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00:03.30stuporglueBetween PCI wireless card and a USB wireless card, which is the recommended? Does anyone know of one that "just works"?
00:05.44phinuxWhen you say "just works," Do you mean with or without NDISwrapper?
00:13.39stuporgluephinux: without would be better. I'm sure I could get almost anything I bought to work with it.
00:13.48stuporglueBut if I can avoid it, I'd rather
00:14.53phinuxAt home I use a USB wirelsess card from Netgear. It needs NDISwrapper, but it was pretty easy to set up. The WG111T...I think.
00:15.10phinuxThis was under FC4 though.
00:15.45phinuxThe only issue I had is when I start using an updated Kernel. Then I have to go through the NDIS steps all over again.
00:22.01stuporglueYeah
00:22.34stuporglueI can deal with that if I need to, but if I don't have to, that'd be better
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00:49.57phinuxstuporglue: is this for a laptop or desktop?
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01:13.13Zelutdoes anyone know if the daylight savings fix has been handed down yet?
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02:14.36atoponce3+
02:33.16Zelutdaylight savings is fixed, btw.
02:33.32Zelutzdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
02:33.50Zelutshould show the new dates.. I love the speed of open source updates
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04:04.27atoponceapril 23????
04:04.32atoponcewhat's up with that?
04:04.36atoponcethey think that's funny?
04:04.50sontekyeah they can die
04:05.07sontekbut atleast we got to see linderman
04:05.31atoponcelol
04:06.08atoponceand the faceoff between peter and sylar is going to be great
04:22.43atoponceZelut: ping
05:32.50atoponcemaquis: you'd be happy to know that i'm trying evilwm
05:43.12Zelutatoponce: pong
05:43.41atoponceZelut: nm. i found what i was looking for: the new gtk-engines for gnome
05:43.53Zelutdid you get one of those themes working?
05:43.58atoponceno
05:44.08atoponcei should find the .deb
05:44.19Zelutatoponce: looks like we've probably got ourselves a council for us teams
05:44.24atoponcei'm really not interested in the latest and greatest, as he advocates on the site
05:44.34atoponceZelut: yeah. that's what i wast just reading
05:44.56Zelutif we base the council on the people on that list, minus Joey & Jono that leaves you me and Steve.
05:46.24atoponceyeah
05:46.35Zelutwhat do you think about that?
05:47.06atoponcethat's pretty good i think
05:48.46ZelutI thought a lot about it on the way back from colo.  I did start to lean that way but it feels like a really big responsibility
05:49.09Zelut...but I think we've kind of put ourselves in that position before we really knew what was going on :)
05:49.21atoponcehmmm
05:49.30atoponcei really don't think that it is necessary
05:49.37atoponcewe've been doing just fine without it
05:50.17ZelutI don't really think its necessary either except for appearances.
05:50.33ZelutI think people need to have some central people to look to sometimes.
05:50.44atoponcemakes sense
05:51.28Zelutand I think the three of us agree on the 'guide vs govern' idea so there isn't much risk for trouble
05:51.40atoponceno
05:51.56Zelutno?
05:52.11atoponceno = i agree. there won't be any trouble
05:52.29atoponcewe all have the same goals and opinions towards the project, i think
05:52.33Zeluthehe ok.
05:52.35Zelutyeah.
05:52.36atoponceso it should be lead just fine
05:53.09Zelutso I think if Jono really wants some sort of formal council we can give him something but, again, I think its more for appearances than anything.
05:53.24atoponceyeah
05:57.22atoponce!uptime
05:57.22UtahBot4UtahBot 14has been up for:4 4 14week(s)4 3 14day(s)4 4 14hour(s)4 50 14minute(s)4 10 14second(s).
05:57.22atoponcenice
05:57.22Zelutnew record
05:57.27atoponce<PROTECTED>
05:57.53Zelutone of these days I need to ask you how to get those scripts working.  I have a bot but he still doesn't do much more than sit there.
