[00:05] directhex: renewed interest in the torrent for release 4. Wonder what sparked that [00:06] aww i missed the communal seeding drive of a new'un [00:09] * bigcalm sleeps [00:10] nn sir === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [01:31] *yawwn* [01:31] should really sleep [01:32] messing with nameservers right now tho [07:00] morning all [07:34] Good morning all; happy Celebration Of Life Day! :-D [07:36] morning JamesTait [07:38] \o [08:05] Morning all [08:08] morning diplo [08:12] Rather liveley here this morning! [08:13] never is this time of the morming, people are only just waking up [08:13] * diplo would be quite happy still in bed [08:23] diplo: me too [08:33] Me three. [08:39] morning everyone [08:41] hrm, seems my clock disappeared (on ubuntu). anyone know how to get it back? [08:42] restart indicator-datetime-service [08:43] open shell and run "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-datetime-service &" [08:44] http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/ interesting [08:44] hrm, not going to work, still on 32bit here [08:45] /usr/lib/*/indicator-datetime-service & [08:45] then [08:45] then you have a 32 bit equivalent path [08:45] oh my GAWD there was something bright and flashing I could see from the corner of my eye on my pillow [08:45] two concecutive glances and it's only a pillow [08:45] now I realise it's the SUN COMING FROM THE WINDOW [08:47] ali1234: and popey, yup, that fixed it. thanks [08:51] Myrtti: sun? sun? lies, there is no such thing [08:51] http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/weather/tampere [08:51] bah, ram is being delivered when I am at the optician [08:51] \o/ dpd allow me to redirect to neighbour [08:53] MooDoo: open ther blinds... :P [08:55] Myrtti: nice :) [08:56] http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2641170 here's mone [08:56] * MooDoo senses popey is a little excited at getting his RAM [08:56] JUST A BIT [08:57] Morning lads & lassies [09:01] morning hoover [09:01] Gooood Morning! [09:02] morning [09:04] It's a beautiful day hay hay ! [09:06] popey: how spooky, I just read that backblaze blog post yesterday....been using their service for a couple of months, took about a week to do my initial backup :S [09:06] oh interesting, I haven't used their service. any good? [09:07] and does it work on linux? [09:08] popey: er not sure about linux, it's on a spare windows machine I have, don't think there is a linux clietn [09:09] popey: not at the moment - https://help.backblaze.com/entries/20203476-Is-Backblaze-going-to-offer-Linux-support- [09:13] *yawwn* [09:14] diplo: coffee [09:21] definitely [09:29] A client has asked me to set up a VPN with the endpoint of 192.168.1.127/31. Am I right in thinking that you can't use anything but a /32 with an odd number? [09:29] Good morning peeps :) [09:31] bigcalm: a /31 doesn't make sense in the real world [09:32] diddledan: it's just 2 IP addresses for use with a VPN [09:32] are you sure? [09:32] Quite sure, it's what we've been setting up for sometime now [09:33] 1bit = 2 addresses, network id is one and broadcast is the other, meaning 0 usable ip addresses [09:33] host ip addresses** [09:33] that, or a point-to-point link [09:33] I assure you, what we are doing works :) [09:34] but anywho .127/31 is .127 and .127 [09:34] .126 and .127 [09:34] I'm not explaining the whole set-up. Just that I think Rackspace will reject the .127/31 request. .126/31 would work though [09:34] bigcalm: throw it at ipcalc :) [09:35] * bigcalm passes on the request as the client has stated, just to see what happens [09:37] I used to have Hitachi and Samsung drives and thought they were good. Samsung drives went to Seagate, Hitachi now gone to WD... http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/putting-hard-drive-reliablity-to-the-test-shows-not-all-disks-are-equal/ [09:38] golden rule used to be "don't buy maxtor" [09:38] lol [09:38] maxtor were fun [09:38] I just use WD drives, never had a problem with them yet [09:38] Seagate look absolutely terrible in this report [09:38] I try to stick with WD too [09:39] they used a particular seagate model, which probably is made in the maxtor factory [09:39] seagates with seagate DNA were good IME [09:40] where are quantum fireballs now? [09:40] foobarry: quantum bigfoot! [09:41] UK unemployment down again, and by 167k last month... