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[2012-05-04 10:13:09] - The Plane of the Apes -- some hyper intelligent apes become the terror of the skies, until Samuel L Jackson has enough of them.
ahhaha - aaron[2012-05-04 10:06:22] - ooooooooo! sounds badass, although i think it would work better as a she - aaron
[2012-05-03 21:45:20] - Pawn - After dying, betrayed in battle, he makes a deal with the Devil to come back as an avenging Queen, close to, but unable to touch the one he loved.
[2012-05-03 20:29:25] - Team America Word Police - Censorship gets out of control in the U.S.
[2012-05-03 18:14:34] - a: I liked 12 Angry Me better. That's one where that would never be the title, giving it away and all, but I could see it being an M. Night Shaymalan movie. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-03 18:13:21] - paul/xpovos: i didn't see it coming either. ~a
[2012-05-03 18:00:58] - haha, i independently thought of having 2 angry men, but my movie description was very different from theirs. ~a
[2012-05-03 17:56:45] - : the scientist dies before he's able to finish making ragdolls so B.R.A.I.N. is able to live in peace. ~a
[2012-05-03 16:06:09] - Do you remember Alf? He's back! In Jim Breuer form.
[2012-05-03 15:43:51] - movie titles minus one letter... - older thread, same premise... "alf baked - the same movie, but with alf in the jim breuer role" - aaron
[2012-05-03 14:59:39] - aaron: nsfw! i'm laughing too hard
~a[2012-05-03 12:58:10] - pick a movie, remove one letter, give a brief description... my favorites so far are "pollo 13" and "snake on a plane" - aaron
[2012-05-02 19:00:39] - mig: Almost certainly not, and not buying almost certainly will be a bad idea. -Paul
[2012-05-02 17:46:32] - a: Same day purchases usually go up, then they may or may not tank. Even Zynga skyrocketed on the IPO day, but then ended up about 20% down pretty quickly. It's still down from it's initial. I have no intention of buying Facebook stock on opening day or ever. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-02 16:35:08] - hmmm. good question. IPOs almost always are bad ideas though right? with the exception of google, don't most companies go down for a while before they go up? ~a
[2012-05-02 16:30:49] - http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336187/20120502/facebook-ipo-date-2012-mark-zuckerberg.htm facebook IPO set for 5/18. Any of you people who dabble in the market going to snag some shares? - mig
[2012-05-02 13:47:19] - vinpaul: I saw it coming, but probably only because of the commentary you guys had that I read prior to watching the video. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-02 12:56:10] - paul: if I didn't have the ending spoiled by Wikipedia, I probably wouldn't have either - vinnie
[2012-05-02 12:12:52] - vinnie: Haha, that's great! Maybe I'm dense, but I totally didn't see that ending coming. -Paul
[2012-05-02 10:30:02] - paul: the video is as cute as the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic&ob=av2e also, i lolled at her guitarist's expression at the end - vinnie
[2012-05-01 16:12:43] - the only other game i can think of which had that kind of problem would be eve online, where i've heard of people losing $1,000 - $2,000 worth of cargo... for the most part when you spend money on an online game, it's either for subscription stuff, or stuff you can't lose - aaron
[2012-05-01 16:11:41] - mig: i already heard about the "special auction house", the only distinction being that you can't spend "real money" on hardcore. it gives a dual benefit; it "ups the difficulty" by making it so you can't invest in overpowered items up front, but more importantly it protects blizzard from the whole "i just spent $80 on a weapon and i lost it, i want a refund" - aaron
[2012-05-01 15:49:52] - oh nevermind i misread that. just the special AH for hardcores. - mig
[2012-05-01 15:48:17] - aaron: hardcore mode is getting their own separate auction house (not real money, though) and will have their own unique item drops. - mig
[2012-05-01 15:41:32] - mig: By the time I was playing 7L I was all HC all the time. It was a better experience for me. More rogue-like and helped keep the game fresher. I'll have to see how it goes with Diablo 3, but a large part of my fun was the HC based community and the experiene of sharing our death stories. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 15:40:24] - mig: what additions? - aaron
[2012-05-01 15:37:23] - side note: the additions to hardcore mode are actually kind of cool. makes me want to possibly try it out. - mig
[2012-05-01 15:32:20] - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/05/blizzard-to-take-up-to-15-percent-of-diablo-iii-real-money-auction-house-sales.ars lots of details released for Diablo 3's real money auction house. - mig
[2012-05-01 14:20:15] - That said, I found the permissible artificial insemination process. It's only slightly less brain-hurty. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 14:14:57] - mig: There's a local Q&A branch every 5 miles or so in most areas. Less in a lot. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 14:13:33] - mig: I second that one. ~g
[2012-05-01 14:12:34] - xpovos: at some point I think the vatican just needs to open up a global Q&A phone line. - mig
[2012-05-01 14:00:48] - Paul: 5 new words on that one. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 14:00:25] - supposed to be. I don't think think anyone would find this preferable to safe and sanitary IVF, but would it be crazily moral? No, obviously, but the reasons why the hypothetical arises is because of a misunderstanding of some of the basic premises of the Church. Fits nicely with the whole generic meaning of marriage debate going on. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:58:00] - g: Not precisely. As I said, this delves into some pretty ugly looking hypotheticals pretty quickly, but take this one: the act, which due to unresolvable unwilled circumstances is infertile. It continues, and a third party (probably robotic for my own sanity's sake) manipulates medical equipment so as to spooge {technical term} everything together right where it's
[2012-05-01 13:54:12] - xpovos: Could they be saying the conjugal act must also take place??? Not merely be substituted? ~g
[2012-05-01 13:49:26] - Paul: Yeah, I hit a fair number of additional 'new words' in other posts too. Can't really count the Latin. That said, having read the documents I'm not better prepared to continue the discussion and defend the Magisterium. I still can't figure out when a case of artificial insemination could be anything other than a substitute for the conjugal act, though. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:42:44] - I dont know but that reminds me of the best news story ever, which we heard in Ireland.... From the radio news report: "The number one cause of unwanted pregnancies is fornication." ~g
[2012-05-01 13:41:47] - Xpovos: "new words: homologous, insemination, conjugal, attains" Bravo, four new words in one post and I don't think any are typos or parts of URLs.
