#Soylent | Logs for 2015-07-14

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[00:00:48] <Bytram> we had someone come in and post comments into 'old' stories with bunches of spam links
[00:00:59] <BadCoderFinger> Just as an interjection, I'd like to say that presbyopia sucks.
[00:01:24] <Bytram> ~define presbyopia
[00:01:27] <exec> presbyopia: unable to find definition
[00:02:03] <BadCoderFinger> Presbyopia: You get over 40, your eye's lens loses flexibility.
[00:02:03] <cmn32480> ahh yes... that one has to timothy and soulskill nicks as active posts
[00:02:43] <Bytram> ahh, names from the past
[00:02:47] <cmn32480> prior to those nicks being huled up the yardarm
[00:03:03] <Bytram> ISTR we locked those and are holding 'em shold their namesakes ever want 'em back
[00:03:26] <Bytram> someplace I have date/time stamps for nick creation for the first few thousand nicks
[00:03:28] <cmn32480> yes... that is hte official story
[00:03:39] <BadCoderFinger> Holy crap, who would have believed we have nick-squatters.
[00:03:43] <cmn32480> that woudl be called the database Bytram
[00:03:54] <cmn32480> and they happened EARLY
[00:04:06] <cmn32480> timothy and soulskill are 137 and 139
[00:04:46] <cmn32480> samzenpus is 135
[00:05:00] <Bytram> yup, someone went on a tear registering those nicks...
[00:05:07] <cmn32480> shoot... I signed up the first day and am 443
[00:05:10] <Bytram> I wonder who got 136... brb
[00:05:29] <Bytram> turtledawn
[00:06:06] <Bytram> http://soylentnews.org
[00:06:11] <exec> └─ 13SoylentNews Friend/Foe System - 03https://soylentnews.org/zoo.pl?op=check&type=friend&uid=137
[00:06:33] <cmn32480> CmdrTaco has 178...
[00:06:39] <cmn32480> if it is the real cmdrtaco
[00:08:54] <BadCoderFinger> I'd not bet money on it.
[00:09:48] <cmn32480> hell no I ain't takin' that bet
[00:10:25] <cmn32480> but it is interesting how many names are on the first few articles... and never seen again
[00:13:04] <Bytram> true, but OTOH, there are still quite a few from the first 100 that I still see now and again.
[00:14:37] <cmn32480> agreed
[00:15:32] <nick> i assume many just became lurkers
[00:16:29] <cmn32480> highly likely
[00:17:01] <Bytram> prolly.
[00:17:02] <juggs> Does the site Search function using the "Users" option work for anyone else? e.g. https://soylentnews.org
[00:17:06] <exec> └─ 13Search 'juggs'
[00:17:26] <Bytram> I believe that was implemented on dev, but i don't believe it has made it to prod, yet.
[00:17:37] <cmn32480> your query comes up blan k
[00:17:47] <Bytram> if anyone is intersted, I could paste the first 100 UIDs and nicks here.
[00:18:02] <juggs> aye - I get "No usernames were found that match your query. "
[00:18:09] <cmn32480> mee too
[00:18:20] <juggs> Bytram, that would not be terribly IRC friendly
[00:18:35] <Bytram> understood,that is why I asked, first.
[00:18:37] <juggs> Would you want 1000 lines in scrollback?
[00:18:45] <Bytram> if anyone objected, then I'd not do it.
[00:18:50] <cmn32480> I had that already once today!
[00:19:04] <Bytram> same here
[00:19:07] <cmn32480> this palce was shockingly active for a monday
[00:19:26] <Bytram> we can call it the 'electric palace' ??
[00:19:59] <cmn32480> ow
[00:20:03] <cmn32480> just ow
[00:20:04] <juggs> You can always limit the scrollback by channel on the bouncer if you so wish.
[00:20:12] <cmn32480> i had to increaseit
[00:20:21] <cmn32480> it defaults to 50 lines....
[00:20:30] <Bytram> I must admir that my favorite uid/nick matchup so far is this one: UID=99; nick=Barbara Feldon
[00:20:30] <juggs> I thought it defaulted to 9999
[00:20:53] <cmn32480> mine was 50
[00:21:08] <cmn32480> but it doesn't matter
[00:21:14] <cmn32480> 1500 lines shoudl be pletny
[00:21:21] <cmn32480> most times
[00:21:32] <Bytram> yeah, I believe that's what I run with for the most part
[00:23:53] <juggs> I have 50000 set - but I rarely read #soylent scrollback unless I get a ping
[00:24:38] -!- SpallsHurgenson [SpallsHurgenson!~SpallsHur@Soylent/Users/656/SpallsHurgenson] has joined #Soylent
[00:24:41] <Bytram> speaking of which, is there a simple way to *find* a ping amid a long scrollback?
[00:24:44] * SpallsHurgenson has arrived
[00:24:46] <SpallsHurgenson> just in time
[00:24:50] <SpallsHurgenson> to give everybody
[00:24:53] <SpallsHurgenson> a reason
[00:24:53] <SpallsHurgenson> to
[00:24:55] <SpallsHurgenson> have a
[00:24:57] <SpallsHurgenson> 1000 line
[00:24:59] <cmn32480> free beer?
[00:25:01] <SpallsHurgenson> scrollback :)
[00:25:05] <chromas> burma shave
[00:25:10] <SpallsHurgenson> lol
[00:25:18] <BadCoderFinger> I need eye-bleach after that.
