[04:11] Is that part of some game? [04:12] he's just a space cadet [05:10] Roguehorse: Kerbal Space Program. Which I'm sure your son would love. You could play together and learn rocket science. And also explosions. [05:15] in the repos? [05:16] what's the polite way to ask my overworked, about-to-leave-on-trip husband to set up the PS4 before he leaves for 2 weeks? (aisde from the obvious "I'll do it!" during which I'll mess up his perfect wiring configuration and give him an OCD attack) [05:17] * pleia2 supposes there is no good way [05:17] tough call [05:17] Uh, uh, uh [05:17] haha [05:18] * ianorlin doesn't know that [05:18] Roguehorse: in that it's in Steam. [05:19] "Honey, can you please.... before you go?" (usually works on me) [05:19] nhaines: Ah! eeew...I have to run steam... [05:19] pleia2: tell him not to worry about setting up the PS4 because you'll do it after you drop him off at the airport. It'll be done by the morning. [05:19] maybe I'll just put the PS4 box in his chair [05:20] nhaines: hah, right, that's the obvious one :) [05:20] Roguehorse: well, no, you can buy it directly from Squad and download updates by hand for the rest of your life. [05:20] that might work [05:20] nhaines: f-that! [05:21] he actually bought the PS4 for himself, but then I geeked out over Destiny and am all I WANT TO PLAAAAY [05:21] I have Steam installed - and an account set up [05:21] I just don't [05:21] and he likes playing games on the tablet anyway - or YouTube on the tv [05:22] tsk, my battery is running out, probably have go to back down into the hot condo [05:22] I'll take a look though - thank you for the suggestion =) [05:22] Well, it's a fun game by a really small developer and a really friendly community. And now if you ask my friend's 8yo what the highest point of an orbit is he'll say "apoapsis". :) [05:23] LOL! [05:23] also need to find food at a cold place this late [05:23] IHOP has air conditioning, right? [05:23] http://www.roguehorse.com/ComputerCenterHayward/IMG_20141002_140709_803.jpg [05:23] Content type: [image/jpeg] Size: [1685529] [05:23] You build your own rockets and launch them and control the staging, so it's half rocket sim and half explosion sim. It doesn't take itself seriously. [05:24] my son would dig that [05:24] Plus you can land on the moon which is super amazing. I have a couple space stations built [05:24] he gets this weird excitement from watching people get hurt in games or tv [05:25] Living vicariously. [05:26] dude, he watched a skateboarding game on YouTube and the player kept falling and breaking his neck - he thought it was hilarious [05:26] it tweaks my mellon [05:27] I asked the wife if she thought he might need therapy [05:27] she said it's normal for kids to laugh at that stuff [05:27] Nope. Everyone laughs when somebody else gets hurt. Little kids just don't have the filter to pretend it's not funny. [05:28] Besides, a lot of time the physics are either overdone for effect or otherwise strange. I used to like to smash cars in racing games to see the damage effects and funny physics. Never had an urge to do it in real life. :) [05:30] I must be missing some kind of gene or something [05:31] Half the fun in a videogame is to do stuff you wouldn't or can't do in real life anyway. [05:31] yes that is true [05:36] Although Euro Truck Simulator is oddly cathartic. [05:39] my sone likes Farming Sim 2013 [05:39] I kind of dig the newest Sim City [05:40] this is all from YouTube [05:40] My friend's kid likes the Lego videogames. Which are pretty fun. [05:40] actually, I've been learning Python from CodeAcademy - it's ok, kinda fun [05:41] I'm going to go pick up Super Smash Bros tomorrow. [05:41] Python's nice. :) [05:41] slower than just doing from book [05:41] Python is even simpler than Perl [05:41] I see a lot of similarity [05:43] I like Beginning Python by Magnus Lie Hetland. http://www.apress.com/9781590599822 [05:43] Title: [Beginning Python] [05:43] darthrobot: I said that. [05:43] nhaines: Error: "I" is not a valid command. [05:43] darthrobot: that's because it's a pronoun. [05:43] nhaines: Error: "that's" is not a valid command. [05:43] Bots. :P [05:44] can't teach em anything [05:45] Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as happily shall become The form of my intent [05:46] OERIAS: Hamlet? [05:46] Twelfth Night [05:46] Same author though :) [05:46] Roguehorse: Twelfth Night. [05:46] lucky guess [05:52] it is better to solve the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way [05:53] I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. [05:53] ^ Macbeth [05:54] Doug McIlroy [05:56] I bought a DVD of Teller's production of MacBeth that I need to watch. [05:57] http://www.roguehorse.com/ComputerCenterHayward/IMG_20141002_140649_545.jpg [05:57] Roguehorse, you certainly have a fascination with American Intellectuals [05:57] Content type: [image/jpeg] Size: [1032580] [05:58] by far one the most important men in history of computing [06:00] I do, what's interesting is these guys never knew how much their work would change everything - they just built what seemed the logical way to do things [06:01] Modern computing is built on a foundation that had nothing to do with modern uses. :) [06:03] Ironic isn't it =) [06:03] gotta roll - wife and son want me to come to bed - TTYL [06:03] Later! [06:04] The crazy thing is that Microsoft was going to replace MS-DOS with Xenix. [06:05] Which is why they added pipes and redirection to the OS in 2.0. But when the Bell companies split up and AT&T was able to sell Unix directly, Microsoft decided they couldn't compete and started working on OS/2 with IBM instead. [06:10] And that's why everybody runs OS/2 now. [06:15] My dog sleeps in chairs - http://www.roguehorse.com/Bubba/IMG_20140921_150945_064.jpg [06:15] Content type: [image/jpeg] Size: [1141256] [06:31] They should have replaced MS-DOS with Xenix [06:31] would have created a whole new flavour of Unix [06:32] Interface Manager [06:32] nhaines, Chase and Bank of America still use OS/2 on their ABMs [14:01] hey philipballew [14:19] kdub_, hello. How goes life? [14:25] pretty good [14:30] kdub_, oh nice. Still in pb? [14:30] no, moved to michigan [14:31] kdub_, Thats what I thought. [14:31] Being that I have not heard from you in a while. [14:32] Life is good up there I hope? [14:32] yeah, defected from CA :P [14:32] Michigan is a cool place. [14:32] yeah, found a house [14:32] about to be a cold place in a month or two;) [14:36] yeah, that seems pretty nice because SD is in the 70's too often. [14:42] hah, yeah === ChanServ changed the topic of #ubuntu-us-ca to: Welcome to the Ubuntu California Local Community (LoCo) Team! | Website: http://ubuntu-california.org (has links to mailing list, forum, and more!) | Next Meeting: October 5th at 7PM PT | This channel is publicly logged at irclogs.ubuntu.com | We have an unlogged channel at #ubuntu-us-ca-offtopic