> 1301154538 430274 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301154538 661982 :glogbot!~glogbot@codu.org JOIN :#esoteric < 1301154667 938209 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Gregor, ...glogbot was down? < 1301154687 708031 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :Codu was down :P < 1301154694 466384 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :At this point I have no idea why. < 1301154735 113533 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :So much for it being ultra-reliable. < 1301154806 384286 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :... wtf TRAC < 1301154812 877630 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :TRAC IS SUCH A PIECE OF FUCKING GARBAGE < 1301154829 432027 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :Trac is currently taking 100% CPU and slowly but surely chewing through all my memory. < 1301154858 27766 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Why are you _using_ it? < 1301154960 237385 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :For my project management. < 1301154974 101803 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :Ticket tracking on some, homepages on the other, and login management on all. < 1301154986 389221 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :NOBLE METALS < 1301154991 295925 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Y U NO UNREACTIVE < 1301155747 784799 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric : Phantom_Hoover, ah you like periodic videos too ← no, I stumbled upon them and I was starting to enjoy them before you said that. <-- wait what. Do you mean you no longer enjoy them, now that you know I like them? < 1301157893 803625 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I want there to be an elementary particle consisting of a small positive charge surrounded by a large and equal negative charge. < 1301157916 715997 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It shall behave just like an atom, and it shall form no chemical compounds at all. < 1301157965 200387 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :noble m etals? < 1301157995 229873 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sgeo: the metals, mostly precious or semi-precious, like silver and copper, that are relatively unreactive. < 1301158001 114754 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh, not metals made of noble gasses < 1301158013 936754 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Right. Those would be confusing. < 1301158745 199345 :sebbu2!~sebbu@ADijon-152-1-31-4.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr JOIN :#esoteric < 1301158756 155092 :sebbu2!~sebbu@ADijon-152-1-31-4.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr QUIT :Changing host < 1301158756 362161 :sebbu2!~sebbu@unaffiliated/sebbu JOIN :#esoteric < 1301158886 362910 :sebbu!~sebbu@unaffiliated/sebbu QUIT :Ping timeout: 250 seconds < 1301159104 718124 :pikhq_!~pikhq@71-219-246-194.clsp.qwest.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 240 seconds < 1301159107 73338 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301159730 643978 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1301159881 242519 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :User:Ian wrote some things about VAX (and about other things) that I didn't know. < 1301160670 602150 :sebbu2!~sebbu@unaffiliated/sebbu NICK :sebbu < 1301161181 732954 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301161195 712820 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric : Sgeo: the metals, mostly precious or semi-precious, like silver and copper, that are relatively unreactive. ← except no. < 1301161207 55064 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :They're the platinum group, gold and silver according to WP. < 1301161227 908632 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh, they have a more specific definition than I thought. < 1301161230 434838 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Also mercury and rhenium. < 1301161239 973525 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_metal < 1301161244 656562 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :This is just complete crap. < 1301161267 287850 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Both silver and osmium react with _air_ at room temperature. < 1301161302 758667 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Silver as a "noble metal"? < 1301161312 614182 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Clearly the notion has no valuable meaning. < 1301161312 819911 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Have you invent any computer with LFSR-based PC? < 1301161325 863164 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :And *copper*. < 1301161333 774245 :cheater00!~cheater@e181131227.adsl.alicedsl.de JOIN :#esoteric < 1301161348 150719 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Jeeze, copper is often used *explicitly for how it appears after corrosion*. < 1301161348 357167 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :pikhq, no, it's not noble. < 1301161369 336824 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover: It's on the list! < 1301161379 120696 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh, wait, "including several non-noble metals". < 1301161384 808738 :cheater-!