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01:48:42 <arch> electrohead, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmjbUpIWoM
01:48:43 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Filthy Frank Outro | 9s | Channel: Shrek Rosencrouch (Ro Ro's Dank Burj) | 5,908 views | 2017-02-26 - 13:51:02 UTC
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02:05:00 <electrohead> lol ..
02:05:14 * electrohead smacks arch with one of flyback's canucks
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03:06:23 <K> yall yall
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03:23:34 <K> Oy, Ysjoelfir, are done with you supper yet?
03:54:39 * arch shanks K with a soldering iron
03:55:01 <K> is it hot?
03:55:29 <arch> yes. lucky for you, it cauterized the wound on entry. so now you have a hole thru you that can be used for lewd purposes
04:09:27 <K> neat.
04:11:23 <rust_collector2> meow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkRjfDM0lR4
04:11:23 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Igorrr - Putrefiunt | 4m 55s | Channel: georgievskiable | 58,036 views | 2011-03-07 - 14:03:38 UTC
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05:15:36 <Ysjoelfir> K, I did supper very nicely, yes. but, did you?
05:29:37 <K> somewhat.
05:29:50 <K> SO is on a work trip, so I have to fend for myself.
05:30:11 <rust_collector2> what did you order?
05:30:31 <K> nah, too lazy. ate some bread and cheese
05:31:03 <rust_collector2> awww, sign of depression.
05:31:14 <rust_collector2> you should be happy and order pizza
05:31:20 <rust_collector2> that is also bread and cheese
05:31:27 <K> hm, true
05:31:30 <K> maybe tomorrow
05:34:21 <K> ee Ysjoelfir, to your eyes is this - https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/hioki-im3536-lcr-messgeraet/2994347874-168-5969 - a real thing, or scamy-scam-mc-scammyface ?
05:34:22 <EEVBot> [url] Hioki IM3536 LCR Messgerät in Bayern - Cham | kleinanzeigen.de | www.kleinanzeigen.de
05:47:17 * arch pokes T3sl41
05:47:26 Nick: T3sl41 is now known as T3sl4
05:47:30 * T3sl4 boops arch
05:47:37 <arch> whew, you're still alive. that's good
05:48:06 * K puts cheese on T3sl4
05:48:13 * T3sl4 melts
05:48:26 <K> (surprised pikachu)
06:07:02 <Ysjoelfir> K: looks legit to me. sadly, its on the opposite side of germany, otherwise I'd have said, I'll drive over and check it out real quick.
06:12:24 <K> imma try registering in that kleinainzeigen, try my luck writing to seller
06:12:38 <K> he cant hit me in the face through the internets!
06:20:28 <Ysjoelfir> that is very true :D and registering SHOULD be possible even for non germans
06:20:36 <Ysjoelfir> I don't think they geolocked that
06:30:28 <K> there is same talk about needing german phone number
06:31:16 <rust_collector2> who is talking?
06:31:26 <K> the hand!
06:31:44 <rust_collector2> ok, put it back in the fridge, then go register
06:31:56 <K> yes.
06:32:16 <rust_collector2> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwKPKkwlWCc
06:32:16 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Dosis | 7m 7s | Channel: Inhalt Der Nacht - Topic | 318,241 views | 2018-12-06 - 10:53:40 UTC
06:33:00 <Ysjoelfir> you sure? I don't think I ever gave a phone numer to them
07:19:51 <K> yay it worked. it does have my phone number now though.
08:04:41 <K> now to haggle a bit.
08:18:33 * arch puts haggis in K's phone
08:18:44 <K> eew.
08:18:58 <K> where did you even get that
08:34:51 <arch> the butcher
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09:27:52 <steve30> o/
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09:33:28 <Halcyon> Mornings
09:33:36 <steve30> o/
09:33:47 * steve30 is attempting to use a dialup modem to dial stuff up
09:37:18 <Halcyon> Oooer
09:37:21 <steve30> Halcyon, do you know what kind of modem is making the noises in this video?
09:37:21 <steve30> https://youtu.be/aKiZCh_tU6E?si=hiLlCNL0StKgSupN&t=54
09:37:22 <EEVBot> Temporary error talking to YouTube: [SYS] unknown error (_ssl.c:2638)
09:37:36 <Halcyon> I kind of miss dialup
09:38:34 <Halcyon> That sounds like a standard fax machine handshake
09:39:18 <Halcyon> Well, one side of it anyway, it tries a number of times, gets no response so drops the line
09:40:09 <steve30> i really should install a fax software
09:40:26 <Halcyon> Who you going to fax?
