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00:57.32LeedsThe BBC has also confirmed that users of Apple Mac and Linux machines will be able to use its TV catch-up service from the end of the year.
00:57.32LeedsThe broadcaster has signed a deal with Adobe to provide Flash video for the whole of the BBC's video services, including a streaming version of its iPlayer.
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07:44.00bilarh_morning folks
07:54.13haliHello
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09:02.22niv_one_threeI fear I am hear all alone
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09:14.03bilarh_niv_one_three: fear not, goibhniu is here now
09:18.53goibhnirniv_one_three: don't be afraid ... we are all alone ... every one of us ... like cows who cannot speak
09:32.47goibhnirgod vimperator rocks ... they say they're not gonna have another release before FF3 and then they do it anyway!
09:47.56z00daxgoibhnir: just looking at it and seems it wont like my 1.5.0.12 FF release
09:48.03z00daxit seems to need, absurdly 2.x
09:50.05goibhnirare you a retro browser enthusiast?
09:50.27z00daxnot really, but i like the idea of managed apps
09:50.38z00daxand 1.5.0.12 is the latest update in the 1.5 tree
09:50.58z00daxremember. 2.0 was just a version bump for marketing reasons
09:52.04goibhnirreally? I never heard that before
09:52.13goibhnir3 is a very different animal
09:52.18z00dax3 is yes
09:53.17goibhnirbut 2 had some new features
09:53.23goibhnirlike the session management
09:53.46goibhnirjavascript 1.7 ... wasn't that new?
09:55.40z00daxthe only mozdev chap I know, runs 1.5 still and is doing most of his work there too
09:56.03goibhnirthat's shocking
09:56.13z00daxwhy ?
09:56.23z00dax1.5 is still the most popular ff version out there, i thought
09:56.33z00daxand someone haseto do security and bugfix against it :)
09:57.16goibhnirI thought the vast majority of people upgraded to 2 within a couple of months
09:57.26goibhnirthat's what our stats have suggested anyway
09:59.11goibhnirsure someone needs to maintain 1.5 ... but I think 2 is more than a marketing release
09:59.28goibhnirsurely vimperator alone is reason enough to upgrade
09:59.53goibhniryou could hack it to ignore the version checking I think
10:00.01goibhnirI'd be surprised if it worked though
10:00.20z00daxthe only people I see with 2.x really is windoze users
10:00.44z00daxmost people dont bother with per-pkg update really.
10:01.01z00daximagine what that might be like - 260 pkgs on the machine, each with its own update mechanism
10:01.49goibhnirrolling distros like gentoo and arch seem to be able to deal with it
10:03.03goibhnirit always amazes me though, that it doesn't break stuff
10:05.10z00daxdepends on what you define as 'break'
10:05.20z00daxthere is a reason why none of the var's really support gentoo or arch
10:05.51z00daxwasent there a nss / nspr issue with the 1.5 to 2.0 move ?
10:06.32goibhnirthe vars?
10:06.41z00daxno, nspr itself
10:07.03z00daxpkgs built with the 1.5.x tree didnt work with the 2.0 provided nspr and people stopped using mozilla to provide nspr
10:07.42z00daxwe provided a ff-2.x by just building it to not interfere with distro stuff
10:07.57z00daxand split the subpackages out, and did a rm -rf in there :)
10:09.45goibhnirI dunno ... I must look into it
10:10.13goibhnirI'm confident that the gentoo folks would have taken care of any issues too though
10:10.56goibhnirwhat/who are the vars?
10:12.03z00daxvars ?
10:12.20z00daxthe portable runtime... lots of other pkgs build against them to provide stuff
10:12.26z00daxeg. liferea and yelp etc
10:12.30wethrinz00dax!
10:12.37goibhnir11:05 < z00dax> there is a reason why none of the var's really support gentoo or arch
10:12.39z00daxwethrin: !
10:13.05z00daxgoibhnir: V.A.R's right - like terradata and most bug commercial users
10:13.40z00daxvalue added resellers ?
10:13.47z00daxs/bug/big/
10:13.47wethrinz00dax: Any news on the Netras?
