#robotics Logs

Apr 02 2012

00:03 katsmeow-afk caution: the Pi looks dead slow, even at 700Mhz it's ARM-6 (11?) was ~60x slower than a 2.6Ghz desktop computer for the same application
00:04 summersault if a buy a raspberry pi, will be possible to use the usb for another purpose besides energy supply ?
00:04 katsmeow-afk that may change as people find ways to optomise it
00:04 katsmeow-afk yeas
00:05 katsmeow-afk the -B has two usb, you can use them for anyhting a linux laptop can use usb for,, BUT the pi current is only ..... 140milliamps, i think, it's real low
00:05 katsmeow-afk it wil do for keybd and mouse, but for anything else use a externally powered hub
00:05 summersault is there a power hub on raspberry pi?
00:06 katsmeow-afk no, there is main power buss, and a small fuse off that to the usb
00:07 summersault katsmeow-afk, where can i REALLY buy a raspberry pi ?
00:08 katsmeow-afk they've sold out everywhere unless some are still on ebay
00:08 katsmeow-afk more are being made
00:09 katsmeow-afk none left on ebay either
00:14 summersault i will start killing to get one
00:15 summersault they should profit on it, so everybody would get their board
00:15 katsmeow-afk i am unfamiliar with the uman processes of killing to bet microcontroller/computers
00:15 katsmeow-afk arg, my brain shut off, it's 12:05
00:17 summersault anyone here have a raspberry pi? And please send me the address too!
00:18 Gevallen_Engel I preordered one awhile ago, I should be getting it soonish
00:19 katsmeow-afk check their site for the next delivery date
00:19 summersault if they proffit like a $10 would be better. they could mass out production
00:19 katsmeow-afk they ARE doing mass production, in China, with robot pnp even
00:47 wo0kie hey, anyone around?
00:48 katsmeow-afk no
00:48 wo0kie :( lol
00:48 wo0kie not sure if anyone here has used playerstage :o
00:50 katsmeow-afk my brain switches off at midnite, 40 min ago, but i know i don't use it,, and i think everyone else is asleep or permanently lurking
00:50 wo0kie ok np :)
00:51 katsmeow-afk sorry, i wish it were busy in here
00:51 wo0kie no worries :)
07:59 theBear katsmeow-afk, somewhere around 32, i forget exactly, and from memory it's an add, same for 8bit old style ascii and ansi
08:00 theBear woops, superlag
09:57 katsmeow-afk Bear, yeas, A = 65 , a = 97
10:11 katsmeow-afk wow, i didn't realise how heavy i had these two puters loaded when i passed out last nite
10:13 katsmeow-afk one is sucking the dsl line dry, the other is processing the heck outa whatever bandwidth is left, i got 7sec lag, and 5 sec of that is twen the mouse and active window display
10:13 theBear hehe
10:14 katsmeow-afk the case fan is slowing in rpm as the cpu load changes, i am sorta worried about psu stability
10:16 theBear hehe
16:36 Tom_L http://www2.electronicproducts.com/LG_Display_Begins_Mass_Production_of_World_s_First_Plastic_E_Paper_Display-article-newsrc01_29_mar2012-html.aspx
16:39 Skwint interesting
16:39 Skwint can I have clothes made from that now?
16:39 Tom_itx read me
16:59 katsmeow-afk Oikos University is a private religious institution offering courses in theology, music and nursing. "We do have fatalities, I cannot confirm the number of fatalities we have at this time. We additionally have victims who have suffered from gunshot wounds."
17:00 katsmeow-afk at&t just denied me info in Miami, and UPS came out and refused to leave a package addressed to me
17:00 katsmeow-afk and the bank, and credit card company, sent a box of checks to the old PO box address, which will be closed and assigned to somene else at any minute, even tho the bank has the correct address
17:00 katsmeow-afk damned humans can't get a damned thing right here
17:37 katsmeow-afk Harbor Freight is having sales on their 12v, 18v, 24v drills, aka gearmotors for robot applications, ~15 drills numbers are marked $10 off ($29 drill is now $19, with variable speed reversing controller, batteries and chargers included)
19:27 rue_house miami?
19:27 rue_house why wouldn't they leave the package addressed to you? had to sign for it and you weren't there?
20:06 katsmeow-afk but the sender did NOT say, or pay for, signature
20:26 sw0rdfish hey guys
20:51 katsmeow-afk rue, i discovered something that may be important to you
20:52 katsmeow-afk replacing that toothbrush that always leaves bits of itself between your teeth, the new one feels better brushing with too
20:52 katsmeow-afk saves time picking the bristles out after brushing
20:53 katsmeow-afk AND the old brush can be used to clean keybds!
