brolin_empey | LTE/LTE-A is the future. N900 != LTE. Also, m14ed already left but not everyone here is male. | 14:06 |
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auenf | and not all of the males here are gentlemen? | 14:10 |
sixwheeledbeast | LTE isn't the future | 14:18 |
sixwheeledbeast | ~gender | 14:19 |
infobot | I'm pregnant | 14:19 |
brolin_empey | infobot: Pregnant? | 14:20 |
infobot | Yes, brolin_empey, and it's your child. | 14:20 |
brolin_empey | That reply would not make sense if I was female. | 14:21 |
brolin_empey | Unless it means that infobot wants to give her child to a woman who asks if infobot is pregnant. | 14:23 |
DocScrutinizer05 | a very polite and friendly person, this m14ed | 15:56 |
DocScrutinizer05 | well, infobot's gender is a miracle for modern science, seems to be undetermined like status of Schroedinger's cat | 15:59 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~attack brolin_empey | 15:59 |
* infobot grabs a pen, screams like she's possessed, and begins chasing brolin_empey | 15:59 | |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~rape brolin_empey | 16:00 |
* infobot takes brolin_empey behind the WallMart and makes a few grunts and screams | 16:00 | |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~gender | 16:00 |
infobot | I'm gay | 16:00 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~gender | 16:01 |
infobot | I'm lesbian | 16:01 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~gender | 16:01 |
infobot | I'm male | 16:01 |
Vajb | since when are gay and lesbian genders? | 16:02 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~useless | 16:03 |
* infobot starts crying and hides from docscrutinizer05 in the darkest corner of the room. :( | 16:03 | |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~silly | 16:03 |
infobot | silly is probably 'a good question, the answer to which is "yes, i am"' | 16:03 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~stupid | 16:03 |
infobot | i heard stupid is http://fun.drno.de/pics/english/bart.gif | 16:03 |
brolin_empey | WallMart != Walmart. | 16:14 |
brolin_empey | The “Wal” in “Walmart” is from the name of the founder of the company, Sam Walton, not from “wall”. | 16:15 |
DocScrutinizer05 | sorry, modem reboot and thus disconnect | 16:21 |
DocScrutinizer05 | and that damn cablemodem is rebooting the 5th time now | 16:22 |
DocScrutinizer05 | luckily I got a failover connection | 16:23 |
DocScrutinizer05 | and next boot | 16:26 |
DocScrutinizer05 | and next boot | 16:29 |
* DocScrutinizer05 just wants to know how often that box of shit reboots when _not_ getting powercycled | 16:30 | |
* DocScrutinizer05 just wants to know how often that box of shit reboots when _not_ getting powercycledaaaand...??? | 16:33 | |
DocScrutinizer05 | aaaand...? | 16:33 |
DocScrutinizer05 | seems it stays | 16:33 |
DocScrutinizer05 | after only 25 minutes and 8 boots | 16:34 |
sixwheeledbeast | ~insult infobot in bash | 16:50 |
infobot | infobot in bash is nothing but a fool-born mound of dread-bolted poop | 16:50 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~+uptime | 16:54 |
infobot | - Uptime for purl - | 16:54 |
infobot | Now: 1d 17h 57m 2s running infobot 1.5.4 (SVN) -- linux | 16:54 |
infobot | 1: 59d 8h 41m 19s running infobot 1.5.4 (SVN) -- linux, ended Sun Nov 14 18:39:57 2010 | 16:54 |
infobot | 2: 57d 3h 9m 23s running infobot 1.5.4 (SVN) -- linux, ended Fri Jun 26 20:39:27 2009 | 16:54 |
infobot | 3: 53d 8h 24m 4s running infobot 1.5.4 (SVN) -- linux, ended Tue Nov 7 05:34:20 2017 | 16:54 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~+status | 16:54 |
infobot | Since Mon Apr 22 20:57:11 2019, there have been 2 modifications, 40 questions, 0 dunnos, 0 morons and 21 commands. I have been awake for 1d 17h 57m 10s this session, and currently reference 119796 factoids. I'm using about 87180 kB of memory. With 0 active forks. Process time user/system 163.28/29.51 child 0/0 | 16:54 |
sixwheeledbeast | That reminds me i need a new UPS battery | 16:55 |