[00:25:54] <SpallsHurgenson> and I haven't even sat down yet :)
[00:26:21] <juggs> Bytram, if using Hexchat - Ctrl-F (find) for your nick and use the "search backwards" option - bought the best option I have found - would be nice if you could click on the notification and jump to that point in the channel history
[00:26:30] <juggs> s/bought/about
[00:26:30] * sedctl offers jiggs a /
[00:26:33] <juggs> s/bought/about/
[00:26:33] <sedctl> <jaggs> Bytram, if using Hexchat - Ctrl-F (find) for your nick and use the "search backwards" option - about the best option I have found - would be nice if you could click on the notification and jump to that point in the channel history
[00:26:44] * juggs kicks sadctl
[00:27:20] <Bytram> ahh, that sounds workable! And I just do that in the channels that have an appropriately highlighted channel name and robert is my dad's brother!
[00:27:43] <cmn32480> you certainly re on a roll tonight Bytram
[00:27:52] <Bytram> tootsie?
[00:28:02] <cmn32480> pop?
[00:28:09] <Bytram> goes the weasel!
[00:28:16] <cmn32480> and what does Dustin Hoffman have to do with this?
[00:28:37] <Bytram> rain, man.
[00:28:57] <cmn32480> ~weather jacksonville, FL
[00:28:59] <exec> 03Jacksonville, FL, USA - currently 86°F / 30°C, mostly cloudy, wind SW at 11 mph, humidity 57% - Monday partly cloudy (75°F-95°F / 24°C-35°C), Tuesday partly cloudy (77°F-94°F / 25°C-34°C), Wednesday scattered thunderstorms (77°F-94°F / 25°C-34°C), Thursday scattered thunderstorms (75°F-91°F / 24°C-33°C)
[00:29:09] <cmn32480> scattered thundershowers actually
[00:29:12] <Bytram> or, if you prefer, coo coo ka choo Mrs. Robinson
[00:29:24] <cmn32480> she's a hottie that Mrs. Robinson
[00:29:37] <Bytram> takin' a break; back in a few minutes
[00:29:52] <juggs> ~weather
[00:29:54] <exec> 03London, UK - currently 65°F / 18°C, mostly cloudy, wind W at 13 mph, humidity 80% - Monday cloudy (61°F-72°F / 16°C-22°C), Tuesday cloudy (61°F-73°F / 16°C-23°C), Wednesday showers (59°F-75°F / 15°C-24°C), Thursday scattered showers (63°F-80°F / 17°C-27°C)
[00:30:08] * SpallsHurgenson is relaxed and tanned today... I finally managed to reach the beach :)
[00:30:25] <Bytram> btw, just the luck of the draw, but I happened to get the 255th comment on this site: https://soylentnews.org
[00:30:30] <exec> └─ 13SoylentNews Comments | Massive Site Progress - Status for 02/16
[00:31:14] <cmn32480> I'm closer to the beach than yesterday.. does that count?
[00:32:00] <SpallsHurgenson> only if you actually had fishies nibblin' your toesies :)
[00:33:07] <cmn32480> so it counts if I stick my feet in the goldfish bowl?
[00:33:32] <juggs> poor goldfish
[00:33:45] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm going to say yes just so you stick your toes in the goldfish bowl (pix or it didn't happen :)
[00:35:35] <cmn32480> ok... next time I run inot a goldfish bowl, I will do it and post pics
[00:36:24] <SpallsHurgenson> newsflash: nerd arrested at local pet-store!
[00:37:20] <BadCoderFinger> "Local Goldfish Stunned"
[00:37:22] * Bytram tries to remember who makes the goldfish-shaped-and-colored snacks
[00:37:38] <cmn32480> Pepperidge Farm
[00:37:40] <SpallsHurgenson> Pepperidge Farm remembers!
[00:37:42] <Bytram> rumor has it that one of the fish was called wanda
[00:37:45] <Bytram> YES!
[00:37:56] <Bytram> who is that man with the orange feet?
[00:37:59] <cmn32480> she did wanda why there were feet in her bowl...
[00:38:04] <Bytram> LOL!
[00:38:10] <cmn32480> he's an Oompa Loompa!
[00:38:44] <Bytram> that scene with Jamie Lee Curtis on the balcony while John Cleese(?) was singing something in russian is a 8classic*
[00:38:55] <Bytram> s/8/*/
[00:38:56] <sedctl> <Bytram> that scene with Jamie Lee Curtis on the balcony while John Cleese(?) was singing something in russian is a *classic*
[00:39:10] <cmn32480> time for me to go to bed gang
[00:39:17] <cmn32480> been up since 0330
[00:39:20] <takyon> night
[00:39:35] <Bytram> Oy!
[00:39:42] <cmn32480> yeah... long day
[00:39:56] <Bytram> cmn32480: g'night -- hope you can sleep fast!
[00:40:28] <cmn32480> won't be an issue Bytram... been nodding off in the pretty uncomfortable chair for the last 5-10 min
[00:40:41] <takyon> http://www.universetoday.com
[00:40:45] <exec> └─ 13Is There Life on Pluto?
[00:40:54] <cmn32480> fleas... I bet Pluto has fleas
[00:41:39] <Bytram> and New Horizons, once it is past pluto, flees the fleas
[00:42:01] <cmn32480> bet they gave it one of those special collars
[00:42:07] <cmn32480> probably has a gps chip in it
[00:42:34] <cmn32480> gps says "it is that way-> REALLY far
[00:42:53] cmn32480 is now known as cmn32480_sleepin
[00:42:54] <Bytram> some satellite constellation they must have
[00:43:22] <SpallsHurgenson> ftp://cpc1-seac23-2-0-cust35.7-2.cable.virginm.net
[00:43:40] <SpallsHurgenson> Helium-3 superfluid blobs :)
[00:43:59] <Bytram> http://blog.andreineculau.com
[00:44:03] <exec> └─ 13Major security threat! LinkedIn, Facebook, Github, etc and secondary email addresses - me, myself & andrei
[00:49:50] <SpallsHurgenson> Facebook and Linkedin... I think I see the problem
[00:50:14] <juggs> Hmm - people tend to use their work email addresses for Linkedin - makes sense to have a personal one on there also in case one is terminated at short notice and work email access denied immediately (never happened to me, but I know others who have been laid off and immediately escorted from the premises). Caused them a few headaches with such accounts.
