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[2006-02-09 15:39:08] - /golfclap. there are huge drug busts from time to time. doesn't mean the war on drugs is going well. hell, the govenrment can't even keep drugs out of their own prisons. - mig
[2006-02-09 15:06:04] - a: i'm starting to get the feeling that people who "don't have a good memory" actually have normal memories, it's just me that is weird. -amy
[2006-02-09 14:52:25] - only believe the stuff i read. ~a
[2006-02-09 14:52:07] - only the stuff Adrian reads. -Paul
[2006-02-09 14:47:58] - don't believe everything you read. ~a
[2006-02-09 14:42:05] - apparently al quaeda was going to fly a plane into a building on the west coast -dave
[2006-02-09 14:41:30] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020900301.html Bush says cooperation foiled 2002 Terrorist scheme -dave
[2006-02-09 14:12:27] - amy: i don't have a good memory. ~a
[2006-02-09 14:04:32] - Pierce: I didn't read the entire thing, but I think I read the part you pointed out. Pretty interesting stuff. -Paul
[2006-02-09 13:32:20] - sam: yeah post cards have always been cheaper than letters -amy
[2006-02-09 13:31:04] - i only need to put 24 cent stamp for a post card? -sam
[2006-02-09 13:29:17] - USPS First-Class Mail Rates: First ounce $0.39, Each additional ounce $0.24 http://www.usps.com/consumers/domestic.htm#H1 -sam
[2006-02-09 13:29:03] - hmm... i take that as a yes... anyway i am only bringing this up, wondering if other people have the same random memories that i do. -amy
[2006-02-09 12:35:05] - aaron: btw the person you had picked was rick moranis .p -amy
[2006-02-09 12:34:56] - a/mig/aba/anyone: does anyone remember that happening? am i the only person who remembers this? -amy
[2006-02-09 12:32:26] - pierce: saic's web filter disagrees. - mig
[2006-02-09 12:30:17] - amy: I don't really remember that, but i'm not entirely surprised - aaron
[2006-02-09 12:14:47] - I liked Van Helsing too, but just as a fun "we're not creative enough to have a real plot, so we'll just get mileage out of combining established things". I also liked League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. /blush - pierce
[2006-02-09 12:13:09] - really fascinating interview with Dan Savage, the sex columnist, on the AV club. in particular, his perspective on straight male sexuality in the middle of the second page was really fascinating and (imo) insightful. http://www.avclub.com/content/node/45150 (language may not be safe for work, but the site is) - pierce
[2006-02-09 12:02:17] - mig: thanks. that makes sense now. ~a
[2006-02-09 11:37:35] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=682 blu-ray movies to come at end of april -dave
[2006-02-09 11:17:29] - streams typically take only bytes, while writers take strings and characters ... but functionally they serve the same purpose (writing output to somewhere). - mig
[2006-02-09 11:13:52] - aaron/mig/whoever: what's the difference between a BufferedOutputStream and a BufferedWriter? ~a
[2006-02-09 10:48:51] - aaron: hey. do you remember that time that we played the name game and you won but you forgot your own name? and nobody knew what it was and we had to open all the little slips of paper to find out who it was... -amy
[2006-02-09 10:44:47] - Vinnie: Hurray! I wasn't alone! -Paul
[2006-02-09 10:42:51] - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0209/p01s02-uspo.html?s=hns usgov to use web spiders to try and find terrorists ..... good luck with that. - mig
[2006-02-09 10:37:16] - I liked Van Helsing quite a bit. very Indiana Jones - vinnie
[2006-02-09 10:18:45] - all i know is getting 16 stamps from the atm costs $6.66. - mig
