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| 01:13.10 | lahwran | whatcha guys up to? anything dun? |
| 01:13.11 | lahwran | s/d/f/ |
| 01:14.46 | sontek | django, python, and vim... its a regular party over here |
| 01:15.00 | sontek | lahwran: what you up to? |
| 01:15.08 | lahwran | nothing, really |
| 01:15.25 | lahwran | fried an xbox 360 game console today ... not much else to speak of |
| 01:23.22 | lahwran | herlo: all the local discount codes get you 50% off, correct? |
| 01:26.46 | lahwran | argh, what is the oalug discount code for utosc? |
| 01:26.58 | lahwran | I can't find it in my email |
| 01:30.53 | lahwran | ah, found it. nevermind |
| 01:31.43 | sontek | How'd you fry it? |
| 01:32.00 | sontek | I need to re-hack mine, it can't be thrown on live right now because the firmware I have on it is detectable |
| 01:32.48 | sontek | but its been so long since I've used it I haven't cared |
| 01:32.58 | lahwran | sontek: it had the red ring. I kept reflowing it and then upping the cooling, only for it to red ring again |
| 01:33.07 | lahwran | I finally figured out that the thermal paste had gone bad |
| 01:33.13 | lahwran | so I replaced it |
| 01:33.33 | lahwran | it had booted up right before I started the replacement process |
| 01:33.45 | lahwran | and right after replacement, it red ringed |
| 01:33.48 | lahwran | no time to overheat |
| 01:34.02 | lahwran | I suspect I ESD'd the CPU or GPU, or both |
| 01:50.11 | herlo | fugue88: oh, I see |
| 02:01.03 | lahwran | herlo: I have success! |
| 02:01.16 | lahwran | I just got another guy to come to utosc :D |
| 02:01.27 | lahwran | and this guy isn't just another one of my friends |
| 02:01.40 | lahwran | he's one of the main coders for blender 3D :D |
| 02:01.48 | lahwran | apparently he's in utah |
| 02:02.45 | herlo | lahwran: cool |
| 02:03.32 | herlo | lahwran: I saw someone register just a minute ago, I'd guess that's him :) |
| 02:03.51 | lahwran | if he used the OALUG discount code, probably |
| 02:06.13 | herlo | i think he did, not sure though, didn't double take or anything :) |
| 02:07.10 | lahwran | :) |
| 02:25.35 | herlo | wow, transcoding on this PC takes a long time |
| 03:04.19 | herlo | http://herlo.posterous.com/utosc-setup <-- cool pc's from ergs |
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| 14:03.00 | cedwards | mornin' |
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| 15:19.57 | cedwards | I finally rounded up a couple of volunteers for my booth (GNOME). How should I have them register as booth volunteers? |
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| 15:43.11 | herlo | cedwards: I'll get you a coupon code |
| 15:45.25 | cedwards | thank you |
| 15:45.33 | herlo | cedwards: pm |
| 15:45.42 | cedwards | gotcha |
| 15:46.15 | herlo | good :) |
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| 15:52.38 | herlo | morning, btw, to all |
| 15:54.25 | Gate | morning |
| 16:04.50 | herlo | Gate: hello sir |
| 16:11.05 | jpwhiting | cedwards: any gnome celebs coming this year? |
| 16:11.13 | jpwhiting | stormy made it last year i recall |
| 16:11.23 | cedwards | I don't count? ;) |
| 16:11.47 | jpwhiting | is a kde developer, so don't know many gnome celebs by name or nick |
| 16:12.11 | jpwhiting | cedwards might well be a celeb, dunno :) |
| 16:12.36 | cedwards | I'm not a developer, and likely not a celeb, but I do work for the GNOME Foundation. |
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| 17:45.33 | Jayce^ | herlo / utahcon must have missed it, where is the geek dinner? |
| 17:46.25 | herlo | Jayce^: we're finalizing details today |
| 17:46.33 | herlo | announcement pending that |
| 17:52.52 | Jayce^ | kk |
| 18:02.58 | Gate | ~java-- |
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| 18:58.38 | Nafai | I can't make it to UTOS :( |
