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[2006-04-28 11:32:16] - a: I think it was probably that he DIDN'T find evidence FOR collusion. -Paul
[2006-04-28 11:01:45] - a: could be the difference between "was", "has been" and "had been"? There are like three diff past tenses, unsure what the conjugation is for "prove." Maybe "proved," "has proved", "had proven"? -amy
[2006-04-28 10:47:59] - "sounds like he found perfectly fine evidence of collusion in the past" heh. i mean AGAINST collusion. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:44:38] - paul: seriously, i don't know. in all honesty, i don't use very much gas so i don't really care. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:43:47] - paul: by charging less than $1 for gas
~a[2006-04-28 10:32:48] - paul: i guess the point is you can't provide any real evidence one way or the other ... it's all about perception. - mig
[2006-04-28 10:32:06] - Paul: Oil companies are happy to not have to build new refineries too, because then the new refineries would have stricter environmental regulations. By keeping the old ones, they are grandfathered into less strict emissions regulations, among other environmental issues, all of which cost money. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-28 10:27:14] - a: Right, but how do you find evidence that there ISN'T collusion? How would the oil companies win over people like you? -Paul
[2006-04-28 10:27:12] - not that collusion is (or should be) illegal anyways. this is not really a job for the government to investigate. more a job for some consumer activist groups. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:25:59] - . . . and miguel brings up a good point. whistle-blowing is a perfectly fine way of catching somebody. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:24:12] - paul: mclaughlin guy said "... investigations discounted charges of price gouging and attributed the price hike to . . . increased demand and decreased supply." sounds like he found perfectly fine evidence of collusion in the past. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:22:51] - paul: i guess there really isn't. it's hard to prove it also, unless you've got someone on the inside who snitches on them. - mig
[2006-04-28 10:22:20] - Accuser in Duke case also filed rape complaint in '96 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/04/27/duke.lacrosse.ap/index.html -sam
[2006-04-28 10:21:32] - a: Sorry, my bad. I still don't see what would qualify as evidence against collusion, though. -Paul
[2006-04-28 10:19:52] - other than the fact one of them can be used as an adjective. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:19:28] - hmmm. what's the difference between the words "proved" and "proven"? ~a
[2006-04-28 10:18:39] - has evidence != has proven. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:17:17] - a: I'm not entirely sure how somebody proves that collusion isn't happening... -Paul
[2006-04-28 10:11:59] - a: ludicrous? maybe. perhaps since i disagree with him about 95% of the time, i still find it an intereshing show to listen to. - mig
[2006-04-28 10:04:34] - i think it's a mix of a lot things. collusion, regulations on ethanol, taxes, uncertainty in the middle east, supply and demand. Combine all these things and it makes for a hefty gas price hike. - mig
[2006-04-28 10:01:04] - mig: although i think it's utterly ludicrous that you've been listening to o'reilly, he may have a point. paul (and that guy who i see on the mclaughlin group) really gave no evidence that there was NO collusion. except that there was no collusion before. ~a
[2006-04-28 10:00:50] - a: and? work has been boring lately, and it's the only thing worth listening to after lunch, and it's right before penn jilette's show on the same station. - mig
[2006-04-28 09:58:57] - mig: wait wait wait, you've been listening to o'reilly? ~a
[2006-04-28 09:58:12] - he contends its nothing more than oil companies colluding with each other to keep prices up and it has nothing to do with supply and demand. - mig
[2006-04-28 09:56:30] - i've been listening to O'Reilly a lot lately and it's amusing to hear him rant on about the evil greedy oil companies. - mig
[2006-04-28 09:30:38] - Mig: Well, I thought I remembered the radio host saying that the oil companies might want to fund the environmentalists because the environmentalists give them a reason to not create new refineries which help them out by decreasing supply and increasing profits. I could've misheard it, though. -Paul
[2006-04-28 09:28:46] - paul: so if they actually did want to build new refiniries they'd be agains it ... for some reason. - mig
[2006-04-28 09:27:49] - paul: i would imagine the environmentals are always against whatever the oil companies want. - mig
[2006-04-28 08:56:19] - aba: So, pardon my ignorance, but are classes pretty much over for you? -Paul
[2006-04-28 08:53:10] - aba: Some radio station was talking about the reduced capacities of refineries as well. Are environmentalists against new refineries? Because I thought they were saying that the oil companies were glad about not having new refineries because it helped to keep costs up (and therefore increase their profits). -Paul
[2006-04-28 08:51:24] - a: Well, I don't think he was necessarily talking about the administration specifically. I think he was talking about the federal government as a whole, and the only reason given why we aren't drilling in Alaska that I know of is because of the wildlife. -Paul
[2006-04-28 07:48:45] - So conservatives bring up the issue of drilling, and liberals bat it down, and nothing happens, either there to increase supply, or elsewhere to cut demand. If the environmentalists were smart, they'd spend the capital better and choose CAFE, but they're addicted to the notion of preserving nature as it is, rather than improving our situation. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-28 07:47:26] - a: The way I have frequently seen it phrased is that the votes in Congress know the economy/environment issues pretty well by now, and they figure they have enough political capital to block one measure a year. Thus the choice is often presented to the environmentalist lobby: Preserve Alaska, or CAFE. The environmentalists always choose Alaska... -- Xpovos
[2006-04-28 02:19:55] - however i am slightly drunk so maybe i am all wrong.
