00:21:55 elmaestro (inets@B58c0.pppool.de) has joined #swhack 00:24:34 elmaestro has left #swhack 00:32:25 w00t! 00:32:33 Well, the backup worked, and we've got the new hard drive in. 00:32:37 Things are looking up. 00:39:58 sbp's musings are interesting 00:43:08 BenSw is now known as BenSW|AFK 01:01:15 sbp (~sean@m434-mp1-cvx3b.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 01:01:39 hey sbp 01:01:48 i think my backup plan is working 01:01:54 I'm now copying stuff over to the new hd 01:02:04 Hi there. Good, good 01:02:33 And now I'm off to see [ a :Act ; :describedBy ] . 01:03:10 The Flying Karamazov Brothers? OOh 01:03:30 Yeah, should be fun. 01:03:41 they look quite funny 01:04:32 We tried to think of something to bring for them to juggle. So far we've got a grain of rice, wet sand and helium baloons. 01:04:54 custard pies? 01:06:17 why custard pies? wouldn't that be rather easy to juggle? 01:06:35 no, because they're difficult to resist throwing at people's faces 01:06:45 heh. 01:06:52 buckets of water! 01:07:07 Ooh. 01:07:33 that's be an interesting one: they'd have to keep swinging it so that the water sticks to the bottom 01:07:42 Yeah... 01:07:42 The bet is a pie in the face 01:07:50 So we hope not to lose. :) 01:07:55 Eek 01:08:03 bet? 01:08:13 yeah... it's sort of a contest. 01:08:34 If you find something you can pie them in the face, if not they get to make fun of your or something. 01:08:38 heh: "masters of juggling and cheap theatrics" 01:08:50 OK, well better leave -- everyone's piling into the car. 01:08:54 c'ya 01:08:55 O.K., have fun! 01:08:57 c'ya 01:09:00 * AaronSw disconnects 01:11:34 ah: """The Gamble, where the audience brings whatever objects of whimsy, or of terror, that they think will prove un-jugglable, betting a standing ovation against a pie in the face that it can't be done. The Karamazov audience often comes well prepared for this segment. At past performances, livers, computers, ice cream, Slinkys ª, even bread boxes have been contributed by the crowd.""" - http://www.fkb.com/New/bound.html 01:13:06 heh, heh, heh:- 01:13:07 [[[ 01:13:07 00:39:58 sbp's musings are interesting 01:13:13 ]]] - http://blogspace.com/swhack/chatlogs/2001-11-25.txt 01:45:25 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 02:08:20 sbp (~sean@m25-mp1-cvx4c.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 02:08:52 man, I need a better telnet client 02:09:03 what're you using? 02:09:22 HyperTerminal 02:09:49 it's screwy: it won't clear characters from previous programs, and the screen ends up as an unintelligable mess 02:10:43 * sbp tries CRT 02:23:23 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 02:27:00 sbp (~sean@m515-mp1-cvx3b.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 04:21:06 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 04:40:46 * AaronSw reconnects 04:42:28 AaronSw has changed the topic to: When it's all said and done, there's nothing left to do or say. 04:57:17 @ http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,72863,00.asp 04:57:25 A: http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,72863,00.asp from AaronSw 04:57:54 A:|Microsoft Cuts Down on "Family Piracy" with new Windows XP Family License 04:57:56 titled item A 04:58:44 A::Wow, you mean I can install Windows XP on a second computer for the low, low price of $190? Awesome! 04:58:45 commented item A 04:59:38 A::A [Slashdot reader|http://slashdot.org/~Dr.%20Awktagon/] responds with [a biting parody|http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24100&cid=2607676]. 04:59:39 commented item A 05:37:05 tav` has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 05:41:35 @ http://electionmethods.org/ 05:41:42 B: http://electionmethods.org/ from AaronSw 05:41:56 B:|ElectionMethods.org: Studying Alternate Voting Sytems 05:41:57 titled item B 05:42:04 BenSW|AFK is now known as BenSw 05:42:49 BenSw is now known as BenSW|AFK 05:42:53 BenSW|AFK is now known as BenSW 05:43:14 B::As is well-known, our current voting system promotes a two-party system. [Instant Runoff Voting|http://electionmethods.org/IRVproblems.htm] is the popular solution. However, [Condorcet|http://electionmethods.org/Condorcet.htm] is a simple and more effective system. 05:43:15 commented item B 05:43:30 typo: "Sytems" 05:43:46 B::These people [really want to change the way Americans vote|http://electionmethods.org/action.htm] and invite you to tell your friends. 