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IRC Log for 2009-08-11

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[7:26] <filePeter> Morning.
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[9:35] <ziroday> filePeter: morning!
[9:43] <filePeter> Hi! :-)
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[9:58] <ziroday> filePeter: heya
[9:58] <ziroday> any HoN experts here?
[9:58] <hyperair> HoN?
[9:59] <ziroday> Heroes of Newerth
[9:59] * hyperair doesn't
[9:59] <ziroday> got some poor sod in #ubuntu who's trying to get it to run
[9:59] <hyperair> i see
[9:59] <ruiwen> ziroday: elfgoh, i guess, but he doesn't seem to be around
[9:59] <hyperair> speaking of ubuntu, i have to go and search for my missing servers
[9:59] <ziroday> hyperair: beep!
[9:59] <ziroday> ruiwen: hmm
[10:00] <hyperair> ntuoss[12].uni.cx have dropped off the face of the internet
[10:03] <filePeter> ziroday: Heyah!
[10:03] <ziroday> filePeter: we could do this for hours
[10:03] <ziroday> (I have xchat scripts)
[10:04] <hyperair> lemme join too! i can make irssi scripts =p
[10:04] * filePeter goes for perlscripting!
[10:04] <hyperair> haha
[10:04] <hyperair> we'll get kicked for spamming i'm sure =p
[10:05] <filePeter> Let's just start our own irc-network for spam and botnets onl..
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[10:08] <ziroday> now if only I could do per channel highlights in xchat
[10:10] <hyperair> heh
[10:10] <hyperair> use irssi!
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[10:41] <filePeter> hyperair... =)
[10:42] <hyperair> =)
[10:44] <filePeter> unfortunately I have to use the cygwin-irssi here in the office... No utf8... Windows...
[10:48] <ziroday> poor boy
[10:54] <filePeter> jah...
[10:56] <hyperair> yeah, poor boy indeed ._.
[11:09] <ruiwen> elfgoh: are plans for Xen workshop confirmed?
[11:10] <elfgoh> ruiwen: Mike hasn't been able to confirm the new proposed date
[11:11] <ruiwen> elfgoh: hm okie..which date(s) are we looking at now?
[11:12] <elfgoh> ruiwen: I asked for 26th or 19th. Mike also said he is a bit busy with SFD
[11:16] <ruiwen> ic okie can do
[11:17] <ruiwen> will advertise to sgentrepreneurs calendar once we have a confirmed date
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[12:10] <ruiwen> anyone here have a handy way of calculating the difference in dates in terms of months and days?
[12:11] <ruiwen> in php, that is
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[12:25] <elfgoh> ruiwen: yea i got a function
[12:26] <elfgoh> pass it to u after lunch?
[12:30] <icedwater> Allo
[12:31] <ruiwen> elfgoh: great, thanks =)
[12:31] <ruiwen> hello icedwater
[12:31] <ruiwen> how's .de?
[12:34] <freeside> doesn't PHP have standard date libraries?
[12:34] <freeside> if this were perl i would've said Date::Calc and Date::Manip
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[12:37] <ruiwen> freeside: it does.. but they don't quite give the result i'm looking for.. at least not without extensive hacking
[12:40] <freeside> how weird. does PHP even have anything like cpan, or the gems system?
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[12:42] <icedwater> It's getting a bit colder these days, but still manageable.
[12:42] <icedwater> I'm out of time, gotta prep for school :P
[12:42] <icedwater> Lessons at 9 ;)
[12:45] <ruiwen> freeside: yup, the PEAR library
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[13:15] <elfgoh> ruiwen: not exactly what you are looking for, but I think a few modifications will get it going for you: http://pastebin.com/d75a21517
[13:15] <jamesty1> moin
[13:15] <ruiwen> thanks elfgoh
[13:15] <ruiwen> will check it out
[13:16] <elfgoh> jamesty1: morning!
[13:17] <ruiwen> morning jamesty1
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[22:42] <hyperair> how strange.. gtalk won't connect O_o
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[23:24] <elfgoh_I> /me hums
[23:24] <ruiwen> happy night elfgoh_I ?
