<kristoffer>
wpwrak, :D not sure, it sounds good in swedish though. So most likely a mentalese translation
<wpwrak>
roh: new u-boot platform. not "our" wolfgang
<roh>
ah
<roh>
hoped to find somebody bored enought for soc support work
<kristoffer>
alot of wolfgangs in high places
<roh>
i recently found out that loads of these cheap pictureframes have small special soc with e.g. arc cpu cores in them
<kristoffer>
kristianpaul, I now understand that you are slowly trying to phase me out of existance by replacing letters in your name so you will be the auto tab. Just want you to know that I see through your plans...:P
<wpwrak>
notices the beneficial effect of occasionally losing all your data. the perfect way to find out where you forgot to check in some files ...
<roh>
*g*
<kristoffer>
I really wish I had taken more/any hardware courses in school, would have come in handy when dealing with u-boot
<wpwrak>
hmm, xchat doesn't seem to have an autocompletion override feature. would be handy - map cristianpaul to kristianpaul
<wpwrak>
kristianpaul: hardware .. like in hydrodynamics ? :)
<kristoffer>
:P
<kristoffer>
more like general eletronic design. bugtracking faulty hardware. understanding memory more fully
<roh>
kristoffer nothing you cant learn now. to be fair: school was a big bust besides basics in math, writing and physics. all the important stuff i needed to learn myself or somewhere else
<kristoffer>
roh, yes, atleast to a degree. Programming stuff is easy enough to learn, but the real practical area of eletronic handling (using those fancy detectors/wave generators...) is hard to get
<kristoffer>
In a perfect world I would have three degrees... but I doubt I will ever get that
<rafa>
kristoffer: I wrote a short "how to get the uboot sources from qi and crosscompile" if you are interested
<roh>
kristoffer you see.. i only got one from school and another one after completing my apprenticeship. but these never got me any job yet
<roh>
on the contrary. people ask what one did and does, not what papers you can provide (on proper jobs atleast) in my experience
<roh>
atleast in the opensource industry i find its much more knowledge based than degree based.
<lekernel>
there are tons of factors. diplomas, knowledge, experience, acquaintances...
<lekernel>
in some companies (like in the financial sector) it's pure elitism
<wpwrak>
lekernel: i thought we were talking about honest work ? :)
<wpwrak>
the post is slow. a parcel arrived monday evening, yesterday customs were sitting on it for almost the whole day, then, in the late afternoon, they released it for delivery, and it seems that it still hasn't left the post office by 10:30. i wonder how long it'll take those guys to realize there's really nothing worth stealing inside ...
<kristianpaul>
kristoffer: what?
<kristianpaul>
ah ;-)
<kristoffer>
roh, agreed. In opensource its more of show-me-what-youve-been-doing rather than exams. Atleast thats what the annoying headhunters scavenge for when they send the mails.
<B_Lizzard>
I would just like to say that the Nokia BL-5C is a real nice upgrade
<B_Lizzard>
Better battery life, weight distribution is better, and it feels more solid.
<kristoffer>
B_Lizzard, and you can close the battery lid?
<B_Lizzard>
Yeah
<kristoffer>
seem to recall seeing something on the mail about it not being possible. but might have been some other battery
<B_Lizzard>
It takes a bit more effort at first but once you learn the trick it's easy
<B_Lizzard>
It only 1mm thicker
<kristoffer>
ah right, it was about the openmoko frerunner batteries
<B_Lizzard>
I got the battery for 9 Euro, so it's not exactly expensive
<kristoffer>
nice
<B_Lizzard>
</advertisement>
<rafa>
B_Lizzard: what is the difference between your new battery and nn battery?
<B_Lizzard>
170mAh
<rafa>
B_Lizzard: that was for me?.. I do not know anything about batteries. What does that mean? I guess that your new battery will power nn longer
<B_Lizzard>
;)
<B_Lizzard>
Exactly
<B_Lizzard>
It is made by Nokia, which may or may not mean something, it is bigger by 170mAh and larger by 1mm
<HKCMD>
My D845GEBV2 board shows no onboard audio in Bios