-Paul[2012-05-01 13:34:36] - Meanwhile, this hurts my brain. "Homologous [using the bits of the married couple - X] artificial insemination within marriage cannot be admitted except for those cases in which the technical means is not a substitute for the conjugal act, but serves to facilitate and to help so that the act attains its natural purpose" . Right. What cases would those be. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:33:35] - Point one. The Church is not inherently anti-artificial contraception, "Techniques which assist procreation are not to be rejected on the grounds that they are artificial. As such, they bear witness to the possibilities of the art of medicine." (DP, 12) -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:25:28] - I'd honestly have an easier time taking a Catholic's objections to the position of the Church and refuting those claims than I would explaining the position. Might just be my argument style. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:23:28] - Donum Vitae is too old to hit NC-IVF, so Dignitas Personae is where I'll spend some time. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:22:45] - Side note, there's no consensus in the articles I'm reading if it's "Donam" or "Donum". I'm guessing that's lazy journalists who can't tell the difference between Italian and Latin, but I'm not sure. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 13:21:24] - a: Nothing concrete, particularly because I'm a little too good at imagining some pretty horrific hypotheticals, but the sources are Donum Vitae (The Gift of Life) and Dignitas Personae (The Dignity of a Person) {no links because the URLs are too long}. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 12:40:33] - semi-interested, yes. ~a
[2012-05-01 12:39:52] - a: I've heard of, but not about NC-IVF. I'll research over lunch and let you know what I find, if you're interested. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 12:39:27] - mig: Wow. I'd heard some on the radio, but it is getting stranger. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 12:36:33] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/virginia-tech-replaces-seth-greenberg-top-assistant-175106505.html i don't know if anyone's been following what's been going on with VT basketball, but it's gotten pretty bizzaro. - mig
[2012-05-01 12:29:04] - xpovos: apparently natural cycle IVF doesn't require aborting fertilized eggs. it also doesn't require aborting fetuses. ~a
[2012-05-01 12:12:40] - g: The actual doctrine is quite complicated, but the simple version is: yes. Of course, to receive absolution requires more than just naming the sins. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 12:05:30] - I only listened to part of the paul v paul. I was interested if Krugman would again promote his alien invasion stimulus idea. - mig
[2012-05-01 11:41:28] - Yay for not being catholic? Its only a sin if you believe it is... Although is it catholic's who have confession and basically so long as they confess their sins they are forgiven?? ~g
[2012-05-01 11:38:29] - a: No. EVERYTHING is sinful. Even the stuff that costs. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 10:30:56] - g: yes, it's all rather ludicrous, isn't it? the best things in life are free. they're also sinful apparently. ~a
[2012-05-01 10:27:03] - g: Similarly, shouldn't a woman only menstruate while sexually active? I find the orthodox Jewish views on menstruation enlightening for understanding this element. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 10:24:23] - a: shouldnt the guy only ejaculate a single sperm when having sex then? They are wasting all those other ones... ~g
[2012-05-01 10:23:42] - I hear Paul argue with himself all the time, nothing new. ~g
[2012-05-01 09:26:26] - Paul: That doesn't surprise me (haven't watched it all myself yet). Ron is a little weak on public speaking skills. Krugman is OK. -- Xpovos
[2012-05-01 09:16:22] - Xpovos: I watched the first few minutes yesterday, and read some reactions to it. I hear Krugman expressed himself a little better than Paul. -Paul
[2012-05-01 08:49:25] - Paul: Paul vs. Paul. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 16:40:04] - daniel: it's interesting that god's will is so flexible, right? god wants you to do whatever you want to do, and doesn't want other people to do things that you don't want them to do. ~a
[2012-04-30 16:39:25] - a: Hah, that's probably it actually. I totally forgot about the man's "contribution". -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 16:37:32] - It seems like Catholics (rich ones anyways) could swing it by fertilizing one egg at a time until one made it? Though maybe its going against God's will type of thing? -Daniel
[2012-04-30 16:18:35] - g: every sperm is sacred. ~a
[2012-04-30 16:13:57] - g: She'd have an extremely hard time finding a doctor to do that for her. But aside from that, I'm not sure. I'd have to do more research to show some of the more nuanced answers against the procedure. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 16:11:08] - what if she were planning on using all eggs successfully fertilized? ~g
