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BluesKajHey  all12:19
bregmahey ho, perfect weather today13:44
* genii-around makes an industrial urn of life-sustaining coffee!14:11
BluesKajhey genii-around  ..java hound :)14:14
genii-aroundHehe, yes14:14
BluesKajI have a bone to pick with the Ubuntu chat family value policy14:17
BluesKajtrhere's some  idiotic nicks allowed here thast don't make sense in a so called family chat.. few curse words are tolerable here but any kind of nick is tolerated ? Where's the sense of family values in the policy here ? Makes no sense to me .14:18
genii-aroundBluesKaj: Yesterday in #k there was a fellow with nick of rekcuFniarB .. I was meaning to PM him about it but then real world work got busy and I couldn't log in to the bantracker right away, etc14:20
BluesKajif you are gonna call a chat family friendly then "Ieatchildren" is ok as a nick14:20
BluesKaj?14:20
BluesKajsorry I don't understand that such nick is ok, but  a few curse words that kids hear on the school yrd 50 times a day are banned14:22
BluesKajI think this "family values" policy is ass backwards14:24
genii-aroundIt's one of those policies which is subjective, and enforcing is up to whichever ops are in the channel and their interpretation. I generally don't bother unless I get a complaint or if their nick is outright nasty usually14:27
BluesKajone guy actually complimented the guy on his 'cool nick' ..if the policy is to protect from curse words etc , whydoesn't evil. pedophelia, and murderous dsounding nicks apply as well...or does that not fall in realm of political correctness here ?14:30
IdleOneBluesKaj: you know you can call !ops or join the op channel and let them know about a disturbing/inappropriate nick14:31
BluesKajIdleOne, I tried to the first time this character showed up, and i got dumped on for objecting to a nick.."it's just nick,,he doesn't mean anything by it ", was the response. so what was I supposed to do ?14:33
BluesKajbut oh my goodness if somebody curses in the chat it's practically a hanging offense :)14:34
IdleOneBluesKaj: like genii-around said it is subjective and up to the op but in #ubuntu if we get a complaint from a user and it is justifiable we will normally ask them to change nick.14:34
BluesKajok , then the next time , I'll object14:34
IdleOneI agree that a nick like Ieatchildren is not family friendly14:35
BluesKajI just hiope the response isn't like the one previous14:35
BluesKajIdleOne, it's particularly offensive to us grandfathers14:36
IdleOneI'll tell you one thing though, you will get a much better response from the ops if you ask nice and explain your reasoning before going off on a 4 paragraph rant :)14:36
BluesKajIdleOne, sometimes a rant is needed to get their attention14:36
IdleOnerants get attention I agree but it probably won't be the type you expect14:37
BluesKajyou guys certainly came after me for joking in the chat14:37
IdleOneBluesKaj: and eyt you still keep doing it :)14:37
IdleOneyet*14:37
BluesKajwhynot it's not offensive like somethings are ... alittle levity never hurt anyone , when the chat's not busy14:38
IdleOnesimple, a little off topic WILL turn into a lot of off topic real quick.14:39
IdleOnein here we can go off topic more often because it really is not busy14:39
BluesKajuhm ....14:39
IdleOnebut a channel like #ubuntu with 1400+ users and 40 to 50 people talking at any one time would turn to chaos fast14:40
BluesKajI quote  " a little levity never hurt anyone , when the chat's not busy" :)14:40
IdleOnethe off topic rule isn't about telling people what they can or can't say, it's about allowing people the chance to get the help they need without distractions14:41
IdleOneBluesKaj: who decides what not busy is?14:41
IdleOnemy understanding is the ops decide14:42
IdleOneand we decided that #ubuntu is always busy14:42
IdleOneso no off topic :)14:42
* genii-around pops in for a sip of coffee then sneaks back to work14:43
IdleOnegenii-around: don't work too hard the boss will expect it all the time14:43
genii-aroundIdleOne: I was on vacation for a week, they saved it up for me14:48
IdleOnereally not a vacation if when you come back you have double the work14:49
genii-aroundYup :( But at least I got to go fishing14:50
BluesKajI used to dread coming back from vacation or winter holidays because the workload was always double on the first week back.14:51
willwhhi guys - anyone got experience with awstats?16:14
willwhI have a bit of a funky log format that I can't get to go :(16:14
txwikingerAnybody felt the earthquake? I did not!19:13
johanbrnothing in Montreal either19:15
genii-aroundtxwikinger: The people here did19:15
genii-aroundI felt a small rumble under the floor here. The guys on the top floor ( 5th ) felt it way more, they went online right away and tried to find out what it was.19:16
BluesKajnot in Norh Ont19:17
BluesKajsnami on lake Erie !19:18
txwikingerInteresting.. felt in Montreal but not in SW Ontario19:21
BluesKajIndiana felt it ....strange19:21
txwikingerOhio felt it too19:22
txwikingerMake Lake Erie somehow dampened it19:22
txwikingers/Make/Maybe/19:22
BluesKajlake erie is really shallow , not much water there19:23
johanbrgenii-around, you're in Montreal?19:24
johanbrI didn't feel anything here at Concordia19:24
BluesKajgenii's inToronto19:25
johanbrahh...19:25
txwikingerAh I meant Toronto19:25
johanbrahh, alright :)19:25
genii-aroundjohanbr: I'm in downtown Toronto19:26
johanbrI heard epicentre was somewhere in Virginia... I guess Toronto is a little closer19:27
txwikingerToo much news going on at the same time19:27
genii-aroundI heard they evacuated the Pentagon19:28
txwikingerPentagon should be built to withstand an earthquake.. really ood19:28
txwikingerodd19:28
genii-aroundhttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20096161-503544.html19:29
johanbreven if the building can take it, the average office may not be safe19:30
johanbrfalling shelves etc...19:30
txwikingerWell.. ideally the building is absorbing the shocks19:30
genii-aroundThe one we felt here before a few years ago swung the CN Tower back and forth about 15-20 feet at the revolving restaurant level19:31
txwikingerwas that the one near Ottawa?19:32
* txwikinger remembers feeling that in the building, but 2 meters away it could not be felt19:33
johanbryikes19:33
genii-aroundtxwikinger: Not the 2010 one just before G20, the one before that19:34
txwikingerGoderich had a pretty strong tornado on the weekend19:34
txwikingergenii-around: I peobably had not been here yet for the one before that19:34
Seven_Six_TwoI saw a pic yesterday in the london paper about the twister.19:36
genii-aroundI found the one that rocked the tower, was March 12 200719:38
genii-aroundIt was still like 3.7-3.8 when it went through here, epicenter was in Ohio19:40
txwikingerYeah. that was before my time here19:40
genii-aroundI remember it vividly because I was in the old elevator here with scissor gates, the gates started smacking back and forth. I thought the Rogers Wireless workers installing aerials on the roof had one topple over onto the elevator machine room.19:46
cyphermoxdscassel: ping?20:26

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