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[2001-07-17 11:27:00] - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/20428.html i can't help but feel sorry for napster. - mig
[2001-07-17 11:21:00] - paul: thanks for that clarification. - dewey
[2001-07-17 11:20:00] - I would actually be a little happier if they gave you clues and you had to decipher exactly what to do, but whatever. - dewey
[2001-07-17 11:19:00] - well why didn't the quest say that? it says look for her in the passage near the river. If they are going to spell it out for us, why not spell it correctly? :-| - dewey
[2001-07-17 11:08:00] - dewey: Anya is in the frozen river. The entrace to the frozen river is in the crystaline passage -paul
[2001-07-17 11:04:00] - speaking of which, what is up with quest 3 in act 5? I didn't find anybody in the crystaline passage. did I mess up? - dewey
[2001-07-17 11:03:00] - dave: damn crystaline passage... why are all the waypoints at the end of the levels instead of the beginning in Act 5?
I try to find a stopping point and argh. - dewey[2001-07-17 10:53:00] - http://www.isra.org/indexa.shtml <-- checkout the top news story. -jdb
[2001-07-17 09:34:00] - aparna: At SAIC everybody eats at their desks, and they rush to see how quickly they can finish their lunch break... Alex and i are like the only people who eat out, and actually use a full hour... maybe we should switch jobs? - aaron
[2001-07-17 09:27:00] - dewey: stayed up too late last night eh?
-dave[2001-07-17 09:12:00] - hooray for sleeping in an hour. boo for having to stay at work an hour later. - dewey
[2001-07-16 21:54:00] - It's showing up fine now, it wasn't showing up before though (at work, and at 5:30 pm today, or so) - aaron
[2001-07-16 19:49:00] - http://mickeyj.dhs.org/chopsuey.mp3 new soad - mig
[2001-07-16 18:04:00] - aaron, are you sure? ther permissions look correct. ~a
[2001-07-16 16:34:00] - Yes, and I too can't edit my journal... Or at least, the changes don't show up in the HTML... - aaron
[2001-07-16 16:14:00] - because my web page didn't have the permissions to see your journal!
fixed now. ~a[2001-07-16 16:06:00] - because you have no journal! It was eaten by the linux-journal-dryer!
- dewey[2001-07-16 16:01:00] - a: just curious, how come aaron and mig are the only ones who are listed in the new section? I'm not saying this to get you to fix it cuz i don't really care, but it just seemed weird
- vinnie[2001-07-16 15:46:00] - a: Don't worry about it, I think I got everything done that I needed to get done. Thanks. -paul
[2001-07-16 15:39:00] - don't worry, it isn't your fault. it is mine. i'll get to everything, don't worry. ~a
[2001-07-16 15:36:00] - a: Hmmm... nevermind. It seems to have worked now. Sorry for the trouble. -paul
[2001-07-16 15:35:00] - a: It says it can't do it (delete the file, over-write or even rename) because it doesn't exist... -paul
[2001-07-16 15:32:00] - what was the exact error, paul? i know vinnie was having problems with it complaining about overwrite permission. until i fix the overwrite permission problem, delete the file, then upload it. ~a
[2001-07-16 15:06:00] - a: Do I not have write permission for my journal directory? -paul
[2001-07-16 14:46:00] - 01772 - 8-3-00 3:18p - i make a new vow, never argue politics with socialists -paul
[2001-07-16 14:37:00] - mig: interesting info about "anarcho-capitalism" --> http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secFcon.html -jdb
[2001-07-16 14:28:00] - to whoever posted the "proof that socialism cannot work" article, read this --> http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secI1.html#seci11 -jdb
[2001-07-16 14:27:00] - so it's not like people haven't been doing anything, it just takes awhile for stuff to actually get to market -dave
[2001-07-16 14:26:00] - aba: incidentally, if ford is really going to mass produce hybrids in 2003, that's pretty good -dave
[2001-07-16 14:09:00] - http://www.madaboutgas.com/solution.asp heres some information on ethanol. - aba
[2001-07-16 14:05:00] - ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline does, but it is more corrosive on the engine. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:47:00] - is ethanol better fuel? gm says it will have its suv's capable of running off of 85% ethanol in 2003 -dave
[2001-07-16 13:47:00] - i want to see the score also. one of the few recent movies that both of the Post reviewers liked - vinnie
