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[2005-10-19 00:19:26] - is it weird that I find random cameos by otherwise-inconsequential actors interesting? - pierce
[2005-10-18 20:49:30] - haha... less than ten minutes into the pilot of Undeclared, and it's already had random cameos by Clark Kent from Smallville and Pam Beesley from The Office. - pierce
[2005-10-18 20:40:26] - mig: you should use php. ~a
[2005-10-18 17:32:27] - bug:typo::debug:? - aaron
[2005-10-18 17:25:02] - mig: oh, ok! good luck! - aba
[2005-10-18 16:42:25] - aba: i'm having problems with my database, they should be resolved hopefully in the next few days. - mig
[2005-10-18 16:33:15] - mig: why is your website broken? - aba
[2005-10-18 14:04:42] - Does anybody know if they show a repeat of the Office on NBC anytime? -Paul
[2005-10-18 13:56:20] - Xpovos: I think a lot of it just stems from the "this is a problem, now what is the government going to do about it?" mentality. -Paul
[2005-10-18 13:55:36] - Xpovos: Well, I'm not necessarily saying that anybody hosts dirty shows (whatever that means). I think that the vast majority of liberal bias is not intentional and not even necessarily always a reflection of the person doing the broadcast. -Paul
[2005-10-18 13:50:11] - Also, I'm in your boat on NBC, only NBC news I watch is MSNBC, and usually for Chris Matthews, who is moderately liberal, but hosts a clean show. -- Xpovos
[2005-10-18 13:49:32] - Paul: Times I'll agree as well, but they're print, and print tends to editorialize more anyway. So I tend to ignore that in the NY Times/ Wash Post. -- Xpovos
[2005-10-18 13:47:40] - Xpovos: Well, from my experience I think that NBC leans a little to the left as does the Washington Post and New York Times. -Paul
[2005-10-18 13:44:35] - Paul: I'm saying that the mainstream media (minus CBS news) is on the whole balanced, and not biased towards anything but sensationalism. CBS news is liberally biased. -- Xpovos
[2005-10-18 13:42:30] - Xpovos: I don't have a lot of experience with CBS news personally, are you saying that they are not liberally biased or they are not biased in favor of Bush? -Paul
[2005-10-18 13:39:14] - Paul: If you discount CBS from the mainstream media, I agree. -- Xpovos
[2005-10-18 13:04:43] - a: Well, they kinda are, but don't have to be. The media can have a liberal bias but also have a Bush bias which would override it. -Paul
[2005-10-18 13:01:14] - oh. i understand. they are meant to be conflicting statements. nm. ~a
[2005-10-18 13:00:21] - paul: "the media generally has a liberal bias, that Bush seems to generally have gotten off a little easier in the mainstream media" aren't these conflicting statements? ~a
[2005-10-18 12:55:30] - Although I don't think the point about the public believing that Iraq had WMDs and supported al Qaeda necessarily proves anything. What people believe isn't a direct reflection of what the media reports. -Paul
[2005-10-18 12:52:48] - aba: I have to agree, even though I'm still a big believer that the media generally has a liberal bias, that Bush seems to generally have gotten off a little easier in the mainstream media. -Paul
[2005-10-18 12:48:23] - i thought the part about media bias was particularly interesting. - aba
[2005-10-18 12:47:14] - http://spunandspinning.blogspot.com/2005/10/illusion-of-normality.html - aba
[2005-10-18 12:38:44] - There's about two workstations here at work that have it installed, and every time I sign on I get about six messages about "Antispyware has stopped this random program from doing this random thing," usually a side-effect of some software that someone else installed on that machine long ago which I don't care about - aaron
[2005-10-18 12:37:50] - sam: I'm not concerned about unfair competition as much as I am concerned that the antispyware software is the most annoying thing ever - aaron
[2005-10-18 12:32:01] - Until yesterday I had never heard of "Wonkette" and then not only is she mentioned here but today Vox Day mentions her too. Eerie. -paul
[2005-10-18 12:15:48] - Maxtor oneTouch III Turbo external hard drive; available in 600GB and 1 TB; capable of RAID 0 and RAID 1. http://maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.ba88f6d7cf664718376049b291346068/&b=26&?channelpath=/en_us/Products/External%20Storage/OneTouch%20III%20Family/Max -sam
[2005-10-18 12:08:47] - How the hell are they supposed to win? -Paul
[2005-10-18 12:08:39] - Sam: This kind of thing annoys me, though. People are always complaining about lack of security and lack of features in MS products and yet when MS does introduce a new feature, they get sued and told to leave it out. -Paul
[2005-10-18 12:07:58] - Sam: Based on my definition of "unfair", no. I don't see a problem with this at all. However, the government may disagree with me. -Paul
[2005-10-18 12:05:51] - "This time around, competitors worry that the inclusion of anti-virus and anti-spyware protection will give Microsoft a big push in the security market, especially among consumers." -sam
