IRC log for #gllug on 20080306

00:09.20*** join/#gllug Discordian (n=ch@chills.demon.co.uk)
00:51.20Discordianre
00:51.34secretlondonhi
00:52.44Discordianstill packaging?
00:53.32secretlondonno - packages done (and redone today!), i've also made my 1st ever cvs commit today
00:53.44Discordianexcellent
00:53.47secretlondonwoke up at 3pm so not tired yet
00:53.54Discordianheh
01:09.57secretlondonI've just updated the TODO lst and commited ;)
01:10.01secretlondon+t
01:10.08Discordianheh
01:10.16secretlondonI should actually make food though
01:10.29Discordianway too late here for that
01:10.55secretlondonI've only had muesli and some chocolate
01:11.21Discordiani had toast with cheese for brekkie
01:11.36Discordianand a cheeseburger for lunch with fries
01:11.37secretlondonI have cheese but no bread
01:11.50secretlondonmaybe pasta & cheese
01:12.25DiscordianMmm might do that for lunch tomorrow
01:16.58DiscordianI have some blue stilton
01:18.06DiscordianI wish it was Blue castello though
01:25.26secretlondoni've just got supermarket cheddar which was on buy 1 get one free
01:26.23DiscordianI've some iceland cheddar it's okay
01:26.48secretlondonthis is pilgrims choice or something
01:27.34Discordiani like blue cheese but that's not good for welsh rarebit
01:29.23secretlondonI like blue cheese too :)
01:30.31DiscordianBlue castello is a soft blue cheese
01:30.45DiscordianBut alas no longer sold by Sainsburys
01:40.58secretlondonI don't have a sainsbury's near here anyway
01:41.25secretlondonits turned into pasta, cheese and tofu with a bit of hoisin sauce
01:41.31DiscordianThat and iceland are all there are here
01:41.43DiscordianSounds nice
01:42.00secretlondonas I froze some tofu (this is supposed to make it more interesting) and unfroze it and it needed cooking
01:42.21Discordianheh
01:42.23secretlondonit is a nicer texture
01:42.30DiscordianNot sure about tofu
01:42.36secretlondonmore grainy
01:43.54DiscordianHmmm
01:48.52DiscordianDo you eat quorn?
01:50.37secretlondonno
01:51.07secretlondonquorn is cheese or something?
01:51.25secretlondonI buy tofu from the food co-op at £1/packet
01:53.20Discordianquorn is micoprotein, fungus related
01:58.08secretlondonah it has egg in it, thats why vegan places don't sell it
01:58.34DiscordianThat makes sense
02:03.08secretlondonalso possibly because its artificial as well
02:07.31DiscordianYeah
02:27.18secretlondonone of the developer's has a year old baby - he has learn how to turn computers off with the power button ;)
02:29.08secretlondonwhen his fathers back is turned!
02:33.38DiscordianLol
02:34.10Discordianannoying
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03:16.04secretlondonhi mozz_
03:16.14mozz_hello
03:24.08mozz_<PROTECTED>
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03:29.32mozz_trying to work this xchat - am i being recieved.....?
03:29.42secretlondonyes
03:29.49mozz_joy
03:30.12mozz_well that was not hard
03:36.23Discordianyo
03:38.40secretlondonI've just submitted a 'main inclusion request', a document requesting that a certain package be promoted from community supported to canonical supported
03:38.50secretlondonI've been working on it since late feb
03:39.21mozz_which package?
03:40.11secretlondonsdlpango, its a library that improves text support on programs (often games) that use sdl
03:40.34secretlondona childrens game needs it if that game is to stay in edubuntu
03:47.10starshinewell I hope it goes in :)
03:47.28secretlondonthanks :)
03:48.27starshinemark shuttleworth's supposed to visit my area this month :)
03:48.59Discordianfrom space ?
03:49.31starshinehuh, he only bought a ride on the shuttle once
03:50.03starshineI sorta wish I could do that, except...
03:50.27starshine...what I'd much rather is, that we don't have to be zillionaires to buy thatvariety of plane ticket.
03:50.40DiscordianI'm not keen on planes
03:50.46starshineI bet you take the middle aisle in 767s too hmm?
