.28bilarhi'm going to a buji seminar in a couple of months
12:50.42bilarhand i think buji means something like 'fingertips' or something
12:50.45goibhniuwow ... I never saw that meteor hammer before ... impressive
12:50.58goibhniuahh ... cool
12:52.20bilarhbiu jee, apparently :)
12:52.51bilarhhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biu_Jee
12:53.35goibhniu"dart fingers" .. nice
12:57.00bilarhthat's a cool video :D
12:57.09bilarhtalk about precision
13:02.03goibhniuimagine that meteor hammer coming at you! .. feck! ... knocking people heads off like that
13:02.15goibhniuguns ruined all that :(
13:07.43bilarhyeah :(
13:07.59bilarhi like the way he could kick that first thing as well..
13:08.03bilarhreally impressive :)
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13:11.07goibhniuhave you seen "the shaolin temple"? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079891/ it's full of that stuff .. my #1 favourite ++
13:11.22goibhniuI'll lend it to you at the next meeting
13:12.13bilarhah but that assumes i'm coming to the next meeting :-)
13:12.16bilarhwhen is it?
13:12.56goibhniuthursday week
13:13.12bilarhah, i may be able to make it... I'll let you know nearer to the time :)
13:13.27bilarhwhere do you guys usually have meets anyway?
13:13.31goibhniumorsing's demoing his keyboard ... apart from that there may be beer
13:13.32bilarhand what do you do? :-)
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13:13.45goibhniuI dunno ... I've only been to two
13:13.59goibhniuoften on thursdays so I couldn't make them
13:14.02bilarhthe singing keyboard? :)
13:14.16goibhniuthe talks at the ones I was at were very good
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13:16.05goibhniubilarh: are you going to give a talk?
13:16.18Leedshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6611245.stm
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13:20.07bilarhgoibhniu: a talk :-S
13:20.20bilarhon what?
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13:20.44goibhniujust your usual day to day wizardry?
13:21.03bilarhnah i think i'd like to see what everyone else speaks about :)
13:21.12bilarhi don't do any wizardry at the moment i'm afraid :(
13:21.36goibhniue.g. one time a guy installed wordpress
13:22.12goibhniulast time a guy showed off some python stuff he used for quickly wrapping scripts with a gui
13:22.30bilarhoh right, sounds cool :-)
13:22.37goibhniubut sure ... it'd be worth sussing it out first
13:22.38bilarhbut no, i don't have anything i want to demo yet :)
13:23.41bilarhi think i need to meet some more geeks anyway
13:23.48bilarhi feel like my powers are deserting me lately
13:25.03bilarhi don't even have a usable laptop at the moment (yeah i know, how lame am i?) :-)
13:25.37catalystmandriva linux spring 2007 is... well, it actually Just Works (tm) :o
13:25.43goibhniuwhat ... you broke it?
13:26.04bilarhthe cd is busted and the battery is flat :)
13:26.06goibhniucatalyst: you interested in giving a demo at the next meeting?
13:26.42catalystdepends when said meeting is but I suppose I could XD
13:26.52goibhniuhow about a head to head for user oriented distros?
13:27.11catalystI installed it on my laptop and it found all the hardware, including the wireless
13:27.17catalystshame about the default theme really
13:27.22goibhniu<PROTECTED>
13:28.09wethrinpong morsing
13:28.17goibhniucatalyst: I'm going to have to take a look at it ... I'm sick of recommending ubuntu for noobs
13:28.37goibhniucatalyst: thursday week maybe?
13:29.32catalystgot my dissertation handin that day as well as my grandfather's funeral the day after
13:30.40goibhniuoh ... sorry to hear about your grandfather
13:30.56catalyst:/
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13:32.11goibhniuI just plucked thursday week out of the air to sound impressive ... I'd like to see a mdk demo and if you're up for it ... when would suit?
13:32.37goibhniuI think thursdays or saturdays are the usual times
13:33.21wethrincatalyst: Are you coming to the St. Andrew's mini-LBW?
