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[2005-04-29 02:38:18] - it was an example. how often do you get jostled, or get compressed in a crowd waiting for the "mobile lounge", or get hit by someone carelessly swinging their bag around? - pierce
[2005-04-29 02:30:01] - how often do you get punched in the stomach when in an airport? ~a
[2005-04-29 01:18:17] - paul: well if you get punched in the stomach with a condom filled with heroin inside it, you're probably still okay since the bag would have to be pretty directly compressed or torn to put you in danger. But razorblades would cut through their container at the slightest jostling, I assume. - pierce
[2005-04-29 01:16:58] - a: no, I don't. - pierce
[2005-04-28 21:43:30] - Pierce: Hey, if having potentially lethal doses of drugs in your stomach isn't a problem, then I can't imagine razor blades would be.
-Paul[2005-04-28 20:19:05] - pierce: do you carry a nail clipper? ~a
[2005-04-28 18:40:34] - And I'm afraid I can't help you with your predicament, Adrian. I have an electric razor and I've never had to leave stuff behind. - pierce
[2005-04-28 18:39:44] - I love how the objection to swallowing the razor blades was that they "would show up when you walked through the metal detector". What about having razors in your stomach? That's not a deal-breaker? - pierce
[2005-04-28 18:06:39] - mig: Right. My guess was that it's a negative factor either way but that instances where women outnumber men were relatively unheard of. -Paul
[2005-04-28 17:50:31] - and it can be a negative factor for a woman in some ways (like getting bombarded with hundreds of responses). - mig
[2005-04-28 17:49:29] - i guess it would be a negative factor in general if there is an outnumbering in either way, since it would mean the service wouldn't benefit one gender a whole lot. - mig
[2005-04-28 17:48:43] - paul: it's negative for men and positive for women when men outnumber the women in an online dating service membership. and vice versa if the situation is reversed. - mig
[2005-04-28 17:43:38] - I wonder if that is in there because most sites have much more men than women or if it's not a negative factor if women vastly outnumber men. -Paul
[2005-04-28 17:42:26] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_dating_service One of the "Negative factors" in the "Factors in online dating experience" section states: "Men may vastly outnumber women". -Paul
[2005-04-28 16:47:43] - a: ah, that sucks. who knew alabama was so popular! my dad actually stays at the hotel enough that 99% of the time they give him the same room. - aba
[2005-04-28 16:16:28] - the message board doesn't spawn any programming threads (although apache heavily uses threading to distribute web content) ~a
[2005-04-28 16:15:11] - aaron: wrong kind of threads. these are logical threads, not programming threads. ~a
[2005-04-28 16:07:56] - a: Well i guess i would hope that if you're introducing threads into any kind of software, that you have a good reason to do so - aaron
[2005-04-28 16:07:40] - aba: that would be easy enough, but i never stay at the same hotel twice (the hotels here get booked months in advance). ~a
[2005-04-28 15:49:33] - one of my friends had her nail polish confiscated on a flight o_0 - vinnie
[2005-04-28 15:44:19] - a: my dad has an arrangement with the hotel he lives in when he is india where they let him leave a bag of his stuff in the storeroom while he is gone. if you are there enough, maybe your hotel will let you do that too. - aba
[2005-04-28 15:15:12] - lori: i wish. ~a
[2005-04-28 15:14:45] - anon: there needs to be a problem? ~a
[2005-04-28 15:04:56] - a: you could throw them away gleefully and not go back? Ever? Please?
- lori[2005-04-28 14:41:36] - lori: again, I have to say: .( -amy
[2005-04-28 14:40:53] - amy: My aunt has had tweasers confiscated...twice. She was told she could get them back if she came back through the airport and requested them. Because flying 3 hours for a pair of tweasers is soooo worth it... -lori
[2005-04-28 14:02:42] - a: What does threading help to solve?
