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[2005-03-31 14:49:40] - aaron: so you think that because campuses have higher than normal exposure to drugs, sex, and race, that people who go through that generally become liberal? -dave
[2005-03-31 14:03:08] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7341318/?GT1=6305 Nationally, less than 5 percent of commuters took public transportation; when they did, it often took a few minutes longer to get to work than for those who drove, the survey showed. -Paul
[2005-03-31 13:04:05] - http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/31/schiavo/index.html Terri Schiavo dies - aaron
[2005-03-31 12:27:58] - Aaron: No problem. I hope the move goes smoothly for you. I'll be gone for most of the weekend but I'll be around Sunday late afternoon/evening so let me know if you need any help moving. -Paul
[2005-03-31 12:22:28] - paul: Thanks, sadly i'll be moving on saturday and remaining stationary on sunday so I won't be able to make it - aaron
[2005-03-31 12:20:57] - Aaron: Oh, You still don't have email right? Sin City this Sunday (April 3rd) at 5:15pm at the Lee Highway Multiplex (Merrifield). -Paul
[2005-03-31 12:19:03] - Aaron: I agree, I think it most things outside of political beliefs and possibly issues involving science vs religion, liberals are generally more accepting than conservatives. -Paul
[2005-03-31 12:17:59] - As far as the vehemently liberal college professors thing, only two really come to mind - my geology professor and my philosophy professor, both of whom on the first day of class were like "don't bring your god to my tests or i will fail your ass" - aaron
[2005-03-31 12:16:53] - i think what might be the issue is that liberals are concerned not so much with what people do but rather what people think. - mig
[2005-03-31 12:14:28] - When I made my "exposed to different things on a campus" comment, I was thinking mostly about drugs, sexuality, and race issues which liberals are more accepting of than conservatives, even from (i think) an unbiased standpoint - aaron
[2005-03-31 12:11:37] - Of course with something like pro-choice, or ethical treatment of animals, or pretty much any issue, i guess the concept of "hurting someone else" gets really fuzzy which is probably why both sides think they're so ultimately right and the other side is so ultimately wrong - aaron
[2005-03-31 12:10:07] - dave: Well, when I said "accepting" I meant in general liberals are of the mindset "well as long as it's not hurting someone else, you can do whatever you want" - aaron
[2005-03-31 12:03:49] - Paul: unfortunately, and in part this is probably because of their passion for their beliefs, they can tend to be intolerant to other beliefs, which is amusing since the popular belief is that liberals are more tolerant, as aaron commented -dave
[2005-03-31 12:01:35] - Paul: you may be right about that. it certainly seems like it -dave
[2005-03-31 11:58:21] - as a fyi for those who may not know or keeping up with the news today Terri Schiavo died around 10am this morning. - mig
[2005-03-31 11:53:49] - Hell, even Tech (a supposed conservative campus) had more liberal rallies than conservative ones I think. -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:52:37] - mig: I don't think the Shiavo issue is one that really falls into a liberal or conservative divide very easily. It seems to be based more on who you believe (parents or husband) more than what your particular politics are. -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:50:32] - Think about the various marches and rallies in Washington that you remember from the past decade or so. How many have been for conservative causes (I'm not sure I can think of one) and how many have been for liberal causes (I can think of four or five)? -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:49:24] - paul: and to be honest, the "liberal" media hasn't been showing Michael Schiavo in the most positive light during this incident. - mig
[2005-03-31 11:48:37] - paul: or had some huge rock concert benefit for her or something like that. - mig
[2005-03-31 11:48:08] - Not because of any kind of liberal bias or anything, but because they would've had some sort of organized march of people trying to get into the hospital to feed her, or because they would've organized some huge rally that couldn't have been ignored by the media. -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:46:42] - Liberals seem to have more rallies and marches and civil disobedience activities. I remember reading somewhere that somebody said if liberals supported keeping Terri Shiavo alive, then they would've found some way to get on television more than the conservatives did. -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:45:02] - I don't mean to imply that their beliefs are stronger or anything, but I've noticed that liberals seem to do a lot more loud and noticeable stuff. -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:43:02] - Dave: On a somewhat related note, I think some of that has to do with how liberals are often more outgoingly passionate about what they believe in. -Paul
[2005-03-31 11:04:10] - aaron: I'm not sure if this is a fair characterization, but also when i think of liberal groups, they are very intolerant of people who have differing views from them as well, PETA, gay and lesbian activists, pro-choice supporters, etc. -dave
[2005-03-31 10:59:40] - vinnie: hehe, I hadn't thought of that ^_^ -dave
[2005-03-31 10:59:09] - aaron: Well, I'm not sure how much interaction you've had with liberal professors or people in advanced professional fields, but they are quite vehemently intolerant of anything conservative -dave
[2005-03-31 09:51:53] - dave: hehe, that new name has a potential problem too - Windows XP pr0n - vinnie