[2001-07-16 13:46:00] - dave: My fault, I misunderstood. -paul
[2001-07-16 13:45:00] - dave: I know, the difference is that I was talking about Japanese designed, American produced hybrids and I thought you were talking about American designed and American produced hybrids -paul
[2001-07-16 13:45:00] - paul: i had thought that toyota and honda were way ahead of americans in offering hybrids -dave
[2001-07-16 13:43:00] - paul: i said that exact same thing earlier, that americans can buy foreign hybrids -dave
[2001-07-16 13:42:00] - ford been researching since 93, and built prototypes in 95 -dave
[2001-07-16 13:42:00] - In fact, I would be surprised if no hybrids were produced in America. I was only thinking of American companies that have produced them. -paul
[2001-07-16 13:42:00] - ford selling hybrids in 2003: http://www.ford.com/servlet/ecmcs/ford/index.jsp?SECTION=ourCompany&LEVEL2=newsroom&LEVEL3=pressReleases&LEVEL4=hybridElectricVehicles&LEVEL5=fo -dave
[2001-07-16 13:39:00] - aba: Oh, you might be right about where they are produced. I was thinking about where the companies were based -paul
[2001-07-16 13:39:00] - GM is heading full force into it, if that previous article posted a while back is still accurate. - dewey
[2001-07-16 13:38:00] - dave: That doesn't mean Americans can't buy Toyota and Honda designed hybrids though -paul
[2001-07-16 13:38:00] - i was under the impression that honda and toyota actually produced the hybrids sold in america in america. bah. too bad for me. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:37:00] - dave: I'm sure that American companies are designing hybrid cars, but I am fairly certain none of them are out for the average consumer to buy -paul
[2001-07-16 13:36:00] - hm. i really should go do some work now. i havent done any in a while. sorry guys. have fun without me.
- aba[2001-07-16 13:36:00] - paul: sure? i coulda sworn ford had one too. maybe it's not for normal consumers. but if you're right, than aparna and i are both wrong -dave
[2001-07-16 13:34:00] - dewey: yeah, i dunno what % of oil is used for cars, but it is used heavily in manufacturing as well -dave
[2001-07-16 13:34:00] - dave: Actually, American companies have yet to produce a hybrid for consumers to buy. Only Honda and Toyota, Japanese companies, have intorduced hybrid cars for consumers -paul
[2001-07-16 13:34:00] - which brings up an interesting point. should we force hybrids or cleaner emissions if it would put american car companies out of business or give the business to foreign companies? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:33:00] - my main concern with using up all our oil is not power production. Plastic also uses oil, and basically everything now-a-days is made with plastic! - dewey
[2001-07-16 13:33:00] - aba: in either case, america isn't the only producer of hybrids -dave
[2001-07-16 13:32:00] - coulda been foreign though, dont' remember -dave
[2001-07-16 13:32:00] - my dad was gonna buy one and said he could, only thing stopping him was he wasn't sure he wanted to fork over the 20k for it -dave
[2001-07-16 13:29:00] - my mom wanted to buy a hybrid but the waiting list was too long. the number manufactured per year in america is something insanely low like 15,000. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:29:00] - i found that most amusing -dave
[2001-07-16 13:28:00] - least the newer ones anyways. my uncle who has his phd in chemistry says that actually, every time you drive a car there, you are cleaning up the air, since the exhaust is cleaner than the ambient air -dave
[2001-07-16 13:27:00] - aba: incidentally, using petroleum doesn't mean you can't be clean too. the cars in california have almost 0 emissions -dave
[2001-07-16 13:27:00] - you have to do a bit of extrapolation concerning world reserves and world consumption of fuel. its not a very exact figure, but barring any huge discoveries of oil, 50-60 years is a safe guess. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:27:00] - aba: i've heard just the opposite, that hybrids and electrics are doing much better -dave
[2001-07-16 13:25:00] - how do you judge how long petroleum is going to last anyways? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:25:00] - "The GOP is changing its emblem to a condom: A condom halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives one a sense of security while screwing others."
