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00:08.30wethrinhello?
00:09.13wethrinHm. Beer is something I can't really do this week.
00:12.45rhowewethrin: Can you meet me at Euston at around 6pm on Tues or Weds?
00:13.38wethrinPossibly Tuesday. I'm in Hammersmith until 6pm on Wednesday
00:16.28rhowewethrin: Well it doesn't have to be Euston, just that I pass through Euston
00:17.43wethrinI think Tuesday should be okay
00:25.06rhowe<PROTECTED>
00:25.15rhowewell I'll give you a call as I leave work
00:27.00wethrinOkay - that sounds best
00:27.33wethrinHm. I ought to be asleep - need to get an 0740 train
00:27.55wethring'night!
00:33.23murbwethrin: if you are awake now you could have may as well have had 'babs!
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06:25.45rhoweYou might find some stuff on the P2P networks, but it's hard to find tracks that weren't ripped by an idiot
06:52.46Clyphoxurgle
06:58.15new2unixmoin all
06:58.33Clyphoxre
06:58.34SpudULikeHi, well, low really!
06:59.46Clyphoxhehe why so?
07:00.51SpudULikeThe saddle on the bike looks a bit damp.
07:01.04Clyphoxok I don't want to know why
07:09.11Clyphoxhave fun
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07:18.27zacharymoin
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07:34.29RevRobMorning
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07:48.11zacharymoin nasr_blue anth laomao
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08:14.28mozratMorning #gllug
08:41.03zacharymoin
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08:46.17RevRobmorning all
08:48.48zacharywb RevRob
08:52.57RevRobHow's it going zachary?
08:56.02zacharybusy morning.
09:00.31RevRobbusy already?
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09:18.59wethrinMorning
09:19.25zacharyMorning wethrin
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09:19.47jason_ukfsnhi all
09:19.55zacharyMorning jason_ukfsn
09:20.00mozratHi jason_ukfsn
09:20.17jason_ukfsndid everyone enjoy the weekend?
09:20.27zacharyOh, yea!
09:20.46wethrinI didn't get everything done that I wanted. Again.
09:21.10jason_ukfsnI managed to do most of what I wanted and (I think) all that I needed to get sorted.
09:21.11zacharyNice day out without the kids. "Return of the King" and dinner!
09:21.45jason_ukfsnAh yes I need to see that film again before it leaves the cinemas. I went to see Scary Movie 3 on Saturday night.
09:22.01wethrinAny good?
09:23.30jason_ukfsnit was OK but nowhere near as good as the first Scary Movie film. They used the director from the Airplane films and I think that was a bad move. Parts of it felt tired in my view.
09:23.31zacharyNot that it is likely, but would be nice to get Westminster Uni booked for early in the morning. and show the Lord of the Rings trillogy in the lecture hall.
09:24.08jason_ukfsnLOL zachary - that would be OK but the hall isn't as good as a decent cinema where you get proper sound etc.
09:24.48wethrinzachary: All 10 hours of it?
09:24.54zacharyCrossover, All we need to do is bring in a base-table.
09:25.35zacharywethrin, 12 hours. Going to need intermissions.
09:26.07jason_ukfsnI think I'll go see ROTK again this week. It's a shame that the local cinema only has one projector - they have to stop the film to change reels. I only pay £3.50 to watch films there.
09:26.09wethrinOof.
09:27.29jason_ukfsnWhen they started the publicity for the new star wars trilogy part of it was showing the original three films together with guest appearances from some of the original cast in Borehamwood where they made them. I live in Borehamwood so that was my day.
09:30.53wethrinibot google for openvpn
09:32.15CopeOk what am I doin wrong here: this works on my solaris machines:
09:32.45Copescp sanelson@myip:sourcefile sanelson@myotherip:sourcefile
09:33.04CopeSorry destination at the end
09:33.14Copescp sanelson@myip:sourcefile sanelson@myotherip:destinationfile
09:33.28CopeI get:
09:34.05Copesanelson@10.108.24.199's password:
09:34.05CopeHost key verification failed.