[2005-10-18 12:05:08] - "Last year, the European Commission ruled that Microsoft must make available a version of Windows, minus Windows Media Player. The Windows XP N product was the result." -sam
[2005-10-18 12:04:12] - do you guys think Windows Vista bundling the antispyware program will lead to unfair competition? -sam
[2005-10-18 11:52:09] - link again -sam
[2005-10-18 11:51:25] - -sam
[2005-10-18 11:49:39] - Microsoft Bakes Windows AntiSpyware into Vista http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1872253,00.asp -sam
[2005-10-18 11:43:53] - Nintendo offers free wi-fi at MacDonalds in US http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/18/technology/personaltech/mcdonalds_nintendo/ -sam
[2005-10-18 11:01:16] - The Colbert Report was pretty funny, but his straight-face reporting gets a bit tedious without silliness to break it up. That's why Stewart is so good at what he does. Even when he's interacting "seriously" with one of the reporters, it feels like it's not an act. - pierce
[2005-10-18 10:21:20] - a: I know, a charity. I'll bet the charity was very amused at his revoking of a legitimate-sounding donation for a very reasonable sum - aaron
[2005-10-18 10:08:09] - mig: okay, well the other argument still stands... he may think the death penalty is murder, but he prioritizes properly fulfilling his role as executive over countering what is, at most, a passive contribution to murder. - pierce
[2005-10-18 09:57:37] - the sun orbits the center of mass of the solar system? (also, that center of mass is "generally" inside of the sun, which means sometimes the center of mass is not inside the sun?) cool. i love you, wikipedia. ~a
[2005-10-18 09:55:43] - a: Hey, Pierce started it. -Paul
[2005-10-18 09:50:19] - paul: groan. ~a
[2005-10-18 09:48:25] - Pierce: Only if it was regarding the death penalty for Gore.
-Paul[2005-10-18 09:44:37] - -amy
[2005-10-18 09:44:35] - mig: wow that picture is all sorts of creepy
[2005-10-18 09:24:40] - pierce: i saw his ad, he said he is against the penalty because he believes all life is sacred. Hence, to him the death penalty is murder. - mig
[2005-10-18 09:14:06] - "So the $10K offer to charity was satire, too?" no fucking kidding. seriously, if it was satire, he would have at least said he would pay the money TO THE COMPANY that developed the game . . . not offer such a huge sum to a CHARITY ~a
[2005-10-18 09:13:06] - aaron: shocking. SHOCKING. - pierce
[2005-10-18 09:12:00] - oh, and I didn't say he's against the death penalty because he thinks it's murder... I don't know why he's against it. Maybe he just thinks it's inefficient because it costs more, or that it would be justified if we could always be 100% certain of guilt but in practice it has too high of a false-positive rate. - pierce
[2005-10-18 09:11:23] - http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000743063662/ thompson breaks his word on $10k bounty - aaron
[2005-10-18 09:09:30] - mig: ...the executive isn't supposed to exercise his power to disobey the legislature simply because he disagrees with its decisions. - pierce
[2005-10-18 09:08:40] - mig: it's not like he's physically pulling the switch. it may seem like a useless distinction, but it's actually important. he's elected to execute the law, not define it. it'd be like if congress declared a war and the president commanded all troops to defy the declaration... - pierce
[2005-10-18 08:06:06] - pierce: ah right. so he is against the death penalty because he believes its murder, but he has no problem committing murder .... some strong moral priniciples there. - mig
[2005-10-18 00:32:06] - mig: kilgore has brought the issue to the forefront because of his negative campaign ads. kaine apparently personally opposes the death penalty, but claims that his role as governor would not give him the right to categorically override the legislature's implementation of it by pardoning all death-row inmates. - pierce
[2005-10-18 00:25:31] - amy: hmmmm... upon rereading my comment, there are two possible ways of interpreting it... rest assured, I mean that you should have something against me joining in karaoke revolution, not against you joining in karaoke revolution. - pierce
[2005-10-18 00:24:03] - Paul: no... pro-death-penalty fits the word "kilgore" for the same reasons that a pro-war stance would. - pierce
[2005-10-18 00:07:48] - mig: Technically they both said they will kill people. Kaine said he would carry out the death penalty even though he is morally against it (if I recall correctly). -Paul
[2005-10-17 23:53:10] - and why is the focus of this campaign the death penatly? it makes me sort of cringe that one person complains that he won't kill people and another assuring that, yes i will kill people when i get the opportunity. - mig
[2005-10-17 23:03:03] - Amy: Trust me, you really don't want to hear me sing.
