IRC log of openacs on 2002-06-09

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01:35:34 [davb]
hi there
01:35:35 [paje]
hola, davb
01:35:56 [davb]
paje, my only friend!
01:35:56 [paje]
davb: huh?
01:39:14 [davb]
ok, maybe not
01:39:29 [davb]
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/index.html
01:39:29 [oacs-chump]
A: http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/index.html from davb
01:39:38 [davb]
A:|Text Sizing across browsers
01:39:38 [oacs-chump]
titled item A
01:52:20 [davb]
ok i am hooking up my new USB smartmedia card reader
02:04:02 [davb]
anyone have any linux/usb experience?
02:14:36 [rbm]
I have
02:17:05 [davb]
ok, i have USB support compiled in.
02:17:15 [davb]
now what?
02:17:16 [paje]
i think now is the time to learn :)
02:17:19 [davb]
heh
02:17:23 [davb]
paje, botsnack
02:17:24 [paje]
:)
02:19:52 [rbm]
What USB module does your smartcard reader use? You may need to compile a specific module (e.g. for the Visor you need the "visor" module)
02:20:13 [davb]
i have not clue :) I'll try to find out.
02:20:17 [davb]
I suspect it is not supported
02:20:20 [rbm]
Google it up
02:20:25 [davb]
because that is the way these things happen
02:22:14 [davb]
i might just get it working in windows and not worry about it :)
02:27:52 [rbm]
You should try to get it on Linux
02:28:04 [rbm]
What way?
02:29:20 [davb]
I stupidly buy one that is not suppoted :)
02:34:01 [davb]
google reveals nothing :(
02:36:31 [davb]
cut-and-paste errors hit scam emails :"For your assistance we have agreed to give you thirty
02:36:31 [davb]
percent (15%) of the total sum at the end of the
02:36:31 [davb]
transaction. "
02:37:11 [davb]
i suspect I have to reboot or something. there is no way for me to know what device this will be called even if it is detected.
02:41:22 [davb]
i found something that might work. kernel-patch, apparetly adds new modules
02:44:09 [davb]
i didn't find anything for my reader, but I found some guy at a local college who is working on a project to improve gimp.
02:46:13 [davb]
also this:
02:46:15 [davb]
http://links.math.rpi.edu/
02:46:15 [oacs-chump]
B: http://links.math.rpi.edu/ from davb
02:46:54 [davb]
hmmm. how can i find out what chip my reader uses?
02:51:25 [davb]
ah, its in the kernel now.
02:51:29 [davb]
no patching required
02:52:32 [davb]
i can't believe it. it was an option in make menuconfig, and I totally missed it :)
02:52:41 [rbm]
* rbm twacks davb
02:54:43 [davb]
its not available as a module, goes right in the kernel
02:57:37 [davb]
brb, testing new kernel
02:57:39 [davb]
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03:01:15 [davb]
hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/2, assigned device number 2
03:01:37 [rbm]
cool
03:02:03 [davb]
i can't see where it was assigned to a scsi device though...
03:03:36 [davb]
USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x7c4/0xa109) is not\
03:03:36 [davb]
claimed by any active driver.
03:03:37 [davb]
darn
03:04:40 [davb]
Jun 8 23:04:47 leo /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Bad USB agent invocation
03:04:40 [davb]
Jun 8 23:32:10 leo /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Bad USB agent invocation
03:04:40 [davb]
Jun 8 23:53:48 leo /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 7c4/\
03:04:40 [davb]
a109/8000
03:04:50 [davb]
its detected, but not loading the driver
03:07:33 [davb]
:(
03:07:34 [davb]
A number of Datafab-based readers are so-called "combination" readers that are capable of handling CompactFlash and SmartMedia. In most cases, SmartMedia will not be functional with this driver.
03:09:16 [davb]
darndarndarn
03:10:26 [davb]
enough for tonight.
03:49:25 [davb]
bye
03:49:27 [davb]
thanks!
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* davb awakes
12:32:48 [davb]
http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi
12:32:49 [oacs-chump]
C: http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi from davb
12:32:55 [davb]
C:|MetaWeblog API
12:32:55 [oacs-chump]
titled item C
12:33:16 [davb]
C: fancier weblog API, more metadata than the blogger api
12:33:16 [oacs-chump]
added comment C1
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14:29:10 [mbr]
morning
14:30:41 [mbr]
* mbr bites davb
15:17:22 [mbr]
paje, KISP
15:17:22 [paje]
mbr: what?
15:17:27 [mbr]
paje, weather KISP
15:20:24 [mbr]
paje, you're a genius
15:20:24 [paje]
mbr: sorry...
15:20:30 [mbr]
paje, what are you?
15:20:31 [paje]
i am a silly bot
15:20:34 [mbr]
paje, what are you?
15:20:34 [paje]
paje is, like, the medicine man and oracle in Amazonian tribes
15:20:37 [mbr]
paje, what are you?
15:20:37 [paje]
i am the medicine man and oracle in Amazonian tribes
15:20:41 [mbr]
paje, what are you?
15:20:41 [paje]
paje is, like, the medicine man and oracle in Amazonian tribes
15:21:16 [mbr]
paje, you're also a genius
15:21:17 [paje]
mbr: excuse me?
15:36:31 [davb]
hey mbr
15:36:37 [davb]
* davb goes to home depot
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18:33:41 [denshi]
davb!
18:33:46 [denshi]
paje, attack!
