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06:17.17 | morsing | Mohan! |
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06:30.29 | morsing | sabinef72! |
06:51.16 | ChoHag | It's brilliant how people never manage to connect the dots. |
06:51.18 | ChoHag | "I was speaking to $thicko_contractor who couldn't do $bloody_obvious_task. He was earning upwards of £bajillion per day." |
06:53.03 | morsing | ChoHag: Name and shame |
06:53.13 | ChoHag | Oh no, some blog from years ago. |
06:53.32 | morsing | Probably Andy Makin |
06:53.45 | ChoHag | These days it's me who's $thicko_contractor because I realised I can easily do $bloody_obvious_task so can earn £bajillion+1. |
06:54.15 | morsing | Or James Dey - who, I'm not kidding, had to change his name because his reputation was so bad he couldn't get work anymore |
06:54.35 | ChoHag | That's surely not going to last long. |
06:55.09 | morsing | In James' case it was behaviour though, not incompetence |
06:55.59 | ChoHag | Go on. |
06:58.43 | morsing | He had fits if he didn't get things done his |
06:58.45 | morsing | way |
06:59.31 | morsing | One day, he stormed out of a meeting and ran home. Didn't show up for two days. Rang his boss and said "My way or I'm not coming back!". Boss said "Good bye then" |
07:03.31 | ChoHag | Haha. |
07:08.57 | AndyMillar | lol |
07:09.32 | AndyMillar | you're a contractor, you're paid £bajillion per day to do the shit tasks they don't want to do |
07:10.59 | AndyMillar | (and to do it their way...) |
07:11.15 | gregj | wishes he got paid bajillion |
07:11.35 | AndyMillar | nah, imagine how shitty the jobs would have to be to justify it ;) |
07:12.01 | ChoHag | Most of it is putting up with grief from regular employees who see me as taking their jobs, not doing as well and getting paid more. |
07:12.19 | ChoHag | It never ceases to amaze me why they don't do it themselves. |
07:12.42 | AndyMillar | job security |
07:12.47 | AndyMillar | that said, it's what I'm doing now :p |
07:13.12 | ChoHag | There is no job security. |
07:13.34 | ChoHag | Just ask the 4000 people working here (Nokia) who just got collectively fired. |
07:13.42 | AndyMillar | apparent job security... |
07:14.29 | AndyMillar | you hear of contractors being out of work for years |
07:14.35 | AndyMillar | that said, if you're any good you can get work :p |
07:14.49 | ChoHag | Yeah, it's the shit contractors who are out of work for years. |
07:15.06 | ChoHag | And the pay compensates for that anyway. |
07:15.26 | AndyMillar | :p |
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07:26.03 | morsing | Why do OpenReach leave you a job reference the call center doesn't understand? |
07:32.28 | ChoHag | They don't care. They don't have to. |
07:36.38 | ChoHag | Can the N900 be made to do NAT? |
07:39.26 | morsing | ChoHag: Does OpenReach have a direct number then? |
08:37.26 | ChoHag | Probably, but not for the likes of you. |
08:40.52 | morsing | What's the point in leaving an OpenReach reference and asking me to call BT who doesn't understand the reference |
08:45.03 | ChoHag | I think you have missed something in the whole "don't care" thing. |
08:45.24 | morsing | And Aviva's site is broken... |
08:53.46 | morsing | boudiccas: Where's wethrin? |
09:01.18 | z00dax | over there ----------> |
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09:28.43 | morsing | flips_and_rails! |
09:28.49 | morsing | z00dax: Check it |
09:48.54 | morsing | Man, guest books are expensive |
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10:13.00 | morsing | sabinef72! |
10:13.48 | z00dax | beer! |
11:11.28 | ChoHag | "Phone is working too but there is no sound yet." |
11:11.30 | ChoHag | Marvellous, |
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11:23.56 | dick_turpin | antiphase: I hope you turned out onto the streets to watch your Lord and Lady master tie the not? |
11:24.49 | antiphase | I watched it on TV from a safe distance |