[2001-07-16 13:25:00] - aba: who wants to live older than 80? not me
-dave[2001-07-16 13:24:00] - not really considering that they hardly even manufacture hybrids. how many have you seen on the road??? they even have waiting lists of people who want to buy them, but they still are manufacturing very few. theyre thinking of even stopping. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:22:00] - aba: i think the research on hybrid and electric cars is going along fairly well -dave
[2001-07-16 13:22:00] - During my sixth grade science project on alternative sources of energy, a popular statistic to throw around was that we would be out of petroleum by 2006 -paul
[2001-07-16 13:20:00] - eh. the people here at exxonmobil say that itll run out in like 50-60 years. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:20:00] - aba: haha, oops i meant to address you, not myself -dave
[2001-07-16 13:19:00] - aba: i'm not sure oil is going to run out in our lifetime, but i don't know the details -dave
[2001-07-16 13:19:00] - dave: btw, i agree you should have separate views, but i think everyone agrees that he has separate views, just a matter of how much he acts on them -dave
[2001-07-16 13:18:00] - dave: were not doing a very good job right now of researching alternative fuels. i dunno. oil is going to run out in our lifetime. it makes me wonder why as a country were sitting on our butts waiting. we need to be proactive. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:18:00] - aba: and how much should he act on them? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:17:00] - aba: obviously we have more money to spend on it
-dave[2001-07-16 13:16:00] - dave: i think any person should have their own views seperate from their supporters. *shurg* - aba
[2001-07-16 13:16:00] - mig: i don't agree with that, at least not totally, there have been plenty of other decisions he's made that have really come from him - i'm not saying this particular one is though -dave
[2001-07-16 13:15:00] - depending on your economy, etc, etc, the kyoto protocol gives you guidelines on how your industry should be capping emissions. the restrictions are stronger on developed countries because they obviously have more money to spend on the it. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:15:00] - aba: so you mean researching alternative energy sources more than we are now? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:14:00] - dave: it's not that. it's the fact that is really just a puppet who just does whatever he's told. - mig
[2001-07-16 13:14:00] - aba: so i take it you think the president should have his own views separate from his supporters? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:13:00] - i think we should curb emissions slightly while spending more money trying to research alternative energy sources. we know that were going to need them sooner or later, so we might as well get serious about the whole matter now. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:12:00] - aba: hmmm, what exactly does the kyoto treaty do? limit the total amount of greenhouse gases? or give a certain amount to each country or what? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:12:00] - i think bush is a lackey of corporate america.
he doesnt have any real positions of his own. he just does whatever his supporters tell him to do. - aba[2001-07-16 13:11:00] - oh, oops. my bad.
- aba[2001-07-16 13:11:00] - aba: should we curb our emissions if it will promote a further recession in our economy? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:10:00] - *but* bush has a good point in that the protocol is unnecessarily harsh on developed countries while allowing developing countries to follow much laxer regulations. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:09:00] - and here's another question, is bush not supporting the kyoto treaty just because his supporters don't want him to? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:09:00] - the kyoto protocol is something like an insurance policy. there is stong evidence showing that global warming is a possibility, so it makes sense to me to want to curb our emissions as a country. - aba
[2001-07-16 13:09:00] - i could just as easily give proof that anarchocapitalism cannot work. - mig
[2001-07-16 13:08:00] - note: that was a question concerning whether a president should support something if his supporters don't want him to, not about the greenhouse subject -dave
[2001-07-16 13:07:00] - should bush support the kyoto treaty even when his main supporters don't want him to? -dave
[2001-07-16 13:07:00] - i just find that most of the arguments that vonmises uses are just loaded. - mig
[2001-07-16 13:05:00] - a: send me email.
