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maps|wrkcompiling ntp taking a while00:04
shaunoI gotta ask, why are you compiling it?00:10
maps|wrkwrong one i think anyway..wanted to run an ntp server ..bored;/00:14
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daftykinsmaps|wrk: surely you don't have time for that... ;)01:31
maps|wrk:)01:31
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maphey07:55
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foobarrymornings08:26
mapmorning mate08:39
foobarryhere have a free ebook http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/I-was-there.html08:43
mapsounds like it might be worh a read08:48
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calju16good morning chaps!09:21
maporning09:22
map*morning09:22
foobarryjust got on a youtube trip09:22
foobarryhey ya-> teenage dirtbag -> in too deep/sum41 -> jerk it out09:23
mapheh09:23
foobarryrandom 90s music09:23
foobarryjerk it out reminds me of ssx309:23
foobarryloved that game09:23
mapssx3? cant think what that stands for09:24
maptoo early;]09:24
calju16lol09:24
calju16Oh wow... updates galore this morning!09:24
popeymorning09:24
foobarryssx3 snowboarding09:25
mapah09:25
popeyooh, new wallpapers09:25
calju16gotta love 'em!09:26
foobarryinspiral carpets, saturn5...20 yrs old :-|09:31
foobarryjapan is so wrong http://www.dailydot.com/lol/babymetal-metal-japanese-pop/09:34
calju16Lol, now that's actually pretty interesting!09:38
foobarry"interesting"09:41
foobarryseemed to be a large crowd of perv^H^H^H^ boys/men09:42
brobostigonmorning boys and girls.10:26
popeyyo10:29
brobostigonmorning popey10:30
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)10:38
brobostigonmorning bigcalm10:42
mapjeez11:27
mapive sat here and almost drunk the whole bottle of zubrowka ...its hard judging how much is a single or double at home11:27
foobarrysharpie on the outside on your glass11:53
foobarrygraduated markings11:54
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popeymap: one finger or two fingers generally11:56
foobarryempty nutella jars (small) make very nice tumblers11:56
popeyi dont think we've ever finished a jar of nutella11:57
foobarry:-|11:57
popeyrarely buy it11:57
* popey ponders what to do for lunch11:57
foobarryi don't eat it but wifey chugs it11:57
foobarrysaturday so i'm having usual..bacon sarnie11:57
popeyneed to get some herbs for the lamb for tea11:58
mapgo out popey11:58
popeyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/slow_roast_leg_of_lamb_34951 doing that11:58
maphungry horse is ok11:58
popeymy kids love hh11:58
mapthe one in chertsey is it?11:58
mapwait11:58
mapno thats not where i go11:58
foobarrymmm i should do that lamb in the slow cooker11:59
popeyfarnborough11:59
popeydont think my leg of lamb will fit in the slow cooker11:59
maphmm11:59
mapis tghere one in camberly?11:59
popeyits fine in the oven anyway11:59
mapmaybe i went there11:59
popeymap: hawley11:59
foobarryi wonder how much it costs to run the oven at 160 for 3.5 hrs12:00
popeyhmm, i should go and get some herbs brb12:01
foobarrywent into loft for some undercoat. tin had dried out solid :(12:01
* foobarry has rosemary bush in front garden12:01
foobarrymaybe thats what going out means12:02
penguin42does George know?12:02
mapah no12:02
mapi went to the kings arms popey12:02
mapi just had to check their site:012:03
mapand thats what it said12:03
mapGU249BL is nearest12:03
popeybah, can't go out to get herbs, wifey ill12:12
map:(12:13
mapwhy cant you go on your own12:13
popeysomeone needs to look after the kids12:14
mapah but she;s there12:14
popeyill, in bed12:14
mapoh12:14
popeyminetest is a pretty decent free alternative to minecraft it turns out12:15
popeyand very expandible12:15
foobarryfriendly neighbour?12:15
mapurh12:16
mapmy heart hurts again;/12:16
mapsame as yesterday12:16
foobarrymust be the vodka12:17
mapna12:17
mapsmoking12:17
mapi quit but smoke time and time again like12:17
foobarrymap is the king of vice: casinos, spirits and smoking...and irc12:17
brobostigonalso i find minetest to be somewhat more resource friendly compared to minecraft.12:17
mapand vodka..pfft i aint drunk that much:)12:17
mapget lost foobarry12:17
maplol12:17
mapthats why i have no girlfriend and im on my own :)12:18
foobarryyou work night shifts don't you?12:19
