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| 07:35.42 | bilarh | morning |
| 07:56.16 | antiphase | Wotcha cock |
| 07:57.35 | bilarh | ebay is a funny thing |
| 07:57.48 | bilarh | so i was bidding on this mazda mx-5 |
| 07:57.52 | bilarh | broken gearbox |
| 07:57.54 | bilarh | broken engine |
| 07:58.00 | antiphase | SOunds useful |
| 07:58.10 | bilarh | chassi rail rusted through |
| 07:58.15 | bilarh | 1991 model |
| 07:58.22 | antiphase | So scrap basically |
| 07:58.26 | bilarh | yes |
| 07:58.39 | bilarh | bearing in mind that you can get a fully working, MOT'd one for about 1k |
| 07:58.51 | bilarh | this one went for 710 quid :D |
| 07:59.03 | antiphase | Some people are nuts |
| 07:59.07 | bilarh | it's insane |
| 07:59.48 | antiphase | I paid 750 quid for a Land Rover with an MOT last time I bought a vehicle of any sort |
| 08:00.11 | bilarh | 750,.... must have been a 01-02 plate? :D |
| 08:00.37 | antiphase | 1970 J :P |
| 08:00.59 | antiphase | Dont' buy one, they make holes in your wallet |
| 08:01.17 | bilarh | really? |
| 08:01.27 | bilarh | i was gonna say it's probably more reliable than a 2000+ car |
| 08:02.03 | antiphase | It was certainly reliable, except on the occasion I had to be rescued in Weston-super-Mare because the oil had fallen out of the engine |
| 08:02.23 | antiphase | It drank fuel like no tomorrow, and it was cold and noisy |
| 08:02.23 | bilarh | that's ungood, i suppose |
| 08:02.36 | bilarh | it is a cool car, though |
| 08:02.43 | antiphase | Probably less good for the people behind to have 6 litres of oil on the road |
| 08:02.59 | antiphase | Never did work out where it happened because I never had much oil pressure anyway |
| 08:03.08 | bilarh | hehe |
| 08:03.43 | antiphase | I'd have one again but only as a second car |
| 08:04.15 | bilarh | did you use it for off roading, or purely as a road car/ |
| 08:04.21 | antiphase | Both |
| 08:05.13 | antiphase | I put a later diesel engine in it to try and get further for my money, and got 23mpg instead of 17 on petrol |
| 08:05.29 | antiphase | You can have much more fun at 20mpg in some other car that goes more than 70mph |
| 08:05.52 | bilarh | land rover hybrid :D |
| 08:07.45 | bilarh | e39(?) m5's are really starting to drop in price too |
| 08:07.58 | bilarh | a bit more and i might be tempted by one of them |
| 08:08.11 | antiphase | 9 or 10 grand |
| 08:08.21 | antiphase | I was considering it but they're all manual and I'm lazy |
| 08:08.53 | bilarh | 10 grand should get you a really, really spectacular one imo |
| 08:08.57 | bilarh | the dogs are goign for about 5k |
| 08:09.19 | bilarh | i'd look at spending about 7.5 based on that :) |
| 08:11.10 | antiphase | My concern with a vehicle of that type is that if it's a dog, it's probably been thrashed by some chav, and the engine and transmission will be as loose as an East European whore, and the parts aren't cheap |
| 08:13.19 | bilarh | yeah good points... |
| 08:14.16 | antiphase | Either that or it'll be a fake or a ringer |
| 08:14.32 | antiphase | Might be some weed hidden in it though, as it's a drug dealer car |
| 08:14.48 | bilarh | yeah make some money back that way |
| 08:14.52 | antiphase | Or even cocaine for a vehicle of that pedigree |
| 08:15.15 | bilarh | good if you get tired driving, just snort the seats |
| 08:15.23 | bilarh | i'd be super worried actually |
| 08:15.27 | bilarh | buying a used car like that |
| 08:15.39 | bilarh | i wouldn't even buy a used impreza unless it was dirt cheap |
| 08:15.53 | bilarh | then again, the m5 would attract differnet buyers, i guess |
| 08:15.55 | bilarh | originally |