- aba[2001-07-16 13:04:00] - paul: i have three of dmb's cds if you ever want to borrow them (including the latest one)
- aba[2001-07-16 13:03:00] - dewey, you are not an everyone; hey, i offered. ~a
[2001-07-16 12:56:00] - i dont think theyre too complex. i just think theyre just badly written. it takes too much effort to figure out what they are trying to say. what i get from reading the article isnt worth all the work it takes to understand it. - aba
[2001-07-16 12:53:00] - aba: 80% can only be understood by professors of economics. The other 20% are dumbed down enough for me to understand at least partly -paul
[2001-07-16 12:51:00] - hahahaha. i actually dont like the vonmises.org articles that get posted. not because i dont agree with the content, but because they are so badly written. they dont hold my attention for more than a paragraph before i start zoning out. - aba
[2001-07-16 12:48:00] - aba: It's possible (hoping I have the right combination for the halo smiley)
-paul[2001-07-16 12:47:00] - im guessing that paul posted the vonmises.org article though (in retaliation?)
- aba[2001-07-16 12:45:00] - dewey: Nope, that was some other unknown person -paul
[2001-07-16 12:43:00] - paul: I don't really care, I'll click them anyway. Did you post the 'one lesson' page, cause that was amusing.
- dewey[2001-07-16 12:42:00] - dewey: Some of those links were mine, I apologize for not including descriptions and for not signing -paul
[2001-07-16 12:41:00] - I'm not an everyone? :_( - dewey
[2001-07-16 12:27:00] - also note that your ftp password is different than your ssh password. i have to give you your ssh password in person or over the phone. ~a
[2001-07-16 12:27:00] - you can use your own ssh cleint or tera term ( http://aporter.dhs.org/tterm.zip , make sure to read the readme or you probably won't understand the install ) or http://aporter.dhs.org/ssh.html . ~a
[2001-07-16 12:26:00] - i have telnet access allowed for everyone (aaron, aparna, miguel, pierce, vinnie, anime, and paul). ~a
[2001-07-16 12:25:00] - gee, not only are people not giving discriptions of links, but they aren't signing them any more either. - dewey
[2001-07-16 12:23:00] - http://www.msnbc.com/news/600567.asp?0dm=C17QN#BODY
[2001-07-16 12:07:00] - but the argument about pretty pictures and color on every page... Well, some of the best texts I have read outlined with colored text, and graphics are esential for my learning style. - dewey
[2001-07-16 12:06:00] - http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/metro_holsworth071601.htm
[2001-07-16 12:06:00] - in public schools, it is a book-buying group that decides the text to be used county-wide. I believe that Fairfax is getting better, buy getting the suggestions from teachers, but it is still a bueacracy... - dewey
[2001-07-16 12:05:00] - i dont really think its that important for india to retain control of the entirety of kashmir. i just want it to be safe again. i think ideally it should be made a principality. - aba
[2001-07-16 12:04:00] - jdb: the reason your college books have been good is because the professor chooses his/her textbook to teach from. They know the good ones from the bad ones. - dewey
[2001-07-16 11:55:00] - http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-16-01.html
[2001-07-16 11:53:00] - http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-17-01.html
[2001-07-16 11:48:00] - http://asia.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/07/13/kashmir.big.picture/index.html a very basic overview of the kashmir conflict in case anyone is interested - aba
[2001-07-16 11:46:00] - http://www.vonmises.org/fullarticle.asp?control=716&month=33&title=Proof+That+Socialism+Cannot+Work&id=34
[2001-07-16 11:25:00] - only buy-dave
