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