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| 17:36.49 | wethrin | be nice! |
| 17:42.20 | George | we're just discussing akademy in london |
| 17:42.21 | George | I vote for outside london |
| 17:42.33 | George | not central london |
| 17:42.52 | wethrin | East End! |
| 17:43.09 | George | no way |
| 17:43.10 | George | shut up |
| 17:43.31 | wethrin | be polite! |
| 17:50.06 | mozrat | I vote for outside London.... |
| 17:50.11 | mozrat | ... in Malaga again |
| 17:50.28 | mozrat | hometime!! |
| 17:58.13 | gregj | George: I am all for outside London, but in UK |
| 17:58.32 | gregj | George: maybe that place wethrin is hiding at for some time now ? |
| 17:59.10 | George | gregj: durham? |
| 17:59.14 | George | gregj: bit remote |
| 17:59.59 | gregj | perhaps some uni closer to London than |
| 18:00.00 | gregj | Birmi=ngham |
| 18:00.04 | George | I vote for camb! |
| 18:00.04 | George | haha |
| 18:00.18 | gregj | or perhaps Oxford and their m$ research labs :P |
| 18:00.25 | George | Birmingham would be good |
| 18:00.26 | George | :P |
| 18:00.28 | gregj | or was it Stratford |
| 18:00.31 | George | erm |
| 18:00.35 | George | Cambs has MS research labs |
| 18:00.44 | gregj | oh, ok |
| 18:00.58 | gregj | so perhaps they need KDE for their own research OS |
| 18:01.00 | George | the compsci building at Cam is called the William Gates Building |
| 18:01.09 | gregj | yack |
| 18:01.19 | George | it was funded by MS |
| 18:02.05 | gregj | Willie has to much cash on him |
| 18:02.25 | gregj | he is able to go crazy for next 10 years, and ever bunch of Linux hackers won't stop him |
| 18:02.34 | George | hey, he's only funding people who are going to take him down :) |
| 18:03.44 | gregj | :] |
| 18:04.18 | gregj | have you seen new xbox ? |
| 18:04.18 | George | http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/UoCCL/intro/ |
| 18:04.45 | gregj | I am still waiting for ps3 thou, xbox360 looks ok, and games are really wicked on it, but ps3 suppose to beat it like 2x |
| 18:05.15 | George | haha sony hype |
| 18:05.21 | George | sony is evi |
| 18:05.23 | George | l |
| 18:06.31 | gregj | better than m$ tho, and ps3 will be running linux |
| 18:06.49 | gregj | faster, and with linux from start, 2:0 for sony |
| 18:07.06 | gregj | not that I like sony, vaio laptops are the bigest crap on earth |
| 18:11.46 | wethrin | Durham would be good. The UKUUG Winter Conference is going to be held here |
| 18:14.35 | gregj | but perhaps too remote, and weather is crap up there I guess |
| 18:14.39 | gregj | during summer |
| 18:14.55 | gregj | Malaga was perfect in all, but one thing |
| 18:15.05 | wethrin | It's not that bad! |
| 18:15.10 | wethrin | And it's not that remote |
| 18:15.16 | wethrin | It's on the main trainline! |
| 18:15.21 | gregj | the distance from uni to hostel was just too big |
| 18:15.42 | gregj | walking for 40 mins in full sun is not joyful expierence |
| 18:15.52 | gregj | wethrin: where is it about in UK? |
| 18:16.07 | wethrin | gregj: Near Newcastle |
| 18:17.09 | gregj | I see |
| 18:20.26 | wethrin | About 15 mins by train from there |
| 18:27.37 | Cope | ello wethrin |
| 18:27.41 | Cope | i thought of you today |
| 18:27.53 | Cope | i consumed ale in the jeremy bentham |
| 18:28.27 | wethrin | hi Cope |
| 18:28.28 | wethrin | Oooh |
| 18:28.29 | wethrin | nice |
| 18:29.29 | Cope | yes |
| 18:29.33 | Cope | beer++ |
| 18:30.31 | wethrin | Indeed |
| 18:35.11 | Cope | my daddy is 50 today |
| 18:36.30 | wethrin | Yay! |
| 18:36.34 | wethrin | Happy Birthday, Mr. Cope |
| 18:40.38 | Cope | my daddy is ace |
| 18:43.40 | wethrin | :-) |
| 18:47.46 | mozrat | "for he's a jolly good fellow" etc |
| 18:48.24 | mozrat | Cope, how old are you then? |