[2012-04-30 16:10:55] - I didnt realize that they fertilize a bunch of eggs and throw out some
[2012-04-30 16:10:37] - a: If she was fired for undergoing fertility treatment most companies could successfully be sued over that. Its like firing someone for any illness or choices they make such as a sexchange. I was suprised that the church had an issue with in vetro, cause as I saw it she was trying to do her duty and have children. ~g
[2012-04-30 16:10:16] - It's amazing essentially every HR decision I've been involved with, except my own career choices, has been tinged by ADA (applies to us) or Title VII (doesn't). It's a nightmare. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:59:24] - reading the article it seems the ADA doesn't really apply to this specific, it's just being mentioned becuase it was used as an argument in another semi-related case from 2004 in michigan. Though god help us all if infertility and ED become consdiered workplace disabilities. - mig
[2012-04-30 15:53:42] - I think her lawyer is just grasping at straws because I don't think she's got a case. But maybe she gets a low 5-figure nuisance settlement. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:53:06] - a: The article does reference that one, but to get it to apply she's going to have to claim she has some disability (apparently infertility) and that she was discriminated against because of that disability. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:51:42] - hmmm. something. ~a
[2012-04-30 15:50:18] - no that was a mistake. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990? ~a
[2012-04-30 15:49:45] - Paul: Katie and I will see it Friday night it sounds like. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:49:22] - Title VII is what you wanted, and "we" are exempt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#Title_VII -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:48:44] - Xpovos: Sorry to hear. If the movie is good enough, I could be convinced to see it again. -Paul
[2012-04-30 15:43:00] - a: Did you mean to link non-U.S. law while referencing a U.S. case? -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:34:15] - g: That headline is really misleading. They didn't renew her contract, that's a far cry from firing her. We don't renew contracts all the time. Most of the time it doesn't cause controversy, but it's very entertaining when it does. Well, except for that one guy... -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 15:33:28] - g: question for you, what was wrongful about the termination? Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 doesn't seem to have anything about that, but i'd hear a case for sexual discrimination i guess. ~a
[2012-04-30 15:27:39] - Paul: Would have loved to have done Avengers, and was getting close to making it work, then someone died--no relation, but we'll be occupied, now.
-- Xpovos[2012-04-30 14:55:23] - g: Primarily that the process creates multiple fertilized eggs and selects the 'most viable' one or two for implantation. The remainder are discarded/aborted. There are further issues, but that's the biggest one. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 14:45:44] - xpovos: question for you, what is wrong with in vetro fertilization according to the catholic faith? http://articles.cnn.com/2012-04-26/us/us_indiana-in-vitro-lawsuit_1_fertility-treatments-fertility-doctor-diocese-officials?_s=PM:US ~g
[2012-04-30 13:10:22] - xpovos: yeah i don't get the cousins pick at all. - mig
[2012-04-30 13:06:43] - mig: I find myself wishing the Skins had used yet one more pick to get Robert Griffin. Instead we got LeRibeus and Cousins. Really? *sigh* -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 12:50:39] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/york-jets-drafted-baylor-robert-griffin-sixth-round-213517945.html kind of a funny coincidental naming. - mig
[2012-04-30 11:54:11] - nah, i'll plan it. thanks though. ~a
[2012-04-30 11:53:09] - a: Also, I just realized I won't be able to make it to frisbee this coming weekend either. I can still plan it, though. -Paul
[2012-04-30 11:47:37] - Gurkie and I are planning on seeing the 5:15 showing of The Avengers at the Fairfax Corners movie theater this coming Saturday. I'll probably try to buy tickets this Wednesday. Please let me know if you're interested in joining us and if you want me to get you tickets as well. -Paul
[2012-04-30 11:43:19] - a: Ah, ok. I thought you were just being normally vague. No proble, I'll stop being nosey.
-Paul[2012-04-30 11:42:54] - mig: I think all newspapers have. -Paul
[2012-04-30 11:42:44] - ummm, audrey just told me that she didn't want me to talk about her on the message board . . . so i'm being intentionally vague. ~a
[2012-04-30 11:41:25] - a: the washington times seem to be running a lot of radio ads lately on the stations I listen to. makes me wonder if they have fallen on hard times (har har) in regards to readership. - mig
[2012-04-30 11:39:51] - a: Which one? -Paul
[2012-04-30 11:35:58] - yep.
