IRC log for #gllug on 20071008

00:04.53morsingDiscordian!
00:05.05morsingxotl: 3.5 weeks
00:05.06DiscordianHi
00:05.57morsingping goibhniu
00:06.22goibhniumorsing: how are you?
00:07.16morsinggoibhniu: I'm great :)
00:07.38morsingApparently this thing is just for a few hours and I can go home
00:07.51goibhniunice
00:08.08goibhniubut it does have something to do with rugby :(
00:08.17goibhniuxteddy: do you like rugby?
00:08.18xteddy:)
00:08.21morsingIT doesn't actually. My mistake
00:08.31morsingIt's a software release
00:08.36goibhniuahh ... all good news then :)
00:10.12morsingxteddy gimme some cake
00:10.13xteddy*cuts a slice* fresh baked cake coming up :)
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00:18.32morsingpolyunix_!
00:33.15xotlgoodnight
00:33.34Discordiannight
00:37.32morsinggoibhniu: Are you at work?
00:38.17morsingxteddy fetch goibhniu
00:38.17xteddybrb
00:41.40morsingO goibhniu where art thou?!
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01:23.59morsingAvnit97!
01:54.05morsingAnyone awake?
02:10.20gregjhttp://scenic.k4lab.com/~gj/ripi.mp3
02:27.14morsingIsn't it odd... I had four hours sleep before going to work but I still feel extremely tired
02:38.26morsinggregj: When does Leeds normally join?
02:44.34morsinggregj?
03:07.21morsingAnyone awake?
03:20.42morsing~seen anenc
03:20.44iboti haven't seen 'anenc', morsing
03:20.47morsing~seen annec
03:20.47ibotannec <n=AnneC@87-194-46-187.bethere.co.uk> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 2d 18h 50m 41s ago, saying: 'morsing!'.
04:34.49morsingAnyone awake?#
04:38.34sabinef72me
04:38.55morsingsabinef72!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
04:39.00sabinef72hi morsing
04:39.05morsingI missed you :)
04:39.10sabinef72me too
04:39.11morsingHow are you?
04:39.15sabinef72not so good
04:39.19morsingYou missed you too? :?
04:39.22sabinef72I have some problems
04:39.26morsingWhy not good? :(
04:39.44sabinef72I don't know the english word for that
04:39.51morsing:(
04:39.56sabinef72I have to much water in my legs and hands
04:40.04morsingOh...
04:40.04sabinef72so they are pump up too much
04:40.09morsing:(
04:41.03sabinef72it could be normal for a pregnant woman but I have to be careful
04:41.24morsingOk
04:41.29morsingYou're up early
04:41.30sabinef72if it's too much the doctor can provoke the birth
04:41.49sabinef72yes I can't sleep more today. My legs are hurting me
04:41.58morsing:(
04:42.05morsingDoesn't sound like much fun
04:42.21sabinef72yes !
04:42.28sabinef72but the end will come up soon !
04:42.33sabinef72and you how are you ?
04:42.34morsingUp?
04:42.49sabinef72don't make me mad with the stupid "up"........
04:42.58morsingI'm good thanks but I have a cold and have been at work since 1am so I'm very tired
04:43.02morsingsabinef72: :D
04:43.02sabinef72I will never know when it's right to use "up" !!!!!!!!!
04:43.10morsingSorry! :(
04:43.18sabinef72lol
04:43.34sabinef72our nice mozrat always loves to make me mad with "up"
04:43.46morsing:)
04:43.51morsingWhere is mozrat? :(
04:44.01sabinef72somewhere in england.......
04:44.10sabinef72I really have no news from him
04:44.13morsing:(
04:44.16sabinef72do you have some ?
04:44.20morsingNo...
04:44.31sabinef72it's a pity because it's a good guy
04:44.47morsingYes
04:44.49sabinef72did he stop all in Gllug ?
04:45.09sabinef72I think his new job took all his time
04:45.33morsingI don't know
04:45.49sabinef72I have no news since his new job
04:45.55morsingHmm...
04:46.02morsingCan I go home soon?
04:46.09sabinef72something like december or january
04:46.21sabinef72are you at work now ?
04:46.58morsingYes
04:47.09sabinef72why time is it in england ?
04:47.19morsing5:50
04:47.48sabinef72oh 1 hour more in france because we are still in summer hour
04:47.58sabinef72we will change at the end of the month
04:48.26morsingIt's always  one hour...
04:48.40sabinef72sure ?
04:48.48morsingVery, very sure!
04:48.49sabinef72let me think what will we do in end of october
04:49.14sabinef72we will have one hour more I think
04:49.20morsing?
04:49.53DiscordianUK will revert to GMT end of October
04:49.54sabinef72noooooo
04:50.16sabinef7228 octobre
04:50.16sabinef72(à 3 heures du matin il sera 2 heures)
04:50.18sabinef72that means
04:50.34sabinef72october 28 th (winter hour) : at 3 am it will be 2 am
04:50.38Discordianat 3am it'll bd 3am
04:51.19morsingDiscordian: You suck
04:51.28sabinef72so if england will do nothing about the hour, after october 28 th we will have the same hour
04:51.30morsingsabinef72: You're right, the clock goes back
04:51.39sabinef72because now, it's 06.55
04:51.40morsingsabinef72: No we won't.
04:51.53morsingsabinef72: No - we'll always be an hour behind
04:51.57morsingsabinef72: No - we'll always be an hour apart
04:51.57sabinef72I know we are stupid
04:52.33DiscordianOn ICL mainframes we used to have to power down the CPU for an hour
04:52.37DiscordianI suck?
04:52.50morsingDiscordian: Well, your social skills are rubbish
04:53.11DiscordianDuh#
04:53.37morsingWe have on-site cover because of it
04:53.39DiscordianCos I typoed one character>
04:54.04sabinef72morsing: why are you at work so early ?
04:54.13morsingsabinef72: Deployment since 2am
04:54.28sabinef72woahhhhhhhh
04:54.46sabinef72aren't you too much tired ?
04:54.50morsingYEs... :(
04:55.05sabinef72so you don't sleep this night ???????
04:56.20morsingI slept from 6-10pm
04:57.15DiscordianYou're very acerbic, morsing
04:57.26morsingSure - if you want me to be
04:58.25sabinef72crazy
04:58.26morsingDiscordian: Why do you say that?
04:58.27sabinef72you should come back at home
04:58.33morsingsabinef72: Can't just yet
04:58.57sabinef72:-(
04:59.04morsingzzz
04:59.07sabinef72well I will go to eat a bit
04:59.13sabinef72see you later
04:59.14DiscordianYou always appear confrontaional
04:59.36morsingDiscordian: ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH?!?!?!?!?
04:59.42DiscordianBreakfast would make sense
04:59.51morsing*I* am not the confrontational one!
04:59.59DiscordianNo why are you shouting?
05:00.08morsingYou, cpufreak, antiphase, bilarh, etc are the confrontational ones!
05:00.24morsingI'm just here for a friendly chat
05:00.43morsingsabinef72: Do you find me confrontational?
05:00.50DiscordianYou were shouting?
05:01.30morsingDiscordian: Because it's just about the dumbest thing I've heard this month. I'm a friendly social guy but a lot of you people here are only out to provoke people
05:01.56DiscordianI didn't shout
05:02.16morsingNo - but you're just here to provoke people.
05:02.21morsingsabinef72: :)
05:02.42sabinef72so now : breakfast !!!!!
05:02.47morsingsabinef72: :)
05:02.52DiscordianI'm hardly here to provoke people
05:03.03morsingDiscordian: So we is that all you do?
05:03.30morsingSorry, I don't want to argue. It's against me personality...
05:03.53DiscordianThough I probably do have more in common with antiphase and cpufreak
05:04.37Discordiansince they're actually linux people
05:05.00morsingAnd you're doing it again...
05:05.17morsingHow long have you bneen using Linux for?
05:05.24DiscordianThis is #gllug I think
05:05.32Discordiansince 1992
05:05.35morsingAnd again...
05:05.57morsingHow can you call me confrontational and then go on to behave like that?
05:06.02DiscordianYour point was?
05:06.42DiscordianUnless I missed something
05:06.52morsingPoint with what?
05:06.53DiscordianThis is a linux channel
05:07.12morsingI never made that point?!
05:07.23morsingAnd you're being confrontational again
05:07.59morsingAnd why do you keep saying that?
05:08.09DiscordianNow I thought I was merely stating the bleeding obvious
05:08.31morsingAnd now you're just being rude - a trademark of Linux people I know...
05:08.56morsingYou still haven't explained why you keep stating it though
05:09.09DiscordianYou're an AIX person aren't you?
05:09.15morsingYes...?
05:09.29morsingWell, depends what you mean by that?
05:09.33Discordianso why are you on a linux channel?
05:09.42morsingJust to annoy you!
05:10.04DiscordianYou manage that amirably
05:10.14Discordianadmirably
05:10.39morsingI'm here because I use Linux - and have so daily for 11 years - and because I want to help new Linux users and be social. Also because I was active attending meeting up until I moved too far away three years ago.
05:10.42DiscordianI'd never infest an aix channel
05:10.59morsingBut anyway, it doesn't say anywhere that non-Linux users can be here...
05:11.05Discordiansjnce I know nothing about aix
05:11.29Discordiansince
05:11.35morsingDiscordian: Can you not explain to me why it is you think I annoy you? I was chatting to sabinef72 and you attacked me as usual?