13:46.54niv_one_threesome one must write a program to translate woman spech
13:46.57niv_one_threespeach
13:47.13niv_one_threeso I can understand , for now I am in the mists
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13:50.05failurecatalyst: sorry about that... It happened to me the same with my grandmother... 4 years ago...
13:50.35failurebut my parents didn't tell me anything till i finished with the reading of my dissertation...
13:51.33goibhniuniv_one_three: you need to learn how to listen
13:52.47niv_one_threegoibhniu: check
13:53.33niv_one_threeoh ya , goibhniu and wethrin I found the transformer I borowed emits 120 VAC instead of 110
13:53.58niv_one_threewhich explian why I smoked the previos transformer
13:54.06wethrinWhoops
13:54.24wethrinSo that'd be some isolation, rather than a step-up
13:55.10niv_one_threeguess I should take in to account that the "it works with that speaker phone in the meeting room" doesnt meen the transformer is OK
13:55.41niv_one_threeit was attached to a power supply 110-125 VAC
13:56.54niv_one_threegather I should just buy a proper 220Vac to 24V charger instead of messing with the 110 charger
13:57.52wethrinYeah
13:57.55wethrinThey're not expensive
13:59.16niv_one_threeI am worried even after switching capacitors, I would need to compansate for the higher heat on some parts
13:59.24niv_one_threeand this is too complicated
14:00.48wethrinYou wouldn't have higher heat - the power draw would be about the same
14:00.57wethrinAnd higher voltage = lower current = less heat
14:01.09wethrinP = I^2 * R
14:01.14niv_one_threeoh ya - right - ohms law...
14:01.32niv_one_threevery well I will think about it then
14:01.49morsingcatalyst!
14:01.51wethrinIt'll be easiest just to get a new supply
14:02.05niv_one_threemore expensive , though
14:02.06morsingMy keyboard has a life of it's onw
14:02.08morsingown
14:02.11morsingwethrin: Lunch?
14:02.43wethrinAlready had some
14:03.04morsingyes, what did you have?
14:03.15wethrinThe Usual
14:03.25morsingCarbonara.
14:03.33wethrinYes
14:03.39wethrinWith a cheesy garlic bread starter
14:03.52morsingwethrin: What's the name of the girl at the caf?
14:04.00wethrineh?
14:04.40morsingThat serves youON"T TELL ME YOU ON"T KOW HER NAE?
14:04.48morsingI give up. fucking keybord
14:05.28wethrinWhat caf?
14:05.50morsingWhee you havecarbonara
14:06.48morsingwethrin:?
14:06.55morsingCawfy time
14:07.17wethrinhm?
14:07.19mikejwcwarfy
14:07.24wethrinYes!
14:07.32mikejw:0]
14:08.05wethrinDear WindowsXP, you're a steaming pile of shite. No love, Dan
14:17.57bilarhah is that that hand held thingy?
14:18.09bilarhi had a work mate a couple of years back who was obsessed with journada's
14:19.31goibhniuit's not very hand held exactly ... or powerful ... http://jornada820.sourceforge.net/
14:19.43goibhniubut it has a keyboard and the batteries last 8 hours
14:20.05bilarhhmm no it wasn't one of them
14:20.10bilarhhis ones were a lot smaller
14:20.14bilarhlike almost like a palm top
14:20.17goibhniuand I got it for £50 and studied for the lpi on it
14:20.18bilarhbut still with a qwerty keyboard
14:20.27bilarhlpi?
14:20.46goibhniuah yeah .. someone had one of them at the software freedom day meeting last year
14:20.49goibhniuvery nice
14:21.06goibhniulpi linux cert
14:21.54bilarhthis may be a complete numpty question, but what does lpi stand for then? :)
14:22.23goibhniuhttp://lpi.org/
14:22.36goibhniulinux professional institute
14:22.40bilarhoh right
14:23.06goibhniusys admins seem to think it's pointless and stupid
14:24.15bilarhnothing wrong with certs :)
14:24.59goibhniuso I'm very attached to this little palmtop ... we learnt a lot together :)
14:25.56bilarhhehe
14:26.53wethrinSysadmins seem to think lots of certs are pointless and stupid :)
14:27.19wethrinLPI Level 1 basically shows you're aware of basic junior-level sysadmin commands
14:27.30antiphaseEspecially linux ones
14:28.11wethrinThe RHCEs are supposed to be fairly decent
14:28.37niv_one_threewhat is RHCE?