[00:51:18] * juggs reads more of the article and sees that point is covered... ooops
[00:52:36] * SpallsHurgenson is confused, "What is this 'reading the article'?"
[00:52:38] <paulej72> i get to keep mine as an alum
[00:53:38] <BadCoderFinger> Dare one ask from where?
[00:53:58] <Bytram> school
[00:55:06] <Bytram> =)
[00:55:31] <BadCoderFinger> I was rather looking for which school, but it's ok if you don't want to share.
[00:55:33] <paulej72> princeton
[00:55:39] <Bytram> I was j/k
[00:56:08] <paulej72> grad student turned staff
[00:56:25] <BadCoderFinger> Decent of them to let you keep the email address.
[00:56:30] <Bytram> paulej72++
[00:56:30] <Bender> karma - paulej72: 178
[00:57:00] <Bytram> hey gang, I'm pretty wiped out... gonna call it a night.
[00:57:13] <paulej72> it gets forworded to an alumni account
[00:57:20] <Bytram> have a good one and take it easy; and if you can take it easy, take another! ;)
[00:57:20] <BadCoderFinger> Later Bytram!
[00:57:20] * SpallsHurgenson was gonna call it "Ed"
[00:57:26] <paulej72> night Bytram
[00:57:26] <Bytram> BadCoderFinger: later!
[00:57:38] <Bytram> paulej72: g'night!
[00:57:39] <SpallsHurgenson> have a good ed, Bytram!
[00:57:42] <BadCoderFinger> Wait, can I change my vote to match Spalls'?
[00:57:57] <Bytram> SpallsHurgenson: ciao for now
[00:58:02] <SpallsHurgenson> BadCoderFinger: that would be a bad idea.
[00:58:02] <BadCoderFinger> "Ed the night" has a mythic ring to it.
[00:58:10] <SpallsHurgenson> Ed the Ed
[00:58:25] <Bytram> ahem, that's "Mister Ed" to you!
[00:58:32] <Bytram> oh, wait.
[00:58:33] <Bytram> =)
[00:58:57] <SpallsHurgenson> A horse is a horse, of course of course. And a horse cannot talk, of course of course. But I got a horse that can talk, of course; the fabulous Mister Ed!
[00:59:12] <SpallsHurgenson> alternately:
[00:59:18] <Bytram> give that man an internet!
[00:59:30] <Bytram> and a bit bucket to carry it in
[00:59:31] <BadCoderFinger> Heh!
[00:59:52] <SpallsHurgenson> A corpse is a corpse, of course of course. And a corpse cannot talk, of course of course. But I can talk to a corpse of course, 'cause I got a Speak With The Dead!
[00:59:53] <BadCoderFinger> Psssh! Internets now come with carrying handles! Pants still optional, though.
[00:59:57] <Bytram> ahh, laughter is the best sleeping aid! good night to you all!
[01:00:19] <SpallsHurgenson> (but that version may betray my secret geekiness :)
[01:00:22] Bytram is now known as Bytram|away
[01:00:50] <BadCoderFinger> "Speak with Dead" may give that away, yeah.
[01:01:26] * SpallsHurgenson rolls the two d10, "Yes it is... 72% probable!")
[01:01:52] <BadCoderFinger> I'm more into "Blue Planet" and "Traveller" these days, though.
[01:02:25] <SpallsHurgenson> I have a 30-year D&D campaign, I can't switch to anything new :)
[01:03:05] <BadCoderFinger> That's surprising.
[01:03:35] <SpallsHurgenson> most people would disagree with that assessment. They would say that's more or less what they expected from me :)
[01:04:19] <BadCoderFinger> I admit I have no basis for comparison.
[01:05:08] <BadCoderFinger> But I highly recommend "Blue Planet." It's the most sciency science fiction game there is.
[01:05:45] <SpallsHurgenson> I was never very good at sci-fi RPG. Love hard-SF novels but prefer to play in more fantastical sandboxes :)
[01:06:33] <takyon> New York City Pays $5.9 Million Settlement to Eric Garner’s Family
[01:07:17] <SpallsHurgenson> well, the city has settled... but I hope they still go after the cop :)
[01:07:36] <BadCoderFinger> Don't bet on it. Blue protects its own.
[01:08:00] <SpallsHurgenson> which is exactly why I was still hoping they would go after the cop
[01:08:17] <SpallsHurgenson> until they learn there are consequences, there's no incentive for bad cops not to be, well, bad cops
[01:08:44] <BadCoderFinger> Yeah, my nephew was a cop.
[01:09:32] <BadCoderFinger> You wouldn't want to get pulled over by him.
[01:11:23] <SpallsHurgenson> does he tickle speeders?
[01:12:37] <SpallsHurgenson> I think we've all been there where we've been pulled over for speeding and out comes the tickle-monster...
[01:14:32] <SpallsHurgenson> what, nobody else ever has that happen to them?
[01:14:40] <takyon> you're special
[01:16:00] <takyon> http://www.bbc.com
[01:16:05] <exec> └─ 13Mexico on high alert as manhunt for drug lord Guzman continues - BBC News
[01:16:18] <juggs> uhm.... "Have you been tickled by a police officer? You could be in line for a payout. Just call 1-800-SpallsHurgenson for advice. Experts in tickling advice"
[01:16:25] <takyon> http://www.bbc.com
[01:16:29] <exec> └─ 13Snow delights Australians amid cold snap - BBC News
[01:16:36] <SpallsHurgenson> no, I only offer advice if you AREN'T getting tickled :)
[01:16:42] <BadCoderFinger> Spalls... I kinda thing if you wore pants, that wouldn't happen to you.
