IRC log for #gllug on 20100108

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08:19.23Mohanmorning
08:28.39bilarh_wow, this dude was pretty insane: http://www.elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young-the-61-year-old-farmer-that-won-the-worlds-toughest-race
08:28.48bilarh_i bet he wouldn't have not come in to work for a bit of snow :P
08:30.41ChoHagis at work today and the snow here is crap.
08:53.21Mohanwow, that story is a true inspiration for will power.
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09:17.35AndyMillarmornin
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09:47.32mindbendrmorning
10:13.32ChoHagBah. Lunix people suck.
10:13.42ChoHag<Bug> The system beep is now too loud.
10:13.54wethrinheh
10:13.54ChoHag<Weenies> Uhhhh. Well we'll turn it off by default.
10:14.02wethrinTURN THE SPEAKER DOWN
10:14.23ChoHagFucking idiots. I want it to beep. I just want it to beep quietly LIKE IT USED TO.
10:14.48ChoHagWell I'd like to, but further suckery means that all the other channels are inordinately quiet.
10:15.09wethrinHave you thought about using an OS writen by professionals?
10:15.32ChoHagI'd consider it if there was one.
10:16.14wethrinI'm quite happy with my desktop Unix(TM) system
10:16.37DiscordianUKSolaris is cool
10:17.41ChoHag'This isn't a "me too" comment. I wanted to let you know that this problem exists for me in a fresh installation of Jaunty.'
10:18.23ChoHagHuman beings, for want of a better term, never cease to amaze and amuse me.
10:24.34bilarh_i lean more towards despair than amusement at times
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10:40.20ChoHagThere is that.
10:40.30ChoHag'I don't like most package management systems out there and am glad that Slack doesn't use one (well, if you don't count pkgtool).'
10:49.52wethrinThat's not a package manager. It's just a script that runs tar -x
10:50.13wethrinalso, you can get slapt-get, which is like apt-get, but for slackware
10:52.19MohanI have seen small/large caps, so how many servers can you connect on  15A socket ?
10:52.38wethrinAnywhere between one and lots
10:52.46Mohanoops wrong window again :(
10:52.54wethrinoh yes
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11:34.50bilarh_ow ow ow: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100107/tuk-steady-hand-for-a-genital-emergency-6323e80.html
11:35.04wethrinworking hard, bilarh_ ?
11:38.23ChoHagBloody vending machine.
11:38.58ChoHag5 minutes of deliberation whilst awaiting the result of the microwave, trying to decide whether or not to by some chocolate, only to have it decide that it doesn't like my money.
11:39.03wethrinheh
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12:23.05dick_turpinAfternoon All
12:24.15DiscordianUKGood afternoon
12:28.57dick_turpinAnd now for some pictures of Staffordshire http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pmkw91Nry9I/S0cHeC39RhI/AAAAAAAAAp0/f7WGeLlQy-Y/s640/P1070216.jpg
12:29.23dick_turpinhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/_pmkw91Nry9I/S0cBkh0A80I/AAAAAAAAAo4/7panWkPsF9M/s640/2010-01-08%2009.52.31.jpg
12:30.18wethrinver'nize
12:32.07dick_turpinThey're Tigs pictures I'm too mean to take any
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13:38.31manuel_hi guys
13:39.12manuel_when is the next meeting?
13:43.56manuel_would like to join and have a chat about linux and life
13:44.48bilarh_ls
13:44.50bilarh_ffs
13:47.29manuel_bilarh_, i dont understand please explain thanks
13:48.01bilarh_huh?
13:48.27bilarh_i'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but the ls above was just me typing in the wrong window :)
13:48.43bilarh_wethrin: do you know when the next meeting to discuss linux and life is?
13:49.38AndyMillarwe discuss life?
13:50.29manuel_lol
13:50.38manuel_feeling at home again
13:52.23manuel_i just try to figure out openbox
13:54.57ChoHagI don't think gllug's for talking about Linux any more.
13:55.10manuel_what do you do now?
13:55.37ChoHagArgue.
13:55.44bilarh_chohag: NO WE DO NOT!!!
13:55.55ChoHagbilarh doesn't.
13:56.01ChoHagThe rest of us do.
13:56.12manuel_argue about linux?
13:56.42dick_turpinGet off my land
13:57.19bilarh_loads the shotgun and aims it at dick_turpins back
13:58.18dick_turpinbilarh_: I see you have a new friend
13:58.32bilarh_my 12 bore?
14:00.36AndyMillarwe don't argue, we just make people want to sue us on the mailing list
14:00.37AndyMillarregulally
14:00.42manuel_im subscribed to the maling list now do i need a pop server or soemthing to receive the messages?
