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09:37.35goibhniuhmm ... xfce is nice .. except it looks like it doesn't really do vertical panels neither :(
09:41.48antiphaseJust use KDE
09:45.56goibhniuthat doesn't do it at all
09:46.10goibhniubeen using it for a couple of months ... I found it ugly
09:46.14goibhniugnome does it right
09:49.58halilooks aside i find kde much more productive, all the great keyboard shortcuts etc
09:50.03haliand katapult is quite nice
09:50.11haliant alt-ctrl-r
09:50.38antiphaseJust being able to have the keyboard shortcuts you want,and not what some wiener in his bedroom decided for you is nice
09:52.55halikde feels more "unix"
09:53.27goibhniuI don't think I use "the desktop" much ... just like to have a taskbar and a clock really
09:53.40goibhniumaybe I should just use screenlets and be done with it
09:54.01halifvwm2 perhaps
09:54.06halior blackbox
09:58.29etorixi like blackbox
09:58.38etorixflux is all fancy
10:00.20goibhniufluxbox doesn't play with compiz though
10:00.29goibhniuor any of them
10:01.11goibhniuI think I want compiz as my window manager ... and then a clock and a taskbar that can go vertical
10:01.44goibhniumaybe I need a new desktop manager ... pizbox
10:02.21goibhniutagline: "pizbox ... it's the shit"
10:09.24Copei played with the compiz-fusion stuff last week
10:09.48Copeif one uses lots of applications / windows I think it's very effective
10:10.16jcookemancope: true
10:10.55goibhniuit also lets you cpu do what it wants to and hands over all the visual stuff to your gpu (where it belongs)
10:10.56CopeI generally don't - at present I have one browser (with tabs), and one full-screen terminal, running screen and emacs
10:11.45goibhniuI think transparency is the only really really useful feature
10:11.52Copei come from a ratpoison / ion3 perspective; but realise that  other people sometimes need to drive my machine, so am trying to compromise
10:11.56goibhniubut I do like the wobble
10:12.23Copei agree bout shortcuts - I like to choose my own; for which xfce is excellent
10:12.52Copei just don't get on with kde
10:13.00CopeI can't see why... i can't pin it down
10:13.13CopeI used kde round about redhat 5.x days
10:15.17goibhniubut horizontal panels? seriously? ... on a widescreen!?
10:17.43Copei tend not to use them at all
10:17.47Copesee no use for them
10:18.00Copebut for friendliness to others, it's helpful
10:18.18Copeespecially to see all teh apps open along a panel
10:19.42goibhniuI fear that's the reason they're horizontal by default alright .. because that's how win95 did it
10:20.11goibhniuthings move sooo slowly in IT really
10:20.40antiphaseWhy change something that's not broken?
10:20.49antiphaseDo you have _that_ much spare time? ;)
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10:22.11goibhniuit is broken ... especially with widescreen monitors
10:22.43Copei don't see why  it's broken
10:22.48Copewhat is broken about it?
10:23.53goibhniuwe've got super wide monitors .. if you open things fullscreen .. half of you monitor is blank
10:24.10goibhniuand then all the buttons and bars scrunch it more by being on the top and bottom
10:24.30Copei don't follow
10:24.31goibhniunot to mention the rows of tabs in most apps now .. all at the top
10:24.34CopeI use wide monitors
10:24.43CopeI run things in full screen usually
10:24.52CopeI use the width and the real estate
10:25.00Copeusually with split views
10:25.24CopeC-x 3
10:25.51Copeor have a 1024x768 browser on one side and an editor on the other
10:25.59goibhniumaybe that's a better solution ... to have a lot of support for tiling windows
10:26.00antiphaseWidescreen monitors are nice for watching films, I can't see that they improve my work experience though owing to the limited height and uselessly large width
10:26.13Copeantiphase: I used to find that
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10:26.23Copenow I wouldn't use a non wide-screen monitor
10:26.36goibhniumy point about the panels, is that they make the situation worse
10:26.37Copepartly because I do a lot of pair work
10:26.42antiphaseI imagine it could be a re-education thing :)
10:27.06Copebut also because I now think and work on a monitor like a two-page book
10:27.10Copeleft / right
10:27.36Copethis is why ion3 is so lovely
10:28.16Copeanyway, I have init scripts to finish
10:28.22Copemore or less here
10:31.40zmey_gmorning comrades
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10:52.06Copewoo murb
10:54.13antiphasespitroast:~ $ host 2002:4e2f:9769:0:0:0:0:25
10:54.13antiphaseHost 5.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.9.6.7.9.f.2.e.4.2.0.0.2.ip6.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
10:54.16antiphaseYou lose
10:57.21cpufreakhehe
10:58.10etorixhmm .. anyone here getting WET
10:59.05etorixah .. North Sea flood tide fears recede
10:59.17cpufreakwell holland hasn't flooded yet
10:59.35etorixleaves  on the tide, i expect
11:00.06cpufreakthough apparently the barriers at rotterdam were closded for the first time ever last night
11:00.09cpufreakthe sea barrier thingys
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11:03.53Copehi Leeds
11:04.00murbCope: oh i only joined here by accident.