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[23:26] <elfgoh_I> i slayed my colleagues in HoN :p
[23:27] <SGnewbie> what is HoN?
[23:28] <elfgoh_I> SGnewbie: it's a dota like games that runs on mac, linux and windows natively
[23:28] <SGnewbie> ic... game ... arrhhh
[23:28] <SGnewbie> any ladies linux here?
[23:28] <elfgoh_I> well there's megan...
[23:29] <SGnewbie> megan a lady?
[23:29] <SGnewbie> :D
[23:29] <elfgoh_I> ruiwen: was the function i paased you helpful?
[23:29] <SGnewbie> ruiwen a lady? :D
[23:30] <elfgoh_I> SGnewbie: megan is definitely not male ;)
[23:30] <ruiwen> elfgoh_I: ah i actually found a loophole in our spec, so i just took the easy way out for now
[23:30] <SGnewbie> elfgoh_I, you know her in person? how can you confirm virtually ?
[23:30] <ruiwen> elfgoh_I: unfortunately the function didn't seem to take into account the varying number of days in various months though?
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[23:31] <ruiwen> SGnewbie: i'm afraid i'll have to disappoint you, i'm not female
[23:31] <SGnewbie> ruiwen: wad r u both discussing abt? I am curious
[23:32] <SGnewbie> ruiwen: haa... I 'eat' both
[23:33] <ruiwen> SGnewbie: was asking around earlier in the day if anyone had a handy function for date difference calculation in php and elfgoh_I passed me one
[23:33] <SGnewbie> ahh ic
[23:33] <SGnewbie> php again
[23:33] <SGnewbie> grrrrr
[23:33] <ruiwen> SGnewbie: heh tell me about it =P
[23:34] <SGnewbie> tell wad?
[23:34] <SGnewbie> u make me confuse
[23:35] <SGnewbie> I stayed in the south
[23:35] <SGnewbie> anyone near me?
[23:35] <ruiwen> west for me
[23:36] <SGnewbie> yucks... west is too far
[23:36] <SGnewbie> dun tell me u r in Boon Lay or Tuas or Jurong
[23:36] <ruiwen> in which case i will have to disappoint again
[23:37] <SGnewbie> there r no techie in south
[23:37] <elfgoh_I> ruiwen: too bad my function wasn' useful
[23:38] <ruiwen> elfgoh_I: well nothing wrong with it per se, i just took the easy way out =P
[23:38] <SGnewbie> ruiwen also web or game developer?
[23:38] <ruiwen> web
[23:39] <SGnewbie> seems like linux is mostly use as web
[23:40] <SGnewbie> how come megan name is grey out
[23:40] <SGnewbie> what does it mean being grey?
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[23:40] <hyperair> linux mostly used as web?
[23:40] <hyperair> what do you mean?
[23:40] <hyperair> if you're using xchat, grey names means that they are marked "away"
[23:41] <SGnewbie> urrrhh... I mean in web
[23:41] <hyperair> probably same meaning
[23:41] <hyperair> megan_: is a bot
[23:41] <SGnewbie> a bot??
[23:41] <hyperair> yes
[23:41] <hyperair> a bot.
[23:41] <hyperair> not human
[23:41] <hyperair> and marked away
[23:42] <SGnewbie> elfgoh_I, said is she
[23:42] <SGnewbie> :(
[23:42] <SGnewbie> hyperair, which area u in?
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[23:42] <SGnewbie> wow... so late still in nus
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[23:43] <ruiwen> you from nus SGnewbie ?
[23:43] <SGnewbie> elfgoh, pacnet.. hehehe
[23:43] <SGnewbie> nope
[23:43] <SGnewbie> ruiwen are u?
[23:43] <elfgoh> SGnewbie: I said megan_ was not male
[23:43] <SGnewbie> haizz
[23:44] <SGnewbie> where r the girls
[23:44] <elfgoh> SGnewbie: I never said she was female... You made your own interpretation :p
[23:44] <SGnewbie> my bad elfgoh
[23:45] <SGnewbie> any fun happenings nowadays?
