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[2004-06-15 11:47:50] - mig: I invest in index funds (mutual funds that track stock exchange indices like the Dow or the S&P500 ) -dave
[2004-06-15 11:45:31] - mig: I would think the tradeoffs would be the same as stock / mutual fund investments, since that's what the 401k investments are in the end -dave
[2004-06-15 11:14:24] - aaron: hahaha. very clever - vinnie
[2004-06-15 10:54:43] - aaron: put some cream on it, and get one of those donut pillows to sit on. - pierce
[2004-06-15 10:49:10] - aaron: very nice. - pierce
[2004-06-15 10:46:36] - oh no! my assets have been frozen - aaron
[2004-06-15 10:43:55] - * cue economic liquid nitrogen pouring over aaron a la Goldeneye - pierce
[2004-06-15 10:25:35] - pierce: Pssht. I've lived this long without losing thousands of dollars to an unstable economy. I'm economically invincible! - aaron
[2004-06-15 10:24:45] - Mig: What options are you given? -Paul
[2004-06-15 10:15:26] - aaron: yeah, because we're young enough to fall for that
- pierce[2004-06-15 10:14:28] - mig: At our age i've been told it's best to put it in the highest interest/highest risk plan they offer - aaron
[2004-06-15 10:14:15] - Mig: I'm invested in the Fidelity Freedom Fund 2040. -Paul
[2004-06-15 10:11:20] - anyone know what's are good investment options for 401ks? - mig
[2004-06-15 10:00:13] - Dave: I don't think so, IMHO. -Paul
[2004-06-15 09:59:39] - Dave: Ah, ok. To be honest I've only seen that one picture of her so I can't really say how attractive she is until I see more pictures of her. Preferrably more clothed than that. -Paul
[2004-06-15 09:59:21] - Paul: interesting comment, just because she wore a transparent dress, does that make it more likely that she is attractive? -dave
[2004-06-15 09:56:39] - Paul: yeah I knew she wore a transparent dress to Cannes. Somehow I didn't connect the two when I saw her in one of Kerry's adds tho -dave
[2004-06-15 09:39:00] - Paul: thanks! <files that tidbit away for the future legal proceedings> - prosecution
[2004-06-15 09:25:05] - I, for one, didn't know that older men impregnating underage girls was that common a phenomenon and so now that I've learned that (thanks to that ad campaign) I could see how somebody like me could see it as more acceptable to have sex with an underage girl now. -Paul
[2004-06-15 09:23:36] - Pierce: Oh, I just think that it won't affect the people who are already having sex with underage girls and it might get encourage others to think about it (or at least not think it's as taboo as they previously though). -Paul
[2004-06-15 09:20:02] - Paul: you mean by encouraging junior high school boys to get their girlfriends pregnant? Or by making the older men use "alternative" forms of sex with no risk of pregnancy? Or by doing nothing about the statuatory rape issue, but just encouraging condom use or something? How do you think it will backfire? - pierce
[2004-06-15 09:16:49] - So people don't think you mistyped the quote. - pierce
[2004-06-15 09:16:31] - [sic] means there's an error in the original quote, and you're indicating that it's not a transcription error. - pierce
[2004-06-15 09:10:21] - http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38948 looks like WND is stepping up its smear campaign on Kerry. - mig
[2004-06-15 09:09:09] - dave: I was under the impression that "sic" meant that some words in a quotation were omitted, or rephrased to make it easier to read. - aaron
[2004-06-15 08:42:47] - Dave: I'll bet that campaign to reduce underage female pregnancy by older men backfires. -Paul
[2004-06-15 08:20:59] - Dave: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn?stage=1&word=sic -Paul
[2004-06-15 08:20:05] - Dave: You didn't hear about how Kerry's daughter showed up to the Cannes film festival wearing a fairly transparent dress? -Paul
[2004-06-15 08:19:00] - Aaron: Yeah, I might even say top 1% in the United States. I can't think of much else I would want improved in terms of my early life.Most of the mistakes were my own. -Paul
[2004-06-15 08:18:06] - Dave: No, I totally agree with you (regarding the sound business decisions). It's also true that the females probably couldn't do the work I was doing as efficiently as I was. -Paul
[2004-06-15 07:51:02] - http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040615.wkarp0615_2/BNStory/International/ as expected, the USGov's handling of this prison scandal is pretty dispicable. - mig
[2004-06-15 07:47:53] - http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2081 Dual core Opteron "taped out" -dave
[2004-06-15 07:47:00] - were we talking about Linux bugs? http://reviewed.homelinux.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/index.html.en crash the Linux kernel without root privileges -dave
[2004-06-15 07:42:28] - what does [sic] mean ? -dave
[2004-06-15 07:37:01] - Oh, and Kerry's daughter is pretty cute ^_^ -dave
[2004-06-15 07:36:27] - I wonder how wise that plan is, since it seems like everyone agrees the economy is doing well and that it still hasn't helped Bush much yet -dave