[2005-04-28 13:54:12] - aaron: $msg = new PostMsg('msg', '0001'); $msg->msglimit = 60; i've implemented threading (as of a week ago) (which is why the title link went away, i'll reimplement that later when i implement the creation of new threads). in the current hack, the message board is thread 0000 and the titles are in thread 0001. ~a
[2005-04-28 13:39:58] - a: What's the new title limit? I know it's longer than 40 now - aaron
[2005-04-28 13:39:26] - a: Maybe the blades aren't that thin, I'm thinking the old-timey blades which were like a pointy rectangle - aaron
[2005-04-28 13:38:43] - a: You could mail the razor blades to yourself, that will be cheap (0.37$ eh?) - aaron
[2005-04-28 13:30:57] - a: they are supposedly not; i have seen them on those signs with the pictures of stuff and the red circle with slash through them. also a friend has had them confiscated from him. pretty dumb. -amy
[2005-04-28 13:29:32] - paul: again defeating the cost savings. ~a
[2005-04-28 13:28:21] - a: You could mail the razors to yourself. -Paul
[2005-04-28 13:27:01] - hmm, nail clippers. those aren't allowed? i carry them all the time. ~a
[2005-04-28 13:23:39] - a: i personally vote for electric shaver and/or fridge (put the electric shaver in the fridge??) .) though really, i have carried stuff like nail clippers before (gasp!)... it may be most economical for you to risk carrying it if you were going to throw it away anyway. -amy
[2005-04-28 13:23:01] - aaron: yeah, it's detachable (i can leave it at home, when i think it's going to get me in trouble. or rent it out when i don't need it). the problem is finding out where to hide it since i don't really have a desk to hide it at. ~a
[2005-04-28 13:16:44] - a: Although I guess that would show up when you walked through the metal detector. Nevermind. -Paul
[2005-04-28 13:16:24] - a: You could put them in a bag and swallow it like some people do with drugs. -Paul
[2005-04-28 13:12:39] - a: i'm sorry if you think this insensitive of me, but i find this discussion of your problem hilarious. refrigerator indeed! - amy
[2005-04-28 13:02:41] - Are the blades detachable? You could hide those a lot of places (although it might be disconcerting to find an envelope of razor blades at work....) - aaron
[2005-04-28 12:52:45] - paul: electric shaver. hmmm. another good solution. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:52:29] - i could classify my razor as secret, then i'd have to store it in the classified safes. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:51:02] - heh. nope. just a lab (with no droors). ~a
[2005-04-28 12:49:01] - a: I don't suppose you have a desk at work or something that you can put it in. -Paul
[2005-04-28 12:48:30] - a: Buy an electric shaver. Then they will let you carry it onto the plane I would imagine. -Paul
[2005-04-28 12:46:39] - the other problem with a locker is the price. renting a locker will surely outweigh any savings i'd have over buying new razors every trip. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:45:18] - my best solution yet is actually hiding it in the refridgerator. if it's in a brown bag (or something) nobody will check it. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:44:53] - i've considered hiding it somewhere at work. i just can't think of any good spot that won't get unturned (it's a very busy lab where i work). ~a
[2005-04-28 12:43:58] - amy: i've never seen a locker in the airport. it's really small. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:43:38] - paul: nope. i thought of hiding it in the hotel, but that wouldn't work. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:38:15] - a: don't airports have lockers? i've seen them in the movies and in books and stuff .D -amy
[2005-04-28 12:36:55] - a: Do you always stay at the same hotel? Maybe they have someplace you can store it. Rent a locker there or something. -Paul
[2005-04-28 12:32:45] - i've considered various hiding places, and even considered giving them to a coworker (who lives down here). the problem with the latter solution is that it's a very silly request one i'm not comfortable embarrassing myself by making. ~a
[2005-04-28 12:31:22] - i have a weird predicament. when going to alabama, i never check bags (since it costs about an hour round trip to check bags). this means i can not bring razors with me on the plane. monday, i bought some razors down here and would like to use them next time i come back. where do i store the razors such that i can access them next time? ~a
[2005-04-28 12:27:04] - Amy: And yet I'm sure if he had, those same people would've protested that he had been exposing kids to the concept of homosexuality at too early of an age.