05:11.42DiscordianThat's a good reason to be here
05:11.57DiscordianIf you talk to channel
05:12.13Discordiananyway can join in
05:12.24Discordiansorry that's how IRC works
05:12.54morsingNo it isn't - just because you're on IRC it doesn't mean you can hide behind some nick and be rude to people
05:13.19DiscordianHide behind some nick?
05:13.37morsingWell, would you behave this way to my face? I hope not...
05:13.48morsingIf so I would love to meet you!
05:14.48DiscordianIf you mean would we have this same conversation, face to face yes
05:15.10morsingThen you are a nasty person and the world would be better off without you!
05:15.30DiscordianNow who's being confrontational?
05:15.38morsing*sigh*
05:15.55DiscordianI don't recall wishing you dead
05:16.12morsingNo but I'm a nice person so why would you?
05:16.25morsingI don't go round attacking strangers verbally
05:17.24Discordiani'don't go round wishing strangers were dead
05:18.12DiscordianI fail to see how that makes you a nicer person
05:18.14morsingI give up - clearly the only reason you're on IRC is because you don't get alonog with people in the real world
05:18.26morsings/alonog/along/
05:19.11Discordianwow
05:19.27DiscordianI'm impressed now
05:19.45DiscordianSuch wit
05:33.29morsingThanks - bless you for leaving. F****** A******
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05:51.01DiscordianI apologise
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08:34.24phearlesshi folks !
08:42.48polyunixmorning
08:54.53jcookemanhey folks
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09:11.19bilarh*sigh*
09:11.30bilarhi'm feeling fat and useless today
09:11.51antiphaseYou should eat less
09:11.55bilarhand why the hell is it so gray and shitty looking outside?
09:12.26bilarhi'm so going to the gym today
09:12.28Armandwow.. so it is!
09:12.52bilarhi need a good programming project
09:13.16Armandany good with games dev? :D
09:13.27bilarhnot really :-)
09:13.31Armanddang
09:13.35bilarhi only do system tools really :-)
09:13.48Armandcool
09:14.12ArmandI tryed to use Visual Basic once.. O_o
09:14.24jcookemangames are for pussies
09:14.45Armand¬_¬
09:16.07Armandgames are the only reason I have a big-ass desktop PC.
09:16.44jcookemanand probably a big ass
09:17.22Armandnah, I only have a 30" waist..
09:17.35ArmandI'm lean. :D
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09:54.47halipigdog, hmm, we have a server called pigfish
09:59.00goibhniuinteresting ... after "Bodianus unimaculatus" or "a punk band from the Midlands, UK"?
10:01.01bilarhhmm.. isn't there a fable creature called the 'spider pig' or some such?
10:01.55halisounds more like a villain in a super-hero cartoon
10:02.15hali"holy smokes batcat, it's spider pig!"
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10:05.41goibhni1!! ... it fscking worked!
10:07.01goibhni1netstat -nlp said there was nothing running on 80, yet apache thought there was ... where did I go wrong?
10:08.15antiphaseNot using ps before asking a silly question ;)
10:09.16goibhni1I did, no apache or httpd
10:10.40antiphaseIt probably died horribly and didn't remove its PID file then
10:10.45goibhni1shouldn't netstat -nlp say if 80 is being used or is it only on a good day?
10:11.28goibhni1hmm .. ok .. as long as it was a painful death I can live with it
10:59.51Armandbyes!
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11:56.55boudiccas~ibot seen secretlondon
11:56.57ibotsecretlondon <n=secretlo@wikipedia/secretlondon> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 13h 39m 37s ago, saying: 'zzz *thud*'.
11:57.13LeedsI suspect she was sleepy...
11:57.26boudiccasevening Leeds :)
11:57.50boudiccashi dick_turpin
11:58.02Leedsevening :-)
11:58.24dick_turpinboudiccas, I'm leaning to the left as I only have half a scree :-)
11:58.28Leedsback in a mo
11:58.46boudiccasdick_turpin; i thought you were practising your italic writing
11:59.49dick_turpinboudiccas, Don't its taken me 5 days (Inc today) to get openSUSE 10.3 and install it
12:00.45dick_turpinboudiccas, And the bloody desktop is scewed to the right (Not the left as said before)
12:00.49boudiccastroubles downloading or were the mirrors being swamped?
12:01.21boudiccassounds like its got serious problems then, if its not running properly
12:01.32dick_turpinboudiccas, Mirrors & Servers maxxed out, Novell had to stick some load balancing ones or before everything fell over
12:01.41dick_turpinmaxed
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12:01.51dick_turpinon
12:02.08boudiccasits all right, i was self-correcting as i read
12:02.30dick_turpinboudiccas, Its coz I rush
12:02.34boudiccasare the screen and desktop fixable by you?
12:02.50boudiccasor will they only be fixed by updates coming from suse
12:03.05dick_turpinboudiccas, Possibly, I reckon its this bloody videoseven 19 monitor thats the problem
12:03.34dick_turpinboudiccas, By the way I'm at home, holiday today
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12:03.56boudiccasoh! lucky you! another halo 3 day ?!!
12:04.12Leedsgetting there...
12:04.45boudiccasLeeds; where is there?
12:04.50boudiccaslol
12:04.58jcookemanWhat you folks doing!!
12:05.02jcookemanlamers!!
12:05.04dick_turpinboudiccas, I took Friday and Monday out to play with openSUSE grrrrr
12:05.16*** join/#gllug Leeds (i=1000@pcd542061.netvigator.com)
12:05.29boudiccasand you spent the time getting it fired up propelry, and still doing so
12:05.39boudiccas*properly
12:05.51Leedsthere we go - a new version of afterstep, which is now putting the right windows at the right place on my virtual desktop(s) at login time
12:06.01dick_turpinboudiccas, It was only this morning that I finally got the 64 Bit version installed
12:06.36dick_turpinboudiccas, did a net-install
12:07.28boudiccasah, 64 -bit. could that be part of the problem?
12:07.59dick_turpinboudiccas, Possibly, although had this issue before under i386
12:08.34boudiccasdick_turpin; can you remember what you did before to solve the problem? did you document it anywhere?
12:09.27dick_turpinboudiccas, Theres no need to rub me nose in it ;-) Wadda you think?
12:10.53boudiccasdick_turpin; i always document stuff in my blog, so that it may help others with the same problem. and i also keep an old diary behind the keyboard with other vital information in, such as what the hard drives are, and the fstab setup
12:11.03boudiccasetc
12:11.23boudiccasdick_turpin; have you got your home directory backed up smoewhere?
12:11.58boudiccas*somewhere
12:12.01Leedsboudiccas: then you're a goodie-goodie :-P
12:12.07dick_turpinboudiccas, Ah I have a little Red Book for that, I think its the refresh rate the manual says 60htz and its running @ 75htz
12:12.42boudiccasdick_turpin little red book of thoughts. on sale now from the chinese embassy
12:13.24dick_turpinboudiccas, Ha I just fixed it coz I'm a clever Dick :-P
12:13.26Leedsthey have it by the tills at the bookshops in town
12:13.46boudiccasi don't understand these htz things but i do know that they can screw up the display on the monitor if you get them wrong.
12:14.12boudiccasdick_turpin; so you've fixed the desktop as well have you?
12:14.51dick_turpinboudiccas, Its still 5 or 6 millimetres over to the right but I can live with that for the minute
12:15.00boudiccasLeeds; when i was at boarding school it was considered 'cool' to have your own copy of the thoughts from the chinese embassy
12:15.33boudiccasdick_turpin; so document it ready for next time. start a blog and document it
12:15.52dick_turpincurrently
12:17.14boudiccasLeeds; i might be a goodie two shoes with all my backups but i've lost data in the past so now i back it all up, just in case
12:20.00boudiccaspray silence whilst dick_turpin documents what hes just done :)
12:20.26dick_turpinboudiccas, I was naughty
12:20.41dick_turpinboudiccas, I cheated
12:20.52boudiccasdick_turpin; what did you? do
12:21.05boudiccas*what did you do?
12:21.31dick_turpinEveryone got your stale current buns ready?
12:21.48boudiccasyes, and in hurling stance ready
12:22.32dick_turpinboudiccas, I have the Nvidia driver from Nvidia installed. I used that to configure the display (Ducks very quickly)
12:22.43boudiccassnuff
12:23.12boudiccaswell, ducks. your way sounds to have worked ...... here, have a current bun
12:23.23bilarhcould someone stop the world, please, i want to get off before i sick everywhere
12:23.25goibhni1"Rule 4 - Tap the snuffbox with your middle and forefinger so that the powdered tobacco gathers at one side. This will also alert your acquaintances that snuff is about to be passed around."
12:23.37dick_turpingoibhni1, you old tart :-)
12:23.53boudiccasbilarh; whats wrong?
12:24.07dick_turpinibot, slap bilarh on the bum
12:24.08ibotACTION slaps bilarh on the bum, keep your grubby fingers to yourself!
12:25.00goibhni1dick_turpin: I tried the new nvidia driver at the weekend .. it lasted about 5 minutes before my system locked :)
12:25.23dick_turpingoibhni1, Mines still working
12:25.44dick_turpingoibhni1, Sounds not for the minute
12:26.16goibhni1that's odd ... I thought Suse was all about everything working out of the box?