~cheater@g231050047.adsl.alicedsl.de QUIT :Ping timeout: 240 seconds < 1301161386 308265 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Still bullshit that silver is on there. < 1301161397 592921 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Also chemists and metallurgists consider copper and bismuth not noble metals because they easily oxidize due to the reaction O2 + 2 H2O + 4 e− ⇄ 4 OH−(aq) +0.40 V which is possible in moist air. < 1301161404 491072 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :OSMIUM REACTS WITH AIR YOU IDIOTS < 1301161408 121601 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Gold, platinum, iridium, sure. But *silver*? < 1301161428 713674 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Why not just put fucking sodium on there and call it a day? :P < 1301161428 919542 :poiuy_qwert!~poiuy_qwe@unaffiliated/poiuy-qwert/x-0506151 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301161447 100241 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :pikhq, silver doesn't react with pure air or water, apparently. < 1301161467 240181 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric : I want there to be an elementary particle consisting of a small positive charge surrounded by a large and equal negative charge. < 1301161467 447390 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric : It shall behave just like an atom, and it shall form no chemical compounds at all. < 1301161474 184825 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :That makes... no sense. < 1301161479 168260 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sodium is far from the other ones on the periodic table < 1301161491 192708 :poiuy_qwert!~poiuy_qwe@unaffiliated/poiuy-qwert/x-0506151 QUIT :Client Quit < 1301161496 38295 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Charge is a fundamental property of a particle; you can't have it distributed throughout. < 1301161518 330396 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :And how do you have something that behaves just like an atom which forms no chemical compounds? < 1301161534 414066 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Do you want van der Waals forces? < 1301161954 136573 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Chemistry is so annoying... < 1301162133 845247 :fizzie!fis@iris.zem.fi QUIT :Ping timeout: 250 seconds < 1301162145 328633 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :It's got all the *annoying* physics interactions in it < 1301162184 683924 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It's not so much that as the omnipresent and blatant lies-to-children. < 1301162215 315182 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Okay, that's probably worse. < 1301162252 421847 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I mean, Newtonian mechanics are entirely valid unless you reach insane extremes. < 1301162279 977167 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :The electron shell model you're taught at school fails at the transition metals. < 1301162314 609195 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :The mechanics you're told for covalent bonds fail to account for either carbon monoxide or ozone. < 1301162432 77161 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yeah, Newtonian mechanics pretty comprehensively covers what we regularly observe. < 1301162475 893437 :fizzie!fis@iris.zem.fi JOIN :#esoteric < 1301162491 279000 :wareya_!~wareya@cpe-74-70-142-220.nycap.res.rr.com QUIT :Read error: Connection reset by peer < 1301162503 941174 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Also, my chemistry teacher is an _idiot_/ < 1301162534 437416 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :_She had to ask the physics department whether liquids could have pressure after I pointed it out._ < 1301162536 869954 :wareya!~wareya@cpe-74-70-142-220.nycap.res.rr.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1301162704 872863 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Jeeze. < 1301162745 959737 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :(OK, so she had confused pressure and compression, but that's scarcely better.) < 1301163062 835577 :poiuy_qwert!~poiuy_qwe@unaffiliated/poiuy-qwert/x-0506151 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301163928 697290 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Maybe there should be a command that tells the compiler that the bitwise OR, bitwise XOR, or addition, can all work in this place and it should select one for the current circumstance in the target computer. < 1301164018 181252 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301164058 289016 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hi :-) < 1301164089 123341 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :(Which is the case if it is known that ((x&y)==0) ?) < 1301164127 516633 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Elliott: if you're reading the logs, http://twitcode.org/show/257/forth-outer-interpreter-version-2 < 1301164193 151828 :Ilari!~user@2002:5870:3714::1 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Heh, that actually happens in the last step of integer-math partially-transparent rendering routine I wrote. Needing to OR two number that have all sets bits disjoint. < 1301164207 211647 :Ilari!~user@2002:5870:3714::1 PRIVMSG #esoteric :*set bits < 1301164278 923039 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Ilari: What programming language did you use and what is this program more specific? < 1301164305 808364 :Ilari!~user@2002:5870:3714::1 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It is an algorithm. And I have implemented it in both Java and C++. < 1301164308 950404 :Wamanuz2!~Wamanuz@78-69-168-43-no84.tbcn.telia.com QUIT :Read error: Connection reset by peer < 1301164336 906922 :Wamanuz2!