| 19:00.05 | herlo | Nafai: :( |
| 19:00.44 | fugue88 | Nafai: ?? |
| 19:03.54 | Nafai | doctors orders |
| 19:04.27 | Nafai | since I'm on a high dose of steroids right now to conteract my transplant rejection, my immune system is too suppressed to be around crowds |
| 19:04.30 | Nafai | :( |
| 19:04.45 | fugue88 | Drat. |
| 19:05.30 | Nafai | kind of frustrated |
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| 19:30.37 | harleypig | Anyone know of software that will transcribe an mp3? |
| 19:31.08 | fugue88 | To text? |
| 19:31.13 | harleypig | yeah |
| 19:31.19 | harleypig | it doesn't have to be perfect |
| 19:32.43 | fugue88 | I vaguely remember an open source speech recognizer, let me see if I can dig it up. |
| 19:33.18 | harleypig | thanks. google isn't being too helpful with 'transcribe mp3' or 'voice to text' |
| 19:33.22 | fugue88 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition_in_Linux |
| 19:33.32 | fugue88 | CMU's Sphinx is what I was thinking of. |
| 19:33.53 | fugue88 | I have no idea how good any of these are. |
| 19:35.54 | harleypig | thanks |
| 19:36.40 | harleypig | I wonder what google is using for their google voice service. |
| 19:37.04 | Nafai | heh, I was about to suggest you use asterisk or something to call a google voice number and play the mp3 :) |
| 19:37.51 | fugue88 | Google's probably cross-referencing everything to your e-mails and blog entries. :P |
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| 19:42.45 | harleypig | dunno why ... that would only make sense for transcribing my voice, not my i ncoming calls. |
| 19:43.13 | fugue88 | harleypig: Okay, yeah, good point. |
| 19:43.21 | fugue88 | I'm just being snarky. |
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| 19:45.48 | harleypig | HEH |
| 19:45.54 | harleypig | errr ... heh |
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| 21:02.06 | carmony | whew |
| 21:02.08 | carmony | long day |
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| 21:23.16 | lahwran | omgomg I can't wait until thursday ... make it come FAaSasstterrrr ... |
| 21:23.36 | fugue88 | ~chill lahwran |
| 21:23.36 | infobot | ACTION grabs lahwran and rams a chillpill down lahwran's throat with a toilet plunger |
| 21:23.43 | fugue88 | ~coma lahwran |
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| 21:24.00 | fugue88 | (A good coma always helps the time fly) |
| 21:24.19 | lahwran | yes it does |
| 21:52.58 | Jayce^ | *please* make Thursday come just a little slower (still have to get stuff finished first :) ) |
| 21:56.42 | lahwran | has decided to (try to) go to MIT |
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| 22:09.22 | Gate | lahwran: GL. What deparment? CS? |
| 22:10.04 | lahwran | yeah |
| 22:10.24 | fugue88 | MIT has a CS dept. again? |
| 22:11.32 | lahwran | fugue88, EECS actually, but yes |
| 22:15.30 | fugue88 | So it is. Definitely has the engineering bend to it. |
| 22:15.51 | lahwran | what do you mean again? |
| 22:16.07 | lahwran | I thought MIT has had CS for forever and a half? |
| 22:16.51 | fugue88 | No, they kind of dumped it several years ago. I think all they had when I applied for my PhD was Computer Engineering (but they had a CS program proper just the year before). |
| 22:17.07 | fugue88 | This looks kind of like a middle ground. |
| 22:17.14 | lahwran | that's odd |
| 22:17.17 | lahwran | why would they do that? |
| 22:17.24 | fugue88 | They're a bunch of weirdos. |
| 22:17.28 | fugue88 | That's why. |
| 22:17.30 | lahwran | yes they are :D:D:D:D:D |
| 22:18.34 | fugue88 | I get the impression that there was a lot of internal tension of the traditional CS program. MIT is very much an engineering school, and the old CS program very much wasn't engineering. |