14:01.41AndyMillarno, you won't need a pop server to receive them
14:02.58ChoHagheh. maling.
14:05.28bilarh_more a mauling list at times
14:06.08dick_turpinprods antiphase with a stick as he should be monitoring this as its right up his street
14:06.30manuel_lol
14:07.56manuel_i just installed debian again and try to figure my way trough minimal install
14:08.16manuel_its so crazy you dont have anything
14:09.30ChoHagIt's minimal.
14:09.45ChoHagYou wanted X?
14:11.15manuel_yes
14:11.30ChoHagThen install it.
14:11.42manuel_i installed it from there with openbox
14:12.23manuel_just try to read the mocp manpage
14:19.01ChoHagI've just noticed that my widescreen monitor is in a 4:3 resolution even though it looks perfectly normal.
14:19.33ChoHagIt's got me really confused.
14:20.14manuel_ChoHag, xrandr ?
14:21.04ChoHagWhat?
14:21.58manuel_use xrandr to set the correct resolution
14:22.19ChoHagThe resolution is correct
14:22.36ChoHagIt's just odd.
14:27.20bilarh_oh ffs
14:27.35bilarh_our health and safety department has just sent out guidelines on driving in snow when coming to work or driving home
14:27.57ChoHag"Don't skid"?
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14:36.11manuel_grr i hate the mocp config file
14:49.49wethrinbilarh_: Come to FOSDEM to discuss Linux and Life
14:50.24dick_turpinwethrin: I want to discuss the colour of the socks you are wearing
14:50.42wethrinOkay
14:51.15dick_turpinThey clash with them shoes
14:51.45manuel_i dont wear socks
14:53.17wethrinThey're inside my shoes!
14:56.00dick_turpinwethrin: We can see the tops
14:56.29wethrinoh no you can't
14:57.14dick_turpinYes we can if we lay on the floor
14:57.41wethrinDDTT
14:58.34dick_turpin?
14:58.52wethrinDon't Do That Then
14:59.24antiphaseI hate it when you drop a rank guff, just before someone decides to visit you and talk about something
14:59.31dick_turpinI have to, everyone has to be somewhere its the law
14:59.46dick_turpinantiphase: Hahahaha
15:02.24dick_turpinCor the mailing list is hot! I see we are discussing coffee
15:02.57wethrinAnd rank stupidity
15:03.04wethrinPeople should be responsible for their actions
15:03.12wethrinAnd also LISTEN.
15:04.15halihttp://cdn.habets.pp.se/blog.habets.pp.se/static/cisco_7600.jpg--3
15:04.23haliany cisco nerds here? :)
15:04.39wethrinheh
15:08.07manuel_^^nerds
15:08.15manuel_does anybody know when the next meeting is?
15:08.44wethrinIt'll be whenever someone organises one
15:19.54manuel_ok
15:20.40dick_turpinwethrin: Is that when hell freezes over?
15:22.53boudiccasdick_turpin, its frozen now
15:23.49dick_turpinrubs up against boudiccas to get warm
15:24.07boudiccasthat'll do you no good as i'm frozen too :(
15:24.44dick_turpinI have the perfect response but its way bad for here
15:25.00manuel_i will use my flamethrower to melt you
15:25.04DiscordianUKchuckles
15:26.40manuel_is there a way that mplayer will scale my video on fullscreen
15:26.49boudiccasdick_turpin, sexercise?
15:27.21dick_turpinboudiccas: You need something warm ........ you :-)
15:27.30boudiccastis good fun in a nice warm bed, but they are few and far between atm
15:27.35boudiccasLOL
15:27.54dick_turpinNotice I didn't say hot?
15:28.23manuel_lol
15:30.11boudiccashot is hard to get nowadays, chilled is the more normal state :|
15:30.36dick_turpinboudiccas: Yeah depressing isn't it
15:31.13boudiccasmakes me want to hibernate till the land warms up and the permafrost has gone
15:31.52dick_turpinIts a balmy 0c up here
15:32.45wethrinboudiccas: You're thinking of Hull. Hull has frozen over
15:33.01boudiccasi dont know what it is here, except its bloody cold and i've cancelled tonights KLUG social meeting beacuseof the inclement weather
15:33.25ChoHag<Person sitting near me> I've replaced <every part in my mac> after they broke down but I always use macs because they're so reliable.
15:33.44boudiccaswethrin, you could be right, all i know is that its bloody cold
15:34.00dick_turpinBrilliant! You cant write stuff like that
15:34.13dick_turpinChoHag: :-)
15:34.30wethrinhehe
15:36.09dick_turpinHello I've been told my board supports 4GB and I have two slots one of which has memory in it can you give me a price for upgrading?
