IRC log for #gllug on 20071031

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07:12.39Char2Hi
07:13.32LeedsHo
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07:26.42ArmandMorning all. :)
07:29.14gregjhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y36fG2Oba0
07:29.53Char2Good Morning.
07:30.54ArmandHows things?
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08:01.16addymanMorning
08:02.54Leedsafternoon
08:03.46ArmandHiya. :)
08:10.39addymanopps, busy writing mail, didnt see reply
08:10.46addymanso anyone here in london?
08:11.43ArmandCity?
08:12.26addymanWell, Im in Paddington, so city good
08:12.33Armandok
08:12.53addymanI am looking for a bit f one-on-one training...I am super mac and windows proficient
08:12.54ArmandI'm within the M25, but not City..
08:13.03addymanthough severly lacking in Linux
08:13.24ArmandOh, and I could hardly teach you anything about Linux. :P
08:13.45addyman:)
08:14.21addymanwell im looking for someone so i can rid myself of all windows boxes at teh company i work for
08:14.34addyman:)
08:14.39ArmandI see.
08:15.03ArmandSadly, I'm just starting to learn Linux myself.
08:15.27ArmandGave up on it a few years ago (Redhat 9, I think)
08:15.32addymanaha, same here, just wanting to kow some more...will join mailiing list and ask there....
08:15.38Armand:)
08:16.24addymanme too have book here, RHCE exam cram...gave up on it too
08:16.28addymannow back..
08:16.41addymanwell nice to chat, got to take kids to school
08:16.44addymancheers
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09:44.54Leedsso... I've just spoken to someone about a potential mall Santa job at Christmas :-)
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09:45.20ArmandO_o
09:46.15Leedsshe asked how much I weigh, because of course they want big jolly guys... when I told her, in typical Chinese style, her response was "Oh, you're very fat"
09:47.15andywhy do you want to be a mall santa?
09:47.18ArmandYeah, but "fat" to most chinese could be like, 12st.. :P
09:47.30andyI always though of such people as a bit creepy
09:47.59Leedsandy: cash
09:48.09andyahhh
09:48.12Armandgood point.
09:48.41Leeds60-something quid, cash in hand, for a couple of hours weekend work
09:48.47Armandnot bad.
10:21.05andyhad a good month this month..
10:21.06andyhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/mrfq340/DSC00222.jpg
10:21.08andy:D
10:23.59antiphasePlenty of drug money
10:24.07Armandlol
10:24.50Armandandy: Did you send me that crate of weed yet?? :D
10:25.56andyI suspect you have me confused with someone else Armand?
10:26.18andyseeing as I have no idea who you are.. and I'm not in the habit of either buying or sending crates of anything, especially not weed.
10:26.21Armandpossibly, although you do have the same name. :P
10:28.32cpufreakreally?
10:28.44Armandhehe
10:30.50cpufreaklooking through logs, I see you mention weed a lot, nothing to do with me, so I suggest you're living in a paranoid delusion.
10:31.00Armandcould be..
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10:31.29ArmandI do often wonder who the hell that guy is who sits on my shoulder and tells me to kill people with raw fish ?!?
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11:09.46Ch0HagA toker living in a paranoid delusion?
11:09.52Ch0HagLike THAT ever happens.
11:10.31antiphaseStupid reefer heads
11:10.53ArmandI say now.. I resemble that comment!!
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11:30.46dick_turpingoibhniu: Oi
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11:57.36goibhniudick_turpin!
11:57.49dick_turpingoibhniu: still there?
11:58.03goibhniuback in smelly london :D
11:58.12Armandpoor you..
11:59.02dick_turpingoibhniu: Done some of the openSUSE review plus boot times take a look http://www.cannon-linux.co.uk
11:59.41goibhniudick_turpin: do I have to start humming again?
12:00.29dick_turpingoibhniu: More like "Close your mouth you'll catch flies"
12:11.59goibhniu"while on IRC the other day being harassed as to why I still had not done a review of openSUSE 10.3" :D
12:13.27goibhniuI don't get why you find torrents slow
12:13.40dick_turpingoibhniu: They're shit
12:13.44goibhniuare you gonna benchmark arch on the same box?
