00:00:00 --- log: started forth/07.01.23 00:10:54 claw 00:26:49 forcep 00:27:48 --- join: ecraven (n=nex@eutyche.swe.uni-linz.ac.at) joined #forth 00:37:09 video experiments continue :-) - added a couple of experimental filters - http://users.pandora.be/acp/jbatch/scrubbing.png 00:47:37 looks clean 00:54:22 playing with some more cpu intensive stuff (to justify the threading) - playback of HDV is straining my laptop here, but with threading, it works likes a charm [it's dual core]... reverse playback is also added and working :-) 01:06:03 --- quit: arke_ (Read error: 145 (Connection timed out)) 01:18:37 --- quit: neceve (Remote closed the connection) 01:37:19 --- join: arke_ (i=chris@x50.vpn.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de) joined #forth 01:43:28 --- quit: Zarutian (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 01:55:44 grub_booter: cool 01:55:48 --- quit: JasonWoof ("off to bed") 02:06:07 --- quit: madwork (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 03:34:03 --- join: arke (i=chris@x420.vpn.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de) joined #forth 03:34:03 --- mode: ChanServ set +o arke 03:45:51 --- quit: arke_ (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 04:35:03 --- join: Zarutian (n=Zarutian@194-144-84-110.du.xdsl.is) joined #forth 05:00:21 --- join: Quartus_ (n=Quartus_@209.167.5.1) joined #forth 05:00:21 --- mode: ChanServ set +o Quartus_ 05:02:07 --- join: tathi (n=josh@pdpc/supporter/bronze/tathi) joined #forth 05:02:07 --- mode: ChanServ set +o tathi 05:04:39 --- quit: tathi (Client Quit) 05:16:59 --- nick: Raystm2 -> nanstm 05:39:59 --- join: arke_ (i=chris@x500.vpn.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de) joined #forth 05:42:10 --- quit: arke (Nick collision from services.) 05:42:12 --- nick: arke_ -> arke 05:42:17 --- mode: ChanServ set +o arke 06:06:24 --- join: arke_ (i=chris@x469.vpn.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de) joined #forth 06:15:39 --- quit: arke (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 06:27:55 --- quit: Quartus_ (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 06:32:47 --- join: madwork (n=foo@204.138.110.15) joined #forth 06:45:35 --- join: Ray_work (n=Raystm2@199.227.227.26) joined #forth 06:50:16 --- quit: ecraven (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 07:05:36 --- join: ecraven (n=nex@eutyche.swe.uni-linz.ac.at) joined #forth 07:25:40 --- quit: ecraven ("bbl") 07:49:24 --- join: tattrdkat (n=virsys@or-71-54-194-74.dhcp.embarqhsd.net) joined #forth 08:02:10 --- quit: virsys (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 08:39:35 --- quit: arke_ (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 09:18:04 --- join: I440r (n=mark4@70.102.202.162) joined #forth 09:18:33 brb, i have to switch to using a better irc client. this one wont let me paste more than ONE line! 09:18:35 --- part: I440r left #forth 09:44:34 --- join: zpg (n=user@soup.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk) joined #forth 09:52:22 --- nick: nanstm -> tiff 10:00:28 --- join: tathi (n=josh@pdpc/supporter/bronze/tathi) joined #forth 10:00:28 --- mode: ChanServ set +o tathi 10:00:49 hi Joshua. 10:00:55 Quiet today. 10:00:58 hi Ray. 10:01:01 is it? 10:01:11 hmm, yeah 10:01:33 the only thing anybody has said all day is i440r getting a new client. 10:03:07 hey chaps. 10:03:35 hi zpg 10:03:45 I don't have much to say either. 10:03:59 So I guess I'll say it anyway. :) 10:04:42 Oh; I did knock another third off the run time of the meteor code last night. 10:05:01 And decided that was all I'm going to bother with. :) 10:06:10 I need to finish rounding out my PPC assembler so I can get my Forth up and running. 10:06:41 Need to cut my hair too. 10:07:46 --- join: ttuttle (n=tom@gentoo/contributor/ttuttle) joined #forth 10:07:57 Is that enough inane monologue from me for the day? :) 10:08:06 Quartus: omgwtfbbq. I just saw the original "Don't Copy That Floppy" movie. What were they smoking? 10:12:33 --- quit: zpg ("ERC Version 5.0.4 $Revision: 1.726.2.19 $ (IRC client for Emacs)") 10:16:15 --- join: snoopy_17 (i=snoopy_1@dslb-084-058-167-009.