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[2004-04-20 10:03:00] - http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38110 Some of the stories about Hollywood families are interesting, if they can be believed. -Paul
[2004-04-20 09:53:00] - http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0420/p09s02-coop.html I find it interesting that Nader seems to be pulling more independent voters from Kerry than Democratic voters. -Paul
[2004-04-20 09:46:00] - Mig: Yeah, Boston didn't exactly go surging into the playoffs either. It was more like backing in. -Paul
[2004-04-20 09:44:00] - let's not forgot that the only reason cleveland is not in the playoffs right now is because jeff mcinnis was out for a crucial part of the season. - mig
[2004-04-20 09:15:00] - Indian = IndianA -Paul
[2004-04-20 08:49:00] - Xpovos: And Indian beat out every single other team in the league (not just the East) for the best record. We shall not discuss hockey while basketball is on.
-Paul[2004-04-20 07:57:00] - Meanwhile, how 'bout dem Habs? --Xpovos
[2004-04-20 07:56:00] - Given that I don't follow basketball much, I guess I could be. But they beat out all the other teams for 8th place... so they're (in theory) better than those teams, including Clevland. --Xpovos
[2004-04-19 20:18:00] - Xpovos: You might be surprised by how bad Boston is.
-Paul[2004-04-19 19:03:00] - Paul: I guess it would be more competative, but Boston isn't so bad that the Pacers can handle that much of a handicap, I don't think -- Xpovos
[2004-04-19 18:01:00] - aaron: well, since I have no clue if you are, we've decided not to eat out today like we were planning. we'll do it some other time - vinnie
[2004-04-19 17:52:00] - aaron: have you been reading your work e-mail? - vinnie
[2004-04-19 17:16:00] - aaron: I thought MDK2 would've been great if there had been more depth to the fact that you could choose your character. Each character had exactly one pathway each time it was used. - pierce
[2004-04-19 17:08:00] - pierce: I didn't really like MDK2. But MDK1 was really awesome - aaron
[2004-04-19 17:08:00] - pierce: Eureka! I've made toast! - aaron
[2004-04-19 16:49:00] - mig: well let me know if you want me to change anything. ~a
[2004-04-19 16:39:00] - Well I can look at everything fine now but I can't login to the admin page. - mig
[2004-04-19 16:39:00] - I don't understand the title. - pierce
[2004-04-19 16:39:00] - I, on the other hand, am hoping for another game as beautiful and interesting as MDK/MDK2, but perhaps with a bit more depth to it. - pierce
[2004-04-19 16:38:00] - dave: interesting, though unsurprising. I'm sure they're hoping for another hit along the lines of KOTOR to bolster xbox sales. - pierce
[2004-04-19 16:24:00] - mig: now the front page works, but not the stories.php ~a
[2004-04-19 16:16:00] - "Internet reports suggest that Microsoft is set to acquire Canadian RPG development studio Bioware, with the company planning to announce this latest addition to its developer line-up at the E3 trade show next month." -dave
[2004-04-19 15:59:00] - Xpovos: The NBA just wants a more competitive game, I think, and figures they will get that with Artest out. -Paul
[2004-04-19 15:56:00] - migaulavis: This is last year getting back at Artest, for sure. He actually showed considerable restraint, for Ron Artest, and so he gets penalized... makes perfect sense to me --Xpovos
[2004-04-19 15:53:00] - mig: "This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled." i disabled force-cgi-redirect . . . i wonder why it lies so. ~a
[2004-04-19 15:41:00] - travis: what really stinks about the artest thing is that the NBA is not going to do anything to Richard Jefferson, who did essentially the same thing (though he didn't take as many steps, he still technically broke the rule). - mig
[2004-04-19 15:34:00] - ~a: i ask because it's giving me an error everytime i load it up saying that php cgi cannont be accessed directly unless some variable is set in apache. - mig
