Chat Logs for Episode 273 — #Category5 on irc.freenode.net / cat5.tv/discord


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With 54 Posts:revdjenk
With 39 Posts:chrisreich


Chat Logs:

06:58:04 PMJaePea robbie has hair wow i have been gone too long
06:58:33 PMrevdjenk JaePea: yes, this is my first time back since September!
06:58:49 PM_Jot_ JaePea, yeah, he ate the bear he shot and now he is mutating into one
06:59:00 PMsmittysmit Still cant get Zorin 6 to have classic gnome
06:59:09 PMrevdjenk _Jot_: he went from bare to bear?
06:59:19 PMJaePea lol
06:59:29 PMsmittysmit like the apps, places & system on the top left
06:59:41 PMrobgor hey drumstick makesure u have 2 users to login, I had issues with zorin where I couldnt login, not sure what the issue was as its ok now
06:59:43 PM_Jot_ revdjenk, exactly, you should hear him growl about stuff
06:59:46 PMDrumstick smittysmit: Yeah, I feel it.
07:00:10 PM_Jot_ hi everybody I didn't say hi to yet
07:00:16 PMGuest_6590 I is anyone planning on buying the windows surface comuter this Jauary ?
07:00:22 PMrevdjenk _Jot_: Curses - he's ursus
07:00:23 PMDrumstick robgor: Thanks, I will.
07:00:27 PMsmittysmit Drumstick I like my stuff the way i like it
07:00:42 PMGuest_6590 computer
07:00:43 PMgpop7 Hello everyone
07:00:56 PMchrisreich People of Earth, Greetings.
07:01:11 PMHillary Where everybody from today> state it , stat!
07:01:12 PMrevdjenk chrisreich: !
07:01:14 PMgpop7 Hi Hillary and Robbief
07:01:18 PM_Jot_ Guest_6590, it will be interesting, but much too expensive for me. I'd rather have the old surface-computer though, that table-thing
07:01:20 PMDrumstick smittysmit: That's why I've been throught several desktops lately....not really in love with any.
07:01:23 PMrobgor drumstick I think it must have been some package as I installed it a few times
07:01:32 PMchrisreich Hola revdjenk!
07:01:33 PMgpop7 Chicago,Illinois
07:01:34 PMrevdjenk WV near Charleston
07:01:41 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, is your mike on? you sound very quiet
07:01:54 PMRavenLords yo
07:02:02 PMrobgor wohoo
07:02:07 PMgpop7 Glad you made it Hillary
07:02:16 PM_Jot_ oh no RobbieF, that made things worse, we can hear you now!
07:02:22 PMchrisreich Tonight I'm enjoying my Birthday Bourbon. Please join me everyone. I never expected to live this long.
07:02:23 PMCarley Yeah! Sound. :-)
07:02:25 PMrobgor stop that RobbieF
07:02:38 PMRavenLords yo
07:02:40 PMrevdjenk now, we are live!
07:02:52 PMrobgor melbourne australia
07:02:55 PMJaePea hi robbie and hil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
07:02:59 PMRavenLords ohio
07:02:59 PMCarley Barrie, Ontario
07:03:01 PMDrumstick chrisreich: Congrats man!
07:03:12 PMchrisreich -1 degrees C in Rochester, New York
07:03:15 PM_Jot_ there's people from The Netherlands and other places too Hillary
07:03:20 PMchrisreich thank you, Drumstick!
07:03:20 PMT0b33 Watching from day dream land
07:03:45 PMDave_Maydew Where have I been?
07:03:53 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, then you have to pay dobule
07:03:53 PMDave_Maydew Robbie sporting a goatee?
07:03:55 PM_Jot_ double*
07:04:08 PMDave_Maydew damn I've been away for a while
07:04:40 PMDave_Maydew It's been a while RobbieF#
07:04:43 PMDrumstick Thank you sir.
07:04:46 PMrevdjenk RavenLords: where in OH?
07:05:04 PMDrumstick HEY! He didn't move again!!
07:05:07 PMRavenLords greenwich ohio
07:05:24 PMrevdjenk RavenLords: from London originally
07:05:25 PM_Jot_ congratulations chrisreich
07:05:27 PMGuest_6590 Naples, Florida
07:05:29 PMrobgor robbieF show us the postcard wall
07:05:32 PMDave_Maydew I wish I was 29 again
07:05:34 PMchrisreich thank you _Jot_!
07:05:43 PMGoodGuy Happy Birthday Chris
07:05:45 PMchrisreich Thanks RobbieF and Hillary!
07:05:47 PMnapa_polarbear napa ca.
07:05:53 PMgpop7 Happy birthday chrisreich
07:05:53 PMGoodGuy I have a friend from Naples FL
07:05:53 PMchrisreich Thank you GoodGuy!
07:05:56 PMSCOTTWEB51 hi robie i have watchexd for yeares
07:06:05 PMSCOTTWEB51 from costa mesa ca.
07:06:07 PMchrisreich Thank you gpop7!
07:06:14 PMrobgor cool
07:06:15 PMtic-toc Show me some NHL :(
07:06:18 PMGuest_5891 Greeting from Fort Frances Ontario ...from Kenton
07:06:23 PMrevdjenk mine is up there!
07:06:29 PMJaePea happy bday chris
07:06:34 PMrobgor should have my postcard
07:06:38 PMrobgor should have my postcards
07:06:41 PMchrisreich Thank you JaePea!
07:06:45 PMrevdjenk chrisreich: has a birthday? happy, happy
07:06:46 PMGoodGuy It may be exciting to us
07:06:56 PMSCOTTWEB51 hi riobie i firt found you on miro
07:06:58 PMchrisreich Thank you revdjenk!
