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[2004-09-09 07:57:42] - of four "battleground" states, Bush winning two, Kerry one, the last is within 1 percent (4 percent margin of error) -dave
[2004-09-09 07:56:56] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/08/prez.states.poll/index.html Kerry needs to catch up..overcome convention bump -dave
[2004-09-09 07:53:15] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/09/shooting.dog.ap/index.html haha, puppy shoots man, saves his fellow puppies -dave
[2004-09-09 07:39:55] - ack, it combined Wolves into the link. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1877801 -dave
[2004-09-09 07:39:27] - http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1877801Wolves and Spurs apparently after Malone. Which team do you think he would have a better chance at a championship with? -dave
[2004-09-09 07:37:26] - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=309545&cc=5901 wow, we're ranked 10th in soccer? -dave
[2004-09-09 07:32:27] - paul: good article on F-9/11 -dave
[2004-09-09 07:27:57] - mig: out of curiosity, do you believe presidential candidates should be held to a higher standard than normal people, say, a higher standard than you yourself should be held to? -dave
[2004-09-09 07:23:35] - http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=168294 "Joey" apparently a solid show -dave
[2004-09-09 07:23:20] - paul: haha, that's hilarious, I didn't catch at all that it was written by someone named Bambi -dave
[2004-09-09 07:23:01] - mig: well, I agree that it seems like a double standard to a certain extent, but at least some large portion of the country voted to have the president with his finger on the button, whereas anyone at all can have the assault rifles -dave
[2004-09-09 00:34:45] - http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/wake/story/1602779p-7808614c.html welfare program for pigs. - mig
[2004-09-09 00:27:37] - speaking of bfgs and tanks, once again, i don't really understand why people don't have any problem with mass murderers like bush and clinton having their "finger on the button" but get all paranoid when some ordinary person has an "assault rifle". - mig
[2004-09-08 19:38:28] - Mig: But playing chess? -Paul
[2004-09-08 19:33:19] - paul: it's the same principle as the united states harassing people who visit cuba. they are on "economic sanctions" and so anyone who is perceived to help them out economically is considered an enemy of the state. -mig
[2004-09-08 19:30:24] - " Cheney, campaigning in Iowa, said Tuesday that the United States risked suffering another terrorist attack if voters do not reelect George W. Bush in the November 2 presidential election."
[2004-09-08 19:29:36] - http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040908/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_attacks_040908142313 well if you can't convince them to vote for you, scare them into voting for you. - mig
[2004-09-08 19:13:01] - And can anybody tell me why the United States particularly cares that Fischer played a game of chess in Yugoslavia? -Paul
[2004-09-08 19:12:14] - Dave: Am I the only one that thinks it's interesting that the playboy article is written by a woman named Bambi? -Paul
[2004-09-08 17:46:17] - a: Just owning one? I would think the video game Doom has shown us all that letting people own BFGs is necessary to save humanity from demons from hell. -Paul
[2004-09-08 17:45:22] - http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/fahrenheit911/foxcall.htm "Moore’s editing technique of the election night segment is typical of his style: all the video clips are real clips, and nothing he says is, formally speaking, false" -Paul
[2004-09-08 17:19:02] - a: He backed up his movie enough in his own movie - aaron
[2004-09-08 17:16:47] - paul: what about a BFG? ~a
[2004-09-08 17:15:52] - aaron: he's allowed to back up his own movie, isn't he? ~a
[2004-09-08 16:47:37] - http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/09/08/bush_fell_short_on_duty_at_guard/ bush's less than stellar military service record. i wonder if the swift boat veterens will eagerly point these facts out. - mig
[2004-09-08 16:41:41] - Aaron: Sorry, I guess me asking for clarification didn't make much sense. I was probably looking too far ahead and planning my defense before answering the question.
