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05:07.38morsingLeeds!
05:08.10Leedspiss off
05:27.17gregj-ukO.o
05:27.45Leedsafternoon gregj-uk
05:28.28gregj-ukmorning
05:28.28gregj-uk:]
05:28.46morsinggregj-uk: 'morning :)  Leeds is in a crappy mood today!
05:31.45Leedslunchtime, I think
06:57.05halicrappy cocco
06:57.07halimorning
06:59.15zaargmorning
07:01.04Leedshali: erm
07:03.11morsingLeeds: What did you have?
07:06.04j0nrMorning
07:07.08morsingBeer
07:08.05j0nrhey Morsing...
07:08.54morsingHey there ;)
07:09.02morsinggives j0nr his morning kiss
07:09.17j0nrremember we were trying to set up bitlbee :D :D :X
07:09.24morsingOh! Yes...
07:09.33j0nrLike I never left huh
07:09.37morsing...
07:09.49morsingSo, #ps aux | grep bitl' gives you what?
07:09.51j0nrWell I haven't looked at it since that afteful day
07:09.57morsings/#/'/
07:09.59j0nrfateful*
07:10.03morsingafteful?
07:10.06morsingAh
07:10.12j0nrheh
07:10.38j0nrjonr      7404  0.0  0.1   4500  1444 pts/5    T    Sep05   0:00 bitlbee
07:10.53morsingOk, anythin gin /etc.init.d to start it up?
07:11.39j0nrjonr@jonr-laptop:/etc/init.d$ ls *bitl*
07:11.39j0nrbitlbee
07:11.50j0nrso i guess thats a yes
07:12.00morsing/etc/init.d/bitlbee start
07:12.35j0nrjonr@jonr-laptop:/etc/init.d$ bitlbee start
07:12.36j0nrWarning: Unable to read configuration file `/etc/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf'.
07:12.36j0nr:localhost.localdomain NOTICE AUTH :BitlBee-IRCd initialized, please go on
07:12.36j0nrERROR :Warning: Permission problem: Can't read/write from/to `/var/lib/bitlbee/'.
07:12.36j0nr[1]+  Stopped                 bitlbee start
07:13.01j0nrI remember I tried this last time... if I sudo it then it seems ok.
07:13.01morsingYou need to be root
07:13.10j0nrBut wasn't the result of ps meaning it was running?
07:13.19morsingNo
07:13.27morsingOh, wait
07:13.28j0nrwhat was ps telling me then?
07:13.29morsingSorry
07:13.34morsingYeah
07:13.42j0nrok
07:13.42morsingso if you go to your IRC client...
07:13.57morsingAnd do /connect localhost
07:14.02morsingWhat do you get?
07:14.07j0nrlike right where I am now?
07:14.17morsing??
07:14.25morsingI don't know where you are...
07:14.26j0nri'm in irssi now
07:14.35morsingOk, type '/connect localhost'
07:14.57morsingAny numbers light up?
07:15.05j0nr08:14 [localhost] -!- Irssi: Looking up localhost
07:15.06j0nr08:14 [localhost] -!- Irssi: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 6667
07:15.07j0nr08:14 [localhost] -!- Irssi: Unable to connect server localhost port 6667 [Connection refused]
07:15.14morsingSo it's not running
07:15.25j0nrAND it looks like it has been repeatedly trying ever since friday
07:15.33morsingWhat's in /etc/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf?
07:15.46j0nr08:15 [localhost] -!- Irssi: Reconnecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 6667 - use /RMRECONNS to abort
07:15.52j0nrill look
07:16.51morsingWhat does 'grep -v ^# /etc/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf' give youu?
07:17.21j0nrthe bitlbee.conf looks like every single line is commented out!
07:18.13morsingEven [defaults]?
07:18.20j0nrthat grep command...its doing nothing
07:18.38morsingWhat does 'netstat -Ainet -ln | grep 1500' output?
07:18.55j0nrthe [defaults] line itself no, but everything below. (does the diff between two ## and one # matter?)
07:19.04morsingj0nr: There's no [default] in that file? I think that should be there
07:19.10morsingOk, that's fine
07:19.21morsingNo, anything after one # is ignored
07:19.26j0nrno there is a line saying [default]
07:19.33morsingCool :)
07:19.41j0nrbut the items below it in that section are commented out
07:19.48morsingThat's fine
07:19.54morsing'netstat -Ainet -ln | grep 1500'
07:19.58j0nrthat grep command...how do i kill it?
07:20.22morsingWait... wrong port
07:20.26morsingKill it?
07:20.31morsingctrl-C?