07:07:06 PMnapa_polarbear qsl cards in ham termalogy
07:07:19 PMchrisreich How about a view of Commander Tom?
07:07:23 PMDave_Maydew Will Cat5tv be getting Google+ Community?
07:07:35 PMsmittysmit Drumstick Been sticking with Zorin 5 Premium
07:07:40 PMGoodGuy Is there links to facebook, flickr etc on Cat5 web site
07:07:45 PMrevdjenk laser?
07:08:01 PMchrisreich Brother Laser printers rock!
07:08:15 PMGoodGuy RobbieF Is that a laser?
07:08:29 PMrevdjenk laser? RobbieF ?
07:08:38 PMrevdjenk oooooh!
07:08:46 PMchrisreich I need that printer
07:08:46 PMGoodGuy I want it!
07:09:11 PMGoodGuy I have a Canon all-in-one.. ink costs
07:09:12 PMDrumstick Just give it to me and save the trouble of the contest.. lol
07:09:23 PM_Jot_ There is a nice category5 calender at http://cat5.tv/calendar
07:09:50 PMGoodGuy My wife is a grandma and does love calendars
07:09:56 PMchrisreich RobbieF make a "Ladies of Category5" calendar. Please. A tasteful one, of course.
07:10:07 PMrevdjenk chrisreich: hee hee
07:10:11 PMJaePea i like epson printers
07:10:19 PMchrisreich I would buy one.
07:10:28 PM_Jot_ yay Carrie Webb!
07:10:29 PMDave_Maydew Hey Scorpio55
07:10:32 PMajamison5579 chrisreich a taseful one ? So you want one that you can eat ?
07:10:34 PMajamison5579 ;)
07:10:46 PMajamison5579 calendar that is
07:10:52 PM_Jot_ RobbieF likes to cook, so yes, we want an eatable one!
07:11:03 PMrevdjenk JaePea: we have an Aritisan, doesn't do duplex, though :(
07:11:04 PMrobgor cool I will be able to watch the xmas special live
07:11:15 PMajamison5579 Eat ur way through the advent calendar
07:11:17 PMajamison5579 lol
07:11:26 PMScorpio55 Hi Dave_Maydew
07:11:29 PMDave_Maydew I've just downloaded a Justin.tv plugin for XBMC, but it failed :-(
07:11:30 PMGoodGuy Watch Best Recipes Ever show RobbieF... Canadian cooking shows are better than our USA ones
07:11:46 PM_Jot_ Hillary, Commander Data
07:11:51 PMDave_Maydew Data
07:11:57 PMrevdjenk data
07:12:32 PMajamison5579 How much did you have to pay him for the personal touch Robbief ?
07:12:35 PMrevdjenk canadian?
07:12:44 PMDennis_Kelley Hello all!
07:13:09 PMGoodGuy I am getting a Best Recipes Ever cookbook for Christmas.. Love to have Kary autograph it, but she is leaving the show
07:13:17 PMajamison5579 and now you can sell it on Ebay for a bagillion Candian Dollars which is like 20 USD
07:13:18 PMchrisreich Put the envelope on eBay now
07:13:20 PMajamison5579 lol
07:13:42 PMGoodGuy I think Canadian dollars are near to the US one now
07:13:52 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, wrong, you need a photographer first, somebody wearing lots of red to attract you
07:13:55 PMDennis_Kelley Hello GoodGuy
07:13:59 PMrevdjenk hulu for pics?
07:14:01 PMGoodGuy Hello Dennis_Kelley
07:14:09 PMrevdjenk oh, the book printing page
07:14:12 PMajamison5579 twas a joke goodguy, to quote Joker "why so serious"
07:14:13 PMGoodGuy whatever Lulu wants, Lulu gets!
07:14:28 PMDennis_Kelley Hello Hillary
07:14:52 PMGoodGuy Joker isn't a joker after that nutcase thought he was the Joker
07:15:01 PMajamison5579 lol
07:15:26 PMDrumstick Ok RobbieF from me to you the airfare is $480.00. If I start picking up aluminum cans.....oh well, never mind. :(
07:15:30 PMDave_Maydew Why not use a Linux app to design the calendar??
07:15:58 PMajamison5579 drumstick make sure to send a postcard of your tin can collection before cashing it in
07:16:00 PMajamison5579 lol
07:16:34 PMajamison5579 You only need 4,800 cans to achieve it
07:16:35 PMDrumstick LOL ajamison5579 now that's funny.
07:16:39 PM_Jot_ Drumstick, sorry, after others stole your idea and handed in their cans, they have so many, they became worth less and you need twice as much
07:17:02 PMDrumstick _Jot_: Just my luck.
07:17:45 PMCarley Wanna add holidays... check out this site. It has goofy holidays for every day of the year. Today is 'National Noodle Ring Day' http://www.theultimateholidaysite.com/
07:17:54 PM_Jot_ Drumstick, don't worry, if you have just one can for each time RobbieF misspeaks or something, you'll have much more than that
07:18:10 PMDennis_Kelley whats the Year Hillary?
07:18:33 PMDrumstick _Jot_: :)
07:18:44 PMCarley I'm on July 22 if you're interested. :-)
07:18:49 PMnapa_polarbear have u tried to find the man help oon woman?
07:19:13 PMnapa_polarbear page
07:19:43 PMDennis_Kelley Funny napa_polarbear
07:19:50 PMrobgor RobbieF what about viewers birthdays LOL
07:19:51 PMajamison5579 at 10 cents a can it will take approximately 4,800 cans to get the 480 you need Drumstick
07:19:56 PMajamison5579 start drinking pop
07:20:04 PMDave_Maydew Which Distro are you using RobbieF?
07:20:12 PMDave_Maydew is it Zorin?