[2004-04-19 15:33:00] - ~a: like how we had to set it up in perl at the apt because it wouldn't execute any scripts that weren't in the cgi-bin directory. - mig
[2004-04-19 15:27:00] - mig: what script aliasing thing? ~a
[2004-04-19 15:25:00] - a: am i going to have to set up this script aliasing thing again? - mig
[2004-04-19 15:12:00] - mig: you made your htdocs directory writable (for some reason) to group and other. also (for some reason) you made your scripts writable to group and other. doing these things are not only very dangerous, they also disable suexec. ~a
[2004-04-19 15:04:00] - dave: i'm a bit surprised as well, since the dems are big on supporting "tolerance". However, since Bush has really kind of ignored the Saudi issue, i guess it really isn't all that surprising. - mig
[2004-04-19 15:03:00] - Dave: Don't worry, he'll talk about ending sweetheart relationships with Israel tomorrow. -Paul
[2004-04-19 15:00:00] - "Democrat Sen. John F. Kerry Monday voiced unwavering support for special U.S. ties with Israel and vowed to end "sweetheart relationships" with Arab countries like Saudi Arabia that he said funded terror. " I don't know what I expected, but I wasn't expecting him to say we should cooperate less with the saudis -dave
[2004-04-19 14:17:00] - Travis: Yeah, that's a bunch of crap. The only thing Artest did wrong was to technically break some stupid rule. It probably has something to do with the fact that it's the playoffs too. -Paul
[2004-04-19 14:13:00] - mig: well i fixed one of the problems. "$ ./index.php" prints out the header now (i reconfigrued php to make /usr/bin/php-cgi be the cgi version, not the cli version). ~a
[2004-04-19 14:11:00] - for sports people: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2004/news/story?id=1785567 how come i think this only happened because it's artest? - travis
[2004-04-19 13:38:00] - if the peons are not content, i blame miguel. he's too lazy to fix the problem himself. ~a
[2004-04-19 13:23:00] - Mmm, Warcraft small-talk. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-19 13:12:00] - Mig: That, and I think the economy is beginning to pick up some. If they're not looking for entry level folks, though, they can't help me.
-Paul[2004-04-19 13:10:00] - they just won 2 government contracts so that might have something to do with it. - mig
[2004-04-19 13:09:00] - paul: i'm not sure if they are looking for entry level folks but they are definitely going on a hiring binge right now. - mig
[2004-04-19 13:09:00] - pierce: we don't. but our two companies are working together on a contract and saic sent aaron and some other people to work here. - mig
[2004-04-19 13:00:00] - someone should come up with statistics on how often it turns out well vs. not well. My guess would be that it most often turns out "not well" -dave
[2004-04-19 12:57:00] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22952-2004Apr18.html -dave
[2004-04-19 12:45:00] - Pierce: Ok, so which one of us is correct here?
-Paul[2004-04-19 12:45:00] - Heh, or Pierce is more astute and you two work for the same company. Which is even cooler. They hiring?
-Paul[2004-04-19 12:44:00] - Ohhhh, not the office, the office building. I get it. - pierce
[2004-04-19 12:44:00] - migron: I didn't know you guys worked at the same company. Coolness. - pierce
[2004-04-19 12:42:00] - Mig: Really? So your companies are playing musical chairs? -Paul
[2004-04-19 12:31:00] - heh. aaron is now working in the office next to me (which coincidently was my office until last friday when i moved out of it.) - mig
[2004-04-19 12:21:00] - New Japanese fetish video craze: "A girl is set to spinning around on the spot in a bedroom. Around and around. Soon, she's too dizzy to stand up. She falls down on a bed. And the camera zooms in hard on her eyes, to see her eyeballs spinning around in their sockets, circles within circles. That's the money shot, in porn terms. Spinning eyeballs."
