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[2006-07-27 12:05:44] - a: but my ultra score would be #1 - aaron

[2006-07-27 12:05:32] - a: i think i'd be #31ish - aaron

[2006-07-27 11:17:10] - well what was my #1 score.  whatever.  ~a

[2006-07-27 11:12:48] - the weird thing is that i broke my #2 score by 100.    ~a

[2006-07-27 11:12:41] - vinnie: I imagine it will largely be material from Jagged, which is interesting, but not what I recall being your style.  It's well done, but not anywhere near as good as Pure.  Of course, I'm sure he'll play some classics, or at least his remixes of them from Hybrid. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-27 10:50:56] - a: My excuse is that I stopped trying after achieving dominance over you all. -Paul

[2006-07-27 10:48:59] - paul:  not that i know of.  on my (amy's/travis's) copy, you're the only one in the 500s.  aaron&vinnie&travis are in the 400s.  i'm pretty sure aaron broke 500 on his copy though.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:45:29] - a: Wow, congrats. That's pretty good. Has anybody else in our group even broken 600? -Paul

[2006-07-27 10:41:43] - i'd get put at #13th on the "Best Score Per Person" on that one new tetris page.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:38:22] - in sprint that is.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:38:14] - paul:  i broke 700 last night.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:22:06] - I would like to point out that as of now, all those stocks I picked yesterday are up. I'm pointing it out now because who knows when they will collapse. -Paul

[2006-07-27 10:15:23] - now ford . . . THAT is ultra small.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:14:48] - well blockbuster is a little bigger.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:14:00] - 260m is not ultra small, is it?  blockbuster is about that size.  ~a

[2006-07-27 10:10:10] - a: Well, the article did say that prices were only dropping in some places. -Paul

[2006-07-27 10:10:08] - xpovos: if gary was playing mostly old stuff, I would probably go. but I haven't heard any of his new stuff. maybe I should check it out - vinnie

[2006-07-27 10:09:29] - aaron: bought the tickets. ended up being $66 - vinnie

[2006-07-27 09:51:38] - a: They're ultra-small cap.  22 employees.  I imagine most of that is insider trading. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 18:50:23] - Simpsons - Tetris! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVR91_iNMTk  -sam

[2006-07-26 17:52:21] - paul:  prices in my area are not dropping.  in my apartment complex, prices went up 1% in 2005, and they've gone up by 1% already in 2006.  ~a

[2006-07-26 17:34:18] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/25/AR2006072501513.html After 5 Years of Growth, Home Prices Drop. -Paul

[2006-07-26 17:33:49] - xpovos:  ummm.  what's up with their trading?  does nobody ever buy them or something?  today their price changed only three times (it seems like their on a weird exchange because it's too weird that the only trades that showed up were for more than $1m)  ~a

[2006-07-26 16:58:54] - vinnie: deeeeal me innnnn! i'll go to that concert. i hope they play a lot off their b-sides album. - aaron

[2006-07-26 16:39:25] - Xpovos: I don't want to buy Ford on principle. I'll have to look into ELRN a little more, since I've never heard of them before. -Paul

[2006-07-26 16:33:57] - FORD may also be up your alley, as it would fit your strategy.  I would personally not recommend it because they've abandoned a lot of R&D, but they do have a long history, and appear to be bouncing after a long decline. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 16:30:05] - Paul: Check out ELRN.  I'd recommend waiting for it to climb back above the 50 day, but it seems pretty solid. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 16:25:38] - In case I haven't mentioned it before, Gary Numan is playing at the 9:30 club Augst 9th.  I'll be there. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 16:18:39] - http://www.newstarget.com/019759.html In health freedom fight, Abraham Cherrix to refuse court-ordered chemotherapy sentence. -Paul

[2006-07-26 16:09:31] - xpovos: yeah, it's more than Depeche Mode which I thought was pretty steep. are PSB really that popular in the states? - vinnie