05:58.40atoponcesure. np. mainly, i just find scripts from eggheads, and put them in
05:59.13Zelutput them in where? :)
05:59.54atoponcein the scripts dir
06:00.21ZelutI guess I need to look more closely at my installation huh
06:01.40atoponcelook at your eggdrop.conf, and see where it has the default scripts installed, and put all of yours there
06:02.00atoponcebut really, you can put them anywhere, as long as they are referenced correctly in your config file
06:03.00ZelutI see the eggdrop download but not scripts at eggheads.org
06:04.27atoponcehttp://www.egghelp.org/tcl.htm
06:04.32atoponceegghelp, my bad
06:04.34atoponce:)
06:05.31Zelutthere we go
06:06.07Zelutany basic scripts you recommend? there seem to be quite a few here
06:07.01atoponcethere are a lot
06:07.14atoponcethe incith: scripts are good. i like those
06:07.23atoponceother than that, i think it's just hit and miss with what you're looking for
06:09.58Zelutwhich uptime script do you use?
06:10.57atoponcelemme look
06:12.02atoponceuptime.tcl from ofloo.net
06:19.19Zelutafter I've dropped in the .tcl is there anything else I need to do?
06:20.46atoponceyou need to reference it in your eggdrop.conf
06:21.12atoponcethen, telnet into your dcc session, and .rehash your bot
06:22.52Zelutwhat is the repeat last search command in vim?
06:25.16atoponce?
06:25.20Zelut...and I just killed the bot lol
06:25.30atoponce:/<search_term>
06:25.36atoponcethen 'n'n
06:25.42atoponce'n'
06:25.42Zelutn.. that's it
06:25.43atoponcei meant
06:34.05Zelutatoponce: any idea why I'm getting this? couldn't read file "/usr/share/eggdrop/scripts/bash.org-1.4.7.tcl": permission denied
06:34.26Zelutpermissions look the same as the other scripts but it hits errors when trying to load my additions
06:34.36atoponcehmmm
06:34.55atoponceand you're running as sudo?
06:35.32Zelut...actually permissions look a touch different
06:35.39Zelutbut I wasn't sudo, no
06:36.00ZelutERROR: eggdrop will not run as root!
06:36.11atoponceahh
06:36.29Zelut-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  52K 2004-11-20 20:51 sentinel.tcl
06:36.29Zelut-rw------- 1 root root 7.0K 2007-03-05 23:18 uptime1.08.tcl
06:36.38atoponcei didn't install eggdrop from apt. i just downloaded a tar.gz, and ran locally. :)
06:36.53Zelutthose are the permission diffs. almost didn't notice
06:37.02atoponceyeah. :)
06:37.13atoponcewell, i'm off to bed. i'm getting sleepy
06:37.19Zelutme too
06:38.51Zeluthe's alive!
07:59.43sontekZelut: you ever used :set hlsearch in vim?
08:00.00sontekyou don't have to repeat search with it =)
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13:49.09herlohttp://awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com/2007/02/why-geeks-make-good-lovers/
13:56.47herloZelut: you seen this before http://cutlersoftware.com/ubuntusetup/wubi/en-US/index.html
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15:30.02Zelutmorning
15:30.18maquissomething like that
15:32.50atoponcegrumble grumble
15:33.33atoponce2½ here
15:33.46atoponce:)
15:33.50maquisand... it's an hour later for you...
15:33.59maquisgo figure
15:34.05atoponceouch
15:34.14atoponceso, you've been up since 3:30?
15:34.24maquisyup
15:34.24atoponcey
15:34.24maquisi love being on call
15:34.55Zelutherlo: I haven't seen that but it looks promising
15:36.01maquismy mom just emailed me to ask what my email address is!!!!!
15:36.15atoponcelol
15:36.19redbeard1maquis, classic
15:36.26Zelutnice
15:36.35atoponcereply, and tell her you're looking for it, and will get back to her. :)
15:39.10atoponcethen call her, tell her you can't find it, and ask for her phone #, so when you do find it, you can call her. :)
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15:39.21maquislol
15:39.29[phoenyx]!geek
15:39.31UtahBotYou might be a geek if if you know the correct pronunciation of SuSE, Ubuntu, Gnome, GNU, amaroK, SQL, gif, Tex, Linux, and TCL.
15:39.45atoponcejiff!!!