07:21.09morsing'netstat -Ainet -ln | grep 6667'
07:21.22morsingWait... Just sneezed. brb
07:21.26j0nrnetstat does nothing
07:21.30j0nrbless you
07:23.57morsingBack
07:24.03morsingOdd
07:26.13morsingCan you stop it?
07:27.17j0nrill try
07:27.42j0nrbest way? kill the pts number or try /etc/init.d/bitlbee stop
07:28.38j0nrok killed
07:29.19morsingNow su to root
07:29.27morsingThen run bitlbee -vn
07:30.01j0nrroot@jonr-laptop:/etc/bitlbee# bitlbee -vn
07:30.01j0nr:localhost.localdomain NOTICE AUTH :BitlBee-IRCd initialized, please go on
07:30.01j0nrERROR :Warning: BitlBee is running with root privileges. Why?
07:30.15j0nrthats the message I get (I am not asking why?)
07:30.34j0nrso that means its running
07:31.06morsingYes, should be...
07:31.12morsingTry the netstat command again
07:31.16morsingnetstat -Ainet -ln | grep 6667
07:31.24morsingIt really should show up...
07:32.01j0nrnope
07:32.05morsing...
07:32.10morsingOk, I can't help you then
07:32.20haliis this on linux?
07:32.23j0nryeah
07:32.42j0nrnot to worry, you have been a great help anyway
07:32.50j0nrI shall perservere
07:32.56j0nrsp?
07:33.07morsingSorry...
07:33.27j0nrits ok. thanks for trying!
07:33.32morsingIf you just run netstat -Ainet -l, what's at the bottom?
07:36.10morsingRun lsof -c bitlbee
07:36.56j0nram just looking in the bitlbee.conf and I have to uncomment what runmode I want. Inetd, Daemon or Forkdaemon.
07:37.07j0nrInetd I think we are trying yeah?
07:37.28morsingOR 'lsof -p `ps ax | grep bitlbee | grep -v grep | cut -d " " -f1`'
07:37.51morsinginetd is default. You really don't have to do that and that's not the problem
07:38.05j0nrok
07:38.52morsingDid you get anything from the above commands?
07:39.00j0nrjust trying
07:39.33j0nrthat last one said no process id specified
07:39.43morsingSo you've stopped it again?
07:39.49morsingIt's not running then
07:40.00morsingMaybe it starts up but then dies
07:40.05j0nrlsof: no process ID specified
07:40.22morsingWhen you ran 'bitlbee -vn' what happened? Did it just stay there?
07:40.35morsingRun /etc/init.d/bitlbee start' again
07:41.06j0nrsudo /etc/init.d/bitlbee start
07:41.06j0nrStarting BitlBee IRC/IM gateway: bitlbee.
07:41.31j0nrCOMMAND   PID    USER   FD      TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
07:41.31j0nrbitlbee 27692 bitlbee  cwd   unknown                  /proc/27692/cwd (readlink: Permission denied)
07:41.35j0nrbitlbee 27692 bitlbee  rtd   unknown                  /proc/27692/root (readlink: Permission denied)
07:41.38j0nrbitlbee 27692 bitlbee  txt   unknown                  /proc/27692/exe (readlink: Permission denied)
07:41.38morsingps ax | grep bitlbee | grep -v grep | cut -d " " -f1
07:41.42j0nrbitlbee 27692 bitlbee NOFD                            /proc/27692/fd (opendir: Permission denied)
07:41.49morsingOk, so running
07:41.57morsingTry all three commands again
07:42.34j0nrwhat three?
07:42.59morsingnetstat -Ainet -l
07:43.03morsinglsof -c bitlbee
07:43.11morsinglsof -p `ps ax | grep bitlbee | grep -v grep | cut -d " "  -f1`
07:43.17j0nrah its doing things now
07:43.22morsingCool
07:43.42j0nrwhat am i looking for in netstat
07:43.55morsingWhat's the bottom 2-3 ones?
07:44.01morsingAnything that looks like irc?
07:44.16morsingPaste the three last ones
07:44.18j0nrtop one says ircd?
07:44.21bilarh_morning
07:44.22morsingAh!
07:44.25morsingCool
07:44.30morsingNow go to irssi again
07:44.32j0nrstate listen
07:44.36morsingand /connect localhost
07:45.08j0nrok somehow ui have three bitlbee windows now
07:45.23morsingYes, it's retrying all your commands
07:45.24j0nrlike i said it seemed to be trying to reconnect since we started trying on friday
07:45.37j0nrum it keeps opening windows :\
07:45.40morsingRun /disconnect in two of the windows
07:45.50morsing<PROTECTED>
07:46.26morsing?