12:14.03goibhniuoh no they're not
12:14.23dick_turpingoibhniu: Thats the thing, I'd love to but it means wiping and installing and I don't want to do tat
12:14.36dick_turpinthat
12:14.42goibhniurob a hd from work :D
12:15.12dick_turpingoibhniu: I've also downloaded gutsy gibbon and would like to bench mark that too
12:16.32goibhniuwould be nice
12:17.04dick_turpingoibhniu: You have a point I can get HDD's 10 a penny, might have a go
12:17.55goibhniuwould be hard to compare arch tho
12:18.23dick_turpingoibhniu: In what sense?
12:18.54goibhniuwhat packages do you install to compare
12:19.08goibhniuboot up times aren't really that interesting IMO though
12:20.13wethrinindeed they're not
12:20.21dick_turpingoibhniu: Fair enough, IMO how quickly things start/open is very important but that's whats cool everyone has different priorities
12:20.28wethrinI don't really care if a machine takes 30 minutes to boot, if it's never going to be turned off
12:21.13dick_turpinwethrin: Thing is most Home users will switch their machines off
12:21.31goibhniucon kolivas said he couldn't really figure out a good way to benchmark desktop responsiveness
12:21.39goibhniuafaik
12:22.37wethrindick_turpin: Standby mode!
12:22.40dick_turpingoibhniu: As I said, the subject is a bit emotive everyone has different needs so there is no benchmark really
12:23.49dick_turpinwethrin: No you're wrong, forget Linux ect for the minute and think in terms of Joe Public and home PC's
12:24.10dick_turpinwethrin: My misses for one makes me turn mine off
12:24.30dick_turpinwethrin: Even the router
12:25.01goibhniuhibernate would be better though
12:25.21wethrinHome's DSL router doesn't get turned off. It's also silent.
12:25.56goibhniubut sure boot time is something people do measure
12:26.10goibhniuand e.g. vista sucks at it and osx is good
12:26.22goibhniuand ubuntu have upstart which is supposed to be better
12:26.24dick_turpinwethrin: Most wives (especially mine)have a built in radar they can detect when you've left things on :-(
12:26.26goibhniuso it would be interesting
12:27.13wethrinmmmm
12:27.32wethrinI pretty much never shut down OS X, unless I'm rebooting due to upgrades
12:27.39dick_turpingoibhniu: Have you heard LAS and the gutsy review?
12:27.42wethrinBut I have a laptop, so shutting the lid works nicely
12:28.10goibhniudick_turpin: nope
12:28.33dick_turpinwethrin: Don't get me wrong I actually agree with you they should never be turned off but we must live in the real world and think in terms of others not just us.
12:28.57wethrinother people are wrong!
12:29.02dick_turpingoibhniu: Supposedly gutsy fries your HDD after a while
12:29.15dick_turpinwethrin: lol
12:30.18goibhniudick_turpin: nice ... I heard that somewhere else too
12:30.36goibhniuI thought it wasn't gutsy though, but an older ubuntu
12:30.47dick_turpingoibhniu: But more importantly they raised a really important issue with regards Vista and what the hell is Linux doing
12:30.59goibhniuI lost a hd when running edgy
12:31.40dick_turpinThere's a huge void at the moment which Linux should be attacking
12:32.04dick_turpinVista is not taking off people are refusing to install it
12:32.16dick_turpinThey feel XP is a bit old now
12:32.26dick_turpinSo what should they install?
12:32.31goibhniubut linux is attacking it ... thanks to dell etc
12:32.47dick_turpinYep Linux should be snapping these people up
12:33.57dick_turpingoibhniu: Thats not really working, its for the likes of RH, SUSE and even canocial to activley go after businesses
12:34.13goibhniubut aren't they?
12:34.17dick_turpin(Cant be arsed to spell check this is too important)
12:34.53dick_turpinI'd love to know most of us here are in IT right?
12:35.50dick_turpinSo has anyone had a call from say RH "Hello what do you run, so you don't want Vista, how about RHEL?"
12:35.50wethrinI'm not
12:36.13goibhniuyou mean ... we need telemarketing!?
12:36.32dick_turpinyes, I know thats a dirty word but..
12:36.42goibhniudick_turpin: maybe we need to do it as volunteers
12:37.09goibhniu"hello ...did you know linux supports lots of really cool filesystems?"
12:37.35wethrin"Does it support NTFS?"
12:37.53goibhniu"well ... I'm sorry ... am .. I have to stick to the script"
12:38.12dick_turpinMaybe, I've been seeing the "Promote Linux" for 4 years now and yet we've barely scratched the surface
12:38.38wethrinThe problem is that a lot of people promoting Linux are the very people who *shouldn't* be
12:39.04goibhniuIMO linux is there if people want it ... let the suckers buy macs
12:39.23Armandlol
12:40.15dick_turpingoibhniu: You're not one of the 'Closed Shop Linux Users' are you?
