The Comms Room

Aaron Copley

2:00 PM

haha

Cole

@AaronCopley I've been applying

everywhere

mfinni

@Cole Boston, chief. Stuff popping up every day

Aaron Copley

Ah, I wish I could help, but...

Danila Ladner

@AaronCopley Jumpstart

Cole

@mfinni been applying in Boston dude

Although I really don't want to commute a total of 4-5 hours a day..

Aaron Copley

2:02 PM

@DanilaLadner Thx. Our Solaris guy was laid off. Fortunately, they've been pretty hands off but I should be doing some reading.

mfinni

@Cole commuter rail looks like it takes ~ 1 hour

MikeyB

@mfinni Still... 2hr every day? OUCH.

Cole

@mfinni If I'm going to south station

mfinni

@Cole Get the right job and that commute can count as work time if you can VPN in

Cole

and directly too south station

MikeyB

2:03 PM

@AaronCopley <starfox>Good luck.</starfox>

Dan

@mfinni That sounds like a horrendous way to live your life

Cole

@Dan I did it when I commuted to Waltham which is north of Boston - I spend an average of 3.5-4 hours commuting a day

mfinni

@Dan Well, I live in the city for a reason.

Cole

Plus working retarded overtime

Dan

@Cole Jesus, what. You US people are insane

I commute an hour each way and all my friends think I'm mad#

Cole

2:04 PM

@mfinni yeah I can't afford to drop $1500-$1800/month on rent

Danila Ladner

I really like the fact @Yale that my going-to-work-from-work time is 15 minutes total.

Cole

I have a 15 minute commute now.

Danila Ladner

It really beats additional 10 15K of salary for me.

mfinni

@Cole That's a lot of money. I spend $1450 for a 2-bedroom, me and my fiance. If things were tight, we could have a third person in the second bedroom

Cole

@mfinni yeah but that's 2 incomes - I'm single lol

Where are you?

My ex gf well sorta kinda seeing each other - whatever she is, lives in Brighton. $940/ea.

MDMarra

2:06 PM

-1

Q: Apache/WAMP doesn't start anymore

I can't make Apache/WAMP start after I removed a vhost, and it doesn't start after I restored the config. This is driving me nuts :) Starting it from the command line doesn't give me anything. C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin>httpd.exe C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin> Tried debug mode...

mfinni

@Cole I'm saying that there's no reason to drop that much money on a single-br apartment. I'm in jamaica plain, out near forest hills

MDMarra

kill, bros

Cole

@mfinni ah I've looked at studios even - $1200+

ewwhite

@AaronCopley Indeed.

Cole

My rent now is $725

mfinni

2:07 PM

@Cole i split an apartment in somerville (great area, near davis sq) with 4 other folks. I had the most expensive room at $550, IIRC

ewwhite

@DanilaLadner Less stress... but don't you miss high finance?

mfinni

@DanilaLadner You live right in New Haven?

Danila Ladner

No, I did not like to sleep on the job to be honest

technology was slick, but working hours were insane.

+ I was commuting from Princeton, NJ

additional 3 3,5 hours everyday.

@ewwhite you wanna work for google?

Michael Hampton

You people are nuts. My commute is 15 seconds. 30 seconds if I stop off for coffee.

Danila Ladner

I had 3 phone interviews with them and then dropped since i took consulting gig, but now their recruiter asks if something changed and if someone within the peers would be interested.

@MichaelHampton Exactly, it is so orgasmic to save time on commute.

Cole

2:10 PM

@mfinni Yeah I've had roommates before - fuck that.

@MichaelHampton jealous

Danila Ladner

@Cole Me too, when lived with my parents.

Aaron Copley

@MikeyB I was doing 1:15-1:30 each way for 2 years. Now I moved up here and bought a house, the jobs are drying up. All the jobs now are back where I was living before. facepalm

mfinni

@Cole Understood. I was rooming with a bunch of very bright kids, had a great time. It doesn't always work like that

Cole

@mfinni yeah they would need to be bright, neat and quiet.

haha

I will fully admit I'm extremely difficult to live with.

Very clean and very quiet

I'm sure it'll work out at some point.

