// #eevblog — 2019-11-17
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01:40:30 <rust_collector> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wepFDWm2PiQ
01:48:30 <coppice> I didn't see the devil anywhere in that video
01:48:47 <rust_collector> thanks for confirming that
02:20:16 <coppice> I guess spell checkers just can't help everyone
02:20:57 <rust_collector> right, sorry about that. I will try harder
02:26:05 <coppice> Its funny how sure some people are that if their spell checker isn't complaining, they must have the right word :)
02:29:39 <rust_collector> I have to admit that I do not use the spell checker very much. If it pops up a squiggly red line, I will look at it, but I usually do not write anything important enough. And I am a foreigner, so I can get away with it, lol
02:32:14 <rust_collector> but I believe I wrote better english a few years ago, than I do now. I am getting lazy, I guess
02:33:22 <coppice> I think most people are, because they rely on dumb tools like spell checkers. Thus they write satan instead of satin
02:34:23 <rust_collector> hail satin
02:35:03 <T3sl4> ssh, you'll summon the dark purple lord Halcyon
02:36:49 <rust_collector> that did make me laugh...
02:37:23 <coppice> satin is more the domain of a catholic priest, and we know they are nothing like the devil
02:37:56 <T3sl4> right, the devil doesn't diddle kids
02:39:19 <coppice> doesn't he? I thought I was being ironic
02:40:15 <rust_collector> nah, he is more into old babushkas
02:41:23 <coppice> well, we know what every babushka is hiding inside
02:42:22 <rust_collector> yep, more babushkas
02:46:37 <coppice> If you marry a Russian woman, and she gets old and ugly, can you peel off her outer layer to expose a hot youthful new one?
02:47:04 <rust_collector> no, they look the same, they are just a bit smaller, and less dusty
02:47:45 <coppice> so, all the layers age in parallel? surely there must at least be an improvement in general wear and tear?
02:48:22 <rust_collector> yes, if you leave her out in the sun and rain, I suppose
03:09:20 <rust_collector> hmm, I have an old tablet, with tons of big scratches. How much can you "grind" off the surface of a touchscreen?
03:23:14 <T3sl4> better to resurface with a scratch filler, i would think
03:35:38 <rust_collector> Well. I guess I will try a little polish on the smaller scratches, and see how bad it really is. I have not found a good use for a tablet yet, so if it stops working, It will just go to the art bin
03:36:10 <T3sl4> if a little polish doesn't work, try a little romanian
03:36:29 <rust_collector> kinky
03:37:19 <rust_collector> I guess the scratches would disappear (together with the rest of the tablet)
03:43:14 <T3sl4> oh snap
03:47:01 <coppice> a cap touchscreen won't care much about how much you grind off, unless you go right through
03:47:29 <rust_collector> that is interesting
08:34:10 <DHess_US> And so ends another glorious day outside in the snow with the chainsaw.
08:34:36 <rust_collector> dynamite and chainsaw.... aaah
08:47:52 <coppice> that's some tough snow if you've been using a chainsaw on it
09:09:02 <DHess_US> Dynamite and Chainsaw would be a good band name.
09:10:00 <DHess_US> I wish I could remove snow with a chainsaw.
09:11:09 <DHess_US> This last round of snow had hard ice under it so not fun.
10:05:09 <T3sl4> Ampera: https://i.redd.it/mb8mgzljx2z31.png
10:08:15 <T3sl4> rust_collector: on a related note https://i.imgur.com/e6CEuJd.jpg
10:19:58 <rust_collector> yep, that is the way to do it
10:20:36 * orbii sighs at bots
10:23:55 <Halcyon> Morning all
10:24:38 <T3sl4> o/
10:27:59 <rust_collector> bot bot bot
10:30:14 <Halcyon> Hm?
