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awilkinsDarn, I thought the time being 0107 was just my BIOS clock being unset.01:07
penguin42nope, it's your body01:09
BigRedShaha, I've just realised I spent a good deal longer waiting for stuff to happen than I thought I did01:11
BigRedSI set out to reboot four machines three hours ago :/01:11
BigRedSand they're only just all back up again01:11
awilkinsJust rebuilt my system. Apparently my troubles were down to my old gear having an intermittent / progressive fault. Annoying.01:22
awilkinsLooked like something in the memory controller was failing, address lines inverted (weird)01:23
penguin42inverted? Oh that's an odd one01:23
awilkinsThe zeros test in Memtest was giving 000000ff01:24
awilkinsAnd the ones was giving ffffff0001:24
penguin42ouch01:24
awilkinsSo... openjdk 6 or 701:26
awilkinsBah, probably 601:26
penguin42awilkins: I couldn't get eclipse to work at 7 for android fiddling01:26
awilkinsThat decides it then, my work is all on 6 anyway currently01:26
awilkinsBigRedS, We had a Windows NT server that took about 3 hours to reboot at one place I worked01:34
Barbariandudeawilkins, the windows desktops for embedded systems programming at my uni take about 10 minutes to boot01:35
awilkinsBarbariandude, Doesn't surprise me, our work images are slow as treacle ; full disk encryption, terrible antivirus, snoopware01:37
awilkinsWhere does NetworkManager keep it's settings?01:38
awilkinsNever mind, it's in /etc01:46
awilkinsTell you what though, Windows needed about 10 reboots as usual01:49
awilkinsAnd I had to copy the disk controller drivers onto the install media01:50
awilkinsUbuntu, of course, just installed. And works.01:50
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MartijnVdSwith full-disk crypto even08:26
* AlanBell wonders about the next happy hour09:47
AlanBellanyone going to suggest a venue?09:47
gordonjcpor a date, for that matter09:49
gordonjcphm09:51
gordonjcplooks like I might be going down to London to pick up a vanload of test equipment this week09:51
gordonjcpI wonder if I can extract even more overtime from them because I'm supposed to be on holiday09:52
MartijnVdSwhite van gordonjcp? :)09:52
gordonjcpMartijnVdS: http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/van.jpg09:52
MartijnVdSoff-white then09:53
gordonjcpsilver, with signage that looks like it's been crashed into a letraset factory09:53
* MartijnVdS wonders how to create that extra network outlet09:54
gordonjcpAlanBell: y'know, I'm going to need to do this over two days09:54
MartijnVdSMost things I can buy have 2 outlets in one.. but I just want the one09:54
gordonjcpAlanBell: I suspect a B&B is going to be a lot cheaper in Farnham than in London itself, certainly enough to offset the extra 100 miles or so09:55
gordonjcpAlanBell: pint?09:55
AlanBellgordonjcp: that sounds like a plan :)09:55
czajkowskimorning all09:58
AlanBellgordonjcp: what day are you coming down?09:58
popeymorning all10:00
MartijnVdShi popey10:00
MartijnVdShaving a nice morning with the ssd ;)10:01
popeyyup!10:01
popeyrsync'ed 90GB off it, switched the SSD for 1TB of rust and rsyncing back ☺10:01
* popey hugs rsync10:01
MartijnVdSpopey: did you ever try fstrim?10:01
* AlanBell hugs rust10:01
AlanBellactually would like an ssd in my laptop, but then I would have to be more organised about space10:02
popeyno MartijnVdS10:03
popeyyeah, thats the other issue10:03
popeymy ssd is almost always 99% full10:03
popeyand when I'm building ISOs it's a bit painful10:03
MartijnVdSmine's 8% full10:03
czajkowskipopey: what size ssd do you have ?10:03
AlanBellsize does matter (when it comes to SSD)10:04
MartijnVdSpopey: fstrim -v will send a TRIM command to tell the wear-leveling firmware that space is now "unused"10:04
MartijnVdSpopey: which might increase the life of the ssd10:04
AlanBellI have 121GB of virtual machines10:05
popeyMartijnVdS: i thought thats what 'discard' was for in fstab10:05