09:34.07Copelost connection
09:34.23CopeWhat's all that about?
09:35.32jason_ukfsnhas the system at the address of myotherip changed? It looks like the host key on file at myip for it doesn't match what the remote say about itself.
09:36.08mozratCope: I had that recently from a client site.... I think they were blocking outbound SSH. I ended up running sshd on port 80 which worked fine
09:36.12jason_ukfsnalternatively is the host key file corrupted?
09:36.31mozratIf you run ethereal you may find you aren't getting past the TCP connection setup
09:36.42Copemozrat: it works between by solaris box and laptop but not between my laptop and desktop
09:36.49mozratAhh
09:36.56jason_ukfsnI take it you can ping between them Cope?
09:36.58Copelet me try solaris box to desktop
09:37.25mozratCope: all on the same LAN??
09:37.36Copejason_ukfsn - I can ssh to it!
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09:37.57jason_ukfsnCope: check on the desktop to see whether the ssh configuration includes the StrictHostKeyChecking as that will prevent connections to systems whose key is unknown.
09:38.05CopeThat's what I don't get - I can ssh between both boxes in both directions; but I'm failing to scp
09:40.30jason_ukfsnwhat version of ssh/openssh is on each end?
09:41.57CopeWell both boxes are running fc1 so they're the same.
09:42.44CopeOpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090701f
09:47.10jason_ukfsnsorry I don't know what will be causing that. Google doesn't seem to offer an immediate answer.
09:48.21wethrinGrmpf.
09:48.42wethrinPerson asks what VPNs SUSE supports. And then says that they want people to log in to an IPX Netware server.
09:48.54wethrin*but* Netware 5.1 runs IP natively, in preference to IPX.
09:49.30mozratwethrin: but if they use Windows clients the server would still need to run IPX.
09:49.35jason_ukfsnPerhaps they have old school Netware experience and aren't up to date (well obviously) and are unaware that IP is preferred
09:50.21jason_ukfsnmozrat I thought the netware clients for windows were IP based now?
09:50.46mozratjason_ukfsn: Not as recently as W2k AFAIK
09:51.00mozratMaybe the really new Windows versions?
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09:52.52jason_ukfsnI have to confess that I've not touched netware for years.
09:54.12jason_ukfsnmozrat according to docs on Novell.com IP only is an option (the default for new installs) so IPX is only needed if you have legacy servers
09:54.31jason_ukfsnThere is also an IPX over IP option
09:55.16mozratjason_ukfsn: Yeah, but AIUI (and i haven't done a lot, though we run it here) the M$ CSNW (Client Services for Netware) only binds to NWLink
09:55.42mozratso the Windows client needs to run NWLink for CSNW even though both the client and server support IP
09:57.58mozratIf you can bear to go there.... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;222059&Product=win2000
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09:58.28mozratalthough it says here that if you install the Novell client on windows you can use IP, just the M$ version requires IPX...
10:04.18Xiaoqimorning all
10:06.08jason_ukfsnso use the novell client.
10:17.14Copemorning Xiaoqi
10:18.13Xiaoqihey Cope
10:25.34RevRobibot windows--
10:32.30CopeWhat's your justification for such slander?
10:33.21Xiaoqic ya later everyone -off to be taught
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10:34.45Copehi Leeds
10:35.02wethrinLeeds at work already?
10:35.54RevRobCope, my justification?  Because it is shit.  Anyone can see that.  Today the domain here at work has just decided that it will not let my machine onto the domain.  Nothing has changed.
10:36.42Copeunsatifactory
10:37.41wethrinAre you running a non-Windows OS? ;-)
10:37.57RevRobwin2k pro
10:38.21wethrinHm
10:40.47Leedsyes, I'm at work...
10:43.50RevRob:)
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11:25.15RevRobit's gone quiet again
11:28.27mozratany Linux on Mac type people here today??
11:33.14Leedsyou can't run Linux on a Mac!