-Paul[2004-09-08 16:41:03] - is anyone else annoyed by how often the word "anti-semite" is just flung around. - mig
[2004-09-08 16:41:01] - a: I don't think it should be a crime just to own those things, no. -Paul
[2004-09-08 15:51:56] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/08/japan.fischer.reut/index.html Fischer wins deportation delay. Plans to marry Japanese woman -dave
[2004-09-08 14:48:53] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5372-2004Sep8.html Genesis' parachutes fail to open, and crashes into the earth (was supposed to be plucked out of the air by a helicopter) -dave
[2004-09-08 14:45:17] - http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B1396A938%2D53B0%2D4F5A%2D83DE%2D0F21A1774BA4%7D&siteid=mktw Playboy considering online dating service 0_o -dave
[2004-09-08 14:12:41] - aaron: unless it is someone who bought up the domain name out of spite and posts lots of things invalidating him ^_^ -dave
[2004-09-08 14:10:43] - a: Hehe. I was like "wow really?" but it's michael moore dot com! It's not like they're going to blast his movie for factual inaccuracies - aaron
[2004-09-08 14:08:09] - paul: Ok. That's what I thought. You confused me when you asked what defined an "assault weapon" because I didn't think it would be relevant to your answer.... - aaron
[2004-09-08 14:05:55] - http://michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/index.php?id=16 michael moore's movie backed up. ~a
[2004-09-08 14:02:42] - paul: and just for further clarification: what about mustard gas, functional nuclear weaponry, or armor piercing bullets? ~a
[2004-09-08 13:54:23] - Dave: I don't think it's right to imprison somebody just because they buy a tank or construct one, no. -Paul
[2004-09-08 13:52:42] - Paul: how much does that view scale? Do you think citizens should be able to own rocket-propelled grenades? tanks? fighter aircraft? -dave
[2004-09-08 13:07:45] - Aaron: Short answer, no. But that doesn't mean that I think that it's a brilliant idea for everybody to own guns. Just that I can't justify forbidding somebody from owning a gun just because it COULD be used to do something bad. -Paul
[2004-09-08 12:59:43] - paul: I don't follow - are there any kinds of guns you think should be outlawed? - aaron
[2004-09-08 12:20:47] - Vinnie: Reminds me of my discard deck.
-Paul[2004-09-08 12:02:03] - vinni: haha, wow,that's pretty cool -dave
[2004-09-08 11:59:54] - paul: most interesting. It's good to know that they are all semi-automatic. I do think the magazine capacity does affect the overall capability/use of the weapon, altho definitely not as much as it being auto vs semi. -dave
[2004-09-08 11:56:22] - I do find it amusing that all these bans always have the exception that you're allowed to bring them to America or make them if you plan on selling it to the government.
-Paul[2004-09-08 11:55:52] - http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mf6 uh oh, more magic mayhem - vinnie
[2004-09-08 11:54:40] - Dave: http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/as/assault_weapons_ban__usa_.html Especially notice the last paragraph of the 'Federal Restrictions' section. -Paul
[2004-09-08 11:54:10] - Dave: Then yes, I think it should be legal to buy assault weapons as defined in the assault weapons ban. -Paul
[2004-09-08 11:49:58] - paul: or guns that have the ak47 type look / operation -dave
[2004-09-08 11:48:44] - Paul: altho I guess those are fully-automatic examples -dave
[2004-09-08 11:47:54] - Paul: yeah, I guess so. My impression is that assault guns are defined as semi-automatic guns with large magazines, like the Uzi or Tec-9 pistol -dave
[2004-09-08 11:37:42] - Dave: At the risk of sounding anal, define assault guns. You mean how the government defines them? -Paul
[2004-09-08 11:36:07] - if clown suits are outlawed, only outlaws will wear clown suits
[2004-09-08 11:27:32] - Paul: you think that it should be legal to buy assault guns yes? -dave
[2004-09-08 11:27:13] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3707-2004Sep7.html assault gun ban nearing its end. -dave
[2004-09-08 09:40:24] - Travis: I think you're right about the first sentence. I don't think the fifth amendment applies to civil cases. -Paul
[2004-09-08 09:39:41] - the fifth amendment only applies to criminal cases or something? why does he have to testify in a civil case but not a criminal case? - travis
[2004-09-07 19:19:17] - It's also nice that she doesn't want to testify so she just drops the criminal case but now her lawyers want to force Bryant to testify. Innocent until proven guilty indeed. -Paul
[2004-09-07 19:18:17] - http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1876696 Right, we're supposed to feel sorry for this anonymous girl for all the bad publicity she's gotten but who cares about Kobe. -Paul
[2004-09-07 18:35:10] - Vinnie: You don't need to say you're not coming.