-Paul[2005-04-28 12:02:00] - Paul: that would be my guess (in re: "i guess the suggestion..."). It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers died, and (details are fuzzy) some groups from churches protested at his funeral/wake/service/something in his honor after the event, because they were angry he did not teach kids that being gay is wrong. - amy
[2005-04-28 11:53:45] - Amy: But I agree. What were they booing? I guess the suggestion that we should give the terrorists love and compassion? -Paul
[2005-04-28 11:52:17] - Amy: The only thing I can think of is that it might not have been the best time and place for such a remark (during a concert for victims of the 9/11 attacks). -paul
[2005-04-28 11:45:32] - It makes me sad that Richard Gere was "loudly booed" while saying that. There was nothing negative or unpatriotic or hateful in what he said. -Amy
[2005-04-28 11:35:19] - http://aftenposten.no/english/local/article1027927.ece Woman convicted of rape after performing oral sex on a (supposedly) sleeping man. -Paul
[2005-04-28 11:34:40] - http://startribune.com/stories/1556/5373304.html Man donates 75 gallons of blood. Not all at once. -Paul
[2005-04-28 11:26:25] - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44007 An online poll regarding Sept. 11 shows a large percentage of people agree with actress Maggie Gyllenhaal that the U.S. was "responsible in some way" for the terrorist attacks. -Paul
[2005-04-28 09:45:49] - aaron: Could be, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind the public thinking that they were listening to them.
-Paul[2005-04-28 09:28:21] - amy: Alrighty. Next week, it's on. - aaron
[2005-04-28 09:11:23] - ddr_people: oops sorry, cancel on the open mic; we figured out there are no convenient ones to go to on thursday .( we'll have to do m-w next week -amy
[2005-04-28 09:10:12] - paul: It doesn't really sound like the company did anything in response to the public outcry at all. It sounds like those were early designs they released, and that those were revised as a natural part of the creative process - aaron
[2005-04-28 09:06:57] - amy: 5:45 is good. open mic sounds good too - aaron
[2005-04-28 08:36:43] - ddr_people: 5.45? I swear the only redeeming feature of this day so far is that it's Thursday X_x Oh also... how would you feel about seeing an open mic after? -amy
[2005-04-28 08:35:44] - lori: .( -amy
[2005-04-28 07:59:13] - oops - that was me -lori
[2005-04-28 07:59:03] - i also forgot my phone - and am now feeling very naked at work today...
[2005-04-28 07:41:11] - ddr people: Feel free to yell at me - but i stupidly wore heels yesterday to run a career fair and now I have a blister the size of montana and am walking slightly worse than quasimoto. I'm not going to be able to make it...again. So sorry! - lori
[2005-04-27 22:00:09] - http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/27/cartoon.controversy.ap/index.html Loonatics (updated Looney Toon characters) to be changed after public outcry. -Paul
[2005-04-27 18:03:03] - a: *Shrug* I imagine lots of people take business trips to DC all the time and all it would take is a couple of trips combined with hanging out with coworkers (who presumably know DC well) for them to get an idea of where the cool places are. -Paul
[2005-04-27 18:02:15] - all in all i think i agree. i just need to change the answer to #1
~a[2005-04-27 18:01:42] - paul: not really. different. yes. ~a
[2005-04-27 17:59:54] - a: As for your reasons, I don't know if I know enough to say. Do you go into DC a lot? Is it always the same place or someplace different? Have you ever worked in DC? I imagine a lot of people learn a lot when they work in DC (even temporarily for a business trip) and hang out after work with coworkers. -Paul
[2005-04-27 17:58:36] - a: My reasons: Because I hardly ever go into DC and I'm not a big fan of clubs and bars. Add them together and you get me not knowing much about cool places to party in DC. -Paul
[2005-04-27 17:56:44] - paul: sure. and while you're at it, tell me your reasons because i have no idea what you're talking about. ~a
[2005-04-27 17:55:37] - a: Wasn't intended to be, but I realized how insulting it sounded after I said it.
-Paul[2005-04-27 17:55:16] - a: I know what my reasons are, do you want me to guess what yours are? -Paul
[2005-04-27 17:55:09] - lol. ~a
[2005-04-27 17:54:58] - is that a dig? ~a
[2005-04-27 17:53:57] - a: No offense. -Paul
[2005-04-27 17:53:53] - a: Geez, you sounded exactly like me in that statement.
-Paul[2005-04-27 17:51:16] - here in alabama, i was eavesdropping on a few colleagues that were talking about cool places to party in dc. the sad part was both of them lived in other parts of the country. one of them lives in california and the other lives in arizona or something. why exactly do they both know more about my city than i do? ~a
[2005-04-27 17:45:33] - *** Paul crosses his fingers
[2005-04-27 17:36:49] - paul: naw, my boss cant figure it out either and im hoping that soon she will just say to go with my way. haha. - aba
[2005-04-27 17:20:28] - aba: Yeah, hunting down a bug can be extremely annoying and exhausting. I don't suppose there is anything I can do to help? -Paul
[2005-04-27 17:16:59] - paul: mostly though, im comparing code i rewrote to the previous program and i cant figure out why one aspect of the results is different.... its very very frustrating. - aba
[2005-04-27 17:16:04] - paul: i rest my case.
