[imc-uk-emergency] IRC log from 2nd May up to 5:10pm

[Chris Croome]

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Hi

This is so people can catch up with what has happened so far today on
#uk on IRC:

14:15 -!- iod [iod at 80.40.0.92] has joined #uk
14:17 < iod> hia
14:17 -!- iod is now known as sbunny
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15:17 -!- ana [ana at 213.78.90.88] has joined #uk
15:17 < ana> hi all
15:18 < ana> me again
15:18 < ana> anybody here?
15:25 < ana> chris, where have you sent the logs? i'm not subscribed to the emergency list, can you send them to:
15:25 < ana> penasana at yahoo.es
15:25 < ana> thanks
15:34 -!- vince_zzz is now known as vince
15:34 < ana> hi vince, good morning
15:35 < vince> hi
15:35 < vince> :-)
15:35 < ana> did you get last night's logs from chris?
15:35 < vince> don't think so
15:35 < vince> no
15:35 < vince> actually the indymedia lists do not work, right?
15:35 < ana> i'm trying to retrieve them from the emergency list... ok
15:35 < ana> no, that's why we use the emergency list, it's based in another server
15:36 < vince> ok, didn't know anything about the emergency list
15:36 < vince> do you know why the lists are down?
15:36 < ana> something to do with an overloaded server being down
15:37 < vince> ok...
15:37 < ana> i'm sure the global techies are working like mad to solve it, we just bear with them, they do a lot of work
15:37 < vince> of course! :-)
15:37 < vince> how was May Day
15:38 < ana> i've just got up now.
15:38 < vince> euh
15:38 < ana> andi and i were in farringdon until 5 in the morning - i couldn't believe it, i thought he had changed the clocks for a joke
15:38 < vince> :-)
15:39 < vince> great night then
15:39 < ana> now i'm fine, i'd like to fix the posting that chris mentioned about his pictures and wombles'
15:39 < vince> ok...
15:39 < ana> yes, great night. it's nice at night, the conection is always faster and you concentrate
15:40 < vince> that's true
15:40 < vince> I always work at night anyway
15:41 < vince> I just went to see the oxford imc graffiti in Oxford
15:41 < vince> it's so cool! I took a couple of photographs
15:45 < chris_work> hi, sorry about that i was out getting some lunch, the logs are now here:
15:45 < chris_work> http://www.email-lists.org/pipermail/imc-uk-emergency/2003-May/000073.html
15:46 < chris_work> there is a small fixe here:
15:46 < chris_work> http://www.email-lists.org/pipermail/imc-uk-emergency/2003-May/000069.html
15:46 < chris_work> that needs doing as well...
15:46 < ana> you know what...
15:46 < chris_work> vince: you can join the emergency list here:
15:46 < chris_work> http://www.email-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-uk-emergency
15:47 < ana> i'm at home now, i'm using mIRC and i can't copy and paste...
15:47 < chris_work> oh no!
15:47 < ana> can you remember the number of article id with your pictures and wombles that got messed up?
15:47 < ana> oh yes
15:48 < chris_work> ok, hang on
15:48 < chris_work> you can access the email list archives by retyping this address and following the links:
15:48 < chris_work> http://www.email-lists.org/
15:48 < ana> i could copy the address,though
15:48 < chris_work> the mixed up newswire items are these:
15:49 < chris_work> http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=66009&group=webcast
15:49 < chris_work> http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=66010&group=webcast
15:49 < chris_work> http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=66016&group=webcast
15:50 < ana> ok, firts one. now loading into my pc. what's the problem with it?
15:50 < ana> (it's bloody slow!!)
15:50 < chris_work> in the middle on the list of images there is one from one of the other newswire items
15:51 < chris_work> to be honest it probably doesn't really matter...
15:51 < chris_work> the last of those links also has my photos mixed in with the wombles ones, but since they are of the same event it is probably not worth worrying about...