[2006-02-09 10:18:22] - amy: Have you seen the first movie? If not, do you want me to spoil it for you? -Paul
[2006-02-09 10:15:04] - Paul: Sequel? Kate Beckinsale would be in it right? ,) -amy
[2006-02-09 10:11:45] - stock options, omoshiroi -dave
[2006-02-09 10:05:21] - aaron: sam was right. it's 39 now (up from 37). ~a
[2006-02-09 10:05:03] - aba: Would you see a sequel if they made it? -Paul
[2006-02-09 08:54:21] - sam: You mean 42 cent stamp, right? - aaron
[2006-02-08 23:18:40] - paul: i thought van helsing was amusing, but not super. - aba
[2006-02-08 22:50:42] - sam: yes to your stamp question. - mig
[2006-02-08 21:52:07] - do i just use the normal 39 cents stamp to send a mail to california from here? I'm just mailing a check. -sam
[2006-02-08 19:16:31] - did anyone get a home equity loan or home equity line of credit? -sam
[2006-02-08 17:45:27] - Sam: Yes. Some features do work with Windows, but I don't recommend it. -- Xpovos
[2006-02-08 15:34:01] - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_investigates_Wikipedia_usage_by_U.S._Senate_staff_members Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members - aaron
[2006-02-08 15:32:52] - Xpovos: thanks. is it only for linux? -sam
[2006-02-08 15:28:03] - Aaron: The only reason I brought it up is because I caught it on cable last night and I enjoyed watching it a lot the second time around and found myself wishing they had turned it into a franchise. -Paul
[2006-02-08 15:21:59] - paul: I think i remember it being cheesy but acceptable - aaron
[2006-02-08 14:37:42] - It helps if I actually post a link... http://www.pchdtv.com -- Xpovos
[2006-02-08 14:33:40] - Sam: These guys built it. They're a few generations further in now, and with the broadcast flag still only an idea, you don't need to worry about that yet. -- Xpovos
[2006-02-08 14:32:44] - Sam: I purchased a tuner-card for HDTV and use in my PVR. Let me scrounge you a link. -- Xpovos
[2006-02-08 14:32:18] - Paul: I didn't like it, but my tastes in movies tend to run counter to a lot of people's.
[2006-02-08 14:17:41] - Am I the only person here who thought Van Helsing was a good movie? -Paul
[2006-02-08 13:51:36] - Sam: I would imagine that it depends on the type of tv tuner card. -Paul
[2006-02-08 13:47:02] - anyone know if TV tuner cards can record digital channels too? from the wall jack to the digital cable box, from the digital cable box to the TV tuner card. -sam
[2006-02-08 13:39:39] - all utilities are covered in the condo fee. -sam
[2006-02-08 13:38:32] - and the window doesn't really shut air tight, so i might need to get new windows. -sam
[2006-02-08 13:35:44] - yea, i was really lucky with my condo. the seller was in a hurry to sell and i got a great deal. unfortunately, i didn't know this place had cockroaches... -sam
[2006-02-08 13:15:23] - sam: yeah, what a said. i don't really know about condos. btw congrats, i didn't know you bought a condo -amy
[2006-02-08 13:15:00] - aaron: sounds fine. ~a
[2006-02-08 13:12:53] - unless you're paying rent to somebody, you can't call anybody for free. . . . or unless it's part of your condo fee, i guess. ~a
[2006-02-08 13:12:22] - sam: you bought a condo? i didn't know that. ~a
[2006-02-08 13:04:07] - since when did playboy.com start hosting mirrors for open source projects? - mig
[2006-02-08 12:51:47] - amy: it's a condo. do you think building manager for my condo might send an exterminator for free? -sam
[2006-02-08 12:23:06] - a: I want to go to ITG this week... after that we can go back to SFM if you want, and I'll just do ITG on my own whenever - aaron
[2006-02-08 10:11:17] - pesronal use rather. meaning that some guy who uploaded and downloaded songs using P2P, but didn't sell them or anything, was declared innocent -dave
