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| 15:09.00 | thebigdog | herlo, jsmith you guys around? |
| 15:09.09 | jsmith | I'm here. |
| 15:09.16 | jsmith | What's up? |
| 15:09.39 | thebigdog | jsmith, you ever have issues with symlinks being removed mysteriously?...like they are there one day and gone the next? |
| 15:09.47 | jsmith | Nope |
| 15:10.34 | thebigdog | k ty...i need to investigate symlinks then some more |
| 15:13.42 | jsmith | chattr -i is your friend |
| 15:14.57 | fungus | Sweet. |
| 15:15.28 | fungus | I found my BSD chflags replacement. |
| 15:15.57 | jsmith | fungus: You're welcome |
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| 15:19.04 | mgeary | ~morning |
| 15:19.06 | jbot | Good morning! |
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| 15:29.41 | Lone_Wanderer | ~evening |
| 15:29.44 | Lone_Wanderer | ~afternoon |
| 15:29.49 | Lone_Wanderer | ~night |
| 15:29.50 | jbot | G'night lone_wanderer, get out of here. |
| 15:29.53 | Lone_Wanderer | ~jbot is slow |
| 15:36.09 | Lone_Wanderer | Holy crap man. |
| 15:36.25 | Lone_Wanderer | Sometimes I wonder if writing code this complex is even worth it. |
| 15:37.18 | Lone_Wanderer | Although I do recognize that, usually, it starts out pretty simple and then just grows. |
| 15:44.56 | jsmith | That's right... it starts out as 100 lines of PHP code, and ends up being 100 pages. |
| 15:54.37 | beandog | Lone_Wanderer: did you ever find a download solution |
| 15:54.43 | Lone_Wanderer | Eh. |
| 15:54.50 | Lone_Wanderer | Not yet. We'll work on it later. |
| 15:56.15 | Lone_Wanderer | No. Comments. |
| 16:07.16 | beandog | whats that |
| 16:07.35 | thebigdog | beandog, where you can shop smart |
| 16:07.41 | beandog | oh |
| 16:07.46 | beandog | http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=288510 |
| 16:07.50 | beandog | does that look like a good deal |
| 16:08.22 | thebigdog | sure...i hate mailing rebates though..i tend to forget |
| 16:08.32 | beandog | me too. |
| 16:08.37 | beandog | but even without, thats a good deal on a 22" |
| 16:08.38 | beandog | I think. |
| 16:09.03 | thebigdog | kinda...i thought i saw cheaper |
| 16:09.42 | thebigdog | http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010190020+50001146+1309822582&name=22%22 |
| 16:09.46 | thebigdog | try those |
| 16:10.11 | thebigdog | those are without mail-in rebate though |
| 16:10.46 | beandog | I'm just mostly worried about this thing getting dead pixels |
| 16:11.29 | thebigdog | yeah...lcds suck with those |
| 16:12.15 | beandog | I always hear these horror stories, too. |
| 16:12.22 | beandog | Id rather buy it at a store where I can take it back if its dead |
| 16:12.28 | beandog | instead of having to deal with mail order + rmas |
| 16:12.47 | jsmith | To be honest, Acer is a great company to work with on returns. |
| 16:12.58 | jsmith | My Acer LCD went bad, and they took *good* care of me |
| 16:13.01 | jsmith | I was really surprised |
| 16:13.13 | thebigdog | jsmith, where did you purchase from? |
| 16:13.19 | thebigdog | online or store? |
| 16:13.41 | jsmith | thebigdog: My dad bought it for me for Christmas |
| 16:13.53 | jsmith | He bought it on some online fly-by-night site |
| 16:13.55 | thebigdog | oh, nice dad! |
| 16:16.06 | beandog | huh |
| 16:16.12 | beandog | maybe Ill give it a try. |
| 16:16.36 | thebigdog | i need to pick up one too |
| 16:16.42 | thebigdog | but the mail-in rebate is nice |
| 16:16.49 | thebigdog | i might have to see if the wife will let me |
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| 16:58.57 | Lone_Wanderer | thebigdog: Do you have any shotguns or chainsaws for sale? |
| 16:59.08 | thebigdog | sure thing |
| 16:59.41 | Lone_Wanderer | Two hours of blatant fan service. (Ash would, of course, win.) |
| 17:01.38 | thebigdog | ash would win |
| 17:04.23 | Lone_Wanderer | So, there's this other project I've been "working" on. About a month ago we got it, and within a day or two of getting it I sent a bunch of stuff back to the customer saying "In order to do this we need (long list of things)". |
| 17:04.50 | Lone_Wanderer | Never heard back from them, until today when they called and said "Today's the deadline, where's our web site?!?" |
| 17:04.54 | thebigdog | shop smart...shop s-mart |
| 17:04.55 | beandog | lmao |
| 17:05.01 | thebigdog | nice |
| 17:05.04 | Lone_Wanderer | Yeah baby. |
| 17:05.08 | beandog | Lone_Wanderer has all the cool stories. |
| 17:05.08 | beandog | :C |