- aba[2006-04-28 02:19:30] - paul: well i think oil prices have gone up because we have increased demand but we havent increased the capacitiy of refineries. - aba
[2006-04-28 02:17:34] - paul: i always wash stuff after buying it from the store. - aba
[2006-04-28 00:19:30] - i don't know why we aren't drilling in alaska but i know it isn't because bush cares about the mooses. ~a
[2006-04-28 00:18:27] - paul: i follow most of what he's saying except: "[we] will not drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for fear of disturbing the mating habits of caribou." do you seriously think our government (or the current wh administration) really gives a fuck about nature? ~a
[2006-04-27 23:44:29] - Aaron: I thought it was a little weird, but I think I'm in the minority here... -Paul
[2006-04-27 23:44:08] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042701693.html Say It With Me: Supply and Demand. -Paul
[2006-04-27 23:02:54] - paul: i hope not, i'm going to wear one tomorrow - aaron
[2006-04-27 22:54:14] - Is it weird to wear a shirt that was just bought from the store without washing it first? -Paul
[2006-04-27 21:42:24] - aaron: that rapper is actually "a storyteller-preacher and comedy writer who is starting a new church in Cleveland, OH called Momentum Christian Church." -sam
[2006-04-27 21:39:02] - aaron: i didn't know bible was comprised of 66 books -sam
[2006-04-27 21:38:42] - aaron: lol, that video was funny -sam
[2006-04-27 20:54:21] - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267894961075966307 oh, my, goodness. becky, look at her bible! it is so huge! she looks like one of those preacher guy's girlfriends. - aaron
[2006-04-27 16:30:43] - that explains a lot. ~a
[2006-04-27 15:59:41] - Catholic Diocese of Arlington. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 15:40:29] - where do you work?! ~a
[2006-04-27 15:27:55] - a: I honestly don't know. But my boss was a-twitter yesterday because he'd have to spend most of his weekend driving one of the two Bishops around. Poor bastard gets stuck with all the awful jobs. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 15:13:16] - why did you have a non-diagonally-moving-visiting bishop in today? ~a
[2006-04-27 15:07:24] - Xpovos: He was an imposter, never once moved diagonally. -Paul
[2006-04-27 14:04:43] - a: ~4 min. Far from my best, but I was nervous. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 13:52:34] - xpovos: what was your time? ~a
[2006-04-27 13:49:44] - We had a visiting Bishop in today, so I solved my Rubik's cube for him. How very surreal. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 13:32:56] - Xpovos: It hasn't been a kind two months for me. -Paul
[2006-04-27 13:22:37] - Paul: I am considering it. It has not been a kind month for me. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 12:54:46] - Xpovos: You might want to consider selling now.