11:26.48 | dick_turpin | Yeah all these so called anti-royalists with their big words of "I'm not watching" our streets was deserted from 9:30am till just after 12 I don't remember seeing one car drive down the road |
11:28.42 | ChoHag | I left the country. |
11:28.46 | ChoHag | Is that anti-royal enough? |
11:30.45 | morsing | BT is a very efficient company |
11:31.02 | dick_turpin | contacts The Tower and organises accommodation for ChoHag |
11:35.34 | ChoHag | morsing: But efficient at what? |
11:39.09 | ChoHag | There are critical production machines on the floor under my desk. |
11:40.36 | dick_turpin | The must be either very small machines or you have a very large desk? |
11:40.50 | dick_turpin | s/The/They |
11:50.14 | ChoHag | Small. |
11:50.24 | ChoHag | Some kind of dell workstation. |
11:51.45 | dick_turpin | Ooh are they Optiplex 745's? |
11:51.56 | ChoHag | I don't know. |
11:52.02 | ChoHag | I can only see the arse-end of them. |
11:52.09 | dick_turpin | LOOK damn you! |
11:52.22 | ChoHag | And get my trousers dirty? |
11:52.47 | dick_turpin | Why have you gone all posh and put clothes on today? |
11:53.01 | ChoHag | They don't let you fly in the nip. |
11:53.08 | ChoHag | Plus there's still snow in places around here. |
11:54.32 | dick_turpin | Best get something warm and meaty inside you then |
12:26.33 | morsing | So, last year my home insurance was £102. During the year I rang up about a possible claim but because of the excess decided it wasn't worth claiming, now my premium has gone up to £214 |
12:29.12 | hali | they probably did a background check too ;) |
12:31.22 | morsing | Well, they're not brilliant at this business thing eh? They've now last a customer they could have made £102/year from for years to come |
12:31.27 | morsing | s/last/lost/ |
12:32.28 | ChoHag | They're lost ~ £3000? |
12:32.34 | ChoHag | I'm sure they're shitting themselves. |
12:34.11 | ChoHag | Nobody cares about individual customers any more. |
12:35.09 | morsing | Well, when they've lost 10000 customerss that way they might start to care |
12:35.32 | ChoHag | They might. |
12:38.07 | dick_turpin | I wonder if boudiccas would wear this for me http://ca.kotaku.com/5797983/nothing-says-mario-like-465-latex SFW |
12:42.32 | ChoHag | "If you are interested, contact us on email: loans.privatecapitals@live.com for more information." |
12:42.35 | ChoHag | live.com |
12:42.37 | ChoHag | Looks legit. |
12:45.48 | ChoHag | http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2011/04/bca902b43a1644ce92423098307623a9/original.png |
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14:04.13 | ChoHag | http://depletedcranium.com/idiotic-report-claims-nuclear-power-plants-are-11-trillion-dollar-risk/ |
14:04.35 | ChoHag | You could completely destroy much of Germany and rebuild it all for less than that. We know. Weâve actually done it. |
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15:00.05 | morsing | zooz! |
15:00.25 | zooz | when is the next meeting? |
15:00.31 | zooz | I would love to come |
15:00.39 | morsing | lol! :) |
15:00.39 | zooz | been ages since my last visit |
15:01.03 | morsing | GLLUG is dead, man |
15:01.09 | zooz | right.. :-) |
15:01.28 | morsing | Been dead for years |
15:03.54 | gw280 | GET BACK TO WOROOOOOOKRKRKRKRKRK |
15:09.06 | Cope | morsing: |
15:10.08 | Cope | I loved that funny little linux system that ran on the pseries kit - i can't recall what it's called... ran some kind of slimmed down suse with fluxbox |
15:10.11 | Cope | what was it? |
15:10.14 | Cope | what is its name? |
15:10.34 | dick_turpin | slimSUSE |
15:10.48 | Cope | please stand up |
15:10.52 | dick_turpin | gets back to work |
15:11.02 | Cope | oh... who was the dude who worked at oxfam |
15:11.07 | Cope | in this channel i think |
15:11.10 | Cope | kostas maybe? |
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15:13.56 | Cope | morsing: hmc maybe? |