12:40.43goibhniu?
12:41.04dick_turpingoibhniu: Only a select few should be using it
12:41.10goibhniuoh no
12:41.26goibhniuI just think that products that require marketing to sell aren't worth selling
12:41.46dick_turpingoibhniu: K, Are you scared that it might, just might, go down the non-free road?
12:42.20goibhniuI know there are 5,000,000 different brands of water ... but I hope it's only extreme fools who differentiate
12:42.45goibhniudick_turpin: I'm not really worried about linux at all
12:42.58dick_turpingoibhniu: Mac user :-P
12:43.17goibhniuit's only going to get better ... until haiku takes off :D
12:43.40dick_turpingoibhniu: Ooh I tried that about 2 years ago
12:43.46Armand?
12:45.08goibhniudick_turpin: I just don't feel the need to turn linux into another shit branded product ... because it assumes humans are idiots
12:45.40ArmandWell, thats a good assumption
12:45.44dick_turpingoibhniu: I like the tirade, what does it mean?
12:45.55Armandas most humans are complete fucking 'tards,
12:46.48goibhniuso let them run macs ... I don't care
12:46.57goibhniuI want more developers
12:47.06goibhniu<PROTECTED>
12:47.22dick_turpingoibhniu: K, to waht end?
12:47.25dick_turpinwhat
12:49.42goibhniubrb
12:50.03dick_turpingoibhniu: I love you ;-)
12:50.36Armandget a room.... :P
12:51.28dick_turpinArmand: You're just jealous :-P
12:52.03ArmandYeah, right.. ¬_¬
12:52.59dick_turpinCor theres a real hum dinger argument on #irssi
12:55.29dick_turpinArmand: You missed it, they was warned to stop or else
12:55.44Armandboring.. >_<
13:15.02Ch0HagAre the standard C libraries not supposed to have STDIN/OUT/ERR macros for fd's 0/1/2?
13:46.37goibhniudick_turpin: you were saying?
13:47.45goibhniudick_turpin: oh yeah ... I would prefer everyone to be using free software, so the dilemma is .. do we need to use marketing
13:47.48boudiccasmorning
13:47.59goibhniugood morning boudiccas
13:48.17boudiccascan we just settle for morning please, its less hassle
13:48.36boudiccasevening class tonight, which should be interesting
13:48.48goibhniuwhy can't we just grunt?
13:49.04goibhniupeople will start complaining that it's not technically morning anymore
13:49.05boudiccasyes, thats another option open to us
13:49.43dick_turpingoibhniu: You're back then?
13:50.11dick_turpinboudiccas: :-)
13:50.21boudiccasdick_turpin; and front too
13:50.27boudiccas:)
13:50.44boudiccassorry, i'm slow on the any take today
13:51.01boudiccasuptake/downtake who cares???
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15:27.33Ch0HagOn spam: http://forums.worsethanfailure.com/forums/thread/28034.aspx
16:08.51jcmlUKaccept it then delete them the next day
16:08.57jcmlUKthey'll never know ...
16:09.41Leedsdo you not get told when someone deletes you?
16:10.13Ch0HagLeeds: Say "Sorry. I have too many real friends."
16:10.40Ch0Hags/too many// if that would be a bare-faced lie.
16:10.52Leedsno, actually, I do have too many real friends
16:11.10Ch0HagWell there you go then.
16:11.12Ch0HagProblem solved.
16:11.38Leedsnot that simple, unfortunately
16:12.53Leedsthe other question of the night is... should I persue the mall Santa possibility?
16:13.04Ch0HagSounds like a laough.
16:13.12Ch0HagAlso a laugh.
16:13.20LeedsJewish Santa?
16:13.55Leedsone friend's response - yes, on facebook - was "a mall Santa? i would like to have a christmas gift from you :-)"
16:14.17Ch0HagWell I wouldn't exactly call Santa Christian.
16:14.34Ch0Hag(Mind you, I wouldn't call most Christians Christian either)
16:16.39Leedsbut there's a big difference between not Christian and not-Christian
16:17.08Ch0HagArguably Santa is both.
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16:19.01Leedstrue, but I am actively not-Christian
16:19.26Leedsalso, I am tired and it's past sleeptime
16:19.34Ch0Hagnot or anti?
