The Comms Room

SpacemanSpiff

15:01

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Dan

I've never got the bacon thing on the internet. I mean, bacon is great but Sausages > Bacon any day of the week!

Scott Pack

Depends on the bacon and the sausage. Crunchy bacon? Wood chips are better. Nice smoky thick cut bacon? Mmmm

I also don't tend to care for spicy sausage.

SpacemanSpiff

I'm scheming to buy some pork belly and smoke my own bacon this weekend.

Dan

I don't like crunchy (crispy over here) bacon

SpacemanSpiff

We'll see how it goes

Dan

15:06

Cool

SpacemanSpiff

@voretaq7 - my espresso machine died :(

new one on the way

Nathan C

@ewwhite here's a 1.28TB SSD infinity-micro.com/…

Journeyman Geek

o0

Chris S

@Dan It's "crispy" here... I think Scott's been smoking something other than Bacon.

Dan

@ChrisS :D

Chris S

15:11

Also, peppered thick-cut bacon is pretty darn good. But maple sausages fried crispy on the outside and barely "done" on the inside are right up there.

MikeyB

@ChrisS Mmmmmmm

Dan

I am with hiim though, thick, smoky non-crisp bacon is what I'm all about. Ideally positioned on top of some fancy sausages and snuggled up next to an egg!

@ChrisS We dont' have them I don't think, but it does taste good. Mind you, I think sausages are different over there anyway - I've had something of a variety of foodstuffs when ordering something with "sausage" in the US, and none were really quite what I expected

Chris S

mmmm, egg bagel sandwich with bacon and a thin sausage patty..... optional: swap out the bacon for lightly brazed Canadian bacon and a drizzle of honey

tombull89

@Dan I don't get egg in a sarnie - the yolk makes it all messy.

Scott Pack

I had Chicken and Waffles for the first time over the weekend. Not bad. Not bad at all.

@ChrisS I despise crunchy bacon.

Dan

15:14

@tombull89 Oh, it's not one for the office - that's for sure!

tombull89

@Dan Sainsburys do an epic breakfast sandwich, 2 slices of inch-thick crusty white bread with three sausages and a ton of bacon.

Scott Pack

The test is when I attempt to cut it with a knife. It had better slice instead of break.

Dan

@ScottPack I'm inclined to agree!

@tombull89 See, you'd think working away would lest me taste the finest in great breakfasts but I'm so cautious about going down that "road" that all I ever have is poached eggs on toast

Scott Pack

@Dan We don't quite have the same sausage culture, no. It all tends to be too spiced.

Chris S

@ScottPack It's the only way my wife eats it.. She calls my bacon "raw". At least I don't have to worry about her eating it.

RobM

15:16

I'm not a fan of cooked breakfasts as a rule but sometimes its nice to push the boat out and have all the works

Scott Pack

@Dan Probably the best sausage I've ever had was in a little town outside of Edinburgh that was made by a local butcher. I could actually see identifiably green herbs. Yes!

tombull89

@Dan bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21287000

Dan

Yep, that's the way. Even something like this would do:

http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/6-British-Pork--Apple-Sausages-Waitrose/28503011

tombull89

RobM

pork and apple. Very nice.

tombull89

15:17

om nom nom

Chris S

@tombull89 What's an egg in a sarnie? Like egg in a basket or toad in a hole?

RobM

egg sandwich

Scott Pack

@Dan We have something like that as our main protein for dinner a couple of time a month.

tombull89

@ChrisS sarnie = sandwich

RobM

fried egg sandwiches are the food of the gods

Dan

15:17

@tombull89 That just isn't right!

Chris S

@tombull89 that's just weird

RobM

with added pepper and sauce of your choice, if wanted.

tombull89

@ChrisS yay britishisms!

Dan

@ChrisS Which bit, the terminology or having an egg on a sandwich?

