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12:02 AM
@ShaneMadden Not like I own any .11ac devices anyway
 
12:13 AM
TIL @ewwhite has 4 "wives"
 
@Cole wtf dude
I told you not to start a new relationship
 
@MarkHenderson Dude, after today - can't even
 
@Cole Alright, you get a pass for today
Tomorrow though...
 
@MarkHenderson I waited 4 months before I started dating again.
Think I should have waited longer, or maybe she's just not the right one for me.
 
@Cole Just keep workin' through 'em
 
12:16 AM
@Cole Fair enough. I'm not really good for advice, I haven't really dated in 10 years
 
It's just not worth it
 
I went straight from one serious relationship into another with no gap and ended up marrying her
 
hey! im no longer banned
 
@MattBear You got banned?
 
@MarkHenderson that's how I was until my ~4 month break
 
12:18 AM
@MarkHenderson apparently theres a hooker in here that got offended by my comment
 
@MattBear Well we all gotta make ends meet somehow
 
I think I'm just better off single.
 
I wonder how many people would be hookers or porn stars if they saw videos of prolapsed anuses
@Cole Nothing wrong with that
 
@MarkHenderson thems my favorite :p
 
@MattBear Gross
 
12:19 AM
 
@Cole being singles fun... though getting laid regularly is fun too
 
@MattBear truth
 
though banging a different chick every other week or so is fun also...
 
@MattBear Why not have both
 
12:21 AM
@JoelESalas I made the mistake of asking that question...
im still sleeping on the couch
 
@MattBear I dunno, sounds like a pretty sad and lonely existance, substituting one night stands for physical contact in place of a healthy relationship
 
which is ok, cause thats where my playstation is!
 
@MarkHenderson It's many healthy relationships instead of one
 
@JoelESalas We'll have to agree to disagree there
 
12:22 AM
@MarkHenderson: for various interpretations of healthy
 
polyamorous!
 
@JoelESalas exactly!
 
I think I've been single for 5 years at this point
 
@JourneymanGeek Nothing wrong with being single
 
and if you get in a fight with your one night stand, you can just walk away and never worry about that shit again
 
12:23 AM
I think there's plenty of things wrong with having multiple one night stands
@MattBear Yeah because that's a great way of dealing with conflict
 
@MarkHenderson: considering my luck with girls, this is an entirely practical thing
 
@MarkHenderson Go on please
 
or hit her... cause she doesnt know your real name and thinks your a pilot from vancouver!
 
@MattBear Goddamnit no wonder you got banned
 
@MarkHenderson I agree.
 
12:24 AM
@MarkHenderson lol
 
@JoelESalas I'm sure it's fun at the time, but long term I'm sure it's got to be emotionally damaging, setting you up with unrealistic expectations about what a woman is. They're not disposable play-things that you throw away when you're done with. And don't even get me started on the "friend zone"
As if somehow a woman is expected to give you sexual gratification because you're a decent person to her
 
@MarkHenderson: I think to an extent its about realistic expectations
 
@MarkHenderson I think we agree there, I don't think one night stands equates to pump and dump
 
honestly though, my wife and I have been fighting a lot the past few days, had to leave for awhile to stop it
 
I have a female friend who used to have fairly healthy one night stands between boyfriends.
 
12:26 AM
If anything I respect one-night-stand girls more
 
@JoelESalas How are they not?
 
It actually did her some good
 
@MarkHenderson A one night stand is a mutual assertion of sexual liberty
"We're both doing this because we want to and we can!"
It's empowering
 
@MattBear You have a young kid right? So probably neither of you are sleeping and the baby is taking all of your emotional and physical energy
 
Personally I don't fuck a girl on the first encounter though.
 
12:27 AM
@JoelESalas I'm really turned off if a girl tries to bone on the first date/hang out/whatever.
 
@MarkHenderson not really, babies easy, shes just mad cause I'm always working and shes a stay at home mom right now
 
@JoelESalas That's assuming it's the same for her as it is for you. Perhaps she feels that fucking a guy just after you met them is the only way she'll get a 2nd date.
There's no real way of knowing
 
though im always working so she can be a stay at home mom...
 
