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Psycogeek

00:00

who was it that said the most simple and most obvious answers , might be more true than cosmic rays :-)

no less makes a good (pull it out of your butt) blog noise :-)

radon gas could cause bit-flip ? there is a lot of that stuff down here. much of the wiki info doesnt get past the scientific and medical of the radiation, for any real fact based stuff.

lets see 100 years later, 25% of everything we thought we knew was wrong. I think that means i am going to be dead before 90% of what we know is correct?

Ram Row Abuse. google.com/patents/US20140059287 constantlly abuse adjacent rows of ram, to get a bit-flip from influencing the stuff physically next to it.

qasdfdsaq

00:35

Sexy rays!

tereško

that reminds me .. kinda:

have there been any news regarding the EM-drive thing?

was it proven to be a hoax?

Psycogeek

i think they need to quit worrying about how fast one can go in space, and worry more about how one can "accelerate" because there isnt a lot out there to slow you down after :-)

qasdfdsaq

Ermm and how does one go fast in space? Yeah that'd be acceleration

Journeyman Geek

Once you acclerate to a given speed you'll likely keep going. The idea behind drives like that is slow consistant acceleration.

Psycogeek

right that one.

which just leaves that tiny problem of decelerating , so we could fix that by crashing into softer planets :-)

qasdfdsaq

00:54

Decelerating is exactly the same as accelerating in a different direction

If you can accelerate, you can do exactly the same amount of deceleration. If you can decelerate, you can do exactly the same amount of acceleration.

Psycogeek

01:06

On Nasa using russian rockets , I assumed it could have some to do with using the rockets for better purposes . and there is is "It should be noted that utilization of Russian engines was not a strictly technical
decision, but was also tied into US government policy in the aftermath of the
collapse of the Soviet Union. Namely to engage the Russian aerospace ind" http://www.spacefoundation.org/programs/research-and-analysis/whitepapers-and-analysis/fact-sheet-russian-rocket-engines-used

allquixotic

spacex.com/webcast

Psycogeek

They arent using rockets to get to space, they are using rockets so the humans on earth still exists :-)

qasdfdsaq

Oooh spaceX webcast

Ooh spacex are doing something

"Furst launch since our hiatus following the anomaly"

Euphemism for... first launch since our last rocket blew up.

@allquixotic These guys are pretty good science communicators

Psycogeek

. . . Namely to engage the Russian aerospace industrial
base in a peaceful manner to assist in larger non-proliferation efforts.

qasdfdsaq

I'm impressed they have professional science communicators in on what is basically a space-geek webcast.

tereško

01:23

it needs flash :(

@JourneymanGeek actually, if you can achieve 1g acceleration, you can made long-term flight more viable

though "shielding" is still a problem

Journeyman Geek

@tereško until you start reaching relativistic speeds

and you can do artificial gravity without constantly linearly accerating.

tereško

you mean rotation

Journeyman Geek

@Psycogeek at least one russian commercial space launch company uses old ICBMs slated for destruction.

@tereško yup

tereško

that actually has multiple issues, major one being the rapid decrease in faked gravity even at the hight of 2 meters

qasdfdsaq

Actually getting kinda nervous about this launch now

tereško

01:29

linear acceleration does not have this flaw

@JourneymanGeek besides, if you could achieve linear 1g acceleration, without a need for propellent (I am still hoping for EM-drive being a real thing), reaching relativistic speeds is viable

but hitting something at 0.1c is kinda .. emm .. bad

basically, if we solve acceleration problem, the next issue becomes the protection

qasdfdsaq

That's what she said

tereško

and I have not heard of any tech which would provide us with something like that

I don't think we can make sci-fi style force fields

Journeyman Geek

1g is also a LOT of acceleration

@tereško one Idea I heard was to use water for shielding and reaction mass.

qasdfdsaq

Water is a great idea for radiation shielding

tereško

we have hand no problems achieving 1g+ acceleration, sustaining it has been an issue

qasdfdsaq

01:35

But speed is irrelevant for radiation shielding so I have no idea what he's on about

tereško

let me elaborate, @qasdfdsaq: if Earth was hit by a ping-pong size metal ball at 0.1c, it would destroy a city

qasdfdsaq

@tereško There are no ping pong balls in space

Also wooooooo!

SpaceX just landed the Falcon 9

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Saw a slight tipple at the end but woop woop, successful landing!

tereško

Oort cloud

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qasdfdsaq

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small, round bat. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a...

tereško

oh .. right, now I remember why you were in the ignore list

it was because of the excessive amount of stupid

bye bye

qasdfdsaq

01:41

And finally he shuts up

U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!

