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penguin42which one?00:01
daftykinssandybridge asus laptop, the U36SD00:01
mappsyay00:49
mappsi can now use 4od over 3g00:49
mapps3gunrestrictor ftw00:49
daftykins0o00:51
mappsapps sop u using them on 3g00:57
mappswifi only like 4od00:57
mappswhich is annoying if you got unlimited00:57
daftykinsApple ;)00:58
Azelphurdaftykins: did you hear about my hilarity with three?01:00
AzelphurI got them to disable tethering detection on my line lol01:00
daftykins:O that's pretty impressive01:01
daftykinshow'd they go for that? :D01:01
diddledano_O01:02
diddledanthree let me tether for no extra01:02
Azelphurdaftykins: I found an app which sends firefox as the HTTP User agent, and called them asking to fix it01:11
Azelphurthey fixed it by disabling tethering detection01:11
Azelphurtl;dr, install pvstar+ and call three if it disconnects you :P01:11
mappshaha01:20
mappsapp for what is this01:20
Azelphurmapps: it's just a youtube viewing apps, but lets you do it in the background (good for music)01:22
mappsAHH01:25
mappsyea01:26
mappsthatd be awesome if we had that on ios01:26
mappsi assume its for android?01:26
mappshmm01:27
Azelphurmapps: yup, Android01:31
AzelphuriOS isn't the greatest of things :P01:31
diddledanios isn't the greatest?!01:47
diddledanyou .. you .. thingy01:47
diddledanI can't think of a suitable slur01:47
diddledanso thingy will now be my slur of choice01:48
Azelphurlol01:48
mappswoo judge judy02:09
mapps:D02:09
daftykinsnn guys, have a good week02:36
mappsnn03:22
MooDoomoening all06:44
jussimoaning MooDoo06:46
bashrc_morning06:46
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jussisigh... cold again06:48
MooDoohayfever for me06:48
jussiMooDoo: I was talking about physical temperature, not sickness...06:49
MooDooah lol06:50
mappsah hayfever sucks06:51
MooDooyeah but i'll get some stuff for it at dinner and I'll be fine.06:52
mappsthink i have that..whenever i go to my dads i cant stop sneezing..find it harder to breathe too06:52
MooDooit's a pain in the neck if nothing else.06:54
dwatkinshey peeps07:17
MooDoohowdy dwatkins07:18
dwatkinsStarting the day with a deep discussion on facebook is always fun.07:26
diploMorning all07:26
MooDoodepends what the conversation is about07:26
MooDoomorning diplo07:27
dwatkinsMooDoo: it started because I shared an image of a bunch of skeletons saying that we're all the same on the inside, whatever our race, religion or sexuality.07:27
MooDoodwatkins: say no more :)07:27
dwatkinsIt's not a bad discussion, just a long one.07:27
dwatkinsanyway, happy Monday people :)07:28
MooDoo:D07:28
* dwatkins fires up a virtual machine and get out the big guns (wireshark)07:28
mappswhat you doing dwatkins07:34
dwatkinsmapps: trying to get a definitive list of all the domains used by an application in order for a whitelist specification07:37
DJonesHmmh, phone died at the weekend & had to be replaced, cheap non contract phone actually seems quite reasonable for the price07:52
MooDooDJones: i'm suck to death of my s3 crashing, I'm tempted to just bin it07:53
DJonesHah, new test hardware for the Ubuntu phone developed http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/chap_builds_mobe_based_on_raspberry_pi/ :)07:53
DJonesMooDoo: I had a S3, then swapped with my wife once I got a N7 tablet & she needed a more reliable phone (than the Desire HD she was using), that finally died a death yesterday after getting stuck in the rom boot menu, picked up a £50 Alcatel OneTouch android phone which is pretty decent for what it is07:56
MooDooDJones: I put cyanogen mod on it, but it's crashing every 2 mins :(07:59
DJonesI was tempted to try that to see if it would rescue the phone, but decided I couldn't be bothered wasting the time to do it08:01
* DJones installs 14.04 in virtualbox to try the upgrade to 14.1008:03
bashrcI'm also running cyanogen on a phone currently.  Havn't had any crashes08:14
ali1234cyanogen crashes all the time for me08:14
ali1234almost every time i get a phone call08:14
ali1234it never used to do this08:14
ali1234i think my phone is too old now and it is triggering the watchdog08:15
bashrcyes, it's probably that the memory is too limited and the oom-killer is doing its thing08:16
bashrca bit like a problem I was having on the Beaglebone08:17
