Doh - i forgot to include a link to partition magic. Mind you I've just found a Free thingy that does that same thing, called Parted. It only runs under linux, but you can get a bootdisk with it on so it's not a problem. I've never used this parted thing mind you.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Fri Nov 30 13:25:38 2001

John: About your linuxy questions - you can use partition magic to repartition your hard drive. It can resize your fat-32 partitions without losing the data on it (though obviously you'll need some free space).
I like debian the bestest out of all the linux distributions, cos it has a cool package management system to download/install the things you want. For example I wanted to install the webcache "Squid" on my debian box the other day. I typed "apt-get install squid" and it downloaded and installed it for me automatically.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Fri Nov 30 13:17:36 2001

Yep. Me too. Welllll.... just about to email off that damn document and then I'm done!
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 29 21:26:38 2001

I am clearly still at work
dsp
- Thu Nov 29 20:53:14 2001

I'm going to get a RAID card I think.
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 29 20:49:01 2001

Buy another drive? They're dead cheeeeeeep now :-)
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 29 20:48:45 2001

It looks increasingly like I might have to install Linux on my PC at home as it seems bizarrely like the only way to be able to do anything really useful with my DVB-T card. Currently the whole hard disk is formatted as one big FAT32 partition. Anyone got any suggestions on how to go about it? Which brand of Linux is more betterer etc?
John
- Thu Nov 29 18:52:23 2001

Well done John, the lecture went brilliantly. We got a couple of splendid Bored Aids out of it too.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Thu Nov 29 11:44:00 2001

Nice John Naaaiiiice. Are you vaguely free at all to come down any weekends before Christmas?
Simon
- Wed Nov 28 13:50:53 2001

Nice! One of my favourites pictures - but Simon isn't in it - maybe he was taking it? P.S. The lecture went quite well I think.
John
- Wed Nov 28 13:46:13 2001

Number 3: The A-Team

dsp
- Tue Nov 27 23:33:55 2001

The first in our bitmaps from the past series...
Number 2: The Radstock Wheely Bin

dsp
- Tue Nov 27 23:30:33 2001

The first in our bitmaps from the past series...
Number 1: The DSP Scope

dsp
- Tue Nov 27 23:29:01 2001

Doh!
dsp
- Tue Nov 27 23:24:34 2001

John: here's a picture of me with Elvis Presley,
It turns out he's not dead after all.

dsp
- Tue Nov 27 23:23:32 2001

John: here's a picture of me with Elvis Presley,
It turns out he's not dead after all.

dsp
- Tue Nov 27 23:22:25 2001

Nice, the more the merrier - maybe you could bring a pint along with you and it could be like the good old days! I'm just doing the first half, so it'll all be over by 11:30 (conveniently around the time the bar opens), however, I do have to go back to work in the afternoon - doh!
John
- Tue Nov 27 16:54:22 2001

I am at home tomorrow John, although I may be forced to come and listen to an X-SIGHT-ING lecture :-)

Perhaps we could go out in the evening if not, as I do have a piece of work that has to be done on a short deadline...?
rowanboy
- Tue Nov 27 16:35:35 2001

Lorenzo: yes, I'm looking forward to it!
Simon: sorry I'll be away (Softel christmas party) that weekend - yours is already the third or fourth invite I've had to turn down for that weekend! Doh!
John
- Tue Nov 27 16:26:40 2001

If anyone is in the area, I'll be giving a lecture (or half a lecture at least) in Physics D (Ditchburn or whatever it's called), Reading University, tomorrow (that's Wednesday) at 11am, as part of the 3rd year GUI course.
John
- Tue Nov 27 16:24:31 2001

I'd like to complain about the lack of new pictures on here. There haven't been any new ones since September. Damn it my eyes have nearly healed up now. Pssshnneg.
Old Man (partially constructed from wood)
- Tue Nov 27 12:49:54 2001

Don't worry John. At least your not dead. Hows about coming down to Wimborne somewhen around my birthday (14th Dec)...Al Hall has is own flat now and evryfing! I still have that Champagne also.....
Simon
- Tue Nov 27 12:47:31 2001

Ciao ciao Boys. How are you? I am currently writing from KOREA believe it or not. I am here for business as usual and I am so bored that I have decided to turn on the "pay per use" computer that's here in my room. The funny thing is that they monitor you using a special script that runs at startup (which I have disabled anyways) it's gonna be funny to see if they charge me for anything... :) Oh well.