15:42.24Zelutwell I know only half of you pronounce ubuntu [oo-boon-too] correctly so we've got no geeks in here ;)
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15:42.46atoponcezoo-zuh, ooo-boon-too, nohm, guh-new, am-uh-rock, see-quel, jif, tex, lih-nuhx, tee-see-ell
15:43.05atoponces/tee-see-ell/perl/
15:43.07atoponce:)
15:43.21sontektee see ell = teeckle
15:43.32maquistee see ell == tickle
15:43.54atoponcetee see ll == per-uhl
15:44.28sontekI don't pronounce the g in gnu/gnome/etc its unnatural :P
15:44.48maquisi don't in gnome, but i do in gnu
15:45.43atoponcesame, just because i follow the same pronounciation of the creature
15:45.50maquisis it really zoozuh, not soosuh?
15:46.01maquiss/tex/tek
15:46.08[phoenyx]isn't tex == tek?
15:46.56maquis:)
15:46.56atoponceit's german, and the 's' is pronounced like a 'z'
15:46.56[phoenyx]beat me too it
15:46.56maquis[phoenyx]: good timing
15:46.57maquisi like how we both saw that at the same time
15:46.57atoponceand anything ending in e gets the 'uh' sound
15:47.00atoponcetek. blah
15:47.03atoponcetex
15:48.52maquisla-tek
15:49.33[phoenyx]I think Linus pronounces it like: leenooks
15:49.46atoponce<PROTECTED>
15:50.28herloZelut: yeah, I thought you might like that Wubi
15:50.39herloZelut: did you forget your Wubi?
15:52.10maquislol
15:52.24[phoenyx]lol
15:53.46redbeard1TCL-Me-Tux? that's just wrong
15:53.56redbeard1more wrong than installing python on it
15:54.20atoponceat least with python, the doll would be object-oriented. :)
15:56.31atoponceif beak.open('True'):
15:56.38atoponce<PROTECTED>
15:59.23[phoenyx]if {$openbeak} {set $fish = 1}
16:01.15sontekif(duck.Beak == Status.Open) { duck.Eat(fish); fish--; }
16:03.07atoponceshowoff
16:03.57ZelutI think I'll give Wubi a test run on my office machine at work.
16:04.25[phoenyx]if {$openbeak} {set $fish 1}
16:04.29[phoenyx]that's better
16:04.52[phoenyx]if {$openbeak} {set fish 1}
16:05.00[phoenyx]there, finally correct
16:05.20[phoenyx]all of this Ruby is ruining my TCL skills :)
16:07.50sontekif its rails its ruining more than your TCL skills =)
16:08.50sontekwhats a wubi
16:09.08[phoenyx]yup, all of our new projects are in RoR, all of our old projects are TCL
16:09.22sontekI'm sorry =)
16:09.37[phoenyx]sontek: not a fan of RoR?
16:10.26sontekIts a great framework when you want to make small web apps
16:10.53sontekbut as soon as you want to do something outside of the framework it starts squealing like a pig
16:11.00[phoenyx]such as?
16:12.59sontekI don't remember what we were having trouble with, we were going to convert some of our web applications to rails and every time we did the response was 'rails doesn't do that, just change it to work this way..'
16:13.19sontekI don't like having a ball and chain on me while I work
16:13.38sontekI understand the convention over configuration, its just not my thing =)
16:14.12[phoenyx]there's a lot of convention, but you can reconfigure most of it
16:16.45[phoenyx]just because rails has a lot of opinions it doesn't mean you can't go against them when you need to
16:18.17sontekYeah but the reason to use rails is to speed up your development time but in my experience it was only helping for the simple meaningless tasks
16:18.44sontekonce we got into an abstract database its scaffolds and class generation really didn't help because we had to write all the SQL ourselves anyways
16:20.26sontekbut its not like we sat down and tried to write something from scratch, we were converting an app to rails
16:22.56[phoenyx]okay, I can see that
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17:05.31Hundinghave any of you ever installed and uploaded files to a TFTP server?
17:07.46HundingRuby On Rails is absolutely fantastic...JMHO :)
17:22.18stuporglueHunding: TFTP, or FTP?
17:27.08HundingTFTP...want to boot from LAN
17:29.08atoponceHunding: i havent
17:30.59stuporglueHunding: I tried to set it up once, and maybe the TFTP worked, but I was never able to net boot my machine.