11:04.17murb'cos it is an auto whatsit when i connect to freenode.
11:05.24antiphaseNice to see you too ;)
11:05.30cpufreakheh
11:06.30etorixheh http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20071108
11:06.58murbcpufreak: you still have your hetzner box(es?)?
11:07.30cpufreakyep
11:07.38cpufreakabout to upgrade to a new one
11:07.47cpufreakas they're stonking value
11:07.51murbif you want more addresses ask them to put it in rz8
11:08.11cpufreakthey allow irc now?
11:08.49murbcpufreak: they only block port 6669 for DoS reasons.
11:08.57murbhey their founder is oftern on irc :-)
11:09.00cpufreakah ok
11:09.01cpufreakcool
11:09.10cpufreak# uptime 11:09:14 up 380 days,  1:44, 19 users,  load average: 0.20, 0.24, 0.20
11:09.15cpufreakthats my box from them
11:09.36cpufreakwhat is new and special about rz8 ?
11:09.59murbhttp://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/IP-Subnetze#RZ8
11:11.16murbin the older RZs they configure your subnet on one of their interfaces so you say byebye to broadcast,network and another.
11:12.00antiphaseThey're just a waste of addresses anyway
11:12.26murbantiphase: they had it like that i think for user support reasons.
11:12.28etorixwho is hetzner founder?
11:12.35murbherr hetzner :-)
11:12.46etorixwe has a free box from them
11:14.26etorixsponsored
11:32.22etorixand a paid one, new
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13:19.06Ch0HagThat crash screensaver always gets me.
13:19.06Ch0HagEven for an OS that isn't Linux.
13:19.06Ch0HagEven though I can't see the kernel output from within X.
13:19.20Ch0Hag(Do you get that if you use a framebuffer?))
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14:12.26teejay_afternoon
14:32.51Leedsssshhhh
14:32.59keithlardi know, but it's too scary
14:33.04teejay_everything in one module, config, html, everything
14:33.26teejay_some files committed or added, some not
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14:34.37keithlardwe used to have that situation before using puppet
14:34.50keithlardat least now things don't get rolled out until you actually check them in
14:35.26teejay_with release notes
14:35.45teejay_and enough servers to remove one at a time from the pool and update it
14:35.56teejay_as opposed to 2 servers both at 80% usage
14:36.01teejay_hello
14:36.14wethrinhi teejay_
14:37.14teejay_I'm trying to work out a solution that doesn't involve spending 2 days merging and branching uncommitted or old code
14:38.18teejay_I'm finding that only being a single developer isn't an excuse for not branching releases
15:32.50wethrinnice
15:33.47teejay_except of course of the last 3 days of handover to me include me taking a day off, me taking a morning off and me flying to london for a day of meetings
15:35.25wethrincould you redefine the 3 days to be 3 working days that you are in the workplace? :)
15:37.20teejay_nah - the person I'm taking over from has a fixed leaving date
15:38.57wethrinah
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16:21.42ArmandHi all. :)
16:23.53wethrinhi
16:23.58Armand:)
16:24.00*** mode/#gllug [+o wethrin] by ChanServ
16:24.01ArmandHow are you?
16:24.05wethrinNot too bad
16:24.09Armandgood good
16:24.24*** topic/#gllug by wethrin -> Greater London LUG - Next Meeting, 10th November, that's TOMORROW!, Westminster University
16:24.24ArmandI downloaded Fedora 8 DVD this morning. :)
16:24.28wethrinHurrah!
16:24.38*** topic/#gllug by wethrin -> Greater London LUG - Next Meeting, 10th November, that's TOMORROW!, Westminster University - http://www.gllug.org.uk for details and directions
16:24.42*** mode/#gllug [-o wethrin] by wethrin
16:25.02ArmandWas done in about 3 hours~ish..