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25841570 [09:41] you mean uk employment statistics... [09:41] TheOpenSourcerer: good news! [09:42] Is this unemployment down, or people being no longer counted [09:42] You'd need to ask the ONC I guess. [09:42] we have struggled to hire for ages [09:43] when I was unemployed I was recommended to "sign off" on a couple of occasions, even though I was looking for a job [09:43] only attracting people on the continent, which means UK people want more munneh [09:44] foobarry: I think we have had some similar issues with hiring. mind, finding good embedded SW people isnt the easiest... [09:44] struggling to hire is laughable given the current situation [09:45] It isn't bashrc [09:45] The UK has generally failed miserably to educate our kids for the last 20 years in anything remotely "technical" [09:45] considering we are paying OK wages [09:45] if you're struggling to hire then you're not offering a market clearing rate [09:45] bashrc: there are plenty of applicants, however, qualified, experienced people... [09:46] but everything is 10-15% more expensive than a couple of years ago, so bashrc thats correct but HR don't agree [09:46] there are lots of smart people out there [09:46] earning moer money [09:47] if you're not offering a market clearing rate then htat's the explanation. It's not that there aren't enough suitable candidates [09:47] There are a lot more "less smart" people than smart ones... Esp. in tech. [09:47] $employer is hiring contractors at london market rates, but permies on much lower salary = death of dept. [09:47] and then there's idiots... like me. [09:48] bashrc: I put it to you that you are wrong. [09:49] but then again, we are looking for very specific skill sets [09:50] I'm not seeing many fewer folks coming out of universities. Are all of those people unemployable. That doesn't seem plausible [09:52] my problem is inflexible HR process [09:52] we see good people sometimes but cannot tweak our JD or pay scale up or down to accomodate them [09:53] yeah, I think for us, its more that there is right now a gap in the market for certain skill sets, with experience. [09:53] I've seen recent university science graduates become unix hackers within a few months of employment [09:55] so I don't think htere is an IQ deficit [09:58] are employers wanting experience or grades, I know that i'd prefer experience over a uni degree [09:59] experience propped up with a degree [09:59] :) [09:59] there are exceptions but i feel a good Bsc degree underpins your approach to work [10:00] even affecting guys in their 30s+ who don't seem to understand principles of computing [10:00] foobarry: I don't know.. lots of BSc's I know knew a lot of theory, not much practice. [10:00] I keep meaning to do a CS 101 style course to get some of the underlying theory down [10:00] I don't have a degree and I seem to be doing ok for myself lol [10:00] most of my knowledge of how computers work is related directly to kernel complaints [10:01] MartijnVdS: yeah, I think a degree for the theory plus experience for the practice is what's being advocated [10:01] Anyone heard from SuperMatt ? [10:02] the problem is that employers want a degree and 5 years of experience and they also want you to be 22 so they can pay you as little as possible [10:02] diplo: not lately, probably too busy with rackspace. [10:05] ali1234: I think a problem is the vagueness. When I was looking for work most positions were really vague on what they wanted [10:06] "£22K+; a PHd in CS would be an advantage but isn't essential" [10:06] so "We'll consider anybody, but not give any clues as to what the position is" [10:06] that means one of two things [10:07] either there is no position, or it means you will be the sole "computer expert" for the entire company [10:09] I can't see sometimes how this advantage is with having a phd.. I had lots of consultants in at my last place. Qualified till the hilt with sod all real world experience except writing down 'This would be good for you' but with never implementing it [10:10] BigRedS: 22k£? Is that before or after tax? [10:18] Ah, they never made that clear either, so before [10:18] that was a made-up number [10:25] Aloha [10:25] morning Laura [10:26] ello [10:30] WAH! [10:30] ETA has moved to tomorrow [10:30] Oh well, back to work [10:44] Does anybody know how to change the data range for a chart in LibreOffice [10:50] jussi: are you anything to do with ubuntu bots? [10:51] jussi: it's ok ignore that [11:00] Morning all [11:01] * popey goes to get his eyes tested [11:02] No laptop for me today *sniff* [11:04] morning davmor2 [11:06] bigcalm: tell me you wouldn't think about getting this http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/74108351942/lego-escher [11:07] davmor2: seen it before and would love it as a kit [11:10] bigcalm: Sue wants it so I can build it for her :D [11:16] * czajkowski pokes davmor2 ello [11:17] czajkowski: hello trouble how are you? [11:20] not bad looking at events I want to go to [11:20] and this one has caught my eye based on the name alone thegeekgathering.org [11:22] wow 2013 had some great speakers [11:25] MooDoo: 7.1? 5.1? 7.2? [11:26] MartijnVdS: excuse me? don't get you? [11:28] MooDoo: speakers.. 7 front 1 subwoofer, etc. [11:28] MartijnVdS: oh i meant people speakers at a conference...or were you trying to be funny ;) [11:30] MooDoo: both ;) [11:30] MooDoo, MartijnVdS: see that would of worked if you said, Dolby Digital, mono or stereo? :) [11:30] davmor2: yeah :) [11:30] davmor2: Pro Logic, btw. [11:30] MartijnVdS: haha [11:31] you're all gits [11:31] MooDoo: geeks man you need to fix your autocorrect [11:32] davmor2: no I believe I was correct in the first instance ;) [11:33] MooDoo: [11:34] MooDoo: well that as well :P [11:35] MartijnVdS: I hate committing :) [11:37] MooDoo: watch out for a detached head state then :) [11:39] MartijnVdS: I'd repond if I knew git ;) [11:41] diplo: I'm here [11:41] MooDoo: you only hate committing because when you do they put you in the padded room right ;) [11:41] MooDoo: you could just tag someone else [11:42] MartijnVdS: I prefer stab, and I can do that to czajkowski and davmor2 :D [11:42] MooDoo: davmor2 Its easy to tell the difference between geek & Git, git pull downloads software, geek pull normally downloads a punch [11:42] MooDoo: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/mr+stabby/ ? [11:43] MartijnVdS: like it :D [11:45] in other, exiting news http://phys.org/news/2014-01-fastest-real-world-fiber-14tbs.html [11:46] "This is believed to be the fastest speed ever achieved in commercial grade hardware in a real-world environment and is equivalent to transmitting 44 uncompressed HD films in a single second. [11:46] " [11:47] Is that the 14 year old? [11:47] RaxMatt: Was just going to see how things were going ? [11:48] BigRedS: ? [11:48] ah. no [11:49] diplo: they're going very well thanks. It's a little slow this week because training isn't as forth coming as it otherwise would have been, but it's a lot of fun being here [11:49] there was a site going round the other day where a kid was saying he'd solved everyone's compression issues [11:49] I didn't see the URL before somehiow [11:51] global jam in a few months - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam === alan_g is now known as alan_g|afk [11:54] RaxMatt: Great, glad to hear it.. will have to keep us updated on it :) [11:55] I shall [11:56] though I'm sure you're all eager to know if I can get you a discount [11:56] the answer is no [11:56] Nah, I've looked at jobs @ rackspace before, but it's to far away for me :/ [11:56] And discounts, no! Free stuff, yeah! :P [11:58] ah RaxMatt wondered who you were :D [11:58] :D [11:58] yeah, took me a while too === alan_g|afk is now known as alan_g [12:04] RaxMatt: are you there now? having fun? [12:04] I am, and I am [12:04] RaxMatt: and