[01:16:45] <takyon> Australians Joyous Until Rise of the Snow Arachnids
[01:16:50] <BadCoderFinger> s/thing/think/
[01:16:50] <sedctl> <BadCoderFinger> Spalls... I kinda think if you wore pants, that wouldn't happen to you.
[01:17:16] * juggs reaches for the mind bleach
[01:17:39] <takyon> juggs grabs 1,000,000 spiders
[01:18:24] <SpallsHurgenson> snow is awesome.
[01:19:36] <SpallsHurgenson> does Boston still have a snow problem? I mean, I know it's July and everything but they DID get an awful lot of the stuff this winter
[01:22:42] <takyon> Spalls immersed in webbing covered with 1 quadrillion spiders
[01:23:05] <SpallsHurgenson> but still obviously pantsless :)
[01:23:38] <takyon> spiderpants
[01:24:17] * SpallsHurgenson sings "Spiderpants, spiderpants... does whatever a spiderpants can. "
[01:26:29] <BadCoderFinger> Presumably a spider wearing pants, so it doesn't moon the flies before eating them.
[01:26:48] <SpallsHurgenson> hmmm
[01:27:07] * SpallsHurgenson corrects the song, "Spiderpantsless, spiderpantsless, does whatever a pantsless spider does..."
[01:31:44] <SpallsHurgenson> my skin feels crisped, almost burnt from being out in the sun all day; anyone know what that is called?
[01:34:39] <takyon> mummification
[01:34:57] <juggs> Stupidity?
[01:35:22] <juggs> Pre-cursor to skin cancer?
[01:35:30] <takyon> cooking
[01:36:13] * SpallsHurgenson rubbed himself with anti-sun slop... but I think the sun rolled its saving throw
[01:36:20] <juggs> A good reason to have an aloe plant around?
[01:37:01] <SpallsHurgenson> I have an aloe plant
[01:37:25] <SpallsHurgenson> I just don't have the heart to tear apart its leaves simply to balm my stupidity :)
[01:37:45] <juggs> anti-sun slop only lasts so long before it breaks down and becomes ineffective - there's a reason they have that small print that says something like re-apply frequently and after swimming.
[01:38:05] <SpallsHurgenson> trust me, I was sloppin' repeatedly :)
[01:38:22] <SpallsHurgenson> that's what I get for sunbathin' on Mercury
[01:38:25] <juggs> Higher SPF next time then I guess :)
[01:39:13] <SpallsHurgenson> the surf was terrible there too
[01:41:02] * juggs is reminded to listen to some Gustav Holst compositions.... not sure why
[01:41:39] <chromas> !grab-1 SpallsHurgenson
[01:41:54] <chromas> or -2
[01:42:21] <juggs> the -N grab is a much requested feature :)
[01:43:19] <SpallsHurgenson> he wrote the Planets and Mercury is a Planet (at least until Neil deGrass Tyson gets his hands on it :)
[01:44:10] <SpallsHurgenson> an -n grab would just lead to an escalation of nograbs :)
[01:45:01] <juggs> Mercury - the winged messenger wasn't it? Mars - the bringer of war.... I forget the others.
[01:45:02] <SpallsHurgenson> I'd say something stupid and have to follow up with a stream of nograbs just to keep my idiocy from being archived. the SNR would go through the roof :)
[01:46:01] <juggs> Your idiocy is archived whether you no grab or not - it's kinda in the topic of the channel why that would be.
[01:46:26] <SpallsHurgenson> yeah, but nobody reads the logs; people stroll through the quotes regularly :)
[01:47:23] <juggs> does #soylent even have an S to factor into the SNR figure?
[01:47:28] <SpallsHurgenson> Mars: Bringer of War. Venus: Bringer of Peace. Mercury: Winged Messenger. Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity. Saturn: Bringer of Old Age. Uranus: Bringer of Stifled Giggles. Neptune: The Mystic
[01:47:52] <juggs> I suspect you may have meddled with that
[01:48:27] <SpallsHurgenson> <syncophant mode>only when NCommander is around </syncophant mode>
[01:49:08] <juggs> Been a very long time since I listened to that - now would seem like the ideal time.
[01:50:29] <SpallsHurgenson> Gustav died before he could finish the last two symphonies: "Pluto: Bringer of Ha-ha, psych!" and "Asteroids: Bringer of Itchy Buttocks"
[01:52:29] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - SanDisk Announces iNAND 7232: eMMC Storage for Phones - http://sylnt.us - more-space-for-stuff-you-don't-want
[01:53:09] * SpallsHurgenson starts a baseless rumor that the next iPhone will finally have expandable storage... because it goddamn needs some!
[01:59:19] <juggs> What alien battery technology did SanDisk put in their SansaClip+ ? Just dug mine out from the drawer it has been residing in for ~3 years, powered it up and apparently it has 100% charge. That was my commuter sound thing for a while years ago, I was just fishing out the 'phones. Surprised it has retained charge so long :/
[01:59:39] <SpallsHurgenson> it is powered by the souls of lost children
[02:00:57] <SpallsHurgenson> I mean, semisolid lithium-ion technology
[02:01:41] <SpallsHurgenson> (the letters for those are right next to each other)
[02:02:27] <SpallsHurgenson> heheh, "capacities up to 8GB" :)
[02:02:45] <juggs> children are readily made (fun to make too), if their souls are this efficient we may have cracked the AGW problem - there may be ethical concerns from naysayers of course
[02:03:50] <juggs> Takes a mini-SD card or somesuch format - think mine is 32GB - it's just a music player, how much do you want to carry around?
[02:03:50] <SpallsHurgenson> those naysayers often object to the production methods too
[02:04:28] <SpallsHurgenson> well, if I have an option... would 1PB be out of the question?