[2004-04-19 12:01:00] - Mig: It all depends on when people can leave. -Paul
[2004-04-19 12:01:00] - Travis: I figured you did, but I wasn't sure if you guys were just making strange small talk about Warcraft or not
-Paul[2004-04-19 11:58:00] - paul: what time would you be leaving on friday? - mig
[2004-04-19 11:48:00] - has anyone ever seen object oriented javascript? it's incredibly freaky how it's implemented. - mig
[2004-04-19 11:46:00] - all: if the peons are not content i blame adrian. i'll try to see if i can get them working again tonight and they are touched you care about them. - mig
[2004-04-19 11:45:00] - Paul: just in case i was too out there, that was what my joke was about - travis
[2004-04-19 11:41:00] - Pierce: If you're talking about the angry peons, then they seem to be uncharacteristically errorful today, yes. -Paul
[2004-04-19 11:31:00] - i think they're trying to mine gold from trees and chop down the gold mine - travis
[2004-04-19 11:29:00] - Is it just me, or do the peons seem uncharacteristically content today? - pierce
[2004-04-19 11:22:00] - Test... Résumé... Böaut;öaut;ger.... - aaron
[2004-04-19 11:18:00] - Travis: You mean like italics? -Paul
[2004-04-19 11:17:00] - Travis: He better do it soon. Mutants would be a minority and hence would vote Democrat. He'll be missing out on a good voting block if he doesn't make it an issue. -Paul
[2004-04-19 11:14:00] - what's the code to make accented letters show up in html? i didn't try on that message, i'm just curious - travis
[2004-04-19 11:13:00] - one can only wonder how long until senator kerry makes the mutant issue a presidential race topic, now (a la senator kelly) - travis
[2004-04-19 10:47:00] - Travis: Or buttman, or whatever the name of that stupid Cigarette super hero is. -Paul
[2004-04-19 10:42:00] - That is an awesome story! - aaron
[2004-04-19 10:36:00] - Now I feel excluded. - pierce
[2004-04-19 10:36:00] - pushing a lady's car? that doesn't sound like batman and robin to me, more like a superman job - travis
[2004-04-19 10:17:00] - http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_925718.html Batman and Robin fight crime in real life. -Paul
[2004-04-19 10:07:00] - I sent out an email to a bunch of you and I would appreciate it if you could read it and get back to me fairly soon. Thanks. -Paul
[2004-04-19 09:30:00] - aaron: hehe, yeah, i've watched some of those before
- travis[2004-04-18 05:42:00] - aaron: very travesty? ~a
[2004-04-17 23:29:00] - http://www.makingfiends.com/ a weird flash cartoon series about two little girls - charlotte and vendetta. very travisy! - aaron
[2004-04-17 16:15:00] - My radio is skewed since it's hooked to WUVT whenever I'm in Blacksburg, and not much else anywhere else, but I've heard some Tool, KMFDM, even some VNV Nation. I heard some Alice in Chains driving through Lynchburg once. I rarely hear Manson, though. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-16 15:31:00] - aaron: if you remember the art for deep analysis, masticore is the specimen they're looking at - vinnie
[2004-04-16 15:28:00] - dave: if I'm not mistaken it's on the reserved list, which means they can't reprint it - vinnie
[2004-04-16 15:22:00] - vinnie: hehe, yeah. but no one thought they'd print another "mox" either. And there is so much artifact hate out there right now -dave
[2004-04-16 15:18:00] - travis: i hear stinkfist from time to time. - mig
[2004-04-16 15:13:00] - whereas I don't think I've heard schism in two years - vinnie
[2004-04-16 15:13:00] - i think manson's songs are a bit like that too, but i still hear them from time to time - vinnie
[2004-04-16 15:09:00] - hearing something from tool on the radio is rare, and usually it's still sober or maybe aenima (schism got some play right when lateralus came out but it's nowhere now) - travis
[2004-04-16 15:09:00] - dave: it does look like masticore, doesn't it? I'm confident that they're not reprinting masticore though, since the release of the card essentially caused the biggest exodus from m:tg limited the game had ever seen. it's virtually unstoppable in draft or sealed, and would be just as good in the current environment - vinnie
[2004-04-16 15:05:00] - Although I think mine is slightly brighter-- it's also pretty close to the vlink shade. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-16 15:00:00] - Dave: Apparantly.