[2006-02-08 09:55:35] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060207-6135.html woah, french legalize P2P for private use -dave
[2006-02-08 09:41:46] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020800590.html Kornheiser to Join 'Monday Night Football'. -Paul
[2006-02-08 09:41:33] - Sam: I think it's getting to the point where we almost don't need two genders to reproduce anymore. -Paul
[2006-02-08 09:41:18] - sam: aaron and i had our apartment complex take care of an ant problem we had. it was free and worked really well. ~a
[2006-02-08 09:36:01] - Sam: Sometimes it takes a little bit of time to see the results of anti-bug treatments. -Paul
[2006-02-08 09:35:24] - Sam: I think I read that somewhere not too long ago, but I was surprised when I read it. -Paul
[2006-02-08 09:30:59] - sam: you live in an apartment right? you could talk to the building manager, they can probably send exterminator for free (if like aba said, the nest is nearby and extermination is necessary) -amy
[2006-02-08 09:16:48] - http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ nice fonts to make programming a least visually more appealing. - mig
[2006-02-08 09:06:31] - sam: if you are only seeing a couple of roaches here and there, then get the bait traps and a can of raid. they are probably wandering in from elsewhere. if you are seeing lots of them, you need to get your place sprayed because the nest is probably very nearby (or inside your apartment). - aba
[2006-02-08 09:03:13] - a(aron): up to you all. I'll go wherever - vinnie
[2006-02-08 08:58:21] - let's say all women on earth are dead. would men still want to live? -sam
[2006-02-08 08:57:48] - if one gender got completely annihilated, would we still want to live? doesn't our instinct to survive come from desire to reproduce? -sam
[2006-02-08 08:38:41] - paul: yea i have that bait thing... i can't tell if it's working well or not though... -sam
[2006-02-08 08:38:10] - did you know david robinson (used to play for the spurs) scored 71 points in 1994? -sam
[2006-02-07 23:34:01] - Sam: I guess so. I was just thinking of those things I see in commercials where the bugs go in and eat stuff and spread the poison to the colony... -Paul
[2006-02-07 23:27:34] - Dave: Hahaha! That video is great! -Paul
[2006-02-07 19:05:58] - paul: bug traps? do you something like a bait container? -sam
[2006-02-07 17:33:39] - vinnie/aaron: are we going to do itg every thursday? $2 to park and ~$8 to play is too expensive imo. ddr@sfm is usually <$5/day ~a
[2006-02-07 17:28:27] - ddr_people: if you're coming to ITG thursday, remember the machine only takes 1$ bills. so start paying for your mcdonalds with $20s to stock up! - aaron
[2006-02-07 17:12:53] - http://www.youtube.com/w/Yellow-Fever?v=dUto_zdvb90&search=wong%20fu yellow fever -dave
[2006-02-07 17:12:03] - Sam: I imagine cockroaches could carry diseases with them but I don't think they're particularly harmful. Of course, I'm purely speculating here. -Paul
[2006-02-07 17:11:26] - Sam: You can probably get some sort of bug trap. -Paul
[2006-02-07 17:07:09] - what harm can cockroaches do to you? -sam
[2006-02-07 17:06:46] - what's a good way to get rid of cockroaches in the house? -sam
[2006-02-07 16:48:43] - there's one ranking factor they forgot though. if you mention Google on your page they give a higher ranking (as is my understanding)
- vinnie[2006-02-07 16:42:48] - a: it is. that's why I added the question mark. and they are constantly changing anyway. but I think some of the bigger ones are likely to be true and were things I never thought about. there's some useful stuff in there - vinnie
[2006-02-07 16:36:56] - vinnie: sounds pretty speculative. ~a
[2006-02-07 16:34:21] - mig: the government can do whatever it wants. ~a