ali1234yeah that's also quite likely08:17
DJonesWhen I come to upgrade, I might be tempted by the OnePlus One phone08:17
ali1234why would you buy anything but nexus? seriously?08:17
ali1234or maybe SGS08:17
bashrcI got a second hand nexus 408:17
DJonesali1234: Yeah, will probably end up being a choice between Nexus 5/SGS5/HTC M808:19
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Myrttiooh errr. Nests on Google Play. I don't know how well they work in British homes though. We got OWL installed at ours.08:32
dwatkinsare we the mice?08:33
MooDooor are we men?08:35
MartijnVdSMyrtti: it won't work in mine -- I can only turn heating up (or down) by twisting knobs on my radiators08:36
MyrttiMartijnVdS: I saw an ad for thermostats like that in telly few days back, Danfoss apparently has some fancy new kit08:36
jussiMooDoo: we are but men, ROCK ON!08:38
MartijnVdSjussi: are we human? Or are we dancer?08:39
MooDoojussi: pic of destiny ;)08:39
MooDooyay LPIC-1 has arrived.08:51
MooDoobook08:51
popeyretro08:53
MooDoolight reading for when I've done my MS exam next month lol08:54
brobostigonmorning boys and girls.09:31
BigRedSgoood morning!09:32
MooDoomorning brobostigon BigRedS09:32
brobostigonmorning MooDoo and BigRedS09:33
MyrttiI'd really prefer if the furry baby would jump and go sleep in his basket09:52
davmor2Morning all10:02
jamieshepherdHi guys, up until about an hour ago the command :  route add -net 141.163.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev ppp0 would work to route traffic to my Uni's VPN from my VPS (after I do pon plymuni)10:02
jamieshepherdHowever, now whenever I enter this command the whole VPS freezes10:02
foobarrycan any scripting wiz show me the best way to extract a givenname field from a list of gecos and sn? python does "subtract" on strings doesn't it?10:03
dwatkinsjamieshepherd: perhaps something has changed on the VPN; how are you connecting to the server?10:10
jamieshepherdThat's what I thought, but I can connect on my laptop fine10:12
jamieshepherdJust on my VPS, I usually write pon plymuni, followed by adding the route10:12
dwatkinshow are you connecting to it, jamieshepherd?10:13
jamieshepherdAnd it's worked literally for the past 3 weeks, and now it's presentation day about 1hr 30 away rofl and it doesn't work10:13
jamieshepherdSorry, how do you mean? Through a VPN10:13
dwatkinsbefore you activate the uni VPN, yeah10:13
dwatkinsssh, vnc, console access to the virtual machine through a browser?10:13
jamieshepherdHow am I connecting to the VPS? Just ssh10:13
dwatkinsdoes the OS freeze, or just your ssh connection to it?10:14
jamieshepherdBut when I add that route command nothing responds, ssh closes, websites cease to work10:14
jamieshepherdDigital Ocean lists it as "Active" still but, nothing can connect traffic wise10:14
jamieshepherdSo perhaps there is a clash10:14
dwatkinsI assume you're stopping your own traffic from reaching it, then.10:14
jamieshepherdHere is my ifconfig: https://gist.github.com/jamieshepherd/1136765610:15
jamieshepherdCould you see something that might be clashing here?10:15
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: what's your local IP? Are you on the 141.163.0.0/16 network?10:17
jamieshepherdI am not no10:17
jamieshepherdOh10:17
jamieshepherdThat's a massive lie10:17
jamieshepherdI actually am10:17
jamieshepherdI'm at the Uni now.. This would make a lot of sense10:17
dwatkinsperhaps the order of the routes has changed so it uses the VPN as the default when you execute the command10:17
dwatkinsaha10:18
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: It's trying to send all traffic to you over the VPN instead of directly :)10:18
jamieshepherdAh of course, well that was dumb of me10:18
dwatkinseasily sorted, though :)10:18
jamieshepherdAt least i know what's causing it now, just means I can't connect to the website from the Uni I guess10:18
jamieshepherdIs there a way I could get it working for this presentation?10:18
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: try using 'ip link', 'ip route' and 'ip addr' -- they're the "new" tools :)10:19
dwatkinswhereabouts is the website, jamieshepherd?10:19
jamieshepherdAmsterdam10:19
dwatkinsI mean in network terms10:19
jamieshepherdI'm sorry, I don't understand10:20
dwatkinswhy can't you access it directly right now?10:20