[2006-07-26 16:08:38] - xpovos: oh sorry. I didn't realize you would be interested. but it sounds like you aren't anyway anyone who is interested yah just let me know as soon as possible - vinnie

[2006-07-26 16:02:42] - vinnie: Interesting but not at that price.  Owie. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 16:02:28] - Wait, isn't gay and lesbian redundant? -Paul

[2006-07-26 16:01:41] - -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 16:01:27] - a: I'm not sure 6 months is long enough.  I'm giving Sirius time to bounce back.  It's a known thing that they're going to be bleeding cash for a while as the build up a subscriber base.  But the money is there, the revenues are increasing dramatically, so if I sit tight longer term it should pay off nicely.  I just need more money to invest and pray for a multi-bagger.

[2006-07-26 15:56:26] - aaron: pet shop boys are playing dc in october. tickets are $55 (plus whatever bullshit ticketmaster slaps on). yes, it's a ridiculous price. yes, I'm definitely going anyway. let me know as soon as you can whether you are interested in going because I just found out about this concert and the tickets presale starting tomorrow - vinnie

[2006-07-26 15:54:02] - a: Well, I guess now he knows that he is gay too. -Paul

[2006-07-26 15:52:32] - paul:  he's already on wp's "List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people"    ~a

[2006-07-26 15:52:27] - a: Yeah, but neither went bankrupt and I suspect both will eventually rebound at least a little. It's really only been 6 months since they both tanked. You've given me two more stocks to consider purchasing, though. INTC is looking pretty inviting. -Paul

[2006-07-26 15:48:22] - http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=228739>1=7703 Lance Bass of N'Sync reveals that he is gay. -Paul

[2006-07-26 15:21:56] - a: what a clever you .D  -amy

[2006-07-26 15:09:57] - 2006 hasn't been kind to me (though i didn't lose 10k)  ~a

[2006-07-26 15:09:33] - i know because i bought both  ~a

[2006-07-26 15:09:02] - ugh.  i have two counterexamples (examples of companies that are 1. established 2. took a hit AND 3. kept going down)  yahoo (yhoo) and intel (intc) both took a big hit in jan2006.  they both kept going down.  ~a

[2006-07-26 14:52:30] - a: Although they usually don't end up doing too badly if it's an established company and not something like Xybernaut or Vitesse. -Paul

[2006-07-26 14:52:08] - a: I know, that's why I call it gambling. -Paul

[2006-07-26 14:50:30] - paul:  stocks that have taken a hit recently don't always bounce back.  often they keep going down!  ~a

[2006-07-26 14:48:33] - a: Yeah, they are all pretty much stocks that have taken a hit recently. Those are the ones I like to gamble on. -Paul

[2006-07-26 14:48:10] - a: Define "recently". I actually thought NVDA looked fairly stable compared to some of the other stocks I mentioned. I suppose it's been a roller coaster over the past month, though. -Paul

[2006-07-26 14:47:34] - so is bby, amzn, and tasr for that matter!  ~a

[2006-07-26 14:46:15] - paul:  nvda looks way too volatile recently.  ~a

[2006-07-26 14:45:41] - amy:  i knew it was accross the street from gurkie but i also knew that you couldn't see gurkie's window from your apt.  ~a

[2006-07-26 14:43:26] - Xpovos: I've made money, but I'm also down about $10k over the past year so I'm certainly not infallible. -Paul

[2006-07-26 14:39:49] - a: !! I'm impressed... how did you know that? .) -amy

[2006-07-26 13:00:13] - amy/vinnie:  haha.  look where i put your point (before you sent the email that actually had your address in it):  http://aporter.org/friendsgmap/  ~a

[2006-07-26 12:57:27] - Paul: I wouldn't recommend any of those companies at this point.  But seeing as you've made money in the stock market, whereas I have lost, you likely should not be taking my advice. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 11:50:45] - a: Now the question becomes: What do I spend my newly acquired money on? I'm looking at BBY, AMZN, NVDA and TASR. Any suggestions? -Paul

