[12:06] allo allo [12:21] afternoon boys and girls. [12:24] Time appropriate salutations [12:46] :) [12:48] do people still buy sound cards? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcAicGVHNUU [12:49] the video is "Is the SoundBlasterX AE-5 Creative's best Sound Blaster?" [17:37] diddledan: I need your regex skillz [17:38] REGEX MAN! [17:38] * diddledan flies-in [17:38] I need to identify a SNMP OID [17:38] Should be an easy one [17:38] .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5 [17:38] That's what an OID looks like [17:38] o0 [17:38] but it can be any length of numbers [17:38] always seperated by a period [17:39] So far, I have this and it appears to work, but perl doesn't match it [17:39] ^\.[1-9+].+\d [17:39] try \d+(\.\d+){7} [17:39] that's limiting to 7 [17:40] an OID can span many more [17:40] oh [17:40] is there a minimum? [17:40] .1.3.6.1.2.1 is the minimum [17:40] but [17:40] what about maximum? [17:40] let me check the snmp spec [17:41] and does it always start with a dot or is there a number before the first dot or is it optional to have a number first? [17:41] up to 128 fields [17:41] and yes, always starts with a . [17:42] try (\.\d+){,128} [17:42] might want {1,128} depending on implementation [17:43] ok [17:43] the curlies are {repeat-minimum,repeat-maximum} [17:44] so we're matching . and then any number of decimal numbers all wrapped in a repear at most 128 times [17:44] slightly modified it [17:44] ^(\.\d+){1,128}$ [17:44] that way if anything else is there, it doesn't match [17:45] so you can't do .1.2.3.a.b.c.4.5.6 [17:45] nice :-) [17:46] that works nicely [17:46] \o/ [17:46] so it ignores alphas, only picks up numerical and period [17:46] thanks diddledan [19:26] boy oh boy, i'm trying to research the intel release schedule and decide on when i should schedule a laptop purchase, [19:27] stuff should be getting 8th gen chips right now [19:27] i'm on a near 2 year old xps 15 9550, skylake, and i'm wondering what the relative advantage of the next xps 15 chip update vs just going with the current 9560 will be. [19:27] with such a new system you'd have to be wealthy or a fool to upgrade [19:27] daftykins: yeh, so that is the coffee lake as far as I understand, [19:28] yip [19:28] i have the xps 13 9350 skylake model [19:29] well, this is my main contracting laptop, and hoestly i'm beginning to worry about it's stability, probably had about 500 working days solid usage since i got it [19:29] and what's unstable? [19:29] always good to have a secondary machine if you depend on it heavily, mmm [19:29] just finding it's hard powered off on a number occassions, if i use the gpu at all, after a short while it will completely overheat and hard power off. [19:30] ooh-err, sure it's heat related? o0 [19:31] i'm not a serious gamer, but i'm finding the occasion to play a game has become really hard due to the limited performance of the nvidia 950m that is in it and perhaps it's lackof heat management int he frame [19:31] i'd be more willing to bet you've sucked in some muck and blocked it up [19:31] the latest gen are bound to have nvidia 10 series chips now though which will be a massive difference [19:31] hmm, well perhaps that's part of it, but i've also read a large number of reports on line of the 9550 just flaking out due to gpu heat [19:32] if you work with these machines though, i'm a tad surprised you would mix business with pleasure - i'd keep gaming to a separate machine i don't depend on [19:32] i think they come apart pretty easily to re-do thermal paste (TIM) and clean out the vents [19:32] yeh, well maybe that's just my lazyness and slight dependence on a good machine for work meaning i can't afford a second good machine that can power games ;) [19:33] but yes, i'll definatley do a maintenance job this weekend, [19:33] i've a new contract starting on Tuesday, so might be a good opportunity to service the beaty [19:33] beasty [19:33] backup first :D [19:34] ;) already syncthing'd everything to my nas [19:34] interesting, the XPS 15 hasn't been updated on the Dell UK site yet - so those must be taking longer as usual - though the nvidia 10 series chips are in [19:34] http://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptop-and-2-in-1-pcs/xps-15/spd/xps-15-9560-laptop [19:35] anyway, i'm pretty sure i'd like a new laptop for the sake of rolling forward spec /chipset wise and to retire this one to the backup work machine role [19:35] mmm 9 to 10 series nvidia changes are meant to be in the order of 2x performance for the same power [19:35] woah, really, 9560 has 10xx nvidia's? [19:35] * NET||abuse looks at the link [19:36] obviously i'm also a linux only user on these machines. [19:36] yeah [19:37] so i'm in a place where i really trust the linux support on the xps range, mixed with the sheer quality of the machines ... other than my current complaints :) rather than looking elsewhere so much [19:37] i couldn't live with fat bezels again ... hurk... [19:37] :D i hear that [19:37] i liked avoiding hybrid graphics tech this time though, sticking to intel only with the 13 [19:37] oh,, hah, Up to £115.00 back [19:38] i often buy from the Dell Outlet since you can get great deals on there if you keep checking back [19:38] yeh, but you really can't run anything decent from the steam catalogue on that [19:38] i don't expect to use laptops for gaming [19:39] yeh, fair enough, i would consider just going with the new 13 and it's 8th gen setup if i could get the crazy 32GB ram allotment :) i run very large test suits/vms' for work [19:40] wow still limted to 8GB, that was the only point where i felt i was going against my preferences with buying this model [19:41] oh no i wasn't on the top end of configurations, 16GB with ubuntu there [19:41] yeh, there's those, just looking at the 11 variants,, hehe, that's a few isn't it [19:42] good to see you don't have to go off to the hidden page of the developer edition model anymore to find the ubuntu ones