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05:46.09davido__Gah!  Kids spilled a bottle of liquid dish soap on the new carpet.
05:46.36davido__Spent two hours with a home-use carpet cleaner extracting the suds.
05:47.18davido__I'm going to list them in CL if anyone wants them (the kids... kidding of course)
05:54.01wildcatI was just wondering how you were managing to keep your carpet clean _and_ having kids. I guess now I know: it takes a lot of hand-power :p
05:55.41wildcat(since carpet over here are really not common except for bedrooms)
05:56.07davido__where are you, wildcat?
05:57.11fozzmoodavido__: When you're done getting that dish soap out, though, the carpet will be shiny-clean!
05:57.48davido__fozzmoo And lemony fresh.  
05:57.58fozzmooIndeed
05:58.29wildcatdavido__: Belgium ;-)
05:58.40davido__But if it happens again it might be blood stained.
05:58.41davido__;)
05:58.45wildcatheh
05:59.59wildcatdavido__: but, moving to Utah around October this year ..
06:00.07davido__About 2/3rds of the house is either hardwood or tile, but one of the family rooms is carpeted.  It manages to stay pretty clean though.  It's not like you walk into the room straight from the muddy back yard or anything. :)
06:00.13davido__wildcat: What part of UT?
06:00.37wildcatwell, I'm not entirely sure yet, from street view Lehi looks pretty neat
06:01.00wildcatand a bit appart from the town
06:01.06davido__wildcat : The good thing about Lehi is its proximity to the tech-industry center of the state.
06:01.10wildcatthough I'm still open :)
06:01.21wildcatdavido__: sure, even tho I'll be working from home ;-)
06:01.22davido__I wouldn't call Lehi the prettiest place though.
06:01.22fozzmooLehi's a big place. There's a bit of everything there.
06:01.51fozzmoodavido__ is a east-side of Salt Lake Valley snob. ;-)
06:02.13wildcatwell, I don't want to be too apart either, as I'll be new to the place, I think it's good to have what you need nearby
06:02.24davido__haha.  Actually I was going to say that fozzmoo's area is pretty cool too.
06:02.24wildcatbut don't want to be in downtown slc :]
06:02.34fozzmooIn that case, Lehi's not a bad place to start.
06:02.40wildcatcool :]
06:02.52wildcatah yeah, and I'm going to rent a house too, for a start
06:03.02fozzmooyoutah lives in Lehi.
06:03.08wildcatso that will buy us some time to visit places around and decide where to stick
06:03.14youtahwhat did I do?
06:03.25youtahand why are we all in here at midnight on a Sunday?
06:03.38davido__Good question.  In my case, midnight snuck up on me an hour early.
06:03.43fozzmoo:)
06:03.46youtahEXACTLY
06:03.58davido__youtah: What did you do? You live.  ...in Lehi.
06:04.05youtahI had to complete a homework assignment online by midnight.... they really meant 11pm
06:04.13wildcatwell, it's 7pm monday here, so.. :]
06:04.19wildcaterr, 7am even
06:04.20youtahwait
06:04.21youtahwut
06:04.25youtahokay
06:04.27youtahlol
06:04.46youtahI do live in Lehi
06:04.46davido__I wish we would just stay on MDT.
06:05.07fozzmooMDT? I'd prefer we stay on MST, but I'd be happy if we just STAYED.
06:05.12wildcatah, you changed DST today
06:05.20fozzmooYes.
06:05.27wildcatit was a couple weeks ago here :]
06:05.32fozzmooArizona doesn't observe DST, those lucky ducks.
06:05.34davido__wildcat was asking if Lehi is a nice place to move to (from NL), and fozzmoo said that you live there.
06:05.39youtahI moved here because Cabelas, central to SLC and Provo (lots of tech companies), Fiber Optics, oh, and Lehi is still really close to the Salt Lake County border, in case something happens
06:05.39wildcat(so it's even more painful when working with US colleagues)
06:05.50wildcatdavido__: err, I'm not in NL, but BE :p
06:05.58youtahFrom NL as in Netherlands?
06:06.05fozzmooBelgium.