-- Xpovos[2004-04-16 14:55:00] - heh heh heh, always wondered why this didn't happen more frequently - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16623-2004Apr16.html - dave
[2004-04-16 14:47:00] - dave: Serious, i mean especially if you're playing a deck with strong mana. Some green, or urza lands, or whatever, that guy could get really dangerous. - aaron
[2004-04-16 14:47:00] - aaron: even if you just play him straight up - it is just game over many times if you are playing against a fast aggro type deck - because you don't have to tap it to use his abilities, so you can gun down a whole army of goblins at once -dave
[2004-04-16 14:42:00] - aaron: oops, forgot to state the drawback - you have to discard a card during your upkeep or destroy masticre -dave
[2004-04-16 14:42:00] - Hmm the upkeep's kind of strong. So there is a catch. But i guess there are ways around that in a clever deck. - aaron
[2004-04-16 14:33:00] - aaron: yeah - it's seen a lot of play in type 1 from time to time. -dave
[2004-04-16 14:33:00] - aaron: here's masticore from urzas destiny: http://sales.starcitygames.com/customer/product.php?productid=7473&cat=&page=1&PHPSESSID=5f76fb4f35bd0b96b3c49a5d5b0e49bb -dave
[2004-04-16 14:32:00] - Huh! That sounds like a really really good creature. - aaron
[2004-04-16 14:31:00] - aaron: It looks like masticore: 4/4 for 4, 2 to ping a creature, 2 to regenerate -dave
[2004-04-16 14:26:00] - dave: I can barely make it out. Some kind of scorpion medusa lion? What kind of wacky photoshop filter did they apply to this image anyway? - aaron
[2004-04-16 14:19:00] - vinnie (and other mtg players): look at what's on the box of Fifth Dawn - http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v60/PolarBearGod/nasty.jpg -dave
[2004-04-16 14:18:00] - vinnie: I always thought "Enjoy The Silence" was supposed to be DM's #1 hit, but "Personal Jesus" seems to get airplay way more often - aaron
[2004-04-16 14:16:00] - mig: manson isn't that rare. i've heard "sweet dreams", "beautiful people", "dope show", and "disposable teens" before, and I think a couple of them got heavy play at some point. I know "tainted love" was also played a lot a couple years ago - vinnie
[2004-04-16 14:13:00] - depeche mode's "enjoy the silence" in a burger king in london was cool. i've never heard that one on the radio, I don't think - vinnie
[2004-04-16 13:30:00] - mig: Awesome. I know how you feel - I was really surprised when I heard "Cibo Matto" playing in a Subway. And I've heard TMBG on the radio twice... it's pretty rare. - aaron
[2004-04-16 13:26:00] - well it's the first time i've heard any manson on the radio. - mig
[2004-04-16 13:11:00] - mig: I heard "dope show" frequently when it was still popular. - pierce
[2004-04-16 12:53:00] - mig: I've heard his cover of "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" on the radio before. - aaron
[2004-04-16 12:48:00] - xpovos: do we have the same signature color? -dave
[2004-04-16 12:47:00] - xpovos: yeah, paul works slightly longer days and gets every other friday off -dave
[2004-04-16 12:45:00] - wow they actually played manson on the radio. excellent. - mig
[2004-04-16 12:31:00] - ooooo neat! - aaron
[2004-04-16 12:28:00] - xpovos: i think he has his bi-monthly day off today. - mig
[2004-04-16 12:21:00] - Paul is dead - Nietzsche
[2004-04-16 12:19:00] - Paul: Is there some reason you're not on AIM today? -- Xpovos
[2004-04-16 10:57:00] - boo to character limits in the title!
[2004-04-16 10:40:00] - i have no idea, it could be popularity, which i guess would be either number sites linking to that story and/or number times the story has been viewed - travis
[2004-04-16 10:20:00] - travis: What decides the sizes of each cell in the map? If it was sized by popularity or something, that would be pretty cool - aaron
[2004-04-16 09:42:00] - travis: well i'd probably go with the laptop. i'm not sure your desktop would be able to handle a 2v2 game. - mig
[2004-04-16 09:42:00] - http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/ is this actually useful? - travis
[2004-04-16 09:22:00] - and i've already got plans to see punisher tomorrow in dale city - travis
[2004-04-16 09:21:00] - mig: my laptop is P4 2GHz, no idea how much memory the video card has. i played the first couple of levels on my desktop it played well enough, although the movies run pretty choppy in the beginning - travis
[2004-04-16 09:20:00] - Maybe I should tell my office mate that if clicking his mouse repeatadly very loudly that it makes it very obvious he's playing solitaire and not working. - mig
[2004-04-16 09:06:00] - the first one is always free... somewhat fitting considering Netflix has a perpetual "first month free" deal. - pierce
[2004-04-16 09:04:00] - "You've been drinking Red Bull again, havn't you" http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2004/04/16 -- Xpovos
[2004-04-16 08:25:00] - netflix raised their prices by $2 a month. hahaha, as if that will stop my addiction - vinnie
[2004-04-16 08:23:00] - drowning is funny - vinnie
[2004-04-16 08:00:00] - does anyone want to see the punisher today? - mig
[2004-04-16 02:34:00] - it depends; is their trouble of a comic nature? - pierce
[2004-04-16 01:59:00] - if your friend was in trouble . . . you'd help them, wouldn't you? ~a
[2004-04-16 00:01:00] - travis: what processor speed is the laptop? - mig
[2004-04-15 18:09:00] - paul: yeah, it was inherently funny ^_^ -dave
[2004-04-15 17:17:00] - Mel: Considering that's probably better than thinking it's funny because it's a lie, I thank you.