foobarrymust be hard to socialise12:19
mapya12:19
mapyea it is12:19
foobarrybest way i know of talking to new people is walking a dog12:20
mapnot sure what that means12:20
foobarryits not a euphemism12:20
mapive seen you in here before..am i a new people12:20
foobarryi mean irl#12:21
mapah12:21
brobostigonits about a common interest with other people.12:21
mapyea12:21
foobarrywalk a dog, you are guaranteed to have a convo with soemone12:21
brobostigonabout dogs.12:21
foobarryand also you get to ask dogs names, which isn't weird12:21
foobarrytalking about dogs is the gateway to converation12:22
foobarryanyone will talk to you, girls in 20s, blokes your age, teenagers, housewives12:23
mapon where?12:23
foobarryfield, park, woods12:23
foobarryoutside a shop, everyone just walks to talk12:24
mapthis has to be a joke12:24
foobarry"i iz wanting a dog, my mum won't let me innit"12:24
mapyea12:24
foobarrynope12:24
foobarryprobably need a cute/friendly/quirky dog12:25
foobarrywhenver i tie her outside a shop she does a impression of abandoned puppy12:25
brobostigoncuteness in a package, apparently.12:26
foobarryminetest looks a lot like mincecraft12:26
brobostigonit is,12:27
foobarrywhy do my fingers always type mince12:27
brobostigoni didnt see that mistake.12:27
foobarryi wonder why they shows you the crime on joanthan creek last week12:41
foobarryhaven't watched this weeks one yet12:41
brobostigoni havent watched the new one yet either.12:43
aquariusmarxjohn1on, ping about btsync12:55
calju16hey there folks.12:59
calju16hows it going?12:59
calju16does anyone have any experience with Java?13:01
penguin42not good experience....13:02
calju16well, I'm trying to get addon chat to load in a website - I've just re-installed and updated java on my machine, but it still won't seem to work13:03
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popeyaquarius: btsync?13:21
aquariuspopey, ya13:22
aquariusam playing with it13:22
* popey played with it and switched13:22
popeyto syncthing instead13:22
aquariusmy two big concerns were: can I browse files on my mobile without syncing them all, and can it sync between two natted machines on different lans?13:23
aquariusand I'm fine with both13:23
aquariushowever, there is a new issue, which is: if you add files to a folder your ios phone already knows about, then it correctly shows you the files but does not download them13:23
popeythere is a btsync for ios?13:23
aquariusbut... when you first set up a folder on ios, it syncs the whole content, afaict13:24
aquariusthere is indeed13:24
aquariusand android13:24
aquariusand there's an ubuntu arm client13:24
aquariuswhich ought to not be all that difficult to wedge into a click package ;)13:24
aquariuspopey, syncthins is single-folder, so I can't use it. Also, no arm port, no android port, and no ios port, yet :)13:35
popeythere is an arm port13:36
popeyI asked him to, and he did13:36
popeyi have run it on my ubuntu phone13:36
aquariusoh, sorry, there is but it's listed as untested. Apologies.13:36
aquariusthe single-folder thing is the killer for me, though.13:37
popeysyncthing is also open source13:37
aquariuswhat turned you off btsync?13:37
popeythe fact that its proprietary and relies on an external service13:37
aquariusI'm not all that worried about opensourceness13:37
aquariusit has to rely on an external service for nat-to-nat syncing, though13:37
aquariusif there's no server anywhere, you can't do stun/turn stuff13:37
popeyno, it does not.13:38
popey(need to rely on an external service)13:38
popeyi run it on one box with a public IP which is the central server13:38
popeyand I control that box13:38
aquariusthat's an external service :)13:38
aquariusyou might happen to *run* it ;)13:38
aquariusI don't have anything like that13:39
popeyno, you rely on a 3rd party13:39
popeyand send who-knows-what to them13:39
aquariusah. By "external" I thought you meant "outside your network on the public internet", and you actually meant "run by someone who isn't me".13:39
popeyyes13:39
aquariusI'm not worried about that; if I wasn't using something like btsync I'd be using U1 or Dropbox13:40
aquariuswhich are also external :)13:40
popeywell, thats my goal13:40
aquariusby both definitions :)13:40
popeynot use u1/dropbox/btsync for that reason13:40
aquariusfair enough. I'm not as worried about other people's servers as you.13:40