15:53 < ana> it's going to take quite a while just to find out exactly what needs doing.
15:54 < ana> 1st, find out the url of the image (yes each pic gets a different article id)
15:54 < ana> and the pics are so big it's going to take ages
15:54 < ana> no i don't think i'll do that.
15:55 < chris_work> ana: don't worry about it, it's probably not worth the hassle to fix it :-)
15:55 < chris_work> just leave it :-)
15:55 < ana> for next time, it's best to resize the pictures, if it takes so long for everyone people will just not wait to see your pics
15:55 < ana> it doesn't fit in my screen, either
15:56 < ana> thanks for leaving it
15:56 < vince> chris: thanks, I'm now subscribed
15:56 < ana> maybe we should look at the newswire articles that are related to mayday and put links in cgi
15:56 < chris_work> yeah
15:57 < chris_work> the would be great
15:57 < ana> shall we do that now? (i'd like to go for some brunch in a few moments though)
15:57 < chris_work> there are lots of photos posts up, i'm just looking at some of them
15:57 < ana> ok, who want to be in _cgi then
15:57 < chris_work> (however i should be working...)
15:57 < chris_work> i don't have cgi access so go for it!
15:57 < ana> are you at work - work?
15:58 < ana> i'll send an email to emergency to say that we are working in here.
15:58 < chris_work> ok
15:58 < chris_work> yeah work work...
16:00 < vince> be back later, ciao :-)
16:00 -!- vince is now known as vince_away
16:01 < ana> ok i'll ask you to do something:
16:01 < ana> check all the links in the mayday feature - suppose you just have to put the pointer over them and see
16:01 < ana> in the left buton of screen their url...
16:02 < chris_work> yeah, i did that earlier today and i think they are all ok :-)
16:02 < ana> those belonging to imc uk, i.e. items from the uk newswire (no - listen to me)
16:02 < ana> those items from the newswire, note the number, just the aricle_id=
16:02 -!- zcat [~chatzilla at 81.2.110.155] has joined #uk
16:02 < ana> and note them here 
16:02 < ana> hi zcat!!!!
16:03 < chris_work> ok
16:03 < ana> i'm giving instructions, just bear a sec
16:03 < zcat> ello planet_mail and maqui here
16:03 < chris_work> hi
16:03 < ana> better maybe send them to me in an email - to all of us now, this is a bit crowded!!  great!!!!
16:03 < chris_work> ok, i'll do a email to the emg list
16:03 < zcat> hey nice pics chris
16:03 < ana> it's so that we dont link twice to the same article item, it would be boring and messy
16:04 < zcat> what you up to - working on the feature?
16:04 < ana> not yet
16:04 < zcat> we've been doing photos and mpg stuff
16:05 < ana> i've just asked chris to note the links so we don't link to them again, i was going to get to cgi but if you plan to be connected for hte next hour you are welcom to go ther and i'll help
16:05 < zcat> sounds cool
16:05 < ana> i was on cgi for a few hours yesterday-today and i'm happy to help
16:05 < chris_work> i'm going to first do a email with a list of all the photo reports on the newswire
16:05 < chris_work> is that ok?
16:06 < zcat> so ace
16:06 < ana> yes
16:06 < zcat> huh - meant to just say _ace_
16:07 < zcat> maqui is up for putting stuff into timeline on cgi
16:07 < ana> ok maqui
16:07 < zcat> i can write up precis paragraphs to replace timeline after doing a few more pics
16:08 < ana> i wouldn't replace time line,
16:08 < ana> if anything take it off and put it as a posting and then link to it
16:08 < zcat> yeah thats what we should do
16:09 < zcat> then timeline is linked and paragraphs descibe whole day
16:09 < ana> btw, the police quote you sent yesterday didn't go to time line directly, i've just put it up now as a normal posting, with my conversation with a cop
16:09 < zcat> :)
16:09 < ana> yes that's an idea
16:09 < zcat> maqui ready to start in about 15mins
16:10 < zcat> i'll do pics for the next 30 mins
16:10 < ana> i'm going off for 15 minutes too, just got up and need nourishment
16:10 < zcat> would be nice to do a roundup of international stuff as well
16:11 < ana> and now it's when you say i should do the spanish - speakers imc's
16:11 < ana> it's disgusting to know each other so well, isn't it
16:12 < ana> ok i'll do that when i come back - and stop laughing, i can hear you
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16:17 < zcat> :))
16:24 < chris_work> ok, i have sent email with a long list of all the mayday photo posts i could find
16:24 < chris_work> i should do some work now...