-Paul[2005-10-17 23:02:28] - Amy: Thanks for the offer. I just might have more questions for you later, but not now. -Paul
[2005-10-17 22:58:54] - Pierce: Pro-death penalty = pro-war? -Paul
[2005-10-17 20:57:15] - aaron: readers of wonkette's blog noted a resemblance to emperor palpatine (http://www.wonkette.com/politics/harriet-miers/harriet-miersyour-friends-have-failed-129209.php), although i personally voted that she resembled jerri blank. - aba
[2005-10-17 19:44:04] - Miers looks a little too eyesockety in that picture - aaron
[2005-10-17 19:35:18] - mig: so is harriet miers' expression.
- aba[2005-10-17 19:12:05] - http://www.wnd.com/images2/hmiers1.jpg i'm sorry but this photo is hilarious .... bush's expression is just so .... creepy. - mig
[2005-10-17 18:56:57] - wow... when I joked yesterday that someone with a name like "kilgore" must be pro-war, it turns out that I wasn't all that far off; his campaign is running a series of really despicable emotion-grubbing negative ads about kaine's time as a court-appointed attorney for death-row inmates, which he apparently thinks is a bad thing. - pierce
[2005-10-17 18:49:09] - amy: I have nothing against joining in karaoke revolution, but maybe you should.
- pierce[2005-10-17 18:44:08] - paul: well if you have any other costume-related questions, i used to be one of those crazy cosplay people at anime conventions, so i have a bit of experience with costumes .) also, nobody would be forced to sing at the hypothetical karaoke burrow party, but i'd encourage you to at least try it, esp. since you mentioned an interest once via LJ (no i won't let it go!) -amy
[2005-10-17 18:42:12] - a: i meant in general; if there wasn't interest, i would be less inclined to organize and find a good night for it, etc. -amy
[2005-10-17 18:16:16] - pierce: don't fight it. you love quicktime. quicktime is slowtime. freedom is slavery. war is peace. - apple
[2005-10-17 18:09:59] - Amy: I would be interested in games or watching karaoke. -Paul
[2005-10-17 18:08:05] - Wow, how did I double post? -Paul
[2005-10-17 18:07:52] - Amy: Wow, thanks for all the information. I wasn't thinking about an anime character at the time but I am now. It doesn't sound like there is a good way to do what I was thinking of doing so it's on to plan B (whatever that is). Thanks again for the info. -Paul
[2005-10-17 18:07:51] - Amy: Wow, thanks for all the information. I wasn't thinking about an anime character at the time but I am now. It doesn't sound like there is a good way to do what I was thinking of doing so it's on to plan B (whatever that is). Thanks again for the info. -Paul
[2005-10-17 17:34:59] - what night? ~a
[2005-10-17 17:18:27] - would there be any interest in having a karaoke revolution night at the burrow? if we promise to supply *lots* of alcohol? or maybe a part-karaoke part-games night? -amy
[2005-10-17 17:09:02] - I'm also sad that with the introduction of iPod video, they're no longer making music videos available for free. I'm not sure they realize how many songs I bought after seeing the video first on iTunes... Dogs Die in Hot Cars owes my purchase of their album to that. - pierce
[2005-10-17 17:06:05] - grrr... I wouldn't mind Apple's recent bi-weekly updates to iTunes if it didn't conveniently "forget" my don't-load-quicktime-at-startup and don't-put-qt-player-in-my-quicklaunch-tray settings every time. - pierce
[2005-10-17 16:21:09] - Paul: (oh and about #2, I have gotten red, silver, and gold to show up in my black hair, so it's possible to get a lighter shade to show up over a darker shade of hair, though i don't think you can get it to be really really blond. if that makes any sense.) -amy
[2005-10-17 16:19:27] - ...UNLESS you are dressing up as a dragon ball z character, in which case I have seen people at anime conventions do the hair using spray-painted STYROFOAM pieces, and it looked just like the anime, believe me. -amy
[2005-10-17 16:18:53] - ... 3. bleach your hair and then permanent dye it back to your original color, could be trickier for you than it was for me because "black" is very easy to match (though my hair DID actually turn out blacker than it is, but not enough that I cared). Yeah, I think those are your 3 options, I can't think of anything else... UNLESS... -amy
[2005-10-17 16:17:14] - Paul: I don't know what you are trying to do on Halloween or in your leisure time, but if you want your hair to be blonde or white for a day, you have a few options: 1. wig 2. temporary spray/dye (worth a try, it's about $3 and they sell them everywhere at halloween time [grocery, cvs, etc], but my guess is it won't cover your hair color)... -amy
[2005-10-17 16:15:42] - Paul: Bleaching is permanent. It literally removes the pigment from the hair. -amy
[2005-10-17 16:07:54] - Does anybody know if it's possible to bleach your hair for only a day (or weekend, at most)? -Paul
[2005-10-17 15:39:05] - In 1975, ABBA's "SOS" became the first song with a palindromic title recorded by a group with a palindromic name to hit the pop charts.
