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01:03.49awilcoxJonathanD!
01:31.56awilcoxJonathanD: weekends are really bad for me
01:32.16awilcoxI have had almost no free time since April between working and then forced weekend outings :/
01:32.43awilcoxanyways yes we need a database
01:32.48awilcoxI have a test one on 76.26.0.123
01:32.52awilcoxthe un/pw are the same
01:32.58awilcoxbut I haven't set up the account yet
01:32.59awilcoxsorry
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05:18.45Khalsaahoy there SportChick
05:18.54a_meteoriteYay! Grouphug!
05:18.55GreaseMonkeyOH NOES IT'S A HUG ATTACK
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05:25.30awilcox:D !
05:29.29latexerSportChick: hey hey.
05:29.31latexerSportChick: how goes?
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06:31.05RudyValenciahm, if I were to change the name of IRC without messing up the acronym, I'd rename it "Internet Realtime Communications"
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08:52.50KiiraniOh no, it would appear I was hugged in my sleep.
08:53.42RudyValenciay'know what, i'm done with my website.
08:53.43RudyValenciahttp://www.rudyvalencia.com/
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13:39.24CBG_Anyone here know the differences between sore throats, throat infections and tonsillitis?
13:42.20menotumewebmd does
13:43.30pleia2"sore throat" is just a symptom, can be caused by a zillion things
13:43.44pleia2tonsillitis is caused by a bacteria
13:45.47CBGWell... I was thinking more in terms of what the different symptoms are.
13:46.19pleia2with tonsillitis your tonsils get big :)
13:46.32CBGI read that tonsillitis causes the tonsils to be swollen and there may be white things around them...
13:46.40pleia2yup
13:46.48CBGMy tonsils don't look especially big, but I don't exactly have anything to compare them with...
13:46.53CBGThey look red though. :/
13:47.02CBGNo white stuff.
13:47.12pleia2you should just see a doctor, even tonsillitis can be treated with antibiotics and dealt with without having them removed if you catch it soon enough
13:48.04pleia2I had it when I was a teenager, and still have my tonsils, antibiotics did the trick :)
13:48.30CBGI've had a sore throat for 2 weeks... Doubt it is "soon enough" if that is what it is.
13:48.45pleia2yikes, 2 weeks is a long time o_o
13:49.06pleia2go to a doctor
13:49.34CBG*sigh*
13:49.37CBGOk, thanks..
13:51.19orangecould just be allergies
13:51.55orangepost-nasal drip is a very common cause of sore throat
13:52.32orangebut with two weeks... and free health care... why wait?
13:53.59CBGhealth "care" ? lol
13:54.05CBGClearly not a Brit. :D
13:54.47orangec'mon, Michael Moore says your system is awesome!
13:55.00pleia2lol
13:56.04CBGrofl
13:56.45orangeI believe him!  He's an expert!  Unbiased!
14:12.08CBGWell, either way, ice cream stops it hurting. :D
14:12.52CBGHow about I give it 2 more weeks, just eating ice cream, and see how it feels then ?
14:13.01orangedairy usually makes it worse in the long run
14:13.11CBGoh. :|
14:13.22orangebuilds up more mucous
14:13.26pleia2CBG: we'll have an ice cream party later this week, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out on thursday
14:13.27CBGpft
14:13.55CBGoh, wow. a friend of mine has wisdom coming through right now... really painful. he ate ice cream for the first time in a few weeks today
14:14.23pleia2mine started coming in when I was 24... and didn't finish, all three of them are impacted :(
14:14.46pleia2which means surgery, fun fun
14:14.48CBGhe's 18. is that young for wisdom teeth then?
14:14.51CBGoh, bummer :(
14:14.52pleia2nope, I'm old
14:15.04pleia226 is unusually old to have them removed, most people get them out around 18
14:15.20CBGah I see. well, hope it goes well
14:15.23pleia2thanks
14:15.37pleia2least I get good drugs :D
14:15.41JonathanDwoot
14:15.45JonathanDpleia2 is really old!
14:15.46JonathanD:P
14:16.00pleia2you coming to PLUG on wednesday?
14:16.07JonathanDwest?
14:16.10pleia2central
14:16.12JonathanDno.
14:16.12JonathanD:P
14:16.15pleia2:)
14:16.23JonathanDunless someone comes and gets me.
14:16.25JonathanDthen I'll og.
14:16.28JonathanDor go, even.
14:16.29pleia2where do you live?
14:16.36JonathanDPhoenixville.
14:16.51JonathanDalthough, actually.
14:16.53JonathanDwhere is it?
14:16.56pleia2how far from 422?