-Paul[2004-09-07 18:34:55] - I know it's a little early, but who here knows whether or not they will be able to show up for basketball this Friday? -Paul
[2004-09-07 16:48:50] - a: nominees haven't been chosen so conceivably every movie released in 2004 - vinnie
[2004-09-07 16:47:56] - "For me the real Oscar would be Bush's defeat on Nov. 2," awwww - vinnie
[2004-09-07 16:01:18] - who's he up against? ~a
[2004-09-07 15:01:22] - http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=168286 Moore to go for best picture oscar. -Paul
[2004-09-07 13:16:17] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/tv.jeopardy.ap/index.html ken jennings still going strong - aaron
[2004-09-07 09:48:03] - yeah, the chinese gov has always been very controlling over its subjects, so it's not very surprising that they would try to go after porn. - mig
[2004-09-07 09:39:38] - Dave: *Shrug* It makes sense to me. Authoritarian regimes tend to resemble eachother a lot. -Paul
[2004-09-07 09:38:18] - Aaron: Not sure, I'm guessing the reaction was fabricated? -Paul
[2004-09-07 09:33:06] - Paul: It just clashes with with my perception of them, since they don't value human rights very much. Not that the two are intertwined, but that I just think it's bizarre -dave
[2004-09-07 09:31:32] - Paul: I don't know what I think it's bizarre. I guess its because I don't normally think of the Chinese as being moral conservatives. -dave
[2004-09-07 09:30:31] - paul: I don't follow. The candy wrappers actually existed then, but the reaction was fabricated? Or were the wrappers fabricated too? - aaron
[2004-09-07 09:30:24] - Paul: yeah, I know they're just starting out, just giving you an update on its current state -dave
[2004-09-07 09:25:37] - Dave: And why do you think it's bizarre that porn is "illegal" in China? -Paul
[2004-09-07 09:25:15] - Dave: We're probably "friendly" to the Chechens because we sympathize with people trying to declare their independence in other countries. -Pauil
[2004-09-07 09:16:32] - Dave: I'm sure Netflix was equally as unimpressive when it first debuted as well.
-Paul[2004-09-07 09:13:23] - hehe, I love the statement "Chinese media has been sounding increasingly alarmed about the amount of pornography on the internet." -dave
[2004-09-07 09:12:33] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3630400.stm China cracks down on porn. I didn't know that it was "illegal" in China? How bizarre -dave
[2004-09-07 07:49:16] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/09/06/windowsupdate.ap/index.html Check for spyware before installing SP2, apparently some spyware an freeze your computer if you try to install it -dave
[2004-09-07 07:47:27] - anyone know why we are "friendly" to the Chechens? -dave
[2004-09-07 07:46:41] - Putin says he likes Bush, but that the presidential race "is not about personalities". Apparently 7% of Russians support Bush and 25% support Kerry -dave
[2004-09-07 07:46:06] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/07/putin.us/index.html Putin frustrated with the US for Chechens. -dave
[2004-09-07 07:43:39] - the statistic that I thought was interesting was that the percentage of those that think that the war was a mistake dropped 10% points from 48% to 38% -dave
[2004-09-07 07:42:44] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/06/presidential.poll/index.html Bush gets modest bounce. Appears to be doing better -dave
[2004-09-07 07:32:13] - Paul: and they are $2 cheaper a month -dave
[2004-09-07 07:32:03] - Paul: the selection actually appears to be the same as far as movies you can get. Blockbuster also gives you two monthly free movie rental tickets for local blockbusters -dave
[2004-09-07 07:31:22] - Paul: My roomate signed up with Blockbuster's "netflix" service. So far it has been unimpressive. It took 4 days for the movie to get to him vs. the 2 that Netflix takes. Of course we're out here in Blacksburg, so may be different. -dave
[2004-09-07 07:30:00] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5915470/site/newsweek/ Tivo and Netflix may team up to send movies right to your set-top -dave
[2004-09-07 00:12:18] - http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=11314 Story about fruit having sex was a hoax. -Paul
[2004-09-03 20:30:41] - You can trust us completely. My friend here is too young to put a seed in your daughter's belly and I'm of a different species
[2004-09-03 16:37:51] - paul: neat! - aaron
[2004-09-03 16:33:15] - Aaron: I'll be there. -Paul
[2004-09-03 16:30:55] - Who's coming to basketball? - aaron
[2004-09-03 12:52:29] - Dave: Because traditionally France and Muslim countries have gotten along together pretty well. -Paul
[2004-09-03 12:29:24] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57365-2004Sep2.html Kerry getting feisty -dave
[2004-09-03 12:13:39] - Paul: Any particular reason you wouldn't have thought they would piss of Muslim terrorists? -dave
[2004-09-03 12:09:30] - Dave: That seems even worse (that it's an anti-muslim thing). What confuses me is that the terrorists have a halfway legitimate gripe against France here and I never thought I would see the day France pissed off muslim terrorists. -Paul
[2004-09-03 11:54:31] - Paul: oh, and is anyone NOT amused by the fact that the terrorists are threatening France? -dave
[2004-09-03 11:53:46] - Paul: well the article points out that it wasn't so much an anti-religious thing, but pretty much a rule just made up to get the muslims from wearing scarfs. -dave
[2004-09-03 11:53:04] - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,131174,00.html 9 trillion spent in the last 40 years on social programs targeted at those below poverty. That comes out to 225 billion a year. -dave
[2004-09-03 11:45:02] - Dave: It just seems to run so contrary to the entire embracing and tolerant front that France has. I guess their anti-religion feelings won out over their tolerance feelings. -Paul
[2004-09-03 11:44:20] - Paul: not that I think they should necessarily do it, just trying to make a parallel -dave
[2004-09-03 11:43:44] - paul: my guess is that they are trying to preserve some sense of French nationalism or somesuch. I think it's hard for us to relate since the US gets much of its identity from its diversity. Maybe a parallel of sorts would be people in the US attempting to make english mandatory in schools for fear of spanish taking over. -dave
[2004-09-03 11:41:43] - paul: wow, I didn't know so many muslims were in France. -dave
[2004-09-03 11:36:34] - Travis: Maybe because your team just isn't as dominant as my team.
