2014-01-11 00:04 arielenter has quit [Ping timeout: 246 seconds] 2014-01-11 00:22 hmm ... do i dare to run a trace across a micro-usb connector ? 2014-01-11 00:23 no, i don't think so. lots and lots of metal there 2014-01-11 01:02 FDCX_ has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 01:02 naaah. seen what people do to resolder these after breaking them off? 2014-01-11 01:02 ;) 2014-01-11 01:14 FDCX_ has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2014-01-11 01:52 rz2k has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 02:05 _whitelogger has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 02:16 FDCX has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 2014-01-11 02:30 FDCX has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 02:53 pcercuei has quit [Quit: dodo] 2014-01-11 04:23 jvalleroy has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 2014-01-11 04:31 Luke-Jr has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2014-01-11 04:37 Luke-Jr has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 04:43 Luke-Jr has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2014-01-11 04:46 Luke-Jr has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 05:22 fire has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 05:25 fire has quit [Client Quit] 2014-01-11 05:28 fire has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 05:37 fire has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 2014-01-11 06:26 xiangfu has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 07:23 xiangfu has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2014-01-11 07:35 jekhor_ has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 07:45 wpwrak_: did you get your digi parcel ? :) 2014-01-11 07:49 jekhor_ has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 2014-01-11 08:06 valhalla has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2014-01-11 08:27 valhalla has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 08:28 lekernel has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 09:46 fire has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 10:11 it appears to have cleared customs. so i should get it monday or tuesday. depends on whether fedex feel like beating their own prediction. 2014-01-11 10:21 fire has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 2014-01-11 11:17 wonder what customs doing with my Galden 2014-01-11 11:27 can't they get their own goo to fry their sausages? 2014-01-11 11:33 wpwrak_: apropos remote control of Canon: I read they know how to read out the mem-map regs for all buttons and USB. So I guess it's at least possible to trigger shutter with 5V on VBUS. Heck they have motion detection fast enough for lightning 2014-01-11 11:56 jekhor_ has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 12:12 xiangfu has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 12:41 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 13:46 chdk is quite neat. but it's more for special things, not so much for what you need for daily use. the main feature i use is the enhanced viewfinder what also displays the focus range 2014-01-11 13:51 jvalleroy has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 14:05 lekernel has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 2014-01-11 14:17 lekernel has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 14:34 nicksydney has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2014-01-11 14:38 nicksydney has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 15:39 hmm viewfinder? 2014-01-11 15:40 i use the scripting for automatic shots with motion detection 2014-01-11 15:41 also been able to control de shot speed is neat for experimenting in long exposure for "dark" places for example 2014-01-11 15:48 rz2k has quit [] 2014-01-11 16:06 DocScrutinizer05: isn't there an external interface for triggering sutter? 2014-01-11 16:07 basically two pins 2014-01-11 16:11 I don't think I seen any such thing on Canon XQ1 2014-01-11 16:12 remote control would be a really appreciated feature, to automate stuff 2014-01-11 16:13 stuff like that automatic product scanner for webshop I built some 7 orso years ago 2014-01-11 16:14 consisted of a iirc Olypus G2 or sth, and a dish with a stepper motor to rotate the object 360° and make an arbitrary number of shots to produce those interactive object views in webshop 2014-01-11 16:18 i eard it's extremely common 2014-01-11 16:18 worst o all you can ust wire someting to sort te trigger contacts 2014-01-11 16:18 or mecanically press at te button 2014-01-11 16:26 sure, but that doesn't allow automatic download of the files after job finished 2014-01-11 16:44 arielenter has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 16:50 arielenter has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 2014-01-11 16:52 arielenter has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 17:07 http://www.trinamic.com/products/pandrives/pandrives-stepper/pd-110 2014-01-11 17:13 fire has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 17:14 http://maemo.cloud-7.de/companastepII 2014-01-11 17:48 qwebirc56134 has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 17:48 qwebirc56134 is now known as rjeffries 2014-01-11 17:49 wpwrak if you want a next project after anelok then a gadget to control Canon cameras would be Most excellent. The available options are IMO pricey and not that great. 