[2004-06-15 07:35:38] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41726-2004Jun14.html Kerry Will Hit Bush Harder on Economy -dave
[2004-06-15 07:27:37] - poor junior high school boys, get all the girls stolen from them ^_^ -dave
[2004-06-15 07:27:18] - " men older than 21 are three times as likely to father children with junior high school girls than are junior high school boys" -dave
[2004-06-15 07:26:47] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41683-2004Jun14.html campaign in Northern VA to stop men from having sex with underage girls -dave
[2004-06-15 07:19:37] - Paul: another thing that may factor in (although I think this one is more of a stretch) is that females generally have better social skills, so that would make them generally more suited to dealing with customers as well -dave
[2004-06-15 07:18:12] - Paul: no one wants to see an ugly guy at the cash register, whereas everyone wants to see the pretty girl ^_^ -dave
[2004-06-15 07:15:37] - Paul: you know, although I do think they probably discriminate in retail, they may have sound business reasons for doing so. For example, having attractive females employees as the ones who interface with the customers probably increases sales -dave
[2004-06-14 18:23:28] - man, why are they interrupting the simpsons to talk about weather in maryland? ~a
[2004-06-14 17:49:17] - paul: 5% nationwide, 1% worldwide - aaron
[2004-06-14 17:46:24] - bye Paul. -mel
[2004-06-14 17:44:46] - Well, I think it's time for me to go home and see if I can learn ASP.NET in one day.
Bye all. -Paul[2004-06-14 17:41:10] - Vinnie:
-Paul[2004-06-14 17:40:53] - Yeah, but like I said, it's not a big deal. I'm probably in the top 5% in terms of having a lucky life so far so I'm definitely not complaining. -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:40:33] - cry for me then! the painting was hard work!
- vinnie[2004-06-14 17:36:22] - Paul: No crying, don't worry.
Yeah, I see what you mean, it seems like that is typical in retail. -mel[2004-06-14 17:32:47] - Don't cry for me, message board patrons.
-Paul[2004-06-14 17:31:36] - Aaron: Like I said, it really wasn't one of those ugly discrimination things in my mind. It was just somewhat understood that the guys worked in the back doing the dirty work and manual labor (taking out trash, loading and unloading trucks, stacking the kitty litter and charcoal, etc) while the women worked the register and the like. -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:30:31] - I had a similar thing happen at service merchandise, where the guys had to do painting and stuff while the girls didn't. I suspect it happens a bit in retail - vinnie
[2004-06-14 17:27:18] - paul: That stinks. At blockbuster everybody had about equal duties, so I never saw that uglier side of retail i guess - aaron
[2004-06-14 17:23:24] - It's not a big deal, though, and it's not something I particularly want to make an issue out of. -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:20:38] - But it seemed fairly obvious to me that women had things a lot easier there then the guys did. -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:19:57] - I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, because there were good reasons for it (the women probably couldn't do the heavy lifting job as well as I could) and I don't mean to imply that I was necessarily more qualified than the women who get the easy jobs were. -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:19:06] - Mel: Well, if you want specifics, the best example is probably when I worked at Giant and was pretty much eternally stuck as the heavy lifting grunt and getting passed over for the easier (and sometimes better paying) jobs like working the cash register or being a pharmacy technician. -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:11:19] - Paul: either/both, whatever you feel like sharing. -mel
[2004-06-14 17:06:34] - Mel: You mean in an official capacity on a professional level? -Paul
[2004-06-14 17:01:55] - Paul: how were you discriminated against? if you don't want to answer, thats fine. -mel
[2004-06-14 16:51:22] - Pierce: Both, if I correctly interpret what you're asking. -Paul
[2004-06-14 16:48:32] - Paul: in an official capacity, or in a personal capacity within a work environment? - pierce
[2004-06-14 16:48:27] - Vinnie: Wow, I must be losing my touch if you thought of that and I didn't
-Paul[2004-06-14 16:45:41] - he can't go in the women's bathroom for one - vinnie
[2004-06-14 16:44:46] - Pierce: If you mean have I ever felt discriminated against at work for being a male, then yes. -Paul
[2004-06-14 16:42:21] - If you can dodge making a ruling regarding the constitutionality of reciting of the pledge of allegiance in public schools, you can dodge a ball - coach
[2004-06-14 16:42:20] - Paul: I should've been more specific. Heve you ever felt personally discriminated against on a professional or official level as a result of being male? - pierce
[2004-06-14 16:41:27] - Vinnie: Meh, not really anybody's bad since I never said I was shifting gears. Just a miscommunication.
