#robotics Logs

Aug 21 2013

01:19 MrCurious i imagine people are normally facing the bot...
01:38 MrCurious i am sick of screwing this up and taking a 40 minute penalty every iteration
01:40 GuShH MrCurious: sex?
01:40 MrCurious hackintosh
01:40 GuShH close enough.
01:40 GuShH had a hackintosh here for "repairs" (lawl)
01:40 MrCurious pretty much
01:40 GuShH it was actually quite fast.
01:41 MrCurious thats the point
01:41 GuShH can't recall exact specs, i7 though
01:41 GuShH but the owner managed to mangle the OS and had a few hardware issues
01:41 MrCurious probably a quad core i7 with 4 ssd in raid 0
01:41 MrCurious and 16 - 32 g of ram
01:41 GuShH basically 4 HDDs and the i7 + gpu on a generic PSU...
01:41 GuShH not staggered either
01:42 MrCurious no raid0? noob
01:42 GuShH I bet it won't last very long, but the dude wouldn't budge on buying a new PSU
01:42 MrCurious no raid 5 bigger noob
01:42 theBear http://i.imgur.com/5A6cx3D.jpg
01:42 GuShH I didn't build that thing, I don't touch mac in any way
01:42 GuShH except on a VM... or as a favour
01:42 ShH co
01:42 MrCurious i can usually get the usb in by the 3rd try
01:43 GuShH I hate USB for that reason.
01:43 GuShH all it required was an ergonomic hint
01:43 GuShH but nooo
01:43 GuShH fuckwits
01:43 MrCurious you would think they would have fucking color coded one side of the usb or put a dot on it
01:43 GuShH no, you just need a hint when you touch the connector
01:43 GuShH you don't have to look at it(blind people)
01:43 GuShH but sure, painting the tops white will work
01:43 theBear tehnically they sposed to only go one way up, but technically is an interesting term
01:44 GuShH unless you have a usb hub with vertical usb sockets?
01:44 GuShH then which way is up?
01:44 GuShH toward you?
01:44 GuShH I have one of those 7x chink hubs just to avoid having to plug and unplug usb
01:44 GuShH everything is always there, and you just flip the switches... old school!
01:45 GuShH I actually need two more, but the rest of the usb devices are not used all the time (nor at the same time...)
01:45 GuShH can you imagine trying to run any high speed device on those hubs
01:46 GuShH hrmmm they're selling packs of 100 expired photographic paper (black and white) for quite cheap... always wanted to try that
01:46 GuShH developer and fixer cost just as much hrm
01:46 MrCurious a photographer friend found old unexposed film or paper in his basement
01:46 GuShH err stopper I think it is, what's the name?
01:47 MrCurious think it may have had a chem spill on it, not sure
01:47 GuShH heh
01:47 MrCurious he developed it, found some cool psychedelic pictures out of it
01:47 GuShH I thought film had to be kept in a fridge
01:47 GuShH expired paper works fine after many years, it's just not up to spec for any professional use (it is)
01:47 MrCurious i think dropping some film near a radio active source then developing it could be interesting
01:47 MrCurious like in a x-ray room
01:48 MrCurious leave it there a day or two
01:48 MrCurious then develop
01:48 GuShH not sure if you'll get any interesting patterns
01:48 MrCurious nope
01:48 GuShH just all white
01:48 MrCurious no
01:48 GuShH or a few blips
01:48 MrCurious i am sure 30 ft away, through metal, only a little wound get in
01:48 GuShH what's with all this theoretical nonsense anyway
01:48 MrCurious i would expect a dot or difraction pattern
01:48 GuShH I'm talking pinhole cameras
01:49 MrCurious then again x-ray .... big quartz crystal .... film
01:49 GuShH I would expect nothing or everything
01:49 MrCurious or film on a granite countertop (granite decays)
01:49 GuShH wtf 100 bucks for a cardboard pinhole camera kit, what?
01:49 GuShH any old shoebox should do, why would anyone buy that thing
01:49 MrCurious precision design and fab
01:50 GuShH ...
01:50 GuShH no
01:50 MrCurious make it from some nice hard black plastic
01:50 MrCurious use a very tiny drill to make the hole
01:50 GuShH there's a basic formula and the rest is all fiddling around with pinhole cameras
01:50 MrCurious or a pin hole using a square of tin foil
01:50 GuShH let's use lazerz
01:50 MrCurious where will you get the sharks
01:50 GuShH there's a pond nearby
01:50 GuShH surely there must be sharks in it
01:51 MrCurious are there fresh water sharks with compatible laser mount fins?
01:51 Faek Sold! I'll take 5 dozen
01:51 GuShH dx.com has the adapters
01:51 GuShH so no worries.
01:53 MrCurious now if you could retro fit the sharks with a quad copter harness, and a rebreather....
01:54 MrCurious surprised syfy channel hasnt thought of that already
01:54 GuShH I have a low cost solution... bathtub and a slingshot.
01:55 GuShH It's funny 'cos the shark will die anyway, why bother with a bathtub? right? RIGHT?
01:55 MrCurious hmmm release hundreds of sharks through built in tunnels with valves into a water park....
01:55 MrCurious now THAT would make a good movie
01:56 GuShH do these polaroid-ripoff-guys make packs with the batteries?
01:56 GuShH I have a sonar autofocus polaroid...
01:56 MrCurious i am MF sick of these MF sharks on a MF water-slide
01:56 GuShH then again it might not be worth it
01:56 MrCurious i know just who should be in it
01:56 GuShH some black dude?