| 08:15.56 | antiphase | If I was spending 10 grand I'd take the pain and get it from a stealer I think |
| 08:16.13 | antiphase | Not keen on getting beaten up and stuck in a ditch by some dodgy private vendor |
| 08:16.44 | antiphase | I'm still tempted by that obscene Merc, but it's 18k |
| 08:16.55 | bilarh | obscene merc? |
| 08:17.23 | antiphase | http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/831656.htm |
| 08:17.29 | antiphase | as mentioned a couple of days ago in here |
| 08:17.47 | bilarh | my memory is only about 3 seconds long |
| 08:18.12 | bilarh | ooh.... xx55 amg is always nice |
| 08:18.25 | antiphase | That's the supercharged 493hp one as well |
| 08:18.32 | bilarh | jesus christ |
| 08:18.41 | bilarh | wtf am i doing spending 1k on a saab engine? |
| 08:18.47 | antiphase | aka 12mpg around town, low 20s on a cruise |
| 08:18.54 | bilarh | ah, that's why :D |
| 08:19.01 | bilarh | that sounds like the subaru |
| 08:19.05 | bilarh | maybe i should trade up |
| 08:19.28 | bilarh | how many tonnes does it weigh, though? |
| 08:19.43 | bilarh | might not be so great after all if it weighs 2000+ kg :) |
| 08:19.53 | bilarh | and brakes and tyres |
| 08:19.57 | antiphase | Pretty much. It's full of leather and stuff |
| 08:20.08 | antiphase | So only just under 5s to 60mph |
| 08:20.08 | bilarh | hrm, i'll stick with my saab + subaru |
| 08:21.09 | antiphase | Cheap cars ftw. I've got no way of maintaining a car in London though, so I'll have to be like a normal person and pay up for it, so there's no point having some shitwagon |
| 08:21.45 | antiphase | Maybe I ought to get some total shitheap for 200 quid instead |
| 08:21.55 | bilarh | yeah get that and run it into the ground |
| 08:22.05 | bilarh | to replce the car will be less than replacing one tyre on that merc :D |
| 08:22.31 | bilarh | if you get something reasonably big engined, you get amazing value for like sub 500 quid |
| 08:22.36 | bilarh | on ebay |
| 08:22.40 | antiphase | Old Jag V12 or something |
| 08:22.46 | bilarh | exactly |
| 08:23.11 | bilarh | or like the saab... not everyone's cup of tea, but it was an honest car with 225bhp and super comfy cruising for less than 500 |
| 08:23.16 | bilarh | inclduing a years mot |
| 08:24.15 | antiphase | Probably has surströmming in the glovebox rather than charlie |
| 08:24.35 | antiphase | and some tasteful leather hand-stitched driving gloves |
| 08:24.50 | bilarh | halfords sell interior cleaning kits for 12.99 |
| 08:31.57 | cpufreak | antiphase: the dude next door to me owns a CL500 |
| 08:32.04 | cpufreak | do you want to come and see it in the flesh? |
| 08:32.24 | cpufreak | same as your 55AMG to look at |
| 08:32.33 | antiphase | To view it in all its canalboat glory |
| 08:33.03 | cpufreak | its smaller than I thought it would be |
| 08:33.06 | cpufreak | I mean |
| 08:33.08 | cpufreak | its still huge |
| 08:33.08 | cpufreak | but. |
| 08:33.37 | antiphase | Just like my todger then |
| 08:34.20 | cpufreak | I've no idea on your todger, and no interest there either. |
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| 09:35.15 | z00dax | some of the cheapshit on eaby is nice and cheap and you can get silly kit too |
| 09:35.16 | z00dax | insurance, on the other hand, does not care where you got the box from . |
| 09:35.27 | z00dax | and its a bit non-ideal to need to pay £1900 a year insurnace on the £1600 s-class off ebay |
| 09:35.37 | z00dax | insurance even |
| 09:39.11 | cpufreak | how on earth would it cost you 1900 a year. |
| 09:39.24 | cpufreak | an M5 or CL55AMG would cost me about 800 /yr. |
| 09:39.31 | z00dax | its the cheapest quote I got :) |