06:06.06davido__Oh, BE, I misremembered. :)
06:06.19wildcatnot too far from NL, indeed
06:06.36youtahI was going to say, bring me some zoute drops
06:06.52youtahgood crap those are delicious
06:07.05fozzmooyoutah: you would say that
06:07.10youtahlol
06:07.17youtahhave you had those before fozzmoo?
06:07.28fozzmooNope. would they kill me?
06:07.32wildcatheh
06:07.36youtahlol
06:07.38davido__wildcat: When you get here, don't rent/buy in the first week or two.  Explore a little first. Get a feel for things.
06:07.56youtahno.... shouldn't mess with Sugars fozzmoo ... let's just say 98% of Americans don't like them
06:08.25wildcatdavido__: well, where should I be for a week or two then? :p
06:08.44fozzmooI'm sure davido__ will let you stay at his place! ;-)
06:08.44youtahAre you coming for works/school/family?
06:09.04wildcatyoutah: let's say work, but that's mostly a choice
06:09.05youtahs/works/work
06:09.12davido__A hotel if you haven't any other option.  Cheaper to rent an extended stay hotel for a couple weeks than to move twice in the first year because you discovered better digs.
06:09.17wildcatfozzmoo: I got two kids and a wife, with me, too ;}
06:09.19youtahany particular area for work?
06:09.34wildcatyoutah: my home :p
06:09.43davido__If you don't have to worry about commuting, move to Park City. :)
06:09.43youtahlol
06:09.50youtah^
06:09.54fozzmoodavido__ has a good point.
06:10.21youtahwhat davido__ said.... or perhaps Heber. Good crap I would love to live up there. Although, mightily cold up there in the winters. Windy too
06:10.48fozzmooThe politics in PC would make my head explode.
06:10.58youtahbut hey! They have a Walmart there... and you haven't lived until you've been to the Walmart in Heber on a Sunday. Who Doggy!
06:11.05fozzmooI could handle Heber, maybe. :)
06:11.21davido__There's nowhere in the US where you're more than an hour's drive from WalMart, except maybe Green River.
06:11.28youtahHeber is the opposite of Park City on the East Side of the range
06:11.35wildcatheh, a quick look on zillow show no houses to rentin Park city
06:11.40wildcator well, not at decent prices ;]
06:11.46fozzmooThere is that.
06:11.48davido__Yeah, decent prices.
06:11.49youtahMonticello... you've got a couple of hours
06:11.59davido__Midway is nice too.
06:12.12youtahMidway is gorgeous, but also $$$ like Park City
06:12.26fozzmooAlright. We're back to Lehi. I assume affordable, fast broadband is a priority.
06:12.33youtahand if you like old people talking about Swedish traditions, you're set!
06:12.41fozzmooheh.
06:13.10wildcatfozzmoo: yeah fast broadband is, definitely, a requirement :p
06:13.18wildcat(and no, I don't want to move to provo ;D)
06:13.21davido__There's Eagle Mountain.  None of that existed 15 years ago, now it's a city.
06:13.29youtahSeriously..... Salt Lake City has great speeds
06:13.41youtahwhat kind of cost are you able to afford, if you don't mind sharing
06:13.50davido__What kind of work do you do Wildcat?
06:13.50wildcatoh I don't mind nope
06:14.01wildcatI'm looking something under 2000$
06:14.09youtahah okay
06:14.21wildcatneeds to be a house with at least 3 room and at least one, preferably two working desk
06:14.24youtahLehi is a good option
06:14.27fozzmooLindon, Lehi, Eagle Mountain, Herriman (where I live), Draper, Orem.
06:14.29davido__Under 2k you can buy a nice home in a good neighborhood.
06:14.39youtahSalt Lake that might be more difficult to find, Park city is out
06:14.40fozzmoo$2k/mo, I assume.
06:14.44fozzmoo:-D
06:14.45wildcatwant to keep a room for monthly saving for when I'll buy
06:14.59davido__Salt Lake isn't *that* expensive.
06:15.01wildcatdavido__: can't buy yet
06:15.07youtahI was thinking Avenues
06:15.16youtahor up near the UofU
06:15.22davido__Oh, yeah, Avenues are expensive.
