IRC log for #gllug on 20130404

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07:44.09yaMattwethrin, I don't think he has a problem with me, but I find him a bit difficult to get along with
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09:34.39yaMattjQuery conference up in Oxford on April 19th
09:34.53yaMattfeel it's a bit too far to go and a bit expensive to get in
09:34.59yaMattespecially considering the sponsors
09:35.14yaMattthe talks better bloody blow your head off
09:35.18wethrinGet your employer to pay
09:36.06Nafalloget wethrin's employer to pay
09:36.12yaMattyeah, I guess that's what you're banking on
09:36.18yaMattNafallo, hahah, perfect
09:36.28yaMattthey're banking on, rather
09:38.57yaMattuk government so they're happy to send me on management courses, but technical lectures... "well... you know, it's difficult. Will you really use it? Couldn't you do something free instead?"
09:40.02gregjlol
09:40.09gregjand yet they pay google for services, which are shite
09:40.12gregjgo figure :-0
09:40.33yaMattthey pay google now?
09:40.53gregjdunno, you mentinoed something about google fucking up
09:41.00gregjthought it was related
09:41.20gregjbesides, jquery, I mean seriously, what's there to have conference about
09:41.25gregj'its shit, everyone go home)
09:42.03yaMattoh, na, that's just LUG stuff
09:42.17gregjoh
09:42.30yaMattthey did get back to me, turns out the contact I had in Mozilla has left and the contact I had in Google has left
09:42.48gregjand you care because ?
09:42.56gregjyou pay, it should work :-)
09:43.06yaMattI like jQuery but the whole model is definitely a hack
09:43.15yaMattit's a shame about the Mozilla guys, they're good people
09:43.16gregjwhole web 2.0 is a hack
09:43.23yaMattGoogle just get on my nerves
09:43.28gregjaltho it got much better with css
09:43.32yaMattthey have a bit of a high and mighty attitude
09:44.30gregjgoogle is evil, for quite a while now
09:44.47wethrinMy employer won't pay!
09:44.49gregjanyone with that amount of power and information is bound to go roug
09:45.04yaMattcertainly eventually
09:49.53gregjplus they employ tons of useless people
09:50.14gregjand take off the market people who used to contribute a lot, but now they are pretty much spoiled to work for this big corporation
09:50.23gregjno amount of good can come out of this
09:50.28yaMattthat's a fair point
09:50.41gregjI know opensource folk loves google, but this is just a PR stunt
09:51.49wethrinRedHat at least makes people contribute to Linux
09:52.17yaMattso they do give a lot back to linux and FOSS but Google does have that privacy side which should be viewed with a healthy amount of distrust
09:52.32wethrinWhat privacy? :)
09:52.39yaMattbut if they want to give us free stuff, why not? Doesn't mean we have to trust them
09:52.46yaMattwethrin, well, lack of
09:53.25gregjthat's the problem with people, they get some free stuff, and forget about everything else
09:53.34gregjto me google are nto doing much good, and are pretty much economical trolls
09:55.26AndyMillarhmm, apprently we're hiring again
09:56.48gregjgood for you's
09:58.14yaMattAndyMillar, where?
09:58.28yaMattgregj, I kind of see what you mean, but they can't hire everyone
09:59.29yaMattbut I do see that they do have an interest in hiring good people just to keep them on the market, but then you're moving in to conspiracy theories
09:59.46yaMattI've not met anyone who works there who doesn't work their ass off
10:01.43gregjthey can't hire me, they tried, but I resisted
10:01.59gregjit's not a conspiracy theory
10:02.04gregjit is simple fact
10:02.15gregjof course they will use people for their own business needs, that's what employment is about
10:02.49gregjand mixing up the argument that they release some stuff for free is not really working
10:02.50AndyMillaryaMatt: West London, one junior windows/linux admin and one senior Linux admin
10:03.38yaMattthink I need to sort out the mailing list properly so we have an announcements list for stuff like that
10:04.47wethrinThere is an -announce mailing list
10:04.49wethrinOh, no
10:04.51wethrinThere was one
10:05.01wethrinUntil Jason failed to get the list server running again
10:07.31yaMattyup, exactly, this list was a place holder until I could work out what was happening with the old one
10:07.38yaMattJason has even used the new list apparently
10:08.00yaMattprobably about time it became a bit more perminent
10:08.53yaMattI don't want to separate it out too much though, it gets more confusing to people unafamiliar with mailing lists
10:09.05yaMattAndyMillar, good to see some places advertising senior linux roles
10:12.57AndyMillarI'll probably mail t'list once I've got an actual job spec
10:36.28yaMattsuggestions for a collective noun of linux people: either a root, or a beard, any more?
10:37.20wethrinA sandal?
10:37.26wethrincabal
10:37.41wethrinA tedium, if they're like Richard Stallman
10:37.45yaMatthahah
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21:11.22ChoHagFirefighters were called to a high rise block of flats on Webber Street in Southwark just after 3am this morning after neighbours reported seeing smoke from a downstairs balcony. Crews found a barbecue which had burnt through timber decking and started a small fire.
21:11.32ChoHag04 April 2013
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21:34.58ChoHagWhat's the cheapest form of removable storage these days for sheer size?
21:41.42wethrinExternal hard drive
21:43.08ChoHagIs it practical to backup to?
21:43.54ChoHagI'm considering the merits of something that sort of (physical) size compared to, say, a box full of SD cards.
21:45.40wethrinSure, why not
21:53.42gregji.imgur.com/Un2nFHx.jpg
21:53.52gregjthe new bluescreen
22:22.15ChoHagbut but but
22:56.16gregj;]
22:56.17gregjno buts
22:56.23gregjthis is probably hardware that's faulty

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