20:53 katsmeow-afk makes it smell fresh and minty, without pouring mouthwash on it and getting it all sticky
21:19 thylne We should all get together and go work for Kiva Systems
21:19 thylne .. reparing droids
21:22 tsmeow-afk sends one out for food, one for firewood, one to mow the yard,,wait, i discussed those the other
21:24 katsmeow-afk Amazon bought Kiva
21:31 katsmeow-afk ahhlbiedarnned, buncing the Ridgid jigsaw around on the floorboard of the truck helped shake the grit out of the blade chuck
21:32 katsmeow-afk i just dropped a blade in and it sat properly and the chuck closed solid
21:32 katsmeow-afk no more grinding .030 off the end of the blade before using it
21:32 katsmeow-afk or up to .1 even, sometimes
21:33 katsmeow-afk and Fastenal has the blades
21:47 tsmeow-afk growls at "in tact" , as it implies we should be able to say something is "out tact" if br
21:49 Tom_itx where did that terminology originate?
21:52 katsmeow-afk the word is "intact" , it's not two words
21:53 katsmeow-afk http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intact
21:54 katsmeow-afk Origin:
21:54 katsmeow-afk 1400�50; late Middle English < Latin intactus untouched, equivalent to in- in-3 + tactus, past participle of tangere to touch
21:54 katsmeow-afk as in tactile
21:57 Tom_itx language is odd sometimes
22:20 tsmeow-afk ponders ways to say she walked over to the pizza and began masticating on it, and sounding erudite and not leche
22:29 thylne DROID ARMY
22:37 katsmeow-afk we are still zhanxless in here, and Tomless in other channel where i ask important complicated non-newbie robot and Ai questions
22:37 ylne lecherously masturbates o
22:37 katsmeow-afk eww
22:38 thylne I showered
22:38 katsmeow-afk i figured
22:39 thylne now I can work at kiva systems
22:39 thylne working on the droids
22:43 katsmeow-afk The 50 sites installed a total of 3,180 tracking files on a test computer used to conduct the study. Twelve sites, including IAC/InterActive Corp.'s Dictionary.com, Comcast Corp.'s Comcast.net and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN.com, installed more than 100 tracking tools apiece
22:43 katsmeow-afk Some two-thirds of the tracking tools installed�2,224�came from 131 companies that, for the most part, are in the business of following Internet users to create rich databases of consumer profiles that can be sold.
22:44 thylne "tracking tools"? Wut not
22:44 thylne now*
22:44 katsmeow-afk Dictionary.com ranked highest in exposing users to potentially aggressive surveillance: It installed 168 tracking tools that didn't let users decline to be tracked, and 121 tools that, according to their privacy statements, don't rule out collecting financial or health data.
22:44 katsmeow-afk Some of the tracking files identified by the Journal were so detailed that they verged on being anonymous in name only. They enabled data-gathering companies to build personal profiles that could include age, gender, race, zip code, income, marital status and health concerns, along with recent purchases and favorite TV shows and movies.
22:45 katsmeow-afk the U.S. arm of British insurer Aviva PLC looked at 60,000 recent insurance applicants. It found that a new, "predictive modeling" system, based partly on consumer-marketing data, was "persuasive" in its ability to mimic traditional techniques.
22:46 katsmeow-afk Making the approach feasible is a trove of new information being assembled by giant data-collection firms. These companies sort details of online and offline purchases to help categorize people as runners or hikers, dieters or couch potatoes.
22:46 katsmeow-afk They scoop up public records such as hunting permits, boat registrations and property transfers
22:47 katsmeow-afk Acxiom recently told investors it takes in three billion pieces of information daily as businesses seek to "monetize" information about their customers. Some retailers share information about purchases made by people, including item description, price and the person's name.
22:48 thylne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sThcwmx3rs
22:48 thylne "CIA Agent , Mark Zuckerberg"
22:48 thylne (lolz)
22:55 sw0rdfish :O
23:03 sw0rdfish whata hell, thylne dang is that like real... I mean ... "medal of intelligence commendation"
23:05 sw0rdfish thylne, they make it so damn phunny! LoL!
23:09 katsmeow-afk http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/31/why-google-might-be-going-to-0/
23:21 thylne sw0rdfish Surely, you know that the ONION NETWORK is... no, surely
23:48 thylne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llfYoFG7WrY&feature=related
23:50 katsmeow-afk when you give an url that might be anything, could you give a clue what thing it is about?