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Mak in the Chipper

2012-09-24T16:37:33Z

Fun:

On a nameless night at the end of a semester our protagonist Mak wandered with companions into the local Ballymun road chipper. There he found himself so enchanted by one of the staff he proceeded to vocalise her loveliness to her fluster and bemusement, and our inadvertent amusement. As a show of his nonchalance at making her somewhat self conscious at his praises he proceeded to offer to let her 'piss on his chips' to get back at him and he will still think her 'such a lovely girl'.

Needless to say, just in case, none of us shared on Mak's chips that night and speaking for myself, probably never will.

On a side note, she was well damp and completely worth pissy chips.

On a second side note, the chipper burned to the ground two days later.

[[Category:Humour]]

In Jokes

2012-09-24T16:34:47Z

Fun: Reverted edits by Dever (talk) to last revision by Elephant

With a strong community of posters to be found on Redbrick, it is inevitable that a number of in-jokes exist. Feel free to update and add to this list.

When adding a new in-joke, please keep the same format.

="Is this another one of those recursive wiki entries?"=

Recursive threads are one of the greatest tools of the users of the Redbrick newsgroups - To destroy a thread, merely ask is the thread recursive. Most Redbrick in-jokes have [[recursion]] at the core - recursion is the new lowest form of wit.

===Origin===

Digital media is prone to easy duplication, and the Redbrick newsgroups are no different. Recursive (i.e. repeatitive) newsgroup threads have existed for as long as I can remember, however however originally wrote "Is this another one of those recursive threads?" should probably be locked up for crimes against humanity.

===Added to list===

14 Jun 2005

=Finland has an Army?=

Well someone asks a question on the boards and then someone will respond with "Finland has an army?". It sometimes changed to fit in the context of the thread, for example on a thread discussing this wiki, [[User:Doc|Doc]] suggested the topic [[Finland Has An Army]].

Sometimes, someone will then ask, what is this "Finland has an Army?" shenanigans. This will prompt someone else to write a long description of the origin of the joke will then prompt someone else to reply with "Finland has an Army?"

This joke has taken on a life of its own. Some of members of Redbrick work in Google and they slipped in an ad to Google's ads: [http://thedeadone.net/?p=194 Redbrick has an Army?] In February 2009, 21 members and associates of Redbrick travelled to Finland. It was noted by a few of the group that there were, in fact, a high number of soldiers in gear compared to Ireland. At the airport in Tampere, Redbrick members were treated to two F18 fighter jets taking off. Finland surely does have an army.

<pre>
From: Disposable Teen <bosco@RedBrick.DCU.IE>
Newsgroups: redbrick.babble
Subject: Re: Internet addiction
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 12:25:51 +0000 (UTC)

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 Captain Olimar <myk@RedBrick.DCU.IE> wrote:
> From Ireland.com
>
> Helsinki: A number of Finnish conscripts have been excused their full
> term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet, the
> Finnish Defence Forces announced yesterday.
>
> Doctors found that the young men miss their computers too much to cope
> with their compulsory six months in the forces.
>
> "For people who play (Internet) games all night and don't have any
> friends, don't have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big
> shock," said Commander-Captain Jyrki Kivela at the military conscription
> unit.
>
> "They get sent home for three years and after that they have to come
> back and we ask if they are okay ... they will have had time to grow
> up."
>
> "We are very proud of our Finnish men. Eighty-two per cent of all
> Finnish men manage their whole military service," Commander Kivela
> added.
>
>

Finland has an army?

</pre>

===Origin===

Somebody posted a news story about people escaping Finland's conscription by being addicted to the internet. This made them unsuitable for military service.

Somebody followed up to this with "Finland has an army?". I don't think this was repeated too much, but the response, "They held back the Russians in World War 2" - and one million and five variants - was soon posted, by one million and size people eager to demonstrate their sexy historical knowledge. They were so eager, they didn't check to see if anybody else had posted something similar. After a while, people started posting it ironically, to demonstrate that people should check threads before posting.

Since then, "Finland has an army?" and "held back the russians in world war 2" in a response have come to mean "This has already been said". Constant reposting of the same answer in various slightly different (or implausibly identical) forms is a variant of this injoke - the Nebuchadnezzar joke below is an example. Likewise, expect the current topic to be incorporated: "Google has a Finland?" - "Held back the Matrix in world war 2".

===Added to list===

16 May 2005

=The Nebuchadnezzar=

Often used in response to obvious questions or lingustic related questions. Someone replies with a post saying "The name of the ship was the Nebuchadnezzar. It was the ship in the Matrix".

===Origin===

[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~spock Spock] started this one off. He asked a seemingly simple question. He wanted to know if anyone knew a word he had heard which he attempted to spell it phonetically. This provoked a huge amount of responses as people replied saying it was the Nebuchadnezzar. And so an in-joke was born.

===Added to list===

16 May 2005

=FREE SHERRO!!!=

Often said ironically by older members to indicate that they are being intentionally loud and/or obnoxious.

===Origin===

Sometime in 1997, a user named sherro was DisUsered for being an ass (as a lot of users were wont to be). This then caused a torrent of calls from his friends to re-enable his account. These took the form of the words 'FREE SHERRO!!!' in almost every form NewsGroups, emails to committee, spamming in ItchyNuts and such). It's been verified that the call was also scrawled as graffitti in some of DCUs toilets.

Since then, FREE SHERRO!!! has been used as a statement to indicate that the sayer is being ironically loud and obnoxious. Nobody younger then about 4th gen ever really gets this.

===Added to list===

23 June 2005

=tbh=

Stands for "to be honest". Gives a cheesy superiority to the person who says it. Usually said when trying to be authoritative about something, or when telling off someone for being stupid. e.g. "You suck tbh", "Gaming is deadly tbh".

===Origin===

Mid-late 2004, originated with zyox who overused it.

===Added to list===

23 June 2005

=Cammy's Law=

As any Redbrick discussion about religion or religion and science grows longer, the probability of a comparison to relativism approaches one.

===Origin===

See [[Cammy's Law|the article]] for more.

===Added to list===

28 March 2005

=Batman Movies=

A movie title, quote, plot summary or tag-line has the main character (or a some other element) replaced with Batman. Subsequent posters followup with more examples of "Batman Movies".

> > Batman sees dead people.
>
> "Batman freaked out, joined the army... now he's a professional killer."

There's something about Batman.

===Origin===

It originated on the redbrick.movies board and went on for quite a bit. It resurfaced again in May 2006 on a discussion about what the longest thread on the boards and so it is now an official a Redbrick in-joke.