[2001-07-16 11:25:00] - hehe, the tualatin (.13 micron process PIII) performs too well. intel is worried that people will only by the new piii instead of the p4 (the p4 will go to .13 process later) -dave
[2001-07-16 11:17:00] - what's surprising is that russia warned the us of the problem, since the us uses the software as well -dave
[2001-07-16 11:16:00] - over 10 years, the program would make enough "material" disappear to account for several thousand nuclear bombs -dave
[2001-07-16 11:15:00] - the glitch made certain files "disappear" after several years of use -dave
[2001-07-16 11:15:00] - russia informed the us of a glitch in a us made program that keeps track of nuclear materials -dave
[2001-07-16 11:13:00] - "the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese"
[2001-07-16 11:08:00] - nm. it started working again for me. weird. - aba
[2001-07-16 11:07:00] - aba: nope, i'm reading stuff via webmail right now. -jdb
[2001-07-16 11:02:00] - anyone else having trouble with webmail? - aba
[2001-07-16 10:57:00] - http://world.std.com/~mhuben/onelesson.html
[2001-07-16 10:53:00] - i guess that makes sense with college books, as they tend to have a lot more hard data then what i read in HS, etc. -jdb
[2001-07-16 10:52:00] - interesting free republic article. i certainly went to an entirely different type of public school, my books were always rather conservative. my college textbooks have been mostly neutral, but overall very well rounded. -jdb
[2001-07-16 10:50:00] - http://www.politopia.com/ <-- another political test, pretty similar to the lp one. -jdb
[2001-07-16 10:36:00] - http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a90acfb6dbf.htm
[2001-07-16 10:23:00] - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/16/abc_ip/index.html this is pretty scary. - aba
[2001-07-16 10:14:00] - http://huberspace.com/cartoons/cartoon.php3?toon=yates.gif&year=2001
[2001-07-16 10:10:00] - http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2001/07/16/tomo/index.html hehehehe
[2001-07-16 10:07:00] - dewey: needless to say, my statement holds if you use the best mobo for each chip -dave
[2001-07-16 10:06:00] - dewey: whoops, i thought you said it depends on what mobo the amd chip is running on -dave
[2001-07-16 10:05:00] - dewey: same goes for intel chips - of course mobo's make a difference. i was assuming an amd 760 chipset mobo (ex: Asus A7m) -dave
[2001-07-16 10:04:00] - dewey: i saw the score as well. it was very well done, but i don't think it's a movie i'd pay to see again -dave
[2001-07-16 10:03:00] - saw Final Fantasy also- that was good too. But some will argue it should have been called Final sci-fi, but either way, it was good. - dewey
[2001-07-16 10:01:00] - dave: that all depends on what motherboard the Intel chip is running on. - dewey
[2001-07-16 10:01:00] - Oh! That's great, the score was a good movie? I was really hoping it would be good. Yay! Now I have to see it - aaron
[2001-07-16 10:00:00] - I saw The Score this weekend, and it was good! great acting, suspensful plot. The theater was full, but the audience was silent. Tells you the movie was good. - dewey
[2001-07-16 09:57:00] - dewey: 1.33 athlon and 1.7 p4 have same performance =p -dave
[2001-07-16 09:46:00] - dave: 1.7 ghz computer in my house already
- dewey[2001-07-16 09:45:00] - dell is giving surveys on whether its customers would consider buying systems with amd chips -dave
[2001-07-16 09:41:00] - 1.73 ghz athlon due fourth quarter -dave
[2001-07-16 09:11:00] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/A1107-2001Jul15.html im excited about these talks. i hope that one day it will be safe for me to visit my homeland again. - aba
[2001-07-16 08:07:00] - and what was your vulgar flash you are referring to? I didn't see anything vulgar.
- dewey[2001-07-16 08:06:00] - 'residensea' forgot to mention how their ship was unsinkable...
