[05:19] <maxolasersquad> I
[05:19] <maxolasersquad> I think I just found a new level of geekness.  IRC through telnet!
[05:23] <maxolasersquad> Hmmm... Having to regularly PONG the server is no fun. :(
[08:25] <crashsystems1> Btw tron legacy was awesome! 
[16:12] <PocketBrain> wowee wowwah
[17:01] <itnet7> Hey there PocketBrain ! How are you ?
[17:01] <PocketBrain> Yo
[17:02] <PocketBrain> wow, a real human bean
[17:02] <itnet7> lol
[17:02] <PocketBrain> Ever since the sunset of dialup, it is hard to find a full room with real human beans in it.
[17:02] <PocketBrain> :-P
[17:02] <itnet7> All week I have been stuck in a class basically without connectivity
[17:02] <itnet7> :-)
[17:03] <PocketBrain> heh.  I have the great firewall of Lockheed-Martin to contend with at work; my Dell Streak does a handy job of opening up the world for me.
[17:03] <itnet7> Sweet, do you like the Streak?
[17:04] <itnet7> I have heard some good things about it
[17:04] <PocketBrain> They implemented the new firewall right after China dropped theirs for the 2008 olympics.  I think they got it 2nd hand from China.  Yes, L-M uses a firewall that was too restrictive for a totalitarian communist regime.
[17:04] <itnet7> ROFL PocketBrain !
[17:04] <RoAkSoAx> iit1dude how are you?
[17:04] <PocketBrain> It's pretty awesome; I do have a plan phone, but I managed to upgrade to Android 2.2 anyway.
[17:04] <RoAkSoAx> itnet7: 
[17:04] <itnet7> Hey there RoAkSoAx !
[17:05] <PocketBrain> I might try out DJ Steve's most current ROM when I get a chance.
[17:05] <itnet7> cool!
[17:05] <PocketBrain> I think everybody in the world with a Streak has 2.2 EXCEPT the AT&T plan models.
[17:06] <PocketBrain> RoAkSoAx wzup
[17:06] <RoAkSoAx> hi PocketBrain 
[17:07] <PocketBrain> I wonder how fast they will get Ginger up and running...
[17:07] <itnet7> I would love to take gingerbread for a test spin
[17:08] <itnet7> I have been having problems with my Evo, Sprint is giving me a replacement on Monday
[17:08] <PocketBrain> Aw man, I should record my boot test with Ubuntu on that old Dell laptop...  WinXP takes like 5 minutes to boot from the HDD, UBU 10.10 requires 53 seconds to boot, login, start OO.o word, enter 1 word, save, and shutdown.
[17:09] <PocketBrain> Aw man.  Buddy at work just got his Evo.  Has a couple of issues.  Their 4G is actually WiMax, ya know?
[17:09] <PocketBrain> (of course, 10.10 is booting from an old SSD)
[17:10] <itnet7> Yeah I heard that about the wimax
[17:11] <itnet7> Awesome on the boot time btw
[17:12] <PocketBrain> Zalright, it's still faster than 3G.
[17:13] <PocketBrain> I should acquire another 5.2krpm hard drive for the laptop and do a real boot comparison between the two.  Ever since 10.4, though, Ubuntu has supported SSDs, right?
[17:13] <itnet7> yes
[17:14] <itnet7> I want to check out the viewsonic tablet!
[17:14] <PocketBrain> It really shows.
[17:15] <PocketBrain> Android tablets are the next big thing; I think it's going to kill Chrome OS.
[17:16] <PocketBrain> Google will most likely fork Android to run on such devices, as they are being used as such already, and that will leave very little market for Chrome devices.
[17:21] <PocketBrain> #1 benefit of Android 2.2:  tethering.  WiFi, BlueToot, or USB.  I get a little bit moist thinking about it.
[17:21] <itnet7> PocketBrain: lol!!
[17:24] <PocketBrain> I like that USB tethering just worked when I tested it on a laptop booted to Fedora 14 at work.
[17:25] <PocketBrain> USB thumb drive OS no less.
[17:28] <itnet7> Yeah, I love the fact that the ACL's actually work without killing the connection now!!