-Paul[2004-09-03 11:31:49] - paul: yes, well, i'm 13-2 in my single player franchise, on a 7 game winning streak, and they have yet to mention my team on that end of show wrap - travis
[2004-09-03 11:23:55] - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,131223,00.html Can anybody explain why France passed this law? -Paul
[2004-09-03 11:22:56] - Travis: I spoke to Andrew and he said basketball was likely out but he thinks he can make it to football (but it's not a sure thing). -Paul
[2004-09-03 11:22:09] - Travis: Don't forget that I'm undefeated too, and the sports media is asking "can anybody stop Green Bay?" -Paul
[2004-09-03 11:00:16] - anyone know if andrew's showing up for this evening so we can continue my season of domination? - travis
[2004-09-03 10:52:20] - Paul: haha, I'm surprised that people didn't figure out the ghost thing sooner. If it was in the US, you'd probably get shot if you tried to scare people and make them think you were a ghost -dave
[2004-09-03 10:51:08] - mig: ahh, yeah I guess I can understand that. But it seems like there are plenty of other books out that would have the same problem, so why change the rules for this one? I know there is similarly an anti-bush book out -dave
[2004-09-03 10:42:58] - it's lose-lose for them, either way i think. - mig
[2004-09-03 10:42:44] - dave: i figure that there was going to be gobs of personal attacks in their reviews, and amazon didn't feel it was worth their time to try and enforce the policiy. And if they ended up having to remove a lot of reviews after the fact, they would end up getting accused of "censorship" - mig
[2004-09-03 10:41:20] - jeez, at least make one of your friends the ghost. otherwise it's like Clark Kent syndrome. "clark I'd like to introduce you to my friend Superman... hey, where'd Clark go?" - vinnie
[2004-09-03 10:29:55] - http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1088602.html Ghostbusting isn't a legitimate career path? There goes my plans for my second career.
-Paul[2004-09-03 10:27:22] - Dave: One more reason why public school just doesn't work.
-Paul[2004-09-03 10:26:30] - Dave: My guess is that they figured since the book itself is basically a personal attack that it would make things easier to allow personal attacks in the reviews (ie, I don't think this was an attempt to help anybody) but I really don't know. -Paul
[2004-09-03 10:11:24] - Paul: I mean, do you really think it's going to help Kerry by having people make personal attacks in a book review? If anything, the best things that could be said to refute the book would be non-personal attacks. It's personal attacks that make you realize how irrational a review or person is -dave
[2004-09-03 10:09:52] - Paul: yeah, I don't get why they did that, it doesn't make any sense to me, regardless of opinion on which candidate is better. -dave
[2004-09-03 10:08:29] - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129543,00.html Taking Sex Ed too far? -dave
[2004-09-03 10:01:59] - Dave: Well, even I could've told them that it wasn't a good idea to allow personal attacks for ONLY that book.
-Paul[2004-09-03 10:00:46] - I don't think it makes a difference either way in whether they let people write personal attack ads for just that book, so I'm slightly surprised Amazon would make a semi-statement by allowing them -dave
[2004-09-03 09:59:42] - I'm amused: "Just days after Amazon.com announced that, despite a policy against it, it would let the public write personal attacks in their online book reviews of the anti-Kerry book "Unfit for Command," and only that book, scores of Amazon customers are now calling for a boycott and threatening to cancel their accounts." -dave
[2004-09-03 09:18:59] - mig: well, as of now, Apple has turned down offers by several people who have asked to license their DRM -dave
[2004-09-03 09:18:16] - mig: real money -dave
[2004-09-03 09:14:18] - Mig: I would assume real money, or else why WOULDN'T you spend money on her? And why else would the designers be trying to figure out a way for girls to spend money on a virtual boyfriend instead of just using sex as currency? -Paul
[2004-09-03 09:09:04] - wait, when they say "spend money on her", do they mean real money or game money? - mig
[2004-09-03 09:05:42] - Dave: I would play that game, although my girlfriend would probably hate me since I wouldn't spend any money on her.