2014-01-11 17:50 actually, no reason (just software, LOL...) that hardware could not then be adapted to control other camera systems. 2014-01-11 17:52 My dream would be a simple Bluetooth LE dongle for the camera that attaches to it's USB and talks to a gadget that looks a lot like anelok. 2014-01-11 18:29 FDCX has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2014-01-11 18:34 FDCX has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 18:38 fire has quit [Quit: WeeChat 0.4.1] 2014-01-11 18:56 hmmm 2014-01-11 18:57 * DocScrutinizer05 wonders if Fuji actaully missed out on the added value of a wireless remote shutter trigger, when the camera already has WLAN built in 2014-01-11 19:02 how does a laser printer determine how much toner does it have? 2014-01-11 19:02 apelete has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2014-01-11 19:02 I mean really, the cartridge has no electrical components in it 2014-01-11 19:02 and it clearly doesn't use removal/insertion just as a trigger for "now I can print 5000 more pages" 2014-01-11 19:22 rjeffries has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 2014-01-11 19:27 are you sure about that "no electrical component"? 2014-01-11 19:28 I've looked at it rather thoroughly 2014-01-11 19:28 hmm, then maybe weight 2014-01-11 19:29 ultrasonic? capacitive? optical? 2014-01-11 19:29 optical it may be, there's a weirdly looking window on both sides of the cartridge 2014-01-11 19:29 there you are 2014-01-11 19:33 pretty good for me actually, newer ones have a chip with page counter → no refills! 2014-01-11 19:51 buy a proper printer and you dont have such issues 2014-01-11 19:51 only consumer crap is riddled with it. 2014-01-11 19:54 and what would be a proper printer? 2014-01-11 19:55 something intended for an office 2014-01-11 19:55 we bought a used one intended for 6000pages minimum/month 2014-01-11 19:56 fire has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 19:56 cost lest than one refill on a inkjet. but its a laser 2014-01-11 19:56 interesting 2014-01-11 19:57 in unrelated news; how the fuck are those people expecting me to upload them a scan of an A4 contract in JPEG so it will be under 3MB? 2014-01-11 19:57 the file is either 6MB or unreadable 2014-01-11 20:02 jpeg? 2014-01-11 20:02 do it 300dpi may, reduce color to greyscale and then threshhold it to b/w 2014-01-11 20:03 then save as pdf on 'auto' .. so you get tiff or lzw compression possible in addition of jpeg 2014-01-11 20:03 i have A4 pages in ~80kbyte pdf here.. scanned myself. 2014-01-11 20:05 they require submissions in jpeg though 2014-01-11 20:05 also, already did 300dpi, grayscale, and thresholded 2014-01-11 20:06 reduced it to 200dpi, still somewhat readable and just under limit... ugh 2014-01-11 20:06 jpeg is fucked for bw stuff 2014-01-11 20:07 maybe they don't care whether it's readable ? 2014-01-11 20:07 exactly, even png I think would be better 2014-01-11 20:07 hehe 2014-01-11 20:07 that may well be the case 2014-01-11 20:07 I wonder if printing a document, signing it and scanning it back even makes it legally binding 2014-01-11 20:40 fire has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 2014-01-11 20:48 jvalleroy has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 2014-01-11 21:21 arielenter has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 2014-01-11 21:24 somewhat 2014-01-11 21:25 I however usually place a digital image of my signature on such documents. As good as printing and scanning 2014-01-11 21:26 not legal though ;) 2014-01-11 21:27 it doesn't make much difference if if I scan the signature and then place it on the paper, or I place the signature on the paper and then scan it 2014-01-11 21:27 hard to tell the difference anyway, once you send the result out 2014-01-11 21:28 the only one who could proof that it's not "legal" was me myself 2014-01-11 21:31 doesn't matter 2014-01-11 21:34 apelete has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 21:48 exactly 2014-01-11 21:53 in the end it doesn't matter at all since an electronic document can't get signed with a handwritten signature. You couldn't even proof it's not been forged by the receiving party, no matter how I signed it or not even seen it ever before 2014-01-11 21:54 when you send it per fax, then the connection data as stored by the phone company together with a qualified transmission report would create a weak form of legal binding 2014-01-11 21:56 a pgp signature would create a good legal binding value 2014-01-11 21:57 a X.509 cert signature qualified by an official authority would be a legal equivalent to a true hand written signature on paper, where the other party holds the real physical paper 2014-01-11 21:58 scanning in a signed document and send it as unqualified jpeg is void of any real meaning 2014-01-11 21:58 larsc: are you there ? 2014-01-11 22:08 jvalleroy has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 22:25 dos1 has joined #qi-hardware 2014-01-11 22:35 lekernel has quit [Quit: Leaving]