06:15.22wildcaterr, avenues are either expensive or the houses are old and looks crumbling :/
06:15.25fozzmooyoutah: Again with the head-exploding.
06:15.28wildcatbut the places is nice, I admit
06:15.44youtahThis mac keeps autocorrecting all of my spelling
06:15.45davido__I'm in Granite / Sandy.
06:15.52youtahHolladay
06:15.55youtahMillcreek
06:15.57wildcatoh and, davido__: I'm a sysadmin, basically said
06:15.57youtahCottonwood Height
06:15.59youtahs
06:16.07fozzmooyoutah: you're biased.
06:16.10youtahSandy, Draper, Eagle Mountain, Highland
06:16.12youtahlol
06:16.36youtahSouth Jordan
06:16.37davido__Yeah, Holladay, Millcreek, Cottonwood Heights, Sandy... we looked all around those places.  Just turned out the right home was the one in Sandy.
06:16.38youtahBluffdale
06:16.49youtahRiverton
06:16.56fozzmoowildcat: Check out http://utopianet.org/ for cities that are connected to a municipal fiber project.
06:16.59davido__Bluffdale: if they relocate the prison there's going to be a lot of development going on there.
06:17.07youtahWhat fozzmoo said
06:17.16youtahCheck out the location that UTOPIA covers
06:17.18davido__fozz: How did you do on the hackathon? I didn't notice.
06:17.25fozzmooyoutah has fiber in Lehi via Veracity, is that right?
06:17.30youtahcorrect
06:17.34fozzmoodavido__: I finished 1A.
06:17.44youtahnever have had an outtage
06:17.48fozzmoodavido__: Almost finished 1B. Finished it yesterday while I was at the hospital with my daughter.
06:17.59davido__is she sick?
06:18.06youtah:(
06:18.15fozzmooShe's got Crohns - so she had to go in for an infusion.
06:18.25youtahAh man..... poor girl
06:18.40youtaheye lid is twitching
06:18.42fozzmooShe's been doing that for a couple of years. Her doctor says after a couple more, he'd like to see how she does without them.
06:18.45fozzmoocrosses fingers
06:18.52fozzmooA couple more infusions, not years.
06:18.56youtahDUDE!!!! fozzmoo speaking of injuries... did you like the photo of my toenail?
06:19.06fozzmooyoutah: Nice toenail.
06:19.09davido__ah, that's bad luck.
06:19.31youtaham I going to die fozzmoo?
06:19.39fozzmoodavido__: I really like what the hackathon challenges did to my brain!
06:19.50fozzmoodavido__: SLPM should host one once a year or something.
06:19.57fozzmooLike on a Saturday.
06:20.01davido__I hated 2B... we all looked at it and said, "Um... let's move on."
06:20.16fozzmooI looked at it and said "RECURSION!"
06:20.32davido__fozzmoo : That's a good idea.  Maybe we should do it in the Fall, when people are done camping and not yet skiing.
06:20.39fozzmooAnd then I proceeded to get my X and Y crossed and mixed up. :)
06:21.08fozzmooYeah, I was thinking Fall or Winter would be good.
06:21.10davido__The one I used recursion for was the one where each cell drains to a sink.
06:21.22youtahfozzmoo, a doctor in the neighborhood said I need to go in, and have them remove a chunk of my toenail, the part that is bent down and digging into my toe at a 90 degree angle... or have them slide a knife under it and bend it back up.
06:21.24davido__I think that was 2A
06:21.52davido__wugh! Ask for something to numb it before they do that!
06:21.58youtahROFL
06:22.16youtahLong story short.... don't try and stop a soccer ball with sandals on
06:22.18RyanEyoutah: You can buy dubbel zout at Pirate O's.
06:22.35youtahRyanE!!!!
06:22.37RyanEbought it by mistake when they were out of the *good* licorice.
06:22.41RyanE:)
06:22.41youtahit's a party!
06:22.49RyanEsleepy party.  About to head off to bed.
06:22.53youtahdo you still have it RyanE?
06:23.07davido__yeah, i better get to bed too.  Been under the weather this weekend again.
