#robotics Logs

Jun 14 2013

11:50 zoplrdb lolol
12:11 GargantuaSauce man i love waking up with the answers to my problem after going to bed seething with frustration
12:17 MrCurious quick, write them down!
12:24 GargantuaSauce no need, i'm implementing them immediately :)
13:25 MrCurious really wanted to put ubuntu-touch on my galaxy tab 2 10.1 -- seems they are not yet there
13:28 zoplrdb 'buntu is fail imo
13:29 MrCurious it lets me get done that which i need to get done
13:30 MrCurious it is a tool, not a object of worship
13:30 MrCurious do no
13:30 MrCurious t mistake it with your iphone :P
13:30 zoplrdb iphone? I'm not using my phone atm wat r u talking about?
13:31 MrCurious just taunting a suspected apple fan boy :P
13:31 MrCurious was i far off?
13:31 zoplrdb uehuehue u make me hue
13:31 zoplrdb I detest Apple products
13:31 MrCurious i am a reformed fanboy
13:32 MrCurious they dropped rosetta, making my fav game no longer work, and for that they are dead to me
13:32 zoplrdb :c
13:33 zoplrdb If I Python while someone Perls, does C# plus C equal BASIC?
13:33 zoplrdb srs question pls halp
13:34 zoplrdb I said an unbelievably funny joke in ##apple when Steve died, but cannot for the life of me remember what it was
13:34 zoplrdb I got banned for it, was so hilarious
13:34 zoplrdb fml
13:35 theBear they dropped os 7 making my favourite game no longer work, and for that, dead to me
13:39 zoplrdb :c
13:39 zoplrdb What game?
13:41 theBear glider of course
13:45 zoplrdb theBear, know why C# is two times better than C++? Look at the #, it has 4 plus marks.
13:45 zoplrdb Mind = Blown.
13:46 theBear pfft, they're both shit
13:46 theBear c is what men use
13:47 theBear pfft, oo, pfft
13:47 zoplrdb I love C.
13:48 MrCurious nah # is just a + that is lacking focus...
13:49 MrCurious a # is a out of focus + thats implying that you have four eyes
13:49 MrCurious you going to let MS insult you like that!
13:52 zoplrdb uehue MS is a sinking ship
13:52 Tom_itx no
13:52 theBear not yet it aint
13:52 Tom_itx it's a turd that just won't go down
13:52 zoplrdb uehue
13:52 theBear but surely you shoot yerself in the foot enough times eventually the bottom of your legs is missing
13:53 theBear wtf is a uehue you crazy foreigner ?!?!
13:53 Tom_itx you're a craxy foreigner and you don't sound like that...
13:53 Tom_itx z
13:55 theBear r
13:55 theBear hmm, i like the old letters better
13:56 zoplrdb lolol
13:56 zoplrdb uehuehue = lol
13:56 theBear wow, you must sound funny when you laugh
13:56 zoplrdb l0l its a joke
13:57 zoplrdb i have an arduino and some parts, what do #robotics?
13:57 theBear yeah, but people here just go hehehehe
13:57 theBear we have lots of parts and no arduino, that's what do
13:57 zoplrdb :c
13:57 zoplrdb Listen to some finnish net radio http://nettiradio.nrj.fi/index.php?play=1
13:58 theBear in the moaning, not now
13:58 zoplrdb I want very much make hexapod, how do?
13:59 theBear wtf ?!?!? it loaded and i don't know where or how !
13:59 zoplrdb uehue jk but srsly I want very much hexapod
13:59 theBear ahh, turned off screen
13:59 theBear hehe that song reminds me of finishing work at the irish pub
13:59 theBear crazy fins
13:59 zoplrdb haha
14:00 theBear so.... you a viking or ?
14:00 zoplrdb viking? close, I'm actually british finnish
14:00 theBear that's a thing ? wow
14:00 zoplrdb uehue, lived in britain born in finland
14:01 GargantuaSauce have fun controlling 18 servos with a tarduino
14:01 zoplrdb I love my tarduino
14:02 Tom_itx theBear it was a type correct
14:02 Tom_itx h
14:04 theBear w?
14:04 zoplrdb w?
14:04 theBear damn, it's been a while, my head aint in the game
14:05 zoplrdb Who here uses perl and enjoys it?
14:06 MrCurious nobody ENJOYS perl
14:06 MrCurious perl is TOLERATED to various degrees
14:06 MrCurious perl code is write only
14:06 zoplrdb uehue trick question
14:06 theBear some people enjoy it, but they're crazier than me
14:07 zoplrdb heres something eve harder to answer: is it possible to say "i make fun time" while using python's twisted library?
14:08 MrCurious you would likely have to @defer your fun until your job yielded...
14:08 zoplrdb If you hate twisted raise your hand
14:08 zoplrdb o/
14:09 MrCurious to know twistd is to hate twistd
14:09 MrCurious we had better results using greenlets and some other tech instead of using deferd/yield
14:09 zoplrdb hmm
14:45 GuShH theBear!
