--- Day changed Mon Jun 22 2009 02:49 -!- marainein [n=marainei@220-253-27-164.VIC.netspace.net.au] has joined #hplusroadmap 06:42 -!- marainein [n=marainei@220-253-27-164.VIC.netspace.net.au] has quit ["Ex-Chat"] 06:45 -!- marainein [n=marainei@220-253-27-164.VIC.netspace.net.au] has joined #hplusroadmap 07:20 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-145-145.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 07:22 -!- marainein [n=marainei@220-253-27-164.VIC.netspace.net.au] has quit [Read error: 113 (No route to host)] 07:32 < kanzure> reverse outsourcing: http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1276705&cid=28417591 07:35 < genehacker> huh? 07:36 < genehacker> I can't wait till we start robosourcing or space sourcing 07:50 -!- genehacker_ [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-145-145.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 08:03 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-145-145.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 08:20 -!- genehacker_ [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-145-145.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 09:05 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@w-mob400-128-62-219-153.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 09:42 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@w-mob400-128-62-219-153.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 10:39 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-85-176.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 11:07 -!- digitaltao [n=digitalt@cpe-72-179-5-147.austin.res.rr.com] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 11:07 -!- digitaltao [n=digitalt@cpe-72-179-5-147.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 11:13 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-85-176.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 11:20 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-85-176.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 11:33 -!- xp_prg [n=xp_prg3@98.234.52.78] has quit ["This computer has gone to sleep"] 11:35 -!- digitaltao [n=digitalt@cpe-72-179-5-147.austin.res.rr.com] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 11:38 -!- digitaltao [n=digitalt@cpe-72-179-5-147.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 11:40 < kanzure> fenn: in the case of sinusoidal alternating current going through an inductor, there's this variable Ip which represents the amplitude of the current (current is in units of amperes) 11:40 < kanzure> so .. is an "ampere" unit supposed to have a variable attribute called "amplitude" ? 11:40 < kanzure> amps.amplitude ? 11:42 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-85-176.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 11:45 < kanzure> er, where does this come from? 11:45 < kanzure> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/i/SubwayDiagram.gif 12:03 -!- xp_prg [n=xp_prg3@99.2.31.217] has joined #hplusroadmap 12:04 -!- samrose [n=samrose@c-24-11-214-181.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 12:28 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-124-240.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 12:42 < ybit> kanzure: aren't you a little afraid someone is going to take legal action against adl.serveftp.org? 12:42 < ybit> perhaps an anonymous p2p solution would be better? slower but reduces the chances of prosecution 12:43 < kanzure> uh? no? 12:43 < kanzure> why would they take legal action? 12:44 < ybit> because of copyright 12:45 < ybit> though i suppose maybe something like what the music blogs are doing would work: a little notice saying we will take down the papers if asked by the publisher, and then just put it on an anonymous p2p server...?... 12:45 < kanzure> music blogs? 12:46 < kanzure> maybe. 12:47 < ybit> most researchers don't mind though, it's the journals which i'm slightly concerned about 12:47 < ybit> s/journals/publishers 12:48 < kanzure> if you want to draft a page that says so, go ahead 12:54 < ybit> These papers are here for purely academic purposes. If you are a representative 12:54 < ybit> is that fine? 12:54 < ybit> of a Publisher, and would like to have a paper removed, please contact kanzure@gmail.com 12:55 < kanzure> ok 12:55 < ybit> okay, it's there 12:55 < kanzure> where? 12:55 < ybit> papers dir 12:55 < kanzure> what is the file name? 12:56 < ybit> first paper to appear 12:56 < kanzure> er, what? 12:56 < ybit> 1- A Notice to Publishers 12:56 < kanzure> http://adl.serveftp.org/papers/1-%20A%20Notice%20to%20Publishers.txt 12:56 < kanzure> ok 12:57 < kanzure> woah, wtf are those .com files doing there 12:57 < kanzure> fixed 13:07 < genehacker> you could just use the classic, "I thought no one else could see this, it must've been hackers" defense 13:18 -!- samrose [n=samrose@c-24-11-214-181.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 13:35 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-124-240.