[07:09] http://bropages.org/ [07:11] most of my fail2ban bans are from china [07:12] "my" i mean directed at a few work servers [07:14] yeah. That'd always been my assumption too - that's why I found it interesting that I've logged more attempts from India than China. [07:14] both big places [07:15] well, sorted by attempts; china win if you sort by unique IPs. so I guess it's skewing towards people who'll try a bigger password list [07:17] ok, so matches my fail2ban scenario [07:17] yeah. you shouldn't see a lot of attempts from a single IP if you're banning them after x many [07:19] so lenovo are getting the ibm servers [07:20] will take a while to improve though. currently its terrible to administer ibm servers [07:46] CHINANET jiangsu province network [07:46] nearly all fail2bans over last 24 hrs from there [07:47] s/24/6/ [08:41] Morning [09:36] \o popey [09:36] popey: is the fsck done? :) [09:36] it did finish, but it never boots [09:36] will look again later [10:02] "mario kart gives me breath, because i can play sitting down". [10:02] the answer to why he didn't want to play wii golf [10:03] lazy teenager already at 4? [10:22] I know this isn't the most brilliant thing around and it's got some flaws, but https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/751733865/smartscope-reinventing-the-oscilloscope [10:22] might still be interesting to some [10:29] good morning everyone. [10:30] \o [10:30] morning MartijnVdS [10:36] elementary are developing shotwell now? i thought shotwell would be better than geary for yorba. === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [12:10] feel bad for watching click without my son [12:11] click is on in 20mins, i think. [12:15] i recorded it [12:15] dont take chances on live tv with little kids === Dave2_ is now known as Dave2 [12:19] heh http://ahprojects.com/projects/camoflash [12:31] i spy ubuntu on click [12:32] on the robot section [12:33] :) [13:03] afternoon guys [13:04] quick visit. [13:05] wb knightwise [13:05] hey there [13:05] how are you bro [13:05] not bad, and you? [13:08] doing ok.. Wife sleeping on the couch [13:08] taking the time to tinker on the computer a bit [13:08] jsut installed the tor browser and stuff [13:10] :) [13:10] and torify is a pretty cool command when you think of it :) [13:10] firefox vs torify firefox :) [13:11] i similerly like orbot on my droids. [13:15] do you need root for that ? [13:15] probably right ? [13:16] nope. [13:16] ah [13:16] * knightwise googles orbot [13:17] sounds very interesting [13:17] especially when you are on open wifi and stuff [13:17] however you can run it on root, and it adds a few more features to it. [13:17] yes. [13:18] i do however have openvpn setup, for that aswell. [13:18] * knightwise needs to get openvpn working on his router [13:19] should not be that hard though. [13:19] I have an asus AC66U with Merlin [13:19] * brobostigon points knightwise at MartijnVdS's blog for guideance. [13:19] Url again ? [13:19] (me needs to subscribe) [13:19] let me try and find it. [13:21] i cant find it, :( [13:21] no prob , i'll ding him when I see him [13:21] :) [13:23] * knightwise needs some tea [13:53] http://dhmholley.co.uk/civclicker.html IS FUN [13:53] -caps [14:19] popey: Ahem - damn you, that's some time wasted :-) [14:20] yeah, fun isnt it? === mr_dick_ is now known as mr_dick === mr_dick is now known as mr_limp_dick [15:21] okay, I'm missing something - where does Ore come from? [15:29] stone [15:29] if you upgrade miners [15:30] popey: I hate you [15:36] but I need 10 ore to upgrade miners. I seem to be stuck in a catch-22 there [15:38] fire your smiths [15:38] same when you need leather, fire your tanners [15:39] no smiths, seemed silly with no ore lol [15:39] I just did ore.total=10 on the error console, jump-started that catch-22 :) === DGJones is now known as DJones [16:04] Heh, friend just sent me a link to this http://www.sadanduseless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2581.jpg possibly something you'd agree with Myrtti especially when you hear people in the uk commenting on cold weather [16:05] http://lordeh.tumblr.com/image/2899693012 [16:06] Thats not quite the normal pic's he sends, but yes the sentiment is very similar [16:10] it's the garden swing picture, isn't it? [16:11] I think the last picture was his car under about 6 feet of snow [16:12] Or quirky ones like this https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/q71/s720x720/1533886_10203231754453931_1018423267_n.jpg [16:20] Myrtti: You mentioned the garden swing picture.... https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/168420_1854126432164_5913589_n.jpg [16:21] http://isjkl.