| 09:39.44 | cpufreak | my M3CSL costs me 8quid/yr |
| 09:39.45 | z00dax | and thats with the 5 years no-claims-discount etc |
| 09:40.02 | cpufreak | do you live in brixton or something? |
| 09:40.03 | z00dax | £8 ??? are you missing a few digits there ? |
| 09:40.05 | cpufreak | no |
| 09:40.21 | cpufreak | its on a fleet policy though |
| 09:40.34 | z00dax | and how old is it ? |
| 09:40.44 | cpufreak | 2004 |
| 09:40.56 | wethrin | Is this as a second policy, or something? |
| 09:41.06 | z00dax | i pay £22/month with the no-claims protection etc for the modeo I have at the moment, so the place isnt quite that bad ( live in bexley ) |
| 09:41.36 | cpufreak | normal insurance for it would be about 800/yr with all modifications (roll cage, intrax coilovers, AP brakes, uprated LSD, all rose jointed underneath, higher lift cams, recaro spg pro racer seats, harnesses etc etc etc). |
| 09:41.51 | cpufreak | but its on a fleet policy with a bunch of other cars and tractors, and adds 8quid/yr to the cost of that. |
| 09:42.21 | wethrin | ahh |
| 09:42.37 | bilarh | sweet |
| 09:42.53 | bilarh | I wish my subaru cost 8 quid a year :( |
| 09:43.14 | cpufreak | either way 800/yr is nothing anyway |
| 09:43.54 | wethrin | It's almost what I pay in council tax! |
| 09:43.57 | antiphase | I got some quotes and even crazy group 20+ stuff won't cost more than 1-1.5k p.a. with no NCB, so I'd expect to be paying less than 800 after a year or two |
| 09:44.19 | antiphase | Then again I am 31, so I'll be drawing a pension soon |
| 09:44.29 | z00dax | I wonder if going from 'commuting' to 'social, domestic and pleasure' might make a difference |
| 09:44.40 | wethrin | it will a bit |
| 09:44.54 | bilarh | i pay 750 for the subaru at the moment, all mods declared (obviously) |
| 09:45.01 | wethrin | I think insurance companies employ a random number generator |
| 09:45.02 | bilarh | so actually, i'm not complaining |
| 09:45.03 | antiphase | If you do most of your miles during heavy traffic, they'll expect more prangs |
| 09:45.20 | antiphase | More women out there to drive into you |
| 09:45.25 | z00dax | humm :) |
| 09:45.45 | z00dax | think I might drop the commuting tag later this year when we stop using the car to get into work completely |
| 09:46.28 | wethrin | idly points antiphase at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yXSx5ltW-0 |
| 09:47.03 | antiphase | fails to have sound |
| 09:47.11 | wethrin | oh |
| 09:47.17 | wethrin | that's a bit of an issue, really |
| 09:47.18 | bilarh | ah, antiphase is using a real mans computer :D |
| 09:47.25 | wethrin | bilarh: What, using Linux? :) |
| 09:47.29 | bilarh | yes :( |
| 09:47.42 | antiphase | I'll have a butcher's later at home, by which time it will be irrelevant |
| 09:47.44 | bilarh | my computer is still not up to mid 90's multimedia spec :( |
| 09:47.57 | cpufreak | I need a new comptuer here |
| 09:48.03 | wethrin | antiphase: It might be irrelevant, but you'll probably still enjoy it |
| 09:48.11 | cpufreak | P4 3GHz/1GB RAM is unusable really |
| 09:48.27 | wethrin | ... |
| 09:48.34 | cpufreak | for a modern work computer |
| 09:48.35 | wethrin | okay. Your PC requirements are not my PC requirements :) |
| 09:48.44 | cpufreak | firefox is using 700MB of ram |
| 09:48.48 | cpufreak | and has only been running for 2hrs |
| 09:48.49 | wethrin | Ouch |
| 09:49.01 | cpufreak | oh sorry 561MB |
| 09:49.09 | wethrin | Actually, I upgraded my work machine from 1GB to 4GB because Vista was being a tad sluggish |
| 09:49.11 | bilarh | i could quite happily do everything i use my computer for on a 5 year old machine |
| 09:49.19 | wethrin | but otherwise mine's a Core2 1.86GHz |
