[07:17] <imbrandon> wow , i found something really neat
[07:17] <imbrandon> that really needs a writeup on the fridge
[07:18] <imbrandon> but i dont think i'm the one ot do it ( not my forte` )
[07:18] <nixternal> and it is???
[07:18] <imbrandon> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6147197554.html
[07:18] <imbrandon> AMD's low-cost PIC boots Edubuntu
[07:18] <imbrandon> ^
[07:18] <imbrandon> hot off the presses, i think thats a major story for edubuntu and should be showcased
[07:18] <imbrandon> imho
[07:20] <imbrandon> soo you gonna write it up nixternal ?
[07:20] <nixternal> im just reading through it making sure it isn't a hoax, since its origin hasn't been translated
[07:20] <nixternal> i can't believe it took someone 2 years to hack that thing though ;)
[07:21] <nixternal> it took people 1 day to load linux on a xbox ;)
[07:21] <imbrandon> its not a hack, its the second gen bios
[07:21] <nixternal> alrighty..im posting this...it looks cool as all hell as well
[07:21] <imbrandon> its "designed" for it now
[07:21] <imbrandon> its not a hack, its the second gen bios
[07:29] <nixternal> my lord you buddy j keeps msg'n the fdjakjfda out of me
[07:29] <nixternal> im tyring to type this and the konvo osd pops up every 5 seconds
[07:30] <nixternal> Your PIC; Edubuntu or Windows?
[07:30] <nixternal> how is that for a title?
[07:32] <imbrandon> lol
[07:33] <imbrandon> nixternal, yea that seems fine
[07:33] <imbrandon> nixternal, does this fire the osd ?
[07:33] <imbrandon> nixternal, every time ?
[07:33] <nixternal> grrr
[07:33] <imbrandon> ;)
[07:33] <nixternal> not when the winder is active ;)
[07:34] <nixternal> im sick of him asking me about you as well
[07:34] <nixternal> speak to the dude already ;)
[07:34] <imbrandon> bah, i got tired of his clingly ness
[07:34] <imbrandon> i've successfully ignored him for 2 weeks
[07:34] <imbrandon> and plan to keep it up
[07:34] <nixternal> oh..believe you me, i know what you freakin' mean
[07:35] <imbrandon> i tried to hint, i tried to nicely tell him, then i finly jsut told him flat out
[07:35] <imbrandon> and put him on /ignore
[07:36] <nixternal> lol
[07:36] <nixternal> he is lonely
[07:36] <nixternal> don't be mean to him
[07:36] <nixternal> he needs somebody to lean on
[07:36] <nixternal> he just might have problem
[07:36] <nixternal> that you'd understand
[07:36] <imbrandon> i'm not mean, i just dont have the time and i told him that many times
[07:36] <nixternal> we all need somebody
[07:37] <nixternal> to lean on
[07:37] <imbrandon> shush
[07:37] <nixternal> hahahah
[07:37] <nixternal> i started singing it..so i thought you all would enjoy it ;)
[07:37] <imbrandon> i'll format your boxen and make you run gentoo forever
[07:37] <nixternal> gentoo ftw
[07:37] <nixternal> im a ricer at heart
[07:38] <nixternal> i think i have come to realise that i can't write worth a crap
[07:38] <imbrandon> you might have robitaille poke that story after you finish
[07:38] <imbrandon> he always has nice touches
[07:38] <nixternal> ya, with this one he just might rm -rf it
[07:38] <imbrandon> haha
[07:38] <imbrandon> heya robitaille
[07:38] <nixternal> i dont' know what happened...my brain just dropped into a diaper
[07:39] <imbrandon> i pointed nix to ....
[07:39] <imbrandon> [00:18]  <imbrandon> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6147197554.html
[07:39] <imbrandon> [00:18]  <imbrandon> AMD's low-cost PIC boots Edubuntu
[07:39] <nixternal> i seriously can't find much interesting to say
[07:39] <imbrandon> i thnk it will be nice for the fridge, its hot off the press at digg
[07:39] <nixternal> i summed up that page in 2 sentences
[07:39] <nixternal> i will link to the stats though
[07:39] <nixternal> so it might not be a huge post
[07:40] <nixternal> as the buggers already loaded up slax first ;(
[07:40] <nixternal> that is just as big for OLPC as well, as it seems it was their image of Edubuntu they loaded..however i would'nt know the difference if you slapped me with it
[07:40] <robitaille> not the most exciting article.  Yes it nice...but not much to say beside it works
[07:41] <nixternal> Yes PIC, as in Personal Internet Computer. These things popped up a few years back by AMD running a stripped down version of Windows CE. Well, it seems that after 2 years there is a second-generation BIOS that the Computer and Peripheral Testing Laboratory, in the Thailand Science Park, near Bangkok University, has successfully booted Edubuntu on one.
[07:41] <nixternal> and that isn't correct..it needs to say "an OLPC image of Edubuntu"
[07:42] <nixternal> hrmm..and it needs to be "Communicator" not "computer"
[07:52] <nixternal> <!-- Article Awaiting in Queue -->
[08:00] <robitaille> 2nd generation BIOS?
[08:00] <robitaille> or 2nd generation PIC instead?
[08:02] <nixternal> i read 2nd gen bios
[08:03] <nixternal> but, a 2nd gen bios would make it a 2nd gen pic as well ;)
[08:03] <nixternal> weird seeing bios and pic used together..im used to using a pic to program a bios/rom
[08:04] <robitaille> bottom line:  there was a new version of the PIC, and it happens to be less Windows CE-centric.  At least thats my take on the article
[08:04] <robitaille> on linuxdevices.com
[08:05] <nixternal> well..it still hsips with winCE..they just hacked the bios it seems
[08:05] <nixternal> ships*
[08:09] <robitaille> I have done a minor change to the sentence that used to mention BIOS. what to do you think?  Other than that, I think its ready to be published
[08:09] <nixternal> good to go...let her rip
[08:12] <robitaille> its out.  Thanks for writing this
[08:12] <nixternal> heh, no prob