The DMZ

Xander

00:10

@AviD Yes, many years ago. The bulk of my experience was in porting an Informix application to SQL Server/.Net.

And by "bulk" I mean "all." I still have two Informix books however, and would be happy to look things up on your behalf. :-)

Anonymous

02:26

@ScottPack thank you scott now I have the outspoken badge here

Scott Pack

I didn't star that.

Scratch that.

sigh

I'm getting annoyed.

My 3 pin headphone splitter gives poor results when used with 4-pin headphones on a 4-pin laptop.

Anonymous

@ScottPack constant buzzing or humming?

Scott Pack

Seems more like poor channel splitting.

I.e., in my testing I would only get the left or the right.

Anonymous

@ScottPack can't you use 3-pin jack with 4-pin hole directly?

Scott Pack

Yeah, should work fine

Anonymous

02:32

I've never have had to deal with a 3-to-4 problem even tho I help a couple of djs with their gear

Anonymous

@ScottPack oh I see what you are trying to do

Scott Pack

I checked the pin-outs just now to make sure.

Anonymous

two outputs for your laptop?

Anonymous

iirc three pin is r - l - gnd

Scott Pack

Correct

Anonymous

02:33

and four pin is whatever - r - l - gnd

Scott Pack

And 4-pin is R-L-M-G or R-L-G-M depending on the manufacturer

I want to be able to plug two sets of headphones into my laptop so the wife and I can watch a movie together

Anonymous

@ScottPack I can't quite remember the ubication of GND because with Tip Sleeve connectors, the ground always comes first or something like that that causes the speaker to make a loud crack

Scott Pack

You know , I remembered the tip being ground as well. But the pinouts I just looked at told me I was wrong

I also can't remember the last time I didn't hear a loud crack when unplugging headphones.

Anonymous

@ScottPack eh, I've never heard a crack while using headphones with 3.5 jacks

Anonymous

I've heard cracks using TS with guitar amps tho

Scott Pack

02:39

@PatoSáinz I do. Every. Fucking. Time.

Anonymous

@ScottPack ground loop then?

Anonymous

all my pc speaker system is very fine tuned and when I crank up the pre-amp I use for it, I can only hear nice, sweet, white noise

Scott Pack

It's been since college since I haven't, and that was in the recording studio using .25"

Anonymous

same goes for the dj gear I take care of and setup

Anonymous

all balanced gear

Anonymous

02:42

@ScottPack why do you want to use a splitter anyway?

Scott Pack

10 mins ago, by Scott Pack

I want to be able to plug two sets of headphones into my laptop so the wife and I can watch a movie together

TildalWave

02:55

@ScottPack I have one of those headphone amplifiers with more outputs for that. Not that we ever used it, but if we wanted to, we could've :)

I run all through a proper amp anyway and just reduce bass levels during nights. Works like a charm ;)

Scott Pack

Boring.

TildalWave

LOL

What else would you like then? You could get one of those laser speakers that'd heat up the air right in front of your ears then, and tracked by a cam ... local sound only, quite fun

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or this ^

Stack Exchange

04:00

I hope I'm at least following the curve of the Earth around to land ...

Terry Chia

05:07

Lighty

07:11

good morning dear internetz

Nick

@Lighty Good morning interwebz

Kisunminttu

07:48

@Lighty Good morning, my lovely puppet

Lighty

nuh, its MISTER lovely puppet

Kisunminttu

@Lighty Shush or I'll make my hand in to a fist...

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Lighty

eep o.o

Kisunminttu

Phew, we've had three guests over already and it's not even 11 am!

They're renovating the balconies in our building and apparently we were the only people who asked them if they'd like some coffee (and a sammich)

Lighty

go nice people :3

FEichinger

08:04

@Kisunminttu See, everyone else knew not to make that mistake.

kalina

my hearing isn't recovering as fast as it should and it's driving me WILD

Lighty

whispers a dirty joke in @kalina's infected ear

kalina

...

I would break your face just for violating my personal space

especially with how annoyed I am with watchdogs

Rоry McCune

Morning all, see the DMZ is off to a stereotypical start this morning :op

@Kisunminttu is being nice and @kalina is threatening violence !

kalina

I'm not threatening

threatening implies I haven't already dispatched my hit squad on @Lighty's location

also, "wrong side of the bed" doesn't sum up this morning

nope, today was very much a "wrong end of the bed" wake up

with a dog licking my face

nothing could enrage me more than being woken up by a dog licking my face

Lighty

08:08

who says it was a dog...

kalina

...

I opened my eyes, and there was a dog there

for the brief moment before I screamed at him

and then he wasn't there anymore

in fact, I haven't seen him since

Terry Chia

@kalina It's probably on fire somewhere.

