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01:25.09T0mWjacques: you around?
01:40.56prpplagueT0mW: hey old fart
01:41.07prpplagueT0mW: doing any more with the sharp arm stuff>?
01:41.31T0mWmessing with the WebPal & Shannon IR keyboards
01:42.16prpplaguehehe, i had a ton of those
01:42.26T0mWThere is no money, yet, in the LH7xxx stuff
01:42.26prpplaguealways wanted to do something with them
01:42.36prpplaguebummer
01:42.39T0mWthey appear to be a 21 bit transmission
01:42.53prpplagueT0mW: they still want a proprietary design?
01:42.56T0mWpreable is 7 bits: 1110101
01:43.10T0mWprpplague: yup
01:43.16prpplaguetisk tisk
01:43.42T0mWprpplague: they were considering using the card engine stuff, but, I've not gotten any bites yet.
01:44.00T0mWthey keep swimming by and admiring the worm
01:44.27prpplagueT0mW: hehe, well, maybe after aml introduces their new product based on the lh79520
01:44.40T0mWprpplague: the Hauppague IR diode hears the WebPal keyboard just fine
01:44.55prpplaguecool, i always wondered about that
01:44.56T0mWprpplague: the Shannon keyboard uses the same transmission
01:45.21prpplagueT0mW: yea, i found that out early on
01:45.32T0mWprpplague: modulation is 38.4 KHz
01:45.39prpplagueT0mW: you can also get a ir remote/sensor set that works with ti
01:45.48T0mWti?
01:46.48prpplaguetoo
01:46.52T0mWok
01:46.59prpplaguesorry one sec and i'll get you a url
01:47.36T0mWwell, I do have some atmel 89C2051 processors and I'm sure I could whip up an IR receiver / PS2 adapter for it, if I wanted to...
01:47.54T0mWs/PS2/PS2 keyboard/
01:47.57prpplagueT0mW: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51086&item=5192065842&rd=1
01:48.07prpplagueT0mW: i have about 4 or 5 of those
01:48.55T0mWheh, looks identical to the webpal remote
01:48.56prpplagueT0mW: the receiver works with the webpal/tuxscreen keyboard
01:49.03prpplagueT0mW: it is
01:49.05T0mWnod
01:49.11prpplagueT0mW: its the receiver that is the key
01:49.30prpplagueT0mW: decodes directly to rs-232
01:49.33T0mWwhat's it give you? RS232 data stream?
01:50.10T0mWI'm going to try to decode via LIRC
01:50.52prpplagueT0mW: more like xevents
01:50.55T0mWI've alread mounted the dongle diode in the front panel lens of the case.  I cut the diode loose from the lolipop shell
01:51.02prpplagueT0mW: down keys scans, up key scans
01:51.09T0mWnod
01:51.28T0mWall it has to do is run MythTV
01:51.32prpplaguehehe
01:51.58T0mWI plan on using the NewCom IR remote & keyboard for the data input to MythTV
01:52.11T0mWanything else is bonux
01:52.19prpplagueahh
01:52.19T0mWs/bonux/bonus/
01:52.31prpplagueT0mW: well i like to use the ast/logictech for little projects
01:52.40prpplagueT0mW: nice to have a quicky remote
01:53.08T0mWI have an externel IR decoder box that I purchased some time ago, I uses some LIRC driver code, IIRC
01:53.47prpplagueT0mW: ahh, but rs-232 is easy
01:53.50T0mWI know, I can purchase a solution... But, why bother if the PVR250 already has an IR input?
01:54.27T0mWon the current MythTV box, I have bluetooth keyboard that I use
01:54.50prpplagueT0mW: yea, i mean i use it with little embedded stuff
01:55.01T0mWcrappy solution becuase you have to get up, go over and push the reset button on the remote interface at the computer
01:55.08T0mWprpplague: hey
01:55.20prpplagueT0mW: ?
