IRC log for #gllug on 20101104

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09:51.36ChoHagIs there a graphics card with fast 2d acceleration and good linux drivers, proprietary or open sores?
09:53.48morsingOnce again a soldering iron saves the day. Disc is now finalising!
09:54.05ChoHagOh and dual head.
09:54.28*** join/#gllug stu_ (~stu@dyn1246-217.vpn.ic.ac.uk)
10:06.08antiphaseGood Linux drivers can only mean Nvidia
10:07.11bilarhthey are awesome aren't they
10:07.23bilarhespecially nvidia-settings
10:07.32antiphaseThey've always been the choice for people wanting stuff that just works
10:08.17antiphaseI think the radeon KMS driver isn't bad now, but you might have fun with multiple screens, from my recent experience
10:08.38antiphaseflgrx seems stable and supports advanced features, but is buggy
10:09.17ChoHagseems stable but is buggy?
10:09.49antiphaseDoesn't panic the kernel, but produces some peculiar display effects at times
10:10.03ChoHagOh so the kernel's safe?
10:10.10ChoHagWell that makes everything alright.
11:22.45ChoHagToo many people here trust technology.
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12:18.47morsingLeeds!
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12:41.21dick_turpin♫ He looked a lot like Che Guevara drove a diesel van ♪
12:51.23ChoHagWe have an IRC server for internal communication.
12:51.31ChoHagNobody bothers to respond.
12:53.25dick_turpinIts switched off
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14:01.42kjsChoHag: you at home?
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14:36.56dick_turpinbilarh: !!
15:08.40wethrineee.....are you all working hard today for once?
15:09.01dick_turpinNope
15:16.27dick_turpinWow That Queen Mary hospital is always looking for staff. Either its really bad conditions or the gaffer is evil
15:17.39*** join/#gllug ChoHag (~mking@109-170-148-201.xdsl.murphx.net)
15:24.01dick_turpinOoh and Kings College
15:27.54dick_turpinwethrin: Got a couple of cringe stories if you like no humour in them I'm afraid.
15:27.59wethrinyeah, go on
15:28.02wethrinI'm bored here anyway
15:29.09dick_turpinWe have a customer in Cambridge, has a Dell poweredge 4600 with four power supplys
15:29.32dick_turpinOne of them went down so we had to replace it under maintenance
15:30.17dick_turpinWe bought in another 4600 to rob the supply out of it but dragged our heals going down as nobody wanted to go
15:31.01dick_turpinFinally one of the guys went and installed it but the light was flashing on it
15:31.43dick_turpin'You know who' said "Tell em the power supply is OK its just the bulb is faulty
15:31.50wethrinerr
15:31.54dick_turpin#facepalm
15:32.21ChoHagwethrin: And you think *I* work with morons.
15:32.30wethrinI do
15:32.34wethrinI just think dick_turpin works with more
15:32.35hali4600? cheaper for the client to replace it
15:33.19dick_turpinYeah guess how much we bought one for, you'll cry
15:33.29wethrinone meeelion dorrah?
15:33.34dick_turpin£35.00
15:33.58wethrinTREE FIDDY
15:34.02wethrin(times ten)
15:34.02dick_turpinwethrin: Story #2?
15:34.05wethringo on
15:34.47dick_turpinCustomer in Wolverhampton rang "Our servers down" we had a look and couldn't ping it etc
15:35.11dick_turpin"Can you see any lights on it? Is it on?"
15:35.36dick_turpinCustomer said it was not on so they switch it on still no joy?
15:35.43dick_turpinSo over we go
15:36.34dick_turpinTurns out the monitor is disconnected CYB did it as its faulty (This is important)
15:36.49wethrinmmhm
15:36.56dick_turpinWhy do you think the monitor is so important?
15:37.12wethrinit's off?
15:37.29wethrinthe monitor's the server too?