[23:45] <elfgoh> Well there;s supposed to be a games night nxt week... that I need to talk to dqminh about
[23:46] <SGnewbie> u all game siao one
[23:46] <SGnewbie> everyday game
[23:46] <SGnewbie> :P
[23:46] <hyperair> SGnewbie: inside ntu
[23:47] <hyperair> are there any upcoming events?
[23:47] <SGnewbie> got ... NATAS fair end of august
[23:47] <SGnewbie> :p
[23:48] <SGnewbie> hyperair: which part of SG u in?
[23:48] <hyperair> SGnewbie: inside NTU!
[23:48] <SGnewbie> hyperair: which part of SG u stay in?
[23:48] <hyperair> inside ntu...
[23:48] <SGnewbie> Ohhh
[23:49] <SGnewbie> u stay in NTU
[23:49] * hyperair facepalms
[23:49] <hyperair> it took that long
[23:49] <SGnewbie> hyperair: which course u taking in NTU now
[23:50] <hyperair> computer engineering
[23:50] <SGnewbie> u local talent or foreign talent?
[23:51] <ruiwen> SGnewbie: whereabouts are you from? an intro from you would be good too
[23:51] <hyperair> i'm from KL
[23:51] <hyperair> malaysia
[23:51] <SGnewbie> ruiwen sure what u wanna know
[23:52] <hyperair> but i'm trapped in singapore for three years after graduation anyway =p
[23:52] <hyperair> moe tuition grant bond
[23:52] <SGnewbie> KL... woot...ya... have to work 3 yrs min but what happens if you don't/
[23:52] <SGnewbie> KL... woot...ya... have to work 3 yrs min but what happens if you don't?
[23:52] <ruiwen> SGnewbie: hm the usual.. working or studying? where at?
[23:52] <hyperair> i ahve no idea
[23:52] <SGnewbie> ruiwen, working... gov link
[23:53] <ruiwen> gov link?
[23:53] <ruiwen> govt linked company? or..?
[23:53] <SGnewbie> hyperair, I heard some "fled" after course completion
[23:53] <SGnewbie> ruiwen not really very distinctive clear
[23:54] <hyperair> SGnewbie: seriously? O_o
[23:54] <ruiwen> SGnewbie: eh? sorry.. didn't catch you there.. as in not clear if it's govt linked or not?
[23:54] <SGnewbie> hyperair, Yeah... forever gone
[23:54] <hyperair> SGnewbie: well singapore isn't exactly a bad place to work in anyway =\
[23:54] <ruiwen> hyperair: yeah there have bene cases
[23:55] <ruiwen> hyperair: or they get their employer to pay off their bond and run
[23:55] <hyperair> i see O_o
[23:55] <ruiwen> hyperair: met someone whose done that
[23:55] <ruiwen> *who's
[23:55] <hyperair> wah
[23:55] <SGnewbie> ruiwen sort of
[23:55] <hyperair> ei don't feed ideas into my brain so early lah
[23:55] <hyperair> later first
[23:55] <ruiwen> hyperair: haha
[23:55] <hyperair> ;)
[23:56] <SGnewbie> hyperair NTU comp eng lots of girls?
[23:56] <hyperair> ..T_T
[23:57] <hyperair> i'm trying not to think about the girl extinction problem in CE, and there you go
[23:57] <SGnewbie> how to survive without girls :x
[23:57] <hyperair> T_T
[23:57] <hyperair> you are telling me
[23:57] <SGnewbie> lol
[23:57] <hyperair> well there are girls in my hall
[23:57] <SGnewbie> can u? It is better not to suppress
[23:57] <hyperair> none that i actually know
[23:57] <SGnewbie> huh... why?
[23:58] <SGnewbie> grab one and go
[23:58] <hyperair> because i just moved in yesterday?
[23:58] <SGnewbie> grrrrrr
[23:58] <hyperair> =p
[23:58] <SGnewbie> valid
[23:58] <hyperair> later on i'll come up with another reason, don't worry
[23:58] <SGnewbie> a lot of girls in domitory
[23:58] <hyperair> mmhmm
[23:58] <SGnewbie> none caught your eyes?
[23:59] <hyperair> i'm a quiet person
[23:59] <SGnewbie> then u have to change
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