-Paul[2006-04-27 12:01:04] - Paul: I'm intrigued. The proposal may not occur. Stock movements are erratic to begin with, and I'm still down from my purchase point, but there's a lot of opportunity here. I find myself hoping it goes through. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 11:51:45] - so, if you get a HD-DVR, would you return the HD cable box? -sam
[2006-04-27 11:50:51] - does HD-DVR act as HD-cable box too? -sam
[2006-04-27 11:50:04] - Xpovos: I guess people think it's a good idea and are willing to stick out the bad period for the long term growth potential. -Paul
[2006-04-27 11:39:25] - A stock I purchased is proposing a reverse stock-split. In their press-release on the issue, they said it could adversely affect the stock price, but that it would benefit long-term, obviously. Meanwhile, since that announcement the stock price has gone up substantially (about 25% over tend days). Does this make sense? -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 11:33:11] - Microsoft today began expanding its anti-piracy program by quietly pushing out a software update that in many cases automatically scans Windows computers and reports on whether they are powered by unlicensed software. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/04/microsoft_expands_antipiracy_p.html -sam
[2006-04-27 11:27:32] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I9wgY91VB8 strangers with candy movie trailer. - aba
[2006-04-27 11:10:53] - aaron: k. ~a
[2006-04-27 11:08:08] - God bless wikipedia. It informs me when I am ignorant. It even beats FGI. At least for informative value, though it's still not as good for some really obscure stuff. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 11:06:24] - ddr_people: nvcc this week? - aaron
[2006-04-27 10:32:00] - Sam: I know who they are, and I was a bit surprised at first, but once I thought about it, it made sense. -Paul
[2006-04-27 10:29:54] - me neither. ~a
[2006-04-27 10:23:42] - sam: I didn't even know who either of those people were. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 09:39:08] - British Engineers Show Off Two-Seat, 100-MPG Commuter Car http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193187,00.html -sam
[2006-04-27 09:29:58] - did you know eva longoria is 7 years older than tony parker? -sam
[2006-04-27 09:22:02] - Eh, I need to remember my closing quotes.... -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 09:21:08] - If y'all are horde-side, I'm derelict in my duties if I don't point you to <a href="http://www.thelosthaven.com/hoh>this link</a> -- Xpovos
[2006-04-27 09:19:02] - look at kobe's shorts on that pic -sam
[2006-04-27 09:17:53] - awkward NBA photo http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/photo?slug=pnu11604270542.lakers_suns_basketball_pnu116&prov=ap -sam
[2006-04-26 21:02:32] - mig: created a character and ran around for a bit. her name is rahael (orc hunter). the game is fun! - aba
[2006-04-26 17:00:50] - a: So you say.
-Paul[2006-04-26 16:11:49] - paul: i've only had an n64 for about a year now. and i've still played it far less than you have. ~a
[2006-04-26 15:55:33] - a: How much longer have you had the game than me? 3 years now? -Paul
[2006-04-26 15:43:23] - a: i think them's fighting words... - mig
[2006-04-26 15:41:33] - paul: when you dream of tetris, this is all you can see, isn't it? ~a
[2006-04-26 15:40:33] - pick the skywall realam and pick a horde race. - mig
[2006-04-26 15:34:25] - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001F172-55DA-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21 Tetris dreams. -Paul
[2006-04-26 15:29:15] - mig: installing WoW right now. what do i do when its up and running? i have to pick a character and realm and stuff.
- aba[2006-04-26 13:20:51] - Xpovos: Heh, if my experience is any indication, the revenue results will beat expectations and the stock will plummet.
-Paul[2006-04-26 13:08:36] - Paul: It must be assumed to be bad news for Sirius, because the stock just keeps dropping, but I'm seeing nothing but (relatively) good news, except in terms of revenue. Hence why I'm quite eager for the release of information. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-26 12:51:02] - Xpovos: Not a clue.
-Paul[2006-04-26 12:08:34] - I keep reading that Q1FY06 data is supposed to be released on date X, but I never see any of it. Everything (for my stocks at least) is still showing up as Dec 05. Any idea when that data actually is updated? (Yes, I realize it varies by company) -- Xpovos
[2006-04-26 12:07:31] - mig: Maybe it's because those are the people I hear from a lot, but I've heard that argument for about a decade. Same with implantable chips, etc. Basically anything that uniquely identifies people with a number, including social security cards. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-26 12:06:43] - Xpovos: Interesting. -Paul
[2006-04-26 12:06:22] - Paul: mostly, they aren't all explicitly explained, but they do give you information from which you can interpret the correct answer. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-26 11:23:47] - it was amsuing to see that christian fundamentalists are against a national id because it could evolve into a mark of the anti-christ type of thing. - mig
[2006-04-26 11:22:31] - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060425/ap_on_re_us/privacy_licenses;_ylt=AiqJ1WehWc5EH221HF4JzZyyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA-- New Hampshire very much against national id regulations. - mig
[2006-04-26 10:55:26] - aba: It's still before the elections, so it might not be.