12:27.33boudiccasyou're going to laugh at this. last night i spent about fifteen minutes trying to get sounds to play in xmms so i could watch a film with xine and all to no avail. eventually i relaised that i hadn't switched my speakers on! Duh!
12:27.36goibhni1it's fair enough if you replace the video drivers with the latest ones or something, but surely the sound should work
12:27.51dick_turpingoibhni1, Ah all these issues are my fault. I installed the 64 bit version coz I'm a masochist, and I downloaded the bare minimum so I could install then add
12:27.56bilarhibot: surely you're the one with the grubby fingers now?
12:28.28bilarhboudiccas: today sucks
12:28.32dick_turpinbilarh, fancy a stale current bun?
12:28.48bilarhdick_turpin: does it come with new trousers?
12:29.07boudiccasbilarh; oh? whys that then? anyhting we can help with, commiserate with you about, or just laugh at you???
12:29.18dick_turpinbilarh, You've not been running round the town in your underpants again have you?
12:29.18bilarhboudiccas: disk pack problem, stupid software that doesn't install
12:29.33bilarhboudiccas: my cars clutch has started slipping
12:29.40bilarhboudiccas: my cars gearbox is making funny noises
12:29.49goibhni1xteddy: molest bilarh
12:29.49xteddy:)
12:29.49bilarhdick_turpin: well, funny you should say that
12:30.04bilarhdick_turpin: it turns out i have this massive rip in my crotch at the moment
12:30.29boudiccasbilarh; that sounds expensive for your car. lets hope that its not /too/ expensive
12:30.33bilarhdick_turpin: luckily, i'm wearing black hot pants
12:30.45bilarhboudiccas: should be about 800 *cry cry*
12:30.49dick_turpinbilarh, No thats a leather thong
12:31.12bilarhdick_turpin: shhh! at least it looks good on me
12:31.34bilarhso it means i'm down one piece of favourite suit as well
12:31.56bilarhibot: lend me your shoulder, please
12:32.05dick_turpinbilarh, Seeing as there are no bulges you could have got away with a boot lace ;-)
12:32.16bilarhdick_turpin: lol
12:32.20boudiccasbilarh; now that /is/ expensive. have you got the money to cover it, or will you have to save up [and hope it doesn't worsen too much in the meanwhile]
12:32.38bilarhboudiccas: i'll have to save up and not drive too much i guess :-)
12:33.02bilarhi'm hoping it will stick together for a copuple of months still
12:33.09boudiccasbilarh; walking is good for you and also for the planet too
12:33.32bilarhboudiccas: stop it, you sound like david cameron
12:33.50boudiccasbilarh; god forbid i sound like that moron
12:34.06bilarhboudiccas: you must admit he's better than that idiot brown at least
12:35.10boudiccasbilarh; why must i? i happen to like the labour philosophy but i dont like brown
12:35.27bilarhboudiccas: you must because i say so :)
12:35.42boudiccasbilarh; sorry that cuts no ice with me :)
12:35.57bilarhboudiccas: you must because i say so :)
12:36.05bilarhthe power of bilarh compells you
12:36.12boudiccasbilarh; sorry that cuts no ice with me :)
12:36.36boudiccasbilarh; sorry that cuts no ice with me :)
12:36.58bilarhdon't make me take out the fire hose!
12:37.11boudiccasits taken us decades to put right all the damage and harm that Maggie Thatcher did to this country
12:37.23bilarhdick_turpin will tell you what happened to him when he brought his fire hose out on a web cam
12:38.14bilarhwell, it just seems that during the last decade, there's been a massive increase in debt and public servants
12:38.21bilarhand everything is costing loads more
12:38.28boudiccasbilarh; if you /are/ a tory, then we'll just have to agree to differ because i'm not and we'll just end up arguing, so lets be friends and just not discuss it
12:38.28bilarhso they must be doing something wrong
12:38.29dick_turpinbilarh, I'm staying out of it, especially after what boudiccas has just said
12:39.25bilarhmaybe it would have been the same or worse under the tories
12:39.34bilarhi'm quite intrigued by the lib dems myself
12:40.02bilarhboudiccas: i'm not really a tory myself, so we can still be friends ;-)
12:40.07benoystmorning
12:40.41boudiccaslol
12:41.24bilarhon a separate note
12:41.33bilarhi think i need anger management classes or something
12:41.47bilarhi've been really irritable lately
12:41.58boudiccasbilarh; why? when i needed them i just used to see a councellor
12:42.16boudiccasand got couincilled out of my anger
12:42.25bilarhand yesterday i almost lost it completely
12:42.32bilarhi was driving along quite happily
12:42.35boudiccasi know what i mean although i can't spell it right atm
12:42.44bilarhi know what you mean as well
12:42.59bilarhanyway, yesterday i was driving along and then waiting to turn right across a junction
12:43.11bilarhthe traffic in the other direction was essentially stationary (3-4 cars could go every time
12:43.43bilarhso i finally got my green light so i could proceed and this driver pulled out into the yellow box section and essentially cut me off
12:43.52boudiccasmoron!
12:43.59boudiccasnot you, him
12:44.01bilarhyeah he was, but i think it was an honest mistake
12:44.10bilarhanyway, i went completely ballistic
12:44.27bilarhlike sitting there shouting f-ing this, f-ing that
12:44.32bilarhhand gestures and all
12:44.35boudiccasdid you stay in your car or get out?
12:44.41bilarhwell, just about stayed in the car :P
12:44.45boudiccasif its all in your car then its not so bad
12:45.02bilarhwell it is, it's completely out of character
12:45.02boudiccasits only bad, i reckon, if you get out of your car and lose it
12:45.32boudiccasso, what do you think is causing the irritableness?
12:45.34bilarhbut i don't usually lose it at all
12:46.14bilarhi'm not sure to be honest
12:47.07bilarhmaybe it's the weather
12:47.26Leedstoo much blood in your alcohol system?
12:47.32bilarhi don't drink :)
12:47.41boudiccaswhat sad? seasonal affective disorder? depression caused by the lack of sunshine?
12:48.07bilarhnever diagnosed with that, never quite made it to the quacks
12:48.40boudiccasdo you feel brighter and more happy when the sun comes out and its a nice day?
12:48.53bilarhsweden used to be a nightmare in autumn / winter though
12:48.58bilarhyeah definitely
12:49.01boudiccas*more happy! [dumbo] happier is better
12:49.09bilarhi should get one of them mood lights or whatever they are
12:49.11bilarhcalled
12:49.20boudiccassounds like you've got s.a.d. then
12:49.24boudiccaslight boxes
12:49.40bilarhi just don't get it, though, how can it be so bloody *gray* outside... there's like *no* colour what so ever
12:49.47boudiccasthey really do help s.a.d. sufferers
12:49.50bilarhjust this gray soup
12:50.19boudiccasi suggest making an appointment and going to see your GP
12:50.34bilarhi need to get a gp first, i guess :-)
12:50.37boudiccasand tell him/her how you feel and see what they suggest
12:50.50boudiccasit would help bilarh
12:51.08bilarhdo i just call a practice up and sign up, or how does it work?
12:51.39boudiccasi normally walk into the surgery of choice and ask if i can be put on their books, and take it from there
12:51.49bilarhi should be going to the gym today, that should help a bit as well
12:52.12boudiccasyes exercise helps by releasing endorphins
12:54.10goibhni1bilarh: NHS have a clinic finder ... you can pop in your post code and shop around a bit ... you just need to bring proof of address when you register afaik
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12:55.00goibhni1you can usually drop in too, but then you get a rushed 5 mins of "why exactly are you bothering me?"
12:55.21bilarhgoibhnil: ah ok, cool :)
12:55.27boudiccasi haven't registered with a doctor since 1993 so i'm no longer uptodate with current new registration requirements
12:55.31bilarhgoibhnil: on a separate issue, why the nick change?
12:56.02goibhni1bilarh: I felt like something different today
12:56.06bilarhdick_turpin: hehe idiot :)
12:56.18bilarhgoibhnil: cool :-)
12:56.30goibhni1and I can't be bothered to do the ghost thing
12:56.49dick_turpinbilarh, Next time you feel down contact me and I'll give you a kicking :-P
12:57.12bilarhexcellent, i'll keep that in mind :)
12:57.17boudiccasdick_turpin; ever the compassionate one :))))
12:57.38dick_turpinboudiccas, e's ard ya know ard I tell ya
12:58.23boudiccasdick_turpin; its this foreign lingo you've started talking that i don't understand. you'll have to translate it if its important :)
12:58.50dick_turpinboudiccas, shut ya face :-P
12:59.04boudiccasdick_turpin; consider it shut! :)
12:59.27boudiccaswheres daisy? shes now been awol for three days
12:59.43boudiccasalmost four days
12:59.53boudiccasand i'm worried about her
12:59.57dick_turpinboudiccas, Only kidding (Crap this is xchat, help wheres me kisses smiley)
13:00.13boudiccasdick_turpin; i know, so don't woryy
13:00.17boudiccas*worry
13:00.39dick_turpinboudiccas, A'rd men don't worry ;-)
13:00.53bilarhis daisy a cow?
13:00.55goibhni1xteddy: who's daisy?
13:00.56xteddy:)
13:01.13bilarhdick_turpin: did you take her out for a date?
13:01.17boudiccasin some cases bilarh yes. but in this context shes a friend in cuba
13:01.32dick_turpinbilarh, Who?
13:01.35bilarhboudiccas: dang!