16:27 < zcat> nice one chris
16:28 < chris_work> no problem, i just wish the thumbnails were working...
16:31 < vince_away> btw is it normal that the uk.indymedia.org site is down?
16:32 < chris_work> nope
16:32 < chris_work> seems to be upagain...
16:33 < chris_work> best point stuff like this out in #tech because there are often people there with root on the server
16:33 < vince_away> ok, didn'T know there was a #tech channel :-)
16:34 < chris_work> yeah, it's handy :-)
16:34 < vince_away> it's the tech channel of global indymedia, not just uk
16:34 < chris_work> usually the problem is that squid falls over and needs restarting
16:34 < vince_away> ok
16:34 < chris_work> yeah global
16:34 < vince_away> good
16:35 < vince_away> good work btw for May Day :-)
16:37 < zcat> gonna go into cgi and start populating timeline with more links
16:38 -!- zcat is now known as zcat_cgi
16:44 -!- xdaydreamx [~frank at 217.36.83.12] has joined #uk
16:44 < xdaydreamx> hi all
16:44 < chris_work> hi
16:45 < xdaydreamx> So it all went crazy after I left the IRC yesterday :-P
16:45 < xdaydreamx> Typical. Glad I got out of having to deal with that...
16:52 < chris_work> aaarh, i just realised i sent my list of photos to the wrong address...
16:53 < chris_work> imc-uk-emergency at lists.indymedia.org -- doh!
16:53 < chris_work> anyhow, i have bounced it to the right address :-)
16:53 < zcat_cgi> cool
16:54 < xdaydreamx> nice pix btw.
16:54 < zcat_cgi> hey hi xdaydream
16:54 -!- ana [ana at 213.78.79.30] has joined #uk
16:54 < ana> hi back
16:54 < zcat_cgi> planet-mail and maqui here
16:54 < chris_work> well, dunno, there were no exciting ones, all the fun happened after i got on a train back to sheffield...
16:54 < zcat_cgi> maqui is in cgi now adding links
16:54 < xdaydreamx> hiya
16:55 < ana> hey, i have just seen this bayer action
16:55 < xdaydreamx> good nevertheless
16:55 < chris_work> cheers :-)
16:55 < ana> sorry to be so traditional, but 'traditionally' we have left the mayday feature up for at least a day, dont we?
16:55 < ana> hi frank
16:56 < xdaydreamx> hi ana
16:56 < xdaydreamx> Why not do a separate MayDay roundup to go above the Bayer piece?
16:57 < xdaydreamx> BTW, I didn't see anything about the Bayer action on the features list. Did I miss it?
16:58 < ana> the features lists and all imc lists are down, but there is nothing in the emergency list's archives
16:58 < zcat_cgi> it was proposed on feat list
16:58 < zcat_cgi> should have goine b4 mayday feature
16:58 < zcat_cgi> we can swap them over - maqui will do it later
16:58 < ana> oops - 
17:00 -!- womblemedic [~womblemed at 62.30.160.143] has joined #uk
17:00 < ana> i suggest we leave it there and when we 'restructure' the whole mayday feaure we put it properly: bayer and on top, mayday
17:00 < womblemedic> hello, finally figured out how this thing works and got your email ana so thought i'd stop by
17:01 < xdaydreamx> aha. I must have missed that when my spam filter started blocking the features list 'cos of the spam that was on it. very annoying...
