| 00:00.22 | marios_ | next year there elections right ? |
| 00:00.29 | marios_ | there are |
| 00:00.31 | Leeds | here? yes |
| 00:00.34 | marios_ | yes |
| 00:00.56 | marios_ | I love elections...it is gonna really interesting |
| 00:04.45 | marios_ | who do you think might get elected? |
| 00:05.23 | Leeds | probably Tony Bliar |
| 00:05.28 | marios_ | hahahhahahahhah |
| 00:05.30 | marios_ | lol |
| 00:07.07 | Leeds | ? |
| 00:07.15 | marios_ | well he might be Bliar but what if Michale Howard ? |
| 00:07.25 | marios_ | is liar too ?> |
| 00:07.33 | Leeds | less of the big lie... |
| 00:07.57 | marios_ | he kind of anti-European right ? |
| 00:08.06 | Leeds | not really |
| 00:08.23 | Leeds | lionfish: well, don't keep quiet! |
| 00:08.33 | marios_ | he said no to the constitution :) |
| 00:08.36 | Leeds | we do tend to focus if someone has a technical question |
| 00:08.55 | marios_ | better talking politcs rather than dead channel |
| 00:08.58 | lionfish | I was on the phone, just readin my scrollback :) |
| 00:09.01 | Leeds | marios_: there is a new party, the UK Independence Party, which is eating the anti-Europe wing of the Tories |
| 00:09.02 | marios_ | at least there is some activity |
| 00:09.16 | marios_ | yeah I read about UKIP |
| 00:09.23 | Leeds | lionfish: so, what effect do you think Arafat's death will have on the Middle East |
| 00:09.44 | lionfish | I wish I knew |
| 00:10.00 | lionfish | I hope not a massively destablising one |
| 00:10.11 | lionfish | as I'm going to Egypt on sunday |
| 00:10.31 | Leeds | ah |
| 00:10.32 | marios_ | in the near future it would be more stabilized |
| 00:10.41 | marios_ | without Arafat |
| 00:10.43 | Leeds | I'm going to Spain on Sunday - much cheaper, if a little colder |
| 00:10.51 | marios_ | spain again ? |
| 00:10.57 | Leeds | yup |
| 00:11.10 | Leeds | that's not this sunday - it's the 21st |
| 00:11.19 | Leeds | nope, flying again :-) |
| 00:11.23 | marios_ | lol |
| 00:11.32 | marios_ | EasyJet ? |
| 00:11.52 | Leeds | would have cost about £50 each for the flight, return including taxes/fees/etc. but I had to wait until my manager got back from his holiday (in Spain!) to check I could take the time off |
| 00:11.57 | Leeds | nope, Monarch |
| 00:12.02 | Leeds | lionfish: going on holiday? |
| 00:12.06 | highbury | hi folks |
| 00:12.09 | lionfish | Leeds: yes |
| 00:12.11 | Leeds | morning highbury |
| 00:12.24 | marios_ | hello highbury |
| 00:12.36 | lionfish | o/ |
| 00:13.40 | Leeds | lionfish: I've never been to Egypt - I've been to the border, and I've been to Lebanon and Jordan and maybe Syria... |
| 00:13.50 | highbury | just got a cool toy from Maplins: SOHOUSB EasyIDE - a IDE to USB convertor, useful for scanning through a pile of disks I have |
| 00:14.08 | Leeds | sounds useful |
| 00:14.48 | highbury | only £20 thought it was pretty neat |
| 00:15.00 | Leeds | that is good - maybe I'll look out for one |
| 00:15.15 | marios_ | from online store? |
| 00:15.19 | highbury | saves cracking open a case when wanting to investigate the conetnts of a disk |
| 00:15.52 | highbury | I went to their Tottenham Court Road store, but it should be available online |
| 00:16.01 | Leeds | could also be used to easily use a oldish drive for either offline storage or backup... |
| 00:16.17 | marios_ | cool |
| 00:16.30 | marios_ | what is the store name? |
| 00:16.37 | Leeds | marios_: Maplins |
| 00:16.51 | marios_ | ok |
| 00:17.18 | highbury | sort of, our version of, Radio Shack |
