| MooDoo | morning all | 06:47 |
|---|---|---|
| SuperMatt | morning | 06:59 |
| diplo | Morning all | 06:59 |
| MooDoo | I'm sick of winning lotto lucky dips, when am I going to win the big one? | 07:00 |
| diplo | I'm sick of not winning anything, give me your lucky dips? | 07:10 |
| brobostigon | morning boys and girls. | 08:07 |
| davmor2 | Morning all | 08:09 |
| MooDoo | morning brobostigon and davmor2 | 08:17 |
| davmor2 | Hey MooDoo ow am ya? | 08:18 |
| davmor2 | MooDoo: of to the van tomorrow can't wait need this break :D | 08:18 |
| popey | ali1234: didn't know that! | 08:22 |
| brobostigon | morning MooDoo | 08:23 |
| JamesTait | Good morning all! Happy Thursday, and happy I am in Control Day! 😃 | 08:45 |
| * zmoylan-pi told JamesTait to say that... :-P | 08:46 | |
| JamesTait | zmoylan-pi, but I still made the final decision. 😉 | 08:50 |
| zmoylan-pi | that's what i allow you to think... :-P | 08:50 |
| davmor2 | JamesTait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH8xbDGv7oY worlds longest intro sorry :D | 09:08 |
| === Seeker` is now known as Seeker | ||
| knightwi1e | good morning peeps | 09:13 |
| dogmatic69_ | o/ | 09:13 |
| zmoylan-pi | o/ | 09:13 |
| knightwi1e | running Bash on the windows machine today | 09:14 |
| knightwi1e | kinda funny to have all these commands and apps at my disposal :) | 09:14 |
| === knightwi1e is now known as Knightw0rk | ||
| zmoylan-pi | i used to use cygwin and before that unxutils for my linuxy console needs on windows | 09:15 |
| Knightw0rk | its convenient. still get to run MsProject for work while running IRC on the same machine :) Combine that on an XPS13 and its a sweet dream | 09:16 |
| zmoylan-pi | the fun i had when outlook refused to find emails i knew were in it and dropped to command line and grepped the pst file... :-) | 09:16 |
| Knightw0rk | hahahah :) | 09:18 |
| Knightw0rk | Grep PSt :) The mailcient of the future | 09:18 |
| zmoylan-pi | and the vim the results... very user friendly... :-P | 09:21 |
| Knightw0rk | indeed | 09:32 |
| Knightw0rk | and reading the mime code of your attachments instead of watching the pictures | 09:32 |
| zmoylan-pi | a true geek can see the jpeg in the mime... | 09:42 |
| Knightw0rk | like neo seing the matrix code | 09:46 |
| Knightw0rk | hmm.. i think i've gotten my hands on an older 20 inch imac , 2007 model. | 09:47 |
| Knightw0rk | Wanna try to run linux on there | 09:47 |
| Knightw0rk | looks like a cute machine to use , perhaps slide in an SSD. | 09:50 |
| diddledan | yey for living in a flat | 10:01 |
| diddledan | another leaky leak | 10:01 |
| diddledan | this one is going through my electricity boxes \o/ | 10:04 |
| diddledan | I really should power everything off | 10:04 |
| diddledan | poor woman upstairs has had several pairs of shoes ruined :-( | 10:06 |
| TwistedLucidity | diddledan: Got a good management agency/factor? | 10:27 |
| diddledan | yeah, the plumber just arrived already - less than 30 minutes after I phoned for help | 10:28 |
| diddledan | (he arrived about 11:15) | 10:28 |
| TwistedLucidity | Nice | 10:29 |
| diddledan | they classed it as emergency due to the electricity factor | 10:29 |
| diddledan | why does ebay think I want to buy a bra? | 11:39 |
| directhex | so your chest doesn't chafe when you run? | 11:44 |
| m0nkey_ | Don't be silly. | 11:48 |
| m0nkey_ | He doesn't run | 11:48 |
| diplo | Guys, anyone recommend a good workstation, won't have much to spend. But my basic needs are to run 4-5 VM's at a time without dieing, coding ( so nowt really ) and running 3 screens preferably | 14:37 |
| diplo | Just about to start searching now, haven't been given a budget, but it'll be small :/ | 14:37 |
| diddledan | for VMs the limiting factor is usually RAM rather than CPU | 14:45 |
| diplo | Yeah, having issues on this box on disk, but this box is sooooooo old :) | 14:45 |
| diplo | And underpowered | 14:45 |
| diplo | And it's mine, not the companies! | 14:45 |
| diplo | Just found a site called bargainhardware.co.uk with a HP Z420 that I can spec up quite well | 14:47 |
| TwistedLucidity | diplo: Hmm...always fancied a Lack-Rack | 15:47 |