Oh wait.

Now where were we.... Ah yes, SpaceX just made history

tereško

@JourneymanGeek bottom line is this: no amount of reaction mass would help. Hell. At high enough speed using water as a reaction mass would end up causing secondary fusion or something :P

qasdfdsaq

@tereško Wrong. Why don't you leave that speculation to people who actually know about physics.

Journeyman Geek

@tereško You need reaction mass for almost any sort of propulsion

the nice thing with water is its cheap

tereško

heh

Journeyman Geek

and serves as shielding as well

qasdfdsaq

01:47

@JourneymanGeek And you have to take it with you anyway

Journeyman Geek

the bad thing is its heavy

yup

tereško

@JourneymanGeek this is why I have been hoping that EM-drive turs out to be legit

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek TBH the heavyness is what makes it effective as shielding... as reaction mass, not so much

Journeyman Geek

hell, you could probably drink the water, then replace it temporarily with waste water pre-reprocessing

@qasdfdsaq but you need to carry it with you anyway

and if you can find it somewhere with lower escape velocity....

qasdfdsaq

True

Moonbase!

Or Mars

Journeyman Geek

01:49

or we figure out how to capture space rocks

qasdfdsaq

Boy am I glad SpaceX finally managed a successful landing

Coincidentally it's the first and only launch I've actually watched ;)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Solar sail?

duzzy

That landing was AMAZING!!!

One of the coolest things I've ever seen live-streamed!

allquixotic

@duzzy no kidding, that was awesome

qasdfdsaq

@duzzy It wobbled

duzzy

01:57

I'm still excited after watching it. I can't even imagine how the people there feel.

qasdfdsaq

@duzzy They're probably over being excited after the last few blew up

duzzy

Well, the first two they didn't expect to be successful.

qasdfdsaq

Exactly

duzzy

The last one obviously had nothing to do with the landing.

but it was just so cool.

qasdfdsaq

Now if only they had HD + HDR cameras xD

duzzy

01:59

Yeah, I wish it had been done during the day, too.

ORBCOMM-2

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In case anyone missed it.

qasdfdsaq

Ooh it's on Youtube already

Sweet

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq Actually, I'm pretty sure spacex does 4k

qasdfdsaq

I get to watch the wobble again

duzzy

The whole thing, leading up to the launch.

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek Resolution isn't everything ;)

Journeyman Geek

02:01

says you ;p

Psycogeek

youtube.com/watch?v=KgaWHnY2Ph8 one small step for man, one giant leap for recycling.

qasdfdsaq

As exemplified by the fact my 10-year-old 8 megapixel DSLR still outperforms most 20MP phone cameras

duzzy

@Psycogeek Oh nice.

Journeyman Geek

heh

>_>

qasdfdsaq

DAT RESOLUTION

Ooh there might have not actually been a wobble

bwDraco

02:04

@qasdfdsaq LOL. Just got myself a compact camera (on Christmas money) to serve as a companion for when my DSLR is overkill.

qasdfdsaq

Oh wait, there was wobble

Not just me imagining things

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq mumble mumble heart of a falling star mumble

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek The huh the hwat?

Journeyman Geek

That's what it looks like. ;p

bwDraco

For the last five years, I've carried a DSLR camera with me pretty much every day. I guess this will not be the case any more.

qasdfdsaq

02:05

Ah

bwDraco

If you're curious, it's a Nikon COOLPIX S9900.

Journeyman Geek

I'm looking at a mirrorless eventually

qasdfdsaq

Still a bit concerned at the drastic course corrections it has to make while just a few metres off the ground

It's hard to tell because of the shakeycam footage though

But that's what made the last one blow up on the barge

bwDraco

Initial impressions are very positive. Base ISO image quality is surprisingly good, 30x zoom gives some nice flexibility.

Noise and detail smearing can be a bit problematic at ISO 800, but that's pretty much expected on any compact of this sort.

It's well within reason.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq I felt trying to land on a barge was dumb

Psycogeek

02:08

I am going to put a SpaceX logo on my plastic garbage bins , and see if the suckers can land them without breaking too

qasdfdsaq

I heard it was some sort of regulatory stuff

That they'd have to demonstrate reliable targeting before being permitted to overfly populated areas and land on land

bwDraco

It also has manual exposure controls, USB charging (though not while operating), vari-angle display, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, and decent battery life.

Not the smallest camera, but the size is just right for me.

Autofocus speed is very good, shutter lag is surprisingly fast.

qasdfdsaq

02:23

Beyoncé - Love On Top

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@JourneymanGeek Eventually?