15:37.47dick_turpinCoz you have to press F! to get it to boot, we know that but nobody else does and if they cant see the message?
15:37.53dick_turpinF1
15:37.56wethrinahh
15:38.00wethrinwhy does it need F1 to boot?
15:38.23dick_turpinSomething to do with the BIOS
15:38.32wethrinthat should be fixed
15:38.45dick_turpinI'm just going by what I was told
15:38.48wethrinso why couuldn't they have put a spare monitor on the server?
15:39.03dick_turpinwethrin: Fook off stop being professional
15:39.14wethrinhehe
15:39.23wethrinI'm paid for being professional...at the moment
15:39.44dick_turpinsuch words as "Fix" and "Replace" how dare you use such language in my presence
15:39.46Leedssince when?
15:40.04wethrinLeeds: Who, me?
15:40.05Leedswethrin: I thought you were paid for being academic - almost the opposite of professional?
15:40.15wethrinha. No, I'm sitting in the IT Service at the moment
16:16.41ChoHagWhat's the media player du jour on Linux?
16:17.15ChoHagI've been using mplayer in an infinite loop in bash and it's beginning to drag somewhat.
16:17.43wethrinisn't there some trendy thing that looks like iTunes after it's been smeared with faeces?
16:17.55ChoHagYou mean Ubuntu?
16:18.20Leedsamarok? rhythmbox?
16:18.26Leedsbanshee?
16:18.48ChoHagLeeds: Do any of those not suck?
16:19.02LeedsI use mplayer and text-based playlists
16:19.11ChoHagSo that's a no then :)
16:19.24Leedsbut then I'm old-skool
16:20.39wethrinI like VLC. I use it on my Mac
16:20.59LeedsI don't mind VLC for videos, but I wouldn't use it for audios
16:22.40wethrinoh, no
16:22.47wethrinfor audio I use mpg123
16:22.49wethrinon Linux
16:22.53wethrinand iTunes on Mac
16:23.14dick_turpinaTunes
16:23.53dick_turpinhttp://www.atunes.org/
16:24.23LeedsI have a mixture of mp3, aac and ogg vorbis, depending on how and when I acquired the audio in question
16:25.03ChoHagWell I don't really need a player. mplayer/mpg123/$your_poison and bash do nicely for that.
16:26.11Leedshttp://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/11/cted.shtm is good news
16:26.13ChoHagIf I'm going to change what I really need is an organiser, and most seem to go all out at organising and adding visualisations and shit while forget about the playing part.
16:26.45dick_turpinGet an ipad :-)
16:30.07ChoHagThe current ticket I'm working on is to replace a file which makes up part of a customer's website.
16:30.18ChoHagThis is about the 5th time I've done it for some customer or other.
16:31.27dick_turpinYou should be good at it then, practice makes perfect :-)
16:31.39ChoHagIt makes me feel like a real admin.
16:35.45dick_turpinNotice the Managerial experience of deflecting a juniors complaint ;-)
16:39.36ChoHagAaa!
16:39.46ChoHag<Fool> Oh noes! There's a CVE against apache.
16:39.53ChoHag<Me> That's Apache foo. We run bar.
16:40.03dick_turpinlol
16:40.11ChoHag<Fool> What's the latest on this? Is it fixed?
16:43.16ChoHagOh I like this: "Client is complaing that their UAT site is particularly slow (even for UAT)"
16:43.54ChoHagIt's like "Listen guys, we know you're shit and we don't expect our UAT site to be as responsive as live, that's not what it's for or anything, but you're even more shit than that."
16:44.32dick_turpinBugger! Are we hosting it?
16:44.43dick_turpin;-)
16:55.37dick_turpinChoHag: Can I use your foo. bar. lines?
16:56.07ChoHagAs you wish.
16:58.26dick_turpinDidn't get a laugh? I thought it was funny.
16:58.39ChoHagWait. What?
17:12.28dick_turpinDosen't matter
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