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[2010-02-12 09:36:49] - awww, no poker again? is this my punishment for not RSVPing? ~a
[2010-02-12 09:30:17] - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10451518-38.html Feds push for tracking cell phones. -Paul
[2010-02-11 14:51:10] - aaron: yes, translate. translate from nonsensical english into the regular kind. ~a
[2010-02-11 14:50:07] - xpovos: haha. ok, i guess i can see that. #3 and #4 were just out of my reach. ~a
[2010-02-11 14:09:18] - aaron: Maybe try translating it back to Japanese and then re-translating into English, but with proper grammar? It seems to be saying that 1) Bread is consumed by most people every day 2) Some people eat bread with either/or butter|jam 3) Toast is crunchy. 4) There are lots of ways to eat bread. 5) One example is to put some bread in a basket and picnic. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-11 14:03:16] - a: "translate"? it's in english... it's just somewhat nonsensical english - aaron
[2010-02-11 13:13:05] - aaron: can you translate the second half? i'm having trouble with everything including and after "it is the great sound". ~a
[2010-02-11 11:14:59] - a: Ah, wikipedia helps me. I can now theoretically interpret that. Ew. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-11 11:11:29] - yes, brainfuck. sometimes written bf or brainf. ~a
[2010-02-11 11:10:29] - a: That makes perfect sense, on all counts. Thanks. The language is 'brainf'? -- Xpovos
[2010-02-11 11:08:04] - yuck that is horribly inefficient (in terms of "lines" of code). regardless, i put it into a brainf interpreter and it spit out "I iz sm4rt" something he could probably have done with half that amount of code. ~a
[2010-02-11 10:47:23] - a: Help, I'm on a forum and some annoying guy is posting in that crazy code format that I've seen you use. I can't come close to reading it: ">++++++++++ [>+++++++>+++>+++++++++++>++++++++++++>+++>++++++++++++>+++++++++++>+++++>+++++++++++>++++++++++++><<<<<<<<<<<-] >+++>++>----->++>++>----->->++>++++>----> <<<<<<<<<<< >.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>." -- Xpovos
[2010-02-11 10:41:50] - we are breads - aaron
[2010-02-10 22:23:32] - I remember seeing the third one on TV a few years back, I thought it was a good ad. The other two aren't quite as good. The free one might have been the best, but it fell a little short of potential. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-10 20:10:44] - heh heh i like the first one the best although it's also the scariest
- aaron[2010-02-10 16:31:01] - a few linux commercials i found: 1 2 3. i think i like the third one the best, but it obviously had the most money put into it. ~a
[2010-02-09 23:12:53] - anon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gurkie/4345426910/in/photostream/ + 5 photos... From freshman year, I didnt take part but its my friends ~gurkie
[2010-02-09 17:17:00] - http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/funny_snowmen_1.jpg
[2010-02-09 16:35:58] - title: pretty catchy! i'll have to remember that for when i desperately need a sexy ambulance driver. ~a
[2010-02-09 10:27:45] - amy: sorry I was trying to call and tell you about the huge amount of emergency vehicles by your old place... But I was unable to get through and then the pharmacy paged me so I had to go talk to them... and later decided to call Vin since I didnt think you had answered your phone. ~Gurkie
[2010-02-08 21:01:07] - gurkie: i think you're right that OCR's higher standards would be a cause. there's a lot of crap on yt. OCR has a judging process and only stuff that passes that gets posted. also, you just called me and hung up when i answered .( -amy
[2010-02-08 18:30:18] - haha. also in 2001: "what's 'trolling?' -dave" ~a
[2010-02-08 18:28:18] - it was 2001. i'm actually surprised in 2001 he didn't know what trolling was. i can't say with certainty that *i* knew what trolling was in 2001, though it does still seem weird. ~a
[2010-02-08 17:48:33] - were we ever so young - aaron
[2010-02-08 17:48:28] - lol, subtitle: "does anyone know what "trolling" is, i've seen the term used a lot on slashdot and i don't know exactly what it is. - mig" - aaron
[2010-02-08 17:30:18] - and havent ever read any reviews on youtube so it could be harsher than I realize. ~gurkie
[2010-02-08 17:25:27] - I could see youtube being nicer in terms of that... I mean you tube doesnt specialize in remixes and is open to anyone... I think OCRemix has stricter standards (hence sets higher expectations...) but of course I know nothing about this stuff really ~gurkie
[2010-02-08 15:27:45] - amy: heh that's pretty weird. sometimes people are like, nicer and more positive towards people when they think they're just getting started? maybe that's it? i guess if your youtube channel is brand new, maybe that's why. i don't know, otherwise that's just very strange, oC should be mostly your peers and some locals and stuff right? you'd think they'd be nicer - aaron
