IRC log for #utah on 20080614

00:12.55elgjust cleaned the dishwasher. ugh
00:46.31levielg: How was it dirty?
00:47.13findlaysontek: openmoko in production as of the 10th
00:47.19elggunk in and under the drain (had to undo some bolts to get in and get it all)
00:47.38elgand I mean a lot of gunk. and it was making dishes dirtier than when they went in
00:48.06leviEw.
00:48.15elgso got all the gunk off, now I'm running an empty load with vinegar
00:48.18leviI want a new dishwasher.
00:48.41elgso fire the one you have. ;-)
00:49.25leviHeh.
00:49.41leviI want a fancy, quiet, efficient stainless steel one.
00:49.50leviThat's mounted correctly.
00:50.32elgi'd settle for one that washes
00:50.45leviAlso, granite countertops.
00:51.03elgbut I am hopeful
00:51.16elgthere was more than enough gunk in there to account for the bad washing
00:51.39leviYeah... if it's actually heating up and spraying water, it will probably work when you're done cleaning.
00:52.08leviI've never heard of a dishwasher getting that bad.  I wonder what it's been through.
00:54.57elgprobably just stuff gathered over time. maybe stuff that doesn't grind put in the garbage disposal that refluxed back into the dishwasher
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00:56.51findlaythe grey, gewy, stuff?
00:58.14elgyup
00:58.14elglike decaying portabello mushrooms in water
00:58.14findlayloaded with bacteria, probably
00:58.14elgbut i don't think we've tried washing portabello mushrooms recently
00:58.21elgisn't everything?
00:58.37findlayunless it's too hostile of an environment
00:58.53findlaythat's where the archea live :)
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01:49.32nick125yay, I didn't break anything upgrading asterisk
01:53.23jsmithnick125: That's always good ;-)
01:56.06nick125Yeah, I get kind of :( when things break.
01:56.15nick125Especially when multiple things break at once.
01:59.13nick125Like, for instance, having slapd, postfix, dovecot and lighttpd break at once is bad.
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02:31.07nick125yay, the iwl3945 driver in 2.6.26_rc5 doesn't seem to have the slowdown issues I was having with 2.6.25 \o/
02:34.01jsmithnick125: w00t!
02:34.06jsmithnick125: You're on a roll tonight!
02:34.35jsmith(on the other hand) is stuck in the slow lane behind some donkey-cart
02:38.19nick125lol
02:40.08jsmithI swear... I shouldn't have to package up the PHP module for SQLite 3
02:40.18jsmithYou'd think someone would have done that by now
02:40.37jsmithshakes his head in disgust
02:40.48nick125toggles the sqlite3 useflag on and off
02:41.06jsmithI know, I know... don't go there.
02:41.54jsmithI'm working on a s3kr3t project, and I need to be able to reproduce the same thing *every* time
02:42.05nick125lol
02:42.07jsmith(and not depend on any outside repositories, etc.)
02:42.13nick125ouch
02:42.30jsmithGood ol' Project Avocado
02:42.41jsmithnick125: You'll find out about it when it's done ;-)
02:42.52nick125Is it neat?
02:42.56nick125and cool?
02:47.35jsmithnick125: Well, you won't like it.  But others in the world will hopefully find it refreshing, enlightening, and community-minded.
02:50.49nick125Don't tell me you're making a trixbox clone.
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04:19.48dmdavisso, I need to get some software of ours running on RISC machines, so I need to buy one to develop on. any suggestions for an inexpensive one? looking on ebay, but not sure what to look for
04:20.12dmdavisI've searched google and wikipedia, but all I've come up with so far is that I think I want an HP 9000
04:25.07elgwhich architecture exactly?
04:25.12elgthere are several risc architectures
04:26.24dmdaviselg: well, I don't know that. AHHHHhhhhh....
04:26.47dmdavisI'm not sure. I saw that Linux runs on RISC, and my program runs in Linux
04:27.17dmdavisI just need to get linux installed on a risc system so that I can make sure my program runs there, and then make a live CD that will boot on most (hopefully all) RISC systems
04:27.30dmdavisones that run HP Unix
04:27.46dmdavisis that possible? do I need more specific information?