-Paul[2004-06-14 16:39:03] - oh, my bad. I didn't realize you were talking about something else - vinnie
[2004-06-14 16:36:57] - Vinnie: I think both, but I feel less positive in the result being different. -Paul
[2004-06-14 16:36:13] - paul: all I was claiming was the result would be the same, since below you seemed to think it would affect the outcome - vinnie
[2004-06-14 16:17:39] - Vinnie: Maybe the end result would be the same, but I guarantee that it would've gotten more media attention. -Paul
[2004-06-14 16:16:37] - I agree with aaron. I don't think it would've made a difference really - vinnie
[2004-06-14 16:12:49] - Aaron: I gathered as much, based on your "zero penis" comment.
-Paul[2004-06-14 16:09:26] - Pierce: Yes, many times. -Paul
[2004-06-14 16:07:44] - Paul: just out of curiosity, have you ever encountered a situation where you felt personally discriminated against as a result of being male instead of female? - pierce
[2004-06-14 16:07:23] - paul: If the father was the legal guardian, but the mother tried to sue on behalf of her daughter? I don't know - i think it would be about the same - aaron
[2004-06-14 16:05:50] - Dave: I don't think the Supreme Court is necessarily dodging the issue, I just think that things would be a little different if the father and mother were switched. -Paul
[2004-06-14 16:01:14] - Regardless of what you may believe about the validity of "one-guardian-as-legal-representative", that's not the issue that the Supreme Court wanted to answer at this time (and is not the key judicial of the Newdow case). - pierce
[2004-06-14 16:00:08] - Dave: I agree with you, I'm not sure this is really a "dodge" of the issue. Unfortunately, if they decided the separation of church and state issue right now, they would set a precedent that the one-guardian-as-legal-representative law is nullable. Then any secondary guardians could start suing on behalf of their kids. - pierce
[2004-06-14 15:56:51] - Paul: and yes the supreme court is sorta dodging the issue, but I don't think they just made up an excuse, I think they're basically saying, no we're not going to allow you to use some random instance to dredge up this issue -dave
[2004-06-14 15:56:11] - ... Rather than selecting exactly one representative guardian. - pierce
[2004-06-14 15:55:57] - Paul: which makes sense since the whole point of having the distinction between child and adult is that supposedly the child does not know better -dave
[2004-06-14 15:55:42] - Regarding suing on behalf of a child, I think it would make sense for both parents to be valid legal representatives (and no one else). Then, if one of the parents shows themselves to be unfit, then a court could actively revoke that status. - pierce
[2004-06-14 15:54:22] - Aaron: if the child has an opinion at all, I think Newdow could claim it as support for his argument no matter what it is... if the kid doesn't want to say "under god", then the conclusion is obvious. If the kid does, then Newdow could claim that the government sponsor of that clause established religious devotion in his child. - pierce
[2004-06-14 15:45:57] - Aaron: I think the state tends to look to see what the primary guardian says first and only considers what the child wants secondly, if at all. -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:45:08] - Aaron: Firefox has broken for me before too. In an annoying way, too. -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:41:10] - Huh! Firefox broke a little? Don't do that again - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:40:31] - Paul: I presume it would make a difference to you. But what do you think the state would say
[2004-06-14 15:38:11] - Aaron: Make a difference to me? Or to the state? -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:36:43] - Paul: In the article, I don't remember reading whether or not the child wanted to recite the pledge. Would it make a difference if the child agreed with the mother? - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:31:54] - Aaron: It just seems terribly flawed to make it so that basically only one person can sue on behalf of a child like that. -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:28:08] - Well, somebody has to be able to sue on behalf of children, so yeah i guess they just picked the most obvious person. - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:21:51] - Aaron: I guess it just seems odd to me that you can seemingly only be