[2010-02-08 15:14:06] - aaron: actually if you look at the youtube page, which honestly i did not bc i didn't want to read the comments anymore but vinnie told me that the comments are more positive there. it's surprising to me that yt comments are actually comparably kinder than another forums', esp. ocremix which tends to be very supportive. -amy
[2010-02-08 14:36:57] - a: yeah "sorry to be rude" is pretty bad, i think "no offense" is slightly worse. at least "sorry to be rude" implies some level of fault on the speaker's part (even if it's usually sarcastic) - aaron
[2010-02-08 14:20:44] - woohoo i have my own page
~a[2010-02-08 14:19:23] - also i wouldn't take any stock in what some of the people said. a number of them were just being rude and didn't have constructive criticism. if you have to put "Sorry to be rude" in your post, you probably should refrain. there were some suggestions though. ~a
[2010-02-08 14:18:20] - i did get it! sorry, i didn't reply to your email but i did go to the site and read some of the stuff people posted. from what i remember, some of the people did like the vocals (and vocals were what they said they liked about it). ~a
[2010-02-08 14:16:14] - amy: heh wow some people were really harsh there even by forum standards - aaron
[2010-02-08 13:54:13] - also if you click on that link you can see how everybody hates my voice! it's basically super! -amy
[2010-02-08 13:53:57] - a: aaaadrian did you ever get my email from like over a week ago? 'cause i never heard a reply from you. but our remix got posted: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01980/ and i still have your cello .( i'm sorry, please let me know if you want it back, i can bring it back to your house. -amy
[2010-02-08 10:52:07] - a: heh, well segregating senators by something as ambiguous or arbitrary as race wouldn't make sense. but the income idea is interesting. - aaron
[2010-02-08 09:51:00] - i think it would be worse. you'd have a majority of the senators completely ignoring (and voting against) race related issues because they were elected by 100% white people instead of just a majority of white people. interesting, sure?
~a[2010-02-08 09:41:35] - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/02/what-if-senators-represented-people-by.html I think this country would be a very different place if representation was based on income or demographics. I'm not sure if it would be better or worse, but it's an interesting idea. -nina
[2010-02-07 12:11:21] - also, since it's not obvious, that link i posted is a mix i made by combining barack obama's victory speech w/a gabber song. if anyone else makes anything cool post it here - aaron
[2010-02-06 21:13:06] - n i c e
[2010-02-06 20:50:45] - has anybody else seen youtubedoubler.com? it's a good toy to play with when you're snowed in - aaron
[2010-02-06 09:35:34] - gurkie: i have computer skills. ~a
[2010-02-05 12:16:27] - a: hmm.... you tell me. ~gurkie
[2010-02-05 10:08:46] - stephen: Except, if a doesn't know he's Summer Glau, aren't we into amnesia territory? Oh, fuck! -- Xpovos
[2010-02-05 09:22:53] - A: Neither. We all know you are secretly Summer Glau. - Stephen
[2010-02-04 22:04:46] - gurkie: wait, am i ambiguously gay or do i have computer skills? ~a
[2010-02-04 17:10:24] - a: yea I know the song, it was in how to lose a guy in 10 days... ~gurkie
[2010-02-04 16:58:52] - gurkie: i know. and mine was a joke too. (you're so vain, you probably think that this song is about you, don't you?) ~a
[2010-02-04 16:57:35] - Xpovos: Yeah, I stopped checking stocks around noon today. Looks like a good thing too.
-Paul[2010-02-04 16:52:03] - Unless Summer Glau has amnesia, in which case, you're well and truly screwed, and it really doesn't matter what you do. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-04 16:49:06] - stephen: so you are saying a is okay? ~gurkie
[2010-02-04 16:48:04] - a: it was a joke
~gurkie[2010-02-04 16:45:31] - Gurkie: However, you can trust ambiguously gay dorks, redheads with computer skills, and Summer Glau. - Stephen
[2010-02-04 16:41:45] - Gurkie: Watch out for Vampires... or ancient gods... or some dork with a gun.
-Paul[2010-02-04 16:38:01] - Woof. That was a crushing day on the market. Barely closed about 10K on the Dow. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-04 16:34:03] - you're so vain, you probably think this episode is about you. ~a
[2010-02-04 16:31:54] - Paul: Do I die this episode? ~gurkie
[2010-02-04 16:30:15] - gurkie: The guessing wrong was directed, probably 3/4 at you and 1/4 at miguel. But it hardly means I don't like you.
