IRC log for #gllug on 20100622

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07:22.14bilarhi've calmed down today so you can all talk to me again :P
07:23.13j0nrmorning all
07:30.03bilarhmorning
07:57.27j0nrhow you feeling today bilarh?
07:57.40bilarha whole lot better
07:57.44halilove your job yet?
07:57.48bilarhwel
07:57.58bilarhnow that i'm not uber tired, i don't feel too bad
07:58.04bilarhmy ajax script is working lovely
07:58.06bilarhetc :D
08:07.24halijolly good
08:07.35haliim configuring our new border routers for a small site today
08:07.39haliquite fun
08:08.02haliinternet BGP routing always feel so rewarding to play with
08:08.18bilarhcool
08:08.53bilarhseriously, i can't believe i haven't played around with ajax before, other than as a user... it makes the "user experience" so much better on web sites
08:09.11bilarhand faster too, when you don't have to generate the whole damn page again for every click
08:12.02haliwhat library do you use? or are you DIY'ing
08:12.11bilarhdiy of course :D
08:12.13haliwe use DWR and yahoo toolkit quite heavily in our new issuance apps
08:12.15bilarhmore challenging that way
08:12.30halia wheel can have many shapes :)
08:12.33bilarhseeing as i had nothing to actually do, i just started playing with some perl and then i thought
08:12.36bilarhhmm
08:12.37bilarhi wonder how this ajax works
08:12.45bilarhoh yes, it will work grand with my user modification web page
08:13.02bilarhetc
08:13.04halisplendid
08:13.36bilarhmy cookie / session handler / login library is awesome too
08:13.56bilarhnow it takes me literally 10 seconds to get a web "tool" set up to check unix credentials
08:14.20halimod_auth_ldap? :)
08:14.33bilarhno, diy of course :P
08:14.44bilarhi suffer from "not invented by bilarh" syndrome :)
08:17.41halihm, have i mentioned i hate xenpaks
08:18.08halifibre modules the size of a sandwich
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08:19.45ArmandMorning all. :)
09:14.16bilarhmy new wheels:
09:14.18bilarhhttp://www.bilar.co.uk/saabenstein/images/car/temporary-transport/mini-front.jpg
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09:52.36cpufreakgay
09:52.44cpufreak(the link bilarh posted)
09:54.12bilarhit's awesome :P
09:54.24bilarhand it's so far done 58mpg in the 500 miles i've driven
09:54.42bilarhand 30 quid road tax
09:57.19bilarhplus i've got a massive cock already, don't need a penis extension ;)
10:00.43ChoHag<Pythonistas> Whitespace with meaning - it's great. Sure auto-indentation in your editor is now useless but IT LOOKS LIKE IT RUNS! Now people who are even too stupid to understand code flow in visual basic can write shit!!!
10:00.52zplinuxis thi syntax right for bash:
10:01.13zplinux./program || echo "fail to run program" ; exit1
10:01.14zplinux?
10:01.34ChoHagNo.
10:02.05ChoHagLearn the joys of set -e
10:02.12zplinuxok, how can I send a messege then exit the script?
10:02.20zplinuxo ok
10:07.13cpufreakhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4o0ZVeixYU
10:09.01zplinuxprogram ; if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "failed to run program" ; exit; fi
10:09.04zplinuxbetter?
10:09.19ChoHagif ! program; then ...; fi
10:09.27ChoHagOr just set -e; program
10:09.43ChoHagLet the app deal with its own error messages.
10:10.32zplinuxo ok
10:11.13ChoHagIf -e is enabled, the script will exit if any application's return code is not 0 (and it's not dealt with internally)
10:12.47zplinuxI know
10:13.00zplinuxI am just tring to understand which approch to take here
10:13.27ChoHagLet something else do the hard work.
10:16.23zplinuxwant is the opposite of -eq? -ne
10:16.24zplinux<PROTECTED>
10:16.26zplinuxright
10:16.28zplinux?
10:16.38BigRedSzplinux: yup
10:16.39ChoHagYes I think so.
10:16.44ChoHagman [
10:17.02zplinuxI use != but here I want to obay the syntax used
10:17.21ChoHag!= and -ne are different
10:17.35ChoHagman [
10:17.41zplinuxo ok
10:21.41zplinuxhow to tell if a pid is a child of another pid?
10:23.22ChoHagAsk it "Who is your daddy, and what does he do?"
10:23.37bilarhchohag: :D
10:24.11zplinuxis this like is sex?
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10:24.20bilarhzplinux: every pid apart from 1 is a child of another pid
10:24.44bilarhand even then you could perhaps argue that init is a child of the kernel
10:24.50zplinuxso how to ask is pid1 a son of pid2 ?
