--- Log for 05.01.115 Server: tepper.freenode.net Channel: #rockbox --- Nick: logbot- Version: Dancer V4.16 Started: 2 days and 18 hours ago 00.06.32 Quit TheSeven (Remote host closed the connection) 00.06.33 Join TheSeven [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 00.13.46 Quit AlexP (Remote host closed the connection) 00.16.16 Join Provel [0] (~Provel@75-132-51-111.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) 00.17.30 Quit ender1 (Quit: History is a set of lies agreed upon. -- Napoleon Bonaparte) 00.21.10 # thomasjfox: can I please see your cppcheck script again? your original paste seems to be gone 00.21.15 Nick LD50 is now known as [Franklin] (~franklin@unaffiliated/franklin) 00.21.33 Nick [Franklin] is now known as [TheZero] (~franklin@unaffiliated/franklin) 00.23.18 # [TheZero]: http://pastebin.com/uTpiDVpB 00.23.26 # I usually let them expire after a week 00.23.44 # <[TheZero]> ah, ok 00.23.46 Nick [TheZero] is now known as [ (~franklin@unaffiliated/franklin) 00.23.51 Nick [ is now known as [Franklin] (~franklin@unaffiliated/franklin) 00.23.54 Join AlexP [0] (~alex@rockbox/staff/AlexP) 00.23.59 # <[Franklin]> I should really stop nick-hopping :) 00.24.53 # [Franklin]: you need this one, too: http://pastebin.com/PewvBv3n 00.25.44 # <[Franklin]> thanks :D 00.27.04 # I'll probably make this a proper helper script in Rockbox one day 00.27.12 # it's pretty handy (sometimes)... 00.27.59 # another thing would be proper unit tests. [Saint] is eager to write hundreds of tests for tagcache :P 00.28.31 # <[Saint]> Ha! 00.28.38 # <[Saint]> I repeat; 00.28.40 # <[Saint]> Ha! 00.28.51 # <[Franklin]> I'm tellin' ya! Automating programming is gonna be the 'next big thing' 00.29.44 # <[Saint]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem 00.30.38 # <[Saint]> Just do "cat /dev/random > rockbox.zip" 00.30.53 # :D 00.30.59 # <[Saint]> Probability suggests you'd /eventually/ end up with a valid binary. :) 00.31.28 # <[Franklin]> lol 00.31.32 # see this experiment of the afl-fuzzing security tool: http://lcamtuf.blogspot.de/2014/11/pulling-jpegs-out-of-thin-air.html 00.31.56 # <[Franklin]> [Saint]: /dev/urandom is best 00.32.07 # <[Franklin]> ... and my fuzzing tool of choice :) 00.39.59 Quit TheLemonMan (Remote host closed the connection) 01.06.44 Quit [Franklin] (Remote host closed the connection) 01.12.35 Quit RiDD (Quit: A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.) 01.24.30 Quit AlexP (Remote host closed the connection) 01.58.15 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 02.06.35 Quit pystar89 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 02.10.37 Join pystar89 [0] (~pystar89@ip-176-199-76-43.hsi06.unitymediagroup.de) 02.12.34 Quit thomasjfox (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 02.17.35 Join sakax [0] (~sakax@unaffiliated/sakax) 02.18.29 # <[Saint]> heh, that was weird...the forums didn't even notify me that saratoga beat me to a post. 03.05.15 Quit pystar89 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 03.27.14 Join Strife89 [0] (~Strife89@adsl-98-80-237-4.mcn.bellsouth.net) 03.49.57 Quit ZincAlloy (Quit: Leaving.) 03.58.16 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 05.09.34 Quit krabador (Quit: Take the time.) 05.18.32 Quit TheSeven (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 05.19.41 Join TheSeven [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 05.58.18 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 06.46.24 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 07.46.36 Join scordwell [0] (~steve@103.29.31.45) 07.47.10 Part scordwell ("Konversation terminated!") 