the official "guardian" of a child in order to ask the government to step in to help on the behalf of the child. It makes a twisted, circular, sense, I suppose. -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:19:13] - paul: How about a grandfather, or an uncle? I don't know - i guess suing for your child is kind of weird in any circumstance - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:18:15] - Aaron: I don't see much of a problem with it. You still care about your child whether the government sees fit to grant you primary guardianship or not so it seems reasonable to want to be able to sue on their behalf. I can understand why the government doesn't like it though. -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:15:10] - But yes i was also trying to acknowledge that in general custody goes to the mother.... okay well at least i got that across somewhat. Although i'm sure there are sometimes where a perfectly well-adjusted mother may not be awarded custody of her children. - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:14:13] - That was a little loaded. I guess what i'm mostly trying to say is that a secondary guardian trying to petition for their son or daughter always seems a little iffy to me - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:13:51] - Aaron: I suppose that's true. In order for the mother not to be the primary guardian there would have to be some MAJOR reasons for it which would probably also prohibit the courts from taking her seriously in such a lawsuit. -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:11:04] - paul: I think it would make a minor difference at best. If the mother were negligent enough to not be awarded primary guardianship, I don't think the government is going to respect her using her daughter to petition against anything - aaron
[2004-06-14 15:09:55] - Aaron: Regardless of the number of penii that the mother and father possess, I think it would make a big difference if the mom was the one campaigning against the pledge (even if she was somehow not the primary guardian). -Paul
[2004-06-14 15:04:08] - Paul: Like the father himself said, he spends 10 days a month with her. He's not her primary guardian. I don't think it would matter if he had zero penises or ten penises. - aaron
[2004-06-14 14:59:53] - http://www.lewrockwell.com/wallace/wallace139.html Might've been posted before, but here is a short history of the pledge of allegiance. -Paul
[2004-06-14 14:55:06] - Aaron: I'll bet money that the court wouldn't have dared done this if it was the mother that was complaining instead of "just" the father. -Paul
[2004-06-14 14:51:35] - It's like the IRS mailing me back my tax forms because i use the wrong color ink. I mean how many years until a nuclear family brings forth their kids saying they don't want to have to feign acceptance of a god while in public schools? Then they'll just have to have another court case.... It seems like they're just delaying the inevitable - aaron
[2004-06-14 14:50:35] - paul: I saw that. I was kind of annoyed! It seemed like they dismissed it on the grounds that they don't really care what the father says because he's barely her dad or something.... so what though? It's still a pertinent issue - aaron
[2004-06-14 14:48:09] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5208621/?GT1=3584 Court dismisses pledge suit -Paul
[2004-06-14 14:47:28] - I always use shift or ctrl to wake up my screensaver. It used to be inconsistent whether or not the key you typed to wake up was passed on to the frontmost application, so I got in the habit of hitting keys that I knew would do nothing in and of themselves. - pierce
[2004-06-14 14:05:08] - Aaron: Perhaps a better way of putting it is if you like his movies, you shouldn't vote for him.
-Paul[2004-06-14 13:58:03] - So if i don't like his movies.... i should elect him governor! - aaron
[2004-06-14 13:57:26] - paul: Awww
well okay. That's kind of a weird situation to be in, as a voter - aaron[2004-06-14 13:37:51] - Aaron: I think he filmed that before he was elected because he said he wouldn't be filming anything while in office. -Paul
[2004-06-14 13:34:50] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/14/people.schwarzenegger.ap/index.html Schwarznegger cameos in a movie. I'm glad his political career didn't stop him from continuing to show up in movies! - aaron
[2004-06-14 12:37:13] - Aaron: Yeah, I suppose it makes a little bit of sense.