10:14.08z00daxwethrin: yes, 4 of them should land up soon'ish - those are all going into centos/sparc and fedora/sparc|aurora
10:14.17z00daxwe should get another 3 in Dec sometime
10:14.32wethrinnice
10:14.41z00daxthe $company postponed ordering the replacement machines by a few weeks which is what caused the delay
10:15.02z00daxaparently they got wind of the GBP/USD equation - and decided they would wait for the ratio to go down a bit more
10:17.07wethrin:)
10:18.19z00daxit is starting to get real fun though. if it would drop to 1:2.5 that would be awesome!
10:18.42z00daxsome of the exporters might throw a fit though. Not sure if there are many in the UK anymore
10:19.01z00daxbtw, who is organising the Nov10th meetup ?
10:19.55wethrinNot me. I'm not around
10:20.00wethrinWell, I'll give you one speaker
10:20.06wethrinYou need to find two others
10:20.09wethrinVenue's already booked
10:20.22wethrinAnd I can give a copy of my usual Gllug slides to whoever's going to host
10:20.32z00daxgoibhnir will speak on Viminator!
10:20.33goibhnircan I 'elp?
10:20.37goibhnirhehe
10:21.08goibhnirfinding speakers is the main thing ... innit?
10:21.16z00daxif we can come up with something to talk about, i can bring the ps3 along
10:21.27wethringoibhnir: Yes
10:21.39wethrinA couple of people said they'd talk, but they haven't been getting back to John
10:21.40goibhnirdick mentioned a perl monger who can talk
10:21.40z00daxis the audience likely to be interested in automated system provisioning ?
10:21.52wethrinthe audience can be interested in anything :)
10:22.02wethrinwell volunteered, then!
10:22.36goibhnirI'd say that'd be very interesting
10:23.18z00daxhumm ok then, automated systems provisioning with 'cobbler and centos'
10:23.19goibhnirI'd love to see a talk on git
10:23.50z00daxgit would be quite cool as well, i did use it for a bit but most of the projects I work on at the code level tend to be small enough to handle in svn + svk just fine
10:24.07z00daxmaybe one of the perl guys would like to speak on svk ?
10:24.14z00daxthey tend to like that stuff a lot
10:24.21z00daxor fuse and userland filesystems :)
10:24.26goibhnirnice
10:24.46z00daxok, lets stick with automated systems provisioning with cobbler and centos
10:25.01z00daxright, SIGWORK #gllug
10:26.15bilarh_is there sort of an 'include' in expect?
10:26.19bilarh_sorry, tcl
10:26.27wethrinz00dax: Please to be sending an appropriate email to gllug-admin, so we know what's going on :)
10:29.10z00daxwethrin: ack
10:29.38wethrinta
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10:30.27ArmandMorning. :)
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10:33.39goibhnircentrosales: barbie ... can you get him?
10:34.06centrosalesgoibhnir: Um for a talk?
10:34.10goibhniryep
10:34.21goibhnirNov 10
10:34.34goibhnirdid you say he lives a bit out of London?
10:34.37centrosalesK will ask
10:34.43goibhnirsuper! tnx
10:36.18dick_turpingoibhnir: Interstingly irssi is all about perl :-)
10:36.52goibhnirindeed!
10:37.33goibhnirand I've read some of it ... and it's not all $*(()/?#@wibblewibble\"
10:37.58goibhnirdid you get aspeller running?
10:38.41dick_turpingoibhnir: yep running now
10:38.55bilarh_oh great, dick_turpin is here
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10:39.21dick_turpingoibhnir: nad at home, this one (F7) irssi is broken sort of
10:39.28dick_turpinbilarh_: Hi ya
10:39.55dick_turpinwtf is nad ?
10:40.03bilarh_i know what gonads are :P
10:40.13bilarh_i've been trying to grow some for a while
10:40.22dick_turpinibot: kick bilarh_ in the gonads
10:40.23ibotACTION kicks bilarh_ in the gonads
10:40.37bilarh_dick_turpin: i aint got none to kick
10:41.02dick_turpinbilarh_: You a girl then?
10:41.16bilarh_metaphorically, i mean
10:41.22Armandsok, you can borrow Tony Blair's.. he clearly don't need them. :P
10:41.25bilarh_i've got a sack of sorts
10:41.30dick_turpinibot: bilarh_ is a big girls blouse
10:41.31ibotokay, dick_turpin
10:41.42bilarh_dick_turpin & ibot: !!!
