[02:26] <snail> is anyone else's network connectivity acting like a one-armed paper-hanger?
[02:30] <chilts> global connectivity? seems ok to me
[02:30] <ojwb> snail: it doesn't seem any worse than normal anyway
[02:31] <snail> it may be local issues with our connectivity to places other than datacom...
[02:32] <chrismsnz> I'm fine, but then again I'm right next to datacom's colo
[03:29] <snail> our network guys say we're hitting 280MB/s sustained traffic at the moment
[03:29] <snail> they're talking to our ISP
[03:30] <ojwb> hmm, I can get more than that over my DSL
[03:30] <ajmitch> MB/s ?
[03:30] <ojwb> ah, no, wrong units
[03:30] <ajmitch> if only DSL could go that fast
[03:31] <ojwb> I get vertigo sometimes when I think about sizes and speeds of computers
[03:31] <ajmitch> that'd be a lot of legit traffic to sustain for any length of time
[03:32] <ojwb> it would be a lot of traffic is it was illegitimate too
[03:32] <ajmitch> right, but illegitimate traffic like a DDoS wouldn't really end, unlike a large set of scientific data which you'd need to store somewhere
[03:33] <snail> after a request from the students association, we now block facebook from 10am to 2pm in the students labs
[03:33] <ajmitch> hah
[03:33] <snail> that's more aobut computer avaliability than bandwidth tohugh
[03:33] <ajmitch> so that students that want to use the computers for study can get a seat? :)
[03:33] <snail> ajmitch: that's the theory
[03:34] <snail> my personal theory is that the real issue is the storage guys syncing their new racks down at the Pipotea campus (by the railway station)
[03:40] <ajmitch> I saw that snap are having an uncapped weekend again
[04:22] <chrismsnz> have a good weekend guys, it's beer-o-clock
[05:07] <mwhudson> indeed it is
[05:09] <Hoggs> quite.
[06:11] <timClicks> lol, upgrading to oneric was a mistake
[06:12] <timClicks> the appearances menu is missing
[06:56] <thumper> timClicks: you mean the one that says your username?
[06:57] <thumper> timClicks: that has been folded into the messaging menu
[06:57] <thumper> it was too confusing
[08:40] <timClicks> no, I want to change the theme
[08:41] <timClicks> it's the menu with the two ppl in shirts/ties
[08:41] <timClicks> for some reason, it disappeared upon upgrade