-Paul[2006-04-26 10:55:05] - Xpovos: Do they give you the right answers at the end? -Paul
[2006-04-26 10:45:42] - if that's his goal, then it sort of strikes me as "too little, too late". - aba
[2006-04-26 10:40:51] - Paul: Likewise, but I answered as I felt was best in all situations and scored a 53. I'm reading through it now to see where they thought I went wrong, and largely I'm disagreeing with their assesments. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-26 10:40:28] - paul: that'd be my guess. the conservatives need some sort of issue for the mid-term elections. - mig
[2006-04-26 10:39:00] - aba: Ah, I suppose so. Maybe he's trying to win back some of the fiscal conservatives at the expense of the senate? -Paul
[2006-04-26 10:34:56] - paul: i'm just surprised because the money tacked on is still for issues in his "domain" (ie war spending, defense, etc). i would have expected him to be happy about it. - aba
[2006-04-26 10:29:57] - mig: good point. he hasn't done anything yet. ~a
[2006-04-26 10:24:16] - Well, it's possible that some of those "jackass" answers are the wrong ones, but I'm guessing they're probably the "right" ones.
-Paul[2006-04-26 10:24:10] - he's threatened to veto bills before, and still hasn't, so i'm sure this is just an empty threat. - mig
[2006-04-26 10:22:24] - aba: agreed .) -amy
[2006-04-26 10:20:57] - aba: Well, I couldn't really answer that quiz honestly because for some of the questions, none of the answers were what I would do.
-Paul[2006-04-26 10:20:16] - aaba: I'm not sure what's so shocking about that. Doesn't it happen fairly often that the president will clash with congress over tacked on spending to bills? -Paul
[2006-04-26 10:18:08] - a: yup! - aba
[2006-04-26 10:16:59] - hm, if a guy did some of the stuff to me that's described in the answers to that quiz, i would think that he was a total jackass. - aba
[2006-04-26 10:09:35] - aba: wait, is he saying that he's going to veto his own bill? (granted, he's going to veto the amended version) ~a
[2006-04-26 10:06:40] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4945284.stm wtf?!?! - aba
[2006-04-26 10:06:31] - Amy: I thought I would get near perfect since I've read a lot of "How to get dates" stuff on the internet and I thought I knew what kind of answers this one was looking for. I guess not, although I did score a 76 I think (or was it 72?). -Paul
[2006-04-26 09:55:02] - Paul: I was pretty sure I'd fail, since I was trying to answer to the best of how I thought I would respond favorably, as the woman in the situation. .p Though I did score 46, only a little below average. -amy
[2006-04-26 09:52:47] - Sam: I only use yahoo. I wouldn't recommend hotmail from my past experiences since I just got tons of spam. -Paul
[2006-04-26 09:52:27] - Ironically, their description of me is spot on even though I didn't really answer how I honestly felt and instead fished for the answers I thought they were looking for.
-Paul[2006-04-26 09:51:32] - Damn, I scored "average". I thought I would do better since I thought I had a good idea of what kind of answers they were looking for. -Paul
[2006-04-26 09:41:43] - sam: i scored "BELOW AVERAGE." My skills with the ladies need some work. -amy
[2006-04-26 09:39:46] - por que no?