| 17:05.34 | Lone_Wanderer | It's days like today when I'm really, really glad that the woman who I usually complain about not being tech-savvy works here ;) |
| 17:06.01 | thebigdog | lol |
| 17:06.09 | beandog | "uh, ask her" |
| 17:06.10 | beandog | :) |
| 17:06.39 | beandog | that's what bosses are good for -- client-proof vests |
| 17:07.22 | Lone_Wanderer | Indeed. |
| 17:07.37 | thebigdog | did no one follow up on your email? |
| 17:07.44 | Lone_Wanderer | Apparently not. |
| 17:08.01 | Lone_Wanderer | These were the same clients who wanted an NDA in order to look at their API. |
| 17:08.17 | Lone_Wanderer | Not to get a login or anything to their server - just for the documentation. |
| 17:08.31 | beandog | wtc? |
| 17:08.34 | thebigdog | oh nice |
| 17:08.36 | beandog | death to NDAs. |
| 17:09.16 | Lone_Wanderer | Sometimes I wish I could honestly say what I think to customers. |
| 17:09.38 | beandog | that's what were here for, Lone_Wanderer |
| 17:09.39 | Lone_Wanderer | The same way I almost always say what I honestly think to people who make job postings. |
| 17:09.43 | Lone_Wanderer | I know, I know. |
| 17:09.48 | beandog | heh |
| 17:10.06 | beandog | The job postings I hate are the ones where you have to be an expert in 12 languages, and it pays $7.50 an hour. |
| 17:10.28 | beandog | "Must be proficent in Java, C# and COBOL." |
| 17:10.28 | Lone_Wanderer | Yeah, those are the ones I usually respond to. |
| 17:10.31 | beandog | O_o |
| 17:10.41 | Lone_Wanderer | Or postings that require X years in a language when that language has only been around for X-3 years. |
| 17:10.45 | beandog | heh |
| 17:10.55 | Lone_Wanderer | I don't respond asking for a job. I respond saying "You're an idiot." |
| 17:11.04 | Lone_Wanderer | (As nicely as possible.) |
| 17:11.16 | beandog | its ones like that someone could probably show up and just make up language names. |
| 17:11.39 | beandog | Yes, I'm a real expert in D--, Fiskell, and Plava. |
| 17:12.15 | Lone_Wanderer | Ohhh, I should try that. |
| 17:12.20 | beandog | And Ive written webpages using nothing but MS Word macros. |
| 17:12.27 | Lone_Wanderer | Like, rehearse saying things that are completely meaningless with a straight face. |
| 17:12.32 | beandog | LOL |
| 17:12.32 | jsmith | Must be proficient in at least three of the following languages... Polony, Figlematics, Branara, Elcodero, and/or Requilium |
| 17:12.35 | beandog | that would be great. |
| 17:12.38 | Lone_Wanderer | And then bring in a tape recorder to job interviews. |
| 17:12.48 | beandog | oh man |
| 17:12.50 | beandog | that would be awesome. |
| 17:12.51 | Lone_Wanderer | I could post them online and I bet I'd get a huge amount of traffic for about two weeks. |
| 17:15.19 | beandog | mplayer mms://mms.samples.dmpcontent.com/600111/p/002/91/02/0029102_01{10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}_00_0690.wma |
| 17:15.35 | beandog | and figure out what movie its from |
| 17:15.36 | beandog | :) |
| 17:16.00 | beandog | and yes my bash sucks. |
| 17:16.01 | thebigdog | run what? |
| 17:16.08 | beandog | ^^ mplayer command |
| 17:16.31 | thebigdog | you want someone to run it? |
| 17:17.33 | beandog | it just plays music. |
| 17:18.50 | Lone_Wanderer | So... |
| 17:19.04 | thebigdog | its not playing for me |
| 17:19.05 | Lone_Wanderer | How would one go about recording an job interview, surreptitiously? |
| 17:19.18 | beandog | thebigdog: poop. |
| 17:19.27 | Lone_Wanderer | From what I understand, it can be difficult to get a good audio recording when you don't want people to know they're being recorded. |
| 17:19.34 | thebigdog | it says it loads it...but does nothing |
| 17:19.45 | Lone_Wanderer | I guess I could just say that I like to record my interviews so I can review them later. |
| 17:22.08 | thebigdog | they will probably all say no because of the legal ramifications |
| 17:22.08 | beandog | Lone_Wanderer: why tell them? Just get a little microrecorder and put in your pocket somewhere |
| 17:22.28 | beandog | Hmm |
| 17:22.36 | Lone_Wanderer | Yeah but then I'd be worried about being able to hear the interviewer. |
| 17:22.38 | beandog | I bet t here are some good audio / video interview recordings out there. |
| 17:23.27 | timinator | I've wanted to get a mic for my iPod.... it's always on my hip anyway |
| 17:23.57 | timinator | then you wouldn't hear a click when the devise runs out of tape |
| 17:23.58 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:24.23 | thebigdog | can your phone record audo |