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/meanwhile-in-finland.jpg?w=720 [16:21] Is that typical of the whole country in winter, or do different areas get affected differently [16:23] well you can see the amount of snow now-ish http://www.flickr.com/photos/myrtti/12067909824/ from the edge of the planter [16:23] I suspect there's less snow on the southern coast [16:23] Friend moved to Jyväskylä from the UK about 5 years ago after speaking/meeting his partner on facebook, brave to do that, but they're a good match for each other [16:37] AlanBell: what happened to your cloak! [16:48] Myrtti: I appear to have fallen off the internet [16:49] you have [16:51] Myrtti: lots of weather is happening, it might have something to do with that [16:51] indeed [16:54] weather? where? [16:57] ♥ [16:57] a tree fell on a car at frimley park hospital just now [16:58] yay, went out to take sam to a party, come back to 176K piety [17:12] well atleast this makes a little bit more sense than Settlers online [17:23] * AlanBell is looking forward to haggis [17:25] yea the weather's pretty bad..i wokeup to rain banging on my windows and thunder and lightnoing! [17:26] very very frightning [17:26] sorry [17:26] I'll see myself out [17:26] galileo? [17:27] well [17:27] Myrtti, the prospect of having to walk to work i that weather was frightening [17:27] :P [17:50] Hi all [17:50] \o [17:53] I have a problem with ubuntu 13.10. I could not see the mouse pointer and fonts were super large so I tried removing nvidia drivers and reinstalling them but now I the screen is just black, I see grub, but Ubuntu does not show. I am pretty positive it gets to the login screen but I can't see anything. I have an intel card as well and the pc is connected to an LG tv [17:53] what happens when you connect the screen to the intel card? [17:53] it might be seeing the wrong one first, and using that [17:54] I can see the screen but no pointer and large fonts just like it was with the nvidia [17:54] Did it work and break later, or did it never work? [17:54] Does the installer show correctly? [17:55] It always worked [17:55] The installer you mean the nvidia one? I was using the repository drivers [17:55] what broke it then? [17:56] no, I mean the Ubuntu installer :) [17:56] did that also have big fonts? [17:56] Never had big fonts before [17:56] And could always see the pointer [17:56] so, what changed to make that happen? [17:56] I'm guessing an update of some sort [17:57] I run aptitude safe-upgrade usually to be on the safe side of things [17:58] hmm [17:58] I don't have nvidia, so I don't know if I can help you [17:58] popey might know, he always knows. [17:59] Is there a way to remove all nvidia stuff and maybe unity as well , and would that help? [17:59] I doubt it [17:59] how did you remove the nvidia drivers? [18:00] Also when I connect to the intel card I can't see the virtual terminals, I just see the still image of X [18:00] Sudo apt-get purge nvidia* [18:00] and how did you install them? [18:01] Sudo apt-get install nvidia-current [18:01] you may have removed something else that's needed [18:01] try "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-dsktop^" [18:01] er [18:01] sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ [18:02] Is it ok if I do it when connected to the intel card? I can't seem to find a way to access the other virtual terminals [18:02] yes [18:08] I'm gonna have to try safe mode now, can't even see the login screen with the intel card now, or at least I could see it for a few seconds and then it went blank [18:10] I mean recovery mode, sorry [18:16] Ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version apparently [18:19] At the moment I have the nvidia 304 driver installed [18:22] But also nvidia-driver, nvidia-glx, nvidia-kernel-amd64, nvidia-kernel-dkms, and many others are NOT installed, is that wrong? [18:23] this made me chuckle. http://imgur.com/gallery/ulwiHGy [18:23] Myrtti: custom status messages \o/ :) [18:23] we used to do that at uni [18:24] (also, sorry for the language on the first image) [18:26] Evening peeps :) [18:26] TheProphetS: you need the ^ on the end [18:26] \o bigcalm [18:27] bigcalm: hows the laptop? [18:27] Popey I have unmet dependencies [18:27] can you pastebin it? [18:27] popey: pretty sweet. Glad I bought it :) [18:28] 18:22:11 < TheProphetS> But also nvidia-driver, nvidia-glx, nvidia-kernel-amd64, nvidia-kernel-dkms, and many others are NOT installed, is that wrong? [18:28] TheProphetS: yes, because you removed nvidia* which was a bad thing to do [18:28] Oh, is nVidia working properly in 14.04 yet? :) [18:29] Unmet dependencies are for libgoa-1.0-0 [18:29] can you pastebin the full output? [18:29] sudo apt-get install pastebinit [18:29] sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ | pastebinit [18:29] then give us the link [18:31] I am using the root shell from the recovery