15:36.23dick_turpin"Sure what memory do you want"
15:36.33dick_turpinI've just told you!
15:36.47dick_turpin"Um OK so you want 4GB?"
15:37.04dick_turpinDunno do I?
15:37.09boudiccasmuppets!
15:37.36dick_turpin"OK what size do you have in the one slot?"
15:38.00dick_turpinDunno he ran this program its still on my desktop
15:38.15dick_turpin"Can you run it again?"
15:38.19dick_turpinNo
15:39.10dick_turpin"Tell you what so I don't stab myself in the face anymore why don't I get you a price for two stick of 2GB"
15:39.13dick_turpinOK
15:39.26dick_turpintwo sticks
15:42.17wethrinheh. You need a new job
15:43.44dick_turpinwethrin: Well don't go looking on the mailing list for one!!!!
15:44.16wethrinI wasn't going to!
15:45.50dick_turpinwethrin: Even if they make excuses why 'You really should apply' not if you expect common curtsy of at least a turn down letter that is?
15:46.56dick_turpinwethrin: Did you see the one yesterday about the router?
15:48.41wethrinwhich one?
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15:49.35dick_turpinwethrin: Where our guy asked them to reboot the router and they switched the UPS off
15:49.47manuel_lol
15:51.27wethrinahh yes
15:51.29wethrinOops
15:53.48dick_turpinHad another small one earlier, god dam women moaning she couldn't read personal private emails from her daughter, tried explaining that they was not really work related she seemed pretty offended
15:55.45manuel_lol
15:57.51dick_turpinOh and a customer this morning wanting a brand new base unit that *had to have* an internal floppy drive! See I said they was the medium of the future
15:59.08wethrinwhose future? :)
15:59.48dick_turpinNot Linux it has not future just stagnation :-P ;-)
16:00.12boudiccasooh sacrilege
16:00.25DiscordianUKDear me
16:00.27boudiccasyou heretic you dick_turpin :)
16:00.39dick_turpins/Not Linux it has no future just stagnation :-P ;-)
16:00.46dick_turpinBugger
16:00.48DiscordianUKI don't own any boxes with floppy drives any more
16:01.12dick_turpinDiscordianUK: Ha you're behind the times then (apparently)
16:01.26DiscordianUKI think not
16:01.42dick_turpinboudiccas: I know I should be punished please please Oh crap I'm still married
16:02.43boudiccasLOL
16:04.06dick_turpinDiscordianUK: I have customers still on analogue modems, I have a solicitors who has 8 X PII wkstns running, wait for it, Win95
16:04.23dick_turpinAnd Office 97
16:04.25DiscordianUKThat's a bit retro
16:04.35dick_turpinCutting edge mate
16:04.54DiscordianUKchuckles
16:05.37manuel_cya soon
16:07.15dick_turpinNow see what you've done
16:07.36DiscordianUKOh dear
16:08.18DiscordianUKI reckon it was the thought of your punishment that did that
16:09.08dick_turpinOoh you can beat a good thrashing now and again and boudiccas is so accommodating :-)
16:10.21DiscordianUKcoughs and splutters
16:11.02dick_turpin\o/
16:15.01DiscordianUKDo you wear the gimp suit for that?
16:15.38dick_turpinJust the mask and a TuTu
16:15.53DiscordianUKClassy
16:17.16dick_turpinI know I'm often called a class act :-)
16:17.34boudiccasyes, you're top of the billing :)
16:23.27dick_turpinYeah its often been said I should be on the stage
16:23.42dick_turpinwaits
16:27.02boudiccasthers a joke there somewhere if i could just see it
16:28.17dick_turpinHanging stage
16:28.25dick_turpinGroan
16:29.12DiscordianUKhehe
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16:46.20dick_turpinTTFN everyone
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16:47.15stu__anyone know how to trick dmidecode into not looking at /dev/mem and get give something useful?
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18:10.26manuel__hey
18:11.36manuel__i had the great idea to compress my movies with tarbz2 on my backup hdd
18:17.22wethrinwhy?
18:17.24wethrinthey won't compress
18:17.50manuel__they did  a bit around 300 mb
18:18.19manuel__still copy the archive onto my work hdd
18:18.34manuel__wow finished now
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18:19.28manuel__i think i will watch tv while it decompress ....
18:20.48manuel__cya later
19:00.39kjscould some one search "it support bristol" for me on google.co.uk
19:00.59kjslet me know if they see http://www.netzensolutions.com in the results
19:11.48gregjhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8447023.stm
19:11.48gregjI wonder what al gore has to say about this ;)
19:11.49gregjand all of you folks paying for 'co2' emission ;)
19:11.51gregj(well, includes myself too)
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