~a[2012-04-30 11:33:20] - a: One of those places have Republican Offices? -Paul
[2012-04-30 11:25:58] - she has worked in a number of places. ~a
[2012-04-30 11:18:15] - a: "Republican Offices"? Where does Audrey work? -Paul
[2012-04-30 11:14:44] - http://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=washingtontimes . . . audrey says that the washington times is so biased, "even the republican offices throw it out when it gets sent to their offices for free. They don't want anyone thinking they read it."
~a[2012-04-30 10:51:06] - About time: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/29/fda-may-let-patients-buy-drugs-without-prescriptio/?page=all -- Xpovos
[2012-04-30 10:50:31] - Paul: I will see avengers in fair lakes with you, so long as it isnt a midnight showing on Thursday. ~g
[2012-04-30 09:53:20] - http://www.huntingtonnews.net/30477 It's looking like there might be some excitement at the Republican Convention after all... -Paul
[2012-04-30 09:31:06] - a: Right, I just thought I would include the area in case having to travel out here would make people not interested. -Paul
[2012-04-27 17:58:28] - oh yeah, well you usually plan movies near fair lakes. right? before that it was reston. and before that it was springfield. it makes sense: i see most of my movies in alexandria. ~a
[2012-04-27 17:04:34] - a: DC folks doesn't mean they have to live in DC, just the people who might think it could be fun to see the movie in (or near) DC. -Paul
[2012-04-27 16:57:06] - who lives in dc? ~a
[2012-04-27 15:43:58] - So, anybody interested in seeing The Avengers together when it comes out next weekend? I'm thinking of the Fair Lakes area, for those DC folks. -Paul
[2012-04-27 13:59:11] - daniel: but but, you're a developer! it's your job to download (and make) programs that haven't been "authorized". at my last job, i was at a location like that. so i downloaded wubi showing my respect for their made-up rules. ~a
[2012-04-27 13:56:47] - daniel: it should work in ie8, but i guess you might have your browser locked down to the point where some setting makes it not work. - mig
[2012-04-27 13:55:26] - a: Sadly IE8. I'm not supposed to download unauthorized programs (including FF/Chrome/ other browsers) at my current location. -Daniel
[2012-04-27 13:34:55] - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/sony-apes-smash-bros-with-cross-franchise-all-stars-fighting-game.ars sony reveals its own version of Smash Bros. - mig
[2012-04-27 13:28:25] - livingsocial has a 40 dollar gc for dave and busters games for 20 bucks. ~g
[2012-04-27 11:55:57] - daniel: which web browser are you using? ~a
[2012-04-27 11:42:03] - I google'ed zerg rush and nothing happened. Now I'm sad
-Daniel[2012-04-27 10:36:13] - Xpovos: Yeah, same thing happened to me. I didn't realize I needed to scroll down, so I lost a bunch of stuff off-screen. -Paul
[2012-04-27 10:32:19] - http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/26/2978395/us-house-passes-cispa US house passes CISPA; supposedly Obama's already threatened a veto, so hopefully he sticks to his word (if it even passes the senate) - aaron
[2012-04-27 10:30:54] - paul: ok ok we'll call it a draw - aaron
[2012-04-27 10:30:49] - it even displays your APM and score if you stick it out to the end - aaron
[2012-04-27 10:29:56] - Never heard of this particular google toy. Zerg rush. Hah. Awesome. I got swarmed from the bottom, I hadn't realized it until all my off-screen search results were gone and by then it was too late. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-27 10:26:11] - aaron: Damn, a few minutes too slow. -Paul
[2012-04-27 10:25:54] - I assume everybody here has tried googling "zerg rush"? I love that it tracks your APM. -Paul
[2012-04-27 10:25:48] - holy crap, did anybody ever google "zerg rush"? this is so random - aaron
[2012-04-27 09:59:46] - NO REWARD
[2012-04-27 09:58:36] - "how come the photo of missy is so small?" "it's a design thing. the cat is lost in the negative space."