[2006-04-26 09:35:00] - a: just don't set one up in china. - mig
[2006-04-26 09:02:18] - i have over 200 email addresses. ~a
[2006-04-26 09:01:14] - sam: you could run a mail server on your home computer. that's free. plus you get as many email addresses as you want. ~a
[2006-04-26 08:53:35] - what free email accounts would you guys recommend other than yahoo and gmail? -sam
[2006-04-26 08:49:55] - Do You Make These Mistakes With Women? http://www.doubleyourdating.com/m/17008/meet_women_test/ -sam
[2006-04-25 13:29:33] - you can read Gadsby here http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/ -sam
[2006-04-25 12:58:54] - Xpovos: Yeah, it's weird how often my stocks will go in the opposite direction of the market. -Paul
[2006-04-25 12:33:55] - Hurrah for the market going down, but my stocks going up... Sheesh. A few more days like this and I can break even. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-25 12:18:58] - heh, wright died on day it was published. ~a
[2006-04-25 12:14:56] - i, like paul, knew the novel 'E'xisted, but didn't know the name or the author. ~a
[2006-04-25 12:13:00] - Sam: I think I remember hearing about somebody writing a novel with no E's in it. -Paul
[2006-04-25 12:07:51] - did you know that the novel "Gadsby" by Ernest Vincent Wright doesn't have any letter E's? -sam
[2006-04-25 11:44:42] - actual sizes (not media sizes): dvdr-8cm=1.5g cdr-8cm=210m cdr-6cm=50m ~a
[2006-04-25 11:42:01] - sam: i've only ever bought it on dvd. ~a
[2006-04-25 11:41:51] - the prices may seem high, but that's because i had to pay for shipping (plus most of the plants don't make these weird media disc sizes). ~a
[2006-04-25 11:41:02] - does anybody want to buy any optical media discs? (i have a bunch of types of discs that i bought in small orders but if you want things in even smaller orders they're for sale; i only have a few of each type so no orders bigger than 4). fyi, 12cm=standard size. dvdr-8cm=79¢, cdr-8cm-color=79¢, 8cm-dvd-or-cd-case=49¢, 6cm-cdr-with-flexible-case=69¢. ~a
[2006-04-25 11:35:41] - Sam: They also sell it on DVD. -Paul
[2006-04-25 11:27:18] - a: don't they still sell p0rn on VHS? -sam
[2006-04-25 11:15:39] - sam: i watch vhss but i don't see them for sale ever. ~a
[2006-04-25 11:04:53] - Sam: I don't even have a VCR connected to my television right now. -Paul
[2006-04-25 11:01:40] - end of VHS? you guys don't watch VHS tapes any more? -sam
[2006-04-25 10:58:39] - a: OK. I see your point, but it still is yet to be proven that HD-DVD will actually take off. It may be another laserdisc. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-25 10:43:47] - xpovos: i know dvd isn't dead yet. and i know that vhs had a lot longer than 20 years (the start of the S curve was in 1976, and the end of vhs's life was ~2003; that's closer to 30 years). i was saying vhs was the newest thing (if you ignore stuff like laserdisc and vcd) for 20 years. and dvd was the newest thing for only 10 years. ~a
[2006-04-25 10:37:02] - a: DVD is not dead yet, it'll take another two-three years for the S-curve to kill it. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-25 09:56:21] - hmmm. interesting. dvd didn't have a very long run, did it? vhs was the newest-popular video media for 20 years. dvd only had 10. ~a
[2006-04-24 17:08:45] - Everything I've heard makes me think that at the level we're dealing with today, progressive is better than a higher resolution although I don't know if I have any real world video comparisons to go by. -Paul
[2006-04-24 17:07:33] - a: Even though I don't think I'm knowledgeable enough of the subject, I have a tendency to favor 720p over 1080i (essentially progressive video over an increase in resolution). -Paul
[2006-04-24 17:06:35] - a: Um, I guess it would look a lot better but I have no idea how much harder it would be to make. I imagine the bigger problem is the data transfer for a video that large. -Paul
[2006-04-24 16:43:24] - paul: on the other hand, a 2160i would look much better than 1080p and MIGHT not be much harder to make? ~a
[2006-04-24 16:41:49] - Xpovos: Well, progressive is certainly more intuitive than interlaced. -Paul
[2006-04-24 16:26:10] - yahoooooooooooooo
[2006-04-24 15:53:46] - Progressive was developed first, but the technology of the electron guns made it impossible to get good picture, so interlaced was developed as a stop-gap, and it did the job. But now that technology has improved, progressive has a much better picture quality. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-24 14:33:45] - a: It's the collectively exhaustive part that I am not sure about. For today's technology and everything I think it might be. -Paul
[2006-04-24 14:29:29] - mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive?