| 17:24.32 | timinator | I've brought my laptop to interviews.... to show a portfolio.... and used Audacity to record |
| 17:24.34 | thebigdog | just set it in front of you...ringer off |
| 17:24.37 | timinator | in the background |
| 17:24.52 | thebigdog | mac lovers |
| 17:25.00 | thebigdog | im torn....vacation or new mac? |
| 17:25.08 | timinator | I've got a crappy phone, but it only records 16sec of audio |
| 17:25.13 | timinator | LOL.... Mac |
| 17:25.16 | timinator | hands down |
| 17:25.40 | thebigdog | lol |
| 17:25.46 | thebigdog | not sure the wife would like that answer |
| 17:26.01 | timinator | my wife has almost left me over the mac |
| 17:26.02 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:26.04 | timinator | jk |
| 17:26.14 | timinator | she jokes about it though |
| 17:26.33 | thebigdog | lol |
| 17:26.37 | thebigdog | that is funny |
| 17:26.46 | timinator | she is funny |
| 17:26.49 | timinator | I got a good one |
| 17:26.52 | thebigdog | i want one for pics and audio stuff |
| 17:27.05 | timinator | you'll use it for a lot more than that |
| 17:27.22 | thebigdog | yeah but with those 2 things i can get her to buy into that |
| 17:27.56 | Lone_Wanderer | hmm |
| 17:28.08 | Lone_Wanderer | I'll look around for a good quality, discreet audio recorder. |
| 17:28.26 | Lone_Wanderer | And I'll have to think of ways to push the interview as far into the realm of stupidity as possible. |
| 17:28.33 | timinator | LW: do you have an MP3 devise? |
| 17:28.36 | Lone_Wanderer | I wouldn't record *you* guys. |
| 17:28.42 | Lone_Wanderer | timinator: I have an ipod. |
| 17:28.42 | jsmith | Lone_Wanderer: That's easy to do! |
| 17:28.52 | thebigdog | cause that is all see uses the computer for |
| 17:28.52 | thebigdog | im afraid if i get one she will use it more than me :( |
| 17:29.27 | thebigdog | Lone_Wanderer, i dont think that will be hard for ya |
| 17:29.28 | jsmith | Lone_Wanderer: Ask the candidate to spend 15 minutes thinking about how to estimate the number of gas stations in the US. Then have them walk through their thinking process, saying out loud what they're thinking. |
| 17:29.29 | timinator | the mic will be cheaper than a separate devise... and the HD will be larger... and you can excuse it's presence.... |
| 17:29.35 | Lone_Wanderer | My friend once said that he'd pay me $1,000 if I could do a job interview while doing pelvic thrusts the entire time. |
| 17:29.48 | timinator | are you the interviewer or interviewee? |
| 17:29.48 | Lone_Wanderer | jsmith: I'm going to be the candidate. |
| 17:29.52 | jsmith | Lone_Wanderer: Oh! |
| 17:29.55 | Lone_Wanderer | I'm the interviewee. |
| 17:30.07 | timinator | gotcha |
| 17:30.18 | thebigdog | ive been in some funny interviews |
| 17:30.34 | timinator | me too |
| 17:30.36 | timinator | dang |
| 17:30.40 | jsmith | I've been the interviewer in a lot of funny interviews |
| 17:30.44 | Lone_Wanderer | I figured I could pull it off if I just said that I have some back and hip problems, and I have to do exercises regularly to keep them from acting up, so does he mind if I proceed while we continue the interview. |
| 17:30.59 | thebigdog | ive interviewed a college professor of mine that i hated |
| 17:31.05 | Lone_Wanderer | For a job? |
| 17:31.16 | thebigdog | yeah he wanted a job with the company i was at |
| 17:31.29 | Lone_Wanderer | niiice |
| 17:31.31 | Lone_Wanderer | did he remember you? |
| 17:31.44 | Lone_Wanderer | and if you hated him for doing trick questions, did you spring some on him? |
| 17:31.44 | thebigdog | nope...but i told him in the interview who i was |
| 17:32.02 | thebigdog | not really but we had some really tough questions |
| 17:32.12 | thebigdog | and he argued a lot with us on some of them |
| 17:32.19 | thebigdog | needless to say he still sucked |
| 17:32.31 | Lone_Wanderer | =\ |
| 17:32.32 | Lone_Wanderer | oh well |
| 17:34.00 | thebigdog | and he didnt know crap about database |
| 17:34.18 | Lone_Wanderer | That's kind of sad. |
| 17:35.58 | thebigdog | yeah i really hated his class |
| 17:36.00 | timinator | I had a lady spill the contents of her purse... half a dozen pill bottles rolled out. |
| 17:36.01 | Lone_Wanderer | O_O |
| 17:36.02 | thebigdog | yeah |
| 17:36.02 | Lone_Wanderer | Did you pick one up and say "Wow I bet you have fun with THESE!" |
| 17:36.10 | timinator | haha |
| 17:36.10 | timinator | nope |
| 17:36.10 | thebigdog | i know of someone that brought their text book to the interview and told them what she knew from the book |