Johnny Boy: I might be coming to London soon (not for work this time) I will call you on your mobile and let you know + what's all the stuff about your ex-satanic girlfriend's AA?


Ciao ciao Lorenzo
Lox <stalflare@»þ¤Ì.¤Á¤µ>
¤¿¤Â¤¢¤¨¤±, - Tue Nov 27 05:07:54 2001

So, following an investigation into a confusing entry on my most recent bank statement, it transpires I've been paying for AA membership for about four years for my satanic ex-girlfriend without realising it. More frustrating still, this was during the time of that nice big payout, for which she said she wasn't eligible because her membership had expired. I am not a happy fucking bunny. Still, could be worse.
John
- Mon Nov 26 17:54:13 2001

John-knee-boye, please keep next Wednesday (5th) free. And make sure your suit has been dry cleaned.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Mon Nov 26 17:05:47 2001

I heard that Fasthosts lost a LOT of email over the weekend... Fasthosts email system collapses
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 26 16:30:56 2001

John: OH AYE!
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 26 16:28:28 2001

In fact, it seems to be quite popular with the Germans.
John
- Mon Nov 26 13:04:50 2001

Interesting review of Photo Studio I found at digicamera.net:
Stuffwaren Photo Studio, alle 600kB yksi exe-tiedosto, ei asentamista. EXIF/JFIF/JPEG -kommenttien lukija, voi myös itse lisätä, digikameroiden tallettamat aukot, suljinajat jne. Samoin viewer, tekee pikkukuvat, häviötön jgp-kuvan kääntö jne. Freewarea.
John
- Mon Nov 26 13:02:26 2001

Rob - that is really smart! I especially like the menus. Hmmm the rest of the maison really needs a big overhaul at some point, unfortunately I've got a million and one other things to do first!
John
- Mon Nov 26 12:50:11 2001

Totally redesigned my bit of the MDS. Again. Now brought it inline with the Bodge World Network. Some new links... going to add some photos soon.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Mon Nov 26 12:26:50 2001

The reason my website has got rowanboysworld on it is because I am borrowing Chris's Webspace
Braceface
- Fri Nov 23 18:02:28 2001

er...anyway..i'm probably going to either reading, southampton, royal holloway or perhaps brighton u got any recommendations...?
Chris Rowan
- Thu Nov 22 23:28:39 2001

Check out my newly constructed website at www.geocities.com/rowanboysworld
Braceface
- Thu Nov 22 19:06:39 2001

I Hate Liam Shuff!!!!He is an asswipe!!!!!!
Braceface
- Thu Nov 22 19:05:46 2001

This is the first time i have put a message up on this site and I don' really know what to say except there is only one person who will know who i am that is Chrisboy!!
Braceface
- Thu Nov 22 18:51:50 2001

I could do with a beer - don't suppose anyone is randomly working in London today?
John
- Thu Nov 22 13:26:34 2001

Also, what's all this sorry for posting messages about? Thats what the board is there for!
Mike
- Wed Nov 21 13:17:20 2001

Chris: which university are you going to?
Mike
- Wed Nov 21 13:15:54 2001

CGI ERROR:
The specified CGI application seems to have some useful functionality. The server has deleted the process.
John
- Wed Nov 21 10:24:17 2001

