[00:26] <ChinnoDog> ssweeny: Now that I've installed Banshee stable I can't launch it from the sound menu. Any idea why?
[00:27] <ChinnoDog> oh. It is a plugin
[01:20] <ssweeny> there you go
[03:18] <ChinnoDog> sup lamalex
[03:19] <lamalex> hey ChinnoDog
[03:29] <bts3685|vps> hahaha
[03:29] <bts3685|vps> also, lamalex on xchat and not irssi?
[03:29] <bts3685|vps> WHAT IS THIS, I DON'T EVEN
[03:44] <EvilPhoenix> lol
[03:46] <InHisName> Why not laugh all at the same time ?   At the count of 3, laugh!
[03:46] <InHisName> ONE
[03:47] <InHisName> TWO
[03:48] <InHisName> THREE
[03:48] <InHisName> Ha Ha Ho No
[03:59] <waltman> heh
[04:05]  * ChinnoDog smacks InHisName around a bit with a large trout
[04:06] <ChinnoDog> oh. slaps
[04:06] <ChinnoDog> It is so old I can't remember it correctly anymore
[04:06]  * ChinnoDog slaps InHisName around a bit with a large trout
[04:07]  * InHisName Laughs out LOUD at silly guy who forgot how to insult fellow irc chatters.
[04:19]  * EvilPhoenix hits InHisName with a frying pan for laughing loudly
[04:20]  * InHisName sees stars and birdies while Chorkling
[04:51] <ChinnoDog> Shhh, peeps are sleeping
[04:51] <InHisName> ZZZZzzzzzzz
[06:33] <bts3685|vps> freenode_unicorn_april_fools_motd++
[06:36] <pleia2> I wish it was always a unicorn
[06:36] <pleia2> awesome_things_as_jokes--
[06:37] <pleia2> hahaha angry birds porkrinds
[06:37] <pleia2> http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bd/?pfm=Carousel_20110401_Angry_Birds_1
[06:38] <bts3685|vps> om nom nom
[06:38] <bts3685|vps> pleia2: you could use a packet injector to strip the normal freenode motd and replace it with a unicorn!
[06:38] <andrew> frik'n woot game
[06:38] <bts3685|vps> unicorns_all_the_dang_time++
[06:39] <pleia2> I remember when slashdot pinkified for april fools, it was awesome
[06:39] <bts3685|vps> didn't i do my first openwrt preso on 4/1?
[06:39] <bts3685|vps> hence the OMGPONIES redirect?
[06:39]  * pleia2 looks
[06:40] <pleia2> 4/1/2009CentralUSPOpenWrtBrent Saner
[06:40] <pleia2> si
[06:40] <pleia2> I heart sparkle ponies
[06:44] <bts3685|vps> 5http://g.rainwreck.com/~bts/omgponies/
[06:44] <PennBot> Title: OMGPONIES!!! (at g.rainwreck.com)
[06:46] <bts3685|vps> err, minus the 5
[06:56] <andrew> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/
[06:56] <PennBot> Title: OMG! Ubuntu! | Everything Ubuntu. Terminally. (at www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
[07:06] <bts3685|vps> ....so. much. win.
[07:06] <andrew> have you distroyed the internet yet?
[07:08] <bts3685|vps> qui, moi?
[07:11] <andrew> rm -rf / on that site
[07:12] <bts3685|vps> hahahah
[07:12] <bts3685|vps> AND YET LS STILL WORKS AFTER I DO IT
[07:12] <bts3685|vps> I SMELL SHENANIGANS
[07:19] <andrew> bts3685|vps: also try to vim/emacs a file
[07:21] <bts3685|vps> vim is for kids?! D:
[07:21] <bts3685|vps> nuh uh, it's for sysadmins!
[07:21] <bts3685|vps> emacs is for devs
[07:22] <bts3685|vps> because devs and feature-creep go hand-in-hand
[07:22] <bts3685|vps> heh
[07:29] <andrewDROID> bts3685|vps: the game
[07:30] <bts3685|vps> GAHHHHH
[07:30] <andrewDROID> Had to do it
[07:31] <andrewDROID> Night
[07:31] <bts3685|vps> y'bastid.
[08:52] <bts3685|vps> holy crap, netcat/socat/cryptcat/etc. are so awesome. <3
[08:52] <bts3685|vps> YOU CAN MAKE AN INET DAEMON OUT OF ANYTHINGGGG
[09:08] <bts3685|vps> for instance, ncat (nmap's bundled netcat; it's the only maintained linux version that supports persistent/multiple connections-  via -k) is pretty handy:
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> run    ncat -l -k -e `which date` 1234    (if you have a recent version of nmap installed)  and then open up localhost:1234 in a browser. :D
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> hit refresh and the date changes. huzzah!
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> telnet in and:   zsh 4998 % telnet localhost 1234
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> Trying 127.0.0.1...
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> Connected to localhost.
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> Escape character is '^]'.
