IRC log for #gllug on 20091028

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09:39.25Mohanmorning
09:42.48bilarhno
09:43.52haliGood Morning
09:44.54BlaptoCertainly not.
09:46.27halivery much so
09:46.41haliim having a nice coffee and am installing very soothing nagios plugins
09:47.30BlaptoWe're ditching nagios for nimbus here.
09:47.39BlaptoI'll miss nagio
09:47.41Blaptonagios
09:49.27Mohanthat looks like a windows based monitoring solution ?
09:50.09BlaptoIt'll monitor practically anything.
09:50.15BlaptoAs long as there's probe software
09:58.11bilarhblapto: does it come with one of these: http://www.southparkclub.com/pix/season1/Cartman%20Gets%20an%20Anal%20Probe/1.jpg
09:58.30BlaptoMuch bigger than that
09:58.37bilarhace :D
10:14.55haliBlapto: any idea how much nimbus costs?
10:20.24Blaptohali: no idea, sorry
10:23.56ChoHag"The root password must be at least 6 characters long"
10:24.07ChoHagBollocks it must.
10:25.08BlaptoTry again with the same password, it'll normally stop pestering you after 1 nag.
10:27.28ChoHagMeh. I just set it to aoeuid.
10:27.40ChoHagI can change it to 'none' like I want when the system is installed.
10:41.07cpufreak9what are you installing?
10:44.49ChoHagcentos
10:45.43cpufreakno, what system are you installing? if its anything other than a desktop it should be using cobbler, and thus a standard build, and standard password
10:46.27ChoHagOh. A vm to play with.
10:46.35ChoHagLocally.
10:51.40ChoHagantiphase/cpufreak: What server can I use to print from Linux?
10:52.55antiphaseYou can do it from your desk
10:53.00antiphaseThere's a printer caled IT1 behind you
10:53.16cpufreaktalk to skywalker, the print server, via windows print wah
10:53.36cpufreakISBW is a better B&W printer, over by the watercooler
10:53.40ChoHagNo IPP? That's a lot easier.
10:53.50cpufreakno, and that was intentional
10:53.54cpufreakas 95% of staff run windows
10:54.04cpufreakand it enables access to the colour printers to be restricted.
10:54.13cpufreakbased on your windows login
10:54.15ChoHagThey're not mutually exclusive...
10:59.32cpufreakenabling IPP would enable people to print to the colour printers, without restriction.
10:59.43cpufreakso yes in a way they are mutually exclusive.
10:59.55cpufreakthere's more to how things work than technical reasons sometimes.
11:00.04ChoHagIPP can be authenticated can't it?
11:00.31cpufreakwhy double the amount of work for a small percentage of users who can just use windows based printer protocols anyway
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11:23.58AndyMillarcpufreak: because autodescovery of ipp printers via cups is awesomely easy
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11:24.44ChoHagProbably isn't for windows admins.
11:25.27AndyMillarwho cares about windows admins? :-p
11:26.59ChoHagThey've given me my laptop at last.
11:27.29ChoHagIt's amazing how good Microsoft are at sucking up the resources of modern computers and helping us relive the 80s experience.
11:30.25AndyMillaridd :)
11:33.43cpufreaker? microsoft actually make the best enterprise products out there
11:34.12cpufreakpeople whinge about outlook and exchange, but compare it to open source tosh like zimbra its brilliant, and works really well across an enterprise.
11:34.14Mohanif its a default logrotate only on sunday morning 4.30 it rotates the logs.
11:34.21Mohanoops wrong channel
11:34.57AndyMillarcpufreak: microsoft make a lot of crap software
11:35.21AndyMillar*however* Exchange is the best collaboration (read: mail, contacts, calendar) software out there by a mile
11:35.43bilarhi like outlook + exchange
11:35.50bilarhi don't understand why everyone seems to have a problem with it
11:35.53AndyMillarWindows (XP|Vista|7) is dire
11:36.01bilarhand i like vista too :)
11:36.14AndyMillarOffice doesn't use sensible standards and is bloated and crashes (well, so does open office :p)
11:36.52AndyMillarin general I do dislike M$ crap, but Exchange is fantastic
11:36.55cpufreakWindows 7 is brilliant.