[2006-07-26 11:49:11] - a: Yup. I was pretty sure I was going to sell at least half after the recent jump but the more I thought about it, the more I realized there wasn't a lot more room for the stock to grow IMHO. -Paul

[2006-07-26 11:37:11] - all of them?    ~a

[2006-07-26 11:32:39] - a: I sold my ATI stock this morning for $19.72 a share. We'll see if that was the right move. -Paul

[2006-07-26 10:58:21] - see http://pessen.livejournal.com/34087.html for an example of the tracking information.  -  aba

[2006-07-26 10:40:46] - a:  www.sparkpeople.com -  aba

[2006-07-26 10:40:35] - paul:  ouch.  -  aba

[2006-07-26 10:39:33] - paul:  what's the url for the website?  (that's what i meant when i asked "what's the url?")  ~a

[2006-07-26 10:38:50] - aaron:  good words:  telemetered, panamacanal, epexegeses, oconomowoc.  ~a

[2006-07-26 10:29:16] - a: Oh, it's a site that you sign up for and you can enter in what you eat and it tells you how much total fat/calories/carbs/protein/etc you have eaten so far today and how much you should be aiming for. -Paul

[2006-07-26 10:26:49] - hmmm.  i guess i thought a "nutrition counter" would be a website.  what's a "spark people's nutrition counter"  ~a

[2006-07-26 10:21:13] - a: I had run out of milk yesterday and didn't have time to visit the grocery store so I had McDonalds for breakfast today so I'm not surprised at all. What a way to start things off, eh? -Paul

[2006-07-26 10:20:39] - a: The URL for what? -Paul

[2006-07-26 10:13:41] - and wtf did you eat for breakfast?  ~a

[2006-07-26 10:13:34] - paul:  what's the url?  ~a

[2006-07-26 10:08:28] - aba: Hurray! It's my first day using Spark People's nutrition counter and I already have all my fat and half my calories for the day after eating breakfast. -Paul

[2006-07-26 10:04:07] - a: Well, that's what the article said Nintendo was aiming for and from everything I've heard, the Wii should be easier to get to market than the PS3. -Paul

[2006-07-26 10:02:32] - aaron:  i think a robot could tell the difference between a shirtless man and a flesh-toned body suit.  it would be annoying to get sample data though.  where would you find pictures of men wearing flesh-toned body suits?  ~a

[2006-07-26 09:58:09] - *** a remembers how logins worked in the iou website.

[2006-07-26 09:18:34] - http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/83154.aspx  Security 101 ... at WTF University - aaron

[2006-07-26 09:11:45] - a: can a robot tell the difference between a shirtless man, and a man in a flesh-toned body suit? i am a human! - aaron

[2006-07-26 08:44:51] - a: I think it would be hard-pressed not to.  I see no way PS3 will actually meet that target date, even in Japan. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-26 07:56:39] - paul:  re: release date:  oh wow it's going to beat the ps3?  ~a

[2006-07-26 07:55:05] - dave:  new 2-way firewall?  wtf is that?  i wonder who's going to tell microsoft that 2-way firewalls are what preceded their NEW XP 1-way firewall . . . by like 20 years.  ~a

[2006-07-26 07:32:27] - http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/1/23/2634 Vista to have much improved firewall -dave

[2006-07-26 00:54:02] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060725-7349.html Oct 2nd is the release date for the Wii? -Paul

[2006-07-25 18:07:05] - aaron:  a robot could be easily taught to detect shirt off.  maybe you're a robot.  ~a

[2006-07-25 18:01:03] - paul: me too! short off = hot, and spiky gelled up hair = hot. my formula is perfect! the captcha is flawn! - aaron

[2006-07-25 17:42:19] - I think my problem is that I tended to pick guys who had their shirts off. -Paul