mode and I think I'm not connected right now, gonna try and get online from the shell [18:32] Although I shouldn't since its a root shell [18:33] do you have wired or wifi? [18:34] Wifi [18:34] Maybe there's a way to start in text mode [18:34] there is [18:34] there is, it's rescue mode [18:34] !text [18:34] To start your system in text-only mode append 'text' (without the quotes) to the kernel line in the grub menu. You can access the grub menu by pressing Esc (Grub legacy) or Shift (Grub2) during boot. For more info see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Text%20Mode [18:34] \o/ [18:35] oh? [18:35] * MartijnVdS learns something new [18:39] Dunno what I've done exactly but I managed to start a shell and install pastebinit [18:39] A proper login shell from recovery mode [18:40] Http://paste.ubuntu.com/6815808 [18:41] TheProphetS: do you have any PPAs enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ? [18:41] Sorry about the capital H [18:41] i suspect you have the gnome3 team ppa enabled [18:42] Yes [18:42] do you use gnome shell? [18:43] Not really, just when unity breaks or when something new comes up in gnome shell [18:43] ah [18:43] well that's contributing to your woes a bit [18:43] Should I purge it? I don't mind really [18:43] but probably unrelated to the nvidia issue [18:43] maybe ☻ [18:44] i probably would, to get back to stock. you can always try and re-add later [18:44] popey: a different gtk setting could lead to big fonts -- dpi stuff [18:44] true [18:44] good point! [18:44] Gnome-shell is not installed at the moment [18:45] but other related things are [18:45] which one do you have? [18:46] gnome3, gnome3-next or gnome3-staging > [18:46] ? [18:46] basically "sudo apt-get install ppa-purge" then "sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3" or "/gnome3-next" or "/gnome3-staging" depending on which one you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ [18:46] i need to go and bath the kids [18:47] (not an euphemism) [18:47] Ok enjoy the bath :-) thank you! [18:51] Have you tried SteamOS yet? [18:52] not i [18:53] How about the 14.04 LTS? [19:06] na im way back on 13.10 :) [19:06] im always quite slow to upgrade [19:07] what are you running? [19:12] hi apache [19:29] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57617743-93/does-your-isp-throttle-bittorrent-traffic-find-out/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title [19:29] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57617743-93/does-your-isp-throttle-bittorrent-traffic-find-out/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title [19:30] UKs higher than i thought [19:30] whereas the United Kingdom was the second most throttled country in Europe with 28 percent, [19:31] if only that was the biggest thing wrong with connectivity in the UK [19:32] well yea i just wish i could get cable or FTC [19:32] who are you with [19:33] I haven't lived in the UK for 13 years. so my last there was freeserve [19:33] ah wow that was ages back i had freeserve whgen it was dialup and pcworld ran it or something iirc [19:33] where'd you live now? Spain? [19:37] hah, I wish. Ireland for now [19:39] I'm on UPC. they appear to be in roughly half of europe. they do block tpb due to court process, but other than that, I'm glad it doesn't resemble the UK too closely [19:40] yea this lame blocking torrent sites is just dumb..it's just like whack-a-mole block one domain a new one pops up [19:41] even if they block the domain and associated IP it hardly stops it.. a quick google of tpb and any idiot can get round the UK block [19:41] I pay for 120, usually get closer to 150-180 depending on time of day, and don't have "think of the children" filtering. For me, it's about as good as it gets without moving to the Netherlands [19:43] lol think of the children you mean all this talk abourt blocking porn/suicide sites/violence etc? what a load of nonsense - these filters are operating atm but not enforced and existing customers have to opt in but IIRC you'll have to opt out in the future [19:44] its all a totla waste of tme.. [19:44] it sounds kinda idealistic, but it doesn't bother me what they're blocking. it bothers me that they've now built the infrastructure, so they can add anything they like, whenever they like [19:44] what do you mean about add anything they like? [19:45] yea it is idealistic..I mean it's not practical..how easy is it to circumvent..be it a proxy or a VPN or a web based proxy so the user needn even have to know how to setup an http proxy/vpn server [19:46] i.e. tpbunblocked.me any fool can click that - and the filtering of websites leads to sites being blocked thjat shouldnt be i.e. the UK filter has ended u blocking some sex education sites/rape charity sites..clearly not intended [19:47] it's a "slippery slope" scenario. If the filters don't exist, you can just say "not technically feasible" any request [19:47] yep..where do they stop i hate talk about censoring the net..its like parents that say ask.fm needs to be monitorred or shut down [19:48] how would that wo0rk..shutdown ask.fm and the next day a new one opens up under a differnt name/different location...if people want to find a way to access stuff they will [19:48] once they do, "omgz child porn" turns into "protect the copyright holders" turns into "there's an injunction about x scandal involving y football player", and it winds up being full-scale thought police far too quickly [19:48] look at how the darkweb (tor) is full of child porn apparently - well they cant filter that [19:48] yea [19:49] but then no one country/person owns the internet so they can never FULLY filter it [19:49] I guess my issue is that being able to say no to everything was far more trustworthy than letting some civil servant decide what to say no to [19:50] what do you mean being able to say no to everything? [19:54] well, when the simple excuse was that it wasn't possible. the simple, innocent days [19:56] will this uk wide filter last or will it exist for a bit and eventually be scrapped?! [19:57] I hope it won't last, but I don't hold my hopes high. the chances of finding enough politicians willing to stand the "fighting to allow child porn" flak is unlikely [19:58] I do hope for a lot more transparency. we should have access to a full list of what's filtered, why, at who's request. and requests that are pending/denied. [19:58] that would inspire a lot more confidence in whoever gets to tick the boxes [19:58] thing is it cant be maintained..each isp has their own filter and its based on algorithms..not someone manually adding/removbing..surely its too time consuming to have to manually add/remove sites [20:01] what I do find an interesting mental exercise; I'm currently in the process of moving to central/eastern europe. "the other side of the curtain" by all accounts. and I find it interesting to see things from their point of view [20:01] shauno: Where about? [20:02] 40 years to oust the russian, often a price paid in blood; and the net result is that they now have a different name for big brother. that feels like a huge letdown [20:02] penguin42: slovakia [20:03] shauno: Interesting, I don't know anyone who has gone there [20:03] not sure what you mean? you mean becuase they used to be russian controlled and now arent [20:03] ive been to Czech republic (formerly czechoslovakia) and was meant to go to Bratislava few months back but couldnt..will go sometime this year [20:03] because it used to be the stazi trying to monitor what they read, who they talked to, etc, and now there's western govts doing exactly the same thing much more efficiently [20:03] yeh, I know people in Brno [20:04] I've only been to brno once. it wasn't my idea, it was ryanair's :| [20:04] shauno: It shouldn't really be too much of a surprise to anyone - after all Cryptography was pretty much banned in France until fairly recently [20:04] hm howcome you meant to Brno and not PRAGUE [20:05] brno was the closest airport to where we were meant to be going (bts/bratislava) [20:05] AHH [20:05] yea there's no airport in bratislava right? when i was looking a lot of flights were to austria then transfer i think? [20:05] that is bizarre; http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/rearrange-your-office-easy-wit-143995 [20:06] my only impressions were that it's a scary airport; they still have doors marked in cyrillic before passport [20:06] (in a great way) [20:06] bratislava has a pretty decent airport. it feels like grant money; completely overdone for their needs [20:07] lots of airports are like that [20:07] so ryanair fly their rather than vienna because it's much cheaper, but only a 1hr bus transfer to vienna [20:07] but the airport is so quiet that they still meet every flight with a fire engine [20:08] it honestly feels like you've just walked in on one big charade. and I've been there .. I think 20 times in the last 24 months [20:08] shauno: Bratislava? Why go so often? [20:09] because I'm simple, and there's a girl involved [20:10] Maybe she gets the firetrucks to go out and greet your plane? :) [20:11] I'm trying not to be an idiot about it, but the job market looks fantastic from my POV. [20:11] overall they're basically assembly lines. last I heard they produce more cars per capita than any other country globally [20:11] shauno: Generally it seems pretty good at the moment [20:12] work-from-home jobs work from everywhere, also, development jobs are everywhere (local and "remote" work) [20:12] but there's a lot of multinationals just begging for anyone who doesn't