popeyyou've changed ☻13:41
aquariusI have.13:41
aquariusLife is just too short to wear the stupid tin foil hat all the time.13:41
aquariusConvenience and beauty, that's what I like :)13:41
popeyits not about tin foil hat13:42
aquariusoh?13:42
popeywell, there's a bit of that13:42
popeybut I like that I can sync between my machines and not be reliant on a 3rd party at all13:43
aquariushow is "I won't use a server if I don't run it" not tin foil hat?13:43
bashrcthe quickest way to lose your freedom is to focus only upon convenience13:43
aquariusI mean, it's justified, if it worries you13:43
popeybecause tin foil hat is a pejorative term13:43
aquariusbashrc, you're assuming that I care about my freedom enough for that to be a problem.13:43
popeyand I don't associate with that stereotype13:43
aquariuspopey, yes, and I shouldn't have phrased it that way.13:43
popeyI just want contro13:43
popeyI just want to know where my shit is13:43
popey*handwavy* some server in the cloud13:44
popey_not_ good enough13:44
aquariusMyself, I am massively aware that I am a considerably worse sysadmin than someone who's paid to do it.13:44
popeyditto13:44
bashrcalso I want to know where the logs and private keys are13:44
popeyi also like playing with new stuff now and then13:44
bashrcif I don't control them, then I'm someone else's puppet13:44
popeysyncthing and go are new stuff13:44
aquariusthat means that if I try and run a whole service myself, I'll just screw it up and it won't work, and I need it to work.13:44
bashrcI have a set of instructions for you at freedombone.uk.to13:45
aquariusBTSync say that the stuff which goes through their server is encrypted. Now, might they be lying? Yes. Am I prepared to take the risk that they're downright deceitful just in order to steal my stuff, in order that I can have everything backed up and available on all my devices in three commands and never have to touch it again? Yes.13:46
popeynot the vector I am worried about13:46
popey"Hello BtSync, We are XXX, we would like to see the data for user "sil""13:46
popey"Ok"13:46
popeybashrc: is that your website?13:47
aquariusRight. I'm not worried *enough* about that to put myself to relatively serious inconvenience to avoid it.13:47
aquariusIt is perfectly reasonable for someone else to see that tradeoff differently from how I do.13:47
aquarius(and I shouldn't implicitly sneer at it by calling it tin-foil-hat-ness, for which apologies.)13:48
bashrcare you sure that your social graph is of no interest to the surveillance aparatus?13:48
aquariusNo. I think it possibly is.13:49
bashrcmaybe you're within two degrees of someone13:49
aquariusMy point is not "I think that I won't get noticed", it's "am I worried *enough* about getting noticed to do extra work to avoid that problem", and the answer is: no.13:49
bashrcmaybe your patterns happen to be similar to the patterns of someone13:49
bashrcby chance of bad data mining methods13:49
bashrcerror, over-generalisation, etc13:50
aquariusI agree. If I get picked up for something, it will likely be unfair and wrong that I was picked up.13:50
aquariusAgain, am I worried enough about the risk of that that I'm prepared to go to big effort to avoid it? No.13:50
aquariusMy files are, tbh, less of a concern here than my social graph, and I'm not going to stop using twitter and g+ and gmail either.13:51
aquariusGiven that I'm already assuming the inherent risk by using those services, putting my synced files through BTSync's servers in (what they say is) an encrypted fashion does not, in my opinion, measurably increase that risk.13:52
aquariusI don't need the "freedombox"; I have a server already. That bit's not the problem. What I want is to be able to sync files from my dad's machine to my server, for syncing to happen automatically without me having to do anything once I've set up a folder, and to be able to browse (and individually download) my files from my phone(s).13:53
aquariusI *could* set all that up myself -- run rsync commands, ssh tunnel from my phone into my server, write a little web gui to do it.13:53
bashrcmaybe yes13:53
aquariusBut that's so much more work than "add-apt-repository btsync; apt-get install btsync" that I just don't want to do it.13:53
bashrcis btsync similar to rsync?13:54