07.58.20 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 08.15.25 Quit Galois (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 08.29.54 Join pamaury [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/pamaury) 09.00.52 Quit shamus (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 09.01.17 Join shamus [0] (~shmaus@ip-206-192-193-180.marylandheights.ip.cablemo.net) 09.03.57 Join petur [0] (5bb7304d@rockbox/developer/petur) 09.04.55 Join ender` [0] (krneki@foo.eternallybored.org) 09.18.28 Quit pamaury (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 09.41.07 Join Galois [0] (djao@efnet.math.uwaterloo.ca) 09.50.13 Join pamaury [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/pamaury) 09.58.24 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 10.04.58 Quit petur (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 10.05.08 Join petur [0] (5bb7304d@rockbox/developer/petur) 10.09.01 # Ok, I got another trick question: I have to add stuff to tne manual for the plugin I changed. How do I actually build the manual? 10.11.04 Join einhirn [0] (~Miranda@bsod.rz.tu-clausthal.de) 10.12.19 # It's not contained in the out-of-tree builds and the Makefile in manual/ complains that I should run make in the build dir ... 10.23.47 # You have to run "make manual" in your regular build directory 10.26.12 # Ah, it's a target ... of course. 10.26.14 # tx 10.27.28 # I'm contemplating conversion to fixed point math now ... I wonder if a specific routine parsing float values to fixed makes sense or one should just convert the resulting float. 10.28.05 # As the parsing only happens once at the beginning, it might be not worth it to bother makeing that stage efficient. 10.35.46 Quit einhirn (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 10.54.59 # gevaerts: Can I test CONFIG_CODEC != SWCODEC with the simulator? Perhaps choosing a specific model ... 10.56.25 Join einhirn [0] (~Miranda@bsod.rz.tu-clausthal.de) 11.11.26 # sobukus: as in, to hear sound? No, the mp3 decoder chip isn't simulated 11.13.17 # einhirn: well, just checking if the code builds would be a start, I just noticed an #ifdef block that I overlooked. 11.13.56 # Actually, running the thing in the simulator even without sound would be better than nothing. 11.14.12 # Well yes, you can build those 11.14.26 # It's the Archoses, in case you're wondering :) 11.14.32 # Only those? 11.14.38 # Player is the charcell one, the others are bitmap 11.14.39 # yes 11.15.04 # Hm, I tried some Archos and the metronome plugin is not built for those at all. 11.15.26 # Which one? 11.15.33 # recorder v2 11.16.07 # #if CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC || !defined(SIMULATOR) /* Not for hwcodec sims */ 11.16.17 # Well, that might exclude any sim of hwcodec;-) 11.16.24 # It might, yes :) 11.16.25 # in apps/plugins/SOURCES 11.16.38 # Probably due to the lack of sound chip emulation 11.16.56 # So, that applies to all plugins that do sound, I presume. 11.17.25 # So, the least I can do is to check if a build for Archos hardware goes through, but I cannot test. 11.17.32 # * gevaerts nods 11.17.39 # sobukus: for building the manual you can find some information here: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/ManualHowto (unfortunately the wiki search function doesn't work so I got that one for you) 11.18.50 # gevaerts: eh, bummer ... I don't have the cross-compiler setup for Archos (sh-elf-gcc). 11.19.18 # sobukus: that's only a quick tools/rockboxdev.sh away :) 11.20.19 # Aha. I wonder, what are the other targets actually using? Heck, I don't have a compiler for the SoC in the Sansas installed. 11.21.04 # arm 11.21.15 # (most of them) 11.21.19 # some m68k, some mips 11.21.42 # Yes. No I repeat my question: What ARM compiler is Rockbox using? I didn't remember installing one, it just works. 11.22.09 # Or I forgot. Was a busy year. 11.22.18 # I suspect you forgot :) 11.22.35 # arm-elf-eabi-gcc 11.22.38 # /opt/rockbox-dev/bin/arm-elf-eabi-as <--- appears so 11.22.58 # Heh. I need a brain check. 11.26.34 # I really must applaud the Rockbox team for making this so easy that I forgot how I setup the toolchain. 11.30.42 # /data/projekte/rockbox/src/apps/action.c:26:18: error: lang.h: No such file or directory 11.30.52 # I cannot build for Archos target. 11.31.05 # Hmmm 11.31.51 # From a clean build directory? 