[00:48] dzho: Probably, but $REALLY_OLD_BUT_FAMOUS_COMPUTER is infinitely more productive. [00:49] and cable boxes are touchy enough without throwing something at them they don't expect. you'd prolly just brick it. [00:49] hell. Watching TV can brick a cable box. [00:50] it's not the cable box, it's just a DVR-sans-hard-drive [00:50] ostensibly a blue-ray player, but it has an ethernet jack and a USB port [00:50] blu-ray (tm) [00:50] ah. [00:51] was something like $40 or $50 on sale at Best Buy over the holidays and so I was sort of "meh, why not" [00:51] * canthus13 has seen a Pace box brick simply by turning it off and back on. [00:51] yeah, that sounds like A Problem [00:51] It's not really Pace's fault.. It's TV Guide. their sofware sucks. [00:52] \o/ I like xubuntu! [00:53] super customizable panels = happy dual monitors! [00:53] also 24" 16:10 monitors are HUGE [00:54] I have a 22" at work. it's quite large enough. [00:55] :D I got two [00:55] semi-impulsively, but...yes. migraine brought on by flickery screen = OMG MAKE IT STOP [00:56] I'd been eyeing these for a while, just hadn't pulled the trigger [00:56] * canthus13 nods. [05:10] Blah: http://erielookingproductions.info/2013/01/119-seeking-the-logline [14:09] Cheri703: you have two 24" monitors? [15:36] yep :D [15:36] as of yesterday evening [15:37] I'll fully admit it's a bit of overkill for day to day personal computer use, BUT for work stuff it's pretty great [15:44] overkill? [15:44] is there such a thing? [15:56] pretty sure the setup of one of the contractors for my company would qualify, he's got like 6 monitors of varying sizes up to (iirc) 30" all arrayed in front of him [16:39] Cheri703: that's not overkill [16:39] i met a guy who had like 10 20" monitors [16:40] one was a nagios dashboard [16:40] the most I had was 3 :) [16:40] he had his server error.log piped through some funky grep thing that returned serious stuff on one [16:40] Once I get my new place, I'm about to try 2x2, or 1x4, longways [16:40] I'm at 3 if I'm also running the laptop on my lapdesk [16:41] and had ssh terminals to other machines on all the others. [16:41] the guy never saw his desktop. [16:42] ← never sees his desktop [18:29] This is part of why living in Ashtabula County can get aggravating at times: http://identi.ca/notice/99213560 [19:11] http://fuckyeahohio.com/ [19:11] btw, that exists [19:16] http://www.imfromohio.com/post/40961158020/trying-to-convince-someone-that-there-are-fun-things-to [19:17] * dzho sighs [19:18] ahhahahaha [19:18] hahahaha - http://www.imfromohio.com/post/41162663030/ohioans-when-touchdown-jesus-was-struck-by [19:18] so PERFECT [19:22] http://www.imfromohio.com/post/40815201738/omg <- paultag [19:22] :D [19:22] s/nyc/bos/ of course ;-) [19:23] http://www.imfromohio.com/post/40765885538/everyone-in-ohio-when-forbes-named-dayton-as-the haha, I missed this forbes thing [19:23] aaaahahaha [19:26] yeah, someone linked me to that site a few days ago, saw the link from fyo and saw the mansfield one :) [19:26] I know no one here is officially a xubuntu person, but anyone have thoughts on this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1921687 ? [19:26] at least, afaik no one is [19:28] also, xubuntu+second monitor+ . . . well, ohio [19:28] ;-) [19:28] hrm? [19:29] intersection of sets are smaller than the sets themselves, so . . . good luck with that. [19:29] Well, I don't use dual monitors, so don't know. [19:29] ah, yeah [19:30] it treats far edges as edges, even though you can make it so windows are draggable through the far edge [19:30] skellat uses last I knew, as do I. [19:30] I can't remember if we're running lubuntu or xubuntu on the thinkpad the kid uses at home. [19:30] so you'd think *something* could be done to make the "seams" treated as edges [19:30] I'll try to pay attention next time I'm on it. [19:30] laptops + external monitor is a "two monitor" situation I often don't think about as such. [19:31] yeah [19:31] mostly because I most commonly encounter that with a projector, which is horrible to use as side-by-side, so we usually punt and mirror. [19:32] haha, that site is golden [19:32] heh [19:49] one: I posted to the forums about this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1921687 [19:49] bah, wrong window [19:49] sorry [21:53] Cheri703: I decided to try OMG!Ponies just for the heck of it, someone just pinged me and I literally said "Oohh!" and jerked back a bit. :D [21:53] hehe, that was my reaction too! [21:53] it makes sure you don't miss messages [21:53] :D [21:53] hehehe [21:53] (Switched back, of course) [21:54] I'm leaving it! [21:54] I have everything dark so normal notifications disappear [21:54] and if my phone is on silent or in another room, I need the visual notification