DocScrutinizer05 | at least the failover and recovery works fine now | 16:55 |
DocScrutinizer05 | hmmm UPS battery... Should run a test eventually | 16:55 |
DocScrutinizer05 | ~lf | 16:56 |
infobot | somebody said #maemo lazyflashing was http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware#The_Lazy_Approach | 16:56 |
DocScrutinizer05 | one thing's for sure: the vodafone "mediathek" (cable TV on demand / IPTV) isn't worth a single cent of its cost | 16:58 |
DocScrutinizer05 | actually the whole cable-TV / IPTV is mere crap. If it wasn't for the 400/25 internet... | 16:59 |
sixwheeledbeast | Most ISP's are bundling stuff like that now. It's hard to get VDSL without a TV package now | 17:01 |
DocScrutinizer05 | modems that need 8 reboots when disabling bridge-mode... Series final of Elementary ran a week ago, no way to watch it again in mediathek | 17:01 |
DocScrutinizer05 | EPG that doesn't knpw of program changes even if they are announced 48h in advance, a recorder that can't record stuff that's not listed in EPG (nice synergy in those two¡) | 17:02 |
sixwheeledbeast | I suppose that's the issue with DOCSIS you have no control over what modem they provide you, unlike VDSL. Tho you benefit from faster up and down. | 17:03 |
DocScrutinizer05 | and every now and then the HDR simply reboots or locks up and needs power cycle | 17:03 |
DocScrutinizer05 | DOCSIS is what causes the 8 modem reboots | 17:04 |
DocScrutinizer05 | for nuttin | 17:04 |
DocScrutinizer05 | so not really faster up/down | 17:04 |
sixwheeledbeast | The cable may be balanced incorrectly if it happens often. DOCSIS it fussy about line quality and having the correct filtering. | 17:11 |
sixwheeledbeast | Would have to moan to the ISP for an engineer to fix than. | 17:11 |
DocScrutinizer05 | line equ works fine. The modem bails out after trying to config "VoIP" | 17:14 |
DocScrutinizer05 | most likely on trying to set up friggin "homespot" which I explicitly opted out from | 17:15 |
DocScrutinizer05 | took them 3 months and me ~20h of hotline calls to get my account/DOCSIS set up so it _never_ enables the damn AP in modem | 17:18 |
DocScrutinizer05 | I guess they don't have that often, and they also are not very inclined to sell this featureset | 17:19 |
DocScrutinizer05 | after all their homespot stuff only works when >99% of users participate | 17:19 |
DocScrutinizer05 | thus they place a homespot AP into your flat even if you don't want any WLAN at all | 17:20 |
DocScrutinizer05 | there _are no_ modems without AP | 17:20 |
DocScrutinizer05 | https://zuhauseplus.vodafone.de/internet-telefon/wlan-hotspots/ | 17:23 |
DocScrutinizer05 | damn | 17:23 |
DocScrutinizer05 | aaah https://hotspot.vodafone.de/hotspots.html | 17:25 |
brolin_empey | DocScrutinizer05: Can you get FttP service at your location? | 17:32 |
sixwheeledbeast | That seems to be an issue here with ISP's that are also cellular they offer guest WiFi via your internet that can't be switched off if you use there hardware | 17:33 |
DocScrutinizer05 | brolin_empey: nope | 17:34 |
sixwheeledbeast | I need use any ISP provided kit where possible. DOCSIS is the most awkward to ditch the modem | 17:35 |
DocScrutinizer05 | sixwheeledbeast: yep, that's it. They clain you could switch it off via the web portal, but that's questionable | 17:35 |
sixwheeledbeast | s/need/never/ | 17:35 |
infobot | sixwheeledbeast meant: I never use any ISP provided kit where possible. DOCSIS is the most awkward to ditch the modem | 17:35 |
brolin_empey | The Nokia media converter (correct term?) box my ISP (Telus in Canada) provided when I switched from ADSL at both my home and office seems to mostly work well. | 17:35 |
DocScrutinizer05 | sixwheeledbeast: you can't even find the credentials to use their VoIP, "only via DOCSIS, even when you use your own Fritzbox Cablemodem-router" | 17:37 |
brolin_empey | At both places I use my own gateway instead of using a gateway provided by the ISP. | 17:37 |
DocScrutinizer05 | gateway? | 17:37 |
* DocScrutinizer05 now needs to set up some VPN to finaly re-establish a way to "dial in" from internet | 17:38 | |