===Added to list===

10 May 2006

=RESIIIIIIIII...GN=

===Origin===

When [[User:robby|robby]] was elected chair of RedBrick at the 2008 AGM, certain elected rootholders at the time began drunkenly hassling him in [[Fibbers]]. Legend has it that the cry "RESIIIIIGN" was said to have been uttered by [[User:lil_cain|lil_cain]]. It is now shouted at committee members when they do something wrong, or in an attempt to demotivate them.

===Added to list===

27 September 2009

=Grand=
===Origin===
Particularly associated with [[User:lithium|lithium]] and [[User:hauk|hauk]], "grand" is a complex adjective that can be used to express any level of casual assent from "good" or "ok" to "sure, why not?".

Frequently seen in #lobby, grand is most often used in conjunction with grand activities such as growing chilies or homebrewing, but can be adapted to banally express approval of almost anything. Statistics indicate that by the year 2013, the ever-increasing usage of "grand" will eliminate the need for all other mildly positive adjectives.

See also: [[Grand]]

===Added to list===

14 April 2011

=Failchair=
===Origin===
Failchair is a light-hearted mock term for a DCU society committee's chairperson.

From the Games Soc wiki - "The term "failchair" came about in 2008 or so as part of a Redbrick/Games Soc in-joke, whereby the word "fail" is attached to the front of all or part of a committee title. The term is used almost exclusively in jest, and rarely implies actual failure on the part of the committee member in question."

===Added to list===

14 April 2011

[[Category:Humour]]
[[Category:Redbrick History]]
[[Category:Community]]

Category:Humour

2012-09-24T16:33:09Z

Fun: Reverted edits by Dever (talk) to last revision by Elephant

Some funny, some less funny

Redbrick Companies

2012-09-24T16:23:02Z

Fun: /* Other companies brickies work for */

[[Category:Jobs]]
Once upon a time there were a lot of former RedBrick people starting companies, particularly in the professional services area. Do any of these companies still exist and if so, where do I find them? -- [[User:Fergus|fergus]]

You can find them right here!

==In present operation==

* [http://www.V7.ie V7] - UX & App Development Consultancy: [[User:Taurus|Taurus]].
* [http://www.vade.ie Vade] - Web Hosting & Development: [[User:ryaner|ryaner]]. (Formerly [[User:kyper|kyper]], [[User:phreak|phreak]]).
* [http://www.jeebers.com Jeebers] - E-business solutions: [[User:Jeebers|jeebers]].
* [http://www.cliste.net Cliste] - Consultancy: [[User:Colmmacc|colmmacc]] and [[User:X|x]].
* Beanbag Ltd - Consultancy: [[User:Shimoda|shimoda]].
* [http://www.terminalfour.com TerminalFOUR]: [[User:Binnceol|binnceol]], [[User:Dregin|dregin]], [[User:Exzantia|exzantia]], [[User:Haus|haus]], [[User:Kinsey|kinsey]], [[User:Piero|piero]], [[User:Phoenix|phoenix]], [[User:Winters|winters]], [[User:Hauk|hauk]]
* [http://www.digitalrights.ie Digital Rights Ireland] - Online Lobby and Activism group. [[User:Colmmacc|colmmacc]]
* [http://www.farrellscientific.com Farrell Scientific Consulting] - Consulting services in science. [[User:lithium|lithium]]
* [http://1timetracking.com Time Warden Ltd.] - Time management solutions [[User:jeebers|jeebers]].
* [http://www.gits.ie GITS ] - ICT Support and Consultancy: [[User:kyper|kyper]].

==Previous==

* Eolach - Open Source consulting: [[User:Hyper|hyper]], [[User:Thalia|thalia]] and [[User:Fergus|fergus]].
* [http://www.rfc-networks.ie RFC-Networks] - Web dev, hosting, consulting, open source: [[User:Phil|phil]], [[User:Mark|mark]] and [[User:Noelfitz|noelfitz]].
* [http://www.callisto.ie/ Callisto] - IT Vendor: [[User:Halenger|halenger]] and [[User:Af666x|af666x]].
* [http://www.magnet.ie Magnet Networks]: [[User:Grimnar|grimnar]].

==Other companies brickies work for==

* [http://www.accenture.ie Accenture] - IT Consultancy: [[User:Tuama|tuama]].
* [http://www.amazon.com Amazon] - [[User:Pixies|pixies]], [[User:Grimnar|grimnar]], [[User:Jerry|jerry]], [[User:Marvin|marvin]], [[User:Maiden|maiden]], [[User:Singer|singer]], [[User:Sonic|sonic]], [[User:Gliceas|gliceas]].
* [http://www.demonware.net/ DemonWare] - Network Software for Computer Games: [[User:Halenger|halenger]], [[User:Prolix|prolix]] and [[User:Phaxx|phaxx]].
* [http://hosting.digiweb.ie Digiweb]: [[User:.phil|phil]].
* [http://www.ericsson.com Ericsson] - Telecommunications: [[User:dec|dec]].
* [http://www.facebook.com Facebook]: [[User:Atlas|atlas]]
* [http://www.google.com Google.com]: [[User:aeris|aeris]], [[User:doc|doc]], [[User:drjolt|drjolt]], [[User:pooka|pooka]], [[User:trevj|trevj]], [[User:valen|valen]], [[User:dizer|dizer]], [[User:redgiant|redgiant]], [[User:toaster|toaster]],[[User:Twiggy|twiggy]] [[User:usal|usal]] and [[User:magluby|magluby]].
* [http://www.heanet.ie HEAnet]: [[User:cns|cns]], [[User:orly|orly]], [[User:Rob|rob]], [[User:esoteric|esoteric]], [[User:Bass|bass]], [[User:tbolger|tbolger]].
* [http://www.ibm.com IBM]: [[User:waggers|waggers]], [[User:goratrix|goratrix]], [[User:edel|edel]], [[User:smudger|smudger]], [[User:merchelo|merchelo]]
* [http://www.itconvergence.com IT Convergence] - Oracle Consulting, Staffing, Education, Remote Support and Hosting Services. [[User:mark|mark]]
* [http://www.kerna.ie Kerna Communications] - IT Security: [[User:Lecter|lecter]], [[User:Stark|stark]], [[User:svan|svan]].
* [http://www.pwc.ie PwC] - System Audits/Compliance/Process Improvement/Tax: [[User:Cokane|cokane]], [[User:Myk|myk]].
* [http://www.nexala.com Nexala] - Train management software: [[User:werdz|werdz]]
* [http://www.rte.ie RTE] - Your national broadcaster. (No, your TV license does not fund my wages): [[User:spock|spock]].
* [http://www.securelinx.ie Securelinx] - Linux consultancy: [[User:Kpodesta|kpodesta]], [[User:Johan|johan]], [[User:receive|receive]]
* [http://w4.siemens.de/ct/en/home/index.html Siemens] - R & D Medical Imaging: [[User:MLynch|mlynch]].
* [http://www.smartcentric.com SmartCentric] - Smartcard security/financial application development: [[User:markpb|markpb]], [[User:elpres|elpres]].
* [http://www.sbpost.ie Sunday Business Post] - Ireland's national business newspaper: [[User:griffin|griffin]].
* [http://www.symantec.ie Symantec]: [[User:macbain|macbain]], [[User:moridin|moridin]], [[User:plop|plop]] and [[User:tibor|tibor]].
* [http://s3group.com/ S3 (Sillicon and Software Systems)] (and no, it's not the video card makers) - Software and hardware services for Digital Media, Medical Systems, System IC and Network Processors: [[User:cammy|cammy]].
* [http://www.thus.net THUS]: [[User:homerj|homerj]]
* [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo] - Not google: [[User:nareik|nareik]]
* [http://www.yardmedia.ie Yard Media] - Digital Post Production: [[User:decob|decob]].