@MattBear This just in: Your wife is an intelligent being who had a real life before having a baby and now she's bored out of her mind
@MarkHenderson How is that my problem? One night stand or otherwise?
 
@MattBear Dude, when a woman goes from being a worker to a full time mother, that's a totally different emotional state for her to be in. She probably feels she's no longer contributing to anything, and going stir crazy not being around her collegues
 
12:28 AM
I've never even had a one night stand, I don't know why I'm defending this
 
@JoelESalas It perpetuates the cycle
 
@MarkHenderson Dated a couple women like that.
 
@JoelESalas I know, still doesnt give her the right to scream at me when I walk through the door, and then continue screaming at me for the next 48 hours
 
I'm in favor of a several-week tenure
 
don't stick your dick in crazy
 
12:30 AM
@Olipro That too. Nothing good comes of that.
 
@MattBear Of course not, but dude my wife did that to me yesterday. You've had a hard 9-10 hours at work and a shocking commute home, and the second you walk through the door she hands you the kid and says "Your problem now!" and storms off
 
@Olipro There's a three-week moratorium on crazy
but those first three weeks are fun!
 
@MarkHenderson A little insight on this - yes this is common believe.
 
@Olipro Also easier to see the crazy in the older women too. And if they're not crazy at 40, they're not likely to get all that crazy
 
Guys, stop being such dicks.
 
12:30 AM
She's going through a huge amount of emotional turmoil adjusting to her new life and her new role in life, and it's totally possible that she's suffering from some post-natal depression
@Cole My friend at work always picks up girls at clubs and wonders why the relationships don't work out. Gee, I wonder why...
 
@MarkHenderson duh.
 
@MarkHenderson This too.
 
@Adrian He had a cougar and two gays try to pick him up at trade show last week too
 
God damn ingrown hair on the back on my head
 
He must think he's getting old :P
 
12:32 AM
@MarkHenderson I know that, but there are limits
 
@MattBear And its your job, as a a man and a father, to deal with it the best you can. And don't be afraid to get help. About 9 months after our son was born my wife and I had couples therapy because we were both emotionally drained
 
@MarkHenderson Outstanding. That's one of the annoying things about traveling for me though. The number of predatory cougars. I've gotten to the point that I wear my old pre-divorce wedding band when I travel now.
 
@Adrian Haha does that stop them?
 
@MarkHenderson Also have to make sure that she's staying in touch with her friends.
 
IT'S DONE!!!!!!!
I'm single.
 
12:34 AM
@MarkHenderson Slows some of them down. makes for fewer that I have to run away from.
 
@Cole You sound liberated
 
@MarkHenderson I've been having chest pains for the past ~ 2 weeks now
 
@Adrian Yes, this is important too. Social isolation isn't fun
 
@Cole Woo! Just say No to the crazy.
 
I feel like the elephant is finally off my chest.
@Adrian yeah man, focusing on me (again).
 
12:34 AM
@MarkHenderson basically at this point, the compromise is that when I get done working, instead of sitting down from 10pm-11pm before going to bed, I do housework....
 
@Cole Maybe focus on yourself for a bit while longer ;)
 
@MarkHenderson exactly.
 
@MattBear Welcome to having a family. I get home at 5, I start making dinner. Dinner is done and eaten by 6. I get to watch The Simpsons until 6.30, then it's clean up from dinner, by that time the kid usually is bugging me to play some mundane game with him (this is worse than it sounds). Then it's a 45 minutes of work to get him through the bath and into bed. There was a time when it took 90 minutes to get him stay in bed. Then I go for a run, have a shower, jerk off and go to bed.
Next day, alarm goes off at 6 and I do it all again
 
Tell me again why people get married?
 
@MarkHenderson Why don't you poke your wife in the back with your boner? I hear that results in sex sometimes
 
12:37 AM
@WesleyDavid no idea.
 
@JoelESalas Yeah, sometimes it does. Most often it fails though
 
@Cole Coincidentally, a round-trip Boston-Logan>Seattle flight is just a touch over $500.
 