you're on irc, result :D [12:06] davmor2: how does it look for tonight? [12:07] well I'm not getting much in the way of training just yet, so I've been told I can do anything [12:07] I'm not going to be able to do customer stuff for 6 weeks [12:07] I'm going he is having an autopsy so no news about anything till Friday at the earliest [12:07] bigcalm: ^] [12:07] RaxMatt: 6 weeks? that the learning term? [12:07] davmor2: hope you're okay man [12:08] davmor2: ? [12:08] bigcalm: bit gutted but other than that I'm good thanks ;) [12:08] MooDoo: uncle died at the weekend [12:08] davmor2: have an early wake for the man :) [12:08] davmor2: ah sorry to hear that chap [12:08] MooDoo: yuppers! [12:09] RaxMatt: wow, and too busy to train you eh lol [12:09] well, someone started last week, so they've started his training already (some of it already organised for this week). So they're gonna make me join his training from next week onwards, and play catch up with the things I didn't learn later in the 6 weeks [12:10] RaxMatt: self learning time it is then :D [12:10] RaxMatt: put your flag up :) [12:11] I haven't got my flag yet. I'm gonna try and get a gotham city flag or a batman flag [12:11] lol [12:12] RaxMatt: Walk outside and shout this linux and openstack thing is just never gonna work, you'll be amazed at how many people take the time to prove you wrong ;) [12:12] hah, I'm not going to do that [12:14] RaxMatt: You're just no fun at all are you :P Enjoy from what I understand they are a really cool team there :) [12:14] RaxMatt: why the change of nick? [12:15] because I work for rackspace now [12:15] RaxMatt: now you'll have to start nominating people to work at rackspace - [12:15] RaxMatt: in the mean time you could assist Rory in working our our VPN problems ;) [12:15] bigcalm: RaxMatt worked for superman before? [12:16] Hey biggie! [12:16] davmor2: ah, that would make sense [12:16] Hi hoovie :) [12:16] bigcalm: nope, can't do customer stuff! [12:16] Poo [12:16] plus, you might not be one of my customers [12:17] RaxMatt: it would be amusing if that happened [12:17] brb, gonna get lunch from the exceptionally cheap hardrack cafe [12:17] Oh dear me [12:17] basically if you're an smb spending less than 5K on linux, I'm your man [12:17] brb [12:18] that's funny, cos when i worked for an SMB spending less than 5k on linux, rackspace were basically "yeah we don't do anything that small" [12:18] I have no idea how much our client is spending with Rackspace. [12:18] that was several years ago though [12:19] arrrgh why did i update java..nothing works [12:21] Starting with Java 7 Update 51, Java has enhanced security model to make user system less vulnerable to the external exploits. The new version of Java does not allow users to run the applications that are not signed (Unsigned), Self signed (not signed by trusted authority) and the applications that are missing permission attributes. [12:21] so actually useful updates [12:21] finally [12:22] foobarry: yeah, we got hit by that at work [12:22] heya [12:23] Myrtti: the suggested workaround doesn't have a site list [12:23] security-edit site list no existy [12:27] ah, because in windows, the control panel-Java points to the old version, how helpful [12:31] Can anyone tell me the i10n shorthand for Wales? For example en-gb is British English, ga-ie is Gaelic Irish, what's Welsh? Internet searches suggest cy-gb, but CY is the ISO 3166 and TLD for Cyprus. [12:32] cy-gb should be correct [12:32] http://cy.wikipedia.org is Welsh, so I suppose cy it is. [12:32] ali1234: the difference now I guess is cloud computing [12:32] it's lang-country, where lang is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes and country you already have nailed [12:34] balor: cy for Cymru [12:36] davmor2, thanks. I'm sure the Cypriots are pleased :) [12:41] balor: well, they're having enough trouble figuring out if they're Greek or Turkish, right? [12:44] MartijnVdS: your tip worked :) [12:44] Wifi now restored to normal speeds on my notebook [12:44] :) [12:45] knightwise: oh what tip was that