17:32.23HundingI have the TFTP setup correctly...I think. At least I am able to get a ping from it...I just don't know how to enable the DHCP server to see it...
17:32.47ZelutHunding: ping herlo for that.. he's setup network installers & boots for ubuntu & fedora
17:33.03Hundingkewl...OK thanks Zelut
17:37.01Hundingok...I found the issue. There is a procedure to upload the files and not just a simple matter of "moving them" onto the server. I got it working now...thanks for the help
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18:27.52Zelut"Chuck Norris’ roundhouse kick is so powerful, it can be seen from outer space by the naked eye."
18:39.49herloZelut: nice
18:41.34Zelut..so far Wubi isn't working.  Seems very alpha yet
18:43.10Zelutsounds really cool but I can't get it to install
18:45.58ZelutI think I might be able to get it going but I'm hacking at it pretty good
18:49.01Hundingherlo: can you boot from a WAN with TFTP?
18:49.51ZelutHunding: did you get edubuntu set up for the kiddies?
18:50.32HundingI sure did...and the six yr old is in love with it!!
18:50.42[phoenyx]!geek
18:50.43UtahBotYou might be a geek if you wake up and realize that your sleep pattern has been following an algorithm.
18:50.56Hundingthe four yr old can navigate through it much better than he ever could within windows
18:51.06herloHunding: probably, but why would you want to?
18:51.10herlothat's really risky
18:52.01ZelutHunding: glad to hear it! Who knew linux was easier than XP lol :)
18:52.53Hundingyea...it seems like it might be..but we got the retards from work that will not let me update their systems...so I am going to attempt to wake on lan and install them...only try it through WAN
18:55.54Hundingya'll wanna hear a funny story...My office just "upgraded"  a dozen laptops of upper managment and within 32 hours, they all were hit with a virus...ran around our network and anyone with Vista was effected
18:56.09Zelutsurprise suprise
18:57.38herlogood ol' Vista.  We were discussing Vista yesterday, and soooo many people are avoiding it like the plague at the companies for which my students work.  They said that it gave Linux the upper hand more or less...
18:58.08ZelutVista has made me a big Mac advocate.  If they aren't ready for Ubuntu, Mac is a better option
18:58.36HundingZelut: I would not say that "linux" is easier than XP, but ubuntu certainly is
18:58.55Hundingand ubuntu is like no other distro that I have been exposed too
18:59.21ZelutHunding: I stand corrected
18:59.44Zelutherlo: you going to be in town for our meet this weekend?
18:59.54HundingMac is OK...I use a Mac laptop running parallels and inside parallels I am running DSL as a deployment server, and tomcat...seems to work pretty good
19:00.41herloZelut: no
19:00.48Hundingherlo: what do you teach?
19:01.47Hundingand who knew that if you setup Ant correctly, you actaully DON'T get spaghetti code :)
19:04.32herloHunding: Red Hat Enterprise Linux this week.  Teaching an RHCE class
19:04.55herloZelut: I would have liked to come, but I only get so many opportunities to see my son...
19:05.04Zelutherlo: understood.
19:06.03Hundingherlo: OK...so you pretty much teach whatever needs to be taught...seems to be a lot of teachers here...
19:06.57Hundinghas anyone bought the book "Ubuntu Unleashed - 800 pages of ubuntu goodness"?
19:07.57ZelutI don't think I have that one.  I have the official book & the ubuntu hacks book
19:08.08Zelut...either of which you are welcome to borrow this weekend
19:10.10ZelutHunding: I don't know if you knew, or if I mentioned, but we do get a LUG discount with O'Reilly if you're shopping.
19:10.54HundingZelut: I did not know that...is there a membership number I need?
19:11.03Zelutone sec
19:12.22HundingZelut: I usually buy my books and things from ebay, but the last few (5) times I have bought from there it has not been a very good transaction...just a run of bad luck maybe, but I am going to take a break from ebay for a while.
19:13.27ZelutHunding: Don't forget your members can receive 35% off any of these titles when
19:13.31Zelutthey use discount code DSUG on our site. There's also free ground
19:13.33Zelutshipping in the US on orders over $29.95.