10:41.54bilarh_ibot: whois bilarh_
10:42.04bilarh_ibot: stupid bot
10:42.05ibotStupid human.
10:42.57bilarh_armand: i didn't think tony blair had any anyway, did he?
10:43.07bilarh_armand: he had a very useful coat, though
10:43.17dick_turpinibot: whats bilarh_
10:43.55Armandlol
10:44.04ArmandHe also has a walking post-box. :P
10:44.28bilarh_ibot: what's wrong? cat ate your tongue?
10:44.40bilarh_mmmmm spaeking of which, cat deeley :D :D
10:44.48bilarh_dealey?
10:45.15bilarh_no, definitely deeley
10:45.59bilarh_i think my mind has turned into a complete random mess... i need to reboot to clear my memory i think
10:48.17bilarh_4K Memory OK
10:48.42bilarh_dick_turpin: wtf is a 'rabbit punch'?
10:48.56Armandlol
10:49.03dick_turpinbilarh_: An illegal punch in boxing
10:49.31dick_turpinxteddy: hug bilarh_
10:49.31xteddy:)
10:50.29bilarh_omg, there's two of them!?
10:50.54dick_turpinbilarh_: Wake up or at least try and keep up
10:51.58bilarh_dick_turpin: i've only got 4k of memory, though :(
10:52.36dick_turpinbilarh_: Wow 4k! its a beast
10:53.23bilarh_dick_turpin: why, thank you, I haven't heard that since Friday night :P
10:54.43halihm, our hp3000 is acting up :/
10:54.52halispeaking of 4k of memory
10:55.17bilarh_man, foo fighters are *so* good
10:55.25halialright
10:55.32Armandok guys, question..
10:55.47Armandwhat should I get myself for my birthday?
10:55.59Armandupgrades for main PC, or bits for laptop?
10:56.14bilarh_armand: is it worth upgrading a pc?
10:56.20ArmandYeah..
10:56.25bilarh_armand: i tend to find it's just easier to buy a new one usually
10:56.41ArmandI have a limited budget..
10:56.53bilarh_what's your current spec?
10:57.13ArmandAthlon XP 2Ghz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD, etc..
10:57.21halibut lots of memory, costs close to nothing these days
10:57.31halihm, i'd buy a x2 cpu and 2gb additional ram
10:57.34halion a budget that is
10:57.34Armand1GB DDR2 Corsair, £18. :D
10:57.49bilarh_damn, that really *is* cheap :D
10:58.08ArmandI'm thinking: At64 x2 4000+, 1GB DDR2, NF3/AGP motherboard.
10:58.28halido you really need to replace the motherboard?
10:58.35ArmandErm, Yeah!
10:58.52Armanddifferent CPU socket & RAM.
10:59.11haliare you on socket 757 or something?
10:59.21ArmandSocket A..
10:59.29haliooh
10:59.34bilarh_hey guys, you know the top500 computer list... do all the entries "appear" to be one computer, or how does it work?
10:59.34halifine, get a new motherboard :D
10:59.38Armand:)
10:59.49halibilarh_: most are parallell systems
10:59.55ArmandI've found the one I want.
11:00.22halibilarh_: bilarh_ bluegene and almost all linux setups are parallell with "individual memory"
11:00.37halionly the high end SGI, Cray, NEC etc is shared memory systems
11:00.43halis/is/are/
11:00.59bilarh_hali: ah ok... so it's just a bunch of computer nodes then, really
11:01.19halilinpack runs both on shared and parallell setups so as long they can complete that they are eligable for the list
11:01.22haliyep
11:01.28haliwith fancy interconnects
11:01.42haliinfiniband or sci or something like that
11:01.53bilarh_ah ok...
11:02.05Armandhttp://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=AM2NF3-VSTA
11:03.01haliArmand: looks cool, i'd go for 2gb+ ram if you can afford it tho... 1gb is cutting it a bit short these days
11:03.05haliArmand: and ram is cheapo
11:03.18Armandtrue, but it depends on the money, really..