~Wamanuz@78-69-168-43-no84.tbcn.telia.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1301164354 28996 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :impomatic, I've relayed it to him. < 1301164365 54346 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Thanks :-) < 1301164373 428435 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, you never replied to this: < 1301164377 691330 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric : Phantom_Hoover, ah you like periodic videos too ← no, I stumbled upon them and I was starting to enjoy them before you said that. <-- wait what. Do you mean you no longer enjoy them, now that you know I like them? < 1301164397 824518 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, yes, your approval has made it RUINED FOREVER. < 1301164401 389115 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Like PRATCHETT. < 1301164405 189058 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :And MINECRAFT. < 1301164414 576371 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, XD < 1301164419 471884 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, I take that as a no then < 1301164434 170438 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, if not I approve of whatever you love :P < 1301164437 335669 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :IT IS TARNISHED BY YOU < 1301164463 303912 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, I don't get why you hate me. *shrug* < 1301164489 835972 :copumpkin!~pumpkin@unaffiliated/pumpkingod QUIT :Quit: Computer has gone to sleep. < 1301164499 383830 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, BECAUSE YOU ARE SWEDISH < 1301164503 989400 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :aha < 1301164504 275339 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sorry olsner. < 1301164520 331459 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, also FireFly and BeholdMyGlory < 1301164522 422773 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal has ruined Sweden FOREVER as well. < 1301164547 666038 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, I'm *so* going to move to UK :P < 1301164568 892019 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Move to England, you can't make them any worse. < 1301164575 846542 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Just stay the hell away from Wales. < 1301164585 369567 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, what about Scotland? < 1301164608 417463 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, that's fine. < 1301164614 427687 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :They're all heathen scum up there. < 1301164623 641944 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, aren't you from Scotland iirc? < 1301164632 609940 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, nope, Wales. < 1301164636 27839 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :What's wrong with England? < 1301164650 109861 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, huh, I thought you were up in Edinburgh < 1301164651 719211 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :impomatic, EVERYTHING < 1301164659 900807 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, you must have misremembered. < 1301164675 362817 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, so what city are you in then? < 1301164680 842880 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, Newport. < 1301164691 423586 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :The English invented the computer... can't be that bad. < 1301164705 812545 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, huh < 1301164740 307383 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, wait, do you *live* in Wales too? < 1301164748 789326 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, ...yes? < 1301164749 185030 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :as opposed to being born there < 1301164751 220223 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :right < 1301164772 702121 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :very confusing then. I wonder who was up in Edinburgh in this channel < 1301164773 701303 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm < 1301164804 341423 :pikhq_!~pikhq@174-22-177-156.clsp.qwest.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301164821 852146 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-183-110.clsp.qwest.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 260 seconds < 1301164925 29017 :Gregor!~Gregor@codu.org PRIVMSG #esoteric :impomatic: The English also invented the English language, but the Americans made it great! *runs* < 1301164939 963562 :Wamanuz3!~Wamanuz@78-69-168-43-no84.tbcn.telia.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1301164945 791601 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :i thought the germans invented the computer < 1301165024 647586 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :English also invented some of the best 8 bit computers... BBC, Spectrum, Dragon :-P < 1301165072 960996 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, so Wales. That's it. Hilly isn't it? < 1301165101 479111 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yep. < 1301165112 774819 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, rather low hills iirc? < 1301165122 769386 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, the UK doesn't have non-low hills. < 1301165129 367492 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :true < 1301165153 254993 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It's hilly compared to, say, south England. < 1301165172 555425 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :right < 1301165173 776099 :Wamanuz2!