10:35:31 <Halcyon> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCBepOHaYk
10:35:33 <Halcyon> Want
10:38:24 <gremlinz> 2 SERIAL PORTS
10:38:28 <gremlinz> phwoar
10:38:48 <gremlinz> BNC baby
10:39:37 <gremlinz> "the processor can go into a coma" haha
10:40:58 <Halcyon> Heheh yeh, you can really tell they are salesmen
10:40:58 <gremlinz> i want those shades he's wearing
10:41:14 <Halcyon> Hah
10:44:59 <gremlinz> haha 12mhz high performance
10:45:08 <gremlinz> oh man, dem were the dayz
10:45:23 <Halcyon> Things were simpler back then
10:45:27 <rust_collector> i think my first confuser ran at 8 or something
10:45:46 <Halcyon> My first ever computer was a Sharp MZ-800
10:45:55 <Halcyon> But my first PC I think was a 386 25
10:46:09 <gremlinz> mine, commodore 64, which i still have
10:46:15 <rust_collector> i had an olivetti m24, that mom borrowed from work
10:46:19 <gremlinz> then moved to a 486sx 25
10:46:41 <Halcyon> I never had Commodore, Atari etc... until maybe 5 years ago
10:47:22 <gremlinz> wish i kept the ibm
10:47:31 <gremlinz> p.sure it got binned :(
10:47:51 <Halcyon> I wish I kept a lot of my old computers
10:47:53 <rust_collector> I had the c64 manual. i think I still have it. but I never had a c64
10:47:55 <Halcyon> So many hit the trash
10:48:01 <gremlinz> yea same
10:50:25 <orbii> i've thrown out so many computers over the years. i used to just get given so many, or have opportunities for getting stuff for free
10:51:22 <Halcyon> That NEC laptop at about 18:30 is pretty impressive for the day
10:53:41 <Halcyon> Oh the sales guy in the next segment is slick as
10:57:29 * Ampera hugs Halcyon
10:57:36 <Halcyon> Oh hai
10:57:38 <Halcyon> *hug*
10:57:43 <Ampera> how do
10:57:59 <Halcyon> A little tired but doing alright
10:58:00 <Halcyon> You?
10:58:11 <Ampera> I just woke up
10:59:34 <Ampera> I have some beef jerky
11:00:30 <Halcyon> Yum
11:00:32 <T3sl4> two serial? my XT clone has that!
11:01:06 <Ampera> my 486 has large form RS232 and 9-pin RS232
11:01:11 <Ampera> and centronics
11:03:29 <orbii> parallel
11:03:52 * Ampera smacks orbii with a VL card
11:03:56 <orbii> centronics is a brand name
11:04:08 <Ampera> there's more than one sort of parallel
11:04:17 <orbii> *shrug*
11:04:18 <Ampera> centronics implies a specific type of parallel
11:04:27 <orbii> there's multiple sorts of centronics too, because it's a brand
11:04:30 <Ampera> ISA, VLB, and PCI are all parallel.
11:04:37 <Ampera> yes, but nobody cares about those
11:04:41 <orbii> ahuh
11:04:43 <T3sl4> or wait, does my xt have two? it has a DB25 on the back, but i forget if it has a 2nd onboard or something
11:04:58 <Halcyon> orbii: It's like Molex, people often refer to the hard disk power connectors as "Molex" connectors, but they were actually invented by AMP
11:05:21 <orbii> and molex refers to a company - which produce a billion different connectors
11:05:24 <Ampera> I didn't invent them.
11:05:30 <Halcyon> Yup
11:05:31 <Halcyon> Heh :)
11:05:48 * Ampera sneezes blood onto a paper canvas, sells it as modern art
11:05:56 <Halcyon> Charming :P
11:06:19 <orbii> gets even more fun when you use centronics for scsi
11:06:29 * T3sl4 smears feces on it,sells it for even more
11:06:50 <Ampera> I'm really upset more things don't use the same locking style as the micro ribbon connector
11:07:02 <Ampera> it's way nicer than screws
11:07:12 * orbii throws an Amphenol C50 cable at ampera
11:07:40 * Ampera throws orbii into a room with other fun-sinks.
11:07:55 * orbii amused
11:08:08 <orbii> my real gripe is when people call things 'DB9'
11:08:52 <Halcyon> My real gripe is when people refer to SQL as "Sequel"
11:08:58 <Ampera> ^^^^
11:09:17 <Ampera> I occasionally go to a ".NET user group" and the fucks there do it all the time
11:09:17 <Halcyon> I had an old boss who did that and he was the biggest douche in douche-town
11:09:24 <orbii> halcyon: i cant get angry at that, because of the origins
11:09:32 <Halcyon> Oh, I get the origins
11:09:36 <Halcyon> But they are two different products
11:09:47 * Ampera buys orbii pre-packaged anger so he doesn't have to get it himself
11:09:50 <orbii> it was originally *called* SEQUEL, and before that SQUARE
11:09:55 <orbii> and SEQUEL was renamed to SQL
11:10:03 <orbii> so eh. i cant care enough
11:10:05 <Halcyon> It was more than just a mere rename though
11:10:08 <orbii> sure
11:10:17 <orbii> it was a trademark issue tho, fundamentally
11:11:03 <Ampera> mmm, tasty Arch Unix
11:11:29 <orbii> i'll always pronounce it as an initialism, but i honestly dont care enough how others pronounce it.
