[12:19] Hey all [13:44] hey ho, perfect weather today [14:11] * genii-around makes an industrial urn of life-sustaining coffee! [14:14] hey genii-around ..java hound :) [14:14] Hehe, yes [14:17] I have a bone to pick with the Ubuntu chat family value policy [14:18] trhere'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 . [14:20] BluesKaj: 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, etc [14:20] if you are gonna call a chat family friendly then "Ieatchildren" is ok as a nick [14:20] ? [14:22] sorry 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 banned [14:24] I think this "family values" policy is ass backwards [14:27] It'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 usually [14:30] one 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 ? [14:31] BluesKaj: you know you can call !ops or join the op channel and let them know about a disturbing/inappropriate nick [14:33] IdleOne, 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 ? [14:34] but oh my goodness if somebody curses in the chat it's practically a hanging offense :) [14:34] BluesKaj: 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] ok , then the next time , I'll object [14:35] I agree that a nick like Ieatchildren is not family friendly [14:35] I just hiope the response isn't like the one previous [14:36] IdleOne, it's particularly offensive to us grandfathers [14:36] I'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] IdleOne, sometimes a rant is needed to get their attention [14:37] rants get attention I agree but it probably won't be the type you expect [14:37] you guys certainly came after me for joking in the chat [14:37] BluesKaj: and eyt you still keep doing it :) [14:37] yet* [14:38] whynot it's not offensive like somethings are ... alittle levity never hurt anyone , when the chat's not busy [14:39] simple, a little off topic WILL turn into a lot of off topic real quick. [14:39] in here we can go off topic more often because it really is not busy [14:39] uhm .... [14:40] but a channel like #ubuntu with 1400+ users and 40 to 50 people talking at any one time would turn to chaos fast [14:40] I quote " a little levity never hurt anyone , when the chat's not busy" :) [14:41] the 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 distractions [14:41] BluesKaj: who decides what not busy is? [14:42] my understanding is the ops decide [14:42] and we decided that #ubuntu is always busy [14:42] so no off topic :) [14:43] * genii-around pops in for a sip of coffee then sneaks back to work [14:43] genii-around: don't work too hard the boss will expect it all the time [14:48] IdleOne: I was on vacation for a week, they saved it up for me [14:49] really not a vacation if when you come back you have double the work [14:50] Yup :( But at least I got to go fishing [14:51] I used to dread coming back from vacation or winter holidays because the workload was always double on the first week back. [16:14] hi guys - anyone got experience with awstats? [16:14] I have a bit of a funky log format that I can't get to go :( [19:13] Anybody felt the earthquake? I did not! [19:15] nothing in Montreal either [19:15] txwikinger: The people here did [19:16] I 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. [19:17] not in Norh Ont [19:18] snami on lake Erie ! [19:21] Interesting.. felt in Montreal but not in SW Ontario [19:21] Indiana felt it ....strange [19:22] Ohio felt it too [19:22] Make Lake Erie somehow dampened it [19:22] s/Make/Maybe/ [19:23] lake erie is really shallow , not much water there [19:24] genii-around, you're in Montreal? [19:24] I didn't feel anything here at Concordia [19:25] genii's inToronto [19:25] ahh... [19:25] Ah I meant Toronto [19:25] ahh, alright :) [19:26] johanbr: I'm in downtown Toronto [19:27] I heard epicentre was somewhere in Virginia... I guess Toronto is a little closer [19:27] Too much news going on at the same time [19:28] I heard they evacuated the Pentagon [19:28] Pentagon should be built to withstand an earthquake.. really ood [19:28] odd [19:29] http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20096161-503544.html [19:30] even if the building can take it, the average office may not be safe [19:30] falling shelves etc... [19:30] Well.. ideally the building is absorbing the shocks [19:31] The one we felt here before a few years ago swung the CN Tower back and forth about 15-20 feet at the revolving restaurant level [19:32] was that the one near Ottawa? [19:33] * txwikinger remembers feeling that in the building, but 2 meters away it could not be felt [19:33] yikes [19:34] txwikinger: Not the 2010 one just before G20, the one before that [19:34] Goderich had a pretty strong tornado on the weekend [19:34] genii-around: I peobably had not been here yet for the one before that [19:36] I saw a pic yesterday in the london paper about the twister. [19:38] I found the one that rocked the tower, was March 12 2007 [19:40] It was still like 3.7-3.8 when it went through here, epicenter was in Ohio [19:40] Yeah. that was before my time here [19:46] I 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. [20:26] dscassel: ping?