IRC log of swhack on 2001-11-12

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01:10:05 [sbp]

from some spam I just got:-

01:10:06 [sbp]

[[[

01:10:06 [sbp]

WE DO NOT SPAM THIS ONE TIME MAIL

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]]]

01:10:11 [sbp]

lovely grammar!

01:10:41 [sbp]

anyone here?

01:11:20 [deltab]

yes

01:12:11 [sbp]

why is it that 10% or so of .sig files concentrate upon how much it sucks to be a sysadmin, and: does it really?

01:12:58 [deltab]

a) you looking at a.s.r postings?

01:13:13 [deltab]

b) can do

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01:13:33 [sbp]

aA) Indirectly, yeah

01:13:41 [sbp]

bA) Heh, thought so

01:14:24 [sbp]

I was just reading through that huge list of .sigs... many of them were on the line of "aaaaaaaaargh... being a sysadmin sucks"

01:15:11 [sbp]

I was wondering if that's irony, sarcasm, or some other form of non-plain humour

01:15:22 [deltab]

sysadmins are stuck between computers and people who don't know much about computers

01:15:45 [sbp]

ah, I can immediately see the sucky part

01:16:05 [deltab]

it's not as bad as help desk though

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aka. hell desk

01:16:22 [lilo]

[GlobalNotice] Hi all. If you're having access list or other problems with your channel, please stop by #conversion and talk to miro. We're pretty much committed to continue on with the new code. Thanks for using OPN!

01:24:30 [deltab]

if you ran a mail server, you'd soon see the problem with people checking for new mail every minute

01:26:52 [sbp]

ah... as it happens, I don't run a mail server. Enlighten me :-)

01:27:34 [deltab]

if it's only a few users, no real problem

01:28:29 [deltab]

but if you have a hundred or a thousand users doing that, your server handles a lot of useless connections

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each of which causes some log entries, authentication lookups, mail store checks

01:30:48 [sbp]

ah, so its synonymous with having someone index your site too quickly/too often

01:31:53 [deltab]

right

01:32:14 [deltab]

except that most of the time there's no ne wmail, so most of it is useless

01:35:14 [deltab]

it'd be far better if people used something like http://www.notifymail.com/

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so that they'd know when mail had arrived without polling

01:36:28 [sbp]

that's a pretty neat bit of kit

01:38:08 [deltab]

yeah

01:39:17 [sbp]

Hmm... it's disconcerting to be doing nothing on the 'net, and yet still be downloading something. What's doing that, I wonder?

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Gotta run

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02:51:32 [lilo]

[GlobalNotice] Hi all. We had a brief configuration problem which resulted in users being told they couldn't connect without a password. It's been resolved.

03:09:41 [AaronSw]

* AaronSw reconnects

03:17:19 [AaronSw]

* AaronSw finds a real live typo! I'm so excited. :-)

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03:29:50 [AaronSw]

hi sbp

03:30:00 [AaronSw]

Very interesting emails from you...

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03:35:29 [AaronSw]

So many great quotes in these emails... I wonder if I can quote them.

03:43:20 [lilo]

[GlobalNotice] Hi all. Reminder: There were some limitations in the conversion scripting for chanserv. If you're experiencing channel problems, drop by #conversion. Thanks.

04:29:26 [BenSw]

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04:29:30 [BenSw]

Hello

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04:48:16 [AaronSw]

Where's Morbus?

04:48:17 [AaronSw]

@ http://www.inferiis.com/mac/macreporter/

04:48:34 [chumpster]

A: http://www.inferiis.com/mac/macreporter/ from AaronSw

04:49:33 [AaronSw]

A:|MacReporter: RSS Newsfeeds in your Dock

04:49:34 [chumpster]

titled item A

04:49:53 [AaronSw]

AaronSw has changed the topic to: "False pretenses are more evil than hierarchies squared."

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05:08:40 [niven.openprojects.net]

topic is: "False pretenses are more evil than hierarchies squared."

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05:10:57 [AaronSw]

guess i better sleep now

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c'ya

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09:13:35 [dent]

Hello everyone, just wanted to let you know that channel founders should now have access to their channel regardless of their prior situation, it has been fixed for every channel registered. There may still be some access lists which have not had the levels updated - if you can't contact the founder we may be able to help you. Anyway, if there are any outstanding issues, please feel free to come bug us in #conversion.

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ChanServ has changed the topic to:

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12:45:43 [ElectricElf]

[GlobalNotice] Good morning to everyone in EST, and hello to everyone else :) Yes, we are currently back to ircu, instead of our new codebase, dancer. We are examining our options, but be assured the bug that caused us to revert back is known and has been fixed. It is currently being tested right now. Cross your fingers, please :)

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14:54:24 [AaronSw]

hi wendy

14:55:20 [wendy]

hello aaron.

