#robotics Logs

Nov 01 2012

09:11 rue_house this is why we must not use a scanner to photograph ebay items
17:19 kuyan join #ftc
17:45 rizlah FTC?
20:06 rue_house hmm
20:15 home HMMM
20:23 Tom_itx rue_house
20:23 Tom_itx have you forged any aluminum parts yet?
20:52 orlok Triffid_Hunter: Hmm, your shops no longer has the electronic bits?
20:59 Triffid_Hunter orlok: we're out of stock, and considering the issues we've been having with suppliers lately, we pull stuff from the shop completely until we actually have the stock on our shelves
21:02 rue_house just had to give the cat a bath, that was as much fun as
21:02 rue_house well giving a cat a bath
21:16 theBear sounds like fun to me
23:31 rue_house 0.1R 1W
23:31 orlok rue: i get to go and see my (hopefully) new workshop tomorrow!!!
23:31 rue_house 1A 0.1R .1V .1W
23:31 rue_house 10A 0.1R 1V 10W
23:31 rue_house hmm
23:31 orlok rue_house: wooden workshop, and double lock up steel garage/shed attached
23:32 orlok 758sq m of land
23:32 orlok AND, theres a 3 bedroom house too!
23:32 orlok :)
23:32 rue_house 5A 0.1R .5V .25W
23:32 rue_house V = I * R
23:32 rue_house P = I * V
23:33 rue_house P = I * ( I * R)
23:33 orlok workshop!!!
23:33 rue_house P = I^2 * R
23:33 rue_house I^2 = P/R
23:34 rue_house so the answer is the square root of 10
23:34 rue_house 3.?
23:34 rue_house 3.16A
23:35 rue_house are you buying plans for a garage with loft?
23:35 orlok nope, buying land with house+garage+workshop
23:36 rue_house ah
23:36 rue_house good show
23:36 rue_house should I ask how much?
23:36 orlok $390k
23:36 rue_house pretty good, fixer-upper?
23:36 theBear ! it's common to discuss finance and monies
23:36 orlok nope
23:36 theBear common as in, to be avoided
23:37 e_house glances down at the trap door theBear is standing o
23:37 orlok rue_house: no work to be done
23:37 rue_house cool
23:37 orlok http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Sale/House/VIC/Mount-Evelyn/?adid=2010083484
23:37 rue_house how much yard
23:38 orlok not sure, but 758 sqm in total of land
23:38 rue_house your in australlia again?
23:38 orlok always have been :)
23:38 theBear don't tell the internet where you live !
23:38 rue_house you insisted you never been there before
23:38 rue_house anyhow
23:38 rue_house pretty good
23:38 theBear these pants i just put on smell
23:39 orlok rue_house: that may have been somebody else.. however, i have not been to that house yet
23:39 theBear i've never been to australia !
23:39 rue_house hahah units, I asked for 357 cubic meters
23:40 rue_house .18 acres?
23:40 rue_house my yard is 2023m^2
23:40 orlok nice!
23:41 rue_house sorta, its all uphill
23:41 rue_house nomatter which direction you walk..
23:41 orlok heh
23:41 rue_house that looks awesome tho
23:41 theBear erg, converting acres is too hard
23:42 rue_house there aren't even gaps in the floorboards like rifrafs buddys place
23:42 theBear hehe, and rue apparently has an mc escher yard :)
23:42 rue_house .5 acre bear
23:42 theBear half rue, we say half acre, quarter acre :)
23:42 rue_house quarter who?
23:42 theBear err, acre
23:43 theBear you know, like when a muscle hurts a TINY bit <grin>
23:43 rue_house http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-Eye-mounted-Magnifying-Glass-4X-/330442711726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cefeba2ae
23:43 rue_house damnit its not a dollar item
23:44 theBear eye-mounted eh ? they couldn't just say loupe ?
23:44 theBear i wonder... maybe i should start a support bear worldvision kinda thing... i bet a dollar a day from a couple people would change my whole life
23:45 theBear it could build meaningful infrastructure, send me to school, build a well near my home
23:45 rue_house you cant do $1 free shipping tho
23:45 rue_house only china can, and I have no idea how they do it
23:45 theBear there is no shipping, sponsoring me doesn't buy me :)
23:46 theBear it's easy, first they wait a month until they got a good load of backorders, then they get a backload on the slowest boat they can find
23:46 theBear oh and btw, the candy man can
23:46 rue_house takes 22 days to get here
23:46 theBear damn, i gotta find some pants that don't smell
23:47 theBear ahh, much better
23:47 e_house kicks bears washing machine to see if he fixed it
23:47 theBear it's pretty fixed
23:47 theBear but you gotta you know, not be at work, AND not be sick in bed, to use the thing
23:50 tranick works with mouthbreat
23:51 rue_house so did you go trick-or-treating bear? ;)
23:56 rue_house jester
23:56 rue_house http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-1x-Arduino-Ultrasonic-Module-Distance-Sensor-HC-SR04-/330700102068?pt=US_Relays_Sensors&hash=item4cff4319b4
23:58 theBear heh nah, that doesn't happen much here, and i been err, unwell the last week or so