Danila Ladner

@Cole means pretty much dead

Cole

2:12 PM

@DanilaLadner perfect. But they better not smell.

MikeyB

@AaronCopley My commute at this job was originally a 5 minute walk. Now I moved far away and it's 25 minutes (or 15 minutes by highway, but 1.5x the distance)

Michael Hampton

Will you suggest example for fail2ban custom rules for this issue. — Hrishi 5 hours ago

AGAIN?

Aaron Copley

@MikeyB I haven't commuted that close since high school. :(

Danila Ladner

@mfinni I live in Woodbridge

Journeyman Geek

>_>

Danila Ladner

2:14 PM

but ITS building @ Yale off the campus a little

Cole

I wouldn't mind commuting to the South Shore @mfinni

Although, 93 would suck dick.

mfinni

@DanilaLadner Heh, interesting. I grew up in East Lyme, i've never heard of woodbridge

Cole

What I may do is, especially if I get a job paying more $$ in Boston - just commute for a few months and aggressively pay off debt. (re: live like I'm poor) that would allow me to be very comfortable moving into the city.

@mfinni East Lyme, in the middle of nowhere.

mfinni

@Cole 10 minutes from New London, cultural/artistic/rock-n-roll mecca, baby

Danila Ladner

Is anyone using "awesome" as window manager instead of gnome on linux, besides me? awesome.naquadah.org

Cole

2:16 PM

@mfinni I lived in Gales Ferry, worked in Chester

I know all about that area.

I hate Connecticut.

More than I hate Rhode Island, which is a lot.

Danila Ladner

why is the hate?

Cole

Let me rephrase that - I hate the Eastern part of CT.

Nothing to do, boring, and expensive.

Mathias R. Jessen

I just booked three days off work next week. Our calendar system asked for a comment/reason: "Drunk driving in Los Santos"

Cole

@MathiasR.Jessen LOL

MikeyB

@DanilaLadner Nice! Looks nifty. I've got xfce set up with gnome styling and terminator as the terminal, working pretty well.

^ but that is a badass setup

Cole

2:19 PM

That's a lot of monitors.

Journeyman Geek

sweet

mfinni

@Cole Nothing to do? iamfest.org/category/parade-plaza

Journeyman Geek

@MikeyB: VERY nice setup

mfinni

@MikeyB How many video cards is this?

Journeyman Geek

what's the white box on the right?

Cole

2:20 PM

@mfinni I mean regularly not once in a blue moon. There's so much more to do in Boston and even the 'burbs where I am

MikeyB

@mfinni Dunno, probably 2. To be clear, that's not my setup. It's from the 'awesome' WM page.

Cole

Only thing we ever did was go to The Dutch in New London and drink.

Journeyman Geek

ahh ;p

mfinni

@Cole Well yeah, you can't compare a small town with Boston for entertainment options

Again, this is why I live in the city.

Cole

I moved for a girl.

Danila Ladner

2:21 PM

@MikeyB I ran terminator before actually.

Cole

Then moved to Franklin for a girl. I'm done moving for women.

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Cole: next time I move, its to be moving away from people ;p

Cole

@JourneymanGeek probably. Move to Seattle like @Magellan has been telling me to.

MikeyB

^ that's my setup at the moment.

Journeyman Geek

>_>

seems a bit plain

Cole

2:24 PM

THE MESS

MikeyB

@Cole I lead a cluttered life.

Journeyman Geek

>_>

Cole

@MikeyB that would give me anxiety.

Journeyman Geek

it says image not found for me

MikeyB

@JourneymanGeek Plain, yes. designed for getting shit done.

Journeyman Geek

2:26 PM

thats not that bad

Aaron Copley

@MikeyB If nothing else, it keeps the room warm in the winter.

Journeyman Geek

@MikeyB: image didn't load for me ;p

Cole

Dude.

I should take a pic of mine then

Journeyman Geek

@Cole: you'd probably die if you saw mine

Cole

@JourneymanGeek probably.

MikeyB

2:26 PM

@Cole It's not even that cluttered, dude. And I'm the clean, organized one in the family.