-- Xpovos[2010-02-04 16:29:32] - Gurkie: No, I'm quite sure you are right...five by five, even. - Stephen
[2010-02-04 16:25:03] - hehe, at the time I thought Xpovos was guessing wrong in terms of my move and Stephen was saying he got backstabbed by me... I could be wrong about what they meant but... Im glad you like me!~gurkie
[2010-02-04 16:13:29] - Stephen: That is pretty Whedony. -Paul
[2010-02-04 16:08:21] - Paul: No, but I do talk like a Joss Whedon character sometimes. I'll add -y to the of any noun to make it an adjective. - Stephen
[2010-02-04 16:04:25] - a: I know, I know. I live in the wrong city. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-04 15:55:10] - Completely random thought... to people who watch a lot of Joss Whedon stuff: When things are going really well in your life, do you ever wonder when the big tragic thing is going to happen? -Paul
[2010-02-04 15:52:35] - xpovos: one day you happen to wake up and find yourself in an existential quandary full of loathing and self-doubt? ~a
[2010-02-04 15:47:47] - vinnie: Either it's a Diplomacy thing, or it's one of those moments many of us have of sudden crushing delf-doubt. Like, 'Why are these people my friends? Are they really my friends, or are they just tolerating me because they're too nice to tell me to get lost?' -- Xpovos
[2010-02-04 15:24:04] - gurkie: yeah... why? is this a trick question
- vinnie[2010-02-04 15:21:01] - i like you. ~a
[2010-02-04 14:43:29] - u guys totally like me right? ~gurkie
[2010-02-04 08:54:10] - Xpovos: Yeah...I hate being stabbed. Trade? - Stephen
[2010-02-04 08:51:22] - I hate guessing wrong. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-03 23:43:39] - what is ie? ~a
[2010-02-03 18:46:38] - (and claiming to solve things or differentiate.) ~gurkie
[2010-02-03 18:46:25] - hahaha, I was looking at this from ie which made all the symbols look the same... No detail, so I was really confused when you all kept including the same upside down U shape over and over... ~gurkie
[2010-02-03 17:09:33] - got confused at the end, because I missed one of the letters in the eight-letter word when I wrote it down. but I ended up solving that word last anyway - vinnie
[2010-02-03 17:08:10] - aaron: yeah, I started with that apostrophe - vinnie
[2010-02-03 17:07:58] - which means the last two words are "_t you", so ⠁is either "a" or "i"... probably "a" because i can't think of a way to end a sentence with "it you" - aaron
[2010-02-03 17:06:43] - hehe got it
a's confirmation helped - vinnie[2010-02-03 17:05:59] - vinnie: i bet the first word is "don't", which gives us don't _oo_ no_, .... probably like, "don't look now... " - aaron
[2010-02-03 17:00:47] - or "Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier." or "f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng." ~a
[2010-02-03 17:00:19] - for example, The Advertising Agency Song: When your client's hopping mad, \ Put his picture in the ad. \ If he still should prove refractory, \ Add a picture of his factory. ~a
[2010-02-03 16:58:28] - though sometimes it surprises me. ~a
[2010-02-03 16:57:18] - and fortune was never really known for wit or humor. ~a
[2010-02-03 16:56:21] - vinnie: *also* don't be expecting much. it's basically the first thing that "fortune" spit out. ~a
[2010-02-03 16:55:21] - vinnie: so far so good. ~a
[2010-02-03 16:54:46] - a: I bet I could solve this like a cryptogram. '⠕' is probably 'o'? '⠥' is 'u'? - vinnie
[2010-02-03 16:28:08] - daniel/gurkie: apparently xp doesn't have support for braille in unicode. '⠽' is 'y' in braille. ~a
[2010-02-03 16:07:40] - I tried to google '⠽' but sadly nothing came up. -Daniel
[2010-02-03 16:05:18] - I vote for Andrew to put his orders in... In 6.75 hours! ~gurkie
[2010-02-03 15:58:55] - who broke the msg board? ~gurkie
[2010-02-03 13:16:01] - ⠙⠕⠝'⠞ ⠇⠕⠕⠅ ⠝⠕⠺, ⠃⠥⠞ ⠞⠓⠑ ⠍⠁⠝ ⠊⠝ ⠞⠓⠑ ⠍⠕⠕⠝ ⠊⠎ ⠇⠁⠥⠛⠓⠊⠝⠛ ⠁⠞ ⠽⠕⠥
[2010-02-03 11:39:36] - 12 hours for Xpovos to enter orders in 2010-2
[2010-02-02 17:30:43] - pierce: you are expecting 300,000 cm of snow apparently... its bound to get chilly ~gurkie
[2010-02-02 17:29:56] - paul: apparently while she is a gamer she aint into star trek. ~gurkie
[2010-02-02 17:23:18] - oh, oops. read that as "offered *me* a beta account". nevermind, normal temperature. - pierce
[2010-02-02 17:22:40] - ooh. did it just get chilly in here? - pierce
[2010-02-02 17:04:25] - Gurkie: Why would you say no to something like that? -Paul
[2010-02-02 16:45:20] - Paul: Sylvia's friend worked on dev for Star Trek online, offered her a beta account she said no. ~Gurkie
[2010-02-02 16:10:08] - Pierce: Probably not, although if it gets to be even half as popular as WoW, I'll probably have to.