~a[2006-04-24 14:18:36] - a: As far as I know, yes, they are mutually exclusive. -paul
[2006-04-24 14:09:22] - ok, yeah. i just wanted to make sure that progressive meant uninterlaced. thanks. ~a
[2006-04-24 13:51:53] - a: Um, I haven't entirely thought through the logic of that statement, but I believe it's mostly right. Progressive means it shows the entire picture each frame. Interlaced shows only half the picture each frame. -Paul
[2006-04-24 13:40:59] - progressive = !interlaced? ~a
[2006-04-24 13:37:40] - a: I believe there is currently a debate as to what is better, 1080 interlaced or 720 progressive. 1080i offers a higher resolution but 720p also has it's advantages because of it being progressive. -Paul
[2006-04-24 13:36:22] - a: I think it depends on the DVD and the player. I think it's possible for a cheap DVD and a cheap player to give an interlaced signal. -Paul\
[2006-04-24 13:27:00] - ahhhh. thanks.
- aba[2006-04-24 12:19:19] - if not, then 1080 interlaced won't look lots better than 720 uninterlaced. ~a
[2006-04-24 12:18:45] - paul: dvd isn't interlaced, right? ~a
[2006-04-24 12:16:11] - aba: I was actually surprised how small the difference between standard TV resolution and DVD resolution was because it seems like DVDs look so much better. I'm not sure if I can actually tell the difference between a good DVD and HDTV right now. -Paul
[2006-04-24 12:15:04] - aba: DVD has around 400-480 lines of resolution and (depending on your setup) can also have progressive video output instead of the interlace that standard broadcast television uses. -Paul
[2006-04-24 12:13:10] - aba: I think the difference isn't as pronounced. Standard definition television is broadcast with (I believe) 330 lines of vertical resolution so the leap to the 720-1080 lines of resolution for HDTV is at least 390. -Paul
[2006-04-24 12:10:56] - aba: no. hd (hd on airwaves or hd on optical) > dvd > tv. ~a
[2006-04-24 12:08:52] - isn't it the same as the difference between HD-TV and TV? - aba
[2006-04-24 11:08:40] - Xpovos: I can really appreciate the difference between standard television shows and HD shows but I haven't really seen HD-DVD in action. I have to admit that DVDs can look pretty good right now, though. -Paul
[2006-04-24 11:04:12] - Seriously, I'm underwhelmed. A little crisper in some areas, but not enough to warrant the hype. I guess we'll have to wait until things are filmed in HD as well. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-24 11:03:22] - Paul: Only visible to people with HD monitors.
-- Xpovos[2006-04-24 10:35:08] - http://www.saitti.org/images/HD-DVD.jpg Picture of the difference between HD-DVD and DVD. -Paul
[2006-04-24 10:33:37] - http://dvd.ign.com/articles/702/702756p1.html Yoga 4 Dudes. -Paul
[2006-04-23 23:17:53] - aba:Well, they have to dumb it down so the general population can understand it.
-paul[2006-04-21 17:36:07] - i think the problem a lot of the time is that the original study is okay but then the news article only reports on some really stupid aspect of the study. - aba
[2006-04-21 16:45:17] - Xpovos: I read the article, too. I wish I hadn't, because those brain cells might have been handy to still have. -amy
[2006-04-21 16:44:40] - Xpovos: I was bored once and looking at yahoo news and they had an article that said: "Study shows that Internet users use internet for fun." -amy
[2006-04-21 15:38:08] - Xpovos: I want to know who funds these things. -Paul
[2006-04-21 15:37:57] - Xpovos: So it would seem. -Paul
[2006-04-21 15:17:58] - They needed a study for that? -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 15:15:57] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4921690.stm Study suggests that sexual cues mess up male decisiveness. -Paul
[2006-04-21 15:14:02] - a: You'd need to raise the price of the stock to the point where the mutual fund managers decided it was over-valued, or that their growth potential was finished. That would mean buying lots of stock, or posting a very high bid price. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 15:12:02] - trouble? what do you mean? ~a
[2006-04-21 15:02:13] - a: You'd probably have trouble buying from the mutual funds as well, so the 28% held institutionally is pretty stable. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 13:39:05] - xpovos: yeah, i have a feeling that the "company" can own some too. like the "company" will use some of its $$$s to buy common stock. ~a
