[00:00] I'm kinda hoping it's just audio though. because I want to see if I can replicate it on the ubuntu phone, so only expecting the headphone to do what it says on the tin, seems much easier [00:01] http://paste.debian.net/172258/ [00:01] seems to be 4KB [00:03] looks kinds like a firmware, and then a data section at 0x600 [00:04] i guess it could also be the encryption keys [00:11] heh, meaningless to me [00:12] although if that was the firmware, I'd kinda expect to see ANS & co in there as literal strings? [00:12] yeah [00:13] it could be the firmware for the serial -> whatever microcontroller [00:13] if it just passes stuff straight through [00:13] but that seems unlikely [00:13] must be the encryption keys really [00:13] shauno: could you wire your own cable to feed the left (and/or) right headphone output of the iphone, to the mic in on you laptop - then just use audacity to record the output of triggertrap? [00:14] that's pretty much what I've tried, but it doesn't end up with anything usable [00:14] I suspect if it is sending actual signals, they'd be square waves on the wire, and my soundcard's probably not going to capture that properly [00:16] otoh, the app on the phone tells you to turn the headphone volume up full, so I'd have thought if there was some magical "send data out" mode, that wouldn't be required [00:16] yeah it won't be sending data with magic APIs [00:16] shauno: the app wil be limited to audio frequencies signals that the iphone can play. AFAIK the headphone port doesn't do anything your laptop's headphone port could also do [00:17] right, I guess that's what I was asking. since I know there's other dongles that live on the iphone headphone (like the Square creditcard readers) I wasn't sure if the phone did something interesting to accomodate those, or if they're all just hack [00:19] shauno: iphone -> world doesn't do anything special. There is a custom protocol for world -> iphone on the microphone wire. That's for play/pause/volume etc [00:21] namely http://david.carne.ca/shuffle_hax/shuffle_remote.html [00:24] this is what I get off it; https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23042/trigger.wav [00:24] but playing that back into the dongle does nothing [00:28] shauno: WHat input did you use to record that? It's stereo so I'm guessing line in [00:28] bingo [00:30] (I don't have mic in on my laptop because apple are weird, and didn't bother fishing out my little usb soundcard because I figured headphone level would swamp mic-in anyway) [00:31] shauno: IIRC line level signals are lower voltage than headphone level. Is it possible what your recording is clipped? [00:33] Can you just plug headphones into your iphone and listen to the signal directly? Perhaps use a Y splitter to be plugged into the dongle simultaneously [00:33] it shouldn't be. it was the first time (audacity shows them nice big & red), so I turned the volume down one notch and tried again, now they don't go red & don't hit the ceiling [00:33] it just sounds like clicks in headphones [00:34] ok, sounds reasonable [00:35] it' got me stumped because, as you said, you'd expect some very mundane limits to what the headphone port can do - somewhere around 40/44/48k of boringness [00:36] another shot in the dark: if the dongle uses ultrasonic carriers then your recording at 44.1 kHz could be distorting it, recording at 48 kHz would rule that out [00:41] HAH [00:41] my soundcard *is* on 48, audacity doesn't seem to see this [00:42] if I get them to agree with each other, it comes out as a really annoying tone instead [00:42] sounds more promising [00:43] seems like the soundcard might have jitter [00:43] which might affect the ability of it to work [00:48] hm. weird, but working [00:48] if I record with audacity set on the wrong rate, it sounds like clicks, and if I push the gain, it still sounds like clicks [00:48] at 48 or 96, it still sounds like clicks, but if I push the gain, now it sounds like tones ... and the camera works [00:52] i just learned a new tool... binwalk [00:53] shauno: looks like one channel controls focus and the other the shutter http://www.diyphotography.net/building-diy-trigger-trap/ [00:55] hm. if that circuit's similar to the original, any loud noise should work [00:56] shauno: not necessarily, it may require a particular frequency. Also the necessary waveform probably varies by camera manufacturer/model [00:57] oh