MartijnVdSpopey: it is10:05
popeyi use that10:05
MartijnVdSpopey: but that makes my SSD slow when I delete things10:05
popeyoh10:05
MartijnVdSSo I put fstrim in cron10:06
popeyanyway, back to 1TB disk on that laptop, and installed in BIOS mode so I get 3d goodness and dual screen10:06
popeyrsync in byobu reporting 40Mb/s10:07
popeywonder if that's going over wifi10:08
* MartijnVdS hates popey's wifi devices/RF environment if that's true10:08
popeywhy does iwconfig not have an option to down an interface10:10
gordonjcpAlanBell: don't know yet10:11
MartijnVdSpopey: because ifconfig (and "ip") do10:11
MartijnVdSpopey: ip link set down dev devicename_here10:11
MartijnVdSpopey: also, iw wlan0 link10:11
MartijnVdS\o/10:11
MartijnVdSiw + ip > iwconfig + ipconfig10:12
* popey spies a giant thunderbird sqlite db coming over the wire10:12
czajkowskipopey: you should offer a service where folks who buy new machines can send old and new to you so you can set them up exactly the same as their old ones with content on them10:13
popeyhah10:13
popeyor a software product that does it10:13
popey(note: we have such a product in the default install now) :D10:14
MartijnVdSwe do?10:14
popeydeja-dup10:14
MartijnVdSpopey: yeah I set that up.. it created the target directory10:14
MartijnVdSpopey: and then did nothing10:14
popeyhah10:14
popeynice10:14
MartijnVdSoh it shows its icon every time I log in10:15
MartijnVdSand it disappears when I click it10:15
czajkowskihelpful10:15
MartijnVdSczajkowski: yeah great reliable backup tool10:15
MartijnVdSಠ_ಠ10:15
czajkowskisee already popey is better than the tool10:15
MartijnVdSso you're saying popey is not a tool? ;)10:16
nigelbTrick question!10:16
czajkowskiI'm saying popey clearly has a better proven record than the default instalation10:17
czajkowski;)10:17
MartijnVdSapt-get install popey10:18
MartijnVdSE: Unable to locate package popey10:18
nigelbTry pip :P10:18
shaunoI was about to say, seems obvious enough; just include popey in the default install10:18
MartijnVdSnigelb: It's Linux, not CP/M10:18
nigelbhaha10:18
shaunoshould be easy enough to package.  just stalk out the local curry house after dark (and bring a thick sack)10:19
nigelbDistribution might be illegal though10:19
MartijnVdSoh great, no explicit license in the source?10:20
czajkowskilol10:20
Laneyclearly public domain10:25
AlanBellnot chicken dance license?10:26
AlanBellhttp://supertunaman.com/cdl/cdl_v0-1.txt10:26
nigelbhaha10:27
nigelbThat's the perfect license.10:27
shaunoI'd be curious what happens if you manage to push 20,000 as a sole trader.  You break the license unless you aqcuire staff just for the dance?10:36
MartijnVdSshauno: get a family member to join in10:49
AlanBellor distribute the source10:49
MartijnVdSAlso, don't say "plinth"10:49
AlanBellit is two people per 20,000, so any size of company has the potential to run out of staff10:50
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:54
smittixMorning all11:01
jacobwmorning11:10
brobostigonmorning jacobw amd smittix11:10
bigcalmchristel: ping11:48
christelPONG11:48
bigcalmyay11:49
bigcalmDo you have a paypal address?11:49
* smittix mmm the smell of sunday roast.11:49
christelyees? are you giving me money? lol11:49
bigcalmI owes you a bit aye :)11:49
gordbigcalm, i also have a paypal address if you want to give me money11:49
christeloh, don't worry about it :)11:49
bigcalm:O11:50
bigcalmchristel: that's very kind of you, but I feel guilty of not paying my way11:51
popeybtw bigcalm - 2010 - the year we make contact11:54
stilia-johnyhelo evrybody..11:54
popeyhello stilia-johny11:55
bigcalmpopey: aha!11:55
popeyits on my desk ☺11:55
bigcalmThe film or book?11:56
popeyfilm11:56
stilia-johnyi wana ask... im living in essex and im new in the area..( and in uk) i have a linux user comunity in greece  is there any L.U.G in essex?? thanks a lot!11:56
popeystilia-johny: i dont think there is11:56
popeystilia-johny: http://lug.org.uk/ is the best place to check11:56