-Paul[2004-06-14 12:36:26] - paul: Hehe! that's it. I thought it was funny - this way you can set your desktop to a screenshot of the fabulous "marquee" screensaver if you like - aaron
[2004-06-14 12:34:19] - Aaron: Print Screen. -Paul
[2004-06-14 12:32:47] - So shift is wrong. It's really a very unusual key! - aaron
[2004-06-14 12:32:13] - paul: The shift key wakes up my screensaver at least. I'm just using the standard microsoft screensavers though. I suppose third party screensavers can wake up on any keys they feel like which kind of breaks my contest! - aaron
[2004-06-14 12:30:35] - Aaron: But my guess is the shift key. -Paul
[2004-06-14 12:25:55] - aaron: On my computer, you can press the left and right arrow keys to scroll through pictures in the screensaver and it doesn't turn it off. -Paul
[2004-06-14 12:21:38] - Tee hee. I just figured out there's one key you can press in Windows XP which doesn't stop the screensaver from running. You must guess it! - aaron
[2004-06-14 11:49:05] - wow, that's a strange ruling, isn't it? - vinnie
[2004-06-14 11:43:05] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40329-2004Jun14.html supreme court rules that state taxes can be challenged in federal court -dave
[2004-06-14 11:42:55] - And about "real" dollar stores - I think Springfield Mall has a "Mr. Dollar" which sells everything $1.00 and below. It's a good place to go for water. (mall water = expensivo) - aaron
[2004-06-14 11:42:29] - aaron: hehe, yeah. That'll be next I'm sure -dave
[2004-06-14 11:39:56] - In other news, the RIAA has demanded all radio/cassette players have their "record" buttons removed - aaron
[2004-06-14 10:33:32] - http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2033 RIAA targets digital radio -dave
[2004-06-14 09:50:56] - it's like a really bad fantasy series - vinnie
[2004-06-14 09:50:24] - i'm not familar with it either, but there's so many funny things on that map. invading berserkers? (continually invading, I suppose?) the miggit swarm monster? the great void (which appears to have a chalk outline inside of it)? - vinnie
[2004-06-14 09:42:29] - "sponge fog?" i'm not so familiar with thundercats. What is sponge fog? - aaron
[2004-06-14 09:40:21] - hahahaha http://thundercats.vpga.com/artwork/view_artwork.asp?image=map.jpg - vinnie
[2004-06-14 09:37:14] - aaron: it is their full-time job - vinnie
[2004-06-14 09:36:59] - a: so get a soundcard already. hasn't your aim profile been complaining about that for like six months? sound cards are cheap, too. - pierce
[2004-06-14 09:29:41] - and h*r isn't nearly as funny without sound. ~a
[2004-06-14 09:29:16] - i don't have a soundcard. ~a
[2004-06-14 09:27:32] - pierce: I saw those. It was a lot of animation and characters and extra for a one week period! I swear they must have a whole team working on this stuff now. No way two guys could do this, unless maybe it was like - their full-time job. - aaron
[2004-06-14 01:00:35] - I don't know if you guys still check h*r, but these are really funny: http://homestarrunner.com/cheatcommando.html and http://homestarrunner.com/cheatcereal.html - pierce
[2004-06-13 18:10:01] - The rhino one is hilarious to me! Two legs and two wheels. I guess kind of like a wheelbarrow! Very strange - aaron
[2004-06-13 13:44:21] - the dolphin one is excellent. looks more like a 3D model than a photoshop! - vinnie
[2004-06-13 11:40:02] - The first ten or so are really good. It's sorted by ranking so don't bother going through all six pages hoping to find a really good one later on! - aaron
[2004-06-13 11:34:47] - http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=2944&display=photoshop#entries animals photoshopped to have robot parts! i thought this contest was pretty cool - aaron
[2004-06-11 16:41:54] - Vinnie: Ah, ok. Well, the important thing seems to be how hard it's raining when we play. -Paul
[2004-06-11 16:39:20] - no, it got damper. remember I checked around 4:00 last week and it looked ok then it got worse? i was comparing now to 4:00 last week - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:29:21] - Vinnie: Uh oh, conflicting information. How can it be more damp out there than last time? The court was as wet as it could've gotten.