11:13:31 <Ampera> we can all agree, though, the people who pronounce SCSI "Sexy" should fucking burn
11:14:54 <orbii> nah, it's the people that pronounce MPLS as 'mipples' that need to burn
11:15:30 <T3sl4> MLPs?
11:15:39 <orbii> some people even try and pronounce SQL as 'squirrel' :/
11:16:09 <Ampera> you see that sounds better to me rather than sequel
11:16:49 <Halcyon> Heh nipples
11:17:47 <Ampera> watch you there, Halcyon, you might become straight or something
11:17:49 <Ampera> and we wouldn't want htat
11:17:57 <orbii> bewbs
11:18:16 <Ampera> orbii is a woman on the internet, so she gets a pass
11:18:23 <orbii> wat
11:18:39 <Ampera> you heard me, cyka
11:18:55 <T3sl4> Ampera: it's not straight if you glue on pictures of male nipples
11:18:55 <orbii> whatever that means
11:18:59 <DHess_US> ATM Machine
11:19:04 <DHess_US> GPS System
11:19:21 <Ampera> BBS Board
11:19:27 <Ampera> IRC Chat
11:19:31 <T3sl4> you use a PIN Number at the ATM
11:20:03 <orbii> dat tape
11:20:24 <Ampera> DVD/CD Disk
11:20:38 <Ampera> Floppy Disc
11:20:56 * T3sl4 sticks a floppy in Ampera's slot
11:21:01 <T3sl4> slut*?
11:21:01 <orbii> blimey
11:21:54 * Ampera is Not ready reading drive ASS: Abort, Retry, Fail?
11:23:07 * T3sl4 slaps Retry a few times
11:23:16 <Halcyon> Me hits 'Ignore' instead
11:23:17 <orbii> abort that bum baby
11:23:19 <Halcyon> :P
11:23:41 <Ampera> I think y'all need to grease my rails :/
11:24:00 <Halcyon> Is that a euphemism ?
11:24:29 <Ampera> What do you think, my upside down friend.
11:24:45 <Halcyon> It sounds like you want to be thrown around and spoken dirty to
11:25:04 <T3sl4> https://i.imgur.com/JPRuJVR.jpg
11:25:05 <Ampera> No, I've decided to abstain from any form of sexual pleasure.
11:25:49 <Halcyon> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpDkb0xUcYQ
11:26:11 <Ampera> Halcyon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9sdsclDwas
11:26:31 <orbii> hue. hue. sexual plesha
11:26:46 <Halcyon> Heh so retro
11:27:00 * Ampera new waves a gun in Halcyon's face
11:27:07 <DHess_US> Sounds like OMD
11:27:50 <Ampera> I have the best musical taste.
11:27:54 <Halcyon> Heh reminds me of that scene from the IT Crowd where Moss has a gun
11:27:57 <Halcyon> "I've got a ruddy gun"
11:28:12 <orbii> floating burr grinder, amirite?
11:28:23 <Ampera> Fuck that show and the retarded fucking irish cunt who wrote it
11:28:35 <DHess_US> https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2019/11/17/8040fedd7120e715.mp4
11:28:35 <T3sl4> Ampera, which, as long as you have a prostate and you aren't milking it, that predisposes you to cancer
11:28:36 <Halcyon> It's such a good show
11:28:37 <T3sl4> so there you go
11:28:45 <Ampera> Graham Linehan is a massive hypocrite
11:28:50 <DHess_US> https://img.pr0gramm.com/2019/11/16/e7ff2e3c83b04baf.jpg
11:28:53 <Halcyon> I don't care, it's fucking funny
11:29:14 <Ampera> T3sl4, I can't do anything about it. I don't have any sexual desires other than perverted ones I just can't deal with.
11:29:28 <T3sl4> mmm, perversions
11:29:32 <Halcyon> DHess_US: That's cool!
11:29:40 <Halcyon> It looks so real
11:29:55 <Ampera> I don't give a shit if I get cancer, that means I get to die sooner.
11:30:15 <Ampera> One of the few things that keeps me going is the thought that one day it will all be over.