16:26.11wethrinThat's not too bad
16:26.11Armand"upto" 8Mb/s Sly *shudders*
16:26.11ArmandSky.. :P
16:32.01ArmandNeed to get my PC setup so I can burn it..
16:32.40wethrinBurn the PC?
16:32.47ArmandYeah... ¬_¬
16:32.49Armand:P
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16:43.26ArmandIt LIVES!!
16:57.59z00daxwethrin: ping
17:01.33wethrinz00dax: pong
17:01.45z00dax<PROTECTED>
17:01.53z00daxjust sent an email to gllug-admin as well
17:01.58wethringoibhni1: ping?
17:02.13wethrinRight. I don't think we can call in a speaker earlier
17:02.18wethrinErr
17:02.23wethrinAt such short notice
17:02.24goibhni1z00dax: sorry to hear that
17:02.31goibhni1hmm
17:02.37goibhni1I could speak about stuff
17:02.39wethrinEncourage more people to give lightning talks :)
17:02.46wethrinIf you'd like to speak about stuff, that'd rock
17:02.52z00daxreally sorry guys
17:02.59wethringoibhni1++ # throwing himself into the Gllug organiser spirit :)
17:03.04wethrinz00dax: S'ok
17:03.11goibhni1np z00dax I hope it's nothing serious
17:03.33goibhni1nah ... I'm all talked out
17:03.36wethrinIs it worth still sending out an announcement?
17:03.49goibhni1go for it
17:03.53z00daxno, nothing serious - just that i am required to be somewhere tomorrow - and my parents would really like me to be there .
17:03.54goibhni1maybe someone will step up
17:04.08z00daxwhich is in the opposite direction from London - and I just came to know about it this morning.
17:04.15wethrinOkay.
17:04.23wethrinI'll say that you had to pull out due to a family emergency
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17:04.49goibhni1z00dax: ahh .. that's good
17:04.58wethrinAnd say that if anyone would like to speak, they should just turn up at W'min around 1.15, and fill in your timeslot?
17:05.12z00daxworks for me.
17:05.16goibhni1<PROTECTED>
17:05.25wethrinOkay
17:05.44wethringoibhni1: Have you contacted armijn and Rich to make sure they're there earlier?
17:05.49goibhni1dang
17:06.00goibhni1I was in touch with armijn earlier in the week
17:06.06wethrinDo you have his number?
17:06.10goibhni1he's good to go .. I have his pdf
17:06.47goibhni1I do
17:06.47wethrinRight :)
17:06.47goibhni1and he has my mobile #
17:06.47goibhni1Rich, I haven't contacted
17:06.47wethrinGood good. I'll remind him at some point tonight or tomorrow morning, then
17:06.47goibhni1armijn?
17:06.51wethrinYeah
17:07.41goibhni1etorix: sidux demo?
17:07.41goibhni1surely that fedora guy would jump in for a tour of F8?
17:07.50goibhni1well .. he's more into virtualisation stuff
17:09.11goibhni1dang .. spin the bottle for half an hour?
17:09.52antiphasehttp://lolinator.com/lol/www.gllug.org.uk
17:10.31goibhni1genious!
17:12.02wethrinlovely :)
17:12.45wethrinz00dax: Can you speak at next Gllug meeting instead?
17:13.04z00daxdo we have a date in mind  ?
17:13.21z00daxi will definitely do this talk, i did spend about 4 hrs setting everything up on my laptop
17:15.07wethrinNot yet
17:15.07wethrinI reckon on mid-late January
17:15.07z00daxI wont be in the country last week of Jan + first week of Feb, but as long as its not in that timezone, yes would definitely do the talk
17:15.08z00daxi suppose we will also all be in .be 3rd weekend of Feb
17:17.14wethrinYes, so it'd be silly to have a meeting then
17:17.38wethrinOkay, does the following sound okay:
17:17.45wethrinUnfortunately, one of our speakers has had to pull out at the last minute, due
17:17.45wethrinto a family matter. This does mean that we have a slot free. If anyone fancies
17:17.45wethringiving a last-minute talk, then please come along to the University around 1.15
17:17.45wethrin- there will be people setting up the projector around that time: give one of
17:17.45wethrinthem a shout.
17:18.03z00daxsounds ok to me
17:18.06wethrinOkay
17:19.00zmey_gdejavu
17:19.28goibhni1is it Sean who normally sets up the signs etc?