Rage

2012-08-23T13:39:31Z

Fun: /* Examples of "teh raeg" */

Occassionaly, Redbrick users experience rage, or 'raeg' as it's known in leetspeak. This occurs when a user has so much built-up [[emo]] anger that even the slightest things cause them to break down into a steaming furnace of fury.

Such outbursts are often spotted on [[IRC]], but have been known to occur on the boards. A common cause of rage is shit trolling by another user and/or deep-rooted psychological problems. Nobody can be sure really; but then again, nobody cares.

== Identified causes of rage ==

*Tesco.
*Balbriggan.
*Things that are "Grand.": See [[Grand]].
*[[Downtime]]
*Losing an EGM election before you ever log onto RB
*Spam
*Figlet
*Vegetables
*Spaceflight industry
*lil_cain
*Gardening and general horticulture
*Sea monkeys and other office pets
*Gmail being borked
*[[Joe Duffy|Headshops]]
*[https://bugzilla.redbrick.dcu.ie/show_bug.cgi?id=81 Ruby]/Git
*Whistling
*Alex
*[[USer:Nemo|Shit guitarists]] who can only play two power chords and still think they're deadly.
*Getting caught travelling on the LUAS without a ticket, and expecting to be pardoned.
*moju
*Religion
*Hoodies
*Raffles
*Israel

== Examples of "teh raeg" ==
19:17 < LITHIUM> can helium form molecules?
19:18 < moju> yes
19:18 < LITHIUM> or is it naturally monatomic?
19:18 < moju> h2
19:18 < stolnart> LITHIUM: i assume so. can't every atom?
19:18 < LITHIUM> that's hydrogen moju
19:18 < andrew> heh
19:18 < moju> oh wait
19:18 < moju> helium
19:18 < moju> aye it is inert
19:18 < moju> or near a dammit
19:18 < moju> 2 electrons in outer shell etc
19:18 < LITHIUM> so it can form molecules?
19:19 < LITHIUM> i never did chemistry :(
19:19 < moju> Helium is the chemical element with atomic number 2, and is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table.
19:19 < moju> wiki it a hnady thing
19:19 < moju> you lazy fuck
19:19 < LITHIUM> i already looked at wiki
19:19 < moju> 19:18:09 < LITHIUM> or is it naturally monatomic?
19:19 < LITHIUM> CAN IT OR CAN IT NOT FORM MOLECULES
19:19 < moju> inert monatomic gas
19:19 < moju> yeah
19:19 < moju> read
19:19 < moju> you tard
19:20 < andrew> yea LITHIUM. no fucking asking questions.
19:20 < moju> oh
19:20 < moju> i have no objections to people asking questions
19:20 < moju> i just don't like LITHIUM
19:20 < LITHIUM> :(

22:49:40 maK | GTFO
22:51:01 maK | Anyone have a shotgun i can borrow?

20:47:34 LITHIUM | the moon is too bright
20:48:17 LITHIUM | and my screen is too small to use registax
20:48:42 LITHIUM | and i am on the rag

16:21:53 HAUK | I HAVE THE RAEG.

01:46 < nemo> haukium: my point being, from a sociology point of view though, you two are basically parasites
01:46 < nemo> you don't try and help anyone new to the society
01:46 < nemo> you just take the piss
01:47 < nemo> and get reinforcement from each other
01:47 < nemo> i'm in no position to judge
01:47 < go|dfish> then shut up
01:47 < nemo> but it's sad

[[Image:Rage.jpg]]

Cycling

2012-05-17T22:03:13Z

Fun: /* Shops */

[[Category:Articles]]
[[Image:rockhopper.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A Bicycle]]

==Buying a bike==
This is a mish mash of comments from the redbrick boards on bicycles. Contributors include Gavin, Gliceas, Sandman

Sender: cambo@murphy.internal
Reply-To: cambo
Thinking about getting a bike for cycling in and out of work.
I've seen a few people here talking about cycleways.com on Parnell St.
Are they the best place in town to get a bike ?

People tend to recommend cycleways on Parnell St when buying bicycles in town. They have a website, decent prices and are well located. Other places are cyclogical on the quays, Joe Dalys in Dundrum, and a bunch in Ranelagh, Rathmines, Georges St etc. Other might add more here.

Online shops are http://www.chainreactioncycles.com and http://www.evanscycles.com/

When buying bicycles, there are three main types, road bikes, mountain bikes and hybrids. Roadbikes or 'Racers' are what ya see in the Tour de France. They go fast. You won't be reading this if you are looking to buy a roadbike.

Mountain bikes are what you had as a kid, typicaly heavy enough bikes, flat handle bars, reasonably upright posture when cycling them. Mountain bikes can come with front suspension (hard tail frame), front and rear suspension (full suspension) and no suspension.

Hybrid bikes are as you might think, a combination of the two above types. The posture of a hybrid is the same as a mountain bike, but the bikes tend to be lighter, thinner tyres and not have suspension. Or at least only have suspension on the saddle post. For cycling through town as the original question asked, I would recommend a hybrid bicycle with no suspension.

Suspension is somewhat debatable. I cycle a mountain bike with front suspension and thinish tyres. (1.5") I prefer to have a bit of suspension as the roads on my route can be cack and occasionally it's necessary to mount the kerb to go around traffic. However, suspension detracts from your speed, by absorbing some of the the downward force applied when pushing on the peddle. You might think, 'Well feck that, I won't be zooming around, the suspension will keep me comfortable' but after a few weeks of cycling, being able to go a bit faster can start to look quite appealing. A compromise is to ensure that the bicycle you can buy enables you to lock out the suspension. You still have the added weight of the heavy front forks, but the lack of suspension will result in a speed up. (I have aspirations of going mountain biking, which is why I stick with the mountain bike and don't get a hybrid)

Check as many bits as possible (pedals, pedal housing, brake/gear levels
and so on) are rust-proof. Pedals should be sealed to prevent road gunk
getting in and causing problems.