[2006-04-21 13:29:15] - a: Whatever percentage is held by the owners, which I found as that slightly less than 1% number, which seems wrong. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 13:27:09] - xpovos: right. that gives you the number of buyable shares. what %age of the company is not buyable? i.e. what %age of the company is not in the market cap? ~a
[2006-04-21 12:46:11] - a: to get oustanding shares from market cap, divide by the current price, or the price at open. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 12:45:47] - And in Sirius' case, if I'm reading it right, about 99% of the stock is public stock, which is much higher than I would expect. So I'm probably reading it wrong. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 12:44:15] - where did you find the 1.4b? all i've found is marketcap (which is measured in $s, not shares) ~a
[2006-04-21 12:41:16] - a: easy? no. But the data is there. In the case of Sirius it's more than 1.4 billion shares. If you say that Sirius is worth its assets minus its liabilities, and divide by 1.4B you get a value of roughly $0.23. or a P/B of around 20-21. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 11:52:07] - paul: ah yes. is there an easy way to find out how many shares for company exist (total, including the owners)? and what %age of the company each share is worth? and what %age of the company is buyable? i mean, i see that this andrew guy sold 276 thousand shares, but what does that even mean? ~a
[2006-04-21 11:20:50] - a: http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/insider/trans.asp?Symbol=SIRI I think he's talking about this. -Paul
[2006-04-21 11:15:28] - insider trading? ~a
[2006-04-21 11:05:33] - Paul: I think we may be about to get hosed with Sirius. Check out the insider trading. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 09:53:44] - Hmmmm, so it sounds like ringtones are more annoying to people than I thought. -Paul
[2006-04-21 09:43:53] - http://news.com.com/Gonzales+calls+for+mandatory+Web+labeling+law/2100-1028_3-6063554.html USAG wants mandatory web rating system. - mig
[2006-04-21 09:36:07] - Paul: but actually, i think the only one that really annoys me is the one a few offices down that i hear about 30 times a day. otherwise i'll probably just roll my eyes and move on. -amy
[2006-04-21 09:35:37] - Paul: most of the time they annoy/amuse me because they are: 1. "techno" versions of classical music, 2. MIDI bastardization of popular song 3. the cingular default ringtone that makes 30 people in a restaurant reach for their phone. -amy
[2006-04-21 09:33:17] - Mig: Geez, reading that article fills me with dread... -Paul
[2006-04-21 09:13:24] - http://www.trektoday.com/news/210406_01.shtml new star trek film coming out in 2008. - mig
[2006-04-21 08:40:32] - paul: i use the pager mode on my phone but that's because i don't like any of the ringtones that came with it, and there's really no easy way to add any ringtones for this particular phone. - mig
[2006-04-21 08:30:35] - aba: They danced for 5 minutes? That seems odd. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 08:29:32] - Paul: I think they can be useful for distinguishing phones. However, I think they need to be chosen with caution, and most people don't exhibit caution on a day-to-day basis. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-21 00:09:29] - I think ring tones are kinda cool but if most other people think they're tacky and/or annoying, then maybe I should reconsider using them on my phone. -Paul
[2006-04-21 00:08:51] - Message Board: What do you think of cell phone ring tones? A lot of people on Ars Technica seem to dislike them an either have their phone on vibrate a lot or just set their tone to a regular ringer. -Paul
[2006-04-20 17:19:45] - http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/04/20/News/Time-Line.Of.March.13-1863432.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com&MIIHost=me composite timeline of events related to alleged duke lacrosse rape. - aba
[2006-04-20 17:03:27] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902515.html Nagin Among Front-Runners in New Orleans. -Paul
[2006-04-20 15:25:08] - sfm sounds good - vinnie
[2006-04-20 13:49:58] - a: sfm it is - aaron
[2006-04-20 13:34:26] - well we did nvcc last week. i vote sfm (even though i have gobs of $1 bills in my wallet
). ~a[2006-04-20 12:01:47] - a: i could go either way. i think i decided last week. - aaron
[2006-04-20 11:45:13] - sam: you'll probably notice visual improvements from dvi over vga cables. - mig
[2006-04-20 11:39:58] - sam: yes and no respectively. ~a
[2006-04-20 11:23:05] - did you know William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday? -sam
