#robotics Logs

Jan 26 2012

02:08 theBear the friction in a properly sized chain should be less than the power you would lose in an equivalent driveshaft
02:08 theBear is it a 'real' chain ? with half-decent bearings in it
09:06 rue_mohr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omvilpsd3sc&feature=endscreen&NR=1
09:06 rue_mohr I liked that one, a+ for use of beads
09:08 rue_mohr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdOrWAYIF0&feature=related huh, just used a plain old mechanical linkage, interesting
09:09 Steffanx Nice one
09:27 useless it's $900usd
09:39 Steffanx A spaceship is millions or trillions .. but still nice useless :P
11:17 useless the bulkheads at each end of the cargo bay are each milled from one piece of aluminum, top to bottom, side to side, it's one piece, not made up of welded or bolted pieces
11:20 useless much moe expensive, but supposed to be stronger in case of exposion on take off or a problem on reentry </sarcasm>
14:58 SrPx how can I get started on robotics as a programmer? I don't know anything
15:13 fckng_stupid since you cannot even figure out how to answer that question, i say you will be unable to do that work
16:51 SrPx fckng_stupid: fuck you .
16:52 SrPx if an adult can answer my question.
17:04 Steffanx I'm not really into robotics SrPx, but most people who start.. start with Arduino based robotics
17:05 Steffanx Not sure if most of them to it, but a lot :)
17:05 Steffanx *alot
17:05 Steffanx a lot
17:06 Steffanx Arf
17:07 Steffanx fckng_stupid are you into "i'm fckng_stupid" mode again?
17:07 Steffanx Seriously, get over it
17:20 genesis he's not so wrong.
17:21 genesis "All truth is good, but not all truth is good to say."
17:22 Steffanx genesis can't care less :P
17:25 genesis dbus is not easy to handle , i'll get a headache
21:29 rue_mohr http://search.digikey.com/ca/en/products/LMC7101BYM5%20TR/576-2575-1-ND/1821735
21:30 zhanx IttyBitty
21:30 rue_mohr zhanx, !
21:30 rue_mohr it speaks!
21:30 rue_mohr did you see my had?
21:30 zhanx nope
21:32 anx w
21:32 fckng_stupid had?
21:32 zhanx hack a day
21:33 fckng_stupid o
21:33 fckng_stupid <<== fckng_stupid
21:33 zhanx http://hackaday.com/2012/01/25/bending-a-printer-control-board-to-output-pov-messages/
21:33 rue_mohr yea
21:33 zhanx rue was bored i sww
21:33 rue_mohr thats it
21:33 zhanx see
21:33 rue_mohr :)
21:33 rue_mohr it got pov off my list!
21:34 rue_mohr I was amazed the state machine started up perfect
21:34 rue_mohr and ran
21:34 zhanx nice job
21:35 rue_mohr msp430's are competing for avr market
21:35 rue_mohr thanks
21:35 rue_mohr getting the picture was really hard
21:35 zhanx yep they are
21:35 rue_mohr can you read the morse?
21:35 rue_mohr I just presume you MUST know morse
21:35 zhanx some been a while
21:35 zhanx i know sos thats for sure
21:35 zhanx a bit rusty
21:36 zhanx i know tap code better
21:37 zhanx got a new brace today
21:37 rue_mohr tap is tone breaking?
21:37 zhanx small
21:37 zhanx yep
21:37 rue_mohr which leg is broken now?
21:37 zhanx same leg, smaller brace
21:37 zhanx i moved 4 surgery groups ahead now
21:37 rue_mohr ... when did you do this?
21:38 zhanx today, been hitting the gym hard. i get to visit the surgeon every week now
21:38 zhanx remember my knee surgery?
21:39 zhanx i am healing 4x faster than the normal
21:40 rue_mohr hmm
21:40 rue_mohr that was quite a while ago
21:40 zhanx dec 6
21:40 zhanx normally your getting of crutches this week
21:40 zhanx i got a whole new knee about
21:40 rue_mohr you didn't build a bionic assistant?
21:41 zhanx thought about it, but decided it would take longer to heal
21:41 zhanx so forced myself to just do it
21:44 uw_ user named rue...
21:44 rue_mohr did you make an avr based scope?
21:45 rue_mohr error: attentioned timed out.
21:45 uw_ or maybe rue based variant
21:45 zhanx ididntno
21:45 uw_ i read you are looking for a washing machine solonoid
21:45 uw_ i have one that im willing to donate
21:46 rue_mohr I am a variant of the rue
21:46 rue_mohr :)
21:46 rue_mohr you found me too
21:46 rue_mohr I'm looking for about 94 washing machine soliniods
21:46 rue_mohr one is ok too
21:46 rue_mohr where are you?