[2005-03-31 09:48:56] - Aaron: Obviously both sides have their hardcore fringe which is going to be totally intolerant of other beliefs, but I've found that even the most intelligent and knowledgeable liberals are intolerant of other beliefs. -Paul
[2005-03-31 09:46:40] - Aaron: I'm not so sure I agree that liberals are more accepting of different points of view. Accepting of different cultures, probably. However I've found that when it comes to discussions of beliefs and points of view, liberals are no more tolerant (and perhaps less so) than conservatives. -Paul
[2005-03-31 09:44:42] - Dave: That could be a reason too. Honestly, I don't know why liberals seem to be more common in education. There could be any number of reasons. -Paul
[2005-03-31 09:32:25] - dave: The only thing I don't understand about your argument is that it seems you could apply the same reasining to the upper class - they have a lot of money and power, and generally a pretty inflated view of themselves.... but they tend to be more conservative - aaron
[2005-03-31 09:28:56] - dave: Liberal views (almost by definiton) tend to be more accepting of different points of views or cultures. Another theory could be that colleges pull people from a lot of different cultures and beliefs into one place, and thus encouraging people to accept politics which accomodate all different beliefs - aaron
[2005-03-31 08:24:18] - I mean, you'd think the public should have a right to know that the version they are buying is the same thing, except without the media player. But then practically nothing would have been done about MS' monopolistic practices. -dave
[2005-03-31 08:22:40] - I'm fine with having the EU make MS unbundle its media player, but I think it's hilarious that they are making MS "fool" the public into thinking that the truly reduced edition is not so reduced -dave
[2005-03-31 08:21:34] - instead, the EU has made Microsoft use "Windows XP Home Edition N" or Windows XP Pro N" -dave
[2005-03-31 08:21:05] - I'm endlessly amused about the EUs rejection of Microsoft's name for Windows without media player "Windows XP Reduced Media Edition" -dave
[2005-03-31 08:19:56] - Paul: basically, people who are needier are more grateful for having their needs filled, whereas well-to-do people are less likely to ask for help -dave
[2005-03-31 08:18:28] - Paul: I know there are many exceptions to that generality, but that explanation makes the most sense to me -dave
[2005-03-31 08:17:41] - Paul: and academics generally have (in my opinion) an inflated view of themselves and feel that they are entirely self-sufficient and have no need of external help -dave
[2005-03-31 08:16:40] - Paul: The rationale that I find most compelling for a liberal academia is that (in general) conservativism is tied to some sort of religious belief(s). People who enter academia often don't feel the need for such beliefs as religion(s) generally help a person with some "failing" or "need" of theirs. -dave
[2005-03-30 22:08:57] - paul: i dunno, i know that it's quite commonplace among liberal talking heads to belittle conservatives with not-so-nice names having regarding their intelligence. - mig
[2005-03-30 18:49:46] - a: You should get a job that requires less traveling. -Paul
[2005-03-30 18:13:13] - a: Right, that was the point that was being expressed, that liberals are more altruistic whereas conservatives are just greedy and selfish. -Paul
[2005-03-30 18:12:20] - paul: being a teacher doesn't make much business sense. the people who decide to go into teaching usually don't usually care as much about money or personal gain. ~a
[2005-03-30 18:09:18] - Pierce: I think it's not a point that is expressed very often because it would seem to be considerably un-PC to suggest that one group of people is inherently smarter than another. -Paul
[2005-03-30 18:08:29] - i asked my officemate when hitchhikers comes out. he said the end of april . . . i wondered will i be in huntsville then? (i would). i asked my officemate when star wars comes out. he said three weeks later . . . i wondered will i be in huntsville then? (i would). ~a
[2005-03-30 18:08:17] - Pierce: I've read that point of view in a couple of places. Basically that liberals are smarter and/or more dedicated to education and/or care more about giving back to society (in terms of educating the youth) instead of becoming a soulless businessperson or something. -paul
[2005-03-30 18:08:06] - It just seems to be assumed that the liberal bias causes professors to vindictively punish conservative ideas solely because they're conservative, rather than on their merits. Which I personally believe does happen to some extent but I think is overstated as a phenomenon. - pierce
[2005-03-30 18:06:28] - One possibility I never see espoused when liberal bias at universities is discussed: what if it's just smarter to be liberal, college faculty are smart, therefore college faculty members tend to be liberal. Obviously, both premises are very arguable, but no one ever seems to even mention the possibility. - pierce
[2005-03-30 12:03:10] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10668-2005Mar29.html johnnie cochrane dies. - mig
[2005-03-30 11:52:27] - http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3103046 Girl sells her body to U.N. troops to survive -Paul
[2005-03-30 10:35:11] - mig: Hmmm, ok. Thanks. -Paul
[2005-03-30 10:33:54] - paul: no, i'd ask for some other power hitter other than bonds, unless he's coming back from his surgery in like a month. - mig
[2005-03-30 10:26:01] - mig: I've got a fantasy baseball question for you. Would you trade Randy Johnson and Cristian Guzman for Tim Hudson and Barry Bonds? -Paul
[2005-03-30 10:14:06] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8427-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_politics Not sure how reliable the statistics are, but I think there are some interesting numbers in this survey done of college professors. -Paul