05:43:48 commented item B 05:43:59 Ah, thanks deltab 05:44:01 B:|ElectionMethods.org: Studying Alternate Voting Systems 05:44:02 titled item B 05:54:58 * AaronSw disconnects 05:57:03 BenSW is now known as BenSW|AFK 06:36:14 rillian (~giles@anhu45b4y45kk.bc.hsia.telus.net) has joined #swhack 09:16:53 rillian has quit ("zzzZz") 10:27:10 oierw` has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 10:28:08 oierw` (mathew@nic-118-c81-56.mn.mediaone.net) has joined #swhack 10:39:36 oierw` has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 10:39:44 oierw` (mathew@nic-118-c81-56.mn.mediaone.net) has joined #swhack 13:12:41 BenSW|AFK is now known as BenSW 15:06:01 sbp (~sean@m12-mp1-cvx3b.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 15:09:09 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 194 seconds) 15:46:22 sbp (~sean@m343-mp1-cvx4c.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 15:47:00 @ Re: Namespaces wihtout "#" Was: Few CWM Bugs 15:47:02 oh, fuck it 15:47:14 @ http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2001Nov/0175 15:47:17 C: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2001Nov/0175 from sbp 15:54:54 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 16:46:16 * AaronSw reconnects 16:47:48 chumpster:view 2 16:47:48 B: ElectionMethods.org: Studying Alternate Voting Systems (http://electionmethods.org/) 16:47:49 C: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2001Nov/0175 16:52:10 C:|Re: Namespaces wihtout "#" Was: Few CWM Bugs 16:52:11 titled item C 16:56:23 sbp (~sean@m138-mp1-cvx4c.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 16:56:49 hey sbp 16:57:24 Hi there 16:58:02 hey 16:58:07 we're talking about you in #rdfig 16:58:26 http://ilrt.org/discovery/chatlogs/rdfig/2001-11-25#T16-59-43 16:58:46 C:Discussed [a bit in #rdfig|http://ilrt.org/discovery/chatlogs/rdfig/2001-11-25#T16-59-43]. (might need to scroll up some) 17:51:02 sbp has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 17:54:35 Ugh, my backup seems to have copied fine and the new disk installed. 17:54:45 But all the symbolic links are broken so mac os x doesn't boot 17:54:50 the installer hangs when trying to fix it 17:55:01 Bleech. 17:55:18 And I found that I should have done things using this Apple Software Restore program. 17:55:23 * AaronSw disconnects 18:45:24 rillian (~giles@anhu45b4y45kk.bc.hsia.telus.net) has joined #swhack 19:09:48 sbp (~sean@m66-mp1-cvx4c.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 19:18:57 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 182 seconds) 19:19:40 SeanP (~sean@m94-mp1-cvx4c.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 19:20:24 SeanP is now known as sbp 19:21:39 rillian has quit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds) 19:25:11 rillian (~giles@anhu45b4y45kk.bc.hsia.telus.net) has joined #swhack 19:37:12 sbp has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 20:04:43 sbp (~sean@m269-mp1-cvx4c.pop.ntl.com) has joined #swhack 20:28:07 Morbus (~Morbus@s123.terminal3.totalnetnh.net) has joined #swhack 20:28:23 yo, Morby! 20:29:04 not staying for long 20:29:06 AaronSw, there's a new ag client for the mac. 20:29:16 called sputnix. at macupdate.com 20:29:18 Morbus has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 20:29:50 elmaestro (inets@B5079.pppool.de) has joined #swhack 20:39:37 elmaestro has left #swhack 20:45:14 rillian has quit ("shopping") 20:58:00 sbp has quit (Ping timeout: 182 seconds) 22:09:29 * AaronSw reconnects 22:10:56 this just in: computers still suck 22:11:15 You think it would be easy to just replace a freaking hard drive, but oh no. 22:11:24 I'm consoling myself by reading the UNIX-HATERS Handbook. 22:11:34 deltab, have you read it? Good stuff, I think. 22:11:59 I've decided OS X is a decent enough mix of Mac and UNIX to be usable, tho. 22:15:24 @ http://www.biggerplanet.com/unsupported/sputnix.html 22:15:33 D: http://www.biggerplanet.com/unsupported/sputnix.html from AaronSw 22:15:52 D:|Spunix: An AudioGalaxy Client for Mac 22:15:53 titled item D 22:16:20 D:See also [the Mac Update page|http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6760]. 22:16:36 title typo 22:21:32 D:|Sputnix: An Audiogalaxy Client for Mac 22:21:33 titled item D 22:22:32 D::See also [the Mac Update page|http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6760]. 22:22:33 commented item D 22:22:50 tx deltab 22:29:19 btw, you read UNIX-HATERS? 22:30:27 some of it 22:30:43 I couldn't help but think of oyu while reading it. :-) 22:31:13 * deltab wonders whether to feel insulted :-) 22:31:20 What'd you think of it? 22:31:31 Heh, no insult intended. 22:31:59 You're just one of the few people I know who live in UNIX. 22:33:12 Heh heh, I love the Monty Python Search for the Holy X server bit. 22:39:48 Well, I've just wasted another day on this stupid problem. 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