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10:04 PM

@MarkHenderson Heh, awesome. Maybe it's about due?

@ShaneMadden Company that made it are no longer around. It's some industrial oil analysis program. We maintain the infrastructure for it - a btrieve database and a terminal server.

Ry Jones

@ShaneMadden it seems to me a lot of cool software didn't survive the transition from honest-to-God serial ports and interrupts that interrupt to whatever virtual madness we have now

Mark Henderson

My boss knows about it - he used to work for the company in the 90's before he went out on his own (which is how we ended up with it when they closed down) so he does the occasional support ticket that comes through for it

But we trialled it on Server 2012, but no dice. Just crashes as soon as it loads.

Chris S

Man uses first-class ticket to get free meals for almost a year

Ry Jones

@ChrisS smarter than the average bear

Tanner

10:16 PM

@ChrisS Related (kind of): schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/02/…

MikeyB

Hey @Wesley! General availability for the .bike tld is tomorrow!

Mark Henderson

@MikeyB Is tehre some sort of central list where you can get this info? ICANN doesn't seem to have any sort of summary or timeline for them

I'm waiting on a few specific GLTDs but information is scarse

MikeyB

@MarkHenderson I'm not sure, I just got email to our registrar account

The following TLDs will open for registration at Feb. 5 11AM EST (4 PM UTC):
.BIKE
.CLOTHING
.GURU
.HOLDINGS
.VENTURES
.PLUMBING
.SINGLES

Ry Jones

.guru is going to sell a lot of domains

Mark Henderson

@MikeyB Ahh

MikeyB

10:28 PM

@MDMarra mdmarra.guru is available :D

Mark Henderson

@MikeyB I notice that from this list newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings none of the donuts GTLDs have been delegated

Considering the sheer amount of money they spent on applications I'm surprised

Tom O'Connor

devops.guru isn't ;(

Question is (both, why did i search it, and why was it registered) who preallocated anal.guru?

Mark Henderson

@TomO'Connor Maybe they reserved certain domains?

Tom O'Connor

@MarkHenderson .. Why?

MikeyB

@MarkHenderson Here you are man: i.imgur.com/C6YoR4E.png

Tanner

10:34 PM

@MikeyB That's pretty interesting

Tom O'Connor

wesley.bike Perpetually returns 404

MikeyB

Admin ID: cr159958812
Admin Name: john kennedy
Admin Organization: International Card Services
Admin Street: 303 Aristotle St
Admin City: Simi valley
Admin State/Province: California
Admin Postal Code: 93065
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.8052975879
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: john@merchantaccountsolutions.com

I'm a little pissed that places like pantek.com were able to get things like linux.guru during sunrise - they sure as hell don't have the trademark.

@MikeyB Interesting

Mmm.

@MDMarra You near?

10:43 PM

fucking fucking fuckshit

newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/…

I've been staring at that page thinking "why the fuck are all these sunrises so far in the future?"

Fucking American dates. C'mon ICANN. Put them in YYYY-MM-DD format ffs

ewwhite

GO U.S.A.!!!

voretaq7

@MarkHenderson Nobody loves ISODATE

Mark Henderson

@voretaq7 You know what nobody loves? American dates.

MikeyB

@MarkHenderson I was staring at a food item in the fridge yesterday that said "EXPIRES 13/DEC/14". DAMN YOU AMERICA!

voretaq7

@MarkHenderson You should try going on the gay equivalent of a date some time. They expect everyones clothes to be off within the first 15 minutes.

ewwhite

10:53 PM

@voretaq7 AM I missing out?

Mark Henderson

@voretaq7 That sounds like a pretty good date to me

voretaq7

@ewwhite @MarkHenderson Not really. It's basically like going out with the slut in high school that everyone slept with so nobody really wants to anymore. Only there's a penis under the clothes instead of a vagina.

oh and the skeevoids get a +10 modifier to VD.

Mark Henderson

@voretaq7 I heard one of the most offensive jokes I've ever heard the other night

Be quick because it's not going to be in chat for very long

voretaq7

@MarkHenderson I can view deleted messages, that's one of our modlike powers yanno

Mark Henderson

@voretaq7 Oh yeah

voretaq7

11:02 PM

hah

Mark Henderson