~Wamanuz@78-69-168-43-no84.tbcn.telia.com QUIT :Ping timeout: 276 seconds < 1301165179 342891 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover, so corrugated terrain mostly < 1301165193 236079 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes, basically. < 1301165402 869870 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric : English also invented some of the best 8 bit computers... BBC, Spectrum, Dragon :-P < 1301165408 627967 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :WE INVENTED THE DRAGON YOU BASTARD < 1301165444 540124 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think the \linepenalty parameter in TeX is not really a penalty value. Instead, it is an adjustment to the badness value for each line. < 1301165739 296283 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Welsh company (Dragon Data), English owners (Mettoy). Therefore an English invention. :-P < 1301165772 39507 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net TOPIC #esoteric :THIS TOPIC FAILS AT BEING BLANK | BUT IT ALSO FAILS AT REFERRING TO ESOTERIC TOPICS IN COMPUTING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES | http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/esoteric/?C=M;O=D | http://codu.org/logs/_esoteric/ | NO IT DOESN'T < 1301166013 708035 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 QUIT :Quit: rebooting... < 1301166643 658683 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net TOPIC #esoteric :THIS TOPIC FAILS AT BEING BLANK | BUT IT ALSO FAILS AT REFERRING TO ESOTERIC TOPICS IN COMPUTING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES | http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/esoteric/?C=M;O=D | http://codu.org/logs/_esoteric/ | AS WELL AS AT BEING SELF-CONSISTENT < 1301167896 58328 :FireFly!~firefly@unaffiliated/firefly QUIT :Quit: swatted to death < 1301167935 876878 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :vlc debug output (why do I get that?) seems rather strange: < 1301167937 761080 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Warning: call to rand() < 1301167941 275278 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :for example < 1301167945 780949 :augur!~augur@129.2.129.33 QUIT :Read error: Connection reset by peer < 1301167949 300904 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :yeah, highly dangerous function < 1301168113 435703 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It isn't a terribly good random number generator IIRC. < 1301168120 304141 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :random() should be used instead. < 1301168166 94548 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Well, on some systems. < 1301168180 440575 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Whilst random() is guaranteed to work well. < 1301168196 135959 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :(Good design? In MY Unix?) < 1301168604 859317 :copumpkin!~pumpkin@unaffiliated/pumpkingod JOIN :#esoteric < 1301168898 49483 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :on some old UNIXes, rand() was infamous for alternating odd and even numbers < 1301168903 850907 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm not sure if any are quite that stupid nowadays, though < 1301168945 998720 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm just holding out for quantum RNGs that can fit on a chip. < 1301168969 140711 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-152-181.clsp.qwest.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301169002 938513 :pikhq_!~pikhq@174-22-177-156.clsp.qwest.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 276 seconds < 1301169068 464759 :Wamanuz4!~Wamanuz@78-69-168-43-no84.tbcn.telia.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1301169267 32459 :Wamanuz3!~Wamanuz@78-69-168-43-no84.tbcn.telia.com QUIT :Ping timeout: 260 seconds < 1301169373 890088 :augur!~augur@208.58.6.161 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301169547 299795 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no JOIN :#esoteric < 1301169985 915669 :azaq23!~derivecto@unaffiliated/azaq23 QUIT :Ping timeout: 250 seconds < 1301170089 36167 :azaq23!~derivecto@unaffiliated/azaq23 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301170253 651720 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :*It is 2011.* < 1301170273 686971 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :*I should not have to manually reset a WiFi connection every 30 seconds.* < 1301170423 976808 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :should never have had to do such a thing in any year < 1301170429 515782 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :unfortunately not the truth, however < 1301170453 810867 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I need a list of people to stab for allowing things like this to happen. < 1301170574 959206 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :occasionally i wonder whether the universe has a fundamental law which prevents any item from working in a truly non-annoying manner. < 1301170639 273641 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :and the harder you try to make something perfect, the worse it fails. < 1301170654 167422 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :no kidding < 1301170672 808807 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 