sheesh. audacity's "click track" works, you just have to push it until it clips [00:58] I've been so obsessed with figuring out what these clicks were, I hadn't thought to just yell down the wire [00:59] well, that's going to make things much easier lol .. thanks [01:00] (and nice that the dongle looks very easy to replicate. they started off all nice and free on arduino, and morphed it into a "noooo, mine" smartphone world) [01:02] but the arduino version didn't use the dongle (going to audio and back would make no sense), so it didn't help me much [01:03] glad I could help, now time for bed === zmoylan-1i is now known as zmoylan-pi === pw2 is now known as PaulW2U [05:32] hi all [05:32] ;] [05:37] this ch4 show first dates is just brilliant [05:38] so many fools === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [07:02] Morning all === SuperMat1 is now known as SuperMatt [07:13] morning all [07:31] yo [07:32] yo ahoy [07:34] morning boys and girls. [07:35] morning [08:19] Morning all [08:20] morning davmor2 [08:20] o/ [08:21] Morning MooDoo how am ya chap long time no annoy I must get back on track with that :D === zmoylan-1i is now known as zmoylan-pi [08:22] davmor2: yeah i've missed your trolling ;) [08:23] a better scope on your rifle perhaps? :-P [08:23] Yeah I have a my ethernet working again \o/ it only took an hour and a half of reading bits and pieces till I found a random link to a kernel bug and the alx driver \o/ [08:24] in not and [08:24] alx bugs? [08:24] tell me more [08:24] i'm using alx [08:25] popey: those poor laptop users :( [08:25] directhex: apparently the driver would allow the ethernet to work for 1-2 seconds and then on receiving the first packet over run. [08:25] davmor2: huh. which network chip? [08:27] directhex: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [08:29] directhex: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70761 [08:29] bugzilla.kernel.org bug 70761 in Network "AR8161 wir alx driver: Randomly stops to receive packets with small MTU" [Normal,New] [08:30] hm. wonder if it's silicon-specific, and wonder if i'm fine on my default MTU [08:33] directhex: you would know within 5 seconds if there were an issue or not, apparently it was fine in 14.04, flakey in 14.10 and then just refuses to work in 15.04 even though the driver itself by all accounts hasn't changed since 2012 by all accounts [08:33] i'm using 15.04 fine with alx [08:34] directhex: I have the Lenovo y580 which is the laptop that seems to feature the most on bug [08:34] yeah, lots of y580s on that bug [08:34] maybe a firmware issue [08:34] can't be a coincidence that only lenovo users have it [08:34] directhex: indeed [08:35] directhex: apparently it was affecting dell users too [08:36] davmor2: did you test the beta? [08:36] did it get flagged up before release? [08:38] foobarry: I was a beta tester but I was using wifi which works fine. But I noticed that transfers were slower as the chipset doesn't use 5g only 2.4g so now I am using it as my main pc I hooked up the ethernet and the networking died [08:52] Good morning all; happy Roast Leg Of Lamb Day! 😃 [08:53] morning JamesTait [08:55] MooDoo, o/ [08:55] and not vegemite chocolate day? http://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/cadbury-confirm-a-vegemite-flavour-chocolate-bar-is-in-the-pipeline-31202508.html [08:56] directhex: wat wat wat? [08:56] popey: your AMD ubuntu laptop retweet [08:56] ah yes [08:59] zmoylan-pi, the date is wrong on that article. Should be April 1st. 😉 [09:01] JamesTait: It's not Sunday there is no time to be roasting legs of lamb [09:02] davmor2, that's one of the benefits of working from home! [09:03] working from home would be cool [09:03] your lunches in the fridge would be untouched [09:03] JamesTait: you are meant to be working not tending a flock of sheep so you can have legs of lamb on tap :P [09:06] davmor2, if your taps are emitting legs of lamb, you need to get your plumbing checked. [09:06] Or tell me how you did it. [09:06] or open a butchers... [09:07] You mean yours don't [09:08] how do i find the authoritative name server for a dns entry? [09:08] wnat to see the TTL rather than time left [09:09] look what what NS is listed in the DNS recordes [09:09] with dig? [09:09] i imagine you could, i'd personally use a GUI. [09:09] but if you can do an NS query for the name [09:09] which one? [09:10] http://network-tools.com/ [09:10] http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=dnsrec&host=gmail.com [09:10] the two NS records in that page are the authoritative name servers for gmail.com [09:10] well, there are 3 NS records, but you get what I mean :) [09:12] times out for my entry...weird [09:12] if your dns name is not on the public internet... [09:13] it is :D [09:13] if you don't mind sharing the name... [09:14] Pm'd you [09:15] but I can now query internally so i think i have the info now, cheers [09:17] cool [09:17] looks like the delegation is only done for internal users then :) === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [09:44] hi folks, casting the net out there for London City area jobs.. Just wrapping up contract in a week, need to get on the hunt :) Anyone know any good places hiring? Devops roles. [09:58] NET||abuse: i know a good london agency [09:58] for linux devops roles [09:59] pm'd [09:59] anyone know if there are any teaboy jobs going at canonical lol [09:59] foobarry: cheers, though for perm roles, i'm attempting to find direct application options. [10:01] we hired 2 perms roles from them too [10:02] Good morning peeps :) [10:02] who's peeps? [10:02] took us about 18 months to hire [10:02] yeh, ouch, it's a hard task getting a reasonable candidate, [10:03] COFFEEEE!!! [10:03] back in 10 [10:03] we found some who had unrealistic salary expetations, others who just lived too far etc [10:03] and plenty of numpties [10:05] if it's the centre of London then you need a centre of London realistic salary to be able to live somewhere in the area [10:07] its zone2 [10:07] you could live in the slums and travel cheaply to work [10:08] and still get decent salary [10:08] slums, shit commute, shit salary [10:08] the salary is decent, some people don't understand why [10:08] soudns like a great package to me :P [10:09] pro rata i believe it is better value than the banks.. [10:09] Holy cannoli, I think the apocalypse is here. The sky's gone black and it's raining and hailing like there's no tomorrow. [10:09] one strategy which seems to work where I am is to employ a hardhore of hackers and then just employ recent PhDs who like Linux. Even if they know nothing to begin with people who are intelligent will learn quickly and after a few months they're pretty much as good as the rest [10:09] s/hardhore/hardcore [10:09] yeah, we tried attracting some phds [10:10] some are weird. they think a paid job is an excuse to still continue their research [10:10] no..you will have other things to do instead. "oh, and what about my research?" i don't think you're ready for a salaried post.. [10:28] aloha [10:28] JamesTait: keep your rain it's sunny down south! [10:29] just had a downpour [10:29] czajkowski, thank you - now you've jinxed it, maybe it'll head down there! [10:29] with car plugged in. blerf [10:33] bashrc and you use phd as a proxy for intelligent? [10:34] JamesTait: I told you worship Thor but you insisted your god was the only one ;) [10:45] nucc1: the place I'm at does. Roughly an indication that someone is able to learn complicated things === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [10:52] bashrc: yea, it's fair. I just hope it's not an "if you don't have a PhD, we won't talk to you" policy though. :) [10:53] I'm not sure a phd actually shows whether they can or cannot learn. if anything, it shows they have the ability to survive years-long projects [10:54] ultimately, it proves very little to be honest, but as far as a filtering mechanism, if you draw randomly from a set of PhDs, i think your score for above average intelligence would be higher. [10:54] nucc1: I don't have a phd, so that's not necessarily a barrier, particularly if you're already a known hacker with a track record [10:54] (but far too often it just means the person deciding has a phd and is still trying to convince himself it's value outside of academia. yes I'm biased lol) [10:56] phd really just indicates that someone has studied some complicated topic in depth [10:58] Some of the worse code I've ever seen came from a PhD [10:58] *wrost [10:58] arrgh [10:58] *worst [10:59] My organization basically bought the fruits of his PhD project I think [10:59] It was TERRIBLE [10:59] He essentially re-implemented RCS, but badly, and in a KV store, and without any kind of client program to make it easier to use [10:59] As a versioned object store (for one kind of object) [11:00] 