Nocturnal Nerds

Delirium · 13-12-2010 02:08PM

Links234 · 15-12-2010 12:37PM

RolandIRL · 15-12-2010 05:13PM

Delirium · 15-12-2010 07:33PM

Little girl loves Tron

BaconZombie · 16-12-2010 11:26PM

BaconZombie · 18-12-2010 11:01PM

FewFew · 19-12-2010 03:49AM

What's that Bacz?

Delirium · 19-12-2010 06:49PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL5ud5_K-GY

Delirium · 22-12-2010 02:09PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsQ3ZgNWnT4

BaconZombie · 22-12-2010 02:28PM

It's ACIDBURNS's laptop from the very cheesy and unrealistic HACKERS movie...

Fewcifur wrote: »

What's that Bacz?

BaconZombie · 22-12-2010 02:29PM

The Twelve Days of NYIIX

On the first day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
A BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the second day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the third day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Seven broadcast floods,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Eight defaulting peers,
Seven broadcast floods,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Nine CDP neighbors,
Eight defaulting peers,
Seven broadcast floods,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Ten proxy ARPs,
Nine CDP neighbors,
Eight defaulting peers,
Seven broadcast floods,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Eleven OSPF hellos,
Ten proxy ARPs,
Nine CDP neighbors,
Eight defaulting peers,
Seven broadcast floods,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me,
Twelve peers in half-duplex,
Eleven OSPF hellos,
Ten proxy ARPs,
Nine CDP neighbors,
Eight defaulting peers,
Seven broadcast floods,
Six maintenances notices,
Five flapping sessions,
Four Foundry crashes,
Three routing leaks,
Two forwarding loops,
And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.

Delirium · 03-01-2011 07:38PM

BaconZombie · 04-01-2011 02:41AM

FewFew · 04-01-2011 10:54PM

Once again Bacon Zombie delivers perfectly!

deirdre_dub · 04-01-2011 11:03PM

BaconZombie wrote: »

Would you not be better off with a reverse-polarity diode?

FewFew · 04-01-2011 11:07PM

I think I'm in love because I only kiiiiinda know what Deirdre_Dub just said

deirdre_dub · 04-01-2011 11:11PM

Fewcifur wrote: »

I think I'm in love because I only kiiiiinda know what Deirdre_Dub just said

Oh honey bunch - you say the nicest things!

A diode is an electronics device that allows current to flow in one direction only. A reverse-polarity diode is when it is wired such that it isn't allowing the current to flow. Hence it is fighting the flow of power much more effectively than a resistor (which is what is in the picture), which is subject to Ohm's law of P = I^2 R or P = V^2 / R.

Understand?

FewFew · 04-01-2011 11:15PM

deirdre_dub wrote: »

Oh honey bunch - you say the nicest things!

A diode is an electronics device that allows current to flow in one direction only. A reverse-polarity diode is when it is wired such that it isn't allowing the current to flow. Hence it is fighting the flow of power much more effectively than a resistor (which is what is in the picture), which is subject to Ohm's law of P = I^2 R or P = V^2 / R.

Understand?

So... is that... the same as like... just smashing the resistor with a hammer? Kickin' it old school? All this diode lark is probably just a fad.

deirdre_dub · 04-01-2011 11:19PM

Fewcifur wrote: »

So... is that... the same as like... just smashing the resistor with a hammer? Kickin' it old school? All this diode lark is probably just a fad.

OMG that's actually a MUCH better solution!

A diode will still allow the current to flow in the other direction - but a resistor smashed with a hammer? That shouldn't allow the current to flow at all!

Unless, of course, the voltage gets high enough that the dialectric properties of the air start to break down*.

(* otherwise known as a spark jumping the gap)

cyberwolf77 · 04-01-2011 11:30PM

deirdre_dub wrote: »

OMG that's actually a MUCH better solution!

A diode will still allow the current to flow in the other direction - but a resistor smashed with a hammer? That shouldn't allow the current to flow at all!

Unless, of course, the voltage gets high enough that the dialectric properties of the air start to break down*.

(* otherwise known as a spark jumping the gap)

Well, that explains how a stun-gun works, Thanks.

FewFew · 04-01-2011 11:31PM

Thank you, I knew there was some reason for that pesky diode. Glad I got out of electric engineering when I did, my crazy hammer time methods would have rocked far too many boats!