christelstilia-johny: i know there is one in colchester, Gary here is quite involved11:56
stilia-johnythenks i will check it!11:56
popeyLUGs in the UK are a bit dead IMO11:57
bigcalmpopey: https://plus.google.com/113834766641843352499/posts11:59
bigcalmOops, https://plus.google.com/113834766641843352499/posts/im8Xon8cdJQ11:59
Myrttiaw, amazon.co.uk doesn't have a donation option?11:59
Myrttiboo.12:00
popey12:04
jacobwhow was this meal in the dark?12:21
christeljacobw: it was interesting, i'm not sure i'd do it again but it certainly was an experience12:38
christelthe starter glowed in the dark, that was a bit freaky12:38
christeland the surprise main consisted of blue shark, wagga beef and ostrich steak!12:39
christeli can't say i've had shark before12:39
christelor ostrich12:39
christel:)12:39
AlanBellI have had ostrich before12:39
AlanBellnice on the BBQ12:39
christel:D12:40
christelit wasn't unpleasant12:43
MooDoohello all13:22
brobostigonhello MooDoo13:22
christelMooDoo :)13:23
MooDoohow's everyone today?13:23
penguin42passable13:23
brobostigonin pain.13:23
brobostigonMooDoo: and you?13:23
MooDoobrobostigon: at work13:25
* brobostigon scp's MooDoo a beer.13:26
MooDoobrobostigon: 10 please13:26
* brobostigon scp's MooDoo the whole crate.13:26
MooDooyay13:29
carl_#derbyjs13:43
brobostigonMooDoo: :)13:45
daubersAfternoon14:22
brobostigonafternoonings daubers14:22
christeldaubers :)14:52
daubersAnother day, another house14:53
Andres-kainmervyn-smith?14:54
daubershmm?14:55
Andres-kainsorry an estate agent.14:58
daubersoh, ok :)15:02
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Andres-kainwould ubuntu work on btfrs? instead of ext4?15:06
jutnuxYay for 3g15:10
directhexis butterfs more than a toy yet?15:11
directhexe.g. can it fsck?15:11
funkyHatI believe it now has live scrubbing, so yes15:12
funkyHatAnd debian testing can install on btrfs, so I see no reason why a new enough ubuntu couldn't either15:13
penguin42funkyHat: What do you mean by live scrubbing?15:21
funkyHatpenguin42: it's a file system check that can run safely while the FS is mounted15:21
penguin42funkyHat: What about fixing issues that stop it being mounted in the 1st place?15:22
funkyHatpenguin42: good question ⢁)15:22
penguin42funkyHat: Or where you want to check it after something bad happened to the machine15:22
funkyHatI got burnt a little by using btrfs on my netbook and having that happened, so I gave up on it15:23
funkyHatMy recollection is that there is now a fsck for it, but I might be remembering wrong15:23
funkyHatHm, google seems to suggest the fsck is still not finalised15:24
funkyHathttps://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/15:31
NafalloI'm running on btrfs right now, so yes.15:39
NafalloI would only recommend it for playing with. not for productional use.15:40
BigRedSI keep trying to find a situation where I'm happy to 'play with' a filesystem15:48
penguin42BigRedS: VMs or build boxes that you are OK to lose; or someone elses data :-)15:48
BigRedSThat's one of the things where I'm _incredibly_ grateful to the testers. It's not something I could bring myself to test15:49
BigRedSpenguin42: yeah, but I always end up with stuff that I'd rather not lose on them15:49
penguin42nod15:49
BigRedSI suppose I could store my git stuff on it, since it all ends up remote as soon as I've done anything useful15:49
BigRedSbut even ~/bin, which is nominally all either git or svn, has a bunch of code I've not got round to checking in...15:50
Nafallowell, I haven't lost data. but I've been saved by apt-btrfs-snapshot already :-)15:50
BigRedSat the risk of provoking a flamewar, what does btrfs do that xfs doesn't? I've actually never managed to research it since I decided XFS is awesome15:51
BigRedSOh, that snapshotting looks rather more nifty15:52
dwatkinsXFS is pretty good, but I'm biased as I used to work for SGI.15:52
Nafalloit does a lot more than XFS.15:52
dwatkinsXFS has a lot of tools for recovering data, loads of large-volume stuff too15:52