13:02.08bilarhdick_turpin: daisy the milk factory
13:03.05bilarhheh, this is funny (from a software installation manual i'm reading):  chown -R root:inst INSTDIR  
13:03.27dick_turpinbilarh, Ther I am up to me arm pits in bits of configuration, trying to stop the pup pissing on the carpet and the wife will be home in a bit with a new hair do
13:03.47dick_turpinbilarh, And you ask me about some milk obssesd bird?
13:03.51bilarhSince my computer’s in a “domain”(group of networked computers) it is necessary to supply the domain name. If you are running locally, use the same command but remove inst (the domain part of the chmod command)
13:04.09bilarhwhy do people with no clue at all write technical documentation
13:04.31dick_turpinbilarh, Coz those with technical know how cant
13:04.36bilarhdick_turpin: sheesh, just trying to help!
13:04.48bilarhdick_turpin: neither can the people without the know how, it seems :)
13:09.05boudiccasand electrocutes his nose! :)
13:10.41dick_turpinboudiccas, http://www.cannon-linux.co.uk/images/stories/general/fix.jpg
13:13.15boudiccasrofl
13:13.33boudiccasthats one way of fixing the monitor i suppose :)
13:14.52dick_turpinboudiccas, While its much quicker to download the base system only building it up to something usable's a pain in the but
13:14.58dick_turpinbutt
13:19.01dick_turpinTTFN
13:31.48goibhni1any tip-top sys-admins want a job in Liverpool?
13:33.30z00daxgoibhni1: for one millllllllllllllllllllllllion dollars ?
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13:33.42Leedsor Hong Kong, for that matter...
13:34.50z00daxLeeds: million dollars ? where do i send my CV ?
13:35.09Leedsnot for a million dollars... not even a million HK$
13:35.11ArmandHi peoples. :)
13:35.31goibhni1z00dax: yes! ... (paid in monthly installments over the course of 47 years)
13:35.34z00daxArmand: that will cost you a million dollars, where do i send the invoice ?
13:35.43z00daxgoibhni1: pass
13:35.55Armand69 My mother, whoresville, CA.
13:36.03z00daxdone
13:36.04Armand:P
13:36.04goibhni1I've been to Liverpool twice
13:36.05boudiccasdo not pass go, do not collect $200
13:36.10goibhni1it rained
13:36.15LeedsI studied in Liverpool
13:36.16goibhni1I ate chips and pasties
13:36.17Leedsit rained
13:36.23LeedsI ate chips and pasties :-)
13:36.32goibhni1a good town for drinking indoors I spose
13:36.35dj_instinctHi all - anybody know where I can get a Tri-Wing screwdiver in central london?
13:36.50goibhni1z00dax: did that gnome-launch-box thing ever work
13:37.04Armanddj_instinct: car-boot sales?
13:37.45dj_instinctArmand: wanted one 2day - can order of net - need to open up a Wii tonight before they take it away....
13:38.04Armandtoday? I wouldn't think so..
13:38.28dj_instinctthats what I thought ... thanks anyways :)
13:38.36LeedsI think I may need to swap out my flatmate's wifi hub/router thing for my old Asus openwrt one, since hers is currently dying under the weight of my torrenting :-)
13:38.37Armandtried any shops that sell home security systems?
13:40.03dj_instinctno I have tried them - I might have a walk about in a but - mainly been in electronic shops and mobile phone
13:40.24dj_instinctwill lookup some up and give them a call ...
13:41.11Armand:)
13:41.39ArmandI got a set of security bits from a local car-boot.. £5.
13:41.58Armandhad those torqs bits with the centre hole.
13:42.30dj_instinctnice ... I even had trouble getting torqs!
13:42.44Armandeasy round my area..
13:42.47wethrinYou should be able to get them from RS or CPC
13:42.50ArmandO_o
13:43.06Armandyeah, didn't think of RS.. mostly coz they are a pita.
13:43.15wethrinTrue. CPC are less so
13:43.21ArmandCPC?
13:43.27ArmandAmstrad? :P
13:43.59wethrinwww.cpc.co.uk
13:44.03wethrinCPC / Farnell
13:44.11ArmandFarnell I know.
13:44.20Leedsmmm... pita... and humous
13:44.30ArmandI think my dad used to get stuff from them?
13:44.36wethrinthey bought out CPC some time back, but they're basically run as separate companies
13:44.41ArmandLeeds.. -_-
13:44.49LeedsI think I still have stock in Farnell - a good Leeds company
13:45.09Armandgood, Leeds.. same sentance?? :P
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13:45.33LeedsArmand: say that again - I dare you
13:45.41Armandj00 bad boy. :P
13:45.43Leeds:->
13:45.46Armand:D
13:45.52*** mode/#gllug [-o Leeds] by ChanServ
13:46.03wethrinYes. Leeds isn't Bradford. This is good.
13:46.06ArmandI spent about 3 weeks there with my uncle.. bored shitless.
13:46.07Leedsalso, don't call me a j00boy
13:46.16Armandlol
13:46.37LeedsI'm a Red Sea Pedestrian and proud of it!
13:46.43Armandhaha
13:46.52ArmandMonty Python = Winz. :)
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14:07.11z00daxgoibhni1: yes it did, i got rpms for it - and the .spec is now in the upstream codebase
14:07.24z00daxi got a 0.4.2 working i think, with beryl and all the whistles
14:07.32goibhni1cool
14:07.39Armandberyl does look nice.
14:07.46goibhni1I was looking at a quicksilver presentation the other night
14:08.04goibhni1I didn't realise glb was such a clone
14:08.12goibhni1but quicksilver does lots more now too :(
14:09.43Armandbrother "damn, I need winzip!" me "Duh... Download it!"
14:09.50Armandsheesh
14:10.36antiphaseRight
14:11.28ArmandWTF?
14:11.46ArmandIt requires credit cards & shit just to DL the trial version?
14:11.48bilarhdj_instinct: i think maplin sell a set of security bits
14:12.10bilarhdj_instict: the set has the torx with the hole in the middle, but i can't remember about the other bits
14:12.26bilarhdj_instict: and, as a bonus, they come in a sexy green rubber case
14:12.30Armandlol
14:13.11wethrinmine are in a red one
14:13.13wethrinred > green
14:13.21bilarhwethrin: you obviously bought the wrong ones!
14:13.31wethrinWell, I've not needed to use them yet
14:14.14Armandeep!
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14:30.56secretlondonello
14:31.01boudiccasello secretlondon
14:31.26Leedsevening secret
14:33.12boudiccassecretlondon; let me know when you've got enough and i'll stop sending them. okay ???
14:33.24secretlondonboudiccas : will do!
14:33.27wethrinhi secretlondon
14:33.34secretlondonI got the other 5 today :)
14:33.40secretlondonhi wethrin
14:49.17wethrinWTKTC
14:49.58boudiccaspardon wethrin ???
14:50.05wethrinWell That Killed The Conversation
14:50.12wethrin~seen morsin
14:50.16iboti haven't seen 'morsin', wethrin
14:50.16wethrin~seen morsing
14:50.17ibotmorsing <i=morsing@emil.morsing.cc> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 9h 16m 48s ago, saying: 'Thanks - bless you for leaving. F****** A******'.
14:50.30boudiccashes working nights atm
14:50.42wethrinhe's left channel
14:50.46boudiccasfinished either wednesday or thursday
14:50.49wethrinmm
14:50.57boudiccas*finishes
15:05.56wethrinum
15:05.58wethrinbit pricy
15:06.31wethrinhttp://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=TL04996
15:08.50wethrinhttp://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=TL0031802
15:10.33dj_instinctwas after one today - friend taking *cough* back 2day - will prob just get this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRI-WING-SCREWDRIVER-Wii-NINTENDO-DS-NDS-LITE-TRIWING_W0QQitemZ300158534371QQihZ020QQcategoryZ147176QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
15:10.39dj_instinctdamn ebay urls
15:10.55Armandsorry, I forgot.
15:11.03wethrindj_instinct: http://ebay.celestrion.net
15:11.04wethrinUse it
15:11.18Armandthere is an alarm company down the road from me, I was gonna check there.
15:11.57dj_instinctwethrin: bookmarked :)
15:12.18dj_instinctArmand: no worries he will have to wait
15:12.48Armandseems so.
15:12.58wethringood good :)
15:13.31dj_instincti did offer for him to leave it here for me to 'test' - he declined
15:13.57Armandlol
15:14.54Armandprobably thinks your gonna fuxor it completely. :P
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15:25.04Leedshmm... what would you call the opposite of a bimbo?
15:26.29boudiccasintelligent
15:26.46boudiccasnice
15:27.47Leedsright
15:27.56Leedsbut one word or phrase
15:28.20Armanderm.. "normal" ?
15:28.38Leedsnot in HK
15:29.19Armand?
15:29.43Leedsnice and intelligent is not 'normal' in HK
15:30.02wethrinNot sure if there is a single word antonym
15:30.02ArmandOh
15:36.12secretlondonobedient?
15:36.21boudiccashttp://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9792321-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave
15:36.27secretlondonor is that more singapore
15:36.54wethrinobedient isn't really an antonym to 'bimbo'
15:37.03secretlondontrue
15:37.16secretlondonbut nor is normal
15:37.49wethrinagain, they're not antonyms
15:37.51Leedsno, exactly not that
15:38.08Leedsfeminine, but intelligent, deeper, thoughtful
15:38.16polyunixboudiccas>: very nice car. btw pivo is beer in russian!