- aaron[2012-04-27 09:54:31] - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304723304577368280604524916.html thoughts? I'm on the fence on how bothersome this practice by the Obama campaign is to me, but I can't imagine it being a good idea... - mig
[2012-04-26 19:02:29] - ok, now for some reason all of my coworkers are badly stifling laughter
~a[2012-04-26 18:52:18] - "Fine. That will have to do." lol. ~a
[2012-04-26 16:16:22] - somewhat related but did you ever see this one from 27b/6 about a woman who wanted someone to design a poster for her missing cat... it's really cruel but the posters just get funnier and funnier - aaron
[2012-04-26 16:14:02] - vinnie: yeah that one's great, i love the part where he asks for an extra $3 because of the coffee he poured on it... - aaron
[2012-04-26 16:07:55] - the thought of you badly stifling laughter had me badly stifling laughter after reading the first sentence. the first sentence ~a
[2012-04-26 15:59:50] - aaron: haha was just about to post that to the mboard too. the cd player one had me stifling laughter badly http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=102 - vinnie
[2012-04-26 15:28:06] - god the one about the jeep comanche had me cracking up at work - aaron
[2012-04-26 15:15:42] - http://dontevenreply.com/ i don't know if you guys remember "don't even reply", but the guy has some new ones up - aaron
[2012-04-26 15:13:48] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/pro-bowl-might-finally-taken-behind-shed-shot-134538699.html thank god. still a little surprising the NFL would actually do this. - mig
[2012-04-26 14:28:52] - aaron: well yes, and no. It's actually very strange. It just seemed to me that most of the mainstream media was trying its hardest to make the republican primary anything but a coronation of Mitt Romney. Why all the focus on all the other candidates, who all received a fair amount of spotlight until they dropped out, except Paul (and to an extent pawlenty)? - mig
[2012-04-26 14:11:24] - paul: it could also just be that people who consume mainstream media aren't interested in ron paul, so they try not to report on him because people reading newspapers skip the article thinking it's boring and irrelevant to their personal views - aaron
[2012-04-26 14:01:32] - I'm pobably in the minority, but I actually don't think it's any kind of conspiracy. I think the media just has it in their head that Ron Paul is a crazy, fringe, non-important candidate and so they just often forget about him. -Paul
[2012-04-26 13:45:32] - mig: more likely, because neither of the major political parties wants ron paul getting attention... and it's not in media outlet's best interests to piss off major political parties, since it interferes with their ability to do day-to-day reporting stuff - aaron
[2012-04-26 13:02:49] - a: because he draws the young people to new and fresh ideas, and that's scary? - mig
[2012-04-26 11:13:08] - a: The sad thing is that I see things like this in my google reader pretty much every week, but I try to restrain myself from posting every one.
-Paul[2012-04-26 10:03:48] - paul: i got audrey to agree it was lame
~a[2012-04-26 09:55:49] - paul: well i liked your link. it makes me sad. i'm not sure why they would do this. ~a
[2012-04-26 09:52:59] - mig: yes, very interesting! i finally got portal2 working in wine, but it would be much better to not depend on wine: games can sometimes be a bit of a pain to get working in wine. ~a
[2012-04-26 09:00:28] - Aaron: Yeah, I don't get it either. I remember Yuriy complaining about watching something on my TV because he said it looked too realistic and not enough like a movie. I wasn't even sure how to respond. -Paul
[2012-04-25 18:39:26] - i mean, did people have the same initial reactions to color movies? it's just so random to see new technology and complain, "oh it's too smooth. it looks like HDTV. it's too accurate, too clear" - aaron
[2012-04-25 18:37:34] - http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/23698/cinemacon-hobbit-48fps-reactions i think it's so funny, the apparent contradiction where people see higher frame rate videos as "more fake", and lower frame rate videos as "more cinematic"... just because historically, 24 fps was for movies, and 60 fps was for things like home video cameras - aaron
[2012-04-25 16:47:24] - paul: ha! ha! that's a really good graphic
i didn't know twitter ran their image javascript off a different server so i just had to tweak that to get it to display.... - aaron[2012-04-25 15:50:01] - Aaron: Ah, it's showing a graphic for me. Sorry. wasn't aware the link was broken. -Paul
[2012-04-25 15:28:40] - i don't really like turning on javascript for random web sites... i finally reluctantly enabled it for twitter like 2 months ago, but it's just confusing. why do i need javascript to view a 240 character message? their developers couldn't figure that one out? i think there's an html tag for displaying 240 character messages
- aaron[2012-04-25 15:25:48] - paul: i don't really know how to use twitter. was the point of your link, "Full graphic of the #epicfail of the @washingtonpost's campaign against #RonPaul. Congrats to 2nd place finisher Others twitter.com/chrisbraly/sta…"? i don't get it. was it supposed to have a link or graphic? - aaron
[2012-04-25 15:25:05] - xpovos: well, as far as "time expended", i guess that's 4 hours, just with the added insult of having wasted your time. i've never had that happen, but i tend to go in the morning/afternoon so there's little risk of polls closing - aaron
[2012-04-25 15:03:47] - a: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_linux_dampfnudeln&num=1 - mig