Journeyman Geek

@MikeyB: it really isn't that bad

and its a pretty small desk

MikeyB

@JourneymanGeek There's a bit more to the right, but yeah it's a minimal setup.

Journeyman Geek

plus.google.com/photos/106187684082000485043/albums/…

this is my desk on a GOOD day, when its all neat so I could take a pic

Mathias R. Jessen

@Cole The group manager got notified, came to my desk immediately and asked me to prepare a review of the game for when I got back at work :P

Journeyman Geek

added some additional gear since then

MikeyB

2:29 PM

@MathiasR.Jessen Ah, now I get it. Well played.

Cole

@MikeyB D:

@MathiasR.Jessen LOL

I almost preordered GTA 5 last night.

Dan

@JourneymanGeek I prefer minimal

That's not today, but it hasn't changed

Journeyman Geek

@Dan: well, I work from home, and study. Its also where I occationally build random crap when I get the itch

Dan

Fair comment, my house is terrible

tombull89

@Dan 6735b?

Dan

2:34 PM

Being rented I really struggle to find the drive to keep it tidy

Cole

I need to clean up my wires.

Journeyman Geek

so, basically most of my life is on the desk ;p

Dan

?

Oh,no, Elitebook 8730W

Danila Ladner

tombull89

Ah, no, I see the power button is flat and there's a middle-click mouse button.

Dan

2:35 PM

No Apples, please

Danila Ladner

@Dan It's lipple

it is different

Journeyman Geek

@Cole: thats the one thing I need to be neat about

Cole

I have 6 vaca days left and 2 floating days. I should probably take a vacation.

Maybe I'll feel better after.

Dan

@DanilaLadner Lipple sounds sexy

@Cole How many do you guys get off?

Cole

@Dan 2 weeks

so 10 days (the 2 weeks I get) and 2 floaters

Dan

2:38 PM

@Cole You what?

Cole

A total of 12 days this year for me.

Dan

How do you put up with that?

Cole

Last few jobs only gave me a week

I get 3 sick days.

Dan

Is that excluding bank holidays, I presume?

Cole

@Dan 10 holidays

ewwhite

2:40 PM

@DanilaLadner naw, google isn't that appealing to me. WHy?

Dan

@Cole We get 8 national holidays plus I get about 25 days off a year. Plus I have the option to convert every day while working on a project to be 1/8th of a day off or I can take £15 instead

Danila Ladner

@ewwhite He was asking if any of the peers i knew would be interested with similar skillset

TheCleaner

What was that you were saying yesterday @ewwhite about needing more HP questions? :)

Cole

@Dan most of the guys I work with have been here for so long they get like 4-5 weeks each, plus holidays, floaters and sick days

Dan

@Cole Oh yeah, sick days I just get when I'm ill

ewwhite

2:41 PM

@DanilaLadner Oh, I only have 1/16th of your skillset.

Dan

I find that concept peculiar

Cole

@Dan yeah we only get three.

ewwhite

@TheCleaner I know, but no upvotes.

Dan

@Cole Think I'll stay over here

Guillochon

Hi all, I've been trying to solve a problem that's been persisting for about a week now, I posted a question to the site but only received a limited response, I was hoping more people would share their ideas of what they could try. Here's the link: serverfault.com/questions/538531/…

Cole

2:42 PM

@Dan good plan.

Dan

What are floaters, by the way

Guillochon

what I could try rather

Cole

@Dan extra "holiday" days you can use as vacation - the company as a whole gets them

Dan

http://serverfault.com/questions/538531/query-getting-periodically-stuck-in-copying-to-tmp-table-state-never-complete#comment619038_538531

Did you try this?

@Cole I don't follow

TheCleaner

@ewwhite I haven't looked but I'd presume that DL380 line or raid controller or disks probably have bug fix updates that are marked as "critical" on HP's support site. Maybe I'm wrong.

Guillochon

2:44 PM

@Dan The last time it occurred my ram, disk, and innode usage was all normal (quite small actually)

@Dan I did not do the check status yet as I am waiting for the problem to recur again (it's sporadic)

Cole

@Dan just free days off

Dan

@Cole So whats the difference between that and the other days?