06:23.14RyanEate one, threw it away.  Pirate O's is pretty close, though.  I go to lunch there from time to time.
06:23.15fozzmooyeah 1B is the drainage basin one.
06:23.16wildcathave a nice night guys :]
06:23.28davido__1B was a good candidate for recursion.
06:23.30fozzmoowildcat: Bye!
06:23.39youtahsmell ya later
06:23.42fozzmooyoutah: I don't know what to say about your toe.
06:23.51fozzmooRyanE: G'night!
06:24.02youtahwill you hold me while they bend it back fozzmoo?
06:24.04davido__start at a cell, recurse to the cell of lower elevation, recurse again, ... until an existing sink, or unnamed low spot is found.
06:24.14fozzmooyoutah: Just drink some cheap whiskey.
06:24.30youtahlol
06:24.30RyanEor a mouthful of dubbel zout
06:24.59youtahyou haven't lived until you've tried route drops!
06:25.03fozzmooyoutah: That is one reason why I don't wear open-toe sandals.
06:25.18youtahhey, but I was wearing socks!
06:25.19davido__don't leave it until it gets infected.  If it gets too bad you could lose the toe.
06:25.21RyanEI could get the same effect by eating a good licorice with a mouth full of rock salt.  :)
06:26.02youtahif you hold a zoute drop against a canker sore.... it will be gone in an hour
06:26.13davido__alright. good night #utah.
06:26.16youtahalong with about 2mm of your cheek tissue
06:26.18RyanEand spray some windex on it.
06:26.20RyanE:)
06:26.31youtahlol, later davido__
06:26.34fozzmoodavido__: Bye!
06:27.04youtahI had better go to bed too
06:27.12youtahI can't keep my left eye open
06:27.16youtahwithout it twitching
06:29.27youtahI'll ttyl
06:29.29youtahnight all!
06:29.33RyanEnight
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15:22.05unumI checked my user list folder to see if the open west schedule annoucement had been made and didn't see anything there
15:22.10unumbut then I had a new email in my inbox
15:22.17unumand sure enough, yeah!
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15:44.36unumso many good talks
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16:20.41bregalad~napoleon youtah
16:20.42infobotACTION tames a wild honeymoon stallion for youtah
16:20.57youtahhttps://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10685378_1055635204457490_2459984757773138912_n.png?oh=4521c66c9e13c16445945ebde713ab1e&oe=55724C5B
16:21.54youtahI blame you fozzmoo RyanE davido__ and wildcat for keeping me up late last night
16:22.04fozzmooHaw haw.
16:23.57RyanEyeah, we feel for you, youtah.
16:24.25youtahI can barely lift my fingers up to type
16:24.46RyanEthat's not lack of sleep, that's lack of *motivation*.
16:27.41RyanEhttp://www.savagechickens.com/2006/08/motivational.html
16:28.47bregalad~pinky
16:28.47infobotNarf!
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16:47.31spangborn~lart youtah
16:47.31infobotbeats youtah to within 2.54cm of his life
16:48.48manithreeRumor has it Subway uses Sodium Chloride (used in many industrial processes and in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride, plastics, paper pulp and many other products), also
16:49.36leviHeh.
16:49.46spangbornI bet they use dihydrogen monoxide, too.
16:50.32RyanETheir shredded lettuce is just *full* of that dihydrogen monoxide.
16:50.48manithree100% fatal
16:51.24Jayce^causes global warming too
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16:51.59RyanEbut not as much as cow flatulence.
16:52.26leviIt's funny, the dihydrogen monoxide kills you *faster* in the absence of the sodium chloride.
16:52.59Jayce^darn cell walls
16:53.18RyanEPretty sure dihydrogen monoxide is known to the State of California to cause cancer.
16:53.47leviforall x. x is known to the State of California to cause cancer.
16:53.53RyanEindeed
16:54.13RyanEThat state has to be the most knowlegeable state in the union.
16:54.30RyanEI find "known to the State" to be an odd expression.
16:54.30manithreeIt has been proven to cause laboratory mice in cancer
16:56.11Jayce^last year my father in law was trying to tell my kids why it was so much better for us to have christmas at their house (in CA) instead of coming to our house..