-Paul[2004-09-03 08:59:24] - dave: i'm sure if they paid apple enough they would be able to license the format. - mig
[2004-09-03 07:51:18] - "We're sorry that this isn't easier - unfortunately Apple refuses to allow other companies to integrate with the iPod's proprietary music format. If you are an iPod owner already and unhappy about this policy, you are welcome to send feedback to Apple requesting that they change their interoperability policy. " -dave
[2004-09-03 07:50:40] - MSN music store now open. And has the following amusing quote: To transfer MSN-downloaded music to an iPod, you need to first create a CD with the music, and then you need to import that CD into iTunes. This process will convert the music into a format that can play on the iPod. "-dave
[2004-09-03 07:48:05] - http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3SGZOQBOHMV3SCRBAELCFEY?type=technologyNews&storyID=6136769 Acclaim filing for bankruptcy liquidation -dave
[2004-09-03 07:42:46] - interesting advice given to Tim McGraw "He told me, 'Son, always go hard and fast enough so that when you hit the ditch you can pull out the other side." -dave
[2004-09-03 07:27:44] - paul: already as it is, it's not so great a social statement. Give gf money, she will like you more, regardless of how true or untrue that is, hehe -dave
[2004-09-03 07:26:58] - paul: hehe, wouldn't that be a great social statement? -dave
[2004-09-03 07:26:39] - paul: it might work if the girl took clothes off the more money you gave her, but I doubt that's what they're trying to promote -dave
[2004-09-03 07:26:01] - paul: that's so bizarre, I don't get why any guy would play that game -dave
[2004-09-02 22:42:26] - pierce: no thanks - vinnie
[2004-09-02 19:00:03] - Noodle that one...
- pierce[2004-09-02 18:59:49] - Hmm... do you think people from cultures with Subject-Object-Verb languages are more effective with reverse polish notation calculators and languages than with the infix notation that matches our Subject-Verb-Object language? - pierce
[2004-09-02 17:00:30] - Vinnie: Ah, yes. I remember working with Access. Those were the good old days. -Paul
[2004-09-02 16:44:16] - the only change I made was to a form, no less - vinnie
[2004-09-02 16:43:31] - paul: not really. newer versions are pretty shitty about saving in older formats, even though the option is technically there. I saved the db I'm working on in a "97" format and one of the people who uses it told me a minute later that she got a message telling her to "debug the VB" - vinnie
[2004-09-02 16:32:32] - Vinnie: You need Access 97 specifically? How odd. -Paul
[2004-09-02 16:20:24] - when I installed Office 2K3 it uninstalled Access 97 which I need. i'm not sure why our IT guy didn't just install Access 97... (maybe you can't) - vinnie
[2004-09-02 15:53:42] - Vinnie: Maybe this is a stupid question, but why would you be installing Office 97 on top of Office 2k3 anyway? -Paul
[2004-09-02 15:47:58] - aaaggggghhhh! don't let anyone install Office 97 on top of Office 2K3 on your machine. I can't send e-mail among many other problems - vinnie
[2004-09-02 15:05:48] - Aaron: Well, it also works out because you hold a cell phone in your hand so maybe that's the play on words they were going for. -Paul
[2004-09-02 14:29:26] - paul: The virtual girlfriend part isn't so funny... It's just that they say "help may be at hand...." it's like.... aaaah! is this an intentional pun or just bad word choice - aaron
[2004-09-02 14:06:25] - Travis: Just another example of how anti-male the media is.
-Paul[2004-09-02 14:05:26] - Travis: I may be anti-liberal but I'm not crazy.
-Paul[2004-09-02 14:04:48] - Aaron: Glad I could amuse you.
-Paul[2004-09-02 13:30:39] - the article also seems to imply that girls never do anything distracting in class - travis
[2004-09-02 13:28:44] - paul+mig: yes, i knew/thought all that but i was taking a jab at paul's anti-liberal bias - travis
[2004-09-02 13:16:51] - "For men without a partner, help may be at hand - in the form of a virtual girlfriend." waaaaahahahahaha...... new best quote ever - aaron
[2004-09-02 13:14:20] - "John Kerry, George W. Bush, his father and Al Gore all went to all-boys schools. We don't think that's a coincidence" Best quote ever. - aaron
[2004-09-02 12:55:48] - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/01/nad01.xml&%20%20sSheet=/news/2004/09/01/ixhome.html Car advertisement banned for "normalising guns" -Paul
[2004-09-02 12:24:03] - travis: no it sounds more like a right wing conspiracy to keep boys and girls from knowing about sex. - mig
[2004-09-02 11:47:01] - Travis: Actually, I think it tends to be the liberals that are most against this because it's essentially segregation (see the ACLU's response). -Paul
[2004-09-02 11:36:07] - paul: this is all a clever liberal ploy to turn everyone gay, isn't it?