DocScrutinizer05 | no IP with this cable service | 17:38 |
sixwheeledbeast | Ah I see we still have POTS when you have DOCSIS here | 17:39 |
DocScrutinizer05 | or rather, cgNAT with no open ports inbound | 17:39 |
DocScrutinizer05 | POTS is dead here | 17:39 |
brolin_empey | DocScrutinizer05: Yes, WAN↔LAN gateway, commonly known as a “router” but I use formal terms, not common usage. | 17:39 |
DocScrutinizer05 | even Telekom uses tripleplay | 17:39 |
DocScrutinizer05 | not even ISDN anymore | 17:40 |
DocScrutinizer05 | IOW with a power outage, no more phone >:-( | 17:41 |
DocScrutinizer05 | nowhere. Nada | 17:41 |
* DocScrutinizer05 wants to shoot the dude who allowed this concept | 17:42 | |
sixwheeledbeast | ISDN and POTS are dying here for xDSL connections EOL in 2025. It's not certain how it will be implemented tho. | 17:42 |
sixwheeledbeast | however POTS may stay on DOCSIS connections | 17:42 |
brolin_empey | At least in my part of Canada (Metro Vancouver, British Columbia), the cellular network is still up while the electric mains is down. | 17:43 |
DocScrutinizer05 | sure, for a while | 17:43 |
DocScrutinizer05 | maybe the dwindling number of cellular phones with charged battery mitigates the service breakdown from clogging | 17:44 |
DocScrutinizer05 | but then, the BTS batteries also only last a maybe 12 or max 24h | 17:45 |
brolin_empey | I can power my handheld computer from my car while the electric mains is down. | 17:45 |
sixwheeledbeast | The idea behind killing POTS is so the exchanges can be made smaller and have no batteries that need maintaining | 17:47 |
brolin_empey | I can also keep spare charged batteries because I only use handheld computers with an easily removable battery. | 17:48 |
buZz | :) | 17:48 |
DocScrutinizer05 | yeah, why batteries in exchanges when no customer can operate their "gateway" any more ;-D | 17:48 |
buZz | i just bought a new lipo from aliexpress for a 2007 Zipit Z2 | 17:48 |
buZz | \o/ | 17:48 |
buZz | the newoldstock batteries are barely 100mAh left of the original 1200mAh | 17:49 |
brolin_empey | I remember when Zipit was a Windows application similar to WinZip. | 17:50 |
buZz | :) | 17:50 |
buZz | zipit wireless is a US company , making 'medical messengers' | 17:50 |
buZz | but back in early 2k they dabbled in making kids toys | 17:51 |
brolin_empey | Yes, I remember reading about a Zipit computer running GNU+Linux years ago; I guess it was the Z2 that you mentioned. | 17:52 |
buZz | the Z2 nowadays can run mainline linux | 17:55 |
buZz | but just 32MB ram so we're using openwrt as distro ;) | 17:55 |
brolin_empey | Is that the same amount of main memory as the PlayStation 2 has? | 17:56 |
buZz | but PS2 has another 4MB of video ram next to it | 17:58 |
brolin_empey | Yes, I checked Wikipedia and see that my memory was accurate that the PlayStation 2 has 32 MiB of main memory. | 17:59 |
brolin_empey | I recall that a late IBM PS/2 model supports up to at least 64 MiB of main memory, more than the Sony PS2. | 18:01 |
buZz | :) | 18:01 |
buZz | could very well be yeah :D | 18:02 |
sixwheeledbeast | If you have a UPS in theory you would still be fine. Most people would not. | 18:02 |
buZz | i bet the PS2 devkits also had more ram | 18:02 |
DocScrutinizer05 | sixwheeledbeast: there's one gremlin in UPS here: the cable signal amp down in cellar which will cut me off from cable | 18:05 |
* DocScrutinizer05 got reminded to run a mains supply cable from first floor down to that damn amp | 18:06 | |
sixwheeledbeast | only a small gremlin tho | 18:07 |
DocScrutinizer05 | yeah, very small and very close, all the more very annoying too | 18:07 |
brolin_empey | Apparently an inkjet printer with automatic duplex printing does exist as a COTS product after all. Interesting but I still prefer laser printers. | 22:31 |
brolin_empey | Is there a dot-matrix impact printer with automatic duplex printing? | 22:33 |
brolin_empey | Heh, my ISP sent my company a paper cheque for 3.72 CAD. | 23:59 |
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