- aba[2005-04-27 16:38:59] - aba: Maybe in two hours or so. What does that have to do with anything?
-Paul[2005-04-27 16:37:39] - paul: hahahahhahahaha. are you going home soon? - aba
[2005-04-27 16:32:28] - aba: Sorry to hear.
Going home to rest soon I hope? -Paul[2005-04-27 16:30:43] - paul: im sooooo freaking exhausted today. - aba
[2005-04-27 16:23:48] - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7315 Desktop nuclear fusion created - aaron
[2005-04-27 16:15:23] - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Trek_Fish.jpg Trek fish. -Paul
[2005-04-27 16:12:36] - a: .D -amy
[2005-04-27 16:11:48] - a: I thought the "Many other emoticons are inspired by Orz, including:" section was weirder. -Paul
[2005-04-27 15:58:50] - paul: "The first known instance of using text characters to represent a sideways smiling (and frowning) face is in a newspaper advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune, March 10, 1953" wow. 1953. weird. ~a
[2005-04-27 15:51:40] - a: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilies According to wikipedia, it means annoyed or sleeping. Either way, I think I stick to my "?" comment.
-Paul[2005-04-27 15:47:29] - paul, think outside of the box. ~a
[2005-04-27 15:37:47] - a: I do not understand what -_- stands for. -Paul
[2005-04-27 15:34:07] - amy: -_- ~a
[2005-04-27 15:33:55] - Paul: ? ~a
[2005-04-27 15:26:39] - aba: ? -Paul
[2005-04-27 15:20:01] - -_- - aba
[2005-04-27 14:53:21] - Amy: Excellent. -Paul
[2005-04-27 14:50:30] - Paul: I agree. .) - amy
[2005-04-27 14:36:56] - a: Or wanting kids. -Paul
[2005-04-27 14:35:23] - or wanting kids? ~a
[2005-04-27 14:16:46] - a: I wasn't intending it as such. I just meant that the partner might not be the best fit for that woman if she wants kids and he doesn't. Not that there is anything wrong with not wanting kids. -Paul
[2005-04-27 14:09:39] - paul: sarcasm? ~a
[2005-04-27 13:59:22] - Amy: Maybe the partner is the problem? -Paul
[2005-04-27 13:57:32] - Paul: Yeah. 42% seems really ridiculous! I would think that if your partner does not want to have children, his decision not to stop the Pill is really not the bigger problem here. -Amy
[2005-04-27 13:53:59] - Amy: I would think so too but it seems like 42% of British women do not.
-Paul[2005-04-27 13:46:56] - Oh man. If you want to have children and your husband/partner does not, I would not advise stopping the Pill against his wishes. I would think this should be a mutual decision, no? -amy
[2005-04-27 13:11:58] - http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2005/0420sacks.html Do Women Really Want a Male Birth Control Pill? -Paul
[2005-04-27 13:10:23] - http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gay20.html I'm impressed that the school allowed both sides to wear t-shirts to school. -Paul
[2005-04-27 12:23:14] - Amy: Well, I thought the implication was that IRL meant that it couldn't have been IRC or IM conversations but you're probably right that I'm just making this stuff up. -Paul
[2005-04-27 12:17:20] - Paul: I didn't think anyone had said that. *shrug* Not that I want to be getting in the middle of this .) -amy
[2005-04-27 12:04:24] - Amy: *Sigh* I suppose you're right. It just sounds goofy to say IM and IRC conversations don't happen IRL, as if they are fantasy conversations or something. -Paul
[2005-04-27 12:01:12] - Paul: Well... she called them "IRL quotes;" if the conversations that had happened in real life were via IM or IRC wouldn't they be IRC or IM quotes rather than IRL quotes? Or are they both? ,) (yes, i am out of work to do atm...) -amy
[2005-04-27 10:50:53] - aba: Conversations over IM and IRC happen in real life, don't they? -Paul
[2005-04-27 10:44:39] - paul: IRL=in real life.
- aba[2005-04-27 10:12:04] - aba: Oh, ok. So these were quotes from conversations in person? That makes more sense.