Basically, ask the sales guy:

"What's most likely to break first?" and "How much will it cost to fix?"

He'll tell you the brake / gear cables might need tuning after a few
weeks on the road. Reply "yes, obviously, but apart from that ...?" :)
Also, see will he throw in your first servcie (to tighten said cables)
for free.

See is there a front chain guard to stop your trouser cuffs getting
destroyed with oil :) Be prepared to tuck your trousers into your socks.

===Insurance===

There are no places that I am aware of where one can insure a bicycle on its own; most people put the bike on their house insurance. The house cover should go up to bikes worth 500euro, beyond that you might need to add the bike to the policy and pay more.

If you are renting, apparantly a crowd called http://www.123.ie will insure the house contents and your bicycle.

==Accessories==

===Bells===
Bells are useful to have and in fact are a legal requirement. They can be slightly dangerous though. You shouldn't rely on a person getting out of the way when you ring your bell, they tend to ignore em. Always be ready to brake when going through an area with lots of pedestrians, don't worry so much about making sure they know they have inspired your ire by ringing your bell furiously.

An alternative to a bell is an air horn. These could be of more use than a bell as they are so loud. To be used only in an emergency though.

===Lights & Reflectors===

There are several requirements under law concerning lights & reflectors.

Legal requirements are:
* You are required at all times to have a rear reflector
* From "''half an hour after sunset and ending half an hour before sunrise on the following morning''" you must have a front and rear lamp. Flashing lights are actually not legal. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/travel-and-recreation/vehicle-standards/lighting_of_bicycles_in_ireland

Broadly speaking, there are two types of bicycle lights. Those that allow you to see and those that allow you to be seen. For commuting through the city center, ones that allow you to be seen are usually enough. These are typically LED lights, running off AA or AAA batteries, usually with a flashing option. The other type of lights are for use on dark roads with no street lighting. These type of lights can be extremely expensive, come with their own powerpack. They are usually halogen, but increasingly more powerful LEDS are also being used.

The best approach is to have a set of lights on the bike which are non-flashing. Then, on your person/bag, put smaller flashing lights. These can help if you come off your bike at night. Non-flashing lights make it easier for drivers to gauge your speed/distance.

The best low range rear bicycle light is the Planet Bike Super Flash. http://ecom1.planetbike.com/3034.html

There are a range of decent front lights. The one I recommend for serious visibility on a budget is a Fenix L2D. http://fenix-store.com/product_info.php?products_id=195 This is actually a handheld torch, but with twofish lockblocks https://www.fenix-store.com/product_info.php?cPath=25_66&products_id=273 can be attached to a bicycle. This torch allows you to see on pitch black roads and be seen going through the city center. Get rechargable AA batteries, at least 2700mah.

There are alternative ones, as bright, available at dealextreme. Anything that uses a Cree LED is going to be bright.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7938 I haven't used these, so don't know how good they are. Substantially cheaper than the Fenix though.

For flashing lights, I found these lights bought them off ebay. It's a LED Band. It's not one of the green reflective strips with 4 dim red leds in it. They are quite bright, glowing reasonably well for the whole length of the band.

[[Image:Twinkle_amber_on.JPG]]

A number of people seem to make them, Nite-Ize, Polybrite and a korean crowd do knocks off called Twinkler.

I bought the Twinkler version off ebay from here
http://stores.ebay.com/CycleJerseys-UK

The delivery price ain't fantastic, but at least it's quick. I bought an Amber one and a white one. The picture on the website is misleading for the white one though, it's actually multicoloured, Red, Green, Blue lights. Looks a bit odd, but highly visible.

I put the amber one on my ankle, it's easily spotted when cycling along. The other one goes on my arm. I found an american place on ebay selling the Nite-Ize ones a bit cheaper

http://stores.ebay.com/Lights-and-Holsters-Plus

Get a reflective, Hi-Vis jacket. If you're around DCU, head into Heitons up in Santry, a builders store with cheaper jackets.

===In the rain===
Get a light rain-jacket, and waterproof trousers.
Waterproof boots help too.

You'll heat up in no time once you get going, so don't smother yourself
with overcoats and whatnot. Wear a decent pair of gloves (I use padded
ski gloves) as your hands tend to freeze when cycling in cold rain.
Gloves are also handy in that they stop you getting cut when you skid off
on wet, icy roads.

Basically, as long as you're wrapped up, cycling in the rain is no hassle.
Just remember to allow extra stopping distance. Your brakes will be wet.
And if you try to jam on, the whole bike will just shoot from under you :)

Disc brakes can be an advantage here if you are willing to fork (ho ho) out a bit of extra cash. They are superior to v-brakes in the wet.

I tend to not wear waterproof trousers as I end up sweating so much in em that I get just as wet as if I'd been rained on. Decent waterproof trousers may prevent this.

===Helmets===
There is substantial debate as to the merits of helmets for cycling. I won't get into it particularly much. Whilst they may not safe your life, they can make certain falls less painful. All the stores mentioned at the top will stock em. Any helmet they sell will adhere to the safety regulations, the most important thing is to buy one that is comfortable on your noggin.

===Pump and spare tubes===
You will get a puncture at some point. With a bit of practice, fixing a puncture can be done fairly quickly. You will need bicycle levers (these are much more useful than forks or spoons) a spare tube and a pump. Rather than take the tube from the bike, fix it with a puncture repair kit, wait for the glue to dry and put it back in, the smarter bet is to just have a spare tube you can swap in. You can repair the burst one at home. This guy has a detailed description on how to handle punctures

http://sheldonbrown.com/flats.html

An advantage of thinner tyres is that you can pump them up to a very high pressure, which reduces the likelihood of a puncture. There are also tyres with puncture prevention, these have kevlar lining on the side. Any decent bicycle shop will have them.

===Keeping your bicycle===

[[Image:locked_bike.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A locked bicycle. Chain around mainframe, Ulock, with both wheels, going through rear triangle onto immovable object. Saddle removed.]]

When Gavin replied to Kevin's post about getting a good bike lock he has helped
loads of us keep our bikes safe. Here's the origional post as posted on redbrick.help

From: Gavin
Newsgroups: redbrick.help
Subject: Re: Bike Locks
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 21:58:47 +0000 (UTC)

On Tue, 3 May 2005 Kevin wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Anyone recommendations for a good bike lock, for securing a mountain bike?
>
> - Kevin

I did a ''lot'' of reading about this a few months ago. Have a look at http://www.sheldonbrown.com. He has lots of cycling articles and a good one on bicycle locks.

