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07:32.31ChoHagDell insist on having the wifi led flash as it's being used.
07:32.40ChoHagVery distracting. Especialy in the dark.
08:03.02AndyMillarmornin
08:41.26halimorning
08:54.43AndyMillarARGH
08:54.48AndyMillarfuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
08:54.49AndyMillaretc
09:01.47AndyMillarpower cut last night
09:04.28zeroXten=(
09:08.00AndyMillarquite
09:22.09ChoHagThe drainpipe in the sink has frozen.
09:22.42bilarh_wtf havent you people got heating? :S
09:23.21ChoHagdoes, but not the central variety.
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09:49.13ChoHagMy enter key squeaks.
09:49.53Mohancool, have fune :)
09:50.08Armandremoves Mohan 'e'
09:50.17ChoHagIt's a little disconcerting.
09:50.25ChoHagI'm not used to squeaky electronics.
09:50.45ArmandSo, you don't use a mouse as a 'mouse' ?
09:51.17ChoHagNo, they freak out when you stick the wire up their bum.
09:51.36ArmandI know.. but they get used to it after a while.
09:52.25bilarh_i had a mouse as a mouse once
09:52.34bilarh_it was rubbish, the pointer kept moving on it's own
09:52.48bilarh_not so good when you've got focus-follows-mouse :(
09:52.53bilarh_and it peed on the keyboard
09:53.24ArmandAnd, it's a real bitch when the cat chases your only mouse away..
09:53.48ArmandBack to keyboard short-cuts.. and you have to clean up dead mouse. >_<
10:19.03wethrinChoHag: Try WD40
10:28.41ArmandDamn, I just thought.. I neglected to congratulate Leeds on beating Man Utd.. >_<
10:38.34halihandy, IOS upgrade during office hours.... only one developer noticed i reloaded a 6500 switch.. proves how much work they do :)
10:38.53haliwasn't a full reload, just supervisor failover
10:48.36Mohanwill a 5 port desktop switch allows to monitor traffic on the network ? ex http://tinyurl.com/yek3qj7
10:49.23Mohanor should i get a 5 port hub for the job ?
10:51.55bilarh_what kind of monitoring are you intending on doing?
10:52.14bilarh_i'd say if you want to do packet sniffing, you'll need a hub, though :)
10:52.42bilarh_although that sucks in different ways, of course
10:58.07Armandwhy not use a gateway/router/whatever machine for monitoring ?
11:27.33Mohangot d/c, ok cool.
11:44.25ChoHagCan you make different domains resolve using different nameservers?
11:44.37ChoHagWithout installing a whole nameserver to do it.
11:45.08z00daxI'd do that with a caching-nameserver
11:45.28ChoHagYeah that's what I'm hoping to avoid if I can.
11:45.28z00daxwhat makes you need this anyway ? do you have partitioned namespace ?
11:45.33ChoHagA bit heavyweight.
11:45.56ChoHagTo use $work's NS for $work's domains, but mine for the rest.
11:46.07ChoHagOtherwise half my LAN disappears.
11:48.43z00daxyou might be able to do something in nsswitch and have it loop the dns
11:49.00z00daxor then a bigass hosts file for your own lan dns :)
11:49.07wethrinYou're Doing It Wrong. HTH
11:49.22z00daxhumm no - you said you want * to go via your own dns
11:49.47ChoHagIt doesn't H, no.
11:50.22z00daxdo you have access to your own DNS server ? why not send *.workdomain lookups to the $word DNS from there ?
11:50.27z00daxand only cache/proxy for the rest
11:50.44ChoHagBecause the router is not on the VPN.
11:52.18z00daxChoHag: dnsmasq -S
11:52.31z00daxand use the -R as well to not have /etc/resolv.conf be used at all
11:52.36AndyMillarChoHag: you're really doing it wrong
11:53.27ChoHagThat's all very well, but it works.
11:53.33AndyMillarand 'm assuming that you're VPN'ing home from work for this to work?
11:53.52ChoHagNo. I'm at home, using the VPN to connect to work.
11:54.12z00daxhumm
11:54.13AndyMillarwhy not make your router connect to the vpn?
11:54.33z00daxis default route being pushed via the vpn as well ?
11:54.44AndyMillarno, it won't be
11:55.01ChoHagBecause I don't want or need the whole network here connected. Just this laptop.
11:55.14ChoHagThe default route could be set if I wanted it to be.
11:55.48z00daxif its not, then why do you want to split DNS ? does $work LAN have its internal dns which isnt exposed over the interwebs
11:55.57ChoHagDa.
11:55.59ChoHagAs does mine.
11:56.01AndyMillarz00dax: yes
11:56.23z00daxanyway, must run. dnsmasq -R -S is what you want, it can subnet split or ip to namespace split
11:56.34AndyMillarhell, ChoHag's employer even uses local addresses for their ticketing system
11:56.46z00daxotherwise, pytwisted and about 45 minutes of work should give you a non-high-performance solution that works on localhost:53
11:57.01AndyMillarMohan: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159761 might be what you want
11:57.30z00daxcome to think of it, i didnt realise ChoHag had an employer.
11:57.46z00daxlast i remember was something about jobless state
11:57.56z00daxi clearly need to pay more attention.
11:58.13ChoHagIf that were still the case, I wouldn't be online.
11:58.27ChoHagNor would I be at home, unless a bridge can count as a home.
11:59.15AndyMillarMohan: seeing if it'll do a mirror port
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12:01.04AndyMillarsomeone else goes to/works at IC!
12:02.22stu__AndyMillar, could be deceptive, I think I am in here at least twice!