Nafallobtrfs have stuff to do simple arrays directly in the file-system, amongst other thing.15:53
Nafallothings even15:53
Nafallojust check out some feature ist somewhere. their homepage or wikipeida maybe.15:54
jutnux3g is such a lifesaver.16:14
* Nafallo prefers HSDPA+16:15
jutnuxThat's what i meant.16:16
jutnuxAndroid <316:16
jutnuxUbuntu mobile should be good when it comes out though16:16
BigRedSI don't see the point in Ubuntu mobile, personally16:17
BigRedSUnless it's basically Android with a UI designed in some other way than asking "Soooo, what's iOS doing?"16:18
jutnuxWell it's Ubuntu branching out16:19
jutnuxHave you seen some mock ups which the community has done?16:19
BigRedSyeah, but that's just a picture16:19
penguin42it'll be quite a bit of work to get the battery/CPU/RAM down to mobile levels16:19
penguin42battery particularly16:19
BigRedSIf, underneath, it's a desktop OS on a phone, then it's going to get the same reception as maemo did16:19
BigRedSwhich isn't *bad*, it's just that nobody particularly seems to want it16:20
jutnuxMeh16:20
BigRedSIf it could be the Linux I know and love, but with a VM hacked into it so I can still run Android apps, *that* would be good16:20
jutnuxYes16:20
penguin42yeh it would be interesting to be able to use some Ubuntu apps and some Android ones - e.g. I want the Android Google Maps16:20
BigRedSBut if it's just desktop Linux on a small screen, then that'd be awesome until I tried to check my mail16:21
penguin42BigRedS: Stuff designed for Unity might work well - not sure what you would use for mail; mind you I've been known to ssh to my mail server and use mutt from my phone; but I couldn't class that as easy - especially without a keyboard :-)16:22
jutnuxAnyone ever used an archos tablet?16:22
jacobwthe no keyboard thing is still a problem for me :|16:24
jutnuxHas anyone seen that Raspberry PI thing?16:24
jutnux£20 pc?16:24
Myrttithis Google+ Secret Santa thing sound nice, I hope it gets more momentum16:28
jutnuxMyritti: What is it?16:29
penguin42jutnux: What I find interesting is the stuff falling off the bottom of the Android old phones; Argos have an Android phone for £39 that's listed in Cyanogen16:30
penguin42jutnux: Admittedly it is pink, but still16:30
jutnuxOrly16:30
jutnuxBit of spray paint, problem solved16:30
Myrttijutnux: https://plus.google.com/113269791493257695508/posts16:31
AlanBellor learn to love pink16:31
jutnuxI'm comfortable with my sexuality so pink would be fine.16:31
Myrttiah right, it's my pink hilight that is going off16:31
AlanBellanyone know if there is a solution to bad ram that doesn't involve throwing it away?16:31
penguin42AlanBell: It depends how bad it is16:31
penguin42AlanBell: If it's one or two bad locations you can tell the kernel to avoid that bit16:31
AlanBellsome red bits in memtest8616:32
penguin42AlanBell: However, the best solution is to throw it away16:32
daubersAlanBell: Turn it into some modern art?16:32
penguin42AlanBell: If it's always the same location and it's not an inconvenient location then I think you can tell it to avoid it16:32
* AlanBell hunts in the box of bits for another stick that will fit16:36
Andres-kainwas btfrs better for solid state aka mobile phones hence meego and beefy miracle?17:09
AlanBellAndres-kain: don't think so, jffs is better for solid state, but I don't think btrfs is optimised that way17:11
Andres-kainthanks alanbell17:14
* AlanBell now has double the ram in the dev/test box17:25
penguin42AlanBell: I thought btrfs had some ssd specific modes17:25
NafalloAlanBell: wrong. it does have optimisations for SSDs17:28
AlanBelloh, I like being wrong :)17:29
Nafallo[    3.349503] Btrfs detected SSD devices, enabling SSD mode17:29
AlanBellahh, ok, it does stuff to play nice with wear leveling on SSD17:30
AlanBellI was thinking about jffs2 which does nand flash support17:30
* penguin42 is curious how it detects ssds17:31
Nafallopenguin42: use the source, luke ;-)17:32