16:56.22Jayce^he went on for a while about all the things that are better in CA..
16:56.42fozzmoo*cough cough* plastic bags *cough cough*
16:56.44Jayce^my youngest then stopped him short.. she just said, "But everything causes cancer there"
16:56.51fozzmoohah!
16:56.58RyanEbrilliant
16:57.04RyanEchip off the ol' block, that one.
16:57.07Jayce^from the mouths of babes
16:58.07Jayce^my mother in law gave me a nasty look after that, thinking I'd set it up...
16:58.42fozzmoohee.
16:59.16fozzmooI would have looked at you too if she'd said something about high taxes or burdensome environmental policy, but cancer?! That's too precious.
17:00.50bregaladCA is also the state that mandates carcinogens in furniture and children's clothes
17:01.16bregaladjust in case somebody smoking nearby will give them more carcinogens to worry about
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17:05.14romanovicdoes anyone get trolled by Vivint Wireless?  A salesperson stops by our house about once per month and we tell them, "we'd really like to try vivint wireless, but we've had installers out before and they can't get line-of-site to a hub within range"
17:05.40fozzmooMaybe not trolled...
17:05.49romanovicand the salesperson always responds "that may have been the case before, but [x] has changed!" so a new installer comes out and says exactly the same thing as previous installers
17:05.50fozzmooBut they've visited a couple times the last couple of weeks.
17:06.17romanovic"your neighbor's roof is blocking the nearest hub, and no other hubs are within range despite what the salespeople are telling you"
17:06.23fozzmooI'm apparently at the edge of coverage area for one of their cells.
17:06.52fozzmooMy neighbor south of me would love to get Vivint Wireless, but they were told they were too far away.
17:07.09fozzmooVivint changed their story - said maybe she COULD get access, maybe at a lower rate.
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17:07.18fozzmooSo, they tried again... only to discover my house was in the way.
17:08.01fozzmooNow they're talking about putting a new tower west of us to serve a large swath of houses that currently can't get Vivint Wireless.
17:08.39romanovicI hope they expand the network in Herriman, eventually...
17:08.49romanovicfozzmoo: what city are you in?
17:08.57fozzmooHerriman.
17:09.13romanovicoh, well I'm glad there is talk of new towers
17:09.26fozzmooThe guy told me last week they're planning on installing this new tower within 3 months.
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17:23.54rsimpkinsI wonder why there isn't a local freenode server. Freenode politics?
17:39.19programmerqrsimpkins: I read up on their node policy at one point. they do accept donated hardware. it just have to be up to the task, and they have to have root on the box.
17:39.32programmerqmaybe someone from xmission can get a spot in a rack or something?
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17:41.50rsimpkinsI don't think the volunteers who run freenode are keeping things up to date very well.
17:42.08rsimpkinsHardware requirements are a pentium 4 with 3GB of RAM.
17:42.23programmerqlol
17:42.38programmerqrsimpkins: could ping in #freenode. they are generally responsive and helpful over there.
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17:42.45rsimpkinsThey need to Salt the freenode network to make it easier for them to manage.
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17:43.00rsimpkinsI just was in there and asked them about regional DNS pools.
17:43.13rsimpkinsThey admitted that they don't keep them up to date, so there is no point in using them.
17:43.25rsimpkinsVolunteer run services are tough.
17:44.35youtah:(
17:44.40youtahSalt is amazing
17:44.53youtahespecially on French Fries
17:45.04youtahducks
17:46.54jsmithyoutah: Not mustard?
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17:47.18youtahOh man
17:47.28youtahthat's a fantastic way to ruin french fries
17:47.29youtahand servers
17:48.28youtahYou guys I just ate a bunch of JalapeƱo chips.. and my eyes itch.... what do I do?
17:48.49jsmithyoutah: Rub your eyes.... with your elbows :-p
17:48.56youtahlol
17:49.01youtahit worked!
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18:17.51jlp_zncheh heh, "The Object Oriented way to get rich is Inheritance."