jamieshepherdAway from the Uni, i.e. not on the network10:20
jamieshepherdSo anywhere else I can connect to the website, just at the Uni I cannot10:20
jamieshepherdBecause of the reason MartijnVdS said I suppose10:20
MartijnVdSthen don't set the route?10:20
dwatkinsso you need to set the VPN as the default route?10:21
dwatkinsI'm guessing here.10:21
jamieshepherdTimes out without the route10:21
MartijnVdSdwatkins: you don't want that!10:21
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: I always see how to fix network/routing things best when drawing them on a piece of paper10:22
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: machines (nodes) as squares, with a line for each network interface10:22
dwatkinsgood plan10:22
MartijnVdSinclude your local machine, both ends of the VPN, your server, etc.10:23
MartijnVdSthe website too10:23
jamieshepherd[My Machine]--connected to Uni VPN--[Uni VPN]--connected to uni VPN--[Amsterdam VPS]10:23
jamieshepherdonly problem is the presentation is about an hour away10:23
jamieshepherdso was just wondering if there might be a quick fix10:24
dwatkinscan you access other ports on the server?10:24
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: also consider what the VPN is running on (the interface(s) it's using)10:24
MartijnVdSjamieshepherd: also, a real drawing works best because you can add *all* the network interfaces10:24
jamieshepherdPPTP10:25
MartijnVdS(a VPN is a connection inside a connection)10:25
jamieshepherdWell, at least I know what the problem is10:26
jamieshepherdJust don't have time to fix it before the presentation10:26
jamieshepherdSo I'll just tether my phone on 3G and connect my laptop to that ;D10:26
jamieshepherdThanks for your help anyway guys much appreciated as always <310:26
dwatkinssounds like quite a restrictive university network10:27
jamieshepherdYeah they're almost as clueless as me I think10:27
MartijnVdSdwatkins: A VPS sounds like a weird place to terminate a VPN to me:)10:27
jamieshepherdPretty sure it's run by students10:27
jamieshepherdThe VPS is one I own Martin10:27
jamieshepherdDigitalOcean droplet10:27
jamieshepherdUnrelated to the Uni ^10:27
jamieshepherdIt's just, the database for the application has to be hosted at the Uni10:27
MartijnVdSsure.. but usually you run a VPN connection to a secured network from your local workstation10:28
MartijnVdSnot from a random VPS10:28
jamieshepherdSo I had to do some retarded routing from my VPS website to the database10:28
jamieshepherdYeah the VPS hosts a website, which uses features of teh database on the Uni network10:28
MartijnVdSyou could just a add a route to *just the database server*, instead of the entire /1610:28
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foobarrywonder if anyone can help me approach this problem?11:46
foobarryprobably with some bash script11:46
MartijnVdSfoobarry: which problem was that again?11:47
foobarryneed to do a large ldap modify. list of givenname fields to go with surnames11:47
foobarryi have a text file of givenname.txt and gecos.txt11:47
foobarryi want to create an ldif file that says, line by line,11:48
foobarryadd a given name of the xth line gecos entry  to be the xth line of the  givenname file11:49
foobarryi can do the ldap bit, but not the bashy bit11:50
foobarryfor a single file i do for x in 'cat file' do echo x done11:50
MartijnVdSfoobarry: this sounds like an awk kind of job11:51
dwatkinsit's handy that there are so many types of Chrome/Chromium I can install, I'm running three separate instances of it at the moment.11:52
foobarryMartijnVdS: you may be right :D11:52
MartijnVdSfoobarry: or Perl, because awk is awkward :)12:04
MartijnVdSfoobarry: let me whip something up :)12:04
foobarrywow cheers12:05
MartijnVdSfoobarry: untested, needs modification, http://paste.ubuntu.com/7352024/12:09
foobarrygreat, thankyou12:10
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jussiMooDoo: you about?12:24
foobarryMartijnVdS: works perfect, cheers12:24
MartijnVdSfoobarry: \o/12:26
dwatkinslooking at snippets of Perl like this is a good way to learn a language12:44
dwatkinsI assume you used 'chomp' to remove the newline at the end of each line, MartijnVdS12:45
MartijnVdSyes12:45
MartijnVdSnot really necessary if you extract the fields (using regexes or split or something) anyway.12:46