| diddledan | a what in the whatnow? | 15:47 |
| TwistedLucidity | You go to Ikea, buy a Lack table. | 15:49 |
| TwistedLucidity | Then you get a few rack servers/routers/switches | 15:50 |
| TwistedLucidity | And mount under the top of said table. | 15:50 |
| TwistedLucidity | Boom. | 15:50 |
| TwistedLucidity | Lack-Rack. | 15:50 |
| diplo | :) | 15:54 |
| diplo | Going to speak to the boss tomorrow | 15:55 |
| daftykins | diplo: Dell XPS desktop from the Dell outlet pages | 16:45 |
| daftykins | you'll find a skylake i7 with 16GB RAM and nvidia GTX 960 graphics cards (capable of triple displays) for likely <£800 | 16:46 |
| daftykins | in fact, even less without a card - but you'd want one really | 16:47 |
| daftykins | one for £715 on there right now, with other configurations available | 16:48 |
| ali1234 | i wouldn't buy a 960 | 16:54 |
| ali1234 | for coding the skylake IGP is fine | 16:54 |
| daftykins | won't get 3 outputs from that though, which makes your case moot | 16:54 |
| ali1234 | you can, actually | 16:55 |
| ali1234 | you might need to use display port though | 16:55 |
| daftykins | but the point is that you'd need to use a different cable for each - and having put those machines in one would have to be VGA, which is a joke - so once again, no. | 17:00 |
| diddledan | surely you'd need cables for every monitor anyway. I don't see what the choice of GFX has over whether to use 3 cables or not | 17:14 |
| diddledan | you can't connect three monitors to one cable! | 17:14 |
| daftykins | because it's one of each type = more fun to diagnose etc | 17:17 |
| daftykins | plus different capabilities, res support... i fail to see how this isn't obvious | 17:17 |
| diddledan | there's no reason it has to be basing the premise on it being a skylake i7 | 17:18 |
| daftykins | "it has to be" being what? | 17:18 |
| diddledan | my skylake i7 has hdmi and two display ports which are hdmi without the proprietary plug | 17:18 |
| diddledan | it has to be meaning there's no reason it has to be three different types | 17:18 |
| daftykins | we're talking about a specific Dell XPS desktop in this case which i've put in two of, and has specific outputs only | 17:19 |
| daftykins | you can't just assume certain outputs come on it | 17:19 |
| diddledan | no, but ali1234 was talking about skylake IGP being fine and you replied to that saying no | 17:20 |
| diddledan | you didn't specify that you were readjusting the conversation back to the box previous to ali1234 mentioning skylake | 17:20 |
| daftykins | because i'm talking about a specific system and the outputs it has available - and diplo said 3 monitors | 17:20 |
| daftykins | i don't see how you think that was required | 17:21 |
| ali1234 | https://www.displayport.org/cables/driving-multiple-displays-from-a-single-displayport-output/ | 17:32 |
| diddledan | ali1234: still need three cables :-p | 17:33 |
| diddledan | </troll> | 17:33 |
| diddledan | these old computer chronicles programs are epic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV2rxImyGYE | 17:34 |
| daftykins | displayport daisy chaining requires premium displays with support, they don't all just do it | 17:36 |
| daftykins | listen, i don't say these things for fun - i have the experience to back it up | 17:36 |
| diddledan | and you need three monitors! (even my setup only has two :-( *pout*) | 17:36 |
| diddledan | three monitors is just decadent | 17:37 |
| diddledan | although, I kinda want 6x24inch | 17:37 |
| diddledan | my setup is evil, the two 24inch monitors I have are different aspect ratios | 17:38 |
| daftykins | not me, i only have two too - and they're gonna be 10 years old next year :> | 17:42 |
| diddledan | :-o | 17:42 |
| daftykins | still rocking displayport 1.1 | 17:43 |
| diddledan | nearly old enoughh to vote! | 17:43 |
| diddledan | I really drool over 4k 24 inch screens | 17:43 |
| daftykins | i think that'd be too small for that res | 17:44 |
| diddledan | mine are standard 1920x1080 and 1920x1200 | 17:44 |
| daftykins | i always hear these g-sync or freesync 144Hz ones are the best thing since sliced bread, but i've not seen one in person | 17:44 |