11:03.38ArmandI've only got about £120 to spend, and I need some other stuff too
11:03.42halibilarh_: perhaps you should kick off a linpack over all your nodes :)
11:04.11Armandmotherboard = £35, RAM = £18, CPU = £44. :)
11:04.59bilarh_hali: yeah i was thinking that :D
11:05.01haliit's quite latency sensitive though... and needs a nice scheduler
11:05.42halimpp/bps
11:05.47halii wonder if anyone still uses bps
11:06.24bilarh_looking at that list, we come quite high up for just the uk centre :P
11:06.29bilarh_http://www.top500.org/list/2007/06/100
11:06.36bilarh_assuming what they told me was correct, that is
11:07.57halicpu count isn't everything
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11:08.10bilarh_no not cpu count
11:08.24bilarh_i heard some numbers banded about, but i don't know how accurate they are
11:08.31bilarh_i'm gonna look further into it
11:08.53bilarh_i bet there are lots of clusters that aren't on that list, though, held by private companies
11:09.45haliyeah, with "non-standard" load capabilities ... so they wouldn't get the same score with linpack even if they are twice as fast
11:10.33halithere's a biomedial compute appliance capabable of somthing like 50Tflop compute power but since it can't run their benchmark it's not allowed on the list
11:14.14Ch0HagIs anyone unfortunate enough to know C++?
11:14.41bilarh_ch0hag: i know some c if that's of any use to you?
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11:15.00Ch0HagNo, I know C well enough myself.
11:15.11Ch0HagI'm wondering about the distrubution of code & prototypes.
11:15.28Ch0HagIn C only a fool would put even the simplest code (aside from macros) in a header file.
11:15.39Ch0HagThat seems to be common in C++ and I'm wondering if I've missed anything.
11:15.42bilarh_*wosh* straight over my head :-)
11:16.41Ch0HagI suspect what I've missed is that most C++ coders are fools, but it's that large a proportion that it's making me unsure.
11:19.14haliyou could always do the right thing and switch to java
11:19.19haliant files are soooo much easier to write
11:19.27haliif you need generated code that is
11:19.41bilarh_write it in perl instead
11:19.53Ch0HagI don't think it is possible in the English language to put enough derision in any reply to that.
11:19.56Ch0Hag(hali)
11:20.35halii was hoping for that ;)
11:21.11bilarh_ch0hag: i was hoping for a sarky comment from you, so that I could whack you over the head with a camel, but ooooh no!
11:21.27Ch0HagNo, perl rocks.
11:21.33halithings to tend to be very complcated and time consuming in c/c++ .. hence it's useless for quick pace, time to market projects
11:21.37Ch0HagI don't think I'd like to write GL rendering code in it though.
11:21.46halijava 3d ;)
11:21.50haligreat api
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11:22.59halilinux people often missunderstand java, usually due to horrid applet experiences in their youth
11:23.08haliwhich is understandable
11:23.32Ch0HagI dislike Java because I find the language unpleasant.
11:23.34bilarh_i sort of gave up on java back in 1998 or something... it seemed too slow and crashed all the time :-)
11:24.01haliyep, applet injury :)
11:24.40halinote to self, stop doing huge batch loads in sybase with only one database engine online
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11:31.42haliffs this is slow
11:32.13haliit could be the ancient hardware i'm using to process this data or it could be that fact that i forgot to bounce sybase after tweaking the settings... or both
11:32.14dick_turpinWhat's slow?
11:32.17haliprobably both
11:32.24dick_turpinAh
11:32.26halii'm converting some data using sybase
11:32.29halion a sun 420r
11:32.33Ch0HagYou should be using perl.
11:32.45haliunfortunatly perl can't read sybase 11 data dumps
11:33.04halinor can it read the transact-sql procedures i've already written
11:33.15halinor can i (easily) connect to it from oracle
11:33.29halii would use postgresql with dbi-link to do the last bit
11:33.34haliwhich would be perl :)
11:33.49Ch0HagExcuses...
11:34.15halii have nothing against perl, but i find the perl monger "use perl for everything" mentality quite funny
11:34.54dick_turpinbilarh_: You big bottom boil, what you up to?