@MarkHenderson 60% of the time, it works every time
 
@Adrian soon
 
@JoelESalas Haha yeah except (not that the anchorman would admit it) poking a girl with your boner works < 1% of the time
 
12:38 AM
Too broke right now.
 
@Cole Oh, I get that. I'm living off what's left of my savings at this point. =/
 
@MarkHenderson sounds similar to my life, except im done working at 9 PM, work out untill 10 pm, have about an hour around the house before I crash, and get up at 6 am, take care of the baby, and go to work.
 
@Adrian Go make the next big Ruby-thing.
 
@Adrian what...is savings?
I was doing awesome when I was single.
In a relationship, nope
 
@WesleyDavid yeah. The kicker is that I don't have a big idea worth chasing right yet.
 
12:40 AM
@Cole I'm trying to save while in a relationship, it can start some fights
 
@JoelESalas has for me in the past "All you think about is money!"
 
@Cole UH YEAH BITCH, CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DIE DESTITUTE
 
@MattBear This is now your life, best get used to it
 
No, All I think about money and sex.
 
It doesn't last forever
 
12:41 AM
@Adrian I've got tons of ideas! Don't make me learn Ruby in tandem with you.
 
@MattBear just a question: Does you wife work? What are both of your schedules if so?
 
@MarkHenderson it doesnt really bother me that much, what bothers me is when I get home and she spends 3-4 hours screaming at me about it... and then I still have to get up at 6 and go to work
@Cole nope, just me working
 
@MattBear What is she upset about?
Specifically
 
@MattBear are you guys or she in counseling?
 
@MarkHenderson 1. She had to take care of the baby all day, 2. I forgot to put the toilet seat down, 3. I forgot to put a dish in the sink, 4. When I'm working I won't drop everything and come running to help her the second she demands it. 5. I was friends with my ex when we started dating... 2 years ago
slight variations, but thats the basic theme
@Cole and yes, counselor says she has borderline personality disorder
 
12:49 AM
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@MattBear 1) Normal 2) Put the damn seat down 3) Put the damn dish in the sink, 4) Normal, 5) Normal
(I jest of course, except for #1 they are unreasonable things)
 
@MarkHenderson Okay, you freaked me out. I was about to say "I retract any request for help finding Australian women from you."
 
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Although being friends with someone you've put your penis into; that is a fairly normal thing for a woman to be uncomfortable with
 
banhammer spammer plz
 
12:53 AM
@MarkHenderson 2 years since I've even spoke to her
 
Wow Community nuked the shit out of that guy.
 
@jscott it happens after X spam flags
 
@MDMarra Ah, I see. I just finished reading the rant/spam then went to click on their profile and 404. :)
 
@jscott I did thankyou
@MattBear Well, I dunno
Bitches be crazy
 
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12:59 AM
@MattBear yikes, BPD is a pretty shittastic diagnosis
 
@MarkHenderson 1,2,3,4 would be normal, if she diddnt spend anywhere from 5-48 hours screaming about it, and if she diddnt use a forgotten glass as an excuse to spend the next 2 days screaming about 1,2,3,4,5,6
6 = porn she found on my computer around a year ago, forgot that one
 
@MattBear Dude, thats just sloppy.
You're an IT professional, nobody should be able to find your porn stash
5
 
I'm not what the hard part of being home with the child all day is... I've had to do it for several consecutive days, multiple times, and most of it was pretty enjoyable. But I guess the kid is only 2.5 years now, so that solid 2+ hour nap after lunch really provides some free time.
 
@jscott Naps. Fuck you so badly. Our 3-year-old hasn't napped since he was 18 months old. But I can see why its draining. All they want to do is do boring things all day.
 
@Cole Halo?
 
1:02 AM
@Jacob just jumped into matchmaking.
 
@MarkHenderson 1. diddnt know it was there lol, 2. diddnt know she was gonna get into my computer and search every single directory for everything, and 3... 10 years of flying solo, I'm surprised thats all she found
 
Also, who has a porn stash? I just look it up as I need to.
 