14:28.58failureredhat certification
14:29.29goibhniuI was using linux for 3 years before I started studying for the lpi ... I didn't know a thing
14:32.19goibhniuniv_one_three: that looks nice alright ... I might actually pay for a phone when that comes out
14:36.38LeedsI think I'll be buying a treo 680 once I can justify the price - assuming there's no better Treo before then
14:36.54wethrinThe exams were about a tenner, so I didn't care
14:38.21Leedsmight have to see if the new job would spring for certification - I assume their Cisco and MS guys are certified...
14:44.50goibhniuyeh, sys admins who think the LPI is so pointless are probably just afraid they couldn't walk in off the street and pass it
14:46.06morsingmmmm... LPI
14:46.11morsing~[3~[3~[3~[3~[3~[3~
14:46.26morsingReboot time
14:47.12goibhniumorsing: you should get it .. it tastes like beer
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16:19.01niv_one_threewell, off to the gym
16:19.52morsingboudiccas!
16:21.00morsingboudiccas?
16:21.37boudiccasaway cooking tea
16:21.58boudiccasmaking sure that the sossidges don't get burnt again
16:22.33bilarhsossidges!
16:23.07boudiccassossidges
16:23.19boudiccasi love my sausages
16:24.04bilarhyep, sossidges is the shit, definitely
16:26.27bilarh*sigh* i don't even get any spam nowadays...
16:26.33bilarhmust uninstall MailScanner
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16:42.25bilarhsomeone please fast forward the time to 18:00?
16:44.51failureno, no... to 19:00
16:45.30bilarh19:00 is good, because i'll be almost at home by then :)
16:45.39failure:)
16:46.43wethrin1900 works for me, because it'll be pubfood time
16:48.50failureok, so now we agree about time, please someone press FF button
16:49.47bilarhi tried over here, but my button seems to be broken
16:50.00bilarhsomeone installed solaris on it, and now it's not working any more :(
16:50.14failureand mine run out of batteries...
16:51.02haliim dying for some ale!
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16:56.35morsingsabinef72!
16:58.03sabinef72hey
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17:01.05morsingsabinef72: How are you?
17:01.39morsingsabinef72: Only three weeks left. Ready for visitors?
17:07.28sabinef72morsing: always ready for visitors !!!!!!!
17:08.15morsing:)
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20:14.44clive-hre
20:16.02antiphase/(.+?)\/[^\/]+$/
20:19.14sanelson0.compile
20:20.59clive-hmmm
20:21.54clive-hi ought to put a+ on this laptop#
20:27.34sanelsonwhat?
20:29.57clive-ha+ is a cross platform implementation of APL
20:36.06goibhniu~wtf apl
20:36.51clive-ha programming language
20:37.15clive-hit's an array programming language
20:37.43clive-horiginated on ibm mainframes circa 1970
20:38.28sanelsonright
20:38.35sanelsonan historical curiositY?
20:38.42clive-hno
20:38.56clive-hstill very much used
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20:41.14clive-hthere's various linux ports of APL
20:45.34xotl"Dell to use Ubuntu on Linux PCs" is apparently the story that people have emailed to each other the most on the entire bbc news site. Out of the national news, international news, everything, this is the most popular.
20:45.51xotlamazing.
20:45.57clive-hstrange
20:46.10xotlwouldn't have guessed that would be the case myself
20:46.35xotlits also the 5th most read story on the entire site
20:46.41clive-hi'd expected dell to chose pensuse
20:47.03clive-hopensuse
20:47.18xotloh i thought that was a rude joke :-)
20:47.53xotlapparently michael likes ubuntu. has it on his own laptop at home
20:47.55clive-hthe story that i was most interested was the XO laptop one
20:48.31xotlwhich is that?
