--- Day changed Mon Sep 29 2008 00:25 < superturtle> No takers? Really? 00:43 < fenn> http://www.yashlabs.com/wp/wp-content/Ray Kurzweil.jpg 00:43 < fenn> http://www.britfilms.tv/images/reviews/Q.jpg 00:43 < superturtle> watch yer %20's 00:43 < fenn> coincidence? 00:44 < superturtle> somewhat funny. 00:48 < fenn> That Q guy showed up again. I suggested to the Captain that this guy wasn't some all-powerful, godlike alien, and that he was probably using some kind of advanced replicator or nanotech-based tech which we could probably figure out and disable, what with having a sentient computer as a crewmember, but the Cap would hear nothing of it, instead opting for going on endless debates about the future of humanity with this cosmic jerk. 00:49 < superturtle> warp 12! engage! 00:57 < superturtle> so I picked up a book on the mechanics of materials 00:59 < superturtle> as far as I can tell, it's all the type of newtonian classical mechanics that I dislike. 01:49 < superturtle> http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2969446 WHY CAN'T I TORRENT HARDWARE 01:49 < superturtle> re: RTL, Verilog, VHDL; see Atom, Lava, Chortl, and Confluence 02:01 < superturtle> Speaking of which, what would hardware torrenting look like? 02:01 < superturtle> Digital schematic torrenting is already done of course; 02:02 < superturtle> I'm talking about the idea of distributed p2p hardware piecewise distribution services. 02:02 < superturtle> In a sense, this is already what is happening; the difference is that there's no code directing parts from individuals to each other, i.e. using centralized mail/package delivery services instead 03:08 < superturtle> the repo format is really confusing. 03:09 < superturtle> I know it was generated with some software app-tool-thing, but seriously, it just looks like somebody went wild with XML fever 03:10 < superturtle> I was just looking over the zip drive. 03:10 < superturtle> http://heybryan.org/~bbishop/docs/repo/zip%20drive.repo 03:27 < superturtle> Also, the fact that designs aren't graphs kind of worries me. It's just a collection of subcomponents all thrown into a salad. 04:38 < fenn> superturtle: reprap was supposed to be something like that 04:39 < fenn> peer to peer hardware manufact + distribution 04:39 < fenn> it makes more sense though if each person mass produced one part to send to everyone else 05:02 < ybit> http://www.spacex.com/updates.php 05:03 < ybit> "SpaceX Falcon 1 launch successful" 05:03 < ybit> it's beautiful :') 05:05 < ybit> http://www.spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php 05:12 < procto> not just launch 05:12 < procto> this is the first ever private orbital insertion 05:23 < ybit> hi Aulere 05:23 < Aulere> hi 05:23 < ybit> good point procto 05:40 < superturtle> Aulere. wb. 05:41 < Aulere> thanks superturtle 05:45 < ybit> now it's time for the moon 05:45 < ybit> http://astrobotictechnology.com/ maybe? 05:47 < superturtle> Argh. 05:47 < superturtle> It's never too early to start writing "WHY THIS PROJECT IS NOT AI" documents. 06:02 -!- mindspillage is now known as mind|wandering 06:27 < bkero> and I'm officially homeless in New York. :) 06:33 < superturtle> bkero - there's a few transhuman friends I have up in New York that might be able to take you in 06:33 < superturtle> if you need it. 06:34 < bkero> superturtle: That would be great 06:34 < superturtle> Let me look into it. Don't bet on it. 06:34 < bkero> I've got a friend getting back wed-fri, his father had a heart attack, so I'm homeless until he gets back. 06:35 < superturtle> You have a car? 06:35 < bkero> Nope 06:36 < bkero> I can navigate subways(i think) 06:37 < superturtle> Nah, not what I was thinking of. 06:37 < bkero> What were you? 06:37 < superturtle> Car. Sleep. 06:38 < bkero> Oh, sorry 06:38 < bkero> Nope, I'm in the portland airport right now 06:38 < bkero> Traveling to JFK in an hour 06:56 < superturtle> http://heybryan.org/~bbishop/docs/repo/todo.html various thoughts of little relevance. 07:05 < superturtle> Hm. 07:05 < superturtle> What I need is some food for thought. 07:05 < superturtle> Go forth and bring me photos of weird machine with weird surface contact problems were I to make it into a graph-based design! 