| 09:49.23 | cpufreak | yeh |
| 09:49.31 | wethrin | And is fine for what I do |
| 09:49.31 | bilarh | but i just open loads of terminals and run an emacs or two and a firefox |
| 09:49.36 | cpufreak | core2 duo @ 1.86GHz is about 4x as good as a P4 @ 3GHz. |
| 09:49.36 | wethrin | I use Chrome |
| 09:49.44 | wethrin | Ah, is it? Okay. |
| 09:49.48 | cpufreak | yes |
| 09:49.50 | cpufreak | this is 2006 spec. |
| 09:49.53 | antiphase | has Core 2 Duo @2.33GHz and 2GB RAM |
| 09:49.54 | cpufreak | its hot, crap and slow. |
| 09:49.58 | antiphase | Shit ATi gfx though |
| 09:50.20 | wethrin | I've got some shit nVidia. But then, I don't need fancy graphics |
| 09:50.25 | cpufreak | I got a radeon 7000 in this |
| 09:50.28 | antiphase | I should bring in my beast from home |
| 09:50.29 | cpufreak | and a network card which drops packets |
| 09:53.50 | z00dax | you need an update :) |
| 09:54.28 | cpufreak | yeh |
| 09:54.38 | cpufreak | desktop support have promised me one twice |
| 09:54.39 | cpufreak | its not happened |
| 09:54.52 | cpufreak | I might just raise a ticket and get my boss to sign off a core2quad |
| 09:54.57 | cpufreak | or an i7 thingy |
| 09:54.58 | z00dax | my ol' laptop which is still my main desktop is Turion2Ghz with an ATI 700 chipset, everything justworks. including the wifi the sdcard reader bluetooth screen brightness auto-adapt etc. and its about 4 years old ( will be in Dec this year ) |
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| 09:55.40 | antiphase | Get an i7 with 12 GB RAM |
| 09:55.53 | z00dax | the 'desktop' machine which the work guys got me about 3 odd years back is a dual dual core opteron, with 8gb of ram and 4 x 250g disks. I just use that to host bazillion vm's |
| 09:56.42 | z00dax | the i7's are nice. the q9700 is also quite nice |
| 10:52.37 | bilarh | our dear leader: http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/BrownTennisPA_600x1012.jpg |
| 10:54.35 | wethrin | What, no trainers on the court? |
| 10:54.37 | wethrin | Shocking! |
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| 11:39.41 | dick_turpin | wethrin: Want today's classic? |
| 11:40.32 | wethrin | yes! |
| 11:41.28 | dick_turpin | wethrin: Ready? (Its not brilliant just classic) |
| 11:42.22 | dick_turpin | "Hi its Erin here from xxxxxx Nicola has a problem with the Printer" |
| 11:42.32 | dick_turpin | So why are you ringing? |
| 11:42.46 | dick_turpin | "Oh do you want to speak to Nicola?" |
| 11:42.52 | dick_turpin | Might be an idea |
| 11:43.39 | dick_turpin | "Hi Nicola here, our Printer won't print we didn't buy it from you but before I ring them I wanted to ask your opinion" |
| 11:43.43 | dick_turpin | WTF? |
| 11:43.54 | dick_turpin | The End |
| 11:44.07 | bilarh | hehe :D |
| 11:44.52 | wethrin | oh dear |
| 11:45.00 | wethrin | "My opinion is you should buy a printer from us" |
| 11:45.32 | dick_turpin | My opinion is FO |
| 11:45.42 | ChoHag | BAH! People. |
| 11:46.04 | ChoHag | Do any piece of work and suddenly they think they've got free IT support for life. |
| 11:46.16 | wethrin | http://www.allowe.com/Humor/sightgagbrowser.php?j=1905 |
| 11:46.39 | dick_turpin | wethrin: Got another one, I'll try and make it quick yes or no? |
| 11:46.45 | wethrin | yes |
| 11:47.05 | dick_turpin | "Hi I've bought an iphone and I cant set it up" |
| 11:47.16 | dick_turpin | OK thats £65 per hour |
| 11:47.35 | dick_turpin | "Oh I don't want to pay you can you tell me how to do it" |
| 11:47.55 | dick_turpin | Um not really contact the people you bought it from |
| 11:48.05 | dick_turpin | "But you do our email" |
| 11:48.08 | dick_turpin | Yes |