07:20:27 PMrobgor yeah have zorinos
07:20:28 PM_Jot_ Dave_Maydew, yes, it is Zorin on the demo-computer
07:20:42 PMrobgor yeah dave zorinos
07:21:03 PMDave_Maydew Ah, was wondering how he was using a GNOME 2 style
07:22:29 PMDave_Maydew I miss Ubuntu 10.04 desktop, but getting used to Unity quite quickly
07:23:35 PMGoodGuy My wife won't switch from Ubuntu 10.04.. 12.04 is slower on her old PC
07:24:11 PMDave_Maydew My old Sony that my Dad has now is still running 10.04
07:24:19 PMGoodGuy He uses Zorin Ultimate (paid)
07:24:19 PMrevdjenk GoodGuy: most of my family is using mint...
07:24:41 PMGoodGuy Her PC is sol old, I couldn't get Mint going
07:24:44 PM_Jot_ Hillary, protest, your birthday is in July, so you should get July, not march :)
07:24:53 PMchrisreich GoodGuy is that because of Unity?
07:25:09 PMGoodGuy Had to use the Ubuntu alternate installer to get that running
07:25:24 PMGoodGuy I am guessing its due to an old AGP video card
07:25:30 PMrevdjenk Hillary: _Jot_ is correct... go for July before RobbieF gets it!
07:25:43 PMGoodGuy It runs the installer awhile, but dies part way in
07:26:32 PMGoodGuy I think her video card is an Asus AGP card with TV Tuner (7100 Deluxe Combo iirc)
07:26:57 PMchrisreich Hillary you could be a model. Seriously. You'd give Carly Foulkes a run for her money.
07:27:18 PMDave_Maydew The one in the Sony is a Nvidia GeForce
07:27:32 PMGoodGuy I couldnt get the newer versions of PC LinuxOS running on my Nvidia 8600GT card
07:27:34 PMHillary ohboyyy
07:27:43 PMGoodGuy Older versions installed fine
07:27:46 PMDave_Maydew the one in these 2 Zotac Z-Box's isn't too hot on Unity 3D
07:27:52 PMchrisreich GoodGuy I've always preferred the Ubuntu alternate installer. Fewer issues.
07:28:05 PMDave_Maydew hence why I'm using Unity 2D
07:28:18 PMGoodGuy They stopped creating that version now chrisreich
07:28:52 PMGoodGuy added a few new options to the normal installer and dropped the alternate iirc
07:29:11 PMGoodGuy LVM was one feature added I believe
07:30:10 PMchrisreich GoodGuy I'm seeding the alternate installer for 12.04 on bit torrent as we speak. Are we talking about the same thing?
07:30:20 PMDave_Maydew My wife is actually interested in tonights show!!
07:30:30 PMGoodGuy Yes it stopped at 12.10 I think
07:30:42 PMGoodGuy 12.04 LTS still offered it
07:30:43 PM_Jot_ Dave_Maydew, wait untill she finds out most are this interesting
07:30:47 PMrevdjenk thanks for the gimp tutorial, too, RobbieF
07:31:09 PMrobgor RobbieF can the finished calender be sent anywhere around the world?
07:31:11 PMDave_Maydew She's a Windows user
07:31:13 PMrevdjenk can't you load more than one photo at a time, RobbieF ?
07:31:19 PMnapa_polarbear tnks RobbieF
07:31:31 PMDave_Maydew She has the only machine in the home running Windows
07:31:34 PMchrisreich Really? There is no 12.10 alternate? I wasn't aware of that. That is a shame.
07:32:02 PMGoodGuy I believe I read they were dropping it
07:32:02 PMDave_Maydew 4 PC's running Linux here and 3 Android devices
07:32:44 PMGoodGuy http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-to-drop-alternate-installer-1676906.html
07:32:57 PMrobgor yeah chrisreich I have switched to zorinos as previously I was using ubuntu with the alternate mode as I dont like unity
07:32:59 PMchrisreich Well that's what I get for concentrating on the LTS versions only.
07:33:03 PMDave_Maydew I thought RobbieF just said the stuffed toy was Erik
07:33:04 PMDave_Maydew lol
07:33:41 PMchrisreich Roger that robgor.
07:33:53 PMGoodGuy I tried the 12.10 version, but had a few problems
07:34:01 PMGoodGuy may be fixed by now
07:34:17 PMDave_Maydew I've tried 12.10, but the fglrx driver isn't working
07:34:41 PMDave_Maydew so sticking with 12.04
07:34:55 PMGoodGuy still failing or maybe they fixed it by now Dave_Maydew ?
07:35:22 PMDave_Maydew possible, but it failed a few days ago
07:35:31 PMDave_Maydew I'll stick with LTS
07:35:38 PMGoodGuy Then doubtful it has been fixed
07:35:53 PMDave_Maydew Especially with what I use this PC for
07:36:13 PMGoodGuy I have two Linux installs on this PC.. Mint 12.10 is my play distro
07:36:47 PMrevdjenk I'm happy with mint13 cinnamon the LTS version, also. With all the updates it is almost up to mint14 anyway...although I really think 14 is speedier.
07:37:25 PMrevdjenk cat5 is Tech!
07:37:30 PMGoodGuy I thought I read most Mint 14 updates can be backported to Mint 13
07:38:07 PMrevdjenk GoodGuy: many have been! especially with the latest cinnamon and nemo offerings
07:38:21 PMGoodGuy Mint looks nice
07:38:46 PMDave_Maydew is the latest Zorin based on 12.04?
07:38:59 PMrevdjenk GoodGuy: and cinnamon keeps me in a traditional desktop which I prefer.