[2005-10-17 15:36:28] - sam: no; my mom doesn't wear a ring and she is married. again, culture/ethnicity thing, but i wouldn't assume that ALL american women wear their wedding/engagement rings. i don't know if i'd wear a ring every day... i actually really dislike the idea of wearing a ring every day. -amy
[2005-10-17 15:29:15] - a: Three rows of three. -Paul
[2005-10-17 15:28:48] - a: Well, if you think of the representation of the numbers on dice, then there are only nine placements for dots on a side. -Paul
[2005-10-17 15:24:54] - paul: maximum of nine? ~a
[2005-10-17 15:21:34] - amy: so then is it safe to assume that if a woman doesn't have any rings on her left ring finger, she isn't engaged or married? -sam
[2005-10-17 15:20:12] - sam: as i understand it, that is usually the custom. i know some people who wear non-wedding/engagement related rings on their left ring fingers though, but i think usually those people have diff. culture/ethnicity. ALSO, married women can wear both their engagement and wedding rings. if you see diamonds and you think she is married, look for another band under that. -amy
[2005-10-17 15:10:54] - amy: so if a woman has a diamond ring on her left ring finger, she is engaged? if she has a solid metal ring on her left ring finger, she is married? -sam
[2005-10-17 14:47:37] - sam: i think diamonds are usu for engagement, and solid metal band is a wedding ring -amy
[2005-10-17 14:45:49] - PSP Gets Updated Firmware, TV Streaming Capability http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2005/id20051014_091021.htm -sam
[2005-10-17 14:44:36] - sam: I'm somewhat surprised they charged the driver, and not the bus company - aaron
[2005-10-17 14:39:41] - what if she has a non-diamond ring on her left ring finger? -sam
[2005-10-17 14:39:09] - if a woman has a diamond ring on her left ring finger, does that mean she is married? -sam
[2005-10-17 14:34:05] - Charges are being filed against the driver of a bus that caught fire near Dallas while carrying people fleeing Hurricane Rita. The driver is being charged with criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of 23 passengers. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/17/national/main949073.shtml -sam
[2005-10-17 14:22:49] - a: I know that I'm approaching it wrong but I can't figure out how else to do it. I've tried thinking of roses and petals Do the numbers indicate petals around a rose and some overlap and others don't? That almost works, except there would be a maximum of nine and I know sometimes it goes higher. -paul
[2005-10-17 14:18:34] - paul: it's a lot like your phone-code. you're thinking about it like a decryption-hacker just like i was when i was trying to decode the phone-code when in reality it was a more fuzzy-friendly code. (what is a rose? what is a petal?) ~a
[2005-10-17 14:12:03] - a: Adding. Subtracting. Looking for doubles or triples. Putting them in order to see if there is a pattern... -Paul
[2005-10-17 14:10:52] - paul: yes, yes, but how are you manipulating the numbers to get the result. ~a
[2005-10-17 14:10:04] - a: Most in terms of how to manipulate the numbers to get the result. -Paul
[2005-10-17 14:09:36] - Amy: I'm trying, but it haunts me.
-paul[2005-10-17 14:07:48] - paul: what way are you thinking about it? ~a
[2005-10-17 14:07:25] - Paul: you should stop thinking about it and go back to it later, in a diff state of mind. .) -amy
[2005-10-17 14:02:28] - Amy: I agree, I am almost 100% sure I am looking at this the wrong way but I just can't think of any other way of looking at it. -Paul
[2005-10-17 13:58:37] - "the terminal velocity of a skydiver in a normal free-fall position with a closed parachute is about 120 mph. This speed increases to about 200 mph if the skydiver pulls in his limbs" ~a
[2005-10-17 13:49:10] - (btw i was not trying to imply that adrian was very dumb bc he got it instantly .p i just think that you have to look at it in a certain way, and it's interesting the different ways ppl try to analyze it. if you don't look at the essential aspect initially, it might totally mislead your entire analysis.) -amy
[2005-10-17 13:42:05] - Amy: So if I don't get it by the end of today, I might never get it unless I look it up. -Paul
[2005-10-17 13:41:33] - Amy: It seems like something I am either going to get today or never get. -Paul
[2005-10-17 13:39:37] - sry, the prof who introduced it to the person who posted it took over a year, etc. ...-amy
[2005-10-17 13:38:56] - paul: yes, you can: here (CAUTION contains dumb spoiler). ~a
[2005-10-17 13:38:30] - Paul: don't feel dumb, bc as they say, the longer it takes you the smarter you are... the prof who posted it took a year to solve it. -amy
