<Deozaan> So, I think I've asked you about this a zillion times, but the good news is that I remember how to do it, but I'm not sure what it's called...
<Deozaan> I want to get a percentage of a range.
<Deozaan> As a value between 0-1
<Deozaan> But the range can be anything.
<Deozaan> So for example, if I wanted 50% (0.5) of the range 2-10, it would give me 6.
<Deozaan> I know the solution is: x = (max-min) * percent + min
<Deozaan> But what would you call that process? Or that end result?
<Deozaan> (I'm trying to think of a name for the function that will do this for me)
<mouser> function
<Deozaan> Would that be... normalizing?
<mouser> no
<mouser> normalizing is like
<mouser> if a value is in range 2-10
<mouser> and you NORMALIZE it to give you a value from 0 to 1
<Deozaan> So I want to un-normalize it.
<Deozaan> denormalize
<mouser> which would be (val-min)/(max-min)
<Deozaan> abnormalize
<mouser> something like that
<mouser> though im not sure there is a term for it
<mouser> scaling it
<Deozaan> ScaledRange() might be a good one.
<Jibz> Deozaanize()
<Deozaan> :D
<Deozaan> That's the same thing as abnormalize, Jibz. :P

<mouser> i spent this morning digging a trench in our front yard to lay bricks
<mouser> a bird came by and was really excited about all the worms we were digging up
<mouser> he had like 3 in his mouth and was bouncing around
<mouser> then he came over to me and gave me one of his worms!
<mouser> he was like "THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORMS HERE HAVE ONE KTHX BYE"

<mouser> so.. what other things are you guys recommening i have for my car?
<Deozaan> A girlfriend.
<mouser> cannot find on amazon.com
<Deozaan> I mean get a girlfriend for your car.
<Deozaan> Get your car a girlfriend.
<mouser> ah i see
<mouser> why should it get one if i dont
<Deozaan> Don't be selfish.
<Deozaan> Besides, you can live spontaneously through your car's relationship.
<Deozaan> er.. not spontaneously
<mouser> and how much will this cost me
<Deozaan> I mean vicariously.
<Deozaan> Not spontaneously.
<w3bcrawler> i can already see it on craigslist.. 'well-maintained suzuki seeks love'
<mouser> good idea
<Deozaan> No. Don't use craigslist. That's just cars trying to have a one-night driveby.
<Deozaan> Go for more reputable sites like autolove.com or carcupid.com
<mouser> :)
<mouser> ha
<mouser> i think you guys have come up with an idea..

<app> PSA: Never buy a person with OCD tendencies an electric waffle iron, unless you want to drive them over the edge.
<jns> app: explain?
<app> ever try to clean one of those?
<jns> hasn't been too bad with ours
<app> i have an electric one...can't dunk it in the sink to wash it...can't use any sort of soap on it because i can't rinse well enough to remove it all
<jns> ah
<app> so it has a gunky, greasy build up on it that I have to pretend doesn't exist and hope it won't kill my family or make us sick
<jns> get one where the iron part is removable
<app> stuff like this is why people have children
<app> hand them a toothbrush and make them carefully scrub it, not caring if it takes them 3+ hrs to do it
<jns> i'm pretty sure they make more mess than they clean :)
<app> perhaps that's why i was always the kid that was made to do tasks like that
<app> i already had ocd tendencies and was unlikely to make a mess
<app> of course raising a kid kind of almost guaranteed she'd turn out as obsessed with clean dishes & cookware as I am
<mouser> what conversation have i just walked into
<app> my comment about never buying an electric waffle iron for someone with ocd tendencies
<mouser> ah
<mouser> <app> so it has a gunky, greasy build up on it that I have to pretend doesn't exist and hope it won't kill my family or make us sick <-- given the heat they get up to i think you are safe
<app> daughter asked if she could borrow mine to make breakfast for her bf and his kid, and then I remembered why I don't use it more often
<app> yeah, that's one of the things I tell myself while I am failing at pretending it's not really there
<app> but the thought it's covered in old rancid grease still is very unappealing
<app> my daughter even asked me if it was ok to clean it with hand sanitizer wipes...lol
<app> she is most certainly my kid
<app> if she were more like her father, she would have said "what gunk? I see no gunk."
<mouser> well at least you got john to talk
<app> lol :)
<app> mention waffles and all belgians in the channel have to speak
<app> it's a rule
<mouser> :)

<w3bcrawler> apparently my laptop has 149 hours of battery life left
<mouser> hahahahaha
<mouser> good luck with that
<w3bcrawler> this new linux mint is great on the battery life :D
<w3bcrawler> install mint now! and see a 2000% increase in battery life!
<w3bcrawler> shut up i'm not a math major

<p-dub> fucking ups...
<Gunrunner_Gray> What were they supposed to deliver?
<Setsuna-Xero> pot
<p-dub> just a rug
<p-dub> usps is for pot
<p-dub> lol
<p-dub> packagew is 3 days late
<p-dub> I came home from work and waited from 4 to 6 and no show
<p-dub> come home to a slip on my door saying "we can't leave it without you signing off your approval to do so"
<p-dub> if I was here to sign my approval, you wouldn't have to just leave it...
<p-dub> and the "we will attempt again tomorrow at 12pm-8pm"
<p-dub> its like time warner is delivering the package...
<omgplzstfukthx> my father no longer has packages delivered to his home
<omgplzstfukthx> he has them delivered to me, because I am always here and can sign for them
<omgplzstfukthx> much more convenient than asking me to house sit for him, just to accept his deliveries
<p-dub> app, come house sit for me
<p-dub> feel free to smoke/eat pills, just don't forget and panic when someone knocks on the door
<omgplzstfukthx> send your packages here...i'll call you when they arrive and you can come pick them up at your convenience
<p-dub> just ship it to me when it arrives
<p-dub> errr...
<Setsuna-Xero> LOL
<omgplzstfukthx> like watching a lightbulb turn on in slow motion :-P
<Setsuna-Xero> I almost fell out of my chair laughing

<edvard> backup finally done
<edvard> now i can switch off server
<edvard> can't install a scorched3d server on it until i upgrade the distro version anyways
<edvard> aaaaand that's not gonna happen anytime soon
<Deozaan> But we need scorched3d!
<edvard> yes
<edvard> yes we do
<edvard> but my server is debian wheezy, which has the old version in the repos
<edvard> and the old server cannot server the new version client
<edvard> which is kinda dumb when you think about it
<edvard> but so it goes
<edvard> and i haven't found an easy way to install the new version on wheezy
<edvard> even tried compiling
<edvard> i got a funny error though
<edvard> in the .configure stage
<edvard> it looks for different libs to link to
<edvard> "looking for GTK+ ... found"
<edvard> things like that
<edvard> i got
<edvard> "looking for beer in lfridge ... not found"
<edvard> "ERROR: install more beer"
<edvard> :D

<mouser> hey guys
<mouser> is it true that you can only get into heaven if you've collected 100 usb cables before you die?
<mouser> and if not, someone remind me why i have so many in this bag here?
<Ath> well, it may be that the treshold is upped to 250, by the time you get close...
<Ath> or are you starting a new trade?
<Ath> no, no, no, wait, you must have been mousered! :P:P:P
<mouser> i think they are mutiplying inside this bag
<mouser> should i have separated the males from the females? is that the problem?
<Ath> you know: "don't feed the trolls"