11:35.41dick_turpingoibhnir: Awaiting a reply back RE perl talk
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11:39.43Ch0Hag[How] Can you have emacs open multiple files simultaneously without using gnuserv?
11:48.13wethrinUm?
11:48.20wethrinC-c C-f - open file
11:48.33wethrinit'll create a new buffer and load the file into that
11:48.41dick_turpinwethrin: Hi Ya
11:49.03wethrinhi dick_turpin
11:49.44wethrin:)
11:52.46gregjwhere in UK should I look for a packing paper ?
11:52.59wethrinan office store?
11:53.07wethrin(Staples / Office World / Rymans)
11:53.09gregjI need to wrap my guitar(s) cases, and iMac's box - so that I canpost it without anyone peeking at it
11:53.18gregjok, cheers
11:53.19wethrinWhat exactly do you need?
11:53.22wethrinbrown parcel paper?
11:53.27gregjyup
11:54.08wethrinyeah, they should be fine. Or just the Post Office
12:00.06cpufreakbilarh_: about?
12:13.50bilarh_cpufreak: yep
12:13.56bilarh_dick_turpin: writing some tcl stuff
12:14.44bilarh_gregj: be warned, the post office will rape you for anything stationary wise
12:16.41gregjI need to send 3 hudge bags to .pl via parcel force
12:16.48gregjthey will rape me - I know
12:18.58bilarh_dick_turpin: alas, what i write is mainly crap
12:19.30bilarh_dick_turpin: i got mine as a gift set for someone, but then i decided to keep it in case i ever needed to do sales or similar
12:20.20bilarh_winston, is that you?
12:22.00bilarh_what's going on? the canteen has actually managed to cook something that tastes nice
12:22.41bilarh_currently enjoying my pasta carbonara... the only thing that lets it down is that it's a bit over salted and that it's served in a styrofoam box with plastic cuttlery
12:22.55dick_turpinbilarh_: Artificial flavouring
12:23.59bilarh_that's ok, i'll soon be in an MSG induced highness and forget all about it
12:24.11bilarh_only a couple of more spoonfulls, and then *bliss*
12:26.25cpufreakhttp://nurburgr.ing.me.uk/stuff/PA2_0529R.jpg
12:26.28cpufreakme in the rear
12:26.36cpufreaktandem drifting at a mercedes test facility on sunday
12:26.54z00daxdriving beamers ?
12:27.08bilarh_cpufreak: nice :D
12:28.37cpufreakz00dax: drving our own cars.
12:28.47cpufreakbilarh_: not guilty!
12:29.09bilarh_i wasn't insinuating anything, for once ;-)
12:29.13z00daxcpufreak: ah right. must have been fun!
12:30.25cpufreaklots of fun
12:30.57bilarh_i need to get my arse out of gear and go on a track day soon... i feel like i'm missing out
12:31.37dick_turpinbilarh_: Maybe cpufreak could chase you in his beamer?
12:32.38bilarh_i don't like embarrassing myself unnecessarily :P
12:34.21dick_turpinbilarh_: If cpufreak clips-you-a-goodun I'll split the insurance with him that I took out on you ;-)
12:35.12bilarh_dick_turpin: oi! shut your face or i'll get my 12 year old bruv to do you one over!
12:35.47dick_turpinbilarh_: Ha well my dad is bigger.... you know the drill?
12:36.24bilarh_dick_turpin: and my mum is bigger than your dad! beat that!
12:37.36dick_turpinbilarh_: S'bit harsh talking about your mums size on an open channel?
12:44.03bilarh_*burp* Now that I've finished the "Carbonara du Paradis" I'll be bigger than all of you
12:47.23dick_turpinbilarh_: Oi Fat Boy :-P
12:47.47bilarh_shut up, or I'll jump and you'll fall over and hit your head
12:48.18dick_turpinbilarh_: I doubt it'll do any internal damage ;-)
12:48.39bilarh_true, it's probably solid bone anyway
12:49.18dick_turpinbilarh_: Nope but there is plenty of tumble weed rolling around in there
12:50.32bilarh_i prefer my vast emptyness, meself
12:56.47boudiccaschildren, children! play nicely! :)
12:57.31dick_turpinxteddy: hug boudiccas
12:57.32xteddy:)
12:57.59bilarh_boudiccas: up yours, grandma!