21:46 zhanx 94? 0_o
21:46 rue_mohr there is the problem of shipping worth
21:46 rue_mohr zhanx, yea let me tcheck that
21:47 uw_ im in NJ. i have 5 that ive salvaged over the years. guess what, i never found a project for them :(
21:47 orlok Hmm. ANybody here looked at any of the arduino scheduler/pseudoOS stuff?
21:47 zhanx or qcheck
21:47 rue_mohr coirrectiuon 47 washing machine, 94 dishwasher
21:47 zhanx orlok: nope sorry
21:47 uw_ if i can stuff it in a USPS box, ill do it for free
21:47 zhanx free is god
21:47 uw_ but if i cant, ill ask for something to cover it
21:47 rue_mohr uw_, how about I pay you half for shipping?
21:47 rue_mohr how much is shipping?
21:48 zhanx 21 bucks
21:48 rue_mohr the project budget is $240
21:48 zhanx what?
21:48 zhanx wow
21:48 rue_mohr hmm
21:48 rue_mohr for the 12' mecha
21:48 uw_ ok but it will probably be like $5 so id say dont worry about it
21:48 orlok Oh, also - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ13CUzga34
21:48 rue_mohr I have about 10 valves already
21:48 uw_ i think i can fit it in one of those usps boxes
21:48 orlok (again)
21:48 orlok :)
21:49 zhanx orlok: she is growing
21:49 uw_ think it would be $5 for the standard box
21:49 uw_ oh, do you need > 10?
21:50 orlok yup, she grew 3cm in 2 weeks
21:50 fckng_stupid rue, if only i wasn't me, i'd consider a far cheaper and smaller alternative than washing machine valves
21:50 zhanx crazy aint it?
21:50 rue_mohr uw_, for the mecha I need 47 washing machine and 94 dishwasher valves
21:50 orlok she's starting to get the hang of grabbing and stuff, slowly
21:50 rue_mohr kat pls, change your name back
21:51 zhanx orlok: better get a shotgun in a couple of years
21:51 orlok just need a shovel
21:51 uw_ ok so it sounds like you need them lol
21:51 zhanx rue i am just happy kat's on even if she wont change the name
21:51 orlok guy comes to the door.. ask his name.. write it on the shovel
21:51 zhanx lol
21:52 rue_mohr uw_, if you send some information to give you fredits on the mecha I'll put it on there
21:52 orlok gun laws are pretty restrictive here
21:52 orlok apparently we have some of the most accurate psychopaths in the world
21:52 rue_mohr fredits? how about credits
21:53 zhanx orlok: dont doubt that
21:54 zhanx trying to get water out of my ears, i spent an hour and a half in the pool tonight doing laps
21:55 fckng_stupid q-tip ?
21:55 zhanx doing that now, got one in each ear
21:55 fckng_stupid huh?
21:56 orlok zhanx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_%28Australia%29
21:57 fckng_stupid 35? really? that happens at least once a yr in the usa
22:02 zhanx did last year for sure
22:02 zhanx dude that did it, had the nerve to do a drive by in the middle of the high speed chase
22:03 fckng_stupid brave man
22:06 zhanx a dead man now
22:07 fckng_stupid not unexpected
22:08 fckng_stupid i would have suggested taking all his clothes, putting him a hmmv in afghanistan with a pile of guns
22:08 fckng_stupid while he may not have wanted to shoot them, they'd kind aforce him to
22:09 fckng_stupid if he makes it to a usa mil base, give him a medal, and put him back in
22:10 fckng_stupid after all, he wanted to kill people, for free even
22:10 zhanx true
22:11 fckng_stupid anyone shooting at him because he's a naked american in an islamic country, prolly dies
22:12 fckng_stupid you know Obama is going to be grilled alive by the republicans for returning usa force down to pre-9/11 levels, and increasing the buy of drones and stealth?
22:12 zhanx yep
22:12 zhanx he is not thinking
22:12 kng_stupid shakes her stupid
22:13 Triffid_Hunter he's gearing up to deliver troops to a global army
22:13 zhanx and his budget kills us in 10 years
22:13 fckng_stupid why does the usa need 80,000 people in uniform in *Europe* ??
22:13 zhanx that is being cut etc
22:13 fckng_stupid exactly
22:14 fckng_stupid 5000 in *Oz* ??
22:14 fckng_stupid iirc, they whooped the usa ass in sub warfare, and Rumsfeld went to them to monitor N Korea
22:15 orlok heh
22:15 zhanx all the good subs weren't there sorry orlok
22:15 fckng_stupid the good subs? a usa hunter-killer type attack sub drove right over an aussy boat, and missed it
22:15 orlok i think all ours are rusted and leaky or something anyway..