| 22:18.43 | fugue88 | s/tension of/tension over/ |
| 22:18.59 | lahwran | fugue88, but they're still an AI hotspot, right? |
| 22:19.21 | lahwran | one of the go-to places for AI? |
| 22:19.55 | Gate | lahwran: hell yes |
| 22:20.04 | fugue88 | lahwran: "Hotspot," I don't know. After traveling through the AI valley, I don't have much respect for the field. But, AI purposed for real-world things, like robots, &c, yes, definitely. |
| 22:20.26 | lahwran | fugue88, well yeah, AI as in making a computer human is silly |
| 22:20.48 | Gate | lahwran: although, you might get further calling it "machine learning" AI kinda carries a stigma to some people |
| 22:20.49 | fugue88 | Well, "real-world things" is a bad way for me to describe it. |
| 22:20.51 | lahwran | however, using AI to do real things has /real power/ |
| 22:21.05 | lahwran | Gate, well yes. machine learning. |
| 22:21.15 | lahwran | that's the idea. |
| 22:21.39 | fugue88 | Most AI out there right now is mathematics that programmers never tried to understand dressed up in different terms, with the corresponding equations being solved in extremely inefficient ways. |
| 22:21.52 | Gate | I am going to be applying to UT Austin and a few others |
| 22:22.09 | fugue88 | Gate: It's a shame Dijkstra isn't there anymore. |
| 22:22.22 | fugue88 | Whether you liked the guy or not, lots of prestige. |
| 22:22.23 | lahwran | Gate, wait, you haven't been through college yet? |
| 22:22.30 | Gate | I know, but a point in their favor he ever was |
| 22:22.36 | Gate | lahwran: Graduate school |
| 22:22.47 | Gate | I have a BS, I want a PhD |
| 22:25.09 | Gate | UT Austin also has other benefits, like being in Texas |
| 22:25.59 | lahwran | how is that a benefit? |
| 22:26.33 | Gate | Its Texas. |
| 22:26.49 | lahwran | right. how is that a benefit? |
| 22:27.05 | Gate | Lets just say I would have problems... fitting in... in Boston. |
| 22:27.31 | lahwran | why would you need to fit in? |
| 22:27.36 | lahwran | rolls his eyes |
| 22:27.54 | Gate | lahwran: because my kind of not fitting in would get the cops called. |
| 22:28.40 | Gate | I am of course exaggerating. (Please don't call the copts) |
| 22:28.44 | Gate | s/copts/cops/ |
| 22:29.06 | Gate | Texas is more my style, I think I would enjoy living there much more |
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| 22:29.57 | Gate | Not to mention I wouldn't have to put my babies in storage (read firearms) |
| 22:32.27 | lahwran | ... |
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| 22:34.51 | thaddeusq | herlo: I got a shipment of Linux Journal stickers today |
| 22:38.02 | Gate | lahwran: geeks with guns, this is not a new concept :) I would still go to Boston for grad school if the chance was offered |
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| 23:31.53 | herlo | great!! |
| 23:40.12 | Gate | herlo: ? |
| 23:40.22 | Gate | oh! nvm |
| 23:45.43 | josephnexus | herlo: I don't think my desktop will fit in the trunk w/ the other stuff |
| 23:45.51 | josephnexus | will my laptop do for the booth machine? |
| 23:46.02 | josephnexus | (it's a core 2 with 4gb of ram and a little nvidia card) |
| 23:46.46 | herlo | sure |
| 23:46.52 | herlo | josephnexus: not to worry, bring what you can |
| 23:46.58 | josephnexus | ok |
| 23:47.01 | josephnexus | my laptop it is |
| 23:47.03 | josephnexus | :-P |
| 23:47.12 | josephnexus | anything I should isntall before visiting? |
| 23:47.24 | herlo | what were we going to use it for again? |
| 23:47.29 | herlo | is trying to remeber... |
| 23:47.53 | herlo | s/eb/emb/ |
| 23:48.41 | josephnexus | i thought it was going to be a game thing or what not |
| 23:48.44 | josephnexus | but I'm unsure |
| 23:52.12 | herlo | oh, right |
| 23:52.26 | herlo | I think it was going to play the videos and be a game server maybe? |