| 17:36.20 | Lone_Wanderer | Actually if there were all prescription, I'd have just said "Oops!" or something and waited until she'd put them all away. |
| 17:36.46 | Lone_Wanderer | Since, not being her doctor, you have no real right to know anything about her health, unless it's going to interfere with her work. |
| 17:36.57 | Lone_Wanderer | there/they |
| 17:37.36 | timinator | The position would've required light computer work. So, when asking about her computer skills, she replied that she had a cash register at home for personal use, and she liked to crunch numbers on there for fun |
| 17:37.48 | Lone_Wanderer | Huh. |
| 17:37.51 | Lone_Wanderer | That's kind of weird. |
| 17:37.56 | timinator | seriously |
| 17:38.47 | timinator | I hate hiring employees |
| 17:39.33 | Lone_Wanderer | Why? Just because of the sheer number of fruitcakes out there? |
| 17:40.53 | timinator | ya, it's hard to find a good employee |
| 17:42.35 | timinator | what job are you interviewing for LW? |
| 17:42.38 | Lone_Wanderer | I'm not. |
| 17:43.07 | timinator | but you were just asking about recording your interview |
| 17:43.29 | Lone_Wanderer | I just thought it'd be fun to find job postings that have ridiculous requirements, then apply for them and when I go to the interview, say things that are blatantly retarded but that sound good |
| 17:43.40 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:43.43 | Lone_Wanderer | like "I have ten years of experience in Fluboo++" |
| 17:43.43 | timinator | oh, I see |
| 17:43.54 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:44.11 | Lone_Wanderer | And see if I can pull it off. |
| 17:44.28 | Lone_Wanderer | I'd have to practice with a few people first, probably. And also practice what to say if someone calls my bluff. |
| 17:44.31 | Lone_Wanderer | lol |
| 17:44.40 | timinator | lol |
| 17:44.44 | Lone_Wanderer | Probably watch a bunch of Colbert Report interviews. |
| 17:45.00 | Lone_Wanderer | "You've never heard of Fluboo? Well with all due respect, which of us is a programmer?" |
| 17:45.07 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:45.10 | timinator | haha |
| 17:45.16 | timinator | that's a good responce |
| 17:45.28 | timinator | s/responce/response/ |
| 17:45.29 | Lone_Wanderer | "I have a MASTERS DEGREE from WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY which was rewarded to me based on my LIFE EXPERIENCE!" |
| 17:47.06 | timinator | I'm also a Zend certified Fluboo programmer |
| 17:47.07 | Lone_Wanderer | Outstanding. You're hired! When can you start? |
| 17:47.21 | timinator | that's the 12 wk bootcamp |
| 17:47.30 | timinator | you're programming Fluboo from day 1 |
| 17:47.31 | Lone_Wanderer | Ohhh. I could carry it even farther. |
| 17:47.36 | timinator | It's incredible |
| 17:47.51 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:47.54 | Lone_Wanderer | If you join the national guard, your employer is required by law to keep you as an employee while you do boot camp and AIT |
| 17:48.22 | Lone_Wanderer | so if they offer me a job despite my BS and ask when I start I could tell them I'm going into the guard and that my training will take two years |
| 17:48.40 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:48.41 | Lone_Wanderer | and that if they decide not to hire me based on that they could be in big trouble |
| 17:49.22 | timinator | it'd be hard to prove unless you could get the job first, then drop that bomb |
| 17:49.27 | Lone_Wanderer | yeah |
| 17:49.36 | Lone_Wanderer | well, I'd just have to have some out if they did actually offer me a job |
| 17:49.45 | timinator | ya |
| 17:49.49 | jsmith | Utah is an at-will state, right? |
| 17:49.57 | Lone_Wanderer | jsmith: yes |
| 17:50.04 | Lone_Wanderer | but you still can't be fired because you're joining the guard |
| 17:50.08 | Lone_Wanderer | or reserves |
| 17:50.10 | timinator | at-will? |
| 17:50.18 | Lone_Wanderer | it means you can be fired, or quit, at any time for any reason |
| 17:50.22 | Lone_Wanderer | or with no reason at all |
| 17:50.35 | Lone_Wanderer | so they could just fire you and say it's 'cause you wore the wrong color shoes or something |
| 17:50.35 | beandog | isn't that great? |
| 17:50.36 | timinator | oh, right |
| 17:50.54 | Lone_Wanderer | but if they did it around the time you said you're joining the military, they could potentially get in trouble |
| 17:51.04 | timinator | ya |