14:17.00pleia2university city
14:17.12JonathanD5 minutes or so. or less
14:17.23JonathanDI'll be in princeton NJ weds
14:17.49pleia2ah, so probably not back in phoenixville by 5:30 then huh?
14:18.27JonathanDprobably not.
14:20.18pleia2well call me if you happen to be, I will be driving past the 422 exit around 5:45 :)
14:20.23pleia2have my number?
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14:23.18JonathanDunsure.
14:23.34JonathanDyes
14:23.35JonathanD:P
14:23.37pleia2:)
14:23.50JonathanDwhats the topic?
14:23.55pleia2Tux Droid!
14:24.29pleia2http://www.kysoh.com/tux_overview.html
14:24.39pleia2Tux Droid is a first generation 2.4 GHz wireless robot specially built for Linux
14:24.45JonathanDO.o
14:24.59JonathanDdo they wash dishes?
14:25.45JonathanDTake Tux Droid to your bathroom to listen to the news broadcast
14:25.49JonathanDthat ones a bit scary ;)
14:26.29pleia2at least they didn't suggest bringing it to your bedroom :)
14:26.36JonathanDfor... what? :P
14:26.37JonathanDnm
14:26.56JonathanDpengiuns move in mysterious ways.
14:27.12JonathanDya know what would be really, really cool?
14:27.20pleia2hm?
14:27.29JonathanDif my printer would like... ya know... print?
14:28.02pleia2hahaha
14:29.55CBGlol @ the fist on the tux robot site
14:29.59CBGfish*
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14:44.30JonathanDfist?
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19:39.07tannerldstumbleupon is slow today
19:47.47tonyyarussostumbleupon admins haven't replied to me yet - getting annoyed
19:47.54tannerldwhat for?
19:48.02tonyyarussoPassword recovery
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20:12.10tannerldhttp://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/05/iphone-dynatac-smackdown/
20:16.08tonyyarussothat makes me think I should just use ridiculous phrases like "smackdown" in all of my blog posts
20:16.18tonyyarusso"Church picnic SMACKDOWN!"
20:17.05tannerldHam Sandwich vs. Chicken Sandwich.
20:47.29CBGanyone good at database theory? :)
20:47.52Khalsasure, I have this one theory about databases....
20:48.23starshineCBG I dunno about 'good' but what do you need to know?
20:49.52CBGWell, I have been given a task, to develop a database system (just on paper, thankfully) for a library. There are borrowers, books, books can be loaned by borrowers and books can be reserved by borrowers. I've decided upon the 4 tables: Borrower, Book, Loan, Reservation.
20:51.20CBGThe database needs to be able to 1. check whether a book returned has been reserved. 2. check which borrower has a particular book out on loan. 3. check which books a borrower has out on loan. and 4. check whether a copy of a particular title is in the library.
20:51.38CBG1. Simply search for the returned book ISBN in the reservation table.
20:52.11CBG2. Find the ID of the book in question and search for it in the loan table.
20:52.13awilcoxCBG: do a google search for "normal forms"
20:52.28awilcoxyou want to at least pass second normal form, or 2NF
20:52.43deryniAre there not open source systems for this around?
20:52.43CBG3. Find the borrower ID and search for it in the loan table.
20:52.50CBGAll good so far?
20:52.55CBGlol deryni. it's an exercise.
20:53.01deryniAh, I see.
20:53.16CBGawilcox: I've not been told, at all, about "normal forms" so it won't be involved.
20:53.23awilcox...
20:53.28CBGAnyone see any issues with what I have said so far?
20:53.33awilcoxnormal forms are important to database design
20:53.55CBGawilcox: I've not been told about them _yet_.
20:54.06awilcoxjust because you haven't been taught it yet doesn't mean it isn't important, and if you do get your db to pass 2NF your teacher would prolly be very impressed
20:54.09awilcox:)
20:54.40awilcoxI'm no DBA, but I know a thing or two about db design :)
20:54.48awilcoxotoh, I suck at SQL :P
20:54.53CBGshe won't even see it and I don't want to appear a smart-ass in ANOTHER class. :P
20:55.14awilcoxhehehehe
20:55.22CBGI'm stuck on the 4th point..: check whether a copy of a particular title is in the library.
20:55.36awilcoxum
20:55.40deryniWhat is the Book table?
20:55.44awilcoxdo a search for the ISBN in the book table?
20:55.59awilcoxisn't that sorta obvious?  :P
20:56.00CBGThe way I have decided to store the books is have a record for every copy of each book, NOT have a record for each title+author and have a 'copies' field.
20:56.11awilcoxugh
20:56.19CBGthe book table would not say if a book is in the library or not
20:56.19awilcoxyou wouldn't even pass 1NF lol
20:56.40deryniBy "in library" do you mean available to be checked out or owned by the library?