17:20.40wethrinFrank, normally
17:20.40zmey_ggoibhni1: i mlght come earlier.
17:20.40zmey_ghi all
17:20.40goibhni1hi zmey_g .. oh I thought you weren't going to make it?
17:21.00zmey_gi choose london over guildford
17:21.15goibhni1nice one :D
17:21.37goibhni1wanna give a talk?
17:22.24zmey_gbtw i had RAID issue which i laboriously resolved and now free to go where i want
17:22.45zmey_ggoibhni1: :) me, talk?
17:28.04zmey_gi would love to talk, but currently i don't have particular topic to uncover. may be later as i find my niche.
17:28.22goibhni1it's a tough crowd
17:29.15zmey_ggoibhni1: i love jinzora.
17:32.57goibhni1cool .. I'm gonna have a look at that in a minute
17:35.11zmey_ggoibhni1: on my lan it's perfect solution for the small hdd
17:35.28zmey_gno latency - perfect!
17:38.01goibhni1~wiki jinzora
17:38.50zmey_gibot: )http://www.jinzora.org/
17:44.53goibhni1wethrin: do you know if there's any particular reason why Rich is scheduled for the last talk? I know Armijn needs to be on first, but maybe he can go after that?
17:44.59goibhni1I've just written to him anyway
17:46.16wethringoibhni1: That's fine
17:46.24wethrinThere's no reason for the schedule to be that way
17:47.33goibhni1cool .. I'm sure both those talks will be great anyway
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17:52.54zmey_ggood news about M$ | Nigeria deal - Mandriva deal!!! All went wrong for M$, oops.
17:53.16goibhni1oh yeah?
17:53.37zmey_ghttp://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
17:53.49zmey_goh yeah
17:54.20goibhni1<PROTECTED>
17:54.35goibhni1ffs ... it really is like dealing with the mafia
17:54.52zmey_gnice pirouette!
17:55.30wethrinhometime!
17:58.08zmey_gi like this bit "Mba-Uzoukwu wrote that Microsoft is still negotiating an agreement that would give TSC US$400,000 (£190,323) for marketing activities around the Classmate PCs when those computers are converted to Windows."
17:58.36zmey_gnoo noo. it's not a bribe!
18:06.34ArmandHAHAHA
18:06.50ArmandSomeone just got a 30d chan ban for posting a goatse link. :P
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18:32.02goibhni1zmey_g: I'm trying to play a tune from your jinzora .. it's a bit jumpy though
18:32.06goibhni1looks nice
18:32.18goibhni1would be great for a free station I suppose
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18:32.58zmey_ggoibhni1:  ah, i see you.
18:33.10zmey_gwhat do you play?
18:33.39goibhni1no quarter :D
18:34.34zmey_glisten to armenian duduk.
18:35.30zmey_git's a bit unusual though.
18:36.12zmey_ggoibhni1: increase cache
18:37.36goibhni1ahh .. I was using realplayer ... doh!
18:37.44goibhni1it's lovely in audacious
18:37.46zmey_gi think you can see me as well under Who is where
18:37.49goibhni1this sounds good
18:38.15goibhni1dang .. if I can get this onto mpd .. it'll be much nicer
18:38.43zmey_gmost of the stuff is rock n roll or crazy trance
18:40.01zmey_gi start populate the server yesterday so the list is short
18:40.02goibhni1nice
18:40.57zmey_gyou should be able to build it
18:41.19zmey_gbut the product is very buggy.
18:41.32goibhni1yeah?
18:41.56zmey_gif you try some interfaces you will see it
18:42.01goibhni1I wonder should I suggest it to the good folks at #radioinkorrekt.org
18:42.11goibhni1what is it php?
18:42.16zmey_gof cause
18:42.30zmey_gi mean yes
18:42.56zmey_goh btw. do you know eyeos?
18:43.08goibhni1yeah, I've heard of it
18:43.13zmey_g:)
18:43.53zmey_gi have on my mac Rumpus ftp, with http front end
18:44.24zmey_gwould be nice to have something like this under Open source
18:45.37goibhni1rumpus?
18:45.40goibhni1what is it?
18:45.47zmey_gftp
18:45.55zmey_gftp server
18:45.58goibhni1with a front end :)
18:46.09zmey_g:)
18:46.13zmey_gok
18:46.16goibhni1what's it do ... user management stuff?
18:46.49zmey_gin jinzora?
18:48.17goibhni1rumpus
18:48.40goibhni1surely there are plenty of open source ftp servers with web frontends?