09:40:30 <Halcyon> Apart from electrohead
09:41:01 <steve30> at this point, anyone with a fax machine :)
09:41:12 <Halcyon> Pretty much rules out everyone in Australia
09:41:17 <steve30> (if it will work via a grandstream)
09:41:32 <steve30> I'll go and dig out my Phonetools CDROM
09:41:39 <Halcyon> It should do
09:41:56 <Halcyon> Older versions of Windows came with fax tools
09:43:38 <steve30> also, apparently computer modems can't speak baudot textphone
09:43:41 <Halcyon> It looks like Telstra (our biggest telco) still have their FOLDS test service online. You basically send a fax of any kind to a number and it evaluates your machine and line quality and sends you a fax report back within a few minutes.
09:44:33 <Halcyon> Although it's a 1300 number, so not sure you can call it from overseas.
09:46:51 * electrohead faxes random pictures to Halcyon and steve30
09:48:25 <Halcyon> You can try, if it works the number will be +61 1300 368 909 or +61 1300 368 999. (I think the first one is a different test). Details here: https://goughlui.com/2016/11/07/telstra-faxstream-testfax-professional-aka-folds-b-test/
09:48:26 <EEVBot> [url] Telstra FaxStream TestFax Professional (aka FOLDS-B) Test | Gough's Tech Zone | goughlui.com
09:57:04 <steve30> hmm, can't find the phonetools cd
09:57:14 <steve30> plenty of Adobe PhotoDeluxe CDs
09:57:26 <steve30> can anyone recommend any fax software?
10:00:06 <Halcyon> WinFax Pro was popular but there were heaps
10:00:51 <Halcyon> https://winworldpc.com/product/winfax-pro/100
10:00:52 <EEVBot> [url] WinWorld: WinFax Pro 10.0 | winworldpc.com
10:01:26 <steve30> hmm, that number doesn't seem diallable from here
10:01:42 <Halcyon> Yeah I didn't think it would be.
10:02:31 <Halcyon> Try +61 3 9640 0999 but some of the comments I saw suggest that might be offline
10:05:40 <steve30> ringing
10:06:42 <steve30> no answer thougfh
10:06:52 <Halcyon> Those test fax things were designed to be used locally, so they might have disconnected the option to use it internationally
10:20:19 <steve30> Halcyon, correction, the test numbers do work
10:20:24 <steve30> just linphone wouldn't dial them
10:20:42 <Halcyon> Oh right, they answer with a fax handshake?
10:20:44 <steve30> and yes, that confirms that the audio in the youtube video was indeed a fax modem
10:20:49 <Halcyon> There we go
10:21:13 <steve30> and it only cost me 2p ex VAT to ring. Bargain :)
10:36:11 <steve30> my grandstream won't let me dial a number starting 00. WTF?
10:46:37 <Halcyon> Surely that's just a setting?
10:46:52 <steve30> wasn't in the dial plan :)
10:46:57 <Halcyon> Ah, that'll do it
10:47:00 <steve30> also, I just sent a fax to australia. Yay me :)
10:47:06 <Halcyon> Weeee. Did you get one back?
10:47:12 <steve30> nope
10:47:23 <Halcyon> Have you configured the calling line identifier?
10:48:05 <steve30> nope, winfax crashed when I tried to tell it my phone number, that might be why it can't fax back
10:48:24 <Halcyon> Yep, it relies on that to send back a response, and it should be in the international number format
10:48:38 <steve30> I'll try and send one with the Windows XP built in faxer
10:49:11 <Halcyon> It usually takes a minute or so for it to reply
10:56:59 * steve30 attempts to fax america
11:02:22 <steve30> HP faxback doesn't like me :(
11:05:17 <steve30> What should I put in as my fax number for international?
11:05:31 <steve30> +441709299546 ? Or should I replace the + with a number?
11:05:55 <steve30> Or there is a possibility it might not like sending faxes internationally :)
11:24:08 <steve30> Halcyon, Windows seems to be able to sucessfully send a fax to Australia, but not to anywhere else
11:24:34 <Halcyon> Yeah it might not respond internationally
11:26:56 <steve30> sending one works though
11:47:00 <steve30> this one worked!
11:47:01 <steve30> https://faxbeep.com/faxtest/fax_b254ea42
11:47:01 <EEVBot> [url] SCFAX - Fax received May 21, 2026 | Faxbeep | faxbeep.com
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12:16:25 <arch> now you'll get spammed with scam phone calls. enjoy
12:21:05 <steve30> WinFax kinda sorta works
12:21:06 <steve30> https://faxbeep.com/faxtest/fax_3ae42df4
12:21:06 <EEVBot> [url] Unknown - Fax received May 21, 2026 | Faxbeep | faxbeep.com
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12:24:14 * steve30 winfaxes Halcyon: https://faxbeep.com/faxtest/fax_3ae42df4
12:24:14 <EEVBot> [url] Unknown - Fax received May 21, 2026 | Faxbeep | faxbeep.com
12:30:52 * arch sells steve30's phone number to the indian call center scammers
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12:48:58 <steve30> i think that's enough modeming for today
12:49:01 * steve30 needs food
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16:08:22 <K> !coffee steve30
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19:12:08 <K> OY YALL, WHAT IS UP?