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq extended 3 month rule ;p

and I've not seen anything that's had me go "Hey, I totally NEED that"

qasdfdsaq

Hehe I see

Journeyman Geek

I've got a canon point and shoot I use for "non shit photography"

(I assume you're too new to have heard of the 3 month rule? ;p)

qasdfdsaq

Yep

Journeyman Geek

So, a new camera hasn't even hit the point where I look at options

When I get a new job, maaaaybe

but when I pull out my point and shoot something like twice a year its not a good investment for me

qasdfdsaq

02:32

Heh

Much the same reason I've not bothered looking at new cameras lately either

My current DSLR is too old to even insure, but since I rarely use it these days, I cba looking for a new one

Back in the day when I used to shoot 1,000+ shots a month, I was constantly on the lookout for new stuff

Journeyman Geek

(unlike say, computer hardware... )

even then I don't have gearititis.

qasdfdsaq

Chances are my DSLR will shoot more pictures in Singapore next week than it has for the last two years

Journeyman Geek

Other than two gaming periphrals, almost everything I bought is currently in use.

(Orbweaver... is super awesome for some games. Bought a 30 dollar joystick as a trial, and didn't really feel it)

qasdfdsaq

Looking behind myself the wall is covered by boxes and boxes of gear that's not in use >_>

Journeyman Geek

actually, if I could map the thumbpad as a mouse...

(I injured my clicky finger)

qasdfdsaq

02:37

Still waiting for brainwave-reading HIDs myself

Journeyman Geek

(Not RSI ironically, hurt myself moving boxes)

qasdfdsaq

Heh. Is it broken or just sore?

Sliced my WASD finger open a few weeks back... made gaming a pain

Also, it seems the "biometric" data in my "biometric epassport" comprises a 17KB jpeg of my face.

As it turns out a £128 biometric passport is... basically as advanced as a Facebook profile pic.

user19679

huh. Can "solar storms" affect screens?

Journeyman Geek

@user19679 Prolly not

qasdfdsaq

Yes

Journeyman Geek

02:46

unless it fries all the rest of your electronics too

qasdfdsaq

Though what you class as "affect"

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq don't think its broken

user19679

@qasdfdsaq @JourneymanGeek Oooo yes and no

qasdfdsaq

Well it might make a VGA display flicker.

Unlikely to break anything

Journeyman Geek

@user19679 IMO fear of solar storms is a bit overblown

qasdfdsaq

02:47

@JourneymanGeek Tell that to the bit flips that crashed my ECC-equipped xeon server that's never crashed in its life till now!

Journeyman Geek

Unless nasa or some smart aggregation of boffins goes "MAJOR SOLAR STORM ~~WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE~~ "

qasdfdsaq

Except when that Nyancat bash script triggered the OOM killer by forking too much

Journeyman Geek

SEE? SOLAR FLARES.

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek They have been known to screw up electricity grids

user19679

@qasdfdsaq my screen went "static". It looked like a really old TV from a shack in the woods.

Journeyman Geek

02:48

I'm pondering a JFD.

qasdfdsaq

JFD?

Journeyman Geek

@user19679 a modern LCD panel would never do that

Junk food day

qasdfdsaq

Ah

<== Every day

Journeyman Geek

I buy a large bag of chips, a bottle of coke, and watch a movie, and drink coke out of a proper glass ;p

Psycogeek

i think the sky falling effects more thing. you should see how hard it is to work a capactive screen in the rain , while walking 2 dogs

user19679

02:49

@JourneymanGeek Oh no. I hope my phone isn't on the way out xD haha. I've only had it for 4 months

Journeyman Geek

"Noise" on a TV is picking up analog signals it can't process.

user19679

@JourneymanGeek that's the one ;)

Journeyman Geek

A modern display would go "Oh? No signal? I'll just go blue"

A phone totally should not do that.

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek You mean ~~the voice of god~~ the afterglow from the big bang

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq I was actually thinking the sheer amount of noise we pump out too

qasdfdsaq

02:51

Nah that's quite distinct (as in, interference)

Most TV static is thermal noise and CMB radiation AFAIK

Journeyman Geek

Well, I'm not an EE

qasdfdsaq

And thermal noise is just quantum dots trying to ruin your day, i.e. god

Journeyman Geek

Except in an alternate universe where I can math.

qasdfdsaq

I was nearly an EE. But not.

I apparently have the equivalent of 1/4 of an EE degree

Psycogeek

@qasdfdsaq is that like you can charge $160 an hour, but still cant fix anything?

or you can fix it as well as they do, but only get $40 an hour for doing so?

qasdfdsaq

02:54

I don't charge shit

duzzy

Shit would be a strange thing to charge.

qasdfdsaq

Sex wouldn't, not in Dutchland anyway

bwDraco

In any case, this thing is head and shoulders above that piece-of-crap Fujifilm FinePix S1800.