14:55:32 [wendy]

have you seen sbp lately?

14:55:49 [AaronSw]

He was around here last night, but I haven't seen him today.

14:55:54 [AaronSw]

logster, <sbp>?

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I'm logging. I found 13541 answers for '<sbp>' (showing 0...4)

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0) 2001-11-12 14:55:54 <AaronSw> logster, <sbp>?

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1) 2001-11-12 03:30:15 <sbp> sbp has quit

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2) 2001-11-12 03:25:51 <sbp> sbp has joined #swhack

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3) 2001-11-12 02:44:03 <sbp> sbp has quit

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4) 2001-11-12 02:03:49 <sbp> sbp has joined #swhack

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14:56:11 [AaronSw]

wow! as if on command!

14:56:20 [AaronSw]

hi sbp

14:56:30 [sbp]

:-)

14:56:32 [sbp]

Hi

14:56:35 [AaronSw]

AaronSw has changed the topic to: CNN: "JFK, Newark, LaGuardia airports closed after American Airlines 767 crashes in Queens."

14:56:47 [sbp]

Ugh! Really?

14:57:08 [AaronSw]

yeah

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* sbp watches the news... smoke over New York again

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Gotta run

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c'ya

15:13:33 [AaronSw]

bye

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* sbp too

15:30:19 [sbp]

Hi Dan!

15:30:36 [danbri]

hi

15:30:46 [sbp]

terrible news, isn't it?

15:30:55 [danbri]

awful, yup.

15:30:55 [sbp]

precisely

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http://blogspace.com/swhack/

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Gotta run

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!location

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!location

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18:47:43 [AaronSw]

hello

18:48:24 [GabeW]

hello

18:49:25 [AaronSw]

AaronSw has changed the topic to: CNN: "Colin Powell tells U.N. indications are that crash caused by mechanical problems"

18:50:25 [AaronSw]

How's capitalism holding up?

18:57:00 [GabeW]

you asking me?

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bye bye

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20:21:56 [benford.openprojects.net]

topic is: CNN: "Colin Powell tells U.N. indications are that crash caused by mechanical problems"

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hi

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22:59:52 [AaronSw]

AaronSw has changed the topic to: CNN: "White House says no sign of terrorism link"

23:17:35 [lilo]

[GlobalNotice] Hi all. I'm not sure how well-announced the backslide to the old server code was, but we'll be restarting the new code within the next few minutes. We had a rather nasty server rehash corruption problem. We'll keep you posted.

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23:24:40 [AaronSw]

hi sbp!

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Hi there

23:25:30 [AaronSw]

I was thinking that you have a phone, and tav has a phone, and I have a phone, and train rides are boring.

23:25:45 [AaronSw]

tav, you have a phone, right?

23:26:20 [sbp]

I can confirm that one of those facts is correct (I do have a phone)

23:26:52 [AaronSw]

So I was thinking that maybe I could call one of you to chat during my daily train-ride, to make it less boring.

23:27:14 [sbp]

you find your daily train ride boring?! oh dear! :-)

23:27:25 [AaronSw]

Well, not boring in the sense other people mean it.

23:27:32 [AaronSw]

I've never found anything to be actually boring.

23:27:59 [AaronSw]

But... people look at me strange when I wave my arms around and talk to myself.

23:28:03 [sbp]

I find most things to be boring :-)

23:28:04 [sbp]

lol!

23:28:27 [sbp]

yeah... talking into a phone might be a good idea...

23:28:33 [sbp]

what time is your train journey usually?

23:28:45 [AaronSw]

It's 9:24 or something CST

23:29:07 [sbp]

CST:UTC = ?x

23:29:31 [AaronSw]

.time cst

23:29:32 [xena]

Nov. 12, 2001 5:31 pm US/Central

23:29:33 [AaronSw]

.time

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2001/11/12 23:31:04.885 Universal

23:29:42 [sbp]

-6...

23:29:59 [sbp]

yeah, that'll be alright then

23:30:13 [sbp]

if it was 7 in the morning or something, I might have had to dissent :-)

23:30:29 [AaronSw]

Heh.

23:30:29 [sbp]

er... 7 in the morning my time, that is. But that'd be 1AM your time

23:31:48 [AaronSw]

So your time it'd be...

23:31:59 [AaronSw]

3PM?

23:32:02 [sbp]

yeah

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* AaronSw looks for his phone

23:34:21 [AaronSw]

Ah, here it is.

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Gotta run

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