- dewey[2001-07-15 22:16:00] - http://www.ninjai.com/chapter03_bb_lrg.html (another flash film) -jdb
[2001-07-15 22:09:00] - http://www.christiesgreatestates.com/featured/fp_residensea.htm (no vulgar flash this time) -jdb
[2001-07-15 22:01:00] - http://www.paranoid.no/flash/fuckher.swf -jdb
[2001-07-15 20:55:00] - http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/nasubi.html ... Those wacky japanese game shows... - aaron
[2001-07-15 17:31:00] - oops. i broke the message board. it is fixed now. ~a
[2001-07-15 00:08:00] - http://www.piemenu.com/runonsentence.html <--
-jdb[2001-07-14 22:46:00] - adrian - fyi this is at least one subway on 66. i'm not sure exactly what exit # though, but i know it exists. - mig
[2001-07-14 21:42:00] - http://www.boston.com/news/daily/13/police_recording.htm umm... ok, this one's a really scary ruling. - mig
[2001-07-14 21:37:00] - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010713/wr/tech_afghan_internet_dc_1.html i'm surprised they didn't ban computers first. - mig
[2001-07-14 21:01:00] - once i scrape together enough money/creativity, i'm buying a new domain - wolf
[2001-07-14 20:47:00] - wolf: are you going to restore the rest of snowday soon? -jdb
[2001-07-14 19:53:00] - http://www.snowday.org/ouch.jpg ... what my poor fire/lightning sorc ran into awhile ago; http://www.snowday.org/firewall.jpg ... check out that firewall damage. - wolf
[2001-07-14 19:14:00] - http://www.objector.org/scream/awol/education.html
[2001-07-14 11:32:00] - http://www.anarchistcommunitarian.net/publist.html mmm -jdb
[2001-07-14 00:42:00] - http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/newsstand/c063001/cover.htm -jdb
[2001-07-14 00:34:00] - kscully@vt.edu - wolf
[2001-07-13 19:38:00] - mig: very interesting -- i figured you'd be a ~+3,~-7... the other side of economics. -jdb
[2001-07-13 17:00:00] - info on the 1.09 D2 patch http://www.diabloii.net/features/v109-patch.shtml -dave
[2001-07-13 16:46:00] - wolf: what is your email address? - dewey
[2001-07-13 16:43:00] - took the poly test. (-3.47, -7.64) - mig
[2001-07-13 16:19:00] - aaron do you know where you saw that proof for 23 turns? ~a
[2001-07-13 16:16:00] - ahhh. i see where you get 18 from now. 6*3? ~a
[2001-07-13 16:11:00] - http://www.hotornot.com/ ? -jdb
[2001-07-13 16:06:00] - Just curious: Does anybody know the new URL for "am i hot or not"? - aaron
[2001-07-13 16:05:00] - In any case I'm glad that I will most likely live to see a rubiks cube solving robot of some sort... Yay! - aaron
[2001-07-13 16:04:00] - Yes. I am certain that some solutions can be dismissed: For example, turning a face one way, and then turning the same face the opposite direction is stupid, but a true brute force solution would ignore that.... - aaron
[2001-07-13 16:03:00] - by the way, aaron, you are talking about a brute force solution. i'll bet you there is a much much much faster solution than brute force for finding the best solution to a cube. ~a
[2001-07-13 15:53:00] - I think the rule should be months, not years though... -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 15:49:00] - dewey: no... what email? - wolf
[2001-07-13 15:43:00] - ....Yeah! Actually now that I recheck my math which was supposed to check my answer, it works out. In 80 years we'll have computers which can calculate the solution in 2 years.... So 74-80 years is realistic - aaron
[2001-07-13 15:39:00] - a: I liked your number of steps rule... I didn't understand it in time, but now that I get it, it's pretty funny.