19:14.01Hundingfantastic!!!!
19:14.31ZelutI usually send out a list of new releases to the list each month for orders and we can also get a selection for free if we publish reviews.
19:14.36Hundingis there any kick back for the LUG?
19:15.03Zelutonly kick back is occasional free books, as long as we write reviews.
19:15.56Hundingwould be nice if they provided the selection in a digital format then we could make an on-line lib. for members.
19:16.31Zelutsome are available as .pdf
19:17.46Zelutshould be about time for another O'Reilly email.. hopefully there is some good new titles this month.
19:35.26atoponceZelut: i'm not understanding your last post, as simple as it is
19:35.44atoponcei just hover my mouse over the audio file, and i preview-plays the song?
19:36.19Zelutyes. if you've installed those packages.
19:36.34atoponcenothing
19:36.40atoponcedo i have to select it?
19:36.52ZelutI don't.. might have to restart gnome.
19:36.59atoponcehmmm
19:37.04atoponcethat would make sense
19:37.15Zelutlet me know and I'll update the post.. if you can.
19:37.56atoponceok
19:37.58atoponcebrb then
19:38.36maquis*yawn*
19:41.05atoponceno luck
19:41.23Zeluthmm..
19:41.40atoponcegnome v2.14.3
19:42.23atoponce~yawn maquis
19:42.34atoponce~stretch maquis
19:42.51atoponcebah. dumb jbot
19:45.09Zeluthmm.. not working for me right now either.
19:45.24ZelutI've used it for months though.  What might I be missing?
19:48.12Zelutatoponce: Audio Previewing -- Applies to all Ubuntu releases The Ubuntu File Manager Nautilus can preview music files if you hover your mouse pointer over the file. If you would like to add this functionality to your desktop, install the mpg321 and vorbis-tools. Note: If you experience jittery playback of MP3 audio previews, try installing mpg123-esd instead of mpg321. The mpg123-esd package is located in the Multiverse repository.
19:48.52Zelutwonder why it isn't working..
19:51.39atoponcei only need vorbis-tools, as i'm not using mp3, right?
19:52.04ZelutI've always installed both
19:52.39atoponcei think that's right. mp3 is mpg-3, which makes sense with mpg321 as the package name
19:52.49atoponcebut at any rate, it's installed, and still nothing
19:52.56atoponcethat's ok
19:53.15atoponceit's slowing it down anyway, so, i'd rather not preview, not that i'm playing with it
19:55.26Zelutare you back on gnome again or xfce?
19:58.17atoponcegnome
19:58.29atoponcexfce on debian etch is still a bit behind ubuntu.
19:58.46atoponceat least with the packages that they are putting in
19:58.56atoponceubuntu is just much more mature with xfce
19:59.32ZelutI wonder if others are having the same trouble..
20:00.37[phoenyx]is there anything equivalent to deskbar or katapult in xfce?
20:03.39atoponcewhat is katapult, or deskbar, for that matter? :)
20:08.35[phoenyx]quicksilver maybe?
20:09.04[phoenyx]quicklauncher/search
20:09.08atoponcequicksilver?
20:09.18[phoenyx]mac equivalent
20:09.18atoponcejust searching?
20:09.29atoponcespotlight?
20:09.54[phoenyx]yeah, spotlight does that kind of stuff too, I think
20:10.19atoponcei'm not sure what you're asking, but beagle is a great search util
20:11.02[phoenyx]you set a keyboard shortcut, e.g. <ctrl>+space
20:11.08[phoenyx]anytime you hit that
20:11.26[phoenyx]it pops up, as as you type it searches or whatever
20:11.40atoponcehmm. not sure
20:11.42[phoenyx]hit return, and it launches the app or does the search
20:15.01atoponceouch. the vim on dapper is only 6.4, thus, no tabs
20:15.04atoponcethat sux hardcore
20:17.06sontek:O
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20:27.52sontekanyone know a windows guy who is decent at networking? =)
20:28.14sontekwe are looking to hire someone who is willing to maintain the servers and travel onsite and configure networks when required
20:28.17[phoenyx]how "windows guy" does he have to be?
20:29.21sontekwell, they don't have to be a guy if they don't want to be.
