IRC log for #gllug on 20090909

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07:30.08bilarhgreat post: http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=124907&view=findpost&p=2130597
07:31.36j0nrmorning all
08:02.39DiscordianUKmorn
08:10.09halimorning
08:10.34bilarhmorn
08:10.40haliponders buying a house or to sponsor the local cctv scheme
08:11.01bilarhbuying a house? :S
08:11.06bilarhHAVE I THOUGHT YOU NOTHING? :P
08:11.45haliyeah, you're right. we need more cctv instead
08:11.50haliand ID-cards
08:11.57yaMatthahah
08:12.09bilarhid-cards ftw  \o/
08:14.13halicheese ftw
08:14.28yaMattid-cheese?
08:14.43yaMattif you dont want to be identified, you can always eat it
08:14.53halilike dna sampling your foreskin cheese?</grose>
08:15.18bilarhhmm, i think "soap ftw" for you, hali :D
08:21.59haliacid scrub
08:22.07bilarhhehe
08:27.23halicpufreak: have you got any istanbul boxes in yet?
08:27.29halii can't get anyone to f*cking deliver any
08:27.35halii have orders with both hp and dell in
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08:47.38morsingProvito: Where's bilarh?
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08:48.28morsingmindbendr!
09:23.39cpufreakhali: istanbul or shanghai
09:23.42cpufreakI forget which is which
09:25.21mindbendrmorsing!
09:25.28mindbendrcpufreak: istanbul is nice
09:25.38mindbendrI used to live there
09:26.19cpufreakno
09:26.23cpufreakwe're talking about cpus
09:26.49mindbendri was surprised when they called it istanbul
09:27.02mindbendrnot a good reputation for a cpu
09:27.07mindbendrthat city is such a mess
09:29.46wethrinMaybe it's their Engineers implying something :)
09:30.56halicpufreak: the 6-core one
09:30.59cpufreakoh, not yet
09:31.12cpufreakwe're getting a dl785-g6 in the next couple of weeks to play with
09:31.16cpufreakwhich'll have them
09:31.59Nafallocpufreak: oooh. runing linux? going to try hotswapping CPU and memory? :-)
09:32.28cpufreakwe can do that with the g5s Nafallo
09:32.56Nafallowoha! finally someone that can confirm the rumour ;-)
09:33.00Nafallocpufreak: thanks!
09:33.05cpufreakI didn't confirm anything
09:33.07cpufreak:P
09:33.20Nafalloyou said you could do it with the G5s... :-)
09:33.29Nafalloproof of concept etc... ;-)
09:33.30cpufreakI didn't confirm anything
09:33.34Nafallomeh
09:33.37cpufreak:D
09:33.44Nafalloyou so did!
09:34.47cpufreakwhat annoys me with them, is you can't turn on/off dimms.. as with 32 x 4GB dimms, (128gig ram) the memory will run at 800MHz.
09:34.55cpufreakbut with any more, the max memory speed is 533MHz
09:35.21cpufreakand what I'd like to do, is enable switching between 512GB @ 533MHz and 128GB @ 800MHz
09:35.28cpufreakfor when machines switch roles
09:41.28Nafallosounds sane
09:45.34cpufreakcan't do it tho
09:54.42bilarhi'm starting to like java
09:54.48bilarhshame on me :(
09:56.37bilarhhmm, sun having dns problems at the moment i think
09:56.41bilarhjava.sun.com down
10:17.05morsingwethrin!!!!!
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11:59.12Leedsmmm, pesto pasta and veggie hot dogs
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12:47.49ChoHagI need to learn TCL by tomorrow.
12:47.55ChoHagLeeds: My pesto was mouldy :(
12:48.03Leeds:(
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12:51.02dick_turpinwethrin: bilarh: :-P
12:51.52bilarhdick_turpin: :(
12:52.07dick_turpinbilarh: Wazza madda?
12:52.08bilarhdick_turpin: beer?
12:52.18dick_turpinslaps bilarh
12:52.23bilarh:(
13:00.16haliz00dax: seen that HP officially have proliant support packs available for centos now?
13:06.58dick_turpinThat's good news isn't it? It is IMO
13:09.12bilarhi concur
13:09.50haliyep
14:33.55z00daxhali: no, where should I look ?
14:38.10halihttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3929673&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3929672&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4074
14:38.21z00daxthanks
14:47.23dick_turpinI see the "VACANCY: Junior Systems Support" thread on the Gllug mailing list seem to never end, what a depressing display of bigotry and snobbery everything from "I have a degree so I'm better than you" to "You live in a council house you must be scum then"
14:48.07wethrinHELLO DAILY MAIL
14:48.51bilarhdick_turpin: you're scum - do you also live in a council house? :)
14:49.09dick_turpinI'm surprise no moderators have stepped in they usually do?
