[03:50] <m0nkey_> Should be interesting. Seems that Windows 10 is finally getting ANSI escape codes in console mode.
[03:50] <m0nkey_> http://www.nivot.org/blog/post/2016/02/04/Windows-10-TH2-(v1511)-Console-Host-Enhancements
[06:07] <\sv> helo
[10:17] <brobostigon> morning boys ans girls.
[10:18] <zmoylan-pi> looks like spring has sprung finally... at least till the next storm hits in a few days http://www.carrollsirishgifts.com/livedublinwebcam
[13:42] <SuperEngineer> Bit windy today, not the best day to have done what I got away with [no power cuts]
[13:43] <MartijnVdS> you got away with no power cuts?
[13:43] <SuperEngineer> I have shrunk main partition, created a games partition, redownloaded games to it.
[13:44] <MartijnVdS> ah partition work
[13:44] <MartijnVdS> always exciting :)
[13:44] <SuperEngineer> ...&, yup, no power cuts [lot of building going on locally - lots of exposed things that shouldn't be] - 2 power cuts last week alone
[13:45] <SuperEngineer> partitioning during possible cuts... not recommended fotr those with poorly hearts ;-)
[13:45] <MartijnVdS> well there's the UPS route
[13:46] <SuperEngineer> MartijnVdS, all UPS contributions welcome!
[13:46] <SuperEngineer> [normal delivery will do]
[13:48] <SuperEngineer> [UPS = u'll probably seriouslyregretnothavingonesoon]
[13:48] <MartijnVdS> SuperEngineer: it's pronounced "OOPS"
[13:49] <SuperEngineer> or "Whoops" - if power cut had occurred
[13:49] <SuperEngineer> [well, that's the polite version]
[13:50] <penguin42> why dont small UPSs these days let you attach a solar panel?
[13:51] <MartijnVdS> penguin42: because a solar panel won't be enough?
[13:51] <MartijnVdS> though my laptop charger is 45W and 45W of solar panel can be made in a reasonable size these days
[13:51] <SuperEngineer> penguin42, because solar panels are big and superglue won't hold them onto the UPS?
[13:51] <penguin42> MartijnVdS: Right but it should give you some and it seems like the easy place to merge a solar installation in?
[13:51] <MartijnVdS> penguin42: what about power outages at night though
[13:52] <MartijnVdS> *lunar panels*!
[13:52] <penguin42> MartijnVdS: Oh I mean it has a mains input as well, but if it's got solar power coming in then it takes the power from that
[13:53] <SuperEngineer> Isn't that more of a solar array's job, a few solar panels - big battery storage needed for UPS
[13:54] <penguin42> SuperEngineer: But if you've got a solar panel on your building then it seems silly to charge it's own batteries then invert that back to mains and then use that to charge a UPS that converts it back to 12v on the batteries to invert it back to mains
[13:54] <MartijnVdS> There was this guy in my town who's converted his whole house to 12V only
[13:54] <MartijnVdS> 12V-DC*
[13:55] <MartijnVdS> sadly, he was also a mad conspiracy theory kind of guy, and blew up himself and most of his building
[13:55] <SuperEngineer> penguin42, I was thinking of getting the UPS charged via solar panels - battery backup needed for charge during low power
[13:55] <penguin42> haha
[13:56] <penguin42> SuperEngineer: Right, that's what I was after
[13:57] <SuperEngineer> I once did a clean up of a Windows system for a chap who was rather "proud" of his home built UPS
[13:57] <SuperEngineer> ...a load of car batteries!
[13:57] <SuperEngineer> His system was full of chkdsk files :-D
[13:57] <MartijnVdS> and a 555 tuned to 50Hz? :P
[13:58] <penguin42> haha
[14:00] <SuperEngineer> [& if he only realised how much flamable gas was being released in that room with his pc & car batteries!
[14:00] <SuperEngineer> ...didn't manage to convince him of his
[14:00] <SuperEngineer> stupidity
[14:01] <SuperEngineer> [a person who was 1/ big headed, 2/ stupid]
[14:04] <SuperEngineer> Anyways, a question... [back to my games partition]. I want to do a complete /home reinstal for 16.04
[14:04] <SuperEngineer> ...will Steam, if pointed at my Games partition, pick up the downloaded games?
[14:05] <MartijnVdS> You may have to re-click "Download game" but it'll complete after a checksum verification
[14:05] <SuperEngineer> [... probably gonna have to wait to find out the hard way]  ;-)
[14:06] <SuperEngineer> MartijnVdS, good news, thanks
[14:19] <SuperEngineer> Dear BBC weather, I know it's gonna get nasty - I was talking Steam, not Storm!  ;-)
[14:19] <penguin42> haha
[16:05]  * zmoylan-pi nurses hot mug of coffee after long walk outside in wind and rain and cold
[16:11] <SuperEngineer> [& hangs wellies up to dry somewhere not "upside down over bed", I hope]
[16:13] <zmoylan-pi> nah, i never liked wearing wellies... mucked around on too many boats and wellies were 'bad' as they would slow you down in a pinch
[16:14] <penguin42> :also never liked wellies, I tend to wear steel toed boots in the winter all the time
[16:15] <zmoylan-pi> steel toed shoes especially around repairing pcs... the one time i didn't i had a desk collapse and server with twin redundant power transformers land on my foot...
[16:22] <penguin42> I just started wearing them because 1) I like to have water proof shoes in wet manchester winters  2) I like to have the room to wiggle my toes around    - but yes they are nice when dealing with heavy kit
[18:36] <penguin42>  'Europe' are going to make a fortune on 'The final countdown'   when they actually get around to a referendum
[19:04] <zmoylan-pi> you can look forward to extensive coverage of all the fringe looper parties...
[19:05] <zmoylan-pi> it'll be like spode in jeeves and wooster all over again...
[19:18] <gebbione> hi all. is anyone experiencing sudden kill and logout from the desktop session? (14.04) what is the best way to investigate