10:25.22bilarhin what language?
10:25.40zplinuxbash?
10:25.45bilarh$PPID
10:26.02zplinuxwhat?
10:26.08bilarhsorry that gives you the pid of a processes parent
10:26.28zplinuxgreat
10:26.44bilarhwell, that works if you're checking "is $blah my parent"
10:27.13bilarhobviously, if you meant "is this program running over here a child of process x", it's a little bit more complicated
10:27.23bilarhthen you could perhaps use ps -ef and check the parent there ;)
10:27.53zplinuxfirst option is fine
10:29.11zplinuxbilarh: pls show a line of using $PPID
10:31.06bilarhit's an environemnt variable
10:31.15bilarhperhaps you could tell us exactly what you're trying to accomplish?
10:31.44cpufreakbilarh: he's trying to accomplish:
10:31.49cpufreak<PROTECTED>
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10:31.51cpufreak<PROTECTED>
10:32.06zplinuxfixing asterisk init script
10:33.20bilarhcpufreak: hehe :D
10:33.29bilarhin which case, I'm the right man for the job :D
10:34.11bilarhzplinux: a bit more detailed,i know nothing of asterisk
10:35.18ChoHagPublic request to all web browser developers everywhere: Can you please give me a "never open new tabs or windows on your own no matter what some idiotic fucking monkey web developer thinks is best for me" option.
10:35.28zplinuxmin , please I am using this PPID magic
10:35.43zplinuxthink I get it
10:36.09antiphaseI think you're solving something wrong, like cpufreak said
10:36.13bilarhPPID is just the current bash processes parent
10:36.38cpufreakzplinux: the init scripts were perfectly for everyone else
10:37.25zplinuxmy boss just told me to quit this , errr
10:37.39antiphaseBusted
10:37.47cpufreaks/were/work/
10:37.48zplinuxcpufreak: they assume only one session runs on the machine
10:38.20zplinuxwhen using openvz to virtualize serval asterisk on the same machine, this is not goood
10:38.35antiphaseur doin it rong
10:38.38zplinuxbut really I should work on the openvz now
10:38.46jpdsRunning asterisk on virtual machines sounds like a bad idea.
10:38.47cpufreakas antiphase says you are doing it wrong.
10:39.22zplinuxantiphase: whats odd is that I see the asterisk that are runnng in their VE as runing on the hardware node
10:39.31cpufreakyes
10:39.34cpufreakyou are doing it incorrectly
10:39.42cpufreakthe problem exists between keyboard and chair
10:39.44zplinuxsorry, it is working
10:39.45cpufreakuser error
10:39.51zplinuxwait
10:40.01antiphaseCode ID-10-t
10:40.01zplinuxlet me just get back
10:40.21cpufreakzplinux: the solution is for you to request a P-45 from your boss.
10:40.27cpufreakhe will know what you mean, even if you don't
10:40.36cpufreakit will be best this way, for all of us.
10:40.45zplinuxo come on
10:41.44AndyMillaroops
10:42.25AndyMillarzplinux: what virtualisation technology are you using?
10:42.32jpdsAndyMillar: openvz.
10:48.47AndyMillarjpds: well, that'd be why the host can see the guest's processes then :)
10:49.00zplinuxright
10:49.05zplinuxodd - no?
10:49.21ChoHagNop
10:49.23ChoHagNo.
10:49.24ChoHagNormal.
10:49.31antiphase-EVIRT
10:50.55DiscordianUKcontainers not virt
10:53.16zplinuxso if asterisk runs mpg123, and I am killing asterisk on the host I need to see if mpg123 is running
10:53.33zplinuxthen if the pid is the son of the asterisk I am killing
10:53.50zplinuxdoes anyone here uses openvz?
10:53.52ChoHagDon't deal with bad parents.
10:53.59antiphaseThat sounds utterly horrific
10:54.14zplinuxis making a template only a matter of taring a filesystem?
10:54.57zplinuxneed I use a dirrent term then kill ?
10:55.18antiphaseYou need to walk before you can run
10:55.54zplinuxok,
10:56.12zplinuxassuming I got a server running one OS
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10:56.41DiscordianUKI've seen enough of OpenVZ to know I'll never recommend it for anything
10:56.48zplinuxand I want to move this OS to run under a visualization host
10:57.07zplinuxhow can I do this?
10:57.13DiscordianUKOpenVZ != virtualisation
10:57.43antiphaseI think you need to read around it a bit before you come and ask us to do your job for you
10:57.55DiscordianUKwhich is what I assumed you meant
10:57.56AndyMillaropenvz si *awesome*
10:58.00AndyMillaris*
10:58.03antiphasePeoples' goodwill has a habit of wearing thin
10:58.14ChoHagIt's also being deprecated, afaik, in favour of lxc.