07:39:03 PMGoodGuy I was going to boot that tonight, but couldnt remember if I had IRC setup yet
07:39:15 PMGoodGuy I like Cinnamon also
07:39:27 PMGoodGuy I think the latest is 12.10
07:39:41 PMGoodGuy The Core version and maybe Educational also
07:39:47 PMrevdjenk that gmail outage took my chromium down, too
07:40:31 PMrevdjenk wow
07:41:09 PMrevdjenk ahhh
07:42:05 PMchrisreich I avoid use of Google. Mostly because of my strong aversion to being tracked. A career as a defense contractor can make one very wary.
07:42:34 PMrevdjenk chrisreich: ah, thought you were like that normally...hee hee
07:42:40 PMchrisreich And when I say "Google", I mean Google-anything.
07:42:52 PMnapa_polarbear eacho
07:42:58 PMchrisreich Well, it's become normal revdjenk :-)
07:43:29 PMrevdjenk but that becomes two steps
07:43:44 PMrevdjenk click a link
07:44:19 PMrevdjenk micro centipede
07:44:25 PMchrisreich and Twitter usurped Tweetie without sending me a copy of the memo too. Caused me to be off Twitter for 2 months.
07:44:41 PMrevdjenk yikes, chrisreich ...
07:45:00 PMajamison5579 I am waiting for the star trek invention that creates food from nothing Robbief
07:45:10 PMrevdjenk it can move in multiple ways too, rob
07:45:13 PMchrisreich That looks like a spare part for the super collider to me.
07:46:06 PMrevdjenk knoppix
07:46:28 PMjonathon RC transformer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iAvG0buqa2Q
07:46:42 PMrevdjenk vb needs special guest
07:46:54 PMDrumstick Needs Guest Editions added to VBox
07:49:39 PMchrisreich ajamison5579 I'm thinking of a 3-D printer which uses a gluten-carbohydrate substance in various flavors to "print" the Star Trek food. Separate cartridges for sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Could make a reasonable first-order approximation. :-)
07:51:25 PMDennis_Kelley I am BAck!
07:51:32 PMDennis_Kelley *Back
07:52:19 PMDennis_Kelley _Jot_ - Hello!
07:52:26 PMDennis_Kelley Hello RobbieF
07:52:30 PM_Jot_ hey Dennis_Kelley back
07:52:47 PMGoodGuy RobbieF, - sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic
07:53:12 PMDennis_Kelley Thanks _Jot_
07:53:14 PMGoodGuy RobbieF I had to do that to get Guest Additions to install properly
07:53:26 PM_Jot_ only 7 minutes to go, time to get your drinks and food. Oh wait, that's before the show, not now
07:53:39 PMrevdjenk banshee plugins
07:53:54 PMchrisreich Pandora will work
07:54:13 PMchrisreich Blues is the music of my people...
07:54:34 PMsmittysmit go to WNIC Detroit FM 100.3 They start it on about November 3rd.
07:54:53 PMDennis_Kelley I am a Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Guy!
07:55:01 PMrevdjenk xiph.org
07:55:33 PMDave_Maydew I use Shoutcast addon on my XBMC HTPC
07:56:21 PMchrisreich iTunes also accesses multitudinous streaming audio stations.
07:56:41 PMGoodGuy sounds like Clay Aiken
07:56:47 PMHillary it was!
07:56:48 PMHillary haha
07:56:49 PMrevdjenk chrisreich: never have had an itunes account
07:57:14 PMchrisreich revdjenk you don't need an iTunes account, just the software.
07:57:26 PMrevdjenk chrisreich: not on linux :)
07:58:08 PMDave_Maydew Mmmmm Cookie
07:58:11 PMDave_Maydew lol
07:58:16 PMchrisreich right - proprietary OS only, but many of us run one or another of them along w/ linux. Not to mention FreeBSD.
07:58:49 PM_Jot_ hey RobbieF
07:58:57 PMDennis_Kelley Hello RobbieF
07:59:09 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, can we win, say, calenders?
07:59:15 PMrobgor great show RobbieF Hillary
07:59:37 PMchrisreich Wait - will there be a show on Christmas Day?
07:59:45 PM_Jot_ chrisreich, yes!
07:59:50 PMchrisreich cool!
07:59:53 PMDave_Maydew XiiaLive is another app on Android for Shoutcast radio etc
07:59:54 PMDennis_Kelley Let me guess only audience can win?
07:59:59 PMDennis_Kelley *Live
08:00:01 PMDave_Maydew and TuneIn Radio
08:00:10 PMDrumstick Thanks guys!!
08:00:17 PMrobgor yes it will be chrisreich
08:00:40 PMGoodGuy after 12-21 we will all be gone
08:00:55 PMGoodGuy world calls it quits that day
08:00:59 PMDave_Maydew G'nite guys
08:01:06 PMrobgor well its 12/12/12 at 12 here lol
08:01:06 PMGoodGuy night Dave_Maydew
08:01:09 PMchrisreich Good night all and thanks for the birthday wishes!
08:01:10 PMrevdjenk bye all !
08:01:23 PMDrumstick Bye all.
08:01:27 PMGoodGuy 12/21/2012 world is over
08:01:38 PMDave_Maydew Yup, it's 1am and my bed is calling
08:01:40 PMDennis_Kelley Oh Happy Birthday - chrisreich
08:01:57 PMchrisreich Thank you Dennis_Kelley. Cheers!
08:01:57 PMGoodGuy all that Christmas spending for nothing :-(
08:01:59 PMrevdjenk yay
08:02:02 PMDrumstick RobbieF: Now you're just rubbing it in with that air drumming... LOL
08:02:03 PMrobgor happ bday chrisreich
08:02:04 PM_Jot_ GoodGuy, where? cause it is that day at different times. Also, does it include the days missed and changed since time was started?
08:02:30 PMrevdjenk noooo, chris is gone!