16:20.06Leedsnot
16:20.35jcmlUKLeeds: the deleted person doesn't get told
16:20.39Leedsalthough, of course, HK is significantly less 'Christian' than the UK
16:20.50Ch0HagThe UK is Christian?
16:20.58LeedsjcmlUK: interesting... didn't know that - wonder if I've been deleted :-)
16:20.59Ch0HagPerhaps in the same way a whale is a fish.
16:21.08Leedsyes, but HK is a lobster
16:21.34Ch0HagThen surely it's been refried and eaten by now?
16:21.47Leedssure... it was just over 10 years ago
16:23.21DiscordianMmmm lobster thermidor
16:23.30DiscordianNot had that in ages
17:28.09Ch0HagCan you write code along the lines of: { if (x) { ... } if (y) { ... } } else { ... } where the else clause is executed if both x and y fail?
17:29.16antiphaseels[e]if?
17:30.34Ch0Hagboth x and y must be tested, regardless of the failure of the other.
17:30.51Ch0Hagif (x) ...
17:30.53Ch0Hagif (y) ...
17:30.58Ch0Hagif (!x && !y) ...
17:31.31antiphaseif (x){ ... }
17:31.43antiphaseelse if (y){ ... }
17:31.55antiphaseelse { printf "OMFG\n"; }
17:32.01Ch0HagNope. Read it again.
17:32.26antiphaseFix it your fucking self then ;)
17:32.49Ch0HagWell I considered a separate variable
17:32.50jcmlUKCh0Hag: you just wrote it:
17:32.52jcmlUK17:30 < Ch0Hag> if (x) ...
17:32.53jcmlUK17:30 < Ch0Hag> if (y) ...
17:32.53jcmlUK17:30 < Ch0Hag> if (!x && !y) ...
17:33.01Ch0HagYeah but that repeats the tests.
17:33.07Ch0HagWhat if the tests have side-effects?
17:33.15jcmlUKstore the return in a variable?
17:33.23jcmlUKI hear all the cool kids have them nowadays ...
17:33.25antiphaseDo they have side effects?
17:33.44antiphaseIf not, just do it the easy way, if they do, do it a different way. Are you looking for a generic way of solving this problem?
17:33.53Ch0Hagdumbvar = 0; if ((dumbvar = (x_test))) ...; if ((dumbvar = (y_test))) ...; if (!dumbvar) ...;
17:34.04Ch0HagI'm just idly curious.
17:34.05antiphaseWhich language is it to be written in?
17:34.29antiphaseThat is most relevant, as the constructs available are not fixed
17:34.45Ch0HagC's always a popular choice.
17:34.52antiphaseIs this your homework?
17:34.59Ch0HagNo.
17:35.07Ch0HagI don't have homework. That's for students.
17:35.13Ch0Hag*spit*
17:36.56antiphaseswitch ( x << 1 | y & 1 ){
17:37.05antiphasecase 0:  foo; break;
17:37.11antiphasecase 1: bar; break;
17:37.13antiphaseetc.
17:37.47antiphaseThere are countless stupid ways of doing it, the most readable of which is the boring long way that doesn't involve any logical arithmetic
17:38.06Ch0HagOoh that looks like an interesting one.
17:38.24Ch0HagI couldn't think of a good method with switch.
17:38.58antiphaseI had a spurious "& 1" in there, and it depends on 1 for truth and 0 for false
17:39.25antiphaseMy C is poor and underused
17:39.27Ch0HagWell yeah but I could see where you were going.
17:41.33jcmlUKbtw, don't get married.  It sucks.
17:43.31Ch0HagI hope so.^W^W^WOh.
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22:15.08haliis there a good KDE photo editing tool?
22:16.12boudiccasgimp?
22:18.53etorixkrita
22:23.35halihm, figured imagemagick will do the job :)
22:24.13halihm, krita requires koffice... can't be bothered apting now
22:24.46z00daxhali: ImageMagick to edit photo's - I hope thats via pyMagick scripts :)
22:25.39halinah, command line
22:25.48halijust doing a some resizing and cropping
22:25.58z00daxah, not _that_ hardcore then
22:26.14halia lot of guessing involvd
22:26.44halijust need to send a photo of myself in response to this weird thing i got draged in to
22:27.02haliright now i look like a random dork, slight pissed and with a bad hair day
22:27.11halinothing out of the ordinary though
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