dwatkinsstill a good programming practise, I imagine12:46
MartijnVdSYeah.. though I don't read a lot of text files these days ;)12:47
MartijnVdSmostly database work12:47
dwatkinsI'm still learning how to do that from PHP. I assume it's not something you would do from JavaScript, though, as it's client-side.12:48
MartijnVdSdwatkins: I'm assuming there'd be a global object/API to do that12:49
MartijnVdSin "stand-alone" javascript12:49
dwatkinsMartijnVdS: probably, but if I'm writing the entire site, I assume it's best to not give anything external access to the database, and have the PHP retreive data from the server itself.12:50
MooDoojussi: wassup?12:50
dwatkinsah I see what you mean, executing a JS file directly, perhaps yeah.12:50
MartijnVdSdwatkins: yes, that does sound useful :) Except that it's still PHP :P12:51
dwatkinsyeah, I imagine mostly JS is used for things like resizing a page, forms and so on, not database connectivity12:51
MartijnVdSdwatkins: have a look at nodejs and be scared ;)12:52
dwatkinsMartijnVdS: I will be doing that eventually, gotta learn basic JS and jquery first.12:53
MartijnVdSdwatkins: but.. also.. you want a very thing "API" layer that does nothing but handle requests for data from a (JS) front-end12:53
MartijnVdSdwatkins: have a look at Angular :)12:53
MartijnVdShttps://angularjs.org/12:53
dwatkinsthin, I assume you mean ;)12:53
MartijnVdSthin, yes12:54
dwatkinsinteresting, thanks - I assume that's mostly about formatting the data12:55
MartijnVdSdwatkins: also about retrievign it12:57
dwatkinsI'm jumping the gun a bit and assuming that you wouldn't want your users to have access to any kind of database ever, but I guess if they're just reading from it via some kind of interface that presents as http or something, that's fine12:59
MartijnVdSdwatkins: That sounds good. Except if your database has programmable access controls (like an HTTP server has -- you write the controllers that present the data to the client side :))13:01
MartijnVdSthen the client side uses the HTTP output as its model13:01
MartijnVdSall very dynamic and JS and hip and modern13:01
* dwatkins puts on his horn-rimmed glasses13:02
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dwatkinsno really, I have some on my desk (they're a prop)13:02
MartijnVdSwere they.. propped up by something?13:03
dwatkinsbadum tschhhhhhh13:04
MartijnVdSdwatkins: Can you see PROPerly with them?13:04
dwatkinshttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0063CZWRU/13:04
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)13:35
diddledanmorning13:35
bashrcmorning13:56
bashrcturned out nice again13:56
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AzelphurYup, Ubuntu 14.04 is a lesson in frustration for me, copy paste doesn't even work properly any more :(15:58
Azelphuryay for the continual degradation of multi screen support \o/15:58
bashrc14.04 seems ok to me15:59
Azelphurbashrc: yea, this bug won't affect you unless you have separate X screens16:00
dwatkinscopy & paste was always a bit hit & miss for me, especially as there was never a consistent keyboard shortcut for it across all applications16:02
Azelphuryea, the way Linux handles it is a little bizarre, rather than pulling into memory it just expects the data to still be there in the original application when you paste16:03
AzelphurI've copied something out of chrome, closed the tab, then tried to paste it so many times by accident.16:03
davmor2Azelphur: wait till gnome drop middle mouse copy/paste :D16:03
Azelphurhehe16:03
dwatkinsthat's the thing, though - there are both Gnome and app-specific mechanisms for copying and pasting16:03
Azelphuryea16:04
AzelphurI have a feeling it's the gnome ones that are broken, I can copy from other applications (firefox) but not from gnome ones (terminal, gedit, ...)16:04
bashrcah, so far I usually only have one screen, aothough currently I am using two16:07
penguin42hmph, that's annoying - the latest version of the newsblur android app requires Android 3, and I don't think the old one is working any more18:08
popeyDishwasher is broken. Having to wash crockery by hand. It's like the DARK AGES here! #firstworldproblems19:05
penguin42how many extra glasses/plates/takeaways have you ordered to avoid that19:07