11:33.22Leedsor can you...?
11:33.48wethrinWhy would you want to? :)
11:33.56jason_ukfsnwhat type of Mac? I've never seen anyone running Linux on a PVC Mac ;)
11:34.23mozratI've got debian on an old g3 notebook, but need to update the kernel
11:36.28mozratwethrin: I thought that was your kind of thing!!
11:37.13wethrinNo, I'm running a Real OS on Mac ;-)
11:37.26mozratlol
11:38.34mozratIts a Mac with a busted screen so the idea was to use it as a Wireless Access Point.
11:38.54mozratbut the 2.2 kernel supplied won't support the card... and theres no LILO
11:40.59wethrinNo. LILO is for x86
11:41.36mozratI realise that.... now!
11:41.49mozratI think the answer lies within #debianppc
11:42.29wethrinHeh
11:42.35wethrinThe answer never lies there.
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11:44.21mallumhi
11:44.35Leedsmozrat, meet mallum :-)
11:44.36mozrat'lo
11:44.44mozratHi mallum!
11:44.53mallumhello mozrat
11:45.06mallummozrat: do you need some help with Linux on ppc ?
11:45.13mozratYes please!!
11:45.56mozratI have Debian Woody on a mac with a 2.2.20-pmac kernel....
11:45.58mallummozrat: okey, I'll see what I can do - its been a while since I've done a mac install but I run debian on 2 macs - an oldish tibook and a 7800 beast
11:46.21mallummozrat: what mac ?
11:46.34mozrat... and I've apt-getted a new kernel. Problem is how to get the Mac to boot that kernel seeing as there is no LILO/Grub to play with
11:46.48mozratIts an "old world" Powerbook g3 (Lombard I think)
11:47.05mozratI'm currently using BootX to load from MacOS9
11:47.08mallummozrat: arg that are known for pain :/
11:47.49mozratIt's not ideal... but it was spare hardware, and it boots fine. just with a old kernel ;-)
11:48.09mallummozrat: okey, more fun anyway if you like that kind of thing ;-)
11:49.45mozratIt currently boots from 2 files on the Mac partition.... I guess I need to replace those files with something newer.
11:50.42mallummozrat: my 7800 is old world .. Im just trying to remember what the bootloader is on it
11:52.31mallummozrat: yaboot I think ...
11:52.42mozratHmm
11:52.58mallumno its not that
11:53.13mallumquik , thats it
11:53.38mallumI booted from macos via bootx, then installed quik to avoid that step - ie boot strait into linux
11:53.58mozratAhh... that could be a better plan
11:54.11mallumhttp://penguinppc.org/projects/quik/
11:54.30mozratDoes it then boot from /boot as normal if you use quik?
11:54.37mallumyes
11:54.46mozratSounds like a plan... I'll give that a go.
11:54.50mozratThanks Mallum
11:54.56mozratand Leeds!
11:54.59mallummozrat: np
11:55.22mallummozrat: just read the docs at that link, iirc the lombards have a few pecularity's
11:56.08mozratbrb
11:57.34mallummozrat: also #debian-ppc folks can be helpful .. just avoid 'sourdough' that hangs out there
11:58.31mozratYes.. #debianppc seems very quiet today.
12:04.49evangineerhi all
12:05.11mozrathey evangineer
12:05.22evangineerhi mozrat
12:07.28RevRobhello evangineer
12:07.38evangineerhi RevRob
12:07.43RevRobping Clyphox
12:08.56RevRobevanineer, did you hear back about that job you went to interview for?
12:10.02evangineerno, I haven't heard anything.  They said they had interviewed 2 other people and needed to make a decision how to proceed.
12:10.23evangineerThat was last wednesday.
12:10.53RevRobhmm
12:11.31RevRobI've noticed that as a general rule in this country companies that are recruiting don't mind being a bunch of time wasters ..
12:11.47evangineeragreed
12:12.32evangineerit would be nice to hear back one way or the other
12:13.03jason_ukfsnevangineer: if there are only a couple of people going for a job and you don't get a reply within 72 hours it generally means they didn't select you.