08:02:32 PMHillary Thank you kindly for tuning in! So fabulous!!!
08:02:36 PMDave_Maydew Scorpio55, will chat with you tomorrow on the dog and bone
08:02:36 PM_Jot_ GoodGuy, also what happens to those using different calenders?
08:02:43 PMGoodGuy Not sure _Jot_ .. didn't hear if anything affected the actual date
08:02:46 PM_Jot_ Thanks for being there Hillary and RobbieF and so on
08:03:07 PMrevdjenk _Jot_: and the Mayans didn't even last as long...
08:03:16 PMGoodGuy Maybe they get to survive a little longer due to ignorance lol
08:03:20 PMjonathon Thanks have a great night everyone
08:03:46 PMrobgor oh well lunch time for me
08:04:06 PMGoodGuy I thought I read the Catholics had a list of Popes and it ended around the same time
08:04:20 PMGoodGuy One other thing like that also
08:05:12 PMGoodGuy IIrc three different religions/civilizations predicted around a similar time
08:05:54 PM_Jot_ I guess if anybody wants to sell their house or such at 20 december just in case, I'll be happy to pay 1 euro for it :)
08:06:26 PMGoodGuy Free rides to the Hale-Bop comet included?
08:06:34 PMDennis_Kelley thats wild GoodGuy
08:06:43 PMrevdjenk _Jot_: it is just like all those expecting the world end at 2000 - as some 'prophets' were saying it was 2000 years after Jesus' birth. But since Jesus born while Great King Herod was alive (and he died in 4BC) and since Jesus was at least up to 2 years old at that time... would have made his birth earlier than that! So 1994 could have been the year '2000.'
08:06:54 PMDennis_Kelley about the three other reigions
08:07:24 PM_Jot_ revdjenk, yes, exactly
08:07:26 PMGoodGuy I used to work with a Jewish fellow.. They sell some of their possessions on a certain day and buy them back awhile later
08:07:50 PMGoodGuy They sell them to a trusted party :-)
08:08:03 PMrevdjenk GoodGuy: and the leader of the heaven's gate group was a son of a Presbyterian minister...
08:08:06 PM_Jot_ these trusted people are called 'pawnbrokers'?
08:08:32 PMGoodGuy lol _Jot_
08:09:16 PMGoodGuy I used to visit his house once in awhile and he taught me some of their practices
08:09:18 PMrevdjenk ...and the brother of Nichelle Nichols (Uhuru of Star Trek fame)
08:09:34 PMrevdjenk also died in that goup's suicide
08:09:39 PMrevdjenk *group's
08:09:43 PMGoodGuy That was sad
08:09:56 PMDennis_Kelley RobbieF - Hello!
08:10:00 PMGoodGuy the group suicide
08:10:17 PMrevdjenk GoodGuy: was that for the Jubilee?
08:10:44 PMGoodGuy I recall he had his home wired for auto timers
08:11:14 PMGoodGuy wasnt allowed to turn on lights or cooking electricity
08:11:41 PMGoodGuy so he had crockpots timed to keep food warm, cook etc
08:11:42 PMRobbieF hey all, time to shoot for the Christmas special :)
08:11:56 PMDennis_Kelley RobbieF - Good Luck
08:12:22 PM_Jot_ RobbieF we'll be watching. If you had turned the camera to that and not the empty studio-area!
08:12:26 PMrevdjenk don't shoot!
08:12:31 PMDennis_Kelley Has anyone worked with an Arduino? I got my first one a few weeks back!
08:12:42 PMGoodGuy One shot, one Christmas Thrill
08:12:55 PM_Jot_ Dennis_Kelley, yes, I have two of them, and also contributed a little code to a library
08:13:11 PMDennis_Kelley I am just learning but I love it!
08:13:15 PMGoodGuy Not me Dennis_Kelley .. do have a couple Raspbeyy Pi's
08:13:29 PMDennis_Kelley how do they compare do you know?
08:13:40 PMGoodGuy They are starting to use them with Auduinos
08:13:44 PM_Jot_ Dennis_Kelley, yeah, it's really great, making electronics much easier than in the 80s and 90s
08:13:53 PMDennis_Kelley for sure _Jot_
08:14:04 PMGoodGuy I think the Raspberry Pi is a bit more capable
08:14:19 PMDennis_Kelley Brings back high school days of electronics
08:14:22 PMGoodGuy Go to the Adafruit web site
08:14:24 PM_Jot_ on http://www.arduino.cc/ there is a 'products' page and also a hardware index that lists all of them and how they compare and so on
08:14:47 PMGoodGuy They have a lot of Auduino - Raspberry Pi info
08:14:50 PM_Jot_ the Pi is more capable in some ways, but less in others, and more expensive
08:15:04 PM_Jot_ Adafruit is really cool too
08:15:06 PMGoodGuy $35 is pretty cheap
08:15:19 PMDennis_Kelley _Jot_ I just wanted to get a real persons thought of them
08:15:33 PMGoodGuy Auduino costs more than that at our local Micro Center iirc
08:16:14 PM_Jot_ Dennis_Kelley, if you go to the adafruit website, http://adafruit.com/ and LadyAda's blog, there is a section about how to get samples of chips and so on, some like Texas Instruments are very generous, so you can get a lot of stuff for free
08:16:16 PMDennis_Kelley do you guys know of any podcast related to arduino or micro controllers in general?
08:16:28 PMGoodGuy If you read the RaspberryPi.org site, they have numerous projects ppl are doing
08:17:01 PM_Jot_ adafruit has two shows about them every saturday, I am sure there must be others too
08:17:05 PMDrumstick Dennis_Kelley: Check out the Ben Heck show on Revision3
08:17:08 PMDennis_Kelley I am working on a motor project. Arduino is the perfect platform for me to work with!