12:59.13bilarh_hmm... what's going on... i'm like a 6 year old lately :-)
12:59.22bilarh_my mental age finally caught up with me
12:59.26boudiccasits all hormonal.
12:59.34dick_turpinbilarh_: Wadda you mean lately?
13:00.00boudiccasyou have a surge of testosterone every time the tide comes in at wapping
13:00.51bilarh_boudiccas: ah, what does this toblerone do, precisely?
13:01.39boudiccasit gives you a triangular fix of choclate
13:02.18bilarh_of course! which leads to a sugar rush
13:02.25bilarh_which is why i feel dizzy
13:02.36bilarh_thank you, boudiccas, now i understand what's going on :D
13:03.01boudiccasbilarh_: wish i did with irssi
13:03.25bilarh_my tip is to just join one channel at first, and then to pry the / key from the keyboard
13:03.32bilarh_using a plastic fork or spoon works well for the purpose
13:04.51boudiccasbilarh_: is that because they only 'allow' you a plstic fork or spoon but not a platic knife???
13:04.55boudiccas:)
13:05.08boudiccas*plastic
13:05.51bilarh_boudiccas: i tell you, spreading butter on a slice of toast with a fork is hell!
13:08.02Armand|AFKtry a spoon..
13:08.49boudiccashold the bowl and spread using the handle, its easier
13:09.09bilarh_boudiccas: good point
13:09.20boudiccasright, now to sort the bot out
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13:10.18Armandanyone got an ATI 2400 Pro?
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13:21.45Ch0HagUse the other end of the fork.
13:21.59Ch0HagOh we did that.
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13:45.57Leedshttp://www.euronext.com/news/companypressrelease/companypressrelease.jsp?lan=NL&docid=443573&cha=1721
13:46.12Leedsguess that means I'm now an employee of Hyro
13:49.36goibhniris that why the guys in your office were posting on facebook that they were about to be fired?
13:49.50Leedsnot quite
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13:54.15LeedsI think that was more an end-of-project thing when it came down to it
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13:55.23LeedsAFAIK none of them have been fired, and with our current rate of attrition, I doubt there'll be many firings soon - in fact, the manager who would have been doing the firing is leaving this week, for personal reasons
13:57.18goibhnir... then they bring in the consultants
13:57.26goibhnirthen they steal your stapler
13:57.32goibhnirI've seen it all before
13:58.35boudiccashow do you get irssi to give you a list of the channel members again please???
13:58.45goibhnir<PROTECTED>
13:58.57boudiccasah, brilliant thanks
13:59.03goibhniryw
13:59.25goibhnirI'm getting used to it ... it's nice alright
13:59.27Leedsthere is a reasonable chance I'll be part of the attrition
13:59.38goibhnirapparently bitlbee also supports file transfers
14:00.01goibhnirwhich is more than I can say for my gaim :)
14:07.02dick_turpingoibhnir: That'll be £3000 introduction fee then please
14:11.46dick_turpingoibhnir: Can you do the pound sign in irssi? mine stuck that odd character in front
14:11.51goibhnir£
14:12.11dick_turpingoibhnir: S'funny innit?
14:12.21goibhnirI think only you is seein it
14:13.10dick_turpingoibhnir: Hm, are you saying that its irssi specific?
14:14.00goibhnirtry /set term_charset utf-8
14:14.41dick_turpingoibhnir: £
14:14.53goibhnir£_£
14:14.54dick_turpingoibhnir: Nope
14:15.10boudiccas£0.00 like that??
14:15.16dick_turpingoibhnir: Aaargghh
14:15.23goibhnirI could tell you ... but I'd need to issue a purchase order first
14:15.38goibhnirall them £s look good to me
14:15.47boudiccasdick_turpin: how come i can make the pound sign but you cant?
14:15.58goibhnirhaha!
14:15.58dick_turpingoibhnir: Na "Well carry on using it it still works"
14:16.29dick_turpinboudiccas: Go on then
14:16.52goibhnirdick_turpin: could be your terminal system settings
14:17.06boudiccas££££££ or $$$$$
14:17.30goibhnir+or
14:17.40dick_turpinboudiccas: See you have that A with a squiggle too
14:17.41goibhnirhave a look at `locale` maybe?