RobM

egg banjo

Dan

15:18

@ScottPack So does my....nope, too easy

Chris S

@Dan eggwiches are perfectly normal - never heard of a "sarnie"

RobM

well we wouldn't be english if we didn't abuse the english language.

Dan

@ChrisS To be honest, it's pretty casual slang - most wouldn't go into a shop and order a "sarnie". Think "Builders Van" type usage.

RobM

quite so.

tombull89

@Dan "sarnie and a cuppa"

Dan

15:19

@tombull89 Please, duck

RobM

egg sarnie and a mug of char from the greasy spoon...

Chris S

o_O

I need to wash my teacup, it's getting an odd taste

Dan

Mind you, I did give in at a posh-ish restaurant the other month. I was knackered, work was hard - the lovely waitress came round and asked if I could stretch to desert. I just blurted out "Ooh, could you just get us a brew love?"

@ChrisS I wash mine at least once a day. At home a cup is only used once before washing. I'll stretch it out on site though

RobM

@dan and did she?

Dan

@RobM She laughed, and said something like "Haha, that's proper northern that is." and then didn't charge me for it

Chris S

15:22

@Dan I have no idea if that's rude or otherwise... And I'm pretty sure you could get away with saying that at any restaurant here without anyone batting an eye except for the accent.

RobM

heh made her day I reckon...

Dan

@ChrisS It's not rude by any stretch - just perhaps over-casual for a more formal restaurant. I'm sure some waitstaff could take offence at being called love

RobM

but its use isn't considered rude here by most.

Dan

@RobM Probably, sick of being spoken to like shit by posh bastards :D

RobM

@dan thats what i was thinking

@dan or people who aren't really all that putting on airs and graces. Worse than people who actually are posh who are just being themselves, I reckon.

Chris S

15:24

@Dan I thought the "just get us a brew" might have been the rude part... Didn't think twice about you calling her "love".

tombull89

@Dan parents went to the broadway hotel in the cotswold a few weeks back for dad's birthday. They went before and really liked it but they were dissapointed this time - it had all been updated and all the food was very nice but there was bugger all of it

Dan

Mind you, hotel restaurants are certainly different at times - in the nicer ones (Not posher, just nicer) - they seem a lot better at "gauging" the lone traveller. I did have one bad experience where a girl essentially stalked me for my time there, but other than that I've had some nice chats with the staff

RobM

@chriss depends how its said I guess, it would be rude to snap that at someone but I could hear the way @dan probably said and I'd imagine @tombull89 could too -- just sort of sighed / drawled out...

tombull89

I don't give a damn if I paid £20 for a steak, I want a bit more than a cube of meant and some "thriced diced hand-cut chips". No you gits give me chips

Dan

@tombull89 It's gutting when something changes for the worse. Place I'm staying at now used to do great breakfasts (Served to order, had salmon, kippers and all sorts on the menu). Now it's just a crappy buffet

@tombull89 I'll give the US it's due on this one - if you want steak, go to America. Those boys know how to do it

tombull89

15:26

Oh certainly "love" can be used affectionatly or in a patronising tone.

Nathan C

mmm...steak...

RobM

yeah places here can be funny about steak

Chris S

@RobM Sure - I don't know how you guys talk. I've only heard Chopper and he's exactly what I think of as an "English" accent.

Dan

I ordered one in the centre of New York - we needed cheap, cheerful and quick FOund an Irish Pub and I only ate about half of it :( And I like steak

Nathan C

for $8 i can get a decent sized steak and fry it up on the stove (since i don't have a grill) ...good eats lol

RobM

15:27

I do like a good steak

Scott Pack

@ChrisS So does Chopper use the RP?

Dan

@ScottPack Most people who have heard Chopper speak are no longer alive. Only the few have lived to tell the tale

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Chris S

@ScottPack Probably, but I heard him on a youtube video he did for HP

Dan

He's on a vSoup podcast too

For the curious:

http://vsoup.net/2012/02/vsoup-big-things-with-phil-20/

tombull89

I live in Bristol which is known for it's "Bristol L" - we tend to an an L or an awl to a lot of words.