01:55.47T0mWprpplague: I want to put an 8051 20pin chip processor in this unit, have it monitor the IR reciever, so you can remotely turn the computer ON
01:56.21prpplaguehehe
01:56.36T0mWlooks like I need -5V to power the diode though, must be some powerline of the ATX supply that is still active while the computer is "off"
01:56.56prpplagueT0mW: yea
01:57.04T0mWprpplague: I'm just fuc^H^H^H messing around with some ideas
01:57.58prpplaguehehe
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01:59.06T0mWI dunno whether I should add an NVIDIA card to this thing for the TVOUT or take those chips I got a while back and use them (the SVGA --> S-VIDEO seperators)
01:59.45T0mWNVIDIA card would add another $40 to the unit cost, the seperator stuff would prolly be the same (parts + labor)...
01:59.53T0mWmore heat
02:00.00T0mWwith the nvidia card though
02:00.34jjshoeum
02:00.40jjshoewhat about the dealies they use for in dash units?
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02:01.08T0mWprpplague: I quieted the power supply fan down: removed the mini-atx fan and put in a CPU cooler fan, then stuck 4 diodes in series with it to slow the rotation speed.
02:01.44T0mW"dealies"
02:01.45prpplagueT0mW: hehe
02:02.28T0mWprpplague: aw, I've been thinking of doing this stuff for a while, now seems like a good time to tinker a bit
02:02.55prpplagueT0mW: always a good time to tinker
02:03.01T0mWheh
02:03.30T0mWprpplague: what you been messing with lately?  Now that you have a home to put a workshop in and no landlord
02:03.43prpplaguei hope no one has any bad feelings about me getting rid of fishead, he's been a real plague(no pun intended) lately
02:03.58prpplagueT0mW: 110% on my BSP stuff
02:04.01T0mWprpplague: I keep him on permanent ignore
02:04.41prpplagueT0mW: i think i have a permanent inferiority complexe, so i've been going as fast and hard as i can learning how to do good bsp's
02:05.04T0mWprpplague: yeah, when you "consult" you have to do it "better"
02:05.20T0mWpressure is higher, especially work-from-home
02:05.31prpplagueT0mW: hehe, i'm still on salary, just telecomute
02:05.54T0mWprpplague: all the time they are thinking that you are goofing off an charging them for that time
02:06.15prpplagueT0mW: yea, but i had that feeling even when i was in the office
02:06.20T0mWprpplague: laying in the surf, planning how to do the BSP
02:06.23T0mWheh
02:06.34jacquesT0mW, I am now
02:06.40T0mWhe
02:06.47T0mWjacques: hey, evening
02:07.05T0mWjacques: found some stuff about the WebPal / Shannon keyboard IR stuff
02:07.06prpplagueT0mW: CosmicPenguin (hope i'm not out of bounds) both have a problem with seeming everyone else 2 steps ahead of us
02:07.39T0mWprpplague: yeah, but, WHO are you ahead of?
02:08.00T0mWprpplague: I refuse to burn out again
02:08.56T0mWprpplague: so, I am not the best that I could be, but I'm happy
02:09.30T0mWprpplague: hey! how's the girl-watching?
02:09.31prpplagueT0mW: hehe, yea, well i think alot of us, speaking for myself and not to give these ppl big heads, want to be on the level of rmk, andersee, jim gettys, greg unger
02:10.05prpplagueT0mW: nice, they were doing a photo shoot yesterday on acra beach
02:10.47T0mWprpplague: life games: knowledge, power, money, family, spiritual, and two more.  You can "have it all" at any one of those
02:11.07T0mWchoose only one
02:11.11jacquesT0mW, I just read the backlog - anything else you found about the keyboard IR?
02:11.36jacquessomewhere I have a ps/2 adaptor for that keyboard - got it at surpluscomputers
02:11.53jacquescame with keyboard, but it's identical to the tuxscreen and webpal keyboards
02:12.11prpplagueT0mW: hehe
02:12.19T0mWjacques: lot more than last night: 38.4KHz modulation, 7 bit preamble (1110101), appears to be a 21bit transmission, bitcell time is 781.25us
02:12.46T0mWjacques: oh, and the IR receiver for the PVR250 sees the transmission
02:12.50jacques38.4KHz modulation means most things should "see" it right?
