2008-07-12.log

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kanzurehttp://heybryan.org/shots/2008-07-12_uhh.png <-- Heh. Superkuh showing up in my search results on Google Scholar ...01:05
fennthere's something screwy with the / mark in your url: "/shots/2008-07-12_uhh.png was not found"02:57
fennthought you'd be interested in this (if you havent read it already) http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/print/626803:20
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-!- Topic for #hplusroadmap: Semi-intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKbzbeipmI http://diybio.org/ http://openwetware.org/ | diy bio toolkit: http://biohack.sf.net/ | Automated societal knowledge (put it to work): http://heybryan.org/exp.html | Channel wiki: http://heybryan.org/mediawiki/ | F/OSS perspectives on Kurzweil: http://heybryan.org/fernhout/06:19
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kanzurefenn: thanks for the reverse engineering link12:40
kanzurevery much so 'bruteforce' style12:40
kanzureI've spoken with my dad before about reverse engineer microprocessors12:40
kanzurebut the calculations just looked way too nasty, for instance given 128-bit chips12:40
kanzurethat's at least 2^128 input states12:41
kanzurebut then you have however many bits of memory12:41
kanzureso you have to have ((((bits of memory))^2)^128)12:41
kanzurewhich is not good12:41
kanzureunless you're able to actually slice up the microprocessor and visually analyze it12:41
kanzurefenn: the wine guys aren't being helpful to me. who do I need to stalk to even begin to figure out how to debug my problem?12:43
kanzurehttp://www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2008/12:43
kanzurehttp://mars-sim.sourceforge.net/13:33
kanzurefenn: if we were to provide a library from SKDB for mars-sim to use, as an example, what might that involve?13:33
kanzureI figure we could do something like package YAML and a python interpreter or something13:33
kanzureand then just do some documentation on loading the objects / packages into the simulation for whatever type of work they want to do13:33
kanzureright?13:33
kanzureit's really not much as far as I can tell13:33
kanzurehttp://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/21066/ photovoltaic filter -13:46
kanzure"What they've developed is technology to channel the light to the edge of the plates, where you would then have your photovoltaic device. The trick is that you could filter off select parts of the spectrum and then channel them into PV's designed specifically to handle them."13:46
kanzurenot bad13:47
kanzure"This has been a long time coming.... the concept of using basic photonic technologies such as waveguides (as in this example) or photonic crystals seems to have been lost on a lot of solar researchers. Over the years we've gotten much better at manipulating light on the micro and nanoscale using photonics and plasmonics respectively, however little of these ideas seem to have seeped into solar cell research."13:47
kanzure" the concept for what we called the Lateral Aperture design. As far as I know it was the first design for a wave guide that integrated one side as a collection surface with the internal capture of radiant energy which could then be directed parallel to the surface to multiple edges if desired. This technology doesn't use dyes, and therefore has potential for other various applications besides solar, such as fiber optics, satellit13:48
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SplicerIt's not possible to set a message footer/signature in google groups?15:48
kanzureYou can send email to Google Groups, so just set your signature in gmail or your mail client.15:49
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Splicerthanks16:22
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fennthe solar concentrator reminds me of a flat "lense" for credit-card cameras (really a fresnel mirror)19:52
fennlost to the mists of web-browser history i guess19:54
kanzureHey Depucelator, Democritus.19:58
fenno_O  alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking is ranked higher than alt.binaries.pictures.anime20:07
kanzurewrong type of strippers20:24
fennhttp://fennetic.net/sketches/stripper.png20:32
kanzurewell, I got my 'system admin' perspective, didn't I? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_Dave heh'21:04
kanzurefenn: hot?21:04
fennweird plot for a comedy21:13
fennthey should use those solar concentrators for interior lighting (think himawari)21:15
fennhttp://www.himawari-net.co.jp/e_page02.htm21:16
fennbetter description http://www.himawari-net.co.jp/e_page-index01.html21:18
kanzureyou mean the roof inlets for light?21:18
kanzureah, no21:18
fenni'm looking at some other 'lateral concentrator' designs which show fiber optic cables stuck on the side21:19
kanzurehttp://www.himawari-net.co.jp/e_page-index01.html why is it outdoors?21:19
kanzurehm21:19
fennbecause that's where the sunlight is21:19
fennit's a light pipe, which transmits light from the roof to wherever in the building21:20
kanzuregood21:20
fenni always wondered at how they make you wake up early to go to work in a dark building all day, so that you leave by the time the sun's going down21:21
kanzurehow does this solve that?21:22
kanzurethat's just scheduling, isn't it?21:22
fenni wonder why they use glass, a flexible plastic dye concentrator would be way better21:23
fenni know why (glass has higher transmission efficiency) but its stupid21:23
fennwah21:23
fennhere's scheduling for ya http://www.dbeat.com/28/21:24
kanzuresure, but what does that have to do with it21:25
kanzurepeople will leave because their managers tell them to21:25
kanzureuh22:09
kanzuregeneral announcement22:09
kanzureserver is going down toight22:09
kanzure*tonight22:09
kanzuredon't know when it'll be back up22:09
Depucelatorchange topic?22:09
-!- kanzure changed the topic of #hplusroadmap to: heybryan server will be down as of 2008-07-12 | Semi-intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXKbzbeipmI http://diybio.org/ http://openwetware.org/ | diy bio tools: http://biohack.sf.net/ | Automated societal knowledge (put it to work): http://heybryan.org/exp.html | Channel wiki: http://heybryan.org/mediawiki/ | F/OSS re: Kurzweil: http://heybryan.org/fernhout/22:10
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wrldpcalpha prime standing by.22:30
wrldpchehhh22:30
wrldpchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkXAUcpjKic22:30
wrldpcths is what i do if it can be said that this doing ANYTHING22:31
wrldpcneed an hplus theme song ehh ... bryan get on teh beats!22:31
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Splicer;) ...nice sounds22:44
wrldpcthanks I22:47
kanzureHplus theme song?23:05
* kanzure gets to work on that23:05
wrldpcyah man!23:10
wrldpcget some beats! lol23:10
wrldpcH-23:10
wrldpcH-PLUS23:10
wrldpcSPACE OR BUST23:11
wrldpcbrain trust23:11
wrldpcbrace for the thrust of the most magnanimous23:11
SplicerI think John Hodgman said 'If you want to be a writer the first thing you need is a personal troubadour'23:23
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kanzureWhat about the Metallica version of Vader's theme? May I use that ?23:26
kanzureoh, I have it23:28
kanzurehttp://heybryan.org/mediawiki/index.php/2008-05-05 How about that?23:28
fennthe craigslist spam software article is pretty sad23:41
fennmakes me want to form a rogue ninja cabal to hunt down spammers23:42
kanzurecontext?23:43
kanzurewas that on 2008-05-05 ?23:43
fennhttp://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=564293&cid=23547495 http://heybryan.org/mediawiki/index.php/Getting_the_"Free"_Business_Model_Wrong_Doesn't_Mean_the_Model_is_Flawed 2008-05-2723:43
fennthe craigslist spams are a lot harder to distinguish at first glance from real postings23:44
kanzureright 23:44
* kanzure is ashamed to admit his lack of reading slashdot these days23:44
Democritusyeah i gravitate towards reddit.  which is sad.  i can feel my intellect dwindling away23:46
fenni'd call slashdot more political than intellectual, bleh23:47
kanzureit has occassional bouts of brains in the comments23:49
Democritusyeah- reddit comments are just freaking funny23:54

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