-Paul[2005-04-27 10:06:38] - paul: because i would write them down when i was in class and then never type them up later? - aba
[2005-04-27 10:06:16] - http://www.livejournal.com/community/tjpeople/417738.html in case anyone with more knowledge wants to comment. - aba
[2005-04-27 10:01:52] - aba: That's crazy, yo. Why would you do that when you could just save them on your computer? -Paul
[2005-04-27 09:35:32] - paul: hahahahaha.....no i meant that i transcribed IRL quotes on paper instead of recording them on my computer. - aba
[2005-04-27 09:28:32] - pierce: you really didn't hang out with us much junior year. there was a month where you couldn't go two sentences without hearing a "move zig!" or a "what you say!" - vinnie
[2005-04-26 23:26:33] - Pierce: Well, I'm certain they weren't beneath me.
-Paul[2005-04-26 23:06:20] - Paul: yes, I admit that they were memes, but I had hoped they were <insert snooty voice> beneath us - pierce
[2005-04-26 22:59:00] - Pierce: Maybe it wasn't us, but I remember hearing a lot about "all your base" and so forth. -Paul
[2005-04-26 22:51:16] - Were we? If we were, I think I missed it but it's entirely possible I'm just supressing the memory. - pierce
[2005-04-26 22:47:15] - vibrator is better than a donkey! - aaron
[2005-04-26 22:47:05] - http://www.googlism.com/ i'm sure everyone's seen this before but... it's still very fun - aaron
[2005-04-26 22:37:47] - Pierce: Weren't people obsessed with those things in college? -Paul
[2005-04-26 22:21:44] - God, were we that obsessed with lame internet memes when we were at TJ? OMFG every time your base are belong to me, god kills a kitten! - pierce
[2005-04-26 18:17:07] - aba: You do IRC and IM on paper? -Paul
[2005-04-26 18:11:14] - paul: im an old school kinda girl.
- aba[2005-04-26 17:08:42] - Aaron:
-Paul[2005-04-26 17:07:18] - i can't even imagine how they fit air bags around a saloon. its crash ratings must be horrible. - aaron
[2005-04-26 17:04:50] - "Honda is best known for motor bikes, and the popular Honda Civic family saloon." is this accurate? i thought honda was primarily in the automobile market - aaron
[2005-04-26 16:58:11] - aba: You have quotes written down in notebooks? That seems so low-tech
-Paul[2005-04-26 16:56:08] - well, yeah, i meant that i would go submit stuff that i had saved, but now i have no clue where those notebooks and all are. its been a while.
- aba[2005-04-26 16:48:48] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4484777.stm Toyota boss fears US trade fury -Paul
[2005-04-26 16:29:17] - aba: Speaking of which, you have quotes buried in a storage box in your parents' basement? -Paul
[2005-04-26 16:13:17] - aba: I guess so. I figured maybe some alumni would go back and add stuff from conversations they had saved over the years or something. -Paul
[2005-04-26 15:56:58] - too bad i dont have any quotes still around to submit from when we were there. or at least if i do, they are buried in some storage box in my parents basement. - aba
[2005-04-26 15:54:46] - paul: a lot of the teachers have changed since we were at tj (and one would hope that all of the students had).... - aba
[2005-04-26 15:06:55] - http://www.bash.org/?top I think the original place has better quotes, but everybody else might have already read them. -Paul
[2005-04-26 12:59:01] - aba: haha. cool, I like it. there are some funny quotes. -mel
[2005-04-26 12:29:37] - A few of those quotes must be pretty recent, one references katamari damacy - aaron
[2005-04-26 12:29:05] - aba: this site is brilliant! every school should make such a site .D -amy
[2005-04-26 12:16:31] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050425-4846.html copy protected DVDs illegal in France? -dave
[2005-04-26 12:01:55] - How come I don't recognize any of these people who are quoted? -Paul
[2005-04-26 11:57:26] - http://tjbash.org/?246 good stuff from dell - aaron
[2005-04-26 11:18:16] - http://tjbash.org - aba
[2005-04-26 10:27:30] - http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1370116.html Mystery of the exploding toads -Paul
[2005-04-25 12:44:02] - all in favor of "efram the retarted rabbit"
[2005-04-25 12:29:55] - he said there's a direct correlation between how far a ball flies, and how fast the ball comes off the bat. which is also a stupid thing to say, but it's stupid because it's trivial (and not because it's false) - aaron