[2006-02-07 16:32:36] - http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/google-ranking-factors.htm google's search factors? - vinnie
[2006-02-07 16:13:17] - Dave: Wow, that was a long transcript (year of the yes). -Paul
[2006-02-07 15:43:18] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=642 IBM develops wireless technology to reduce cable clutter -dave
[2006-02-07 15:33:21] - excluding married men, drunk men, and violent men, apparently -dave
[2006-02-07 15:32:58] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/01/26/DI2006012601622.html?nav=nsc "The Yes woman" apparently she went out with everyone who asked her out for a year -dave
[2006-02-07 15:32:34] - "Reacting to pats on the butt? Well, if I liked the person, no problem. If I didn't, big problem. It's totally case by case. Depends entirely on how you feel about that person." -dave
[2006-02-07 14:42:29] - let alone defining what constitutes an "applicant" for a particular job. - mig
[2006-02-07 14:41:52] - and what business is it of government forcing private companies to track this data in the first place. - mig
[2006-02-07 14:40:37] - exactly how do these new rules increase "diversity"? - mig
[2006-02-07 14:28:01] - new job hunting rules? ~a
[2006-02-07 12:21:56] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060206-6120.html bmw's german website removed from google's search index for trying to "game" the pagerankings. - mig
[2006-02-07 12:20:13] - hmmm. there's mexican eggs: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huevos_a_la_mexicana ~a
[2006-02-07 12:01:01] - ahh found my own (obvious) answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huevos_rancheros still curious about those translations though. -amy
[2006-02-07 11:43:11] - does anyone know what "rancheros" actually means? I tried translating "huevos rancheros" online and got "eggs mess orderlies" from two different translators... -amy
[2006-02-07 09:43:20] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020601950.html The Che Cachet. Hilarious. -Paul
[2006-02-07 08:09:49] - cooking howto: http://www.wymsey.co.uk/wymchron/cooking.htm
~a[2006-02-06 17:08:23] - a: Oooh. - aaron
[2006-02-06 16:52:49] - aaron: for pagerank? (not on google, because google ignores rel="nofollow", but i think yahoo/msn do not ignore rel="nofollow") ~a
[2006-02-06 16:43:32] - a: it seemed to be an accident. why would you deliberately hide your own advertisements? - aaron
[2006-02-06 15:58:32] - aaron: not really vandalism. but definitely it's spam. also it seemed to be hidden somehow. ~a
[2006-02-06 15:54:20] - oh THAT wiki. i thought you were talking about TJ's wikipedia page. ~a
[2006-02-06 15:51:20] - aaron: then i guess i don't know what vandalism you're talking about. ~a
[2006-02-06 15:28:07] - amy: Yeah i looked up a few random cities i knew about and most of them were in wikipedia, and looked high quality - i was impressed!
[2006-02-06 15:27:41] - a: what do you mean? it's been like that from saturday until like 20 minutes ago - aaron
[2006-02-06 15:05:05] - aaron: the vandalism only lasted one minute. how did you notice it? ~a
[2006-02-06 15:02:23] - yay my hometown is in wiki too! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook%2C_New_York -amy
[2006-02-06 14:58:53] - Aaron: Nope. -Paul
[2006-02-06 14:55:42] - also did anybody notice the vandalism on our wiki? - aaron
[2006-02-06 14:54:15] - a: i guess it just sounds made up. It's not funny or anything, it just sounds like the kind of thing where someone would unfamiliar with Reston would read "Neil Armstrong Elementary" and come up with Buzz Aldrin Elementary as a joke - aaron
[2006-02-06 14:53:44] - Guess I was late to the party.