Dan

15:29

Bristol is also known for it's lack of electricity and indoor plumbing

tombull89

Asda becomes Asdawl. Ikea is Ikeawl.

@Dan Hey, at least we use normal plugs/sockets.

RobM

I speak estuary english. And have been known to act as a scottish-to-english translator.

Scott Pack

@RobM How are you with Glaswegian?

Dan

I'm from Dudley - I'll be participating no further.

@ScottPack How is anyone with Glaswegian?

RobM

@ScottPack ye talkin' to me? SEE YOU JIMMY headbutt

Scott Pack

15:33

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RobM

as you can see, fluent...

Dan

@ScottPack Can't click here :(

Scott Pack

It's our very own @RoryMcCune giving a talk on Pen-Test Automation at a conference in Abertay.

Dan

That's a mild accent!

RobM

yeah, that accent's very mild. Nothing like pure Glaswegian

Scott Pack

15:35

Thankfully.

I had the "pleasure" of hearing a proper Glaswegian once.

RobM

Glasgow - where the nightclub bouncers search you for a weapon on the way into a club

And if you don't have one they lend you one for the night.

We have a few suppliers who have offices in scotland and as I'm half scottish, my boss gave all those 'accounts' to me to deal with because I would understand them.

Dan

I've spent a good few phone calls pretending to understand the scottish guy on the phone

ewwhite

@NathanC Yeah, I'm aware of those. I own 4.

But it's not necessary for this client

Dan

Though it's mainly Irish in this job - that's got some variety right from "Sweet and cute" up to "I'm sorry, I didn't understand anything you said"

ewwhite

@voretaq7 I need you!

Or your help.

Scott Pack

15:42

@ewwhite I would never ignore you like that rascally @voretaq7.

ewwhite

Unfortunate.

Dan

Damn!

ewwhite

:(

Chris S

@Dan It's a struggle to understand what he's saying, and some things I can't figure out even after hearing it a few times.

Dan

It cached my username

Scott Pack

15:44

@ChrisS Rory?

Chris S

@ScottPack Yes

Dan

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Blergh

tombull89

@Dan almost spammy

Wesley

@ewwhite There there. Cry it out buddy.

:'(

Nathan C

Automatic excel table updating while a slideshow is running showing said tables ...complete. yay macros

ewwhite

15:51

@voretaq7 Calling for you!

Dan

@voretaq7 You're going to be so excited when you see all these messages you to read

@voretaq7 And yet nothing of interest has been said!

RobM

ground control to @voretaq7
ground control to @voretaq7

Dan

@voretaq7 You're going to be so disappointed

RobM

so tired
tired of waiting
tired of waiting for you

tombull89

hey I want to ping @voretaq7 too

Dan

15:53

@RobM I think the correct terminology would be something like "Victor 7, this is Sierra Foxtrot, please respond over." Eh, @voretaq7?

@tombull89 And rightly so, everyone should ping @voretaq7

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RobM

man, I'd hate to have too many pings waiting for me @voretaq7 will be so confused.

tombull89

Pings, you say? for @voretaq7?

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Wesley

Can I ping @voretaq7 too?

tombull89

He's in a meeting now. His laptop is on, logged into chat, with the sound on. Every few minutes there's a bonk of him being pinged.

Michael Hampton

Sounds like a great way to get out of a meeting.

Dan

15:57

@tombull89 Haha, that's happened to me a few times now

Wesley

Let's all bonk @voretaq7! bonk! bonk! bonk!

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tombull89

@Wesley uhm

Wesley

@tombull89 I said bonk, not boink, scumwad.

tombull89

@MichaelHampton what? being sacked after they find you in a chat room?