QUIT :Read error: Connection reset by peer < 1301170673 565849 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :i just found out that the problem i am having with my keyboard is a known problem ("chatter") and that i should have RMAed it but it's too late < 1301170674 457653 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric ::P < 1301170685 935958 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301170703 362061 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :The worst part is that it's not even *consistent*. < 1301170716 43043 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :so now i get to try and clean contacts or something (or maybe replace switches?) to approach 'non-annoying' < 1301170723 654714 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :probably < 1301170732 93314 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :How does a radio connection which is perfect nearly all of the time become untenable when nothing is changed? < 1301170736 819042 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :maybe i can wheedle an RMA fix out of them anyway, but not likely; elitekeyboards doesn't sell filco anymore i think < 1301170750 395885 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover: wifi is black magic < 1301170754 308705 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :i have no idea man :| < 1301170765 864674 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :my friend bought a high gain antenna and plugged it in < 1301170772 763688 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :he sees like 50 APs now instead of 3 < 1301170778 612087 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :That does not entitle it to what are effectively phase-of-the-moon bugs. < 1301170781 1426 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :but connecting to the local one he gets disconnected constantly < 1301170795 4252 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :he asks me what's wrong < 1301170804 37408 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :i tell him wifi < 1301170805 28471 :myndzi!myndzi@c-76-28-158-10.hsd1.wa.comcast.net PRIVMSG #esoteric ::| < 1301170839 925199 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I've had wifi troubles which are inconsistent authentication issues, with the signal fine < 1301170884 920168 :asiekierka!~asiekierk@093105167222.elblag.vectranet.pl QUIT :Read error: Operation timed out < 1301171603 397416 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric : Vorpal, nope, Wales. < 1301171672 684473 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :then why don't you have a silly unpronouncable nick like ndrylliog < 1301171696 994768 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :oerjan, preventing cheap sheep jokes. < 1301171708 33684 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :heh < 1301171717 12253 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :O KAY < 1301171739 963028 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric : *I should not have to manually reset a WiFi connection every 30 seconds.* <-- Sorry, due to budget constraints that feature has been postproned to 2013. < 1301171744 328816 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 NICK :Phyntwm_Hyvyr < 1301171754 824390 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hyvyr, awesome :D < 1301171781 274821 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hey! What is that longest name in the world-place in Wales < 1301171790 665209 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :cmnnwiworkjowirklfjoiu < 1301171795 790809 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :llanfairsomethinggogogoch < 1301171801 190995 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :lament, something along that line yes :P < 1301171806 962299 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hyvyr, and more importantly can you pronounce it < 1301171810 143345 :Phyntwm_Hyvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes. < 1301171813 129842 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :oerjan is right < 1301171813 700606 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's typically abbreviated "Llanfair PG" < 1301171818 52368 :elliott!~elliott@unaffiliated/elliott JOIN :#esoteric < 1301171820 916297 :elliott!~elliott@unaffiliated/elliott PRIVMSG #esoteric :Did someone say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch? < 1301171823 215144 :elliott!~elliott@unaffiliated/elliott PART #esoteric :"Leaving" < 1301171827 40487 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :but the name was designed just to amuse tourists < 1301171836 807462 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523, ah < 1301171847 572231 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :worst implementation of channel avoidance ever < 1301171850 361612 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Heh, elliott is log reading < 1301171857 407922 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :oerjan, quite < 1301171913 586443 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523, what do you think of some Crawl interface changes in 0.8 < 1301171922 701316 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sgeo: which changes specifically? < 1301171924 253214 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :wait, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names#Names_with_spaces_or_hyphen there is a longer place name in NZ < 1301171930 625668 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :never heard of that one before < 1301171932 908310 