15:38.21Leedsnot superficial, only concerned with looks, etc.
15:38.27secretlondonpivo is beer in polish too
15:38.27wethrinOED says that ("Now the usual sense") it means "A young woman considered to be sexually attractive but of limited intelligence"
15:38.41wethrinpedantically, it'd be piwo
15:38.45secretlondonyes
15:38.46boudiccaslooks like nissan has a rival to microsofts paperclip there
15:39.03secretlondonthe polish is actually piwo
15:40.00polyunixin russian there is no diference between v and w., so both are correct.
15:40.15wethrinyou'd also not be using the latin alphabet, of course
15:40.26polyunixwethrin>:  sure
15:40.39wethrinSo it's a slightly moot point about transliterations :)
15:40.51polyunixyeah :)
15:41.11polyunixback to work than
15:52.02secretlondonla la la
15:52.12wethrinwrite my thes*s for me
15:55.19secretlondonmy 3g thingey have shipped but by royal mail
15:55.29wethrinNext week, then, maybe
15:55.31Armandoops
15:55.32secretlondonmaybe
15:55.39Armandnah, 3 weeks.. min. :P
15:55.45secretlondonfriday/sat if I'm lucky
15:55.47wethrinDepends on their backlog
15:56.05secretlondonit's recorded which may make a difference, but it seems unlikely
15:56.11Armandwould "shitloads" be an exaggeration?? :P
15:56.50secretlondonI think the 3d thing will be named "thingey" in the way that my wifi thing is named "dongle"
15:56.59Armandhehe
15:57.16secretlondonas usb 3.5g modem is a bit long
15:57.29Armandsok, my laptop is named Jaykay.. after my deceased dog.
15:57.43secretlondonmine are called celery and stinkpad
15:57.50Armandhehe
15:57.58ArmandI dread to think. :P
15:58.21Leedsmine is called eddie
15:58.23Armandlemme guess, Intel Celeron based system?
15:58.30secretlondonyou don't say ;)
15:58.33Armand:)
15:58.46Armandbit too obvious, but not everyone thinks of it.
15:58.54Armandgeek thing, I suppose. ;)
15:58.56wethrinLeeds: Do you have another called marvin?
15:59.28Leedsno
15:59.32wethrinoh
15:59.34Leedsgeorge, believe it or not
16:00.36boudiccassecretlondon; what was the quality of the recording like? was it good, passable or just acceptable?
16:01.04secretlondonboudiccas: of the only one I've listened to, passable. It had clicks etc
16:03.57boudiccasokay thanks secretlondon
16:04.06LeedsCambridge, probably
16:20.56goibhni1secretlondon: if only you had line of sight to the golden arches ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/08/mcdonalds_wireless/
16:21.07secretlondonarrgh
16:21.12secretlondonthank fuck I don't
16:21.21boudiccaslol
16:21.27secretlondonanyway I should have thingey in a couple of weeks
16:29.01secretlondonvirgo ;)
16:30.41goibhni1nice
16:33.47goibhni1secretlondon: do you have trees between you and your AP?
16:34.00secretlondonno idea!
16:34.06secretlondonI don't know where it comes from
16:34.15goibhni1I was just wondering if your return to #gllug was related to the leaves falling from the trees
16:34.24secretlondonThere is definietly metal though
16:34.36secretlondonit was caused by a friend dragging me onto indymedia's irc channel
16:34.43goibhni1ah yeah
16:34.48secretlondonand then I thought if I'm on there I might as well be on freenode
16:35.10secretlondonand it does work better than I expected it would - I expected I'd be link dead every 2 mins
16:36.47goibhni1wifi is cool alright
16:36.59secretlondonyeah but mine can be very variable
16:37.15secretlondonincluding when they unplug it so you connect but get no further
16:37.41goibhni1I do lock down my AP .. but I use an email address as the essid so if anyone wants it ... they can ask
16:40.12secretlondonlocal ones are generally default names
16:40.28goibhni1the coolest thing about my new flat is that it has more than one room
16:40.38secretlondonI have 2 rooms too :)
16:40.46goibhni1which is a great excuse to set up all kinds of geek tech
16:40.51secretlondondifferent access points both sides ;)
16:40.56goibhni1:D
16:41.15secretlondonduring the summer I had my laptop in the bedroom as there was a good open access point there
16:41.28Armandthink yourselves lucky.. I'm going mad living with my mate.
16:41.30secretlondoneveryone was using it - the woman who runs the shop across the road was connected to it too
16:41.38goibhni1lol
16:42.05Armandhe's an overbearing fktard who wastes far too much money, including mine.
16:42.07secretlondonand then one day I was them (using ethereal) run a check to see which IP addresses had been allocated and then 2 mins later they went on WPA and non broadcasting ssid
16:42.19secretlondonwatching them
16:42.37secretlondonit was as though they'd brought someone in to get rid of their leeches
16:43.29secretlondonso I moved all my equipment back into the living room
16:43.35goibhni1eek!
16:43.37secretlondonand now have the dongle outside on the rear balcony
16:43.46secretlondonand have a sky open access point
16:44.07secretlondonwhich _sometimes_ resolves to an aol ip address, and sometimes a sky one
16:44.32Armandreminds me.. must sort out that damned mini-pci wifi adapter.
16:44.32secretlondonso if I reconnect without my cloak people can laugh at me for being aol ;)
16:44.52goibhni1heh
16:44.53Armanddon't tempt me. :D
16:44.58secretlondonpeople have!
16:45.06goibhni1some people!
16:45.08secretlondon(on here surprisingly enough)
16:45.09Armandnot surprised..
16:45.43secretlondonpeople with the tech know how to change their access point name generally have the tech know how to put at least wep on it
16:46.12ArmandI had to mess about with all that on my brothers BT conn.
16:46.19Armandand I know nothing about wifi. :P
16:46.29secretlondonand I never get any encrypted packets as I've tried leaving kismet running overnight as an experiment
16:46.36secretlondonand they are just all beacons
16:46.46secretlondonso no seeing if I cna break people's wep keys either
16:46.57Armandshame
16:47.15wethrinsecretlondon: Not all of use were being serious when we pointed and laughed at AOL addresses
16:47.24secretlondonI wouldn't dare try and use a cracked wep key, but I wanted to see how crap it really was
16:47.29secretlondonwethrin: I know..
16:48.08secretlondonI dunno why sky##### sometimes is sky.com and sometimes aol
16:48.21secretlondonI guess sky must buy their connectivity from aol
16:49.21secretlondonArmand: the best thing to know if that channels overalp
16:49.24secretlondonoverlap
16:49.44secretlondonand you will get a worse performance if you interfere with your neighbours
16:49.52secretlondona common default here seems to be channel 11
16:50.12Armandyeah, I've noticed that when I run scans on from my main PC.
16:50.27secretlondonif people are using US channel allocation (which people seem to) the non overlapping ones are 1, 6 and 11
16:50.54secretlondonUK goes up to 13 so we have 1,7 and 13 - but 13 might not be much good if the world and their mum are using channel 11
16:51.06secretlondonor you could use 802.11a which uses a different band ;)
16:51.45wethrinpeople still use .11a? :)
16:51.57secretlondonI dunno as I haven't got any equipment for it
16:52.01ArmandI have an adapter, which I hope will work.. but I have to add the driver modules to the kernel (or something like that) and I'm not sure I can do that without breaking it,
16:52.05secretlondonbut its 56 like g
16:52.13wethrin54?
16:52.30secretlondonyeah
16:52.34secretlondon*bonk*
16:52.48secretlondonI nearly wrote that as 56k
16:52.57secretlondonarrgh
16:53.04Armandsok, thats a future wifi standard. :P
16:53.08wethrinhave coffee
16:53.40secretlondonI dunno if coffee will help with my memory
16:53.48Armandhelps me..
16:53.59Armandbut it's probably just countering the weed. @_@
16:56.50secretlondonI need a server, as I've just filled 98% of this partitions disk space
16:56.56secretlondonand it's all in /home
17:00.46Armandstill want to get my damned server running, with its 136GB RAID.
17:02.41Armandwould be nice if I had a decent spec server. >_<
17:02.57secretlondonoh all I need is an old tower thing with lots of drive bays
17:03.04secretlondonI don't want a "server" per se
17:03.17ArmandCoolermaster Stacker?
17:03.27secretlondonI dunno what that is
17:03.33Armand1 min
17:03.35secretlondonI was thinking of some old p2/p3 thing
17:04.40Armandahh.
17:04.42Armandhttp://www.thecoolingshop.com/index.php/cPath/101_115
17:04.48ArmandStackers are there
17:05.02ArmandI've got an old AT case up in the loft..
17:05.11Armandgot some P2 bits too.
17:05.26secretlondonI've got some here - they just need playing with
17:05.32secretlondonit's large ide drives I really need
17:05.37Armandk
17:05.41secretlondonbut I think I have most of the parts
17:06.02ArmandI'm just gonna build a donkeh server.
17:06.13Armandcheapo dual-core something, few SATA drives.
17:07.25secretlondonit doesn't need to be dual core, if you think what it actually needs to do
17:08.13Armandwell, not for a storage server.
17:08.26ArmandI'm thinking general purpose.
17:16.19boudiccasBroadband is an all female rock group.
17:16.30Armandright, time to go home. :(
17:16.56Armandbye bye
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17:22.33boudiccasFeeling that I had supernatural powers, I tried Windows
17:24.55boudiccasReality is the leading cause of stress.