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12:03.33AndyMillarah, you're in here twice :)
12:04.21AndyMillarand I keep forgetting what cv. is - but I've found it again
12:04.34stu__civil engineering
12:04.38wethrinI've never met a civil engineer
12:04.40wethrin(ho ho)
12:04.49AndyMillar"ha ha"
12:05.35AndyMillarmmh, who the hell named kraken?
12:06.42stu__all my machines are named after mythical sea monsters
12:09.00stu__there is no policy at ic (afaik) for naming machines sensibly if they aren't running windows, so i take advantage of it
12:10.13stu__people in my office run windows and have rememberable machine names like ab-cde01-3 which gets confusing if you have a lot of machines
12:11.26AndyMillaryeah, i can imagine
12:31.47MohanAndyMillar: that switch seems to do what i want, thanks.
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12:32.30AndyMillarMohan: it's the cheapest "sensible" managed switch i've seen
12:32.48dick_turpinAfternoon All
12:33.55AndyMillar'noon
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14:07.09wethrinI use a Cisco switch at home. It's managed, and was sensibly priced
14:09.48z00daxwethrin: did you pay for it in Gold or Kidneys ?
14:10.21wethrinneither
14:17.45halianyone need a desktop pc? i have a core2duo with 2gb, decent graphics (NV 8800GT i think) and some other fluff i need to get rid of, 19" screen too
14:18.06haliand a HTPC style box, similar spec but 4gb
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15:26.37Mohanhali: whats the price ?
15:29.01MohanI might be intrested in the cpu alone, if you could give me the full specs and price.
15:30.04bilarh_how much for the htpc box?
15:30.07bilarh_and is it the blue one?
15:32.17Mohanbilarh_: does the color really matters ?
15:32.46bilarh_mohan: yes, obviously if it's a htpc box
15:34.12dick_turpinbilarh_: There's no porn on it
15:34.16MohanI havent seen htpc style box other than white/black/black+gray colors
15:34.35bilarh_mohan: that's because you haven't seen hali's case
15:34.45bilarh_dick_turpin: that's ok, it's a htpc box so i'll just wifi to some porn site
15:35.08bilarh_then i can enjoy it on my tv
15:35.10bilarh_every last inch of it
15:35.16dick_turpinbilarh_: Ask him if it comes with the remote
15:35.40bilarh_you ask him
15:35.41dick_turpinbilarh_: You should get a discount if there's no remote
15:36.32bilarh_oh, i like the sound of a discount
15:37.29MohanI do like  the sound of it
15:37.53dick_turpinIs there a display? Its gotta have a funky display
15:38.14bilarh_dick_turpin: ask him if it comes with the display
15:38.24bilarh_oh you did already
15:38.36dick_turpinSheesh the people think they can give away any old tat ;-)
15:39.21dick_turpinthese people
15:39.48bilarh_maybe i can part ex a packet of gum for it
15:39.54bilarh_and some money my way :)
15:39.55halibilarh_: it's the black one i used to have under my telly... silverstone orsomething like that
15:40.03bilarh_hali: aha, cool
15:40.04halican i get 150 quid each for them?
15:40.26halithe htpc box has got a few large disks, 400gb, 250 and a 1tb i think
15:40.33haliand a 1.5tb but im keeping that :P
15:40.39bilarh_how noisy is it? i can't remember
15:40.44dick_turpinclutches his wallet and staggers around
15:41.10halinot too bad... i replaced the cpu fan about a year ago and haven't used it much since
15:41.25bilarh_hmm, ok
15:41.27halii think the PSU fan could do with replacing if you want the noise level down
15:41.36bilarh_i'll have a word with swmbo
15:41.42halido it!
15:41.42bilarh_she was looking at getting one
15:42.14haliadd a tuner card and it should be pretty cool
15:42.17bilarh_did it have a tv card as well?
15:42.23dick_turpinbilarh_: Don't bother I can be her entertainment centre if you like :-)
15:42.24bilarh_ah ok, that answers the question :)
15:42.33halii had a usb dongle for a while, which sucked... so i gave it to my kiwi colleauge
15:42.56halii'll throw in a tb or smut
15:42.58Mohanhali: whats the spec for that machine ?
15:45.16haliMohan: core2duo E6400 2.13GHz, 4x1gb ddr2, 7300GT fanless graphics, two or three disks (at least 650gb total), abit ab9 pro motherboard, no optical drive built in but i can throw in an external USB DVD if required (looks cool, i had the pc in the cupboard and the dvd drive on top of it)
15:46.55halithe desktop pc has Core 2 Duo E6750, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L, 2048MB and some drives (probably 1x250 and 1x300)
15:47.04halinot selling them in bits if i can avoid it
15:55.26Mohanits E6750 processor and 550gb hdd, 4gb or 2gb ram ?
15:56.17halithe machine with the e6750 has 2gb
15:56.28Mohanso its 2 machines is it ?
15:56.32haliyes
15:57.31Mohandoes the second one has any graphics card ? and  whats the price for it ?
15:57.56halisecond one has a 8800GT-something
15:58.12halidon't know how much it's worth, do you need a screen? have a spare 19"
15:58.24halidick_turpin: 150 or so?
15:59.04MohanIs that price inclusive of screen or without screen ?
15:59.18haliwithout, 30 quid and it's yours :)
16:00.45Mohancan I pm you ?
16:00.50halisure
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23:04.48rhowehttp://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Laptops/Netbooks/Arianet+V2+Minibook+7%22+ARM+920+?productId=36193
23:04.51rhoweInteresting - if it had 1G of RAM and ran Linux instead of WinCE, I'd be interested
23:36.15MohanIts snowing..............

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