| 11:48.18 | wethrin | "Yes, I can tell you how to do it" "Oh, how?" "Pay me £65/hr, and I'll tell you" |
| 11:48.20 | dick_turpin | "So you should configure my phone" |
| 11:48.44 | dick_turpin | Er sorry but no |
| 11:49.32 | dick_turpin | Cut a long story short he's been waiting all week was on the phone Friday frothing at the mouth as to why we had not set his phone up free of charge |
| 11:49.45 | wethrin | oh dear |
| 11:51.27 | dick_turpin | Silly thing is while its not our core business we could have sold him the phone and probably would have set it up for free, but as usual know it all customers do their own thing "Aw gawd no I can get it cheaper on ebay" then blame us when they cant figure it out. Go figure? |
| 11:55.48 | z00dax | erm, looks like a result and a bit in the cricket |
| 11:56.09 | dick_turpin | 115 runs :-) |
| 11:56.18 | wethrin | dick_turpin: People are stupid. |
| 11:56.33 | dick_turpin | wethrin: Gas em all I say ;-) |
| 11:56.43 | wethrin | heh |
| 11:57.52 | dick_turpin | wethrin: And I'm only half way through the day |
| 11:58.05 | wethrin | It's also the first day of the week |
| 12:00.21 | dick_turpin | wethrin: Cheers mate you should go into Management, you really know how to encourage people ;-) |
| 12:00.30 | wethrin | heh |
| 12:50.37 | ChoHag | If we can gas people, that's pretty good encouragement. |
| 12:52.13 | dick_turpin | When I become El Presidenti Its the 1st law I'll pass. bilarh's name is already on the list |
| 12:52.46 | boudiccas | so thats what hte little black notebook is for! the hit list!! |
| 12:54.17 | dick_turpin | boudiccas: No you silly girl, you know full well that little black book is instructions on what to do if I happen to get lucky ;-) |
| 12:54.28 | boudiccas | lol |
| 12:55.53 | dick_turpin | wethrin: Just had another classic phone call, interested? |
| 12:56.19 | boudiccas | go for it |
| 12:56.53 | dick_turpin | "Hi we have a satellite office at GKN and they want to move us" |
| 12:57.08 | dick_turpin | Yeah I know you have an office there |
| 12:57.34 | dick_turpin | "They want us moved by the 7th August" |
| 12:58.06 | dick_turpin | OK whats the address and new number for the broad band? |
| 12:58.40 | dick_turpin | "Dunno I cant find out and their IT guy is on 2 weeks holiday" |
| 12:58.57 | AndyMillar | oh lol |
| 12:59.09 | dick_turpin | Well theres not a lot I can do then is there? |
| 12:59.14 | boudiccas | time for some crystal ball gazing i think |
| 12:59.34 | antiphase | Crystal meth |
| 12:59.48 | dick_turpin | Why even bother phoning? |
| 13:00.04 | dick_turpin | I have gassed him by the way :-) |
| 13:00.29 | boudiccas | you mean you farted down the phone line? |
| 13:01.07 | dick_turpin | No I drove round, taped up all the doors and windows, stuck a hose on the exhaust.......... |
| 13:01.34 | boudiccas | ah right, the old zyklon b exposure |
| 13:01.57 | dick_turpin | boudiccas: Do you want to know the worst thing? |
| 13:02.02 | boudiccas | go on |
| 13:02.13 | dick_turpin | Most of these people are in positions of authority |
| 13:02.47 | boudiccas | hah! no wonder britains industries are in such bad shape |
| 13:03.05 | antiphase | You should get in there and show them how it's done |
| 13:03.10 | boudiccas | with muppets in charge thats the sort of expereince you get |
| 13:08.09 | dick_turpin | They don't want to know 'how its done' and I'm sure I'm just as big an idiot. I can only relay calls as I get them. people can draw their own conclusions. |
| 13:48.55 | bilarh | <PROTECTED> |
| 13:49.16 | wethrin | hehehe |
| 13:49.25 | wethrin | this is why the Good Lord invented aluminium foil |
| 13:49.49 | bilarh | i thought it was to make my hats? :( |