[02:04:45] <juggs> Oh, I forgot - you hoard the internet
[02:05:11] <takyon> no amount of storage is too much
[02:05:45] <juggs> it will be filled :)
[02:05:57] <SpallsHurgenson> damn straight!
[02:06:29] <SpallsHurgenson> and since connectivity in the US is such a pain, I need it portable :)
[02:06:30] <takyon> how else are we going to store our 15360x8640p Oculus videos
[02:08:58] <juggs> Oh my, I forgot how menacing the open to The Planets is.
[02:09:15] <SpallsHurgenson> VR is going to flop (again) because the base-specs are too damn high. When they recommend an nvidia 980 and i5-4950 or faster when most people are running intelHD i3 laptops, the tech just ain't gonna catch on :)
[02:10:22] <SpallsHurgenson> (and then there's the whole use-it-for-more-than-half-an-hour-and-vomit thing :)
[02:10:24] -!- BadCoderFinger has quit [Quit: ENOBEER]
[02:12:26] <juggs> A lot of gamers run i5 or i7 plus nvidia 980 - what's that? $1K for a complete system?
[02:13:06] <SpallsHurgenson> yeah but VR isn't gonna survive on just high-end PC gamers. Even ATI isn't surviving on 'em :)
[02:14:10] <SpallsHurgenson> if VR wants to be anything more than a flash-in-the-pan niche product (like it was the last time it reared its head in '97) it needs to work on Mom's computer :)
[02:15:09] <juggs> True - there is a lot of R&D cost in bringing it to market. Seem to remember reading something about putting a virtual nose in the view cured a lot of motion sickness woes.
[02:17:05] <SpallsHurgenson> plus, it needs to hook up to an ipad. otherwise its not chic, its just geek :)
[02:17:12] <juggs> It'll come eventually. Not convinced the current iteration is it tbh, but it has come a long way.
[02:17:51] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm not convinced at all. Maybe in the far future when we get neural uplinks or holodecks but until then?
[02:18:43] <SpallsHurgenson> (and given the sorry state of best-security-practices in modern software, it'll be a cold day in hell before I uplink my brain :)
[02:19:00] <juggs> Sure - but we cannot get from here to there without iterating.
[02:19:26] <SpallsHurgenson> VR goggles are not the way to go. They are a dead-end.
[02:20:00] <SpallsHurgenson> FUFMe technology is a more realistic implementation - and that was just a bad April Fools joke :)
[02:20:00] <juggs> Would you rather strap goggles on at this point or have an optic nerve implant?
[02:20:25] <SpallsHurgenson> mu
[02:21:52] <juggs> Oh my... you symbiosed with the cat didn't you?
[02:22:04] <SpallsHurgenson> no, that would be mew :)
[02:22:28] <SpallsHurgenson> (and probably also "oh god oh god I gotta poop" 'cause she's pretty constipated right now... but perhaps I've said too much :)
[02:22:45] <juggs> perhaps?
[02:23:17] <juggs> As an aside - how does one know a cat is constipated?
[02:23:56] <SpallsHurgenson> aside from the funny walk, the bulging belly, and the empty cat-box?
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[02:27:55] <juggs> Well having never had a cat, or paid them any attention, I can honestly say I would have no idea if a cat were walking funny. Can't you dose with cod liver oil or some such? (Then lock the thing outside while it takes effect - unless you want a rapid redecoration :D )
[02:28:37] <SpallsHurgenson> she's dosed; no effect. she may have a blockage. If she doesn't get better, its xray time... and then I need to make a decision
[02:29:12] <SpallsHurgenson> 'cause surgery is expensive and new cats are cheap :~(
[02:29:36] <juggs> That's a cold way of looking at it
[02:30:04] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm not happy about it... but spending several thousand on a cat?
[02:30:42] <juggs> I wasn't suggesting actually dosing with cod liver oil as I have no idea if that is a bad thing for a cat. But there must be cat laxative remedies.
[02:31:28] <SpallsHurgenson> as I said, she's being dosed (in this case, with a reduced serving of human laxative)
[02:32:55] <SpallsHurgenson> and I'm maintaining a closer watch of the cat-box than any human ever should :-/
[02:34:29] <juggs> Subjective response then... how much you want to spend is going to be based on your emotional attachment to said feline. I've known people spend 10K+ getting their canine companion repaired.
[02:37:40] <SpallsHurgenson> my emotional commitment is extreme. my financial commitment is not
[02:41:33] <SpallsHurgenson> well, there's always the hope she isn't constipated and she's just found a new spot for her... deposits. I'd sacrifice a carpet for her :)
[02:41:59] <juggs> Understandable. Emotions are unlimited, finances... not so much. Still a hard decision process.
[02:43:07] <SpallsHurgenson> but carpets are cheap! Go-go improper execretory habits!
[02:45:33] <juggs> Is she a house cat or do you let her roam out doors? Has a neighbour planted a new veg plot - felines seem to like depositing in recently disturbed soil - much to the chagrin of those hoping for perfect Chantenay carrots from their lovingly prepared soil.
[02:46:20] <Landon> http://imgur.com enjoy
[02:46:23] <exec> └─ 13Imgur
[02:46:31] <Landon> pic of the pup because she finally behaved at class, didn't pull herself breathless
[02:46:37] <SpallsHurgenson> you'll have to ask her. I'm just the can-opener :)
[02:46:53] <Landon> ew, poopwatch :(
[02:47:07] <SpallsHurgenson> why is she upside down?
[02:47:13] <Landon> may you have shitty luck
[02:47:17] <Landon> that's how she sleeps
[02:47:24] <Landon> sprawled out, contorted, generally upside down
[02:47:28] <juggs> Landon - that looks like some evil alien...