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #forth 10:16:16 --- quit: Snoopy42 (Read error: 131 (Connection reset by peer)) 10:16:24 --- nick: snoopy_17 -> Snoopy42 10:18:30 ttuttle? 10:18:34 tathi :) 10:18:38 Ray_work: Ray_work? 10:18:51 tathi: I need a hair cut too. 10:18:58 Floppy movie? 10:19:04 Ray_work: Yeah. It's absurd. 10:19:19 what is it? 10:19:33 The "Don't Copy That Floppy" movie? It's on YouTube, as is everything ever made. 10:19:49 --- nick: tiff -> nanstm 10:19:55 thanks :) 10:19:55 It's a pathetic video made by the Software Publisher's Association (many years ago) attempting to convince people not to engage in casual piracy. 10:20:08 oh. 10:20:13 sure I've seen it. 10:29:43 I also discovered yesterday that Ertl had a paper on a portable C-library interface in Euroforth 2006 10:30:42 I've heard Quartus say that Ertl wasn't happy with any existing interfaces, but hadn't been able to find anything saying exactly what he didn't like. 10:31:18 --- join: JasonWoof (n=jason@c-71-192-30-169.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) joined #forth 10:31:18 --- mode: ChanServ set +o JasonWoof 10:31:39 --- quit: ttuttle ("leaving") 11:01:41 hello and welcome to People Are Stupid Day 11:01:59 oh? 11:02:13 Hey, That 11:02:23 's everyday in these parts :) 11:02:31 i click save as and save it, i can't find it anywhere. any ideas? is there 11:02:31 a way i can search for it? what's the right way to save it to my comp? 11:03:06 windows? 11:03:11 yeah 11:03:29 I know the windows search program sucks ass, but at least try it 11:03:31 start button, search, fill in the name and search 11:03:35 ya. 11:03:49 I'd think that's actually pretty common. 11:03:50 or do "save as" again, and put it somewhere useful this time 11:04:07 good enough JasonWoof, I've done that :) 11:04:26 I still haven't figured out how to get my Mom to understand hierarchical filesystems, or that things get saved exactly where you tell it to save them. 11:04:50 yeah 11:04:58 Video prof. 11:05:13 I'm just a little annoyed that I got an e-mail about it 11:05:19 instead of her asking someone close at hand 11:05:26 and I got other stupid e-mails 11:05:35 just too big a dose for me. 11:05:42 http://www.videoprofessor.com/ 11:06:02 a proffessional programmer asked me to re-install php with mbstring support 11:06:04 yeah 11:06:22 which is already installed 11:06:35 and "enabled" according to phpinfo 11:06:55 free money. 11:07:16 I know your not that kind of guy. Me neither. 11:07:36 other crap too 11:08:07 nothing really that bad, but too much at once 11:08:28 I don't understand how someone could think they have an e-mail address 11:08:32 then I tell them they don't 11:08:38 then they still think they have it 11:08:47 heh 11:09:36 I got an e-mail containing something like "I'd like to switch to my foo@example.com address" 11:09:48 to which I reply "You don't have that address, you have bar@example.com" 11:10:46 so today for the third time, I write and say "I can set up foo@example.com for you if you like, I can even make foo@example.com and bar@example.com go to the same e-mail box, but which one do you want to check?" 11:11:08 and I keep getting e-mails like "OK, why isn't it set up yet?" 11:11:44 customers. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. 11:12:11 I think it's bizare that so much time is spent helping people use their e-mail programs 11:13:06 seems like I spend more time on that than the rest of the hosting business 11:13:15 maybe that's why webmail is becoming so popular 11:13:37 companies push for it because it cuts their support staff down by 90% 11:34:19 makes sense 11:57:05 --- join: jacereda (n=jacereda@81-202-227-62.user.ono.com) joined #forth 12:12:04 --- join: zpg (n=user@soup.