04:30.17elglinux runs on lots of architectures. if your code is portable, it will too (endianness being the most likely hangup, or problems with other Unices if you're not targeting linuxes)
04:30.31elgbut one boot disk to run on many risc architectures, unlikely
04:30.42elgat least not without serious wizardry
04:30.54dmdavisOK
04:31.17elghppa is the most common architecture for hpux workstations
04:31.33elgi had one of those once, it was pretty cool. and very heavy. built like a tank
04:31.38elgand used a lot of electricity :)
04:31.41dmdavissmiles
04:31.44dmdavisI bet
04:31.58dmdavisI've seen a couple hp 9000s on ebay, and they look massive
04:32.20elgparisc-linux.org
04:32.33elgi think mine was a 9000, but I don't remember for sure
04:33.03elgso in short, you need to find out if the machines you are hoping for are all the same architecture
04:33.50dmdavisOK, thanks
04:33.59dmdavisvery good to know before I make the purchase
04:34.35elggetting an old hp workstation isn't so much a purchase as a DI treasure hunt
04:35.06elgor univ. surplus sale, which is where I got mine
04:35.09dmdavis:) excellent, sounds like fun
04:35.27dmdaviswell, I'll look more tomorrow. it's time for bed now. (It's 12:30 here)
04:35.45dmdaviswe're house hunting in Virginia for grad school this fall
04:39.33elgfun
04:55.26leviOh my goodness, political policy has a moral dimension!?  Why didn't anyone tell me?
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05:24.15elgknow anything about mics?
05:35.13leviNot a lot.
05:35.31leviI can buy AKG mics at a steep discount, though. :)
05:35.38leviNot to mention mixers and stuff.
05:39.40elgmy wife is "getting me" a mic for father's day
05:39.51elg~ $50-$60 price range
05:40.46elgwe'll probably go to guitar center and browse/ask salesmen, but I'm prepping by getting my head around the various variables
05:42.18leviHeh.  Yeah, gifts aren't quite the same when you're buying them for yourself, are they?
05:42.38elgyou're not allowed to get one at discount for me, probably
05:42.41leviMy wife keeps asking me how much to sell suff at the yard sale for tomorrow, as if I have any idea.
05:42.51elgyeah. my wife is bad at gifts
05:43.05levielg: Not unless I buy it a year in advance of when I sell it to you.
05:43.07elgshe'll want to get one but then not want to actually get it
05:43.18elgi suppose you don't have a time machine. :)
05:43.28leviNope, sorry. :)
05:44.02leviSome stuff I can buy at somewhat of a discount for friends, but there's not anything set up for the AKG stuff.
05:44.36elgi think i'm going to aim for the flattest frequency response I can get for that price, which might mean a condenser mic. the dynamics are more rugged they say, but do you think a condenser is closer to an egg or a laptop in how careful i would have to be with it?
05:45.07elgthis looks tempting http://www.guitarcenter.com/Nady-SCM-900---CM-90-Studio-Microphone-Package-277523-i1127290.gc
05:45.11leviThat's completely beyond my knowledge. :)
05:46.07levielg: And even when it's a good gift, *you* paid for it. :)
05:46.16elgyup :)
05:46.33leviThe whole thing is kind of silly.
05:46.36elgoh well, at least I get to influence what I get
05:46.48leviYeah.
05:46.55elgwhen we were first married she bought me a christmas ornament
05:47.23elgi didn't balk at it, but she could tell it didn't do much for me
05:47.50elgbut i think she feels like it's cheating to get me what I really want, since I'm so predictable :)
05:49.37elgso since i'm going to utah this summer after all, i get to go around recording various organs
05:50.01elghopefully i can get an audience with the tabernacle and maybe madeline and conf center organs too
05:50.08elgalong with all the byu organs
05:51.13elghrm, i'd need a preamp with phantom power to run a condenser mic
05:51.28leviAre you recording for samples, or recording musical performances?
05:51.43elgperformances
05:52.02elgof scales and musical pieces
05:52.16elga scale for each stop
05:52.23elgthen pieces with various stops pulled
05:52.54leviWhat're you doing this for?  Just to hear what they sound like?
05:54.11elgmy research
05:54.27elgmy project is to identify organ stops in audio recordings
05:55.01elgif i can record the (many) stops at the tabernacle, I could use professional recordings of that organ, which would give me a lot more data with a lot less work
05:55.40elgotoh, each recording will probably have been processed differently, so i'll want some stuff that I recorded all with the same setup
05:55.56leviSo, you'd play a piece, and your software would tell you which organ stops were in use in a given passage?
05:56.00elgyup
05:56.11leviI guess it would have to be organ-specific?