-Paul[2004-06-11 16:29:13] - also a lot darker. but I wouldn't mind trying it and then giving up if it gets too bad - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:28:35] - Mig: Cool then, I'll be at the court a little early to practice my shot then. See you there. -Paul
[2004-06-11 16:28:35] - it does look pretty damp out there, much more than it did at the same time last week - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:25:45] - paul: i don't see why not. it's not raining as much as it was last week. - mig
[2004-06-11 16:24:58] - Any idea if we're still going to give basketball a try tonight? It's raining here, but lightly enough that we could play through it. -Paul
[2004-06-11 16:24:57] - if it's not all candy, it looks like all candy! - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:24:28] - mel: the photo on there is excellent! - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:15:26] - vinnie: according to their website they are located primarily in central and southern CA, and also in Nevada, Arizona, and Texas. Conveniently the states with large Hispanic populations. -mel
[2004-06-11 16:14:33] - vinnie: Its turns out the 99 cent stores I go to are part of a chain called the "99 cent only" stores http://www.99only.com/ -mel
[2004-06-11 16:10:48] - mel: that's cool. I don't think they exist around here anymore - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:09:35] - vinnie: There are still 99 cent stores over here in CA. Usually theyr are located in poorer neighborhoods but everything inside really is 99 cents. -mel
[2004-06-11 16:08:51] - pierce: quite sucky. here's hoping you don't get too delayed - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:07:58] - haha, are there any 99 cent stores left anyway? last two I've been to were 99 cents (and up!) stores. "thanks jackass, what store doesn't fit that criteria?" - vinnie
[2004-06-11 16:06:14] - that's a bit more than 99 cents - vinnie
[2004-06-11 15:33:20] - vinnie: The CA 99 cents stores ran an ad in the LA Times selling a gallon of mars water for something like $999,999. -mel
[2004-06-11 15:32:25] - vinnie: I know! Gas prices have a far bigger effect than I had imagined. -mel
[2004-06-11 15:31:56] - pierce: wow, what a domino effect. I hope you make it back home at a reasonable hour. -mel
[2004-06-11 15:14:06] - i have to wake up very early tomorrow to go to iowa, so count me out too. ~a
[2004-06-11 15:01:32] - mel: I'm sitting in Fort Wayne Airport, my flight is delayed. And the later I leave, the more likely it is that I'll miss my flight in Chicago, which means the more likely it is that my flight into Reagan will hit those T-storms. - pierce
[2004-06-11 14:30:08] - Count me out for basketball today. My stomach's still feeling a little bit crazy. I don't think jumping up and down is going to be a good thing today. - aaron
[2004-06-11 14:27:14] - on a related note, they need to sell gallons of gasoline at the 99 cent stores - vinnie
[2004-06-11 14:26:35] - mel: interesting that it affects things like walmart and 99 cent stores that much - vinnie
[2004-06-11 14:14:03] - http://www.forbes.com/personalfinance/2004/05/19/cz_bc_0518sf.html Gas pump winner and losers. Southwest locked 80% of their fuel for 2004 at $24 a barrel. Other airlines have to put up with increased gas prices. -mel
[2004-06-11 14:11:38] - mig: ah, I see. yeah, weather.com shows some rain moving in, you're right. -mel
[2004-06-11 14:10:10] - mig: where were rge big storms forecasted for? Northern VA? -mel
[2004-06-11 14:06:20] - mel: the supposed big storms that were forecasted for today might have something to do with it - mig
[2004-06-11 14:04:47] - pierce: whats up with delays? -mel
[2004-06-11 13:55:15] - paul: I love fridays because I get work done! - vinnie
[2004-06-11 13:39:36] - Grrr... stupid delays. - pierce
[2004-06-11 13:38:31] - Yeah, you guys are nothing without me.
