=== Trixar_za is now known as Trix[a]r_za [06:14] .... [06:14] (.) (.) [06:14] __ [06:15] morning all [06:30] good morning [06:31] moning inetpro [06:33] hi inetpro [07:06] good morning y'all [07:08] hi magespawn [07:11] hi not_found [07:12] alo [07:32] hi [07:32] trender: this isn't the place to show your boobs. I'm sure there are channels for that [07:32] :P [07:34] those are eyes man :) [07:34] eish [07:47] >.< [07:48] trender: I know :P [07:48] but they don't just look like eyes ^^ [07:50] ( | ) << and this is a butterfly [07:50] :) [08:12] mornin mr Georgl [08:12] good morning trender [08:13] any progress? [08:13] hrm [08:13] yea yea always [08:13] hi Georgl [08:13] morning Kilos [08:13] i have plenty resources mate [08:13] in all countries [08:14] im communicating with the engineer dirrectly now in korea [08:14] that's great [08:15] i dont expect thier sollution to be the best even [08:17] but i am sure a step in the right direction? [08:18] means to an end yea [08:18] at least to fix 100 boxes fast [08:20] arg well mabee just move on to other ventures [08:20] the cubieboard interests me next [08:21] im gonna see what those can do [08:25] soon we gonna have stamp linux pcs if there arent any already [08:27] there a bit around already [08:27] i just want something cheap with a sata interface [08:27] the cubieboard looks a candidate [08:28] have not looked at as yet [08:28] the PI is gonna die i think [08:28] new tech doesnt last long these days [08:28] it has its place out there [08:29] there is still a huge following for pi's all around. [08:29] i odnt even know why people pruduce these products for a bowl of rice [08:29] dont [08:29] produce..arg [08:29] i wouldnt produce PI for those prices [08:29] its insane [08:30] I like the idea behind the Pi [08:30] people still only buy a handfull in spite of the hype you hear [08:31] trender: I have a Pi, past few days I've been looking through their website [08:31] you should see what people are doing with them [08:31] ive got some idea what people do with PI [08:32] I'm about to buy another Pi(kinda broke this one and it has 256mb as apposed to the new 512Mb version [08:32] you looked at cubie ? [08:32] or do the GPIO things matter to you ? [08:33] well prices hit the ground on PI now [08:34] the uk prices look the best..cant tell you why though makes no sence to me [08:36] need to dig in chinas bins some more [08:39] I want to buy a Pi, a GertBoard and their PiCam will probably be released this month [08:40] the Gertboard is an easy conversion for the GPIO [08:40] gives you Analogue and Digital In/Out and is easily programmable [08:40] sits neatly on top on the Pi [08:42] did you see someone designed a case for pi out of lego? [08:42] magespawn: let me find you a link about Pi and Lego [08:42] ohi from ScaleConf [08:43] lo superfly [08:43] hey superfly [08:43] superfly: I think henkj is there too [08:43] hi superfly [08:43] Squirm: he is, I saw him earlier [08:44] so is ThatGraemeGuy [08:44] I want to be there :/ [08:45] what is it about? [08:45] I need to start making a mission to go to these tech talks [08:45] magespawn: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/09/iridis-pi-supercomputer.jpg [08:45] raspberry Pi Supercomputer [08:45] housed in Lego [08:45] my boss is speaking right now [08:46] http://www.kurzweilai.net/images/raspberry_pi_supercomputer_5.jpg [08:46] there you can see it [08:47] superfly: they need Live Streaming :/ [08:47] very cool, how did they get it all working together? [08:47] software? [08:48] magespawn: yes, I had a look at it [08:48] at the software [08:48] you kind of, make each one a node, controlled by one Pi [08:49] what can it do? processing power? [08:49] so you give your core Pi, say a sum to work out, e.g, to find the root of Pi. Then it spreads the load among all the units [08:49] these huge datacentre wide supercomputers use the exact same principle [08:50] except they run in petaflops, I don't know how much you'd get out of a bank of Pi's [08:51] well it looks like there are about 64 Pi there [08:51] only loads of fun by the looks of things [08:52] indeed [08:52] there are [08:52] so 700Mhz * 64 [08:52] Maaz 700 * 64 [08:52] magespawn: 44800 [08:53] how to convert Mhz in flops? [08:53] ~4GHz [08:53] uh [08:53] flops is different [08:53] flops is calculations done per second [08:53] magespawn: you can't, they're completely different [08:53] Hertz is speed [08:53] well [08:53] frequency [08:54] 64 very slow 700mhz processors... [08:54] is also depends on the architecture risc cores tend to be 1:1 per clock [08:54] so mips could be the same [08:54] could be rather fast [08:55] a single pi is about as fast as a 300mhzish p2 [08:55] could well be likely [08:55] magespawn: http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/f/e/d/fede3df8fbbb36650e89a724c6ae0fe3.png I'll leave it up to you to calculate that [08:56] 700MHz ARM processor [08:56] so I guess.. [08:56] only practical use for a pi cluster is to experiment with or teach cluster computing [08:56] not to do real calculations [08:56] they were just messing around when they did that [08:57] yea its not gonna give you