22:16 zhanx if you check the build date of the subs all in the 80s
22:16 fckng_stupid zhanx, that's not the issue, the olde diesel electrics are actually much quieter
22:16 zhanx ok
22:17 fckng_stupid same way the Chinese surfaced repeatedly in carrier war games, inside torpedo range
22:17 zhanx been on a sub hate them, my forehead was bruised non stop
22:17 fckng_stupid i thought they had a heighj limit of 5-8
22:17 zhanx for the crew yes
22:17 fckng_stupid ah
22:18 zhanx i am not and never will be crew
22:18 fckng_stupid rather like a plane, one nut or moron can kill everyone
22:19 orlok one loose nut.
22:19 orlok heh
22:19 orlok hmm,. i should read snowcrash again
22:19 zhanx am i that loose nut?
22:19 fckng_stupid orlok, i don't think the aussy boats fell apart, and they don't catch fire and sink like Canadian boats
22:20 fckng_stupid i think one did catch fire, years ago, i think
22:20 orlok the main issue australia has is.. if we ever get into a "real" war, ie, get invaded by somebody to the north, how the hell are we going to train all the population?
22:21 zhanx you can't
22:21 fckng_stupid lift the gun restrictions
22:21 orlok one of australias most famous prisoners wanted to start a penal brigade
22:21 zhanx you will just call us
22:22 orlok this was after the government refused to let him go overseas to join the rhodesian military
22:22 fckng_stupid zhanx, the usa is already putting troops there
22:22 zhanx yep
22:22 orlok i'm sure the US has lots of big high tech installations hidden around darwin, etc
22:22 zhanx trying to get there
22:23 orlok i have head apparently, every so often, fishing boats are discovered floating around the northern/western australian coast
22:23 fckng_stupid "floating" ?
22:23 zhanx no crew
22:23 orlok without crew
22:23 orlok packed with "gear"...
22:23 orlok antennas
22:23 orlok etc
22:23 fckng_stupid free for the taking?!?
22:24 orlok fckng_stupid: no crew to interrogate
22:24 orlok "listening" and relaying back
22:24 fckng_stupid that's prme oil drilling area up there, why wouldn't they just plant strategic "oil wells" ?
22:25 fckng_stupid orlok, sure, and no one to stop you from grabbing the equipment
22:25 orlok these boatd dont have any firm link back to anybody
22:25 orlok fckng_stupid: The people who leave them dont care about that
22:25 fckng_stupid the Chines steal it and plant it all over the sealanes they claim
22:25 orlok fckng_stupid: Its like the people that hacked into RSA
22:26 orlok fckng_stupid: they are not doing that so they can steal peoples banking details
22:26 orlok fckng_stupid:: the people that did it can print their own money. they wanted things that cannot be bought
22:26 fckng_stupid i understand why, i just think it's like giving away toys to geeks in boats
22:27 orlok fckng_stupid: which is why certain other companies were targeted afterwards.. like i think it was lockeed?
22:27 fckng_stupid they were all targets
22:28 orlok RSA is apparently still our only choice for two factor authentication
22:28 fckng_stupid i nioticed some mil-industrial companies went offline, but stayed in business
22:28 fckng_stupid you just do not brag you are part of mil unless you *want* to get hacked
22:36 fckng_stupid ...
22:44 fckng_stupid ....
22:45 fckng_stupid ....=<^o,o^>=....
23:05 rue_mohr kat, you dont draw often, are you you?
23:13 fckng_stupid yeas
23:13 fckng_stupid the me that's always wrong
23:14 rue_mohr would you pls change back to kat
23:15 fckng_stupid kat isn't always wrong
23:15 rue_mohr if I could tink right now I'm sure I'd know what your saying
23:17 fckng_stupid you said i don't know what's going on, i am wrong, and so my nick reflects the reality you have assigned to me
23:17 rue_mohr does that not make sense that I would think your wrong if I cant think
23:18 rue_mohr I think you think I thought, and I didn't
23:18 fckng_stupid you could think when you assigned it tome
23:21 rue_mohr In NRZI coding,
23:21 rue_mohr the level changes from high to low or low to high for every ?1?
23:21 rue_mohr bit
23:22 rue_mohr On the next NRZI change, the MLT3 level will
23:22 rue_mohr decrease to the middle level
23:26 fckng_stupid i dunno, i forget, and it's after midnite
23:26 fckng_stupid and, i don't much care any more
23:28 fckng_stupid you did break my last fuse for caring, remember?
23:38 rue_mohr I'm afreid to answer any question now
23:40 fckng_stupid i didn't ask one
23:41 rue_mohr aha, your trying to trick me, its got a question mark
23:49 fckng_stupid yeas, i may get to bounce the electronics back up to Alafuckingbama till i get a written rental/lease/sale agreement, and a barn to put things in
23:51 rue_mohr I think thats a good idea
23:52 fckng_stupid yea :-/