Happy Me Thread - Page 28

kladner · 2016-10-12, 23:44

The crazy mechanic guy who lived next door to my parents was given to grandiose jokes. My next younger brother and his friend filled a thin cleaner's bag with gas from the tap, arranged a slow fuse, and turned it loose. The neighbor heard them saying, "It's caught in the tree. Run!" However, setting off a ball of methane is not really that explosive. More like a flash burn, and inefficient.

However, on another occasion, the neighbor, who had a large mechanic shop in his garage, filled some sort of large plastic bag with oxyacetylene from his welding rig. Nobody was hurt when it went off and shook the neighborhood. Injuries were more likely when his wife realized nobody had been hurt, and that the participants were laughing about it. Initially, she was afraid to open the door and see if the garage was still there.

A short while later, the police came cruising past, and he ran out to the street shouting, "Oh my god! Did you hear that?"

xilman · 2016-10-14, 17:21

My Raspberry Pi-3 arrived today. It's a kit which includes PSU, NOOBS and a Lego™-compatible case.

xilman · 2016-10-26, 17:37

Picked up two old computers today, both completely free. Built in 2006, D6600 processors, so fairly power-inefficient by modern standards, both have disks of 320GB and GbE; one has 6G RAM, the other has 8G.

One will be to replace the house server (a freecycled single core P4, 1G RAM, disk with bad blocks) and the other to wean SWMBO off Windoze and on to Linux, which is why Mint was installed earlier today. SWMBO currently has 32-bit Win7 on a Q6600, 100MbE, 240G disk and 2G RAM so I'm pretty sure that the new kit will be an upgrade from her POV. It will also allow me to log in remotely and run ECMNET clients

chalsall · 2016-10-26, 18:09

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Originally Posted by xilman

Picked up two old computers today, both completely free. Built in 2006, D6600 processors, so fairly power-inefficient by modern standards, both have disks of 320GB and GbE; one has 6G RAM, the other has 8G.

Cool.

Any chance you can collect any others and bin them for the raw materials to produce BBC Microbits?

xilman · 2016-10-26, 19:02

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Originally Posted by chalsall

Cool.

Any chance you can collect any others and bin them for the raw materials to produce BBC Microbits?

The conditions place on their recycling included that they be used as complete systems and not stripped down for parts.

chalsall · 2016-10-26, 20:26

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Originally Posted by xilman

The conditions place on their recycling included that they be used as complete systems and not stripped down for parts.

I know you're joking along with me on this... And I appreciate that.

But the line is "Reduce. Reuse. Recycle...

If the old kit is unreliable, and/or consumes a lot of energy, perhaps it should simply be recycled.

kladner · 2016-10-29, 17:08

I just picked off what were then the last 44 TF assignments in the 80M range.

xilman · 2016-10-29, 18:31

Finally managed to get a GUI up on the Gentoo system which was upgraded a few days ago.

kladner · 2016-10-29, 19:30

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Originally Posted by kladner

I just picked off what were then the last 44 TF assignments in the 80M range.

Well.....the last few that GPU72 had posted at the moment. It's fun to see a box go empty in the available table.

Dubslow · 2016-11-03, 07:41

THE LONGEST CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT IN AMERICAN SPORTS IS OVER

kladner, how's the weather over by Wrigleyville? Loud, crowded and smoky?

bsquared · 2016-11-03, 12:51

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Originally Posted by Dubslow

THE LONGEST CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT IN AMERICAN SPORTS IS OVER

What. A. Game. What a series! I was exhausted after the game but I'm glad I stuck it out and saw the ending. Holy Cow!

2016-10-12, 23:44	#298
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2·3·1,693 Posts	The crazy mechanic guy who lived next door to my parents was given to grandiose jokes. My next younger brother and his friend filled a thin cleaner's bag with gas from the tap, arranged a slow fuse, and turned it loose. The neighbor heard them saying, "It's caught in the tree. Run!" However, setting off a ball of methane is not really that explosive. More like a flash burn, and inefficient. However, on another occasion, the neighbor, who had a large mechanic shop in his garage, filled some sort of large plastic bag with oxyacetylene from his welding rig. Nobody was hurt when it went off and shook the neighborhood. Injuries were more likely when his wife realized nobody had been hurt, and that the participants were laughing about it. Initially, she was afraid to open the door and see if the garage was still there. A short while later, the police came cruising past, and he ran out to the street shouting, "Oh my god! Did you hear that?" Last fiddled with by kladner on 2016-10-12 at 23:45

2016-10-26, 17:37	#300
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 2²×3×983 Posts	Picked up two old computers today, both completely free. Built in 2006, D6600 processors, so fairly power-inefficient by modern standards, both have disks of 320GB and GbE; one has 6G RAM, the other has 8G. One will be to replace the house server (a freecycled single core P4, 1G RAM, disk with bad blocks) and the other to wean SWMBO off Windoze and on to Linux, which is why Mint was installed earlier today. SWMBO currently has 32-bit Win7 on a Q6600, 100MbE, 240G disk and 2G RAM so I'm pretty sure that the new kit will be an upgrade from her POV. It will also allow me to log in remotely and run ECMNET clients Last fiddled with by xilman on 2016-10-26 at 17:38 Reason: s/D660/D6600/g

2016-11-03, 07:41	#307
Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 3×29×83 Posts	THE LONGEST CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT IN AMERICAN SPORTS IS OVER kladner, how's the weather over by Wrigleyville? Loud, crowded and smoky? Last fiddled with by Dubslow on 2016-11-03 at 07:53

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2016-10-14, 17:21	#299
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 2²×3×983 Posts	My Raspberry Pi-3 arrived today. It's a kit which includes PSU, NOOBS and a Lego™-compatible case.

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kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2·3·1,693 Posts	I just picked off what were then the last 44 TF assignments in the 80M range.

2016-10-29, 18:31	#305
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 2²·3·983 Posts	Finally managed to get a GUI up on the Gentoo system which was upgraded a few days ago.