irclog2html for #tacobeam on 20041229

00:00.58gonkulatorfile[laptop]: sorry, no hug after that quote
00:01.04gonkulatorer, quotes
00:01.08file[laptop]bad gonkulator bad
00:01.15gonkulatorwell
00:02.49gonkulatorits just the way it is
00:03.58pagefaultI can't find my DSL modem
00:04.02pagefaultit's there
00:04.04pagefaultI just can't find it
00:04.09file[laptop]pagefault: it's invisible
00:04.23gonkulatorDSL modem... thats what you call it?
00:04.36file[laptop]gonkulator: yessssss
00:04.42file[laptop]pagefault: btw I switched to a Telus phone
00:04.48purple_cowwhat else would it be called?
00:04.52lurgypurple_cow: poke
00:04.59pagefaultnoo
00:04.59pagefaulttelus
00:05.07file[laptop]they use Aliant's network though ;)
00:05.16file[laptop]trogdor
00:05.26pagefaultdid you get one of their deals?
00:05.38file[laptop]Futureshop.
00:05.44pagefaultcool
00:05.46pagefaultwhich phone?
00:06.08file[laptop]LG 3200
00:06.15pagefaultyou are rich
00:06.18pagefaultI think
00:06.35file[laptop]haha
00:06.55pagefaultprepaid?
00:07.00file[laptop]gift thingy
00:07.21file[laptop]but yeah, prepaid
00:07.26pagefaultah cool
00:07.29pagefaultwhat is their rate these days?
00:07.38file[laptop]same as when you were with them
00:07.41pagefaultah
00:07.46pagefaultbell lowered their rate to 25 cents
00:07.53file[laptop]amazing
00:08.00pagefaultyeah
00:08.02file[laptop]the 3200 looks nifty
00:08.05pagefaultwell at least on my plan they did
00:08.06pagefaultI am on
00:08.08pagefault"PREPAID III"
00:08.11pagefaultwhatever that means
00:08.17file[laptop]haha
00:08.32pagefaultI get free call display!
00:08.49file[laptop]so do I
00:08.54pagefaultonly thing I miss about telus is the free voice mail
00:08.55file[laptop]what phone do you have
00:08.56pagefaultalthough I never used it
00:09.06file[laptop]did you know you can use the voicemail TOTALLY free including retrieval?
00:09.22pagefaultoh? they used to charge for voicemail time
00:09.25pagefaultI have the kyocera slider
00:09.35gonkulatorwow, its dark
00:09.39file[laptop]you call your number from a regular phone, hit * on the greeting, and tada - retrieval
00:09.45pagefaultoh
00:09.47pagefaultI knew that
00:09.52pagefaultI thought you meant phoning from your cell :)
00:09.56file[laptop]ah
00:09.57file[laptop]nooooo :)
00:10.04file[laptop]you on a monthly rate plan?
00:10.11pagefaultnah prepaid
00:10.15file[laptop]ah
00:10.23pagefaultone thing that pissed me off about telus
00:10.30pagefaultis that they would charge me for airtime during ringing
00:10.34pagefaultI wonder if they ever fixed that
00:10.36file[laptop]how evil
00:10.56pagefaultyeah
00:10.57pagefaultoh well
00:11.02pagefaultbell hasn't pissed me off... yet
00:11.29file[laptop]the slider looks evil
00:11.40pagefaultit was either that or some nokia brick
00:11.44pagefaultin my price range
00:12.26file[laptop]pagefault is silly
00:12.42pagefaultI just wanted a colour screen
00:12.47pagefaultit's so much easier to read
00:12.54file[laptop]yup
00:13.00pagefaultand doubles as a flashlight
00:14.09pagefaultwell
00:14.11pagefaulttime to go to mcdonalds
00:14.15pagefaultI have a craving
00:14.29gonkulatorgross
00:14.40pagefaultit's still better than taco bell :)
00:15.13file[laptop]I've never had taco bell
00:15.21file[laptop]I had Subway yesterday though, that was yummy
00:15.34pagefaultI see they are copying quiznos now
00:15.35gonkulatorthats like saying a stab in the eye is better than a bullet in the head
00:17.31gonkulatorwhats up with MacGyver and briefcases full of money
00:18.19lurgywell really.. what's -not- up with macgyver and briefcases full of money
00:20.14gonkulatorthats a good point
00:20.25merlin262I really hate slashdot
00:20.32gonkulatordon't we all
00:21.14lurgymerlin262: my first advice would be to not read slashdot ;)
00:21.30merlin262unfortunately, I need a place for teh geek news
00:21.41lurgythere are plenty of other sites
00:21.47lurgylike osnews.com
00:21.49lurgy:)
00:34.38kergothyay home
00:34.40gonkulatordoes anyone want a laptop case?