14:18.16boudiccasdick_turpin: so you don't read it as a pound sign then, but i do! weird!
14:18.17goibhnirif you have en_GB.utf8 all over the place, then that isn't a problem
14:18.51goibhnir13 is this pink?
14:18.53Armandyes
14:18.56goibhnirhehe
14:19.01boudiccasmore like a light purple
14:19.06dick_turpingoibhnir: Yes
14:19.09boudiccasbut it /is/ pink
14:19.39boudiccasi like the simplicity theme
14:20.17ArmandRight, I'm done with LOTR for today..
14:20.22goibhnirdoes that give each nick a different colour?
14:20.25boudiccastheir easy to use, just ... /set theme simplicity.theme ... or whichever you want
14:20.56goibhnirah cool ... have you got a link to it handy?
14:21.06goibhnirI don't seem to have any themes by default
14:21.13Armandoutta here, laters all. :)
14:21.22boudiccasnope, i don't like the different colours. themes come from the irssi main site
14:21.32dick_turpingoibhnir: yes and no. you and boudiccas are red in mine but change colours depending on what YOU are doing
14:21.35goibhnirah cheers
14:21.52goibhniryeah .. I prefer each nick having their very own random colour
14:22.02goibhnirI guess that requires perl
14:22.09dick_turpinboudiccas: I'm using evolution.theme
14:22.25dick_turpingoibhnir: Yes
14:34.07dick_turpincan some explain why this is funny? http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/the-truth-about-the-internet/
14:34.14boudiccasdick_turpin: i prefer the simplistic theme
14:35.14dick_turpinboudiccas: Cool, I like colourful text so I'm happy with mine
14:36.35boudiccasi prefer the black text on a white background, nice and simple, like me :))
14:39.37dick_turpinboudiccas: I've been rubbing shoulders with the Big Boys on #irssi
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15:07.13wethrinblack text on white background is horrid, if it's a transmissive background
15:21.52goibhniroh no it's not
15:22.48dick_turpinOh yes it is
15:24.50goibhnirred text on a green background on a tv ... how about that?
15:45.20zmey_gorynychgoibhni1:> red text looks very sabayonish. :) hello
15:52.02goibhnirzmey_gorynych: ah cool ... that's all red+black is it? (like the website)
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15:54.12zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> channel become too much into irssi. even i played a bit. i like  kurja-round theme.
15:56.31goibhnirdo you like it?
15:59.10zmey_gorynychit's strange. i discovered it couple of days before the major discussion start on the channel and i had no gui on debian testing. than i installed gnome and stoped playing with it. yes. i like it
16:00.55zmey_gorynychi prefer to run it on top of the screen. looks nicer. and i have a bit of space for terminal as well.
16:04.34zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> that what i mean sabayonish. look at the colour  palette http://www.sabayonlinux.org/
16:08.00goibhnirI guess that'd be a cool theme
16:08.49zmey_gorynychi love it
16:13.17zmey_gorynychwhat i like about gentoo and sabayon, i told you, is their grate frame buffer themes on tty1.
16:14.21goibhnirwhat's the default wallpaper like? ... I stumbled on http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3726/untitled1nn8.jpg
16:15.05goibhnirit's certainly a nice change from the mac like backgrounds a lot of distros seem to have
16:15.09zmey_gorynychbeaut
16:15.50zmey_gorynychi will show you  mine in a sec
16:20.58zmey_gorynychhttp://87.127.26.43/~ARTIMAG/Hemiptera%20Cicadidae%201280x96.jpg
16:21.15zmey_gorynychi used to use this 1 a lot.
16:22.17zmey_gorynychnow i have top green bottom dark blue solid colour with vertical gradient. nothing fancy.
16:25.02goibhnirah ... nice
16:26.42zmey_gorynychit doesnt look awfully grate in the browser window. much better as a background
16:35.57goibhnirit's nice ... it takes quite a bit of effort to get a consistent theme though
16:36.32goibhnirand despite the five million backgrounds and gtk themes etc ... I find it hard to get anything decent
16:40.25zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> i can't agree more here. that's why i stop using pictures for desktop.
