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08:34.58kjalilmorning
08:37.31Leedswrong!
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08:50.38kjalilLeeds: afternoon?
08:51.20Leedsheading to evening
09:22.44mindbendrcould someone explain me why would a company hire a contractor as limited company instead PAYE
09:23.07BlaptoIR35
09:23.14BlaptoDon't pay National Insurance
09:25.12mindbendrdon't they pay more money to a limited company anyway? is there such a big difference
09:25.42BlaptoEmployers + Employees NI, so yes
09:25.50BlaptoAbout 11%?  Talk to an accountant
09:26.25mindbendris there any disadvantage of hiring someone that works with an umbrella company in the employer's perspective
09:26.47BlaptoNot really
09:26.55mindbendrthanks
09:27.02BlaptoBut talk to an accountant
09:27.05BlaptoI'm not an accountant
09:27.09kjsMorning
09:27.20Blaptoning
09:27.23mindbendrBlapto: i'm just making some research to understand how it is in uk
09:27.36mindbendrBlapto: there's nothing serious about to talk an accountant
09:27.39mindbendrkjs: morning
09:27.44BlaptoOK
09:27.48Blaptohttp://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mauricie/activ/activ7_e.asp Ooooh
09:28.04BlaptoPlanning a 14 day trip to Canada later this month and that's REALLY tempting
09:28.33mindbendrit's interesting to see that how british ppl tempted about going to canada
09:28.40mindbendrwhy don't you go to spain,greece or turkey
09:28.45mindbendror italy
09:28.47BlaptoI've got friends in Canada, and I've never been there
09:29.01mindbendrit'd be nice to be in the beach now
09:29.06BlaptoI don't like beaches :P
09:29.09mindbendrlol
09:29.11mindbendrhow come
09:29.13wethrinCanada's lovely. It's like Scotland, but on a much larger scale
09:29.25BlaptoWhat's the point in lying down and doing nothing?
09:29.31mindbendrBlapto: chicks :D
09:29.42BlaptoI get the exact same relaxation from walking 100km in 5 days and feel like I've achieved more.
09:29.57Blaptomindbendr: I'm bringing my own one with me :P
09:30.17mindbendrBlapto: fair enough
09:30.27BlaptoThat's a really tempting trail
09:30.43wethrinBlapto: Even if it's in Quebec? :)
09:30.47mindbendrit seems like the climate and the nature is not that different than uk
09:30.49BlaptoFly to Montreal on the Thursday, spend the Friday/Saturday/Sunday with friends
09:30.58mindbendrare you gonna visit niagara falls
09:31.00BlaptoGet to the trail on Monday, finish Friday, back to Montreal for the weekend
09:31.11BlaptoThen go to Ottowa and spend 3 days there
09:31.16BlaptoFly home on the Thursday
09:31.26wethrinmindbendr: Other than bears :)
09:31.38BlaptoAnd mooses
09:31.42mindbendrlol
09:31.42Leedsand moose
09:31.45wethrinmøøse!
09:31.45BlaptoAnd mountains and lakes and the sheer scale of it
09:31.48Blaptomooses!
09:31.52wethrinmoosen?
09:31.53Leedselk!
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09:31.58Blaptoyakkity yak
09:32.00Blaptodon't come back
09:32.00wethrinBlapto: Well, Scotland has that on a smaller scale :)
09:32.02mindbendri wonder are there big fat foxes as there are in uk
09:32.07wethrinIt's like a practice-Canada
09:32.09BlaptoThere are wolves
09:32.18Leedsthey don't call it Nova Scotia for nothing...
09:32.26BlaptoThe only thing I'm worried about is how much gear I'd have to pick up while I'm there
09:32.40BlaptoI'd need a good backpack if I'm going for 5 days...
09:32.50BlaptoAnd I certainly don't feel like bringing a tent with me
09:33.00BlaptoThough the weather's probably good enough that I can get away with using a basha
09:33.02mindbendrBlapto: how's the weather in canada now?
09:33.10BlaptoLovely, apparently
09:33.16mindbendrBlapto: in degrees?
09:34.01kjsHum, I have a user saying at a previous company he worked for, they had a "special user" that was in a group that a number of "semi trusted users" where in, and they could install "tools" to the users directory, then add them to there paths. and they could run the tools, anyone done some thing like this?
09:34.47BlaptoLovely degrees Fahrenheit
09:34.52BlaptoNot sure about celcius
09:34.56mindbendrlol
09:35.06Blaptohttp://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/canada/index_e.html?id=QC
09:35.08mindbendrkjs: ACL
09:35.11mindbendrkjs: might help?
09:35.14wethrinSimple. (Lovely-32)*5/9
09:35.15Leedskjs:either it's an admin group, or something like sudo
09:36.14wethrinwheel group ?
09:37.32BlaptoDan, have you been hiking in Canadia?
