[03:12] Greetings -- Anyone here for "Chat Night"? [03:32] I guess not. :-( [04:04] Greetings Num83rGuy! [04:04] Not much "chat" on Chat Night! [04:04] Hello TommyT [04:05] It seems there rarely is. [04:05] Yes I was just looking through the logs. We even had a job announcement back in October, which has been met with silence [04:05] module000 announced an opening at his place in NLR [04:06] a few days ago he said it was still open [04:06] Hmm, too bad I live nowhere near there [04:07] I'm in Conway. What part of the state are you in? [04:07] Work would be the hight of great right now. [04:07] Near Batesville. [04:08] I think we have kindof a cluster of Ubuntu folks in that direction. [04:08] Back when we could post our location on launchpad, it seemed there were several active members around there. [04:08] Realy!? I wish i could find more than one person who knows how to turn one on much less use it. [04:10] Of course, I'm drawing kind of a sweeping arm across a swath of the state. My geography stinks, too. [04:10] Ha! [04:10] I just pulled up batesville on maps.google.com... I think the folks I'm thinking of are closer to Mountain Home. Or Mountain VIew. [04:10] Yeah That sounds about right. [04:12] Over the years we have had less and less activity here in Conway, too.... our biggest activist moved off to Seattle. [04:12] years ago [04:12] I would like to get a LITTLE more activity going. [04:13] Do you ever travel for computer-related events? [04:13] I seem to remember there was a LUG in Batesville some time ago. If I recall there were nearly 50 in the state but, a few years ago it seems the tech and it followers flew the coop. [04:14] I guess as we get more "connected" (virtually) we see less need to be connected in person [04:16] I have never been to a meeting, by the time I learned of them I was too busy with work and family. Now I am just too broke to get gas to go. :( [04:16] Maybe linux / Ubuntu is too dull now ... I hardly have any trouble that I would head to a meeting to discuss [04:17] Ha, I agree. I am having more trouble out of hardware than non-Windows software these days too. [04:18] Do you drive as far as Newport or Heber Springs? Or is that too far (gas or time wise)? [04:19] I'm just trying to get a sense of what seems far in that part of the state. [04:19] Blew two power supplies in a month and now having HDD problems. I rarely go to Newport My car is literally falling apart. I have hat to pick up parts off the road. [04:20] I grew up in a little town in Texas and the nearest movie theater was 70 miles away (this was before VCRs or even cable TV) [04:20] Bates ville is about my limit for now. ( ~30 miles ) [04:20] I know that feel. [04:21] Are you on DSL? [04:22] Yeah, 1.5Mib down 256Kib up $60 a month. [04:23] The fastest I can get. [04:23] oof. $60/mo is pricey. [04:23] but you probably don't have much choice [04:24] Yep, and the phone Co. cays be glad I have it. They are the only provider other than Huges net. Same price but, with a cap. Blagh. [04:25] My brother had Hughes for awhile. Terrible. They hit the cap as soon as any kid in the household loaded up their iPod [04:25] Besides they were often losing signal due to weather or whatever. [04:26] Fortunately a [04:26] Yeah, and the wife plays MMOs so that would be gon in a day or two. [04:26] fortunately ATT decided DSL would reach his house from Conway [04:26] and it did [04:27] The part that frustrates me is that there is a wireless provider just a half mile away. [04:28] WiMax or WiFi? [04:28] Faster and cheaper. I'm just out of range. [04:28] I don't rember. [04:28] *Remember. [04:28] Half a mile is theoretically doable with a directional antenna, if it's WiFi [04:29] Someday.... [04:29] WiMaxx or whatever they call it is supposed to go farther, but I know nothing about it. [04:29] You could try building a Pringles can antenna. [04:30] OR even a "fry basket" antenna [04:31] I think some folks have even repurposed their satellite dishes. [04:31] I plan on it. Just too busy. That and the wife gets nervious if I play with the net too much. [04:31] Yeah, speaking of... I just got notice from my wife that it's almost bed time [04:32] LOL all right Nite. [04:32] I should feel lucky, though. When I was young my bed time was 8 pm. [04:32] http://www.connect-arkansas.org/home [04:33] I have talked with a guy who works o this good info. [04:33] cool -- I think I know some of the folks who started that years ago [04:34] But Conway put in fiber all over town and the price is just low enough I got lazy. [04:34] Lucky. [04:35] Yeah, it was a huge relief to give up the dialup... that was probably 1996 or 1997 [04:36] They also rolled out wireless around town [04:36] Let me see..., 4 years ago. [04:37] Ha I just looked at the map. Wireless is at the end of my street. [04:37] I still can't get it , yet [04:37] You could probably work with them to become a node on their network. [04:38] Do you have any nearby neighbors who might share your bandwidth? [04:38] Well Later I gotta go as well Kids are getting too rowdy. I think i will give them a call tomorrow. [04:38] Good luck and good night! [04:38] Have a good night.