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00:41.38secretlondonnight
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09:45.45halimorning
09:46.12Nafallohali: morning... I think.
09:46.24Nafallojust got back from Telehouse.
09:46.49wethrinOn a Sunday. Poor fellow
09:47.05Nafallowell. it was Saturday when we started :-)
09:47.26wethrinBoh. Even worse
09:48.23Nafalloripped a core rack apart and put in a new one. moving the core with a second router, a switch and some over-the-floor Cat6 to outside another rack.
09:48.46Nafallotemporarily until the new rack was seated that is.
09:50.14halithey are quite strict about under-the-floor cabeling now though :)
09:50.21haliwe got told of for "reducing air flow"
09:51.15NafalloTelehouse?
09:51.21NafalloI can't imagine.
09:51.46Nafallojust follow the rules and it's fine.
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12:02.46Leedsis in the money!
12:03.13Leedswould appear that I finally got all my back rent paid :-D
12:04.09LeedsI should say that it was unpaid for tax reasons, nothing to do with either my agent or tenant
12:09.26wethrinyay!
12:10.06Leedsjust logged into my online banking to find that I have had about 1.5 months rent paid, and the mortgage gone out, dated tomorrow - and that I have lots of cash after that's happened :-)
12:10.30LeedsI will probably bring some of it back with me to HK
12:11.18Leedsin cash!
12:11.40Leedsseriously, it's the easiest way to get money to and from HK - wads of GBP notes..
12:18.02wethrinNot using a cash machine?
12:19.24Leedsnope
12:19.58LeedsI have a HKD current account and a GBP savings account here... I can transfer between them, during working hours, at something pretty close to market rates
12:20.37LeedsI can deposit and withdraw GBP cash to/from my savings account over-the-counter, up to GBP1000 per day with no fees
12:22.12Leeds*commercial* market rates, that is, not retail
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12:51.49secretlondonhi
13:01.30Leedsho
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16:13.48secretlondonomg we have 54 google summer of code applications (so far)
16:14.36antiphaseDear X, I want stuff to put on my CV with Google in it. Do I have to be able to write "codes"? Ta.
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19:39.02halithe silence!
19:40.55Nafallohysch. enjoy ;-)
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20:09.51DiscordianGood evening
20:11.00jpatrickgood evning Discordian
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20:20.59cpufreakhmm
20:21.23cpufreakhow well does linux do LACP?
20:22.24halinot well
20:22.45halior at least the last time i tried it i got some funky flipp flopps back and forth in the switch
20:23.10halicould have been the switches but neither solaris nor windows have any problems
20:23.39halii think i tried it in centos 5
20:25.44halisomeone said mode 6 (alb) works better if the switches support it
20:25.56cpufreakhmm
20:26.07cpufreakI just want to bond like 8 gig interfaces
20:26.22cpufreakas I've 40TB to move about
20:26.28cpufreakthinks
20:26.34halitry it?
20:26.39haliif it fails it fails :)
20:26.42haliif not, great
20:27.05halispanning tree spasses out for me so had to be disabled, which sort of makes sense
20:27.43cpufreakerr
20:27.49cpufreakdisabling spanning tree is not a good idea
20:27.57halion those ports
20:28.00cpufreakhas 20+ switches here..
20:28.03cpufreak:)
20:28.09halii mean just on those ports
20:28.12halinot on the switch
20:28.15cpufreakoh,  disabling portfast, sure
20:28.22halii can't remember if portfast was enough
21:40.47haliz00dax: you awake?
21:46.27z00daxhali: hi
21:46.42haliz00dax: re 32-bit apps in a 64-bit kernel
21:47.10haliz00dax: do you know what the reason behind the 32-bit process using more memory on a 64-bit kernel than a 32-bit kernel is?
21:47.22halii.e. if i kick up a 32-bit jvm in 64-bit linux it uses way more memory with the same parameters
21:47.32halii think we talked about this before once, hence me bugging you about it now :)
21:49.07z00daxsome of the stuff will still go via kernel space, malloc etc - so you'd expect it to return larger block of real memory
21:49.17z00daxalso, is it possible that the jvm and all its deps are 3bit ?
21:49.27haliyes, all is 32-bit
21:49.44haliit's some oracle crud im toying with and they ship their own jvm, even 64-bit oracle comes with a 32-bit jvm
21:50.00z00daxdonno then
21:52.00halii'll throw strace at it
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22:06.21haliz00dax: another annoying question then, is there any where to tell yum to always include -devel when installing something?
22:08.49z00daxwhy would you want to do that ?
22:09.15haliso i can compile random stuff
22:09.21z00daxalthough, you should be able to either patch yum itself to all -devel's for each package it gets from the command line, or write a small script to wrap around yum and add -devel's
22:18.15Marios_is there a pattern we should use for using threadpool ? I am currently using the one here: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/randyp/archive/2007/03/19/60138.aspx
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22:22.35AndyMillari suppose this would be the place to find people in london :-)
22:23.19halicould be
22:25.24AndyMillari'm just hunting to find people for a pgp keysigning pub visit :)
22:25.35Marios_sorry wrong channel
22:25.37AndyMillarwhich is clearly sad :(
22:25.46halihm, pgp keysigning at the pub?
22:26.04AndyMillarhali: combines social activity with something that has purpose :)
22:26.12haliafter 5 pints, i'll let you sign my belly
22:26.14AndyMillarheh
22:27.18AndyMillarwell, i also figured that lug people would have pgp keys :)
22:27.46haliwell yes
22:27.58AndyMillarand google (knowledge of all) claims that there hasn't been one in london
22:28.13z00daxwhats that ?
22:28.38haliim not sure either what the purpose of the thing is? except drinking ale!
22:28.48AndyMillarweb of trust! :p
22:29.06antiphaseI just use my passport
22:29.27antiphase<insert privacy flame war>
22:30.44z00daxantiphase: makes sense, you can buy spare passports easily too :D
22:30.49AndyMillarheh
22:31.09z00daxAndyMillar: so yet another means to lock down identify and help $wierdo's track you down ?
22:31.11haliso is xlhost.com any good for dedicated servers?
22:31.19cpufreakjust use hetzner.de
22:31.20cpufreakurgh
22:31.23cpufreakffs.
22:31.25AndyMillarhali: xlhost are alright
22:31.33AndyMillara company i work for has ~40 with them :)
22:31.45cpufreaksighs
22:31.50haliis reading andymillar.co.uk and found a link
22:32.03cpufreakdon't think I'll be getting an early night tonight
22:32.05halii just need somewhere to run torrentflux and irc :)
22:32.07AndyMillarthere's a link to xlhost on there?
22:32.16AndyMillarserverpronto are dirt cheap for torrents :)
22:32.18haliAndyMillar: some link links to them
22:32.19cpufreakstupidlinuux
22:32.21z00daxhali: gandi.net
22:32.56haliz00dax: hetzner has got some good offers, 4gb ram now in the 59euro package
22:33.08AndyMillarchrist that's cheap
22:33.13z00daxhali: yup
22:33.25z00daxhali: they also seem to have resolved most of their issues
22:33.28halithey can't beat the 9.99pm ovh package though :)
22:33.34hali£
22:34.12AndyMillarghandi is a cool idea
22:34.12z00daxthe hetzner network has also improved quite a lot
22:34.21haliz00dax: do they do centos though? can't see it on their site
22:34.30z00daxAndyMillar: they are good guys
22:34.51z00daxhali: yeah, they will - you can install it using the kvm/ip they offer, or just get anything and vnc install
22:35.18haliz00dax: ah cool, so the kvm/ip stuff is free? and is it always available?
22:35.18AndyMillaripkvm is handy :)
22:35.37halii use rapidswitch for some mail relays and they offer ipkvm on request
22:35.43z00daxi know they offer it at installtime, they also have some pxe based live distro thing that you can get ondemand and ssh to it
22:35.56halirequest=withing 30 mins ... can be 30 long minuts :)
22:35.58AndyMillarhali: rapidswitch are awesome :)
22:36.08haliyes i must say i really really like rapidswitch
22:36.13halitheir services is outstanding
22:36.20AndyMillari colo there :)
22:36.43z00daxare they at bluesq ?
22:36.46haliyes
22:36.49AndyMillaryeah
22:36.49halimaidenhead
22:36.54z00daxthats not a very good dc
22:36.55haliin the sticks
22:37.03z00daxthey had power outage when i went to visit
22:37.09AndyMillarwhen did you go to visit?
22:37.14halinever been, they cheap... we got quotes for a large DW solution there once
22:37.21z00daxwas looking to put something into poundhosting
22:37.24AndyMillarheh
22:37.24cpufreak<PROTECTED>
22:37.28cpufreakthats a box @ rapidswitch
22:37.37cpufreakits an ex-balckcat box..
22:37.46z00daxAndyMillar: humm this was a while back, Nov/Dec 2006
22:37.48halii would guess our boxes have similar uptime
22:37.49AndyMillarheh
22:37.58z00daxcpufreak: blackcat moved out from redbus too ?