[17:28] <itnet7> for Wifi Tether
[17:33] <PocketBrain> Now I just have to become a WINE pro.  :-)  There are a few crucial games that are tethering me to a MS OS.
[17:36] <PocketBrain> wotup gidim
[17:36] <gidim> Whoa, people! Yay!
[17:37] <PocketBrain> heh, I said the same thing.
[17:37] <gidim> It's been so quiet in here when I've been around lately.
[17:37] <itnet7> PocketBrain: I just recently bought the left4dead 2 game from steam, just have to tweak it a bit to get better fps
[17:37] <PocketBrain> You running in WINE?
[17:37] <itnet7> yup
[17:37] <PocketBrain> (itnet7)
[17:37] <itnet7> using the ppa
[17:37] <PocketBrain> rawk.   I wonder how StarCraft 2 would fare.
[17:38] <PocketBrain> I ran SC1 on an older Ubuntu/PC/WINE and it worked, but the sound was a little laggy.
[17:38] <itnet7> they had a deal at steam where you could buy l4d 2 for 5 bucks
[17:38] <PocketBrain> I need to get my brother some steampowered credits so he doesn't have to use my account to play Portal.
[17:38] <itnet7> or you could buy a copy for you and 3 of your friends for 14.99
[17:39] <itnet7> I haven't purchaseed Starcraft 2 yet, not sure how well they say it runs on wine
[17:39] <itnet7> hey there gidim !
[17:39] <itnet7> sorry..
[17:39] <itnet7> This month has been crazy, haven't been able to get in the channel as often as I'd like
[17:39] <gidim> I have StarCraft 2.
[17:39] <PocketBrain> OOooooooo.  I have a physical copy of L4D2 but haven't installed it yet.  Hey, when you buy that copy and 3 for your friends, do you have to decide who gets it right away?
[17:39] <gidim> I got it running in Wine, but never got to play it. My system is low on the reqs end.
[17:39] <itnet7> PocketBrain: no
[17:40] <itnet7> You get a place in your steam menu where you can send them out whenever
[17:40] <PocketBrain> Okay.  I have a GeForce GTX 470 card, so I'm good on the hardware side.
[17:41] <itnet7> Wow, the sale is over
[17:41] <itnet7> I was trying to get you the link
[17:42] <PocketBrain> aw durn
[17:42] <itnet7> http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/ back up to 59.99 for four copies
[17:42] <itnet7> 19.99 for one
[17:42] <gidim> Someday, when I get my EverQuest 1 working on Ubuntu... I will be content. :3
[17:42] <PocketBrain> I gotta grab by bro the Orange Box, anyway, when it is on sale next.
[17:43] <itnet7> I learned about the deal checking deals.woot.com
[17:43] <PocketBrain> Long-time wooter myself.  Black box.
[17:44] <PocketBrain> Also scan slickdeals.net from time to time.
[17:44] <itnet7> gidim: I thought Ever Quest did play on wine
[17:44] <itnet7> not sure how well though
[17:44] <itnet7> Nice PocketBrain !
[17:44] <gidim> It does to a point, but I never seem to have the ideal wine version that plays it perfectly.
[17:44] <itnet7> You should use the one from the ppa and use wine prefixes
[17:45] <itnet7> sometimes replacing the .dll's help too
[17:45] <PocketBrain> I wonder if I can get Battlezone and Battlezone 2 to play on WINE?  Awesome game, but doesn't run on the NT windows, so I'm hosed from XP on.
[17:45] <gidim> I would love to just take a couple years out of my life, access their source and re-code it to run native. They're obviously never going to. :3
[17:45] <itnet7> :-)
[17:46] <PocketBrain> Maybe you could find some haxx0rz in "Anonymous" to get the source for you... give them something to do other than economic terrorism.
[17:46] <itnet7> PocketBrain: you may be able to play it using Dosbox
[17:46] <gidim> Indeed. Nothing against those EQemu folks, but I wanna pay my $15/mo and play on the official servers, where I know people.
[17:47] <gidim> Well, $45/mo. I have three accounts.