- aaron[2001-07-13 15:38:00] - But if you calculate the speed of computers 80 years from now, and how long it would take them to make 18^23 calculations, given that computers today can make 100,000 calculations per second.... I don't think it works out - aaron
[2001-07-13 14:52:00] - a computer that calculates the same speed as when it started. ~a
[2001-07-13 14:52:00] - the integral at the very least is close. int from 0 to 1 of 2^(x/1.5) comes out to 1.3 . . . that seems about right. if you had a computer that doubled in speed every year and ran it for a year, it would finish about 1.3 times as much stuff as...~a
[2001-07-13 14:46:00] - it probably is wrong. if you add the number of steps it takes to find a solution, then you add the number of years since taking calculus, if that is greater than 10, then you have a problem. ~a
[2001-07-13 14:43:00] - ...shortest solution for any given Rubiks Cube position.... I guess my integral was set up wrong, or maybe the answer's right and I am just misinterpreting it - aaron
[2001-07-13 14:42:00] - The premise was that, given that today's computers can calculate roughly 100,000 turns per second, and that any position can be solved in 23 turns, and computing power doubles every 1.5 years... How long until we have the... - aaron
[2001-07-13 14:34:00] - 74! Wow I got 80 years, I thought I was way off. Now you get 74 years? I don't know if that's right though. It sounds wrong. - aaron
[2001-07-13 14:03:00] - t=1.5/ln 2*ln(18^23/(3.15*10^13*1.5/ln 2)+1) paste this into microsoft calculator (calc) " 1.5/2n*(18y23/(3.15*10y13*1.5/2n)+1)n= " ~a
[2001-07-13 14:03:00] - (3.15*10^13) * ((1.5/ln 2) (2^(t/1.5)-1))=18^23 ~a
[2001-07-13 14:03:00] - (3.15*10^13) * ((1.5/ln 2) 2^(x/1.5) from 0 to t)=18^23 ~a
[2001-07-13 14:03:00] - (3.15*10^13) * (int from 0 to t of 2^(x/1.5))=18^23 ~a
[2001-07-13 13:33:00] - now, only 11
- vinnie[2001-07-13 13:33:00] - 12 bars at the top! that has to be a record - vinnie
[2001-07-13 12:57:00] - wolf: did someone forward my email to you? - dewey
[2001-07-13 12:56:00] - Actually, SP the only time my computer has trouble is in the beginning of Act V with all those monsters waking up at once and the catapaults all training on you at the same time, TPs make it worse. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:52:00] - er... i'm talking about server-side lag, not client side lag. single player is a whole different ballpark - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:52:00] - Huh, and here I was thinking that firewall was now useless in the expansion... go fig. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:51:00] - how would that cause lag? the server only needs to know where the sprites are, not what they look like. - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:51:00] - back to work. *cry* - aba
[2001-07-13 12:50:00] - in some cases, they over-compensated for the timers... look at firewall. my sorc does over 5,000 damage per second - i lay one down and watch everything cook - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:50:00] - It would still cause lag -- xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:49:00] - those things are all client-side, though. - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:48:00] - sm, it does wonders for people's sanity. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:48:00] - casting timers were put in because the designers were to lazy/indignant about toning down a lot of the graphically intense spells - wolf-
[2001-07-13 12:48:00] - I know the reason for the times and nerfing of durations like that, it was taking too much processor on the Realm servers, they want to cram more people on, so people who only play SP, like me got screwed because Blizz was being cheap. Love Capitali
[2001-07-13 12:47:00] - aba: we're only going to have a maximum of 6 people and if we decide to get dinner somewhere, that's only ~30 person/hours I need to feed -paul
[2001-07-13 12:46:00] - they either need to eliminate the timer or give the burn time its old duration. - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:45:00] - I've got 5 or so in it... I was seriously pissed when I stopped strafing for a while and used Immolation again. Casting timers killed it. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:44:00] - paul: so you dont need help getting food or soda or anything? - aba
[2001-07-13 12:41:00] - Alex says... Does anybody have a 25" tv they'd be willing to sell cheap? Or, a 27"... He's building his own arcade cabinet which will run MAME and he needs parts - aaron
[2001-07-13 12:41:00] - i had maxed immolation arrow... big mistake there
- wolf[2001-07-13 12:41:00] - a: Actually, it's (3.15*10^13) * (int from 0 to t of 2^(x/1.5))=18^23 ... Sorry, I had unit problems, combining seconds with years and such... But I fixed them... - aaron
[2001-07-13 12:40:00] - aba: Maybe money for if we all decide to go somewhere for dinner again. Other then that, I can't think of anything -paul
[2001-07-13 12:40:00] - I made a lot of mistakes making her, so the fact that she got screwed by the patch never even occured to me.