Lighty

@TerryChia my oven aint on fire

yet

Terry Chia

@Lighty That made literally zero sense.

You aren't as funny as you seem to think you are.

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kalina

it's sunny today

might spend the day asleep outside

or

more likely

I might play watchdogs for 15 more minutes

which is about the amount of time it takes to infuriate me to the point of wanting to cause real world genocide

Lighty

08:15

@TerryChia do you think i think i am funny?

because i dont, my jokes rather suck :3

kalina

I think that he thinks that you think that he thinks that you think that I think that we think that you think you think you're funny

which is far more thinking than is allowed in the DMZ before lunch

Lighty

im trying to figure out who " you" is

kalina

your funny has been expended, please return in 2 hours to continue

(or pay the one time recurring low price of $9.99)

Lighty

or a dog lick to the face

FEichinger

@kalina Yeeeeh, that's about as long as I can play in one session, too.

kalina

08:17

I'm not going to experience any more dog licking to the face today

said dog is probably busy shitting himself in some corner

@FEichinger you don't play games, where is the real @fei

FEichinger

@kalina I do play games! I just usually can't afford them.

kalina

and out of everything you could have bought, you got watchdogs?

Kisunminttu

@kalina Bet that's not true

Terry Chia

@FEichinger Good and cheap games are easy to find. :P You just have to wait a few months.

FEichinger

@kalina I know, right? *sigh*

kalina

08:19

@Kisunminttu well there is a list that extends beyond dog licking face but most of those things I wouldn't ever say because it would admit that I would even consider being in those situations

@FEichinger is it me, or is the entire game completely underwhelming?

driving is poor

shooting is poor

story is crap

characters are annoying

FEichinger

@kalina Agreed.

kalina

it's literally jordi out of the bunch that is even remotely well written

FEichinger

@kalina Meh, it gets better, but definitely not good enough.

kalina

damien makes me angry

the deadmau5 cameo made me angry

the stupid annoying bullshit driving mechancs make me angry

the stupid random crimes every 200 meters is stupid

the online functionality is broken

the game cripples my pc

Lighty

all caused by a dog lick to the face...

kalina

08:22

the only way I've been able to tolerate the game at all is by doing the driving sections with an xbox controller

eugh

the

stupid

civilians

FEichinger

@kalina Figures. The effort that went into the PC version is laughable.

kalina

so there was this one point where I found myself in some kind of logging yard yesterday

there were three people visible

I killed all three with a silenced pistol

suddenly, some guy on a road on the OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER WITH A MARINA BETWEEN ME AND HIM

went, "oh no, somebody is shooting a gun" calls police

FEichinger

Ugh.

kalina

now some of this is probably my fault

FEichinger

Well, yes, you probably killed too many people.

kalina

08:24

because I happily mow down groups of civilians while I'm driving around

but we're talking like an in game mile away over a river past a bunch of boats with a silenced gun

and then(!)

FEichinger

Well, he probably saw you, rather than hearing the shots.

kalina

In contrast, I had an all out shootout in the middle of the city with a shotgun

and not a single thing happened

not to mention the bullet proof explosion proof enemies later in the game

like seriously, you just trod on an IED, you don't "get back up" from that

and don't go with your "oh but video game realism" because they certainly got the single shotgun blast to the face kills you working absolutely fine

eugh I'm going back to bed

FEichinger

o/

kalina

and not even because of watchdogs either

my linux pc just decided it doesn't want to continue working

I think the overwhelming heat from my temper caused it to overheat

Barry Carlyon

Good Local time DMZ!

FEichinger

08:29

@kalina Stop setting fire to things.

kalina

@BarryCarlyon it's morning

@FEichinger this was passive

Barry Carlyon

Here too @kalina

Lighty

setting things on fire is best done with liquid equalyptus :3

kalina

setting things on fire is best done by sheer willpower

will them to spontaneously combust

revel in their screams as they burn

Lighty

nah, liquid equalyptus is extremely thin, spreading faster then water, and is lighter as water, plus, it damps far worse then bezin or other solutions, which are flamable as hell too

which means, its a horrifying combustable liquid

:3

Adnan

08:34

@RoryA Ping ping about this security.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/28051

Shouldn't we correct OP's misconceptions in comments rather than edits?

Now OP is gonna see that his question is edited, but why? No idea!

kalina

@adnan that is a "radical change" imo

it changes what the question is asking

Adnan

@kalina Indeed. I agree with you

FEichinger

@Adnan screenshot and framed on the wall

kalina

in that case

it just looks like spelling corrections and should be approved

Terry Chia

@Adnan I think an edit is fine if a comment was left as well.

kalina

08:36

I think your face is fine as long as it has a bag over it

3

Adnan

@TerryChia Well, a comment wasn't left

Terry Chia

@Adnan Also, I don't get that edit. Isn't it perfectly fine to say a 4096 bit DSA key?