11.32.42 # I'm starting wholly fresh again (just-re-running configure is not enough?). Better now. 11.33.08 # If you've run make clean before, normally that's enough 11.33.20 # But there might be edge cases :) 11.33.50 # Yeah, it went through now and I got the message that my plugin is too big for 2 MiB RAM. 11.34.29 # If all else fails, just rename things a bit and keep the old metronome plugin for the archoses 11.35.06 # Checking if you can fix it first is still a good idea of course :) 11.35.10 # I can make it fit by reducing the number of track parts the metronome supports. 11.36.07 # Has 2 MiB Archos the smallest PLUGIN_RAM? 11.36.52 # I think so 11.37.01 # I guess I need to compute the size of plugin data depending on the RAM size. Is the model that a plugin should use all memory that's available to it? 11.37.31 # Because, I would like to impose the least strict limit on metronome track length. 11.39.38 # There's PLUGIN_BUFFER_SIZE 11.41.24 # Defined in firmware/export/config/* 11.42.45 # Ah, so it's 32K for archos, 512K for sansa 11.42.51 # You can grab the playback buffer too of course (if you stop playback), but then you have to manage that memory manually, no static compiler allocations then 11.42.54 # Well 11.43.18 # In the plugin buffer, the plugin code itself plus all its data has to fit? 11.43.39 # Yes 11.43.42 # Well 11.43.51 # Except if you grab the playback buffer 11.43.57 # Code still has to fit though 11.43.59 # So, I'd rather not do that. 11.44.28 # So, I'll estimate code size and derive maximum length of track data structures from that. 11.44.39 # But need to do that in the preprocessor. 11.44.42 # Yes 11.45.02 # Do some test builds with various settings/targets 11.45.15 # objdump can help 11.45.39 # Is there API for printing the current size of the plugin data? An end pointer? 11.46.20 # There is. One moment... 11.46.58 # plugin_get_buffer() 11.47.04 # void* plugin_get_buffer(size_t *buffer_size) 11.47.33 # That returns a pointer to the start of free space, and puts the size of that free space in buffer_size 11.47.58 # Ah, with that I could do manual memory management ... 11.48.44 # Or you can run "sh-elf-size apps/plugins/metronome.elf" (or arm-eabi-*, ...) and use those numbers :) 11.49.19 # Actually, I like the dynamic approach. If I do this for one datastructure only, it's rather trivial to always use what's needed/there at runtime. 11.49.57 # Yes, if you can easily do it, it's better 11.54.17 # Damn ... no I think if I can implement a rather crazy feature in the metronome that klick has: specify a tempo for _each_ _beat_ 11.54.50 # That wouldn't be practicable without dynamic memory. 11.58.27 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 12.01.35 # Anyhow, this memory management is not too bad when I don't consider deallocating anything. 12.06.58 Join TheLemonMan [0] (~lemonboy@unaffiliated/thelemonman) 12.16.12 Join eeeeeta [0] (~eeeeeta@gateway/tor-sasl/eeeeeta) 12.16.43 # gevaerts: OK, now only one question remains: Is 4-byte alignment of memory blocks fine for all architectures or do we consider arm64 where 8 bytes might be of value (not sure of that)? 12.17.40 # We'll start considering arm64 if we ever have such a target 12.18.19 Join AlexP [0] (~alex@rockbox/staff/AlexP) 12.18.21 # Ok, so I'll make sure I only 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While finishing the metronome plugin, I noticed that it has a timer running also when paused. Does a 1-ms-timer triggering a small callback hinder the hardware from conserving power? 15.16.02 # I guess it would be beneficial to only start the timer when actually playing, right? 15.18.14 # I'd say that would be better, yes 15.18.43 # I have no idea how much power you'll save, but it certainly won't be worse 15.18.47 # Fine. Now my question is if a timer every 1 ms is actually excessive in itself. 15.19.03 # How realtime is Rockbox? 15.20.11 # I might optimize this by computing the minimal period needed between two beats in a track. 