18:48.46goibhni1are there not?
18:49.01zmey_gi think so, but never come across
18:49.23zmey_gsure it's not very difficult to build
18:50.36zmey_gi will build one 1 day
18:55.41goibhni1zmey_g: I haven't found anything :(
18:56.09goibhni1I use vsftpd .. and it lists the files
18:56.19goibhni1I assume rumpes does something more
18:56.42zmey_gdo you want to see rumpus on my mac?
18:57.37goibhni1ok, cool
18:57.55zmey_g1 sec, login will be the same
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19:06.58zmey_ggoibhni1: can you see me in private?
19:09.59goibhni1I can
19:10.06goibhni1but! you can't see me
19:10.23zmey_ghttp://chameleon.entadsl.com/
19:11.22zmey_glogin works, might be some privileges not that generous but you can work around anyway
19:11.45goibhni1hmm .. same user:pass as before?
19:11.50goibhni1doesn't seem to do it for me
19:12.03zmey_g1 sec
19:12.51zmey_gcan you send pm to me?
19:16.05goibhniucool ... that worked
19:16.48zmey_gmost of the stuff are trash
19:16.49goibhniuok I get the idea
19:17.03goibhniuI'll log out now and you can delete the account (for security)
19:17.30goibhniuyeah I can see how it's handy
19:17.56goibhniuok .. I'm gonna try to find something like that too, I could use it
19:18.00zmey_gok
19:18.17zmey_gsee you tomorrow. have to work
19:18.48goibhniusee ya
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20:17.35StormiWesthey
20:18.28Discordianlo
20:19.32StormiWesti have a completely irrelevant question
20:19.41StormiWesti'm from the states and i want to know if i went to ireland how much would food cost
20:19.57StormiWestwhich might completely piss everyone off since it's a london chat, but the irish don't chat apparently
20:19.59Discordiani'm not able to help
20:20.07StormiWesthow much is london food
20:20.13Discordiannever been to ireland
20:20.25Discordianlondon is expensive
20:20.35StormiWestlike if i wanted a slice of pizza?
20:20.52Discordian2-3 quid
20:21.56Discordiani guess it depends if you mean dublin or elsewhere
20:22.33StormiWestnot sure yet
20:23.03Discordiandublin is likely to be expensive
20:23.22goibhniuit's expensive
20:23.27goibhniuthe food is quite bad
20:23.30Discordianbut london is one of the top 5 most expensive cities in the world
20:23.38goibhniudublin is well up there
20:23.46StormiWesti was thinking maybe galway or cork
20:23.51StormiWestsince they're pretty and have castles
20:23.52goibhniugood thinking
20:24.00goibhniumuch nicer places IMO
20:24.09StormiWesti just need to get an idea of how much money to budget for food for a week
20:24.10goibhniuI lived in galway for 3 years
20:24.21goibhniudepends on your tastes
20:24.30goibhniuand how convenient you want it
20:24.32StormiWestjust cheap stuff, pizza, sandwhiches...
20:24.39StormiWesti'll probably stay in a hostel
20:24.44goibhniuyou can get cheap food in aldi
20:25.02goibhniuI don't know if you can cook in hostels in ireland in general
20:25.09StormiWesti doubt it
20:25.09goibhniumaybe but I wouldn't count on it
20:25.23goibhniuyou'll probably eat a lot or garlic and cheese chips :D
20:25.31Discordianthere's always McD
20:25.35goibhniuuggh
20:25.37StormiWesteww
20:25.43StormiWestthat's emergency food
20:25.48goibhniuno .. you won't be short of good chipperies in ireland
20:25.54DiscordianI like garlic
20:25.55goibhniuI can recommend some in galway
20:26.05goibhniuindian is a bit fancy
20:26.13goibhniuchinese is a bit cheaper
20:26.26StormiWestcheap is good
20:26.29wethrinI LIKE PIE
20:26.37goibhniupizzas probably aren't so cheap
20:26.38StormiWesti don't actually have the money for the trip, i'm in college... i just really want to go
20:26.46StormiWestpizza is cheap in the states
20:26.47goibhniucan you busk?