Wesley

=)

Chris S

15:57

Might as well pile on @voretaq7

RobM

@voretaq7 -- come quickly, wesley's talking about actually buying a bike...

Wesley

@RobM I'm going to buy a bike!

Someday.

Dan

@RobM I think @Wesley is actually talking about using @voretaq7 like a bike

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RobM

@voretaq7 SEE!!!!!

Chris S

@Dan That doesn't sound very pleasant @voretaq7

RobM

15:58

@dan you could be right.

Dan

Well, I see we've ruined the star wall again

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@ChrisS I dunno, what was that power-bottom phrase, @voretaq7?

RobM

whoever did the starwall code at SE probably hates this room and all who sail in it.

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Chris S

@Dan Like a safe-word @voretaq7

Wesley

@Dan When was the star wall ever a success?

Lucas Kauffman

yo ho yo ho and a server rack full of rum!

RobM

15:59

Well time for me to go home now.

Scott Pack

@Wesley When the two of us used to dominate it.

RobM

cya later

Nathan C

so I had configured AD CS in the past ...and now there's a bunch of EFS certificates stored in it

Wesley

@RobM :'(

Nathan C

by only two users

tombull89

16:00

@RobM just be glad we're not The Bridge. If a star isn't "useful or interesting" it's very likely to get cleared.

Dan

@RobM Damn! I've gotta hang on for an out of hours powerdown

Wesley

@ScottPack DOM EYE NATE.

Dan

@tombull89 Yet they talk shit and flag the world?

Chris S

@Wesley If you filter out all the lube and crude comments there's some real jems in there @voretaq7

RobM

fuck the bridge.

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Wesley

16:00

@RobM In the ear!

Dan

@RobM Flagged.

Nathan C

@Dan Flagged the flag.

Dan

@NathanC Flagged your mum.

tombull89

flagged for flag abuse

Scott Pack

Flagged for outing flaggers

Chris S

16:01

@NathanC flagging all flags, flagging all flags - come in flags

Wesley

@tombull89 Flagged because I don't remember you ever posting lube.

Dan

@Wesley @voretaq7 is gonna need it

Wesley

@Dan I wonder if @voretaq7 will be the first one to have his notification center smash the stack.

tombull89

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Dan

@Wesley A Stack.......Overflow, you say?

tombull89

16:02

bitch, please.

Wesley

@tombull89 Doesn't count, gotta post it yourself not meta post yourself..

Wait, meta posting your own lube...

Dan

@tombull89 I'm going to order that, in your name, and deliver it to you

Wesley

That sounds kinda dirty.

@voretaq7's notification center when he logs into ServerFault:

tombull89

@Dan Well would make for an interesting end-of-school-year event.

Giant slip-n-slide.

Wesley

@voretaq7 bite

Where is he anyway? Haven't seen him for days.

Dan

16:04

@tombull89 I'm very glad you clarified/qualified that statement

tombull89

@Dan oh, man.

Dan

@Wesley Why isn't it round, @Wesley? Did you do that, @voretaq7?

Wesley

@Dan It's not round 'cuz we borked it. =( Sorry @voretaq7

Dan

"So, Tom, got any good ideas for this years end of school event?"
"Well, I've got 55 gallons of lube and a whole lot of time..."

MikeyB

@tombull89 There is a review of that by George Takei.

Chris S

16:10

tombull89

@MikeyB ohh, myyyyyyyyyy.

MikeyB

@voretaq7 You have to read this review!

Dan

@ChrisS 0.o, did you logon as @voretaq7?

Scott Pack

I miss @voretaq7. Do you remember when he used to hang out with us?

Chris S

@Dan No, I have firebug... lets you edit webpages live.

MikeyB

16:13

@cole Did I see you have used samba4 as an AD DC?

Wesley

@ScottPack Do you remember when @voretaq7 cared about us? :'(

Neither do I.

Scott Pack

@Wesley The @voretaq7 I remember never would have let this happen.