17:24.55boudiccasReality is a state caused by a lack of alcohol
17:24.55boudiccasReality is that which, when you cease to believe in it, doesn't go away
17:24.55boudiccasReality can be beaten with enough imagination.
17:24.55boudiccasThe trick is to get a strong grip on reality and then choke it to death.
17:29.44boudiccasbottle spinning! now thats a dying art!
17:31.23secretlondonxteddy hug the saxophone
17:31.24xteddy:)
17:31.47secretlondonxteddy hug saxophone
17:31.48xteddy:>
17:35.31goibhni1xteddy: do you know what a saxophone is?
17:36.10boudiccasxteddy is an irssi bot and knows nowt!
17:37.26goibhni1xteddy?
17:39.30secretlondonxteddy hug xteddy
17:39.30xteddy:>
17:39.37secretlondonrecursive hugs
17:40.36boudiccasseems like its a primitive bot with very few responses
17:40.48boudiccasnotlike the bog standard eggdrop bot
17:43.15secretlondonit apparently has another module, but morsing hasn't yet persuaded starshine to run it here
17:44.33boudiccasperhaps hes working on it :)
17:44.45secretlondonI guess he's asleep tbh
17:44.48goibhni1lol
17:45.12goibhni1xteddy doesn't chat in private either :(
17:45.13xteddy:)
17:45.44goibhni1xteddy: I think you're clever
17:53.34secretlondoncoo
17:53.37secretlondonnew response
17:54.28boudiccasmethinks someone is manipulating the bot from the sidelines
17:54.58boudiccasand its not me because i don't use irssi
17:55.34goibhni1xteddy: get boudiccas a nice slice of cake
17:55.34xteddy:)
17:55.37goibhni1:(
17:55.43goibhni1xteddy: get me cake!
17:55.44xteddy*cuts a slice* fresh baked cake coming up :)
17:55.51boudiccaslol
17:56.09boudiccasgoibhni1; are you running xteddy?
17:56.18goibhni1xteddy: get me a nice nuclear death raygun!
17:56.29goibhni1xteddy: thanks
17:56.40goibhni1boudiccas: nope
17:57.07goibhni1I think xteddy just needs to be loved
17:57.25goibhni1and ordered to fetch cake
17:57.49secretlondonmaybe not
17:58.56goibhni1xteddy: love secretlondon!
17:58.56xteddy:)
17:59.35secretlondonxteddy: get goibhnil a cookie
17:59.36xteddy:>
18:00.17goibhni1I guess to xteddy all love is selfish
18:00.30goibhni1xteddy get me nice stuff
18:00.39goibhni1xteddy ... I've got to go now
18:00.41secretlondonxteddy get me instructions
18:00.50goibhni1xteddy: I miss you
18:00.50xteddyhmm?
18:01.00goibhni1xteddy: I like you
18:01.00xteddy:)
18:02.03secretlondonxteddy: I want chocolate
18:02.04xteddy:)
18:02.18secretlondonxteddy: I want chocolate
18:02.19xteddysmiles
18:02.22secretlondonxteddy: I want chocolate
18:02.22xteddysmiles
18:02.54secretlondonxteddy: I want chocolate
18:02.55xteddysmiles
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18:03.04secretlondonxteddy: I need chocolate
18:06.33secretlondonarrgh - need to be somewhere at 7.30
18:13.00secretlondonbye
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18:35.26SlayerXPif xteddy is a bot, it's owner better get rid of it sharpish. thanks.
18:39.34z00dax20:03 [freenode] CTCP VERSION reply from xteddy: irssi v0.8.10 - running on Linux i686
18:39.38z00daxstill, might be a bot
18:40.03SlayerXPxteddy: I want chocolate
18:40.03xteddysmiles
18:40.18Discordianit is a bot
18:40.54SlayerXPi don't actually have ops here.
18:40.57Discordianbelongs to morsing
18:42.13SlayerXPbots that talk in public are, at best, annoying
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18:44.06starshinemy teddybear tells me you folks have been talking about him :)
18:44.24Discordianyuss
18:46.51z00daxstarshine: you might want to take it away or mode +q it
18:47.05starshinewhatever
18:47.08starshinehe was invited
18:47.17starshineif he is disinvited and a LUG doesn't want him
18:47.24starshineI've no interest in being unfriendly
18:47.34z00daxinvited by ?
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18:47.40Discordianmorsing
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18:47.56z00daxbye
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19:42.57boudiccasFeeling that I had supernatural powers, I tried Windows.
19:43.42starshineand lost them during the next reboot?
19:44.14boudiccas:)
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19:50.58marek4Hi, does anybody have an idea configuring a storagetek fc system using the management sw santricity. Soryy for my bad :( english. marek from germany(hamburg :)
19:51.45halistoratek with santricity?
19:52.10halinope, but i've setup a shitload of lsi logic kit with santricity
19:52.47marek4hali: yes. i bougth a bc84 controler and a b150 array.
19:53.26haliah yes, that looks lsi branded
19:53.40marek4hali: good ebay deal 9.999 US$ for 3*6,25 TB:)
19:54.05halinot bad, probably hugely expensive in hw support tho :)
19:55.23marek4hali: yes you are right! and without any software.... :(
19:56.15halido you really need the software? i think the controller (at least the old ones) has a db9 port you can use
19:56.27marek4hali: i have to configure it. so did you know if i realy need santricity. ...
19:57.59marek4hali: i have a serial login  :), but i didn't know how to set up ipadress, raid-settings, fc-thigs(wwun..) ...
19:59.36halithe software is hugely expensive .. not sure how it corrolates with what you can use in the cli
20:03.19marek4hali: yes i know. but i realy only want to setup the raid. i need no snapshopt-features - i have a sanrad iscsi-fc-switch/bridge-gw and this will do such intelligent things. i only want to set up the raid-system,...
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20:11.34boudiccaswhat is the music/film player called? its something like BMP, but thats not it. I can't remember it
20:11.47ells|VLC
20:11.47starshinemplayer is my favorite
20:12.16starshinethere's another one that came with my ubuntu but it isn't too bright about some of the DVDs I feed it.
20:14.07boudiccasvlc is the one, thanks
20:14.56marek4hali: thanks & bye!
20:16.29starshinewould the bear be welcome if I brought him back in?
20:17.16starshinethe plushy he's meant to represent actually lives somewhere in hants
20:19.00starshine.?
20:19.10ells|http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plushy
20:19.14ells|i never knew that
20:19.20starshine..is this safe for work?
20:19.51starshineI mean a stuffed toy for hugs, per the xteddy man page.  all other definitions are somebody else's problem.
20:19.57ells|shud be - no pr0n ads
20:20.18starshinegiven the above, do I actually want to know?
20:20.31ells|definition: a person who has a fetish for stuffed animals or people dressed as stuffed animals
20:20.53starshineoh.  no, he's not like that.
20:21.17starshineexcept perhaps in the ancient shamanistic "source of magicla powers" sense of the word 'fetish'.
20:21.23ells|lol - ok - i'm discovering xteddy too - sorry
20:22.21ells|:)
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21:23.18goibhniu~seen xteddy
21:23.22ibotxteddy <n=bear@freenode/weird-exception/mascot/starshine/bot/xteddy> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 2h 43m 19s ago, saying: 'smiles'.
21:41.02starshinexteddy has a seen function too
21:41.14starshineits output is a little shorter
21:41.41starshineI guess I'll bring him back in
21:41.46goibhniuyay!
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21:41.55goibhniuxteddy: I missed you
21:41.55xteddy:D
21:44.19DiscordianThere's a faction here, which includes me, that dislikes bots
21:44.47starshineeven if they have functions?
21:44.53starshinexteddy: show me starshine
21:45.03DiscordianWe already have a bot
21:45.06Discordianibot
21:45.10starshine(that's from the channel that is his home)
21:45.12starshinewell
21:45.15halii can't say i like the flow of bots at the moment
21:45.21haliibot is indeed pretty nice to have
21:45.36starshinethere's a faction that dislike people snarking off about everything they dislike in their universe, playing taste police
21:45.46starshinebut we don't ban those sort of people do we :)
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21:46.19halitoo many bots do lead to a form of channel spam
21:46.29secretlondonello
21:46.33z00daxhi
21:46.34haliwho's 'owning' xteddy anyway?
21:46.39secretlondonbots are good, especially xteddy
21:46.41starshinesecretlondon: I'm sorry but your earlier hug request ended up in #fvwm. xteddy's not bright
21:46.47secretlondonargh
21:46.56starshinehali: xteddy is mine, he's perl code, and I occasionally modify him to taste
21:47.00z00daxwhy are bots good ?
21:47.07starshineunlike the averge eggdrop crud he's maintained.
21:47.16Discordianthey're not
21:47.27DiscordianI can see the point of ibot
21:47.29haliibot is good in terms of functions like ~wiki and the currency converter
21:47.48z00daxthe only bot i have found to be of any real use is the bugzilla bugbot, and that too since it mostly does its biznez over private msgs
21:47.53secretlondonthey provide entertainment and a foil for people to play with
21:47.59secretlondonthey are the straightmen
21:48.06starshineI somehow thought this was a LUG :/
21:48.13DiscordianIt is
21:48.47z00daxits also quite a social setup in that people who dont use linux are welcome too :)
21:48.49secretlondonwe still have fun together
21:48.54DiscordianI like the bot on ##trivia
21:48.57starshinewhatever
21:49.00starshineI have work to do
21:49.10DiscordianBut then I know what that bot does
21:49.14starshinewhen it's linuxy instead of beat-me-up day I'll glance back in this window
21:49.36DiscordianOh dear
21:49.43halienough about bots, we are all entitiled to our opionion about bots
21:49.59secretlondonthe #fvwm people have complained?