Tiredness factor is at about 114 today. Have tried coffee and chocolate, which seems to have helped slightly.
John
- Wed Nov 21 09:56:05 2001

yo...sorry to post another message.... just to let u all know i'm planning on going to uni to do computing and physics....u should all be proud...lol l8r
Chris Rowan <chris.rowan@tiscali.co.k>
- Tue Nov 20 01:04:45 2001

Tim: I think fasthosts have done another of their great changing the server setup without bothering to inform anyone tricks. Thanks to this, over the last year just about every feature of every site on our package has been systematically broken. Cheers for that.
John
- Mon Nov 19 11:24:16 2001

It would appear that I have stopped receiving message updates from the MDS. WTF???
dsp
- Mon Nov 19 09:38:08 2001

Today in the office, we have imposed a swearbox, all proceeds to children in need.
dsp
- Mon Nov 19 09:35:26 2001

Can't leave anything alone for five minutes now. Just updated Bodge World, it's the VIII incarnation now. I'm trying to get up to 'X'. There's not much there but it looks nice: Feel free to check it out and let me know what you fink.
Rob
- Sun Nov 18 14:25:01 2001

JonE: Just surfin' the net from my new Ultra 10 (with Solaris 8)
rowanboy
- Sat Nov 17 22:55:38 2001

I just have one word to say, and I think you can all guess what it's going to be:
PUB
I thank you.
John
- Fri Nov 16 17:22:58 2001

ERROR:1 500 Syntax Error, Command Unrecognized RSET
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 15 12:24:23 2001

Got a server error there.... Hmmmm..
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 15 12:24:06 2001

Everything Clicks?
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 15 12:23:47 2001

Everything Clicks?
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 15 12:23:38 2001

Dagnabbit, Johnnnnnny boyyyeee. Looks like another time, another place. Another quote.
r0B
- Thu Nov 15 12:11:36 2001

How many nerd points do i get for installing Linux (debian) over the internet, whilst drunk? Now all i have to do is make into into a firewall/masq server/etc... Fun :) Tis annoying how the cable modems lock onto a particular network card tho :(
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Thu Nov 15 10:51:32 2001

Kaiyobi, errr, getsuyobi, errr nichiyobi, kinyobi... Oh I can't remember... Anyway Thursday (being tomorrow), I might be going for dinner with Ali etc, so I'm probably busy... sorry!
John
- Wed Nov 14 16:41:11 2001

Fair play John-san. Are you doing anyfing Thursday?
Rob Lang
- Wed Nov 14 15:12:26 2001

Bonjour.
Jon e
- Wed Nov 14 10:44:34 2001

Rob, mon petit confus artichaut, you are indeed right, however I think there are several degrees of crapness, and currently the digital recording I have is considerably worse than playing back the tape on the TV, which is quite frustrating... P.S. I got your message last night - nice one! I hope all goes well...
John
- Wed Nov 14 09:40:27 2001

John, ma vielle chinoir, video quality is actually very shit, so don't expect excellent results anyway. In fact, video is VERY shit. I would be surprised if you got anything half decent out of it.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Tue Nov 13 14:11:15 2001

I spent some of the weekend messing around with TV capture cards (of the analogue variety this time) trying to capture the Radstock Aliens video (plus the video of my friend Gav on the Weakest Link). I got a complete capture in the end, but found the quality a bit disappointing - I think at least partly because I used the hacky version of DivX rather than the proper one. Perhaps now I know what's going on a bit better I might give it a go...
John
- Tue Nov 13 10:18:16 2001

Run over there and get on TV. I dare you!
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 15:43:24 2001

Across the hall from my office is a Granada Studio, who
are just about to do a news bulletin about the crash.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 15:27:28 2001

Tom: You didn't know mate.