[2005-03-30 09:58:39] - http://osdir.com/Article4775.phtml links is /.'d right now but apparently someone got multiplayer working in gta3 and vice city. - mig
[2005-03-30 08:55:36] - a: i do not recall hearing about these restocking fees during their first few ads? maybe you saw a different one. - mig
[2005-03-29 23:52:43] - whoever wrote the title: s/it's/its/ ~a
[2005-03-29 21:53:22] - "Abraham Lincoln once said, 'if you are a racist, then I will attack you with the north.'" funny U.S. The Office quote. - pierce
[2005-03-29 18:10:34] - mig: where is the lie? they told their customers about the restocking fees. ~a
[2005-03-29 17:31:00] - mig: One thing that I do agree with is that if you return a movie two weeks late (or however long it is) then you get charged a restocking fee, which is awful close to a late fee. I probably wouldn't go so far as to call it an outright lie, but I would say it's close. -Paul
[2005-03-29 17:20:32] - i'm uncertain about whether i agree with the BB lawsuit, but i don't think it would be unfair to call their "no more late fees" advertising campaign an outright lie. - mig
[2005-03-29 17:02:31] - But since I've volunteered at a library and had to deal with difficult people and tolerate fools, I have a knee-jerk reaction now whenever I hear stuff like that where I assume the person using that argument is either dumb (because he didn't know late fees existed) or just trying to weasel out of paying any way they can. -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:59:59] - If I had never volunteered at a library, I might consider this to be a reasonable argument (not that I necessarily agree with the sentiment) because in theory libraries could operate solely on funding from the government and you could make the argument that the taxpayers have already bought the book so why do they need to pay late fees? -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:58:08] - Aaron: Perhaps a comparable situation is how I feel about library late fees. Some people come in and don't want to pay late fees because "they pay taxes". -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:56:39] - Aaron: The problem with a lawsuit against napster is that there just might not be enough disgruntled customers to warrant such a lawsuit. Even if a larger percentage (than the 4% Blockbuster claimed) thought the advertising was misleading, it would still probably be a much smaller number of disgruntled people. -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:55:28] - paul: I haven't ruled that out. Definitely a possibility. - aaron
[2005-03-29 16:55:12] - I guess i feel like if it's impossible to rationalize how a business model could feasibly makes money, people should be expected to read fine print or something..... I don't know - it's difficult for me to rationalize why I'm upset about the BB ruling. Like i said, it really shouldn't bother me as much as it does. - aaron
[2005-03-29 16:54:47] - Aaron: It could be because you worked there. I know I still harbor a bit of a soft spot for places that I've worked.-Paul
[2005-03-29 16:53:34] - From a consumer's perspective, thinking "well once i've downloaded songs i'm off napster's network and i'm not costing them money anymore. why wouldn't a simple monthly fee make sense" is pretty logical, compared to "i'm going to rent these five movies and keep them, i'll bet blockbuster will just replace them for free somehow" - aaron
[2005-03-29 16:51:50] - Personally i think what Napster did with their whole "unlimited downloads for $x" is more misleading (and hence, more criminal) than what blockbuster's done. I would be surprised if we don't see a similar law suit within the next year (presuming they don't go out of business again before then) - aaron
[2005-03-29 16:46:39] - paul: I think ordinarily i would fall into the second category but this time I fall into the first. I don't know if it's because I worked at blockbuster, or because I expect people to show an ounce of common sense or ask a question or investigate the huge asterisk on the sign - aaron
[2005-03-29 16:44:05] - Aaron: But I tend to agree, where can I sign up to sue McDonalds because the items on their dollar menu cost more than a dollar? -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:41:51] - While the people who think businesses are evil point out that restocking fees are just late fees by another name and that saying "No more late fees" = "You keep it long enough and you buy it" is misleading at best. -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:40:37] - The free-market people think anybody who believes they can rent a movie and keep it for as long as they like with no reprecussions is stupid and the new system (with the automatic buying after so many days) was there for any observant person to see. -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:38:21] - Aaron: It was interesting to read the thread on fark talking about the lawsuit because the issue seems to do a great job of dividing people up into groups based on how you feel about businesses. -Paul
[2005-03-29 16:26:54] - That shouldn't bother me as much as it does. Next targets - McDonalds "dollar menu" and IRS tax "refunds" - aaron
[2005-03-29 16:04:26] - http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20050329&ID=4332891&Symbol=US:NFLX Blockbuster Reaches Settlement on Campaign -Paul
[2005-03-29 15:24:54] - aaron: if i did i never noticed it. - mig
[2005-03-29 15:21:56] - Aaron: Nope, never seen that before. -paul
[2005-03-29 15:18:24] - Anybody ever received this message while using google? "In response to a complaint we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page." - aaron
[2005-03-29 14:13:00] - mig: Interesting. -Paul
[2005-03-29 13:56:04] - "Dow Pursley of Scranton, Pa., got to within two to three feet of the front doors, when he police used a Taser gun to detain him. The man was the 47th arrest by the Pinellas Park police related to the Schiavo protests."