15.21.45 # Those timers are hardware timers, and I think the callback runs from the interrupt 15.21.57 # If so, that would make that callback fairly realtime :) 15.25.41 # Yeah. I need to wonder a bit about TIMER_FREQ/timerfreq_div and its implications. 15.26.46 # The thing is of course that on SWCODEC you don't actually play sounds from that interrupt handler, so it's not entirely clear how accurate the end result is 15.27.10 Join edhelas [0] (~edhelas@193.172.124.224) 15.29.09 # gevaerts: Yeah. About that ... is there a standard way to get Rockbox' audio output ... eh, never mind. I can just record headphone output from the real device;-) 15.31.24 # I'll experiment with the timer stuff, also trying to monitor battery drain, after the first version of the new metronome is merged. 15.31.48 # Since I did not change that aspect from the old one. 16.03.51 Join Strife89 [0] (~Strife89@adsl-98-80-237-4.mcn.bellsouth.net) 16.12.57 Quit michaelni (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 16.25.12 Join michaelni [0] (~michael@178-190-91-49.adsl.highway.telekom.at) 16.35.40 Quit einhirn (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 16.36.43 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 16.50.16 Quit mykhal (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 16.52.55 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) 16.56.00 Quit foolsh (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 16.57.20 Join mykhal [0] (~mykhal@carbon.cesnet.cz) 16.57.38 Join foolsh [0] (~rastlin@c-98-226-52-99.hsd1.in.comcast.net) 16.58.35 # OK, I'm in a really weird place now. I added dynamic memory use to the plugin and now a printf for debugging changes values being debugged. 16.58.45 # I must assume I messed up memory. 17.05.22 Quit amithkk (Quit: Connection closed for inactivity) 17.26.28 Quit edhelas (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 17.27.53 Join Ivoah [0] (~Ivoah@p-74-209-19-63.dsl1.rtr.chat.fpma.frpt.net) 17.28.59 Quit TheLemonMan (Remote host closed the connection) 17.37.09 Quit petur (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 18.06.52 Join pystar89 [0] (~pystar89@ip-176-199-76-43.hsi06.unitymediagroup.de) 18.12.18 Join [Franklin] [0] (~franklin@unaffiliated/franklin) 18.17.29 Join thomasjfox [0] (~thomasjfo@rockbox/developer/thomasjfox) 18.36.45 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 18.41.51 Join fyre^OS [0] (~nnscript@cpe-158-222-190-53.nyc.res.rr.com) 18.45.03 Quit fyrestorm (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 18.50.46 # * thomasjfox crosses fingers not to break the build 18.50.57 # Build Server message: 3New build round started. Revision fdd4aef, 255 builds, 29 clients. 18.57.19 Quit Cinos (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 18.59.36 Join Qazerowl [0] (4395b9fc@gateway/web/freenode/ip.67.149.185.252) 19.00.35 Join Cinos [0] (Cinos@cinos.biz) 19.00.49 # ok, that didn't quite work out on the first shot:D 19.01.34 # Hello. I recently installed rockbox onto a Sansa Clip+, and was wondering if it is possible to use the volume controller on my earbuds. 19.02.48 # It doesn't seem to work by default, I was wondering if I need to change some setting or if the clip+ just isn't capable of detecting the controller. 19.04.10 # <[Franklin]> Qazerowl: is it a 4-pin inline remote? 19.04.18 # <[Franklin]> if so, rockbox doesn't support it... yet 19.04.42 # Qazerowl: probably not, it needs special hardware to be detected (also it depends on the kind of headphones (although it pretty standard for android-ish targeted headphones / manufacturers)) which I doubt the device has, but I'm not a specialist of the Clip+ 19.04.59 Quit pamaury (Remote host closed the connection) 19.07.37 # Would a four pin inline remote have a 3.5mm with four metal "stripes"? 19.07.52 # <[Franklin]> yes, that's it 19.08.21 # <[Franklin]> I don't think that's what it's really called, though 19.08.49 # Ok, so the hardware is there, it's just not in the code yet, correct? 