penguin42Nafallo: !fs_info->fs_devices->rotating17:33
christelNafallo: oh, did you see that scandi kitchen was looking for swedish people for a tv show?17:33
Nafallochristel: nope17:34
Nafallochristel: link?17:34
christeli'll drop you the link in a second!17:35
christel(i need to dig it out of my email)17:35
Nafallohold you to it :-)17:35
penguin42queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, mq->queue); in mmc/card/queue.c, and similar oddly in nbd and a few others17:37
christelhttp://z6.co.uk/uq Nafallo17:41
Nafallochristel: hah. I wouldn't have much good to say about it I'm afraid.17:44
christelaww17:47
christelsee, i have a lot to say about the swedes..17:48
christel:P17:48
BigRedSAnyone done much with Ubuntu on EC2? I'm doing gluster wrong, and I'm wondering if anyone's found what constitutes 'right'18:36
BigRedSof course, sunday evening's probably not the best time to ask :)18:36
jutnuxI've only started using workspaces lately19:14
jutnuxSo useful19:15
aquariusI keep meaning to get back into using them :)19:20
AlanBellI use them a lot less now that the cube is gone19:24
AlanBellyes, I know I can enable the cube, but I try to keep the desktop as vanilla as possible19:24
jutnuxThey're so useful19:25
jutnuxDual monitors with 4 workspaces is like having 8 monitors19:25
jutnuxso useful19:25
jutnuxHad to recheck my maths there19:25
jutnuxIf I failed that simple multiplication I would have to self-immolate.19:25
AlanBellyeah they are great19:26
AlanBellhad to use windows for a bit a couple of days ago, was really constraining not having the option of flipping to another workspace19:27
AlanBellI find with Unity I just use the top two workspaces, I never go down to the other two19:27
jutnuxI'm using 3 at the minute.19:27
jutnuxDo you work for canonical now?19:28
AlanBelland I mostly use top left, I just put single apps on the other workspaces19:28
AlanBellno, I don't work for canonical19:28
AlanBellwith the cube there was no "primary" workspace, all sides of the cube are equal. Not quite the same with the wall19:29
MartijnVdSpopey: what's the name of your pet project again? the VNC servery/remote helpy thing19:29
jutnuxAh.19:29
jutnuxI don't think I'd ever go back to Windows.19:29
jutnuxI run it in a VM for certain apps but that is all.19:30
AlanBellthis bottle of wine appears to be empty :(19:33
jutnuxI presume you have more? ;)19:34
jutnuxAre you for/against unity Alan?19:42
smittixEvening19:56
smittixBah X-Factor has taken over the TV again19:56
czajkowskialoha19:57
* brobostigon is watching robert peston on bbc.19:57
jutnuxX-Factor +o(19:57
jutnuxAnyone watch that Mark Zuckerberg documentary?19:57
brobostigonsmittix: miles more interesting, and useful than that prog you mentioned.19:57
DJonessmittix: I'm sure I heard a rumour that the winners song would be a cover version of something by Alvin & the Chipmonks to give the winner some "street cred"19:58
smittixHEH19:58
smittixbrobostigon: Will have a look. Ive been banished upstairs19:58
jutnuxXFactor is beyond a joke now though19:59
brobostigonsmittix: ok.19:59
smittixjutnux: Indeed it is.19:59
smittix2 hours of the crap tonight.19:59
jutnuxI am in my room and all I see is constant updates via facebook.20:00
smittixAnyone watched Walking Dead?20:05
dwatkinsyeah20:06
jutnuxYes20:10
jutnuxIt was quite good20:10
jutnuxA bit weird how there was magically an opening into the tank when the zombies were coming to get him though.20:10
AlanBelljutnux: I am kind of OK about unity, just annoyed that the design team constantly break accessibility when trying to make things pretty20:10
jutnuxAlanBell: I think it has increased my work flow to be honest, but then again I am a keyboard power user.20:11
jutnuxThe unity bar rarely ever comes out20:11
smittixJust watched the last one of the second series last night20:11
AlanBellI set my unity launcher to never hide, popping in and out was infuriating20:11