[2005-04-25 12:29:00] - mig: "direct correlation between bat speed and how fast a ball comes out of the bat" is a pretty stupid thing to say.... but that's not what he said - aaron
[2005-04-25 11:04:15] - mig: I suppose so. -Paul
[2005-04-25 10:49:53] - paul: well honestly, they would have standardized it, but again, economics dictate otherwise. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:39:36] - mig: It sounds like something that you would think would've been standardized at some point in time, especially if there is a noticeable difference between aluminum and wooden bats. -Paul
[2005-04-25 10:36:03] - i'm sure mlb would love it, since it would help hitters they draft transition faster to the majors, since they don't have to suddenly get used to wooden bats. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:35:15] - that being said, ditching aluminum bats isn't all that bad an idea, however. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:34:04] - the thing is that aluminum bats aren't used because they make balls fly faster, it's just purely economincal. They're cheaper and they don't break. Most leagues and smaller colleges just can't afford to buy bats that have to be replaced rather frequently. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:32:31] - paul: yeah once you learn how to swing with a wooden bat you can hit it just as fast. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:28:39] - I also liked the quote from the governor: "Sometimes, common sense solutions have to come from an unlikely place like Montana." -Paul
[2005-04-25 10:28:25] - mig: I thought they could've done a better job of explaining how aluminum bats were more dangerous too. Sure, maybe it makes the balls go faster but I would think getting hit in the head with a line drive is pretty bad even with a wooden bad being used. -Paul
[2005-04-25 10:22:57] - where you hit it on the bat i mean. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:22:36] - it's a small factor, but that's about it. more important in determining how fast the ball goes at the crack of the bat is where you hit it and how the pitch speed. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:20:50] - and that whole "direct coorelation between bat speed and how fast a ball comes out the bat" is one of the stupidest things i have ever heard. - mig
[2005-04-25 10:18:18] - paul: the problem is that wood bats can be just as dangerous. Wooden bats break a lot at the pro level and would break even more at the lower levels, especially at little league levels. Those pieces of broken bats can be just as dangerous to just about anyone. - mig
[2005-04-25 09:50:03] - a: Thanks -Paul
[2005-04-24 23:22:24] - it's fixed now. ~a
[2005-04-24 23:22:19] - oops, sorry paul. i broke your link. ~a
[2005-04-24 22:16:16] - http://abcnews.go.com/US/CSM/story?id=692106&page=1 Amid safety concerns, state suggests youth baseball use wood rather than aluminum. -Paul
[2005-04-23 11:13:09] - I don't know if you all remember Pierce's 5 person list from his journal.... the lead singer from Keane is on my list
- Lisa[2005-04-23 11:09:53] - sorry it takes me so long to respond
- Lisa[2005-04-23 11:09:22] - Keane is the best band in the world...they are like britsh pop without guitars. I won my tickets just by calling into the morning show. I got lucky! - Lisa
[2005-04-23 07:13:18] - a: so I suppose as long as you are aware that someone can hijack your telnet session and execute arbitrary commands as whoever you logged in as, it's fine ^_^ -dave
[2005-04-23 07:12:25] - a: very true. I guess it's just that something like http doesn't automatically let you execute commands as root on someone's machine -dave
[2005-04-22 23:21:30] - telnet has it's place. i use it to test cleartext protocols manually (like http, pop, smtp, and the connectivity of other protocols like ssh etc). one could argue: man, don't ever use http. it is soooo easy to hijack http sessions ('cause it's just as easy) ~a
[2005-04-22 22:02:59] - dave: context? ~a
[2005-04-22 18:57:44] - man, don't ever use telnet. It is sooo easy to hijack telnet sessions -dave
[2005-04-22 16:17:29] - amy: yeah. boo mtg.
