Time |
Nickname |
Message |
16:08
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swebb |
Just checking to see if things are logging properly in here. |
18:17
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SketchCow |
LOG FOREVER |
18:18
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SketchCow |
The nice fellow who is scanning the CD-ROMs for us that is uploading to the filesharing service was not happy I was disliking the method publically in #archiveteam. |
18:19
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winr4r |
:< |
19:29
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SmileyG |
:O |
19:29
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SmileyG |
wait |
19:29
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SmileyG |
hes not visually scanning teh cdroms? that coudln't work...? |
19:31
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winr4r |
SmileyG: optically scanning CD-ROMs? |
19:31
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winr4r |
i think they call that a "CD drive" |
19:32
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SmileyG |
you know what I meant :P |
19:34
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winr4r |
you could, i suppose, but you'd need an insanely high-resolution camera |
19:40
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SmileyG |
yup |
19:45
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ersi |
we need to go deeper |
19:46
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winr4r |
thatswhatshesaid.wav |
20:54
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SmileyG |
OVER 9000! |
20:54
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SmileyG |
i have access to... |
20:54
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SmileyG |
a huge... HUGE pile of porn at work :/ |
20:55
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SmileyG |
though it likely isn't public yet :/ |
20:55
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chronomex |
do you work at a porn shop? |
20:55
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SmileyG |
chronomex: nah |
20:55
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SketchCow |
1.8G CDROM |
20:55
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SketchCow |
132G Games Machine (Italian) |
20:55
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SketchCow |
68G Linux Format Magazine |
20:55
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SketchCow |
70G Linux Magazine |
20:55
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SmileyG |
ISP/Telco. |
20:55
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chronomex |
aha\ |
20:55
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SmileyG |
used to work with alot of companies which did premium rate sms stuff. |
20:55
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chronomex |
figures |
20:55
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SmileyG |
i.e. text sex, get charged £5, heres a nice desktop image |
20:55
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SmileyG |
:D |
20:56
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SmileyG |
and as I tied the store room, I checked what was on random discs (there is about 600-700 cdroms floating around in various folders etc. |
20:57
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Hallfiry |
ok, now I'm here |
20:58
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winr4r |
oh hi |
20:58
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Hallfiry |
I saw you already started ripping the shoonay website that I suggested |
20:59
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SmileyG |
:) |
20:59
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Hallfiry |
did you also check the cover disk section of oldgames.sk and the cds at abandonware-magazines? |
20:59
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SketchCow |
I did. |
20:59
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SketchCow |
I'm moving through things as I go, Hallfiry |
20:59
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Hallfiry |
the oldgames sk isn't very much to download (some floppies and maybe 20 CDs) |
21:00
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|
Hallfiry |
http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/liste.php has about 550 CDs and some cassettes and floppies |
21:01
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SketchCow |
http://archive.org/details/cdrom-americas-premiere-shareware-1993 |
21:02
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Hallfiry |
I'll try to visit a friend of mine as soon as possible. he has ~500 german magazine CDs |
21:03
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Hallfiry |
so I can hopefully contribute about 1100 CDs this year :D |
21:03
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SketchCow |
I'm about to slam 170 into the site. |
21:03
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Hallfiry |
cd.textfiles or archive.org? |
21:05
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Schbirid |
oh awesome, german magazines! |
21:05
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Hallfiry |
yep :) |
21:06
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Hallfiry |
or, well. not magazines, but magazine CDs |
21:06
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Schbirid |
do you rip after the redump standard? |
21:06
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Schbirid |
yeah :) |
21:06
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Hallfiry |
or do you want me to scan mags, too? |
21:06
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Hallfiry |
the what? |
21:06
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Hallfiry |
:D |
21:06
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Schbirid |
http://redump.org/guide/cddumping/ |
21:06
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Hallfiry |
I make isos/bins if possible |
21:06
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Hallfiry |
if not, I copy files manually |
21:07
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Hallfiry |
of the 608 CDs that I indexed, 4 are ripped manually |
21:07
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Hallfiry |
the rest worked quite well as iso |
21:08
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Schbirid |
when i ripped ~40 discs, the majority would give me different checksums if i ripped twice :( |