20:48.58clive-hthe one laptop per child thing
20:49.09clive-hit's called XO
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20:49.50xotloh what does the "xo" thing mean? is it just some random marketing name or what?
20:50.58xotlyou mean the one copy of windows per child project?
20:50.58clive-hthe project is linux based
20:50.58xotlthe $175 "$100 laptop"
20:50.58clive-hbut i gather it can run doze
20:50.59xotlnot exclusively
20:51.16xotli thought that was the story you were referring to: that they'd sold out to MS
20:51.37clive-hthey havent
20:51.39xotlwhich they probably have
20:51.55clive-hand it was about shipping it in the us
20:52.28xotlwell i suppose we'll see whether they have or not. I'd be amazed if ms didn't try to interfere if the project is successful
20:52.58clive-hit'll run some vomitous version of doze
20:53.32clive-hbut it'll ship with a cut down version of fedora
20:53.42xotlthat plus strong-arm marketing could be enough. depends how much damage ms thinks the project could do
20:54.08clive-hit's an interesting project
20:54.47xotlyes, it'll be interesting to see what comes of it
20:55.09xotli understand they have not even started volume production yet, though
20:55.20clive-hindeed not yet
20:56.14clive-hthose laptops in the uk could have very interesting consequences
20:56.41xotldo they have built in wireless? 11g or something?
20:56.46clive-hyeah
20:57.20clive-hand a wifi that can run mesh mode when the laptop is powered down
20:57.27xotlyeah it could have quite a big effect here
20:57.38clive-hhence my comment
20:57.38xotlhow does the mesh thing work?
20:57.56clive-hit's a marvell chip
20:58.17clive-huses about 0.3w with the laptop off
20:58.30clive-hit has it's own arm cpu
20:58.38xotlwhat does it mesh with? only other laptops or what?
20:58.51clive-hother laptops yes
20:59.11xotlthat could be interesting
20:59.33clive-hin uk metro areas they could be used to build a new internet
20:59.53xotli thought mesh tech was still unreliable?
21:00.23clive-hthey seem to have it sorted
21:00.47xotli haven't heard about this. so are they looking to put it into normal laptops too?
21:01.07clive-hi'm not sure it'll go mainstream
21:01.43xotlwhy not?
21:02.12clive-herrm well TPTB might not be happy
21:02.44clive-hThe Powers ThaT bE
21:02.48clive-hbE
21:03.34xotlfor monitoring purposes or what?
21:04.33clive-han autonomous internet would rather upset the government don't you think?
21:05.34clive-hand the isps for that martter
21:05.40xotlwell you'd have to go through isp's at some point i would have thought
21:06.12clive-honly if you wanted to connect to the original net
21:06.39xotlso how would you access foreign servers with only a mesh?
21:07.15clive-hoh i suspect there would be gateways
21:07.45xotli imagine you'd have bandwidth issues as well
21:08.04clive-hsure
21:08.18xotli guess we'll all have to go out and buy our XO laptops then
21:08.33clive-hi don't intend to cease my ADSL any time soon
21:09.08clive-hbut they're an interesting technology
21:09.33xotlyes, i'll definitely be interersted in following the story
21:10.04clive-hi'd buy one if i could
21:10.51xotlis there any timeline for when they'll be out yet?
21:11.07clive-hend of 2007 in the us
21:11.20clive-hno release date for the uk
21:13.00clive-hi can see a uk market for em for school  kids
21:13.50xotli wonder if other companies will try to make similar products if they catch on
21:14.13clive-hintel have something similar
21:14.27goibhniuseen the video on cnet? http://news.com.com/1606-2-6174584.html
21:15.23xotlthanks for the link, goibhniu.
21:15.30clive-hi'm impressed with the olpc project
21:16.23goibhniuhave you tried running it on qemu?