- Mon Nov 12 14:52:48 2001

BBC and CNN are shit slow. I don;t feel so safe here in London....
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 14:51:49 2001

(That sounds crap in light of the crash.. Apologies)..
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 14:51:20 2001

I'd like to see a photo of you with it too. If you can get it into a shopping trolley, that would be quite funny too.
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 14:48:50 2001

Apparently there's been an airline crash in the U.S.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:47:57 2001

In a special ball licking way as well mate.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:41:57 2001

In a special eye-ball licking way.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:41:08 2001

I know, it is amazing.
And the most amazing thing,
is that he really is!
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:40:37 2001

Tim, isn't it amazing, that John Hawkins is a Lizzard?
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:38:47 2001

I'm only shouting because I care because I love you.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:37:43 2001

Good point. Well presented.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:37:02 2001

Because I've never really listened to anything you've ever said. Cheeky.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:34:51 2001

Why not? Salt-breath.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:32:56 2001

Apart from that, Yes I accept your apology for saying that there is no such machine with 104 Processors (or 106). Don't worry, I didn't take any of to heart.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:22:45 2001

I think that the Fleet of Ferarris hasn't gone off to the Board of Directors though for approval? And I mean our parent company's board.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:21:40 2001

You flaming gollar.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:17:26 2001

Oh I see Jon, and we (at work) are looking at a fleet of Ferraris. One for everyone and their wife.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:17:03 2001

As I said in the message board, we are looking at the server. We haven't got it, yet. So how the fuck am I supposed to have a photo of me with it?
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:14:22 2001

Jon, a clever-calculated bluff. I bet you can't produce a
picture of you and the said server in 24hrs.
And BTW, a card-board box from Tesco with 'fast-sun' written
on in crayon will fool no-one this time.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:12:19 2001

So what are you doing now Tim? Heah? Thinking back to the other times you've been completely wrong? Arse Monkey.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:09:23 2001

Oh dear Tim, it appears that yet again you've done a "Bradley" esque argument. I would like to point you towards.. http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/sunfire15k/ Though yes you are completely correct I did lie as it's only 106 Processors.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 14:08:08 2001

18 terra-bytes, my arse. 104 processors, bollocks.
Stop lying to try and be popular Jon, you sausage-jockey.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 14:01:47 2001

Currently it has a few MP3s on it and a few "special" programs. Have no idea really. Want to get my SUN boxes doing DNS and Firewall like activities again. Linux to run ColdFusion Server and a few X10 interfaces.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 13:30:01 2001

DSP: That was okay, as we only got 10Mb each from sufs1...
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 13:26:57 2001

Nice Ellis! Nice! What are you going to do with all that space? Render the next ToyStory?!?!
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 13:26:16 2001

At work (as in full time job) we are looking at a server with 18 Tbytes as standard to it. (But then again it does have 104 Sparc 600Mhz processors).
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 13:23:52 2001

Tom my bum chum, they are mine.
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 13:22:31 2001

In our spod days, sufs1 had 17GB.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 13:20:54 2001

Just to put this in perspective, when I was out in IRAN last year,
the entire company only had 120Gb!!!
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 13:12:20 2001

Are they YOURS or your company's?
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 13:09:26 2001

Rowanboy, you knew this would drag me in.
Right.....
Server (IDE) 100+80+10
W/Station (IDE) 40
Linux 2.5
Swap Disk Between all 20
Sparc4 4.3
Sparc5 4.3
SCSI Will be for RAID on Server once RAID card actually bloody works 5*4.3 2* 9.1
Grand Total, er..... About 390 Gigs.
Amount of cables required = high.

Amount of Life required by me = none.


Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 13:07:48 2001

I recon I've got about 187.9 Gb available across my systems:
Server: 20 + 80
Suns: 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 0.5 + 0.4 + 4
HP: 1
PC's: 10 + 10 + 18 + 6 + 3
Laptops: 20 + 10

rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 13:01:44 2001

+ 0.5 + 0.4 + 4
HP: 1
PC's: 10 + 10 + 18 + 6 + 3
Laptops: 20 + 10

rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 13:01:44 2001

I'd just like to be the first person to say Nadgers today. Thankyou.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Mon Nov 12 10:46:08 2001

To join in on the nerdy-penis-envy conversation about hard-disk sizes,
i guess you guys are talking about personal storage.
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 09:12:44 2001

MMmmph!
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 12 09:08:21 2001

Oh crap. Just did a 'rowan', message should read...
Oi! Ellis! No!!! That's my girlfriend.
PS. You can email me at home on: -deleted-
which I check most days, or alternatively, you can mail
me at work at: -deleted- where (on a work day)
a reply will usually be dispatched promptly.
Then this, all this bullshit that you think is so important
You can just kiss all this goodbye.
Kapische?
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 08:54:40 2001

Oi! Ellis! No!!! That's my girlfriend.
PS. You can email me at home on: -deleted-
which I check most days, or alternatively, you can mail
me at work at: -deleted- where (on a work day)
a reply will usually be dispatched promptly.
Then this, all this bullshit that you think is so important
You can just kiss all this goodbye.
Kapische?
dsp
- Mon Nov 12 08:53:32 2001

I thought we were going to keep our love a secret?
Jon E
- Mon Nov 12 07:50:38 2001

Hello Baby!!!!! I love you!
Clare
- Sun Nov 11 16:01:52 2001

"Yea, I got an aerial with a booster from Maplin, it brought back wonderful memories of Simon and Gary and everthing" Hmmmm Network skewer was highly utilised that day. Or was it network Drill?

- Sun Nov 11 08:03:25 2001

Mr Hawkins and Mr Hastings, we need a chat. Could you please arrange to send me your home e-mail accounts? Please send to JonAtHome@theEmailCo.net I could have put a mailto: round that but frankly I just can't be arsed.
Jon E
- Sun Nov 11 08:01:35 2001

Mr. Rowan, I don't mind holding a backup for you. However I bet your 80Gig is SCSI aint' it and mine's only blooming IDE. On a slightly different topic note, I don't suppose anyone's got a Megaraid Enterprise 1200 (428) and have managed to get it to work? P.S. Bloody love you.
Jon
- Sun Nov 11 07:59:52 2001

Yes Mr Hawkin's, that would be correct. Hope you are well down in the balmy climes of the South. It's Saturday night, I ain't got a light, but I don't give a shite cos I'm off to the Discotheque! (I wish)
THE Carl
- Sat Nov 10 20:59:02 2001

I've just installed an 80Gb - yes eighty - disk in my server. That means it had 100Gb... senseless? No. I'm mp3ing my entire CD collection. Anyone want to, um, keep a backup for me?
rowanboy
- Fri Nov 9 18:23:39 2001

Well. That shut you up ;-)
rowanboy
- Fri Nov 9 18:22:08 2001

Just got back from a day's walking in Wales with a 40lb pack. It was f*cking cold and snowed a lot... we planned on going up Pen-y-Fan, but damned foot and mouth restrictions stopped us....of course, noone had put signs at the bottom to let you know about it... oh no. just 5 miles up. Bastards. Anyways... I'm going back soon enough.. :-)
rowanboy
- Fri Nov 9 00:45:40 2001

Oops, dullness seems to have developed.
John
- Thu Nov 8 17:19:59 2001

Is that the same Carl (Woody - whose surname may or may not be either Hargreaves or Burgess - or maybe they are famous actors), I have met on occassion, or is this an entirely new kind of Carl?
John
- Thu Nov 8 12:32:59 2001

Hey Carlos!!
Blood cold, brbrbrbrrrrr.
Did you have to phone a friend?
dsp
- Thu Nov 8 12:20:00 2001

Hello to you too! Just won £1 million whilst playing "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" on the computer. If only it wasn't for friendlies. Hope training was OK last night. By the way, how cold is it? A pengiun bit my arse this morning.
Carl
- Thu Nov 8 12:16:38 2001

