#robotics Logs

Sep 20 2012

00:08 katsmeow-afk good sleeps
00:08 EzCyclone2 night
00:58 rue_bed linux has a usb-over-ethernet driver
00:59 rue_bed cool
00:59 rue_bed so I can stream a webcam without having to stream it
01:18 keepishop noice
01:18 keepishop That could work through ssh I bet
02:06 x3mer333 Доброе утро!
02:07 x3mer333 А правда, что некоторые из вас, действительно умеют делать роботиков?
02:12 x3mer333 Good morning!
02:12 x3mer333 Is it true, that some of you really know how to make robots?
02:28 orlok x3mer333: WHat is a "robot" to you?
02:34 x3mer333 It's a some mechanic model, who can move with analyze developments.
02:37 x3mer333 Not only move.. But for me )
02:45 x3mer333 Is it true?
06:22 sw0rdfish afternoon peeps.
06:47 anannie afternoon sw0rdfish
07:34 sw0rdfish whats up anannie?
07:38 rue_bed intersting activity at night around here
10:52 GuShH wonder if they get cheaper than this http://www.ebay.com/itm/8PC-Power-AMPLIFIER-Audio-Video-RCA-Female-Panel-Socket-/220794684260?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item3368638364 ... or if I could get better ones for the money?
11:04 katsmeow-afk for 4 colors in one box, that's prolly good
11:04 katsmeow-afk for one colr, not good
11:05 DagoRed Hey Kat
11:05 katsmeow-afk already mounted on gnd-isolation for you : http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-x-RCA-Phono-Sockets-Chassis-Panel-Mounting-Plate-4-Way-Free-Shipping-/320978449345?pt=US_Audio_Cable_Plugs_Jacks&hash=item4abbce73c1
11:07 katsmeow-afk **300**x6 of them, $10 + $20 s&h : http://www.ebay.com/itm/300x-NEW-Jalco-Phono-Socket-Connector-Dual-PCB-Mounted-3-x3-Range-Vertical-/170911427721?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27cb1d6c89
11:08 katsmeow-afk don't get silver plated, silver oxidises easily, and silver oxide is an insulator
11:14 katsmeow-afk it bugs the hell out of me that people still call , or EVER called phono jacks "RCA jacks"
11:14 katsmeow-afk they don't call phone jacks "AT&T jacks"
11:15 katsmeow-afk they don't call usb jacks "Samsung jacks"
11:34 GuShH katsmeow-afk: the one mounted on a plate looks good, but they don't ship to my side of the world :(
11:34 GuShH I do need the colours, it's for video and audio.
11:34 GuShH so yellow is a must
11:34 GuShH otherwise they have red-black pairs for cheap
11:35 ShH didn't find any yellow ones in his junk box, although he thought about painting one he would rather
11:36 GuShH katsmeow-afk: it seems the ones in this timex sinclair 2068 were silver plated... I'm not replacing them at this point, but I might.
11:36 GuShH they hardly work anymore
11:41 AR__ gush
11:42 katsmeow-afk my beautiful Sansui AU7700 has all silver plated transistor legs (over whatever, over steel!), they have oxidized right thru the solder, and the base metal of the legs is unsolderable
11:42 AR__ stop talking to yourself
11:42 AR__ katsmeow-afk, sandpaper
11:42 katsmeow-afk i can actually slide the transistor legs up and down thru the solder
11:43 katsmeow-afk AR, read where i said the base metal of the legs is unsolderable
11:43 katsmeow-afk have you ever tried soldering to steel?
11:43 AR__ weld it i guess
11:43 katsmeow-afk they aren't copper
11:43 katsmeow-afk riiiigghht
11:43 AR__ lol
11:45 katsmeow-afk the AU7700 is such a durable piece of equipment, but unuseable any more, not only did the silver all oxidised, but line voltages have changed, just plugging it in overvolts the psu caps
11:46 AR__ maybe you should replace the transistor with two diodes
11:46 tsmeow-afk nods s
11:55 GuShH AR__: I'm not talking to myself
11:56 GuShH AR__: better yet, replace them with a homemade germanium transistor!
11:58 katsmeow-afk or, take the top off the unit, and plant real geraniums in it!
12:04 GuShH why plant? grow them!
12:16 GuShH katsmeow-afk: speaking of growing, hows that garden coming along
13:17 katsmeow-afk got a few beans, got green tomatoes, nothing else came up
13:19 Tom_itx :(
13:20 katsmeow-afk yeas, and winter is coming, it's been into the 50F's at nite,and later this week 40's, so the tomatoe plants may die before the tomatoes ripen
13:21 katsmeow-afk problem with growing things on roof is the dirt in the buckets is not at earth temperatures
13:22 katsmeow-afk and this dirt is barely dirt, the best place to grow here is exactly where i cannot (due to neighbors)
14:01 GuShH katsmeow-afk: would it be possible to do it indoors instead, chanelling sunlight with mirrors or a similar idea?