[2005-10-17 13:36:09] - a: I can find the solution on wikipedia I think if I wanted to. -Paul
[2005-10-17 13:33:16] - http://freecycle.org/ freecycle - i thought this was a pretty cool idea. punch in your zip code and see stuff near you that people want to get rid of. (old vacuum cleaner, VCR, etc.) contact them and pick it up for free. it's like e-bay for free. - aaron
[2005-10-17 13:31:32] - because i think it's dumb, i don't mind spoiling it via a link. ~a
[2005-10-17 13:31:13] - paul: if you give up, i'll spoil it. ~a
[2005-10-17 13:30:37] - paul: yes and no. yes you have to guess what the creator of the game was thinking, but no it's not obscure in any way. ~a
[2005-10-17 13:26:34] - a: So it's more about being able to guess what the creator of the game was thinking about than anything else? -paul
[2005-10-17 13:21:11] - a: OK, i didn't feel that it was a waste of time, either .p -amy
[2005-10-17 13:19:13] - paul: i think that's the point. if you know what the roses and petals have to do with the numbers, then there's nothing else to figure out. ~a
[2005-10-17 13:18:25] - a: Now I feel stupid. I wish I was given more directions or some indication as to what roses and petals have to do with numbers. -Paul
[2005-10-17 13:18:09] - if it takes you 2 seconds to figure it out, you tell yourself, "what a waste of 2 seconds". if it takes you 2 hours to figure it out, you tell yourself, "what a waste of 2 hours". ~a
[2005-10-17 13:17:16] - i didn't say that it was obvious. i said it was dumb. as in: after you figure it out, you're like, "man that was dumb". ~a
[2005-10-17 13:16:19] - a: i didn't think it was that dumb or obvious... well obv since i didn't get it immediately. -amy
[2005-10-17 13:15:17] - heh. i didn't even look at the "brief explanation of the petals/rose game" although i'm pretty sure it only would have hurt my chances of figuring it out. ~a
[2005-10-17 13:13:42] - and yes, it's very dumb. ~a
[2005-10-17 13:12:47] - yay. i got it on my first guess. </gloating> ~a
[2005-10-17 13:12:10] - Paul: 0.) -amy
[2005-10-17 13:08:54] - Amy: Curses, you've got it? -Paul
[2005-10-17 12:57:16] - *** amy kicks herself
[2005-10-17 12:40:30] - Paul: Yeah, I am sure I am just thinking about it the wrong way. Others have said they got it instantly and that it was very "dumb." And that I'll kick myself when I get it (or get someone to tell me the solution, at this rate). Anyway, I haven't spent too much time on it.. I'm just going back to work and trying to forget about it .p -amy
[2005-10-17 12:34:45] - Sam: I did. -Paul
[2005-10-17 12:29:11] - did anyone hear about the minnesota vikings' sex cruise? -sam
[2005-10-17 12:26:22] - Amy: I know I'm thinking about it too hard, because it's supposed to be simple, but I can't think of any other way of thinking about it. And what the hell does a rose have to do with it?
-Paul[2005-10-17 12:25:48] - Amy: This might possibly drive me insane. -Paul
[2005-10-17 11:53:48] - (i guess i am a genius because i can't figure this thing out .( ) -amy
[2005-10-17 11:52:26] - http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=puredragon&tab=weblogs&uid=369137655 brief explanation of the petals/rose game -amy
[2005-10-17 11:52:08] - http://crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/roses.html How many petals around the rose? -amy
[2005-10-17 11:43:05] - Amy: Just goes to show the big gap in "gender equality" between Japan and the US. -Paul
[2005-10-17 11:32:13] - Paul: so now her husband cooks dinner for her (at least) once a week. what a great step for womankind. -amy
[2005-10-17 11:19:56] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/16/AR2005101601145.html Sick of Their Husbands in Graying Japan -Paul
[2005-10-17 11:18:36] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/16/AR2005101601055.html House GOP Leaders Set to Cut Spending -Paul
[2005-10-17 10:55:51] - "Despite the seeming danger of the leap, fatalities are rare. About 30 skydivers are killed each year in the US out of roughly 100,000 jumpers" from wikipedia. ~a
[2005-10-17 09:49:12] - I'll donate $1 to charity if Jack Thompson delivers his a Jack Thompsonesque diatribe targetting the next 007 movie, a movie which will undoubtedly violence, and encourage young impressionable children to trick submarines into launching nuclear missiles at eachother simultaneously - aaron
[2005-10-17 09:43:54] - aaron: what's moronic is that he'll probably claim some sort of moral victory when no one creates his shitty game idea. god what a fucktard. - mig
[2005-10-17 09:34:33] - At best he accomplished a "your company won't make this game, because it will sell horribly, on the basis that nobody could feasibly relate to the motives of the main character" or, more realistically, a "your company won't make this game because $10,000 isn't very much money, and you are a business" - aaron