| 17:52.31 | timinator | I think it's better than loosing your job because "Jo" was an idiot, they couldn't fire Jo, so the discontinued the department, laid everybody off, then started a new department the next month with a new name, and hired back whomever was still looking for a job besides Jo |
| 17:52.47 | Lone_Wanderer | Definitely. |
| 17:53.10 | Utah_Dave | beandog: that song is from the Fifth Element |
| 17:53.11 | timinator | I've seen that happen a few times in my tenure back in Kansas City |
| 17:53.36 | beandog | Utah_Dave: muy bien |
| 17:53.44 | Utah_Dave | beandog: it played for me just fine |
| 17:53.48 | beandog | woots |
| 17:54.06 | Utah_Dave | plus I cheated, it displays that Album name in the cli |
| 17:54.11 | beandog | oh yah. |
| 17:54.12 | beandog | doh! |
| 17:55.18 | timinator | Task 1?!?! I'm on Task 18.... /me scratches LW's name off his interview list again |
| 17:55.26 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:55.51 | Lone_Wanderer | Hey, you should see the code I had to deal with! |
| 17:56.19 | timinator | LOL |
| 17:56.24 | timinator | I'm just kidding dude |
| 17:56.28 | Lone_Wanderer | I know :) |
| 17:59.45 | beandog | http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/15/boombox_circa_1954.html |
| 17:59.47 | beandog | that is *great* |
| 18:02.12 | timinator | that's crazy |
| 18:10.12 | Lone_Wanderer | Oh wow. |
| 18:10.27 | Lone_Wanderer | Four paragraphs into this article and I'm already in love with Sun again: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/what_we_did |
| 18:11.38 | Lone_Wanderer | Aaaand then I got bored. |
| 18:16.31 | timinator | I'm out for a bit guys |
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| 19:13.36 | Lone_Wanderer | Either that, or have a pet lion. |
| 19:13.55 | Lone_Wanderer | Or both. But definitely I want a pet lion. I could take him to the grocery store with me. |
| 19:14.18 | bradym | lol |
| 19:14.26 | Lone_Wanderer | Wouldn't that be awesome? |
| 19:14.46 | Lone_Wanderer | I'd go to the meat counter and browser. |
| 19:15.26 | Lone_Wanderer | browse* |
| 19:15.38 | Lone_Wanderer | And then order all the salmon they have. |
| 19:17.37 | Lone_Wanderer | Then I could dye his hair black and name him Humar. |
| 19:17.57 | Lone_Wanderer | And go to WoW conventions with him. I'd totally win the costume contest. |
| 19:28.27 | mindjuju | that is so cool that there are 27 people in here |
| 19:28.42 | Lone_Wanderer | 25 |
| 19:28.46 | Lone_Wanderer | ChanServ and jbot |
| 19:28.50 | mindjuju | oh, yeah |
| 19:29.04 | jsmith | Yeah, but how many have coded in PHP in the last hour? |
| 19:29.10 | jsmith | Or in the last day? |
| 19:29.23 | Lone_Wanderer | Or in their ENTIRE LIFE? I bet half the people in here are fakirs. |
| 19:29.31 | mindjuju | true that |
| 19:29.42 | mindjuju | isn't a fakir like a magician/ |
| 19:29.47 | Lone_Wanderer | I know I am. Why, I've taught Koran studies for years. |
| 19:30.24 | Lone_Wanderer | Generally it means anyone who's educated, but more specifically it's someone who teaches the Muslim religion. |
| 19:31.10 | mindjuju | here's what I was thinking, meant no disrespect to Muslim religion |
| 19:31.16 | mindjuju | A performer of seemingly miraculous feats (such as firewalking, snake charming and lying on a bed of nails), usually with some religious significance. This term is sometimes mistakenly used to describe a magician or conjurer; the proper Indian term for "magician" is really jadoo wallah. |
| 19:31.34 | mindjuju | so, fakir != magician |
| 19:31.39 | Lone_Wanderer | oh, yeah, those guys are all over the Fez medina |
| 19:31.46 | mindjuju | but that's the direction i was thinking |
| 19:31.47 | Lone_Wanderer | especially snake charmers |
| 19:32.24 | Lone_Wanderer | They have baskets and cobras and anything. And if you pay them a few dirhams you can get a picture taken with a cobra around your neck. |
| 19:32.50 | mindjuju | sounds like you lived there? Where is there? |
| 19:33.04 | Lone_Wanderer | I lived in Rabat but Fez isn't far. This is all in Morocco. And I did live there. |
| 19:33.31 | mindjuju | that's cool. Where you there with your parents or did you just go down there and kick it on your own? |
| 19:33.40 | Lone_Wanderer | Well, I was seven years old, so... ;) |
| 19:34.18 | mindjuju | that's pretty cool |
| 19:34.25 | Lone_Wanderer | Yeah it was awesome. |
| 19:36.20 | Lone_Wanderer | Also, I really like hearing prayer call. You kind of get used to it. |
| 19:36.44 | Lone_Wanderer | Allaaaaaaahhhhh wukhbud, ahhhh Muhammadiaaaaaaa! |