| 00:17.35 | lionfish | I thought that was Tandy |
| 00:17.38 | marios_ | ohhhh then it must be very expensive |
| 00:17.39 | Leeds | highbury: this one? http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35057&TabID=1&source=15&WorldID=&doy=13m11 |
| 00:17.45 | lionfish | Whatever happened to Tandy? |
| 00:18.05 | Leeds | lionfish: Tandy was actually the original name of Radio Shack - one of the founders was Mr. Tandy... it's gone away now, in the UK |
| 00:18.14 | highbury | Tandy went bust years ago |
| 00:18.23 | lionfish | Ah. |
| 00:18.33 | Leeds | Maplins and RS (no relation to Radio Shack) have taken over to a great extent - we discussed this here a few days ago :-) |
| 00:18.41 | marios_ | probably Radio Shack will follow Tandy's steps |
| 00:19.09 | highbury | Maplins, hang on through very lean times, but now seems to be doing pretty well, and is opening up stores again |
| 00:19.17 | marios_ | since you guys mentioned shopping....most of the TVs support NTSC ? |
| 00:19.31 | lionfish | Some do. |
| 00:20.01 | highbury | leeds, yes that's it! |
| 00:20.26 | Leeds | highbury: but the FAQ says it doesn't work with Linux! |
| 00:21.13 | Leeds | ah, no... a later 'question' is someone saying it does work |
| 00:21.51 | highbury | yep, I read that too. |
| 00:22.18 | Leeds | I would assume it worked, frankly :-) |
| 00:22.33 | highbury | can't be arsed to plug it in, I still have to get my wireless setup going |
| 00:23.14 | highbury | but it looks like it could be handy *someday* |
| 00:23.49 | Leeds | certainly does |
| 00:27.11 | highbury | comes with no documentation, just a mine-cd which I can't play in my slot-drive |
| 00:35.34 | highbury | well nn folks |
| 00:36.56 | JAV | nn highbury |
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| 02:13.44 | rdancer | maplins suck |
| 02:14.29 | rdancer | the stuff they sell looks like hand-made in some china sweatshops by 11yo kids |
| 02:14.47 | irvined | rdancer, what makes you think its not :) |
| 02:14.48 | marios_ | lol |
| 02:14.55 | rdancer | it prolly is |
| 02:15.22 | rdancer | but thenafter, the prices are like for micron-precision parts |
| 02:16.23 | rdancer | and they don't really have a portfolium |
| 02:17.05 | rdancer | you want a connector? well, we have some connectors. but i want *this* connector. hm. look at the shelf overthere... |
| 02:17.39 | rdancer | i was used to >1000pages catalogues back in .cz |
| 02:18.24 | rdancer | how is called that sollution you use when soldering? |
| 02:18.42 | JAV | flux? |
| 02:19.02 | rdancer | to immerse the soldering tip, and the tin, and the parts. that lowers the surface tension of the tin |
| 02:19.11 | rdancer | ~dict flux |
| 02:19.51 | rdancer | i always used that thing that circulates in the veins of the trees 8-) |
| 02:20.04 | JAV | resina |
| 02:20.18 | rdancer | but here, the flux was something like a white creme |
| 02:20.22 | rdancer | JAV: yeah, resina |
| 02:20.24 | rdancer | ~dict resina |
| 02:20.41 | JAV | resine in english (me thinks) |
| 02:20.52 | rdancer | ~dict resin |
| 02:21.09 | rdancer | yes |
| 02:21.52 | rdancer | where do you guys buy electronic parts, when you want to build some custom circuit? |
| 02:21.52 | JAV | http://www.jbc.es/english/advanced/flux.php |
| 02:22.11 | rdancer | <PROTECTED> |
| 02:25.14 | JAV | bedtime! good night all |
| 02:25.26 | rdancer | JAV: d o b r o u n o c [m |
| 02:25.48 | rdancer | eh, s/d.*/good night/ |