@Cole I need 10 seconds :)
 
So, the other day I got an email from a registrar in china stating that a company there was attempting to register a domain for which we own the trademark, and do we wish to object to the purchase. I'm now fairly sure that it's just a scummy way of doing marketing
 
@Jacob ok
 
1:02 AM
@Cole Exactly. Broadband + porn mode
 
@MarkHenderson What, no naps? I run mine into the ground. I get him up right after I've had my coffee. Then it's feed him, take him on whatever morning errand, then playground/park/museum/etc, then lunch... by then he's begging for a nap.
 
@MarkHenderson yep - 75 down 35 up
But I've currently blocked porn/tumblr on my home network.
 
@Cole 300/150 :P
 
@jscott Nah, he's what they call a "spirited" child. If you run him into the ground he just keeps going and going
 
@Jacob I could have done that, just no need. Really no need for the 75/35 lol
 
1:04 AM
ok... i've gotta run, laters
 
You guys make me not want to get married, nor have children. Good work, you should talk to high school kids.
 
@MarkHenderson Nice sig block Mr. ISE. :)
 
@Cole We're only talking about the shitty parts
There are so many great things too
@jscott Yeah we spent about a whole 10 seconds thinking up a title back when there were just to of us (director and me) and we wanted something that sounded fancy
 
@Cole I wouldn't do either unless you have good reason.
 
@MarkHenderson have you tried sedatives?
 
1:05 AM
@Andrew Booo! Give the child candy instead, YAY!
 
@jscott word. I'm newly single, as in just a few minutes ago.
Oh yes cat I love when you come over and just bite my foot for no reason
 
@Andrew Uh, no
 
I just took a sedative
 
@MarkHenderson One time, an administrator at my school wanted to dump my phone because I was accused of "Hacking". She plugged the phone in and it proceeded to rape her computer :)
 
@Cole You people and your drugs
 
1:06 AM
@Cole I'm ready
 
HP ProLiant - "However, it turns out that "G8", which would be pronounced "gee-ate" is Manderin slang for "penis", so the marketing folk broke with tradition and called it "Gen8"
 
@Cole Oh, glad you got that resolved. Tough stuff those relations are.
 
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@MarkHenderson yeah, be careful using the word Engineer
 
@ewwhite No no no they should have called it the "Big G8"
 
1:07 AM
elol
 
@Andrew I engineer solutions all the time
 
Apparently trazodone is an antidepressant - but it was given to me for a sleep aid.
 
Technically my wife engineers creative ways to get our son to eat potato
 
Someone told me you're not supposed to eat potatoes raw
 
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also domain reg scamming is old
 
1:11 AM
@Andrew Never had it happen to us before
We're note huge domain holders though, we only have about 20
And almost all of them are mis-spellings or common spellings
 
@Andrew The title PE is the only one that you have to worry about
 
@Cole The only way I'll eat potato is raw, fries or chips. Why not raw? Did they have any reasoning?
 
Hell my planned degree has "Engineering" in it
 
@jscott not good for you I guess. I love raw potatoes
I love veggies, a lot.
 
1:28 AM
@Jacob blah I hate complex
 
@Cole we were doing pretty good, just needed more time
 
I was doing crappy, I suck on Complex
 
@Cole I hate it too
 
@Jacob match making is slow lately.
 
@Cole AFAIK server load
 
1:30 AM
@Jacob ah
 
Sorry trying to do user support :)
@Cole new match?
 
@Jacob I did much better that round.
 
@Cole yerp
 
This will prob be my last game for tonight.
 
@Cole :0
 
1:49 AM
Welp sucked at that lol
Time for bed though.
 
@Cole OK :(
Nah not really
 
Night! I'll probably be on tomorrow night
 
@Cole 10-4 get a mic! :)
 
I had one, never could find it after I moved - I'll check in some boxes tomorrow/this weekend
 
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2:13 AM
@WesleyDavid Ya know, you could do far worse than learn Ruby and get a DevOps Engineering position somewhere. There's about THREE BEEEELLION SDE positions open out there.
Step 1: Learn the Codez. Step 2: PROFIT!
 