[09:09] <bts3685|vps> Fri Apr  1 03:09:21 CDT 2011
[09:10] <bts3685|vps> (and then the connection closes. replace the `which date` part with `which watch (which date)`, i think, if you want it to update)
[09:12] <bts3685|vps> whoops, nevermind:  i mean     ncat -l -k -e "`which watch date`" 1234
[09:13] <bts3685|vps> 'course, then this stops working with a browser because it just continually loads data...more, and more, and more...
[09:13] <bts3685|vps> until eventually your browser times out and you get an ugly-looking stream
[11:50] <JonathanD> Good Morning Pennsylvania.
[12:12] <rmg51> o/
[12:24] <jedijf> for the record. backing up server.
[12:26] <andrew> morning
[13:23] <MutantTurkey> morning
[13:42] <InHisName> Pretty snow fall here.   Mornin' JonathanD
[13:48] <JonathanD> InHisName: yes, april fools snow eh? :P
[13:51] <InHisName> Get a load of what woot.com is doing       It's bag of crap day and not selling out so quickly.
[13:52] <InHisName> Forced to play game 'delivering' woots.   Must achieve level 7 to win chance to buy BOC.
[13:58] <JonathanD> bah
[13:58] <JonathanD> I've tried 3 times now.
[13:59] <JonathanD> I keep getting 2 objects side by side.
[14:04] <JonathanD> is this even posible?
[14:13] <SamuraiAlba> Good bacon to all!
[14:15] <JonathanD> this is unpossible.
[14:17] <SamuraiAlba> What?  You think the world is nuts just because I got engaged?
[14:19] <JonathanD> yes.
[14:19] <JonathanD> no
[14:19] <JonathanD> I mean the woot thing.
[14:20] <SamuraiAlba> ahhh
[14:20] <SamuraiAlba> Anyone here play Runes of Magic?
[14:47] <InHisName> What is 2 side by side mean ?    I had cannon to shoot woots into homes. Had to dodge junk on road as it moved along.
[14:48] <InHisName> Sometimes I made it into homes sometimes missed.   Hit trash, game done, if NOT level 7 then  NO BUY BOC.
[14:48] <InHisName> I got to level 2 once.   Nice to save $8.
[14:49] <InHisName> JonathanD: snow doesn't bother me much if I can hang in basement IRC'ing.
[15:01] <ChinnoDog> unicorn....
[16:32] <ChinnoDog> Google_Motion++
[16:32] <ChinnoDog> oh, sorry
[16:32] <ChinnoDog> Gmail_Motion++
[16:33] <ChinnoDog> I want to know what Google's budget for Aprils Fools is.
[16:33] <EvilPhoenix> 5 billion dollars
[16:37] <ChinnoDog> Wouldn't you be a little dubious if you worked for Google and they told you that you would be spending the next month working on their April Fools joke?
[16:39] <EvilPhoenix> lol
[16:41] <andrew> I got to level 4 last night when the BOC was at level 3, but the darn server stopped responding so I could never buy
[16:41] <ChinnoDog> Seems like good subject matter for a corporate hazing for interns. "We have a special project for you, guys! Be sure to tell your friends about it, its going to be big." And then it appears on google.com on Apr 1...
[16:41] <andrew> Like gmail?
[16:42] <ChinnoDog> Like internet through the toilet
[16:44] <andrew> sweet, free chalk from PRG
[17:31] <andrew> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=21-24+Millbank+London+SW1P+4QP++United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Millbank+Tower,+21-24+Millbank,+London,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.492774,-0.12454&spn=0.005571,0.013937&z=17
[17:31] <PennBot> Title: 21-24 Millbank London SW1P 4QP United Kingdom - Google Maps (at maps.google.com)
[17:33] <bts3685|vps> hahaha NARWHAL
[17:44] <pleia2> awesome
[18:04] <ChinnoDog> Is there a joke beyond the fact there is a critter in the Thames?
[18:12] <JonathanD> InHisName: I kept getting 2 objects blocking the 2 lanes so it was impossible to pass.
[18:13] <andrew> ChinnoDog: Ubuntu 11.04
[18:16] <ChinnoDog> oh. k.
[18:17] <andrew> http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html#src=twitter
[18:17] <PennBot> Title: Autocompleter - Mountain View - US jobs - Google (at www.google.com)
[18:56] <InHisName> Hey jedijf, this just in on backups:   now store your back-ups on paper!  http://mashable.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-livedrive/
[18:56] <PennBot> Title: Online File Storage & Backup Service Gets Innovative With New, Paper Option [VIDEO] (at mashable.com)
[18:59] <InHisName> I saw two objects blocking just a slight askew.   I somehow slid between them and DIDN't end the game, JonathanD   maybe at the precise pixel it still may go.
[19:00] <ChinnoDog> lol
[19:01] <andrew> Everyone was aware that yesterday was World Backup Day
[19:01] <andrew> http://www.worldbackupday.net/
[19:01] <PennBot> Title: World Backup Day 2011 - March 31st (at www.worldbackupday.net)
[19:01] <ChinnoDog> I still remember once upon a time seeing something on the news about how people were writing files to paper as dense bar codes and the news people were saying about how it could be a new way to transfer files. I was rolling my eyes the first time I saw it.