[2006-07-25 17:41:32] - xpovos: I agree, that for women, i deliberately tried to pick the paris hiltoniest women on the list, and i did very well. i thought a lot of the women i didn't pick were good-looking though - aaron

[2006-07-25 15:03:26] - Ok I finally got guys to work.  Final scores: Women: 3/4  That last one I selected the one I actually thought was attractive.  Woops.  Men: 2/3 There appear to be a lot fewer men's photos, so I found this easier once I got past the first page.  But I was succesful all around. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-25 14:56:16] - I'm 3/3 with pictures of women though. -Paul

[2006-07-25 14:53:11] - Yeah, I must've gotten lucky. I tried it again with the pictures of men and failed three times in a row. -Paul

[2006-07-25 14:09:17] - there was one set of three guys I think I got after 20 or so guesses - vinnie

[2006-07-25 13:46:09] - Aaron: I actually did it on my first try. Maybe I got some really easy pictures to choose from, because I thought there was a pretty clear right and wrong answer for the two I did. -Paul

[2006-07-25 13:45:56] - Paul: Excellent.  I love to see the players I dislike getting ribbed viciously. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-25 13:41:27] - paul: how many tries did it take? - aaron

[2006-07-25 13:39:16] - I successfully proved I was human on females, though I had to change my standards a bit to fit with what I knew was popular.  However I encountered a scripting error when attempting to switch to men, so we'll never really know. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-25 13:35:12] - aaron: I was able to prove that I was a human for both men and women. -Paul

[2006-07-25 13:14:05] - aaron: i'm not very good at this. men or women. i guess i am a robot .( -amy

[2006-07-25 13:10:49] - aaron: lol -amy

[2006-07-25 13:09:47] - (that is a weird-ass sentence to read out of context...) - aaron

[2006-07-25 12:59:39] - when i switched to guys, i couldn't prove i was human anymore - aaron

[2006-07-25 12:59:16] - http://www.hotcaptcha.com/ a unique captcha - pick the 3 hot girls to prove that you are human. they include script to use this on your own web page - aaron

[2006-07-25 12:14:14] - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/060724 Some jokes about the upcoming NFL season for those who care. -Paul

[2006-07-25 10:14:44] - a: I know. I just like to think that I can always make the right decision and maximize my profits. -Paul

[2006-07-25 10:04:32] - selling half is lose/lose.  but compared to the bigger loss of losing everything, both of the lose/lose situations are pretty good.  ~a

[2006-07-25 09:58:19] - paul:  it's risk mitigation.  you don't know if it's going to go up or down.  so, the only thing you can do is reduce the variance (you need to diversify your bonds, n***).  ~a

[2006-07-25 09:47:24] - Aaron: Maybe Google messed up with their linking of news stories and graphs. -Paul

[2006-07-25 08:20:14] - paul: that would explain the mediocre performance of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated http://www.google.com/finance?q=ATI but some ATI news stories showed up on their graph, so I was doubly confused - aaron

[2006-07-25 00:24:28] - Sam: I'm going to try to do some more weight training exercises, yeah. -Paul

[2006-07-25 00:23:47] - Sam: Do they actually have them in stock at the store? Because I've been to stores which advertise them on their website and they haven't had them. -Paul

[2006-07-25 00:22:50] - Aaron: Yeah, Adrian is right, the stock symbol is (strangely) ATYT. It's at the highest point ever at the end of today, I think. -Paul

[2006-07-25 00:22:12] - a: But then it's a lose/lose situation. If it goes up, then I shouldn't have sold any. If it goes down, I should've sold it all. -Paul

[2006-07-24 23:18:41] - best movie of 2004 and 2005  ~a

[2006-07-24 21:52:02] - paul: r u trying to build muscles? -sam

[2006-07-24 21:51:12] - paul: walmart, target, dick's sports good have those dumbells -sam