20:56.52deryniAnd how are you going to tell the copies of the book apart?
20:56.59CBGI am told in the brief that each book has an acquisition number - this implies a unique identifier to me.
20:57.22CBG"in the library" implies "in-stock, available to be checked out" to me.
20:57.50awilcoxyou should have a separate book and copies table
20:58.01awilcoxbook has the book info and a unique ID (i.e. ISBN)
20:58.08deryniSo you are going to be keeping the isbn and acquisition numbers in the "checked out" table?
20:58.15awilcoxthen the copies table references that ISBN and details the copy information (checked out, acq no, etc)
20:58.22CBGso if the library "acquire" multiple copies of the same book, they would each have unique acquisition numbers and acquisition dates, so would all be separate records in the book table.
20:58.33CBGgood point deryni
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20:59.03CBGthe loan table would hold the borrower ID, the loan date and some way of identifying the book - but would that be acquisition number or ISBN ? :/
20:59.20awilcoxit would have to be acq no
20:59.23CBGawilcox: oh, interesting
20:59.38deryniIf you have multiple entries with the same isbn you can't use that as the unique id.
20:59.53CBGright, ok. I can see that
20:59.56deryniBecause you wouldn't have a way to tell which of the copies of the book you mean.
21:00.22CBGthat's good, but I still can't see an answer to that 4th thing... check whether a copy of a particular title is in the library.
21:01.14awilcoxthe copies table needs a checked out value
21:01.18awilcoxenum {yes,no}
21:01.48starshinenormalize til it hurts, denormalize til it works..
21:01.52CBGwith a copies table as awilcox suggests, I can get the ISBN of the book, search for that in "copies" table, get a list of the acquisition numbers and then search for those in the loan table... ? :/
21:02.12awilcoxCBG: no I said have a "checked out" field too
21:02.21awilcoxchecked_out ENUM (Yes, No)
21:02.21CBGhm, awilcox, could that sort of thing be automatically updated when a new record was added to the loan table?
21:02.27awilcoxyes
21:02.30CBGright, I didn't see it when I was typing :P
21:02.35CBGeven in MS Access?
21:02.45awilcoxewww
21:02.56awilcoxzomg
21:03.04CBGnot my choice to use it, but we are doing so in the practical side
21:03.06awilcoxdoes "db" mean "DumB" in your country?  :P
21:03.19awilcoxMySQL, even SQL Server 6.5, would be better
21:03.27CBGI hate it too, but I have no choice.
21:03.37awilcoxI doubt Access has enums -- I don't remember it when I used it
21:03.46CBGI'm all for SQL, really, but the module uses Access.
21:03.58awilcoxeesh
21:04.05CBGthen I imagine my lecturer bringing that up :(
21:14.59CBGanymore insight? awilcox's idea is great, but I'm not sure it is what my lecturer is looking for if it's not feasible in Access...
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22:17.02JeffM2501anyone know how SportChick got jbot to do the rss annoucnements in channel?
22:18.06RudyValenciaask her to add your RSS feed to jbot
22:18.25JeffM2501no no, I don't want to add a feed here
22:18.46JeffM2501I want to know the commands she gave to jbot to add a feed to another channel on another instance of the bot
22:19.06WinnyJeffM2501: it was essybot, not jbot, IIRC.
22:19.10JeffM2501ahhh
22:19.17JeffM2501probably a supybot then
22:19.27JeffM2501cus I can't see anything on rss in the ibot help
22:29.06awilcoxJeffM2501: it was nessybot, which is a custom made bot iirc, and you do "!rss add <rss url>"
22:29.38JeffM2501ahh
22:34.38tannerldnever look up "washington" in visuwords
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22:41.52RudyValenciawhy?
22:42.28tannerldcontains about 30 bubles on the government and then about 20 on the state
22:46.45awilcox\o/
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22:47.01starshine_away?
22:48.22awilcoxSo I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from 1 to 92, although it's been said, many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you!
22:53.21starshine<3 frank sinatra
22:53.39awilcox:D
22:53.48awilcox<3 all Christmas music
22:54.01starshineI'm sure I could find some you'd manage to not like
22:54.29starshinethough you'd probably rofl @ "jewish bells"
22:54.29awilcoxheh
22:54.42awilcoxI'm not including parodies :P
22:54.53awilcoxwow, awesome
22:54.56starshineI won a karaoke prize once for "ten light years from bethlehem"
22:55.06starshineI didnt write it but I can sing it just delightfully
22:55.07awilcoxoriginal ftw
22:55.14awilcoxstarshine: hehe :D
22:56.15starshine"the stocking though they're hung with care, in one half gee look sad, oh where is our comfort and joy /comfort and joy/ ohohhh whe-ere is, our co-omfort and joy."
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