09:39.07LeedsRMS' favourite group
09:40.06BlaptoI prefer Pulp myself
09:40.15wethrinBlapto: Not really hiking, no. Some bits of short walking, many years ago
09:40.30BlaptoOK
09:40.36BlaptoI think I need to talk to someone who's done it before
09:42.53kjsI think they are just installing into a home dir then all have rwx rights to that dir and are just running the bins from that path "/home/specialuser/blah"
09:48.25BlaptoThey might have group right
09:48.38Blapto770 or something
10:20.16BlaptoIs there some magic keystroke I don't know to kill the running process in an xterm?
10:20.25BlaptoSay I've got a stuck SSH session
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10:23.07Leedsyou can kill an ssh session with return-~-.
10:23.31Leedsbut if you've got chained ssh sessions, it'll kill all of them, I think
10:23.34BlaptoWhat do I need to press?
10:24.33Blaptotilde . isn't doing anything
10:24.39Leedspress return, then press ~ then press .
10:24.47BlaptoTried that, no joy
10:24.57BlaptoI sshed to a box, then suspended my laptop
10:25.06BlaptoAnd now the ssh is stuck, with no connection
10:25.10Leedsdoes return-~-? do anything?
10:25.14BlaptoI know I can just close the xterm though
10:25.25BlaptoYes!
10:25.33BlaptoAh, I think the connection has been terminated already
10:25.49BlaptoSo really I want to do B or something
10:25.58mindbendrtilda return dot works for me
10:26.18andronicus7or you could ps -ef | grep ssh to find the pid, then kill it
10:26.20mindbendrtilda dot return
10:26.24BlaptoI can just kill it
10:26.28BlaptoBut I don't want to
10:26.32BlaptoThere must be a smoother way
10:26.34Leedsmindbendr: no it doesn't - you're doing return-~-.
10:26.43BlaptoThe connection is already terminated.
10:26.50mindbendrLeeds: it does for me :) believe it or not
10:26.53Leedshow about ctrl-c?
10:26.59Leedsserious question...
10:27.00Blaptonope
10:27.05Leedsare you doing port-forwarding?
10:27.13BlaptoNot in these sessions, no
10:27.44BlaptoHah, now it's proper screwed after a ~^Z
10:27.47Leedsthen why is ssh still running if the session is closed?
10:28.07mindbendrprobably that's because i just type in my password and then return to log in
10:28.20mindbendrand tilda .
10:29.00BlaptoI don't know!
10:29.22Blaptonetstat tells me there's no connection to these servers
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11:52.31zaargafternoon
11:56.01DiscordianUKLo
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15:13.15j0nrhello all
15:13.34antiphaseAir hair lair
15:14.15j0nrn00b(ish) to linux here... totally loving it tho. total convert
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15:37.16DiscordianUKgah the intardwebs are slow today
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16:18.36BlaptoWelcome, j0nr
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17:26.58quickscriptis there anyone here running ubuntu 8.04  with  kernel 2.6.25 deb package (not self compiled) and a zydas usb adapter??
17:27.45cpufreakso there isn't a 2.6.25 kernel in 8.04.
17:28.09cpufreak2.6.24.19 is the latest.
17:29.49quickscript<cpufreak> there must an "unofficial non supported one" 2.6.25 deb  somewhere!
17:30.14cpufreakso thats not part of ubuntu 8.04
17:31.55quickscripta 2.6.25 deb which is not part of ubuntu 8.04  but can installed on it anyway. Something like debian backports from sid to etch, you know
17:32.20antiphaseHow can you backport something from a version which doesn't exist yet?
17:33.09zaargcompile your own?
17:33.50zaargit's then trivial to make a package if you do so
17:33.51quickscript<antiphase> there is an alpha version of the next ubuntu
17:34.07antiphaseYou should probably just compile the module you need against the official kernel unless you like pain
17:34.08zaarg(make-kpkg)
17:34.22zaargyes, try what antiphase said first
17:36.18quickscriptyou see i have a zydas usb wireless adapter and to enable injection, some docs say you have to apply some patches and recompile the kernel whch means going thru all the options of make menu which is really a pain in the neck!
17:37.01quickscriptgoin thru make menuconfig is a pain the neck
17:37.19antiphaseYou shouldn't have to
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17:38.35antiphaseUse the config file from /boot and put it in the kernel directory, patch the source then `make clean modules modules_install`
17:39.57antiphaseIf you have mad skillz you can just make the individual module after patching the source
17:40.01DiscordianUKI have a zydas one works fine on the stock Fedora 9 kernel  
17:41.12quickscripteven injection and fragmentation?
17:41.43DiscordianUKThat I've not tried and I don't feel any need to do so
17:44.20quickscriptok
17:44.31antiphasewonders what injection is
17:44.48DiscordianUKI've much higher priorities that hacking wifi
17:44.55antiphaseIf you want deliberate fragmentation, just set your MTU to something small
17:45.30quickscriptok thanks
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19:20.20DiscordianUKYay Compiz works!
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22:11.23kjslol @ this ep of sp
22:11.28kjssouthpark
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