02:12.57T0mWjacques: yeah
02:13.04jacquesvery good to know
02:13.18jacquesdamn now where did I put the IR receiver for my pvr250...
02:13.34T0mWI would think so, I haven't looked really closely at the IR remotes that I have to see what they are using though
02:14.05T0mWjacques: steal an IR reciever from a webpal, heh
02:14.25jacqueshmm
02:20.23T0mWjacques: the 38.4KHz carrier appears to be washed out in the IR receiver diode assembly, all I get out of the RX diode is a square wave
02:21.02jacques38.4 (or thereabouts) is standard CiR modulation freq. isn't it?
02:21.16T0mWjacques: IIRC, the LIRC needs to know the prefix code, number of bits, and timing of the bitcells
02:21.19T0mWright?
02:21.44T0mWjacques: Yes, I believe so, I haven't researched that stuff
02:22.14jacquessounds right, but it's been years since I messed with lirc - long enough to be disappointed with the cpu usage and (then) somewhat lacking accuracy
02:22.24T0mW38KHz & 56KHz (aka 38.4KHz 56.7KHz)
02:22.51T0mWjacques: yeah, but, we aren't using Pentium-1's anymore.  heh
02:23.27jacqueslol
02:23.33T0mWI need food, there is nothing in the house to eat, :(
02:23.41jacquesI'm in exact same boat
02:23.43T0mWcereal
02:24.00T0mWsauce + noodles, no meat though
02:24.29T0mWjacques: time to take food run, then I'll look at the LIRC stuff later this evening
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07:20.36jf-workhi
07:22.38jf-workMay I ask for help concerning tinylogin issue ?
07:32.02jacquesjf-work, unfortunately it's really quiet here at this time
07:32.30jf-workwill w8 ;)
07:32.44jacquesandersee is usually here during normal US daytime hours
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08:28.32maliceyo anyone awake?
08:59.30ljpnope. I am sleep-ircing
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13:22.08chouimatmorning
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13:51.58maliceany jbox experts around?
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13:57.14malicemallum
13:57.21mallumhey malice
13:57.28maliceyou know anything about jbox?
13:58.14malicei need to tap some knowledge
14:00.25mallumnever even heard of it :/
14:01.08CP|Lapto1~google jbox
14:01.09maliceahh....its all good
14:01.35malicewell i really need to talk to prpl
14:01.48malicehe is like the foremost person with in depth knowledge about them
14:01.53maliceits mattel juicebox
14:02.01maliceuses embedded uclinux
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14:30.07jf-workanybody can help with a tinylogin issue ?
14:31.14CP|Laptopfire away
14:33.32jf-workwell, adduser applet normally create an /etc/group entry. It does, but malformed. Instead of having groupname:x:gid:user, I get gid:x:gid:
14:34.04jf-workusing last release, compiled under uclibc, not using libnss_compat
14:34.07CP|LaptopWell, thats fun
14:34.13CP|Laptopdid you check the code?
14:34.57jf-worka bit. But I thought that google or else may have know that if adduser applet has been broken
14:35.25jf-workI did compile it udner debian => same results
14:35.35CP|LaptopI doubt that many embedded guys are doing adduser on a regular basis
14:35.42CP|Laptopso its possible a buglet might exist
14:36.05jf-workhumm..
14:36.12CP|LaptopAn unreported buglet, that is
14:36.22jf-workaddgroup does the same error (as in fact adduser call a wrapper for addgroup)
14:37.17CP|LaptopDid you try adduser from busybox too?
14:37.51jf-worklooking at the addgroup, it seems it can take a username as parameter to add this user to the group it is creating. this function is not documented in the tinylogin manpage and I think this cause trouble
14:37.57jf-workCP|Laptop: nop
14:40.00CP|Laptopjf-work: looking at addgroup from busybox, I can't immediately see a issue
14:41.25jf-workCP|Laptop : did you try adduser from busybox ? does it create a well formed /etc/group entry ?