[2012-04-25 15:01:50] - aaron: There is the further extreme of spending the 4 hours (or more, even conceivably) and then not getting to vote, either because you couldn't make it to the polls on time, or gave up in frustration. So is that counted as infinity, or error divide by zero? -- Xpovos
[2012-04-25 14:42:33] - https://twitter.com/#!/chrisbraly/status/195155261760081920/photo/1/large Sometimes it's embarrassing to see the extents that the mainstream news goes to ignore Ron Paul. -Paul
[2012-04-25 14:34:48] - does anybody have any interest in seeing the human centipede sequel? - aaron
[2012-04-25 14:17:12] - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/stephen-colbert.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all article on stephen colbert. i didn't know that, unlike ali g, he actually warns his interviewees about his character... also has a cool tidbit about his super pac contributing $400,000 to republicans and democrats, to get a referendum on the SC ballot about corporate personhood - aaron
[2012-04-25 13:10:32] - xpovos: so typically, it's somewhere in between the two extremes of 5 minutes and 4 hours, which sure, is less than %00.01 of the average human life span, so when all's said and done it's almost no time/effort - aaron
[2012-04-25 13:09:17] - xpovos: they tell you you're actually registered at a church in alexandria near your previous residence, so you drive out there. unfortunately you show up at lunch time which is kind of the "rush hour" for these things, so you have to wait in a 45-minute line, and then drive back from alexandria-reston again. - aaron
[2012-04-25 13:08:26] - xpovos: "almost none", yes i guess i agree. best-case-scenario, the polling place is near your office so you stop by before work and there's no line, so it takes maybe 5 minutes. worst-case scenario, the polling place is inconvenient because you didn't notify the voters registration department, so it's still near your parent's place. but then you show up and - aaron
[2012-04-25 11:23:15] - aaron: That may solve the larger time sink and eliminate some of the effort, but people will still tend to think it's a waste. Honestly I'm surprised that you think the biggest issue is the amount of time and effort voting requires. Except for presidential elections it requires almost none. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-25 10:56:09] - xpovos: in the future when voting doesn't involve driving to a building, waiting 45 minutes in line and staying at work late, turnout will naturally increase. people don't vote because it's a perceived waste of time and effort. hopefully we can find a reliable, secure, verifiable electronic voting solution some time in the next decade - aaron
[2012-04-25 10:41:13] - I hate to bring up a second discussion topic in the middle, but I thought this was interesting as well. I don't agree, but it's a fun thought experiment. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-25 10:40:15] - mig: I understand your point, but I disagree fundamentally, because religion is much broader than speech. E.g. no one can argue that arguing against the HHS mandate is illegal, but people are arguing that being forced to obey it would violate religious liberty. The Alabama law does seem to restrict speech, too, though. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-25 10:30:40] - xpovos: i'd usually consider freedom of/from religion to be a subset of freedom of speech, so it could still be technically correct. - mig
[2012-04-25 10:11:49] - a: Definitely not by all; but that's your point, I think. And I take it. I think it's extremely reasonable to say that free speech is (frequently?) more cherished, even by those who are religious. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-25 10:04:39] - mig: ok, well even so, it certainly isn't the most cherished liberty. how about the liberty to hire prostitutes in nevada. that's way more cherished by all . . . right? ~a
[2012-04-25 09:57:02] - a: i have always taken religious liberty to mean liberty to both for and from religion. - mig
[2012-04-25 09:49:21] - i read the first page or two. it asserts that "religious liberty [is the] most cherished of American freedoms". really. the most cherished? most cherished by whom? this assertion is made with no proof. i don't cherish religious liberty (unless you're referring to liberty from religion), so obviously it's not the most cherished by all. ~a
[2012-04-25 09:41:08] - Carp. A space. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-25 09:40:53] - Anyone want to take a <a href="http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/upload/Our_First_Most_Cherished_Liberty.pdf"lengthy read</a> and provide some commentary? -- Xpovos
[2012-04-24 23:09:28] - a: That's a more full-featured Task Manager, but I'm not seeing any data on what processes are accessing the hard drives. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-24 14:51:22] - mig: hmmm very cool! i'll have to think if i have any use for it, definitely has a lot of potential - aaron
[2012-04-24 13:26:41] - http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/google-drive-is-here-and-you-can-install-it-right-now.ars google drive is now available for use. - mig
[2012-04-24 11:45:43] - paul: yep! ~a
[2012-04-24 11:45:39] - mig: she did dye her hair. although hair dying shouldn't be against the rules, at least she wasn't suspended for being a natural redhead. ~a
[2012-04-24 10:49:40] - a: You planning frisbee this weekend? -Paul
[2012-04-24 10:40:08] - a: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/17405383/red-hair-gets-13-year-old-suspended girl gets suspended from school for having "non-human" hair. - mig
[2012-04-24 09:37:50] - Aaron: And put my undefeated streak on the line? What would be my motivation?
-Paul[2012-04-24 08:29:37] - paul: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/04/23 so you ever gonna play dominion again?