21:08
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Hallfiry |
oh |
21:09
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Hallfiry |
the Pc Games CDs of 1996 and 1997 tended to have 3 reading error at the end |
21:09
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Hallfiry |
all of them |
21:10
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Hallfiry |
you will kill me for that, but I will surely not rip all 600 CDs/DVDs twice |
21:11
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Schbirid |
SketchCow wont care :) |
21:14
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Hallfiry |
what I find quite funny, is that cd.textfiles has like 637 CDs (according to the add log) and I'm contributing the same amount from just ~2 years of collecting |
21:15
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Hallfiry |
where about 400 CDs are from the recycling yard :D |
21:17
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Schbirid |
well, people like you rock:) |
21:17
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Hallfiry |
yay :3 |
21:18
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Hallfiry |
but actually I'm the blizzard historian oO CDs are just a side effect... |
21:19
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Schbirid |
i am quake historian, high five o/ |
21:19
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Hallfiry |
\o |
21:20
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Hallfiry |
trolling blizzard for wrong facts on their website and facebook timelines is so much fun :D |
21:21
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Hallfiry |
they shouldn't let chris metzen do history things. he uses google for his own company history... |
21:23
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Hallfiry |
I gtg |
21:23
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Schbirid |
see ya |
21:23
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Hallfiry |
don't know if I'll ever come back. (I normally never use IRC) |
22:08
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SketchCow |
So, is su retarded, an idiot, or a retarded idiot? |
22:08
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|
SketchCow |
I'll take all debates |
22:10
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dashcloud |
differently gifted! |
22:11
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dashcloud |
but far less useful than many other trolls/generally nuts folks I'm around |
22:12
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winr4r |
maybe just a SAP |
22:13
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|
winr4r |
oh i'll be at a public event and other people who weren't there might know i was there |
22:17
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undersco2 |
<dashcloud> differently gifted! |
22:17
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|
undersco2 |
He doesn't even make me laugh |
22:17
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|
undersco2 |
:( |
22:17
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|
undersco2 |
Trolls that make me laugh are cool |
22:17
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|
undersco2 |
Trolls that fail aren't |
22:32
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|
dashcloud |
wow- http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15398285.2012.674000 there's a journal called Journal of Consumer Health On the Internet |
22:41
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Aranje |
O.o |
22:54
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chronomex |
you follow @pinboard too, eh? |
23:16
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dashcloud |
I do- fascinating guy! |
23:16
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|
dashcloud |
also a great service |
23:17
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|
dashcloud |
this may not necessarily be off-topic: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/faster-than-your-router-verizon-doubles-fios-speeds-to-300mbps/ |
23:19
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Aranje |
My buddy may get that... in the area he's moving to it's only 200$/mo |
23:21
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dashcloud |
it's an amazing age we live in- and soon we'll have wireless routers that can keep up with those speeds! |
23:26
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Aranje |
I think if you set your laptop next to a wireless-N router it technically can |
23:26
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|
Aranje |
some of the vendor specific extensions push wifi-N to 300 or 330mbps |
23:26
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|
Aranje |
It's pretty impressive |
23:27
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|
Aranje |
even low end linksys hardware now `supports` gigabit ethernet speeds |
23:28
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Aranje |
I doubt it's capable of actually quite carrying that speed, but heh still cool |
23:30
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|
Aranje |
Here's your page: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wireless/f/80211n-300-mbps.htm |
23:32
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chronomex |
and yet youtube will still buffer constantly |
23:40
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dashcloud |
actually, if you check here: http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/wireless-n-routers-access-points/airstation-highpower-n450-gigabit-wireless-router-wzr-hp-g450h/ you can see the future coming |
23:40
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dashcloud |
802.11ac - gigabit wireless or so |
23:42
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chronomex |
sign me up |
23:44
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Aranje |
hah, I'll finally be able to ftp things at linespeed over wifi |
23:44
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Aranje |
legit. |
23:45
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Aranje |
Someday I won't hate wireless. Right about the time I die they'll get it right. |
23:45
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chronomex |
nope, radio is always out to get you |
23:46
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Aranje |
Shit. |
23:46
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undersco2 |
hahahaha |