14:22 katsmeow-afk damnit, all i want is a garden, i don't want my house to be a soggy humid greenhouse
14:23 katsmeow-afk i have 12 acres, wtf can't i have a garden?
14:23 katsmeow-afk i am busted broke, you suggest i blow more money to screw the house over by introducing more holes in it for sunlight, and more humidity to rot it?
14:25 katsmeow-afk until the legal system retracts it's declaration that i can run my life regardless of how the dogs and neighbors feel about it, i am going to finish the boat and find a place on earth i can grown a doggammed garden
14:26 katsmeow-afk can't
14:26 katsmeow-afk GuShH, more stupid pricey fancy dream idea , i do NOT need
14:56 GuShH katsmeow-afk: I meant a small garden... not a farm
15:19 katsmeow-afk GuShH , the point is : if i had been allowed to use MY plans instead of the DOG's, this land would have paid for itself in providing me food ; it's SIGNIFICANT FOOD i want from a garden, not just a place to play in dirt
15:21 katsmeow-afk ditto for solar power, i'd have it, i'd be selling it, my power needs by now would be paid for the rest of my life, instead i am no better off than all the rest of you who don't plan ahead and work for the future
15:23 katsmeow-afk my solar panels have not put out a single watt yet, to do so means i am stealing from the power co, and worthy of being mauled by dogs, and my mom would lead the charge against me, how's that for a so-called intelligent species?
15:23 tsmeow-afk is pi
15:35 GuShH katsmeow-afk: oh so now we all suck and you are the supreme leader? fuck off
15:36 GuShH also fuck your mom and fuck those dogs, shoot them.
15:36 ShH is pi
17:55 sw0rdfish hmmmmmm
18:07 sw0rdfish help me out here... what are the small screws (within small white thing), that hold cables to a wall, called?
18:07 sw0rdfish things*
18:40 keepishop sw0rdfish: wat?
18:40 keepishop terminal screws?
18:43 sw0rdfish nvm
18:43 sw0rdfish ##english helped me... lolz
18:43 sw0rdfish they're called cable clips
18:43 sw0rdfish they're clips with nails
18:46 keepishop those are handy
20:11 sw0rdfish keepishop, yes indeed, mate.
21:24 katsmeow-afk woah, roads go straight up to the bridges! : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31933286987/oaklands-980-freeways-have-awesome-new-rock
21:27 katsmeow-afk http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31931200687/oh-no-galloping-gertie-is-back
21:31 katsmeow-afk http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31930476762/winninger-brucke-in-germany
21:32 Tom_itx google did that in a few spots too
21:35 katsmeow-afk http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31929776775/the-uchicago-logan-arts-center-was-recently
21:35 katsmeow-afk lmao
21:37 katsmeow-afk wwwwwwwwooooooaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh , i cannot no way drive that without a 4x4 : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31929650562/cross-that-bridge-before-one-comes-to-it
21:39 katsmeow-afk how to get a closeup of the bottom of Hoover Dam : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31928836390/i-wouldnt-trust-apple-or-google-around-the-hoover
21:42 katsmeow-afk that is one saggy suspension bridge : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31927133859/something-very-heavy-crossing-the-clifton
21:43 katsmeow-afk don't they usually make airports flat ? : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31926886562/ladies-and-gentlemen-prepare-for-some-turbulence
21:44 katsmeow-afk 4 lane rollercoaster at Hoover Dam ! : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31926462129/check-out-this-awesome-4-lane-rollercoaster-at-the
21:45 GuShH katsmeow-afk: the displacement is calculated based on a loose heightmap which is also calculated from the available picture data
21:46 GuShH other times the displacement is done using a real heightmap, but at such low resolutions you won't get a flat runway, ever, without defining it as such and averaging those points!
21:46 ShH doesn't make fun of technology like
21:46 ShH does hate apple th
21:47 katsmeow-afk Burger King? you can't miss it, it's the green roofed building just east of the cliff : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31926415341/burger-king-has-gone-up-in-style
21:49 GuShH the heightmap on these is actually edited by a group of people...
21:49 GuShH they are told to focus on busy central areas
21:50 GuShH tags on the other hand..
21:54 katsmeow-afk ran out of bridge again : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31923394035/i-93-at-the-zakim-bridge-in-boston-never-knew-it
21:56 katsmeow-afk ran out of bridge again : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31921526847/clearly-apple-knows-of-the-coming-apocolypse
21:57 katsmeow-afk getting seasick on a bridge : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31921529568/battersea-bridge-in-london-uk-i-think-ill-find
22:35 katsmeow-afk try landing on this runway! : http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31929342714/hello-this-is-how-vilnius-airport-runway-looks
23:38 katsmeow-afk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ux8nSWmAz0
23:39 katsmeow-afk or
23:40 katsmeow-afk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i2lhO3bSjQ