- travis[2004-09-02 09:59:42] - Travis: I think they're saying boys won't be trying to show off in class to impress the girls because the girls won't be in class to see it. -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:58:46] - Travis: Yeah, as soon as I read the sentence I thought "what an incredibly stupid thing to say". Not only are like half of CG women dark haired, but 99% of them are slim, AND she looks nothing like Lara Croft in "other" areas. -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:54:57] - "Single-sex schools also reduce the pressure to preen for boyfriends or girlfriends" cause, you know, if you're going to a different school than all the girls you'll never want a girlfriend - travis
[2004-09-02 09:52:14] - it's also funny how they want to make a virtual boyfriend but can't think of way to make women spend on a it - travis
[2004-09-02 09:51:28] - paul: woah, exact same thoughts
- travis[2004-09-02 09:50:57] - paul: "The virtual girlfriend is slim and dark-haired, like the Lara Croft character" yeah, that's why lara was popular
- travis[2004-09-02 09:48:51] - "The virtual girlfriend is slim and dark-haired, like the Lara Croft character in the game Tomb Raider, which won a huge male following." I don't think just saying she is slim and dark haired is enough justification for comparing her to Lara Croft. -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:48:08] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3591856.stm Virtual Girlfriend -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:47:00] - http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/35832.php More public schools are segregating the sexes -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:45:37] - http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/0823-PoliceSpri-162154.html Prostitutes use internet to track undercover cops. -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:43:13] - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=12573 "Pregnant Inmate Forced To Undergo Abortion To Be Eligible for Death Penalty in China" -Paul
[2004-09-02 09:23:15] - Dave: Well, it's clearly against the right to have your cell phone go off in libraries.
-Paul[2004-09-02 09:18:55] - dave: things like sound are always a gray area for me where rights are concerned. I guess eventually a loud enough sound will physically hurt me but otherwise it's just annoying, not wrong. I guess I would be against cell phone fines - vinnie
[2004-09-02 08:34:57] - Paul: I was just wondering if anyone felt like putting fines on them going off at certain places was a trampling of some right -dave
[2004-09-02 08:34:15] - Paul: well I have no problems with cell phones, but I do think cell phones going off in class, or in a movie, at a library, etc can be very annoying. -dave
[2004-09-02 08:33:42] - mig: yeah, read that this morning. really kinda bizarre, like the prosecutors didn't know the woman didn't want to testify until now? I think they wanted to dismiess all along, but then didn't want to do it when the press said they would ^_^ -dave
[2004-09-02 08:32:42] - pierce: yeah. it seems like the "of a little girl" is slightly out of place. If the context would have allowed married father of THE little girl, would sound better methinks. -dave
[2004-09-02 08:25:33] - "If convicted, the married father of a little girl could have faced four years to life in prison" does that sentence sound sloppy to anyone else? - pierce
[2004-09-02 07:26:51] - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/ap/20040902/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_bryant_case lakers worry no more. kobe bryant case dropped. - mig
[2004-09-01 22:58:22] - Ok, computer games coming out oct 10. rejoicing!
[2004-09-01 19:20:15] - aaron: the article said he was "under the influence" which means he was either (allegedly) drunk or high. ~a
[2004-09-01 16:39:51] - dave: that story is terrible. I can't help but think the driver must have been inebriated to actually get out of a bloody car without noticing anything was wrong - aaron
[2004-09-01 16:38:42] - Dave: Depends on what you think of cell phones.
-Paul[2004-09-01 16:05:45] - http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2228603 fines for cell phone use / disturbance. Good? Bad? -dave
[2004-09-01 15:53:02] - the guy is driving along, his friend gets decapitated cuz he has his head out the window, and the driver doesn't notice and just goes home and to bed -dave
[2004-09-01 15:52:23] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/01/man.decapitated.ap/index.html oh-my-word -dave
[2004-09-01 14:32:34] - dave: They were on the simpsons about five seasons back. "We need a symbol. Something that says we're republican and gay!" - aaron
[2004-09-01 14:23:31] - how interesting, there's something called the Log Cabin Republicans and it is a gay and lesbian group -dave
[2004-09-01 10:34:50] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/01/james.doohan.ap/index.html Scotty from Trek gets a star on Hollywood sidewalk -dave
[2004-09-01 10:27:04] - paul: we're losing by 2% =/ -dave
[2004-09-01 09:55:32] - http://www.jennaorbarbara.com/ Jenna or Barbara Bush? -Paul
[2004-09-01 09:45:21] - Dave: It's hard to say, but every time I look at it I can't help but think something is wrong with those pictures.
