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