~a[2005-04-22 14:15:06] - aaron: i will probably come over at some point tonight after going home. i don't know when that is but i would not mind joining the friday night activitiy, or not joining if it is mtg .p -amy
[2005-04-22 14:06:19] - aaron: she wanted to go home and get some things done first anyway. I don't think a draft will take that long hopefully - vinnie
[2005-04-22 13:58:52] - vinnie: What about amy? I thought we were including her in our friday night activity - aaron
[2005-04-22 13:28:56] - Vinnie: Ok, then I'm sure we'll find a way to get in touch regardless. Sounds good. -Paul
[2005-04-22 13:25:36] - paul: yeah, I was supposed to hang out with Aaron too, so I'm pretty sure he's fine with this - vinnie
[2005-04-22 13:24:59] - paul: unless it starts raining, yes. and I'll call you if I'm not coming. although it is mighty cold outside today, so I'm not sure how long I'd want to play anyway (I found my light jacket wasn't enough...) - vinnie
[2005-04-22 13:23:18] - Vinnie: I'm supposed to call Aaron after basketball, can I assume you're coordinating with him on this? -Paul
[2005-04-22 13:22:26] - Vinnie: I'm going to show up at the court anyway, are you going to also? -Paul
[2005-04-22 13:14:26] - paul: yeah I figured he might not. I'll give him a call later if we don't see him. it's most important to tell you since you're the one that doesn't live close by in case we don't play basketball
- vinnie[2005-04-22 13:10:15] - Vinnie: I don't know if Travis reads this anymore. I'm interested, although I haven't played Magic in so long that I might be pretty bad. -Paul
[2005-04-22 13:06:13] - paul/travis/aaron: interested in doing a magic draft tonight? either after basketball if it's still on, or during basketball if it's rained out? I can provide the packs (and the apartment obv) - vinnie
[2005-04-22 11:26:51] - Mig: Because I think most people see a difference between painful death and a painless one. Somebody gets shot and killed, it's not a big story. Somebody gets tortured and killed, it's a bigger story. -Paul
[2005-04-22 11:24:01] - s/saistic/sadistic
[2005-04-22 11:23:30] - i mean it might be saistic to put chickens in a woodchipper or torture them to death, but how is that ethically different from just lopping off their heads? -mig
[2005-04-22 11:22:09] - i really have never understood the "please kill humanely" animal rights people. i can understand the stand of not wanting to kill animals, there's rational debate for that. but really, what difference does it make how these animals die? dead is dead. - mig
[2005-04-22 11:17:10] - http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/21/State/Tasered_nine_times__w.shtml Tasered nine times, woman hires lawyer -Paul
[2005-04-22 11:15:10] - http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050421-9999-1mi21chicken.html State farm lobby blocks bill to stop killing chickens via wood chippers -Paul
[2005-04-22 11:11:21] - http://www.reason.com/0504/cr.ks.are.shtml Are We Just Really Smart Robots? -Paul
[2005-04-22 10:43:59] - Aaron: I think Pierce and Dave were talking about the writeable DVD format war. There were two different formats for writeable DVDs and to this day, neither seems to have really "won". -Paul
[2005-04-22 10:43:13] - http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/11458225.htm Woman who said she found finger arrested -Paul
[2005-04-22 10:39:27] - What was this alleged DVD format war? I don't remember its competitors. Laserdisc came out waaaaay before DVD.... right? - aaron
[2005-04-22 10:03:47] - ultimate_people: i did not realize it was supposed to rain. show up at vinnie's after bowling if it's not raining? if it is, we'll try to resched for sunday? -amy
[2005-04-22 10:03:16] - a: hooray for sleep! and don't worry about DDR, no problem we will just drive 1.5 hrs to play ITG ^_^ -amy
[2005-04-22 09:55:18] - amy: i am. i slept it off . . . 18 hours of sleep wednesday night did the trick. i even went to work afterwards (but was there late enough that i missed ddr
) ~a[2005-04-22 09:53:59] - http://dvd.ign.com/articles/606/606542p1.html Blu-ray and HD-DVD joining forces? -Paul
[2005-04-22 09:53:10] - Amy: I might try to show up, but I wouldn't be able to stay long. Also, it's supposed to be raining tomorrow, are you sure you want to be outside playing frisbee? -Paul
[2005-04-22 09:50:18] - a: yeah. the ars article says it's more that all of the competition in the VM market has the Linux capability, so MS has to as well or have an "inferior" product -dave
[2005-04-22 09:45:58] - a: that's cool, are you two feeling better? -amy