| 13:50.02 | wethrin | actually, that doesn't work. |
| 13:50.19 | boudiccas | what, the tin foil hats dont work? |
| 13:50.40 | bilarh | mine does... i've upgraded to aluminium |
| 13:50.41 | boudiccas | they shield my thoights from the power sockets that drain them away to the master |
| 13:51.12 | bilarh | the alien lizad masters :( |
| 13:51.56 | boudiccas | no, just the master, no aliens involved |
| 13:52.15 | boudiccas | leastways, i dont think that hes an alien |
| 13:52.25 | dick_turpin | He tells me to burn things |
| 13:53.48 | boudiccas | you as well? i try to ignore what he says but its difficult, and it doesnt help when my hat slips off when i'm asleep as he cna then gte at my htoughts and dreams |
| 13:54.04 | boudiccas | and he affects my spelling too |
| 13:54.33 | boudiccas | *can then get at my thoughts |
| 13:57.01 | dick_turpin | He tells me to burn people |
| 13:57.20 | boudiccas | people as distinct from things? |
| 13:57.31 | bilarh | hey is that why i woke up with a burning sensation down there? |
| 13:57.37 | bilarh | did you try to set fire to my wick? |
| 13:57.43 | wethrin | bilarh: No. You should see a doctor. |
| 13:57.44 | bilarh | or is it something else? |
| 13:57.47 | bilarh | hehe :D |
| 13:57.59 | bilarh | Dear Deirdre, ... |
| 14:00.11 | dick_turpin | bilarh: Yeah I did but I didn't have a powerful enough microscope to see what I was doing :-P |
| 14:01.12 | bilarh | i thought the bald fat man last night was just a bad dream |
| 14:01.36 | bilarh | then i realised this morning that it was my own reflection in the mirror when i walked to the loo in the middle of the night :( |
| 14:03.06 | dick_turpin | bilarh: rolf |
| 14:04.59 | boudiccas | and when you closed the bathroom door did the light go off in the bathroom? and could you find the toilet hadnle to flush it after use? if the answer to the first question is yes, and the answer to the second question is no, then you've been peeing in the fridge again |
| 14:05.19 | boudiccas | *handle |
| 14:06.30 | dick_turpin | boudiccas: Thank god for that, I thought I'd been peeing in the wardrobe again :-/ |
| 14:06.36 | bilarh | hehe :D |
| 14:06.39 | boudiccas | lol |
| 14:06.55 | boudiccas | no, its the cat that does that |
| 14:07.16 | bilarh | cats-- :( |
| 14:09.56 | wethrin | cats++ |
| 14:10.14 | bilarh | dead cats \o/ |
| 14:10.26 | bilarh | tries to start a flame fest |
| 14:11.31 | dick_turpin | warms his hands on the glow |
| 14:12.09 | bilarh | dick_turpin: can you bring some sossidges? |
| 14:13.10 | dick_turpin | sticks bilarh's spuds on the fire |
| 14:15.14 | bilarh | can i be bothered to install centos on a 1750 to act as a nagios slave? |
| 14:15.35 | bilarh | even if it means running another network cable under the raised floor? |
| 14:16.34 | wethrin | no |
| 14:16.43 | wethrin | unless you're *really* bored |
| 14:22.11 | dick_turpin | bilarh: Why would you install Nagios on this http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1960-1969/1969-Alfa-Romeo-GTV-1750-Red-Front-Angle-st.jpg |
| 14:22.37 | bilarh | because my 2950 is starting to be abit overloaded |
| 14:22.41 | bilarh | i want to offload heavy tasks |
| 14:22.47 | bilarh | such as runnign smclient |
| 14:23.08 | bilarh | i know it sounds stupid to offload it to a 1750, but it's just a proof of concept |
| 14:23.12 | hali | yes |
| 14:23.14 | hali | sucks |
| 14:23.19 | hali | waste of time i would think |
| 14:23.34 | hali | overloading a 2950 with nagios sounds odd though |
| 14:23.36 | bilarh | if it works, i can probably get budget for a 1950 or the like |
| 14:23.44 | bilarh | it's monitoring 1280 hosts |