-Paul[2006-02-06 14:53:29] - Aaron: http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/AldrinES/ Not sure, but it looks like it's a real school. Why would it be a joke? -Paul
[2006-02-06 14:51:43] - aaron: yeah, I'm pretty sure I've heard of it. *googles to make sure* yeah: http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/AldrinES/ - vinnie
[2006-02-06 14:51:19] - aaron: why would it be a joke? ~a
[2006-02-06 14:45:50] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reston%2C_Virginia is there actually a "buzz aldrin" elementary school? or did someone mess with the entry as a joke - aaron
[2006-02-06 13:46:32] - Sam: We also get a bonus if we recommend somebody that gets hired. -Paul
[2006-02-06 13:45:59] - Pierce: I haven't done that with emails but I've done that with other, less humorous things. -Paul
[2006-02-06 13:43:08] - sam: yes. ~a
[2006-02-06 13:34:15] - do you guys get bonus if your company hires the person that you referred? -sam
[2006-02-06 12:56:30] - you guys ever mix up which subject goes with which sender when you're reading the rows in your inbox? I did a doubletake a moment ago because I thought the Wikipedia Article of the Day was "Verbatim 2GB Store-n-Go Pro USB Flash Drive". - pierce
[2006-02-06 12:14:24] - ps3 will be a dvr? ~a
[2006-02-05 11:28:14] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020401381.html By the Thousands, Faithful Toil to Resurrect Gulf Cities. -Paul
[2006-02-04 16:19:21] - Unless it's a MMORPG. -- Xpovos
[2006-02-04 16:19:05] - In the event of Diablo III this job will be un-manned. -- Xpovos
[2006-02-04 12:55:43] - paul: yes! - aaron
[2006-02-03 19:28:44] - Make your own motivational poster! http://www.flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/motivator.php -sam
[2006-02-03 17:09:23] - aaron: You tried calling me? -Paul
[2006-02-03 16:52:33] - amy: I used to use netbeans. It was pretty cool. I wonder how its refactoring tools compare to eclipse's. - aaron
[2006-02-03 16:43:26] - *rustles the leaves* - wind
[2006-02-03 16:28:17] - *blowing down the road* -tumbleweeds
[2006-02-03 15:21:48] - *chirps* -crickets
[2006-02-03 15:17:10] - how do you startup javabeans from the command line? ~a
[2006-02-03 15:11:44] - javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file ~a
[2006-02-03 15:11:26] - i can't figure out how to startup a javabean. it keeps complaining that i'm not giving it a context. ~a
[2006-02-03 15:08:11] - a: it is called "netbeans ide". unsure about "platform" -amy
[2006-02-03 15:07:03] - a: netbeans is the name of the java thing i use. thing = program i start up, write my code in, and use to compile the java. -amy
[2006-02-03 15:03:44] - ok. i don't know what any of these things are: netbeans ide, netbeans platform, javabeans, esb, ejb. ~a
[2006-02-03 15:03:20] - netbeans == javabeans? ~a
[2006-02-03 15:01:37] - i would guess that you would find information on them in sun's website. you can download netbeans bundled with the jdk. - mig
[2006-02-03 15:00:57] - so esb != netbeans - mig
[2006-02-03 15:00:44] - netbeans = ide, esb = big monothilic painful to deal with java objects. - mig
[2006-02-03 14:47:54] - who uses netbeans and/or j2ee and/or sunas (sun application server)? if anybody, answer my questions please: 1. esb (enterprise server beans) == netbeans? 2. where do i find readable information on all of the above? ~a
[2006-02-03 13:40:46] - a: I was unimpressed with your email.
-Paul[2006-02-03 13:10:20] - paul: i sent you that already in email form. men are attached to their tv remotes and the such. ~a
[2006-02-03 12:50:02] - they were careful in not allowing for the prime of warcraft and starcraft to overlap each other, so I would imagine they'd do the same if they ever wanted to continue the diablo series. - mig
[2006-02-03 12:37:48] - paul: maybe but i doubt it will be anytime soon. - mig
[2006-02-03 12:05:06] - mig: Agreed, but you never know. They might see how much of a success WoW is and decide that it's the way to go with Diablo too. -Paul
[2006-02-03 12:03:04] - paul: well the chances of it being an mmo in the vein of wow is almost nil. why would blizzard want competition from itself for an incredibly successful product? - mig
[2006-02-03 11:14:30] - mig: Yeah, it seems like a new Diablo would be somewhat stepping on the toes of WoW. If it is a new Diablo, though, I hope they don't make it an MMORPG. Also, for the sake of my mouse, I hope they change the gameplay to something a little less click-happy. -Paul
[2006-02-03 11:13:34] - amy: If you click on it, let me know what it is. I want to know what kind of stereotypes women have about men.