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 13:55 -!- samrose [n=samrose@c-24-11-214-181.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 14:01 < xp_prg> way to go Bryan, this guy is so exposed 14:26 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-157-210.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 14:43 < ybit> http://diybio4beginners.blogspot.com/2009/06/nycs-diy-bio-group-insert-green.html :: Sunday, June 21, 2009 14:43 < ybit> "NYC's DIY BIO GROUP Insert Green Flourescent Protein Genes into DNA" 14:43 < ybit> Tuesday, June 16, 2009 14:43 < ybit> NPR TODAY RADIO: Kay Aull discussing her home DNA Lab for genotyping her HFE gene 14:43 < ybit> Tuesday, June 16, 2009 14:43 < ybit> http://diybio4beginners.blogspot.com/2009/06/npr-today-radio-kay-aull-discussing-her.html 14:47 < kanzure> hello 14:47 < kanzure> xp_prg: what? 14:47 < kanzure> xp_prg: my point wasn't to expose him 14:47 < kanzure> xp_prg just wanted him to be honest 14:53 < xp_prg> you exposed him as being dishonest, thanks 14:56 < drazak_> anyone with half a brain can genotype a gene with half the equipment she has, you need a primer or two, and then you do pcr by hand, need a restriction enzyme, badabing badaboom, compare it to the expected results for the normal gene with the same DNA ladder 15:00 < genehacker> heh one of the reasons I want to build a DNA chip synthesizer is so I can test for a whole bunch of sequences 15:08 < kanzure> drazak_: you should psot that 15:08 < kanzure> seriously though. you guys need to back up some of the good ideas in here from time to time :) 15:08 < kanzure> otherwise they'll all think I'm just crazy or something 15:16 < drazak_> that, and you can do gel electrophoresis with half the shit the OPENBOX shit has 15:16 < drazak_> heck, I could do it with shit from my kitchen, and a hot glue gun 15:16 < kanzure> hot glue gun electrophoresis? 15:17 < drazak_> 12V battery, copper wire, deep large tupperware, shallow tupperware that fits inside, hotglue it inside, pour gel, add buffer, hook up battery 15:18 < kanzure> ah, well, do you have gel in your kitchen? 15:18 < kanzure> drazak_: you should post . 15:18 < drazak_> well, all I'm saying is, they're making shit too fancy, you can do it pretty easy with stuff from your kitchen 15:18 < drazak_> you could probably use food grade agarose, if you properly remove the insoluble solids 15:20 < drazak_> kanzure: I'm lazy 15:21 < drazak_> the main insoluble solids you have to worry about are big enough to be caught by filter paper, but that's a whole nother mess 15:30 < kanzure> you're all lazy :p 15:30 < kanzure> bah 15:30 * kanzure writes some code for a super star destroyer and yells at some kids to get off his laqwn 15:30 < kanzure> *lawn 15:40 < drazak_> I might starts doing some posts on doing shit at home without buying expensive shit 15:40 < genehacker> cool 15:40 < genehacker> diybio sorta sucks right now 15:40 < drazak_> yeah, I noticed 15:40 < drazak_> I don't read half the emails anymore, cause they're pointless 15:40 < genehacker> compared to underground chemistry at least 15:41 < drazak_> ooh 15:41 < drazak_> where's that one? 15:42 < genehacker> the first rule of underground chemistry is do not talk about underground chemistry 15:42 < drazak_> rofl 15:42 < genehacker> especially not roguesci 15:42 < genehacker> NEVER EVER GO TO ROGUESCI 15:42 < genehacker> go to sciencemadness instead 15:43 < genehacker> the people in roguesci have been exposed to a bit too much mercury 15:43 < drazak_> rofl 15:43 < drazak_> have you seen the Hg beating heart? 15:43 < genehacker> no really I'm serious 15:43 < drazak_> HgSO4+Fe=BEATING HEART, MAN 15:43 < digitaltao> o_O mad alchemists 15:44 < kanzure> oh, it's just roguesci 15:44 < kanzure> rougesci has been around forever 15:45 < drazak_> I should start commenting on the safety of all of this stuff 15:45 < drazak_> "yeah, you're going to blow yourself up, that's what blows up meth labs using the red-white-blue method" 15:45 < kanzure> or lack thereof 15:45 < kanzure> haeh 15:45 < kanzure> blah. don't listen to me and my typos. 15:45 < drazak_> ap chemistry was funny this year 15:46 < drazak_> everyone thought I was making shit up 15:47 < drazak_> the teacher professor dude was talking about HNO3 being a strong oxidizer, and I mentioned that it's what blows up meth labs, and nobody believed me, and then I started talking about meth labs and their assosciated chemical processies for 10 minutes 15:47 < digitaltao> remember kids, dont buy large boxes of matches, buy the bulk small..... the striker pads are what you are after 15:47 < drazak_> I has swedish fire steel 15:47 < drazak_> I light bunsen burners with it :D 15:48 < digitaltao> ahhh, those are fun to play with 15:48 < genehacker> kanzure have you been to roguesci as of recently? 