16:41.27zmey_gorynychgoibhni1:> you remember i told you my wife won Adobe contents, i want to show off :) to display winning pictures
16:41.50zmey_gorynychs/contents/contest/
16:42.14goibhnirah yeah
16:42.23zmey_gorynychopps well done ibot
16:42.44zmey_gorynychhttp://public.fotki.com/VooDooEyeZ/contest-entries/adobe-contest-/
16:44.47goibhnirvery cool
16:45.42zmey_gorynychthx. i feel better now :)
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17:03.05ArmandWOOF!
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17:59.19zmey_gorynychMac Os X 10.5 has arrived.
18:01.10wethrinno ti hasn't
18:01.22zmey_gorynychi mean nearly
18:01.36wethrin9 days 22 hours 58 minutes...
18:01.41wethrin(and change)
18:02.03wethrinhometime!
18:03.18zmey_gorynychbut why do they do this? single user version, family of 5 version.? :) what if i have bigger family? or family of 6 is not into apple standards? WTF
18:03.52Armandoh.. dear..
18:04.29zmey_gorynychArmand:> how big is your family? is your family apple-friendly one?
18:05.17Armandoh geez.. deffo not Apple spec.
18:05.35ArmandI'm the 3rd of 5 brothers, for 1.
18:06.13zmey_gorynychsure apple mac not for you than.
18:06.24Armandof course not..
18:06.28zmey_gorynych:)
18:06.44Armandhome build PCs for teh winz! :D
18:10.12zmey_gorynychthey sent me a spam asking to shell £128 on large family pack of 5 noobs
18:11.49Armandthats not bad, for all the fun you can have.
18:19.01goibhnirprobably the most creative thing you can do with a mac ... http://www.instructables.com/id/Modified-desk-lamp-iMac-style/
18:20.46zmey_gorynychimpressive
18:21.47zmey_gorynychi nailed my mac on the wall. looks nice.
18:22.24Armandnail gun, ftw!
18:23.00zmey_gorynychi mean ibook screen.
18:23.02goibhnirthey'd make nice toilet seats I guess
18:23.37zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> nice match to the loo seat.
18:23.54goibhnirfinally ... the iCrap
18:24.04zmey_gorynych:))
18:24.25ArmandI thought that was the first model?
18:25.14goibhnirI hear the new osx is incredible though
18:25.28goibhnirthey've got this cool application for the iCamera
18:25.41goibhnirit displays what the iCamera sees on the screen!
18:25.41zmey_gorynychArmand:> if you about crucified model that was my last mac.
18:25.54Armandshibby!
18:26.21Armandwhere's my hammer?
18:26.26zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> really? i can't believe it.
18:27.46goibhnir"photo booth" oddly named ... the good thing about it is that you can make yourself look really fat
18:28.04zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> is it sort of screen capture?
18:28.51goibhnirthere's no other word for it "photo booth" .... there has never been anything like it before
18:29.47zmey_gorynychit has special effect where i made myself look with only one nostril :)
18:30.28zmey_gorynychcyclops look like :)
18:30.33goibhnirI don't think so ... I think it has 4 effects ... best not to confuse people
18:31.20zmey_gorynychyou right here. some of the workmates start look strange at me now.
18:32.01goibhnirhehe
18:32.11Armandbrb, reboot
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18:34.01zmey_gorynychgoibhnir:> i'm going to guildford for a slug /bring a box/ meeting on 20/
18:34.45goibhnirinteresting
18:35.39zmey_gorynychthey have it in university IT department
18:36.25goibhnirit that slug as in nslu2 boxes?
18:36.25zmey_gorynychthis is the merit living in between
18:36.42goibhniror is it a lug?
18:37.01zmey_gorynychsurrey lug
18:37.50goibhnirahh .. cool
18:38.28zmey_gorynychtheir irs sucks, open on wednesdays evening. whnt to meet some of their ppls
18:39.25zmey_gorynychok. need to run/
18:39.51goibhnirbai
18:40.09zmey_gorynychbai
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20:48.56goibhnirhttp://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869&num=1 "ASUS Motherboard Ships With Embedded Linux"
20:49.57ArmandIs this the shitty "gotta have Windows to update it" version?
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