19.09.48 # <[Franklin]> I'm not sure about the Clip+ 19.09.52 # <[Franklin]> did it work in OF? 19.10.06 # Build Server message: 3New build round started. Revision f91434c, 255 builds, 29 clients. 19.10.37 Quit amiconn (Quit: No Ping reply in 64 seconds.) 19.11.30 Quit pixelma (Quit: No Ping reply in 120 seconds.) 19.12.17 Quit Rondom (Remote host closed the connection) 19.12.32 Quit TheSeven (Remote host closed the connection) 19.13.47 Join Rondom [0] (~rondom@nonmodosedetiam.net) 19.14.14 Quit Riviera (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 19.14.14 Quit WakiMiko (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 19.14.48 # I didn't have headphones with a remote until after I put rockbox on it, but google says some headphone controllers work with it. 19.15.35 Join TheSeven [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 19.15.48 # is there a hardware difference between headphones that only work with iPods and those than only work with other devices, or is it that they just send different signals? 19.16.18 # Build Server message: 3Build round completed after 325 seconds. 19.16.27 Join Riviera [0] (Riviera@2a03:b0c0:1:d0::10:b001) 19.16.32 Join amiconn [0] (~amiconn@rockbox/developer/amiconn) 19.17.20 Join pixelma [0] (~pixelma@rockbox/staff/pixelma) 19.17.49 Join WakiMiko [0] (~WakiMiko@unaffiliated/wakimiko) 19.23.50 Join RiD [0] (~RiD@bl22-157-80.dsl.telepac.pt) 19.27.39 # Qazerowl: I'm really not sure that the Clip+ hardware supports such headphone controls. I actually doubt it. 19.28.14 # Qazerowl: The clip is designed to be clipped on your clothes at about the same distance from your head as the headphone remote would dangle around. 19.28.37 Quit krabador (Quit: Take the time.) 19.29.04 # It's about as large as a cable remote for an old walkman (only slightly exaggerating) 19.29.07 Join krabador [0] (~krabador_@unaffiliated/krabador) 19.32.34 # Btw. In case someone wondered: I didn't mess up memory. I messed up the types, halfway converting from float to fixed. 19.32.47 # My memory handling is Rockbox-solid! 19.36.43 Join edhelas [0] (~edhelas@77-173-17-40.ip.telfort.nl) 19.36.53 # <[Franklin]> sobukus: regarding floats/fixed, I'd say floats are best if you need a wide range of precision 19.37.43 # [Franklin]: well, I don't really need a wide range, I think fixed should be fine. 19.38.21 # Also, I don't see an obvious performance problem with what I have (float calculations). 19.38.38 # <[Franklin]> all the floating-point operations are emulated in software 19.38.45 # <[Franklin]> there's no FPU 19.38.50 # <[Franklin]> so... it's slow 19.39.04 # Don't modern devices have FPUs? 19.39.39 # But anyhow, I'll convert to fixed just for the heck of it, but the Sansa clip+ seems to be fine with one slightly complex float computation per metronome beat. 19.39.46 # <[Franklin]> not MP3 players :P 19.40.11 # <[Franklin]> is it the same computation every beat? 19.43.10 # The worst case is a tempo changing ramp (some bpm every beat). 19.43.38 # Then, it's the same computation, but differing values, of course. And the point is to have the changes between beats subtle. 19.44.07 # <[Franklin]> can you precalculate all the logs when the file is loaded? 19.44.10 # So a coars loopup table won't do ... and it would be 2D, anyway (time difference between two beats of tempo a and b) 19.45.05 # [Franklin]: theoretically, yes ... but I'd need to store the stuff someplace ... you could program an awfully long track with very slow tempo change 19.45.33 # Since even the float computation is apparently no problem, a fixed-point one really should be fine. 19.45.55 # * sobukus needs to verify the accurateness of the metronome by recording the output from the device 19.46.30 Join pamaury [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/pamaury) 19.53.40 Join lebellium [0] (~chatzilla@89-93-177-161.hfc.dyn.abo.bbox.fr) 19.57.22 Join bertrik [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/bertrik) 20.16.38 Join petur [0] (~petur@rockbox/developer/petur) 20.22.42 # Yep, around 0.1-0.2 s offset afer 120 seconds playback due to the quantization of the time with the timer mechanism. 