-Paul[2004-06-11 13:29:02] - I'm glad he gave credit to Cartoon Network. They seem to know where to put shows so that I get to watch them if I want to (unlike FOX) - aaron
[2004-06-11 13:27:49] - basketbalk with me like lovers do (shoo bop) - aaron
[2004-06-11 13:23:02] - the article is even dated march 3, and reminds the reader of the rumors started last november - travis
[2004-06-11 13:21:38] - a: yes, yes, this has been common knowledge for some time now. - mig
[2004-06-11 13:14:21] - http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13622,00.html?tnews @!#!@$!%!! ~a
[2004-06-11 13:06:29] - mig: get that stuck in your head instead - vinnie
[2004-06-11 13:06:06] - *here comes the rain again, falling on the court, makes it slippery* - vinnie
[2004-06-11 13:02:53] - ugh, they played the benny hill theme on the radio and now i can't get the damn tune out of my head... - mig
[2004-06-11 10:59:14] - *rerun. although reran sounds ok too - vinnie
[2004-06-11 10:58:49] - what's even stranger about the kimmel thing was that they ran a reran in its place. I mean, the comments were made, really airing a new show vs. an old show does little - vinnie
[2004-06-11 10:53:57] - Does anybody know how to contact sam? I forget his e-mail address. Should we tell him about basketball even if it's likely going to be rained out? - aaron
[2004-06-11 10:53:31] - vinnie: I'm sticking to government cheese for now - aaron
[2004-06-11 10:50:54] - pierce, you travel too much! - vinnie
[2004-06-11 10:50:39] - I await your rational responses to my arguments - vinnie
[2004-06-11 10:50:31] - and I'm travelling as of soon, so I'm not going to be active either. - pierce
[2004-06-11 10:49:59] - I'll try my best to generate arguments in his absence. mig, you suck! a, you're dumb! aaron, get a brain! - vinnie
[2004-06-11 10:48:56] - s/don't//
[2004-06-11 10:48:41] - well todays going to be slow since i don't think paul is off today. - mig
[2004-06-11 10:47:39] - I found a new pair though, so I'm ok. and I found some other people so I'm not the only poster left - vinnie
[2004-06-11 10:39:44] - a: He dropped his glasses - aaron
[2004-06-11 10:36:23] - vinnie: why can't you see your typos? ~a
[2004-06-11 10:02:25] - http://andpop.com/article/3253 - mig
[2004-06-11 09:50:09] - looks like bad basketball rain today - aaron
[2004-06-11 09:47:33] - do yhu have a link, mmig? - vinnie
[2004-06-11 09:43:19] - people are such weenies today. - mig
[2004-06-11 09:41:00] - jesus, did anyone hear that Jimmy Kimmell got his show pulled by ABC after his comments during halftime in game 2. absafuckingludicrous. - mig
[2004-06-11 09:32:20] - (I canlt see my typos_) - vinnie
[2004-06-11 09:31:53] - no, that;s nor fair!tjatls not fair! -vimmie
[2004-06-11 09:28:06] - /me drops glasses
[2004-06-11 09:27:59] - i'm the last poster left... - vinnie
[2004-06-11 08:34:18] - anyone see the absolute routing last night? sweet sweet D (and bad O) - vinnie
[2004-06-11 08:33:51] - but that wasn't me - vinnie
[2004-06-11 08:33:43] - some are funny - vinnie
[2004-06-11 08:17:23] - I don't understand the random posting of old comments. - pierce
[2004-06-11 02:09:09] - you watched it you can't unwatch it
[2004-06-11 02:07:26] - melll
[2004-06-11 02:04:36] - I clicked on the link in Pierce's profile! -stolenbyme
[2004-06-11 00:27:08] - ij too!
[2004-06-11 00:27:01] - uj
[2004-06-10 22:54:46] - Sony 32" projection: 1200 $ on e-bay i mean best buy. and by projection i mean crt. sck it! - aaron- aaron
[2004-06-10 22:52:21] - mesnage board!
[2004-06-10 22:25:52] - mig: Well, I think I can get along with liberals fine too. It doesn't depend as much on the politics as it depends on the disposition. -Paul
[2004-06-10 22:22:10] - paul: heh, i was about to mention that, but i know you get along with conservatives a lot better than i do. - mig
[2004-06-10 22:00:55] - Mel: You were worried that we might think you were browsing dating sites at work so you tell us you were browsing that site instead? I think that's a step down.