[2006-07-24 18:56:38] - aaron:  the ticker symbol is ATYT.  ~a

[2006-07-24 18:44:21] - http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html haha! apparently this guy's been putting these up around DC for awhile now. - aaron

[2006-07-24 18:32:12] - paul: it doesn't look to me like ATI has changed much in the past month, am i looking at the wrong stock? - aaron

[2006-07-24 18:18:43] - paul:  sell half of it  ~a

[2006-07-24 18:01:29] - For those who haven't heard, AMD is set to buy ATI in the fourth quarter. -Paul

[2006-07-24 18:01:00] - So now the question becomes: should I sell my ATI stock now (at what appears to be an all-time high) or wait to see if it keeps going up? -Paul

[2006-07-24 15:47:48] - aarona: Good to know, thanks.  -- Xpovos

[2006-07-24 14:53:47] - if you check the RFCs, paths are supposed to be case sensitive always (there are only some cases on some machines where paths a-re not case sensitive, whereas there are some cases on all machines where paths are case sensitive)  ~a

[2006-07-24 14:51:37] - xpovos:  i'm talking about in general on the internet.  fyi, paths (in some cases) can be case sensitive even on a win32 machine.  ~a

[2006-07-24 14:09:40] - Vinnie: I tried the sports authority in springfield mall and didn't see anything even though their website has it. Haven't tried Dick's Sporting Goods, though. Thanks for the suggestion. -Paul

[2006-07-24 14:06:32] - paul: dick's sporting goods? sports authority? (just my guess, they may not have it) - vinnie

[2006-07-24 14:02:50] - xpovos: I'm running tomcat on a windows box and it looks like it's case sensitive - aaron

[2006-07-24 13:59:47] - xpovos: the message your web browser sends to the web server is case-sensitive. it's up to your web server how to handle it. it could be letter-insensitive if it wanted - aaron

[2006-07-24 13:53:27] - a: I thought that was only true for *NIX systems.  Windows servers I've used did not have case sensitivity on paths. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-24 13:49:52] - a: Ah, that's a good point. I should've known that. Thanks. -Paul

[2006-07-24 13:49:08] - Question: Does anybody know of any retail store that sells dumbbell kits (handles with weight plates included)? I can find them online but I would rather not have to pay $25 in shipping if I can avoid it. -Paul

[2006-07-24 13:40:40] - domain names are not case sensitive (i.e. microsoft.com == MICROSOFT.COM) but paths are case sensitive (index.html != INDEX.HTML)  ~a

[2006-07-24 13:07:35] - a: Huh, I didn't think they were. Live and learn. -Paul

[2006-07-24 13:04:31] - paul:  (for the most part) URLs are case sensitive.  ~a

[2006-07-24 11:29:30] - a: I looked up the answer when "iv" wasn't working for the damned third one. -Paul

[2006-07-24 11:07:35] - which i did for 13->14 when vinnie posted the spoiler page.  ~a

[2006-07-24 11:06:22] - ~a

[2006-07-24 11:06:20] - the only way to cheat (imo) is to look up the answers.

[2006-07-24 10:54:24] - a: Yeah, I understand how to play now. I was confused since the first step was clicking on a link. I spent a couple minutes just clicking around the second screen looking for some hidden link. -Paul

[2006-07-24 10:07:41] - I cannot overstate how much I had wish I had sold AMD stock when it was at $40 a share. -Paul

[2006-07-23 16:58:38] - paul:  you did not cheat.  that's how you're supposed to get to 3.  ~a

[2006-07-23 16:55:49] - i would have never gotten 14.  14 is so dumb; i've never heard of that phrase!  ~a

[2006-07-23 13:40:46] - a:  http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=1&c=1&t=89258&p=100  if you highlight the part that says massive spoiler, it has all the links.  -  aba

[2006-07-23 13:40:05] - i got to 25 before cheating for answers.  i was hoping for a better ending!  -  aba