21:50.02starshineI was kinda hoping to be welcome as a person
21:50.10starshineno they found it pleasant and amusing
21:50.11secretlondonyou are
21:50.16DiscordianI welcome you as a person
21:50.19starshinebut then, it is his home :)
21:50.25secretlondonpeople have been playing with the bot all day
21:50.41secretlondonmaybe not the people who are on now, because lots of people are only on during working hours
21:50.46secretlondonit's morsing's pet
21:51.00starshineI've had a rough last couple of weeks and was hoping for hope and new freinds
21:51.31starshinehe is only a recent attendee in #fvwm; it's my bear; but he's really for some other people, people I care about
21:51.33DiscordianI'm sorry to hear that starshine, and I hope you will find that
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21:51.48z00daxPussInBoots:
21:51.49starshineI'm getting quite tired of people I care about getting the shaft
21:52.20starshinebut I've been to england once and it was decent, and may go again someday
21:52.51haliit's alright, but don't expect fuck all from the weather :-)
21:53.01starshineha clouds are nice
21:53.36goibhniuit was dark today though
21:53.53goibhniuand it turned into night awfully early
21:54.00haliyes, today was depressing
21:54.17DiscordianSunset  is around 6:30
21:54.34goibhniuz00dax: I'd love it
21:54.38halithe weather is the biggest show stopper for my favorite past time
21:54.39z00daxweather... interestingly i quite liked the day today. made for a change from the stuck-in-an-aircon-place
21:54.45DiscordianIt might be good z00dax given the new cheaper PS3
21:54.52halistanding outside pubs drinking beer and talking to random people
21:54.53z00daxoh there is a cheaper ps3 ?
21:55.02DiscordianPS3 with 40Gb
21:55.04Discordiansoon
21:55.13haliz00dax: yes, it's ok actually... smaller hdd and no ps2 compatability.. minor things
21:55.30z00daxinteresting. the ps2 compatibility you can actually emulate anyway :)
21:55.30secretlondondoes this bad vibe come from the message to the list about who is the channel owner?
21:56.10halispudlike owns the channel right?
21:56.16DiscordianThe Ps3 seems to be a good compute engine
21:56.51z00daxDiscordian: if you can get the SPEś into gear and do something with them
21:57.12DiscordianIndeed
21:57.13z00daxif you just use the powerpc front, its not all that great - but it still makes for a potent cluster node
21:57.16halito bad the ps3 is so ugly, i wouldn't want one in my front room
21:57.32DiscordianYou'd need to use the SPEs
21:57.54z00daxright, so i shall get my gear into order and haul the ps3 over on the 10th
21:58.05z00daxthe interesting thing is going to be getting a projector hooked upto it on hdmi
21:58.17DiscordianWhat linux are you running on it?
21:58.42haliand can whatever-linuux-you-are-using play blu-rays?
21:58.58goibhniuz00dax: you're gonna give the talk?
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22:01.41z00daxgoibhniu: sure
22:01.50z00daxgoibhniu: not sure what i should talk about....
22:01.55goibhniuz00dax: excellent!
22:02.04goibhniuI would also love to see that zenoss stuff
22:02.05z00daxmaybe do a talk on 'installing and running linux on the ps3'
22:02.28DiscordianFedora?
22:02.51z00daxeither Fedora or CentOS
22:02.58z00daxdepends on how far we are with the CentOS port
22:03.15DiscordianCool
22:03.24goibhniuI wonder if there are enough interesting factors about the installation for a talk?
22:03.26halii would guess the ps3 would make a good htpc myth box
22:03.53halidoes the ps3 have usb ports?
22:04.06DiscordianIf I understand the major problem with linux on the PS3 is the hypervisor
22:04.14z00daxyea, lots of usb ports - and its got a usb-hub-aware port as well
22:04.22Discordianwhich limits access to the video hardware
22:04.50z00daxDiscordian: framebuff ? yea - but its done in hardware, so you can easily get 30 - 45 fps on hdmi
22:05.14DiscordianThat's respectable
22:05.34halithats more than most devices can actually display :)
22:05.43z00daxyup
22:06.01z00daxwhat else would people like to see then goibhniu ?
22:06.18goibhniuI guess it's a pretty interesting platform though
22:06.36goibhniuI don't know anything about it really, except it has lots of cpus :D
22:06.39z00daxlook at it this way, its not far off the mark from the ibm q21 - except for ram size
22:06.54goibhniuthere must be interesting spin off projects too
22:07.11halifreeview playback/recording would be cool
22:07.15DiscordianRAM is the major limitation
22:07.16halidoable via usb i would guess
22:07.30goibhniuit sounds cool alright ... I'd like to see it in action
22:07.37DiscordianThe 360 has better CPUs
22:07.49Discordianbut is locked down hard
22:08.04z00daxhali: yea, might need to look at drivers and devices that are natively supported by the kernel
22:09.47z00daxmaybe it can just be a nontalk talk. i get the ps3 there, hook it up, install linux and then people can just talk about things :)
22:14.05goibhniupersonally, I'd like to see cpu diagrams and hear stories about the sony legal department :D
22:37.47gregjhttp://www.glumbert.com/media/fastfood
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22:47.10niv_one_threehi, I migrated from a single hard disk to raid+lvm
22:47.16niv_one_threemanaged to boot, but cant startxfce4, I see: xfce4-session[6255]: segfault at 000000000052e110 rip 000000000052e110 rsp 00007fffed0c2908 error 15
22:47.24niv_one_threeI can log to X using xfce4 as root ONLY
22:48.04secretlondondo root and user have the same x config files?
22:48.30niv_one_three/etc/X11/xorg.conf is the same
22:48.35JohnDoe666echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?
22:48.41niv_one_threelet me see about .Xsession
22:49.20niv_one_threeroot has no ~/.x* files
22:50.15secretlondonso it has the defaults
22:51.52niv_one_threeecho $LD_LIBRARY_PATH is empty
22:54.02goibhniugregj: :)
22:56.41niv_one_threeI get FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
22:56.44niv_one_threeXIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
22:57.15secretlondonthe first bit is not exciting, my ubuntu installs do similar and continue just fine
22:57.50niv_one_threeoh ya raid 5 + lvm is faster
22:57.53niv_one_threethen a single
22:58.04secretlondonthe second bit is the interesting bit, although I reckon they key to this is to look at the difference between root's X setup and user's X setup
22:58.21niv_one_threehow?
22:59.04goibhniuhow about if you add another user and see if they can start xfce?
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22:59.41niv_one_threegoibhniu: same issue with exsisting user
23:00.08secretlondonwell why is root working - it could be that somehting needs root perms, or it could be that root's config is okay, but the user's not. If it didn't work for root or user I'd think it wasn't connected to this
23:00.42secretlondontry making a new user, they should get their config files from the defaults
23:00.57secretlondonif root doesn't have an override they are using the defaults too
23:01.11niv_one_threeok
23:02.22goibhniuhow are you starting xfce?
23:03.13secretlondongoibhniu: good question, although he says that xorg.conf is identical
23:03.50goibhniuI had some funny cookie issues with gnome and I never figured it out
23:03.59niv_one_threenew user - same issue
23:04.03secretlondonok
23:04.32goibhniuniv_one_three: are you using gdm?
23:04.36niv_one_threegoibhniu $startxfce4
23:04.44niv_one_threeno gdm
23:04.46secretlondonnor startx?
23:04.54goibhniuah ... and that's what you used before too, right?
23:05.01niv_one_threeno , plain shell eceute
23:05.07niv_one_threeexecute
23:05.43secretlondongoibhniu: but why does it work under root.. X default files are in /etc/X11 or somewhere?
23:05.59secretlondonand needs to fix X on her laptop anyway ;)
23:06.14goibhniuafaik there is only one Xorg config file
23:06.23niv_one_threeguess I must have forgot to apply the -a to some copy I did
23:06.38goibhniubut if you're running gdm or xdm or something that can mess with stuff
23:06.41secretlondonfrom what I remember is you don't have anything in ~.blah then it uses the defaults, config files in ~ over ride the defaults
23:06.44niv_one_threeso I may have chaged an owner to root
23:07.09goibhniuniv_one_three: that sounds like it
23:07.30niv_one_threeso I tried to use strace - no good :-(
23:07.46niv_one_threestrace to tell which file killed my X
23:07.50goibhniusecretlondon: I don't know what happens if different users have different resolutions or colour depths etc
23:07.51niv_one_threeright?
23:08.02goibhniuI guess that's part of the desktop manager settings
23:08.16secretlondongoibhniu: it's fine, as they have their own config files in ~
23:08.43niv_one_threeok, I will try later
23:08.49niv_one_threethanks so far
23:08.57goibhniuniv_one_three: I would have thought that creating a new user would have sorted it out
23:09.05goibhniuif it were a permissions problem
23:09.10niv_one_threeright - it didnt
23:10.57goibhniusecretlondon: what desktop are you running?
