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=== aalston is now known as Symmetria
Symmetriamorning05:03
Symmetriaheh, man, if certain projects go ahead, Somalia will become one of the best connected countries in Africa, with almost as much capacity landing there as in KE ;p05:04
nuvolario/ morning06:20
nuvolariany WISP recommendation in Cape Town Southren Suburbs?06:21
nuvolariCurrently at the top of my list is SprintNet followed by Sonic Wireless06:21
Kilosmorning all07:19
bushtechmorning Kilos thought you in OZ?07:24
Kilossigh, still waiting for the visa peeps to approve my application07:25
bushtechSA true to form sigh07:25
bushtechor is this the OZ people?07:26
Kilosi think its a combination of them all07:27
bushtechEish!07:28
Kilosinefficiency is world wide07:29
thatgraemeguy'lo07:56
thatgraemeguyare you abandoning us? :-o07:56
Kilosjust going for a holiday thatgraemeguy 08:06
thatgraemeguynice08:21
Kiloshi christol 09:14
Kilosyou changed nicks?09:14
inetprogood morning everyone 09:19
Kilosmorning inetpro 09:21
Kilosanother scorcher today09:21
nlsthzngoeie more, Suid Africa09:24
nlsthzn*Afrika09:24
nlsthzn>.<09:24
Kiloshi nlsthzn 09:24
Kilosohi magespawn too09:25
nlsthznuncle Kilos , how are you? :)09:26
Kilosstill kicking ty nlsthzn and you?09:26
nlsthznall the best for the new year to all09:27
Kilossame there young man09:27
nlsthznalso still kicking thx09:34
=== MaNL is now known as MaNI
magespawnhi Kilos10:01
inetproway too many heatwaves here these days10:38
MaNIyeah10:41
Kiloshaha10:41
Kilostry walking barefoot outside10:42
Kiloseven dirt rode burns your feet10:42
thatgraemeguyyou should see these things they've invented called shoes, they help a lot with that10:43
thatgraemeguy:-D10:43
Kiloshahaha10:43
Kilosim sure one could fry eggs on the tar road10:43
thatgraemeguythey've invented something for that too, a pan10:44
Kiloshahaha10:44
thatgraemeguyshame you okes are struggling up there :-o10:44
Kilosyeah weather liar said 35°c10:45
Kilossame as yesterday but turned out yesterday was 4210:45
Kilosrecord temp since peeps here invented thermometer thingies10:46
* nuvolari slaps nlsthzn10:47
nuvolari:P10:47
nuvolarihello10:47
Kilostough on peeps that spend most of their time in aircon10:47
Kiloslo nuvolari 10:47
thatgraemeguyaircon is awesome but this morning the house was still hot from yesterday10:48
thatgraemeguytime to put aircon in the house i guess10:48
MaNIapparently I can solve most my heat problems by painting the roof white - but the wife says no because its ugly :p10:54
Kilosyou can get paint made by selfcote , lowers temps drastically10:56
Kilosand also cant go below 0°c10:57
Kilosthey use it on mills ive seen on the way to natal10:57
Kiloscomes in all colours10:57
Kilosalso stops rust10:57
Kilosand its water based so easier cheaper cleaning of equipment10:58
* nlsthzn feels slapped by nuvolari :p11:03
nlsthznheard it is slightly hot in sunny SA11:04
nlsthznhaving lovely overcast and sometimes rainy weather here at the moment11:04
=== dupingping__ is now known as dupingping
Kilosyip nlsthzn serious heat waves11:32
Kilosad major drought11:32
Kilosand11:32
bushtech_then there was zuma11:36
Kiloshahaha11:36
bushtech_don't know much about this stuff but which DNS servers are the ones to use in your network connection11:44
bushtech_never had a problem but suddenly my one machine is disconnecting after a couple minutes11:44
Kilosim guessing bushtech_ 11:46
Kilos8.8.8.811:46
Kilosgoogle methinks11:46
Kilosor am i thinking of something else11:47
bushtech_Kilos thanks. yeah 8.8.8.8 works on my one machine but doesn't work on the other11:53
Kilosthere was another one11:53
bushtech_maybe lshould be looking at other things11:53
Kilos8.8.8.4 i think11:53
Kilosya maybe something else is wrong11:53
bushtech_I'll give it a spin11:54
Kiloslike a conflict thing11:54
magespawn8.8.4.411:54
Kilosty magespawn 11:54
magespawndns should not cause it to disconnect though11:54
Kilostimeout function11:54
bushtech_both on wired and wireless disconnects after a couple min11:56
bushtech_not a lappie so no power suspend11:57
Kilosmaybe a setting in nm11:57
Kilosset the reconnect time11:57
Kilostype in11:58
Kilossudo dont disconnect you fool thing11:58
magespawnlol12:00
* nlsthzn goes to check if new icon theme will work... bbl12:02