22:37.59AndyMillarthey've changed a lot since then
22:38.07AndyMillarblackcat were bought by rapidswitch
22:38.10cpufreakz00dax: blackcat sold out to rapidswitch
22:38.20z00daxah, didnt know
22:38.20AndyMillarwho moved all their customers to their floor in bluesquare
22:38.25AndyMillar6 months ago?
22:38.29AndyMillaror was it longer
22:39.02halimust be a year now
22:39.24AndyMillarbluesquare have had a few issues
22:39.29AndyMillarbut they are addressing them
22:40.12AndyMillarcompared to £100 for 0.5A somewhere in london, the £35pm RS ask for makes them worth it
22:40.41haliz00dax: i like hetzner, "Option of payment: optional" :)
22:41.18AndyMillarhali: and yes, i do have a silly blog :(
22:41.51cpufreakno, it was 181 days ago.
22:42.51hali181 days ago they moved blackcatz or 181 days ago they moved to bluesquare?
22:43.02AndyMillarboth happened at the same time iirc
22:43.23haliah
22:45.09AndyMillaranyway, the point still stands, RS are awesome value for money
22:45.25halifor a business yes
22:46.13AndyMillarpretty good for consumers as well
22:47.04haliprice wise they are ok but there are lots of cheaper options if you don't care that much about availability
22:47.25AndyMillarwhere like?
22:47.38halihetzner
22:47.40haliovh
22:47.46halixlhost
22:47.52haliespecially ovh :)
22:47.58AndyMillarnon-uk
22:48.02halithey do dedicated servers for £15 pm
22:48.03haliyes
22:48.29halithere is that manchester company that i can never remember the name of, thats *almost* uk :)
22:48.46AndyMillarjesus christ
22:48.47AndyMillarovh
22:49.32AndyMillari should get one of their £14/month ones
22:50.18z00daxheh, unlimited traffic... i wonder if they mean it
22:50.29AndyMillarwhere the hell are their servers located i wonder
22:50.30z00daxknows a couple of projects that can use mirrors
22:50.33halithey have some 'fair use' policy
22:50.48z00daxhands AndyMillar a tracepath
22:51.02AndyMillarz00dax: last hop i recognise so far is via cat2 in sov
22:51.06AndyMillarand that's expensive transit :p
22:52.32AndyMillarah, they're french
22:54.12AndyMillartheir site is aweful :/
22:55.32halinot great no :)
22:55.36halii'll probably go for hetzner
22:55.41z00daxthere is always dedibox if you have a french bank a/c
22:55.55halimy only concern is that all their docs are in kraut
22:56.12z00daxhali: their support people speak English
22:56.16z00daxand google.com/translate
22:56.21haliyes
22:56.25AndyMillarwww.lowcostdedi.co.uk \o/
22:57.02z00daxAndyMillar: 50gb/month ? ha, whats that for a personal blog with 5 readers ?
22:57.14AndyMillar:p
22:57.24AndyMillarblogs don't use that much :
22:57.30halithat's probably enough for most company websites
22:57.39z00daxyeah 50 gigs is plenty for most
22:58.55haliha, lowcostdeid brags about their vps' being on raid0 :)
22:59.23AndyMillari wonder if that's intentional
22:59.54hali"2x 160Gb Hard Disks in RAID0 (for better read/write performance)"
23:00.03AndyMillarheh
23:00.13z00dax*fear*
23:00.16haliprobably some bloke who's got a bunch of pc's in his basement :)
23:01.38z00daxremote hands available, outside school hours
23:01.52AndyMillarheh
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23:02.40AndyMillar"If a fault with your server is down to hardware failure, the hardware will be replaced within 48 hours (during office hours). "
23:03.04DiscordianNot impressive at all
23:03.26haliconsidering the price it's probably good enough for say web developers and such
23:03.38Discordianpossibly yeah
23:03.49AndyMillarit's dirt cheap for a uk box - but i wouldn't put anything important there :)
23:04.18halioff to bed, nite
23:04.25antiphaseI wouldn't put anything important on anyone else's hardware
23:04.42cpufreakdon't thingyfiddlers do dedicated servers now too?