500,000 lines of Java-big-ball-of-mud [11:00] He had classes that implemented 12 (twelve!!) interfaces, had over 200 methods [11:01] Many of the interfaces inherited each other [11:01] awilkins: let me guess you reimplemented it in 5 lines of python [11:01] davmor2, No [11:01] davmor2, I did develop a plan to reimplement it properly, but $$ had been spent on it. Full on sunk-cost-fallacy inertia [11:02] At the beginning of the project immediately after acquisition I recommended that it was thrown away and started again from scratch. [11:02] 4-5 years later they were still pouring money into the pit [11:03] awilkins: hahahahaha sounds about right [11:04] awilkins: give davmor2 a tenner and he'll fix it for you ;) [11:04] User preferences AND global application logic were stored in a binary-serialized blob [11:05] Ugh, I'm going to stop [11:05] I wrote a report on how bad it was once, I could go on for hours [11:06] lol [11:06] sounds about right [11:06] well I can break it for you [11:07] One more horror for you : the class that implemented 12 interfaces was also a generic, defined in terms of a class that took itself as a parameter [11:07] Yes, there was code that was it's own grandpa [11:09] public abstract class ConceptComponent, C extends ConceptComponent> [11:09] implements I_AmTermComponent, I_AmPart, I_AmTuple, I_Identify, IdBI, I_IdPart, I_IdVersion, [11:09] I_HandleFutureStatusAtPositionSetup [11:09] * awilkins shudders [11:10] https://youtu.be/eYlJH81dSiw [11:10] Java and the Java universe does tend to lend itself to that sort of horror [11:11] java! [11:12] The diagram in that is about the same as the class diagrams involved. [11:13] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10616420/ConceptComponent.png [11:13] Methods omitted, because you only have so many pixels [11:16] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10616420/Description.png [11:16] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10616420/doomcloud.png [11:20] JamesTait: https://twitter.com/czajkowski/status/596273052033404928 [11:21] czajkowski, cute! But you'll have to try harder than that to get me to tell you what the weather is like here now. 😉 [11:21] awilkins: coding is really a skill and having code review goes a long way towards improving the quality [11:22] and also transfering knowledge from elder hackers [11:26] * davmor2 looks at phone to see what the weather up T'north is like.......T'north not found must be an app written by a Londoner JamesTait :D [11:28] wow not all telco engineers are blessed with social skills [11:29] Mr.Grumpy was there this morning at a friends place :) [11:29] bashrc, This guy was older than me .. but clearly not a hacker [11:30] the point being that if you have a good process with code review then it's easier for beginners to learn how to code well [11:30] It was tools for managing a somewhat large graph of objects [11:30] Yeah, he worked on it alone for 5 years I think [11:31] I agree [11:31] You do improve [11:31] Been having to write VBA code recently to do reports because bossman insists that the timesheets get done in Excel [11:32] sounds hellish [11:32] I am staggered at just how radically different the VBA code I write now is from the VB / VBscript code I wrote 10 years ago [11:33] * bashrc hasn't written any VB code for 10+ years [11:33] I got to being a pretty good VB6 developer (as in, total wizard, could write VB code that did things faster than the runtime libraries did it) [11:33] I refuse to learn VB.NET because it will erase my VB6 EEPROMS [11:33] VB6 is like the COBOL of my generation - retirement plan language [11:36] * daftykins wonders if a tazer would wipe awilkins [11:38] daftykins: only one way to find out......TTTAAAZZZEEERRRRR [11:39] 8D [11:42] Don't taze me, bro! [11:43] * daftykins glances down at the two smoking electrodes protruding from awilkins' abdomen [11:45] oh man now you made awilkins mad, you won't like him when he is angry :D [11:45] If it kills a few fat cells, meh === alan_g is now known as alan_g|lunch [12:31] why put calorific values per 100g and then don pu the weight on the pack [12:32] Admiral Ackbar would have something to say about that [12:33] they like to pretend you're not going to eat the whole pack [12:33] i want to know in case i need to buy a mars bar to supplement it [12:33] like novelty-sized energy drinks giving you info per 100ml [12:35] Afternoon slackers [12:36] o/ [12:41] popey: you just got up and then have the nerve to call us slackers :P [12:41] lies [12:42] Hello yourself, popey === alan_g|lunch is now known as alan_g [13:30] popey: you made me dizzy! [13:36] :) [13:46] * Seeker` eyes popey's latest tweet, wonders if he realises it's almost 3pm :P [13:48] ya [14:08] who are all these people on facebook saying every vote counts? [14:09] people that don't live in a safe seat [14:09] only the winners votes count! [14:13] first past the post silly system [14:13] proportional representation is where real chaos lies :-) [14:15] how do they find such thickos [14:15] girl on first dates doesn't realise belgium is its own country [14:15] somehow thinks its germany [14:15] ;[ [14:15] one girl said "i didn't know you could get egyptians nowadays. i thought they were only in old times" [14:15] the blokes face was :-O [14:16] hahahahahahahah yea [14:16] honestly it's incredible [14:16] well in her defence germany sometimes thinks it's theirs too... :-P [14:16] its just a freak show [14:16] this girl was from essex..doing wonders for the essex stereotype [14:16] she then asks if the UK is in europe [14:16] that's a girl icertainly wouldn't want to take on my travels ...too stupid [14:17] but is it because she's an idiot or because she got a uk education? [14:17] an idiot [14:17] the education is fine..thickos just like to blame schools and teachers [14:17] we dont have a whole country of morons..a lot..yes..but not 100% [14:17] the people that say school's a waste of time and doss about/don't go.. [14:25] I think it's a cultural issue where it's simply "uncool" to do too well at school [14:25] yep [14:27] bring back the days when it was cool for the teachers to beat the information into them... :-P [14:32] I had a really strange conversation with my little sister when she found out how much I earn. she was trying to figure out how many multiples of the minimum wage it was [14:32] she's mid-20s, and still doen't seem to grasp that minimum wage isn't a target [14:32] my salary peaked around 2005 [14:33] it is sadly for some [14:33] or nearer 2000 [14:33] i use the yardstick of "you are well off if your salary in K is more than your age in years" [14:34] can't use the thatcher if your cycling to work one anymore :-) [14:35] or was she on about the buses... [14:38] n&p closed my account due to my 'conduct' [14:38] pretty annoying [14:39] overdrawn? [14:39] had a balance there but only ever used it for gambling [14:39] and sometimes abroad [14:39] i have 11£ in a N&P account that i never got bac [14:39] got a nasty letter telling me theyre closing it..i carried on using it lol [14:39] they then told me its still due for closure [14:39] asked if they'd transfer the balance to a diff ac in my name ..nope [14:39] they'd only send me a cheque..how helpful [14:39] I'm not in the uk:P so i didn't want a cheque [14:40] but didnt want to mention that to them [14:40] say you can't trust your mailbox [14:40] you live with a pet chimp who rips up cheques [14:41] not sure that'd help, they'd probably offer that he can come into the branch with ID and collect [14:41] nevermind [14:41] new bank opening here soon..got an appointment 20th may:D [14:41] gib national bank! [14:41] barclays/natwest stopped taking customers here..and are closing..i guess because they're gonna run their own bank [15:26] found diddledan :D https://i.imgur.com/ZpY9xAN.webm [15:30] mapps, i think it's a grave mistake to conflate ignorance with stupidity. [15:30] I never realised how similar oxford & cambridge look. or at least, I didn't know they had exactly the same busses [15:32] looks like an enviro 400h to me [15:34] stagecoach run busses in most of the UK [15:36] lol, daftykins , that's awesome [15:36] :D [15:40] so should I buy an E4.5? [15:40] just to see what all the fuss is about :-p [15:40] ? [15:40] http://store.bq.com/en/ubuntu-edition-e-4-5 [15:53] My daughter just had her phone nicked. Should I get an ubuntuphone for her? [15:53] :( [15:53] does she use whatsapp? [15:53] No [15:53] seems to be the main question :) [15:53] what does she use? [15:53] I don't get WhatsApp at all [15:53] I don't even know what whatsapp does [15:53] It was an Android phone [15:53] wat [15:53] it's IM [15:54] with voice, photo, video sharing and groups and stuff [15:54] so it's skype? [15:54] So, it's Google Talk? [15:54] :-p [15:54] Hangouts/Whatever [15:54] awilkins: jinx, sorta [15:54] Basically it's spreading the NSA "donations" to another company? [15:55] we could be standards compliant and say "so it's webrtc?" [15:55] I like that [15:55] I wish all the flipping webconf companies would all go WebRTC [15:55] aye [15:55] And just trade on the extras they added like collaborative document editing [15:56] I'm glad firefox are on-board with their hello thing [15:56] WebRTC + Operational Transform document editor 4tw] [15:56] We have to use this thing that doesn't work on Linux [15:56] webex? [15:57] seems everyone businessy want their employees to use webex [15:57] it's even a verb to some folk [15:57] "webex me" [15:57] Webex works on Linux [15:57] nowai [15:58] It even works properly if you try [15:58] I have an /opt/webex folder with a working install of the environment you need [15:58] Webex is basically a Java app with links to 32-bit native DLLs [15:58] So you need a 32-bit Firefox / Java combo [16:00] Then it all works, the audio, the annotations, etc [16:00] GotoMeeting, that doesn't work on Linux, not the native client [16:01] But they now have a limited WebRTC client that can join meetings at least [16:02] As soon as someone comes up with a shiny WebRTC client that offers all the wingwangs that WebEx and GotoMeeting have they are...well, going to coast on with their inertia [16:07] * bashrc has heard people complaining about WebEx, but knows nothing about it [16:45] I suppose I should go vote [16:46] got a whole 4 and a bit hours yet! [16:48] could be a queue [16:48] there was a UKIP woman lurking outside the polling station where I was. [16:48] grr @ ukip [16:49] popey, did anything controversial slip out of her mouth? [16:49] i managed to restrain myself from starting an argument with the ukip campaigners outside the supermarket last weekend === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [16:52] simondbull: only "thank you" [16:54] the tellers aren't allowed to be political [16:55] are they not allowed to vote? [16:55] while telling [16:56] one of our councillors was doing it when i voted earlier [16:56] I guess by not being political you mean that they shouldn't be encouraging voters to vote one way or another at the ballot box [16:57] they are only there to record who has voted [16:57] she didnt seem interested in tat [16:57] *that [16:57] had no clipboard or owt [16:58] also, discovered my neighbour from 2 doors down is a Green party candidate for the council [16:58] which surprised me, didn't know [16:58] guessing they didn't campaign much then [16:59] yeah [16:59] solid Tory round here [16:59] not much point it seems [17:00] kind of the same here (but Labour) [17:00] Greens managed to get a full set of candidates but they didn't really bother campaigning [17:00] for the council, this is [17:01] Not going to change the system by giving in to it [17:01] suppose it is early days for them as a larger party... [17:02] https://twitter.com/DaphneFlap is funny [17:02] usually tweets pics of the cat coming and going [17:03] * Laney goes climbing so that he can be back before The Vote on More4 [17:03] tara [17:03] o/ [17:05] the greens did campaign but didn't use electricity, snail mail or cars or vans to do so... === alan_g is now known as alan_g|EOD === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [18:56] http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/620712999971814660/ [19:03] directhex: I've added it to my mirroring torrent thingy [19:03] \o/ [19:04] should have no speed limiting set, but it's slow anyway [19:04] traffic shaping by BT maybe [19:05] pushing to someone running Deluge 1.3.11.0 [19:06] I've got a 31.5 ratio on the 153plus2 release (previous version to this one?) [19:10] diddledan: yes, that was the previous release [19:14] just fyi - while the readme has the correct .horse address the github metadata (at the top of the file list) has a github.io address which 404s: https://github.com/steamos-community/stephensons-rocket [19:16] and directhex.github.io (without the /stephensons-rocket suffix) shows an older version of the page with very out-of-date info (as far as I can see) [19:39] directhex: is steam buggered? [19:40] yes, it is [19:42] diddledan: fixed [20:11] guys, I think I have fixed my borked upgrade.. [20:12] Anyone who hasn't yet voted you're VERY NAUGHTY, polling stations close in 49 mins, get your butt out there [20:12] Unless you vote Tory, 'natch [20:12]