Cole

@Dan They're not guaranteed every year.

Dan

@Cole Okay, now i'm confused

Cole

@Dan yeah, my company is fucked up

mfinni

2:46 PM

I may have a problem : fluevog.com/code/…

Dan

@Cole Well, I guess it's just culture differences but I wouldn't work with that

Guillochon

Does anyone else have any ideas as to what could be happening?

Danila Ladner

@ewwhite no not true statement at all, btw i've asked jcape, he said they hired that hbogo guy.

Dan

Mind you, I say all this but I'm sat on a good few days left over but that's because I kept all mine in case of wedding stuff

So does the person who wrote the description:

`A subtle banker's shoe`

In what world is that subtle?

@Guillochon Means nothing to me I'm afraid

mfinni

@Dan The overall line could be described as subtle. that coloring is clearly not

Cole

2:48 PM

@Dan My company as a whole just really sucks

tombull89

I could never fathom spending that much money on a pair of shoes.

ewwhite

@DanilaLadner Okay, 1/32 of your skills.

Guillochon

@Dan any idea as to who I could contact to move forward?

ewwhite

@DanilaLadner what did you ask jcape?

mfinni

@tombull89 people love em. I get all manner of compliments and wows, depending on the pair

Dan

2:49 PM

@Cole :(

Danila Ladner

@ewwhite oh about the position he was hiring in nyc

mfinni

@tombull89 This pair sparks a lot of conversations

Danila Ladner

to work alongside with him

ewwhite

@DanilaLadner Oh, I didn't know he was looking.

Dan

@mfinni Wowzer

@Guillochon You could try DBA but I don't know if it's on topic there

Today in the Comm's room we discover that @mfinni has a shoe fetish

tombull89

2:51 PM

Mathias R. Jessen

@MikeyB LOL! what did you expect? :P DUI with me behind the wheel on a 3-day vacation to Panama?

mfinni

@Dan Now now. I like looking good. If I was salivating over what was on someone else's feet, that would be a fetish :-)

Guillochon

@Dan I'll give them a shot

Dan

@mfinni It's just jealousy really - I don't think I could pull it off

Journeyman Geek

hehe

Dan

2:53 PM

And I don't wear a suit, so wasted really

MikeyB

@MathiasR.Jessen I was expecting you'd be taking the piss :P

Cole

I'm a short guy - it's near impossible to "look good" without either a.) getting every piece of clothing you own altered or b.) getting custom clothing

and nice clothes are expensive enough - then add on the extra $$ to get them all altered.

Dan

@Cole I just stick to high heels and stockings

Cole

haha

Journeyman Geek

I have giant wide feet. Formal shoes kill my little toes

Cole

2:54 PM

I have big feet for my height.

Dan

@JourneymanGeek I don't think I'm giant, but yes, I need some new running shoes because of this.

Journeyman Geek

has problems enough finding shoes

mfinni

@Cole I do have to get stuff altered. Shirts off the rack are tough. I'm 5'7", ~200#, but a 17.5" neck

Journeyman Geek

@Cole: 12ee

Cole

@mfinni I'm 5'3.

Dan

2:55 PM

Mind you, my toes are horrendous - not even the most desperate of foot fetishists would get off with mine

mfinni

@Cole That's... not tall

Cole

Exactly.

Journeyman Geek

@Dan: they arn't really "big", but wider than most people with my shoe size, and hammertoes

Cole

So I have to get everything altered.

mfinni

Dan

2:56 PM

Aw, man - I've got like 10 inches on you.

I'm taller, too.

Journeyman Geek

@Cole: I totally feel your pain there

Cole

So I've just given up, I don't own a suit and as of last week - I don't own any dress clothes. Just business casual for work (which are far too big for me as well)

Dan

@mfinni Pretty much, yeah

Journeyman Geek

@Cole: not to bad for me. I just can't buy clothes locally cause they're cut for chinese folk

TheCleaner

I wear shorts and t-shirts to work...yeah

Journeyman Geek

2:58 PM

so.. it pinches in places, even for the same size

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