08:17:24 PMDennis_Kelley I love the Open Source of it all!
08:17:26 PMGoodGuy I bought an Adafruit Pi Box for my first Pi and a ModMyPi.com box for the second
08:17:55 PMGoodGuy Taking the paper off the Adafruit one was hard for me
08:18:05 PMGoodGuy No fingernails
08:18:21 PMDrumstick Dennis_Kelley: Lots of basic electronic engineering on Ben's show.....neat stuff. If I only had the eyesight....born legally blind ya see. :)
08:18:21 PMGoodGuy ModMyPi box took less than a minute
08:19:06 PMDrumstick Dennis_Kelley: He does the layout, theory, and breadboarding and so forth...
08:19:17 PMrobgor we use the arduino board for one of our products at work
08:19:19 PMDennis_Kelley I got a motor shield for it also. Learning some good stuff with that!
08:19:22 PMGoodGuy I bought a black case to try building a cheap XBMC box for the living room
08:19:26 PMDrumstick Ok folks, gotta run. bye.
08:20:06 PMrobgor yeah ben heck show isnt bad
08:20:33 PM_Jot_ Thanks RobbieF for making us watch on the BSP. Oh, and hi Heather and Hillary again of course :P
08:20:39 PMrevdjenk off to twit.tv
08:20:57 PMDennis_Kelley what was the BSP Link again
08:21:07 PMGoodGuy Hey Twit has a show called Know How
08:21:20 PM_Jot_ http://live.cat5.tv/bsp.htm
08:21:24 PMGoodGuy a recent show was done on the Auduino
08:21:41 PMrobgor goodguy I wish the raspberry pi came out before I bought the Boxee Box, alot cheaper solution
08:21:46 PM_Jot_ you may or may not have to be logged in for the BSP to work, and you can also click 'view all' on the viewing-page to get a BSP window open
08:22:14 PMGoodGuy http://twit.tv/show/know-how/21
08:22:27 PMGoodGuy that is the episode.. forgot about it
08:22:27 PM_Jot_ hi EricKidd, nice to see you
08:22:42 PMDennis_Kelley what about a (Not sure what to call it) mini motherboard with linux on it?
08:23:04 PMGoodGuy Pi will be slower than a Boxee Box, but price is sure nice
08:23:51 PMGoodGuy Neat part is plug in another SD card and you are running a diff distro
08:24:09 PMGoodGuy I tried both RaspBMC and OpenElec
08:24:25 PMDennis_Kelley Funny how Robbie grew his hair and Erik saved
08:24:50 PMGoodGuy OpenElec seemed to pause a few times, but may have been a slow SD card issue
08:25:28 PMGoodGuy Now I received my Pi case, I'll try it more when health permits
08:25:52 PMGoodGuy wife was surprised at the same case size
08:27:49 PMGoodGuy Adafruit has a decent power supply and cable for the Pi
08:28:00 PM_Jot_ Eric is explaining 'Now don't come too close when I am playing this thing, that's dangerous, it's like a lethal weapon when you swing it around'
08:29:48 PMDennis_Kelley any good tutorial on motor control with Pi Goodguy
08:31:50 PM_Jot_ it's pretty much the same with any microcontroller, so often there aren't really tutorials about things like that
08:32:05 PM_Jot_ mostly it's how do you use say a L293D and so on
08:32:53 PMDennis_Kelley Did Robbie answer any of my questions while I was swapping out my video card?
08:33:07 PMDennis_Kelley since I missed half the show
08:33:51 PM_Jot_ Dennis_Kelley, not sure, I think about the only thing was about using USB with virtualbox
08:34:01 PMDennis_Kelley that was mine?
08:34:11 PMGoodGuy sorry Dennis_Kelley ... had to get up and move around a minute
08:34:39 PMGoodGuy I don't personally since I don't know elecrtronics
08:34:47 PM_Jot_ if so, then yes, he mentioned you have to use a different version of virtualbox, from the virtualbox.com website instead of the one from the standard repositories, and you have to use the virtualbox-extensions
08:35:02 PMGoodGuy a couple weeks ago the Pi website covered a contest
08:35:19 PMGoodGuy I think it was called Instructables or something similar
08:35:42 PMGoodGuy They gave awards to various projects within age groups
08:36:00 PMDennis_Kelley I guess that is the fun of it all. is just figuring it out!
08:36:02 PMGoodGuy Theat website may have some good info
08:36:14 PMGoodGuy that
08:36:37 PMGoodGuy Hey watch this episode http://twit.tv/show/know-how/21
08:36:51 PMGoodGuy Their project was servo control
08:37:25 PMDennis_Kelley i have it setup to download that episode. Thanks Goodguy
08:37:30 PMGoodGuy Iyaz Actar (from This Old Nerd and TNT podcasts)
08:37:35 PMGoodGuy sure Dennis_Kelley
08:37:39 PMDennis_Kelley as soon as Miro downloads for me
08:37:47 PMGoodGuy Leo LaPorte
08:37:58 PMDennis_Kelley I like his shows!
08:38:12 PMDennis_Kelley I have watch TWiT a few times
08:38:22 PMGoodGuy I really enjoy that show.. just found it a couple weeks ago
08:38:26 PMDennis_Kelley kind of political sometimes!
08:38:38 PMGoodGuy Downloaded most of the episodes
08:38:43 PMRobbieF here we go
08:39:03 PMGoodGuy No politics in the Know How episodes that I noticed
08:39:09 PMGoodGuy Just how to's
08:39:19 PMDennis_Kelley cool
08:39:44 PMGoodGuy http://twit.tv/show/know-how
08:39:54 PMGoodGuy That is the show web page
08:40:29 PMGoodGuy I found an RSS Feed for Miro, but saved it on Windows Miro and this is Linux when I am here
08:41:11 PMrobgor lol sparkfun thats what we use along with arduino
08:41:47 PMDennis_Kelley I like sparkfun's products. have not bought any Yet!