[2005-03-29 13:55:50] - http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/feeds/0329schiavo.html - mig
[2005-03-29 13:50:48] - mig: I'm a little surprised I haven't heard more about those arrests, although I guess I haven't been following the story too closely. -Paul
[2005-03-29 13:12:03] - paul: i've read some articles and it appears most of the arrests didn't really involve much struggle at all, just really civil disobedience symoblic arrests. although one article said that over 40 people have been arrested... - mig
[2005-03-29 12:06:30] - mig: I guess I was confusing "should not be kept alive in a brain-dead state" with "should not be kept alive artificially", for some reason I thought maybe Terri wished the latter, although the former makes a lot more sense. - aaron
[2005-03-29 11:41:35] - It seems to me that not only is the government saying that they won't force her to keep living, but they will also use force to ensure that others do not force her to keep living. -Paul
[2005-03-29 11:40:30] - I guess it's the semantics between allowing oneself to die and actively killing oneself? But then why the police presence to ensure that nobody can help her live? That would seem to tip the scales more towards the "active" side than merely passively allowing her to die. -Paul
[2005-03-29 11:38:38] - a: Well, it seems like the reasoning by the judges involved is that it was her desire to no longer live if she was in a state like the one she is currently in. -Paul
[2005-03-29 11:36:51] - or how is she going to kill herself? the obvious answer is that she isn't . . . and you're a butthead. ~a
[2005-03-29 11:35:24] - how did she kill herself? ~a
[2005-03-29 11:02:00] - So here's a questions for you: Doesn't this whole situation seem to show that the government does indeed acknowledge some sort of right to kill oneself? Isn't that big news? -Paul
[2005-03-29 10:20:14] - aaron: well he ordered the tubes to be pulled so that she could die. it would kind of defeat the purpose of the ruling if people were allowed to keep her alive by trying to give her water. - mig
[2005-03-29 10:14:42] - mig: Did the judge really order Terri to stop being fed? I assumed he just ordered the tubes to be pulled - aaron
[2005-03-29 10:11:58] - mig: They must not have been very forceful about it then. I can't imagine the media passing up the chance to show cops forcibly stopping somebody from trying to prevent a starvation, despite the circumstances. -Paul
[2005-03-29 10:06:16] - paul: actually that's already happened, i remember reading on drudge that some teenagers were arrested for trying to give her water. - mig
[2005-03-29 09:54:38] - We could be seeing police officers forcing people to stay away while somebody starves to death. It's definitely an interesting situation. -Paul
[2005-03-29 09:53:55] - It's also interesting that police are being posted around the hospice. That could cause a very powerful image if somebody were to try to force their way into the hospice to give Terri food or drink. -Paul
[2005-03-29 08:41:42] - pierce: and while that is true that as the guardian he has some pretty sweeping powers over their "ward" which quite frankly scare me. - mig
[2005-03-29 08:37:58] - pierce: the objection to this whole starving thing is not that it is technically cruel to terri per se, but rather cruel to her parents, having them know she is wasting away. - mig
[2005-03-29 00:51:30] - As for the cruelty of starvation, my limited understanding is that her hypothalamus is almost completely nonfunctioning, which is the part of the brain that simulates the pain of hunger. - pierce
[2005-03-29 00:49:42] - It's his word, and the word of his brother and his brother's wife based on things they heard her say about the process. But in the absence of evidence one way or another, it defaults to his judgement anyway as her legal guardian. - pierce
[2005-03-28 20:03:05] - Aaron: Yeah, although I guess I see why they didn't. It's one thing to let her die but it's quite another to actively kill her. -Paul
[2005-03-28 19:25:18] - paul: That is, presuming they ruled to stop treatment, they should have also ruled to have her euthanized. - aaron
[2005-03-28 19:19:31] - paul: I agree, the courts should have ruled to have her killed in a more humane way, not just starved to death. - aaron
[2005-03-28 18:20:41] - aaron: yeah it does, and it seems like everyone who counts (judges) are taking him at his word. Also he is also legally the guardian of her so he actually has some very hefty say legally, regardless of any real evidence. - mig
[2005-03-28 18:16:14] - In a way, people who receive the death penalty are given more humane deaths because we make sure that it's supposed to be painless. -Paul
