[01:39] heh found a book at the thrift store with an unopened 5.25" disk from 1992 [01:39] into the kryoflux it goes [01:43] so why are you archiving google groups, if google already did it? [01:43] not a troll, i really want to know [01:44] we aren't archiving the groups themselves, there was a file upload feature which google is discontinuing and taking down the files from [01:45] (for their own groups that you could create, not the old usenet ones) [01:49] Happy to report I'm about to finish my first full-on CD-ROM scan [01:49] Took longer than I'd like but it went tso well. [01:57] http://www.archive.org/details/1996-04-telecom-walnutcreek [01:57] Tah dah! [02:01] Just updated the desk [02:01] dsc [02:05] omg, Walnut Creek.. was using them for stuff in the late 80s.. no clue if i kept any of it though [04:43] Hooray, my friendly friendster starball is halfway uploaded! Only 25-ish hours left. [04:44] (Starball? Sounds awesome.) [04:45] :) [04:59] it would be faster for me to drive to columbus and hand off my data than let this file (that didn't fit on the stupid drive) finish [04:59] and there is still 900GB to go [05:00] yea, I've got about a dozen days left on my upload [05:00] i've got ~130 hours left on this one file [05:01] Well keep in mind that my file is only 180GB [05:02] this file is only about 80GB [05:02] But yeah, as usual, Station Wagon of Floppies has great bandwidth. [05:03] :) [05:03] very low latency though [05:03] high latency [05:03] err [05:03] yea, not sure how I typoed that [05:07] i want to see portal/stargate tech... open one at home, the other endpoint in a datacenter. run an ethernet cable through... [05:07] yep, I've had that daydream many times [05:08] (or in the case of stargate, use a point-to-point RF link, as matter apparently isn't re-integrated on the receiving end until it has all entered the gate on the sending side) [05:08] I don't think there's a person who hasn't. [05:08] yea, a stargate wouldn't work since the matter is itself sent as data [05:08] _but_ [05:09] if you could hijack the gates and use that enourmous bandwidth to send actual data... [05:09] Hard drive catapult. [05:09] heh [05:09] well, in that universe, RF can pass through the gate bi-directionally [05:10] right [05:10] but it's actually being tunneled across the datastream provided by the gates [05:10] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hy4dLkqRO8 [05:10] (god dammit we are dorks) [05:11] what about an iconian gate [05:11] those were more like Portals [05:11] but square and shiny [05:23] Looking for a plug for the XLR to USB converter. [06:00] SketchCow: you rang? [06:01] Yeah. [06:01] I'm uploading a Mac CD. [06:01] If this works, I will upload hundreds. [06:01] If it doesn't, I will find another way. [06:01] ok, just let me know when/where/how i can help [06:01] I just need to upload the 764mb ISO [06:38] whatas the dealio with CDs? [06:42] What ISN't the dealio [06:44] While waiting for CD to upload, I'm blowing in metadata for Ham Radio magazine. [06:44] http://www.archive.org/details/1987-07-hamradiomag [06:46] ooh classic [06:46] back in the late 90s i decided that i would back up my floppies on cdrom [06:46] then a few years later i decided cdroms were also unreliable [06:47] since then that data from floppy era (~ 50 mb) has been safe on raid1 disks [06:47] alas some of it was corrupt [06:47] those 3.5" disks [08:24] SketchCow: I have 97 GB and there are at least 4 other downloaders (alard, swebb, underscor, Paradoks; who else?) [08:25] So I *guess* it's somewhere between 500G and 1T [08:25] Stop download the mac cd [08:25] New image coming soon [08:26] Does that answer help? [08:27] Are we talking about the same thing? [08:27] We aren't, I bet. [08:27] Got it. [08:27] You mean google groups. [08:27] Thanks. [08:27] yes [08:28] Sorry, I've been deep on this Mac CD thing. [08:33] I have 153gb of google groups [08:55] Looks like I'm up to 2GB of groups myself. [09:19] ive been perusing Jason's back cataolg of blog posts, and does anyone have a copy of this Keynote: The Future is Now Rubi-Con 5, March 28, 2003, because he seems to be missing this one particular file from the archive he has of that exact con. [09:20] that's a funny hole [09:21] yeah i find that interesting myself [09:30] and now for some perspective: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Conservapedia [09:33] alternately: http://www.conservapedia.com/Uncyclopedia [09:35] "Uncyclopedia also has an article labeled "Bad Right Wing Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense".[3] This is an example of Uncyclopedian censorship." [09:35] uncyclopedian censorship ha ha ha [09:47] heh [09:47] both equally a waste of tiem [14:32] mmm [14:32] scumbag Earthlink: http://home.earthlink.net/~jmoleary/ [16:05] Coderjoe: Tables and and , oh my! [16:05] :D [21:18] I seem to remember some emu author working on a general data file analysis tool [21:18] this is what I was thinking of http://tlindner.macmess.org/?page_id=311 [21:18] doesn't seem to be actually released though [22:01] Hmm, I wonder if DVDs of educational content count as media mail [22:02] machine-readable media counts as media mail, regardless of the content [22:03] http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/173.htm [22:04] paragraph 4.1(i): "Computer-readable media containing prerecorded information" [22:15] Oh really?! [22:15] Even if it's commercial? [22:16] I suspect so [22:16] read the rest of the section though [22:16] section 4.0 also [22:16] so, yeah. [22:18] neat [22:18] And the DMM is the final authority on usps rules, right? [22:18] yes [22:18] well, the DMM and the IMM [22:19] (domestic / international) [22:19] (Domestic|International)? [22:19] okay [22:19] bingo [22:19] excellent [22:19] if you ever go to the post office and they pull out a gigantic book full of rules, that's probably the DMM [22:19] So you can mail HDs as media mail, then [22:19] looks like [22:19] aha [22:19] That's excellent [22:19] just takes forever and a half to arrive [22:19] (or so they say) [22:20] Delivery estimate from me to SketchCow is Sept 2nd [22:20] That's not too bad [22:20] not bad [22:20] (Some guy died and had a collection of linux format DVDs) [22:20] Apparently his widow knows someone that knows someone that knows I collect weird shit [22:20] good [22:21] Yeah [22:21] I'm just glad Jason volunteered to take them [22:21] My mom... isn't fond of my collecting nature [22:21] shocker [22:21] :D [22:22] So when I brought home an apple box full of DVDs and books, she was like "GFJKLS:GJFLKSGFJLKJGLFKDGJLKFJDSKLFJSDLK:FDSF" [22:38] hey Soojin, i 'archived' two more N64 carts :) [22:39] where can i obtain them?:) [22:43] super secret vault [22:44] just a few more to file away as 'nointro guys couldn't find a PAL cart that this USA guy could' [22:48] :) [22:50] ndurner: There's only a few days left to hammer Google and the tracker isn't handing out work very well and has been mostly broken for the last 4 days. Can you get it back in [22:50] operational order before the deadline? [23:26] swebb: broken? [23:39] db48xOthe: He's probably referring to the constant stream of 509s [23:48] right [23:49] which only means that it doesn't have anything for him, and is therefore working correctly [23:54] nah, 509 is throttling because of resource limits [23:54] 444 is no-work-available [23:57] 309 - server is menstruating - don't engage too much