08:42:24 PMGoodGuy http://feeds.twit.tv/kh_video_hd
08:42:40 PMGoodGuy I looked at my WinXP partition
08:42:51 PMGoodGuy That is the feed (I think)
08:43:17 PMDennis_Kelley RobbieF - is that a real fire?
08:43:18 PMGoodGuy It is, just loaded it in Firefox
08:43:35 PM_Jot_ danger! fire! fire! there is a fire at RobbieFs house! danger! fire! fire!
08:43:53 PMGoodGuy We're going to show you a very simple thing -- making a servo move. We've picked up a kit that our producer's kid was working on. The kit is from Sparkfun.com, which includes everything you need to start your first Arduino project. You can also find great kits at adafruit.com and makershed.com.
08:44:28 PMGoodGuy That was listed in the RSS feed for the Auduino episode
08:45:00 PM_Jot_ Unfortunatly it's not always as easy when you actually go and do it, because there are so many different kinds of motors :)
08:45:28 PMGoodGuy True, but it gives you an idea where to start
08:46:17 PMrobgor One day I want to make a cnc plasma cutter
08:46:21 PMGoodGuy I tossed in a GPIO cable when I ordered a Pi power supply and case from Adafruit
08:46:40 PM_Jot_ I took apart an all-in-one because I would never use it, and I've kept the scanner-part mostly intact, which means that if I want to do some simple cnc-stuff, I already have a moving assembly-bed-thing
08:47:01 PMGoodGuy Figured it was only $3 and may as well have it around in case I ever wanted to try it someday
08:48:32 PMGoodGuy Make magazine has a current special issue on 3D Printers
08:48:40 PMGoodGuy Might be of interest to you
08:49:13 PM_Jot_ thanks :)
08:49:24 PMDennis_Kelley I heard Arduino's are in those makerbots. is that true?
08:49:50 PM_Jot_ yeah, maybe they use their own design or something, I'm not sure, but yes arduinos
08:49:51 PMGoodGuy http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/15/makes-ultimate-guide-to-3d-printing-is-here/
08:50:13 PMrobgor yeah a friend of mine has got a 3d scanner and cnc type machine
08:50:33 PMGoodGuy No idea... I buy Linux mags at a nearby bookstore and saw that mag while I was looking to see if new ones were out
08:51:43 PMGoodGuy New Horizons bookstore in St Clair Shores MI
08:51:50 PM_Jot_ Erics face is naked again I see
08:52:09 PMDennis_Kelley Well I think Arduino's are way cool! I can't keep my mind from not creating something new!
08:52:31 PM_Jot_ Dennis_Kelley, yeah!
08:52:37 PMDennis_Kelley GoodGuy - do they have alot of linux type mags?
08:52:42 PMGoodGuy If you are into Amazon Kindle Readers (PC or Hardware)
08:52:51 PMDennis_Kelley next time I am in the area I will check it out!
08:53:08 PMGoodGuy No, just the UK Linux Format magazine and a UK Android mag
08:53:33 PMGoodGuy They have $3 off coupons if you buy $10 or more in mags
08:53:41 PMDennis_Kelley oh ok!
08:53:57 PMGoodGuy Both of those cost $10+, so I get the discount
08:54:31 PMGoodGuy My wife doesn't mind driving me there which helps lol
08:55:00 PMGoodGuy Barnes and Noble has more Linux mags
08:55:13 PMDennis_Kelley well Miro is very busy downloading the know how videos!
08:55:38 PMGoodGuy Lately Linux User and Developer has a Raspberry Pi section last few issues
08:55:47 PMGoodGuy Cool Dennis_Kelley
08:56:30 PMGoodGuy I used to like Iyaz's shows on This Old Nerd
08:56:45 PMGoodGuy so did Twit because they offered him a job
08:57:37 PMDennis_Kelley GoodGuy is that on 13 Mile Rd
08:57:49 PMGoodGuy Yes
08:58:03 PMGoodGuy Corner of 13 Mile and Little Mack
08:58:56 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, I called the firedepartment of Barrie for that fire I saw in your house, but they didn't want to come cause they said they could see on the BSP it was just a contained fire
08:59:00 PMGoodGuy I have been going to their store for almost 40 years I am guessing
08:59:24 PMGoodGuy went there before I was married.. It used to be another place in SCS
08:59:31 PM_Jot_ too bad we can't hear Eric by the way, but nice going :)
09:00:12 PMDennis_Kelley I know that area! Cool, thanks for the location!
09:00:20 PMGoodGuy welcome
09:01:14 PMGoodGuy Barnes and Nobel by the Oakland Mall has more Linux and Electronic mags
09:01:26 PMGoodGuy But no discount coupons
09:02:16 PMGoodGuy We eat at a restaurant on Gratiot, so my wife doesn't mind the sidetrip to the bookstore
09:02:28 PMDennis_Kelley i know where OM is also. speaking of that area. how is Micro Center for stuff. over priced?
