[06:22] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[08:27] <MooDoo> hello all
[10:16] <diplo> Anyone use Nagios to monitor if a process has been running for a certain amount of time ~?
[10:17] <diplo> Using check_proc_age from the exchange via check_by_ssh but it seems hit and miss whether it works or not
[10:17] <diplo> Also tried check_procs -t INTERVAL or something that works locally ok but doesn't seem to work well otherwise
[10:18] <diplo> We have a process that gets stuck everynow and then, can't track the cause yet so want to be alerted of it.
[12:39] <foobarry> oh look: http://imgur.com/a/mWR3S
[12:42] <zmoylan-pi> that's a lot of pi...
[12:47] <popey> i recognise that case, I have the same one :)
[12:47] <foobarry> wait for it...
[12:49] <zmoylan-pi> they're your anti ninja servers that you have on the floor at 3am...
[12:49] <popey> haha
[12:51] <popey> i bought one red, one blue and one black so I know what kind of pi is in each one
[12:51] <popey> then I remembered I had a labeller :)
[12:57] <zmoylan-pi> i use a sharpie marker... dead handy
[12:59] <popey> i even labelled my pi zeores
[12:59] <zmoylan-pi> huey dewey and louie?
[12:59] <foobarry> http://imgur.com/a/7fEZn
[12:59] <popey> hahah
[12:59] <popey> i wondered what we were waiting for, not disappointed
[13:00] <foobarry> it will look uhly when all connected
[13:00] <foobarry> probably won't use wifi
[13:00] <popey> did you get heat sinks for them?
[13:00] <foobarry> noooo
[13:00] <foobarry> will i need them?
[13:00] <popey> dunno, i did as a precaution on mine
[13:00] <popey> because a few of them run flat out a lot of the time
[13:00] <foobarry> which ones did you buy pls?
[13:01] <popey> figured it was a cheap way to protect them, as they sometimes get quite hot
[13:01] <popey> just some cheapo ones off amazon, bag o' heatsinks
[13:01] <popey> there's some rated badly and another lot which are rated better, go for them
[13:01] <popey> you get like 10 in a pack, of the two sizes
[13:01] <foobarry> especially for pi?
[13:01] <popey> so you'd probbaly need 2-3 bags
[13:01] <popey> yes
[13:02] <popey> https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/a37/Mudder-Piece-Aluminum-Heatsink-Cooler-Cooling-Raspberry/B01DLQIMPE
[13:02] <popey> that kinda thing
[13:02] <popey> peel & stick. done.
[13:02] <zmoylan-pi> i thought the pi 3 got a bit warm?
[13:03] <foobarry> how many are used per pi?
[13:03] <popey> two, one big, one small, there is a pic of one in that listing
[13:03] <popey> last photo
[13:03] <foobarry> ah, so i need 2 packs of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mudder-Aluminum-Heatsink-Cooling-Raspberry/dp/B01LXWK626/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1497531709&sr=8-3&keywords=pi+heatsinks
[13:04] <popey> it's odd numbers in that pack. 2 big ones, four little
[13:04] <popey> which will only do 2 pis
[13:04] <foobarry> that link has 5 * 0.35 inch x 0.35 inch (8mm x 8 mm) aluminum heat sink
[13:04] <foobarry> 5 * 0.56 inch x 0.56 inch (14 mm x 14 mm) aluminum heat sink
[13:04] <popey> ah thats better
[13:05] <popey> https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=13080
[13:05] <popey> "Heat Sinks, Do YOU need them."
[13:07] <popey> maybe you could cook bacon on your cpu like this chap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uBNCN6v_gk
[13:08] <foobarry> we will be running as a demo hpc cluster
[13:08] <foobarry> so the heatsink info is helpful , tanks
[13:08] <foobarry> thanks
[13:09] <popey> np
[13:09] <foobarry> have to pack them away now as i have higher priority stuff to work on for a while :(
[13:10] <foobarry> :(:(:(
[13:11] <foobarry> i got the anker 6 port usb charger, man they are sleek
[13:18] <popey> yeah, i like anker kit
[13:18] <popey> i have a bolse usb charger on my desk though, 7 ports ftw :)
[13:18] <foobarry> do the heatsinks fit inside the lego case ok?
[13:18] <popey> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charging-Desktop-Station-SmartICᵀᴹ-Technology/dp/B00L2SBZ80
[13:19] <popey> yes
[13:19] <popey> lots of room in there
[13:19] <foobarry> cool
[13:46] <foobarry> bought a pack of rolos. havent had them since i was a kid. nicer than i remember
[13:52] <zmoylan-pi> i remember my last pack of rolos... my dad gave them to me... after i thanked him afterwards he mentioned it wasn't a problem as he was clearing out the locker of a dead guy in hospital... it's the little things you remember... :-)
[13:54]  * brobostigon has never had them, he is allergic to milk chocolate, (allergic to the milk, not the chocolate).
[13:54] <SuperMatt> Rolos kinda disappeared from the shelves for a while, but I'm glad they're back
[13:55] <SuperMatt> I like to keep them in the fridge so that the toffee in the centre gets harder
[13:55] <zmoylan-pi> they're no munchies though
[13:55] <zmoylan-pi> even if they are a lot cheaper than munchies
[18:18] <ali1234> daftykins: please remind me once again what the deal is with windows 7 and OEM licensing? can i just get the retail ISO and use the serial from the CoA on the bottom of this laptop, in order to do a clean install?
[18:18] <ali1234> or do i need to get the "samsung OEM ISO" like on previous versions?
[18:20] <ali1234> its home premium 64 bit, if that matters
[22:12] <diddledan> ali1234: I believe goat sacrifice is part of the procedure these days
[22:18] <directhex> ali1234: 7 iirc you can use any old iso AS LONG ASS THE COUNTRY CODE MATCHES
[22:18] <directhex> and even that might not matter
[22:19] <directhex> you don't need a samsung iso
[22:19] <directhex> enter your cd key in https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7 to get a link to the right iso, though
[22:21] <ali1234> oh nice, thanks
[22:24] <directhex> on systems where the cd key is burned into the firmware, not stuck to the case, you can read it out of the ACPI tables from within linux
[22:25] <directhex> it's at the end of /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM