[00:14] *** ziyourenxiang has quit IRC () [01:35] *** baklava- is now known as baklava [02:28] *** schmir has joined #arpnetworks [03:29] I have finally figured out how to extend the timeout on the BIOS "Press F12 for boot menu" selection [03:29] when all else fails, Use The Source(tm) [03:29] --- a/kvm-84+dfsg/bios/rombios.c [03:29] +++ b/kvm-84+dfsg/bios/rombios.c [03:29] @@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ interactive_bootkey() [03:29] [03:29] printf("Press F12 for boot menu.\n\n"); [03:29] [03:29] - delay_ticks_and_check_for_keystroke(11, 5); /* ~3 seconds */ [03:29] + delay_ticks_and_check_for_keystroke(11, 25); /* ~15 seconds */ [03:30] if (check_for_keystroke()) [03:30] { [03:30] scan_code = get_keystroke(); [03:30] RandalSchwartz: if you hard shutdown and bring up your VPS, from now on, you will get about 15 seconds to press F12; your wish has been granted :) [03:30] and the wishes of all others who have complained about the short timeout [05:08] all hail the power of open source [06:08] *** jester1 has left [06:16] *** schmir has quit IRC (Remote closed the connection) [06:16] *** schmir has joined #arpnetworks [06:23] *** ProwL has quit IRC (niven.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) [06:23] *** ProwL has joined #arpnetworks [07:24] *** RandalSchwartz has quit IRC (SendQ exceeded) [07:25] *** RandalSchwartz has joined #arpnetworks [07:26] *** RandalSchwartz has quit IRC (Remote closed the connection) [07:30] *** RandalSchwartz has joined #arpnetworks [08:23] any recommendations for secondary DNS? [08:23] I was just gonna use afraid.org, but if there's somethign better [08:24] http://www.everydns.com/ and zoneedit.com are popular. [08:24] I use zoneedit.com [08:26] *** Arenlor has joined #arpnetworks [08:27] Whoot Burj Dubai! [08:28] thanks [08:40] *** ballen has joined #arpnetworks [08:40] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ballen [08:40] I dislike flying these days [08:42] *** ballen has quit IRC (Client Quit) [08:43] Correction: Whoot Burj Khalifa! [08:44] big tower? [08:44] where :P [08:47] I wonder if the people in Dubai were surprised that it was renamed, or if they expected it. [08:47] is it renamed? i thought it was burj dubai [08:48] They renamed it shortly after it was opened today. [08:48] oo okay. i missed the opening :P [08:48] many people suicided on that building [08:48] blue collar workers [08:48] who's passports have been taken [08:48] its sad [08:51] I can't remember, where are they building the tower that's going to be taller than Burj? I think Hong Kong. [08:52] and then again.. dubai because their mentality is "we are the biggest, we are the best" [08:56] though they can't do anything themselves and need americans and europeans for engineering and technology =] [08:56] and other asians for enslaving [08:59] *** ballen has joined #arpnetworks [08:59] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ballen [09:00] *** ballen has quit IRC (Client Quit) [09:06] *** Arenlor has quit IRC (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) [09:09] *** Arenlor has joined #arpnetworks [09:12] *** schmir has quit IRC (Remote closed the connection) [09:25] *** Arenlor has quit IRC () [09:26] *** Arenlor has joined #arpnetworks [09:39] *** Arenlor has quit IRC (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) [09:43] *** Arenlor has joined #arpnetworks [09:43] *** Arenlor has quit IRC (Remote closed the connection) [11:57] *** Sashi has joined #arpnetworks [11:57] elllo [12:02] *** nakano_ is now known as nakano [12:23] *** mxb____ is now known as mxb_ [12:25] *** schmir has joined #arpnetworks [12:49] *** schmir has quit IRC (Remote closed the connection) [12:49] *** schmir has joined #arpnetworks [12:58] *** schmir` has joined #arpnetworks [13:11] *** IPv6Freely has joined #arpnetworks [13:11] g'day [13:13] hola [13:13] funny seeing you here [13:13] yea strange huh [13:15] you gonna get a vps? [13:16] maybe someday... im on shared hosting now, but its free... [13:16] mostly just checking things out now [13:16] where have I heard of IPv6Freely before... [13:16] twitter [13:16] * up_the_irons looks [13:16] you added me a while ago [13:16] ah, indeed [13:17] i like the idea of a VPS, but im also far too lazy to manage one :P [13:17] it's just another bsd box :P [13:18] yea i know [13:18] but then i have to do updates and stuff [13:18] i've already got two people to sign up [13:18] hope up_the_irons don't screw everything up and make me look bad =) [13:18] haha [13:19] hope hes giving you a good referral bonus ;) [13:19] LOL [13:19] :D [13:20] after 500 signups maybe he'll buy me a beer [13:20] or a brewery [13:21] that'd work too [13:22] :D [13:22] well, that was funny. [13:22] *** schmir has quit IRC (Read error: 113 (No route to host)) [13:22] rsync wanted to copy 900K files from my old box [13:23] naked man riding an ostrich through the park? [13:23] oh [13:23] turns out 600K of them were Cache::FileCache handling my incoming email [13:23] just to record message-id for de-duping [13:23] since 2007 [13:23] forgot to set up the cron job to clean it [13:23] hah [13:23] rsync will choke on 900k, pretty sure [13:23] no - it was trying really hard [13:23] and getting there [13:24] *** schmir` has quit IRC (Read error: 113 (No route to host)) [13:24] yeah, i mean, it'll do it, but slowly [13:24] but after 20 minutes of seeing all these files go by, I said WTF, and realized what happened [13:25] I'm *really* liking the depth of FreeBSD ports, and having ZFS for root disk [13:25] it's still gonna take me a good weekend or two to get moved over [13:25] i still gotta play with ZFS; been hearing a _lot_ about it [13:27] was a lot of it in the last few days? :) [13:27] like me whining? :) [13:28] no no, i've heard it for months ;) [13:28] someone at work here says he played with it on Solaris, and really liked it [13:37] im getting 10gbit to my house to ensure my irc doesn't lose connectivity! [13:44] only 10gig? [13:44] i'm having optical gear put in, for 32x10gig lambda's [13:45] i'm goign to start my own internets [13:53] eh [13:53] that's too much man, you're an addict [13:54] * jeev starts blasting britney spears - 3 [13:54] yea right! [13:55] although that computer generated voice is pretty hot and sounds cool [13:58] *** islandfox has quit IRC ("leaving") [13:59] *** islandfox has joined #arpnetworks [14:58] *** schmir has joined #arpnetworks [15:16] *** packetshaper has joined #arpnetworks [15:36] *** ballen has joined #arpnetworks [15:36] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ballen [15:37] well who broke my VPS [15:38] you did [15:38] bullshit, didn't touch it [15:43] *** ziyourenxiang has joined #arpnetworks [15:44] ohhh wtf [15:48] EditDNS switched to paid service [15:48] need suggestions for free dns services [15:48] Ruh roh. [15:48] * mhoran uses ZoneEdit. [15:48] have they been reliable? [15:49] No troubles in the 6+ years I've been using them. [15:49] mike-burns uses them as well. [15:49] cool [15:49] Can't speak to their control panel, I just have them slave off my server. [15:49] But i can only assume it works. :) [15:50] heh [15:51] heh [15:55] *** dbgi3 has joined #arpnetworks [15:56] 50:1 sampling and i'm still getting ~2700 flows/min from sflow data [15:56] wrong channel [15:57] *** dbgi3 is now known as dibble [15:58] coffee [15:59] beer > coffee [15:59] water > * [15:59] beer = water + ${other_stuff}, thus beer > water [16:01] *** dibble is now known as dbgi [16:29] *** schmir has quit IRC (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) [16:37] aww, it broke? [16:38] oh n/m [16:38] hah [16:38] yea [16:38] stupid dns [16:38] holy crap, 38 nicks in here, i think that is a record [16:39] prolly [16:40] jlgaddis: interesting, none the less; what are you running sflow on ? [16:41] mhoran, control panel is out of the 90's but it gets the job done [16:41] Word. [16:43] up_the_irons: a piece of shit procurve [16:44] 5400zl [16:44] jlgaddis: ouch [16:45] haha @ twitter [16:45] ok - I'm convinced I have to write my own ZFS snapshot manager now [16:46] what happens if you accidently call an iridium number and leave it on the hook [16:46] "on the hook"? [16:46] you mean hung up? [16:46] or off the hook? [16:46] as in a call in progress? [16:46] yea [16:46] in progres [16:46] s [16:46] I think you just get to keep talking, right? [16:47] no, if you forget [16:47] until "the gap" goes overhead [16:47] you know how expensive it is? [16:47] yes I worked on iridium [16:47] and yes, there's a gap [16:47] vonage charges something like 9 bux a minute to call iridium [16:47] why? cause it's a sat ELITE ? [16:47] so it's not possible to have a continuous call [16:47] there will be a time when no sat is overhead [16:47] about once every 4.5 hours if I recall [16:48] it's because there's a "seam" where the birds are heading "up" on one side and 'down' on the other [16:48] and you can't handoff between [16:48] 4.5 HOURS ? [16:48] even the piece of shit http://www.globalstarusa.com/en/airtime/ [16:48] isn't that long [16:49] no no [16:49] it'll drop the call [16:49] just for a few minutes [16:49] until the sats in the other direction pick it up [16:49] but you can't handoff acrross the seam [16:49] i thought you meant downtime is 4.5 hours [16:49] at a time [16:49] you're turning me into you [17:01] *** jlgaddis has quit IRC (Read error: 113 (No route to host)) [17:01] *** jlgaddis has joined #arpnetworks [17:04] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/ - slightly old article but worth the chuckle. 