03:51.08Discordianby preference yes
03:51.26starshinefair enough
03:51.28mozz_i dont think it was a shuttle - atop a russian ICBM i think
03:51.34starshinedo you go hiking or anything?
03:51.40starshinewell close enough
03:51.47Discordianhiking?
03:51.52starshinethere's fairly few sorts of vehicles that get to go :)
03:51.56Discordianerr what?
03:52.08starshinesorry two conversations :>
03:52.20starshinehiking = down to earth
03:52.37Discordiani walk when I can
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08:49.35morsinggbeard!
08:51.30morsingrhowe!
09:26.57bilarhhey you know these bank scams "click here to update your detail" kind of thingies
09:27.08bilarhif someone was to fall for one of them, who'd actually be held responsible?
09:27.17bilarhwould the customer lose the money, or would it be the bank that would have to pay in the end?
09:28.17wethrinDepends how soon the customer realises and tells the bank
09:44.38halinot sure about account theft, but at least with cards the bank has to prove that you actually did the transaction
09:45.07morsinghali: What have you done?
09:45.10halibut in all honesty, if people fall for that scam they are pretty much suckers
09:45.36bilarhtrue, but i was just thinking of the legalities
09:45.50bilarhi wonder how many people *actually* fall for it though
09:46.11bilarhperhaps it's not too many, so the banks would possibly just stump up anyway regardless of legalities to avoid bad press
09:46.44halias the scammers keep sending the mails they must get some response
09:47.01bilarhyeah, but it's cheap to send an email
09:47.28bilarhso even if they get like one hit a day, amounting to say 2000 pounds or whatever people have in their accounts nowadays, it might still not add up to taht much overall
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09:57.28morsingmozz_
09:57.29morsing!
09:58.06mozz_yes
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10:09.19morsingpoeloq!
10:10.09poeloqmorsing!
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11:17.15morsingElPenguin!
11:17.44popeyMOO!
11:19.17ElPenguinmorning morsing
13:23.06wethrinoi
13:23.07morsingNO GRUMBLING HERE!
13:23.21morsingwethrin: Is it up?
13:24.36wethrinNo!
13:24.46wethrinAnd yuo know this!
13:27.37morsing:(
13:27.42morsingYou're upset again...
13:28.39wethrinno, just a wee bit stressed generally
13:32.12morsing:-/
14:05.47bilarhman i'm a bit bored today
14:06.10antiphaseThat's because the UK Flippin Shoddy Network has stolen our internets
14:06.13morsingSo am I
14:07.23morsingwethrin: Did you get it up?
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14:20.46morsingLeedsHK!
14:25.05LeedsHKyes!
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15:25.51morsingranner!
15:26.21rannermorsing!
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15:54.52morsingranner!
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16:34.42morsingranner81!
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17:35.03morsingzmey_g!
17:35.07zmey_gmorsing!
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17:47.10morsingsecretlondon!
17:47.12morsinghttp://www.quiznos.com/menu/soups.aspx
17:47.26secretlondonmorsing!
17:50.41zmey_gmorsing: very tasty website
17:53.18morsingzmey_g: :)
17:53.26morsingzmey_g: Sally's having one right now
17:54.05zmey_gmorsing: usa/canada? where is the uk?
17:54.42morsingThe UK is left of Denmark
17:54.45morsingTexas
17:57.07morsingzmey_g: Why's the list down?
17:57.53zmey_gwhat list?
17:57.58morsing?
17:58.39zmey_gwhat list is down?
17:59.54zmey_gi just after the interview, so my brain is down.
18:00.02morsingzmey_g: It's been down for days
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18:02.26Facundohi
18:02.51morsingFacundo!
18:07.11secretlondonwe need better sysadmins..
18:07.24morsingWho doesn't
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18:28.14morsingsabinef72!
18:31.57ablackhi morsing
18:32.23morsingHi Andrew :)
18:32.35morsingYou didn't go to FOSDEM!
18:43.37morsingz00dax!
18:43.57z00daxhey morsing
18:55.27secretlondonz00dax!
18:55.49z00daxsecretlondon: !
19:13.15halithats my next move too
19:14.59Ch0HagOK, Why does removing openoffice make apt want to remove pan and all my dictionaries?