20:27.00StormiWesti can play bodhran
20:27.02goibhniuI think you're gonna eat a *lot* of chips
20:27.14goibhniuah
20:27.20goibhniuthat will come in handy
20:27.21DiscordianA nice prawn curry is always good
20:27.31goibhniuthere's money to be made on the streets of galway and cork
20:27.44goibhniuI don't think you need a licence
20:27.55goibhniujust do something interesting
20:28.05StormiWestit's something to consider, i've had to beg food before
20:28.18goibhniuI saw a guy stand on his head in a bucket all day .. I think it worked for him
20:28.57goibhniuyou'll have stiff competition with the bodhran though
20:29.01StormiWestyah
20:29.05goibhniubut it's good for networking
20:29.12StormiWestmy plan was to bluff a lot
20:29.13StormiWestlike
20:29.17StormiWesti'm american so i shouldnt be able to play
20:29.21StormiWestbut then magically i can play a litt
20:29.22StormiWestlittle*
20:29.27StormiWestso they give me food...
20:29.37goibhniuStormiWest: you're gonna be rich!
20:29.46goibhniuyou've got it sussed
20:29.52StormiWest:)
20:30.07StormiWestso when is the rainy season off?
20:30.13goibhniulearn a few phrases in irish too
20:30.20StormiWesti know "craic"
20:30.21goibhniuthat'll get you drunk too
20:30.25wethrinStormiWest: Between the 2nd and 3rd of August.
20:30.28wethrinOn alternate years
20:30.32StormiWestrofl
20:30.53goibhniudon't wear a rain coat .. everyone will know you're a foreigner
20:31.05StormiWesti was only gonna have a backpack of stuff anyway
20:31.15StormiWestthat doesn't leave much room for raincoats
20:31.31goibhniuno .. and you won't be able to complain about the weather so much
20:31.44StormiWestthat's fine
20:32.02wethrinYOu don't need space for it. YOu're going to be wearing it
20:32.11goibhniuno no .. you'll get mugged
20:32.25DiscordianIt always rains in these parts
20:32.37wethrinEven in Cork?
20:32.54goibhniuif you want to learn some irish .. pop into #gaeilge on quakenet
20:33.18StormiWesti tried the whole learning irish thing a few years ago........ didn't work out so well
20:33.25StormiWesti think it's up there in difficulty with chinese
20:33.36DiscordianI tried to learn Welsh
20:33.41StormiWestyou poor soul
20:33.42wethrinThere's a reason no-one speaks Gaelic
20:33.51goibhniuthere are actually a couple of merkins on that channel who speak it
20:34.04StormiWestwelsh doesn't have vowels....
20:34.23Discordianof course it does
20:34.24goibhniuwethrin: yes .. queen elizabeth
20:34.39wethrinhint of bitterness there?
20:35.02wethrinWelsh vowels appear approximately twice in any given chapter of a Welsh book
20:35.13goibhniuwethrin: 800 years
20:35.21wethrin:)
20:35.36goibhniuare .. sure we're all europeans now :D
20:37.14StormiWestso is there really not a good summer month?
20:37.18StormiWestmaybe july?
20:37.54wethrinYou takes your chances any time of the year
20:37.58goibhniuno chance StormiWest
20:38.06wethrinThis year (at least in England) it was a particularly shite summer
20:38.12wethrinThe last few years it was *hot*
20:38.21wethrinAlthough if you come in April, it might be better :)
20:38.32DiscordianWeather is these isles is unpredictable
20:38.33goibhniupeople say august .. but it depends on the direction the swans are flying etc
20:38.45Discordians/is/in/
20:39.03StormiWesti guess i'll have to take my chances in august
20:39.17StormiWesthow cold would it get?
20:39.38StormiWestrainy usually means chilly here.....
20:39.39Discordian-10 C I guess at worst
20:39.50StormiWestlike in august on a rainy day
20:40.25DiscordianYou can never tell
20:40.58DiscordianThere's been years when London in  December was 17C
20:41.05goibhniuI've never witnessed < -4 .. in the winteriest or winters
20:41.10DiscordianT-shirt weather
20:41.23goibhniuireland is mild ... mostly 10-18C any time of year
20:41.33wethrinGulf Stream++
20:41.45goibhniucan get above 22C ... everyone goes crazy
20:42.47Discordian-1 C is predicted for London this week
20:44.28StormiWesti really don't mind weather by this point
20:44.40StormiWestmy first year of college i lived in this place that rained and was windy the whole year
20:44.48StormiWestwind i almost couldn't walk against
20:45.08StormiWestand then my second year there was 2 feet of snow at all times and it got to like -10C or something
20:45.13StormiWestfor about two weeks
20:45.38goibhniuI would think that heading to galway or cork just after people go back to uni would be good timing
20:45.40StormiWestwait, i converted wrong, more like -23 C
20:45.48goibhniuor the jazz festival in cork
20:46.00Discordian-23!