-paul[2004-04-15 17:15:00] - Paul: I think what you said was inherently funny -Mel
[2004-04-15 17:12:00] - TurboTax for me all the way. -Paul
[2004-04-15 17:10:00] - Last year I e-filed and the filing didn't take place correctly but it took until about August to find out from the IRS. then I had to re-file. So I only just got my refund about a month ago. The check said it included 73 cents of interest on it. This year I decided not to e-file again. -Mel
[2004-04-15 17:07:00] - Travis: It only really becomes an issue if you would've put that money in some sort of interest generating account. Otherwise, you get the same money back. -Paul
[2004-04-15 17:06:00] - Paul: as long as i get all the money back, i'm not really concerned. it's not like i'm struggling from paycheck to paycheck, even after starting my 401k - travis
[2004-04-15 17:02:00] - Travis: I'm sure you don't care, but if you're getting a big enough return then it's a sign that you are basically giving the government a loan with no interest so you should probably try to set it up so you're paying less out of each paycheck. -Paul
[2004-04-15 16:59:00] - Mel: i figure even if i spend most of my return, i'll be saving all of my current paycheck, so at least i'm saving some money - travis
[2004-04-15 16:58:00] - mig: should i be able to run warcraft 3 well enough on my Pentium3/550MHz or should i just use my higher power laptop (with lesser sound and video quality) - travis
[2004-04-15 16:56:00] - Dave: I can't tell if you're amused because you think it's a lie or because what I said was inherently funny. -Paul
[2004-04-15 16:48:00] - Dave: hey cool. There's this famous story about the guy who invented the stress gauge. He was at Caltech at the time that he invented it so Caltech got the patent rights and the guy went sort of crazy and started showing up randomly at the campus sometimes wearing a tutu. For real, a tutu. I've seen him walking around. -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:47:00] - paul: i'm amused "And I try not to take things personally unless people make it personal" -dave
[2004-04-15 16:46:00] - yay for browser malfunctions -dave
[2004-04-15 16:46:00] - oops, that was me -dave
[2004-04-15 16:45:00] - oops, that was me -dave
[2004-04-15 16:45:00] - hah, my uncle works at JPL - he created some sort of gel used in catching space dust. I think it was also used as an insulator for some vehicle sent to mars awhile back.
[2004-04-15 16:37:00] - not necessarily the government part, but the jet propulsion part - vinnie
[2004-04-15 16:36:00] - gotcha. sounds cool - vinnie
[2004-04-15 16:33:00] - Vinnie: the government (sort of), as Paul pointed out. I work at the Jet Propulsion Lab. It's actually operated by Caltech but using NASA money. So it's only halfway the government because the org chart actually goes up to the president of Caltech and not Sean O'Keefe. -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:31:00] - Travis: cool, 4-6 weeks, can't wait to get mine. I -should- save it but that's always so difficult. -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:30:00] - Vinnie: Haha, I don't because you're not.
[2004-04-15 16:26:00] - mel: what do you do, by the way? you may have mentioned it before but I missed it - vinnie
[2004-04-15 16:25:00] - Mel: my state return came in about a week, my federal took 4-6 weeks, i can't remember exactly when i filed - travis
[2004-04-15 16:25:00] - you must get bored in the morning too, because we're so boring
- vinnie[2004-04-15 16:24:00] - Paul: Yeah, I do get bored sometimes. But mornings are nice because there's always a bunch of posts to catch up on.
-Mel[2004-04-15 16:22:00] - Mel: You must get bored in the afternoon out there then, since we're all gone.
-Paul[2004-04-15 16:21:00] - Mel: You're probably right. I seem to be in the minority in that I tend to take everything that somebody says as a statement of opinion. And I try not to take things personally unless people make it personal.
