The Comms Room

MikeyB

3:02 PM

@voretaq7 Yes, remote work is good. Sporadic support, likely about 1day/month, so it's more of a consulting gig.

faker

oh, cool! Someone started a JIRA indexing job during the day

MikeyB

@voretaq7 You ARE familiar with 'Outdoor fucking starts today', right?

Tom O'Connor

@jscott is awesome.

I'm getting the fuck outta here.

mossy

3:17 PM

Who the fuck signs their emails "Warmly,"

This client is FREAKIN me out

Dan

@Adrian I'm boring everyone in the room with this shit, but I'm getting my first bike tomorrow. I'm sooooooo excited!

mossy

Oh, she's australian.

faker

@Dan bike or motorbike?

Dan

@faker Motorbike!

Adrian

@Dan Sweet!

I adopted a cat last night, so I'm very excited too.

Dan

3:27 PM

Aw, cool. Random off the street, or did you go and find it?

Adrian

@Dan You're in the UK, right? So what kind of bikes do they allow for learners?

voretaq7

@MikeyB All I know is apparently Wil Wheaton is getting randy in the springtime

MikeyB

@voretaq7 Listen to this: songs.jonathancoulton.com/free/mp3/First_of_May.mp3

Kevin Soviero

What's the cheapest ARM board with the highest processing power... I kinda want to build an ARM cluster, because I'm bored...

I'll use it to render Blender, or something.

Adrian

@MikeyB That man is seriously awesome.

user

3:29 PM

@KevinSoviero check out this guy vincentsanders.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/…

voretaq7

@MikeyB yeah, I'm at work. Listening to JoCo could be hazardous to my job :)

Dan

@Adrian Our motorcycle laws are pretty complex, but I'm doing my test very shortly so won't be a learner. I'm getting a Bandit 650 which, in it's current unrestricted form could only ever be ridden while being trained by a professional school

Joel E Salas

Did anyone else play Heroes of Might and Magic way back when?

MikeyB

@JoelESalas Mmmhmmm

Joel E Salas

@MikeyB They're on HoMM 6 now, I can't imagine it could be any better than HoMM 3

Adrian

3:32 PM

Ah! Very cool. The new Bandits are really quite nice machines and much more modern than the old air/oil-cooled mills.

MikeyB

@voretaq7 jonathancoulton.com/wiki/First_of_May/Lyrics

Adrian

Yeah, and your laws are bizarre regarding bikes. but there's times I think they're a bit more sensible about what learners are allowed to operate. WAY too many people hop on a 600cc race-replica here fresh out of their 2-day course and splatter themselves all over the road.

Dan

@Adrian It's not brand new, it's the very last of the air cooled / carbed run.

MikeyB

@JoelESalas HOMM3 was pretty awesome. I own it because it was released for Linux :) I still have the CD.

Joel E Salas

@MikeyB Holy shit

Also, fuck people who put up a craigslist ad then never answer your emails

Adrian

3:34 PM

@Dan Oh. Just have to keep an eye on the oil and change it religiously. Otherwise those motors are just about bombproof.

Joel E Salas

do you want to sell that car or not? fuck

Adrian

My ex-GF bought a 2002 1200cc about 6 months ago and absolutely loves it. Of course, she's already recieved one speeding ticket and riding season hasn't even gotten into full swing yet.

voretaq7

@JoelESalas the wife made him list it, he can't bear to part with it.

Dan

Yeah, I'm all for it. For me to hop on my bandit I've had to do:

1) A written theory test
2) A whole day basic training
3) A 20 minute slow skills test requiring 3 - 6 hours training
4) And finally a 45 minute on road practical test, after 12 hours training

Obviously the training hours are optional, but passing isn't a straightforward affair!

And if I was under 24 (I think) I'd be limited to 47bhp

Joel E Salas

@voretaq7 That makes a lot of sense.

Adrian

3:35 PM

@voretaq7 Yeah, when spouses get that way, it's time to get rid of the spouse.

voretaq7

@Dan whaaaaaat?

Dan

@voretaq7 The UK agencies are getting sick of clearing up young motorcyclists from the side of the road

Adrian

that's not bad. I thought it was 27hp.

voretaq7

@Dan Uncle Chuck says LET THE STUPID ONES DIE.