@Adrian I was really gung ho about python...
 
@WesleyDavid Python's good too. Google uses it.
Frankly, if you want to go work for big companies, Python is the key along with SAN experience and other big hardware stuff. If you want to work for startups, go learn a bunch of Cloud Stuff and Ruby.
 
@Adrian Choices. =|
 
In the vein of that whole 'making your avocation your vocation' thing, I've been pondering coding up a service for motorcyclists to plot good roads, common road hazards, speed traps, and other items of interest.
 
@Adrian Sounds like a solid project
I'd helpout/invest on that
 
2:27 AM
@Adrian Go on then... motorcycleroads.com is interesting but sucky
 
@Jacob Not much advertising money in sites with crowd-sourced data.
 
@Adrian See, that's huge - making some kind of API mashup. Toss some Amazon affiliate things on there, or Google ads. Make a few shekels.
 
@Adrian More than you think, plus we could always sell out google. :)
 
@jscott Yeah, they tried to buy me out about 8-9 years ago back when they were just getting off the ground. At least I think it was them.
 
Wait, what, you have a site?!
 
2:28 AM
@jscott It's just in Wordpress these days. (roadsnw.com)
 
@Adrian See now that could become something others could use. Well, not riders here as it's flat and straight... but others could.
 
@jscott Hmm. I lived out around Newark for 7-8 years. Definitely not flat & straight there.
 
Also: Hoe Lee Chit... This looks amazing. roadsnw.com/rnw/15
 
@jscott Yeah. My favorite. I'm hoping that I can go there weekend after next on our annual June ride.
 
@Adrian Like I said, it has potential and I'd be glad to assist :)
 
2:33 AM
@Jacob We'll see. I need to think it over some more.
 
@Adrian You know how to contact me.
 
@Jacob That I do. Thanks.
 
2:52 AM
Huh, so you can "open" a directory in vim? Just found that out by mistake.
 
@WesleyDavid ALL HAIL VIM
 
I use nano.
 
Dope crunk, yo.
 
Was considering contacting a hosting provider then I see this from them:
"The storage is XYZ. This has active-active controllers and internal redundancy, besides the raid. Taking back-ups would be futile as this machine is guaranteed by the producer..."
and now I'm all "do not want!"
 
@ChrisS Wow. That's... wow.
 
3:15 AM
@ChrisS wow. . . that's "special"
 
They're Italian... "Failure" doesn't have the same meaning for them, or something.
 
@ChrisS You should anonymously email them this
 
I doubt they would really understand
 
@ChrisS I'm Italian. Failure to me means "things that would make my clients do a credible impression of my grandmother chasing me around the kitchen with a wooden spoon yelling"
 
They seem to be pretty well caught up in the idea that their storage can not fail, and failure is the only reason you'd need backups.
 
3:17 AM
@ChrisS but the most excellent first answer to that question addresses that misconception :-)
 
@voretaq7 Italians are also stubborn.
 
@ChrisS only when we're right
 
@voretaq7 1. You're not actually Italian 2. When have they ever been right?
 
@ChrisS 1. You're correct - technically I'm of Sicilian descent (Which is an important distinction. We're not just loud - we're violent!). 2. People are still buying Fiats (satan knows why...)
 
3:21 AM
@voretaq7 Because they own ferrari and they think that they're getting a small piece of ferrari in every fiat'
 
@MarkHenderson but Journalspace recovered (by which I mean "erased that post and relaunched" - the internet has the attention span of a hyperactive gnat...)
 
Plus the punto and 500 are cute
 
@MarkHenderson I'm getting a bigger piece of Porsche in my VW (the engine)...
 
@voretaq7 If you had an Audi you could claim a piece of lamborghini
 
@voretaq7 and a gearbox that stalls and kills you!
 
