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decimation: tvs have terrible resolution
asciilifeform: and i seriously don't get people who suggest 'use tv'. are they using computer with tv? if not, why not? and why eager to suggest to others.
asciilifeform: but you can't get the solid equivalent
asciilifeform: the array, naturally, is shaped a little like a titanic horizontal display (to match visual field of eyes)
decimation: because vertical real estate is more useful than horizontal?
asciilifeform: is that why you flip them vertically << ideally they'd all be vertical. nothing to do with angle, you've the causality reversed.
BingoBoingo: So did he really say learn English and go to the back of the line?
devthedev: I love this president
BingoBoingo: Solaris intoduces hell often trying to hunt drivers for a civilian machine
decimation: I note that it is more popular on many tech forums to openly discuss ditching linux in favor of a 'unix' clone
decimation: BingoBoingo: I like the 1:1 aspect ratio
decimation: asciilifeform: is that why you flip them vertically (better horizontal view angle)?
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BingoBoingo: And yes, moving the wall further back is prolly more cost effective than finding an adequate monitor
BingoBoingo: Only 720p, but... move the wall back
punkman: I want one of those square LCDs EIZO announced
asciilifeform neglected to tell the surprising part of the dead lcd story - that replacing a side screen is a royal bitch on account of virtually all extant lcd being worthless in terms of poor vertical view angle tolerance
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asciilifeform: ;;google tecan evo 200
decimation: yeah, they probably just didn't believe you
asciilifeform: decimation: just one not featured in the list, because afaik i was the first to ever plug the damn thing into a linux box
cazalla: BingoBoingo, i only wish i had tomatoes :\
decimation: asciilifeform: I wonder if the linux-usb guys only accept 'official' pids
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decimation: $5k one time, or for you today, $4k per year!
decimation: here's the official tollbooth http://www.usb.org/developers/vendor/
asciilifeform: decimation: phun phact about that list. i've mailed them pid/vids from devices not seen therein (legit, golden toilets) and it was never included.
asciilifeform: user recommended to use vid from defunct co.
Vexual: im frightened of the filename
xanthyos: http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/rotsnake7.gif << it's not really the gif that's animated, it's your brain.
asciilifeform: cardano vid/pid - user-configurable. put that in pipe & smoke it.
asciilifeform: decimation: what do you think the answer to that is.
decimation: I think ftdi will give you a pid off of their vid if you use their chip
decimation: asciilifeform: yeah I know the answer I was just taunting you
asciilifeform: decimation: 5k fee >> what do you think.
decimation: I'm not sure they make plasma displays meant for computer
asciilifeform: sold as tv -> triangular pixels -> yuck
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Samsung plasma monitors sold as TV's seem to have good longevity. Just need to sit at a distanc
asciilifeform: phun phact. symbolics corp. had to contract to have tubes blown specially for lisp machine, as properly high-res crt was not available off the shelf
decimation: are you going to pay the $5k fee for a vid/pid for cardano?
decimation: asciilifeform: today I was in usb driver hell, and then something occurred to me
mircea_popescu: if you talk him into building his own vacuum tube i'm like negging you.
decimation: if they even make them anymore
asciilifeform just dug out a 'radiforce g21' from emergency stash, but fears it may be too heavy for the hoist
kakobrekla: me? i did worse things.
decimation: I dumped my mostly burnt one in the local dump years ago
asciilifeform: decimation: virginal trinitrons may be extinct.
asciilifeform: decimation: i'd love to replace all 4 with trinitrons. but gave up after the umpteenth 'yes i promise it isn't burnt' and faded tube.
mircea_popescu: but then they gazed upon his great architectural achievements
mircea_popescu: one day termites came to asciilifeform's house
decimation: asciilifeform: replace with trinitron!
mod6: let's go over to stewert's houes and break stuff
asciilifeform: and it'll be a bitch to swap. like disassembling a pipe organ.
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thestringpuller: never would take you for a beavis and butthead fan mircea_popescu
thestringpuller: Gimme t-p for my bungholio
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mircea_popescu: ;;google i am the great cornholio
thestringpuller: good quality though. it'll go in the office
thestringpuller: it has to flatten out first
nubbins`: literally so bright you couldn't read the knobs on a dark stage
nubbins`: i've got a small 12-channel mixer i use for live shows that I had to putty over the power led (blue)
decimation: there are many studies coming out that tend to point to blue light exposure as being really bad for sleep
mircea_popescu: eventually i taped a businesscard in there. 1/16th inch of cardboard did it.
nubbins`: lose the quotes off the see
decimation: in the sense that they disturb my sleep
mircea_popescu: it shone right through 3-4 layers of ductape
decimation: yeah I can 'see' blue leds through my closed eyes
mircea_popescu: because it's new, and these idiots with the leds are like out of fucking control in their quest for laser beams.
mircea_popescu: decimation i had to tape over the fucking display lights on my ac here
BingoBoingo is now reaping the rewards of most badass candle upgrade ever
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform did you try to melon them ?
asciilifeform just lost all 4 ccfl tubes in favourite lcd
nubbins`: this is better than free condoms
kakobrekla: yes kako saves the day
mircea_popescu: anyway, typical usecase is : Host: 202.29.104.23 / Http Code: 301Date: Nov 20 23:05:07Http Version: HTTP/1.1Size in Bytes: 225 Referer: - Agent: WordPress/3.9.1; http://offpre.rmutp.ac.th; verifying pingback from 69.30.245.226
mircea_popescu: it's an approximation not a science this thing.
decimation: maybe I was hitting reload too many times
decimation: ah now it just came up (/a) without the error
mircea_popescu: obviously it shouldn't trigger like that.
mircea_popescu: decimation it redirects what it considers hostile traffix to 127.0.0.1
decimation: on one computer when I try to go to qntra.net the "ABE" noscript warning pops up blocking a get to 127.0.0.1
decimation: can't get there now
kakobrekla: decimation try http://qntra.net/a
kakobrekla: i think it cached locally
mircea_popescu: i dunno dood, for some reason it thinks you're molesting it.
mircea_popescu: i bet you thought you were pretty smart didja! but your gig is up nao!!
asciilifeform wasn't there, did not see proverb in action
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform wait, a melon what, stabbed threateningly ?
BingoBoingo: Isn't that what Kim is
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Turks got their butts from Armenia too, that's why they had to genocide the men
asciilifeform: 'a woman - for duty, a boy - for pleasure, but a melon - for ecstasy.' -- turkish proverb
mircea_popescu: and so they... adapted ?
mircea_popescu: the turks reproduced through anal intercourse with their womenz for all of the renaissance
Vexual: calamari skills too
mircea_popescu: i thought turkey.
BingoBoingo: Greeks get their butts from Armenia
punkman: that was a long time ago
mircea_popescu: punkman i thought greece was all cool and shit.