[02:47:43] <SpallsHurgenson> dogs are evil aliens
[02:48:25] <Landon> they have infiltrated our society
[02:48:33] * SpallsHurgenson trades pet pix http://imgur.com
[02:48:35] <exec> └─ 13imgur: the simple 404 page
[02:48:57] <Landon> black pets! yeah!
[02:49:06] <SpallsHurgenson> "pets of color" :)
[02:49:52] <SpallsHurgenson> "Jupiter" sounds like the music from Conan the Destroyer :)
[02:51:10] <SpallsHurgenson> (well, parts of it anyway)
[02:52:10] <juggs> Loyal and empathetic too - we kinda made them that way over a time. I'd love to have a dog, but my life being what it is, it would just end up locked in all day - that would be cruel. I should probably get a tamagotchi or something.
[02:52:21] <Landon> mm
[02:52:27] <Landon> once my wife gets a job it's 8 hours in the crate a day :(
[02:52:47] <Landon> until she's chill and wise enough to stay out during the day... probably at least two years to go for that
[02:52:51] <SpallsHurgenson> oh no, I let my tamagotchi die and it was heartbreaking :)
[02:53:01] <Landon> I got a knockoff tamagotchi :( the batteries died
[02:53:14] <SpallsHurgenson> also, it got the ASPCT on my case :)
[02:56:10] <juggs> Depends on the breed I guess Landon - you certainly wouldn't want a springer spaniel in a box for 8 hours a day, it would go mad. Any working breed is not a good fit for being caged up - they need to be out and about.
[02:57:33] <Landon> I think most breeds would learn to deal with it, but definitely have to spend more time out and about with a working dog when home
[02:57:43] <SpallsHurgenson> back in the day we trained dogs to work for us... when is somebody gonna train some pups to become gold-farmers on world-of-warcraft?
[02:57:54] <Landon> SpallsHurgenson: give it a couple thousand years
[02:58:15] <juggs> Oops - I meant border collie rather than springer spaniel - the former are cattle dogs the latter gun dogs. Collies do not take to isolation at all.
[02:58:28] <SpallsHurgenson> bah, cats are already ahead of 'em; they already practicing their keyboard and mouse skills :)
[02:59:54] <Landon> newfies are verrrry people dogs :) once she wakes up and realizes she can't see us, hell breaks loose
[03:00:06] <Landon> puppy class... she visited the people instead of the puppies -_-
[03:00:08] <SpallsHurgenson> oooh, I've been invited to meet the Slashdot editors in OSCON in Portland Oregon :)
[03:00:32] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm almost tempted to go just to see the fireworks :)
[03:02:32] <SpallsHurgenson> is it too late for Soylent to get a booth there? :)
[03:03:43] <juggs> Doubt we could afford it.
[03:04:33] <SpallsHurgenson> crash the party! set up a booth outside! give out free styrofoam packing peanuts!
[03:05:26] <SpallsHurgenson> color them soylent to make them more prized and valuable :)
[03:06:28] <juggs> Landon, if I had the time I think I would look for a Portuguese Water Dog. Intelligent but not hyper sensitive. Inbreeding in the pedigree market is a problem though in many breeds.
[03:06:46] <juggs> What colour is soylent Spals?
[03:06:54] <juggs> Spalls*
[03:08:07] <SpallsHurgenson> ummm... I think its #ALGNBZ in HTML :)
[03:08:33] <juggs> same colour as my ass then :P
[03:08:51] <SpallsHurgenson> I'll take your word on that.
[03:09:15] <SpallsHurgenson> no, actually, no I won't. I think pix are necessary.
[03:10:18] <juggs> You want a pic of my ass? When did I transmogrify into EF?
[03:11:26] <SpallsHurgenson> you claim you have soylent-colored buttocks. I feel this needs to be documented.
[03:12:22] <juggs> I feel it does not.
[03:12:25] <SpallsHurgenson> at the very least it could be useful in any copyright, patent or trademark disputes
[03:17:02] <Landon> juggs: yes, but that's what the AKC is for :)
[03:17:10] <Landon> (to a limited extent)
[03:17:21] <Landon> and a transparent breeder
[03:19:01] * SpallsHurgenson imagines the overbreeding necessary to get them transparent...
[03:19:13] <Landon> hehe
[03:20:06] * SpallsHurgenson wonders if he is overthinking things
[03:21:01] * SpallsHurgenson then wonders if he is actually even thinking
[03:21:44] * SpallsHurgenson starts wondering why they call fingers "fingers" when he's never seen them fing
[03:21:58] * SpallsHurgenson realizes it may be time for bed
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[03:22:23] <juggs> Landon, not sure AKC is a thing in the UK - I'm sure we have a similar body in the UK. If I ever have enough time and land to have a dog I'll research it. Perhaps I need to move.
[03:22:45] <Landon> ah :(
[03:22:49] <Landon> wasn't sure where you were
[03:23:05] <Landon> but you could (for $$$) get several generations of a registered dog's pedigree
[03:25:51] <juggs> Yeah - South-East UK - things are kinda compressed population wise. Personally I don't think it is dog country, but a lot of people seem to think keeping working breeds as pets is a good thing to do. I feel sorry for the mutts - they seem to get 10 or 20 minutes of off leash time chasing a ball or somesuch. Looks like cruelty to me, though I am no expert of course.
[03:29:03] <Landon> paradoxically, a big dog would be good :)
[03:29:11] <Landon> lazy bums
[03:33:37] <juggs> Maybe - I'd rather not have a lazy bum dog around, just loping around the place being all stupid. I'd like an intelligent, active dog - but my life does not allow for that right now, so I will go without. Maybe when I retire or something.
[03:54:01] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Your Online Medical Diagnosis is Probably Wrong - http://sylnt.us - and-your-dr.-is-always-right-first-time
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[06:30:33] <arti> bring out your dead.