15:48 < drazak_> digitaltao: I know, I strike it everywhere, and people yell at me 15:48 < drazak_> and I'm like 15:49 < drazak_> yeah, the distance between it and the floor is great enough that it won't ignite the carpet 15:49 * drazak_ cringes 15:52 < kanzure> genehacker: no 15:52 < kanzure> genehacker: it has been more than a year 15:54 < genehacker> some of the recent post include, "hey guys I think we could totally destroy the ecosystem with these chemicals" and "hey guys lets go sterilize half the population" 15:57 < genehacker> I kid you not 15:58 < genehacker> that's why I don't go to roguesci 16:00 < drazak_> this just screams dangerous 16:00 < genehacker> dangerous? 16:00 < drazak_> h2so4 lead chamber process 16:00 < digitaltao> -made a vacuum coffee apparatus today... YAY 16:02 < drazak_> yes dangerous 16:03 < genehacker> drazak know anyway I could make precursors for precursors for precursors to photolabile phosphoramidites 16:03 < drazak_> lol 16:03 -!- kanzure- [n=kanzure@dhcp-84-245.me.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:03 < digitaltao> heh 16:03 < drazak_> and you're using KNO3 which isn't exactly safe 16:03 < drazak_> not that it's exactly dangerous 16:03 < genehacker> or just photolabile phosophoramidites without having to result to using sigma aldrich --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 16:08:07 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 16:09:26 2009 16:09 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:09 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 19 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 19 normal] 16:09 < genehacker> could you figure out how to make NPPOC-D-adenosine (N6- 16:09 < genehacker> tac) -cyanoethylphosphoramidite from scratch if I gave you information on how to make it from precursors? 16:09 < drazak_> and you'd be exchanging some HSO4- and SO42- ions 16:09 < drazak_> can you give me the CAS number? 16:10 < drazak_> easier to look it up from CAS number, because naming conventions are wonky with shit like that 16:13 < genehacker> what's a CAS number? 16:13 < drazak_> all molecules have a CAS number 16:13 < drazak_> http://www.commonchemistry.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=50-78-2&terms=aspirin 16:13 < genehacker> are you sure? 16:13 < drazak_> yeah 16:13 < drazak_> well, all well known molecules 16:13 < genehacker> this isn't a well know molecule 16:14 < drazak_> oh :P 16:14 < drazak_> do you know the structure of it? 16:14 < drazak_> cause I sure am brainfarting on it --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 16:20:42 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 16:23:32 2009 16:23 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:23 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 19 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 19 normal] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 16:26:08 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 16:27:39 2009 16:27 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:27 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 19 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 19 normal] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 16:31:52 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 16:33:05 2009 16:33 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:33 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 19 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 19 normal] 16:33 < drazak_> sorry, had to go put gas in the generator 16:33 -!- kanzure- [n=kanzure@dhcp-84-245.me.utexas.edu] has quit ["leaving"] 16:34 < drazak_> genehacker: hm 16:34 < drazak_> that's a toughy 16:48 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-157-210.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 16:49:05 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 16:50:11 2009 16:50 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:50 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 18 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 18 normal] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 16:59:11 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 17:05:29 2009 17:05 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:05 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 17 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 17 normal] 17:15 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-157-210.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 17:23:59 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 17:24:32 2009 17:24 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:24 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 16 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 16 normal] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 17:29:20 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 17:30:45 2009 17:30 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:30 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 16 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 16 normal] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 17:39:20 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 17:39:38 2009 17:39 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:39 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 16 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 16 normal] --- Log closed Mon Jun 22 17:43:02 2009 --- Log opened Mon Jun 22 17:49:55 2009 17:49 -!