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523, spellcasting is different < 1301171951 551332 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sgeo, Crawl, as in stone soup? < 1301171961 24928 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes < 1301171986 486354 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :I should try it out some day < 1301171997 944166 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PART :#esoteric < 1301172228 855664 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm.... Does Welsh concatenate to create new words? < 1301172231 471908 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :I assume so < 1301172234 61854 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :from that name < 1301172312 249438 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :in placenames it does < 1301172409 954728 :Phyntwm_Hyvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 NICK :Phyntwm_Hwvyr < 1301172450 852 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523, what about elsewhere? < 1301172455 229361 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I don't know < 1301172593 442765 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :??recharging < 1301172629 307133 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sgeo, wrong channel? < 1301172633 682821 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes < 1301172771 269962 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :you don't want to recharge the wrong channel, trust me < 1301172819 494065 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Dammit, science has ruined helium for me. < 1301172840 33455 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I can't see it used anywhere without thinking it's wasteful. < 1301172875 825765 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :We can always make more once we have nuclear fusion going < 1301172877 12362 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :>.> < 1301172894 109487 :Sgeo!~Sgeo@ool-18bf618a.dyn.optonline.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :(That would just be trace amounts?) < 1301172912 148550 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sgeo, no, but it's not as awesome as Other Helium Source. < 1301172915 564128 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :i.e. the Moon. < 1301172942 19538 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-152-181.clsp.qwest.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 276 seconds < 1301172964 283438 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :AND AFTER THAT THE ASTEROIDS < 1301172968 266030 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :IRIDIUM FOR ALL < 1301173213 188347 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-162-11.clsp.qwest.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301173367 532501 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric : Sgeo, no, but it's not as awesome as Other Helium Source. <-- i thought i'd read that was "yes", assuming you don't want to waste enormous amounts of energy larger than any humanity can currently use... < 1301173391 979581 :FireFly!~firefly@unaffiliated/firefly JOIN :#esoteric < 1301173483 105338 :azaq23!~derivecto@unaffiliated/azaq23 QUIT :Ping timeout: 240 seconds < 1301173678 458802 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :oerjan, hmm, OK. < 1301173679 24137 :azaq23!~derivecto@unaffiliated/azaq23 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301174024 465349 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric : I can't see it used anywhere without thinking it's wasteful. <-- indeed, except in very specialized applications is is extremely wasteful < 1301174079 35076 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hwvyr, I propose a helium "mine" on one of the gas giants < 1301174097 952450 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, pointless, given that the Moon has a fair deal of it. < 1301174128 665692 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hwvyr, how can it hold it? I mean, it has even less gravity < 1301174163 778710 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, helium is slammed straight into the rock by the solar wind and gets stuck there, rather than bouncing off the atmosphere. < 1301174172 774821 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :oh nice < 1301174184 949425 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hwvyr, how hard would it be to extract though < 1301174230 973833 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I shouldn't think it would be so hard as to stop it being worthwhile. < 1301174231 187792 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :and hm, how does it stay there? Helium doesn't form bonds easily < 1301174278 574822 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes, but even so it hits the rock at a fair fraction of c, and bonds or no bonds some of it will stick. < 1301174309 241867 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hwvyr, it might be easier to do it on the gas giants. Especially if you can send it back in unmanned pods cheaply along ITN. < 1301174331 602534 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, it would be _vastly_ harder to skim gas from the gas giants. < 1301174341 922844 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm okay < 1301174408 109880 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Looks like helium-3 is the main one they're interested in from the Moon. < 1301174460 569271 :quintopia!