20:29.31sontek;p
20:29.53sontekBut by windows guy I mean someone familiar with win2k3 administrator (mssql, active directory, etc)
20:29.53Hundingsontek: watcha looking for?
20:29.54Hundingfull time?
20:30.10sontekbut we also have a few linux boxes kicking around (a fax server and network monitor server)
20:30.16Hundingrunning a citrix enviro? Presentation or Metaframe?
20:30.44sontekThe network position itself isn't full time (I manage to do it right now and I'm a developer)
20:31.01sontekso we are looking to offset the time left over with helping us in the development cycle
20:31.11sontekeither through DBA work or actually getting dirty with the code
20:31.17sontekbut yes the salary will be fulltime
20:31.23sontekno citrix ;p
20:39.22Zelutatoponce: three comments so far on readers saying it works so.. you must be lucky I guess
20:52.46Hundingmaquis: friday cannot come soon enuff
20:53.25maquisHunding: it can, and it can't
20:53.31maquisdeadline friday...
21:04.07atoponceZelut: i guess so
21:06.32Zelutatoponce: someone liked it. http://digg.com/linux_unix/How_To_Install_Audio_Preview_For_Nautilus
21:09.06atoponceZelut: i bet people are just waiting for a post from you, so they can post it to digg
21:09.21Zelutsometimes it feels that way.
21:19.38maquis~time gmt
21:19.49maquisjbot: please?
21:19.50jbotDo I look like an information bitch, maquis?
21:20.00maquis~language jbot
21:20.02jbotACTION grabs jbot by the ear and washes jbot's mouth out with soap
21:24.30Zelutlol
21:24.38Zelutthat's hilarious
21:26.56maquisgah
21:27.00maquiswhat's the TZ string for japan?
21:28.10maquisnm, i can just use TZ=Japan
21:40.30Zeluthmm.. still can't get Wubi to work.
21:43.37Zelut"I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code"
21:44.14Hundingwhat language do you think that is written in?
21:44.45Zelutif you ask anyone in #utah I bet you'll get perl
21:45.40Hundingover rated. There are only three languages that you really NEED to know...
21:46.07[phoenyx]http://xkcd.com/c224.html
21:46.53[phoenyx]Hunding: and those would be?
21:47.44Hunding[phoenyx]: that is too funny!!!
21:48.30Zelutnice
21:48.37HundingC (all the variations such as ++, #, etc are all similar enough to get by with), XML, and java.
21:49.43Hundingand XML being the first that I would recommend anyone learn!
21:50.01Hundingand Ruby on Rails is just plain good fun! :)
21:56.49Hundingalthough having said that PERL does have a place, and does make some tasks much more manageable, such as processing very large text files.
22:01.30atoponceHunding: being a python programmer, and general scripter, i would disagree with your 3 language choices
22:02.35atoponce1) C++ -- no C, as it lacks OO design, and is only around for legacy sake. C# only if you are willing to dive into mono, otherwise, don't bother
22:03.51atoponce2) Python (with django/zope or ROR) as it's just the single most advanced scripting language around, it's flexible, powerful and easy
22:04.24atoponce3) sh/bash/csh as *any* scripting language is an absolute MUST if you are going to work for a linux shop
22:06.19[phoenyx]Interesting
22:07.53atoponcethus, you have your choices of a solid language to build binary apps, a great language for scripting and web apps, and a good set of tools to automate your crap in the terminal
22:08.47atoponce~bash Zelut
22:08.49jbotACTION beats Zelut with ksh
22:09.02maquisHunding: did you just say you'd recommend xml?
22:09.05maquisor were you just joking
22:09.12Hundingatoponce: C# has made me a lot of money so I would find it very hard to sit here and bash it...I am not sure what you mean by mono
22:09.23HundingI live and breathe XML
22:09.25atoponceoh, i'm not here bashing it
22:09.28maquisHunding: i'm sorry
22:09.38maquisas for mono, it's an open-source c#
22:09.43atoponcemono is the .NET environment in linux
22:09.52Zelutcomparing languages with nerds is equivalent to getting into a land war in asia.