00:35.39gonkulatorheh
00:46.07ChipX86|Gonehttp://nat.org/donate/
00:47.49ChipX86|Gonegeeze, the videos of the flood coming in and killing a bunch of people is creepy
00:48.12gonkulatorwhere is this?
00:48.16ChipX86|GoneCNN
00:49.09ChipX86|Gonenice home with a good sized pool and a bunch of kids standing around it, all staring at horror at the wave approaching, as it swallows them all..
00:50.37ChipX86|Goneeep, a hundred dead bodies laying on the ground
00:52.42ChipX86|Gonethere are people here in the US complaining that they don't want to see these pictures and videos. The poor babies don't want to be exposed to them and want CNN to stop. The guy on CNN basically said tough, it's reality.
00:55.00merlin262sad. :(
00:55.21filelife is life.
01:02.01fileeek slimspace
01:02.09slimspacehi file
01:02.14filehi
01:04.04lurgyslimspace: you upstairs?
01:04.09slimspaceI am indeed
01:04.30slimspacecome get 'em
01:04.43filelurgy: quick, take other stuff too!!!
01:05.06lurgyyay
01:14.24lurgyyay for slimspace's monitor being pretty :)
01:16.28CIA-5autopackage: 03mike * 10autopackage/manager/frontend-gtk/main.c: GTK frontend: partial support for loading icons
01:16.38slimspace:)
01:31.07gonkulatorhey slimspace
01:31.11gonkulatorhow many do you want?
01:31.38slimspacehmm...don't know, maybe 1
01:31.49gonkulatorfor what size laptop?
01:31.58slimspacehow big are these bags?
01:32.09file[laptop]it's the gonkulator shopping channel!
01:32.20gonkulatorum, I have one that would fit a 15" laptop quite well
01:32.26gonkulatoranother that would be great for a 12"
01:32.31slimspacehmm...
01:32.36gonkulatormake that two that would be good for a 12"
01:32.37slimspaceI have both kinds
01:33.01slimspaceI would be *very* interested in one of the 12" bags
01:33.07*** join/#tacobeam patlabor221 (~jeffm@adsl-69-106-205-77.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net)
01:33.24file[laptop]what else does the gonkulator have?
01:33.45gonkulatorslimspace: alright, hopefully I'll make it up to Boulder either tomorrow or the next day
01:33.57slimspacecool, that'd be great
01:34.15gonkulatordo you have a Model-M keyboard?
01:34.31slimspaceare those the really clicky ones like scanline has?
01:34.35gonkulatoryes
01:34.54slimspaceI probably do, somewhere...not sure my dad would let me take them though (they're his)
01:35.01gonkulatorwant one?
01:35.19slimspacena, I much prefer the feel of my Gyration mini-keyboard
01:35.20gonkulators/four/five/
01:35.29gonkulatorheh, ok
01:37.18gonkulatorbut it lacks the feel of a model m
01:38.14kergothi cant stand model m's anymore.  the stroke of the keys is too much.  got used to the short stroke on laptop keyboards
01:38.18kergothheh
01:38.33slimspaceI've gotten way too used to smaller keyboards.  Big keyboards like that just feel awkward to me now.
01:38.36gonkulatoryeah, but I always feel less frustrated after typing on a Model M :)
01:38.42slimspacekergoth: me too :)
01:39.00gonkulatorand you have to start lower on the keyboard
01:39.08gonkulatorwhatever that means...
01:39.10gonkulatoranyway
01:39.28SamyI need a cigarette.
01:39.29kergothmy dad bought me http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=211091&affiliate=shopping that keyboard for xmas
01:39.39kergothits laptop keys in an extremely low profile, short stroke keyboard
01:39.49kergothgood tactile feedback as well