19:15.01z00daxi still need to get from Kentish Town to London Bridge, then wait for a train there, then 40 min on that, get to the station, get car drive home
19:15.03Ch0HagAlong what tortuous route can 'ispell' depend on openoffice and not the other way around?
19:16.27morsingPrawn Risotto
19:16.28Ch0HagAh here it is: Note, selecting dictionaries-common for regex ‘openoffice.org-updatedicts’
19:16.38z00daxright, off home now
19:16.55Ch0HagYes. I can see haw the regex /openoffice.org-updatedicts/ matches 'dictionaries-common'. Apt, PCRE has nothing on you.
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19:28.46morsingFacundo!
19:29.04Facundomorsing: hi
19:29.47Facundohow are u?
19:30.49morsingGreat :)  You?
19:31.59Facundomorsing: fine ... studing :S
19:32.16morsingFacundo: What did you have for tea?
19:33.28Facundomorsing: mate and cookies
19:33.39morsingMate?
19:33.45Facundo"mate" is very common in Argentine
19:34.01morsingLike vegimite?
19:34.06Facundoits like a tea... but the process is different
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19:34.34morsingBut... That's very light for a meal. Cookies...
19:34.40morsingcatalyst!
19:34.47catalystmorsing \o/
19:34.48morsingcatalyst: What did you have for tea?
19:34.58Facundohttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate
19:35.03catalystI've apparently not eaten
19:35.12morsingcatalyst: :(
19:35.16morsingFacundo: Cool :)
19:35.31Facundomorsing: here the tea its a ligh meal
19:35.48morsingFacundo: Hmm... unusual
19:37.24Facundomorsing: What did you have for tea?
19:37.41secretlondonfacundo: that's really common in Argentina?
19:37.43morsingFacundo: Prawn risotto and a pint
19:38.01Facundosecretlondon: yes
19:38.23Facundosecretlondon: but coffee is common too
19:38.33secretlondonI've seen it on sale in a health food shop here
19:38.36secretlondonnot tried
19:40.17Facundohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimarr%c3%a3o
19:40.43Facundothats how we prepare it
19:50.54morsingBeer
20:33.10secretlondonpizza
20:33.28secretlondonmorsing: I thought you were cutting out beer?
20:33.40morsingsecretlondon: :(
20:33.45morsingI couldn't :(((
20:33.49secretlondonno!
20:33.52morsingBut I only had a main course
20:34.07morsingsecretlondon: Also, at lunch I cut out my beer
20:34.11morsing:)
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20:48.06z00dax_trainYay
20:48.16morsingz00dax_train!
20:49.00z00dax_trainThere is a glitch in the matrix
20:49.13z00dax_trainI am the only person in the carriage
20:49.21secretlondonweb site pizza
20:49.24z00dax_trainUmmmm pizzzzaaaa
20:49.33secretlondonyesh pizza
20:49.34z00dax_trainWebsite pizza ?
20:49.55secretlondonpizza ordered through website and paid for with card
20:50.03secretlondonnot done that before
20:50.11secretlondoncharged me 50p for the priv
20:50.47z00dax_trainShould that not be the other way around ?
20:51.05z00dax_trainConsidering you saved them someones salary for 3 min
20:51.26secretlondonyeah but they pay commission to the webshite and card handling fees
20:51.53morsingStill... They need less staff
20:52.00secretlondonquite a few locally http://www.just-eat.co.uk/pages/restaurants.aspx?zip=SE5&lang=en
20:52.17secretlondonthey charge 50p for cards anyway
20:52.27z00dax_trainAre local standalone type pizza delivery places better than dominos ?
20:52.42secretlondonI expect the 3 mins of staff time may be more/less than website fees
20:53.03secretlondondominos owners are really dodgy us nationalist types
20:53.22secretlondonI prefer to give my cash to local random places anyway
20:53.38z00dax_trainInteresting :)
20:54.33z00dax_trainThere are two dominos in my area, both run by very random people.
20:54.50morsingz00dax_train: She said owners
20:54.53z00dax_trainAlthough have not ordered enough times to have opinion
20:54.56morsingNot managers
20:55.15secretlondonthey franchises
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21:06.29z00dax__trainTen thousand holy disconnections dude
21:10.14secretlondonwebsite doesn't say how much they charge restaurants (unsurprisingly)
21:10.23secretlondon"The customer orders from the restaurants menucard on Just-Eat.co.uk. The restaurant receives the order via the JustConnect box, containing all the necessary information - fast and simple."