| 19:36.45 | mindjuju | who doesn't? i love the Middle East chanting in techo |
| 19:36.59 | mindjuju | have you heard the song barra barra ? |
| 19:37.02 | Lone_Wanderer | no |
| 19:37.28 | mindjuju | we best see if we can get that remedied post haste! |
| 19:38.02 | Lone_Wanderer | There was a kid in my school who memorized the entire Koran |
| 19:38.22 | Lone_Wanderer | and as a prize, he got carried around in a litter for a few days |
| 19:38.36 | mgeary | that's a crappy prize for all that work |
| 19:38.40 | Lone_Wanderer | lol |
| 19:38.52 | Lone_Wanderer | I don't think it's hard to memorize it. A lot of people do. |
| 19:39.01 | Lone_Wanderer | Certainly most people memorize the entire prayer call. |
| 19:39.14 | Lone_Wanderer | Which I guess isn't hard since they hear it several times a day. |
| 19:41.53 | mindjuju | Lone_Wanderer - PM sent |
| 19:42.02 | Lone_Wanderer | thanks |
| 19:43.05 | Lone_Wanderer | I want to learn Egyptian Arabic and then go live in Morocco for a few years and develop a regional accent. |
| 19:45.12 | Lone_Wanderer | ohh this is good |
| 19:45.20 | Lone_Wanderer | I should get this soundtrack, it's got a lot of good stuff on it |
| 19:45.22 | mindjuju | telling ya dude |
| 19:51.04 | mindjuju | any idea what he's saying in that song? |
| 19:51.10 | Lone_Wanderer | nope |
| 19:51.38 | mindjuju | i've always personally imagined he was singing something like "thebigdog is a nerd, give Utah_dave a wedgie..." stuff like that |
| 19:51.45 | Lone_Wanderer | lol |
| 19:51.49 | Lone_Wanderer | It might not even be Arabic. |
| 19:52.03 | Lone_Wanderer | I have a friend from Morocco though, I could ask her what he's saying. |
| 19:52.11 | mindjuju | tht would be cool |
| 19:54.23 | mgeary | hey, is there a way to force a particular mysql query to not soak the processor? To run at "half-speed", as it were? i'm not talking about renicing mysql as a whole, just a particular query... |
| 19:56.31 | mgeary | ~wake mgeary ;P |
| 19:56.34 | jbot | ACTION throws a barrel-full of ice water on mgeary ;P and shouts "GOOD MORNING!!!!" |
| 19:56.39 | Lone_Wanderer | mgeary: there is but I don't remember what it is |
| 19:57.20 | mgeary | k |
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| 21:57.02 | Lone_Wanderer | I want to make a little movie. |
| 21:57.06 | Lone_Wanderer | More of just a short. |
| 21:57.20 | Lone_Wanderer | A guy gets a new Mac, puts it together and turns it on, then sits down in front of it |
| 21:58.11 | Lone_Wanderer | and as soon as he touches the keyboard, the black-turtleneck-wearing goateed guy from a "switch" commercial appears beside him and is talking about how TOTALLY superior the Mac is |
| 21:58.29 | Lone_Wanderer | so the guy jumps a bit 'cause he's startled and as soon as he breaks contact the guy vanishes |
| 21:58.58 | Lone_Wanderer | but every time he touches his Mac, the people come back |
| 21:59.06 | Lone_Wanderer | and eventually they don't go away and start chasing him |
| 21:59.20 | Lone_Wanderer | "Don't you want to be BETTER than them?" "Drink the Kool-Aid. DRINK IT!" |
| 22:00.13 | Lone_Wanderer | Finally he runs into Bill Gates and begs to be saved. Bill says "Sure!" then pulls out a gigantic stack of papers and says "Just sign the EULA." |
| 22:03.05 | thebigdog | Lone_Wanderer where do you work? |
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| 22:04.50 | _psychic_ | Lone_Wanderer: no ninjas? |
| 22:05.03 | beandog | thebigdog: code greene |
| 22:05.14 | beandog | ~koolaid Lone_Wanderer |
| 22:05.26 | jbot | ACTION goes to the kitchen and makes a huge bucket of grape koolaid, brings it back and sits there, pouring more koolaid anytime Lone_Wanderer 's glass gets slightly less than full |
| 22:05.29 | beandog | I need a Tootsie Roll |
| 22:06.03 | Lone_Wanderer | _psychic_: I might have ninjas, but they'd have to be on the Linux team. |
| 22:06.19 | _psychic_ | sweeeeet |
| 22:06.33 | Lone_Wanderer | And I'd have to have uber-sexy FreeBSD daemon chicks. |
| 22:06.38 | thebigdog | beandog, i got a bag of them here |
| 22:06.42 | _psychic_ | "Just sign the Euuauauhhwwhwwwaaaaaa!" *spurt* *spurt* *spurt* |
| 22:06.47 | thebigdog | Lone_Wanderer has too much time at his work |
| 22:06.52 | thebigdog | ~give Lone_Wanderer more work to do |
| 22:06.55 | jbot | ACTION gives more work to do to Lone_Wanderer |
| 22:06.59 | Lone_Wanderer | Nah, I'm on break. |
| 22:07.02 | Lone_Wanderer | For another four minutes. |
| 22:07.54 | Lone_Wanderer | you are ninja |
| 22:07.59 | Lone_Wanderer | he is ninja too |