Lucas Kauffman

16:26

I remember @voretaq7 think he used to have something to do in the lizard industry no?

Scott Pack

All I remember about @voretaq7 is that he used to take pictures of his crotch to show off his lizard.

Basil

heh

Nathan C

@Basil dis many!

MikeyB

16:42

@ScottPack Oh shit! It's #tmituesday - I have a picture of my crotch for you guys.

bollocks.

Mathias R. Jessen

What is the proper definition of a "dessert"? I'm having a heated discussion about whether "KitKat" and "Jelly Bean" are in conflict with the Android naming convention

MikeyB

@MathiasR.Jessen It should be a course, not just confectioneries.

Scott Pack

As opposed to honeycomb or donut?

Iain

@MathiasR.Jessen I would say they are both confectionaries

Scott Pack

Confection: A sweet preparation, such as candy.

So yes, both JellyBean and KitKats would work.

Michael Hampton

16:47

It's whatever the fuck they want it to be.

voretaq7

@Wesley Nobody ever cared about you, that's why your litterbox is overflowing with shit and urine clumps.

Wesley

@voretaq7 Hence the Mallomar disaster.

voretaq7

also I'm not dead, though the ER pumped me up with about 2L of saline yesterday

Wesley

@voretaq7 Wha' happuh?

voretaq7

severe dehydration is fun

Wesley

16:51

@voretaq7 =(

MDMarra

Got to a customer an hour early because theres a terribly awesome chinese restaurant (you know what I mean) right across the street that opens at 11.

voretaq7

whaddid I miss? Did someone shave the Server Fault logo into @Wesley's fur?

Wesley

@voretaq7 MOAR GATORADE!

MDMarra

Except it's mysteriously closed today.

Wesley

@voretaq7 Tattooed =(

voretaq7

16:52

@MDMarra What's the Han character for "Closed by the board of health"?

MDMarra

So I had to eat Subway instead of glorious General Tso's chicken

voretaq7

@MDMarra bleh, that's not even food

MDMarra

@voretaq7 I believe that it is: :(

Wesley

@voretaq7 What were the symptoms that got you in the ER? Did you collapse?

voretaq7

@Wesley twice. After apparently passing out the second time despite drinking water I figured it was time to let the professionals rehydrate me

Wesley

16:54

@voretaq7 911 and everything?

MDMarra

Why weren't you drinking water, bro?

voretaq7

@MDMarra I do drink water, constantly. I also drink lots of other stuff that's less effective at hydrating you (tea, coffee, booze) and occasionally do lots of physical labor

MDMarra

Also, did all of you cute little anarchists vote today? If you don't vote, you don't have any credibility when you complain.

voretaq7

the last bit was probably the issue here

I will cast my ballot for Ficus P. Lant this evening

MDMarra

You're doing god's work, son.

voretaq7

16:56

along with scrawling "ARE YOU PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR EXTREMELY LIMITED FUCKING MINDS" across the back of the ballot where the NYS referenda are

Scott Pack

@MDMarra I walked down to my polling place this morning and voted. It was gloriously empty at 7:45.

MDMarra

I stopped around 10 on my way to this customer

I think I hurt everyone's feelings

"Hi, I'm running for school board!" "Ok" <keeps walking>

voretaq7

@MDMarra "And you're not supposed to be within 1000 feet of the doors. Now scat before I call a cop."

MDMarra

I don't know if that's the case in PA

They were literally right at the door, and always are for each election

voretaq7

(it's actually 100 feet in NY, but nobody knows that and they always scatter like roaches when I say 1000)

84104

16:58

@MDMarra There is no election here?

MDMarra

"Hello sir, may I see your ID?"

"You may not."

"Ok, here's your card, hand it to the woman at the booth"

@84104 Where is "here"?

Scott Pack

It's somewhere around 100 feet here too. From what I remember in Kentucky it was "eyesight" or something equally dumb.

84104

@MDMarra California

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