IRC log for #gllug on 20090206

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08:51.52bilarhok so i went to b&q yesterday and picked up a mid range "black&decker"
08:51.57bilarhjesus christ it was dire
08:52.01bilarhi'm taking it back today
08:52.17bilarhthe whole chuck wobbles about as soon as you start drilling
08:52.21bilarhwith no load it's fine
08:52.45bilarhand it feels ten times worse than my cheap b&q own brand jobbie from 4 years back
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09:43.55mindbendrmorsing!
09:49.46ChoHagHow can you get the 1st character of a variable in sh?
09:49.51ChoHag${X:0:1} only works in bash.
09:50.13bilarhwith cut
09:50.39bilarhecho test | cut -b 1
09:50.51ChoHagUsing only sh builtins?
09:50.59bilarhthere are no string built ins in sh afaik
09:51.13bilarhsh stands for shit, don't forget :)
09:51.45bilarhksh might work if you want a "standard" shell that is better than sh
09:52.21ChoHagUnless ash/dash has added random stuff, it has :-, :=, :? and :+ as well ash #, ##, % and %%.
09:52.32ChoHagI doubt they would have been added if : and :: weren't.
09:52.58ChoHagI don't want something better than sh, I want the lowest common denominator.
10:13.13bilarhaccording to my hpux manual
10:13.22bilarhsh posix supports the following substitutions
10:13.52bilarh<PROTECTED>
10:13.52bilarh<PROTECTED>
10:13.52bilarh<PROTECTED>
10:14.06bilarh<PROTECTED>
10:14.18bilarh<PROTECTED>
10:14.30bilarh${parameter:+word}   ${parameter#pattern} ${parameter##pattern}
10:14.38bilarh<PROTECTED>
10:14.52bilarhso i think you're out of luck :)
10:15.12bilarhuse ksh if you want a standard shell over multi platform
10:15.20bilarhthat does stringy stuff
10:26.56ChoHagIn that case I might as well just use bash.
10:43.17Mohanmorning!
10:43.59an0keyMorning!
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13:18.45dick_turpinI'm in the cack! its the wife's birthday on the 13th and I cant get any tickets for Oliver at Drury Lane until March looks like I'll have to leave the country
13:19.25antiphaseFind some touts and sell a kidney to pay for it
13:20.19dick_turpinI was considering that, trouble is I'm sure they was include in the deal when I sold my soul to the devil
13:56.59ChoHagIf you sold your soul to the devil, just find one of the touts and kill it.
13:59.11bilarh"it" :D
13:59.14bilarhapt description :D
13:59.35bilarhdick_turpin: tell her it's friday the 13th and that it's bad luck to go see musicals then
13:59.53bilarhdick_turpin: and take her to the cinema to see "friday 13th" instead :)
13:59.56bilarhalmost as good
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14:00.34dick_turpinbilarh: It'll be difficult to tell her with busted teeth and a dinner plate sticking out my head
14:00.47bilarhsend her an email
14:01.31dick_turpinbilarh: Tie a message to the dog more like then run like f.....
14:23.11kjsafternoon
14:31.41bilarhdick_turpin: here you go
14:31.43bilarhhttp://www.getmein.com/tickets/oliver-tickets/london-69637.html
14:31.48bilarhonly 185 quid each :D
14:35.34dick_turpinbilarh: I want the 14th we will both be working on her birthday. Plus we want the Matinee our local T station shuts at 6.30pm :-D
14:36.01bilarhdick_turpin: on the 14th... isnt' that valentine's day?
14:36.11bilarhgood luck :D
14:37.00bilarhi need to find some tickets for something on the 17th of feb
14:37.23bilarhreally it was supposed to be on the 18th, but then i cleverly booked my mum to come and see us for th 18th
14:37.31bilarhi wasn't very popular
14:39.58dick_turpinbilarh: F'eck me £185 each! I thought that was for two!
14:41.04dick_turpinPlus train fare £90 ish plus Din dins, program and a bag of popcorn she's having a laugh
14:42.04ChoHagHah!
14:42.12ChoHagWelcome to the world of woman.
14:42.13bilarhjust imagine the favour's she'd owe you
14:42.22bilarhit'll all be worth it in the end
14:42.27bilarhand, best of all, you get to live
14:42.41ChoHagAnd refuse to give you because she assumed it was all in her rights.
14:43.49dick_turpinHuh I can look round my home and tell which 'good' nights I had. Hello Table and Chairs etc
14:44.34ChoHagI don't want to know thanks.
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14:45.00bilarhdick_turpin: was that when she inserted a table leg up your you know?
14:45.17dick_turpinbilarh: I thought that was you?
14:45.42dick_turpinbilarh: When you gave me that hanky to sniff
14:46.09bilarhthe one that smelt of chloroform?
14:49.16dick_turpinbilarh: You said it was menthol
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15:43.41ChoHag<Boss> I've got a brilliant idea. Let's move this database, which is large but required by the business, to DR.
15:46.52mindbndrkjs: how's it going? have you found any contract work that you mentioned ages ago
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