-Paul[2010-02-02 16:05:58] - paul: you planning to play star trek online? - pierce
[2010-02-02 15:08:38] - wholly crap! 300,000 cm of snow? 2000% chance of precipitation? -50% cloud cover? dogs and cats living together. mass hysteria. ~a
[2010-02-02 14:44:02] - Gurkie: I wasn't there, so I have no clue. If you did, though...you had a gay moment. - Stephen
[2010-02-02 14:20:08] - Stephen: I must have kissed him while dressed as a guy... Didnt I? ~gurkie
[2010-02-02 14:08:19] - gurkie: You did make a fairly convincing boy that one Halloween, though! If you had kissed Paul then it would have been gay. - Stephen
[2010-02-02 13:54:51] - gurkie: I can most assuredly say that you and Paul are not like brothers. so no, it's not weird. or at least, it's not gay
- vinnie[2010-02-02 12:19:57] - amy: per hour for a room makes more sense to me from a charging perspective
I was wondering why they would count the people seeing as how I felt that the number of people dont change the amount of services they offer except maybe for making them more money off of drinks (assuming they serve) ~gurkie[2010-02-02 12:18:44] - a: well we met in hs... technically speaking
I think we had hum together junior year? possibly sophomore year too... Does that count? ~gurkie[2010-02-02 12:11:04] - gurkie: oh to answer your question on the evite. they charge per hour for the room. i was dividing that cost by estimating that there would be 15 ppl there. -amy
[2010-02-02 12:01:40] - gurkie and title: thanks .D -amy
[2010-02-02 12:00:46] - how long have you and paul known each other? ~a
[2010-02-02 11:58:20] - vinnie: hmm, have a and dave known each other longer than paul and I have known each other? are you saying its weird? ~gurkie
[2010-02-02 10:06:47] - amy: happy birthday! welcome to the wonderful world of 28! ~gurkie
[2010-02-02 09:35:21] - gurkie: they've known each other too long, they're like brothers. it's weird and gay - vinnie
[2010-02-02 09:26:51] - vinnie: not weird, just gay. ~gurkie
[2010-02-02 09:21:14] - no, he's not weird, he's just in love. ~a
[2010-02-02 09:16:57] - there goes the context. ~a is weird - vinnie
[2010-02-01 20:34:14] - i can take her. ~a
[2010-02-01 18:11:03] - a: u know u want him... Maki might fight you though... ~gurkie
[2010-02-01 17:55:45] - exactly ~a
[2010-02-01 17:46:27] - a: tsk, you know the context will be gone tomorrow... and everybody will think you're weird - aaron
[2010-02-01 17:33:24] - dave:
~a[2010-02-01 11:29:37] - vinnie: yeah i heard that too
- aaron[2010-02-01 11:16:40] - It's gotta be the football. There's a lot of homoerotic imagrey there. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-01 11:15:35] - it's meant to be tongue-in-cheek. ~a
[2010-02-01 11:09:32] - is that the first hand-to-hand contact they had ever had with a member of the same sex? or is there something about potato chip bowls? - vinnie
[2010-02-01 11:06:51] - "It's just an instance of two men deciding they're gay because their hands touch in a potato chip bowl. Happens all the time."
~a[2010-02-01 10:49:14] - http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/CBS-is-fine-with-Tebow-s-pro-life-ad-but-reject?urn=nfl,216642 well it didn't take that long for CBS to get embroiled into a double standards controversy once they accepted the tebow ad. - mig
[2010-02-01 10:32:42] - aaron: hell yes. I heard that the girl who does the vocoder stuff is leaving the band at the end of this tour
- vinnie[2010-02-01 10:17:30] - polysics are playing at the rock and roll hotel in washington dc. the show's at 8:30 pm on tuesday, february 16th. anybody interested? - aaron
[2010-02-01 09:23:09] - aaron: I hate our voicemail system. you dial an extension (though the phones have it saved as a speed dial), enter a password, hear the voice that says hit 1 1, then hit 1 1, hear the voice say how many msgs, then hear the msgs. if you forget to delete it, you have to hear it again. even though there is a skip msg feature, if you use it, you can't delete the msg! - vinnie
[2010-02-01 08:54:18] - aaron: Audix? We use that here, and it's an absolutely terrible voicemail system. There are ones that are orders of magnitudes better. It was kind of like my switch from Verizon voicemail (bad) to T-Mobile voicemail (awful). -- Xpovos
[2010-02-01 08:43:13] - at work it's even worse, you have to dial the extension whose voicemail you want to check, and in addition to "to listen to your messages press 1", they then say "you have one message, to listen to the first message press one" and once you're done, you have to delete it with "star dee". it's like six steps to listen to a single message - aaron
[2010-02-01 08:41:10] - http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1237 i still check voicemail... sometimes... but i usually just call the guy back - aaron
[2010-02-01 08:37:11] - lol "strip iterated prisoners dilemma" could actually be pretty simple. i'd try it - aaron
[2010-02-01 08:35:26] - And if my math is right with 9 hits now for strip poohsticks and 51,500 hits for regular poohsticks, xkcd has singlehandedly taken it from 'non-existant' to 'rare'. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-01 08:32:31] - amy: It probably says something about me that I LOL'd at Poohsticks, not MtG. Most of the other non-existent are non-existent for a good reason. However, I forsee rule 34 coming into play for Poohsticks now. -- Xpovos
[2010-02-01 00:53:52] - probably should permalink for posterity http://xkcd.com/696/ -amy
[2010-02-01 00:53:18] - http://xkcd.com/ i LOLed @ mtg and agricola -amy
[2010-01-31 08:33:57] - Sub title and sub post preserved linearly, because they are awesome. "life sucks. that's your lesson. go enjoy it. </br> sam: i did, because i use yahoo mail.