22:09.55atoponcemonoproject.org, iirc
22:10.12Hundingahhh...OK...everything I have done is .NET
22:10.23atoponceand xml is solid, but overused and misunderstood
22:10.37atoponcefor example, config files should *not* be in xml
22:10.46atoponcejust an opinion on that, though
22:10.51Hundingwhy is that?
22:11.39atoponceit's a pain. too hard to parse, wasted space, and unneccesary overhead
22:11.54Hundingjust curious as I have about oh...70 or so config files written in XML
22:12.05atoponce:)
22:13.53atoponcethere are just better choices to store data in that are easier to read, take up less space and are faster to parse
22:14.11[phoenyx]I'd probably choose three languages that exposed you to the widest set of paradigms, 'cause then you'd be able to pick up any other language or project.  1) C - because it's influenced so many other languages  2) Ruby - it has borrowed from so many other languages 3) Lisp perhaps? (although I don't know it)
22:14.19[phoenyx]atoponce: what format do you like?
22:14.20HundingI would agree with the last point atoponce
22:14.48atoponce[phoenyx]: for config files? just depends on the application and deployment
22:15.13maquiskey: value
22:15.18maquisor key = value
22:15.18atoponcegenerally plain text dictionaries
22:15.22atoponcemaquis: exactly
22:15.32[phoenyx]I've been leaning toward yaml a lot more lately
22:17.18atoponceif using xml, Simple Outline XML would be my choice
22:17.39atoponce(SOX)
22:18.14atoponceeven then, dictionaries just seem to make better sense, i think
22:18.19[phoenyx]hmm.  kinda reminds me of haml
22:20.38atoponceyeah. same sort of concept
22:28.38*** join/#ubuntu-utah tristanbob (n=tristan@oalug/member/tristanbob)
22:29.37[phoenyx]Hunding: If you're talking odds of finding a job (on, say, monster.com) I'd agree with you
22:51.30Hunding[phoenyx]: Well the three have done well by me. I may not be the best programmer out there, but I get the job done and thus far (knock on wood) my invoice always get paid in full :)
22:52.50[phoenyx]~reboot maquis
22:52.52jbotACTION pushes maquis's reset button
22:57.05[phoenyx]nothing
22:57.15[phoenyx]possibly hardware failure
22:58.21atoponceHunding: ultimately, the job (and paycheck) determines your language. :)
22:59.27Hundingatoponce: you know that is true.
22:59.34atoponceyup
23:00.32Hundingatoponce: plus now I just accidentally hit the tab key and your name popped up...so that is how you people ALWAYS get the spelling right...
23:00.53atoponce:)
23:00.54Hundingniiiice
23:01.28maquisHunding: unfortunately, it only works for nicks
23:01.41maquisi'm constantly trying to tab-complete other word
23:02.12TianonI think there's a script or two to make it complete every word...
23:02.36TianonOpenOffice has decent word completion...  :)
23:02.45Hundingkinda like T9 texting on my cell phone...that would be sweet
23:02.53Tianon:)
23:03.01maquisi'm just used to vim
23:03.19Hundingoh don't be a wimp...us vi
23:03.30Hundingforget about arrow keys..who needs 'em?
23:03.40Hundingmouse...what the heck is that??
23:03.56Hundingwe got our IJKM..
23:04.13maquisijkm?
23:04.28Hundingwhatever it is in vi...been many years sinced I used it
23:04.47Hundingactaully...I would have to say ohhh....NEVER...but I read about it once
23:05.49Hundingwhat do you use to move around inside vi?
23:06.42atoponcemaquis: ahh, but you can use the irssi client, and create your own tab completes. :)
23:07.04maquisHunding: hjkl
23:07.17maquisjust like nethack
23:07.25maquisexcept without going diagonal
23:10.57Hundingdon't know nethack...jeez you guys make me feel so OLD...
23:12.16Tianon*knowing* nethack and/or vi should make you feel old...
23:12.25Tianonnot the other way around
23:19.03[phoenyx]knowing something that others don't == feeling smug and superior
23:20.12[phoenyx]e.g. short-bus simba
23:27.53maquisnethack and vi are old.. but lots of fun :)
23:28.09maquisit's better than all the new-fangled graphical games and such
23:28.17maquisalthough, the 3d nethack is pretty cool
23:53.17atoponceman, it's been years since i've played that game

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