-Paul[2006-02-03 11:12:04] - the other speculation was starcraft 2, I could see that as more likely. Or maybe a new line of games. - pierce
[2006-02-03 10:32:06] - they already have a killer rpg app, it seems counterproductive to make another one. - mig
[2006-02-03 10:30:40] - paul: that is definitely weird ... i would have thought WoW would have killed any possibility for any more Diablo games (at least from being released by blizzard anyways) - mig
[2006-02-03 09:43:29] - maybe it will be a list of facts about men and then we can all argue over how true or not true they are .D -amy
[2006-02-03 09:42:55] - There is an ad in my AIM screen that says: "Changes in your love life? Get your free Men's Facts Kit today." Now I'm not quite sure whether they mean facts for men or facts about men... I am tempted to click on it O_o -amy
[2006-02-03 09:23:09] - http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/2/2/2746 Diablo 3? -Paul
[2006-02-02 18:29:21] - gotta love that lowest-common-denominator thinking. who knows, it might be run on an MS-DOS system, you can't be sure. better be safe and leave it unsupported. - pierce
[2006-02-02 16:19:04] - here it has been 10 years since windows came out with the "program files" directory (with a space) and the newest version of jms (part of the java enterprise system) is complaining that i want to install their program software in a directory that contains a space. wtf?!?!?! ~a
[2006-02-02 16:00:35] - dave: for me a tiny bit is <500. a fair amount is 1k-2k and a bunch is >2k. ~a
[2006-02-02 15:58:55] - a: well, I just started buying stuff like a day or so ago, so that's why I bought them, because they're pretty low wrt what they should be -dave
[2006-02-02 15:41:42] - dell. ouch. i have a tiny bit of intc and ibm. they've been sucking, too, haven't they? ~a
[2006-02-02 15:37:26] - a: ALL, DELL, DOW, INTC, SYMC, KSS, IBM -dave
[2006-02-02 15:32:11] - dave: what do you own? ~a
[2006-02-02 15:20:35] - a: if that was the plan, then it failed -dave
[2006-02-02 15:09:24] - a: ah there is my problem i was doing .length() instead ^_^ danke -amy
[2006-02-02 15:00:59] - mig: yeah i was talking about implementation, not syntax. but the syntax of all three is pretty simple. the only thing of note syntax wise is php/perl have hashes implemented in c++, where java has it implemented in java (because it's in the api) ~a
[2006-02-02 14:56:42] - dave: your plan of not getting into the stock market? ~a
[2006-02-02 14:56:33] - amy: if it's just a normal array, then adrian is right. if it's an ArrayList object, it's "myArrayList.size()" - pierce
[2006-02-02 14:52:55] - dave:
-Paul[2006-02-02 14:49:33] - Paul: excellent, the plan is working -dave
[2006-02-02 14:46:38] - for some reason. ~a
[2006-02-02 14:46:32] - (it's a read only member variable, not a class method) ~a
[2006-02-02 14:45:41] - int[] a = new int[1000]; System.out.println( a.length ); prints out 1000 ~a
[2006-02-02 14:44:45] - a more stupid java question... how to find length of array? .( -amy
[2006-02-02 14:26:18] - For those who were sick of how much I was talking about my stocks before, the market is certainly taking it's revenge on me today.