-Paul[2004-06-10 21:56:45] - Mel: Thanks for the links, but I'm not a conservative and the libertarian one isn't really a match-making service. -Paul
[2004-06-10 21:29:20] - vinnie: I thought you were asking about general LCD projection prices, I was showing the high end. I don't think we should spend that much either. - pierce
[2004-06-10 20:45:29] - mel: gah, I haven't heard of like any of the people I'm supposed to have been influenced by - vinnie
[2004-06-10 20:25:27] - Something more libertarian in concept: The Intellectual Matchmaker. http://www.free-market.net/imm/ -mel
[2004-06-10 20:19:37] - <crickets> -mel
[2004-06-10 20:19:29] - default that is. -mel
[2004-06-10 20:19:21] - wow, I like the new dafult color. Much less scary than red..
-mel[2004-06-10 20:19:03] - default:
[2004-06-10 20:16:56] - pierce: interesting, thanks. From the links you posted, plasma seems like its still really expensive. I can't justify spending over $1000 on a Tv right now. -mel
[2004-06-10 20:15:59] - vinnie: haha. thats's funny. I got the link from the bush-zombiereagan site in the title. I wasn't specifically looking for a dating site in my spare time while at work (particularly not a conservative one).
-mel[2004-06-10 19:28:50] - limbaugh, not the prog-rock band - vinnie
[2004-06-10 19:28:34] - mel: heh, conservativematch is endorsed by rush - vinnie
[2004-06-10 19:23:43] - http://www.nexnix.co.uk/pds/plasma_ref.htm 30,000 hr. lifespan. i've heard wildly varying comparisons to crt, because I think one is measured in hours of use and the other in time - vinnie
[2004-06-10 19:21:50] - pierchenza: Adrian and I got our TV at Best Buy for a really good price. Uhhhh. I think it was like $1,200 for a 36" or $600 for a 32". I honestly can't remember which one we got, but I thought it was a really great price (especially after looking at a lot of other comparably-sized TVs) - aaron
[2004-06-10 19:19:03] - pierce: yeah, that grand vega is definitely more than I wanted to spend. i'm not even sure about the other one
- vinnie[2004-06-10 19:17:42] - It looks much better than Battlefield Earth to me - vinnie
[2004-06-10 18:46:04] - wow, some critics are saying Chronicles of Riddick is as bad (or worse) than Battlefield Earth, yet it has a better tomatometer score: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheChroniclesofRiddick-1130966/ . Is this just not a movie for critics? http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-03-24&res=l - pierce
[2004-06-10 18:32:05] - mel: but vinnie and I are undoubtedly going to be playing video games on it, so we need something where burn-in is not a significant issue. - pierce
[2004-06-10 18:31:37] - how long plasma tvs actually last is dependent on the model, and I'm not sure of the exact numbers. anyone know? - pierce
[2004-06-10 18:26:17] - mel: plasma has only really had two advantages during its lifespan: (1) it's flat-panel, (2) it has brighter, clearer colors. Rear-projection TVs are catching up on both of those fronts, and have several other advantages: (1) cheaper, (2) much more energy-efficient, and (3) longer-lasting. - pierce
[2004-06-10 18:00:33] - pierce: so what the deal with plasma? How long does it last? Is rear projection better? -mel
[2004-06-10 17:50:27] - "ConservativeMatch is not simply another dating site, we are a real community of people who share conservative values" The women might expect you to pay for thei meal though.
-mel[2004-06-10 17:49:35] - Paul: http://www.conservativematch.com -mel
[2004-06-10 17:47:47] - pierce: I still think rear projection is the way to go if you play any video games - aaron
[2004-06-10 17:41:46] - pierce: i wanted to get a grand wega but couldn't justify its price (and neither could best buy since they only gave me a $1800 credit limit on the card i got from them
) - travis[2004-06-10 17:39:36] - I guess he went home. - pierce
[2004-06-10 17:21:07] - vinnie: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1060003132407&skuId=5899879&productCategoryId=cat03006&type=product , http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1055388007291&skuId=5607006&productCategoryId=cat03006&type=product for example. - pierce
[2004-06-10 17:20:33] - a: we're not really considering plasma, because of the burn in, because of the burn out (they don't last very long), and because they burn electricity like you wouldn't believe. - pierce
[2004-06-10 17:19:43] - mel: no, but I read that one at the time that bug was released just because it was a significant thing. I just went back today because adrian mentioned it. - pierce
[2004-06-10 17:19:13] - plasma has burn in which is very bad for video games (i'm sure you already knew this) ~a
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