| 22:08.00 | Lone_Wanderer | or something |
| 22:09.25 | Lone_Wanderer | Ahh, I think I found her. |
| 22:10.00 | Lone_Wanderer | There she is - http://www.spilth.org/pictures/girls/ceren/daemonbabe.jpg |
| 22:10.51 | thebigdog | problem is she is not uber sexy |
| 22:11.03 | wps | how in the heck would you get into that outfit? |
| 22:11.06 | wps | vasoline? |
| 22:11.11 | Lone_Wanderer | I dunno wps. |
| 22:11.15 | beandog | ~lart mailboxes flooded with spam |
| 22:11.15 | jbot | wallops mailboxes flooded with spam with a main rotation server that needs rehubbing. It won't take long |
| 22:11.17 | Lone_Wanderer | ~lart thebigdog |
| 22:11.17 | jbot | squishes thebigdog like a bug |
| 22:11.30 | Lone_Wanderer | I think there's a zipper down the back. |
| 22:11.30 | thebigdog | ~tunafart Lone_Wanderer |
| 22:11.33 | jbot | ACTION eats a week-old tuna sandwich with relish and walks over to Lone_Wanderer, leg raised, to let 'em rip. |
| 22:11.34 | herlo | I just found this statement on a website today: |
| 22:11.37 | herlo | Old computers simply cannot keep up with new software. Huge CPU taxing programs, such as MS Paint and Word, cannot run smoothly on any machine bought before late 2006. |
| 22:11.45 | beandog | lol |
| 22:11.45 | Lone_Wanderer | ... |
| 22:11.52 | beandog | MS Paint? |
| 22:11.59 | Lone_Wanderer | Was that from the same site that warns parents to stay away from communist software like Linux? |
| 22:12.00 | beandog | the same MS Paint that hasnt seen a bugfix since 1995? |
| 22:12.58 | bradym | so THAT's where all my CPU has been going.. darn paint session running in the background.. and here i thought it was firefox sucking it up... |
| 22:13.35 | thebigdog | ok i got one for you |
| 22:13.42 | thebigdog | let me set it up |
| 22:14.07 | thebigdog | so when i worked at northrop grumman i had many of their network guys come in and always ask me questions |
| 22:14.29 | thebigdog | so i was in on a phone call with some corp network people on a conf call |
| 22:14.39 | herlo | here's the url for that: http://www.ninjapirate.com/newcomputer.html |
| 22:14.46 | thebigdog | so we got talking about cpu cycles and taxing apps |
| 22:15.28 | thebigdog | then the head of the networking dept for some group (a woman) chimes in...i have this System Idle Process that is killing my cpu cycles...its like a 98% |
| 22:15.33 | thebigdog | no joke i kid you not |
| 22:15.38 | herlo | If you're really looking for some processor power, Google is a great solution. This is recommended for anybody who wishes to engage in extensive editing of images and movies from their cellphone without any trouble. |
| 22:15.48 | beandog | lol herlo |
| 22:15.53 | herlo | Specs: |
| 22:15.54 | herlo | 1,700Terahertz (500,000 3.4GHZ) XEON CPUs, 40MB Cache, 2Ghz FSB |
| 22:15.54 | herlo | 1,000 Quadrabytes ECC RAM |
| 22:15.54 | herlo | 6 hyperbillion Megabytes of hard drive space |
| 22:15.54 | herlo | Pros: Excellent performance. Large software package. Free sushi on Google campus. |
| 22:15.54 | herlo | Cons: Difficult to move around. Requires frequent upgrading. |
| 22:15.57 | herlo | Price: seasonal |
| 22:16.08 | herlo | Free sushi was my favorite part! |
| 22:17.38 | Lone_Wanderer | thebigdog: What was it? |
| 22:17.51 | thebigdog | what was what? |
| 22:18.23 | Lone_Wanderer | The CPU process that was killing her computer. |
| 22:18.34 | herlo | Lone_Wanderer: a system idle process |
| 22:18.35 | Lone_Wanderer | "then the head of the networking dept for some group (a woman) chimes in...i have this System Idle Process that is killing my cpu cycles...its like a 98%" |
| 22:18.36 | thebigdog | system idle process she said |
| 22:18.37 | Lone_Wanderer | rofl |
| 22:18.45 | Lone_Wanderer | ahh, missed that |
| 22:18.50 | thebigdog | i had to ask if she was joking |
| 22:18.53 | herlo | thebigdog: that's just classic |
| 22:18.55 | thebigdog | and she really wasnt |
| 22:19.09 | thebigdog | that was one phone call i wish i had recorded |
| 22:19.16 | Lone_Wanderer | That's when you move on quickly. |
| 22:19.41 | thebigdog | yeah, i was scared and left the company a few months later |
| 22:20.18 | Lone_Wanderer | I meant in the conversation. |
| 22:20.25 | Lone_Wanderer | But that works too. |
| 22:20.26 | thebigdog | yeah |
| 22:20.52 | Lone_Wanderer | I love this song. "One Piece at a Time" by Johnny Cash. |
| 22:21.04 | thebigdog | classic song |
| 22:21.42 | Lone_Wanderer | Makes me want to build a car like that and get a personal plate that says "CASH" |