Dan

@Adrian We have a lower class for under 21's which is 14.6bhp and 125cc

voretaq7

3:37 PM

and seriously? We cut people loose in fucking airplanes with fewer hours of training than that.

(I mean not in New York, but out in the middle of nowhere in the midwest...)

Dan

@voretaq7 Like I say, the hours are just what I've done / average. You could just do the tests with no training (if you could get a bike or find a school stupid enough to lend you one), but you'd do well to pass

MikeyB

@voretaq7 Fewer obstacles in NY now.

Adrian

@voretaq7 I grew up there. There's not much in between the cities....

voretaq7

in this part of new york? the 10 hour solo is very much unlikely to happen.
*maybe* up by Orange County

MikeyB

@voretaq7 Oh, I was only half reading that and meant for flying.

Joel E Salas

3:43 PM

metacritic.com/game/pc/far-cry-3-blood-dragon

I'm going to play the shit out of this

Jacob

Conference WiFi, It sucks

voretaq7

@MikeyB yeah we just throw people on motorcycles.

If they die so much the better.

@Jacob Just realizing?

MikeyB

@voretaq7 What's your email?

Dan

@voretaq7 0.o Americans don't seem to like motorbikes too much? Or have I got it wrong, @Adrian?

Jacob

@voretaq7 Been fighting it since 9AM

Adrian

3:45 PM

@Dan The Citizens of the Land of the Free don't much care for non-conformity.

Dan

@Adrian Biker nod

voretaq7

@MikeyB mikeg@bsd-box.net

TheCleaner

best SE site to ask an Excel question...SU?

voretaq7

@Dan I don't so much care - except when the riders are douchecanoes and doing 90mph weaving through traffic

then frankly if they fall over I will make zero effort to avoid driving over them.

Joel E Salas

MikeyB

3:47 PM

@voretaq7 I've pointed my guy feeling out for AS/400 people at you

Adrian

And our country's "Safety Culture" these days makes it socially unacceptable to engage in anything that's known to have a higher risk than those activities that are demmed acceptable.

Dan

@voretaq7 I'll counter my own argument and admit that, while we certainly have our fair share of idiots, I see some horrendous YouTube riding clips coming from the US. I enjoy laughing at people falling off after doing stunts with no PPE

Adrian

Yeah.Proper gear isn't fashionable, unfortunately. Except where it is, and in those circles the gear has to be top of the line or you're considered a putz.

Joel E Salas

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TheCleaner

@JoelESalas - really? I'm just needing a conditional formatting question answered

Joel E Salas

3:49 PM

TIL Russia has over 400% more old ladies crossing streets than anywhere else in the world

Dan

@Adrian Helmets are mandatory over here, and once you get away from the 17 year old idiots most people wear reasonable amounts of gear. As adult bikers go, cruisers are probably the worst offenders

I've always thought proper motorcycle gear looks cool, though I'm saving the one piece for later!

Adrian

@Dan yeah, and cruisers are most of the market here. The vast majority only get ridden a few times per year though.

Joel E Salas

@TheCleaner nah, I'd ask on SuperUser, they have lots of Excel questions

Michael Hampton

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A: apc "open() /www/cache/xxx failed. no such file or directory" error

The error message says No such file or directory. And you say that the directory doesn't exist. So create the directory.

Dan

@Adrian Yeah, figures. I think tourers are our prime market, but there are loads of sports bikes out there. In fact I just heard one go past as I typed this! We do have a good amount of cruisers, though, pretty broad demographic really.

Adrian

3:51 PM

And I get riders all the time mocking my raggedy old Aerostich and grungy bike at stop lights. Very few of them can run with me even on city streets though.

Dan

What do you ride?

Adrian

Just sold my last VF1100, a 1st Gen. v4. Still have my 96 VFR750 and my 2006 DL650K6. Just bought my first scooter a few weeks ago, an Aprilia Atlantic 200. Too bad they only sold those here for 1 year. Aprilia didn't keep it here long enough to catch the huge upsurge in gas prices 2 years later.

