[00:03] <jfenn2199> Good evening all
[00:04] <cyberanger> evening jfenn2199
[00:04] <cyberanger> how's the weather
[00:04] <jfenn2199> White Death 2011 begins!
[00:05] <jfenn2199> Unfortunately the odds of a snow thunder storm have significantly dropped
[00:08] <cyberanger> same here I think
[00:08] <cyberanger> idk, it's hard to tell
[00:08] <cyberanger> netritious: how big is his hdd gonna be?
[00:08] <cyberanger> and can you throw in a thumbdrive
[00:11] <netritious> cyberanger: not big enough (40G)
[00:12] <netritious> I mean, I could squeeze it in there if I had to, but would rather give him that space to do other things
[00:12] <cyberanger> agreed, but for what I was thinking, it works
[00:12]  * cyberanger pokes excid3|mbp into telling netritious about keryx
[00:12] <excid3|mbp> herro
[00:12] <netritious> I know about keryx ;)
[00:12] <cyberanger> and I have a script on the same lines
[00:13] <excid3|mbp> :)
[00:13] <cyberanger> and yet your gonna burn the hell outta some dvd's, well ok
[00:13] <cyberanger> :-D
[00:13] <netritious> brb in a sec.. jfenn2199 going to look at this White Death hehe
[00:14] <cyberanger> excid3|mbp: btw, that script has really worked, still adapting it to fakepository usage
[00:14] <netritious> cyberanger: yeah, I mean the dude lives in a rural part of MS that I don't get down to very often
[00:14] <excid3|mbp> cyberanger: awesome!
[00:14] <netritious> dvd's are cheap too
[00:17] <cyberanger> netritious: so a usb drive to the local library is pointless
[00:17] <cyberanger> or a boost mobile phone and 15 a month on it
[00:17] <cyberanger> it works
[00:17] <netritious> he uses landline for phone
[00:18] <netritious> the only service provider out his way is dish
[00:18] <netritious> well, directv
[00:18] <cyberanger> the phone was for internet, but in that case, a linux modem, and 5 bucks a month
[00:20] <netritious> he's on a fixed income in the woods man, he's not interested in internet
[00:21] <cyberanger> can't blame him
[00:21] <cyberanger> the word addict comes to mind (for me)
[00:22] <netritious> addicted to the internet? you? noooo, don't believe it :D
[00:23] <cyberanger> ok, so I'mm not an addict (denial is the first step ;-)) they have meetings
[00:24] <netritious> this guy is a family friend that just needs a computer and some way to maintain it himself since I don't come around but every few years
[00:25] <cyberanger> and thus why I did suggest keryx or similar though
[00:25] <netritious> another friend, also in the "no internet boat" he lives about 400m/1300ft from my house, so thinking that I might be able to set up a directional antenna to provide some wifi access
[00:25] <cyberanger> head to the public library, keep it up to date
[00:25] <cyberanger> if you got los, that's no sweat
[00:26] <cyberanger> I've done 3 and 5 mile links
[00:26] <netritious> los?
[00:26] <cyberanger> like to try 30 miles next
[00:26] <cyberanger> line of sight
[00:26] <netritious> yeah, from the chimney's anyway
[00:26] <cyberanger> nothing in the way to degrade the signal
[00:26] <cyberanger> tree, so on
[00:26] <netritious> might be a tree or two
[00:26] <netritious> maybe...not 100% on that yet
[00:29] <netritious> I wonder if I would do better with an omni directional antenna instead
[00:32] <cyberanger> well, if you can get him and you on a directional, say with a ubiquity bullet, and then each have a local network with omni's that be best
[00:32] <cyberanger> easy to firewall off
[00:47] <chibihogoshino> netritious: you could get two old dishnetwork dishes and stick a antenna on the front of them
[00:48] <netritious> I'm thinking I might use directv dishes since we both have them and neither of us use them for anyhting and don't intend to
[00:48] <netritious> *anything
[00:48] <netritious> we both used to have dtv but don't anymore and haven't in a long time
[00:49] <netritious> change out the LNB for something wifi capable
[00:49] <netritious> I've seen a video or two on converting a dtv dish
[00:49] <chibihogoshino> that would be cool
[00:56] <chibihogoshino> iv seen people just stick a usb wifi adapter on the dish
[01:03] <netritious> chibihogoshino: yep
[01:03] <netritious> pringle can on a dish :)
[01:04] <chibihogoshino> heh yeah
[01:06] <cyberanger> it works
[01:06] <cyberanger> I've done it
[01:13] <chibihogoshino> how far has that gone cyberanger ?
[01:14] <cyberanger> at least 5mi
[01:14] <cyberanger> haven't seen further yet
[01:14] <chibihogoshino> with a usb ?
[01:15] <cyberanger> the design should be fine tuned to 30 miles at least
[01:15] <cyberanger> no, N Connector
[01:15] <chibihogoshino> oh
[01:53] <chibihogoshino> cyberanger: did you use two routers or wifi cards for that ?
[01:57] <cyberanger> technically routers
[01:57] <cyberanger> at that point
[01:57] <cyberanger> but it didn't matter
[01:59] <chibihogoshino> what was the power out put ?