AlanBelland I don't use the unity alt-tab switcher, might do if they stop it raising all windows of an application you switch to20:12
jutnux Yeah that is kind of annoying20:13
jutnuxI have my windows evenly spread out over multiple workspaces so it's all good.20:14
Laneywow20:17
LaneyI thought I was good at crosswords, then just tried a cryptic20:17
Laneyback to square one20:17
jutnuxSudoko <33320:18
jutnuxs/Sudoko/Sudoku20:21
MartijnVdSsudo ku20:22
jutnuxMartijnVdS: I see what you did there.20:23
popeyMartijnVdS: trublrt21:11
popeyer21:11
popeytrublr21:11
MartijnVdSpopey: thanks! :)21:11
jutnuxpopey: is it good?21:11
popeyits unfinished ☺21:11
jutnuxIt looks amazing from what I've seen.21:11
jutnuxWho developed it? :-)21:11
popeyI'll finish it at some point21:11
jutnuxOH21:11
popeyI specced it up and employed someone to write the actual code21:11
jutnuxAmazing job!21:12
jutnuxWhat's it coded in?21:12
popeyclients can be coded in anything you like21:12
popeyserver is mostly done using shell scripts and a bit of php21:12
MartijnVdSso that's what 'apt-get install popey' does (that, and backups)21:12
popeyheh21:12
jutnuxAh nice.21:13
jutnuxHoly hell my twitter feed is being spammed with x-factor.21:28
BigRedSMine always gets spammed with people outraged at people talking about x-factor21:29
dwatkinsI tend to ignore twitter mostly, I just add people's feeds to Google Reader if I'm that interested in what they have to say21:31
aquariuspopey, is trublr at the point where I can point real people at it yet? :)21:32
popeyno21:32
popeyit will be shortly21:32
aquariusthought not :P21:32
popeybeen kinda busy with a new job21:32
aquariusthat sounds like a reasonable reason21:33
aquariusman, I love this laptop to bits.21:47
aquariusRight, what's the best way to watch upnp video on Ubuntu?21:47
aquariusI don't want to use a full-screen client like xbmc21:47
aquariusthere's the totem coherence plugin, but that's a bit shonky -- it's all "install a plugin in these folders" rather than something packaged.21:48
aquariusanyone got any better alternatives?21:48
aquariusalso: it is 9.48 and I am unplugging the laptop for a battery life test.21:49
popeyupnp video?21:50
popeyyou mean browse the network for video?21:50
aquariusas in, video being served by a UPnP server (like rygel or mediatomb)21:50
aquariusso I can browse the list and play a video21:50
AlanBellvlc probably does that22:07
aquariusyeah, I was thinking about vlc... but then it'll compete with totem to play just ordinary videos :)22:08
aquariusand I don't like vlc because it looks horrid and has weird keybindings22:08
aquariusI wonder why two-finger-scrolling isn't default in Ubuntu?22:10
aquariusis it because it doesn't reliably work on some hardware?22:10
AlanBelltell the design team it is default on mac and it will get in for precise22:13
daubersheh22:14
daubersare we back to that state of affairs?22:14
aquariusI suspect it's a hardware thing22:14
aquariusedge scrolling works on every touchpad everywhere22:15
daubers</genericism>22:15
daubersI have a touchpad it doesn't work on22:15
aquariustwo-finger scrolling requires a touchpad that can do multitouch and a driver that can do multitouch on that pad, which is less common than we might home for22:15
aquariusdaubers, does it work in Windows? (I meant "for touchpads which have any concept of scrolling", I think)22:16
daubersaquarius: No, it doesn't work on windows :) It's a very old laptop22:16
aquariusdaubers, right, yeah, so "edge scrolling works everywhere where there's some scrolling *at all*" :)22:16
daubers:)22:17
daubersI do have a multitouch touchpad, but haven't really seen any benefit from it22:17
daubersOn this machine anyway22:17
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jutnuxDoomsday22:23
brobostigongood night everyone, sleep well.22:25
dwatkinsnn brobostigon22:33
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=== Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away

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