The end points were :

# Its all about pissing the thief off and making them look for an easier target.
# Use two different locks, the thief will need to carry two seperate pieces of equipment to nick the bike. I use a chain/padlock & Ulock. More on this.
# If you have a detachable front wheel, take it off and lock it to the back wheel. Lock it with the ulock, passing it through the rear triange and onto something immovable. The less space available in the lock, less room for leverage on behalf of the thief. Taking the wheel with you doesn't increase your security.
# Take your detachable saddle with you, or replace the quick release bolt with an alan key one. Someone will just nick your saddle and chuck it in a bin, cause they are scummers.
# Other obvious things. Park it in a public place, not in some secret location no one will ever find it. A secret location means a thief can spend their time working away on the locks without worrying about passers by. Lock it to an immovable object.

That's most of what I can remember. The lock I settled on was a rather [http://www.evanscycles.com/product.jsp?style=29338 large Abus Granit lock and chain]
for 90 euro. I bought it in The Great Outdoors, funnily enough. They have a reasonable bicycle accessories section in there. Last time I went in, they were out of that exact lock though. You could also head into a locksmith and ask for a boron alloy chain and good padlock. Something like a 13mm boron chain requires a hydraulic bolt cutter to
get through it. The best padlocks are the ones that only have room for one link to be fit through. No space for a crowbar to get in there then.

My second lock is a fairly cheap combination ULock. If you get a Ulock, make sure it doesn't have a circle key. Google for Bic pen attacks ! The best Ulocks are Kryptonite ones. As above, make sure you get a flat key one. I see the New Yorker one mentioned a lot.

If you get a large chain & padlock, leave em at your target location.. I.e I leave mine locked to the bike rack in DCU, it's too heavy to be carrying it on my bike everyday. I have the ulock for quick tops. Also, never leave the padlock resting on the ground, you are leaving it open to getting whacked with a hammer. Wrap the chain good and tight about the frame and the 'immovable object'.

There are standards for locks, one of which is the SoldSecure label.
http://www.soldsecure.com/Leisure.htm
There is a very good youtube video showing that in fact the SoldSecure ratings are not as accurate as they claim to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3hFr8p2ck The second lock shown is the one mentioned above, that I bought from the Great Outdoors.

Apparently the more expensive Kryptonite locks can be bought on ebay, and are better value than from cycling shops.

That's around about it. In conclusion, get a Granit chain and a Ulock & don't ever lock your bicyle in the city center if you love it.

==Good cycle practices==
[[Image:wheelie.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A Wheelie, performed by a daredevil cyclist with nothing to lose]]

People might put in comments about cycling through town, what to do and what not to do. There are a number of books about cycling through urban locations, a google will find em.

===Road Positioning===
When cycling through town, or for that fact anywhere, there are occasions when it is safest to move into the center of the lane. This is particularly the case when there is not enough room for a car to safely overtake you. By cycling in the middle of the lane, the car will not attempt it. If you are over the in kerb they might.

Similarly if cycling along a line of parked cars, do not stay in close, give them the mandatory door length space between you and them.

If approaching a left turn, it might be best to enter into the main lane of traffic. This way cars turning left will not squash you as they turn. Indicate of course that you are moving into the main lane of traffic. I find that drivers invariably allow you in, if you indicate, as they are nervous of making you go spat. Also, moving into the main lane makes it easier for oncoming cars turning to their right to see you and also for cars emerging from the left turn ahead to see you. (this is also why a front light at night is important, so as oncoming turning cars can see you)

Trucks and HGVs are the primary killer of cyclists. The classic situation seems to be where a cyclist goes up the inside of a truck turning left. The driver can't see the cyclist and the cyclist is crushed. This site, http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/598/hgv-blind-spots-from-nozzer/, has an excellent description of blind spots and how to cycle around/near trucks.

===Cycle Lanes===
It is mandatory to use cycle lanes when they are available. That is, a Garda can bust you for using the road, when a cyclelane is present, even if it's safer to use the road. However, the cycle lanes must be correctly defined and marked. There are a number of laws relating to the use of cycle lanes and cycling on the road in general. Theses are nicely presented at
http://www.geocities.com/cyclopath2001/legal.htm

===Braking===
As mentioned above disc brakes offer superior performance to V-Brakes, especially in wet weather. When braking, the various books and sites I've read advise using your front brakes first, not your back brakes. Front brakes offer much greater stopping force. To avoid going head over heels, don't jam on the brakes as hard as you can. If travelling particularly fast, shove your arse up and over the back of the seat, moving your weight over the back of the bike, this will prevent you flying forward.

Be particularly careful in wet weather, skidding on your front brakes is remarkably scary.

Check your brake pads regularly enough, if you head a scraping sound from em when you brake, make sure you change them quickly. You might have worn the pad away and the metal underneath is shredding your wheel rim to pieces.

===Traffic Lights===
Various Gurus differ on traffic lights. At a dangerous junction, where it is difficult for a cyclist to get in the correct lane, it can sometimes be safer to move out while the light is red so as to get ahead of the waiting cars.

In general I obey all junction traffic lights, but tend to go through pedestrian lights. This is illegal of course, you are required to obey all lights. A number of traffic light junctions (in Dublin anyway) now have cyclist zones in front of the traffic that lets you be in front of where cars are (supposed to) stop, these let you legally be ahead of the traffic.

===Wheelies===
Wheelies are extremely cool and must be performed in front of lots of people for the best effect. To achieve wheelie perfection, one must practise on a green area. Concrete areas can result in broken arses. To capture your wheelie fame for all to behold, ensure that you have a friend along with some sort of camera shooting skills. Perform wheelie, record result and bask in adulation. This may in fact not be a good cycle practise.

==Routes==
Getting to and from DCU from various locations can be easier and safer by going via certain routes. A map showing routes and times around Dublin in general is available at http://273k.net/cycling/googlemaps_times.html created by and copyright of Robert Fitzsimons.

Another good link is http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Its very handy for route planning and figuring out your distances in advance. Yahoo Maps now has updated maps of dublin, and it's route planner can do a similar service.