11:37.01cpufreakits really fast and memory efficient
11:37.03AndyMillarso much so that I've even bought it
11:38.11AndyMillarcpufreak: so's freebsd and Ubuntu though
11:38.11AndyMillarcpufreak: my other complaint about Zimbra is that it's actually more expensive to run than Exchange
11:38.11AndyMillarespecially as licensing costs are *higher* and the hardware requirements are *higher*
11:38.38AndyMillargrmbls about atp liking zimbra
11:39.03antiphaseAdenosine tri-phosphate ?
11:39.35antiphaseOutlook is fucking dreadfully broken and appalling for mail, but overall there's no competition
11:40.42AndyMillarantiphase: Andy Phillips
11:40.57AndyMillar(there is only one atp)
11:41.39ChoHagIs it its speed and memory efficiency that made me take about 5 minutes to boot and log in on this superfast new dell with crazy amounts of ram?
11:42.09ChoHagAlso - do I really have to install something extra to get a bog standard start menu?
11:45.30ChoHagGAH! And it still makes bloody noises.
11:56.23boudiccasChoHag, sounds like you have a love-hate relationship with your computer? you love it and it hates you :))))))
11:56.40ChoHagNo. I hate it back.
11:56.46boudiccaslol
11:57.14boudiccaswhat OS are you running on it?
11:57.23ChoHagThe laptop has windows 7.
11:57.32ChoHagAnd it can keep it as far as I'm concerned.
11:58.04boudiccasanother happy MS customer :)
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13:32.55dick_turpinwethrin: You're not gonna believe today's story
13:33.06ChoHagDid the cows come home?
13:33.14boudiccasgo on tell us, pretty please
13:33.52dick_turpin"Hello I know its not strictly work related but I cant get on my daughters facebook page"
13:34.12boudiccaslol
13:34.22dick_turpinYour telling me its not covered under maintenance, go on whats the name
13:34.24boudiccas<grins>
13:34.54dick_turpin1 sec delivery Grrrrr
13:35.18boudiccastimes up! please continue with your narrative
13:35.21boudiccas:)
13:35.31dick_turpin"The name is easychic"
13:35.35dick_turpinWTF?
13:35.43bilarh!
13:35.51dick_turpin"Yes I know terrible isn't it?"
13:36.07bilarhsharpens his ears
13:36.18dick_turpinHm I'll definitely help you now
13:36.43dick_turpinAre you sure its easychic?
13:37.01dick_turpin"Yes try easychick15"
13:37.06dick_turpinNope
13:37.21dick_turpin"Well thats what she said it was"
13:37.41dick_turpinSo about 3/5 an hour later the phone goes
13:37.50dick_turpinHi there
13:38.32dick_turpin"Yes you have to type xxxxx@yahoo.co.uk then type easychick"
13:39.10dick_turpinThats the user name and password you stupid bitch!
13:39.25BlaptoYou measure your hours in 12 minute long segments?
13:39.46boudiccaslol
13:40.02dick_turpinBlapto: Go away, you know what I meant :-)
13:40.32dick_turpinboudiccas: Don't laugh these are the sorts of morons I have to deal with at lunch time
13:41.23boudiccaswrite them all down so that you can write a book of them, and make some money from your stories
13:42.28boudiccasthats what i'm going to do with all my nursing anecdotes
13:46.55ChoHag"... on a scale of 1.0 to 7.9"
13:47.38ChoHagIs that MS's bizarre understanding of base 8 perhaps?
13:59.49dick_turpinboudiccas: I do have some of them problem is nobody will buy the book as they will not believe any of the story's
14:46.21dick_turpinbilarh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_R_JSiupzo sfw
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19:25.32DiscordianUKWell I'd been running Coherent before that and IX/386
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