[2005-10-17 09:30:43] - pierce: I think what he was trying to go for was a, "you guys won't make this game, because you're afraid a teenager will re-enact the game, and kill you!" but i think he did a really awful job of getting that across - aaron
[2005-10-17 02:06:15] - by the way, "I don't know guys" was supposed to be "I don't know if you guys". - pierce
[2005-10-17 02:05:03] - In other words, dark and twisted and exposing what a hideous fantasy Thompson has developed, thinking he's imagined some heroic crusader when in fact he's just showing us that you don't have to have played Grand Theft Auto in order to be a sadist. - pierce
[2005-10-17 02:03:46] - i.e. in the scene where the Take This game company C.E.O. is murdered with her family, we could hear them pleading for their lives that "that's just a game... these are my children! they're flesh and blood and they've done nothing to you". - pierce
[2005-10-17 02:00:44] - I gotta say, I would be personally thrilled, and my hope for humanity renewed, if someone made that game, made it fun, and most of all presented the twisted subject matter as kind of an interactive Falling Down, where the protagonist is shown as acting cruelly and irrationally. - pierce
[2005-10-17 01:58:46] - I don't know guys have seen Jack Thompson's "modest proposal" for what he sees as an eye-for-an-eye for the damage the video game industry has done. - pierce
[2005-10-17 01:15:30] - "Well take that, add a margin of error because people develop at different rates, stir in a few closeted years rather than face a locality that labels you a 'sinner' and 'deviant', and let simmer." - pierce
[2005-10-17 01:14:15] - Oh, and I loved "During high school, he learned to be gay; he wasn’t before that." So you're saying that a young boy in the midst of sexual development developed sexually?!?! Shocking! I want to ask Alan Ward, "how many years before high school was it when you became sexually attracted to girls? Three? Four?..." - pierce
[2005-10-17 01:08:24] - A lot of it made me sad, like the bogus statistics that are just used to drum up emotional revulsion ("ingesting various amounts of fecal matter"), but I'll admit that I was impressed by Noe Reyes... I didn't agree with his assumptions about the "traditional family", but I respect his approach to his beliefs. - pierce
[2005-10-17 01:07:08] - Meet the Fundies in regards to the proposed Texas constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions. - pierce
[2005-10-15 22:54:55] - oh my god.... this is just awesome. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69113,00.html (the other inventions they mention are also cool) - pierce
[2005-10-14 16:59:52] - hope you can take this into account - vinnie
[2005-10-14 16:59:37] - mig: this may be a little late, but it is exclusively veggie. no meat anywhere - vinnie
[2005-10-14 15:59:19] - Amy:
Alrighty, see you at the restaurant. -Paul[2005-10-14 15:47:46] - (actually, I just wanted to use "migpaul." god am i friday-afternoon giddy!) -amy
[2005-10-14 15:47:24] - migpaul: OK cool. so i will be going home from work and then i'll see you at restaurant .) -amy
[2005-10-14 15:46:48] - paul: yes. - mig
[2005-10-14 15:45:03] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4337224.stm Daniel Craig takes on 007 mantle -Paul
[2005-10-14 15:44:40] - Mig: So... can you be at my place at around 6:45? -Paul
[2005-10-14 15:43:58] - Amy: Agreed. -Paul
[2005-10-14 15:40:49] - Paul: Well you two can work that out, otherwise I could pick both of you up like I offered but if you are planning on driving then it really doesn't make sense to take all those cars, you know what I mean? -amy
[2005-10-14 15:38:19] - Amy: Wow, all those people are going to the vegetarian restaurant? I'm a bit surprised. It might be easier if Miguel could come to my place instead of having me pick him up or else I might be late. -Paul
[2005-10-14 15:32:35] - paul: OK, does it make more sense for: 1. me to go home and take vin, gurk, aaron, ryan and you to pick up miguel OR 2. actually (1) makes the most sense of anything i can think of. nm .) -amy
[2005-10-14 15:28:30] - Amy: I'm planning on going seperately. If there are a lot of people going to the restaurant beforehand (which I am planning on doing) and you need more room, I can give people a ride. -Paul
[2005-10-14 15:24:24] - mig: maybe i can pick up you + paul along the way or something? i should really talk to vin about this. -amy
[2005-10-14 15:23:02] - mig: hmm otherwise... i wonder if it would make sense for me and vin to go seperately. bc i was debating how much sense it makes for me to go home before going... you are more along the way to this place than the burrow is. -amy
