[15:26] <davef> Do I want a PS5? 
[15:27] <zxmpi> can you get one without paying a scalper?
[15:27] <davef> Yes
[15:27] <zxmpi> then yes
[15:27] <zxmpi> otherwise no
[15:27] <davef> I'm wondering if I'll actually play any games on it
[15:27] <davef> Might as well anyway
[15:28] <zxmpi> there'll be at least 2-3 very very good games that will be worth it
[15:28] <zxmpi> if you like big screen games
[15:29] <zxmpi> ms seems to have screwed the pooch with halo on xbox reading the disappointed fans comments online.
[15:30] <davef> For games that run on xbox will be available on Windows, so no need for an xbox.
[15:30] <zxmpi> and then that raises a whole pile of problems where pc gamers whip the xbox weenies
[15:30] <davef> Plus I have access to rent games for free.
[15:30] <daftykins> not when they can't buy graphics cards they don't
[15:31] <zxmpi> not the graphic cards that help them win. usually it's the better keyboard and joystick option
[15:31] <davef> I still got my launch day 2080 .. I recently replaced the thermal pads and repasted it, good as new.
[15:32] <daftykins> i've been playing a touch of the new Halo on PC, if the market weren't a mess i'd probably like an upgrade 
[15:33] <davef> and wooo! my one and only meeting of the day has been cancelled.
[15:34] <daftykins> \o/
[15:35] <zxmpi> lack of interest or someone eventually realised it could be an email? :-P
[15:36] <daftykins> it can never be an email, people don't read them xD
[15:40] <davef> No, it devolved into a Teams chat
[15:47] <daftykins> nasty
[15:49] <davef> and it's been confirmed that we're patched for log4j.. providing no more CVEs come out
[15:52] <daftykins> guaranteed xD
[16:03] <zxmpi> european section in usa supermarket. not a jaffacake to be had. :-/ https://teddit.net/pics/w:null_8pn5wq61zs681.jpg
[16:07] <daftykins> nor hobnobs!
[16:08] <zxmpi> at least the jammie dodgers are on the top shelf out of the reach of kids
[16:08] <zxmpi> oh wow, jaffa cakes beside them upside down
[16:09] <zxmpi> jacobs version which i prefer as they are more common brand here
[16:49] <davef> so I'm passing on the PS5, the store wanted to bundle it in with a ton of stuff I don't want. Pushing the price up significantly. I can wait.
[16:49] <daftykins> ah yeah i heard one of the US chains is doing that
[16:49] <davef> This was gamestop
[16:49] <daftykins> that's the one :D
[16:50] <davef> Just let me buy the damn console, I don't want a bundle.
[16:50] <daftykins> they're trying desperately to pad their bottom line
[16:50] <davef> Of course
[16:51] <davef> Problem is, my friends have them now and I don't. So I'll be left behind for a short while.
[16:51] <daftykins> i ordered an nvidia shield TV pro from scan.co.uk today :D it'll be a great HTPC capable of playing HDR content on the TV with Kodi
[16:51] <daftykins> ah i see
[16:51] <daftykins> why don't you get it anyway and sell the bundle jazz? 
[16:51] <davef> it's bundled with games and stuff nobody wants
[16:51] <daftykins> i always intended to do that with the xbox one x i picked up a couple of years back, but it didn't seem worth trying to sell the Forza Motorsport 4 key
[16:56] <daftykins> i was going to gift it to a pal but he's been too lazy to assemble his gaming PC o0
[17:18] <davef> About to experience freedom in the first time for 10 days. Isolation is over!
[17:18] <zxmpi> run be free. in a mask, socially distanced and stay safe :-P
[17:19] <davef> I've just recovered for the 'rona, so the science says I'm safe for a few weeks.
[17:19] <davef> *from the
[18:27] <penguin42> the rates in London are high enough that we'll soon get news stories when they find someone who doesn't have it
[18:30] <zxmpi> 2/3s of irelands cases today (5200) are believed to be omicron
[18:38] <penguin42> there still doesn't seem to be any idea if it's adding to Delta or replacing it though or the hospital implications
[18:43] <davef> I'm starting to wonder if this is the one last hurrah before the end of the pandemic. 
[18:44] <davef> It's ripping through through the population, eventually it'll run out of hosts to infect and die off.
[18:45] <davef> And tbh, after having it, it wasn't as bad as they said it was. I'm not in great physical condition either.
[18:46] <zxmpi> you had a vaccine?
[18:46] <davef> Yes
[18:46] <zxmpi> then it did it's job
[18:46] <zxmpi> gave your immune system a head start
[18:46] <davef> Exactly
[18:47] <daftykins> clearly the jaffa cakes helped
[18:47] <penguin42> right; new shelving unit done: https://mastodon.org.uk/system/media_attachments/files/107/486/359/630/474/325/original/594753aef73fda5a.jpeg
[18:47] <zxmpi> meanwhile hospitals are running at 100% for last 21 months filled to capacity stopping normal medical treatments
[18:47] <davef> Indeed, the amazing healing power of the jaffa cake!
[18:47] <daftykins> davef: have you thought back over your UK trip and pondered where you might have been exposed?
[18:48] <davef> daftykins: I have, but I don't believe I was exposed anywhere. 
[18:48] <penguin42> daftykins: Anywhere in the UK?
[18:48] <davef> Everyone on-board the plane to Canada had to show proof of negative PCR test
[18:49] <davef> I then didn't see anyone for almost a week after a returning
[18:49] <daftykins> hrmm
[18:49] <davef> I then go to the studio for the day, and bam, two days later I'm sick.
[18:49] <daftykins> penguin42: ooh lots o' beige :D i like the trick machine that suggests not to press power or reset to reboot
[18:53] <penguin42> :-)
[18:53] <penguin42> that's a Mac that came out of a CS dept lab
[20:40] <daftykins> hrmm i encountered a challenge today, one of the batch of TVs a client bought has a DVB-S2 tuner, but doesn't have a license for freesat, meaning the channel list is a stack of over 700 channels - every one of the regional variants of e.g. BBC, ITV, Channel 4... plus encrypted stuff
[20:41] <daftykins> it doesn't appear to have an import/export feature so muggins here may have to pick through and rearrange the list manually
[21:18] <penguin42> oh that's painful; you'd think there would be a way to do that for something like hotels
[21:20] <zxmpi> i think you ring the manufacturer, tell them you're ordering a 1000 and an intern has the most boring weekend ever :-P
[22:08] <daftykins> hehe
[22:49] <zxmpi> i've spent many an afternoon opening a box of network cards and configuring the whole box to option 0 irq 5 base 320h for novell 10 base t network
[22:55]  * penguin42 runs off with zxmpi's terminator
[22:56] <daftykins> "I need your crimper, your 8P8Cs... and your cat6 reel"
[22:57] <zxmpi> hah, forgot to steal by bucket of jumpers