- aaron[2012-04-23 19:28:42] - xpovos: "lsof" will tell you what processes have a directory (drive) open. Process Explorer if you're in windows. ~a
[2012-04-23 13:18:05] - Paul: Apparently not. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-23 11:14:34] - Did I miss anything while I was gone? -Paul
[2012-04-23 10:18:25] - Xpovos: Thanks. -Paul
[2012-04-23 09:34:15] - Welcome back to those who have returned. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-19 15:19:32] - oops missed a quote. - aaron
[2012-04-19 15:19:23] - aww i didn't realize <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Putnam">seth putnam, the founder of grindcore band anal cunt</a> died last year - aaron
[2012-04-18 12:58:24] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/happens-combine-golf-football-161203574.html - mig
[2012-04-17 23:11:13] - title: thanks! - pierce
[2012-04-16 18:50:18] - So... why does my external hard drive spin up when I browse the internet... but even then, why only sometimes. I'll be browsing for 5 minutes--then it decides to come off of sleep. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-16 15:32:16] - mig: Nifty, but he didn't prove his innocence, he enabled doubt so that the court could not convict beyond a reasonable doubt. Still, not bad work for Monday. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-16 15:04:11] - http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/physicist-uses-maths-to-avoid-traffic-penalty.ars physicist proves his innocence in a traffic ticket using math. - mig
[2012-04-16 11:08:52] - xpovos: you can listen to the songs for free on youtube, the album is $5. my favorites are "the completely bald game" and "cute from the side", but there's a lot of winners - aaron
[2012-04-16 09:35:31] - aaron: I don't think so, I got their Killer B's single, which was nicely amusing. I'll check out Laundry Day ASAP. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-16 09:16:34] - xpovos: did you ever check out peroxide mocha's new album "laundry day"? it's up there with suberpop and mahjongg superheroes imho, lots of great tracks on it - aaron
[2012-04-16 09:15:32] - xpovos: yes, pretty quiet i bet - aaron
[2012-04-16 08:45:48] - So I'm guessing it's going to be quiet this week with several people off in other countries. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-13 12:13:17] - I'm reading it as murder shields. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-13 12:10:07] - paul: ahhaha, i was complaining to miguel about how mass effect didn't really have an "end boss" per se, that's awesome - aaron
[2012-04-13 12:07:29] - Aaron: Not what. Who. It's basically the name the internet has assigned to the final boss of Mass Effect 3. It's probably incredibly stupid, but I love it anyway. -Paul
[2012-04-13 12:05:16] - paul: no, what are marauder shields? - aaron
[2012-04-13 12:02:26] - paul: i'm aware of the meme. - mig
[2012-04-13 11:59:14] - Mitch:
~a[2012-04-13 11:50:07] - Ugh, stupid typo: I meant "marauder shields". -Paul
[2012-04-13 11:48:43] - People who have beaten Mass Effect 3: Have you heard about Maurader Shields? I love it. -Paul
[2012-04-13 11:44:01] - I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience. -Mitch Hedberg
[2012-04-13 10:55:06] - omg that's a minor inconvenience. how hard is it to walk up stairs? ~a
[2012-04-13 10:42:26] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ioHIlPgOS4 Reason.tv did a short video on DC Metro Escalators. It's also narrated by message board favorite, Kennedy. -Paul
[2012-04-12 17:37:36] - http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/4055889/Developer_Update_Heart_of_the_Swarm_Multiplayer_-11_04_2012#blog lots of changes to the new heart of the swarm multiplayer units. - mig
[2012-04-11 16:21:37] - g: I could but I'm not sure what that proves. It certainly is no secret that there's been animosity between publishers and amazon over the years, especially over e-books, and again, I would think it would be obvious that publishers would want to use their agreement with apple as leverage in getting a better deal out of amazon, and I'm sure Jobs knew that. - mig
[2012-04-11 16:08:00] - ugh jobs ~g
[2012-04-11 16:07:48] - mig: you should see if you can find the video which alludes to steve job having struck a deal with them, he is pretty proud of himself... ~g
[2012-04-11 16:00:54] - g: I guess that's where my disconnect lies. I guess it depends on how strongly Apple suggested the idea to publishers, but it strikes me as bizzare why it warrants Apple being run through the DOJ. - mig
[2012-04-11 15:43:13] - mig: yes. ~g
[2012-04-11 15:41:33] - So I guess, another hypothetical. If Apple never "suggested" anything, and the publishers independantly strong-armed amazon, Apple would be in the clear? - mig
[2012-04-11 15:32:44] - mig: I dont know that they wrote it in their agreements as that would be evidence of illegal behaviour, but it was agreed upon with them. None of them took this stance with Amazon until after Apple suggested it, and in many cases they are currently being paid less for the books then they were before this stance. ~g
[2012-04-11 15:23:17] - Ok, so I can be straightened out on this ... it was in the Apple/Publisher distribution agreement itself that they would modify the publisher agreement with Amazon? I guess I'm confused on that part because I would think it would be intuitively obvious that publishers would want to play hardball with amazon regardless, if they had apple as an option. - mig
[2012-04-11 15:20:49] - I know I'm smarter than Outlook, but I really shouldn't have to PROVE it in order to get my work done. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-11 15:14:03] - apple should have absolutely no say in the publishers agreements with amazon. And that wasnt the case. ~g
[2012-04-11 15:13:42] - From all I can gather, all Apple did was offer a better deal for publishers than amazon did .... that's a crime? - mig
[2012-04-11 15:13:24] - mig: its fine for apple to have a set agreement with each of them for apple to convince the publishers to force that agreement on Amazon is the problem. ~g
[2012-04-11 15:12:02] - the exact same agreement that amazon does? - mig
[2012-04-11 15:11:45] - Still, while I can see the legal actions taken against the publishers, I'm not sure what the criminal part on Apple's part. If Apple wants to enter the e-book market, what are they supposed to do when talking to publishers? Are they required to have 6 substantially different distrubution/pricing agreements with each publisher? Are they legally required to have ...