[2005-10-14 15:22:23] - mig: we have me, vin, aaron and gurkie and possibly vinnie's friend but i have to ask vinnie about that... if not vinnie's friend then yes we have room for you. -amy
[2005-10-14 15:20:57] - vinamy: if you've still got space in your car, i wouldn't mind getting a ride as well. - mig
[2005-10-14 14:44:06] - amy: ok i just wanted to confirm whether it was exclusively veggie or not. - mig
[2005-10-14 14:35:16] - a: Indeed it is. -Paul
[2005-10-14 14:32:12] - paul: it's a resturaunt. ~a
[2005-10-14 14:18:59] - Mig: Dave and Buster's serves food, I think. -Paul
[2005-10-14 14:13:17] - mig: it is a vegetarian restaurant. -amy
[2005-10-14 14:00:26] - Techno? Ha ha ha. Britney Spears is more Techno than Super Furry Animals - aaron
[2005-10-14 13:41:04] - vinnie: is this a veggie only place or is there stuff for carnivores? - mig
[2005-10-14 13:40:42] - Vinnie: Interesting, Welsh post-alternative techo.... three very strange adjectives. -- Xpovos
[2005-10-14 13:26:02] - sam: yikes. that sounds awful. -amy
[2005-10-14 13:19:39] - the screen is only 2.5 inches -sam
[2005-10-14 13:18:20] - what do you guys think about the video iPod? personally, i wouldn't like it, since the screen will be tiny... -sam
[2005-10-14 13:17:30] - aaron: will buy you a ticket. if you need a ride (and that means you have to eat at the restaurant
) just show up at my place before 6:30 - vinnie[2005-10-14 13:16:25] - xpovos: possibly? http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781FD249AD7120D4933354C8B67FF729C857B48B1A35565FC9B2394D8C096AB00CBAD8CEAEF875B47CE3FD24A05805D0CDFE3681& I liked em a lot in college - vinnie
[2005-10-14 13:15:49] - vinnie: I'd be interested in going. Buy me a ticket. Also, could I get a ride to D+B with you? - aaron
[2005-10-14 13:07:16] - Vinnie: That is a band I have not heard of, should I have? -- Xpovos
[2005-10-14 12:38:50] - aaron: it's kind of perverted in a way... -sam
[2005-10-14 12:37:02] - aaron: yea, i thought it was funny. -sam
[2005-10-14 12:11:46] - sam: The udders are really phallically placed - aaron
[2005-10-14 10:05:21] - Pierce: Is that the same receiver that I have? I think doing 5.1 on a 7.1 receiver should work just fine but I'm not entirely sure. I can try checking my receiver manual (if it's the same as the one you're thinking about) to see if it mentions it. -Paul
[2005-10-14 09:37:30] - pierce: i've searched google (as i assume you have) and found that the opposite works (7.1 on 5.1 receiver) which seems like it would be less likely to do (or impossible to do completely?). ~a
[2005-10-14 09:33:50] -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Circle%2C_Dot_Dot ~a[2005-10-14 09:12:44] - aaron: super furry animals are playing the 9:30 club on Nov 8 (Tues). I am going to go because I feel like I haven't been to a concert in ages but I think they're playing mostly new material. if you're interested, let me know - I'll probably be buying my ticket soon - vinnie
[2005-10-14 06:43:19] - specifically, I'm thinking about this one. I think it's a good fit for my speakers... am I right? I'm not way off the mark, am I? - pierce
[2005-10-14 06:35:57] - hey, does anyone know if 7.1 receivers work natively with 5.1 setups? I can't find any good receivers that do both component video and are natively 5.1, and I want to make sure I won't be screwing up the audio output if I get a 7.1 receiver. - pierce
[2005-10-13 22:56:02] - Sam: I dunno, it looks a little cheap to me. -Paul
[2005-10-13 21:49:36] - what do you guys think about this cow halloween costume? http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/11/web/635000-635999/635951_17_full.jpg -sam
[2005-10-13 14:33:06] - Amy: I'm sure that justifies the cost of buying a double cheeseburger.
-Paul[2005-10-13 14:25:46] - Paul: Hey, I am making a $0.02 profit on those patties, though. ,) -amy
[2005-10-13 14:18:35] - Amy: That'll be a mighty expensive grilled cheese sandwhich. -Paul
[2005-10-13 14:17:56] - aaron: we should go to mcD together. i'll buy a double cheeseburger and you could have BOTH my patties. (for $0.04 of course) -amy
[2005-10-13 14:08:20] - sam: I think $0.02 for a patty is pretty good. All you need is a bun and you could make a sandwich. I'd pay $0.02 for a cheeseburger patty. - aaron
[2005-10-13 14:04:15] - Sam: Not really. there is a restaurant in Reston which I am pretty sure uses filtered water but other than that, I couldn't tell you. -Paul
[2005-10-13 13:59:48] - aaron: gotta save those pennies! -sam
[2005-10-13 13:59:20] - aaron: i would reject your offer and only pay a penny more at McD's...
