[04:07] <Bashing-om> ducasse: Hey. A thought. Hoz that "book" comming along ? I have yet to see my share of the royalties :)
[06:01] <Bashing-om> To slow for me to keep up . Gone to bed - G nite
[07:19] <ducasse> good morning all
[12:12] <BluesKaj> Hi folks
[13:47] <ducasse> \o BluesKaj - hope you are well and have a wonderful xmas :)
[13:50] <BluesKaj> hi ducasse, thanks, have a very Merry Christmas as well and the best to you and yours for the new year :-)
[20:30] <Bashing-om> Procrastinating; I can come up with no better way than here on IRC .
[20:31] <nicomachus> me, all day
[20:32] <ducasse> hiya Bashing-om - back in business? ;)
[20:33] <Bashing-om> The rain is is comming .. Rather than get caught out in the rain .. I just pester all yall :)
[20:35] <Bashing-om> ducasse: Wonder of wonders, moving the spinners off the same SATA buss as the SSD ( and great grieve to fix the file systems on the spinners) .. and YES .. solid and stable !
[20:36] <nicomachus> we had some ice this morning.
[20:36] <nicomachus> like... sleet I guess.
[20:36] <nicomachus> or just frozen rain
[20:37] <Bashing-om> nicomachus: Here is unseasonably warm ! .. no ice .. NO white Christmas . My feelings are not hurt .
[20:42] <ducasse> Bashing-om: had a similar problem once, turned out to be some bad caps on one controller, causing some drives to work while others failed. resoldered, and everything was fine.
[20:46] <Bashing-om> ducasse: Yeah, had that same thought of bad caps .. took a flashlight and a magnifing glass to look . saw nothing to get concerned about . Been stable for 2 days now ... but my fingers are still crossed .
[20:55] <ducasse> Bashing-om: what kind of board is this?
[20:58] <Bashing-om> ducasse: An old Abit KN9 SLI, nvidia chip sets ! I recently replaced the ATI graphic's card with an nVida card ( just prior to installeing the SSD)  .
[21:01] <ducasse> Bashing-om: cpu socket?
[21:01] <ducasse> (too lazy to look up myself ;)
[21:14] <ducasse> Bashing-om: only reason i ask is because i might  have a functioning board you can use - you're welcome to it.
[21:22] <Bashing-om> ducasse: It be on AM2 sockets .. but these boards are so old ! Really not worth the effort to keep them up . Besides which I have an newer box ( Asrock board) that I could move the drives to .
[21:23] <ducasse> Bashing-om: ah,  ok then. let me know if you need anything, though, lots of stuff in my magic box of tricks :)
[21:27] <Bashing-om> ducasse: Thanks ! .. Always nice to have a shoulder to lean on - sometimes just to cry on ! But really, I have had and worked on this present box so long and so much ... I am kind of partial to it . Still able to do all I want of it and more . Runs 16.04 just fine so I am good 'til 2021 !
[21:32] <ducasse> Bashing-om: you have the right attitude:  run it till the magic smoke  disappears! ;)
[21:36] <Bashing-om> ducasse: This ole box is 'most "sailor proof" .. takes a beating and keeps on keep'n on . Sometimes I do have to beat on it .. stubborn mule that it is .
[21:43] <OerHeks> desktops are out.
[21:45] <OerHeks> i feel silly with a pc&lcd ready to go stored in a corner.
[21:50] <nicomachus> desktops are not out.
[21:51] <nicomachus> desktops are just getting a new purpose.
[21:52] <Bashing-om> How do you know you are getting  old ? .. can only think straight sitting in front of a desktop machine !
[21:54] <daftykins> >:)
[22:01] <Bashing-om> In that catagory of "old" - still use a PS2 mechanical keyboard .. just to old to change now ! The noise is comforting , and the Wife can keep track of me .
[22:04] <daftykins> PS/2 is better than USB for peripherals i think :) lower level interrupts
[22:08] <Bashing-om> daftykins: So long as ya keep in mind ... can not hot swap !
[22:09] <daftykins> indeed! although i did encounter some newer boards that still keep PS/2, which are capable
[22:12] <Bashing-om> If ya can find them ! Here in backwards county Ark. try and find a PS2 mouse .. Uh Huh .not enough local demand to even stock them .. shucks !