Not a real substitute for a DSLR, but my initial experience is very positive.

qasdfdsaq

God who'd have thought hair buns would be so complicated

Easy & Quick Messy Bun Tutorial

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That's not easy or quick

Psycogeek

why us? next week are you going to make us watch a video of gonad cornrows?

qasdfdsaq

03:05

Don't geeks often have long hair?

Bob

...they do?

Psycogeek

yea but, they only put it up in a bun after they get the operation

qasdfdsaq

Well my IT department has tons of them, and engineering second

@Psycogeek you need an operation to be a geek?!

Journeyman Geek

lots of em are bald.

qasdfdsaq

I need it for purely practical reasons, to stop it getting sucked into computer fans when I'm working

And WTF are gonad cornrows and how are they less offensive than peenus?

Psycogeek

03:15

@qasdfdsaq no , only the most dedicated of geek , more like eunuch monk type, not to be confused with unicorn kind.

qasdfdsaq

I'm confused.

Psycogeek

@qasdfdsaq the site is rated PG 13, it is no less offencive, just within the qualification for the ratings for the site.

qasdfdsaq

So why do I get flagged and banned for saying peenus but it's fine to talk about gonad cornrows?

Psycogeek

now if the site was rated G, i would have to refer to the last 45 disney movies for my sexual inuendos

@qasdfdsaq because you do not know when to stop

qasdfdsaq

I stopped after the letter "s"

I said one word. All day. Instaban.

Psycogeek

03:20

you havent stopped whining about your hand slap though?

qasdfdsaq

I'm whining?

It wasnt even today

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq depends on whether someone flagged it

and whether someone noticed.

qasdfdsaq

Did you notice the gonad cornrows? Can you explain what they are?

Before my imagination mentally scars me for life and I have to flag this whole site?

Psycogeek

@qasdfdsaq why dont you flag that, and continue causing other people misery?

qasdfdsaq

@Psycogeek You're the one causing people misery! Talking about gonad cornrows but refusing to explain what they are

Psycogeek

03:23

Your becoming your own contradiction.

qasdfdsaq

Yet another evasive non-answer

Psycogeek

dont blame me, i live in a country that says things like "freedom of speech" right before they cencor everyone and everything, I have no such problems with your unicorns, or opinions

qasdfdsaq

Are you incapable of physically answering simple questions and only able to spout inexplicable gibberish?

Guess I'm gonna have to ignore you until you learn to put together cohesive English sentences...

Psycogeek

yes please do

but dont tell me next time, because it is more confusing that way.

Journeyman Geek

my, we're grumpy today.

qasdfdsaq

03:39

I'm not grumpy, I just don't like confusing gibberish

Also SilkAir - yay or nay?

Journeyman Geek

I just ignore @Psycogeek when he dosen't make sense, but I don't see the point telling people

Silkair's SIA's regional wing

qasdfdsaq

Bob seems to get agitated when I don't tell him

Journeyman Geek

so, not quite budget, but not quite super lush either.

Oh I don't use the ignore option

I just ignore him.

Yanno?

qasdfdsaq

They're the only people with a flight to Thailand at the right time I need, but it's silly return pricing

aka £244 one way, £231 return -_-

Journeyman Geek

Oh.

Then silkair's fine

We sometimes use em to get to india since they fly straight to a little airport in india near where my gran lives

also.

Ugh. flash

My dad's trying to help someone who's going through pre citizenship propaganda indoctrination.

Damned thing dosen't work on FF on my old laptop, despite installing shockwave and flash

but it works fine on chrome

and I have no idea what's wrong

qasdfdsaq

03:43

"citizenship propaganda indoctrination."?!

And is it a modern Firefox? Cause IIRC modern firefox has dropped support for flash and plugins and some shit

Ooh SilkAir includes baggage allowance

And once you add baggage charges and what not TigerAir ends up costing the same as SilkAir

So basically the same shitty way "full service" and low fares airlines work in Europe

Journeyman Geek

Its a modern firefox on linux

@qasdfdsaq silkair is a full service airline ;p

and tigerair is exactly the same as your shitty low cost airlines.

qasdfdsaq

03:59

Yep

bwDraco

Well, color me impressed with the performance on this S9900. Autofocus is lightning-fast in all but the worst conditions.

Shutter lag is nearly zero.

qasdfdsaq

Hmm looks like the Firefox/Flash thing isn't happening till the end of 2016 anyway

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