09:02:34 PMGoodGuy saves a few dollars as well
09:02:46 PMGoodGuy They aren't too bad
09:03:04 PMGoodGuy Not super low prices, but pretty well stocked
09:03:27 PMGoodGuy Long lines for a cashier which annoys me
09:04:12 PMGoodGuy Hurts me to stand a long time and my wife can't sit outside in the cold too long, so sometimes I just walk out
09:04:42 PMGoodGuy Most ppl wouldn't have that problem though.. just slow at serving you
09:05:06 PMGoodGuy They ask every customer for name adddress info
09:05:29 PMGoodGuy and look it up even if you say I am in the database for years
09:06:05 PMGoodGuy If I decline to give info, they try to convince you why you want to lol
09:06:06 PM_Jot_ sounds like a lot of work for not a lot of benefit :)
09:06:13 PMGoodGuy I agree
09:06:34 PMGoodGuy Several times I have dropped orders and walked out rather than wait
09:07:02 PMGoodGuy wifey isn't reall happy if she sits in a hot or cold car for too long
09:07:36 PMGoodGuy Can't say I blame her, so I just leave the stuff
09:07:59 PMrobgor sounds like my local computer store sometimes I can wait for a while
09:07:59 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, dont'forget to tell Eric about my email if you haven't already
09:08:02 PMGoodGuy If you get there early, it moves pretty quick
09:08:10 PMRobbieF What email _Jot_?
09:08:17 PMGoodGuy Christmas time.... forget it lol
09:08:29 PMDennis_Kelley sounds like poor customer service
09:08:33 PM_Jot_ RobbieF, the one I send before the show, it's a little bit about him too
09:08:43 PM_Jot_ send it to live@category5.tv
09:08:44 PMRobbieF did you send it to live@?
09:08:45 PMRobbieF k
09:08:57 PMGoodGuy I think it is slow because they insist on asking for address data
09:09:10 PMRobbieF I know Hillary ran out of time reading through questions (my fault entirely), so maybe it hasn't been read yet?
09:09:18 PMDennis_Kelley that would do it. just hand them a card with your info
09:09:24 PMRobbieF Just checking; got it; thanks Jot.
09:09:32 PMGoodGuy I protested numerous times, but the cashiers have no choice
09:09:35 PM_Jot_ you're welcome RobbieF
09:09:56 PMDennis_Kelley RobbieF - Missed talking to you all the last few weeks!
09:09:59 PMGoodGuy Even if you did that, all the people in front of you wont
09:10:11 PMGoodGuy That is a good idea though
09:10:11 PMDennis_Kelley True That!
09:10:24 PM_Jot_ Here some stores ask for postal-codes, to know where customers are from, they aren't allowed other private data without registering their database and so on, which is too troublesome for most marketing
09:10:42 PMRobbieF Thanks for the kind words bro
09:10:45 PMGoodGuy You may have hit on a fix.. Issue customers a Micro Center ID card
09:11:01 PMGoodGuy If they show it, ship asking for what you already have
09:11:37 PMGoodGuy Our gas station does the postal code thing _Jot_
09:11:45 PMDennis_Kelley except sounds like the cashiers are not intelligent enough to work of the script they have!
09:11:46 PMGoodGuy stop asking
09:12:01 PMrobgor yeah I have a card from a tools store that I go to, though end up forgetting to take it most of the time
09:12:17 PMGoodGuy They got in trouble if they dont ask and record it I am assuming
09:12:57 PMGoodGuy Even if some ppl forgot it, the ones that didnt would help lines more faster
09:13:14 PMGoodGuy They want the address data to mail you a newspaper
09:13:41 PMDennis_Kelley all in the name of advertising!
09:13:43 PMGoodGuy so include a code in the address on the label etc
09:14:00 PMDennis_Kelley kind of sickening
09:14:37 PMGoodGuy when the line is almost to the back of the store, it is rude to ask each person slowing down the process
09:14:55 PMDennis_Kelley is that a beer gut on RobbieF from the side?
09:15:07 PMGoodGuy My only response to that is leave the items and buy online instead
09:15:26 PMrobgor Hey RobbieF did I send you a question about my ISP and gateway ip, Or it could have been here in the chat that I asked you last week. If so I have solved the problem so you could delete the question and give someone else the chance to ask one
09:16:01 PMDennis_Kelley anyway! I had a long day! I am off! Hope to be on for the CHRISTMAS special!
09:16:02 PMGoodGuy In my case I have a wife waitng outside since she drives me there and most ppl wouldn't have that situation
09:16:12 PMGoodGuy Night Dennis_Kelley
09:16:19 PM_Jot_ I think it's not a beer gut and RobbieF is really pregnant
09:16:26 PMGoodGuy I am going to take off also
09:16:39 PMDennis_Kelley RobbieF EricKidd - Cheers!
09:16:40 PMGoodGuy getting sore sitting too long
09:16:44 PMGoodGuy Night all
09:16:45 PM_Jot_ have a good time Dennis_Kelley and GoodGuy
09:16:46 PMrobgor night dennis
09:16:51 PM_Jot_ good health to you too :)
09:16:54 PMGoodGuy Thank you _Jot_
09:17:08 PMDennis_Kelley Thanks for the info Guys!
09:17:30 PM_Jot_ uhoh, EricKidd has a problem - his head is so heavy, fortunatly he can hold it so it doesn't fall off!
09:18:15 PMDennis_Kelley or he is just bored at what ever they are working on
09:18:35 PMDennis_Kelley Robbie is too - he is twittling his thumbs
09:18:38 PM_Jot_ well, RobbieF is in the room, so the word 'work' is probably not there :)
09:19:04 PMDennis_Kelley man eric looks too young!
09:19:22 PM_Jot_ yeah, he does :)
09:19:29 PMDennis_Kelley thanks Eric
09:19:59 PMDennis_Kelley Get back to work! You are not supposed to know we are here!
09:20:24 PM_Jot_ it is difficult work, drinking beer
09:20:42 PM_Jot_ you need a lot of practice for it
09:20:45 PMDennis_Kelley that is the only true way to get any true work done!
09:21:34 PMDennis_Kelley ok I am out! See ya!
09:24:59 PM_Jot_ I wonder what you are reading EricKidd, looks like songs?

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