-Paul[2004-09-01 09:44:43] - Aaron: I don't think so. -Paul
[2004-09-01 09:39:37] - That candy was NOT released in the united states..... was it? - aaron
[2004-09-01 09:31:37] - paul: how bizarre. I'm not sure what I would have thought if I had seen those wrappers without any preconceptions -dave
[2004-09-01 09:28:44] - http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B12E62D1A%2D34EF%2D489B%2DB8E8%2DA64BA26F9825%7D&siteid=mktw Interesting. Apparently the price of market contracts can be used to predict outcomes (this one is for pres. election). Apparently it's more accurate than the polls -dave
[2004-09-01 09:24:53] - http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1086492.html Fruity sweet wrappers spark complaint -Paul
[2004-08-31 14:43:14] - Travis: I'm pretty sure you can develop diabetes through bad habits. -Paul
[2004-08-31 14:28:32] - so it's possible but not something you really cause through bad habits (can you develop diabetes through bad habits or is it always in your genes and just shows up at different times?) - travis
[2004-08-31 14:15:59] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_blood_pressure Low Blood Pressure information. -Paul
[2004-08-31 14:02:06] - travis: I thought diabetics had chronic low blood pressure... - vinnie
[2004-08-31 13:58:32] - neurological pong http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040823/full/040823-18.html - vinnie
[2004-08-31 13:58:19] - paul: yeah, i guess i meant chronic, not sudden like donating blood or getting shot
- travis[2004-08-31 13:41:08] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/31/arrested.development.ap/index.html Another article praising arrested development. Nothing new but still it's cool CNN talked about the show - aaron
[2004-08-31 13:36:23] - What happened to leeching? What a great way to lower blood pressure? Less blood means less pressure! It seems so obvious - aaron
[2004-08-31 13:27:05] - Travis: Yes, blood pressure can definitely be too low. I don't think a weak heart would necessarily cause it and I don't know what would cause a chronic low blood pressure, but I know it happens a lot when you lose a lot of blood.
-Paul[2004-08-31 13:20:12] - i'm curious, can your blood pressure be too low? what would cause that? a weak heart? - travis
[2004-08-31 13:19:06] - and make sure to eat your plate of bacon and eggs everyday before you go out and smoke like loads of old people did, although those stories are usually attributed to people like farmers who are more active than most people - travis
[2004-08-31 13:02:10] - travis: yes, a lot of cholesterol problems are genetic - vinnie
[2004-08-31 13:00:39] - Travis: As far as I know, you're pretty much right. Biology is still one of those hit and miss things, though, where we find out new things all the time. Who knows, maybe we'll find out that Big Macs are good for you. -Paul
[2004-08-31 12:46:31] - paul: at least that what i've heard, you have more of a family medical problem history so you probably know more than i do - travis
[2004-08-31 12:45:28] - and regarding the guy eating big macs and having healthy cholestrol, some people just fight cholesterol better than others, plus some of your cholesterol is produced in your body so if you have bad genes you can have bad cholesterol no matter what and good genes could mean you have an easier time having good cholesterol - travis
[2004-08-31 12:43:04] - paul: BMI is also flawed because it doesn't take into account muscle mass and body fat percentage, which leads to people like tiger woods and michael jordan being overweight by that method (just like the article mentioned arnie and sly) - travis
[2004-08-31 11:09:45] - Don_Gorske: Try not to eat any big macs on your way through the parking lot - aaron
[2004-08-31 11:02:00] - http://www.consumerfreedom.com/oped_detail.cfm/oped/165 "Just ask Don Gorske. He's in the Guinness Book of Records for eating 19,000 Big Macs. Gorske is 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, and his cholesterol is a healthy 155." -Paul
[2004-08-31 10:59:35] - http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm?headline=2632 The flaws of the BMI. -Paul
[2004-08-31 07:50:07] - http://www.spacedaily.com/news/laser-04r.html US high energy weapon shoots down mortar salvo -dave
[2004-08-30 23:06:02] - http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/082804/b0128howell.html building contractor tries to help out a friend for free, and almost gets arrested for it. -mig
[2004-08-30 16:38:04] - aaron: i liked the animated series!