-Paul[2004-04-15 16:17:00] - Paul: well I'd rather not use it either. It IS clumsy but also allows you to avoid people taking things too personally. -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:15:00] - the fact that we're in different time zones is interesting. I just got back from lunch not long ago and caught up on the posts while you guys are probably leaving work now. -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:14:00] - Mel: All things being equal, I would prefer you not use (IMHO) because I find it's repetitive and clumsy. -Paul
[2004-04-15 16:13:00] - Travis: How long did it take you to get your tax rebate? -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:13:00] - Paul: well that's true I should have known that you don't offend too easily from you blog. Or maybe I should I have written that it was funny IMHO like you do and then no one would be allowed to be offended.
-Mel[2004-04-15 16:09:00] - oh and the other day I was at big meeting (~250 people) with telecommunications folks and somebody made a joke about dB and everyone laughed. I laughed because I couldn't believe that everyone laughed. Stuff like that always makes me trip. Who knew there were so many people like that? -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:08:00] - Mel: And in case you don't know me well enough, I'm thoroughly joking. -Paul
[2004-04-15 16:08:00] - Mel: Nono. It's too late now. I'm highly offended by your mockery and shall never recover. -Paul
[2004-04-15 16:08:00] - For something that we're unlikely to be talking about, we all seem to be talking about it quite a bit. - pierce
[2004-04-15 16:08:00] - today at work somebody said that proposals would go a lot faster if I didn't feel "burdened by accuracy." I thought that was a pretty good phrase and definitely humorous. -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:03:00] - Paul: That wasn't supposed to be offensive. It was funny because it was unlikely, and that's just because I haven't seen you in something like 4 years, so what is the likelihood of us talking about a tongue-lashing? -Mel
[2004-04-15 16:03:00] - Travis: That's the odd thing, I've bought those Star Trek sets (the ones that were out before) only when I've found them used (and therefore cheaper). I never saw them used until I got a job. -Paul
[2004-04-15 16:02:00] - a: I like this color, it's perfect, thanks. Pierce's description of english vs boolean or was funny too. Sometimes the degree to which we all relate to cs blows me away. But maybe that's why we all post on this message board.
-Mel[2004-04-15 16:01:00] - paul: you've gone and bought all those overpriced star trek sets, haven't you? and those were out before you got a job, and i imagine they take up a sizeable amount of the money you've spent on DVDs - travis
[2004-04-15 15:58:00] - Stuff like, "a lamp" - aaron
[2004-04-15 15:58:00] - I think i actually buy less music now that I have a job. But i buy a lot more stuff in general now that I have an apartment - aaron
[2004-04-15 15:57:00] - Vinnie: I've bought more DVDs since getting a job but it's hard to tell if that's because I have more money of if it's because more DVDs that I want are coming out. -Paul
[2004-04-15 15:49:00] - paul: i'm that way too. other than getting a new computer and car (which I consider necessities more than luxuries) I've bought no more CDs or anything like that than I normally buy - vinnie
[2004-04-15 15:35:00] - Travis: Ok, well then I guess I have a much stronger sense of frugalness to my being than you do.
-Paul[2004-04-15 15:26:00] - my desire to buy things is always at max, money just helps it become reality - travis
[2004-04-15 15:07:00] - I must be weird, because my desire to buy things doesn't seem to be at all affected by how much money I have. -Paul
[2004-04-15 15:06:00] - Paul: yup, and this is before i buy comics on saturday
i could save the money, but where's the fun in that? (and friday is payday is anyway) - travis[2004-04-15 14:52:00] - travis: excellent. now if these cavemen with dialup would just get a broadband connection. - mig
[2004-04-15 14:45:00] - Vinnie: Mark Cuban has too much free time on his hands.
-Paul[2004-04-15 14:38:00] - Travis: It's easy to tell you got your federal rebate back.
-Paul[2004-04-15 14:29:00] - a: I stand corrected. - pierce
[2004-04-15 14:28:00] - http://www.blogmaverick.com/ anyone ever been to mark cuban's blog? some interesting if longwinded stuff on there. i'm just surprised i've never heard of it before - vinnie
[2004-04-15 14:28:00] - pierce: "blue XOR purple is blue" isn't it red? ~a
[2004-04-15 14:27:00] - pierce: hmm. somehow i read "purple" as "green". ~a
[2004-04-15 14:21:00] - i can also begin my CD ripping with my new 160 GB hard drive ($100 after rebate), once i buy a case to mount it externally - travis
[2004-04-15 14:20:00] - mig: i just bought the warcraft 3 package, so once i learn how to play it i can join your craze - travis
[2004-04-15 13:51:00] - Pierce: You're right. Now I'm horribly offended.