[2005-04-22 09:37:33] - amy: i'll be there . . . and lori might make it. ~a
[2005-04-22 09:29:31] - dave: i saw the /. post on that ms vm thing. here what sd said ... "Perhaps the significance of this is that Microsoft has acknowledged Linux as an OS people might want to use, which seems an upgrade from its previous status as a communist cancer." ~a
[2005-04-22 09:18:28] - paul: i know you have a dinner thing but maybe you could make it for part of the time? 0.) -amy
[2005-04-22 09:14:37] - ultimate_people: Show up to Vinnie's after bowling tomorrow; I'm assuming ~3-4? Who can make it?? -amy
[2005-04-22 07:52:46] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050421-4839.html Linux coming to a Microsoft VM near you -dave
[2005-04-22 07:46:34] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050421-4837.html?25382 Indian parliament strikes down software patents -dave
[2005-04-22 01:23:57] - paul: var'aq . . . ok i'm done. ~a
[2005-04-22 01:11:06] - piet ~a
[2005-04-22 00:38:47] - my new favorite programming language is malbolge. malbolge takes many many steps beyond the unreadability/unwritability of brainfuck. ~a
[2005-04-21 16:35:32] - Amy: I probably won't be able to make it because I have a company dinner I have to attend Saturday evening, but I hope the rest of you all have fun. -Paul
[2005-04-21 16:30:37] - i definitely would prefer to do bowling first if both are on saturday. - mig
[2005-04-21 16:24:57] - fine with me. ~a
[2005-04-21 16:24:17] - ultimate_people: i was thinking trying for ultimate at ~3-4 again, thoughts? -amy
[2005-04-21 16:17:35] - a+Amy: If you want, I can reschedule bowling for Sunday. There's really no good reason it has to be on Saturday. -Paul
[2005-04-21 16:16:26] - ultimate at 11am, bowling at 2pm? ~a
[2005-04-21 16:15:46] - or we could do ultimate before bowling starts . . . ~a
[2005-04-21 16:13:40] - Amy: I think we usually bowl for around 2-3 hours (which would put the end sometime between 3:00-4:00) but it really just depends on how long people want to bowl. I suggest you just set up a time and let people know and if it cuts bowling short, it's not big deal. We bowl often enough anyway. -Paul
[2005-04-21 16:09:49] - Paul: I agree, we could just do ulimate whenever bowling ends (when is that, BTW?) - amy
[2005-04-21 16:08:23] - Assuming that you are thinking of doing ultimate the same time you were planning last week (late afternoon) I think people should be able to do both if they want. -Paul
[2005-04-21 16:07:55] - a: Sorry, I forgot about ultimate and the reason I didn't sent it to Amy is because she isn't in my address book (I just go down and click checkboxes next to names). -Paul
[2005-04-21 16:02:21] - a: maybe paul hates me .( yeah i wanted to do ultimate but if people want to do bowling instead... well then that's perfect; we can do one then the other ^_^ -amy
[2005-04-21 16:00:05] - amy: is ultimate still planned for saturday? the reason i ask is paul sent out an email about bowling saturday too (he didn't send it to you for some reason) and i wanted to see if i could make it to both. ~a
[2005-04-21 15:14:06] - Amy: And I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to turn the website into a lucrative porn site either. -Paul
[2005-04-21 15:09:11] - paul: yes, i think so. plus it comes with a shitty website for the religion!! -amy
[2005-04-21 14:37:59] - Amy: So I guess it would be like buying the papacy of the church of genetalia? I suppose that has a sort of appeal to it. -Paul
[2005-04-21 14:23:13] - a: yay!! thank you!!! <3 -amy
[2005-04-21 14:23:00] - paul: it had a website and a lot of followers, and i dunno, i guess you would have all the followers and organize stuff *shrug* i wish i still had the page, it was very funny. -amy
[2005-04-21 13:22:23] - Amy: Maybe I'm missing something, but how does somebody buy a religion? And what exactly would be the benefit anyway? -Paul
[2005-04-21 13:20:42] - paul: i once saw a religion being sold on ebay. a religion dedicated to genetalia. no joke (that i saw it; unsure about the religion itself). it was going for thousands, like $50k? -amy
[2005-04-21 13:14:48] - Mig: Didn't you hear about the man who had to play three parts in one movie? It sounds to me as if the men are being exploited more. -Paul
[2005-04-21 13:12:13] - paul: but the women are being exploited paul! it's only right they are paid more. - mig
[2005-04-21 13:03:10] - http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/rice200504210759.asp A humorous take on the wage-gap topic. What about the wage gap in the adult film industry? -paul
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