07:46.37morsingAnyway, doesn't matter how many times it's connected
07:46.47j0nri ran it
07:46.49morsingNow do account list
07:46.51j0nrwindows dont change
07:47.14j0nrok i closed them
07:47.21morsingTo add your MSN account do 'account add msn <emailaddress> nick
07:47.28morsingTo add your MSN account do 'account add msn <emailaddress> passwd' sorry
07:47.40morsingAll of them?
07:47.47morsingConnect again
07:47.53j0nrno i left one open :)
07:48.01morsing:)
07:48.30j0nraccount successfully added!
07:48.38morsing:D
07:48.48morsingNow do 'account on'
07:48.50bilarh_ah the joys of bitlbee :)
07:48.56morsingThen blist to show your buddies
07:49.12morsingkisses bilarh_'s nose
07:49.43j0nraccount on
07:49.51j0nrlooking good!!
07:49.53morsing:D
07:50.16halibilarh_: sup dawg
07:50.32morsingNow all you do is '/msg <buddy-nick> Some message
07:50.36halibilarh_: you been to egypt yet or going?
07:50.47morsingAnd TAB-completion works on the nicks...
07:51.01j0nrFecking MArvellous!!!!
07:51.04morsing:D
07:51.06j0nrOh thank you sooo much!
07:51.10morsingnp
07:51.12morsingBeer
07:51.33halisupport request of the day: "can you please switch off fnma integration in our system" :D
07:51.51morsingsupport request #2 - please supply more beer
07:52.01halibanks don't do beer
07:52.24halithe credit crunch is very amusing systems wise
07:52.32bilarh_hali: going at the end of the month
07:52.43morsingbilarh_: Have we been invited?
07:52.57halibilarh_: ok, we could do a pub crawl before that if you can get a green card
07:53.09bilarh_hali: should be doable somehow :)
07:53.10halimarylebone perhaps
07:53.18bilarh_:D
07:53.25bilarh_swedish pub? :)
07:53.27halisveeedish guurl
07:53.35hali"har du snus eller?"
07:53.35bilarh_sounds like a date to me
07:53.37morsingAm I invited?
07:53.38bilarh_hehe
07:53.43halieveryone is invited!
07:53.46morsing:D
07:53.58morsingBeer
07:54.35morsingWhen is it?
07:54.41halitbd
07:54.42morsingj0nr: You coming?
07:54.52halidepending on bilarh's government negotiations
07:55.03*** join/#gllug blight (n=blight@83.244.128.126)
07:55.08j0nrmorsing: where?
07:55.08morsingblight!
07:55.13j0nrlet me read
07:55.15morsingj0nr: Marylebone
07:56.13j0nrI dont know anyone!
07:56.23morsingj0nr: You know me!
07:56.41morsingI don't know anyone either
07:56.48morsingNot of this new crowd
07:57.10j0nri'm part of the 'new crowd' surely
07:57.23halias long as you wear pants
07:57.51morsingj0nr: You are... Which is why I've never met you
07:58.05Leedsbah
07:58.07morsinghali: What happened to Trousers? (The guy that is...)
07:58.21halino idea
07:58.26halihaven't seen him around for ages
07:58.29j0nrmight feel out of place not being too up on linux
07:58.31halihe had anger issues
07:58.45morsingj0nr: I'm not up on Linux either. All I know is it sucks
07:58.59morsinghali: Did he? I met him once and he was really quiet and calm
07:59.28Leedsfor those who were worried, apparently the result of the election for MP for the IT constituancy was about 49.5%-50.5% - and Samson Tam won
07:59.32halion irc that is
07:59.34halinever met him irl
07:59.50morsinghali: He just got excited easily ;)
08:00.02j0nrmorsing: well you seem more clued up than me
08:00.08halihm, our finance team is scary exact on timing to the office ... 5 out of 6 people arrive at 8.59 _every_ single work day
08:00.09morsing...
08:00.18j0nryou have an automated name caller-upper when someone enters!!
08:00.25morsingI do?!
08:00.31morsingI didn't even know that
08:00.59Leedsj0nr: I think it's a semi-automatic last-person-who-joined-caller
08:01.08morsingI think this Danish girl fancies me :(
08:01.23antiphaseIs she blind and deaf?
08:01.27morsingNo...
08:01.41morsingI don't think she's my type though
08:01.48j0nrpics?
08:02.48LeedsI thought you despised Danes?
08:03.07morsingLeeds: I do...
08:03.20morsingShe's not that good looking either. And she 6' tall
08:03.29morsinghttp://www.morsing.cc/photos/Eva.jpg
08:03.38j0nrI went out with a girl that was taller than me once...and I'm about 6'
08:04.56antiphaseAny hole's a goal
08:05.03morsing...