20:46.01StormiWestwhen are these times?
20:46.19goibhniudunno
20:46.24goibhniuyou'd want to look it up
20:46.35StormiWestdiscordian - they told us not go to outside more than 15 min or our skin would freeze off
20:46.39goibhniuthe jazz festival is in october I think
20:46.52Discordianthat'd scare me
20:47.09StormiWestit was ok for a year
20:47.15StormiWestwouldn't want to stick around though
20:47.39StormiWestbut yah if i go to ireland it has to be over summer
20:47.43wethrinSounds quite Canadian :)
20:47.53StormiWestit was actually right off the canadian border
20:49.50goibhniuStormiWest: galway arts festival!
20:49.53goibhniuit's a winner
20:49.58StormiWestwhat month?
20:50.10goibhniu~wiki galway arts festival
20:50.32StormiWestthat's neat
20:50.40wethrinJazz, eh?
20:51.01goibhniuthe cork jazz festival is great
20:51.23goibhniuit's the only jazz festival I've been to ... but people were unbelievably friendly
20:51.38goibhniuit was like everyone was on mdma
20:53.14StormiWesti saw that i could get a flight to ireland with a 13 hr layover in amsterdam
20:53.20goibhniuStormiWest: boards.ie might be a good place for further info too
20:53.24wethrinI was on Islay during the Islay jazz festival, but failed to see any of the jazz acts
20:55.00StormiWesti just want to look at the pretty green things and castles
20:55.43goibhniuyou better like grey stone walls .. and bogs ... and sheep
20:55.50StormiWestthey're all nice
20:56.00goibhniuyeah .. the landscape is quite nice
20:56.05StormiWestif i didn't like them i wouldn't want to visit
20:56.20goibhniudonegal may be the nicest ... but all the west coast is great IMO
20:56.44goibhniutransport is a pain ... but you can hitch
20:56.57StormiWestis that safe there?
20:57.11goibhniuas long as it's not a priest driving
20:57.22wethrinI'm reckoning that Ireland is likely to be safer than most other places :)
20:57.30DiscordianMostly
20:57.35wethringoibhniu: Surely that depends whether you're male or female :)
20:58.07StormiWest<--- female
20:58.16goibhniuireland isn't all that safe
20:58.42DiscordianWell the priests in Ireland target females
20:58.46goibhniuyou've got to have some sense
20:59.06Discordianwhereas the Uk ones seem to go for boys
20:59.10kjalilz00dax: ?
20:59.15goibhniuthey go for boys in ireland too
20:59.34wethrinkjalil! You exist!
21:00.07StormiWestso... what should i be most careful of, honestly
21:00.31Discordianyour purse probably
21:00.34goibhniujust the usual stuff
21:00.34wethrinI'd beware of goibhniu :)
21:00.45goibhniuit's ok .. I don't live there any more
21:00.50StormiWesti can fight a little but i don't trust my skills against the irish
21:01.01wethrinDrink more first
21:01.17Discordiani rather doubt it's that bad
21:01.18goibhniutake the usual precautions when travelling ... and more when you're on your own
21:01.36Discordianeven london isn't that
21:01.47wethrinI feel quite safe in Central London at night
21:01.55StormiWesti'm not sure if i'm going alone yet or not
21:01.59Discordiansame
21:02.05goibhniulondon isn't so bad
21:02.16wethrinOutside Central it can be dodgy
21:02.32Discordianbarca is well dodgy
21:02.32kjalilwethrin: hi, yeah i just scrolled up and am sorry to read that z00dax won't make it, i wanted to meet him
21:02.36goibhniuwethrin: are you gonna see armijn tonight or did I get that wrong?
21:02.47wethringoibhniu: No - I was planning on sending him a tex
21:02.50wethrin*Text
21:03.07goibhniuok .. I'll send him one too
21:03.17goibhniudunno if it costs him lots to recieve it
21:03.40wethrinShouldn't do
21:03.44wethrinNormally it's free to receive
21:04.00goibhniuStormiWest: you just need to be sensible
21:04.06StormiWesti think i'll be fine
21:04.14goibhniuwethrin: cool
21:04.50StormiWestso how much would cheap food cost?