~quintopia@unaffiliated/quintopia QUIT :Ping timeout: 250 seconds < 1301174463 796571 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phyntwm_Hwvyr, helium-4 is very rare < 1301174476 576016 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, wrong way 'round. < 1301174486 490014 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :oh right < 1301174557 659540 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :"Tritium, with a 12-year half-life, decays into helium-3" hm < 1301174647 121209 :zbasubot!~zbasubot@c-71-205-204-35.hsd1.mi.comcast.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301174657 247462 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It works! < 1301174681 529979 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It doesn't do anything, but it works. < 1301174844 393758 :Phyntwm_Hwvyr!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 QUIT :Read error: Connection reset by peer < 1301174850 689054 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301174860 717670 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh god, another bot. < 1301174862 547945 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Clearly we are undergoing a localised singularity. < 1301174890 145269 :zbasubot!~zbasubot@c-71-205-204-35.hsd1.mi.comcast.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 246 seconds < 1301174904 259976 :augur!~augur@208.58.6.161 QUIT : < 1301174912 335674 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yep, probably. < 1301174925 474478 :augur!~augur@208.58.6.161 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301174997 637091 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :ACTION wonders why no terrorists have sabotaged planes with mercury. < 1301175006 7986 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Perhaps it doesn't have enough panache. < 1301175014 646818 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom__Hoover, what would mercury do to planes? < 1301175024 776033 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Poison the people on them. < 1301175032 472704 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :well apart from that < 1301175050 245276 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :ACTION scans the skies for signs of a bot entrance. < 1301175066 947973 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I wonder if it got klined somehow. < 1301175067 949264 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Vorpal, I'm just going to leave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ilxsu-JlY here. < 1301175078 965902 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom__Hoover, right. It was a while ago I watched them < 1301175150 900325 :tswett!~Warrigal@171.64.42.221 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Nope, I think it's just broken. < 1301175605 304884 :quintopia!~quintopia@unaffiliated/quintopia JOIN :#esoteric < 1301176435 541101 :iconmaster!~iconmaste@209.150.235.10 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I have made a new channel for ISCOM updates, #iscom. < 1301176598 575616 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :iconmaster, what is iscom? < 1301176624 878315 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :iconmaster's Shameless Clone Of Migol. < 1301176667 709022 :iconmaster!~iconmaste@209.150.235.10 PRIVMSG #esoteric :http://esolangs.org/wiki/ISCOM < 1301176788 892578 :Vorpal!~AnMaster@unaffiliated/anmaster PRIVMSG #esoteric :ah < 1301176987 941938 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Dammit, why can't I keep doing science into university. < 1301177161 660075 :copumpkin!~pumpkin@unaffiliated/pumpkingod PRIVMSG #esoteric :I don't know. Tell us? < 1301177188 960893 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Because the fine structure constant is too small. < 1301177207 337786 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :there is just no room < 1301177502 733704 :sebbu!~sebbu@unaffiliated/sebbu QUIT :Ping timeout: 250 seconds < 1301177815 219639 :pingveno!~pingveno@c-98-246-133-8.hsd1.or.comcast.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 252 seconds < 1301177890 195849 :pingveno!~pingveno@c-98-246-133-8.hsd1.or.comcast.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301178120 138809 :Phantom__Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 NICK :Phantom_Hoover < 1301178598 22673 :pikhq_!~pikhq@71-219-254-170.clsp.qwest.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1301178604 57147 :pikhq!~pikhq@174-22-162-11.clsp.qwest.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 248 seconds < 1301178791 17701 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1301178822 77701 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :What are the parts with small numbers for the previous/next month in the calendar, are called? < 1301178942 107088 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net PRIVMSG #esoteric :fromblitzes < 1301179098 771292 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Are you sure? < 1301179146 711759 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523: awesome, you better pass that AV < 1301179174 16847 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I suspect it won't pass, in the current political climate < 1301179269 400891 :azaq23!~derivecto@unaffiliated/azaq23 QUIT :Quit: Leaving. < 1301179504 684808 :iconmaster!~iconmaste@209.150.235.10 QUIT :Ping timeout: 250 seconds < 1301179578 614273 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523: :( < 1301179589 124813 :iconmaster!