18:33:46 [paje]
* paje bites Mark's ankle
18:33:49 [denshi]
paje, dance!
18:33:49 [paje]
* paje shakes his booties
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20:36:36 [davb]
uh, hi
20:36:36 [paje]
niihau, davb
22:19:39 [mbr]
w00t
22:19:44 [mbr]
* mbr bites davb
22:20:22 [davb]
hiya mbr
22:21:00 [mbr]
:)
22:21:10 [mbr]
I think the only viable way this day can get better is if I have sex
22:21:31 [davb]
uh, you probably need to leave IRC for that
22:21:37 [mbr]
:-D
22:22:08 [mbr]
Fishing...buffalo wings...beer...smokes
22:22:18 [mbr]
ummmmhmmmmm
22:38:32 [Starets]
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22:48:43 [Starets]
paje: what is mbr?
22:48:44 [Starets]
paje, what is mgr?
22:48:44 [davb]
hi Starets
22:48:44 [paje]
mbr is Master Boot Record or one of the many Psychephylax's alter egos
22:48:44 [paje]
starets: wish i knew
22:48:52 [Starets]
hi davb!
22:49:02 [Starets]
paje, developers developers developers!
22:49:03 [paje]
Starets: huh?
22:49:18 [denshi]
paje, dance!
22:49:18 [paje]
* paje shakes his booties
22:49:20 [Starets]
paje, Developers, Developers, Developers!
22:49:21 [paje]
Starets: what?
22:49:25 [Starets]
Ah, that's better!
22:50:07 [denshi]
paje, botsmack
22:50:07 [paje]
* paje slumps into a purple haze
22:50:47 [Starets]
I swear I saw the developers... thing once. Maybe MarkD did it.
22:50:47 [Starets]
Anybody got extra work in the Baltimore/DC area?
22:52:26 [davb]
sorry, not me.
22:52:58 [Starets]
mmmmmmm...lag!
22:53:01 [markd2]
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22:53:17 [Starets]
hey mark! Back from the ranch?
22:53:53 [denshi]
paje, attack!
22:53:53 [paje]
* paje bites Mark's ankle
22:54:34 [markd2]
yep
22:54:46 [markd2]
glad I got some of that Big Nerd Ankle Armor
22:55:13 [denshi]
paje, go for the thigh!
22:55:14 [paje]
denshi: i'm not following you...
22:55:31 [Starets]
Now there's an image!
22:55:50 [denshi]
paje, get the mind-wiper!
22:55:51 [paje]
denshi: huh?
22:56:00 [denshi]
oops. I guess he already found it
22:56:59 [Starets]
paje: the mind-wiper is Now where did I put that....what were we talking about?
22:56:59 [paje]
wish i knew, starets
22:58:18 [Starets]
paje, starets is a tired old programmer, hon.
22:58:19 [paje]
OK, Starets.
22:58:39 [markd2]
starets?
22:58:39 [paje]
starets is, like, a tired old programmer, hon
22:58:43 [markd2]
heh
22:58:47 [denshi]
this reminds me strongly of an episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
22:58:51 [Starets]
paje, mind-wiper is Now where did I put that...what were we talking about?
22:58:51 [paje]
wish i knew, starets
22:59:32 [Starets]
paje, starets is also an english word which ends in "s" but is not plural
22:59:32 [paje]
okay, Starets.
22:59:35 [denshi]
paje, mind-wiper?
22:59:36 [paje]
no idea, denshi
22:59:46 [Starets]
the question mark is throwing it.
22:59:54 [davb]
silly paje
23:00:38 [denshi]
in the SG episode, they had to stay awake or the pods would eat them. They spent like 5 on-air minutes mindwiping each other to forget that they needed sleep.
23:00:55 [markd2]
hilarity ensues
23:01:21 [denshi]
"hey, I got an idea! let's erase our memories!" GOTO start
23:01:24 [Starets]
like in MIB with Linda Fiorentino meeting the guys repeatedly?
23:01:35 [denshi]
don't remember that film
23:01:45 [Starets]
:-)
23:02:01 [Starets]
paje, markd2?
23:02:02 [paje]
well, markd2 is an improper republican because he uses nuclear bombs on offending directories
23:02:14 [Starets]
directories?
23:02:28 [markd2]
storage compartments?
23:02:28 [paje]
storage compartments
23:02:29 [Starets]
shouldn't that be directorates?
23:03:03 [denshi]
bbl
23:03:15 [Starets]
So how was the TA gig?
23:03:30 [markd2]
it rocked. had a lot of fun
23:03:46 [Starets]
You seem terse tonight.
23:03:59 [markd2]
kinda tired. had a band concert this afternoon
23:04:10 [Starets]
Cool! Where?
23:04:44 [markd2]
Some little town around here. Sharpsburg, or Strasburg, or something
23:06:16 [Starets]
one day, we're going to clear the space around the piano so I can sit there, and then I'll take lessons and maybe really learn to play.
23:06:28 [markd2]
that would be rock(tm)
23:07:09 [Starets]
rag, actually.
23:07:32 [Starets]
ragtime, I suppose.
23:07:44 [Starets]
* Starets loves to play Joplin.
23:07:55 [davb]
the Miracle (tm symbol is I new the keyboard code) piano!
23:08:25 [Starets]
it'd be a miracle if I could get to it.
23:12:20 [Starets]
'night, all.
23:12:33 [markd2]
nite
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