| diddledan | nah, they're only any benefit if you're a gamer IMO | 17:45 |
| daftykins | well yeah, i do game | 17:45 |
| diddledan | I don't :-p | 17:45 |
| daftykins | but a mate has seen one and says they even improve the desktop XD | 17:45 |
| daftykins | 2 months and almost a week on and i'm still waiting on the bathroom quotes, oy | 17:46 |
| diddledan | grr | 17:46 |
| diddledan | that's a hellish wait | 17:46 |
| diddledan | still it means you get to see kitties every shower :-p | 17:46 |
| daftykins | ;) it does! the shower room i use is in the basement, so when i go in i hear the little tappity tap of kitten paws as they follow me down | 17:47 |
| diddledan | aww | 17:47 |
| diddledan | so koot | 17:47 |
| daftykins | <Poppy & Daisy> Ooh, a human is here! Quick! | 17:47 |
| === pendulum_ is now known as pendulum | ||
| diddledan | wow, I didn't know this existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Sidecar | 18:01 |
| marshmn | I doubt it will run DOTA2 | 18:06 |
| diddledan | lol | 18:06 |
| diddledan | wonder how long my electric cupboard will take to dry-out? | 18:09 |
| diddledan | there's not much ventilation so no air movement | 18:09 |
| zmoylan-pi | get the 6000 packets of silica gel that have come in every electronic device you've opened... :-P | 18:10 |
| diddledan | lol | 18:10 |
| daftykins | that reminds me, i had a brainwave of putting those packets between my ghetto secondary glazing (5mm perspex sheets screwed atop my windows) to reduce the mould buildup | 18:11 |
| marshmn | would probably work - but will probably need them replacing frequently | 18:12 |
| daftykins | indeed | 18:13 |
| daftykins | only seems to need a scrub for spring as they come down then anyway on most | 18:13 |
| marshmn | fill the entire window with rice | 18:14 |
| daftykins | \o/ | 18:14 |
| zmoylan-pi | move the window to the sahara... | 18:14 |
| marshmn | move the planet closer to the sun | 18:15 |
| zmoylan-pi | you'd need to get a quote from musk on that... | 18:15 |
| diddledan | musk is going into neurological field with his investments - wants to interface humans and machines | 18:16 |
| diddledan | ref: http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15077864/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-computer-interface-ai-cyborgs | 18:16 |
| zmoylan-pi | go to a korean internet cafe... | 18:16 |
| marshmn | you think he'd sort out daftykins' windows first though | 18:16 |
| zmoylan-pi | he thought gates was taking care of daftykins windows... | 18:17 |
| davmor2 | diddledan: yeah that could be dangerous | 18:18 |
| daftykins | he's too busy curing world diseases | 18:18 |
| diddledan | davmor2: the musk neuralink or my electricity & water combo? | 18:18 |
| davmor2 | diddledan: both | 18:18 |
| diddledan | :-p | 18:18 |
| daftykins | but my place is a fully listed 16th/17th century townhouse so yeah, no double glazing for me | 18:18 |
| diddledan | dang | 18:19 |
| diddledan | sucky nuts | 18:19 |
| daftykins | it was gonna be 2017, year of the insulated roof - until the bathroom drama | 18:20 |
| zmoylan-pi | grow a beard for insulation... | 18:25 |
| marshmn | daftykins: I already knew you like living in the past, but you've taken it to a new level in my understanding :-) | 18:40 |
| * zmoylan-pi nods approvingly of the clinging to ancient technology... :-P | 18:42 | |
| * diddledan bashes zmoylan-pi with a compaq proliant | 18:47 | |
| diddledan | (one of those was underneath the water in my leccy-cupboard) | 18:47 |
| * zmoylan-pi fends off diddledan with ast pc | 18:47 | |
| diddledan | thems are heavy beasts! | 18:49 |
| zmoylan-pi | solid metal cases... no plastics... no sireee | 18:49 |
| diddledan | one of these jobbies (though I remember the model number different .. /me goes to check) http://www.surfplus.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Compaq-Proliant-ML370-1.jpg | 18:51 |
| diddledan | yeah, mine say they're 1600R | 18:52 |
| zmoylan-pi | i think that was the one that landed on my foot when desk collapsed under it... | 18:52 |
| diddledan | not ML370 | 18:52 |
| diddledan | the delivery man loved when he had two of them to deliver to my second-floor flat a decade ago | 18:53 |