aquariusNo. rsync is (as you know) explicit point-to-point copying -- it's basically a much more efficient "cp". btsync is bit-torrent based; you set a magic key on a particular folder, and then teach a client on another machine that magic key, and it uses bittorrent (probably) to transfer the data.13:58
bashrcapparently bittorrent sync is closed source.  ergo it can't possibly be secure14:00
aquariusNo. Ergo you can't possibly *know* that it's secure, which is not the same thing.14:00
bashrcif it's unverifiable you can safely assume it's backdoored14:01
aquariusHowever, as mentioned above, I'm not all that worried about that, because I think it's reasonable to trust what BitTorrent.com say about it. Again, it's obviously fine that some people would make that tradeoff differently from me.14:01
aquariuspopey, did you listen to http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1441 ? that's an illustration of just how *much* I've changed :)14:01
bashrcwhich is fine if you want anyone to be able to see what you're doing (such as an open source project, public discussion group, etc)14:03
* neuro does the "changing ec2 instance type massively improves performance" happy dance14:45
neuroand when i say massive, i mean mahoosive14:46
neurohttps://www.dropbox.com/s/w375hm6gnsbeznl/Screenshot%202014-03-08%2014.46.41.png14:46
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Hornetanyone hit a wonderful bug wherein the usb keyboard dies at installation?15:00
Hornetutterly hosed now, as I can't install on my server at all15:01
neurono, but then again i can't remember the last time i did an install with a usb keyboard15:01
mfraz74only time I had to use a USB keyboard was when I installed it on a server. Never had any problems with it dying. Have you tried an older version?15:03
neuroand have you tried connecting to all the USB ports?15:03
Hornettried all usb ports yes15:04
Hornet6 in total15:04
Hornettwo keyboards15:04
Hornetonly other port is an e-sata15:04
Hornetso....15:04
HornetI've not tried an older version, I suppose that might in theory work15:05
mfraz74does it finish the install? is ssh enabled?15:05
Hornetprevious LTS would make some sense15:05
neurowhat version are you trying to install?15:05
Hornetdoes it hell15:06
Hornetdies at language selection15:06
neurowhat version are you trying to install?15:06
Hornetone second15:06
neurok15:06
Horneton a dying laptop atm15:07
neuroawww15:07
Hornetswapthrashes every time I try to do anything15:07
Hornetubuntu-13.10-server-amd64.iso15:07
Hornetfrom a USB stick15:07
neuroyup15:07
mfraz74Would a network console install work? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/NetworkConsole15:07
neuro13.10 has problems allegedl15:07
neuroy15:07
neurohttp://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/157789-SOLVED!-Ubuntu-13-10-keybored-and-mouse-stops-working-after-some-time!15:08
neurolooks like injecting some noacpi love to the kernel will solve it15:08
Hornetoho15:08
Hornetone moment15:08
Hornetor several, while that page deigns to load15:08
Hornethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1244176 that seems to be it btw15:08
neuroyeah, that's talking about the desktop install15:08
lubotu3Launchpad bug 1244176 in linux (Ubuntu Trusty) "Server 13.10 Install Fails with USB Keyboard (Appears to Hang)" [High,Fix released]15:08
neurothe page i linked to15:09
neuroyeah so mashing F6 at the boot screen of the installer seems to be the way to go15:11
neuroand add the acpi=off and noapic options15:12
Hornetshall give it a shot shortly and report back15:12
Hornetthanks :)15:13
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Hornetneuro: him no work16:05
HornetI'm using a unetbootin-made stick, so have no F6 option, but tab edits the kernel command16:06
Hornet--acpi=off did nothing16:06
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Hornetnoapic doesn't alter anything either16:11
Hornetso, I now cannot install at all16:18
Hornetwonderful16:18
Hornetshould I try the old LTS?16:19
* Hornet pokes neuro16:28
neuroyo16:28
neuroactually, if you're installing a server, LTS makes the most sense16:28
neuro12.04 will be supported until 2017, and 14.04 is out next month, so you could do-release-upgrade to that if you wanted to16:28
neuro(well, once 14.04.1 is out, historically speaking)16:29
Hornetyus, that's what I was thinking16:30