14:41.37CP|LaptopI don't have a adduser or addgroup built in anywhere
14:41.38CP|Laptopsorry
14:41.44jf-workok, np
14:42.29CP|Laptopbut looking at the code in bb-1.0 - it looks like it does the right thing - you might want to diff the tinylogin and busybox sources and see what changed
14:42.31jf-workis busybox stored in a browseable cvs ?
14:42.37CP|Laptopsvn I think
14:42.40jf-work:(
14:43.14jf-workbusybox 1.00 ?
14:43.44CP|Laptopyep
14:44.06jf-workok, checking
14:45.06jf-workghumm. adduser applet from busybox has much option than tinylogin's one
14:46.45CosmicPenguinbusybox is a bit more mature, I think
14:47.05CosmicPenguintinylogin is pretty much only useful these days as a suidable binary for various login stuff
14:47.24prpplaguemorning folks
14:47.44CosmicPenguinprpplague: what were you talking about when you mentioned my name last night?
14:47.52prpplagueCosmicPenguin: iirc russ did a complete cvs checkout of tinylogin when it was mirged with busybox
14:47.57prpplagueCosmicPenguin: hehe
14:48.18jf-workwhat is better if I only need some small adduser/addgroup/deluser/delgroup ? use tinylogin or extract them from busybox ?
14:48.27CosmicPenguinI vote for busybox, personally
14:48.35prpplagueCosmicPenguin: just complaining to T0mW that you and i are always afraid that everyone else is 2 steps ahead of use on learning things
14:48.49CosmicPenguinor even 3
14:48.55prpplaguehehe
14:49.10T0mWCosmicPenguin: and I asked him who is he ahead of?
14:50.11CosmicPenguinI think I told somebody the other day that the whole of Linux knowledge is like a huge elephant
14:50.23T0mWeh?
14:50.30CosmicPenguinAnd that most of us don't have the intellegence to understand it all - so instead we get really good at studying one body part
14:50.36T0mWheh
14:50.50CosmicPenguinIn my case, that body part is the left testicle, but thats another story... :)
14:50.52prpplagueCosmicPenguin: nice analogy
14:51.05T0mWtrue, people ask me what I do and I tell them I write software / etc.
14:51.08CosmicPenguinAnyway, my point being that all of us are two steps behind somebody, and two steps ahead of somebody else
14:51.21T0mWthen they cannot understand that I don't know Lotus 1-2-3
14:52.34prpplaguehehe
14:53.04prpplaguei've started telling ppl that i'm an intellectual prostitute
14:54.02CosmicPenguinYou learn things for money?
14:54.25prpplaguehehe
14:54.43prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i thought it was a pretty accurate description
14:56.19T0mW:)
14:57.20prpplagueCosmicPenguin: kinda like in Harrison Bergeron
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14:59.16CP|LaptopEverbody love meetings
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15:22.52CP|Laptopmallum: how are things on planet matchbox?
15:23.04CP|Laptopmallum: getting some good consulting gigs?
15:23.30prpplagueCP|Laptop: its hard for him to get jobs when he shows up in his PoTA costume
15:24.01CP|LaptopI would hire him
15:24.03CP|Laptopyou damn dirty ape
15:24.08prpplagueHA
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15:27.36mallumCP|Laptop: yeah things are going good atm, watch this space ;)
15:27.51mallumCP|Laptop: there are 3 of us now
15:27.54CP|Laptopnice
15:28.18prpplaguemallum: "watch this space" ?
15:28.31CP|LaptopWatch it, dammit!
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15:45.19CP|Laptopsorphin
15:46.14sorphinprpplague: hardly
15:46.36sorphinCP|Laptop: laptop eh? keep that up, you'll be like file[laptop] :P
15:46.47CP|LaptopI'm a meeting
15:46.53CP|Laptopor rather in one
15:47.06CP|LaptopI'm not one, because then I would kill myself to save humanity
15:52.25prpplaguesorphin: hehe, your like me, i had crappy outlets and light switches
15:54.40prpplagueTimRiker: morning
15:54.47TimRikermoin
15:54.48prpplagueTimRiker: any word on the job front?