supercomputing [08:57] a single modern quad core cpu could more or less keep up with 64 PIs [08:57] just a nice experiment [08:57] at least it looked that way last time i did some very quick math [08:57] and keeping 64 PIs going will be a task in itself [08:58] very hard to equate to many vairable to considder [08:58] variables [08:59] its not supposed to compared to pcs [08:59] if I had R400 in my bank account I'd buy a Pi right now [08:59] :/ [09:00] * tonberryE352 has 2 [09:00] tonberryE352: I broke mine [09:00] you not bitcoin mining hard enough Squirm lol [09:00] but I want to stick it onto my quadcopter. Hook up a webcam and WiFi dongle and stream wirelessly [09:00] trender: obviously not :/ [09:01] and the rpice of warcraft gold has hit the floor :) [09:01] price [09:03] http://elinux.org/RPi_Performance [09:04] it is a nice toy [09:05] you could use it for simple household automation [09:05] youd want to leverage its muscle with something meaningfull [09:06] magespawn: that's why I want a Gerboard [09:06] it provides an easy interface for the GPIO [09:07] http://hackaday.com/2012/09/12/64-rasberry-pis-turned-into-a-supercomputer/ [09:07] according to that you would need about 1.4 Million Raspi's to get into the top 500 [09:08] if could get that many pi's it would be a record on its own [09:08] it always bothered me that they used 64 seperate pi power supplies instead of a few big ones... [09:09] redundancy maybe [09:09] more likely they were CSes and not engineers [09:10] or lazy [09:10] that article says is can all be run from a single 13A supply [09:10] s/is/is [09:10] s/id/it [09:10] http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~sjc/raspberrypi/pi_supercomputer_southampton.htm [09:10] lol [09:10] then why use 64... [09:10] no idea [09:10] 13A? [09:11] pi needs at least 500ma each [09:11] usually more [09:15] Maaz: 13000/64 [09:15] Squirm: 203.125 [09:15] I see what you mean [09:27] this makes for interesting readin especially the table showing the costs [09:27] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS [11:06] Kilos: what are you doing wrong again? [11:07] i swapped from maverick to kde inetpro [11:07] uitgevang! [11:14] good afternoon [11:14] Maaz: coffee on [11:14] * Maaz starts grinding coffee [11:14] Maaz coffee please [11:14] magespawn: Sure [11:15] large [11:15] Maaz Large [11:15] In a beer mug just for you magespawn [11:15] hey charl [11:16] lol [11:16] lo charl [11:16] Maaz: coffee please [11:16] Kilos: Done [11:17] Maaz: large [11:17] In a beer mug just for you Kilos [11:17] also as well [11:18] Coffee's ready for charl, magespawn and Kilos! [11:19] Maaz: ta [11:19] Dis 'n groot plesier [11:19] Maaz botsnack [11:19] :) [11:19] http://youtu.be/ASO_zypdnsQ [11:19] Coffee is for geeks as sunshine is for plants [12:08] heerlikheid I'm bored [12:08] bored at work is not a good thing [12:11] lol [12:12] download the internet [12:12] onto your Pi [12:27] Vince-0: is there work to be done? [12:55] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTfszppJl8&feature=share&list=PL5AB4B8F2A335A9F7 [12:58] hi gaffa welcome to ubuntu-za [12:58] hmm... masked and all [13:01] no noob to irc [13:05] inetpro: its not a sin to enjoy maverick [13:07] Kilos: uh? === Trix[a]r_za is now known as Trixar_za [13:53] magespawn, negative /me twiddles thumbs [14:26] hi magespawn, Kilos [14:28] later all [14:30] ciao magespawn [14:31] hi charl [14:38] ciao all [14:52] snow on the Drakensberg again today :/ [14:52] I mean really... It's April [14:58] hmm, home time === Trixar_za is now known as Trix[a]r_za [16:20] hi and thank you, Kilos :) [16:20] tell us abnout yourself gaffa [16:22] I'm from Denmark. A programmer using debian as an operating system. I love Sibusiso Zuma, please convince him to come back and play for FC Copenhagen ;P [16:24] lol [16:25] how did you find this channel [16:25] we have a few peeps in foreign countries here [16:27] I was just looking to socialize with a broader bunch of free software people and started joining local irc channels for ubuntu and debian in languages I understand or almost do ;) [16:27] ah well you are welcome [16:28] Thank you very much :) [16:29] How is Ubuntu doing in South Africa? [16:32] good i think. we love it. got a couple of ubuntu dev guys here too and python experts [16:32] some use other linux flavours though [16:39] Sounds great. See ya, the Pizza is here! :) [16:42] lol [17:05] hi georgelappies kodez Mezenir drussell [17:05] yo kilos [17:05] yo trender [17:06] kfc need some gens huh [17:06] had to eat woolies [17:06] power down here all day [17:09] hi kilos [17:09] hi all [17:12] hi uncle kilos [17:37] hi Kilos [18:14] good evening [18:14] highvoltage: wb [18:15] hi inetpro [18:18] Kilos: you are way to quiet [18:19] well you guys say i talk too much [18:20] so now i play freecell [18:33] hey inetpro and Kilos [18:50] Kilos: nee man [18:50] lol [18:54] Kilos: ek sien die koue is op pad? [18:54] ja dis baie naby [18:55] en so vroeg al inetpro [18:55] sneeu vanaand in lesotho en drakensberge [18:55] eish [18:57] as die suide wind waai gaan ons eina koud kry [19:12] night all. sleep tight [20:45] (.)(.) [20:45] __