08:05.17j0nrif you can reach it
08:05.55zaargshe's not good looking?
08:06.01morsingNot really...?
08:06.05zaargwtf?!
08:06.26morsingPeople obviously find different things attractive...
08:06.27zaargclearly some people have higher standards than my own :)
08:06.31zaargquite
08:06.32morsingI don't find her good looking
08:06.33zaargshe looks young
08:06.40morsingShe's 31
08:06.43morsingI think
08:06.55zaargweird
08:07.02Leedsshe's not bad
08:07.09morsingRight... You have her then :)
08:07.22j0nrwho is this girl? someone you have all met?
08:07.26morsing??
08:07.29morsingHardly
08:07.59Leeds"THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS UPGRADED TO GOOD."
08:08.34morsingThat's a ve4ry positive outlook on total destruction...
08:09.18Leedswell, it's only a depression so far, but it is called MARCE
08:10.17Leedsbut there's already a storm warning out in the Philippines
08:10.32morsingBeer
08:11.08zaargsure, i'll take her :P
08:11.16morsingGreat :)
08:11.39morsingzaarg: Is your photo on the IRC page?
08:11.44zaargnope
08:12.00morsingIt should be. A lot of the new people are missing
08:12.16zaargyeah i'll get round to adding one at some point
08:12.44morsingantiphase and george look almost identical... Same person?
08:13.59j0nryou're not on there morsing ?
08:14.25morsingj0nr: No, I requested to be removed when I left the channel a while ago
08:14.44morsingj0nr: http://www.morsing.cc/photos/Me.jpg
08:15.25j0nrok
08:15.30j0nrthere you are
08:15.34j0nrlol
08:15.39morsing?
08:15.59j0nri just mean what can i say. from one man to another
08:16.15morsing...
08:16.27morsingI know Leeds fancies me secretly
08:16.32j0nrhehe
08:16.34Leedsthis is true
08:16.46bilarh_jesus christ, it's a good job i'm not a stock broker...
08:17.25bilarh_so, two massive companies have to be taken over by the us govt so that they wont fail due to people not having enough money to repay their debts
08:17.26morsingbilarh_: Think beer
08:17.29zaargyeah, being really rich would suck
08:17.47bilarh_i would have thought it was bad if the economy was in such a state that people couldn't pay their mortgages
08:17.49Leedsbeing a retail stock-holder would suck
08:18.03bilarh_but apparently, this is good news, because the ftse is up 3.5%
08:18.15zaargwhat's this? i haven't heard...
08:18.32Leedszaarg: you know of fannie/freddie, the US 'government-backed' mortgage banks?
08:18.49morsingMmm... Fanny
08:19.03zaarggoogles
08:19.07Leedsas of approximately yesterday, they are now effectively government-owned, rather than -backed
08:19.28Leedsthink something like northern rock, only they are infrastructure not retail
08:19.29zaargholy crap
08:19.53Leedsthe US government is taking on their debts and replacing their management
08:20.16bilarh_i love it how all the experts keep saying "the worst is over" all the time and then a couple of days later there are new figures out showing it was worse than anticipated
08:20.23bilarh_re credit crunch, house prices etc
08:20.48j0nrmorsing: man you have a nice few cars
08:20.50Leedsdoesn't make much difference to mortgage-holders... pretty much wipes out stock-holders in the banks... and strongly reassures creditors
08:20.52zaargeconomists are full of shit
08:20.56morsingj0nr: !!
08:21.01morsingj0nr: Buy some of them
08:21.24morsingj0nr: I've only got the red and the grey one left
08:21.50Leedszaarg: The Economist isn't
08:22.05j0nrmorsing: ah I love the volvo and the beamer
08:22.12morsing:D
08:22.19zaargall economics is bullshit
08:22.20j0nrI cant buy any cars at the mo tho
08:22.23morsingThe BMW sucked. Worst car I@ve ever owned
08:22.25j0nri have three
08:22.32zaargthis is from someone starting at LSE at the end of the month :D
08:22.32morsingj0nr: All Volvos?
08:22.37j0nrneed to get rif of one so we can get one for the wife
08:22.42Leedszaarg: not true - and they turned me down when I applied there :-)
08:22.49bilarh_zaarg: nice, the lse, eh? :)
08:22.54bilarh_zaarg: doing a full degree?
08:22.55j0nri like the older ones...