[2005-03-28 18:15:27] - Aaron: I think it's a little interesting the way they decided to let her die. Maybe she can't feel anything or whatever but starvation doesn't seem like the best way to go. It's long, drawn out and presumably painful. I'm somewhat surprised they don't inject her with something. -Paul
[2005-03-28 17:59:27] - Oh wait there, it is, " Greer's ruling was based on the testimony by Michael Schiavo, his brother, and his brother's wife" - aaron
[2005-03-28 17:57:08] - I mean "right to die" issues aside it seems very strange to me that hospitals and courts would take his word on something that important - aaron
[2005-03-28 17:55:32] - mig: The thing i don't understand - are they really just taking the husband's word about Terri Schiavo's wishes, or were there other witnesses/documents/etc? (it might be in that article somewhere but i didn't read the whole thing) - aaron
[2005-03-28 15:37:11] - http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43463 the whole terri schavio story. Yeah, I'm pretty bored at work today. - mig
[2005-03-28 14:37:38] - ok
[2005-03-28 14:37:34] - helloi
[2005-03-28 13:31:37] -
- mig[2005-03-28 13:29:07] - aba: That's sad to hear. I didn't know her at all, but she sounded like a great person and the world is worse off for her passing. -Paul
[2005-03-28 13:21:23] - http://www.anoopa.net/ i doubt anyone else here knew her, but (denise) anoopa sharma was tj class of '98.... - aba
[2005-03-28 12:31:31] - dave: So if broadband became a utility in WV how would that affect customers exactly? They'd still go through a cable company to pay for cable internet, just like how I go through a utility company to pay electric/water, right? - aaron
[2005-03-28 12:07:22] - a: That's why I initially didn't write it, I was afraid the open quotes might break the message board. -Paul
[2005-03-28 10:57:03] - paul: obviously you didn't plan on closing that quotation. that was the problem. ~a
[2005-03-28 10:36:23] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050323-4729.html Utah governor signs infeasible anti-porn bill -dave
[2005-03-28 10:28:30] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050325-4735.html WV govt may experiment with broadband as a public utility -dave
[2005-03-28 10:11:05] - Of course, I was also planning on closing that quotation as well. -Paul
[2005-03-28 10:10:21] - I was going to throw in another statement saying "Most libertarians are angered by z, where z is x + y.
-Paul[2005-03-28 09:57:18] - paul+aba+pierce: some f(x), where f(x) = the limit as a aproaches infinity of the integral from x to a of G*m1*mearth / r2 * dr are some people f(x) angered by people of f(epi*i). ~a
[2005-03-28 07:23:04] - http://movies.msn.com/beacon/editorial1.aspx?ptid=11edc93b-b631-4412-96b5-a191b9471601 Whedon writing and directing Wonder Woman -dave
[2005-03-27 23:49:18] - paul+aba: some z, where z is a set of people of significant size, will be angered by n, where n is an issue with k sides, where k > 1. - pierce
[2005-03-27 23:34:24] - aba: Some liberals are angered by y... where y is anything in American Society not covered by x.
-Paul[2005-03-26 09:34:42] - paul: some conservatives are angered by x... where x is pretty much anything in american society today. - aba
[2005-03-25 21:37:53] - http://sptimes.com/2005/03/25/Business/Coffee_with_steam.shtml Some conservatives are angered by opinionated quotes that Starbucks puts on its cups -Paul
[2005-03-25 15:53:10] - i'd offer to have it at my place . . . but my place is still not ready (and i need a few paychecks to make it ready). ~a
[2005-03-25 15:46:51] - Mig: Besides poker I guess, since my basement is a mess still so I don't think I could host anything. -Paul
[2005-03-25 15:45:31] - Aaron: For instance, I don't think there is anything blatantly untrue in the first 5 paragraphs of that article (except for the fact that I'm pretty sure Christie and Kidd never met to discuss marriages
). -Paul[2005-03-25 15:42:22] - Mig: I might be up for something, what do you have in mind? -paul
[2005-03-25 15:42:09] - So while it's over the top, it's all based on real things. -Paul
[2005-03-25 15:41:29] - Aaron: For instance, Jason Kidd has been arrested for domestic violence (hitting his wife I think) and Doug Christie has said that his wife doesn't like him looking at other women. -Paul
[2005-03-25 15:40:27] - Aaron: Well, I'm about 99.9% certain it's not actually true, although it's drawn from a lot of actual real material. -Paul
[2005-03-25 15:40:24] - anyone want to do some poker tonight? or something else? - mig
[2005-03-25 15:34:20] - paul: I thought it was pretty funny. Not knowing the people involved, it wasn't easy to tell it was a satire. I just thought it was incredibly inappropriate and disturbing at first. - aaron
[2005-03-25 15:03:16] - http://www.thebrushback.com/Archives/christie_full.htm A satire of a conversation between Doug Christie and Jason Kidd. I don't know if anybody else will find it funny besides me though. -Paul
