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| Takyoji | Woo, just got 4 sticks of 128MB old DDR from a thrift store for $3 | 02:13 |
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| Takyoji | Heh, it would be interesting if a web browser had a regular expression search feature. :P | 02:27 |
| Takyoji | Hah, controlling a refrigerator using Linux. | 03:24 |
| kermit | i keep trying to add ram to my old file server but nothing works | 03:31 |
| Takyoji | I don't think RAM would be that significant on a file server | 03:32 |
| kermit | things werent very plug n play in 1997 | 03:32 |
| kermit | it only has 64MB though, thats pretty tight | 03:33 |
| Takyoji | ahh | 03:33 |
| Takyoji | How long ago was the 16-bit era? | 03:33 |
| Takyoji | If anyone is old enough to remember. :P | 03:34 |
| kermit | i started on 300 baud | 03:34 |
| kermit | i'm old enough | 03:34 |
| Takyoji | I don't even fully know the definition of "baud" :P | 03:36 |
| kermit | its the symbol rate | 03:36 |
| Takyoji | bytes/second? | 03:37 |
| kermit | no | 03:38 |
| Takyoji | What is Kubuntu's package manager interface? | 04:05 |
| Takyoji | What's the partition manager in Kubuntu? | 04:27 |
| Takyoji | I can't find Gparted nor Disk Utility right away | 04:27 |
| === sparkle_history is now known as sparklehistory | ||
| _diablo | are the ubuntu download mirrors down? | 06:26 |
| _diablo | i can't download anything | 06:26 |
| Takyoji | Awkward, haven't noticed. | 06:31 |
| Takyoji | Are you connecting directly to the Ubuntu servers, or a mirror of it? | 06:32 |
| _diablo | whatever their website directed me to visit | 06:49 |
| Takyoji | So you're trying to download the ISO, or? | 07:01 |
| Takyoji | You know, I need to learn to write device drivers. Just for the sake of doing things like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUmrddqU4N4 :P | 08:03 |
| Takyoji | and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXOSUUdwgc | 08:04 |
| Takyoji | or also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVDmjnCQ1g4 :P | 08:18 |
| kermit | write something so i can play those with my prefered player | 18:23 |
| kermit | more of the same http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4SCSGRVAQE&feature=related | 18:24 |
| kermit | wow there are thousands of these | 18:25 |
| kermit | i've always wanted to make a device that bolts to a door frame with a servo holding the door handle so that the door becomes a driver and the room a box, making a loudspeaker with a very very low frequency response. | 18:44 |
| kermit | with quick release so you still have a useful doorway | 18:45 |
| Takyoji | I suppose using a floppy drive would be most practical (considering I probably wouldn't have access to a laser engraver :P) | 20:10 |
| kermit | a printer works well too | 20:11 |
| kermit | not as good as a sound card and speakers, but you'll get by. | 20:12 |
| Takyoji | The one thing I haven't seen is someone make an orchestra out of floppy drives. :P | 20:15 |
| kermit | you'd have to find an 8" drive for a complete orchestra | 20:19 |
| Takyoji | I used to have one | 20:21 |
| Takyoji | Before I disassembled it into a couple billion pieces, many years ago. :P | 20:22 |
| Takyoji | xP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE76goL0ol8 | 20:30 |
| Takyoji | Holy crap, I didn't know with harddrives it was that simple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBG0s9Qtjkk | 21:21 |
| Alienarch | howdy | 22:00 |
| Takyoji | Hello | 22:04 |
| * Takyoji wonders if anyone here has poked around with Arduino at all | 22:39 | |
| kermit | Takyoji: were you at the dc612 meeting where that was the theme | 22:55 |
| Takyoji | I haven't been at any event that matches my interests aside from installfests. xP | 22:55 |
| kermit | http://dc612.org/index.php/2010/05/06/may-13th-dc612-arduino-video-games/ | 22:56 |
| kermit | i played pong on an arduino | 22:56 |
| Takyoji | So, I haven't even been to any DC612 meeting | 22:56 |
| kermit | this guy made it http://nootropicdesign.com/projectlab/ | 22:57 |
| Takyoji | ahh | 22:57 |
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