08:23.00zaargphd
08:23.02j0nrI almost bought a 240
08:23.05bilarh_cool :D
08:23.06morsingCool :)
08:23.14j0nrbeen to finland, they got loads of two door 240s
08:23.18j0nrvery cool
08:23.27zaargbetter do some work
08:23.29bilarh_j0nr: 242, i believe
08:23.43morsingThe '70s 242GTs are cool!
08:24.07j0nrmorsing: i'm not to hot on the numbers but I like the look of them
08:25.08morsingj0nr: http://www.volvoadventures.com/242GT.html
08:26.17j0nrsweet
08:26.44antiphaseVolvos are only good if you have a need to waste a great deal of fuel while looking like a paedophile
08:45.55blightAll, any suggestions on how to configure my MTA to filter on subject line and redirect to two different addresses?
08:46.15morsingblight: procmail?
08:46.29antiphaseDepends if it's Exim
08:48.16blightantiphase: not Exim - however can Exim do this easily?
08:48.39blightmorsing: using procmail means I can't do it in stream right?
08:48.49morsing"stream"?
08:51.54*** join/#gllug mindbendr (n=neveraga@80.68.37.133)
08:52.24morsingmindbendr!
08:52.25mindbendrmorning
08:52.38blightmorsing: I'd have to download the mail then have procmail process it
08:53.04blightmorsing: what I'm trying to achieve is have my mail relay search for subject lines
08:53.15blightmorsing: and based on a match send to two different addresses
08:53.18morsingNice... I think
08:53.34morsingSendmail can do that
08:53.51blightmorsing: yeah? Cool - what am I looking for here then ...
08:53.57blightmorsing: milter?
08:54.02morsingmilter?!?!?
08:54.06morsingWhat???
08:54.28morsingIn sendmail, all you need to do is type '@@$&*^^((($$@@@@@' and it'll do it by magic
08:54.54morsingHonestly, I wouldn't have a clue :)  Don't know if anyone does about Sendmail these days
08:55.05blightmorsing: :-) Okay ... fair cop
08:55.25blightmorsing: postfix will do half of it
08:55.32blightmorsing: using header_check
08:55.39morsingOh! Maybe...
08:55.58morsingblight: Ask on tek-tips
08:57.02morsingblight: Here ya go: http://www.postfix.org/header_checks.5.html
08:57.11morsingDescribes it all in the examples section
08:58.04blightmorsing: I'm looking at that
08:58.47Leedsoh, no, "Your AdWords Google Account is stoped."
08:58.52wethrinI think Tethys does sendmail still :)
08:59.59morsingNowt wrong with Sendmail - if you understand it
09:00.23LeedsI was at a 'Microsoft and Open Source' presentation at the weekend, and the MS guy had a list of the top 10 open source packages, including sendmail
09:02.42wethrinWell, not any more - I think they've patched all the obvious security holes
09:02.53wethrinWell, done that about 5 years ago
09:02.59wethrinMore, actually
09:03.03wethrinDoesn't time fly.
09:03.09morsingBeer
09:03.21wethrinmorsing: Therein lies the biggest problem with sendmail - *if* you understand it
09:03.37wethrinIt still retains compatibility for all the old mail systems that no-one uses any more
09:03.49morsingHow hard can it be to add some @s and ^s to a config file - pffttt
09:04.09wethrinAdding them in the right order.... :-)
09:18.30morsingadds beer to wethrin
09:19.01*** join/#gllug Blapto (n=martin@62.189.100.228)
09:19.05morsingBlapto!
09:19.12BlaptoBlapto!
09:19.17morsingBlapto: How's your mail filtering company?
09:19.28BlaptoErrm, I work for a spam company
09:19.33morsingI know
09:19.42BlaptoAs in spam producing.
09:19.42morsingHow's it going? Well, you own the company
09:19.52BlaptoI think you're confused again.
09:19.58BlaptoYou may want to drink more until it goes away.
09:19.59morsingI'm never confused
09:20.48morsingHang on - so you produce spam and your brother filters it... Seems like a bit of a scam to me!
09:21.06BlaptoDoesn't it just.
09:22.33LeedsBlapto: does your spam get though your brother's filter?
09:22.47BlaptoI've no idea
09:22.55BlaptoYou'll have to ask his mother, who is not the same one as mine.
09:23.14morsingLeeds: I'd have though his brother pays Blapto to spam people who doesn't buy his filetring product. Then, when peopl epay up, Blapto stops spamming them
09:23.33BlaptoSo a spam racket of sorts.
09:23.36BlaptoSounds like a great idea.
09:23.38morsingYeah
09:26.11Nafallodoes anyone have an old motherboard they want to get rid off? something marked GREEN on this page please: http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
09:26.40Nafalloapparently PII/III motherboards isn't really on sale anymore.