[2006-04-20 11:12:32] - does "RTFM" stand for "Read The F*cking Manual?" -sam
[2006-04-20 11:12:29] - sam: i do. and i don't know how much better the visual quality is. ~a
[2006-04-20 11:05:42] - does anyone have a computer hooked to a monitor via a DVI cable? if so, how much better is the visual quality compared to VGA? -sam
[2006-04-20 10:40:05] - Sony cuts PlayStation 2 price to $129. http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/20/technology/personaltech/ps2prices/?cnn=yes -sam
[2006-04-20 10:32:28] - sfmonvcc? ~a
[2006-04-20 10:21:53] - a: i think the problem is that the original principles were created by the old LJ team and 6A bought them over. *shrug* i guess that gives them the right to change the business model. - aba
[2006-04-20 10:20:28] - a: yeah, some people have made noise about how they used to say that LJ would never have ads. 6A is justifying it by saying that having the ads up is voluntary. - aba
[2006-04-20 10:08:48] - ddr_people: I should be at DDR today, but will probably be a little late because of work stuff - vinnie
[2006-04-20 09:47:21] - paul: yeah. ~a
[2006-04-20 09:43:29] - a: In their defense, they outright state that it's entirely possible that they will change things in the future. -Paul
[2006-04-20 09:40:04] - i wonder what its mpg is. ~a
[2006-04-20 09:29:55] - and it's $1.2 million -sam
[2006-04-20 09:29:09] - Bugatti Veyron (8.0 liter, W16 engine, 1001 HP) burns 1.33 gallons of gasoline per minute. http://autobytel.espn.go.com/content/shared/articles/templates/index.cfm/article_page_order_int/3/article_id_int/1250 -sam
[2006-04-20 08:28:18] - aba: old principles new principles. it's pretty nice that your principles are stored in a computer file for when you want to edit them. ~a
[2006-04-20 07:42:01] - so was carmen electra -sam
[2006-04-20 07:41:06] - so was hitler -sam
[2006-04-20 07:40:44] - did you know that Muhammad, Founder of Islam, was born on April, 20th? -sam
[2006-04-20 00:42:31] - happy april 20th, everybody!
[2006-04-19 23:19:57] - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2413794 Demand for Duke lacrosse gear soars. -Paul
[2006-04-19 22:47:40] - http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/19/duke.arrests/index.html?eref=yahoo Duke suspends accused lacrosse players, source says. -Paul
[2006-04-19 15:38:01] - "If a person deserves the recipient of the prayer to give him the thing he prays for, why doesn't he receive it, even without prayer? And if a person is not deserving of it, then even if that person does pray and request it, should it be given just because of his prayer?" ~a
[2006-04-19 15:32:37] - Xpovos: Sure, sounds good. I doubt either of us will remember this by then, though. -Paul
[2006-04-19 15:06:34] - Paul: We'll discuss UVA later on then, perhaps next the Sunday we get together for 2K5. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-19 14:41:44] - Xpovos: I have to pay extra to email them to you, I think. Don't worry about it, it's no big deal. If taking pictures were important to me, I would buy a digital camera. -Paul
[2006-04-19 14:37:31] - Xpovos: You mean the UVA article? Furious on a number of fronts and amused on a few. -Paul
[2006-04-19 14:33:36] - Now on Sale: Macs With OS X and Windows http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/001881.html -sam
[2006-04-19 14:01:13] - Paul: Hmm. Wow. That may be tricky. Uh... e-mail them to me? -- Xpovos
[2006-04-19 14:00:51] - Paul: That article is very interesting. As a liberatrian-esque political where do you come down on the issue? -- Xpovos
[2006-04-19 13:54:24] - Xpovos: Well, my only method of taking pictures is my cell phone.
-Paul[2006-04-19 13:52:29] - Paul: I have a 9-in-1 card reader, so whatever you use to take photos, I'm sure I can copy them to disk easily. Unless it's a film camera, and then you're better off with Walmart digital development. -- Xpovos
[2006-04-19 13:33:10] - or descriptions=descritpion ~a
[2006-04-19 13:32:51] - was=were ~a
[2006-04-19 13:19:44] - sam: oh, i wasn't saying the site didn't work. i just have javascript disabled by default and i thought the error descriptions it gave me was pretty funny. ~a
[2006-04-19 13:15:27] - a: i've used it on IE and firefox, and it's working fine -sam
[2006-04-19 12:53:34] - a: 500 shares, and I haven't had it for long enough for it to still be up. Also, I imagine it's probably going to go nowhere but down from now on. -Paul
[2006-04-19 12:36:42] - or firefox? ~a
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