| 18:55.08 | Cope | old bastard |
| 18:55.56 | mozrat | oh, me too |
| 18:56.21 | Cope | indeed |
| 18:56.26 | Cope | mozrat: i saw william today |
| 18:56.31 | Cope | he is very very nice |
| 18:56.38 | Cope | he was drawing |
| 18:56.42 | Cope | left-handed :) |
| 18:57.02 | mozrat | hehe |
| 18:57.13 | mozrat | he is right minded you could say |
| 18:57.23 | Cope | one could |
| 18:57.33 | Cope | right... /me is offline - birthday stuff etc |
| 18:57.33 | mozrat | how is the young chap? |
| 18:57.41 | mozrat | see you later |
| 18:57.42 | Cope | he is splendid |
| 18:58.08 | Cope | funny little fellow |
| 18:58.15 | mozrat | :) |
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| 21:19.48 | ufo_ | mozrat: :) |
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| 21:43.30 | George | I swear I'm in love with my fridge |
| 21:43.34 | George | I want my fridge to have my babies |
| 21:59.54 | wethrin | Um |
| 22:00.00 | wethrin | Don't hump the fridge |
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| 22:08.34 | mikejw | lo |
| 22:11.52 | wethrin | whatho |
| 22:12.34 | mikejw | wethrin: how's tricks? |
| 22:12.49 | wethrin | I'm watching HIGNFY, and I have a nice beer |
| 22:12.55 | mikejw | oh damn |
| 22:13.02 | wethrin | It's too cold out to even wander across to the bar |
| 22:13.08 | mikejw | it's times like these that I wish I had a tv |
| 22:13.15 | wethrin | uknova is your friend |
| 22:13.22 | mikejw | oh really? |
| 22:13.34 | mikejw | actually is that the gizmo Leeds was talking about before? |
| 22:13.39 | wethrin | www.uknova.com |
| 22:13.44 | wethrin | They may or may not be taking new signups |
| 22:13.53 | mikejw | righty |
| 22:14.15 | mikejw | denied :( |
| 22:14.20 | wethrin | boh |
| 22:14.31 | wethrin | It's apparently a repeat from Friday |
| 22:14.41 | mikejw | actually I remember using this site before |
| 22:14.48 | mikejw | oh ok |
| 22:15.32 | wethrin | ahha |
| 22:15.47 | wethrin | It has Boris Johnson on it. This is a Good Thing(TM) |
| 22:15.51 | George | why has a very weird individual suggested Harrow for aKademy 2006? |
| 22:15.56 | wethrin | you? |
| 22:15.58 | George | no |
| 22:16.00 | George | not me |
| 22:16.06 | wethrin | Hm |
| 22:16.20 | wethrin | Do you have a bar in your school? |
| 22:16.25 | mikejw | oh yeah he's a very likable tory TM :) |
| 22:16.34 | wethrin | Won't be a worthwhile venue if there's no bar |
| 22:16.41 | wethrin | Yeah. Boris for PM! |
| 22:16.49 | mikejw | :D |
| 22:16.59 | wethrin | I'd vote for him |
| 22:17.06 | George | wethrin: we do actually |
| 22:17.12 | wethrin | excellent! |
| 22:17.17 | wethrin | What do they serve? |
| 22:17.21 | wethrin | mikejw: What, even for Boris? |
| 22:17.45 | mikejw | I'd have to think about it :) |
| 22:17.55 | George | wethrin: we have the sixth form club which serves beer and stuff |
| 22:18.05 | wethrin | excellent |
| 22:18.14 | wethrin | You should start drinking, then |
| 22:18.16 | George | not that I've ever actually been there |
| 22:18.20 | George | er, no. |
| 22:18.36 | wethrin | mikejw: Well, I think a vast number of students in Durham voted Lib Dem |
| 22:18.47 | wethrin | On the grounds that Labour are a complete set of cunts, and the Tories have no chance |
| 22:19.07 | mikejw | lol |
| 22:19.31 | mikejw | yeah I think I voted lib dem once but then realised it was only a local election |
| 22:19.51 | wethrin | I did that in Oxford, because I knew the guy running |
| 22:20.30 | mikejw | friends in high places eh :) |
| 22:20.52 | wethrin | Well.....he was the IT person at college |
| 22:21.04 | mikejw | that's no excuse |
| 22:21.12 | wethrin | It's a high place, innit? |
| 22:21.35 | mikejw | yeah I guess so but what does an IT guy do? |
| 22:21.47 | wethrin | Sysadmin, network guy |