-Paul[2004-04-15 13:48:00] - now blue (0x0000FF) OR purple (0xFF00FF) is purple, but the english usage of "or" really means XOR, and blue XOR purple is blue. So choose her color based on which you prefer: the boolean or english version of "or". - pierce
[2004-04-15 13:46:00] - a: she asked for blue or purple, not blue or green. - pierce
[2004-04-15 13:44:00] - Paul: it doesn't HAVE to be an insult, it GETS to be an insult because it's much funnier that way. - pierce
[2004-04-15 13:29:00] - mel: tell me what to change it to; i hate picking colors. ~a
[2004-04-15 13:29:00] - well blue plus green is cyan. how about 008080? ~a
[2004-04-15 13:28:00] - Pierce: That doesn't HAVE to be an insult to me though.
-Paul[2004-04-15 13:21:00] - Paul: That Mel thought the idea of receiving a tongue-lashing from you to be "pretty funny" - pierce
[2004-04-15 13:19:00] - Pierce: Burn on me? -Paul
[2004-04-15 13:17:00] - Borthday? Nobody told me it was my borthday! - pierce
[2004-04-15 13:14:00] - Ohhhhh, burn on Paul. - pierce
[2004-04-15 13:13:00] - Pierce and Travis: haha, that's pretty funny. -Mel
[2004-04-15 13:05:00] - glad i wasn't the only one that thought that for a second
- travis[2004-04-15 12:54:00] - Hehehe, "Paul: so who was it that wanted a tongue lashing??" ... "sorry, that was me -Mel". For a second, I thought you were responding to the question, not saying you had asked it, Mel.
- pierce[2004-04-15 12:43:00] - I'm beginning to think that maybe I should just keep this a secret to drive you all crazy.
-paul[2004-04-15 12:42:00] - Mel: I highly doubt you would even know the person so I don't know why you want to know.
-Paul[2004-04-15 12:42:00] - Vinnie: No and no. -Paul
[2004-04-15 12:42:00] - Mel: Yeah, I checked around with a couple of places too and it doesn't seem like I can get a better deal. I guess I'll just have to wait 2 years and see what happens. -Paul
[2004-04-15 12:28:00] - sorry, that was me -Mel
[2004-04-15 12:28:00] - Paul: so who was it that wanted a tongue lashing??
[2004-04-15 12:27:00] - Paul: Well I checked at a bunch of different insurance places and that's about what they all wanted to charge me. So althought it's kind of a rip-off, I feel better knowing there isn't much I can do to lower the cost. An odd sort of comfort, I know, I'm hoping it will go down once I hit 25. Although that's pretty far away. - Mel
[2004-04-15 12:25:00] - a: actually, I don't like the red, thanks for asking.
Can you change it to something else? Maybe some some sort of blue or purple that doesn't interfere with existing colors? - Mel[2004-04-15 12:03:00] - paul: your mom. or your dad - vinnie
[2004-04-15 12:02:00] - mig: sorry, not intentional. i only do trade stuff at home when I have the time to really look it over and I was quite busy yesterday. i promise I'll get to it tonight - vinnie
[2004-04-15 11:56:00] - Aaron: Nope. But I agree that it's a good guess. Just so this doesn't drive everyone crazy, I doubt any of you will guess correctly. -Paul
[2004-04-15 11:54:00] - It sounds like something John might say, if I had to guess - aaron
[2004-04-15 11:49:00] - Xpovos: Nope, and I'm very interested in knowing why you thought it was her.