~iconmaste@209.150.235.10 JOIN :#esoteric < 1301179591 466432 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :dman you brits for ruining every chance we'd have of fixing our political climate < 1301179602 268037 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :I hope the typo was deliberate < 1301179610 642765 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 PRIVMSG #esoteric :(I dislike religious swearing) < 1301179647 403421 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :dman is a perfectly valid word! < 1301179650 398411 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :ais523, christ, you really need to stop this goddamn prudery. < 1301179685 399590 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :on an unrelated note: why did I decide to take a graduate logic course? < 1301179697 397037 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Because you're illogical. < 1301179705 243855 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :It's a beautifully cunning plan. < 1301179713 927258 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :BRILLIATN < 1301179721 948001 :coppro!~scshunt@denardo.csclub.uwaterloo.ca PRIVMSG #esoteric :(also a word) < 1301179848 54561 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hmm, apparently the crystalline structure of chocolate is non-trivial. < 1301179933 25967 :sebbu!~sebbu@ADijon-152-1-31-4.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr JOIN :#esoteric < 1301179933 630425 :sebbu!~sebbu@ADijon-152-1-31-4.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr QUIT :Changing host < 1301179933 836301 :sebbu!~sebbu@unaffiliated/sebbu JOIN :#esoteric < 1301179990 57812 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :Brilliatn is just the kind of word you might expect to see on a road sign in this region of norway < 1301180041 639021 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :looking like it could actually mean something in one of the dialects here < 1301180088 760745 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :oerjan: What could it mean in one of the dialects there? < 1301180144 776806 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :well it's almost brilla (glasses) + vatn (water, lake) < 1301180357 173760 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :breivatn _is_ a place name (brei = wide) < 1301180384 371885 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :(got it as a google suggestion when i tried brilvatn) < 1301180481 920638 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :in fact i would be surprised if there weren't at least a handful of lakes by that name < 1301181045 23106 :MigoMipo_!~John@84-217-2-84.tn.glocalnet.net QUIT :Read error: Connection reset by peer < 1301181364 286750 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :It seems to me that a computer with LFSR-based program counter might be a bit more efficient than the standard ones with addition?? < 1301181407 191413 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Also, arrays could be indexed by XOR instead of with addition. < 1301181665 992158 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :i'm not sure that would work well if array elements have sizes that are not powers of 2 < 1301181708 485476 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :and it would also mean you would need to malloc 2^n sizes, i think < 1301181755 499183 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think it could work, if one array is element size 3 and one array is elements size 1 < 1301181794 112486 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm yes, but they would need to have the same number of elements to fill out the combined space < 1301181819 689820 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :No, you could split one of those spaces into two arrays < 1301181848 656480 :oerjan!oerjan@tyrell.nvg.ntnu.no PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm < 1301182108 576074 :cheater-!~cheater@g228062042.adsl.alicedsl.de JOIN :#esoteric < 1301182188 105097 :lament!~lament@S0106002312fa554a.vc.shawcable.net QUIT :Ping timeout: 248 seconds < 1301182284 104359 :cheater00!~cheater@e181131227.adsl.alicedsl.de QUIT :Ping timeout: 248 seconds < 1301182488 961055 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :But how efficient would such a computer be that does these things? < 1301182567 631111 :ais523!~ais523@unaffiliated/ais523 QUIT :Remote host closed the connection < 1301182793 7662 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 PRIVMSG #esoteric :What is it with people calling Mathematica a groundbreaking masterpiece of software? < 1301182917 205791 :FireFly!~firefly@unaffiliated/firefly QUIT :Quit: swatted to death < 1301183160 212349 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :Phantom_Hoover: Well, it is just a extra large software doing a lot of things, although we have better things for sure. We do not need Mathematica. We can do mathematics without paying anyone. Wolfram tries to make mathematics to cost a lot of money!! < 1301183337 400134 :zzo38!~zzo38@h24-207-49-17.dlt.dccnet.com PRIVMSG #esoteric :But it is certainly capable to make a lot of things. < 1301183339 483773 :Zuu!~vdsvsd@77.215.149.86 QUIT :Changing host < 1301183339 690200 :Zuu!~vdsvsd@unaffiliated/zuu JOIN :#esoteric < 1301183563 414809 :Phantom_Hoover!~phantomho@unaffiliated/phantom-hoover/x-3377486 QUIT :Ping timeout: 246 seconds < 1301183592 31915 :impomatic!~chatzilla@87.115.118.174 QUIT :Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86.1 [Firefox 3.5.18/20110319140258] < 1301183657 496831 :copumpkin!~pumpkin@unaffiliated/pumpkingod QUIT :Quit: Computer has gone to sleep. < 1301183803 674079 :quintopia!~quintopia@unaffiliated/quintopia PRIVMSG #esoteric :rofl check out sam hughes' latest tweet