21:04.50goibhniugalway is a particularly nice student type place .. and during the arts festival it will be packed with foreigners
21:05.20goibhniuchips? ~ 2 euros now maybe
21:05.32StormiWestok
21:05.44wethrinYou'd best travel before the USD slips even further down
21:05.51StormiWestyah...
21:05.58goibhniua meal in a restaurant ~ 12 euros?
21:06.48goibhniusorry, it's been a while I'm not really sure
21:06.48StormiWestthat definitely helps me think about things though
21:06.57wethrin£8? That sounds reasonably pub-food-like
21:07.45StormiWestoh, and concerning america.....
21:07.46goibhniuyeah ... it's not far off prices here really
21:07.49StormiWestshould i pretend to be canadian?
21:07.56wethrinSo. Do I want a wee dram?
21:08.17goibhniuStormiWest: you may be surprised by the amount of politcal talk in ireland
21:08.36goibhniubut people tend to judge you as an individual
21:08.41goibhniubeing canadian would help
21:08.47goibhniusorry .. only messing
21:09.00StormiWesthey if i ever go to france i'm saying i'm canadian.....
21:09.05goibhniuhehe
21:09.14StormiWesti know everyone hates us, it's just a matter of how much
21:09.22StormiWestbut it's ok, we hate ourselves
21:09.24wethrinIF you go to france, then just say you're invading them
21:09.33goibhniujust complain about the english a lot ... they love that stuff
21:09.40wethrinPeople don't mind the USians that travel outside the US
21:10.08goibhniuit's true .. people like the USians with passports
21:10.14StormiWestthat's cool
21:10.31wethringoibhniu: Yeah - it shows they're aware of a world outside the US
21:10.44StormiWesthaha
21:11.02StormiWesthey i learned basic french, i'm cultured and worldly now
21:11.12StormiWestand i went to canada once
21:11.20wethrinI've been more than once. I WIN!
21:11.31StormiWestit's not really a different country very much :(
21:11.31goibhniuStormiWest: seriously ... you're gonna have a great time ... but you may never eat chips again
21:11.39StormiWesti'm sure the food can't be that bad
21:11.41DiscordianJe m'appelle Clive
21:12.02wethrinDepends where you go
21:12.06goibhniusoda bread is nice
21:12.13wethrinHowever - very often, you get what you pay for
21:12.17StormiWesti've made soda bread
21:13.00StormiWestat least ireland eats "normal" food
21:13.02goibhniuthe tricky thing is that you'll probably need to spend a lot of time in the pub if you want to meet people etc ... that can be expensive
21:13.18goibhniuif you really want to be clever ... get to know some irish people on irc first
21:13.19wethrin'normal'?
21:13.28goibhniuthey'll definitely let you stay over
21:13.30wethrinpubs++
21:13.32goibhniuand feed you beer
21:13.40wethrinBeer, or Guinness?
21:13.52StormiWesti had two irish friends a few years ago and they disappeared
21:13.59goibhniuit's very common for students to share houses together and do a lot of partying in their houses
21:14.02StormiWestthe one definitely would have let me stay
21:14.17StormiWestbut he was like right by northern ireland
21:15.11goibhniuand yes .. the beer in ireland is disappointing too
21:15.35Discordiandisappointing?
21:15.46goibhniubut it feels much more like europe than england .. because they don't insist on wrapping everything in plastic bags
21:15.46wethrinGuinness, mostly
21:16.00goibhniuno ales or bitters or anything interesting
21:16.03wethrinFish & chips should be wrapped in week-old newspaper
21:16.06goibhniujust factory beers and bottles
21:16.09wethrinThere's a few brewpubs, admittedly
21:16.15Discordiani don't like guiness
21:16.29goibhniumicro breweries are very rare in ireland
21:16.48wethrinthere's about 4 of them, aren't they?
21:16.55goibhniuthat could be true
21:16.58Discordiannowhere here does fish and chps in newspapers
21:17.04wethrinThen they're WRONG!
21:17.14Discordianit's not allowed
21:17.16wethrinBut I don't like fish anyway, so mneh
21:17.55Discordiani like cod,salmon, huss
21:19.24StormiWestmaybe i'll just look cute and some drunk will buy me food
21:19.39wethrincould work :)
21:20.06StormiWestall these strategies are gone if my bf comes along for the trip
21:21.27wethrinBah. ICBA to get up from the sofa to get a drink. Ne'er mind
21:23.44StormiWesthey thanks for the advice but i'm gonna head out for a while
21:23.48StormiWesti might be back another time
21:24.23wethrinokay!
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