11:30:44 <orbii> ASS CANCAH
11:30:58 <Halcyon> Anyway, I better go. I'll be back later this afternoon
11:31:03 <Ampera> Ciao
11:32:36 <orbii> CHOW
11:34:52 <T3sl4> ciao
11:34:54 <T3sl4> !list
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15:02:33 <Halcyon> Back
15:03:52 <Ampera> hi Halcyon
15:03:53 <Ampera> how do
15:08:48 <Halcyon> Not too bad, you?.
15:19:25 <Ampera> I just cut up a pineapple, Halcyon
15:19:29 <Halcyon> Yummy
16:13:40 <Halcyon> What else is new Ampera?
16:13:51 <Ampera> I have now switched to eating my pasta dish
16:13:56 <Ampera> and am writing an email to my english teacher
16:15:24 <Halcyon> What kind of pasta?
16:15:56 <Ampera> rotini in a mildly spicy cream of chicken sauce
16:16:06 <Ampera> with hot italian sausage, mushrooms, and chopped chicken thighs.
16:16:18 <Halcyon> Sounds yummy
16:16:31 <Halcyon> I'd eat that. Also sounds super fattening
16:17:02 <Ampera> It's delicious.
16:17:13 <Halcyon> I might have to get your recipe
16:17:27 <Halcyon> Actually, that's something you could host, an EEVrecipes Wiki or similar
16:17:32 <Ampera> the recipe is to throw a bunch of stuff into a pot.
16:17:44 <Halcyon> I have some recipes which I'd love to share and have people rate them etc...
16:17:45 <Ampera> Idk, jspiros might either lynch me or hug me for that.
16:17:52 <Ampera> being a foodie is sort of his thing
16:17:54 <Halcyon> Who cares?
16:17:55 <Halcyon> So?
16:18:01 <Ampera> I'm joking.
16:18:05 <Halcyon> :P
16:18:21 <Halcyon> He also thinks "seasoning" expressly implies salt
16:18:29 <Ampera> If you want to work on it after Christmas, I'll have time, but right now I'm trying to not go into stress induced catatonia.
16:18:41 <Halcyon> Yeh all good, it was just an idea
16:32:37 * Halcyon hugs Ampera
16:34:21 <Halcyon> Haha: https://youtu.be/PSSCn7ZXt48?t=632
16:34:29 <Halcyon> I love the sigh "Beer... It's Lovely!"
16:34:38 <Halcyon> I guess you can't argue with that kind of direct advertising
16:34:48 <Halcyon> *sign
18:34:13 <steve30> hi Halcyon
18:34:19 <Halcyon> Hey Steve :)
18:34:22 <Halcyon> Good morning
18:34:50 <steve30> I seem to be getting a cold :(
18:35:04 <Halcyon> Oh no :(
18:35:21 <gremlinz> quarantine!
18:37:05 * Halcyon catches steve30 in a large butterfly net
18:39:06 <steve30> Meow?
18:45:09 * Halcyon noms on sausage
18:45:18 <Halcyon> (with cheese and mustard)
18:45:32 * steve30 curls up on Halcyon's lap and meows
18:45:41 <Halcyon> Stupid cat
18:45:59 <Halcyon> My cousins had cats growing up
18:46:21 <Halcyon> I always hated the walking on my lap; You never knew when their claws would come out
18:46:27 <Halcyon> *them
18:47:02 * steve30 looks innocent :)
18:47:10 <Halcyon> Yehhh, I'm watching you
18:47:27 <Halcyon> You up for a phone call? Anyone else in?
18:47:30 <Halcyon> Ampera?
18:47:52 <steve30> you can ring if you like, but i'm a bit sniffly
18:48:23 <Halcyon> I'll see if anyone else wants to join us
18:49:50 <Halcyon> Actually, standby... I'll try another codec
18:50:39 <Halcyon> What's your number again?
18:51:04 <steve30> +441709299546
18:56:06 <Halcyon> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTtql5lMeKk&list=PL1fn6oC5ndU8tezrQ1pnPSEpa_m0w8LOW
19:03:00 <Halcyon> T3sl4 ?
19:21:05 <steve30> Halcyon, do you have stuff like this down there?
19:21:09 <steve30> http://stevecoates.net/stuff/fluid-police.png
19:23:13 <Halcyon> Nope
19:23:47 <Halcyon> I mean we have transgender Police, but they identify as one gender, not flip-flop between them when they feel like it
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