15:15.55 | morsing | Cope: ? |
15:15.59 | morsing | PcSett! |
15:18.23 | PcSett | morsing: Hi - I've just rid myself of windoze 7 that came with my new pc. openSUSE wiped it for me |
15:18.41 | morsing | yay :) |
15:20.16 | PcSett | Everything's seemingly OK, I've just got to find the type sizing buttons as it's all a tad small. But yeah, OK. |
15:21.20 | Cope | PcSett: do you do anything apart from reinstalling linux? |
15:21.21 | PcSett | morsing: Mind you, I still prefer Debian :) |
15:23.06 | PcSett | Part of my learning curve - big part. But my main idea is to promote FOSS etc locally - by example. |
15:24.26 | PcSett | I now have two bits of kit, networked (I hope!) so I aim to have two distros on the older machine with my main work being done on this baby. |
15:26.44 | PcSett | Mind you, I find your comment interesting - as a pensioner I find loadsatime. As one with a few braincells still active I feel a tad lonely sometimes ... |
15:27.35 | Cope | you should make friends with my father in law |
15:27.43 | Cope | he likes playing witth ubuntu |
15:27.59 | Cope | i gave him a spare laptop so he could play with natty |
15:28.30 | Cope | he's been enthusiastically experimenting |
15:28.53 | Cope | PcSett: btw I am sorry if what I said sounded harsh - it wasn't intended to be |
15:29.29 | PcSett | oooh, tight fit, I think. My VERY generous SWMBO fitted me up with all my gear. No worries, Cope, nowt to worry! |
15:31.41 | PcSett | By the way, it was five years ago that I threw out windoze 2000 and installed (with the great help of the kindly Simon Morris) SUSE 10.1. It's all been very good. |
15:32.32 | PcSett | Sorry, what I mean is GLLUG members have been very good. To me. |
15:34.37 | Cope | :) |
15:34.49 | Cope | good old mozrat |
15:35.49 | morsing | Cope: Where's mozrat? |
15:35.54 | PcSett | Yup - long may his ear'oles fester with friendliness |
15:36.39 | Cope | gw280: where's mozrat? |
15:36.50 | PcSett | morsing: he appeared here a while back, last year some time. |
15:37.09 | morsing | lol :) |
15:37.20 | gw280 | Cope: I duno :( |
15:37.27 | gw280 | Cope: so it looks like I should have the google job |
15:37.52 | dick_turpin | Mozrat is alive and well and posts occasionally on Facebook |
15:44.51 | Cope | gw280: well done! |
15:45.27 | gw280 | Cope: but |
15:45.31 | gw280 | Cope: they wont' let me work from home... |
15:45.42 | gw280 | Cope: I'd have to commute an hour each way to the nearest office to Toronto |
15:45.47 | gw280 | Cope: but there's a free google shuttle bus there |
15:46.29 | Cope | you could move |
15:46.42 | gw280 | no I can't |
15:47.07 | morsing | gw280: You'll probably get sacked after a month anyway |
15:47.18 | gw280 | why? |
15:47.23 | gw280 | because I'm stonkingly clever? |
15:47.39 | morsing | Because you behave like a 5-year-old |
15:50.29 | Cope | frowns |
15:50.35 | Cope | that's not kind :( |
15:50.41 | morsing | Cope: gw280 isn't kind |
15:50.46 | Cope | gw280 is nice |
15:50.51 | morsing | No, he isn't |
15:51.28 | Cope | well, i like gw280 and I like morsing too |
15:52.04 | gw280 | so I'm considering upgrading my imac |
15:52.06 | gw280 | to the new one |
15:52.07 | gw280 | hrmmmm |
15:53.07 | Cope | http://goo.gl/CxrOX ? |
15:53.26 | gw280 | no :P |
15:59.11 | Cope | gw280: come to devopsdays |
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16:02.01 | gw280 | Cope: what are those? |
16:03.50 | Cope | http://www.devopsdays.org/events/2011-mountainview/ |
16:16.53 | gw280 | oh |
16:16.56 | gw280 | I don't live anywhere near MTV :P |
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18:08.40 | gw280 | Cope: are you in the bay area these days then? |
18:13.42 | Cope | no.... just in june |
18:18.33 | gw280 | ah ok |
18:18.38 | gw280 | I may be there in june for orientation! |
18:18.41 | gw280 | if I get the job |
18:18.42 | gw280 | mwahahaha |
18:30.27 | Cope | hehe |
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