| 14:23.48 | bilarh | and it's running ganglia |
| 14:23.50 | bilarh | for all hosts |
| 14:23.58 | bilarh | and it runs a lot of smclient |
| 14:24.03 | bilarh | the problem is, i think, smclient |
| 14:24.11 | bilarh | as the java seems to be taking up like 40% cpu-time |
| 14:24.12 | hali | LSI san stuff? |
| 14:24.15 | hali | i think that sucekr is java |
| 14:24.15 | bilarh | yes |
| 14:24.16 | hali | jyes |
| 14:25.05 | bilarh | currently monitoring 66 arrays through it |
| 14:26.36 | hali | hm, we have 250 hosts on an old dual xeon 2.0ghz :) |
| 14:26.39 | hali | but no java on that |
| 14:26.55 | hali | it runs ganglia and cacti for about 25 devices as well |
| 14:27.08 | hali | avg. load is about 1.2 i think |
| 14:27.10 | bilarh | yeah it wasn't problem until i had to add the bloody smclient shit |
| 14:27.26 | bilarh | i'm around 3 at the moment |
| 14:27.29 | bilarh | long term |
| 14:27.33 | hali | yes, you could move the smclient crud to a 1750 or something |
| 14:27.34 | bilarh | with spikes of up to 7-8 |
| 14:27.45 | hali | or just ask for a bigger box |
| 14:27.48 | hali | r710 or so |
| 14:27.51 | bilarh | not gonna happen |
| 14:28.10 | bilarh | the 2950 was something i had to steal from somewhere else |
| 14:28.58 | hali | annoying |
| 14:29.04 | bilarh | yep |
| 14:29.08 | bilarh | got a job for me? :) |
| 14:29.14 | hali | disable ganglia and tell them there isn't enough cpu for it |
| 14:29.34 | hali | we have a quite nice "you have to pay for that" policy when people ask |
| 14:29.43 | hali | yes we can do that, it will cost you X |
| 14:29.54 | hali | no jobs at the moment |
| 14:29.58 | bilarh | i wish we had sometnig similar |
| 14:30.00 | hali | should be plenty around though |
| 14:30.09 | bilarh | i think i might start looking for a contract |
| 14:30.13 | bilarh | just for the hell of it |
| 14:30.25 | bilarh | i know it's not the best of times to be a contractor, but i just fancy something totally different |
| 14:30.37 | hali | turning tricks down in soho? |
| 14:30.52 | bilarh | especially as we're about to lay off 400+ people anyway |
| 14:31.07 | hali | better hold off them, you may get a nice juicy redundancy package :) |
| 14:31.07 | bilarh | for very fit women, maybe |
| 14:31.19 | bilarh | possibly :) |
| 14:31.27 | bilarh | but there's the risk that they wont make me redundant :) |
| 14:31.39 | bilarh | in which case i could still look for another job, i suppose |
| 14:31.56 | hali | in london! |
| 14:32.07 | hali | not in $nowhere |
| 14:32.10 | hali | so we can go for beer |
| 14:32.28 | bilarh | exactly, i'm so bored of crawley as well |
| 14:32.31 | bilarh | nothing around here, it sucks |
| 14:33.11 | hali | it's pretty good here, plenty of varying things to do |
| 14:34.05 | bilarh | hey so when the summer dust settles, i.e. when everyone stops visiting me, should we go for a beer / starbucks / xxx |
| 14:34.08 | bilarh | ? |
| 14:34.19 | hali | yes |
| 14:34.33 | hali | and you haven't seen my new pad |
| 14:34.40 | hali | nor have you seen dani's sugar gliders |
| 14:34.41 | bilarh | no exactly |
| 14:34.46 | bilarh | true |
| 14:35.16 | bilarh | quickly googles sugar gliders on urban dictionary |
| 14:35.38 | hali | hehe, they are animals... sort of like flying squirrels but way cooler |
| 14:35.49 | hali | check youtube if you have youtube access |
| 14:36.00 | bilarh | i'll do it from $home |
| 14:45.28 | Provito | Hi, anyone here fancy doing a quick sysdmin freelance job. Setup and deploying a couple of sites onto a box, if your available pm me and I'll give you a call |
| 14:46.55 | antiphase | bilarh will whore himself out and do it for 20p |
| 14:47.15 | bilarh | i wish i could :) |