think that networks are pure voodoo. and a lot of the same multinationals that have to meet employment goals of native english-speakers [20:12] MartijnVdS: Nod [20:13] one of the few jobs that have seen very little decline, software dev [20:14] dell, amazon, at&t, novell, ibm, etc. just crying out for anybody at all, with a heavy preference to native english speakers [20:14] MartijnVdS: Oh it's because as more developers are added we manage to make bigger, more complex systems that have more places to add more developers - goto START [20:14] penguin42: sounds like.. a job security machine [20:15] hm there's an airport in Bratislava? howcome they fly to Vienna and you have to go from there then on most flights? [20:15] maps|work: vienna airport is bigger, more flights go to it [20:16] aha [20:16] maps|work: bratislava airport is probably a lot cheaper to land at (hence ryanair) [20:16] when i looked on expedia i didnt see a single direct flight to BTS airport [20:17] if its cheaper why wouldnt more fly direct [20:17] direct seems better? [20:17] maps|work: ryanair doesn't allow (m)any third parties to access their flight data [20:17] ryanscare dont usually come on the agregated searches [20:17] yeah, ryanair don't like indexers. they dont' want "we're the cheapest" to be a question [20:17] ah [20:17] but jet2 dont fly direct for example [20:18] vienna is a very big airport... a major hub iirc. [20:18] and ryanair was horrible when i flew to majorcaused -used jet2 for Prague and KLM for Holland both way better..do any others than ryan air fly direct?? [20:18] ryanair are about the only 'western' carrier I've found that do [20:18] ahh ok thought so..damn flying direct would be way better!!!! oi know you can get easily from vienna to bts but its a hassle - how long does it take? [20:19] maps|work: Ryanair to the Netherlands flies to Eindhoven. Which is almost as far from Amsterdam as Birmingham is from London [20:19] it's about an hour by bus, and about the same by rail [20:20] I flew to Schiphol very big airport [20:20] MartijnVdS: oh come on, doesnt the netherlands fit into Birmingham? :P [20:20] annoyingly, by rail is *much* cheaper from bratislava to vienna, than the reverse [20:20] jussi: shush [20:20] hehe [20:20] maps|work: Schiphol is a great airport.. and I've seen a few :) [20:20] SFO isn't bad either [20:20] I love schiphol. [20:20] yes , I had a McDonalds and heineken for my pre flight meal [20:20] Helsinki is also nice. [20:20] last I used the trains there, it was e15 for a bts-vnn return, and e40 for vnn-bts one-way. and starting in bratislava bought you access to vienna's public transport for 24hrs [20:20] hey MartijnVdS howcome everywhere on Holland was Heineken? very rarely saw say Amstel or anything else? [20:21] but Amstel is nice [20:21] but then again... avoid CDG like the plague... [20:21] Heineken was EVERYWHERE [20:21] maps|work: yes, and we HATE it :) [20:21] yes so why is it everywhere? [20:21] what do you like? [20:21] price....? [20:21] http://www.bts.aero/en/passengers/flight-information/current-arrivals/ gives you an idea of who uses BTS. it's pretty much ryanair and a bunch of airlines you've never heard of [20:21] maps|work: well, I'm biased, my brothers are brewers ;) [20:21] maps|work: http://www.vandestreek-bier.nl/ [20:21] ah [20:22] you dont like Amstel either? amstel and groslch were both fine but rarely saw them [20:22] heineken was expensive most places nearly 6 euros [20:22] maps|work: it's all mass-produced. I prefer beer from smaller/local breweries -- much more interesting taste than plain pilsner [20:22] paris was the worst I've found yet. for 8e you can get a bartender to laugh at you. to add liquid goes up from there [20:23] shauno: ask for wine instead? [20:23] lol shauno [20:23] I'm not a big wine guy [20:24] so noo other airline flies direct to BTS that sucks - so is it best to fly direct with ryan air and just make do with rubbish airline or fly with someone else and do a transfer from vienna? [20:24] it works as long as it's cloyingly dry. it's difficult express that in a bar that speaks Foreignese [20:24] personally, I stick with ryanair. despite the reputation, they're pretty decent as long as you're willing to play the game [20:25] i mean sure theyre ok but damn i mean there reaqlly isnt any room KLM/jet2 was way more comfortable [20:25] but I do have a bias that I'm in the republic, and there's not so many flying from here (it's difficult to penetrate ryanair's home turf) [20:25] maps|work: its a short flight... [20:25] true [20:25] shauno: "un vin sec s'il vous plaît" [20:25] but it was still nicer on klm and jet2:D [20:26] speaking of French [20:26] if it wasnt a short flight..wouldnt even consider! [20:26] I've developed a very useful talent. I'm usually asleep