20:04:41 <K> :|
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20:51:38 <Nothing\> welp, i survived
20:52:19 <Nothing\> i think...
20:53:05 <Nothing\> arm's completely buggered for 12 weeks its not painful but holy fuck it makes me panic so bad
20:53:45 <Nothing\> i feel like im wrapped in a strait jacket. my brain is really having a tough time making sense of it all
20:54:24 <Nothing\> plus i can totally feel the damn plate. the weight, the pressure, the hook that goes into my shouldrer ugh
20:54:48 <Nothing\> but i reckon thatll all get better i just need to adjust
20:55:28 <Nothing\> id almost rather deal with pain. that makes sense. thats familiar territory
20:55:41 <Nothing\> almost
20:57:30 <Nothing\> https://i.ibb.co/Wppzvfb8/20260515-134756.jpg
20:57:57 <Nothing\> like 5 minutes after i woke up
20:58:02 <Nothing\> or an hour
20:58:07 <Nothing\> no clue
20:58:55 <Nothing\> https://i.ibb.co/Y4Rw2WLz/20260516-050104.jpg
20:59:20 <Nothing\> i think my surgeon mistook a sanitary pad for a surgical dressing lol
21:00:18 <Nothing\> I had amazing care, though. I swear the nurse never left my side. she knew i was having a hard time.
21:00:29 <Nothing\> it made a huge difference
21:01:02 <Nothing\> just been sleeping a lot since. it happened friday
21:02:46 <Nothing\> definitely coulda been a lot worse. i had superb pain and anxiety control.
21:03:40 <Nothing\> i'll be right in a couple of weeks i reckon
21:03:59 <Nothing\> by the time i get used to it
21:04:31 <Nothing\> i'm gonna go continue to maintain my sanity now lol
21:31:08 <electrohead> What happened to your arm?
21:53:23 <Nothing\> broke and dislocated my collarbone and got a "hook plate" instaalled
21:54:07 <Nothing\> https://i.ibb.co/27MJVPX4/20260513-211025.jpg
21:54:23 <Nothing\> note the bone popping out lol
21:55:08 <Nothing\> just tripping on my way to bed and my shoulder somehow hit the ground first
21:55:35 <Nothing\> not even that hard, just exactly the wrong angle
21:56:57 <Nothing\> kinda just snapped the end off still attached to my shoulder while tendons in my neck pulled the other half up causing the "tenting"
21:58:06 <Nothing\> my back hurts more than anything between the odd postures and having an extra 10lbs hanging off my chest
21:58:22 <Nothing\> i really feel for busty women, now
22:03:57 <Nothing\> before the surgery they gave me this nerve block to a bunch of nerves coming out of my neck with this stuff that lasts like a week (so far) although its pretty much worn off
22:05:00 <Nothing\> the crappy thing is it also paralyzes part of your diaphragm and throat for a few hours so I couldnt breathe right and cough just sounded like a dog trying to puke lol
22:06:37 <Nothing\> it was funky, my arm kept twitching while they were doing it, like when the doctor hits your knee to check your reflexes
22:07:06 <electrohead> oof, the collarbone sucks
22:07:30 <electrohead> I broke my right side collarbone when I was 16 or so, that sucked so bad lol
22:07:34 <Nothing\> yeah its been trying, but interesting kinda, too
22:07:47 <Nothing\> no shit? mine's left
22:08:03 <Nothing\> you get a plate, too?
22:08:20 <electrohead> it never healed properly the first time around, due to not getting to the hospital originally (thanks, dad)
22:08:53 <electrohead> rebroke maybe a month later after it started to reheal (and improperly, and that), that's when I finally got to the hospital
22:08:59 <Nothing\> ahh yeah normally that'd be me but as soon as I saw the bone popping out i knew i needed surgery
22:09:00 <electrohead> nowadays I'm starting to have some issues, because of it
22:09:11 <electrohead> oof, mine wasn't that bad lol
22:09:16 <Nothing\> fuck that sucks man
22:09:21 <Nothing\> how old are you?
22:09:23 <electrohead> it is what it is
22:09:28 <electrohead> about to turn 40, weeee
22:09:40 <Nothing\> ah yeah about my age
22:09:56 <Nothing\> ive noticed old injuries seem to hurt more nowadays
22:10:18 <Nothing\> and actually predict the weather. which i thought was malarky.
22:11:00 <Nothing\> but ill feel it in my ankle I broke and go cvheck the weather and sure enough it always calls for rain the next day
22:11:33 <Nothing\> thought it was just an old wive's tale
22:12:03 <Nothing\> omg i have to go rest my back before i go out i'm gonna lie down
22:12:21 <Nothing\> take care electrohead. have a good day.
22:13:53 <electrohead> ok my man, you too
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23:14:01 <k> U FWOT
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