09:26.45Nafallo:-P
09:26.48BlaptoNafallo: which socket?
09:26.58BlaptoI might have something I can't guarantee works
09:27.15NafalloBlapto: doesn't matter. I need that too. my boss want something that can do coreboot.
09:27.25NafalloBlapto: in a desktop case if possible :-)
09:27.34Nafallowhich board?
09:27.40BlaptoOh, I don't have a case for it
09:27.46NafalloI can buy one.
09:27.56BlaptoAnd I don't even know which board it is, I'd need to go home and inspect it.
09:28.11Nafallohehe. oki. when will that be? :-)
09:28.13morsingBeer
09:28.18BlaptoSometime tonight
09:28.27morsingBlapto: You up for a social meet soon?
09:28.30BlaptoI'll e-mail it to myself and be in this channel tomorrow.
09:28.36Blaptomorsing: busy this Saturday
09:28.48morsingBlapto: I think it's a week day - still tbd
09:28.56NafalloBlapto: oki. I kind of have a deadline today. thanks anyway.
09:28.57Blaptoweek days are best for me normally
09:29.01BlaptoAh, sorry Nafallo
09:29.36Nafallothinks it will be an NVIDIA chipset-based board, unfree as it is, then :-/.
09:36.44Nafallogaah!
09:36.58Nafallofound a motherboard, found memory, FAIL to find a matching CPU
09:43.12halihm, buying hardware in bits? isn't that a bit expensive?
09:43.22haliunless it is for personal use i guess
09:43.27BlaptoI don't think he's buying, hali ;)
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09:45.15wethrinNafallo: eBay?
09:45.30Nafallowethrin: deadline today? :-)
09:45.57Nafallohali: I'm buying for a billionaire... I don't really care :-)
09:46.09morsingmindbendr!
09:46.22Leedsa... billionaire?
09:47.06Nafalloyes.
09:47.15morsingNafallo: TwoSheds?
09:47.16wethrinoh. Good luck.
09:47.22wethrinHave you tried Computer Exchange?
09:47.26wethrin(Tottenham Cuort Road)
09:47.30wethrinGAH I HATE MY KEYBOARD
09:47.43BlaptoYeah yeah, blame the keyboard
09:47.47Nafallowethrin: thanks. I have no idea what's up there. I'll check it now :-)
09:48.07BlaptoNafallo: there are tons of stores down Tottenham Court Road
09:48.11wethrinIt's the north end of TCR - not too far away from Warren St. tube
09:48.16wethrinBlapto: Yes, but not for old stuff
09:48.17BlaptoSome are a bit pricier, but if you know what things are worth then you'll be OK
09:48.27BlaptoMost of them carry some old stock
09:48.28wethrinNafallo: There's also Morgan that *may* be helpful, which is on (New?) Oxford St.
09:48.43BlaptoGultronics on Holborn are gone now
09:50.43Nafallomaybe I should just print this list and head up there instead of trying to chase this from the office.
09:55.12wethrinYou can ask on Gllug to see if anyone's got some spare P3s lying around
09:56.17morsingIt's gettin glate
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11:12.49BlaptoAnybody here set up a Xen server?
11:12.54morsingYes
11:13.00morsingBut it was version2
11:13.02morsingBut it was version 2
11:14.55BlaptoI've got a spare desktop at work
11:15.03BlaptoCurrently running VMWare hosting a windows box.
11:15.12BlaptoAnd a couple of Apache servers.
11:15.17BlaptoConsidering making it Xen instead
11:16.13BlaptoPentium 4 2.8GHz, 40GB hard drive, 1GB RAM
11:21.50BlaptoHmm, Xen Express only allows 4 simultaneous guests.
11:22.27BlaptoBalls to that then, as they say in France
11:42.47mindbendrBlapto: Xen server?
11:43.06mindbendrBlapto: what do you mean by that? :)
11:43.34mindbendrBlapto: I've got 9-10 servers running 4 Xen VMs on each, if that's what you mean
11:59.32morsingLemon
11:59.52halii use oracle vm (xen) for some middleware servers
11:59.55haliworks ok
12:00.07haliit's not vmware-good but fairly cost effective
12:04.30BlaptoXen host
12:04.48BlaptoMight set up my debian box with xensource
12:07.36zaargyeah, i use xen at work and at home
12:07.59zaargi love it :)
12:08.30zaargit's just a bit annoying to install
12:08.42zaargesp networking
12:13.54halithe bridge stuff is a nightmare compared to the simplicity of ESXi (also free)
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12:14.42BlaptoYeah, ESXi is interesting as well
12:15.06zaarghttp://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile-devices/review/2008/01/09/Bookeen-Cybook-Gen3/p1
12:15.07BlaptoI'll hold off and see what the Ticketmaster site license is I suppose...