- paul"[2010-01-30 23:36:52] - sorry
~a[2010-01-30 22:09:40] - daniel: no we're probably going with 6. - mig
[2010-01-30 19:34:12] - Did we ever find a 7th for the dip game tomorrow? -Daniel
[2010-01-29 15:12:48] - aaron: He actually slips into German in a few spots. So clearly English isn't a first language, but you're right, that does add to the sketch factor. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-29 15:01:29] - a *little* weird that srware.net uses google adsense and google analytics. ~a
[2010-01-29 14:59:34] - yeah i'll have to run that checklist past the chromium in ubuntu. ~a
[2010-01-29 14:50:10] - xpovos: if nothing else though, the srware iron web site provides a checklist of all the arguably shady stuff Chrome does - aaron
[2010-01-29 14:48:31] - xpovos: mhm, no, srware iron looked kind of shady to me, the fact that it basically looked like it was developed by one guy and the english on the web site wasn't very good
and it looks like he has the source for download, but i can't tell if it's really "open source" (i.e allowing user submissions) - aaron[2010-01-29 14:27:38] - aaron: Ooh. Apparently I read the wrong sections of /. Although I'm not impressed that the SRWare site has annoying advertisements for products of the nature advertised. Doesn't instill confidence in me that their product is the way I want to go to avoid this kind of thing. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-29 14:22:38] - i wonder if ubuntu's chromium has the uid stuff removed. ~a
[2010-01-29 14:12:00] - xpovos: every time someone mentions that flaw of chrome on slashdot, someone else plugs something called srware iron, which is a fork of chrome without all that weird spywarey-type-stuff - aaron
[2010-01-29 14:05:32] - I just felt that the fact that Chrome apparently has the unique ID was a good thing to know about. That site for a fix is how I learned, and may also be good to know about--but that wasn't my point. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-29 14:04:36] - a: No idea, although the plugin/extention idea probably doens't work because it doesn't remove the unique id, best it could do would be to mask it, and google, knowing their source, could probably penetrate that. The comment did indicate that removing the id was tricky. Do I trust abelssoft? No, but I didn't even know about the unique id. Nor do I really care.
[2010-01-29 13:39:09] - why isn't unchrome a plugin or an extension? why an exe? seems like you're solving a problem with another problem: i don't trust google therefore i should trist abelssoft? i don't even see the source for unchrome. what do non-windows users do. ~a
[2010-01-29 13:20:18] - On Chrome, this is a good thing to know about. http://www.abelssoft.net/unchrome.php -- Xpovos
[2010-01-29 12:47:15] - Favorite quotes "The Chinese strides, the Jap shuffles (but he may be clever enough to fake the stride)" and "Or Try LALAPALOOZA on them! That's a panic!" -nina
[2010-01-29 12:42:13] - aaron: I don't use adblock, so Chrome doesn't have that problem for me. But I got a double-post here the other day with it as well, so there does appear to be an issue, at least on days when the server might be having a hiccup. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-29 12:39:34] - Nina: Nice. Now if they could only show me how to tell Cs and Js from K(orean)s. -Paul
[2010-01-29 12:32:31] - it's basically a manual that was given to U.S. soldiers during WWII. -nina
[2010-01-29 12:31:50] - http://www.ep.tc/howtospotajap/howto01.html Here's something interesting to discuss. -nina
[2010-01-29 12:22:32] - the other option is that all pages take an additional five seconds to load... so yeah i'm not loving chrome yet but it's getting better - aaron
[2010-01-29 12:22:20] - or... maybe it doesn't, maybe there's some other UI reason that it happens in firefox but not chrome. the other worst thing for me with chrome is the way its adblock plugins work... there's basically two options for them. one is that the ads all show up, and then five seconds later they're removed.... - aaron
[2010-01-29 12:20:38] - a: heh it's not a big deal, i just hit "enter" to post to the message board, it wasn't obvious that the web site had received my request so i hit "enter" again, and it posted a second time. firefox removes focus from a text box after you hit enter, so that doesn't happen accidentally - aaron
[2010-01-29 12:17:11] - a: I'm here, just have nothing to say right now. -Paul
[2010-01-29 12:16:07] - aaron: have you tried this? it's something that looks fun to try out. i wonder if it's master locks only. also i wonder if master can fix the problem. ~a
[2010-01-29 12:13:07] - are you sure it's chrome's fault? and if so, what is the cause? ~a
[2010-01-29 11:58:26] - hmm chrome is stupid i'm switching back to firefox - aaron
[2010-01-29 11:58:06] - http://www.onlineeducation.net/lock/ how to figure out the combination to a padlock - aaron