01:57 MrCurious samuel l jackson
01:57 MrCurious he would totally own it
07:32 zoplrdb Hello all
10:10 zoplrdb What is everyone up to?
10:47 zap0 comms stuff
16:12 joga cute http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254449872/pixy-cmucam5-a-fast-easy-to-use-vision-sensor
16:12 joga ah, was old
21:03 rue_house ok I need to make a robot arm for doing remote surgery on me
21:03 Faek Excellent
21:10 MrCurious i for one welcome our new robotic overlords!
21:19 robotustra rue_house: surgery on your brain?
21:20 robotustra while you are controlling it?
21:30 rue_house later, my knee is the current problem
21:31 MrCurious whats wrong?
21:31 rue_house my back is right along there
21:31 rue_house well if they knew they would probably also know the fix
21:31 rue_house useless medical system
21:31 rue_house if your not elderly and disabled in pain, they aren't even interested in helping
21:33 MrCurious have they suggested you get a weed-card now and indulge in alternative-medicine....
21:36 rue_house I'm just considering going to hospital emergency, telling them I'm going to cut it open, then do it during the 3 hour wait they put people thru in emergency weather they need it or not
21:37 MrCurious is it a injury, or a tumor type thing
21:37 Tom_itx i was in there 8 hrs once
21:38 Tom_itx i told them i wasn't gonna pay too
21:38 Tom_itx and didn't
21:38 rue_house it all puffed up, it was supposed to take 3 days to heel, its been 3 weeks
21:38 MrCurious we tend to wait until after 5pm to go to ER, that way we can be there until 4am
21:38 Tom_itx water on the knee?
21:38 MrCurious take a tablet or computer. and make sure to eat first
21:38 rue_house they said it was "maids knee"
21:38 Tom_itx wtf is that?
21:38 rue_house I dont know what to use for a local anestesia
21:39 Tom_itx vodka
21:39 MrCurious get on that. fluid turns into scar tissue that traps fluid and homes infections...
21:39 rue_house its all puffed up and squishy
21:39 MrCurious go to ER... its nothing you can sort out
21:39 rue_house a doctor already tole me there is nothing they can do
21:39 rue_house aka, go to ER and split it open there
21:39 Tom_itx yep, that could turn into something serious
21:39 MrCurious he may be a quack
21:39 Tom_itx i guess that's what they're waiting for..
21:40 MrCurious you never give up until 3 unafiliated doctors have agreed
21:40 rue_house no, I was told by another doctor that because I'm under 60, I'm not worth treating
21:40 rue_house we figure they are intentionally trying to put people on disability
21:41 MrCurious over 60 is disposable. under 60 is a worker!
21:41 rue_house not how they think here
21:41 MrCurious up side of disability its being paid 30 years to follow your dreams without a task master...
21:41 rue_house I'd rather be on the other side too, right now I have to pay for everyone else
21:42 MrCurious could go on a medical vacation to india or singapore
21:42 MrCurious and get it fixed there where your money buys more!
21:43 rue_house hmm
21:43 MrCurious you are in canada right
21:43 rue_house yes
21:43 MrCurious yeah your money is worth something
21:43 MrCurious india just saw its rupee lose 1/3 value
21:43 Tom_itx by the time i'm ready to collect my fair share, there won't be any left to collect
21:43 MrCurious Tom_itx: 2 words... robot army
21:44 rue_house Tom_itx, there isn't currently
21:44 Tom_itx we're running on fake money
21:44 MrCurious that sounds american...
22:39 rue_bed dear god, tobbors been down 2 years?
22:39 MrCurious whats a tobbors? is it food?
22:39 rue_bed damnit
22:47 MrCurious rue_mohr: do you own a mill?
22:47 MrCurious a rue_mohr mill
22:48 rue_mohr pff
22:52 yahweh Hey Rue, what irc client do you recommend?
22:53 rue_mohr xchat
22:53 yahweh Preferably with Russian but not mandatory
22:53 yahweh okay
22:53 rue_mohr xchat
22:53 yahweh Okay, thansk
22:54 rue_mohr :)
22:55 yahweh Also, is it possible to install Linux on a server remotely?
22:55 rue_mohr no
22:56 yahweh I figured as much, I am now sad
22:56 rue_mohr where is it?
23:01 yahweh Rue
23:01 yahweh Chicago
23:02 rue_mohr oh
23:02 yahweh It's a game server I maintain
23:02 yahweh Well it's actually 4 servers
23:02 rue_mohr os fault means needing hands there
23:02 yahweh The game is coming to Linux on the 30th and I'd like to change them over.
23:03 yahweh I kind of assumed.
23:03 rue_mohr is it at a farm?
23:03 yahweh I was just hoping for some voodoo magic bs
23:03 rue_mohr well
23:03 yahweh It's at a persons business on a fiber connection but his business is not a farm.
23:04 rue_mohr it might be possable to put it on a seperate partition and get the bootloader in without windows noticing
23:04 rue_mohr really precarious
23:04 yahweh He's alsosort of AFK right now otherwise he would do it.
23:04 rue_mohr do you have remote access to it?
23:05 yahweh Yes
23:05 yahweh Full admin access.
23:05 yahweh But I can't use it properly because it's all fucking metro on me and I never know what the hell is going on.
23:07 yahweh I can't imagine how annoyed professional server managers must be. :p
23:17 GuShH http://www.sears.com/