If you're into leisure or training in dublin, this guy has a great collection of routes in and around Dublin on his [[http://www.routeslip.com/user/dickobrien RouteSlip page]]. There is also the more general page at [[http://www.routeslip.com/discover/Ireland/Dublin RouteSlip Dublin]]

===DCU into the City Center (O'Connell Street)===
*Leave via the Ballymun Road entrance, and go down the Ballymun Road.
*At the junction of Griffith Avenue and Ballymun road, go straight on. If the traffic is stopped at this point, move into the righthand lane, out of the cycle lane, otherwise when the lights change you will get stuck on the inside of car or buses turning left.
*Go straight on, down Mobhi Hill, and move back into the cycle lane, keep an eye on the left behind you, cars don't turn to the left sometimes and can surprise you.
*Go past HomeFarm road and down to the bottom of Mobhi Hill. At the bottom turn left onto Botanic Ave.
*Go all the way up Botanic road to the junction with upper Drumcondra road, staying in the middle in most places, as there is not enough room for cars to overtake, if there are oncoming cars.
*Get to the top of the queue, if the traffic lights are red. If you saw the lights turn red, then cross the road onto the path at Fagans and press for the pedestrian crossing. Cross the road when the green man arrives. This way you can get ahead of all the cars
*When on Drumcondra road, go to the left onto a slip road at the public toilets, this leads you onto a shared cycle path/footpath facility. Go to the end of this path, right up to the junction and back onto the main road.
* Stay in the bus lane and zoom along this road, making sure to move out occasionally when the road turns to the left, to ensure you don't get squashed.
*Turn left onto Parnell Square, go straight on and you are on O' Connell St.
*Stop somewhere for icecream after securely locking your bicycle.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=459587

===Dundrum to DCU===
For getting from Dundrum to DCU my route is

Dundrum -> Clonskeagh -> Ranelagh -> Canal -> Camden St -> Georges St -> Dame St -> Westmoreland St -> O Connell St -> Parnell St -> Nt Gt Neorges St -> MountJoy Square -> Belvedere Rd -> Dorset St -> Drumcondra -> Collins Avenue -> DCU
From Dundrum to Dame St and from Drumcondra to DCU there are reasonable cycle lanes.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=459481

===City Center to BlackRock/Dun Laoghaire===
Head out through Pearse St. & Grand Canal Dock, Over the canal and follow road round to the right. Take the left before "the big red pub" onto Pembroke st. out onto the beach road and straight along the strand road to merrion gates (Road crosses the dart line). From Merrion gates, theres a cycle lane until booterstown station, and then enter the park on the left... theres about a mile and a half of cycle lanes in the park away from the traffic. Exit the park in the SE corner and take the back path behind Blackrock station and then follow the road up into the town center. From there its a pretty much straight run down the coast road (by Seapoint, Salthill & Monkstown) to Dun Laoghaire.

===Rathfarnham to City Centre===
This way avoids alot of traffic lights and also alot of the heavy traffic on the canal. Sorry for the lack of roadnames, I'll update as I get to know more of them. From Rathfarnham, cycle past the river and up into Terenure. In Terenure take the right hand turn to go towards Rathgar (this is officially a No Right Turn but I've never had any trouble doing it). At Rathgar, take the road to the right of the Church. Keep cycling straight until you reach the first set of traffic lights and take the slip road to the left. Cycle on this road until you reach the shops. About halfway along the shops, there's a right hand turn. Go down this road and at the end of this road there should be a Church. Go around the Church and straight on until you reach the traffic lights. At the lights turn left onto Palmerston Road and keep straight until you reach the next lights. At these lights, turn right and this will bring you into Ranelagh. In Ranelagh, turn left at the traffic lights and head out of Ranelagh. Shortly after Ranelagh there's a right turn onto Northbrook Road, go down this road and this will take you onto Dartmouth Square. Go around this and this will bring you onto Leeson St Upper. Cycle down Lesson St and into the City Centre.

==Links==

===College Club===

http://cycling.redbrick.dcu.ie

The following set of links have been blatantly stolen from the [http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=410 Cycling] forum on http://www.boards.ie

===Shops===
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com - Northern Ireland, free delivery , decent enough.

http://ontrackdublin.com/ - Fixed gear and track specialists, Cook St.

http://www.evanscycles.com - UK

http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie - Ireland

http://www.cycleways.com - Ireland

===News & General===
http://www.irishcycling.com -Irish news

http://www.cyclingnews.com - World News

===Bike Reviews===
http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/ - all your MTB products & bikes reviewed

===D.I.Y Repair & Maintenance Tips===
http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/FAQindex.shtml

http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/fix/

http://www.sheldonbrown.com - Plenty of good advice on this site. Ignore the dodgy design and scary photos.

===Groups & Activists===
http://www.MTBIreland.com - MTB Ireland, forums here as well.

http://www.dublincycling.org

http://home.connect.ie/dcc/ - Dublin Cycling Campaign

http://www.madmtb.com - Mountain Biking Association of Dublin, based in Rathfarnham

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2011-10-22T22:36:02Z

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User:Dilligaf

2011-10-22T22:34:28Z

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Azazel

2011-05-18T11:29:46Z

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{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Azazel ~ 136.206.15.24'''
== Details ==
<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell PowerEdge R515</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>Ubuntu 10.04</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x AMD Opteron 4180 @ 2.6Ghz</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>16GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>Dell PERC H200 Integrated RAID Controller</td>
<tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2 x 146GB 15,000 RPM SAS in RAID 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>DAS:</td><td>[[Worf|Worf]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal SATA DVD+/-RW</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Onboard Ethernet</td></tr>
</table>

==Description==
Azazel was purchased using a grant during the 2010/2011 academic year. It was opened to users for testing on the 17th of February 2011 and was officially launched as our primary login server on the 22nd of April 2011. On this date it also became the host machine for our DAS [[Worf]].

==Services==
* Serves /home and /webtree over NFS.
* Primary login machine.

[[Category:Hardware]]

Cynic

2011-05-18T11:28:16Z

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{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Cynic ~ 136.206.15.23'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Sun Fire 280R</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>OpenBSD 4.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x 750MHz UltraSPARC III CPUs</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>2GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>2 x 36GB SCSI disks in RAID 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>DVD-ROM drive</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>Sun Quad Fast Ethernet</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extras:</td><td>RSC card</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>The name was chosen by the person who donated the machine (gliceas@rb). Receive wanted to call it toaster for a while.</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==
Paul Gargan (gliceas@rb) kindly donated this machine to RedBrick during 2007. It initially ran Solaris 10, but we encountered so many problems with this that we gave up and put Debian on it. Debian ran perfectly on the sun4u architecture. A while later we decided that Cynic should be the firewall/services machine for the VM network, and that it should run OpenBSD.

The machine's high availability features (specifically the RSC) and the fair amount of CPU power make it ideal for some sort of important position on the network.