-sam[2005-10-13 13:59:11] - sam: yes, that's a possilibity also. - mig
[2005-10-13 13:57:39] - mig: i would prefer music over commercials... -sam
[2005-10-13 13:57:16] - mig: talk shows on satellite that are syndicated might just play music during the break. -sam
[2005-10-13 13:56:35] - mig: espn radio online plays music and 1 or 2 commercials during a break, but mostly music. -sam
[2005-10-13 13:53:26] - paul: do you know which restaurant uses what kind of water? -sam
[2005-10-13 13:47:06] - Sam: I would guess it depends on the restaurant. -Paul
[2005-10-13 13:42:13] - sam: next time I go to McDs i'll buy a double cheeseburger, and i'll sell you one of the patties for $0.02. That's my markup!- aaron
[2005-10-13 13:40:48] - when you order water from a restaurant, is it just tap water or filtered water? -sam
[2005-10-13 13:39:26] - aaron: i would have just paid the penny for the double cheeseburger... -sam
[2005-10-13 13:17:04] - *** Paul applauds Aaron
[2005-10-13 12:50:39] - *** aaron just saved $0.01 by ordering a cheeseburger instead of a double cheeseburger
[2005-10-13 12:23:24] - sam: and some won't. - mig
[2005-10-13 11:59:49] - mig: but i think many satellite talk shows will take advantage of uncensorship and say whatever they want. -sam
[2005-10-13 11:21:46] - sam: just because satellite is uncensored doesn't mean that every talk show host are going to have shows that couldn't be broadcast on regular radio. - mig
[2005-10-13 11:19:19] - aaron: thanks for link. i only just heard about it yesterday so it makes sense it wasn't on the front pages anymore. i didn't realize it happened so many days ago. -amy
[2005-10-13 11:17:55] - aaron: "i got pack to move" means i got drugs to sell. -sam
[2005-10-13 11:16:59] - aaron: "jesus walks" by kane west contains profanity and extreme arrogance. -sam
[2005-10-13 11:14:29] - mig: oops, i meant to say i hope howard stern show has no commercials -sam
[2005-10-13 11:13:31] - mig: on howard stern show has no commercials... if they need a break i hope they just play some music. -sam
[2005-10-13 11:12:24] - mig: i'm thinking of getting sirius satellite radio (mainly because of howard stern show). i hope it has no commercials... -sam
[2005-10-13 11:11:03] - mig: but satellite radio is not censored. i don't think many of the talk shows on it will be syndicated on regular radio station. -sam
[2005-10-13 11:10:37] - a: an hour? I think that would give us enough leeway time. I'm open to other suggestions... - vinnie
[2005-10-13 10:59:41] - http://www.bkmasks.com/ The Burger King mask. -Paul
[2005-10-13 10:46:11] - sure! how much later? ~a
[2005-10-13 10:35:26] - a: what time is the skydiving actually at? if it's noon I would suggest leaving later than 8:30. last time we got there with about two hours to spare - vinnie
[2005-10-13 10:12:40] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202498.html World Temperatures Keep Rising With a Hot 2005 -Paul
[2005-10-13 10:08:03] - sam: well most talk show might still be syndicated on regular radio stations, so they would need still need to take commercial breaks, and it wouldn't make sense for the sattelite affiliates to just play nothing while that happens. - mig
[2005-10-13 09:59:04] - do you know if talk shows on satellite radio have commercial breaks? i think only music stations are commercial free -sam
[2005-10-13 08:16:52] - Staff at New Orleans hospital debated euthanizing patients. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/12/katrina.hospital/index.html -sam
[2005-10-12 19:09:20] - The tsunami definitely got more coverage, possibly because of the death toll, or the number of countries it impacted - aaron
[2005-10-12 19:06:47] - http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/quake.asia.1018/index.html This article was on the front page on monday - aaron
[2005-10-12 19:05:20] - amy: It was on the front page of CNN yesterday and the day before if I'm not mistaken. Articles about the death toll breaking 30,000, some pictures, and people saying how they would never identify all of the dead - aaron
[2005-10-12 17:57:25] - Amy: No, I think you're right, the tsunami seemed to get more coverage. Maybe it's because there were American tourists there or because they had the video of the waves hitting. I'm not entirely sure. -Paul
[2005-10-12 17:09:25] - paul: this doesn't seem too far off from the tsunamis last december, and those seemed to get more attention than this. but perhaps that was only from people i knew personally, or the particular news sources i was looking at at the time. -amy
[2005-10-12 17:01:34] - Amy: I don't think it's too unusual for the American media to not make a big deal out of natural disasters in other countries unless they are really big. -Paul
[2005-10-12 16:56:32] - paul: yeah that was the article i found on it, too. i'm just really surprised that is the first i head of it, it was a pretty major disaster, and it's not even clear to me when it happened. very strange. -amy
[2005-10-12 16:49:37] - Amy: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101466.html I didn't hear much about it when it happened, which was a while ago I think. -Paul
[2005-10-12 16:35:39] - has anyone heard anything about the earthquake in pakistan? apparently it killed 20k+ people... i don't see it on cnn's front page at all. -amy
[2005-10-12 11:48:43] - sam: Which lyrics make you think kanye west is not a christian? - aaron
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