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08:44.57 | ChoHag | Product: Multi-Purpose Compost |
08:45.05 | ChoHag | Question: DO YOU DELIVER COMPAST |
08:45.12 | ChoHag | Answer: Please contact our Customer Service Team for further assistance with your query. |
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14:09.05 | hali | hm, just found an usenet post by myself made in 1996 |
14:09.10 | hali | ohh the memories |
14:10.36 | bilarh | hehe i know, it's rather scary isn't it |
14:14.55 | hali | remember the days of "kes", the blue megatower :) |
14:15.04 | hali | dual celerons |
14:15.43 | Leeds | http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.linux/browse_thread/thread/67727df971b144c3/c4e19d534b898049 |
14:16.34 | bilarh | oh yes :) |
14:16.45 | bilarh | with a million bigfoot drives in it? :D |
14:17.00 | hali | one or two i think |
14:17.02 | bilarh | " WHAT ON EARTH IS |
14:17.03 | bilarh | A SEGMENTATION FAULT????? " |
14:17.05 | bilarh | :D |
14:17.12 | hali | loads of other drives |
14:17.15 | Leeds | :) |
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15:01.13 | antiphase | It's unreassuring to note that clueless people still failed to make a distinction between Mb and MB almost 15 years ago |
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15:06.25 | DiscordianUK | One has a big B |
15:07.31 | DiscordianUK | encountered a 'linux sysadmin' today who when asked what 00001010 in Binary was had no idea |
15:07.53 | DiscordianUK | which is bloody scary |
15:07.59 | bilarh | 32? |
15:08.09 | wethrin | 10 |
15:08.24 | DiscordianUK | 10 was the answer I was expecting |
15:08.25 | Armand | 8+2 |
15:08.56 | DiscordianUK | I tried not to make it too complex |
15:09.23 | Armand | I've only recently been exposed to binary.. it's not THAT hard to understand how bits, bytes and "nibbles" work. :P |
15:09.38 | Armand | My maths is shite though.. -_- |
15:09.39 | jason_ukfsn | You all got the wrong answer. 00001010 in binary is 1111110010 |
15:09.51 | DiscordianUK | laughs |
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15:10.23 | DiscordianUK | used to toggle opcodes in on the console of my PDP-8/L |
15:10.41 | DiscordianUK | I could also handread punched cards and paper tape |
15:11.23 | Armand | HARDCORE Geek!! :P |
15:11.53 | DiscordianUK | Kinda useful in computing in the early 80s |
15:11.56 | antiphase | People that leave school without the ability to convert between number bases should be sent down the mines |
15:12.10 | DiscordianUK | nods |
15:12.14 | Armand | Oi! |
15:12.18 | Armand | ¬_¬ |
15:12.32 | DiscordianUK | For shame on sysadmins who don't know binary |
15:13.36 | jason_ukfsn | people who believe that everyone should care about base conversion need to get a real life ;) |
15:14.41 | jason_ukfsn | Seriously - unless your job involves "proper" computing or certain forms of maths conversion between number bases it utterly irrelevant. The same can be said for a lot of what we hold to be important. |
15:14.57 | DiscordianUK | Sure |
15:15.07 | bilarh | who cares, i've got the windows calculator :P |
15:15.23 | DiscordianUK | However it was part of my syllabus at O level |
15:15.26 | bilarh | and for extra geek points, i've also got a binary watch (that i can read) :) |
15:15.44 | jason_ukfsn | I used to have a calculator watch in the early 80s |
15:15.58 | Leeds | I had a *tetris watch* |
15:16.13 | wethrin | I've had to do some binary conversion magics today |
15:16.27 | DiscordianUK | had a sinclair oxford calc I built from a kit |
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15:16.34 | jason_ukfsn | I also learned how to strip, clean and rebuild a proper clockwork watch |
15:16.47 | DiscordianUK | These days I have bc and dc |
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15:17.11 | bilarh | the only time a unix admin really needs binary is when doing chmod, as far as i can tell |
15:17.18 | bilarh | and even then you can get around it by using a,u and g |
15:17.35 | DiscordianUK | or using fsdb |
15:17.35 | bilarh | but yes, it's pretty basic stuff :) |
15:18.09 | Leeds | wethrin: but aren't you still living in an ivory tower? |
15:18.14 | bilarh | fs-what? :S |
15:18.14 | jason_ukfsn | is developing a hatred of whoever designed Nominet's EPP systems |
15:18.30 | DiscordianUK | And for repairing some database errors |
15:18.33 | wethrin | Leeds: Maybe? |
15:18.48 | wethrin | Leeds: But this is just a signed 32-bit int coming back off a Netapp via SNMP |
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17:50.47 | ChoHag | Should I keep web development off my CV? |
17:50.53 | ChoHag | I think I probably should. |
17:56.18 | cpufreak | you leaving us? |
18:01.59 | hali | web development to me suggest 'sysadmin wannabe' if the rest of your CV is admin stuff |
18:02.56 | DiscordianUK | I couldn't develop my way out of a paper bag |
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