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[18:04] burbank. [18:04] next to amc [18:04] between the old macaroni grill and islands [18:11] *** dbgi3 has joined #arpnetworks [18:13] *** Arenlor has joined #arpnetworks [18:14] jeev: no, haven't been [18:15] *** dbgi has quit IRC (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) [18:36] *** heavysixer has quit IRC () [18:45] any of you guys dick w/ mysql? what's the best way to store an ip address? i'm thinking inet_aton and using an unsigned int would be best... [18:48] jlgaddis: i have an ip_blocks table and I store the network portion in "decimal(39,0) unsigned" and the prefix is just a string [18:49] jlgaddis: the decimal is large to be able to handle IPv6 as well as IPv4 blocks [18:54] *** heavysixer has joined #arpnetworks [18:54] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o heavysixer [19:00] a little overkill for what i need =) [19:01] A VARCHAR(256), then. [19:02] that's efficient :P [19:11] mike-burns: that makes sorting difficult [19:12] *** ballen is now known as ballen|away [19:12] Well I figured that if your solution was overkill then my solution is clearly what's needed. [19:13] *** heavysixer has quit IRC () [19:17] ah [19:40] *** ballen|away is now known as ballen [19:42] el pollo steven [20:06] *** nichangel has joined #arpnetworks [20:10] *** nichangel has quit IRC (Client Quit) [20:16] *** nichangel has joined #arpnetworks [20:21] I stored ips in a four column table. unsigned tinyint only allow 0-255 [20:22] Easy to sort, and each column is only a byte. [20:22] Postgres has a INET4 and INET6 data type I believe [20:24] *** jlgaddis has quit IRC (Read error: 113 (No route to host)) [20:24] *** jlgaddis has joined #arpnetworks [20:30] *** visinin has joined #arpnetworks [20:35] hi guys - what is the default partition scheme for one of the FreeBSD 20GB VPS? [20:35] uhh lemme check [20:36] [ballen@arp ~]$ df -h [20:36] Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on [20:36] devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev [20:36] ew [20:36] damn /'s :p [20:36] http://inetpro.org/pastebin/2271 [20:36] nichangel [20:37] there ya go [20:37] thanks jlgaddis [20:37] oh wait, wrong box [20:37] one sec [20:37] yeah, bit bigger [20:37] http://inetpro.org/pastebin/2272 [20:37] Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on [20:37] /dev/ad0s1a 18G 3.7G 13G 23% / [20:37] devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev [20:38] the partition scheme could be customized if you needed [20:38] yours is different than mine [20:38] running 8.0? [20:38] yeah [20:38] 7.2 [20:38] the vps is maybe 2 weeks old [20:39] Garry must have changed [20:39] it [20:39] for 8.0 [20:39] ballen: if I just ordered one, can I email a spec to somewhere before it gets created? don't want to waste anyones time if possible [20:39] jlgaddis's partition map would be most accurate than [20:39] up_the_irons is the guy who created it [20:40] nichangel: support@arpnetworks.com [20:40] that or [20:40] I'd prefer not having one big / [20:40] just put it in the comments [20:40] of the order form [20:40] and say contact if needed [20:40] ballen: yeah too late, ordered, will email asap [20:40] before creating it [20:40] k [20:40] yea [20:45] sent, sorry to be a PITA [20:46] heh [20:46] not my ass so not worried about it [20:52] *** ziyourenxiang has quit IRC () [21:00] *** ballen_ has joined #arpnetworks [21:00] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ballen_ [21:00] *** ballen has quit IRC (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) [21:00] *** ballen_ is now known as ballen [21:25] *** ballen is now known as ballen|away [21:31] I hate self-evaluations, they all ask stuff about work. [21:52] nichangel: one big / I believe is the latest config here IIRC. No doubt Garry will see your email. [21:52] thank you [21:53] sroute, you're coming on very rarely [21:53] if you are running 8.0 that is, not sure if he's changed the other configs. [21:53] jeev: been away with family for a week plus, just easing back into work here. [21:58] Work smork, get a life! [21:59] crazy [22:11] *** Arenlor has quit IRC () [22:55] *** nakano is now known as nakano_ [23:37] *** nerdd_ is now known as nerdd