[12:53] <zxmpi> <_<  ...     >_> be care there's a monday out there just waiting to get you
[13:30] <m0nkey_> shhhh! it's sight is based on movement. if you stay perfectly still, it won't see you.
[13:31] <zxmpi> i hear it can smell fear... 
[16:30] <daftykins> :D
[16:30] <daftykins> i thought i'd seen it all, then i saw my Uncle's church setup...
[16:31] <daftykins> imagine if you will, an upstairs room for distracting kids of church-goers - where in a cupboard with no movement of air, 2 ISP supplied routers sit, each on 60 Mb broadband services... then to one side, _4_ powerline adapters plugged into a power strip all in a row, the intent being for them to service 4 other locations point-to-point
[16:33] <zxmpi> toasty
[16:35] <daftykins> funny you say that, as the one length of network cable i saw tacked into the big cheese's office swung low into her room heater and was melted
[16:35] <zxmpi> plasticky whiff like a true network cabinet
[17:13] <MattJ> "4 powerline adapters plugged into a power strip all in a row" /o\
[17:20] <zxmpi> i think that makes it a packet strip :-)
[17:24] <daftykins> xD
[21:02] <zxmpi> bonus points if they later put in a network with poe so the network is for power and the power lines are for data. that'll confuse the pfy some point down the road :-)
[21:04] <daftykins> *zap*
[21:32]  * zxmpi licks cable... tastes like ipv6
[21:48] <daftykins> heh i wonder when our main ISP will ever adopt that
[21:48] <daftykins> honestly it's just a complication though from my point of view, so no concerns for now
[21:49] <zxmpi> i've always thought that phone company if smart could have sold a service to the home of a backup battery that would be trickle charged by phone network and give 2-3 days power for a light, radio and recharge a few phones
[21:50] <zxmpi> could be a nice little earner
[21:50] <zxmpi> especially for remote rural areas where power cuts can be regular in winter and last days or weeks
[21:56] <zxmpi> i see they made a laptop for ocd folk :-P https://boingboing.net/2021/09/10/laptop-with-an-ortholinear-keyboard.html
[22:24] <daftykins> crikey
[22:26] <zxmpi> might make it theft proof :-)
[22:27] <daftykins> a European with an AZERTY was trying to explain their pain of not having + and - keys on the number row, recently
[22:27] <zxmpi> but those laptops are usually a few quid cheaper. :-)
[22:28] <zxmpi> they're the dogs milk of laptops :-)