-Paul[2006-02-02 14:07:58] - a: oh wait are you talking about the actual low level implementation. if that's the case i have no idea. - mig
[2006-02-02 13:59:22] - a: php's approach is similar to perl's with using associative arrays. I think anyways, the syntax between the two is almost identical. - mig
[2006-02-02 13:57:05] - a: firefox 1.5 - mig
[2006-02-02 13:54:12] - amy: reading the HashMap source code is pretty interesting. but it's implemented completely differently from the perl hash. not sure how php's hash works. ~a
[2006-02-02 13:53:16] - mig: what browser? ~a
[2006-02-02 13:51:46] - mig: thanks! unsure if this does exactly what i need but i will play around with it. -amy
[2006-02-02 13:48:37] - a: btw you're page is generating an error in the javascript console: Error: Unknown property 'word-break'. Declaration dropped. Source File: http://aporter.org/msg/ Line: 0 - mig
[2006-02-02 13:41:23] - at least i think this is what you want ... if you're talking about associative arrays then java doesn't do that, you'd have to use the hashmap object. - mig
[2006-02-02 13:40:07] - http://access1.sun.com/techarticles/CollectionsMap.html#examplesHashmap
[2006-02-02 13:39:18] - java.util.HashMap - mig
[2006-02-02 13:34:59] - java question - does java have hashes similar to Perl hashes? if so how are they used? -amy
[2006-02-02 13:15:47] - paul: or as in: "peter, how can we afford this?" "let's just say the car was a steal" "say that again" "the car was a steal" "this time without winking" "the car was a steal . . . wink" ~a
[2006-02-02 13:15:44] - paul: yes. wink. as in he "indicates a silent knowledge". ~a
[2006-02-02 13:12:25] - anyway thanks pauldrian .D -amy
[2006-02-02 13:12:12] - a: well... you should try setting the happy birthday title on my birthday .p -amy
[2006-02-02 13:10:55] - a: Wink wink? -Paul
[2006-02-02 13:07:56] - paul: wink wink. ~a
[2006-02-02 13:07:47] - a: Thanks for setting the title, Adrian! -Paul
[2006-02-02 13:07:34] - amy: Happy birthday! -Paul
[2006-02-02 13:07:26] - *** Paul looks at the title
[2006-02-02 13:07:05] - amy: hey, nobody ever cares when i set the happy birthday title. ~a
[2006-02-02 13:00:03] - *** amy wonders who set the title just now .p
[2006-02-02 12:59:41] - title: hey.... thanks! -amy
[2006-02-02 12:29:44] - it would have been nice if blizzard had done this before christmas, when it would have done some good. - mig
[2006-02-02 12:25:54] - a: I'm up for nova. I might be late. - aaron
[2006-02-02 12:24:06] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=592 UK Launches Type 45 Naval Destroyer -- With iPod Docks -dave
[2006-02-02 12:22:31] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=576 Google purchases 1500 Opteron servers for WoW -dave
[2006-02-02 12:19:17] - mig: of course I'm not a strong proponent of capital punishment, so that might be it too -dave
[2006-02-02 12:18:37] - mig: i meant that people will care less about it, since he wasn't casting a deciding vote. I know it sounds silly, but that was the first thing I personally looked at -dave
[2006-02-02 12:17:45] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060201-6098.html MS to require driver signing in 64-bit Vista -dave
[2006-02-02 12:17:24] - i would be very concerned if that plays a part in his decision-making process. - mig
[2006-02-02 12:16:49] - dave: why would that influence how he votes, one way or another? - mig
[2006-02-02 12:09:26] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020101597.html interesting article recounting the politics that went on behind Alito's nomination -dave
[2006-02-02 11:51:19] - mig: another thing is that the vote was 6-3, so even if he voted with them it woulda been 5-4 -dave
[2006-02-02 11:50:20] - paul: ahh, yeah. makes sense -dave
[2006-02-02 10:48:12] - dave: Looks like they are announcing ahead of time when they are paying it, but it only applies to people who own the stock for at least 15 days. -paul
[2006-02-02 10:47:46] - dave: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20060131&ID=5463501&Symbol=US:FCX Talking about dividends from a stock I own. -Paul
[2006-02-02 10:29:25] - pierce: oh i know. just still can't help but be amused by this. - mig
[2006-02-02 10:00:11] - of = or ~a
[2006-02-02 10:00:03] - aaron: nova of sfm this week? also, did you have to pay for parking last thursday? ~a
