[07:02] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[07:09] <zmoylan-pi> o/
[07:10] <brobostigon> o/
[09:01] <brobostigon> https://taylorworld.one/?q=node/5 some feedback please, :)
[09:05] <daftykins> good morn
[09:05] <brobostigon> morning daftykins
[09:27] <zmoylan-pi> i think the least relevant option on that poll is prominent location. 1) they cost 2) gamers are used to crossing dangerous obstacles to get to their destination :-) 3) quieter areas with less noise are better
[09:28] <brobostigon> i agree, but it seemed appropriate, to put it there as an option.
[09:31] <zmoylan-pi> i think access to parking and public transport is more important as gaming can involve transporting large amounts of gear and books
[09:32] <brobostigon> exactly, as thats partly what i meant by that question too, because the local bus station is about 5 mins away from a possible premises.
[09:56] <daftykins> my HDHomeRun arrived this morning, so i'm having fun with that :) tiny little box that takes your aerial freeview signal and pops it on the LAN for any compatible device to view live TV, of which there are many
[09:56] <daftykins> laptops, smartphones, tablets, games consoles, smart TVs
[09:56] <daftykins> not really for me as i loathe broadcast TV, but knowledge of it will be useful for clients
[09:57] <brobostigon> so oyu dont watch QI or HIGNFY?
[09:57] <daftykins> correct
[09:58] <brobostigon> i am almost dissapointed, maybe read private eye instead, as i do, :)
[09:58] <daftykins> it's only because i had the scaffolding on my house this past year that i got a roof aerial installed to be capable of this, to kind of add to the infrastructure of this house to add to resale value
[09:59] <daftykins> nah never seen it - more of a mainland thing i'm sure
[09:59] <brobostigon> ah, i see.
[09:59] <daftykins> maybe newsagents can source it, but i don't even know who covers town here
[10:01] <brobostigon> ok.
[10:01] <daftykins> silly question but is it a paid thing?
[10:02] <brobostigon> privaye eye is a newspaper/magazine that published every two weeks and costs £2.
[10:03] <daftykins> ah-ha, thanks
[10:03] <daftykins> haha just picked up a tonne of French channels, as is to be expected
[10:03] <daftykins> wow
[10:04] <brobostigon> :)
[10:04] <daftykins> here in town we have to point our antennas south-east to point toward a transmitter on Jersey for a signal, so no surprises it's also pointed toward France's northern coast
[11:22] <dwatkins> daftykins: what format does it save the videos on a NAS in?
[11:23] <daftykins> couldn't tell you off hand, as i won't be making use of PVR
[11:23] <daftykins> definitely see some talk of choice in codecs, MPEG2 and H.264 - but no idea on container
[11:24] <daftykins> you have to pay a subscription annually of ~£25 for guide data to use the PVR though
[11:24] <daftykins> looks like i'd have to have an account on their site for the settings app to show me more settings in that area
[15:26] <diddledan> daftykins: you might be able to get rowridge off the isle of wight, though I don't suppose they're propagating that far
[16:44] <daftykins> diddledan: heh that's a LOT more miles :)
[16:44] <diddledan> :-p
[16:45] <diddledan> back when we had analogue transmission we'd get subtle interference from french channels on the same frequency, but only during the summer. it was especially bad when Wimbledon was on
[16:46] <daftykins> oh same down here, only much stronger i imagine
[16:46] <daftykins> :D
[16:46] <diddledan> you'd get a ghost picture overlaid into the picture of the thing you wanted to watch. was weird effect. :-)
[16:46] <daftykins> sometimes you'd see a face ghost into sight and drift over sideways
[16:47] <daftykins> hehe amusing you had the same thing that far north
[16:47] <daftykins> i thought it was just the pesky blighters beaming out too high a power over the Channel
[16:47] <diddledan> aye, we're not even on the coast here at amazingstoke
[16:47] <daftykins> just replaced an old LGA775 era mobo with an intel coffeelake i3 board with onboard intel NIC, but the old 14.04 install doesn't support it - doh!
[16:48] <diddledan> we're on the horizontal parallel with London if that helps to visualise how far north we are
[16:48] <daftykins> ooh yes i've located you on google maps before and pointed with evil intent ;)
[16:48] <diddledan> eep, a 775.. that's core2?
[16:48] <daftykins> same socket, albeit Pentium dual core in that incarnation
[16:49] <diddledan> ee gads, even worse :-p
[16:49] <daftykins> did ok for file server duty :D
[16:49] <diddledan> I still have an AMD bulldozer
[16:49] <daftykins> i made huge efficiency gains dumping my core 2
[16:50] <diddledan> that one where they claimed they had 8 real cores unlike intel's "fake cores via hyperthreading" but neglected to mention that they're crippled by each pair only having a single arithmatic unit
[16:53] <daftykins> xD
[16:53] <daftykins> "it felt like a good idea at the time"
[16:57] <diddledan> I'm interested to see how Intel responds in form of new CPU architecture to the spectre and meltdown shenanigans
[16:58] <daftykins> allegedly coffeelake already has re-designs, but i bet we won't see the end of it in the months to come
[16:59] <daftykins> ooh wow, how modern of me - i'm about to use a 64GB USB C flash drive to install 'buntu server
[16:59] <diddledan> the problem they have right now, I imagine, is they seemed really close to launching a new chip this year before the vuln was announced, and I wonder if they've had to postpone to redesign it
[16:59] <MattJ> "What's USB C?" :)
[16:59] <diddledan> "it's U.S.B., see?"
[16:59] <MattJ> Is it compatible with my Iomege Zip drive?
[17:00] <MattJ> *Iomega
[17:00] <diddledan> nah, those are parallel
[17:00] <diddledan> they plug into centronix
[17:00] <diddledan> you really want a SCSI 160
[17:01] <diddledan> isn't it amazing that 20 years after USB arrived we still don't have proper "daisy chain"ing
[17:02] <diddledan> I want my money back!
[17:02] <daftykins> your zip drive suffered from the click of death years ago, killing all diskettes ;)
[17:03] <diddledan> would be interesting to know how much heritage we've lost because nobody can read zip disks any more meaning the data is irrecoverable
[17:08] <daftykins> and since i know subiquity sucks big time, i changed to another TTY and dd'd the first area of the OS disk so it appeared blank for the install scripts \o/
[17:09] <daftykins> i only bought a USB C flash drive for funsies in the airport on my last trip back :D
[17:09] <daftykins> must admit this is the very first time i've used it in anger, beyond speed testing it
[17:24] <diddledan> and did it have any speed?
[17:25] <diddledan> if so, how many speeds?
[17:25] <diddledan> 3?
[17:25] <diddledan> 4?
[17:25] <diddledan> dare I say.. 5 speeds?!
[17:25] <dwatkins> internal ZIP drives (those in a 5.25" bay inside the machine) didn't suffer from click of death anywhere near as much, I gather.
[17:30] <daftykins> handy
[17:30] <daftykins> oh hello, big blister on a finger tip - wonder what caused that
[17:31] <diddledan> too much poking
[17:31] <daftykins> anywho, totally fresh 18.04 box all apt updated and now i'm slowly restoring services, so not bad
[17:38] <daftykins> you might find this amusing, in the room next to me is the son of the guy who wrote the Mr.Men books - who lives along the road
[17:38] <daftykins> i think the man himself isn't particularly well anymore
[17:39] <daftykins> ah no i'm mixing him up with the author of the Ipcress File who also lives along the road
[17:42] <daftykins> ok so the son kept it going, neat
[18:16] <zmoylan-pi> either way, you just call him sir... :-P