[2010-01-29 11:58:04] - http://www.onlineeducation.net/lock/ how to figure out the combination to a padlock - aaron
[2010-01-29 11:53:54] - where'd everybody go? ~a
[2010-01-28 15:09:19] - a: well if it gets enough votes they will print it this weekend (either fri/sat/sun) they sell for 10 bucks if they print but they sell out quick ~gurkie
[2010-01-28 13:35:35] - i like it. ~a
[2010-01-28 13:22:19] - dorky math geeks: So I love this site, but they are having a palindrome theme this week this made me smile and I thought you guys might like http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=38938 ~gurkie
[2010-01-28 13:11:58] - Paul: Oops, I didn't realize everyone was waiting on me. - Stephen
[2010-01-28 12:59:17] - Be afraid, be verry afraid!
[2010-01-28 12:54:31] - Should I be nervous that Austria and France are the only two countries left to toggle in the 2010-2 game? As far as I can tell, there is only one country they both have in common that they could reasonably be discussing....
-Paul[2010-01-28 09:57:06] - a: cool, transforming x^2 + x into (x+.5)^2 - .25 was the part i was missing. thanks! - aaron
[2010-01-28 09:54:51] - I wonder why the quadratic equation can't be used with variables though... - vinnie
[2010-01-28 09:54:19] - a: I was just about to point out that you missed that
- vinnie[2010-01-28 09:53:48] - vinnie, well that's actually kind of cool. i did notice, that if you solve for x, that you could just plug in y=0 to find the two roots. so the math may be similar. which reminds me, i forgot the +/-! +/- sqrt( 2y + .25 ) - .5 = x ~a
[2010-01-28 09:49:39] - a: it works out to the same result as your math - vinnie
[2010-01-28 09:49:35] - vinnie: no. a, b, and c must be numbers. they cannot be variables. from wikipedia: "x represents a variable, and a, b, and c, constants, with a ≠ 0" ~a
[2010-01-28 09:47:39] - a: I didn't do the math, but can't you just move y to the other side? c = -y? - vinnie
[2010-01-28 09:41:42] - vinnie . . .
though i was looking at the quadratic equation before i realized it didn't help me ~a[2010-01-28 09:39:16] - that was kind of hard for me! i started with simplifying the problem. i graphed y=x^2+x. i decided it was definitely a parabola. so i tried to translate y=x^2 into y=x^2+x and i got y=(x+.5)^2-.25. [ i realized that (x+.5)^2 is x^2+x+.25 which made the translation easier. ] ~a
[2010-01-28 09:35:50] - 2y = x^2 + x => 2y = (x+.5)^2 - .25 => sqrt( 2y + .25 ) - .5 = x ~a
[2010-01-28 09:33:48] - vinnie: quadratic equation solves for 0, not for y ~a
[2010-01-28 09:25:01] - aaron: looking for this? http://www.ehow.com/how_5101466_factor-polynomial-using-quadratic-equation.html - vinnie
[2010-01-28 09:06:22] - I will pretend that I just hit the wrong key on the keyboard. - Stephen
[2010-01-28 09:06:07] - oops, x = (2y/x) -1. - Stephen
[2010-01-28 09:05:42] - Aaron: x = (2y/x) + 1. I'm not sure that helps you at all, though. - Stephen
[2010-01-28 08:48:29] - http://www.cracked.com/article_18380_the-6-most-statistically-full-shit-professions.html here's a list of 6 jobs which were basically debunked as actual jobs, either by studies or long-term statistics - aaron
[2010-01-28 08:31:01] - can someone solve for x in this equation: y = (x^2 + x)/2? I think i used to be able to do this, isn't this simple algebra? i can't solve this equation anymore so i've turned it into an order sqrt(x) operation in the program i'm writing
yay i'm stupid - aaron[2010-01-28 00:27:48] - http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/
[2010-01-28 00:13:38] - maybe it's a coincidence that the first ad they're airing after changing that policy is conservativistically-themed, we'll have to see how they respond to future progressive advocacy ads. - pierce
[2010-01-28 00:12:26] - I'm fine with FotF airing a commercial during the superbowl, and I'll withhold judgement on the actual message of the ad until I see it (I think aaron and stephen have it nailed that it may ironically serve just as well as a pro-choice-but-anti-abortion ad). But CBS is definitely breaking precedent, since they've refused "advocacy ads" in the past. - pierce
[2010-01-27 20:07:21] - 1200 is fine. i'm trying to make morning plans and i don't want to infringe on diplomacy. ~a
[2010-01-27 19:14:40] - a: if 12:00's cool for everyone, that would be good. I think as early as possible, although I don't want to interfere with church or hangovers - aaron
[2010-01-27 17:28:29] - what time is diplomacy? ~a
[2010-01-27 16:40:12] - Gurkie: Looking at the sources, it looks like the PETA ad was rejected 1/28/2009 with a suggestion that it would be acceptable with edits. The other was rejected 1/30/2009 without recourse for edits. So, I was wrong in my recollection that there was a time when the PETA ad was going to be run but the pro-life ad was not. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 16:30:11] - xpovos: peta's was definately rejected... ~gurkie