[2012-04-11 14:56:59] - g: Ok, I can see the legal problems there. In theory though, if there was just one publishing company instead of 6, would this whole thing just been fine then? - mig
[2012-04-11 14:53:45] - mig: if each company had on their own come up wiht this pricing model and decided to do it would be one thing. For Steve Jobs to go to each of them and get their buy in and they all do it at once is something else. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:52:07] - mig: price fixing is illegal. for companies to collude and set prices is against the law. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:50:10] - And again, the criminal action was the collusion to set a uniform price across the market, not the selling for a loss, brand image tarnishing or the creation of new markets. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-11 14:49:26] - mig: The sellers can charge any price they want. Amazon was charging a price that involved taking a loss to corner the market. Apple created a new market and new sellers who charged a new price which allowed the sellers to stop selling to Amazon. No matter which way you look at it, there's market distortions going on. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-11 14:38:10] - http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/04/10/technology/10reuters-computerfraud-ruling.html I thought it was awesome the judge referenced reason.tv in his ruling. - mig
[2012-04-11 14:35:19] - I agree that it's kind of shitty, but still not seeing the criminal aspect. I understand people dislike price hikes a lot, particularly when its down in a heavy-handed way, but at the same time I don't think consumers have a god given entitlement to a certian price point if the sellers think it should be higher. - mig
[2012-04-11 14:21:15] - but this all happened 3 plus years ago now, at the time Amazon users were really mad. Now the federal govt is thinking of pressing charges which a lot of us are like ABOUT FRICKING TIME!!! ~g
[2012-04-11 14:20:02] - Amazon tried to fight it to the point of pulling MacMillon (one of the big 6 publishers) from their eBook shelves for a bit, but sadly the big 6 publishers had the power here and Amazon gave in. Now they put a note on the books that are priced by the publisher to point out that it isnt their fault. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:18:44] - It is widely thought and agreed on that Jobs had gone to the publishers before hand and planned this whole thing, hence the smirk and comment at the iPad release. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:18:17] - Amazon was willing to sell the books at a loss so they could gain market share in the ebook market, also to maintain a reputation where all NYT Best Sellers were available for 9.99 undercutting the cost of the paperback books. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:17:17] - Next 5 of the big 6 publishers told Amazon that they would no longer support the existing sales model that Amazon and them had worked out. Instead they had to price the books or Amazon couldnt sell them. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:16:32] - mig: haha I can! So back when Steve Jobs first announced the iPad he talked about reading books on it and had a winky smirk when he said that Apple would be able to compete with Amazon on pricing. ~g
[2012-04-11 14:15:50] - mig: It's potentially criminal because of the collusion aspect, basically because Apple worked with multiple publishers to set a de facto price point across the market for all books. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-11 14:14:16] - can someone explain this apple e-book "price-fixing" thing that everyone is all going crazy about? I seem to get the vibe that what apple is doing is shitty, but not sure how it is criminal... - mig
[2012-04-11 10:38:08] - xpovos: I believe the terrain is from dragon warrior as well. - mig
[2012-04-11 10:26:55] - aaron: Hah, the little person icon looks like he's straight out of Dragon Warrior. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-11 10:22:09] - a: http://g.co/maps/4qss4 oh my goodness that's fun! - aaron
[2012-04-11 10:08:30] - Paul: My schedule for tomorrow is getting wonky, it's possible it might be easiest for me to meet you at a Metro to give you the DS to give to Gurkie. I'll get in touch with you by e-mail to work things out more completely because I have a feeling my schedule will be shifting by the hour. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-11 09:55:43] - aaron: haha they even did street view. ~a
[2012-04-11 09:44:18] - Xpovos: Not positive, but probably taking the metro in. Last time I tried to metro into DC on a weekday, though, I had trouble finding parking, so it's possible I'll drive in. -Paul
[2012-04-11 09:29:03] - http://g.co/maps/c7zmm google maps 8-bit filter - aaron
[2012-04-11 08:55:10] - Paul: What are your plans for getting into D.C. tomorrow? -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 16:45:38] - "The first hurdle would be a special evidentiary hearing in front of a judge, where Zimmerman would have the opportunity to argue he deserves immunity. But to convince the judge, Zimmerman would have to present a "preponderance of evidence" that he acted in self-defense, which under the law means he has to show he had "reasonable belief" that such force was necessary"
[2012-04-10 16:45:09] - daniel: http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutor-rules-grand-jury-trayvon-martin-case-160059250.html this article sheds a little light on how the law works. - mig
[2012-04-10 15:24:29] - mig: I think he wants to avoid the embarassment of losing in his home state of PA to Romney. -Paul
[2012-04-10 15:12:16] - xpovos: ah ok. i did not know about that. - mig
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