[2006-02-02 09:58:37] - I hope their suits don't go into maximum overdrive and break down - if someone's hair catches on fire it'll be an afronova! - vinnie
[2006-02-02 09:55:46] - mig: it's a bit early to be making broad assumptions about his upcoming tenure as a justice. - pierce
[2006-02-02 09:51:10] - aaron: AUGH. but OK, good one -_-; -amy
[2006-02-02 09:44:41] - interesting that conservatives and liberals repeat over and over again that alito is in the mold scalia and thomas, and in his first case ... he sides against them. - mig
[2006-02-02 08:15:47] - http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/02/D8FGT2BG0.html alito blocks a missouri man's execution. - mig
[2006-02-01 18:08:47] - vinnie: i wonder if 5th mix's extended length songs will exceed their flamethrower unit's hot limit - aaron
[2006-02-01 18:05:46] - where are my DDR puns? I guess I'll start us off. they're burnin' everything but the floor! - vinnie
[2006-02-01 17:49:48] - a: Well, I could imagine you saying that. I didn't mean to say that people would say that those things are never true, just that they're definitely not true of most women. -Paul
[2006-02-01 17:38:01] - paul: i disagree with "you're going to get an emphatic 'No, they're not true at all' from most of the people here". who would say that? ~a
[2006-02-01 17:30:00] - a: I stand by my 15% figure.
-Paul[2006-02-01 17:06:24] - wow, the energy stocks tanked today. i'll bet it had something to do with gwb's anti-foreign-oil state of the union. ~a
[2006-02-01 17:03:15] - *** amy flails, trying to find the logic in maxim's maxims.
[2006-02-01 17:02:53] - sam: the "kiss her before two dates" i really have no idea, and the last one seems intuitive. -amy
[2006-02-01 17:01:35] - a: i mostly agree .p -amy
[2006-02-01 17:01:17] - ...would make her seem fat. -amy
[2006-02-01 17:01:11] - sam: "on a first date, women never order what they really want to eat" -- if true, this may be because certain kinds of foods would seem unlady-like or messy to eat and i don't know, maybe some women think they are expected to always eat salads. some women may also think that eating a salad would make her seem thinner, whereas eating a huge burger and ton of fries...
[2006-02-01 16:59:46] - paul: most of them are half-true (and most of them are also misleading at best). however, most of them are very amusing to read which i think is the main purpose. ~a
[2006-02-01 16:58:26] - but in answer to your question. i don't know. ~a
[2006-02-01 16:58:14] - they don't have a problem with animal testing. ~a
[2006-02-01 16:57:57] - pierce: well it's pretty easy to disregard it anyways. we know bush does (and his followers do). ~a
[2006-02-01 16:53:39] - this, of course, is disregarding for the sake of argument the entire debate over whether non-human animal testing is justifiable in the first place. - pierce
[2006-02-01 16:53:05] - a: I agree that the mouse testing regarding down's mentioned by the article is beneficial and almost certainly not abusive to anything possessing a "soul" or "human rights". But, though we're far from having a practical example of it, what would be the threshold case where a man-animal hybrid is too human to be subjected to such experiments? - pierce
[2006-02-01 16:51:16] - Sam: My guess is that you're going to get an emphatic "No, they're not true at all" from most of the people here. -Paul
[2006-02-01 16:49:31] - are these true? "Kiss her before two dates have gone by or you’ll be friended. On a first date, women never order what they really want to eat. Ugly girls like to hang out with pretty girls because it makes them feel like they're more attractive. Pretty girls hang out with ugly girls for the same reason." -sam
[2006-02-01 16:33:31] - "He" = gwb ~a
[2006-02-01 16:33:16] - "He's trusting that everyone will think he is banning monstrous crimes against nature, but what he's really doing is targeting the weak and the ill, blocking useful avenues of research that are specifically designed to help us understand human afflictions." http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/02/president_panders_to_antimanim.php ~a
[2006-02-01 15:46:56] - mig: ahhh, gotcha -dave
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