~a[2004-08-30 14:14:17] - aaron: I thought the same thing. I guess taking a break from the characters means making one flop movie - vinnie
[2004-08-30 14:04:46] - vinnie: I thought the closing of that weird book at the end of J+SBSB was symbolic of his oath not to make movies with those characters again, but I guess i misunderstood. I hope the sequel is better than the animated series... oh god - aaron
[2004-08-30 14:01:37] - it was still an all right episode but the villian was very lame and there was lots of filler (but musicals are mainly filler anyway) - travis
[2004-08-30 13:55:15] - Travis: Ok, but you didn't think Once More With Feeling was all that great? -Paul
[2004-08-30 13:53:49] - dave: I know what you mean about players supporting WMA - but i don't think they support copy-protected WMA files. I got a certificate for Best Buy's "MusicNow" service, which is like ITunes but it gives you copy-protected WMAs which cannot be played with Winamp.... It's truly an annoyance - aaron
[2004-08-30 13:45:44] - http://images.comicbookresources.com/litg/canabis_newspaper.jpg ganjaman - travis
[2004-08-30 13:37:35] - paul: for the most part (if this has something to do with what i've watched since getting a job, i also watched season 5 after moving out) - travis
[2004-08-30 13:22:53] - Travis: I forget, did you like Season 6 or not? -Paul
[2004-08-30 13:10:59] - therefore, boredom led me to watch something i had avoided, i ended up liking it, so i continued to watch it even when i wasn't bored. things like LotR extras and angel aren't good enough for me to make time for so i only watch them if i'm bored - travis
[2004-08-30 13:09:29] - Travis: Sorry, I only read every other two words in sentences.
-Paul[2004-08-30 13:07:08] - paul: i guess you missed the "previously disdained" part, i said i started watching a show i had previously avoided because i was bored - travis
[2004-08-30 13:05:17] - too little physical contact I guess ^_^ -dave
[2004-08-30 13:04:59] - I guess they all get funneled into basketball and football instead. Even baseball I suppose -dave
[2004-08-30 13:04:35] - I wonder why there aren't many black men in US Tennis -dave
[2004-08-30 13:04:20] - Paul: precisely! ^_^ -dave
[2004-08-30 12:46:26] - Dave: But it was summer time! -Paul
[2004-08-30 12:44:46] - Paul: he borrowed it because it was a cold night and he figured it would make good kindling ^_^ -dave
[2004-08-30 12:07:36] - Travis: Yeah, well, you still borrowed Season 6 even though you had a job so it wasn't all just because you were bored.
-Paul[2004-08-30 11:50:22] - and even those fellowship extras were watched in the summer after graduation before i had a job when i even broke down and started watching buffy, which i had previously disdained, just to fill the days - travis
[2004-08-30 11:48:09] - paul: i watched 2.5 of the commentaries on fellowship, haven't watched any extras on two towers or RotK and i almost never watch extras on netflix dvds - travis
[2004-08-30 11:38:47] - Paul: and if they include both the mainstream version and the director's cut, that's always fun to compare as well -dave
[2004-08-30 11:38:06] - Paul: I will say that I don't usually watch extras, and usually don't find them interesting, with a few notable exceptions. I really enjoyed the interview with Tarantino on Kill Bill 1 -dave
[2004-08-30 11:37:26] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/08/30/college.town.voting.ap/index.html students lobby for right to vote in their college towns -dave
[2004-08-30 11:30:34] - Trvais: This coming from the guy who has listened to every commentary track on the LotR DVDs?
-Paul[2004-08-30 11:21:09] - i've just stopped caring about extras on dvds, the behind the scenes are always boring and uninformative, the deleted scenes rarely add anything of note, and everything else usually feels like filler (but some people i know feel differently since people like pierce even want the trailer for the movie to be included) - travis
[2004-08-30 10:56:36] - "A new 10th anniversary DVD of "Clerks" debuts September 7" Considering I just recently bought a copy of the Collecter's Series version of the DVD, this upsets me even more than learning he is making a sequel. -Paul
[2004-08-30 10:32:46] - clerks sequel? ughhhhh. 'Are you sure you want to do this? That movie means a lot to people and do you want to go back?' yeah, that pretty much sums it up for me - vinnie
[2004-08-30 10:21:36] - Dave:Yeah, I guess the more accurate thing for me to have said is that I think that Apple can hold MS off in the same way AIM has held off MSN. -Paul
[2004-08-30 10:19:41] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/30/canada.killerwhale.ap/index.html playful killer whale damaging boats -dave
[2004-08-30 10:17:00] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/30/clerks.sequel.ap/index.html sequel to Clerks in the works -dave
[2004-08-30 09:50:14] - Paul: I guess the thing about AIM and MSN is that it seems to me that AIM is still fairly dominant, but that could be just because I don't use MSN -dave
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