[06:48] <lordievader> Good morning.
[11:51] <BluesKaj> Hey folks
=== popey_ is now known as popey
[19:37] <daftykins> hallo all \o
[19:54] <freeadnam> hello
[19:56] <daftykins> hi
[19:57] <freeadnam> I was just seeing if this really works. kinda new to irc
[19:58] <daftykins> ah, plenty of other channels are useful for such testing then
[19:58] <freeadnam> sorry, my bad.
[20:02] <DosTuMai> Have you tried #ubuntu for any tech?
[20:02] <DosTuMai> It's always great to have open just to watch these guys in awe.
[20:03] <daftykins> as long as you can turn a blind eye to me slating the ones that enjoy reinventing the wheel
[20:03] <DosTuMai> I'm just a network & cryptology nerd. >_>
[20:04] <DosTuMai> xD
[20:09] <daftykins> sudormrf -> well known channel idiot
[20:09] <daftykins> if i could script i would have an auto reply of "what've you broken this time?" on his join
[20:37] <OerHeks> wait .. i thought i was the channel id... never mind
[20:37] <daftykins> :D
[20:37] <daftykins> aww sorry OerHeks i've stolen your dream title
[20:37] <OerHeks> :-(
[20:38] <OerHeks> please please please
[20:38] <OerHeks> let me ruin one server tonight
[20:39] <OerHeks>  /j #mint-server
[20:40] <daftykins> XD
[20:41] <daftykins> oh did you guys read about that person who, for fun ran "rm -rf /" on their machine before planning to do a clean install... only to find that due to a bug in their system's EFI, their EFI boot variables were set as read-write... so the whole system was bricked
[20:41] <daftykins> it wouldn't even POST after that
[20:41] <daftykins> seriously nasty :S
[20:42] <OerHeks> hang the disk in an other machine, non-uefi, and zero it ?
[20:42] <daftykins> nah the rm actually wiped EFI items under /proc - which meant the motherboard was useless after
[20:43] <OerHeks> oh, don't know about that
[20:43] <daftykins> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/02/delete_efivars_linux/
[20:43] <daftykins> here we are
[20:44] <OerHeks> but uefi is nasty indeed, i hesitate buying a fresh machine
[20:44] <daftykins> lots of buggy ones out there, indeedy
[20:45] <daftykins> actually i updated the BIOS on a clients' Dell desktop the other day ahead of putting some new RAM in... afterwards i could no longer install Windows 7 in EFI mode, only legacy - ho-hum
[22:45] <daftykins> OerHeks: glad you got there before me, i was going to say "bless you!" to that user ;)
[22:45] <OerHeks> :-D
[22:46] <OerHeks> i know some dirty turkish .. pardon me
[23:00] <daftykins> going here for lunch tomorrow: http://www.rocsalt.gg/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Seagull.jpg
[23:01] <daftykins> hoping that guy doesn't turn up
[23:01] <daftykins> :D
[23:01] <OerHeks> smoked seagull is nice
[23:01] <OerHeks> .. with lots of sage and garlic
[23:51] <Bashing-om> daftykins: WB ,, ya been gone so long ! Did I miss the party ? Ballons, whistles and lots of cookies ?
[23:52] <daftykins> hello there :)
[23:52] <daftykins> just a good long break really! are you well?
[23:52] <OerHeks> ... wait, cookies?
[23:54] <Bashing-om> daftykins: Minor interruption in the flow .. Semi-truck took out the lines and power poles, was a bit getting service restored .
[23:55] <daftykins> ouch! were you without power for long?
[23:55] <daftykins> and internet too presumably?
[23:58] <Bashing-om> daftykins: Power was on a different grid . The interruption was at the point of presence of our cable provider . Took out the fiber optics also . Ouch !
[23:58] <daftykins> oh no!
[23:59] <daftykins> sounds like you might have had a good holiday (albeit forced) from here as well though ;)