3:22 AM
Especially an Audi RS6, it has a lambo-derived V10
 
@MarkHenderson technically VW AG owns a substantial portion of Audi...
@Andrew I have a 5 speed. The transmission does what I tell it, when I tell it.
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@voretaq7 we've had massive recalls here due to a stalled car hit by truck & killed driver
 
@Andrew hard to stall a 5 speed unless it's your fault...
 
@voretaq7 yeah, I don't know the exact details. probably an auto.
 
@MarkHenderson Love that little Fiat 500. But I doubt I'd actually be able to fit in it. =(
 
3:28 AM
I have had my engine shut off on me, but that was legitimate (I got some REALLY bad gas, and it misfired so badly at idle that it shut down to prevent damage)
 
@Adrian For a while the Fiat Punto Diesel was the most fuel efficient car you could buy here
 
@Adrian I've sat in one. It's a deathtrap.
 
Thats why I originally looked at them
Then I saw how fucking slow it was
 
I'd feel safer in a Smart car
@MarkHenderson vaht, you vant speed too? Ingrate!
 
@voretaq7 Haha I was in a Smart ForFour at 195km/hr on the Autobahn a few years back. Great little thing
Interestingly, the user manual states that the cars top speed is 190km/h
A tailwind can do wonders
 
3:29 AM
@voretaq7 Which get fuel mileage that is as bad as some light pickup trucks.
 
@MarkHenderson <converts to real speeds> so 120mph... downhill then?
 
@voretaq7 Tailwind ;)
 
@MarkHenderson have to be a fucking hurricane...
 
@Adrian Ugh, the the "auto" gearbox in a ForTwo is shocking too. I hated it every minute I was driving it
@voretaq7 For 5km/h?
Hardly
 
those things DON'T. FUCKING. MOVE.
 
3:30 AM
I was probably down hill too, I don't remember the exact specifics
 
I mean I can chalk some of it up to the diver, but accelerating those pieces of shit to highway speeds just isn't happening with our stubby little parking spaces masquerading as acceleration lanes
you know what car impresses me with its acceleration though? the Prius.
DC traction motors can really launch your ass
 
@MarkHenderson Yeah, I've never seen a slushbox I liked. Which is odd considering I'm not a manual transmission driver.
 
@voretaq7 Never been in a prius
Dont know anyone who has one
Occasionally see them around though
 
Ugh! POS Honda Accord Hybrids!
 
@MarkHenderson IMHO they're not worth the price premium
@Adrian ...and those are DEFINITELY not worth it. The gas mileage sucks.
 
3:34 AM
Get a C[li]Max like Dennis K.
 
@Adrian Now I had a friend with one of those, she had it 6 months and took it back and swapped it for a petrol
 
@voretaq7 The mileage was even worse than my performance-turned VFR750.
 
@Adrian but it's a HYBRID
 
@MarkHenderson Hmm. I think they'd be perfect here.
@voretaq7 Yeah, not so much, IMHO.
 
(which means even though it gets 5 gallons to the mile you can drive in the HOV lane with only one person!)
 
3:35 AM
Hybrid != Stored Energy from Braking
 
Our standard for all the hybrid benefits / tax savings / HOV pass is "It's a hybrid" -- says NOTHING about fuel efficiency
@Adrian well, that's PART of being a hybrid (using the traction motors as brakes/generators)
 
@voretaq7 Yeah, but the Honda is essentially a gas motor with a battery boost for more performance.
 
@Adrian I don't think the performance is worth the extra weight from the motors.
 
I shouldn't complain quiet so much though. Some friends of ours loan it to us when all ours are broken.
@voretaq7 Nope. And the midrange was quite lack-luster even if the bottom-end torque was okay.
 
Wanna impress me, show me an all-wheel-drive hybrid: RWD gas, FWD DC Electric
 
3:37 AM
meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/184154/… they're re-tweaking closures.
 
@Adrian well the bottom end is all the motors which are AWESOME for torque
 
@JourneymanGeek yes. When they get rolled out we'll probably put something on Meta seeking suggestions for custom close reasons.
 
@voretaq7: I'd love to see 4 wheel direct drive electric with hub motors.
 