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk) joined #forth 12:37:37 Quartus: ping. 12:40:10 --- quit: jacereda (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 12:42:25 zpg hi. 12:42:36 wb 12:42:47 howdy, thanks. i'll be dashing off again in a sec. 12:42:54 cool. :) 12:42:58 how've you been keeping Ray_work? 12:43:05 I'm good. 12:43:08 can't complain 12:43:13 glad to hear it. 12:43:40 right, time to jet off again... cheers for now. 12:43:49 --- quit: zpg ("ERC Version 5.0.4 $Revision: 1.726.2.19 $ (IRC client for Emacs)") 12:43:49 Havn't seen Neal all day, btw. 12:57:39 --- join: neceve (n=Clau@unaffiliated/neceve) joined #forth 13:05:58 woh, sucks when a key sticks that runs a program 13:06:39 my key that runs xmms --fwd --play stuck 13:06:52 took me a little while to figure out why the playlist was going nuts 13:07:13 usually it's because I moved the songs the playlist refers too 13:15:43 heh 13:31:06 --- join: Quartus_ (n=Quartus_@209.167.5.2) joined #forth 13:31:06 --- mode: ChanServ set +o Quartus_ 13:31:25 hey 13:31:59 Hey Quartus. zpg was just looking for you but had to dash. 13:32:06 Quartus: i have another improvement in the reverse-complement benchmark performance 13:32:15 its down to 12 seconds 13:33:04 decent 13:33:29 4 times slower than java and sbcl 13:34:06 keep at it :) 13:34:27 its good enough for now. i'm going to fix a few things in the x86 backend and start work on arm 13:36:14 what do you need to do for arm? Your kernel is primarily C, as I recall? 13:36:37 i have to port the compiler 13:37:09 does it generate machine code? 13:37:13 yes 13:37:35 fun 13:37:41 the C part is the interpreter and memory manager 13:38:08 ah. 13:38:29 i could get rid of the interpreter at some point, and switch over to meta-compilation 13:48:32 --- join: arke (n=chris@pD9E06F19.dip.t-dialin.net) joined #forth 13:48:32 --- mode: ChanServ set +o arke 14:00:55 --- join: jacereda (n=jacereda@81-202-227-62.user.ono.com) joined #forth 14:03:17 anyone using FreeBSD or OpenBSD? 14:13:21 I occasionally use freebsd 14:13:47 --- quit: Snoopy42 () 14:18:28 --- join: I440r (n=mark4@70.102.202.162) joined #forth 14:18:45 ok, whats a good irc client to use in windows? 14:18:58 xchat and mirc are NO go's 14:19:06 --- quit: Cheery ("Download Gaim: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/") 14:19:09 write one 14:19:14 i dont support nag ware and xchat should be 100% free 14:19:42 slava sure. give me about 20 years of FORCED study of the bullshit ill need to know in order to support the worlds most fucked up operating systems 14:19:53 and thats an asshole answer anyway 14:20:54 more of a luddite answer. 14:21:21 i want an irc client. wanting one doesnt mean i want to write one 14:21:28 any more than i want to build a new car just to drive to work 14:21:45 You have already ruled out the obvious choices. 14:21:57 hydrairc 14:22:05 mirc is nagware. when he removes the nag screen ill register it 14:22:25 xchat should never have been turned into shareware 14:22:40 try hydrairc 14:23:24 i saw. im looking at it now 14:25:35 ... Waiting to hear what's the show stopper with that one :) 14:26:16 well for a start it looks alot more complex than it needs to be. the "how to connect" doesnt JUMP out at you. but thats not a show stopper 14:26:46 i think a usable irc client might be something like 100 lines of code in factor 14:27:08 the rf one is fairly short too as I recall 14:27:10 useable doesnt == good 14:27:21 the rf one is not usable 14:27:26 --- join: [1]I440r (n=I440r@70.102.202.162) joined #forth 14:27:32 i mean a proper one with multiple channels, etc 14:27:32 no? Never tried it. 14:27:39 and a gui 14:27:40 <[1]I440r> i dont like the 384568374 windows this pops up all over the map when you connect either 14:28:13 I'm using a java client from here. Jmirc 14:28:17 <[1]I440r> and i dont need TWO places showing the user list for a given channel 14:28:18 free afaik 14:28:49 <[1]I440r> i had to click one windows X 10 times before i got rid of all the sub windows it contained 14:29:07 <[1]I440r> thats WAY too much crap scatterd all over the place - and MOST of it is repeat info. no i dont like this client 14:29:22 --- quit: [1]I440r (Client Quit) 14:29:27 really, any irc client does the job 14:29:38 indeed 14:29:46 i dont need something as complex and information overloaded as hydra 14:29:54 will your ForthRite come with IRCRite? 14:30:01 but i want something a little better than bitchx 14:30:05 NewIrcForthOpSys 14:30:19 nor do you need some platonic unachievably ideal client. 14:30:51 hell, even this mobile one is adequate, albeit clumsy. 