[02:02] <cyberanger> well, idk the gain on the antenna, so I can't fully factor that, but I cut down the power the router had, from 42mW to I think 15mW
[02:02] <cyberanger> but that's not peak emitting power
[02:02] <cyberanger> which legally must be under 1W
[02:03] <cyberanger> (or I can be a ham operator and cook chickens at 1500W PEP) but at that distance, directional antennas, that still might have been more than necessary
[02:25] <chibihogoshino> you could light a few neon lights along the way
[12:49] <wrst> well cyberanger we do have snow after all shockingly enough
[12:50] <wrst> and cyberanger you might want to idnetify yourself
[14:11] <Xpistos> How bad is the snow where you all are
[14:11] <Xpistos> oh yeah
[14:11] <Xpistos> hi
[14:11] <Xpistos> wrst
[14:12] <wrst> hey Xpistos not bad 2-4" here
[14:44] <Xpistos> same as here
[14:55] <wrst> sounds like down south got a lot of snow
[16:03] <netritious> yeah about 3-4"
[16:08] <wrst> cool netritious so you surviving the blizzard of 2011 :)
[16:08] <netritious> yeah...turned the heat up lol
[16:09] <wrst> ha ha i'm about to go find some early lunch in celebration i think
[16:18] <Xpistos> I can't believe there are people with huge trucks
[16:18] <Xpistos> that couldn't get to work
[16:19] <Xpistos> that live closer than me
[16:19] <Xpistos> and I drive a toyota corolla
[16:19] <Xpistos> Yeah, I didn't feel bad when the president of the company was in my bosses office and I said "Well, i made it fine"
[16:24] <wrst> i made it in bright and early too Xpistos
[16:48] <wrst> greetings pace_t_zulu
[16:49] <pace_t_zulu> morningwr
[16:49] <pace_t_zulu> morning wrst
[16:50] <wrst> pace_t_zulu: how's it going?
[16:50] <pace_t_zulu> wrst: you can seen i am accustomed to autocompleting your handle after the 'wr'
[16:50] <pace_t_zulu> wrst: well, you?
[16:50] <pace_t_zulu> wrst: you make it into work today?
[16:50] <wrst> ha ha i do it after the pa pace_t_zulu :)
[16:50] <wrst> yep not that much up here pace_t_zulu compared to what we have already had probably 3-4"
[16:51] <pace_t_zulu> wrst: its nice powder in nashville right now... tomorrow could be bad if it becomes ice
[16:52] <wrst> yeah i suspect especially so if many try to get out in it
[19:44] <wrst> cyberanger: welcome back again :)
[19:46] <cyberanger> heh, barely
[19:47] <cyberanger> celluar and battery power only
[19:53] <wrst> well good to see you what of you is here :)
[19:56] <cyberanger> last night I rushed shutting down, killed the client, nearly shut down my server by mistake, in haste
[19:57] <cyberanger> and in the morning, power loss
[20:00] <wrst> power loss stinks :\
[20:23] <cyberanger> yep
[20:24] <cyberanger> not unexpected though
[20:25] <wrst> still... as i know they really can mess you up :)
[20:29] <cyberanger> back up
[20:30] <cyberanger> wrst: naw, not really
[20:30] <cyberanger> I mean it can, but precautions already factored both in
[20:31] <cyberanger> unfortunately not implemented as what happened, and ideally maintained or setup
[20:32] <cyberanger> but unless celluar went down (too localized I expect, car hit the right pole is what I figure) I was good
[20:32] <wrst> cyberanger: i am looking to change my setup some so when the power goes off my server will start back up the usb hard drives and it do not get along at all
[20:32] <wrst> but the car not so good
[20:34] <cyberanger> conserving power by sticking to the G2 smartphone was smart, I'm not where I'd like to be on battery capacity, doable but the downtime was more than I factored for
[20:35] <cyberanger> and I wasn't set for what I did factor
[20:35] <cyberanger> yeah, you might want to look at your bios boot order
[20:35] <cyberanger> and maybe you can shut off usb boot entirely
[20:35] <cyberanger> that's not ideal
[20:40] <cyberanger> wrst: have you looked at the bios to see if boot settings plays a role
[20:43] <wrst> yeah cyberanger no luck there just going esata on it
[20:56] <cyberanger> idk if that'd change it, if it's still booting to external hdd
[21:00] <cyberanger> guess it's worth a shot
[21:43] <netritious> ubuntu-tennessee.org's IP has changed. may take a few hours to resolve.
[21:43] <netritious> but it's there, and now should have less trouble using SSL
[21:46] <netritious> I got tired of trying to figure out how to force WP to redirect to an alternate port (:500) trying to be stingy with my statics, but after six months of trying on and off again I give up :P
[21:55] <cyberanger> you sure it was 6 months
[21:55] <cyberanger> we've had the domain for over 11 months now
[21:55] <cyberanger> gotta renew it next month
[21:56] <cyberanger> glad it's working reguardless
[21:57] <netritious> for some reason I was under the impression that you purchased the domain for two years?
[21:58] <netritious> I know the SSL cert is for two years
[21:58] <netritious> and yes, I'm pretty sure it's around or at six months
[21:58] <netritious> since initially the site was hosted on a dedicated VM and was moved to the shared hosting server
[22:00] <cyberanger> nope, I think I did say that it'd be covered that long at least
[22:00] <netritious> well, initially it was hosted on a free service somewhere and then moved to a dedicated vm Nov 2009
[22:00] <cyberanger> due to ssl
[22:01] <cyberanger> or something like that
[22:02] <netritious> yeah the SSL cert expires in Mar 2012
[22:02] <netritious> Mar 1 20:53:39 2012 GMT to be exact
[22:03] <cyberanger> so it would have been an issue anyhow
[22:04] <cyberanger> if I said two years
[22:05] <cyberanger> if I had it set for two years and split, then you'd be scrambling for a month
[22:05] <cyberanger> good thing we got that framework working out
[22:05] <cyberanger> however it seems it's been unnecessary
[22:06] <cyberanger> but everything is unnecessary until proven otherwise, and that was our track record at that time
[22:06] <netritious> not sure I understand what you mean
[22:12] <netritious> anyways I'm out...l8rs