[2010-01-27 16:25:43] - stephen: yeah, i've been trying to think if there was a different way to frame the story that would be more pro-life and less anti-doctor. sometimes dangerous decisions are good ones but usually you want to listen to your doctor. obviously, the point of the story is that not having an abortion is a good idea... not that ignoring your doctor is a good idea - aaron
[2010-01-27 16:21:41] - stephen: i guess it really depends on how the ad is framed, i'll have to see it myself, because encouraging people to not have abortions and advocating making abortions illegal are two different things. - mig
[2010-01-27 16:21:04] - Stephen: That's one reason I like last year's ad better, it makes a better point. Greatness can come from anywhere. It's even hitting on most of the themes that are agreed upon by both sides, as aaron noted. The final result though is that it logically implies to people that we should restrict choice in order to promote a possibility of future greatness. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 16:18:27] - Aaron: I find it funny, because in a twisted way, the ad is pro-choice. Tebow's mom had the option of getting an abortion, and decided against it, which isn't a reason to deny another woman the same choice. - Stephen
[2010-01-27 16:17:42] - Gurkie: I can't find my sources to say if that ad was finally approved or rejected, but for a time there was one that was definitely controversial and approved, and the anti-abortion one was rejected. NBC may have fixed that by rejecting the PETA ad too, I don't recall. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 16:16:08] - xpovos: well even something relatively innocent like obama giving some generic psa would be enough to set a firestorm. - mig
[2010-01-27 16:15:10] - Xpovos: I made my post before I saw yours... ~Gurkie
[2010-01-27 16:14:37] - Wasnt there a PETA add that was banned from the Super Bowl last year for being too racy? ~gurkie
[2010-01-27 16:14:01] - Part of the problem is that it's really hard to set good ground rules. I'm OK with them saying no to Tebow, even OK with them saying no to that ad I linked on YouTube. But if the next day they approve a batshit crazy PETA ad, it doesn't really speak well for them. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 16:13:06] - that said i still think the ad (as paraphrased by stephen) is pretty bad just because it implies doctors don't know what they're doing and that ignoring their advice is often beneficial to the UF and to america. that's a pretty dangerous message, even if you just ignore the whole abortion angle - aaron
[2010-01-27 16:10:52] - hmm "anti-abortion" isn't really technically correct either, because both sides are pro-life and anti-abortion. i don't know what i was trying to say - aaron
[2010-01-27 16:08:57] - that said i don't think either ad really belongs in the superbowl of all things. who the hell wants someone to bring that up when they're at a party with their friends - aaron
[2010-01-27 16:08:14] - "don't have abortions" isn't a pro-life message, it's an anti-abortion message. a pro-life message would be "my mother was legally forbidden from having an abortion, so she didn't, and isn't that a good thing for UF and for america" - aaron
[2010-01-27 16:06:33] - CBS I think. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 15:57:21] - what network has the super bowl this year? - mig
[2010-01-27 15:56:19] - xpovos: it's kind of a catch-22 thing for them. they typically don't want to air things that are very political because they don't want to seem partisan, but people can argue that nixing a particular ad is partisan in itself. - mig
[2010-01-27 15:54:49] - This is the ad NBC rejected last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 15:52:35] - It's actually mostly in the control of the network. Last year they nixed an anti-abortion ad. The nixxing was controversial in it's own way. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 15:50:53] - stephen: yeah if that actually gets aired, i would be surprised. - mig
[2010-01-27 15:46:00] - Mig: From what I can tell, it's pretty much Tim Tebow saying "doctors told my mom to abort me for health reasons. She didn't, and isn't that a good thing for UF and for America?" - Stephen
[2010-01-27 15:34:06] - stephen: i guess it would depend on the ad content. If it was anti-gay and anti-abortion oriented then I'm surprised the network would touch that sort of thing. - mig
[2010-01-27 15:31:05] - stephen: wow really? I'm surprised but I guess it depends on what the ad is. I guess ultimately, it's the super bowl's decision and they get to deal with any backlash. heck, after all the publicity from the wardrobe malfunction, maybe they relish the controversy - vinnie
[2010-01-27 15:27:29] - A: You can't discriminate based on marital status in employment. I think that's federal law. - Stephen