12:15.13zaargfirst ebook reader i've come across that doesn't suck
12:15.24zaargw.h. smith is selling them for £150
12:15.26BlaptoCouple of guys here have the Sony one, which is decent
12:15.45BlaptoRemarkably well built
12:17.23zaargthose aren't available here yet afaik
12:17.50zaargand this one is cheaper and seems to solve the slow page switch problem
12:18.16BlaptoThey both imported them
12:18.56BlaptoHow does this solve the slow switch issue?
12:19.50zaargwhat technically? i have no idea
12:19.55zaargbut it does :)
12:19.56BlaptoNo, for the user
12:20.11zaargit doesn't take four seconds or so to change the page
12:20.18zaargas it does in the sony ones iirc
12:20.54BlaptoOK, just it doesn't say that in the review
12:21.15zaargholy crap that includes case and charger
12:21.18zaargthat's a really good price O_O
12:21.50halianyone here use numara footprints service desk software?
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12:47.58StephmwMobAnybody know of a london shop that might have some heatsink retention modules for sale? My existing one broke during my move :(
12:50.36morsing?
12:55.16StephmwMobIt's the square plastic part that your cpu cooler clips onto
12:56.14morsingWell, it's not going to cool well that way so better do without it
13:01.05halii'd imagine you'll have to buy a new heatsink
13:01.19hali"spares" for a heatsink seems a bit silly
13:01.41BlaptoI think it's a bit of the motherboard
13:01.55antiphaseotherwise known as the CPU socket
13:02.00antiphaseNew mobo time
13:02.18BlaptoWell, it's not actually a part of the CPU socket
13:02.20antiphaseNext time, don't buy such a neavy heatsink :)
13:02.29BlaptoIt could be new cooler time, as some coolers do come with their own clips.
13:02.43BlaptoOr remove the heatsink before you move the PC.
13:05.54StephmwMobAye, hindsight is wonderful :)
13:26.22wethrinSuperglue!
13:26.57morsingBeer!
13:27.06morsingNo wait! Superglue!
13:28.34wethrinsuperbeer!
13:28.39morsing!!
13:28.41morsingMead!
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13:29.42zaargthe industry doesn't make it easy to actually repair things
13:29.49zaargthey much prefer you buy the whole thing all over again
13:29.50zaargsucks
13:30.48Blaptommmmmmmmead!
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13:32.21zaargi've always suspected a lot of motherboard failures etc would be trivial to repair
13:32.42BlaptoYou can send them back to the manufacturer, more often than not.
13:32.45zaargreplacing capacitors and such, though i relaly have no idea
13:32.59BlaptoI've replaced capacitors on motherboards
13:33.15BlaptoDepending on what kind they are it can be simple to work out which have gone bad.
13:33.15zaargand the manufactuer typically sends you back a new one from their sweat shop
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13:33.42zaargi remember my friend tried to replace one of those big capacitors in a crt
13:33.43morsingj0nr!
13:33.47BlaptoBANG!
13:33.51zaargapparently he could have died :)
13:33.53BlaptoUnless he discharged it properly.
13:34.11zaargi think luckily it had been sitting around for long enough that it wasn't an issue
13:34.19Blaptoflyback transformers aren't safe to open
13:34.25BlaptoWell, not unless you know what you're doing
13:34.40BlaptoThough if it had been left around for a while (plugged in but turned off) he'd be OK
13:35.42morsingMmm... Mouldy wine
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14:42.39z00daxcheck it
14:58.50morsingHoemtime!
14:58.55wethrinSlacker.
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15:17.04j0nranyone any idea what the cost of an ssh connection over GPRS would be like
15:17.29z00daxyes
15:18.10j0nrcool....is it heavy going?
15:18.28z00daxdigging for details
15:18.40wethrinGPRS is slow. You will be driven slowly insane by using it.
15:18.41j0nrI mean is it like just bit of data everytime something comes and goes, or a continuous connection racking up by the minute
15:19.06wethrinThe first, mostly
15:19.09j0nrI know GPRS is slow, just wanted to try it out
15:19.12wethrinThere's a few keepalive packets sent
15:19.18Blaptot-mobile charge £15 a month for unlimited tethered GPRS
15:19.25BlaptoOr £10 a month if you only use it from your phone.
15:19.43j0nram already with orange
15:19.44BlaptoBut there are sneaky beaky things you can do to make it look like all the traffic came from your phone.
15:20.07zaarg3g is faster than gprs right?