[2005-03-25 13:43:53] - I don't know what the law is, but it just seems sketchy that cops can pull you over and look through the pictures on your cell phone because they suspect you are driving under the influence. -paul
[2005-03-25 13:43:18] - a: Then do they have the right to look through your laptop? Maybe read your email? -Paul
[2005-03-25 13:41:20] - at least in va, anyway. - mig
[2005-03-25 13:41:09] - a: well i don't think that's actually true. they can look at your car and see what's in plain site, but i don't think they're allowed to look for things inside your car without your consent. - mig
[2005-03-25 13:38:52] - (and by "right" i mean legally, not otherwise) ~a
[2005-03-25 13:38:38] - paul: if you're duiing . . . then they have the right to search your car. how is your phone any different? ~a
[2005-03-25 13:11:47] - I guess my point is that I don't see what reasonable excuse they had for searching her cell phone. Did they need to find pictures of her drinking or something on the cell phone in order to prove that she was driving under the influence? -Paul
[2005-03-25 13:10:46] - a: Well, compared to something like a kidnapping or terrorist threat where time is critical and lives are in the balance if the cops don't search the car without a warrant. -Paul
[2005-03-25 13:07:36] - *simple* dui suspicion? ~a
[2005-03-25 10:57:25] - a: I suppose. Just seems a bit odd that the cops would be looking through the pictures on her cell phone for a simple DUI suspicion. -Paul
[2005-03-25 10:53:26] - i suppose if he has just cause . . . or whatever they call it. ~a
[2005-03-25 10:49:46] - a: Yeah, I don't know. There are a lot of weird things. How did they even find the pictures on her cell phone? Is it common practice to search a DUI suspect's cell phone for incriminating pictures? -Paul
[2005-03-25 10:49:33] - and showed the photos to some female coworkers. ~a
[2005-03-25 10:48:17] - he even left a recording of himself asking her out on her phone machine. ~a
[2005-03-25 10:47:04] - paul: it sounds like he WANTED to get caught. he showed the pictures around the courthouse . . . he called up the lady and asked her out . . . wtf? ~a
[2005-03-25 10:38:17] - http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpN3NjcG9mBF9TAzk1ODYyMjM4BHNlYwN0bQ--?slug=ap-westvirginia-fires&prov=ap&type=lgns wvu wins a big game and surprise, surprise, students decided to burn shit. - mig
[2005-03-25 10:26:26] - office = officer -Paul
[2005-03-25 10:26:13] - http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3101557 Did a police office download nude photos of a DUI suspect from her cell phone? -Paul
[2005-03-25 08:39:23] - pierce: of course, if you use form based authentication, you can eliminate that loophole i mentioned. - mig
[2005-03-24 16:52:32] - a: well, that would at least prevent obedient search engines from indexing it. But I was more concerned about an obvious workaround, like one of the links on my site apparently getting into it without requiring a login. Which doesn't seem to be the case. - pierce
[2005-03-24 16:42:02] - ah. well you could use robots.txt to make SURE that google (search engines) don't index it (assuming somebody had a link like miguel said) ~a
[2005-03-24 16:36:57] - a: no, no problem. I just have an entry I'd like to write, and I want to make sure it's eyes-only. Well, eyes- and people-who-can-guess-the-easy-password-only. - pierce
[2005-03-24 15:47:01] - pierce: what makes you think someone has access to your journal without the log/pass? i.e. is there a problem? ~a
[2005-03-24 15:26:51] - Not the best viewing angle in the world, though... unless I look at it straight on, it ges darker towards the farther edge. - pierce
[2005-03-24 15:24:00] - Yay, I finally have a work laptop with some muscle! - pierce
[2005-03-24 15:23:09] - a: I have not the foggiest idea what you just said. Was my original question ambiguous? Miguel's answer? Your answer? Some combination of the three? And how would robots.txt grant access to my journal? - pierce
[2005-03-24 14:49:20] - or more specifically i think i was answering a question that you asked through ambiguity. ~a
[2005-03-24 14:48:46] - pierce: i think miguel was answering a question that you asked through ambiguity. ~a
[2005-03-24 14:48:04] - pierce: robots.txt ~a
[2005-03-24 14:41:44] - unless somebody links to it directly through http://username:password@place.com/ i don't think so. - mig
[2005-03-24 14:40:24] - Just out of curiosity, do any of you see a way to access my journal entries without the login/pass? Like, an RSS feed outside the password protected area or a link that google seems to have picked up upon? - pierce
[2005-03-24 09:57:11] - i used to listen to discovery and homework on repeat for hours on end, so when i heard there was a new album i was extremely psyched about it.