15:54.58TimRikernope. other word though...
15:55.10prpplagueTimRiker: ??
15:55.18TimRikerhttp://rikers.org/gallery/riker-girl
15:55.31CP|Laptopa forked process?
15:55.41prpplagueTimRiker: wow i didn't know!!!
15:55.44prpplagueTimRiker: congrads
15:55.49anderseeTimRiker: congrats!
15:55.50TimRikerwell, around here we call it a child process. ;-) thanx.
15:56.16TimRikerthe process now has a gender, but not a filename.
15:56.45TimRikerpretty sure about the working directory though.
15:56.51anderseethats because you are close to Mexico, where everything has a gender
15:56.58TimRiker=)
15:57.03CP|LaptopTimRiker: I assume that stdout and stderr is fully functional as well
15:57.28TimRikerCP|Laptop: looks that way, yes. even the pipes are passing data.
15:57.59anderseeSo when will stdin get redirected?
15:58.15TimRikermid september is the expected exit date
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15:58.49anderseethe cild process better not call exit()...
15:58.49TimRikerwell, perhaps redirect is a better metaphor. thx.
15:59.18anderseeneeds to be a long running demon
15:59.19CP|Laptopwow
15:59.28anderseewith no "ae"
15:59.37TimRiker=)
15:59.42CP|LaptopI guess you could say that it will detach from the controller terminal
15:59.47sorphinprpplague: and aluminum wiring? :P
16:00.15TimRikerthat's it. she'll detach and become the foreground process all in one go.
16:00.56prpplaguesorphin: ek!
16:01.16sorphin;)
16:01.22prpplaguei can hear the words now, "you might be a geek if........"
16:01.39prpplague"you refer to your childs birth in terms of unix processes"
16:01.48sorphinaluminum wiring is fine as long as you know how to deal w/ it
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16:06.37CosmicPenguinsorphin:  Did you have your scheduler patched?
16:08.46sorphinCP|Laptop: not as of yet, but i'm going to
16:09.07sorphinbah
16:09.13sorphintoo many CosmicPenguins
16:11.17CosmicPenguinthere
16:11.54CosmicPenguinhttp://freshmeat.net/projects/jsesh/?branch_id=57969&release_id=195291
16:12.01CosmicPenguinNow there's a project with a small audience base
16:12.50prpplagueCosmicPenguin: it would be cool to see someone using that on sg-1
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16:51.24prpplagueargh,argh, they are burning another cane field.......
16:54.53sorphinumm... ok
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17:01.48anderseeprpplague: I take it this bothers you in some way
17:02.10CosmicPenguinHe's very sensitive to the whole town smelling like creme brulee
17:02.12prpplagueandersee: uh, yea the smoke
17:02.35prpplagueandersee: 300 acres of burning cane tends make alot of stinky smoke
17:02.45anderseeI see
17:02.52anderseeyou could always move
17:02.54andersee;-)
17:02.58prpplaguehehe
17:03.12prpplagueyea, well you take the good with the bad
17:03.30prpplagueandersee: atleast this particular field won't be burned for another 5 years
17:04.56cdmhttp://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/de/78/b7_2.JPG
17:06.31prpplague~exchange 400 EUR to USD
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17:28.18prpplagueTimRiker: re
17:34.58prpplaguehehe, the forum at linuxdevices.com is right up there with "user friendly" in its humor, hehe
17:37.30prpplaguei.e. http://www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/board/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=100&Post=628&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=
17:43.02CosmicPenguinOuch
17:44.12prpplagueCosmicPenguin: and there are always tons of indian outsource ppl want help
17:44.19prpplaguewanting
17:48.02CosmicPenguinHell of a business model
17:48.30prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yea
17:48.37CosmicPenguinHmm... perhaps its time to readdress source RPM staging in OE
17:49.19prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i love the mailing list posts that read "hi, i new to linus, we contracted to do arm board, please help thx"
17:52.01CosmicPenguinhe
17:52.02CosmicPenguinh
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18:14.57T0mWprpplague: re: linux devices, "sure clik here, clik on this, then put blah blah over here"
18:16.03prpplagueT0mW: hehe
18:16.46prpplaguedarn i think i got dehyrdrated yesterday
18:16.47T0mWas far as the ARM contractor: the answer is to send prpplague money
18:16.54prpplagueT0mW: hehe
18:16.57T0mWno?
