| 03:01:06 | vogon_jeltz | hi, Tim |
| 03:01:21 | vogon_jeltz | what happened to engk.lineo.com? |
| 03:01:22 | vogon_jeltz | :) |
| 03:01:38 | BZFlag | in a different part of the office is all. |
| 03:02:04 | vogon_jeltz | heh |
| 03:54:54 | vogon_jeltz | is away: sleeping |
| 09:14:57 | vogon_jeltz | is away: ... trying to cram in 3 hours of sleep ... |
| 10:56:22 | michi | hi ho |
| 16:17:11 | itpro | this is the channel for the tank game? |
| 16:17:57 | itpro | I just saw the dicrption :-) |
| 16:18:14 | itpro | I trying to find a server to play on |
| 16:18:35 | captain_proton | yes |
| 16:18:42 | captain_proton | the server list should work |
| 16:19:14 | itpro | it it can't download it, I'll try again |
| 16:19:52 | itpro | no |
| 16:29:46 | lupinator | where does your client look for the list? sourceforge? |
| 16:30:15 | itpro | someonther place |
| 16:30:32 | itpro | I just downloaded to day |
| 16:30:34 | captain_proton | what version do you have? |
| 16:30:56 | lupinator | http://BZFlag.SourceForge.net/list-server.txt |
| 16:31:41 | itpro | 1.7d.9 |
| 16:31:45 | lupinator | oh |
| 16:31:53 | captain_proton | get 1.7e2 |
| 16:31:59 | itpro | that old? |
| 16:32:06 | itpro | hmm ok |
| 16:32:40 | lupinator | the new versions use udp networking which is faster |
| 16:34:27 | lupinator | brb |
| 16:36:32 | itpro | I need DSL.. ugh |
| 16:38:23 | lupinator | looks like ducati is a bit unhealthy |
| 16:43:12 | itpro | well crap still using pair.com |
| 16:45:28 | itpro | I did a rpm -ql bzflag, to see of ther was a file I could hack |
| 17:06:24 | lupinator | ~/bzflag |
| 17:06:27 | lupinator | ~/.bzflag |
| 18:28:55 | vogon_jeltz | hi, BZ |
| 20:40:31 | captain_proton | hey sig |
| 20:40:34 | captain_proton | BOOM! |
| 20:40:51 | vogon_jeltz | huh? |
| 20:41:04 | captain_proton | just grinning and remembering last night :D |
| 20:43:08 | captain_proton | over the last couple weeks a friend and I built an absolutely HUGE poptato gun |
| 20:43:20 | vogon_jeltz | hehehe |
| 20:43:44 | captain_proton | each shot was met with cries of 'holy shit!' |
| 20:44:04 | vogon_jeltz | you should make one that ignites the hairspray with a Leyden jar |
| 20:44:14 | captain_proton | we're igniting it with a piezo |
| 20:44:18 | vogon_jeltz | ahh, k |
| 20:44:28 | vogon_jeltz | Leyden jars rule |
| 20:45:34 | captain_proton | so are piezos |
| 20:45:55 | captain_proton | we have a little red button - you press, and BOOM! |
| 20:46:01 | vogon_jeltz | heh |
| 20:46:24 | vogon_jeltz | with leyden jars, you can rig a pistol-style trigger |
| 20:46:42 | captain_proton | this thing is 6 feet long - its not gonna work as a pistol :) |
| 20:46:44 | vogon_jeltz | plus, you can get a much bigger spark |
| 20:47:11 | captain_proton | we don't need a big spark - only about 1/16 of an inch |
| 20:47:24 | captain_proton | our chamber is 1.5 feet long :D |
| 20:47:36 | vogon_jeltz | bigger spark == faster combustion, no? |
| 20:48:16 | vogon_jeltz | faster combustion == more pressure == more power |
| 20:48:18 | captain_proton | it fires as soon as you press the button |
| 20:48:53 | vogon_jeltz | no, it fires as soon as enough pressure builds up to eject the potato (which looks simultaneous) |
| 20:49:05 | captain_proton | its not noticible |
| 20:49:08 | captain_proton | we don't even know the range |
| 20:49:29 | captain_proton | we could only see a flaming potato for the first second, then it disappeared |
| 20:49:32 | vogon_jeltz | yes, but cutting the time of combustion increases the peak pressure |
| 20:49:35 | captain_proton | but i think it goes REALLY far |
| 20:49:37 | vogon_jeltz | shooting it even farther |
| 20:49:59 | vogon_jeltz | thinks we need to fight the war on afghanistan with potato guns |
| 20:50:34 | captain_proton | ours could take out the entire taliban gov. with one shot |
| 20:50:37 | vogon_jeltz | heh |
| 20:50:42 | vogon_jeltz | potato railgun |
| 20:51:01 | captain_proton | don't tell anyone |
| 20:51:11 | captain_proton | but we ran from a police helicopter :() |
| 20:51:13 | captain_proton | ack |
| 20:51:14 | captain_proton | :) |
| 20:51:15 | vogon_jeltz | heh |
| 20:51:28 | vogon_jeltz | you should make a sound-insulated potato gun |
| 20:51:43 | vogon_jeltz | captain_proton: why did you *run*? |
| 20:51:54 | vogon_jeltz | captain_proton: you had enough firepower to take down the helicopter :) |
| 20:52:05 | captain_proton | well, their searchlight didn't catch the car or us, but we didn't want to stick around |
| 20:52:18 | captain_proton | we had the firepower, but not the aim nor inclination |
| 20:52:21 | vogon_jeltz | granted, some people would consider it "murder", but you had more than enough to destroy it :) |
| 20:52:35 | captain_proton | i have to go to class |
| 20:52:35 | captain_proton | cya |
| 20:52:38 | vogon_jeltz | bye |
| 21:11:15 | vogon_jeltz | is away: watching some TV |
| 21:54:30 | captain_proton | back |
| 22:58:29 | vogon_jeltz | is back (gone 01:47:13) |