05:56.58elgyes, but i will also try a more general variant - where you can't name the stops specifically but can say it has a stop of this family and one of that family
05:57.14leviCool.
05:57.46elge.g. an 8' diapason usually sounds like an 8' diapason, although they may go by a variety of names (principal, diapason, or a variant of one of those in other languages)
05:58.04leviNot the least bit relevant to me, but it sounds like it'll take a lot of interesting work.
05:59.03leviSo, I wonder how well I'll do on this stupid web programming midterm if I don't do any studying.
05:59.18elgyeah, it's kind of on the fringe. :) but it will feed back into more mainstream research on instrument recognition, which is quite an active field
05:59.58elgso relevant, highly unlikely to be scooped, and interesting. what more can you ask for?
06:00.39leviI dunno, but I'm sure I could think of something. ;)
06:02.15leviI like the low amount of time I have to spend on these online classes, but the lack of classroom time makes me really apathetic about them.
06:02.15elgyeah, preamps are expensive (relative to a $60 mic, which is fairly low-end), but this has promise http://www.guitarcenter.com/Blue-Snowflake-USB-Microphone-271267-i1391037.gc
06:02.27elgthe preamp and power are all included
06:03.32elgheh. "Because The Snowflake is designed for the greatest ease of operation and setup, sample rate / word length are not user-definable. Sorry, geeks."
06:03.34leviI also get a discount at the Guitar Center here.
06:06.36elgdoes the same restriction apply?
06:06.57leviHey, free AKG mic with a Lexicon MX300.
06:07.11leviNot that I'm aware of.
06:07.45elgwhat's a lexicon mx300? some kind of mixer?
06:08.51leviNo, it's a reverb box or something like that.
06:10.54leviThis one gets pretty good reviews: http://www.guitarcenter.com/AKG-Perception-100-Large-Diaphragm-Condenser-Microphone-103057980-i1126875.gc
06:11.40elgyeah that one looks nice
06:11.51leviWow, you can spend a lot of money on a microphone.
06:11.56elgyeah, you can
06:15.50leviHey, check this out: http://www.guitarcenter.com/M-Audio-MXL-990-991-Recording-Mic-Duo-and-M-Audio-AudioBuddy-Package-703626-i1173655.gc
06:16.38elgnice package deal
06:16.48leviTwo mics and a preamp for $100.
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06:18.56leviWell, time for bed.
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15:41.17sontek:)
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18:01.13nick125This is interesting. People visiting my site are nearly twice more likely to have Flash than supporting cookies.
18:06.30nick125hmm
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19:25.11Sargunhi
19:25.28Sargunnick125, search engines?
20:13.00elgprobably
20:13.45elgthey may claim to support flash so that they can d/l and maybe index in some perverted way the flash content
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20:26.52tyler___anyone going to the Ubuntu meeting tonight
20:27.12nick125elg: Your thoughts scare me.
20:41.32elggood
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21:46.11elgheh. /me is sorting through my inbox, aka the pile of "stuff to look at" (i.e. mostly junk mail, stuff my wife gathered off the floor, etc.)
21:46.25elghere's the dtv converter coupon. who knows how long that's been in there
21:46.28elghdhomerun ftw
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23:02.22levielg: I think you have 90 days to use it or something.
23:02.31elgyeah, it expires jul 16
23:02.42leviBetter use it soon if you're going to.
23:03.05elgyup. researching now. can't decide whether to get the zenith or the sansonic
23:03.45leviIs there much of a difference?
23:04.24elgthat's what I'm trying to decipher
23:04.53leviI figure I'll go to WalMart and pick up what they've got for cheap.
23:06.45leviSo, I just helped a friend put up some crown molding.
23:06.54leviGot to try out my finishing nailer, too.
23:07.08leviIt's a sweet piece of magnesium. :)
23:10.11elgacc. to their website, walmart has the rca and magnavox ones, for $50
23:11.08elgbest buy has a rebranded zenith for $60. the zenith is supposed to have better reception. if reception isn't an issue, save your $10
23:11.38elgfinally found a detailed review on the sansonic and zenith and I think the zenith is sounding better
23:11.52elgplus i can get it today and not order online :)
23:20.11leviI get pretty good reception, so I think I'll check Walmart next time I'm there.  Last time, they were out of stock.
23:20.27leviThe whole electronics section actually looked pretty empty.  It was kind of disturbing.
23:20.57elgmaybe because of father's day coming up and they didn't anticipate?

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