Lighty

why is @kalina always so destructively cheerfull? :3

FEichinger

@Lighty Why wouldn't she be?

Lighty

you with your darn questions D:

kalina

08:40

I think the word you're looking for is "weird"

and my answer is "everybody is weird in their own little way"

Rory Alsop

@Adnan Agreed - I'll leave a comment

Lighty

im weird too :3

kalina

I'm not sure which part of "everybody" excluded you

Lighty

atleast, mommy says im a very special boy

kalina

she meant "speshul"

Rory Alsop

08:43

@kalina or 'big' way...

kalina

@RoryAlsop I have no idea what you're implying

Lighty

i'm tall, if thats what he means o.o

almost 2M, if im right

FEichinger

I am surprised @kalina is currently not the weirdest person in the DMZ. Despite a lack of Simon.

Rory Alsop

@kalina Some people might be very weird. Why, what did you think I was implying?

kalina

I'm not weird, I'm perfectly normal, everybody else is at fault

Terry Chia

08:46

@FEichinger It did strike me that Lighty is a less likable version of @Simon.

Rory Alsop

@kalina that's always my argument

FEichinger

@kalina Yeeeh ... no. :P

@TerryChia Ah, not "less likable" ... Just less experienced. Hasn't quite gotten the hang of the room yet.

kalina

@FEichinger you're wrong

FEichinger

@kalina Your face is ... that seems awfully self-damaging ...

Lighty

im very likable... if you're either high or drunk

kalina

08:48

I might be high, but that is my default state

Rоry McCune

@kalina so in fact you are afroman

kalina

...no?

Rоry McCune

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potentially NSFW

video with gratuitous Jay and Silent Bob

kalina

FUCKING STUPID POLICE HELICOPTER SPOTTING ME THROUGH A BUILDING

caps wasn't intended but works well enough

Lighty

and im just sitting here playing the new Wolfenstein, instead of Watchdogs :I

Terry Chia

08:56

@kalina What you have been saying it really funny if taken out of the video games context.

kalina

@Lighty yeah I've been told that the new wolfenstein isn't "too bad"

but since they said the last wolfenstein wasn't "too bad" and that was in fact terrible

I have been waiting for more opinions from people whose opinion means something

Lighty

the 2008 Wolfenstein is actually not "bad"

kalina

I have heard it's quite short though

Lighty

but far from good

kalina

it's not RTCW though, is it?

Lighty

08:57

the new one is rather cewl, a bit short, but when you get sucked in by th story...

not really

but the story, is one of the better ones :3

its Metro 2033 level storyline

there were a few moments where i had to close the game :x

kalina

as long as the game plays, the story being excellent will save a game from any negatives for me

Lighty

ohoho

the game ish awesome

FEichinger

Thankfully, I live in a country where the new Wolfenstein is censored, so I don't give a damn about it at this point.

kalina

I'd much rather play a subpar game with a good story than an average game with a bad story

Lighty

referring to being stealthy, and then being spotted

you just go akimbo-shotgun on their asses

:3

kalina

08:59

@FEichinger must be hard living in a country that made such massive errors and then spent the rest of time hiding from them

FEichinger

@kalina Hey, Germany isn't "hiding from the errors" - it's hiding from everyone else reminding them of the errors every time.

Lighty

i live about a kilometer from the german border

most people on the internet think people from the netherlands are german too

then again, most people i speak too think Germany and the netherlands are still occupied by nazi's

but they also think Croatia lies in Colorado in Texas

kalina

oh you're talking about Americans

yeah nobody cares what Americans think

Americans are entitled to an opinion once their country gets to 1000 years old

FEichinger

@kalina But, but, but, Americans think everyone cares what they think!

Rory Alsop

@Lighty is it as good as the original

Lighty

09:04

i like all the cameo's and all the "wolfenstein" humour

kalina

@RoryAlsop the "original" was a 2.5D technology driven game with a story that consisted of "thur be nazis, murder"

Rory Alsop

@kalina yup - I loved it. It was cutting edge

FEichinger

@kalina Not everyone cares about an excellent story as much as you do, dear.

Lighty

i still think RTCW is the better one in the series, too much nostalgia

Terry Chia

@FEichinger I enjoy the monsters = loot pinata variety of games. Maybe that's why I liked D2 so much.

Lighty

09:07

but double rocket-launchers and akimbo shotguns make me look the other way

kalina

well just to make you all feel old

@RoryAlsop psh

did you know that the original wolfenstein is older than I am?