20.24.42 # Weren't it for the archos devices, I could just create a pcm stream with long-time accurate timing, depending on the actual clock. 20.28.08 # <[Franklin]> you don't /have/ to support the archoses ;) 20.28.15 Quit edhelas (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 20.29.13 # Well, it would be a regression from the old metronome, so some criticism would be warranted. 20.29.40 # And anyhow, I would need to figure out how to produce a continuous stream and still have the interactive work right. 20.30.27 Quit thomasjfox (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 20.30.30 # <[Franklin]> sobukus: yes, but you could #ifdef out the new code 20.30.38 # It would only be a regression if you didn't keep the old one around 20.31.39 # otherwise you can call it "legacy support" :) 20.31.56 # <[Franklin]> if you can't figure it out, that is 20.32.08 # Nah, now I merged the stuff into the normal metronome. Changing the basic timing and playback method and keeping also the old one around in the same file doesn't sound sane to me. 20.32.54 # The accuracy is fine enough, actually. I could make the timer interval even smaller (what's a limit the hardware can take?). 20.33.45 # Depends on the target. IIRC it goes from 10kHz to 10MHz 20.33.50 # More or less 20.34.10 # And firing a callback each 0.1 ms is fine with the system? 20.34.24 # Try it :) 20.34.51 # I'd need to record the power consumption, too. I'd trade some accuracy for some hours more of battery life. 20.35.06 # If it doesn't matter there, of course, it should have best accuract. 20.36.04 # But let's finish one version already. 20.36.49 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 20.39.36 Quit Qazerowl (Quit: Page closed) 20.52.15 Quit pystar89 (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 21.01.27 Nick uwe__ is now known as uwe_ (~uwe_@dslb-094-216-124-219.094.216.pools.vodafone-ip.de) 21.08.42 Join lorenzo92 [0] (~chatzilla@host24-106-dynamic.117-80-r.retail.telecomitalia.it) 21.31.20 # <[Franklin]> does anyone feel that it's time for a release? 21.32.26 # It's time for another dev build I think. heheh 21.34.37 # Someone familiar with the fixedpoint stuff> 21.34.39 # > 21.34.40 # can someone quickly confirm me that this license here https://github.com/lwalkera/lwBT/blob/refactoring/main.c is compatible with our GPL one? 21.34.40 # ? 21.35.28 # it seems a BSD - 3 to me, which is compatible...correct? 21.36.00 # Ah, never mind. 21.36.08 # * sobukus got the error in his rounding 21.36.17 # lorenzo92: looks OK to me 21.36.33 # gevaerts: thanks ;) 21.36.51 # indeed, but in case I'm documenting more also for personal information hehe 21.39.10 # <[Franklin]> lorenzo92: looks like 3-clause BSD 21.42.52 # [Franklin]: thanks you too ;) 21.51.48 Join ender1 [0] (krneki@foo.eternallybored.org) 21.54.09 Quit ender` (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 22.18.58 Quit RiD (Quit: A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.) 22.22.34 Quit pamaury (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 22.23.23 Join RiD [0] (~RiD@bl22-157-80.dsl.telepac.pt) 22.36.53 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 22.45.37 Join Strife89 [0] (~Strife89@adsl-98-80-237-4.mcn.bellsouth.net) 22.54.48 Quit JanC (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 23.00.36 Quit petur (Quit: Leaving) 23.08.24 Join JanC [0] (~janc@lugwv/member/JanC) 23.09.26 Quit lorenzo92 (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.91.1 [Firefox 30.0/20140608211457]) 23.14.51 Quit fs-bluebot (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 23.15.21 Quit bluebrother^ (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 23.15.33 Join fs-bluebot [0] (~fs-bluebo@g224239088.adsl.alicedsl.de) 23.17.24 Join bluebrother [0] (~dom@rockbox/developer/bluebrother) 23.24.14 Quit ender1 (Quit: Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe, or we are not. 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