14:50 zoplrdb GuShH!
14:50 Tom_itx zoplrdb!
14:50 ShH bl
14:51 GuShH I wonder if these cheap thread / pitch gauges are any good
14:51 Tom_itx what has to be good about a pitch gage?
14:51 GuShH accurate enough to be functional
14:52 Tom_itx probably is
14:52 GuShH it's a dual whithworth and metric set
14:52 Tom_itx who the fuck uses whitworth?
14:52 GuShH seems to mostly cover common sizes though
14:52 GuShH brits?
14:52 Tom_itx not anymore that i know of
14:53 GuShH >_<
14:54 GuShH the cheapie feeler gauge I have is pretty accurate, and that's a bit more demanding than a pitch gauge.
14:54 Tom_itx no they're not
14:54 Tom_itx just in a different way
14:55 GuShH you just contradicted yourself there
14:55 Tom_itx no i didn't
14:55 GuShH you just did again!
14:55 ShH calls the
14:55 Tom_itx the feeler gage isn't more demanding than a pitch gage
14:55 Tom_itx they are demanding in different ways
14:55 GuShH and different ways could mean more or less depending on what you do?
14:56 GuShH so what I said still stands.
14:56 m_itx saws off one leg it is standin
14:56 GuShH otoh the feelers are bent over, abused, shoved into strange places and they have to remain usable... a pitch gauge you just lay on top and that's it
14:57 Tom_itx bent over, abused, shoved into strange places.... hmmm
14:57 GuShH now if the pitch were wrong you could end up cross threading (is there anything worse?) with a bad feeler you can bend valves, carbon up a cylinder, etc.
14:58 GuShH as far as mechanic use goes.
14:58 GuShH for machining purposes either way you'll waste your time and money if the measuring tools aren't reliable
14:59 GuShH it's not a bad idea to ask, maybe someone ordered one and they were complete trash!
14:59 Tom_itx i'm pretty sure any pitch gage would be ok
15:00 GuShH what if someone used it as a saw?
15:00 ShH gig
15:00 Tom_itx it might cut balsa
15:00 Tom_itx but the teeth spacing won't change
15:00 GuShH I feel bad every time someone uses their caliper to mark metal
15:23 GuShH Tom_itx: recommended lubes for mill / lathe ways and such? do you just spray wd40 all the time to keep it clean or once in a while service with lithium grease? (which type?)
15:24 GuShH (I do know wd40 is not a lube, people use it as such and some machinists love it even as a coolant fluid hence why I mentioned it)
15:24 GuShH there's probably more "lube" wise on gelled alcohol than there is on wd40.
15:26 Tom_itx lightweight oil
15:26 Tom_itx non detergent probably
15:32 Tom_itx mobile 1... you know the stuff... $100/ quart
15:33 GuShH well on my wood lathe and tools I use regular cheap "all purpose" oil that comes in a small plastic squirt bottle... in fact I use it for almost everything
15:34 Tom_itx should be ok
15:34 GuShH oh and if it's steel and I won't be using it for a long while, I found out cooking oil works nicely because it dries and leaves a thick varnish type of film.
15:35 GuShH doesn't work for lubrication but it seems rather nice for protection
15:36 Tom_itx whale oil
15:36 GuShH where do you buy that? aside from japan
15:36 MrCurious whale oil beef hooked
15:36 GuShH which probably came from stolen whales
15:36 GuShH from my country
15:36 ShH g
15:37 ShH fr
15:37 Tom_itx before they discovered oil pumped from the ground that was what they used
15:37 Tom_itx i worked on a brittish transmission that had whale oil in it
15:37 GuShH bees wax was used in europe for tools
15:37 Tom_itx stunk to high heavens
15:37 GuShH jesus
15:38 GuShH rotten fish type of stink?
15:38 GuShH or something harder to describe heh
15:38 Tom_itx let's just say it wasn't your average petroleum smell
15:38 GuShH it's like having the sea in your transmission!
15:39 GuShH hmm is cod liver oil still in use?
15:40 Tom_itx you can still buy it
15:40 GuShH or are they making omega-3 in the labs these days (clueless)
15:40 Tom_itx medicinal purposes
15:41 GuShH grandma would make you swallow that stuff for just about anything you could've complained about.
15:41 Tom_itx i didn't complain much
15:42 GuShH it's not bad for you, it just doesn't taste very good.
15:47 GuShH well, some oil is better than no oil. I'm just trying to figure out if these purpose made oils are anything other than snake oil heh
20:13 MrCurious GuShH: you robotic snake oil salesman
20:13 MrCurious whoa. major de'ja'vu feeling
21:30 GuShH MrCurious: me what?
21:30 ShH fr
21:54 GuShH Ancient.Discoveries.3of6.Robotics.x264.AAC.MVGroup.Forum.mp4 <<< interesting!