| zmoylan-pi | hopefully you left them out when you were finished with them so some thief needing a hernia installed could have a go... | 18:54 |
| diddledan | lol | 18:54 |
| diddledan | I still have them :-p | 18:54 |
| diddledan | I should get them running again | 18:55 |
| diddledan | got three of them | 18:55 |
| zmoylan-pi | i remember the blog of an admin who took a full tower pc, filled it with wet cement and left it on his porch for entertainment... first time it only made it about 50metres iirc | 18:55 |
| diddledan | haha. that's some serious trolling! | 18:56 |
| diddledan | needed a camera setup to record the fiefs | 18:56 |
| zmoylan-pi | think of it as teaching the less fortunate :-P | 18:56 |
| diddledan | (fief is how we spell theive!) | 18:56 |
| diddledan | I used to aspire to one of these setups: http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/imageServlet?DOCID=emr_na-c00376737-7/c00406574.jpg | 19:01 |
| daftykins | marshmn: i live inside the past! | 19:01 |
| daftykins | marshmn: although that still pisses me off saying that since i had discless playback with Kodi at home before you'd had your first whiff of streaming services ;) | 19:02 |
| diddledan | daftykins: I tried to do the same with linuxmce.org - I failed | 19:04 |
| diddledan | many moons ago | 19:04 |
| daftykins | looks like they're trying to do a lot in that | 19:07 |
| daftykins | oh my, Aliens in stick form - http://i.imgur.com/3238SN8.gifv | 19:30 |
| daftykins | well, chubby sticks :P | 19:30 |
| diddledan | lol | 19:32 |
| * zmoylan-pi wonders how long it would take a 3d printer to make a small wall decoration... :-P http://68.media.tumblr.com/3beb60eaeec1e76dd4dbb110873c8a84/tumblr_n3hwa472J91tp5udno1_1280.jpg | 19:41 | |
| diddledan | eek | 19:42 |
| diddledan | imagine having one of those above a bed in a hotel | 19:42 |
| diddledan | preferably invisible from all angles except when you look up from lying on the bed | 19:42 |
| zmoylan-pi | on a timer to appear from a recess at night over the bed and the flash the lights... | 19:42 |
| diddledan | or that ^ | 19:42 |
| zmoylan-pi | the resulting scream will be billed as your wake up call for the rest of the hotel/town... | 19:43 |
| diddledan | lol | 19:43 |
| daftykins | or rest of LV427 | 19:43 |
| zmoylan-pi | or don't flash the lights. just drip cold liquid onto person till they flip the light switch and see 'drooling' xenomorph... | 19:51 |
| zmoylan-pi | survivors get a discount on health insurance as they're guaranteed not to have heart attack in next year... :-P | 19:52 |
| daftykins | unless they stay again! | 19:54 |
| zmoylan-pi | yeah... they'll ever willingly go asleep in a dark room again... | 19:55 |
| daftykins | speaking of hotels i just email'd the manager of the one beside me to tell him their pub free wifi access point is borked | 19:56 |
| zmoylan-pi | probably have to be coaxed out with a warm blanky and pack of choccy hobnobs... | 19:56 |
| zmoylan-pi | you didn't hack it better? :-P | 19:56 |
| diddledan | mmm, choccy nobnobs | 19:56 |
| daftykins | hah, either a power fault or just the unit faulty - 'twas PoE | 19:59 |
| daftykins | he also unplugged it in front of me, but still fell over every 5 mins | 19:59 |
| zmoylan-pi | sounds donald... | 20:00 |
| zmoylan-pi | was it installed by pub or outsourced to some comapny? | 20:02 |
| zmoylan-pi | installed a new hp printer today... it wanted to create a cloud account to activate the printer... | 20:03 |
| daftykins | they have made the mistake of being handled by a local IT company under a managed contract | 20:03 |
| daftykins | one i know well, as their labour rate is £95/hr which includes time spent calling in, for small biz | 20:03 |
| zmoylan-pi | ah... | 20:03 |
| zmoylan-pi | if sent to fix it when i left i would either have it working for a few days between reboots scheduled at 3am or kill it with a hammer and replace it. | 20:07 |
| daftykins | reboot was already a no-go, she's dead, Jim | 20:10 |
| diddledan | http://www.html5zombo.com/ | 22:27 |
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