bushtech_lol wish it did understand expressions like that12:02
Kiloshaha12:03
magespawnbushtech_: that sounds like something else12:03
magespawndoes it actually disconnect? or does the dns just stop working?12:03
Kilosthe router or whatever is supplying wireless12:03
bushtechand there my voda conn drops just to make things interesting12:06
Kilosai!12:06
Kiloswe gave up with voda long ago12:06
Kilosonly good enough to snd smsses12:07
bushtechmagespawn. I susspect that it's something else as other computer running fine with 8.8.8.812:07
Kilosbento-hmm...12:11
Kilosyay bento still works12:11
Kilosmagespawn you must look at that sometime12:12
Kilosmuch lighter that ubuntu12:12
Kilosactually buntu running openbox12:12
Kilosand you can go fight the auntie that builds it12:13
Kiloswb nlsthzn 13:05
Kiloswhat you using now13:05
nlsthznthx uncle Kilos ... actually on Manjaro using i3 (if the question was directed at me :p)13:05
Kiloswell duh13:06
Kiloswho else is forever hopping systems13:06
nlsthznvery true13:09
Kilosone day ill look at i313:10
Kiloskde too stable to fiddle13:11
Kiloslekker not having to ask for help everyday, get some sleep in too13:11
nlsthznstill kde4?13:16
nlsthzncause for me kde5 is still to likely to crash :/13:16
Kilosya still 14.0413:17
Kilosbeen my best system so far13:17
Kilosand pro always handy13:17
nlsthznit's nice when things just work like they are supposed to ;)13:18
nlsthznsweet, didn't know I was entitled to Crossover 15 ... thought I was stuck on 14 :D13:20
* nlsthzn installs13:20
Kiloshahaha13:22
Kilosand running it on a i5 laptop i scrounged from ian13:23
nlsthznnice :)13:23
Kilosalong side win 7 and 14.04 unity that never get used13:23
Kilosnot lekker having a machine with only one drive in though13:24
nlsthznonce you are used to more than one I can imagine :)13:25
Kiloswould like to put an ssd in though13:26
nlsthzn+113:30
nlsthznone of the things I haven't gotten around to get13:30
nlsthznthat and something VR'ish :p13:30
nlsthzntip - don't change distro and WM/DE at the same time... cause then nothing makes sense >.<13:42
magespawnKilos i am looking to do a reinstall, my xubuntu has been giving lots of wierd problems, and after the upgrade to 15.10 not booting properly13:58
Kilosstick with 14.04 till 16.04 is stable or try bento linux13:59
Kilosbento is nice and fast13:59
Kilosask inetpro for his opinion13:59
Kilosand melodie is very helpful, she sorts probs when you contact her14:00
Kilosor just reinstall grub-pc14:00
Kilosand maybe grub-pc-bin i think14:03
Kiloslemme look14:03
Kilosand grub-common and grub2-common14:04
Kilosor use boot-repair14:10
Kilosoh is grub still used ?14:26
Kilosthere that other thing now14:27
Kilossystemd15:10
nlsthzngrub is still in use , systemd hasn't gotten that functionality (yet)15:28
Kilosah15:32
Kilosthen boot-repair should fix bootg probs15:33
Kilosso inetpro superfly should we have a meeting on the 26th??17:34
Kilosdunno where pietertjie is17:35
Kilosmagespawn you still here?17:35
Kiloshmm...17:50
KilosMaaz coffee on17:50
* Maaz puts the kettle on17:50
MaazCoffee's ready for Kilos!17:54
KilosMaaz ty17:54
MaazYou are welcome Kilos17:54
magespawnKilos yes, somewhat18:18
Kiloshahaha18:19
Kilosif you are interested ill get the link for a bento download for you18:19
Kiloshi smile 18:19
smilehi :)18:20
Kiloswow water restrictions in capetown as well from 1 jan18:21
Kilosbut its always raining there18:22
smileKilos: :o18:22
Kilosour country is in serious drought mode smile 18:22
smileKilos: I understand, yes :)18:23
smilehere the spring is incoming..18:23
smileat winter time :o18:23
Kilosall the rain that el nino is spreading all over the world comes from here18:23
smilesome april flowers are already blooming18:23
Kilosyeah weather seems crazy all over18:24
smileindeed :p18:24
smileI did a little tour18:24
smile5 km in 11 mins18:24
smile:p18:24
smilenow you wonder what vehicle I was using18:25
smile:p18:25
Kilosi go sleep now18:43
Kilosnight all. sleep tight18:43
KilosMaaz tell inetpro QA cant do the announce thing18:44
MaazKilos: Okay, I'll tell inetpro on freenode18:44
KilosMaaz botsnack18:44
MaazYAY someone cares about me too!18:44
=== smile is now known as smile|dikworden
=== smile|dikworden is now known as smile
smiledoei! :)19:20
magespawngood night19:40

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