Hornetit's more steps backwards, but only one forwards later on16:30
Hornetthe unsettling thing though, is I had a bug like this before once16:31
Hornetwith bloody Gutsy16:31
Hornetso that's clearly not been fixed too well16:31
Hornetthus I do have to wonder if it'll fix it16:32
Hornetotherwise I suppose a net install is the only option16:32
Hornetwhich is mad16:32
neuroyou should be fine with 12.0416:32
Hornetdownloading16:37
Hornetonce more unto the breach16:37
Hornetback in a while!16:37
Hornetthanks again16:37
neuroheh16:37
SuperMatthowdy strangers16:52
brobostigonafternoodlings SuperMatt16:54
SuperMattis this lovely afternoon finding you well?16:54
brobostigonsunny warm blue skies. :)16:55
SuperMattI don't know where this cleamant weather has come from16:55
brobostigonnorth atlantic gulf stream shift?16:55
SuperMattah yes, probably that16:58
* SuperMatt closes down gimp16:59
SuperMattturns out you can't polish a turd16:59
daftykinsguys help, my cat is trying to re-enact the Shining under my bathroom door D:16:59
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/du3h198rtrlzo9l/IMG_20140308_164151.jpg16:59
* SuperMatt stops taking selfies16:59
SuperMattI worry that right now I'm taking a look at a picture which was captured while you were on the loo17:00
daftykinshave no fear, i took that whilst cleaning17:00
SuperMattphew17:01
SuperMattok, I need a "going out" album to listen to17:01
foobarryjust watch this 10 times instead http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-03/enhanced/webdr05/1/8/anigif_enhanced-20624-1393682176-3.gif18:04
penguin42heck, Scan has got a by-royal-appointment18:43
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marshmnis there any certification available for Ubuntu system admins?21:45
marshmnif not official Ubuntu specific ones, then can anyone recommend an alternative?21:46
MartijnVdSmarshmn: there's LPI21:47
penguin42marshmn: I've never really done any of that, but perhaps lpi.org ?21:47
marshmnok, thanks, will take a look further at those21:48
marshmnthis also looks of interest: https://linuxacademy.com/21:51
marshmnwe have some staff at work who are at different levels, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to bring everyone up to a standard that we need21:52
marshmnsince we do a fair bit of work with AWS as well as with Linux in general, that link looks like it could well be what I'm looking for21:52
penguin42marshmn: Check it's actually certifications you want21:55
marshmnit's certainly not just that21:57
marshmncertainly it's training too21:57
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marshmnI just wondered if there were exams/certifications out there that are decent and would ensure that everyone has reached a required standard21:58
marshmnbut for sure it's only part of what I'm looking into21:58
daftykinsi think we got visited by a Linux Academy guy when i was at Uni way back in ~200721:59
mapurgh22:02
mapfeel worsre than i hoped22:02
mapdrunk the entire bottle passed out22:02
map:D22:02
jussiI may or may not have had too much to drink also... :P22:02
map:D22:03
mapi didnt realise id drunk the entire bottle..its so nice22:03
jussibtw, I am currently "here" if someone has some drinking in mind... or even just "hanging out22:03
jussi"22:03
mapwhat you been drinking22:04
MartijnVdSsomething finnish, most likely22:05
map;D22:05
mapso you must like heineken by that reckoning22:05
mapheineken s ok though22:05
MartijnVdSmap: nah, wine = faster :P22:05
mapnot amstel even?22:05
MartijnVdSmap: *shudder*22:06
maplol22:06
mapamstel is nice22:06
MartijnVdSamstel is canal water22:06
mapi think utretch fc sold amstel22:07
map99% of places were Heineken22:07
mapin Amsterdam that i saw22:07
* MartijnVdS has Chilean cabernet blanc22:07
mapgrolsch is ok22:07
mapwe had grolsch in a small pub in Utretcht22:07
MartijnVdSmap: most tourist places are. You should go to Utrecht, lots of cafes have my brothers' beer (vandestreek-bier.nl)22:07
map'err how should i say cycling is ok you wont get rapd' lol loved it when the girl said that22:08
map*raped22:08
MartijnVdSsauvignon blanc*22:08
MartijnVdSmap: student towns... ;)22:08
mapi went to a couiple dutch mostly places22:10
mapbut cant remember the names or where22:10
MartijnVdS8-)22:10

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