[19:18] <andrew> "Does your floppy disk have too much storage space? Want something even larger, floppier, and more fragile? Well look no further, paper is here!"
[19:42] <ChinnoDog> The question is, just how dense can you potentially store data on a sheet of paper?
[19:43] <ChinnoDog> You have horizontal, vertical, and spectral axis available to you.
[19:45] <ChinnoDog> If you can scan at a higher resolution than you print I think your efficiency goes up considerably
[20:05] <InHisName> think 8 translucent colors all readable and 2500x1600 dots x 8 levels give lots more than 2MB
[20:33] <ChinnoDog> You can't multiplex colors unless you are scanning at a resolution lower than printing resolution, in which case you have already lost a lot of data
[20:34] <ChinnoDog> Right? iirc, printers do not print colors over one another
[20:34] <ChinnoDog> They print dots next to each other
[20:34] <ChinnoDog> I could be wrong..
[20:35]  * ChinnoDog looks for a color printout
[20:35] <ChinnoDog> I don't have one. I don't have a color printer set up here. lol
[20:37] <ChinnoDog> I guess I've seen inkjets that print overtop of itself. Thats how pages get soggy
[20:37] <ChinnoDog> Ok, in that case you can have as many colors as there are permutations of the number of colors you have in your printer
[20:37] <ChinnoDog> 6 colors = 6 bits = 64 values per dot
[20:38] <bts3685|vps> ChinnoDog: laserjets print color on top of each other
[20:38] <ChinnoDog> k
[20:38] <ChinnoDog> Are they capable of varying the amplitude of an individual color?
[20:39] <ChinnoDog> Or is that achieved through dot density alone?
[20:51] <bts3685|vps> laserjets don't really do "dots"
[20:52] <bts3685|vps> they use a laser to carve an electrostatic image on a photosensitive drum and the toner bonds to the differential charge
[20:52] <ChinnoDog> It is still measured as pixels, but the paper (and maybe the drum) resolution is too low to separate them
[20:53] <bts3685|vps> you can change CONTRAST by changing the voltage of the developing roller though
[20:53] <ChinnoDog> hrm. This is all very complicated
[20:53] <ChinnoDog> Even with an assumption the scanner is higher res than the printer it gets ugly
[20:53] <bts3685|vps> err.. paper doesn't have a resolution, and neither does the drum. the "resolution" on the drum is as precise as the laser can move steadily
[20:54] <ChinnoDog> The drum is not as precise as the laser, it is going to depend on how accurately the toner sticks to charged areas. If one charged area attracts a glob of toner instead of just enough particles to fill it, your resolution goes down. It can't be perfect.
[20:55] <ChinnoDog> I suspect attracting particles is far less accurate than aiming a laser
[20:56] <bts3685|vps> http://www.howstuffworks.com/laser-printer.htm
[20:56] <PennBot> Title: HowStuffWorks "How Laser Printers Work" (at www.howstuffworks.com)
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> HEY, ANDREW
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> I GOT SOMETHIN' FOR YA.
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[22:02] <bts3685|vps>   .||.   .||  ||. .||....|
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> .|'''''|      /.\      '||\   /||` '||''''|
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> || .         // \\      ||\\.//||   ||   .
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> || |''||    //...\\     ||     ||   ||'''|
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> ||    ||   //     \\    ||     ||   ||
[22:02] <bts3685|vps> `|....|' .//       \\. .||     ||. .||....|
[22:03] <bts3685|vps> aww boo. didn't paste the whole thing correctly. oh well, got the point across.
[22:03] <bts3685|vps> enjoy april fools', ya jerk
[22:04] <MutantTurkey> what was that?
[22:04] <PennBot> what or correct
[22:04] <MutantTurkey> you lost the game?
[22:05] <MutantTurkey> everyone, please don't run "cowsay -f sodomized" through here
[22:10] <waltman> Yes, this is a family channel
[22:11] <bts3685|vps> oh, it was originally "the game"
[22:11] <bts3685|vps> andrew: ^
[22:16] <ChinnoDog> ASCII art fail. Its no good if you have to explain it. Just give up.
[22:17] <ssweeny> not that it was really that funny to start with
[22:17]  * ssweeny thinks we need to have an intervention with bts3685|vps and the game
[22:17] <ChinnoDog> lol
[22:18] <bts3685|vps> DANG IT
[22:18] <bts3685|vps> again
[22:43]  * waltman thinks the only way to win the game is to not play
[22:44] <ssweeny> WIN
[22:46] <bts3685|vps> that's not winning, that's just cheating. a victory through cheating is not a true victory
[22:47] <waltman> It depends on how lame the game is.
[22:53] <bts3685|vps> harumph
[23:01] <waltman> Quite.