10:58.14antiphases/s'/'s/
10:58.35DiscordianUKlxc is the better way yes
10:59.14ChoHagI expect they can run concurrently too.
10:59.29DiscordianUKyep
11:00.13zplinuxsorry, I didnt mean to disrespect you
11:00.36zplinuxbye
11:01.14cpufreakdon't be so melodramatic
11:02.45ChoHagzplinux: Just ignore ant. He's the resident crone.
11:33.54wethrinOpenvz looks quite handy. Solaris containers are good Juju too
11:37.55DiscordianUKlxc containers on pukka linux (like RHEL/Centos/etc) are better and more standard juju
11:38.52DiscordianUKrhel6 obviously
11:39.46wethrinAlways nice to have competition in the field of containerisation!
11:40.20DiscordianUKi guess so
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11:54.59dick_turpinAfternoon all
12:15.47bilarhw00t, 20% vat :D
12:16.23bilarhfrom the 4th of jan
12:20.13bilarhboo, 28% cgt only :(
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12:36.48dick_turpinI would have thought the IMF will have foreclosed long before the 4th Jan
12:37.47bilarhprobably
12:40.23antiphaselooks forward to petrol at £1.50/l
12:41.02dick_turpinantiphase: Is it going down in price then?
12:41.45dick_turpinWe was up to £1.25 at one point, currently £1.14
12:41.52bilarh1.14
12:41.57bilarhwtf i paid 1.21 the other day
12:43.19dick_turpinbilarh: Its up and down like a yo yo up here, I've driven home and its one price driven to work the next day and its changed over night
12:43.59halimore expensive in London, cheaper in lush places like lancs
12:44.18bilarhhali: "lush", you little chav ;)
12:44.30haliironic
12:44.49halilush slapper outfits :)
12:47.13bilarhmmm slappers
12:47.30bilarhboudiccas: speaking of which, how was the mammogram? :D
12:49.13dick_turpinsuddenly wakes up
12:49.49bilarhawaits the letter from the lawyer's / the police to knock on his door
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12:57.45cbzwww.petrolprices.com
13:02.14cpufreakpetrol is cheap
13:02.17cpufreakits cheaper than water
13:02.26wethrinexcept when taxed
13:02.32cpufreakeven still
13:02.40cpufreakin a restaurant last week, it was 3quid/litre for sparkling water
13:02.46cpufreakwhich has just come from scotland
13:02.53wethrinouch
13:03.19cpufreaka litre of petrol which has come all the way from saudi arabia, been drilled out of the ground, and shipped half way around the world
13:03.47bilarhit's not so much petrol that is cheap as bottled water that is expensive :P
13:04.14bilarhoil should be cheaper still.. it's literally pouring out of holes in the ground
13:08.31antiphaseI don't think we import a lot of Middle Eastern oil tbh. It's cheaper to use the shit that comes out of the North Sea
13:09.04Leedsthere's less and less shit coming out of the north sea, and more and more being used
13:09.16cpufreaknot true.
13:09.42cpufreakthe british bits of the north sea aren't producing as much as they were
13:09.48cpufreakbut the same is not true for the norweigan bits
13:09.54antiphaseThe noggies probably still have a butt load
13:10.01antiphaser
13:10.29bilarhthe uk changed to a net importer of oil a couple of years back afaik
13:11.01bilarha big part of the norwegian oil is still refined here in the UK as well
13:11.17Leedshttp://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file43846.pdf
13:11.24Leedsboth right :)
13:12.19LeedsI didn't say anything about the middle east...
13:13.27cpufreakwe wont be an oil importer for much longer.
13:13.45cpufreakonce falklands is up and running
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13:29.14dick_turpinBritish Chancellor, George Osborne claims Beethoven faked deafness to fraudulently obtain Disability Living Allowance! Bwahahahaha
13:29.27wethrinheh
13:29.30wethrinnewsbiscuit.com?
13:31.33dick_turpinwethrin: You mean the misses?
13:32.27wethrinahh
13:38.13dick_turpinwethrin: Her place is in a right mess at the minute, she has had two interviews for two different promotions. No decisions have been made, nobody knows whats going on and to add insult to injury
13:39.24dick_turpinThey have put a massive board up with silhouettes of heads and and positions with the message "Could this be you?"
13:41.12wethrinheh
13:43.15dick_turpinI did try an be helpful and advise her to take a tape measure to work then measure everyone's head against the board, for some strange reason she didn't like my idea?
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19:53.44gregj20% vat? are they fucking mad ? you can't milk dead cow.