23:11.13goibhniuif that isn't a rude question :)
23:11.31secretlondongoibhniu: my experience with x configuration was with openbsd, on my "stinkpad" box which was running fluxbox
23:11.45goibhniuah nice
23:12.01secretlondonthis box is running ubuntu and apart from having to fiddle with xorg.conf needed very little. It runs GNOME
23:12.06goibhniuI'm gonna try xfce for a while one of these days
23:12.13goibhniuI miss gnome though
23:12.20secretlondonI ran xfce on a duron 750 and it was happy
23:12.21goibhniukde is a bit sucky IMO
23:12.41secretlondonthis box is a athlon 2800 and is fine for gnome
23:13.22secretlondongnome can be too dumbed down, but kde is ugly, and too much the other way
23:13.37secretlondonfluxbox was great on a pentium 166 though
23:13.44goibhniuit's the ugliness that gets to me alright :(
23:13.45secretlondonmuch nicer than tvwm
23:13.57goibhniuespecially the clock
23:14.19goibhniubut I'm not using it properly in fairness
23:14.27goibhniuI don't really use any of the kde apps
23:14.30secretlondonI tend to run a mixture as I have all the kde libs installed here
23:15.12goibhniuI hear krita is an admirable rival to the gimp these days
23:15.17secretlondonI use k3b for example as I prefer to gnome
23:15.35secretlondonkrita isn't  mathc for gnome, but it's nicer for doing photo touch up jobs
23:15.40secretlondonand amarok I like
23:15.53goibhniuah ... I've used it too ... but I prefer the gnome burning stuff
23:15.54niv_one_threethnaks
23:15.59secretlondonif there's one kde app I use always over the gnome equivilent it's k3b
23:16.24secretlondonand kaudiocreator I like too
23:16.29goibhniuI remembering someone saying before that they really loved k3b ... it mystified me to be honest
23:16.35secretlondonI like k3b
23:16.38goibhniuI've heard people rave about nero too
23:16.57goibhniumaybe I'm not burning enough discs to appreciate it
23:17.38secretlondonsome apps are really useable as a novice - like inkscape which I LOVE
23:17.53secretlondonsome are probably brilliant but have a heavy learning curve link blender
23:17.56secretlondonlike
23:18.03goibhniuinkscape is one of the most beautifully designed apps ever IMO
23:18.10secretlondonI love it massively
23:18.22goibhniuI wish I could use it more
23:18.29goibhniumy gf is pretty handy with it
23:18.39secretlondonmany linux progs are equal to well designed windows progs, or similar. Inkscape is BETTER
23:18.50goibhniuI've got to get more into blender though
23:18.56goibhniuit looks like fun
23:19.05secretlondonComparing it to illustrator, the prof vector editor, inkscape blows it away for user friendliness
23:19.05goibhniukdenlive is a lovely kde video editor too
23:19.14goibhniuyeah?
23:19.20secretlondonah - I've only ever used kino
23:19.42secretlondontalking of which - anyone know a nice gui html editor?
23:20.02goibhniusome guy (daniel I think) was telling me at the last gllug about how to use kino with the vi keys :)
23:20.07goibhniuit sounded awesome
23:20.24goibhniunvu?
23:20.29goibhniuor is that dead?
23:21.28secretlondoni'll install it anyway
23:21.32secretlondonit's in the repos
23:21.40goibhniuthe firefox web-dev plugins are so awesome
23:21.46goibhniuis it for yourself?
23:22.27goibhniuif you're using layers and css you can do fairly ok with it
23:22.51goibhniuor if you're not too concerned about layout, i.e. you actually want to use tables for tabular data
23:23.09secretlondonbasically - we may be setting up a new social centre in south london, and the person who did the web site for the last one isn't involved. as someone is flapping about it I said I'd do it
23:23.28secretlondonso I'd like to find software that makes it effortless
23:23.39secretlondona sort of dreamweaver like thing, if possible
23:23.52goibhniuI spent a couple of years trying to believe that dreamweaver could work ... and then learnt vim because it was so much less faffing around
23:24.10DiscordianI write HTML using emacs
23:24.20goibhniumaybe you need a content management system rather than an editor
23:24.24secretlondonI don't want to have to use a text editor unless I have to
23:24.32secretlondonit's not going to be more thna like 3 pages
23:24.38goibhniuah :)
23:24.49secretlondonmain page, a calendar page and then maybe a page of photos
23:25.08secretlondonwe don't need anything heavy, but just something where I can lay it out visually
23:25.18goibhniucool, gotcha
23:25.37goibhniuthe gimp has some html tools
23:25.52goibhniuthat will slice up an image along the guides and hand you the html
23:26.04secretlondonI want something more dtp like
23:26.04goibhniujust cut out the blank images and lash in some text
23:26.19Discordianbluefish is a gtk type HTML editor
23:26.37goibhniuDiscordian: does that have a visual mode?
23:26.48goibhniuwhere you can drag and drop stuff etc?
23:27.07DiscordianNo
23:27.41secretlondonI don't need to drag and drop as much as visually lay out tables/frames
23:28.09goibhniuI'm not sure if seamonkey is more up to date than nvu ... possibly
23:28.21DiscordianI have the visual layout skills of an idiot
23:28.30goibhniuhmm ... maybe open office or even symphony?
23:28.55DiscordianHas IBM released symphony yet?
23:29.27goibhniuI think they have something floating around
23:29.37goibhniupossibly "a public beta"
23:29.46DiscordianIt's basically open office isn't it?
23:30.06secretlondonthats what google is saying
23:30.17goibhniuyeah, reskinned, and dumbed down I believe
23:30.27secretlondonhttp://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Lotus_Symphony_for_Linux/1190189087/2
23:30.29DiscordianI've a copy somewhere of Perfect Office for Linux somewhere
23:30.31secretlondononly 3 parts tho
23:30.40secretlondona word, excel and a powerpoint
23:30.53secretlondonI've got ooo here
23:31.54goibhniudo you have an idea of what you're looking for already?
23:32.40secretlondondreamweaver :(
23:32.50secretlondonalthough I can make do with what I can find..
23:32.52DiscordianHeh
23:32.56goibhniuI'd be glad to help with the html ... as long as it hasn't been overly mangled already
23:33.08DiscordianDoes MS dreamweaver work?
23:33.11Discordianon linux
23:33.23goibhniulike if you want a three column layout with a header and a footer or something?
23:33.42secretlondonoh no - I was going to play and see what looked nice
23:34.27secretlondonit's macromedia dreamweaver, so adobe now, never mS
23:34.41goibhniuif you want to mock something up in inkscape I can offer implementation advice/code
23:35.27goibhniuall I know about layout and design is simple++
23:35.44goibhniua strong logo is good though
23:35.52secretlondonthanks.
23:36.14secretlondonwell it will be a strong feel, with a punky (non designed but designed) look
23:36.36goibhniuah cool
23:37.01secretlondonas it's a social centre in a squatted building
23:37.18secretlondonso nothing that looks corporate, it would need to look underground
23:37.23secretlondonbut how, I dunno
23:37.35secretlondonalmost fake cut out and stuck on
23:38.22goibhniuok
23:38.40goibhniuit might be cool to do the text with some materials and photograph it
23:38.47DiscordianLike early punk album art
23:39.00goibhniulike scratch the menu on a wall or some rusty metal
23:39.13secretlondonI like the idea of using orgnanic materials on it, not all computer generated
23:39.21secretlondonorganic
23:39.26secretlondonbut def punky
23:39.27goibhniuI wanted to make a logo out of bread once :)
23:39.31DiscordianBy a few newspapers
23:39.35goibhniunever did tho :(
23:39.39DiscordianCut the letters out
23:39.53goibhniuI wanted to bake the shapes in a very particular font
23:42.20secretlondongoibhniu: that's just an image map, and is really effective
23:42.45secretlondonalthough we;d need a way of changing the front page to highlight current events
23:43.32goibhniuthat shouldn't be a problem
23:44.01goibhniuyou'll probably want some plain text in there
23:44.14goibhniuor then again why not use all images
23:44.50secretlondonplain text is quicker to download, more accessible and can be machine translated
23:45.09secretlondonalso foreign handwriting can be hard to read and we get loads of european visitors
23:45.38goibhniuyou could always have text only/ accessible version too, but it is more hassle/fun
23:45.48secretlondoni'll think and play
23:47.49secretlondoni've found screem and peacock in the repo, i'm installing them and i'll experiment tomorrow
23:48.06goibhniucool, I've never heard of peacock
23:49.40*** join/#gllug catalyst (n=catalyst@allegro/user/angelchild)
23:50.23secretlondonpeacock It supports most of basic HTML. It features Session
23:50.23secretlondonManagement and HTML Preview using the GtkHTML widget,
23:50.23secretlondonDrag N' Drop among other things.
23:50.34secretlondonno idea what it'll be lick
23:50.36secretlondonlike
23:50.52goibhniusounds cool
23:50.58secretlondonmight be really simple
23:51.17secretlondonbut I actually want somehting simple, the hard bit is the art work
23:51.25secretlondonart work !=html
23:52.02goibhniuexactly
23:52.54secretlondonanyway I should go to bed
23:52.57secretlondonnight all!
23:53.02goibhniunn
23:55.06goibhniuI wonder if they can use if for market research
23:55.18goibhniu*it
23:55.27DiscordianWell
23:55.59DiscordianThey use BT Openreach for net access
23:56.23DiscordianI've never seen anyone use it though in my local McD

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