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| 15:14.03 | AndyMillar | heh |
| 15:14.08 | AndyMillar | I sish I could too tbh |
| 15:14.29 | AndyMillar | though I doubt i'm awake enough |
| 15:16.25 | antiphase | Or sober enough |
| 15:20.57 | AndyMillar | i am sober for once |
| 15:21.02 | AndyMillar | though don't tell cpufreak ;) |
| 16:17.39 | cpufreak | heh |
| 16:17.50 | cpufreak | Ant: did you die of swine flu yet? |
| 16:17.57 | antiphase | Oink |
| 16:18.16 | cpufreak | did you give it to ollie? |
| 16:18.30 | antiphase | I felt utterly appalling all of Friday until the several pints of Doom Bar, a shit load of vitamin C and some kip, and I was fine on Saturday |
| 16:18.40 | antiphase | So beer is the antidote for swine flu |
| 16:19.08 | wethrin | Beer and orange juice :) |
| 16:19.18 | antiphase | I did buy people beer so I expect you all to get it |
| 16:19.36 | cpufreak | simon reckons he's had oinkflu too |
| 16:20.14 | antiphase | I hope the person that decided Yum was a package manager gets it and dies in horrible pain over a long period of time |
| 16:20.20 | cpufreak | http://haveigotswineflu.co.uk/ |
| 16:39.21 | AndyMillar | oh shit... it said yes :/ |
| 16:51.17 | ChoHag | Women. |
| 16:51.47 | cpufreak | what'syoru wife done now? |
| 16:52.02 | ChoHag | Thought process: "I'm bored, so I'll sit around not doing anything and making myself slowly more miserable then go off for a walk and a sulk without saying anything." |
| 16:52.58 | ChoHag | "Are you bored? Why don't you do something." doesn't usually go down well. |
| 16:53.36 | ChoHag | Strange creatures. |
| 16:53.44 | wethrin | Don't try and give a logical response! |
| 16:54.38 | ChoHag | Aye. |
| 16:54.49 | ChoHag | Now I just sit and continue reading/watching/playing. |
| 16:55.06 | ChoHag | Occasionally I'll point out that, because I'm doing something, I'm not bored, but it never works. |
| 17:00.18 | wethrin | Get a job :-P |
| 17:00.34 | cpufreak | get her addicted to drugs, |
| 17:00.50 | cpufreak | it'll shut her up, and she'll go out of the house when she needs a fix |
| 17:01.07 | wethrin | helpful as always there, cpufreak :) |
| 17:01.13 | ChoHag | shrugs |
| 17:01.18 | ChoHag | She's out of the house now. |
| 17:01.21 | cpufreak | wethrin: :D |
| 17:01.37 | cpufreak | wethrin: as usual I expect people to have the intelligence to figure out when I'm kidding. |
| 17:01.53 | antiphase | BRANES |
| 17:02.03 | wethrin | well, quite :) |
| 17:10.57 | AndyMillar | yeah, they make no sense |
| 17:11.17 | AndyMillar | cpufreak: problem is, that's not such a bad idea |
| 17:13.19 | cpufreak | well its an exceedingly bad idea |
| 17:13.33 | cpufreak | as 1) its illegal, so you might get the feds banging down your door |
| 17:14.00 | cpufreak | 2) as its illegal, its likely tobe cut with rat poision or caffeine, and thus has negative health benefits. |
| 17:14.20 | cpufreak | 3) it'll mean she'll be constantly begging you for money, thus more annoying than at the present |
| 17:14.39 | cpufreak | 4) she'll be constantly ripped off her tits, and thus even more irrational than before. |
| 17:14.46 | cpufreak | I'm kinda shocked youd idn't figure tha tout by yourself. |
| 17:14.54 | ChoHag | Women can get more irrational? |
| 17:15.03 | cpufreak | yes |
| 17:26.17 | AndyMillar | wow :/ |
| 17:26.23 | AndyMillar | hmm, cut with caffeine isn't such a bad idea |
| 17:28.28 | Nafallo | not unless you start with relentless instead ;-) |
| 17:28.50 | Nafallo | but that's likely to increase the caffeine of course... |
| 17:42.22 | AndyMillar | that's how I start my days :( |
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