15:20.13j0nryeah
15:20.43wethrinWith ssh, it's lag, not bandwidth, you need to be concerned about
15:21.08wethrinThe bandwidth is approximately fuck-all
15:21.13z00daxgprs is fine for ssh, make sure you have compression turned on in the client -> server connection
15:21.27wethrinfound turning on compression made it more laggy
15:21.30z00daxits still a lot faster than you can type - mutt works fine over 19k too
15:21.45z00daxwethrin: really ?
15:21.53wethrinyeah
15:21.58z00daxi suppose if its all on the cli stuff, and you are not getting much back
15:22.17wethrinI'm guessing it bunches a load of data together so it can compress it
15:22.56j0nrwas wondering how it would manage irc
15:23.07z00daxj0nr: use jmirc :D
15:23.09j0nror whether the constant updating would shoot the cost up
15:23.22wethrinIRC's still not bandwidth-heavy
15:23.30z00daxthere isnt really any constant updating with irc, just the ping pongs, which are 8 bytes
15:23.31wethrinBut you'll still be driven mad through incessant laginess
15:23.33BlaptoI've used IRC happily
15:23.50z00daxI am on irc over a 9600bps connection now :D
15:24.05LeedsI've used IRC over GPRS quite a few times
15:24.22z00daxj0nr: jmirc.sf.net iirc
15:25.08z00daxif you are on a train - moving quickly'ish or moving through lots of cell's - it gets irritating
15:25.27j0nris this suited for pocketpc type phones
15:25.28z00daxsince you get these 'black holes' with no data transfer while the cell changes
15:25.29j0nr?
15:25.52z00daxj0nr: they have a list of phones on there that its known to work with.
15:26.18z00daxdoes your phone have mdp  j2me ?
15:26.34j0nrnot sure
15:26.40j0nrit running windows mobile 6
15:26.55z00daxpass..
15:27.00j0nrnot to worry
15:27.19j0nri know if i wanted to I could ssh into computer at home and go into my irc sess from there
15:27.44Blaptois completely and utterly shagged with 1hr30 till quitting time.
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15:29.06z00daxBlapto: more vodka
15:29.20zaarghaven't even tried ssh on teh iphone yet
15:29.31zaargtries now
15:29.32Blaptoz00dax: I've run out.
15:29.42j0nrbye for now
15:30.02BlaptoI only have southern comfort left, and that's nasty
15:30.10zaargi don't suppose screen -r will work
15:30.12z00daxj0nr: ta
15:30.20z00daxBlapto: in times of need, nasty is good too
15:30.50z00daxzaarg: telnet!
15:32.19BlaptoIRC over telnet is doable
15:32.22BlaptoI've done that before
15:32.28BlaptoYou just have to remember to reply to the pings
15:32.35z00daxyou just need to type PONG real quick
15:32.56z00daxi think dancerircd gave you like 22 miliseconds
15:33.09BlaptoAre you sure?
15:33.11zaargholy crap
15:33.14zaargsort of works
15:33.16BlaptoLatency to the  US is longer than that.
15:33.30z00daxth default is quite low
15:33.55zaargin a sort of not really sort of way
15:34.03z00daxor was it 2.2 seconds
15:34.12zaargscreen -rx on iphone and desktop atm
15:34.26Blapto2.2 seconds is more like it
15:34.33Blapto22ms would only really work on a LAN
15:34.36z00daxtests
15:39.34z00daxhumm
15:39.46z00daxirc.freenode.net does not work for me, it just ignores everything over telnet
15:39.54z00daxirc.oftc.net works fine
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20:13.52z00daxa bit of a drive-by question
20:14.30z00daxif someone wants to give me money for doing some random drive by work, do I need to pay tax on that - without any limits etc ?
20:14.40morsingStephmwMob!
20:14.43z00daxofcourse I am not a limited company or anything like tht
20:14.54morsingz00dax: Depends on your yearly income
20:15.02morsingAnd other stuff
20:15.11morsingBut yes, it's taxable like everything else
20:15.14z00daxah so this gets added on top of the anual income
20:15.18morsingYes
20:15.22z00daxso even if its £60 or £150
20:15.24morsingYes
20:15.27morsingDoesn't matter
20:15.38z00daxah humm
20:15.48z00daxmorsing: thanks
20:19.45wethrinWhich is why many people do it as 'cash under the table'
20:20.03wethrinOfficially, yes, you'd need to declare it to the taxman
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21:50.13haliit's easy to avoid tho
21:50.35halii've done under the table work for a few of the uk's largest banks
21:50.52halisome guy just expenses £1k in random stuff for himself and gives me cash
21:51.17halior pay via a less controll 3rd party
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