2 years after Aprilia pulled most of their scooter models, most manufacturers couldn't import or produce them fast enough to keep any on the showroom floors in the US.

Scooters move like free blow when gas prices get over $4.50 here.

Chris S

@MichaelHampton Wow... Should I just shoot it in the head right now and put it out of it's misery?

Dan

I love 90's sports bikes. I imagine the DL isn't a million miles from the Bandit?

Michael Hampton

@ChrisS Wait until he comes back and has been properly embarrassed. :)

Chris S

3:56 PM

I keep talking about getting a scooter - my parents have two little ones (49.4cc) and they're great for getting around the neighborhood. I'd like something beefy enough that my wife or I could ride it to work (say 125cc)

Dan

@ChrisS And the MPG is just stupid

I couldn't put up with a 50cc though, horrendous noise. At least go for a 125

voretaq7

@Dan Helmets should be optional.

Chris S

@Dan Oh yeah, goes for two weeks on 1 gallon

Adrian

My 200 can run on the busier freeways with no problem. Not quite enough oomph for running on the major interstates though. And while the magazines said it only got 55mpg, mine gets 72-75 regularly.

Dan

@voretaq7 I disagree, but then I live in a communist state

Michael Hampton

3:58 PM

This looks like a good question for our sister site Webmasters. — Michael Hampton 10 secs ago

There's one you can look at, though.

voretaq7

@Dan Not wearing a helmet doesn't hurt anyone except the rider

Adrian

@voretaq7 But only for the purpose of clearing out the gene pool.

voretaq7

if people don't want to have some personal responsibility, let them die.

Same with seat belts.

Joel E Salas

@MichaelHampton What's the purpose of Webmasters?

Dan

@voretaq7 And what of the person who gets to see how a head looks after it's bounced off the kerb. And deaths are expensive

voretaq7

3:59 PM

@Dan Deaths are cheaper than survival

Michael Hampton

@JoelESalas Webmasters is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast webmasters.

voretaq7

and the person who watches a head go all exploding watermelon will hopefully realize why helmets are a Good Idea.

Joel E Salas

@MichaelHampton What's the difference between that and just running a web application

Dan

@voretaq7 I don't think we're going to agree on this

voretaq7

webapps = "how to I use gmail"
webmasters = "How do I SEO my gmail replacement so people see it and sign up"

@Dan I'm used to not agreeing with people on this

I freely admit I'm a callous, heartless bastard (who is fed the fuck up with the stupid people)

Chopper3

4:01 PM

amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007C0RP9A/b3ta-21

Adrian

Gmail has a degree of functionality and flexibility that most people don't realize. The cheat sheet for all the keyboard shortcuts runs 2 full pages and $job[-1] actually had a training course in the orientation process on how to use it.

Joel E Salas

@voretaq7 It's practically a ghost town, very low quality questions

Dan

@voretaq7 I don't think state mandated minimum safety requirements are a bad thing, and it's not just about protecting people from themselves. And after all, a helmet is the MINIMUM amount of PPE on a bike. You'll never see me without helmet, gloves, boots and proper clothing

But it is, however, home time!

Laters

voretaq7

@Dan I don't think mandatory minimum safety requirements are a bad thing - I think cars should be required to come with seatbelts, and I think helmets should be required to meet Snell Foundation standards

Michael Hampton

@JoelESalas Webmasters is not yet very large, but it does have a great core community, so I do send people there when appropriate. I am not sure if I want anything to do with a person who would need to ask a question on Web Applications.

voretaq7

4:05 PM

(interestingly in the US the former is universally required, but the latter is not. A tin brain-bucket helmet is perfectly legal in New York even though it offers zero protection over a bare skull.)

Chris S

Helmets are required in MI unless you meet certain requirements and have "No-Helmet" motorcycle insurance.

Sysadmin1138 Expounds

SysAdmin1138 Expounds: LISA registration opens really early this year

posted on May 03, 2013 by SysAdmin1138

Announcement. Like, really early. And this is a good thing! In previous years it opened just about the time my employers stopped accepting travel requests, since they both wanted several months lead time to get the best deals on flights....

voretaq7

la la la packaging shitty software

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