| 22:21.50 | wethrin | Help |
| 22:22.19 | mikejw | Unix guy? |
| 22:22.22 | wethrin | Pretty much running the network services in college (as oppose to the Uni-wide stuff run by OUCS) |
| 22:22.27 | wethrin | Novell, mainly |
| 22:22.31 | wethrin | But Unix too. And some Windows |
| 22:22.33 | mikejw | oh ok |
| 22:23.14 | mikejw | I'm actually in the process of starting a CompSoc at Westminster :) |
| 22:23.21 | wethrin | Good good. |
| 22:23.50 | mikejw | yeah pretty excititing stuff |
| 22:23.56 | wethrin | There is, in theory, an association of Compsocs around the country |
| 22:24.05 | mikejw | s/exititing/exiting/g |
| 22:24.07 | wethrin | (look at compsoc.org.uk - Manchester Compsoc) |
| 22:24.09 | wethrin | exciting? |
| 22:24.16 | mikejw | oh really? |
| 22:24.21 | mikejw | that is exiting |
| 22:24.36 | mikejw | or exciting even |
| 22:24.37 | wethrin | :) |
| 22:24.49 | wethrin | A few Unis have them, but not enough |
| 22:25.00 | wethrin | Oxford, Manchester, Durham do |
| 22:25.18 | wethrin | UCL sort-of has one, but it's more of a social thing |
| 22:25.56 | mikejw | right ok |
| 22:26.06 | mikejw | this is a great site :) |
| 22:26.21 | wethrin | compsoc.org.uk? |
| 22:26.29 | mikejw | yeah |
| 22:26.32 | wethrin | compsoc.net is the Oxford one |
| 22:26.37 | wethrin | And compsoc.dur.ac.uk is, well, obvious :) |
| 22:27.00 | mikejw | :) |
| 22:27.35 | wethrin | You're lucky in London for people to give talks |
| 22:28.22 | mikejw | yeah that could be very convenient for us |
| 22:29.05 | wethrin | He's very good on real-world security |
| 22:29.12 | wethrin | (i.e. bank cards, and that ilk) |
| 22:29.16 | mikejw | awesome |
| 22:29.55 | mikejw | is this the guy? http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/ |
| 22:29.59 | wethrin | Yeah |
| 22:30.04 | mikejw | :) |
| 22:30.20 | wethrin | Academics are normally very good at giving talks |
| 22:30.44 | mikejw | interesting stuff indeed |
| 22:31.56 | wethrin | "Robbing the bank with a theorem" sounds like it could be interesting |
| 22:32.16 | wethrin | Hmm. Little Britain is very very wrong :) |
| 22:33.56 | rhowe | hm, Greece, where all the graffiti looks like physics notes |
| 22:34.31 | wethrin | Also, companies may be willing to sponsor - Oxford Compsoc got a machine from AMD |
| 22:34.34 | wethrin | rhowe: :-) |
| 22:34.43 | mikejw | yeah that's great |
| 22:35.06 | mikejw | it would be nice to have some hardware to our name |
| 22:35.50 | wethrin | You might get some donations from your Uni |
| 22:35.59 | mikejw | yeah that's true |
| 22:36.08 | mikejw | it has been mentioned |
| 22:36.49 | mikejw | it has to be seen how were going to fit into the existing infrastructure |
| 22:37.01 | mikejw | before we finally take it over ;) |
| 22:37.12 | mikejw | *we're |
| 22:37.16 | wethrin | heh |
| 22:38.00 | AngelChild | what exactly is a compsco? |
| 22:38.02 | AngelChild | soc* |
| 22:38.11 | wethrin | Computing Society |
| 22:39.07 | AngelChild | ya, but what does said society do? |
| 22:39.58 | mikejw | I guess it's down to the individual CompSoc |
| 22:40.45 | mikejw | I'm hoping for general proactivity |
| 22:41.32 | wethrin | Well, if AC is going to leave before getting a question answered..... |
| 22:41.49 | mikejw | lol oh yeah |
| 22:42.12 | wethrin | Yeah, but normally it's something involving computers :) |
| 22:42.15 | wethrin | And beer |
| 22:42.24 | mikejw | haha |
| 22:43.16 | wethrin | Generally involves talks followed by pub |
| 22:43.24 | mikejw | sounds familiar :) |
| 22:44.09 | wethrin | yup :) |
| 22:44.31 | mikejw | however I can appreciate the possible need to getting established before the talks coming |
| 22:44.51 | wethrin | Indeed |
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