-Paul[2004-04-15 11:48:00] - Paul: I assume that was Katie? -- Xpovos
[2004-04-15 11:41:00] - http://startribune.com/stories/1762/4723178.html I really hope that girl did something to deserve those medals -Paul
[2004-04-15 11:34:00] - vinnie: respond to my damn trade! (though if you are ignoring it inentionally i do admit i deserve that treatment.) - mig
[2004-04-15 11:11:00] - mel: do you want a color? or is red fine? ~a
[2004-04-15 10:06:00] - http://www.tax.state.va.us/ - pierce
[2004-04-15 10:06:00] - May 3rd, apparently; though I don't know whether that's the due date or the postmark due date. - pierce
[2004-04-15 09:57:00] - Paul: No. Apparently they're not due until May 1st - aaron
[2004-04-15 09:55:00] - Aaron: You haven't done your state taxes yet? -Paul
[2004-04-15 09:50:00] - I'm glad someone at work casually mentioned state taxes. Somehow i thought that after telefiling, I was done with the whole tax process - aaron
[2004-04-15 09:44:00] - Pierce: I once told somebody I was going to give them a tongue-lashing and their response was, "Oohhh, promise?" -Paul
[2004-04-15 09:44:00] - Pierce: I was the one who put the title up today (didn't do it before). -Paul
[2004-04-15 09:42:00] - happy b'day pierce! - vinnie
[2004-04-15 09:40:00] - pierce: I'm the one who corrected the title to misspell your name! - aaron
[2004-04-15 09:23:00] - pierce: actually no. - mig
[2004-04-15 09:22:00] - Has the term "tongue lashing" never seemed like much of a punishment to anybody else? - pierce
[2004-04-15 09:21:00] - mig: thank you! were you the one who put the original title up there? - pierce
[2004-04-15 09:14:00] - All I have to say is that my insurance better go down a lot when I turn 25 or else somebody is getting an tongue lashing. -Paul
[2004-04-15 09:12:00] - Xpovos: I'm 100% with you regarding only having auto-insurance because the law requires me to. I'll bet that even if I get into a couple of accidents in my life, I would save a bunch of money by NOT having auto-insurance. -Paul
[2004-04-15 09:12:00] - Mel: I feel a lot better now that somebody else my age with a newish car on their own plan and a perfect driving record is paying about as much as I do. Don't you think that's kinda high, though? -Paul
[2004-04-15 08:14:00] - dave: sounds like a terrible idea. - mig
[2004-04-15 08:13:00] - happy birthday pierce. - mig
[2004-04-15 07:41:00] - "A campaign fact sheet said Kerry could pay for the plan, whose cost the campaign estimated at $13 billion over 10 years, by ending the guaranteed profit for banks on student loans. " -dave
[2004-04-15 07:41:00] - Good or Bad?: "..announcement by Kerry's campaign of an expanded plan for national service that seeks to put 500,000 young Americans in service to the country. For those who give two full years of service, Kerry would have the federal government pay the cost of four years of in-state college tuition." -dave
[2004-04-14 23:51:00] - now it will. - pierce
[2004-04-14 22:45:00] - pierce: yep, bug fixed, but your title won't go down in history. ~a
[2004-04-14 21:30:00] - interestingly enough, my insurance hasn't gone up through my 2 tickets and reckless. It's because my insurance company doesn't really checkup on you until you get into an accident and they have to pay something. They do random checks otherwise -dave
[2004-04-14 19:43:00] - Xpovos: I agree, the type of car you drive and whetehr you have tickets or not really doesn't seem to affect insurance as much as our age (and gender) -Mel
[2004-04-14 18:48:00] - Sadly, my ticket/accident don't seem to have affected my overal insurance cost significantly. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-14 18:47:00] - For reference, I pay ~1200 a year to insure myself with the bare minimum on my Sundance. Since if I get in (another) accident, there's little point in trying to claim any damages out of it. If it weren't required by state law (alternative, $1000 a year of uninsured motorist fees) I would not be insured. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-14 18:45:00] - Paul: Welcome to the wonderful world of insuring young male drivers who aren't married. The good news is, you can drive pretty much any car you want and the rate doesn't get changed much. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-14 18:44:00] - Travis: It's something I do, and have done in almost all my posts here. -- Xpovos
[2004-04-14 18:32:00] - My 1995 Jeep Wrangler used to be about $600 per year -just- for limited liability. Even though the car itself was worth a few thousand at most. -Mel
[2004-04-14 18:30:00] - Paul: I pay about $1300 per year for my 2001 Toyota Corolla and I have a perfect driving record. I am insured by myself, not with my Dad. i think that's just how much it costs if you are young (<25). - Mel
[2004-04-14 17:21:00] - Travis: No, I haven't been able to find anybody that qualifies. -Paul
[2004-04-14 17:14:00] - Paul: have you compared your auto insurance rate to other guys our age? sounds like most of us are still in our parents' plans and i thought you weren't (i'll be paying my own next time it's due) - travis
[2004-04-14 17:12:00] - s/"but is your"/"but does your"
[2004-04-14 17:12:00] - Xpovos: i never noticed, but is your signature automatically put two dashes or is that something you do? - travis
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