[17:47] <itnet7> Understandable
[17:48] <PocketBrain> Nice, BZ2 does indeed run on WINE, with gold rating.  http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=8851&iTestingId=48153 
[17:49] <PocketBrain> dang, you're hardcore.  I don't have any subscription gaming accounts; I tend to pay the up-front costs and game with "free" play.
[17:49] <PocketBrain> http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/
[17:49] <PocketBrain> Afraid of losing myself to the horde, so to speak.
[17:52] <PocketBrain> howdy enjalot
[18:13] <gidim> Phew, didn't miss much. I was worried. Chris Rock is on Comedy Central. :3
[18:13] <PocketBrain> oooo
[18:14] <PocketBrain> watching Portal 2 trailers on steam
[18:18] <itnet7> I don't play anything with a monthly fee
[18:21] <gidim> I used to be the same way. When EverQuest came out, I was on Diablo 2 saying, "Haha, suckers! Go ahead, pay a monthly fee, I got non-stop Diablo for free!"
[18:22] <gidim> Then, I got a credit card in college, free first month, I tried it... and my social life as I knew it was over, as was my bank account.
[18:22] <PocketBrain> Yeah, I can see a pay-for-play service being worth it, but I couldn't afford it after I got fired for showing up late for work after a weekend of no sleep.  ;-)
[18:24] <itnet7> :-) I do purchase practically all of the native games that have been release by indies
[18:25] <itnet7> http://www.humblebundle.com/
[18:25] <itnet7> I am about to get these soon I believe
[18:25] <PocketBrain> ooooo
[18:28] <PocketBrain> Nifty.  All compatible with Linux.
[18:29] <itnet7> yup
[18:31] <itnet7> I played the deme of some of them, really fun. I like the whole concept of them having you name the price too
[18:31] <PocketBrain> I might get my brother/kids this.  They have both PC and MAC.
[18:31] <itnet7> Not because I'm cheap, but it shows they aren't about the money
[18:31] <itnet7> at least not all about the money
[18:35] <gidim> I think I really need to start playing MineCraft.
[18:36] <PocketBrain> heh do you?
[18:36] <gidim> I think I do, yes. The youtube videos look so fun.
[18:36] <PocketBrain> It may take over.
[18:38] <PocketBrain> Can you play Cortex Command in windowed mode?  Fullscreen on the video makes me a tad queazy.
[18:40] <PocketBrain> Nice, and the bundle is giftable.
[18:41] <PocketBrain> Hmmm.... it has a piegraph of revenue by platform.  Do I have to choose platform for the license?
[18:43] <PocketBrain> Howdy Michelle
[18:46] <MichelleQ> hi PocketBrain
[18:46] <gidim> Alright, I'll be back later, but now I have to get ready to go to work... at Barnes & Noble! :D :D :D
[18:46] <itnet7> PocketBrain: Not sure, haven't bought them yet
[18:46] <PocketBrain> so what're you up to on this fine, rainy saturday?
[18:47] <gidim> I love my new job. :3
[18:47] <PocketBrain> Later, Gidim.
[18:47] <itnet7> gidim: sweet talk with you soon
[18:48] <MichelleQ> I'm working on the house, trying to convince my knee to not scream at me.
[18:48] <MichelleQ> itnet7: y'all still headed over today?
[18:49] <itnet7> MichelleQ: we wanted to, but Hannya isn't getting off of work for until around 5
[18:49] <itnet7> Are you still having it?
[18:50] <itnet7> MichelleQ: is it raining badly in Lakeland? It's pouring here
[18:51] <PocketBrain> It was gushing down here in WPB earlier, but it's just drizzle at best now.
[18:52] <MichelleQ> itnet7: we're going til about 9.  Up to you guys if you want to come.
[18:52] <MichelleQ> it's cleared up and is nice and sunny here - cooled off nicely.
[18:53] <itnet7> Let me see what she says when she gets here... I will let you know as soon as I can. 
[18:58] <MichelleQ> no worries.  If you can, come.  It's a drop-in-and-out sort of thing, so don't stress
[19:22] <itnet7> bbl