07:06 < superturtle> s/machine/machines/ 07:06 < superturtle> ybit: new neurocommons release 07:08 < bkero> Can anybody vouch for me on couchsurfing.com? 07:09 < superturtle> Link? 07:09 < ybit> thanks superturtle :) 07:09 * ybit gets some sleep before class 07:10 < ybit> bkero: good luck 07:10 < bkero> ybit: thanks 07:10 < ybit> superturtle, you are writing something positive for him, no? 07:10 < bkero> link? 07:10 < superturtle> I figure there's something he wants me to press 07:10 < superturtle> "I VOUCH THAT HE'S A HUMAN" 07:10 < superturtle> "NOT A BLOOD THIRSTY CYBORG" 07:11 * superturtle sleeps too 07:12 < ybit> i srsly need sleep. bkero, if you can maybe leave something such as a link, i will try to check this comp. before school 07:12 < ybit> gn 07:13 < superturtle> btw, ex: http://tetrajet.com/carnation_distributer_line.jpg most of this isn't weird, just inclined planes and surface contacts, but it's worth noting. 07:18 < bkero> http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=5SP4P0P 07:32 < UtopiahGHML> CouchSurfing rules. 10:12 < nsh> kanzure_ 10:13 < nsh> have you ever considered setting up an RSS feed of your bookmarks? 10:13 < nsh> i would certainly appreciate this 10:15 < UtopiahGHML> like delicious? 10:18 < UtopiahGHML> nsh: offer him the delicious plugin to synchronize his bookmarks and point your feedreader to his delicious account then you will have live news of what he bookmarks for free. 10:19 < UtopiahGHML> (he could even dedicate special bookmarks for you or you could have feeds on special tags/keywords) 10:20 < nsh> meh @ delicious 15:50 < kanzure_> beep 15:52 < nsh> yo 15:52 < nsh> what's up? 15:56 < kanzure_> linux installation stuffs. 15:57 < kanzure_> nsh: what sort of RSS setup for my bookmarks would you want to see? I could set up diff to periodically run on my 3+ MB ADR file, and then markup the changes and put that into the form of an RSS feed or something 15:58 < kanzure_> UtopiahGHML: I have a strong distaste for delicious. :( 15:58 < kanzure_> heh, so does nsh :) 15:58 * nsh smiles 16:00 < kanzure_> ok, I'm going offline for a while to install some debianism. 16:40 -!- yb is now known as ybit 16:53 * ybit waves goodbye 19:25 < superturtle> -~blah 19:45 < superturtle> yay nathan came to my rescue in response to patrick on openmanufacturing 19:45 < nsh> what was the point of contention? 19:45 < superturtle> "waah u needz monies" 19:45 < superturtle> "Any sufficiently advanced garbage is indistinguishable from magic." 19:45 < superturtle> "Any sufficiently stupid play on Sufficiently Clarke Quotes is indistinguishable from boredom." <- k, I'm bored. 19:46 < superturtle> hm, what's p2presearch@listcultures.org ? 19:48 < superturtle> hi fenn_ 19:49 < superturtle> argh 19:49 < superturtle> http://www.neweuropeancentury.org/GodAI.pdf <- do not read this 20:01 < nsh> ok. 20:02 < UtopiahGHML> why not 20:03 < superturtle> Better things to be doing. 20:04 < UtopiahGHML> it's either that or going of the 544 wedding pictures of a friend... 20:04 < superturtle> You could go photohunting for me :-) 20:04 < superturtle> hold on, let me upload some stuff as an example 20:06 < superturtle> http://heybryan.org/~bbishop/docs/machines/ 21:12 < ybit> woah woah woah, when did kanzure become superturtle? 21:12 < ybit> you're leonardo aren't you? everyone wants to be him 21:16 < ybit> ah, superautomation > superturtle 21:16 < ybit> one of ~3 machines connected, i see 21:26 * ybit deserves a cookie 22:25 < superturtle> ybit: :) 22:25 < superturtle> ybit: we were joking around about turtles and philosophy again 22:25 < superturtle> also, laptop troubles, I'm keeping it cool until a few important downloads, uh, finish. 22:25 < superturtle> 56655 22:26 * superturtle should cough up the funds to get the USPTO discs 22:48 < ybit> oi Nofaris_ 22:49 < Nofaris_> Hi 22:49 < Nofaris_> How goes it ybit 22:51 < ybit> it's going i suppose :) 22:51 < ybit> Nofaris_: are you going to be helping with the diybio group in cali? 22:53 < Nofaris_> Show me it. 22:53 < Nofaris_> As of now, I don't have any plans for that 22:54 < ybit> http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/68749a85ec3f18a8/80075ae5c0c7579d?lnk=st&q=diybio#80075ae5c0c7579d 22:55 < ybit> http://diybio.org 22:55 < ybit> #diybio 23:08 < Nofaris_> On freenode? 23:10 < Nofaris_> Thanks for the information