- aba[2005-03-24 09:56:40] - vinnie: aw, thats disappointing. i found out because launchcast played technologic for me.... i think you are right in that it sounded very unfinished (and more repetitive than daft punk usually is). - aba
[2005-03-24 09:53:45] - umm . . . i started with the amount i paid (including withholding) to the govt divided by my base income (my salary before anything added or removed) ~a
[2005-03-24 09:46:10] - Aaron: I'm not sure. Do you want a percent or the number of dollars I paid? I think I could get you either number after I look over my records tonight. -Paul
[2005-03-24 09:36:16] - a: How did you get that number? Did you divide the amount of your payment minus your refund/payment by your annual income before taxes? Did you count your 401K/medicare/other pre-tax investments when calculating your income? I'm curious so that I can calculate it myself - aaron
[2005-03-24 09:20:01] - I was really crushed because I've been waiting for this for years. Discovery is probably one of my five favorite albums of all time - vinnie
[2005-03-24 09:17:54] - aba: lot of reasons. the biggest is that it sounds like it was made in two weeks (and from what I've read that's actually not that far off). there's like no detail to the songs at all, they all kind of sound like unfinished demos. there's also only like two really catchy songs on it - vinnie
[2005-03-24 08:58:16] - aaron:
~a[2005-03-24 08:57:51] - i paid 13% federal and 4% state. ~a
[2005-03-24 08:57:49] - what kind of 2004 taxes did people pay? ~a
[2005-03-24 08:56:16] - (i mean, jinx) - aaron
[2005-03-24 08:53:54] - a: jynx!
- aaron[2005-03-24 08:53:28] - lori: That really sucks. You should have seen the tysons area a few months ago, when the weather got bad. I had a 2-hour commute once, and I think miguel had a 2-hour commute on a different day as well. Pretty bad considering we both live about 25-30 minutes from our work on a regular traffic day - aaron
[2005-03-24 08:53:18] - l: actually a 2:1 ratio (accident commute time/average commute time) isn't really that weird. i've had 4:1 before. ~a
[2005-03-24 08:04:42] - mig: huzzah for a 30 minute commute taking well over an hour... grrr - lori
[2005-03-23 20:47:29] - mig: wrong part of the beltway. this was near the ww bridge (i.e. lori's way home) ~a
[2005-03-23 17:30:40] - vinnie: uh oh. how come it's terrible? - aba
[2005-03-23 17:24:56] - dave: glad i don't take the beltway to work. curious it didn't spill over to gallows and 50, though.... - mig
[2005-03-23 16:55:38] - and I loooooooooved Discovery - vinnie
[2005-03-23 16:55:06] - aba: I did. I think it's pretty terrible - vinnie
[2005-03-23 16:49:57] - daft punk has a new album out!! who knew?? - aba
[2005-03-23 16:01:04] - if someones doesn't know, apparently there was a big accident on the beltway and all the lanes are shutdown. -dave
[2005-03-23 15:52:57] - http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-chimps22mar22.story The demand for primate performers has declined as computers generate their screen likenesses -Paul
[2005-03-23 15:00:32] - Quoting the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation? -Paul
[2005-03-23 14:50:12] - five card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit.
[2005-03-23 12:02:09] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050322-4726.html?28916 Apple release new iTunes client to negate the DRM-free client PyMusique, but DVD Jon et all crack the new client in a day -dave
[2005-03-23 11:14:18] - fyi, there have been some gandi dns problems today . . . it has nothing to do with the server. ~a
[2005-03-23 08:08:13] - "i find it quite a show of hypochondria. . ." heh heh. that's great! - aaron
[2005-03-23 07:53:36] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/ - i especially like the excerpts from emails he received - the guy quoting Whitman is great. - lori
[2005-03-23 07:52:31] - l: fire alarm. ~a
[2005-03-23 07:47:25] - clearer anyway -lori
[2005-03-22 15:34:20] - I would say obviously not, but that would seem to be the implication if you add the negative connotation of duct tape over the mouth and the word "life". I just think there has to be much better ways of expressing which side you are on. -Paul
[2005-03-22 15:33:07] - Aaron: Oh, no doubt that duct tape over the mouth is a negative connotation. I just don't understand how writing "life" on the tape makes you for removing the feeding tube. Does that mean those people want to be considered against life? -Paul
[2005-03-22 15:32:06] - The two messages I get are "stop suffocating her, reinsert the tube" and "by keeping her alive you're taking away her voice" . . . . I know! Maybe all the protestors are undecided on the issue! - aaron
[2005-03-22 15:31:17] - paul: I think both connotations are pretty negative. You wouldn't see a republican wearing a "Bush" bumper sticker over their mouth. But I agree that the message is very contradictory - aaron
[2005-03-22 15:21:57] - But, this certainly wouldn't be the first time I completely didn't understand something so the smart money is on me being completely wrong.