I suppose when you're as old as @RoryAlsop you can't feel much older

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overwhelmed by the feeling of old

Lighty

im wondering, am i the youngest person here?

because then im going to call everyone old

kalina

how old are you

being younger than @fei is a bannable offence

Rory Alsop

@kalina it was streets ahead of Space War, which I had running on my Osborne under CP/M

@kalina old is never overwhelming

kalina

@RoryAlsop the last part of this sentence just looks like words

Rory Alsop

09:10

It gets more and more fun every year

kalina

it has no meaning to me

FEichinger

@kalina ... What's that supposed to mean!

Lighty

im 17 o.o

Rory Alsop

hahahaha - you do find you live more vicariously. I did a half marathon with my 7 year old on Saturday. She found it easier than me :-)

Lighty

march 1997

Rory Alsop

09:11

@Lighty I was in my late twenties by then

kalina

I must be getting old

Terry Chia

@RoryAlsop The phrase "bones turned to dust" probably applies to you.

kalina

no I'm not going to finish this sentence

Rory Alsop

@TerryChia probly - but definitely happy dust

Lighty

old dust

grandpa @RoryAlsop :3

Rory Alsop

09:13

@Lighty old dust can still rock out. I have the teaser trailers ready from our documentary. Will share here as soon as I am allowed.

FEichinger

@RoryAlsop ... Yeh, I think that's my cue to leave for work.

Rory Alsop

Obviously the leather costume holds the dust in

Lighty

what kind of documentary?

about the 1st world war? sharing experiences and such?

Rory Alsop

@Lighty a 'rockumentary' if you will

We had a film crew come on tour with the band

@Lighty pfffft

Lighty

sorry :3

rockumentary? nice, you play this so-called rock?

kalina

09:17

starting in the stone age

no it documents @Rory's life

working forward

Rory Alsop

@Lighty yarr. Loud so-called rock

@kalina heh

Lighty

what direction? more like guns n roses? or more like AC/DC? or a bit like Eric Clapton's non-blues side?

kalina

and here we observe rory in his natural habitat

"GRR MAN MAKE FIRE"

"COOK MEAT"

"CLUB WOMEN"

Lighty

eat @kalina

kalina

fast forward 2000 years and you'll notice... nothing has changed

Lighty

09:19

you forgot that

kalina

@Lighty nope, lets not talk about eating kalina in a place I can get banned from

Rory Alsop

@Lighty that is always a difficult explanation. Here goes:

My influences are Clapton, Zeppelin, Floyd, Purple, Satriani etc

kalina

@Lighty like eiffel 65 crossed with aqua and abba

Rory Alsop

Bass player likes RHCP, Cake, funky slap bass

kalina

you should hear his rendition of barbie girl

Rory Alsop

09:21

Our rhythms are very prodigy, kmfdm etc

Rоry McCune

@kalina you realise that @Lighty may be too young to know about barbie girl

Rory Alsop

actually - you should hear our 'something kinda ooh'

Rоry McCune

@kalina you're showing your age

kalina

come on rory lets go party

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Rory Alsop

@Lighty - www.metaltech.me - NSFW and loud

FEichinger

09:21

@kalina Tsk, tsk, tsk!

kalina

(ah ah ah yeah)

Lighty

@RоryMcCune i may be 17 years old, but i know about Aqua

:3

and @RoryAlsop ohmai, such insperations... :3

and what about the bassist of Genesis/Phil Collins?

the ones name i forget

i call him dumbledore

kalina

I might play watchdogs some more

I'm bored

back in 5 minutes when I facedesk alt+f4 by accident on purpose

FEichinger

09:33

back in ... two hours when I get off the train. Perhaps.

Lighty

be sure to STEP into the train this time @FEichinger :3

FEichinger

... I ... That doesn't even make sense.

Lighty

i know

why else would i say such a thing?

kalina

HOW RUDE

nobody tells @FEichinger to die except ME

Lighty

i didn't tell him to die...well... not directly

just see me as a messenger of the gods :3

FEichinger

09:38

@kalina ... And you tell me so every day ♥

kalina

I haven't told you to die in weeks

maybe even months

do you realise how much pent up fire I have?

so little fire starting

I could explode at any moment and it would end the world

Lighty

throws liquid equalyptus at @kalina

FEichinger

(removed) !!!

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:P

Anyway, seriously leaving now.

kalina

HOW RUDE

you people make so many inappropriate comments

Lighty

atleast @kalina's fire makes her warm, no wonder why that dog likes to cuddle her

Nick

09:52

@FEichinger you seem to have forgotten that comments have edit history :P

kalina

yes he has

I believe it was intentional

I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to escape over a roof top as part of a mission

the sad thing is, because this game doesn't let you skip cutscenes

I've actually spent 10 minutes of that 20 watching the same cutscene over and over again

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