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35:00 <Glenn> hey steve`!
36:00 <Glenn> ...long time... and no see!
36:00 <steve`> howdy Glenn long time no see
36:00 <steve`> how have you been
36:00 kali has left IRC
36:00 <Glenn> been busy... you?
36:00 <steve`> yeah the same here 
37:00 <steve`> just got myself a new comp and trying it out
37:00 <Glenn> Oh...?
37:00 <Glenn> Seems to be working ok... :))
37:00 <steve`> my last one was so old i had to retire it
38:00 <steve`> yeah it does things i never knew that they would
38:00 <Glenn> 2nd life as a linux server perhaps?
38:00 <steve`> nah gave it to my nieces to play games on
38:00 <Glenn> You using XP?
38:00 <steve`> yeah 
38:00 <steve`> home edition
39:00 <Glenn> I've been using the pro edition for over 6 months now... ans also the pro edition of office xp... very nice.
40:00 <steve`> i'm still finding my way around it but i cant complain with what i have seen
40:00 <Glenn> Using this on a 550Mhz AMD with 512Meg RAM... haven't been able to break it yet.
41:00 stormie has left IRC
41:00 <Glenn> Oh... the first thing I did with XP was turn off all the candy colours and graphics...
41:00 <steve`> gee thats ok then
41:00 <steve`> ok np 
42:00 TruLady ([email protected]) has joined #adelaide.alive
42:00 ChanOP sets mode: +o TruLady
42:00 <TruLady> `deop
42:00 ChanOP sets mode: -o TruLady
42:00 <Glenn> Good morning TruLady!
42:00 <TruLady> morning  :))
42:00 <TruLady> morning steve.....
42:00 <TruLady> how is ya Glenn
42:00 <steve`> `deop
42:00 ChanOP sets mode: -o steve`
43:00 <Glenn> Not too bad thanks... you?
43:00 <TruLady> good......
43:00 <steve`> morning TruLady how are you this lovely sunday morning
43:00 <TruLady> bewdiful morning
43:00 <Glenn>  about to head off to the "funny farm) (University) to continue a research project... while it's nice and quiet.
43:00 kali has left IRC
43:00 <TruLady> triffic steve...
43:00 <Glenn> Just bathed the dog...
43:00 <TruLady> awww:((
43:00 <TruLady> hahaha thought you might have
43:00 <TruLady> how is the lovely muffy
44:00 <Glenn> ...very fluffy!  :))
44:00 <TruLady> lol
44:00 <TruLady> winter coat I gather
44:00 <TruLady> so hows life with you steve
44:00 <Glenn> ...nah... same one all year around.
44:00 <steve`> life is great over this side of the world
44:00 <Glenn> just hasn't had a hair cut for a while...
44:00 <TruLady> thats nice to hear steve
45:00 <TruLady> birthday coming up soon hey
45:00 <steve`> yeah i'm getting to be real old
45:00 <TruLady> lol
45:00 <TruLady> steve is gonna be a geriatric very soon Glenn..lol
45:00 <steve`> even closer to ancient 
46:00 <Glenn> heeheehee.... joins the rest of us huh?
46:00 <TruLady> I have a spare walking frame here......call if you need it..LOL
46:00 <TruLady> I'm not using it at the moment..lol
46:00 <TruLady> thought I'd get that in before you buggers did
46:00 <steve`> gee i needed it the other night TruLady
46:00 <TruLady> lol
47:00 <TruLady> so is it nice in the valley today Glenn??
47:00 <steve`> even thought about a wheelchair
47:00 <TruLady> hahaha steve
47:00 <Glenn> Cool... sun sort of shining....
47:00 <TruLady> absulutely lovley here this morning
48:00 <TruLady> was coming down to visit you yesterday Glenn.....cos Striker was coming down for work....but he got called in at 3.30 in the morning....so I didn't get there
49:00 <Glenn> Was out at the "funny farm" all day... about to head off again.
49:00 <TruLady> gee Glenn dedication
49:00 <steve`> well i got to go will catch up with you people soon for a chat
49:00 <TruLady> even I don't do that..lol
49:00 <TruLady> cya steve...have a great day hon
49:00 <Glenn> Got some tricky probs to solve with the electronics of the robotics research project I've been "playing" with...
49:00 <Glenn> Take care steve`!
50:00 <TruLady> say hi to lee from me
50:00 <steve`> bye for now take care
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50:00 <Glenn> Have you ever seen the film "Short Circuit" ?
50:00 <TruLady> yes I have
50:00 <TruLady> think we have it here still
51:00 <Glenn> :))
51:00 <TruLady> good film
51:00 <Glenn> Well, I have my 4th year students, as a class project, start the contruction of number 4 and a half...
