[04:26] <MutantTurkey> got the t61 in
[04:26] <MutantTurkey> it's awesome
[04:26] <MutantTurkey> but the battery life is embarassing
[04:29] <MutantTurkey> and without aero windows seeven looks like sheyat
[09:26] <rmg51> Morning
[10:43] <InHisName> Morning
[10:44] <InHisName> OOooooo, its saturday.  Anything going on today ?
[13:31] <waltman> Morning.
[14:32] <jedijf> learn to solder class at hive76
[20:12] <waltman> Very dark cloud rolling in over Bryn Mawr. Looks like it was a good idea to get my afternoon walk in earlier.
[20:40] <rmg51> and I'm getting ready to go to dinner at a friends house
[20:50] <rmg51> dinner is canceled
[21:02] <waltman> wow
[21:02] <waltman> I'm not sure if every started raining here.
[21:05] <rmg51> not raining here
[21:05] <rmg51> mom doesn't feel good :P
[21:06] <rmg51> no steak dinner for me and the bear tonight :-(
[21:06] <JonathanD> waltman: new asian buffet in norristown is great.
[21:08] <rmg51> I was wrong
[21:08] <rmg51> it is raining here
[21:11] <waltman> JonathanD: Oh? Which new asian buffet in norristown?
[21:11] <JonathanD> 5 loaves 2 fishes.
[21:11] <JonathanD> it's at 202 and germantown
[21:11] <JonathanD> we stopped there today.
[21:11] <waltman> ah, up there.
[21:11] <JonathanD> excellent spread.
[21:12] <waltman> Sushi?
[21:13] <JonathanD> yes
[21:13] <waltman> I'll have to check it out sometime.
[21:14] <JonathanD> Maybe we'll meet you there some time.
[21:16] <waltman> maybe!
[21:16] <waltman> Not today though.
[21:16] <JonathanD> No, not today.
[21:18] <waltman> Anything particularly remarkable about it?
[21:19] <JonathanD> waltman: just a nice spread. They had americanish food for the kids if they we're feeling the asian.
[21:19] <waltman> not feeling?
[21:20] <JonathanD> Lots of items. I had some chicken on a stick, fried rice, general tso's.
[21:20] <waltman> mmm
[21:20] <JonathanD> if they were not feeling like asian
[21:20] <JonathanD> they had pizza and stuff too.
[21:20] <JonathanD> really good crab rangoon things.
[21:20] <waltman> I have a taste for something asian, but my stomach's been bothering me. I think I'm just going to have some soup for dinner.
[21:21] <JonathanD> hot and sour soup
[21:21] <JonathanD> always settles my stomach :P
[21:21] <JonathanD> waltman: they had a soup bar with 8 or so soups.
[21:21] <waltman> mmm
[21:21] <JonathanD> there were I think 8 seperate bars, + sushi.
[21:22] <JonathanD> It was all very good.
[21:22] <waltman> mmm
[21:22] <JonathanD> and like, $9
[21:23] <waltman> mmm
[21:25] <waltman> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleia2/7957087900/in/contacts/ # pleia2's found the holodeck console!
[21:28] <JonathanD> uhoh.
[21:33] <rmg51> it was bound to happen sooner or later :-/
[21:34] <JonathanD> I just installed a new server in the basement, too.
[21:34] <JonathanD> 16GB ram.
[21:36] <waltman> nice
[21:36] <JonathanD> Running minecraft :P
[21:36] <JonathanD> Someone paid me with it.
[21:37] <JonathanD> well, partially.
[21:37] <waltman> barter++
[21:37] <waltman> If I have to get a windows box for this postdoc, I don't know where I'm going to put it.
[21:37] <JonathanD> you can host a windows VM on my new server.
[21:37] <JonathanD> thats what it's for.
[21:37] <waltman> Maybe I'll get a big new linux box and put a vm on it.
[21:38] <waltman> I probably need a big honkin' video card, too.
[21:38] <JonathanD> What are you doing with it?
[21:38] <JonathanD> how honkin?
[21:38] <JonathanD> I have a couple spares.
[21:39] <waltman> The prof who'd be my adviser/boss is doing video analysis of stem cells.
[21:39] <waltman> he's doing something that he's offloading to GPUs
[21:39] <JonathanD> ah
[21:39] <JonathanD> so you need real GPUs
[21:39] <waltman> yeah
[21:40] <JonathanD> I don't have anything, other than a 285, that might be useful.
[21:40] <waltman> his work machine is some crazy big 17" alienware gamer laptop
[21:41] <JonathanD> The 285 is probably too slow these days.
[21:41] <waltman> I'm just using the onboard intel video on my 7+ year old mobo.
[21:41] <JonathanD> Thats effectively useless in these cases :p
[21:42] <JonathanD> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-285
[21:42] <JonathanD> You can have that if you want it, but I bet a newer one would have the same oomph for less watts.
[21:42] <waltman> It's fine so long as I don't do a lot of video watching
[21:43] <waltman> The entire box need to be upgraded.
[21:43] <JonathanD> yah
[21:43] <JonathanD> well, 7 year old mobo video card means 7 year old mobo to go with it.
[21:43] <waltman> well, yeah
[21:43] <JonathanD> SO yeah. Build something capable of virtualization?
[21:45] <waltman> I guess.
[21:46] <waltman> Anyway, it's still to early to be worrying about that.
[21:47] <waltman> Mostly I use this box for email, irc, web browsing, and LaTeX. It works fine for that.