- kanzure [n=bryan@cpe-72-177-123-170.austin.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:49 -!- Irssi: #hplusroadmap: Total of 16 nicks [0 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 16 normal] 17:51 -!- Irssi: Join to #hplusroadmap was synced in 77 secs 17:54 < kanzure> lag: 141 (??) 17:56 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-157-210.public.utexas.edu] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:58 < drazak_> kanzure: phail 17:58 < genehacker> in a pail? 17:59 < drazak_> aye 17:59 < genehacker> what'd I miss? 17:59 < drazak_> nothing 17:59 < genehacker> ok 18:03 < kanzure> http://www.opencircuits.com/SFE_Footprint_Library_Eagle 18:04 < kanzure> sparkfun eagle library of their components 18:06 -!- samrose [n=samrose@adsl-99-147-180-206.dsl.lgtpmi.sbcglobal.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 19:21 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@wireless-128-62-157-210.public.utexas.edu] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 19:22 < kanzure> Deby L. Cassill, Skye Brown, Devon Swick and George Yanev. Polyphasic 19:22 < kanzure> Wake/Sleep Episodes in the Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta. Journal of Insect 19:22 < kanzure> Behavior, 2009, Volume 22, Number 4: 313-323. 19:41 < kanzure> http://fritzing.org/learning/tutorials/creating-custom-parts/ 19:41 -!- samrose [n=samrose@adsl-99-147-180-206.dsl.lgtpmi.sbcglobal.net] has quit ["Ex-Chat"] 19:43 < kanzure> http://fritzing.org/learning/tutorials/creating-custom-parts/parts-editor/ 20:27 < fenn> "major tom" by peter schilling 20:42 < kanzure> your other music sucked 20:45 < fenn> racist! 20:48 < kanzure> todo: build giant borg cube vessel 20:55 < kanzure> somebody from diybio emailed me off-list from diybio 20:55 < kanzure> and he thought that I was "in charge" of diybio 20:55 < kanzure> :-/ 21:09 < kanzure> No machine can do my job as resentfully as I can. http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/no_machine_can_do_my_job_as?utm_source=b-section 21:11 < kanzure> fenn: http://192.168.1.104/~bbishop/docs/miserably.txt 21:46 < ybit> "Thank you for visiting our website. I have attached our datasheet and some background info on the mySEM. Price starts at ~$100K depending on options." 21:46 < ybit> wowzers 21:49 < ybit> knock off two zeros and i might be interested 21:49 < ybit> has anyone found an SEM for 1-10k? 21:50 < ybit> mySEM looks wonderful, minus the pricetag 21:50 < ybit> and the dependency on windows 21:51 < ybit> it came out of a darpa fund to create a low-cost sem machine 21:54 < kanzure> mySEM? 21:54 < kanzure> I have not seen a cheap SEM being sold 21:54 < kanzure> however I really do recommend the AFM project at least 21:54 < kanzure> with the CAD models 21:55 < ybit> the afm project is just the tip though, correct? 21:55 < ybit> couple it with the "full control of ultrasonic motor with microcontroller" paper and you might be able to create one though 21:57 < kanzure> ybit: no 21:57 < ybit> go on.. 21:57 < kanzure> ybit: it included the CAD models for various plastic brick thingies 21:57 < ybit> link please? 21:57 < kanzure> as well as a parts list and links to where to order the parts 21:57 < kanzure> er 21:57 < kanzure> it's in the diybio archives for now 21:57 < ybit> maybe we are thinking of diff. papers 21:57 < ybit> hmm.. 21:57 < kanzure> there was also a paper with it called "print your AFM" 22:01 < ybit> kanzure: i don't have afm.zip 22:01 < ybit> oh wait.. 22:03 < ybit> right, don't have it. probably not linked from anywhere on heybryan 22:04 < ybit> so anyway, this is what i had looked at 22:04 < ybit> http://web.archive.org/web/20080106164837/http://www.biophysik.physik.uni-muenchen.de/PlasticAFM/ 22:05 < ybit> what you had linked to 22:05 < ybit> "How to build a Plastic-AFM head" 22:06 < ybit> just saw the title and ignored the rest, seems there's more info then the title suggests 22:23 < ybit> btw, thanks fenn for pointing out the misspelled ssh address 22:24 < ybit> http://adl.serveftp.org/papers/POSaM_a_fast_flexible_open-source_inkjet_oligonucleotide_synthesizer_and_microarrayer.pdf 22:26 < fenn> yoi 22:27 < fenn> i dont get what's so impressive about printing plastic to hold all the interesting tech bits 22:28 < ybit> kanzure: mind putting afm.zip on adl.serveftp? 22:29 < fenn> he's asleep 22:29 < fenn> and the connection here is fubared 23:38 * ybit doesn't know enough about SEM to know, but it just seems that you could use a cathode ray in construction of a low-cost SEM 23:38 < ybit> you're just beaming focused electrons at something and measuring which ones bounce back or go through the surface