21:16.32clive-hit's in the very best traditions of open source
21:16.44clive-hno i haven't yet
21:16.46goibhniuit's fun, looks like it could use some polish still though
21:17.10clive-hi think there's time to polish it up
21:17.27goibhniuthe kids can finish it off :)
21:18.37clive-holpc makes me remember why i got involved with open source
21:18.45goibhniuI hear there is already a linux based set top box in india for $100 ... different objectives and market but nice to see
21:19.09clive-hlots of embedded linux stuff
21:20.11goibhniudo you contribute to any particular embedded projects yourself?
21:20.17clive-hi'm sure the apple tv will run linux soon
21:21.29clive-hi'm a sysadmin
21:21.45goibhniusurely the apple tv can't do anything that a mythtv box hasn't been doing for years?
21:21.46clive-hi'm not a developer
21:21.46goibhniuhardly any point in running linux on it
21:21.46goibhniuahh
21:21.48clive-hwell yes mythtv makes sense
21:22.25goibhniuapple has just packaged proven technologies up and put a polo neck on it
21:22.31clive-hbut there's a thing about running linux on anything we can
21:22.57clive-hlike the NetBSD folks do
21:23.35goibhniuI'm sure people get a kick out of it
21:23.46clive-happle tv can run os x
21:24.03clive-hit's interesting cos of that
21:24.04goibhniuthe xbox linux was great ... especially since we knew ms were selling the boxes at a loss
21:24.13clive-haye
21:24.34clive-hthey have linux on xbox 360
21:25.00clive-hbut you need certaon versions of the ms kernel
21:25.06clive-hcertain
21:26.22goibhniuI believe the ps3 makes it very easy to run linux
21:26.36clive-hyes and no
21:26.57clive-hlike the xbox ps3 has a hypervisor
21:27.26clive-hit doesn't allow linux access bto the RSX sunsystem
21:27.38clive-hsubsystem
21:27.53clive-hwhich is the graphics subsystem
21:28.13clive-hwhich is a tad naff
21:28.24goibhniuahh ... shitbags
21:28.38goibhniuthat's no fun at all
21:28.42clive-haye
21:29.06goibhniuotherwise it would be quite an interesting platform
21:29.16clive-hyeah
21:30.13clive-hinteresting kit
21:30.40clive-hdual core power pc
21:30.53clive-h7 auxiliary processors
21:32.11goibhniuI heard that by default when it's idle (or else very easily) it runs folding @ home ... and is already one of the largest contributors
21:32.11goibhniuthen again that was on lugradio
21:32.24goibhniuand they didn't sound like they knew much about it
21:32.39clive-hthat might be yellow box
21:33.23goibhniuI think there are a couple of distros that can run on it
21:33.31goibhniumandrake too iirc
21:36.15clive-hheh
21:37.56goibhniuhmm ... free noise http://www.dotcog.co.uk/ar01_cmn/0597_free_noise/index.html
21:40.45goibhniuahh ... if there were a mailing list I'd suggest that for a social event
21:41.07goibhniuSat 5 May LONDON ULU www.ulu.co.uk/ululive
21:42.17clive-hInteresting
21:42.26clive-hi like industrial music
21:42.55clive-hthough i'm in west yorks saturday
21:45.00clive-hgood choice
21:45.50catalystI've seen them live, I reckon they're even better, got a lot of energy in their performances :)
21:46.02catalystwhich is odd, I didn't think it was the sort of music that works well live
21:46.30clive-hi like tg and similar bands
22:13.24morsingcatalyst!
22:13.33catalystmorsing!
22:16.23morsingcatalyst: Kung Po dinner was a massive success and extremely spicy. Have spent a great of the night on the toilet.
22:16.41catalysthehe
22:17.21morsingFunny cooking something I've never even had before
22:17.27morsingOn request
22:17.55morsingAnyway - bedtime
22:27.02sanelsonnn
23:02.25catalystnn
23:02.29catalystoh XD

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