23:04.44cpufreakbytemark
23:05.10AndyMillarnn
23:11.26AndyMillarand bed here myself i think
23:11.26z00daxnite
23:11.31AndyMillargot to be on the other side 'o london in the morning :(}
23:11.52AndyMillarand it's a sucky journey
23:13.12antiphaseBa ha ha, I walk to work now I'm not in London any more
23:13.21antiphaseNo more stinky Tubes and buses for me
23:13.29AndyMillarheh
23:13.37AndyMillaran hour on the hammersmith and shitty line :(
23:13.37z00daxi miss that
23:13.55z00daxi walked the 3 min from home to work, in London for many years.
23:14.01AndyMillarbah
23:14.03z00daxits now an hours drive
23:14.11Discordian3 mins that's cool
23:14.11AndyMillarwhy did I move to hackney :(
23:14.12z00daxor a 15 min drive, and an hours train
23:14.24z00daxi drive through hackney on my way to work :D
23:14.25DiscordianI never had less than a 46 min commute
23:14.32cpufreakcan't beat a 5mins walk to work, past a place which sells crossiantss
23:14.33AndyMillarz00dax: where do you work?
23:14.45AndyMillargive me a lift to hammersmith on your way in ;)
23:14.56z00daxKentish Town, for a majority of the week, Canary warf the rest
23:15.16z00daxcpufreak: yeah, that would be hard to beat
23:15.30AndyMillaryou could beat it easily
23:15.33Discordiankentish town is cool
23:15.34AndyMillarliving above the shop!
23:15.45z00daxi have considered moving to Hammersmith a few years back, am kinda glad i didt
23:15.56AndyMillarhammersmith is alright
23:16.03AndyMillari used to live there a year or so ago
23:16.12z00daxSIGTOOFARFROMORK
23:16.17AndyMillarheh
23:16.33AndyMillarthen i moved to hackney for my gf's job, and look what happens, i get work in hammersmith!
23:16.47cpufreakz00dax: only problem is I end up finding myself in the office at 01:16 on a monday morning
23:17.04z00daxthats, not so cool.
23:17.07AndyMillarcpufreak: that's bad :
23:17.08AndyMillar:(
23:17.10z00daxhope the overtime is good
23:17.15cpufreakwe don't pay overtime
23:17.27AndyMillarso why are you doing it? :/
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23:17.37z00daxin which case, I hope the work is find and you enjoy it
23:17.45cpufreakthe work is awesome.
23:18.04AndyMillarwhat can be so awesome that you don't mind working till 1am?
23:18.09cpufreakjoost.com
23:18.13cpufreaktbh.
23:19.06z00daxwell, if you enjoy it - its awesome
23:19.11AndyMillarheh
23:19.49AndyMillarheh
23:19.55AndyMillaryou work down the road from me
23:20.01cpufreakI do?
23:20.11AndyMillarfrom where I live(
23:20.12AndyMillar*
23:20.12z00daxmust be a long road, with a massive bridge over the channel
23:20.19cpufreakyou live in Holland?
23:20.31AndyMillaroh
23:20.35AndyMillarwrong office for joost :(
23:20.56z00dax:D
23:21.46AndyMillaryeah, i went past that office earlier today :P
23:23.30z00daxok, glibc hacking on ppc/ps3
23:23.40z00daxgets beer
23:25.40cpufreakheh
23:25.45cpufreakjust play GT5:Prologue
23:25.48cpufreakits /awesome/
23:25.53cpufreakwell the graphics are mindboggling
23:26.57z00daxi have the demo, got the game on order
23:27.14z00daxi need to get CentOS5 installing on this thing in a sane manner
23:27.28z00daxwith 256megs of ram, its just not got enough ram for the crazy yum based anaconda :/
23:28.18z00daxcpufreak: got a ps3 ? howse FPS on there ? been thinking of getting COD4 on there, is it any good ? compareable to PC ?
23:30.29cpufreakI have a PS3 yes.. japanese one, had it since december 2006 :)
23:31.02z00daxmine is .jp too - came from seil
23:31.07z00daxits serial number 63
23:31.23cpufreakno idea what serial number mine has
23:31.29cpufreakfriend brought it back for me
23:31.57z00daxso, what are FPS games like on there ?
23:32.20cpufreakresistance fall of man was good
23:32.26cpufreakbut I don't play FPS games
23:32.47cpufreakI only bought it for GT5, and Grand Theft Auto... which is out in like 3 weeks
23:33.09z00daxyeah
23:33.14z00daxthe trailer looks good
23:37.54cpufreakcan't wait for the full GT5..
23:48.13Armandcan't wait for my brother to get PS3. ;)
23:48.48cpufreakthey're piss cheap now
23:48.51cpufreak399EUR
23:49.24Armand£300 with GT5 prologue
23:49.59Armandwants GT5!! >_<

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