14:33:33 slava, is that a proceeedural word? 14:34:39 I'm reasonably happy with irssi now that I have it all set up right 14:34:53 seems like xchat has a build thats free - 14:35:12 eh? 14:35:15 xchat is GPL 14:35:17 which would make IT the ideal candidate. 14:35:22 xchat for windows is shareware 14:35:35 who cares? 14:35:36 i believe it stops functioning after 30 days 14:35:55 so, build it yourself 14:36:11 non trivial. and someone already did so 14:36:17 apparently that would take 20 years. 14:36:20 silverex.org 14:36:27 quartus fuck off 14:36:29 right, that's the point of the GPL 14:36:45 there will be no fucking off here 14:36:53 not interested in scripting 14:36:56 :) 14:36:57 --- part: I440r left #forth 14:37:05 ahh :) 14:37:16 indeed 14:37:25 I considered responding "you fuck off" but I figured that would make him stay 14:38:23 I thought that was the whole point of the source being available to people who don't want to actually do anything: they don't have to, because someone will have already 14:38:32 so, can somebody recommend a free calculator for windows? Calc is out, and so is any other one that includes + and the digit 5. 14:39:04 --- join: I440r (n=mark4@70.102.202.162) joined #forth 14:39:04 --- mode: ChanServ set +o I440r 14:39:06 the only calculator program I know of is xcalc 14:39:14 i use factor for calculations 14:39:19 which I don't use, since I have a nice calculator on my desk 14:39:23 bc and dc are available with cygwin and mingw 14:39:39 I've got a TI-30Ka 14:40:16 it's served me well. I broke the screen once by whacking it really hard with a cat toy :) 14:40:41 i rarely need to perform arithmetic calculations 14:40:42 i had a ti30 when i was a kid... 14:40:44 TI was nice enough to fix it for ~30% less than buying a new one 14:40:50 i can't imagine why i'd ever need to own a real calculator 14:41:05 oops, that's TI-30Xa 14:41:27 I think I got for math class 14:41:37 i do - quite frequently - can't imagine buying a calculator again though :-) 14:41:42 or, rather math text-books 14:42:04 when I still went to a class, it was only 8th grade, and they didn't allow calculators 14:42:29 I don't "need" it since I could do the same with eg xcalc 14:42:34 but it's much more convenient 14:42:51 it's got those nice little labels right on the buttons 14:43:08 --- join: Quartus__ (n=Quartus_@209.167.5.1) joined #forth 14:43:30 and the display doesn't obscure, or get obscured by other programs on the computer 14:43:33 find bc suits me better (or even an interative python or gforth session) - nice to see all the steps rather than just the result 14:44:11 I don't like bc's default accuracy/rounding stuff 14:44:36 when I say "1 / 2", 0 is not the answer I'm looking for 14:44:38 bc -l works fine for me 14:44:57 ahh, that works 14:45:12 and the . is pretty useful... 14:45:23 how do you do log? 14:46:10 l( x ) 14:47:07 ahh 14:47:20 yeah - bit cryptic at times 14:47:31 you can define functions and import them though 14:48:05 is there some reason why the function names are so abbreviated? 14:48:22 shame there's not acos() and such 14:48:28 i dunno - it's an annoyance 14:48:59 the primitives are there, so you can always build from them 14:49:32 eh, not worth the trouble 14:49:45 well, i'm sure someone else already has :-) 14:49:45 if I didn't have a calculator I'd tinker with it 14:50:39 yay :) I have the money to pay my end-of-the-month expenses now :) 14:51:26 too often lately I've only gotten it on my last paycheck before the 1st. 14:53:46 http://x-bc.sourceforge.net/extensions_bc.html 14:56:33 sweet 14:56:36 --- quit: Quartus_ (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 14:58:49 hrm... how do I use it? 14:59:02 bc man page doesn't seem to mention extension files or config files 15:00:43 so I do: export BC_ENV_ARGS="-l ~/.bc/extensions.bc" 15:02:20 ok, that seems to work, except the ~ doesn't expand 15:02:54 $HOME probably should 15:03:59 mebbe alias bc="bc -l $HOME/.bc/extensions.bc" 15:04:25 --- join: Snoopy42 (i=snoopy_1@dslb-084-058-159-156.