[2010-01-27 15:26:51] - What does everyone think about the anti-abortion, anti-gay rights group buying ad time during the Super Bowl (and Tim Tebow being in the ad)? - Stephen
[2010-01-27 15:22:14] - must not double-post - vinnie
[2010-01-27 15:04:29] - hmmm, i doubt hooters could require that their workers be single. though i'm not sure what sort of law they'd be breaking. ~a
[2010-01-27 15:03:45] - shhh. don't tell anyone. ~a
[2010-01-27 15:02:43] - a: do you own a hooters now? - mig
[2010-01-27 14:47:28] - Sorry about the double-post. I think it was bound to happen. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 14:47:01] - I need English/Spanish, English/Vietnames or English/Korean. Korean/Vietnamse does me no good. And we've had no problems with these advertisements. The fact that the hire was whiter than bread is the most problematic aspect of the whole thing. But she's fluent, so she met our needs and our salary reqs. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 14:45:38] - aaron: Must speak english is fine, I think. I'm allowed to require skills. Now, if a non-English speaking person wants to apply, they still can, but they're not going to get far--regardless of wheather I advertise that or not-- if it is a required skill. I've had to hire some bilinguals, and I don't just need any bilingual. [...] -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 14:45:37] - aaron: Must speak english is fine, I think. I'm allowed to require skills. Now, if a non-English speaking person wants to apply, they still can, but they're not going to get far--regardless of wheather I advertise that or not-- if it is a required skill. I've had to hire some bilinguals, and I don't just need any bilingual. [...] -- Xpovos
[2010-01-27 14:34:03] - their other examples like "must speak english" and "would suit school leaver" are a little more marginal. discrimination is a hard line to draw - aaron
[2010-01-27 14:32:29] - it sounds like the paper got burned previously, for something marginal, so now they're taking a silly stance almost out of spite... i think i've done that before - aaron
[2010-01-27 14:10:32] - therefore, since i can't advertise for that, the system must be broken. ~a
[2010-01-27 14:10:08] - "If they can't advertise for what they want then the system is broken." well i only want hot single coworkers. ~a
[2010-01-27 14:01:32] - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246201/Employer-told-advertise-reliable-workers--discriminates-unreliable-applicants.html employer told she could not advertise for a job opening seeking "hard-working" and "reliable" people discriminates against unreliable people. - mig
[2010-01-27 09:02:11] - Ooh, if gurkie's ceding, dibs on StP.
-- Xpovos[2010-01-26 19:48:30] - Gurkie: If you would like to cede me all your territories save Saint Petersburg, I won't object. - Stephen
[2010-01-26 16:47:57] - gurkie: yeah I played diplomacy in a time when I didn't have much work and I still found it to be a lot of work - vinnie
[2010-01-26 16:31:10] - Gurkie: In addition to becoming easier with experience (think Ticket to Ride or Civilization), it also goes faster after the first turn or two. Alliances and enemies begin to get established and people start getting eliminated. There's a reason the first turn is allocated more time than subsequent turns. -Paul
[2010-01-26 16:27:15] - gurkie: The thought process goes a little quicker once you're familiar with the basics. But the complexity is part of the draw that most of us feel towards the game. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-26 16:24:07] - ugh, what possessed me to say yes to diplomacy? I am on the bench (between projects) and think its too much of a time suck! What about when I am actually working... Dont get used to receiving fairly quick responses from me! ~gurkie
[2010-01-26 14:53:58] - a: i saw Conan many years ago, and his desk was also comically small. the magic of tv. -nina
[2010-01-26 14:22:00] - Impressive amount of raw data that I find quite interesting. http://people-press.org/report/584/policy-priorities-2010. Not a ton of surprises, people want a better economy and more jobs. But the granularity reveals some interesting bits. -- Xpovos
[2010-01-26 12:35:25] - yep, manhattan. 11th and 52nd. i went up to see the sights, see the show, and to hang out with my coworkers for a few hours before i made the long trek back to my bed in alexandria. it was a great day. ~a
[2010-01-26 11:40:01] - a: neat! this was up in new york? were you there just for the show? - vinnie
[2010-01-26 10:31:42] - 4. the cameras in the studio are constantly on the move around the studio. they never stay in the same place for more than a few minutes. 5. jon's desk is comically small. i think it's to make him look bigger.
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