[2006-07-21 16:41:16] - Ugh, it's case sensitive? I used lower case letters for my roman numeral guess and it didn't count so I assumed I was wrong. Boo. -Paul

[2006-07-21 16:34:02] - a: 13 is stupid. i've lost all interest in this puzzle but if you google the URL you can probably find the answers yourself - aaron

[2006-07-21 16:31:13] - a: yes, 13 to 14 - aaron

[2006-07-21 16:22:56] - a: I don't think I get it. I couldn't even get past 3 and I think I cheated to get past 2. -Paul

[2006-07-21 16:12:25] - I think it's like a British thing or something - vinnie

[2006-07-21 16:11:59] - I think for thirteen I may have just looked at the answer. I never would have gotten it otherwise - vinnie

[2006-07-21 16:09:55] - a: sorry. I found a forum that has some hints. I don't have it in my history for some reason - vinnie

[2006-07-21 16:04:10] - aaron:  you're at 13->14?  ~a

[2006-07-21 16:04:02] - amy:  how did vinnie cheat though?  ~a

[2006-07-21 15:46:30] - a: i can't either - aaron

[2006-07-21 15:11:51] - a: i cheated by asking vinnie for hints .D -amy

[2006-07-21 15:01:07] - i still can't get past 13->14.  ~a

[2006-07-21 15:01:00] - vinnie:  cheated?  how do you cheat?  did you have to cheat to get past 13->14?  ~a

[2006-07-21 14:36:04] - a: I cheated quite a few times to get through it. some of them are just ridiculous - vinnie

[2006-07-21 12:56:49] - Paul: yeah, when I lost several K in the market, that same day I played poker and was like, hey, this is stupid, no need to worry about putting $50 at risk -dave

[2006-07-21 12:55:40] - *** dave pats Paul consolingly

[2006-07-21 12:50:16] - amy: one of those crime shows had an episode about wing women..... a girl who got raped because she trusted a guy with a wing woman gets revenge on him. i forget which show it was though.  -  aba

[2006-07-21 12:16:39] - In case anybody hasn't checked their email in a couple of days, I'm having poker at my place at 7:00 today. -Paul

[2006-07-21 11:40:03] - On the plus side, the $1k+ that I'm losing because of AMD today makes my $70 splurge at Best Buy yesterday seem inconsequential by comparison. -Paul

[2006-07-21 11:39:14] - a: It's funny, it really does seem like whenever I'm thinking of selling my AMD stock, it plummets the next day. I should listen to my instincts more. -Paul

[2006-07-21 11:36:29] - paul:  i'm never glad when i buy amd.  ~a

[2006-07-21 11:35:14] - let me know if you try it.  ~a

[2006-07-21 11:35:01] - a fun puzzle.  i really didn't like 7->8 and i'm stuck at 13->14.  ~a

[2006-07-21 11:34:57] - Aaron: Star Trek V was pretty bad. I imagine the same thing goes with Star Trek II over the first movie. -Paul

[2006-07-21 11:25:15] - hypercube better than cube?? good god - vinnie

[2006-07-21 11:24:29] - it was discouraging when a few of my tries (cube 2: hypercube and anaconda 2) ended up with the sequels outperforming the original - aaron

[2006-07-21 11:23:55] - actually, Star Trek VI is a good example of the total opposite, a sequel that blew away the movie before it (79% to 23%) - aaron

[2006-07-21 11:22:17] - vinnie: but we noticed the trend with jaws also - each movie is like 40% worse than the movie before it - aaron

[2006-07-21 11:21:06] - vinnie: yeah, we've been playing that only direct sequels count (so like, Star Trek VI to Star Trek V)  - aaron

[2006-07-21 11:20:19] - the neverending story II: 82% -> 0% - aaron

[2006-07-21 11:17:49] - ok I found the king, 96% to 0%, direct sequel: saturday night fever -> staying alive - vinnie