17:01 < ana> has anyone done a list of links already in the feature? if not, i'd like to do that before going to international updates
17:02 < ana> hi womble medic, maybe you confuse me with another ana but that's fine, we're getting used to it
17:02 < ana> maqui, planet, are you very busy?
17:02 -!- andi_work [~andi at 194.205.4.1] has joined #uk
17:02 < womblemedic> sorry
17:02 < chris_work> ana: re list of links -- i can automatically generate one if you want
17:02 < ana> i'll start with that list of links
17:02 < andi_work> hiya all...
17:02 < chris_work> hi andi
17:02 < ana> chris: great!
17:02 < chris_work> it's busy here :-)
17:02 < andi_work> yeppa :)
17:02 < chris_work> ana: i'll send it to the emg list
17:03 < ana> andi: i can't believe you're back to work today
17:03 < ana> chris: thanks
17:03 < ana> hi all new here, just an update:
17:03 < andi_work> ana: well it was kindafa short nite's rest...
17:03 < ana> maqui, in zcat today, is in cgi
17:04 < ana> andi: you're mad
17:04 < zcat_cgi> planet mail doin pics for a while yet / maqui working on feature in cgi
17:04 < zcat_cgi> hi womble media
17:04 < zcat_cgi> er i mean womble medic :)
17:04 < womblemedic> lol hi zcat
17:04 < ana> going on with update: i think i'm going to look into european sites to see what happened yesterday in other places
17:05 < zcat_cgi> cool
17:05 < ana> (i think i should share Europe with some of you lot)
17:05 < zcat_cgi> medic - we are using this to keepin touch as we work on the site
17:06 < zcat_cgi> cgi means that someone is in the admin for the middle column
17:06 < andi_work> k so there's a lotta pple workin on tings :)
17:07 < womblemedic> what bits are ppl working on?
17:07 < womblemedic> i mean, can i just make suggestions or should they be directed at certain people or what?
17:07 < andi_work> zcat_makki_are_you_M1_cgi_or_bayeraction_cgi?
17:07 < zcat_cgi> ana if u are doimg europe reports i strarted a section at the end of feat
17:08 < zcat_cgi> theres only sweden there right now
17:08 < ana> all i'll do for now is collect the links
17:08 < ana> then i think i should propose the text here
17:09 < zcat_cgi> m1 cgi
17:09 < ana> and then you can make changes
17:09 < zcat_cgi> was gonna swap over bayer and m1 later
17:09 < ana> for womble medic: can some one send him the logs of this conversation so s/he can know what we've distributed so far
17:09 < womblemedic> thanks
17:09 < ana> zcat: that's fine to me
17:10 -!- xdaydreamx is now known as xday-work
17:10 < andi_work> zcat_cgi: if ur in M1cgi then i'll quickly fix "thursday" to "thursday" in the bayerfeat...
17:10 < zcat_cgi> ok
17:11 < ana> now i'm going to the barcelona site, i'll concentrate so if you want to speak to me send text directly so my computer beeeps
17:11 -!- andi_work is now known as andi_bayer_cgi
17:11 < chris_work> ana: i have just send a text version of the feature with a list of the links at the end to the emg list
17:11 < ana> chris: thanks. i'll stay connected by i'm off to another page
17:11 < chris_work> log, from today so far, hang on a mo
17:11 < zcat_cgi> chris - that'll be very useful when all of the links have been added to the timeline...
17:12 < chris_work> zcat_cgi: it's just a lynx dump (with some manual tweaking), easy to do...
17:12 < zcat_cgi> then we can dump the list of text / images / audio reports at the end of the precis
17:12 < zcat_cgi> paragraph that replaces timeline on frontpage later
17:13 < chris_work> womblemedic: are you on the emergency list?
17:13 < womblemedic> yes
17:13 < chris_work> ok, i'll send todays log so far there
17:14 < womblemedic> thanks

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