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21:00.23AndyMillargregj: te budget was pretty good tbh
21:00.30AndyMillarCGT increase was fairly low
21:01.18gregjbut raising vat is going to kill ecomy
21:01.19gregjeconomy
21:01.43gregjso, what's the point of raising the tax, to get more money, only to lower the economy, which is going to result in lower income from taxes
21:01.50gregjhow stuppid one has to be to get such an idea
21:02.37gregjI thought labour were capable of doing it, but not conservatives. I was hoping these guys do have brains
21:02.53AndyMillarhow is that VAT increase going to kill the economy?
21:03.18gregjyou are no serious, are you?
21:03.36gregjmore tax, means less spending, because things are more expensive
21:03.38gregjfor one
21:04.12gregjplus you are going to get every bussiness do 'sale' 'quick before vat increase' and that sort of shit
21:04.18gregjpeople are going to be very aware of it
21:04.36AndyMillartax increases were inevitable, and nothing that was said was actually that bad :)
21:04.37gregjthat's just the way things are
21:04.43gregjinevitable ?
21:04.46gregjseriously ?
21:04.59gregjconservatives should lower taxes, and stuppid spendings
21:05.05gregjrather than raise taxes
21:05.08AndyMillarthey are reducing spending
21:05.20gregjwell, than they have some sort of a brain problem
21:05.52AndyMillarthey have reduced some taxes, and where they have had to make tax increases the increases have been low
21:06.23gregjtax reduction always means boost in economy
21:06.41AndyMillartax reduction isn't sustainable given the epic mess we're in
21:06.44gregjwhy on earth otherwise, rich people would go and register their business in countries with very low tax ?
21:07.08gregjif you really want to pay more, how about just givig away half your money every month to strangers, so they can have a good time
21:07.21gregjis amazed how people love to be robbed these days
21:08.23gregjI do remember days when govt was asking people on what they should spending excess in budget
21:08.32gregjthat wasn't so long time ago
21:08.37gregjand taxes were lower
21:08.40gregjso...
21:08.43AndyMillarbefore you can reduce tax (now, courtesy of an incompetent Labour government), you need to reduce the waste in the public sector and reduce the debt
21:08.50AndyMillar*then* you can begin to reduce taxes
21:08.57gregjit is a govt
21:09.02gregjthey should reduce tax first
21:09.16AndyMillarwhat? and put your head in the sand with regards to the debt?
21:09.17gregjand than seek savings
21:09.24gregjotherwise they don't have urge to do it
21:09.26AndyMillaryou want us to be another Greece?
21:09.51gregj(where taxes and bureocracy was higher, due to wonderfull EU)
21:10.22gregjgrece had number of problems, and the UK fortunatelly doesn't have most of them
21:10.41gregjif I want someone to spend less money, I don't give them first more
21:10.50gregjit is illogicall
21:11.01gregjgovt is spending someone elses money
21:11.04AndyMillarbut if we're not careful, and we do just reduce tax now, we'll just end up in more debt spiriling out of control
21:11.17gregjyou can't give them more, and expect them to spend less
21:11.24AndyMillar(and I'm not someone who agrees with the currentl insanely high levels of tax in this country :-))
21:11.33gregjreducing taxes actually spins up the economy
21:11.43gregjpeople have more money in their pockets, and they spend more
21:12.09gregjgovt should absoltely get only minimum money required for the job, and not a penny more
21:12.14AndyMillarindeed
21:12.19AndyMillarbut that change can't happen overnight
21:12.24gregjbut they are very good at convincing people, that they need money to do more
21:13.23gregjsince when , when govt is doing something, it is cheaper and better?
21:13.23gregjit isn't
21:13.23gregjthat's the fat
21:13.23gregjfact
21:13.47gregjluckily people in the UK are not nearly as stuppid as people in the EU, because govts here were competent enough not to agree on number of nonsenses
21:14.22gregjgreece was (is) victum of the EU naivity, that things will get better, if we spend more money, and have more laws
21:14.35gregjI don't know why people don't like to be responsible for themselves anymrore
21:14.57gregjI was always tought that things don't happen themselves, and I should take action if I want something done for myself.
21:15.30gregj(maybe because I was born in different realms, and different country) - but people here are expecting govt to do everything for them, and 'protect' them, and 'care' for them
21:15.34gregjsimple - wtf?
21:17.02gregjI wish I was a govt, and could just ask  for more money, because I am spending more
21:17.16gregjand than even ask for more, because i need to cut my spendings
21:17.24gregjseriously, no logic in that wahtsoever...
21:22.31gregjanyway, gotta go back to work .Will have to raise hourly rate, to pay that 3% difference.
21:22.55gregjor maybe I should write an email to my customers , saying, that I am spending more, and need to cut on that, therefore I have to raise my hourly rate by, say 30%
21:23.33gregj17->20, that's 15% increase
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