davmor2popey: you could always just fix the dishwasher instead :D19:08
popeythis evenings meal was made with only one pan ☻19:18
popeyi have googled, seems the "float" is broken19:18
popeyor clogged, the moter runs constantly to pump out water, even when it's empty19:18
foobarryah19:22
foobarryi get that19:22
foobarryu have a bosch exccel by any chance?19:22
foobarryget to 0 mins and its still chugging19:22
foobarrypopey: i get it quite a bit, i haven't yet had to take the side off the dishwasher yet, although soemtimes it gets bad for a whole week19:23
davmor2popey: possibly water logged float maybe19:23
foobarryusually it's either some foil/sweetcorn under the drain bit. i ensure the drainage bit at the bottom is clean completely19:24
foobarrythen pour a little washing up liquid, boiling water and leave a little while19:24
foobarrythen press the buttons to reset the cycle19:24
foobarrywhich manually drainsthe water19:24
foobarrythen pour v hot water in the bottom bit again and start a hot wash without many dishes in19:25
foobarryusually it clears after a while19:25
popeyno, neff19:25
popeyits a built in machine though19:26
popeythere's a little tap icon in the display19:26
popeyI'll give that a try, thanks19:26
mappsevening19:26
popeyI did pour hot water in earlier, but I think it's knotted up with cheese19:26
popeywifey cleaned the filter the other day19:27
penguin42under maintenance?19:27
popeyI believe these are related19:27
daftykinsbuilt-in units can be a real son of a gun19:27
daftykinshad this one in Portsmouth that nobody could work out how to remove19:27
mappshm19:27
foobarryi tell my wife its not a waste disposal unit19:27
foobarryhttp://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F234959926-airfix-124-hawker-typhoon-on-the-flight-line%2F19:27
popeyi think she sufficiently dislodged cheese into the bottom19:27
foobarrywow, that is a stunning model plane19:28
popeythat is impressive19:28
diddledanjust got done watching white house down - I feel patriotic.20:28
daftykinsdiddledan: for Brits? :)20:31
daftykinsor to... rather20:31
diddledanfoobarry, that's impressive20:32
diddledandaftykins, unfortunately for america20:32
diddledanI dang near cried when the lil girl waved the president's flag to ward off an air strike20:33
daftykinsXD20:34
* diddledan looking through movies. got to the matrix. I'm trying to remember the name of the wachowski brother - for some reason Lana's name springs to mind easily but her brother I can't remember20:39
diddledanand post sexchange, are they to be referred to as "the wachowskis" or "the wachowski siblings"?20:40
diddledanwiki says it's the former - interesting bit about a netflix series they're making to debut later in the year20:44
daftykinsah yesi'd forgotten about that20:46
maps|wrkhai21:21
daftykinso hai21:24
maps|wrksup daftykins ?21:27
daftykinsnot much sir21:34
daftykinsjust gaming21:34
popey\o/ Jabber21:50
MattJJabber \o/21:51
AzelphurJabber party \o/22:12
Azelphurit has been a while :p22:12
daftykinsi never get why you lot used to say that22:15
popeyits a greeting22:17
maps|wrkfail to see how people love this bbc show the callcentre22:19
maps|wrkit's pretty dull, watching it on iplayer atm22:19
popeyi dislike people like that so find it hard to watch22:20
maps|wrkkinda amusing when the managers say to young staff ..'youve got potential you just need to change your attitude' ./..seriously it's a call centre,22:21
daftykinswhat kind of people popey?22:23
maps|wrkself serving idiots that run basic companies and try to portray it off as something more than it is?22:27
maps|wrkit's a call centre that makes nuisance calls thats all..nothing more imo22:27
daftykins:/22:27
daftykinssounds terrible22:27
maps|wrkwell i mean, any of us could run a call centre like that..pay people minimum wage, make nuisance calls to get people to have insulation etc and make money off the grants22:29
maps|wrkbut its still..nothing more than that22:29
penguin42popey: you mean the type of call centres that lower the level to which the turing test has to reach?23:10
popeyI mean, I don't like outgoing pushy people ☻23:11
penguin42yeh, me neither23:11
maps|wrkyea me too..he's the kinda clown that'd embarass you infront of everyone and tihnk it's ok23:15
maps|wrk*think23:15
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