("Not Professional" will almost certainly be one of them)
 
3:39 AM
which makes a lot of sense
@voretaq7: OP is an idiot who shouldn't be allowed near a server? ;p
 
@JourneymanGeek that's a lot of weight though - unless they go fully electric and the engine is just a generator (like modern trains) it's really not worth it.
 
@voretaq7: they're not that heavy, more space efficient, and you have independant control of power per wheel
 
also traction motors suck wind at the high end -- they're terribly inefficient at highway speed.
that's part of why the Prius works so well - it's DC/Electric in the low end, and cuts over to the engine at highway/cruising speeds with advantageous gearing
 
@voretaq7 Yep. That's one reason I never really expected motorcycling to move to electrics.
 
@JourneymanGeek "on hold" ugh - that gives the users false hope
 
3:42 AM
@voretaq7 Oh and the howling from the grass-eaters when they figured out that the gas motor cuts directly in at highway speeds. Idiots.
 
@Adrian it makes no sense for bikes -- you don't spend enough time in the low end (not as much mass to accelerate - you don't need all that torque)
 
@voretaq7 You don't want all that torque for that matter, you can't use it since it just levers the front up halfway to the moon.
 
@Adrian well we could run the engine at 6k RPM to generate enough power to feed those DC motors....
@Adrian isn't that what bikes are all about - trying to rotate 180 degrees about the rear axle?
@MarkHenderson only for the first 5 days, then it says "closed"
 
@voretaq7 Well, some of us, Yes.
 
(still false hope, but only for 5 days :-)
 
3:43 AM
@voretaq7 Yeah, but still...
Oh well, wait and see how this ends up
 
@MarkHenderson KINDER, GENTLER CLOSURE!
(as opposed to my preferred method: Taser to the Testicles)
 
@voretaq7 What's This? I didn't see anything about changing Closing on Meta.SF.
 
@voretaq7 Now where is the RFC for stabbing people in the face over the internet?
 
@Adrian you have to read mSO dude!
(also I spilled the beans in here about it a while back teasing you all with the promise of custom close reasons)
 
@voretaq7 I don't have time to do that. Barely have time enough to follow mSF
 
3:49 AM
@MarkHenderson There isn't one, but I'm working on an RFC 1149 extension that uses falcons which can be trained to claw users' eyes out...
 
Speaking of time, Dinner Time. afk
@voretaq7 You realize I'm posting that to Twitter, right?
 
@Adrian I have no problem with this as long as I get credit for the mayhem.
 
@voretaq7 Blame. That's called Blame.
 
new ICMP message type: GOUGE
@Adrian whatever. "There's no such thing as bad publicity!"
RFC 1149 extension that uses falcons which can be trained to claw users' eyes out... For which I blame @voretaq7.
@akuepker New ICMP message type: GOUGE (42). Subtype indicates how many times the falcon claws them (1-255; 0 interpreted as "peck eyes out"
It just happens that 42 is the next ICMP message type available. Clearly this is meant to be.
 
4:35 AM
Can anyone get to: orders.familytreeproduce.com
I think the internet is broken.
 
4:47 AM
@ewwhite Seems to work
Form post to HTTP?
Weak.
 
Network Solutions seems to have been changing DNS servers.
or something...
[root@xt ~]# dig www.familytreeproduce.com @206.188.198.32

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.4 <<>> www.familytreeproduce.com @206.188.198.32
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
but now it's all good...
[root@xt ~]# dig www.familytreeproduce.com @206.188.198.32

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.4 <<>> www.familytreeproduce.com @206.188.198.32
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9634
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.familytreeproduce.com.     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.familytreeproduce.com. 7200 IN      A       67.199.83.43
 
Hm, I'm seeing VRRPE traffic...what sort of mayhem can I get up to...?
 
5:14 AM
ahh fun, I have a mini DR scenario ;p
backup drive died, as did my laptop drive
well laptop drive is throwing scary warnings and lenovo is replacing it tommorrow
(tho, apparently my warranty lets me keep the old drive, so there's no real rush, outside reducing downtime)
 

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