| 22:27.15 | Lone_Wanderer | I just got shocked through my earphones. |
| 22:28.07 | beandog | that used to happen to me all the time. |
| 22:28.13 | beandog | a weird sensation. |
| 22:28.15 | Lone_Wanderer | yeah |
| 23:22.44 | Lone_Wanderer | A beam of light has just struck my brain |
| 23:23.28 | Lone_Wanderer | I want a browser that will let me map certain URLs to directories on the local FS |
| 23:23.29 | beandog | that must hurt |
| 23:23.37 | Lone_Wanderer | and I want a little button |
| 23:23.40 | Lone_Wanderer | beandog wins |
| 23:23.53 | Lone_Wanderer | a little button that when I click it, opens the file that the current URL I'm looking at maps to |
| 23:24.06 | beandog | I wonder if Konqueror can do that |
| 23:24.23 | Lone_Wanderer | so I could say, for example, that http://www.whatever.com/ maps to /home/Documents/Whatever/htdocs/ |
| 23:25.18 | beandog | ooh, swords |
| 23:25.31 | beandog | and a beanie, too. |
| 23:25.40 | Lone_Wanderer | You never want to grow up? |
| 23:25.47 | beandog | nopies. |
| 23:25.55 | Lone_Wanderer | Me neither. It's happening though, I'm afraid. |
| 23:25.57 | beandog | childhood is once. adulthood is forever. |
| 23:26.05 | beandog | talk about boring! |
| 23:26.20 | Lone_Wanderer | No kidding. |
| 23:26.21 | beandog | which reminds me, when does Harry Potter come out? |
| 23:26.31 | beandog | I saw a trailer for it on Spiderman ... looks really good. |
| 23:26.36 | Lone_Wanderer | Dunno. |
| 23:26.41 | Lone_Wanderer | The book is July 7th or something. |
| 23:26.43 | beandog | ~google harry potter |
| 23:26.50 | beandog | how do you google |
| 23:26.51 | Lone_Wanderer | Hmm. I'm going to be at boot camp then I bet. |
| 23:26.53 | Lone_Wanderer | I dunno. |
| 23:26.58 | Lone_Wanderer | ~google jbot |
| 23:26.59 | beandog | !google foo bar |
| 23:27.03 | beandog | meh. |
| 23:27.08 | Lone_Wanderer | ~wiki Harry Potter |
| 23:29.20 | beandog | I know Shrek 3 comes out this weekend |
| 23:29.41 | mindjuju | shrek 3 looks good |
| 23:30.37 | beandog | gah, 2 more months? |
| 23:30.44 | beandog | http://movies.aol.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/24593/main |
| 23:31.27 | Lone_Wanderer | You'll live, man. |
| 23:31.30 | Lone_Wanderer | I thought you meant the book. |
| 23:31.32 | Lone_Wanderer | The last book. |
| 23:31.36 | Lone_Wanderer | The book where Harry dies. |
| 23:31.47 | mindjuju | do you think that Harry will die? |
| 23:31.51 | Lone_Wanderer | No. |
| 23:31.53 | beandog | I still havent finished the first book. |
| 23:31.57 | Lone_Wanderer | But a lot of people do, because they're idiots. |
| 23:31.58 | beandog | thanks a lot, jerk. |
| 23:32.01 | beandog | :) |
| 23:32.14 | Lone_Wanderer | There's a prophecy that says "Neither can live while the other survives." |
| 23:32.20 | Lone_Wanderer | Or something like that. |
| 23:32.28 | beandog | well that wouldnt make sense, since theyre both alive. |
| 23:32.32 | Lone_Wanderer | Which a lot of people think means that they both have to die. |
| 23:33.16 | Lone_Wanderer | I don't remember the exact wording, but 1. It clearly doesn't mean that Harry is going to die, and 2. Prophecy is notoriously difficult to interpret. |
| 23:33.32 | beandog | I think the sugar in these tootise rolls is going straight to my brain. |
| 23:34.03 | mindjuju | i haven't actually read a book yet, but it isn't from a lack of wanting to, just been too busy |
| 23:34.03 | mindjuju | harry potter book, that is |
| 23:34.14 | beandog | August 3rd for the Bourne Ultimatum? |
| 23:34.16 | mindjuju | i wonder if they'll do a Harry Potter MMORPG |
| 23:34.23 | Lone_Wanderer | That'd be awesome mindjuju. |
| 23:34.34 | beandog | waht ever happened to the Star Trek one? |
| 23:34.46 | mindjuju | have ya'll seen the interview with Rod Zombie and Harry Potter? |
| 23:34.58 | mindjuju | ST 1 is suppose to happen, 2k8 i think |
| 23:35.01 | mindjuju | late 2k8 |
| 23:35.30 | Lone_Wanderer | A lot of MMO's get started and then die for lack of funding. |
| 23:35.47 | mindjuju | ole' rod says that if he gets to direct the last harry potter, he'll make harry potter drop the F bomb every couple of minutes, and then kill him off pretty quick |
| 23:35.54 | mindjuju | and that there would be a lot of T & A |
| 23:35.59 | mindjuju | it's a really funny quote |
| 23:36.05 | Lone_Wanderer | I know a guy who's a game programmer and he's worked on like five of them. It looks like the last one is going to finally actually get made. (Stargate-themed) |