[06:31:05] <Gravis> arti: wake up
[06:31:19] <Gravis> arti: now. wake up.
[06:31:26] <Gravis> arti: wake up NOW
[06:31:54] <arti> i'm not dead
[06:32:34] <Gravis> arti: WAKE UP
[06:32:45] <Gravis> arti: M
[06:32:50] <Gravis> arti: p
[06:32:54] <Gravis> arti: r
[06:32:56] <Gravis> arti: WAKE UP
[06:33:15] <Gravis> arti: M m r
[06:33:16] <Gravis> arti: WAKE UP
[06:35:44] <SirFinkus> (wake me up inside)
[06:36:32] <Gravis> arti: WAKE UP
[06:39:57] <SirFinkus> so I had to help my grandma troubleshoot a network connection on her windows 8 laptop over the phone
[06:40:02] <SirFinkus> THAT was fun
[06:40:09] <arti> !beer SirFinkus
[06:40:16] <arti> $beer SirFinkus
[06:40:17] * aqu4 gives SirFinkus a cold can of beer
[06:40:43] <SirFinkus> best part: Is your laptop plugged into the comcast box?
[06:40:47] <SirFinkus> "yes"
[06:41:11] <SirFinkus> it should be a cord that looks like a telephone cable, disconnect that from your lap- *line goes dead*
[06:41:28] <SirFinkus> it was windows 8 too
[06:42:30] <SirFinkus> I had set up the wireless before, but that fucked itself somehow
[06:43:15] <SirFinkus> never ended up fixing it, we were talking in circles after an hour and a half on the phone, she's calling comcast tomorrow
[06:43:52] <SirFinkus> I'd pity the poor tech that picks up the phone, but he works literally satan so fuck him
[06:44:22] <SirFinkus> *for
[06:45:31] <SirFinkus> oh, TWO versions of IE, so I had to explain where the URL bar every time I had her open it up
[06:45:41] <SirFinkus> seriously, fuck you microsoft
[06:50:28] <Gravis> SirFinkus: dont say literally when you mean figuratively
[06:50:39] <SirFinkus> I don't
[06:50:48] <SirFinkus> Comcast runs hell
[06:51:10] <Gravis> SirFinkus: if you really believe that then you belong in a psychward
[06:51:34] <SirFinkus> Have you ever called their customer service? I submit that as evidence
[06:51:54] <Gravis> SirFinkus: what about that is supernatural?
[06:52:31] <SirFinkus> their hold times transcend everything we know about time and space
[06:52:54] <Gravis> SirFinkus: please dont say literally when you mean figuratively
[06:53:34] <arti> hahaha
[06:53:39] <arti> SirFinkus++
[06:53:39] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 18
[06:53:42] <arti> gravis++
[06:53:42] <Bender> karma - gravis: 1
[06:53:48] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:53:48] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 17
[06:53:50] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:53:50] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 16
[06:53:50] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:53:50] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 15
[06:53:54] <arti> oh, look! it's your first one
[06:54:01] <Gravis> gravis--
[06:54:01] <Bender> karma - gravis: 0
[06:54:03] <arti> SirFinkus++
[06:54:03] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 16
[06:54:05] <arti> SirFinkus++
[06:54:05] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 17
[06:54:06] <arti> SirFinkus++
[06:54:06] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 18
[06:54:07] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:54:07] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 17
[06:54:07] * SirFinkus LITERALLY gives a shit about his karma
[06:54:07] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:54:07] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 16
[06:54:09] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:54:09] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 15
[06:54:10] <Gravis> SirFinkus--
[06:54:10] <Bender> karma - sirfinkus: 14
[06:54:18] <arti> quit being a bundle of sticks
[06:54:43] <Gravis> arti: only if you WAKE UP
[07:47:47] * crutchy pours coffee all over arti and Gravis
[07:47:58] <crutchy> s/ee/ee++/
[07:47:59] <sedctl> <crutchy> pours coffee++ all over arti and Gravis
[07:48:15] <Gravis> :)
[07:57:04] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - PayPal Autodialer Update - http://sylnt.us - primarily-these-things
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[09:23:21] <joe> c++++
[09:23:38] <joe> c++ cannot be a key? :)
[09:23:38] <Bender> karma - c: 34
[09:58:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Heroic Rats? - http://sylnt.us - I-award-you-the-Order-of-the-Rat
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[11:10:57] <AndyTheAbsurd> c\+\+++
[11:11:07] <AndyTheAbsurd> ...I was hopin'.
[11:56:13] <AndyTheAbsurd> c#--
[11:56:27] <AndyTheAbsurd> guess we can't do that either
[11:56:35] <AndyTheAbsurd> cSharp--
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[13:09:14] <LaminatorX_> Pretty good. I just got back from an old-time music festival in Tennesee, my kids are spending a week at their grandparents place, and I just got a new CD from one of my favorite bands who have reunited and it doesn't suck.
[13:09:26] * LaminatorX_ lost connection there for a moment.
[13:12:49] <LaminatorX_> At the festival, I loaned a capo to a random guy and it turned out he was in one of the top acts and I (along with a few others and a dozen buck-dancers) got to join them onstage for their last number.
[13:13:07] <LaminatorX_> (And I made sure to get my capo back.)
[13:13:58] <CoolHand> what's a buck-dancer?
[13:14:10] * LaminatorX_ realizes he's not on the channel he meant to be posting on.
[13:14:19] <CoolHand> that's a lyric in Uncle John's Band by the grateful dead, but I wasn't ever quite sure what it was
[13:14:34] <LaminatorX_> If you drew a line between Irish step dancing and tap dance it would be the mid-point.