18:16.58T0mWheh
18:17.21CosmicPenguinyeah well - done cheap apparently always wins out over done right
18:17.43prpplagueT0mW: the tap water here is safe to drink but doesn't taste good, and i ran out of bottled water sunday :(
18:18.00prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yea, that seems to be the truth of things
18:18.09prpplagueCosmicPenguin: or atleast for sure when i worked at abcs
18:18.27CosmicPenguinBut who do they call when the fire gets out of control?
18:18.35CosmicPenguinI need this by Thursday
18:19.52prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yea
18:19.59CosmicPenguinI get that alot - "Jordan, call division X they need a hand"
18:20.03T0mWCosmicPenguin: that's when you smile and ask "yeah, who's going to do that for you?"
18:20.10CosmicPenguinI'm going to put a siren on my head and run down the hallways next time
18:20.15T0mWlol
18:20.27prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i like to think thats because linux/oss ppl are more robust developers
18:20.28T0mWCosmicPenguin: naw, get a hat
18:20.29CosmicPenguinLinux rescue - clear a path, people!
18:20.58T0mWCosmicPenguin: and a jacket that says "Linux EMT"
18:21.06CosmicPenguinOr a superman shield with a big L
18:21.23CosmicPenguinPenguinTwins super powers activate!
18:21.30T0mWyeha, the superman symbol with a big L
18:21.39CosmicPenguinTake the shape of "bootloader"
18:21.40prpplagueCosmicPenguin: hehe, i had a sign printed above me desk at abcs "Dave Janitorial Service - we specialize in emergency clean ups"
18:21.48prpplagues/me/my
18:21.48CosmicPenguinlol - I need that
18:23.08T0mWCosmicPenguin: I don't miss that sort of crap in the least
18:24.00prpplagueCosmicPenguin: "we also have specialists for handling those unqiue messes created by bodily waste making contact with air circulation equipment"
18:24.21T0mWCosmicPenguin: then when it is time for your raise (review) you have to be grateful for the 5% they give you.  Meanwhile they conveniently forgot how many times you pulled their butts out of the fire.
18:24.49CosmicPenguinT0mW: or how many extra millions of dollars of revenue they shipped
18:24.52prpplagueT0mW: yea, thats a major reason i left abcs, someone else was getting the credit and pay raises for my work
18:25.02T0mWprpplague: your boss?
18:25.11prpplagueT0mW: yea
18:25.18chouimatprpplague: sucks
18:25.31T0mWprpplague: he was rewarded for flogging the slaves into doing more work
18:25.47prpplagueT0mW: him and another department head regularlly removed my signature from code
18:25.49CosmicPenguinMy latest reassignment is coming from two levels above me
18:26.13T0mWCosmicPenguin: reassignment?
18:26.23T0mWCosmicPenguin: better job with more pay?
18:26.23CosmicPenguinTemporary - firefighting mission
18:26.25prpplagueargh, i've got to get some sd/mmc code added to blob today
18:26.28T0mWoh
18:26.37CosmicPenguinT0mW: oh -no - extra job, no pay
18:27.02T0mWyeah, but you'll get that warm feeling of a "job well done"
18:27.25CosmicPenguinJob security too
18:27.42T0mWnot a chance pal
18:27.56T0mWCosmicPenguin: you are a cog
18:28.06T0mWnot a motor
18:28.16prpplagueCosmicPenguin: secure just until another bit^h^h^hdeveloper comes along
18:28.31T0mWheh
18:28.32prpplagueCosmicPenguin: hehe
18:28.39CosmicPenguinI'll tell you what - if they hire another competent linux engineer who is willing to run around like a chicken with their head cut off, then so be it
18:29.00T0mWCosmicPenguin: they won't put that in the job description
18:29.18CosmicPenguinOh that i could have several months to write a driver and waltz out of here at 5:00 every day
18:29.29T0mWjust the phrase "provide inter-departmental support"
18:29.35prpplagueCosmicPenguin: hehe
18:29.47CosmicPenguinNot that I don't mind doing what I do - I've done lots of fun stuff with stuff like OE
18:30.01T0mWOE still on bitkeeper?