before they've finished boarding, let alone flying [20:26] I need to book a hotel there :) [20:26] hey MartijnVdS i went to amsterdam dungeons on my last day in Holland..that was fun!! [20:26] we were just walking around killing some time ..we'd checked out of hotel and flight home was later that evening [20:26] maps|work: I've never been to those [20:27] (and I work in Amsterdam..) [20:27] it helps that my regular flight requires me to leave the house at 1am, to make a bus for a 6am flight and a 10am arrival. passing out as soon as I'm sat down is almost mandatory [20:27] shauno: ouch [20:27] i hadnt been to any of them before .id heard of london dungeons but hadnt been..it was cool man! [20:28] i still remember the young girl..near Hard Rock cafe 'yes it is ok to cycle at night you wont get raped here' :D think she maybe meant something different [20:28] maps|work: can you play dungeons and dragons there? :P [20:28] it works out surprisingly well. 3 hours of doze on the bus, 3 hours of sleep on the plane, and I'm good to go when we land [20:28] a'dam is strange for that. it's okay to cycle pretty much anywhere. walking or driving is scary - militant cyclists hide around every corner [20:29] yep cars..tram..cyclists..walking around is tough!! [20:29] shauno: You've just given me a mental image of someone on a penny-black with a machine gun [20:29] penguin42: that wouldn't be far off. the cyclists 'run' a'dam. [20:29] hah jussi :D honestly though its way cooler than i thought it'd be id like to go to the london dungeons at some point now after how good amsterdam one was [20:30] I did like amsterdam though. it's on the short list of places I'd live in by choice [20:31] not sure i would [20:31] too used to the uk. MartijnVdS you live near central ams? [20:31] the center is impossibly cute, and they're absurdly friendly for what's essentially a germanic people [20:32] I'm not used to the UK; I left at 20. and you honestly couldn't pay me to go back [20:32] this Virgin router is very broken; it's showing my netbook which is connected to 1) the wifi on the router, (192.168.0.x?) and via ether via another NAT layer with the NATd address and showing it under the Wireless devices that's impossible [20:32] shauno: We won't bite [20:33] maps|work: I live ~40km from the centre of Amsterdam, in a small town :) [20:33] im confused penguin42 so it is using wifi but u say it isnt? [20:33] maps|work: one hour by bus, or 30 minutes by car (but no affordable parking spots available..) [20:34] cycle! [20:34] maps|work: It's showing it connected via the wifi (which it is) but showing it's internal wired address on the wifi pane [20:34] penguin42: a large part of my problem is that I find that difficult to believe [20:34] shauno: Haha - where in the UK were you? [20:35] portsmouth, plymouth, oxford, newcastle, barrow (south lakes), and near helensburgh [20:35] errr near glasgow (helensburgh) [20:35] hmm, never been to any of those places [20:35] portsmouths ok [20:35] lived there when i was at uni [20:36] my last visit to the UK .. I wandered from the bar to the nearest corner shop to buy smokes. I accidentally reached into the wrong pocket and produced a 10e note instead of a 10gbp note [20:36] they didn't just laugh at me. they grabbed my jacket and pushed me out the door [20:37] while, yes, I was rather drunk - I wasn't antisocially so - I'm far too much of an introvert for that. but I've lived england, scotland, ireland, the US, and I've never been treated like that anywhere but 'home turf' === daftykin1 is now known as daftykins [20:38] =[ [20:38] :-( [20:38] (that was newcastle city center, but I honestly don't have a better opinion of anywhere that uses 'innit' in a sentence) [20:38] i find the red light just so funny MartijnVdS :D how its a normal bar then 3 hookers in a window :D [20:39] I thought my scheme of carrying euros in left-hand pockets and sterling in right-hand pockets was genius. oh well [20:39] best solution [20:39] stop smoking [20:39] ! [20:39] see, here in .fi, cash is almost unknown... excet for somethiing you use in the slot machines in service stations :P [20:40] similar in .nl [20:40] I'm kinda scared of plastic lol [20:40] uses plastic for most stuff [20:40] though some people use cash almost exclusively [20:40] I had a bad experience, not long after I moved here from the US. I only got a credit card because the debit scheme in ireland is unheard of anywhere else, and I live on the internet [20:40] in pub MartijnVdS ? have to use cash [20:41] so I went to a job interview in london, went to check-in at the hotel, and required my CC pin for the first time ever. I had no idea what it was. very awkward [20:41] maps|work: Nah, you can use cards in most now [20:41] for just 1 beer?! [20:41] maps|work: sure [20:41]