14:49.47dick_turpinbilarh: No I'm a snob I own a house but I am lower than you as I don't have a degree
14:49.52halithis is why 'normal people' think 'IT people' are weird :)
14:49.54bilarhi don't have a degree yet
14:50.16Armanddoesn't have a degree, and I live in rented accom.. what does that make me? :P
14:50.45dick_turpinSo is someone who has a Management job higher than someone trying to get a Degree then?
14:50.46bilarharmand: why are you on here talking??? YOu should be out there sweeping our streets
14:51.05Armandclumps bilarh with a dirty saucepan..
14:51.18ArmandI have far more important things to do, like washing up. ¬_¬
14:51.25bilarhclumping bilarh with a dirty saucepan makes bilarh a dull boy
14:51.33Armand^_^
14:52.41dick_turpinbilarh: I was gonna post but then thought "Why bother I can get just as insulted by bilarh on #gllug"
14:53.11bilarhhehe
15:06.26ChoHagWell the days when knowing about Linux indicated a modicum of intelligence (educative or otherwise) are long gone.
15:08.13Armandwonders what "intelligence" means.. ?_!
15:08.23dick_turpinChoHag: Na that was never true, it was a classic "Knowledge is power" scenario I mean knowledge in the sense of people knowing what to do yet refusing to tell others how it was done
15:08.54ChoHagChoHag: I mean, now the riffraff know about Linux and make their stupid 'council house => scum' comments.
15:10.21dick_turpinpokes ChoHag with a Dickensian cane
15:11.37z00daxsome of the comments are interesting, but quite a lot seem to just be going over and over the same thing
15:11.56z00daxnot sure why people find it so hard to belive that there might be a world and a host of experiences beyond what they have themselves
15:13.13dick_turpinBecuase nobody wants to admit that maybe someone without a degree is better than someone who has one
15:15.23ChoHagOr even, horror of horrors, equal.
15:15.23dick_turpinChoHag: Yep
15:17.32ChoHagSo to put it another way, people are stupid.
15:17.39z00daxChoHag: hey
15:17.43z00daxhowse the job hunt getting on ?
15:17.57ChoHagphone interview tomorrow.
15:18.01ChoHagJust a short contract though.
15:18.12z00daxis still money
15:20.26ChoHagAye.
15:27.29wethrinBlarg
15:28.38wethrinit still seems to me that a lot of the thread posters are confusing computer science with IT
15:29.21wethrinI'd expect, say, an Engineering graduate to be able to design a bridge. But not to actually build one
15:29.43wethrinAnd I'd expect construction folk to be able to build a bridge, but not necessarily design one
15:32.14mindbendrincrontab is a cool tool
15:32.51wethrinwhat's it do?
15:33.12mindbendrcron like inotify
15:33.22mindbendr<PROTECTED>
15:33.26mindbendr<PROTECTED>
15:33.45mindbendrhowever I can't solve one issue
15:34.01wethrinahh
15:34.04mindbendrI can't pass $=values with the command
15:34.21mindbendrit says `no such file or directory`
15:34.40mindbendrif I add a cron line /watchfolder var=value command
15:35.00mindbendri want to pass value for the vars in the bash script and quoting didn't work
15:35.20mindbendr; , & didn't work either
15:35.36mindbendrany ideas?
15:42.27dick_turpinwethrin: I just read them as saying "I have a degree so I must be better than that idiot who's been in the job 3 years" "Experience? Er I have a Degree" seems its like a sort of warrant card you whip out quick to try and trump the deck with
15:42.46wethrinI didn't read it that way
15:43.09wethrinI was more reading it: "I've seen people with degrees who can't program. Therefore degrees are useless"
15:46.10dick_turpinwethrin: true I saw those and agree with your train of thought (Even though you've not said it but I can guess) thing is there is a mute point to be had if we are talking a new leaver with a degree then I would say they'd be lower down in the pecking order in terms of someone with some hands on in the business world experiance.
15:46.36wethrinI agree
15:47.14dick_turpinStands to reason someone with 2 or 3 years exp and a Degree is gonna be a hands down winner
15:47.52wethrinShould be. The degree, ultimately, should have taught them how to learn.
15:48.46dick_turpinBut even that statement is wrong very wrong I'm certain there are just as competent if not better people out there who are (Another quasi insult I saw) self taught
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15:49.55wethrinOf course. At this point, you can only make generalisations
15:50.52wethrinAnd saying "Ah, but I know someone who's the best programmer EVAH and *he* doesn't have a degree!" doesn't help
15:56.49dick_turpinI do have experience of degree holders when I worked in recruitment about 12 odd years ago they was all fresh out of Uni etc pretty full of themselves if not big headed pretty crushed at the fact that the tutors had relentlessly told them the world would be at their feet only to find it was even harder for them as apposed to a general school leavers pretty much due to the 'Hands on' stuff
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16:29.22mtdoh man please not that thread here, too.
17:29.04z00daxnotes that neighbout is playing Billy Idol
17:29.22z00daxneighbour even
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20:39.12londonetwhat's up
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