51:00 <Glenn> ...not quite "Number 5"... if you know what I mean.
52:00 <TruLady> LOLOL   yeah I do actually
52:00 <TruLady> so it should be a lot of fun Glenn...
52:00 <TruLady> you will get a few laughs from it I think..hehehe
52:00 <Glenn> The film was made in the mid 80's... and technology has changed quite a bit since then. Much of the movement of #5 was animated... only a small amount was "real".
53:00 <TruLady> your should be 10 then because you will have it all moving..hehe
54:00 <Glenn> I'm about halfway through the rebuild the head, keeping in mind some of the problems found by my students... and am currently having problems getting the eyes (?) to focus on an object as it is brought close...
54:00 <TruLady> lol
55:00 <TruLady> goes crossed 
55:00 <TruLady> cross eyed
55:00 <Glenn> ...no... just not focussing... processing problems.
55:00 <TruLady> ahhh.... ok
55:00 <Glenn> The students connstructed a base... weighs about 60kg.. capable of about 10kph... :((
56:00 <TruLady> that makes it clumsy??
56:00 <Glenn> That has three processors in is... for control of motors, and sensing of objects etc.
57:00 <TruLady> well for those of us who aren't technical...you don't think of those things
57:00 <Glenn> It shouldn't... hasn't actually been seen to work yet. That's a relief... worried about this 60kg moster tearing around the lab...
57:00 <TruLady> I'd love to watch them....would be great to see
57:00 <TruLady> hahahahahahaha
58:00 <TruLady> just as long as the stop button operates instantly
58:00 <TruLady> lol
58:00 <Glenn> I have to have most of it working in some fashion within the next couple of days... so that a research paper can be written on it.
58:00 <Glenn> ...yeah... a large red one... says "STOP"... :))
58:00 <TruLady> gawwdd Striker would love this..loll
59:00 <Glenn> The Head of School doesn't knw what I've been up to yet...
59:00 <Glenn> I plan to keep him in the dark for as long as possible... then feed him some bullshit.
00:00 <TruLady> so he has no idea about this robot ??
00:00 <Glenn> Not really...
00:00 <TruLady> amazing
00:00 <TruLady> so you don't want him to know either
00:00 <TruLady> I gather
01:00 <Glenn> ...er, without seeming as though I may be repeating my self... not really. He very rare lowers himself the the ground floor to see what the workers (plebs?) are doing...
01:00 <TruLady> silly guy hey
02:00 <TruLady> how do these ppl hold down these position I ask you
02:00 <Glenn> I've got some "plans" for it... with the aid of exerpts of tapes made of staff who feel they have a problem with me...
02:00 <TruLady> they do???   I find that utterly astounding....I'd love to work with you.......at least ppl would know where they stood
03:00 <TruLady> wish I was a fly on the wall..lolol
04:00 <Glenn> Yeah... just watch him jump when he see MY name on a research paper... he'll go beserk! "plebs" are not supposed to be smart enough to write papers... Some of us are, but we simply refuse to allow other to take credit by having their names on it too 'cos they are academics!
04:00 <TruLady> I'd like to take the receptionists place...for a few months...to show them what work is really like..lolol
04:00 <TruLady> I agree with you there Glenn.......
04:00 <Glenn> Wouldn't work... the receptionist doesn't like to be made a fool of!!!!!!
05:00 <TruLady> hahaha...no need to ...she could do that herself
05:00 <Glenn> Yeah... but she spends so much time telling ppl's how good she is...to divert attention away from the stuff she doesn't actually do...
06:00 <TruLady> the other lady in my office does just that......
06:00 <Glenn> :))
06:00 <TruLady> all talk no action type person
06:00 <Glenn> ...they're good aren't they!
06:00 <TruLady> a few of them around..lol
06:00 <TruLady> they are...drives me nuts
06:00 <Glenn> me too
07:00 <TruLady> I had a talk about her to my principal the other day...just so he knows the lay of the land.....so all is ok
07:00 <TruLady> she is so wearing...cos she is so noisy........there is never any silence
08:00 <Glenn> ...ah huh... but knowing the lay of the land is one thing, making productive use of it, and eliminating the weeds is something entirely different.
08:00 <TruLady> this is the problem ..no one does anything....
09:00 <Glenn> Yeah... mine too.
09:00 <TruLady> and its not my place
09:00 <Glenn> Gotta go...
09:00 <TruLady> have a great day Glenn
09:00 <Glenn> Take care TruLady... and have a great day!  :)))
09:00 <TruLady> take care  :))
09:00 <Glenn> See ya!
09:00 <TruLady> I will
09:00 <TruLady> cya
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