[2006-07-21 10:56:49] - hahaha found a 100% to 0% though again not a direct sequel: jaws -> jaws:the revenge! - vinnie

[2006-07-21 10:53:48] - Rocky to Rocky V: 100% to 16%. that doesn't beat paul's and I think it's not quite what aaron was asking - vinnie

[2006-07-21 10:49:57] - paul: damn, i just got "speed" at work and i thought i would be the first to post it here - aaron

[2006-07-21 10:40:12] - LOL i didn't know there was a Son of the Mask. that makes me ;_; -amy

[2006-07-21 10:31:57] - Aaron: 93% to 4%. -Paul

[2006-07-21 10:31:40] - Aaron: Speed! -Paul

[2006-07-21 10:30:17] - Aaron: Damn, I can get 71%... -Paul

[2006-07-21 10:15:21] - (direct to video does not count) - aaron

[2006-07-21 10:15:11] - can anybody beat 74%? - aaron

[2006-07-21 10:14:57] - we're playing this game at work - according to rotten tomatoes, which sequels got the worst scores compared to the movie preceding it.? so far our best is Son Of The Mask which got 78% to The Mask's 4% - aaron

[2006-07-21 09:57:33] - a: Still glad you bought amd? -Paul

[2006-07-21 09:52:29] - amy: I think I read an article about wingwomen before. It was an interesting read. -Paul

[2006-07-21 09:45:43] - http://wingwomen.com/MoreInfo.html Wing women for hire -amy

[2006-07-21 09:21:24] - hehe solver exe did not get the best solution yesterday - vinnie

[2006-07-21 09:20:32] - a: I don't think I have cygwin - vinnie

[2006-07-21 08:32:21] - i found a bug in my program.    ~a

[2006-07-20 21:24:00] - xpovos:  actually i think your 20 move thing is 11 moves.  ~a

[2006-07-20 17:56:30] - wow. look at all these customer reviews on NCAA Football 07 on xbox360.  it must be really bad... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000FDOOEA/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/102-0757446-7840967?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=468642 -sam

[2006-07-20 17:53:19] - ok if you haven't noticed, http://angrypeons.com doesn't work for some reason.  http://www.angrypeons.com seems to work though. - mig

[2006-07-20 17:35:21] - aba: Ok, cool. Thanks! -Paul

[2006-07-20 17:23:09] - paul:  if you are sitting on the lawn, then i would say shorts are OK.  if you actually have a seat and are worried about appropriateness, then go ahead and wear pants.  -  aba

[2006-07-20 16:58:22] - aba: Do you think shorts would be acceptable then? I would like to try to stay as cool as possible but I also don't want to be the only person who's not dressed decently. -Paul

[2006-07-20 16:47:14] - a: and someone named "solver exe" submitted a solution to the ricochet robots page, they had a good solution yesterday (beat me by 3 moves) - aaron

[2006-07-20 16:46:48] - i don't want to pay $1 for parking just to find out nvcc is broken again - aaron

[2006-07-20 16:46:25] - vinnie: sfm - aaron

[2006-07-20 16:08:07] - ~a

[2006-07-20 16:08:03] - vinnie:  do you have cygwin?

[2006-07-20 16:05:57] - a: well I don't remember the formula, but I also don't think I knew how to solve it - vinnie

[2006-07-20 16:01:25] - vinnie.  where "unable" means "too lazy", right?  ~a

[2006-07-20 16:00:37] - vinnie/aaron:  i think technically we're scheduled for sfm this week.  however, last week aaron went to sfm so i dunno, it's up to him to decide.  nvcc machine was off and it still might be off for all we know.  ~a

[2006-07-20 15:57:51] - a/aaron: where's ddr today? I forgot/am unable to solve the formula o_0 - vinnie

[2006-07-20 15:41:49] - paul:  yes, i agree.  wolftrap is open air, so i think that your work clothes will be overkill.  it really won't be formal.  -  aba