18:20.11eightyeightlevi: i finished the silmarillion
18:20.20eightyeightlevi: even though it was a very difficult read, it was a great story
18:20.26unumI started the wheel of time
18:20.42eightyeighti just started "the way of kings" by brandon sanderson now
18:21.55eightyeightunum: which book are you reading in the series? did you start with "new spring'?
18:33.46unumeightyeight: I did start with new spring
18:33.56unumfinished it last week and just started on eye of the world
18:34.42eightyeightnice
18:35.58levieightyeight: Nice, congrats on making it through. :)
18:36.26eightyeighttxh
18:36.50levieightyeight: The history of the Numenorians puts the relationship of Elrond and Aragorn in an interesting light, doesn't it?
18:37.22eightyeightagreed
18:37.30eightyeightand elrond's brother
18:37.54eightyeightbeing "half-elves" (which was new to me), and one chosing the way of elf life, the other man
18:38.25eightyeighti was disappointed not learning the origin of the halflings though
18:38.31bregaladwhatever, it's just a story
18:38.48bregalad<- irony
18:39.17eightyeighti'm guessing they're of human origin, separated from the gene pool long enough to create their own species
18:39.19bregaladeightyeight: have you read the unfinished tales, or whatever it's called?
18:39.23eightyeightmaybe they're told about in another story though
18:39.38eightyeightbregalad: no. that and the children of hurin are on the TODO
18:39.47eightyeightbut, i've heard they're even more difficult to get through
18:39.50fozzmoojlp_znc: That's awesome.
18:41.29leviI think Children of Hurin is probably easier; Unfinished Tales is probably a bit harder but mostly because the tales are literally unfinished and there's a lot of editorial content surrounding them.
18:42.03eightyeightfair
18:42.10leviBut if you've gone this far, you'll probably find the editorial content pretty interesting, so there's that.
18:42.55leviNow I've got to get back to collecting test data. Whee!
18:43.02eightyeighti needed a break from toliken though
18:43.40eightyeighti'll get back to it later. few other books i want to get through first though
18:43.42eightyeightshrug
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18:45.03bregaladI enjoyed the simulated authenticism in the Silmarillion that derives from the conflicting accounts
18:48.14eightyeightthe story of beren and luthien was my favorite. turin turambar was good, such a tragedy. but i didn't get as involved with his story as i did with beren and luthien
18:48.18programmerqeightyeight: the hobbits are a subspecies of man, yes. I don't have a source to cite though.
18:48.58eightyeightprogrammerq: i guess i could consult the LOTR wiki, seeing as though it was my constant companion reading the silmarillion
18:48.59eightyeightheh
18:49.24eightyeighthttp://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Hobbits
18:50.03joshhi almost bought silmarillion on saturday while at a bookstore
18:50.38joshhbut got a hobbit copy for my kids instead
18:55.50eightyeightthey're good reads. you just have to get used to tolkien story telling
18:55.56eightyeightwhich can be daunting at first, i think
18:57.23bregaladeightyeight: when I read that story I was listening to Bruckner's 8th symphony; it seemed like the perfect soundtrack
18:57.31eightyeightheh
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19:39.43levieightyeight: The whole story theme of the Noldor and their behavior due to Feanor's oath was pretty tragic, too.
19:40.40eightyeightyeah. i didn't fully understand that, actually
19:40.53eightyeightwhy the oath was a curse
19:41.19eightyeightand, i didn't get the pull to the silmarils themselves. sure, fancy jewels, but i don't understand the lust for them
19:42.38eightyeighti guess they contained some of the light from the two trees of valinor
19:42.46eightyeightso, they had some influence in arda?
19:43.04eightyeightwhich i guess would make sense with melkor/morgoth trying to rule arda as his own
19:43.22eightyeighti did like their fate though
19:43.42leviI think it was more a matter of pride than actual value.
19:44.18leviWell, I should say 'usefulness' rather than value. Clearly they were extremely valued.
19:45.08eightyeighti am curious of their relationship, if any, to the arkenstone in the hobbit
19:46.22leviYeah, there are definite parallels.
19:46.28eightyeightmaybe the arkenstone is the silmaril that maedros tossed into the fiery pit?