then? [12:47] http://askubuntu.com/questions/119578/how-to-fix-slow-wireless-on-machines-with-intel-wireless-cards [12:47] had a terrible time trying to mix up an intell wifi card and a broadcom chip on my Asus router [12:58] \o/ 16GB [12:58] you know you marry well when you wife opens a convo "" Just got the fake windows call [scam]" [12:58] "he hung up as soon as I said that it was interesting because I don't use windows" [12:59] my brother, an intelligent man, rang in a panic "foobarry, this man is on the phone from canada saying people are attacking my pc right now" === alan_g is now known as alan_g|lunch [13:04] knightwise: iwlwifi.11n_disable=1 ? [13:04] it should still be slow [13:05] as 802.11g *is* slow :) [13:05] BigRedS: correct [13:06] I was bemused to hear the other day that wifi comes in faster-than-54Mbps flavours [13:07] knightwise: yeah, I briefly didn't need that but I've gone back about ten kernels to Crunchbang and it's definitely necessary again [13:07] BigRedS: my advertised-as-300MBps doesn't really go that fast though :) [13:07] are you guys seeing dropped packets etc? [13:07] with pings, or other effects? [13:07] foobarry: on mine the thing just disappears and NM claims an inability to configure it [13:08] I can't remember in all honesty, I last debugged it about a year ago and have just shoved that line onto my cmdline fairly automatically since [13:08] BigRedS: its fixed in later kernel? [13:08] not in whatever 13.10 had a month or so ago [13:10] * diplo is hereing Mr popey on Linux Unplugged, thought I recognised the voice [13:10] :) [13:10] popey: as my laptop's ETA has changed to tomorrow, you have an extra day to make 14.04 be more awesome before I install it [13:13] "thanks" [13:15] popey: most welcome ;) [13:15] popey: so are you running memtest on your new 16GB to see that it all works? [13:15] i only run memtest when things break [13:15] KiB Mem: 16314304 total, 7999684 used, 8314620 free, 1700 buffers [13:15] seems to be working [13:16] time to open a few more tabs [13:16] you're not using >50% of it! [13:16] or a VM or five [13:16] why not [13:20] what's everyone's favourite desktop virt? I'd like one that only does anything to my networking when it's actually running, ideally [13:20] virtualbox? [13:21] Yeah, the only reason I have to not use that is 'oracle' [13:21] virtualbox-ose? [13:21] which isn't a very good one [13:27] Virtualbox :) I love its command line interface [13:27] i use vmware player for occasional spin ups of vms [13:27] vbox is great.. until you want to suspend your laptop with a VM running [13:27] then it prevents suspend [13:28] suspend the VM first [13:28] ali1234: it should do that for me, then bring it back on host-resume [13:28] what do you want to virtualise? [13:29] a development box, created by vagrant [13:29] but I don't want to hunt down vagrant boxes when I need to catch my bus [13:29] MartijnVdS: it can't be hard to implement [13:29] ^ BigRedS ☻ [13:29] kvm is good but not v nice tools [13:30] virsh is nice once you've used it a bit [13:30] but yeah it's a lot of manual stuff [13:31] there's a GUI for qemu, too [13:31] !info virt-manager [13:31] virt-manager (source: virt-manager): desktop application for managing virtual machines. In component main, is optional. Version 0.9.5-1ubuntu1.1 (saucy), package size 273 kB, installed size 3264 kB [13:31] vmware does special things when it installs ubuntu - do others do that too? [13:31] quick config type stuff [13:31] virt-manager is so redhat [13:31] ugly grey boxes, looks alpha quality [13:32] do people say "Q-M-U" or "kee-moo"? [13:32] i saw a video where some guy kept saying "kee-moo" and i had no idea what he was talking about for like 10 minutes [13:32] neither. que emu [13:33] like the spanish? [13:33] why would you say it like that? [13:33] no like queue [13:33] like queue emu? [13:33] like the bird? [13:33] queue emu [13:33] yes [13:34] kyoo-eee-myoo [13:34] kew emm you [13:34] guy who recently left at work used to call it kwaymoo [13:35] oh that's strange as i call it kwem-oo [13:36] potato/potato [13:36] spud [13:36] :-p [13:36] tayto → czajkowski [13:36] kwemu [13:36] can't go wrong with either "tatties" or "spuds" :-p [13:36] oh you said tatties ;) [13:37] t8r [13:38] diddledan__: I can't call them tatties not after Russell Howard called breasts Tattiebojangles [13:38] lol [13:38] virt-manager is nice [13:39] I like the big bang theory name for a breast-centric magazine: "bombay badonkadonks" [13:39] :D [13:39] um... [13:39] that'd be butts, not breasts [13:39] my irssi vm got stuck waiting for a harddrive to appear that I've got with me in Finland and I just connected over qemu+ssh and fixed it [13:39] really? [13:39] really [13:39] shows how well I know my pr0n :-p [13:39] i pity anyone reading this log... how to pronounce "qemu" to "butts" in 20 lines [13:41] ali1234: impressive, no? [13:41] ali1234: I'm pretty sure we can discount about 10 lines of that from people being sensible :D [13:41] Lol [13:41] /clear [13:41] I run all the services I need in VMs on top of my linux machine [13:42] the linux "host" machine is basically a NAS with VMware software on it sharing out all the data via samba [13:42] knightwise: which hypervisor tech do you use? [13:42] aah [13:42] vmware server or workstation? [13:42] Virtualbox on a LMDE machine [13:42] 3 Vm"s taking care of the different services like plex , remote login etc etc [13:42] vbox :'( [13:43] that way I can easily swap out functionalities/servers without having to touch the base system [13:43] yeah, I don't like vbox since oracle pwn'd it === alan_g|lunch is now known as alan_g [14:06] massive headache incoming [14:06] think i've caught the kids cold [14:06] popey: linuxes, generally debian [14:07] so I tried virt-manager and LXC but LXC's helper scripts are a bit broken in Wheezy === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [14:07] I don't trust LXC [14:07] and more than once something's been confused by that always-up virtbr1 device [14:07] it's not virtual enough [14:08] we use openvz a fair bit at work so I'm fairly comfortable with the concept, and LXC is the modern and hip equivalent [14:11] well then http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-partners-with-google-flight-search [14:13] I've never tried openvz is it easy enough to use, I've tried kvm multiple times with virt-manager etc and just don't seem to get on with it that well [14:25] BigRedS: desktop or server I meant, kvm should be good enough IMO [14:42] had my eyes tested today. pondering what best value for specs is [14:42] I'll only need them for close up work (soldering) currently, but will need them for reading in the future (3 years maybe) [14:43] do people buy online or is it a case that you really need to go to bricks & mortar? [14:45] popey: people get their eyes measured "IRL", but I know a few who've ordered glasses online after that [14:45] all you need is the inter-eye distance, and the lens parameters [14:45] i have some numbers on a card, I guess that's it? [14:46] I've not done online yet, but I'm debating it next time [14:46] Yeah your report card from the opticians is all you need [14:46] who tested your eyes? [14:46] sphere, cyl and axis [14:46] http://www.glasses.com/virtual-try-on.html [14:46] Saw this the other day [14:46] +1.25, -0.5, 90 and +1.25, -0.25, 90 [14:46] that look like the right numbers? [14:47] foobarry: optician [14:47] no idea about this but do people usually go for 2nd opinion? [14:47] or is it clear cut [14:47] popey: those look like mine, except I have -1.50ish [14:48] i trust this guy [14:48] popey: yep, same as mine :) [14:48] popey: it's sphere/cylinder/axis, one for each eye [14:48] been to him before [14:48] (cylinder + cylinder-axis, there's also a lesser-used prism + prism-axis) [14:49] http://www.vision-training.com/en/Vision%20test/Understand%20presecription.html [14:49] he said he slightly over-prescribed so they'd last longer as they turn from "doing electronics with the kids" glasses into "reading" glasses [14:49] ta [14:57] popey: I order my glasses from these people: http://www.spex4less.com/ [14:57] I just have a pair of +1 reading glasses I bought off the shelf in Sainsbury's [14:58]