12:13.31evangineerjason_ukfsn, that's what I was thinking
12:13.34jason_ukfsnSometimes it's the company that fail to let you know and sometimes it's the agency. Either way it's a common failing
12:14.48RevRobI got interviewed 3 times for a job, they called me back to ask more questions, I told them forget it.  They'd wasted like 6 hours of life and either piss or get off the pot.
12:19.29jason_ukfsnI can understand that RevRob - do remember though that continued contact usually (but not always) means a high degree of interest in you
12:21.00RevRobyeah but it's a waste of time.. especially if you are already employed and have to keep taking time off work to go and see htem.
12:21.23murbRevRob: they couldn't have asked their addional questions over the phone?
12:22.17RevRobThey did the last time.. but having spend like 6 hours with them surely they would have had enough.. and most questions were from my cv.. just very frustrating
12:27.07ClyphoxRevRob: Pong
12:53.44stephen;)
12:54.07evangineerRevRob, can you get me a mocha no whip!
12:58.47evangineerotoh, I'm trying to keep my caffeine intake low, make that a chai instead.
13:07.50RevRobYeah I try to keep my caffeine down too, but some days..
13:29.43RevRobwhat is a decent free Windows anti-virus program
13:32.13Leedsum... working...
13:37.40Copehi all
13:37.42RevRobthat will learn ya.. I knew if I made you hold your breath you'd have to come out of it
13:37.45RevRobHey Cope
13:37.51Copeg'day
13:38.04evangineerhi Cope
13:38.17RevRobCope: ni chi shen me?
13:38.18Cope'lo evangineer
13:38.40RevRobanth, lucky for you, it's not my mirror, I pinched it from someone's purse
13:39.49CopeRevRob: cheese sandwiches
13:40.40anthI haven't tried AVG anti virus but have heard it recommended, and its free for personal use
13:40.40anthhttp://www.grisoft.com/
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13:41.42evangineeranth, you beat me to it!
13:41.52RevRobThank anth, I'll check it out.  My friend in China seems to have a fully infected machine.. (like most PC's in China).  They have mastered the art of Piracy for every bit of software but AV software.
13:42.16evangineerAVG got 100% in a recent Virus Bulletin test
13:43.06Copeyeah, I've heard good things about avg
13:43.38Copei used to us fprotect years ago
13:43.41rhoweAVG works pretty well here
13:43.46Copefree for students
13:43.55rhoweIt has pretty sane pricing too, and it's free for personal use AFAIK
13:44.00Coperhowe: hiya
13:44.20RevRobyeah there is a free version, but it doesn't include the firewall
13:44.21evangineerhi edward
13:44.29RevRobI use TrendMicro myself for my windows boxens
13:44.39murbFor anyone thinking of fosdeming, http://www.buy4now.ie/gresham/index.aspx?pid=293&catid=0.6&dt=1
13:44.48Coperevrob: avg + zonealarm is a popular solution
13:44.54RevRobyeah
13:45.02RevRobmight have her install zonealarm too
13:45.52CopeIts what most of my clueful friends use... in so far as clueful people use windows.
13:49.32RevRobI've never like zonealarm myself.. I always got annoyed by it..
13:50.03CopeYeah - I used it for a month or so on the laptop that was nicked - I hated it.
13:51.30Cope13 min lunch...
13:51.35CopeI work too hard.
13:51.58CopeSee y'all later :o)
13:52.42evangineerlater Cope
13:54.29RevRobkde is being stupid today.. normally ALT-TAB works like windows and goes through the apps .. today it's decided that when I press ALT-TAB it brings up the menu for hte active window like when you click on the top left corner
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13:58.28evangineerhi zimm, you're not invading are you?
13:58.37zimmlol
13:58.45zimmsome here would say i already did !
13:58.52evangineeryou must get that a lot!
13:59.01zimmactually , ..
13:59.03zimmno .