21:10.49secretlondonowned by scandinavians apparently
21:11.30catalysthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV_w0R8snhE <--- nom nom nom nom nom
21:16.03secretlondonpizza!
21:16.17z00dax__trainMy station!
21:17.22Nafallohmm
21:17.29Nafallono
21:17.38morsingyes
21:18.05NafalloI had that yesterday. will have to be something else today.
21:18.22morsingYou had ham?
21:18.30Nafallono, pizza.
21:34.54secretlondonyay a 15inch pizza box fits in my fridge :)
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22:34.05secretlondonooh we have gluug mail
22:34.12secretlondonmailing list been given a laxative
22:40.19z00daxnice
22:40.26z00daxpizza any good ?
22:40.37secretlondonyeah it was okay
22:40.47secretlondon50%+ in the fridge
22:41.55secretlondoncatalyst: sounds painful
22:42.26catalystyou're telling me
22:44.16halipizza for breakfast is great
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23:32.23secretlondonbizarre google ad "uk.sun.com - Save A Penguin - Unplug A Linux Server. Make The Web A Cooler Place"
23:32.49secretlondonmake the web a cooler place by having more sun?
23:33.00halisun uk is 15 years behind sun us
23:33.32halisun uk is still snobbish men late 40's men in suits
23:34.01LeedsHKerm...
23:34.40LeedsHKhali: what?
23:34.55halidealing with sun in the uk is usually a nightmare
23:35.09haliat least if you work for a non-fortune-50 company
23:35.32hali"no im not buying 500 sparc servers, i want 5 amd servers!"
23:36.00LeedsHKah, sales...
23:36.05halitheir sales network is probably their biggest issue
23:36.24LeedsHKdoesn't everyone just go online for that sort of thing anyway now?
23:36.54LeedsHKI can't comment on sales, but there are some damn good technical people in Sun UK
23:37.02haliyes, most people do, i.e. buy dell :)
23:37.13LeedsHKcertainly the best engineers I've ever worked with
23:37.16secretlondonLeedsHK: you used to work for Sun?
23:37.37halisun uk doesn't even offer online sales of more than a handful of products, mostly mouse pads
23:37.41LeedsHKsecretlondon: yes
23:37.51haliBSi is ok to deal with actually, sometimes
23:39.01LeedsHKsecretlondon: was laid off almost exactly 3 years ago...
23:39.18LeedsHKoh, and for the record, for those who aren't following me on facebook - I was laid off again 2 days ago :-)
23:39.27secretlondonI think I remember you telling me, as part of the story of how you ended up in HK
23:39.32secretlondonLeedsHK: :(
23:39.45secretlondonwell I'm still living on benefits
23:40.03LeedsHKno benefits here
23:40.23secretlondonnot heard re: an interview I had on tuesday which was due to start on Monday. Presume U haven't got but they could be seeing if they can get better
23:40.32LeedsHKunless you're on disability or something like that - and even then, you're not expected to live off it
23:40.33secretlondon-U +I
23:42.11LeedsHKI was planning on quitting this job pretty soon anyway - been looking around for something else - but there was some sort of boardroom battle, which resulted in cost-saving, which is expressed as 'get rid of the expensive people, because they're not earning us money *right now*'
23:43.28LeedsHKI'm not particularly worried about finding something... I am worried about running out of money first
23:44.26LeedsHKsecretlondon: be thankful you don't need a work visa - you don't, do you?
23:44.35secretlondonno
23:44.52secretlondonborn here, GB passport
23:45.02LeedsHKby law, I should wait the 4-6 weeks it'll take them to issue mine before starting a job, after I get a firm offer
23:46.16LeedsHKlast time, between assembling the appropriate paperwork and getting the visa back, it took 3 months
23:46.41LeedsHKI then had to argue with the company because they had pro-rata-ed my leave and bonus from my official start date rather than the real one
23:48.34LeedsHKanyway, I took yesterday off, stayed in bed... been pretty exhausted recently, not from hard work, but from barely doing any work at the arse-end of HK, an hour extra commute per day compared with the office

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