-- Xpovos[2001-07-13 12:39:00] - i get insane experience in act 5 with my sorceress... there are no fire or lightning immunes there. - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:37:00] - i had a bow-amazon in cd2 who got to level 84 on the realms... then with all the changes they made in patch 1.08, she was rendered pretty much useless
- wolf[2001-07-13 12:36:00] - paul: do i need to bring anything? - aba
[2001-07-13 12:36:00] - http://www.zompist.com/phrases.html An alternative to real phrasebooks - aaron
[2001-07-13 12:36:00] - aba: Ok, just making sure since you were unsure if you could make it last time I checked -paul
[2001-07-13 12:34:00] - Act V is just awesome for gaining levels. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:34:00] - aaron, i am solving for t in 100000(int from 0 to t of 2^(x/1.5))=18^23 or am i solving for 100000t in (int from 0 to t of 2^(x/1.5))=18^23 ??? ~a
[2001-07-13 12:34:00] - yes, barring any unforeseen circumstances. - aba
[2001-07-13 12:34:00] - Ah, my highest level is a 42 bowa, she got that high in Avt V Normal after getting to 35 in Act II night for a while. My Pally is almost 40 now. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:34:00] - i will bet you that all they have at fuddruckers is hamburgers. we already had this discussion. - aba
[2001-07-13 12:33:00] - aba: Can you make it to Escaflowne tomorrow? -paul
[2001-07-13 12:31:00] - she's only level 63, still in nightmare because you can get good experience there well into your 70s - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:30:00] - i'm going to fudruckers (sp?). ~a
[2001-07-13 12:30:00] - so i will continue tlaking to myself while andrew and katie talk about diablo ii.
- aba[2001-07-13 12:30:00] - aaron, your journal is weird.
~a[2001-07-13 12:29:00] - i have a craving for thai food, but all i have is a bagel and a granola bar.
- aba[2001-07-13 12:29:00] - i have a high magic find sorceress... if you can push your magic find above 100%, nice things happen. - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:28:00] - i think most people except for me have gone out to eat lunch. - aba
[2001-07-13 12:28:00] - I don't have any characters high enough level... I've only found two uniques in the entire expansion. Those things are still rare. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:26:00] - i found my first elite unique yesterday from kicking a skull pile
- wolf[2001-07-13 12:25:00] - i wish i could test it with my ti. ~a
[2001-07-13 12:24:00] - runica is a good place to find verified rune words: http://rune.damnsw.net/ -wolf
[2001-07-13 12:24:00] - ~a
[2001-07-13 12:24:00] - aaron, my guess is 150000 (2^(t/1.5)-1) /ln 2 . . . i will check more to see if my guess is a good one.
[2001-07-13 12:24:00] - interesting... when i looked at the mpqs, all the words had been deactivated for non-realm play - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:22:00] - Some of them do, some of them don't. RalOrtTal at least still works, I have a SP Pally who's hireling is using the Ancient's Pledge sheild. -- Xpovos
[2001-07-13 12:18:00] - just so you know, rune words don't work in single player - wolf
[2001-07-13 12:14:00] - oh. i can solve that one. yay ~a
[2001-07-13 11:55:00] - Don't be dumb. Just solve my integral.
- aaron[2001-07-13 11:42:00] - how can computers solve the rubix's cube when they don't have any hands? - dewey
[2001-07-13 11:36:00] - Well, actually, if you can calculate when that integral will be equal to 18^23 then you will know how many years it will take... That's what I meant to say, sorry - aaron
[2001-07-13 11:35:00] - what is the integral from 0 to T of 2^(x/1.5)? Because I think if you multiply that by 100,000 we will get the approximate number of years for computers to solve the rubiks cube - aaron
[2001-07-13 11:22:00] - lobster sticks to magnet! ~a
[2001-07-13 10:18:00] - No. Flash music video for an actual song. - aaron
[2001-07-13 10:00:00] - is it a spoof? - dewey
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