18:30.15CosmicPenguinI do mind that other developers constantly bitch about fun stuff like OE, yet offer no solutions of their own
18:30.32chouimatCosmicPenguin: hehe
18:31.04CosmicPenguinToday, the bitch was about quilt, and how it was somehow "not what developers normally use"
18:31.22CosmicPenguinBut since the total number of usable patch management systems can be counted on two fingers, I disagree with that statement
18:31.59CosmicPenguinBut with this particular developer, anything hes not familiar with is apparently not usable
18:32.04prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yea beewoolie swears by quilt
18:32.10CosmicPenguinprpplague: I adore it
18:32.48prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i still just use patch
18:33.04prpplagueCosmicPenguin: but my work area is a little different than most ppls
18:33.20prpplagueCosmicPenguin: my apps usually stay relatively static
18:33.22CosmicPenguinprpplague: The componentized concepts of quilt make me sooooo happy
18:33.36CosmicPenguinprpplague: we of course have three processors in the pipeline that are based on each other
18:33.58CosmicPenguinSo I can copy functionality from one kernel to the other with a single component  and then just push new code on top of that
18:34.42CosmicPenguinplus, I can push and pop third party projects like kdgb or squashfs easily
18:37.59prpplagueCosmicPenguin: nice
18:38.04CosmicPenguinprpplague: its really useful
18:38.12prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i need to give it a try
18:38.45prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i hate it when i have "coders block"
18:38.55prpplagueCosmicPenguin: can't seem to get started on this sd/mmc code today
18:39.05CosmicPenguinNothing a few hours of gaming won't fix
18:39.19T0mWprpplague: I usually go girl-watching to clear coders block
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18:51.50prpplaguecbrake: ping
18:53.02prpplagueis anyone doing blob dev lately?
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19:08.42jeanfabriceandersee: are you here ?
19:12.46CosmicPenguingrr
19:12.52CosmicPenguinI hate it when I do stupid stuff
19:13.26CosmicPenguinlike infinate loops
19:14.02CosmicPenguinor poor spelling
19:28.31TimRikerthat's speeling, no?
19:31.47prpplagueTimRiker: what kind of work are ya looking for these days?
19:34.38TimRikera product that will actually ship would be nice.
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20:55.30CosmicPenguinT0mW: you don't spend much time in the x86 world, but you're plugged in anyway
20:55.50CosmicPenguinT0mW: are you aware of any PCI -> PCIe bridge devices that may be available?
20:56.07T0mWno, I don't go there
20:56.21CosmicPenguinfair enough
21:01.58CosmicPenguinMotivation go buh-bye
21:03.20TimRiker<-- Motivation has quit (CosmicPenguin lost it)
21:03.54chouimat|zombie_:)
21:10.54prpplagueTimRiker: hehe, lost your motivation there at TI too?
21:26.53CosmicPenguinMotivation?
21:27.07CosmicPenguinI've heard the word before, but I don't think it means anything
21:28.19prpplagueahh good old devmem2.c
21:48.38TimRiker"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
21:49.02ljplove that movie
21:49.20prpplagueme too
21:49.34jacquesin-com-thievable!
21:49.49jacquess/m/n/
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21:52.04TimRikerjust picked it up on dvd last week. the tape's getting old.
21:53.26prpplaguehehe
21:55.00TimRikeranother fav: "Yes, you're very smart. Now shut up."
21:55.40ljpI have two dvd's.. because the on I got in the states is of course region 1 only
21:56.06jjshoepeople still buy region locked players?