During the Summer of 2010, it started acting up. Initially it powered itself off, the RSC said it was a failure (AC) of PSU1, the machine does, however have a redundant PSU and one PSU failure should not cause it to power off. It was powered on again and about a week later the same thing happened, except this time it was complaining about PSU2, suggesting some other hardware failure. It was then deemed too unreliable to remain in service. It's routing/firewally bits were temporarily handed off to sprout, while we tried to find a replacement, since a new PSU would cost enough to make not just replacing cynic silly. It was then consigned to the Redbrick scrap heap of history. It lay around in the admins way for a while, then returned to whence it came.

== Services ==

*DNS
*Squid
*Various firewall-related things

[[Category:Hardware]]

Server room

2010-10-11T22:38:16Z

Fun:

The '''server room''' is oddly enough where we keep the servers. It's downstairs in the Hub, in a room that was never referred to as K104b. It's cold (must be kept at 16 degrees celsius) and extremely loud, as most server rooms probably are.

The current server room soundtrack is "Pure Morning" by Placebo.

Sprout

2010-08-26T22:16:36Z

Fun: /* Services */

{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Sprout ~ 136.206.15.8'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell 1600SC Tower Server</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>OpenBSD 4.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2x Intel Xeon 2.4GHz</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>1GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>1 X 40Gb IDE (operating system)</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>1 x 200Gb SATA (log storage)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>2 CD-Rom Drives. One works.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>Onboard Intel Gigabit Ethernet</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Two addtional Intel Gigabit Cards</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Generic 100mb Ethernet Card</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>Cian is no longer allowed to name servers</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==

This was purchased from adverts.ie in 2008 to potentially run some bsd, or something. About the same time it arrived it was becoming clear that [[asplodey]] was a useless piece of crap. Since asplodey was so unreliably shit it was decided that we should use sprout instead and throw asplodey away. Sprout also took over from [[fap]] as our remote logging server, and [[obelisk]] as our nagios server.

In late 2009/early 2010 we began phasing out sprout, as we had acquired a PowerEdge 2650 ([[b4|b4]]) to take over it's work. Sprout is falling apart anyway.

== Services ==

None anymore, we're phasing it out.

James Reilly (fun@rb) has plans to put it to good use as a router/DNS box.

Data

2010-08-26T21:55:18Z

Fun: /* Services */

{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Data ~ 136.206.15.16'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell PowerEdge 2650</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>Right now, Ubuntu 8.04, just so we could make sure it was working. Hopefully it'll be running Windows 2008 at some stage.</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x 3Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Xeon</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>2GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>Onboard PERC RAID controller</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>OnBoard Untrawide SCSI controller</td></tr>
<tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2x 73Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI Disks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal IDE CDROM</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Internal FDE Floppy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Gigabit Ethernet BroadCom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extras:</td><td>Onboard Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) for remote management.</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>Named after Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's slightly stupider twin server, [[B4]] is named after Data's slightly stupider twin, B4.</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==

[[Image:Data.jpg|thumb|right]]Data was purchased along with B4 for a rediculously small sum (154.395 Euro Each) from the Dell warehouse auction, after the Dell plant in Limerick closed. Since it is not suitable on which to run Windows, and Cynics asplosion earlier in the summer, we've decided to use it to replace Cynic, and hopefully grant-app for a server on which to run windows.

== Services ==

* Squid
* PF and that kind of jazz

[[Category:Hardware]]

Data

2010-08-26T21:54:12Z

Fun: /* Description */

{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Data ~ 136.206.15.16'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell PowerEdge 2650</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>Right now, Ubuntu 8.04, just so we could make sure it was working. Hopefully it'll be running Windows 2008 at some stage.</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x 3Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Xeon</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>2GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>Onboard PERC RAID controller</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>OnBoard Untrawide SCSI controller</td></tr>
<tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2x 73Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI Disks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal IDE CDROM</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Internal FDE Floppy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Gigabit Ethernet BroadCom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extras:</td><td>Onboard Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) for remote management.</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>Named after Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's slightly stupider twin server, [[B4]] is named after Data's slightly stupider twin, B4.</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==

[[Image:Data.jpg|thumb|right]]Data was purchased along with B4 for a rediculously small sum (154.395 Euro Each) from the Dell warehouse auction, after the Dell plant in Limerick closed. Since it is not suitable on which to run Windows, and Cynics asplosion earlier in the summer, we've decided to use it to replace Cynic, and hopefully grant-app for a server on which to run windows.

== Services ==

* It's lights contribute to the slightly blue glow in the server room.
* Will likely start shouting "find me a license!" if we don't get it running sometime soon.

[[Category:Hardware]]

Data

2010-08-26T21:48:25Z

Fun: /* Details */

{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Data ~ 136.206.15.16'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell PowerEdge 2650</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>Right now, Ubuntu 8.04, just so we could make sure it was working. Hopefully it'll be running Windows 2008 at some stage.</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x 3Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Xeon</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>2GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>Onboard PERC RAID controller</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>OnBoard Untrawide SCSI controller</td></tr>
<tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2x 73Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI Disks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal IDE CDROM</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Internal FDE Floppy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Gigabit Ethernet BroadCom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extras:</td><td>Onboard Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) for remote management.</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>Named after Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's slightly stupider twin server, [[B4]] is named after Data's slightly stupider twin, B4.</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==

[[Image:Data.jpg|thumb|right]]Data was purchased along with B4 for a rediculously small sum (154.395 Euro Each) from the Dell warehouse auction, after the Dell plant in Limerick closed. We're hoping to acquire a Windows 2008 license for it so that we can offer members who want it IIS (so, ASP.NET, etc).

== Services ==

* It's lights contribute to the slightly blue glow in the server room.
* Will likely start shouting "find me a license!" if we don't get it running sometime soon.

[[Category:Hardware]]

Carbon

2010-08-26T21:45:57Z

Fun: /* Description */

{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Carbon ~ 136.206.15.1'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell PowerEdge 2650</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x 2.8Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Xeon</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>4GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>Onboard PERC RAID controller</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>OnBoard Untrawide SCSI controller</td></tr>
<tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2x 73Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI Disks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal IDE CDROM</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Internal FDE Floppy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Gigabit Ethernet BroadCom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extras:</td><td>Onboard Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) for remote management.</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>Now that would be telling (*cough* Carbon *cough*)</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==

[[Image:Carbon.jpg|thumb|right]]Carbon was a direct result of discusions on the Admin-discuss list. It was felt that Prodigy could no longer handle the load placed on RedBrick during peak periods. Carbon was directly funded by the Society and the SPC.

Carbon was the primary login server until it was replaced by [[Murphy]]. Between then and 2010 it performed a variety of small tasks. With the arrival of [[Morpheus]] in 2009 and [[Worf]] in 2010 the remaining services were migrated allowing Carbon to become a dedicated development machine. It is intended that Carbon will in future follow the six month Ubuntu release cycle (rather than the LTS cycle generally followed) so users can access more recent development tools/libaries.