Just thought I'd be the first to say hello today.
dsp
- Thu Nov 8 10:04:27 2001

fish
fish <fish>
fish, fish - Wed Nov 7 14:08:36 2001

Yea, I got an aerial with a booster from Maplin, it brought back wonderful memories of Simon and Gary and everything.
John
- Wed Nov 7 11:10:41 2001

It costs £8267.50 for a return trip to New York on Concorde, but it's OK because you get a £5 discount if you book online.
John
- Wed Nov 7 11:09:15 2001

I set one of those up for Clare at uni
She had a TV card (analogue) and a crappy internal arial.
We got an arial from Argos with a powered booster, and
it made the world of difference!!!
Not too expensive either.

dsp
- Wed Nov 7 11:06:08 2001

Yep, I've got the WinTV Nova-T (which is actually a TechnoTrend DVB-T rebadged, allegedly), it's nice, but the tuner doesn't have a lot of gain or something (insert random broadcast jargon here), so you need a pretty strong aerial signal - actually that seems to be a bit of a standard problem with all TV cards. Still, in the end I did get it to work with an indoor aerial, so long as I don't move it ever.
John
- Wed Nov 7 11:00:35 2001

Well I say house, but it was more of a hole in the ground covered by a sheet of tarpaulin, but it was a house to us.
John
- Wed Nov 7 10:54:20 2001

Thanks Rob!
Luxury... we used to live in a lake (etc.)
dsp
- Wed Nov 7 10:46:16 2001

Good luck with that dsp, house buying sounds like a nightmare! You were lucky to have a house! We used to live int shoe box int middle o' road. House!.....
Rob Lang
- Wed Nov 7 10:43:52 2001

I assume John has the WinTV Nova-T whereas I have a Win TV pvr. My one isn't particularly for DVB-t, it's just a hardware mpeg-2 encoder with an analog tuner in it. Firewire's a bit hardcore though - well done dsp :)
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 7 10:34:11 2001

Oh, and some good news.
I've got the go ahead to arrange a completion date for the house.
Looks like it will be the first week in Decemeber.
In for Christmas and evryfing?
dsp
- Wed Nov 7 10:29:02 2001

Which is the best one then? Have you got a URL that explains what each one does etc..?
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 7 10:17:50 2001

Wow guys I'm impressed.
My adventures into Digital came to a Firewire card
so I can grab films off my digital camcorder.
Very nice.
dsp
- Wed Nov 7 10:05:37 2001

Oooh - I was looking at those a while ago, but I ended up getting the WinTV-PVR one instead so I can do recordings off all the DVB channels from my on-digital box, rather than just the free to air ones. Wonder if they'll crack the encryption though, now that you can presumably get the encrypted bitstream from the card you've got.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 7 09:51:10 2001

Did I mention I have a DVB-T TV card in my PC? It's verrrrry nice.
John
- Tue Nov 6 17:34:59 2001

Tell me how fast you get this...
dsp
- Mon Nov 5 15:21:02 2001

Seems a bit slow. Yes.
JAE
- Mon Nov 5 15:13:22 2001

Is it just me, or is everyone finding the 'maison reeeeaaaaally sloooooooooooooow today?
John
- Mon Nov 5 15:07:25 2001

Look what I got out of the cash machine today - it really made me smile - a bit like something out of Amelie:

John
- Mon Nov 5 14:53:04 2001

I had worried a bit for a while that Photo Studio ought to be renamed, because there were a couple of other pieces of software called the same. However, given that mine now gets number 1 (and 2) position in google, I reckon it's probably the other people that need to come up with a new name.
John
- Mon Nov 5 14:08:07 2001

Gosh my post looks all lonely there - are you all asleep? Nme.com explains that previous mp3 post better than I did.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Fri Nov 2 13:55:29 2001

Check out this mp3 of G W Bush. Its funny. Chris morris did it. Just download it, it's only 293k. And it's funny - did I mention that?
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Fri Nov 2 13:53:08 2001