13:59.19zimmyou'd be surprised how many people havent seen "invader zimm"
13:59.38evangineerI haven't either, but I know of it.
13:59.44zimmhehe
14:02.29RevRobevangineer, perhaps: http://lists.personaltelco.net/pipermail/general/2003q1/012003.html
14:02.32zimmevangineer: i dont believe ive seen you here before ... you are ?
14:03.33RevRobor perhaps, http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue32/lud32-Reviews.pdf
14:04.37evangineerthanks RevRob, reading your links now
14:04.52RevRobthe PDF looks like it might be more useful
14:06.20Xiaoqihi
14:08.54zimmhey Xiaoqi
14:10.02jason_ukfsnmurb:  the YHA is still cheaper. All I want is somewhere to sleep in between the beer, fosdem and more beer
14:14.23zimmlaters .. work calls
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14:23.32gregjhttp://www.linuxstolescocode.com/
14:27.24RevRobgregj, that page doesn't seem to work
14:27.28RevRob(for me at least anyhow)
14:29.22LeedsRevRob: and why would you expect it to work? :-)
14:30.10jason_ukfsnhttp://www.linuxstolescocode.com/SCO_code_found_in_Leap_Frog_Learning_Pads_(parody).html
14:43.12jason_ukfsnHas anyone here used amavisd's black/white listing?
14:45.27jason_ukfsnI'll take the roaring silence as a no then.
14:45.34RevRobCope: Any tricks to getting Fedora installed or is it as stright forward as RH9 and the likes?
14:47.45CopeRevRob: What are you installing? Do you have old fc1 disks? Or recent isos?
14:48.52RevRobI've downlaoded the DVD ISO and going to use that (on a DVD oc course)
14:48.56CopeRevRob: The installation is painless, but if you're using the old isos there are a few bugs - I'd recommend getting apt from fedora.us and updating and upgrading as soon as the install is finished.
14:49.46CopeRevRob: Depending on your machine, I find apt is more efficient than yum and the latest version is very good indeed.
14:50.00RevRobOk
14:50.39RevRobI tried kickstarting the machine to RH9 this morning but for some reason it didn't want any of it.. so screw it, I'll go with fedora and see how it works out.
14:51.13CopeRevRob: nice one. I think you'll like it.
14:51.56CopeWhat happened to the mild-mannered geek?
14:51.59RevRobI've got some lotion the doc gave me if you need for your sting
14:52.32CopeReally? I find them very good company.
14:53.26evangineeryes, well I especially hate them when they are obviously stooges for vested state interests!
14:54.25murbs/state// # who cares
14:54.48CopeWhat's the context, evangineer?
14:55.21murbevangineer: you are not on Afnog?
14:56.21evangineermurb: no
14:57.42evangineerCope: a certain useful idiot is trying to stifle debate about organisation structure in order to impose his own version without any consensus
14:58.32CopeDefinitely a candidate for receiving a stinging riposte.
14:59.31murbevangineer: why do you need consensus?
14:59.46murbif you wait for consensus before doing anything,  nothing will ever get done. Ever.
15:00.55evangineermurb: you have a point but when dealing with issues affecting an entire continent and it's diaspora, you need to make sure you get as wide a range of input as possible.
15:01.28evangineerThere are over 800 people on this list, and this guy is trying to be a dictator
15:01.53evangineerJust like a dictator, he won't tolerate any dissent.
15:02.24murbbut is anything going to come of the things being discussed on this list?
15:02.38Leedswhy does http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3451055.stm sound familiar...
15:03.19Leedsapart from being nonsense, that is...
15:03.29evangineermurb: we have already had people partipate in the WSIS process and last December's Geneva summit
15:03.53evangineerthe issue is where do we go from here
15:04.32murbevangineer: the WSIS was a bit of a joke though.
15:05.02murbatleast according to some of the scanndinavia and german contingent who gave a talk at 20C3
15:05.45evangineermurb: true I'm pretty disillusioned with it myself, but as far as I'm concerned it's not just about WSIS