April 25, 2008
daily UTC chat log for Anywherebb (Postline 6.1.30)
20:40, Megagun> I don't care what *you* use. I wonder why you think that open source matters in this case.
20:40, Hello! :)> I did not say that closed source was better than open source, I just said that open source lost my trust after screwing up my partition and that closed source is the only software I use.
20:40, Hello! :) meant: only software I will use.
20:41, Hello! :) meant: will use to resize my partitions.
23:49, Cryoburner> I used an open source partition manager before and it worked fine.
23:50, Cryoburner> It wasn't quite as nice as PartitionMagic, but provided similar functionality.
23:53, Cryoburner> It's probably best to back up anything important before modifying partitions, anyway.
01:36, Tom> Why would closed source software EVER be more trustworthy...maybe in a few cases where it's a new open source project, but I'd guess QTParted has had a lot more quality testing than partition magic.
01:38, Cryoburner> Well, if it's a commercial product, the company needs to make sure it doesn't wreck people's systems, otherwise they'll lose business.
01:40, Cryoburner> I'm kind of doubting QTParted has had more thorough testing and compatibility tests than PartitionMagic too.
01:43, Cryoburner> Unfortunatly, PartitionMagic hasn't been updated in years since Symantec aquired PowerQuest. :\
01:46, Tom> I would have thought that since many Linux distros include it, there are many more users than a non-free program that requires payment...but maybe not.
01:47, Tom> At any rate, in terms of nonfree partition managers I've only used Swiss Knife, which got the job done, but not any better that QTParted or GParted...
02:06, Link345> holy shit, wall of text!
02:13, Link345> this is the slowest chat on the interwebs
02:16, Cryoburner> Slow as in no one posting messages, or slow as in taking up to seven seconds to refresh?
02:16, Link345> slow as in no one posting messages
02:17, Cryoburner> Well, I'm sure there are slower ones... like broken chat frames, and ones that haven't been installed yet. :)
02:18, Link345> is it considered weird to randomly rummage through peoples cdisk files?
02:18, Cryoburner> The chat here is really more of a semi-realtime supplement to the forum anyway.
02:19, Cryoburner whispers: Which is also kind of slow. :P
02:19, Cryoburner> No, they're meant to be rummaged through. :)
02:19, Cryoburner> If they weren't, they wouldn't be made easily accessible.
02:20, Link345> hey cryoburner, im in your zip folder
02:20, Link345> what, are you making a game or something?
02:21, Cryoburner> I'm always making a game or something (Except for when I'm not) :P
02:21, Link345> "phystest","cloudtest","fpstest"......
02:22, Link345> what's "phystest"? I like physic demos...
02:22, Cryoburner> It's basically just a little particle physics demo that doesn't really do much.
02:23, Link345> damn
02:23, Link345> Im getting a new pc soon.
02:23, Link345> Then I can play the greatest Physics game ever
02:23, Link345> gmod
02:26, Cryoburner> I've played with some of the older versions of Gmod (The free ones, anyway)
02:27, Link345> Gmod= the most mother fucking awsome thing to ever be made into a game
02:29, Link345> you can build a car out of a bathtub for god's sake
02:30, Link345> ooh! I found tetris in someones cdisk folder!
02:30, Link345> AND PONG
02:32, Link345> dang it, i thought is was pong. Just one file that said pong
02:32, Cryoburner> Heh.
02:32, Link345> let's try tetris
02:33, Cryoburner> I wonder if the Tetris was was 'Felysian Tetris' clone someone made.
02:33, Cryoburner> Who's C-disk was it in?
02:33, Link345> There is a file on here called "monkeys"
02:34, Link345> bensel
02:36, Cryoburner> Alex has a number of interesting things in his folder.
02:36, Link345> IT IS TETRIS
02:36, Link345> woop
02:37, Link345> i couldn't find anything in alex's folder
02:38, Link345> his zip folder anyways
02:38, Link345> then again, my internets is too slow to go downloading left and right
02:39, Link345> Cdisk test, wonder what that is
02:40, Link345> it's a clock
02:40, Link345> with a cat on it
02:41, Link345> and a bunch of stars
02:43, Cryoburner> Yes, it's an example Lino program.
02:44, Link345> dude, dust scares me
02:44, Link345> you're
02:45, Link345> piece
02:45, Link345> of
02:46, Link345> DUST
02:46, Link345> what was alex smoking when he thought of that?
02:47, Cryoburner> Yeah, there's a summary of some of Alex's programs in the Alex's Attic thread, which you can get to by clicking 'more' in the top bar of the site.
02:48, Cryoburner> Probably a cigarette. :P
02:48, Link345> that's were i found it
02:49, Link345> your gender is classified? WTF?
02:49, Cryoburner> So is species. :P
02:50, Link345> at least you are american
02:51, Raptorjedi> He's a secret government project that is trying to create a third gender of the secret man-dolphin hybrids.
02:51, Link345> how do i wisper?
02:51, Cryoburner> Not necessarily...
02:51, Link345> damn man-dolphins
02:51, Cryoburner> I could simply be in the United States to harvest the souls of humans.
02:52, Cryoburner whispers: It's possible, anyway.
02:52, Raptorjedi> What does a man-dolphin want with souls? :P
02:52, Link345 nukes virginia
02:52, Cryoburner> Nintendo should have stuck with the development name Dolphin for the N64. :P
02:53, Link345> THAT WAS THE GAMECUBE
02:53, Raptorjedi> I still prefer Revolution over Wii.
02:53, Cryoburner> Wiii!
02:53, Link345 remembers when it was the Revolution
02:54, Link345
02:54, Link345> lol
02:54, Cryoburner> They should call their next console the Dolphin Revolution!
02:55, Link345> The dolphin revolution 3D hyper gamemachineabob
02:56, Link345> batteries not included
02:56, Cryoburner> No, it will be 2D only.
02:56, Link345> your a towl
02:57, Cryoburner> It will be virtually identical to an NES, but controlled using your mind.
02:57, Link345> god damn that would own
02:58, Link345> facepunch wont load
03:00, Cryoburner> Towl? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=towl
03:01, Cryoburner> It was written by a very important professor, so it must be true.
03:01, Link345> towel
03:08, Link345> im gonna go, bye
03:09, Cryoburner> Later!
04:12, Duskesko> I bought 30 boxes of tile with 20 tile each at Lowes. They charged me for 30 tile. 600 dollars of tile for 30 bucks.
04:16, Cryoburner> Maybe it was a sale.
04:18, Cryoburner> Buy one, get nineteen free. It's possible.
04:19, Duskesko> no, it was a mistake. A very funny one.
04:20, Cryoburner whispers: Tile is rather funny.
04:31, Duskesko whispers: You're rather funny.
06:28, Tracco> I bought Wii for the price of half of 2 Wii, 1 third of almost 4 year ago.
06:34, Cryoburner whispers: That's impressive.
06:37, Duskesko> half the price of two Wii would be the price of one Wii...
06:37, Duskesko IS CONFUSED
06:39, Duskesko> 1 third of the price of the Wii from 4 years ago? impossible. i suppose you mean 1 third of that time.
06:39, Duskesko> Cunning trickery of language. I am not amused!
06:40, Cryoburner> Yes, but he bought Wii, as in the plural form of Wii. A case of 20 Wii, in fact. They were having a sale.