21:56.19ljpapparently I did
21:56.30ljpcan only watch it on my lappie
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22:00.47TimRikerI have an olymics dvd from .au (hi ljp) that works on it just fine. ;-)
22:00.59TimRikerer olympics...
22:14.48MonMothajjshoe: I don't know wher eyou live, but around here you can't find region-free DVD players on the shelf (though you can get ones that can be trivially unlocked)
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22:25.46anderseejeanfabrice: yes
22:25.56anderseefor small values of here
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22:40.11prpplagueandersee: hehe
22:44.12prpplaguekergoth: done anything with rockbox lately?
22:44.43kergothnah, havent used my h320 much even.  not much need for a portable music player when you're sitting around not going anywhere :P
22:55.01Soopamankergoth, did you leave ti?
22:55.24kergothSoopaman: yep
22:57.35prpplaguekergoth: hehe, when are you gonna get evicted? hehe
22:58.08kergothmay 31st is the end of the lease.  i called the movers, just waiting for a call letting me know exactly when the pickup will be
22:58.27prpplaguekergoth: lovely
22:58.31ljpglad to be getting out of Dallas?
22:58.34prpplaguekergoth: hope things work out for ya
22:59.38kergothljp: sorta.  i'm glad to be changing directions again, since i've sorta stagnated and wallowed here.  i do like it more here than in minnesota, so i'm glad to be moving, not so glad to be moving to mn specifically :)
23:02.00anderseekergoth: so whats the new plan?
23:02.08anderseefarming?
23:02.47CosmicPenguinIsn't there a 3 week growing season in Minnesota?
23:04.02kergothCosmicPenguin: 3 week sounds about right. hehe
23:04.38kergothandersee: no plan, really.  just going to find something to pay the bills while i give some thought to what i want to be doing with my life, because i'm not sure hammering out code is it.
23:05.44anderseeyou could move to barbados, and a breath sugarcane smoke.  Seems a popular choice for rest-of-your-lifing
23:06.03jacquesJackson was deeply in debt and always needed money, which he referred to as "french fries," music producer Rudy Provencio testified.
23:06.29jacquesandersee, I thought it was hard to get a work visa in barbados
23:06.42anderseedunno
23:06.48jacquesprpplague has connections
23:06.55CosmicPenguinand cousins
23:06.59jacquesyah
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23:07.31jacquesI'm in a similar boat to kergoth - would like to find something that pays the bills that I actually like doing
23:08.08anderseeI'm still waiting for someone to give me a few billion so I can play all the time
23:08.13ljpthere's mattress testing
23:08.22anderseeI may be waiting a while....
23:09.40kergothchouimat: that sucks man, you've been out of work for a while now :\
23:10.08chouimatkergoth: 6 months
23:10.47anderseethere is probably a job opening at TI...
23:10.51andersee:-)
23:10.54kergothhehe
23:11.03CosmicPenguinmultiple ones, maybe
23:11.05jacquesdallas - yuck
23:11.05chouimatkergoth: have enough money for another 6 :) and I did some contracting work too ... I might decide to stop being lazy and send my resume with a small app to ljp
23:11.32CosmicPenguinNow, now - there's no reason to sell your soul
23:11.49chouimatkergoth: but that imply that I will need to move again
23:12.42CosmicPenguinA french canadian in Australia?  The accent implications alone are horrendious
23:13.10chouimatCosmicPenguin: my english is getting better ...
23:16.21CosmicPenguinhehe
23:16.25CosmicPenguinBut its funny
23:17.22CosmicPenguinThats well known and well rounded evil
23:17.37chouimatand in debian
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23:18.52anderseeat least he isn't prejudiced.  He hates everyone.
23:18.56andersee:)
23:23.19chouimatkergoth: seen this? http://ulyx.ath.cx/mesp.jpg
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23:38.37ljpwhats funny is that there would be no gnome if not for trolltech in the first place
23:43.19chouimatljp: true ...
23:56.20prpplaguejacques: hehe, yea, its called f a local
23:57.56prpplaguejacques: there are lots of jobs if you are interested
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23:58.53prpplagueandersee: hehe, i get the feeling your not a supporter of my decision to move?

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