In August 2010, during the server room move, Carbon got a RAM upgrade from 2G to 4G, the extra ram in question coming from Data.

== Services ==

* Primary Programming & Development Server
* Secondary login server

[[Category:Hardware]]

Carbon

2010-08-26T21:41:27Z

Fun: /* Details */

{{Redbrick Hardware}}
__NOTOC__
'''Carbon ~ 136.206.15.1'''
== Details ==

<table>
<tr><td>Type:</td><td>Dell PowerEdge 2650</td></tr>
<tr><td>OS:</td><td>Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx</td></tr>
<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x 2.8Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Xeon</td></tr>
<tr><td>RAM:</td><td>4GB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>Onboard PERC RAID controller</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>OnBoard Untrawide SCSI controller</td></tr>
<tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2x 73Gb 10,000 RPM SCSI Disks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal IDE CDROM</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>Internal FDE Floppy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Gigabit Ethernet BroadCom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extras:</td><td>Onboard Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) for remote management.</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Name:</td><td>Now that would be telling (*cough* Carbon *cough*)</td></tr>
</table>

== Description ==

[[Image:Carbon.jpg|thumb|right]]Carbon was a direct result of discusions on the Admin-discuss list. It was felt that Prodigy could no longer handle the load placed on RedBrick during peak periods. Carbon was directly funded by the Society and the SPC.

Carbon was the primary login server until it was replaced by [[Murphy]]. Between then and 2010 it performed a variety of small tasks. With the arrival of [[Morpheus]] in 2009 and [[Worf]] in 2010 the remaining services were migrated allowing Carbon to become a dedicated development machine. It is intended that Carbon will in future follow the six month Ubuntu release cycle (rather than the LTS cycle generally followed) so users can access more recent development tools/libaries.

== Services ==

* Primary Programming & Development Server
* Secondary login server

[[Category:Hardware]]

Transferring Files

2010-06-28T13:50:18Z

Fun: /* From Your Computer to Another Computer */

Scp is a file transfer protocol which is just like ftp only it offers a more secure service. There are two ways of using scp, WinSCP which is a graphical user interface for Windows or the command line version. WinSCP is the easiest to explain so we'll do that one first.

== Getting WinSCP ==

To download WinSCP, just click [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/downloads/winscp.exe here!]

== Using WinSCP ==

When you first run WinSCP, this is the screen you will be faced with something like this:

[[Image:winscp.jpg]]

Fill in the host name as:
login.redbrick.dcu.ie

Then all you have to fill in is your username and password. The first time you do this it will ask you if you want to add the host to your cache - you just chose either yes or no. Selecting cancel will abort the connection.

== Transferring Files ==

Once you have logged in you will see a list of files on your computer on the left and a list of files on the server you have connected to on the right. To move files across, just click and drag the file from its source to where you want to move it to just like windows explorer. Then all you have to do is click "copy".

== Command Line scp ==

If you are using command line scp, there is different syntax if you want to move a file from your computer to another computer and if you want to get a file from another computer and put it on your own computer.
=== From Your Computer to Another Computer ===

When you want to move a file from your current computer to another computer you need to follow the following syntax:
scp fileOnComputer1 username@computer2:

For example:
scp exampleFile keloe@login.redbrick.dcu.ie:~/
When it tries to authenticate you will be asked if you wish to continue, just say yes. You will then be asked for your password on computer2. In this case you would be asked for the password for your login to redbrick. The file will then be transfered from your computer to the redbrick server. I have ~/ after ":" which means that the file will go into my home directory. You could give a destination for where you want the file to go.

=== From Another Computer to Your Own ===

If you want to get a file from computer 2 and put it on your own computer the syntax is slightly different. You will have to use this syntax:
scp username@machine2:filename destination

For example:
scp keloe@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie:myFile .
Again when it gets to the authentification stage you will be asked if you wish to continue. Just type yes. You will then be asked for the password to enigma. The full stop "." just means the file will copied into your current directory. You could substitute with another destination if you wanted.

Well that's it. All ya need to know about scp. If you've any questions don't hesitate in asking any member of the [[Helpdesk]] team. :-)

== Links ==
[http://winscp.net/eng/index.php WinSCP.net] - the WinSCP website.

[[Category:Helpdesk]]

Transferring Files

2010-06-28T13:49:43Z

Fun: /* From Your Computer to Another Computer */

Scp is a file transfer protocol which is just like ftp only it offers a more secure service. There are two ways of using scp, WinSCP which is a graphical user interface for Windows or the command line version. WinSCP is the easiest to explain so we'll do that one first.

== Getting WinSCP ==

To download WinSCP, just click [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/downloads/winscp.exe here!]

== Using WinSCP ==

When you first run WinSCP, this is the screen you will be faced with something like this:

[[Image:winscp.jpg]]

Fill in the host name as:
login.redbrick.dcu.ie

Then all you have to fill in is your username and password. The first time you do this it will ask you if you want to add the host to your cache - you just chose either yes or no. Selecting cancel will abort the connection.

== Transferring Files ==

Once you have logged in you will see a list of files on your computer on the left and a list of files on the server you have connected to on the right. To move files across, just click and drag the file from its source to where you want to move it to just like windows explorer. Then all you have to do is click "copy".

== Command Line scp ==

If you are using command line scp, there is different syntax if you want to move a file from your computer to another computer and if you want to get a file from another computer and put it on your own computer.
=== From Your Computer to Another Computer ===

When you want to move a file from your current computer to another computer you need to follow the following syntax:
scp fileOnComputer1 username@computer2:

For example:
scp exampleFile keloe@login.redbrick.dcu.ie:~/
When it tries to authenticate you will be asked if you wish to continue, just say yes. You will then be asked for your password on computer2. In this case you would be asked for the password for your login to redbrick. The file will then be transfered from your computer to the redbrick server. ~/ after ":" which means that the file will go into my home directory. You could give a destination for where you want the file to go.

=== From Another Computer to Your Own ===

If you want to get a file from computer 2 and put it on your own computer the syntax is slightly different. You will have to use this syntax:
scp username@machine2:filename destination

For example:
scp keloe@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie:myFile .
Again when it gets to the authentification stage you will be asked if you wish to continue. Just type yes. You will then be asked for the password to enigma. The full stop "." just means the file will copied into your current directory. You could substitute with another destination if you wanted.

Well that's it. All ya need to know about scp. If you've any questions don't hesitate in asking any member of the [[Helpdesk]] team. :-)

== Links ==
[http://winscp.net/eng/index.php WinSCP.net] - the WinSCP website.

[[Category:Helpdesk]]