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #forth 15:06:10 I don't like aliases 15:06:17 :-) 15:06:29 huh. google groups apparently changed their look sometime in the last 6 hours or so... 15:06:29 i have one - alias vi=gvim 15:06:46 heh 15:07:01 some habits are hard to break :-) 15:07:06 tathi, looks like the beta interface went life 15:07:06 live 15:07:25 I did this: echo -e '#!/bin/bash\n\nexec rxvt -e vim "$@"' > ~/bin/gvim 15:07:46 that'd work :-) 15:08:27 brilliant. looks like they're still working on it. I went to groups.google.com and searched for comp.lang.forth and got an error message 15:08:39 "An error occurred while processing your request..." 15:08:54 "Please try again in a few moments." 15:09:47 worked here 15:09:48 I really like running vim in the terminal 15:10:04 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.forth won't load for me 15:10:40 the search function on that page works though 15:10:49 comes up here fine. 15:10:50 must be because its in java 15:13:10 grrr. they removed the preview button. 15:13:16 hey tathi 15:13:29 hi slava 15:13:56 JasonWoof: try http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.forth/topics maybe? 15:14:07 oh, it redirects 15:14:09 never mind 15:14:45 --- quit: Ray_work (Read error: 131 (Connection reset by peer)) 15:17:40 guess I might have to get a real newsreader and see if my ISP has servers 15:17:56 never a bad idea 15:20:42 wow, this is funny: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.forth/browse_thread/thread/3a27c0ab654d1c90/a6f0928999405e38?lnk=gst&rnum=1#a6f0928999405e38 15:23:30 heh 15:36:45 is that a werty post ? 15:37:52 --- join: arke_ (n=chris@pD9E068EB.dip.t-dialin.net) joined #forth 15:55:14 --- quit: arke (Connection timed out) 15:55:42 I440r: no, it's making fun of werty 15:56:00 somebody ran eliza with input coming from a werty post 15:56:02 ok 15:56:12 but any resposes to werty are just feeding the trolls 15:56:41 as long as theres any trafic on clf thats generated by werty at all (including responses to him) then clf is not worth reading 15:56:52 actually, weven without werty clf has limited value 15:57:04 heh 15:57:09 I find it qwuite useful 15:57:38 there are a few good posters 16:08:47 --- quit: I440r (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 16:28:01 --- join: zpg (n=user@user-54438354.lns4-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) joined #forth 16:47:18 --- join: zpg` (n=user@90.241.26.221) joined #forth 16:52:00 --- nick: nanstm -> Raystm2 16:52:09 hi. 16:54:21 --- quit: jacereda (Remote closed the connection) 16:56:01 --- quit: zpg (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 17:15:39 --- join: Amanita_Virosa (n=jenni@adsl-70-242-7-95.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) joined #forth 17:23:16 c.l.f question: anyone, please: Before I open something from Mi5vic...@mi5.gov.uk, should I even open it? 17:24:01 hehe 17:24:05 nope 17:28:30 --- quit: Shain (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 17:33:03 --- quit: tathi ("leaving") 17:40:54 --- quit: Jenn5 (Remote closed the connection) 17:54:11 --- part: zpg` left #forth 18:09:12 --- join: Shain (i=steve@adsl-75-31-103-247.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) joined #forth 18:31:45 --- join: Raystm2- (n=NanRay@adsl-68-93-120-133.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net) joined #forth 18:35:36 --- quit: Raystm2 (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 18:35:59 --- quit: Shain (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 19:06:08 hey. 20:11:40 --- quit: segher (Nick collision from services.) 20:11:52 --- join: segher_ (n=segher@dslb-084-056-170-032.pools.arcor-ip.net) joined #forth 20:22:40 --- quit: Amanita_Virosa ("Woops") 21:16:22 --- nick: Raystm2- -> Raystm2 21:16:31 hi. 21:16:59 Liking the conversation about the shootout. Neat work tathi. 22:10:33 --- join: Cheery (n=Cheery@a81-197-54-146.elisa-laajakaista.fi) joined #forth 22:56:50 --- join: I440r (n=mark4@ip70-162-111-107.ph.ph.cox.net) joined #forth 22:57:32 --- join: Raystm2- (n=NanRay@adsl-68-93-120-133.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net) joined #forth 22:57:43 --- quit: Raystm2 (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 23:59:59 --- log: ended forth/07.01.23