-Paul[2005-03-22 15:21:24] - Aaron: That's true, but at least I understand that one because it's depicting abortions in a bad light. Putting the word "life" on duct tape over your mouth doesn't seem to carry the same negative connotation for keeping a feeding tube in somebody. -Paul
[2005-03-22 15:11:48] - paul: And you wouldn't expect pro-life advocates to drive around trucks depicting abortions, considering their anti-abortion stance. The world is a crazy crazy place. - aaron
[2005-03-22 15:11:06] - a: I guess. I just think it's misleading. -Paul
[2005-03-22 15:00:37] - paul: it's irony. ~a
[2005-03-22 14:35:27] - Aaron: I don't know. You would think they wouldn't be writing "life" if they were for the right to die. -Paul
[2005-03-22 14:25:34] - About the schiavo case, what's with the people with "life" duct-taped over their mouths? I can't figure out that message. Are they saying that by keeping Terri alive, they're taking away her freedom (by denying her the right to die?) - aaron
[2005-03-22 14:03:09] - a: And paranoid too. But you would be too if everybody was out to get you. -Paul
[2005-03-22 13:57:14] - everybody is coming to get you. ~a
[2005-03-22 13:57:07] - paul: and paranoid. ~a
[2005-03-22 13:51:50] - Lori: Sorry if I maybe or maybe not scared you. I'm just a disagreeable fellow I suppose. -Paul
[2005-03-22 13:36:15] - a, Paul : Anyway, I was just sharing info, I wasn't meaning to imply that I was now terrified. - lori
[2005-03-22 13:34:48] - a: damn, i was hope for a disrespectfully agree - lori
[2005-03-22 13:27:36] - "Paul C Essen: *Shrug* School shootings are probably one of the least likely ways to die. It's like shark attacks" ~a
[2005-03-22 13:21:31] - lori: i respectfully disagree. ~a
[2005-03-22 13:05:58] - a: nowadays working in any school is scary, i'm already as scared as i'm going to get. - lori
[2005-03-22 13:04:01] - l: if you're not on fill-in-the-blank duty then you're probably safe back in your fort. ~a
[2005-03-22 13:02:39] - Paul: Well, i suppose if they come in firing, i'm screwed, but there are 45 students here - so it is actually possible to check them closely rather than just ushering them through a metal detector. - lori
[2005-03-22 12:58:01] - paul, stop scaring lori. ~a
[2005-03-22 12:53:50] - "The school, which is on the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe reservation, has metal detectors but Weise reportedly shot an unarmed guard to get past the station." Checking them certainly seemed to work there. -Paul
[2005-03-22 12:41:57] - a: When they come in off the busses, they are held in a rec room until 2 staff members can pat down each student and let them in for the day. - lori
[2005-03-22 12:38:34] - l: how do you check them? ~a
[2005-03-22 12:23:52] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7259823/ worst one since columbine. I'm _very_ glad we check each kid before they come in at my school... - lori
[2005-03-21 23:28:31] - the server is moved over to my new home. yes, a hrefs are now allowed. ~a
[2005-03-21 15:42:49] - http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/21/bobby.fischer.ap/index.html Fischer granted citizenship in Iceland -dave
[2005-03-21 15:21:23] - What I think it boils down to is that a movie has to either be about more than just sex, like American Beauty, or it has to be truly spectacular and gain mainstream attention (as I assume described Last Tango in Paris). - pierce
[2005-03-21 15:19:47] - and then on the other hand, I think American Beauty should be counted as a successful film that was largely about sexual relationships, dealing with them in an adult manner. - pierce
[2005-03-21 15:15:37] - In any event, the flops they listed were mostly panned by critics and audiences. The ones that weren't were mostly independent, and indie movies have trouble getting audiences regardless of their rating or topic. Blair Witch notwithstanding. - pierce
[2005-03-21 15:13:58] - Well, there's an obvious reason PG movies get a larger audience... a larger audience of people is allowed to see them. When you have an R-rated movie you lose people who are oversensitive to adult topics, parents who can't find sitters, and kids under 17 who can't get their parents to take them. - pierce
[2005-03-21 14:34:19] - aaron: yeah, I actually think it's the other way around, that they're letting PG-13 movies get away with more because it's harder to make an R rated movie do well -dave
[2005-03-21 14:32:43] - dave: Interesting. I didn't realize that so few R-rated movies were earning top box office dollars these days - that's really surprising to me. I think movies are getting away with more in the PG-13 rating these days, maybe that's partially to blame - but still it's very surprising - aaron
[2005-03-21 12:55:34] - http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/21/film.thompson.reut/index.html sex doesn't sell, at least not at the theatre -dave
[2005-03-21 11:04:21] - a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior.
[2005-03-21 10:14:14] - the one year anniversary of the first message board title is in two weeks . . . in that spirit, stats on titles available: http://aporter.org/msg/stats.txt ~a
[2005-03-21 09:44:25] - a: I thought it was ok, not as good as lots of people were making it out to be. -Paul
[2005-03-21 09:03:51] - http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=52074 homeschoolers are too good at spelling bees, so just change the rules so they can't compete. - mig
[2005-03-21 09:03:43] - every business person wakes up in the morning and says "how can I become a monopolist?"
[2005-03-21 09:03:20] - dave: dvd jon is my hero. ~a
[2005-03-21 08:07:34] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050318-4716.html DVD Jon creates client that lets you buy music from iTMS that is DRM free -dave
[2005-03-21 07:18:04] - paul: did you like saw? ~a
[2005-03-20 21:18:02] - aba: Not so much.
-Paul[2005-03-20 21:03:03] - paul: still your kind of movie?
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