19:46.34eightyeightas it was dug out of the mountain
19:47.39leviI doubt it was actually a silmaril.
19:48.01eightyeightit contained its own light though
19:48.41eightyeightpossible: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Arkenstone#Appearance
19:50.09leviIt's listed as a 'misconception' here: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Misconceptions
19:51.03eightyeightit was in the back of my mind the entire time reading the silmarillion
19:51.05eightyeightheh
19:51.09eightyeight"could it be?"
19:51.52leviI think Thranduil would have taken a bit more interest in it had it been.
19:52.23eightyeightyeah. the argument that it would have hod ta geologically migrate north is an argument it's not
19:53.07eightyeights/hod/had/
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19:55.19leviNot to mention the fact that it's described how the Dwarves found the stone and *worked it* into its current state, which I don't think they'd have done to a silmaril. :)
19:55.37eightyeightand, it didn't burn their hands while touching it
19:56.02RyanEdudes, you really should post *spoiler alert!* on all your IRC postings for those of us who haven't read it yet.  :)
19:56.07RyanEj/k
19:56.13eightyeightheh
19:56.27eightyeightRyanE: you want to read it even more now, don't you?
19:56.57RyanEmildly
19:57.01leviThat's kind of like saying, "hey, no spoilers for beowulf!"
19:57.14RyanEheh
19:57.30RyanEno spoilers for the bible.  seriously.  I may make it through Isaiah one of these times!
20:02.17eightyeightnot that it diminishes from the story, but i was kind of hoping that the arkenstone was a silmaril
20:02.19eightyeightheh
20:02.24eightyeightshrug
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20:13.17RyanEeightyeight: I think it's one of the new "simaril mini".
20:13.30RyanEhalf the features, but just as shiny
20:13.54eightyeightsounds like an apple product
20:14.08RyanEyeah, I've heard the arkenstone only had a 2 hour battery life.
20:14.18RyanEthat's why it was built into the throne, for charging purposes.
20:14.35eightyeight:)
20:21.37jlp_zncheh
20:22.08jlp_zncI remember reading the hobbit a number of years ago.  started on the trilogy but only made it about half-way through the first book.
20:22.28jlp_zncI just kind of lost interest.  I'm more into sci-fi than fantasy, I guess.
20:22.46RyanEI tried to read The Hobbit in Jr. High, couldn't get into it.  Read all 3 LoTR books as an adult, then went back to The Hobbit...
20:22.56jlp_zncmaybe I should try again
20:23.01jlp_zncnaaahhhhh
20:23.53Jayce^I was the opposite.. in Jr High I wanted to try reading tolkein.. quickly surveying the shelf I figured I'd start at the first book....  silmarrion..
20:24.04jlp_zncheh heh
20:24.11RyanEha!
20:24.32RyanE"The nerd is strong in this one..."
20:24.38Jayce^^^
20:26.55bregaladthat reminds me of how I taught myself to read music while learning Bach's little fugue in G moll
20:27.08bregaladnot the easiest or wisest way to learn
20:29.32bregaladbut when one hears E Power Biggs play, one simply cannot be dissuaded from learning Bach
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21:28.35jlp_znchttp://oglaf.com/badger/  <- warning, while this particular episode is SFW, many many of the other ones are definitely NSFW.  
21:42.15goozbachmornin
21:43.22jlp_zncwhat timezone are you in, goozbach?
21:43.37bregaladgoozbach is out of time
21:45.44goozbachjlp_znc: crossing a timezone during the time change does that to a person
21:45.49goozbachand it's IRC standard time
21:45.55goozbachwhenever you join is "morning"
21:46.03goozbachwhenever you leave is 'gnight'
21:46.15jlp_zncI always thought that was "later"
21:46.53goozbachAKA universal greeting time
21:46.55goozbachhttp://www.total-knowledge.com/~ilya/mips/ugt.html
21:46.59RyanEindeed.  I use an Australian friend as a clock for when I should wrap up my work and think about heading home.  :)
21:47.31RyanEhe pops up in IRC with 'morning', I'm ready to leave work.
21:55.56bregalad~pinky
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