[13:14:48] <CoolHand> ah, ok
[13:19:14] <LaminatorX_> When they synched up into a time-step at one point, it felt like a train was onstage. Boom-chicka-boom-chika-boom-chicka....
[13:20:49] <CoolHand> cool.. I see some videos out there of buck dancing.. will have to check it out later when I'm not at work - if I can remember... :)
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[14:01:39] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Pluto Pictures Perfectly Pulchritudinous - http://sylnt.us
[14:32:02] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Algae, Quinoa, and Legumes Top List of Alternatives Protein Choices - http://sylnt.us - give-me-a-T-bone-seaweed
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[14:48:46] <NCommander> LaminatorX, you around? :)
[14:49:46] <NCommander> or janrinok
[14:49:57] <LaminatorX> I am. What's up?
[14:50:51] <NCommander> LaminatorX, I've got an article drafted and in the queue, needs editoral love, and a timeslot on when it should go out
[14:52:06] <LaminatorX> The Hesiod review?
[14:53:00] <LaminatorX> I'll work on it, and slot it in for later today.
[14:54:17] <NCommander> LaminatorX, thanks, I figure its an interesting bit of history. Or maybe I'm mad
[15:02:26] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Algae, Quinoa, and Legumes Top List of Alternative Protein Choices - http://sylnt.us - give-me-a-T-bone-seaweed
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[16:03:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Rapper Chief Keef to Use "Hologram" to Perform For Benefit Concert - http://sylnt.us - real-or-not-here-they-come
[16:15:47] <AndyTheAbsurd> Who in here was I was talking to about people not doing shit correctly, and how bad my friend Tina has it? She just posted another good one on Facebook.
[16:33:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Review: Hesiod Name Services System - http://sylnt.us - replacing-2000s-tech-with-early-80s-tech
[16:57:03] * NCommander is rather amused on the comments on reddit
[17:03:14] <AndyTheAbsurd> any particular comments on reddit, or just in general?
[17:03:19] <AndyTheAbsurd> reddit is a rather big place.
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[17:29:28] <janrinok> BBC have just been showing the picture of Pluto that we put out a few hours ago
[17:34:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Curiosity Finds Continent-building Rocks on Mars - http://sylnt.us - rock-and-roll-all-night
[18:35:07] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - P5+1 Reach Nuclear Deal With Iran - http://sylnt.us - success
[18:57:32] <NCommander> AndyTheAbsurd, on my Hesiod review in /r/sysadmin
[19:14:14] <Gravis> breaking news: http://press.web.cern.ch
[19:14:18] <exec> └─ 13CERN press office
[19:14:36] <Gravis> pentaquarks are officially a thing
[19:15:08] <Gravis> though if you are more regressive: http://gizmodo.com
[19:15:11] <exec> └─ 13The LHC Has Discovered a New Sub-Atomic Particle Called a Pentaquark
[19:17:26] <Gravis> janrinok: ^
[19:17:57] <Gravis> dance news monkeys, dance!
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[20:06:16] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Mozilla Blocks all Flash in Firefox After Third Zero-Day - http://sylnt.us - this-might-make-adobe-think
[21:07:02] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Robby the Autonomous Audi Learns to Lap a Race Track - http://sylnt.us - way-faster-than-Inni
[21:18:43] <chromas> from the I'm-gonna-drive-real-fast-and-sometimes-turn-to-the-left dept
[21:45:24] <NCommander> !maxuid
[22:01:41] <crutchy> !uid
[22:01:41] <Bender> The current maximum UID is 5671, owned by core
[22:06:07] <crutchy> ++coffee
[22:06:07] <crutchy> coffee++
[22:06:08] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1508
[22:06:49] <crutchy> ~submit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com
[22:06:54] <exec> └─ 13Pluto's Craters, Spots, Signs of Snow Seen in Flyby
[22:07:23] <exec> submission successful - https://soylentnews.org
[22:07:48] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - CERN's Large Hadron Collider Experiment Reports Observation of Exotic Pentaquark Particles - http://sylnt.us - keep-your-particles-off-the-monopole
[22:11:01] <crutchy> ~submit http://www.techradar.com
[22:11:09] <exec> └─ 13Dell contradicts Microsoft, says Windows 10 will be installed on PCs starting July 29 | TechRadar
[22:11:36] <exec> submission successful - https://soylentnews.org
[22:12:36] <crutchy> gotta stop submitting techradar stories like that :/
[22:13:20] <crutchy> crap. should've read the comment at the bottom of the story
[22:13:21] <crutchy> http://www.bloomberg.com
[22:13:26] <exec> └─ 13Microsoft Says Windows 10 Will Be on PCs on First Day - Bloomberg Business
[22:13:44] <crutchy> techradar--
[22:13:44] <Bender> karma - techradar: -1
[22:15:10] <nick> microsoft going to come around and force us to 'upgrade'?
[22:15:30] <crutchy> as of today i'll be using windows 8 at work :(
[22:16:30] <chromas> even buttpirate copies of windows 7 have the upgrade to 10 option
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[22:18:47] <crutchy> cyas after workipoos
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[23:04:05] <Landon> heh
[23:04:14] <Landon> I use win 8.1 on laptop and desktop.. it's not THAT bad :)
[23:04:29] <Landon> certainly wouldn't use it for a dev workstation though (unless I was doing windows dev I guess)
[23:08:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Chemotherapeutic Coatings Enhance Tumor-Frying Nanoparticles - http://sylnt.us - fried-tumors-and-chips
[23:16:01] <Landon> anyone here in the boulder, CO area?
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[23:53:18] <takyon> haven't we known about pentaquarks for a while
[23:53:22] <takyon> or was that tetraquarks
[23:56:29] <cmn32480> mt dew and pizza.. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[23:56:58] <takyon> healthy american meal
[23:57:14] <cmn32480> after the day i had.. i deserve it