[2006-07-20 15:26:33] - aba: It's not a video game thing, it's a video game symphony. That sounds kinda formal to me. Besides, you know me, I never worry unnecessarily. -Paul

[2006-07-20 15:25:36] - Xpovos: Well, my concern is that what I wear to work might be overly warm for a concert which I believe is outdoors. -Paul

[2006-07-20 15:18:43] - paul:  i don't think you really have to worry about the dresscode for the video game thing.    -  aba

[2006-07-20 15:11:20] - Paul: I whole-heartedly concur with a that Link is an ideal outfit for the event.  In all seriousness what you wear to work is probably fine, if not overkill. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-20 14:23:33] - a: Dressing up as a video game character would be dumb? -Paul

[2006-07-20 14:18:43] - paul:  you should dress as mario.  ...or link or something dumb like that.  ~a

[2006-07-20 14:16:38] - aba: I'm seeing a video game symphony on a friday evening, do you think that would make a difference? -Paul

[2006-07-20 14:15:44] - a: If I don't have a sundress or Emma Watson, is there any other kind of appropriate thing to wear? -Paul

[2006-07-20 14:10:30] - the sundress was extremely casual is what you meant to say.  ~a

[2006-07-20 14:07:12] - i went to wolftrap to see riverdance on a sunday afternoon and the dress was extremely casual.  -  aba

[2006-07-20 14:06:03] - or emma watson.  ~a

[2006-07-20 14:05:44] - paul:  sundress.  ~a

[2006-07-20 14:04:55] - Does anybody here know what appropriate dress would be for attending a concert at wolftrap? -Paul

[2006-07-20 11:47:08] - class Moo{byte x[]=new byte[5],y[]=new byte[5],dir[]=new byte[5]}; Moo q[] = new Moo[10000000]; for(int i=0;i<10000000;i++) q[i]=new Moo();  the direct translation from java.  i know there are other ways to do what i want to do, but hey i was just trying to do a quick and dirty application.  ~a

[2006-07-20 11:44:57] - for those people who were curious.  at poker i said that there was a line of code that didn't have a good literal translation from c++ to java.  here it is in c++:  struct Moo{char x[5], y[5], dir[5]}; Moo q[10000000];.  it takes like zero milliseconds to run these lines in c++.  ~a

[2006-07-20 11:32:00] - aaron:  solver exe?  what do you mean?  are you asking if my solver is an exe?  ~a

[2006-07-20 10:41:48] - Am I the only one that was distracted by the colors of the crates appearing to be off in the tetris art? -Paul

[2006-07-20 10:27:49] - 12 moves today, I thought that one was harder than average. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-20 10:13:03] - http://www.woostercollective.com/2006/07/another_crate_piece_from_melbourne.html    tetris art  -  aba

[2006-07-20 09:05:18] - a: are you solver exe? - aaron

[2006-07-19 18:03:10] - a: I don't own any yahoo, although I'm thinking of buying some now (if only I had some spare money). -Paul

[2006-07-19 18:02:48] - a: Oh, ok. I thought you were missing a question mark. -Paul

[2006-07-19 18:00:52] - lucky for me i don't have very much yahoo (still, 22% is a lot even if you don't have very much)  ~a

[2006-07-19 18:00:00] - paul:  i'm saying it wasn't either.  smh has never had a split or a dividend.  ~a

[2006-07-19 17:58:58] - a: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:YHOO&Feed=OBR&Date=20060719&ID=5878966 -Paul

[2006-07-19 17:58:15] - a: It could be, but I don't think it's either. -Paul

[2006-07-19 17:57:51] - anybody know why yahoo is down 22% today (mostly before opening)?  ~a

[2006-07-19 17:57:00] - *** a just looked at the stock reports for the day.  bahaha.  and he was just thinking he was probably being supremely stupid for buying more amd yesterday.

[2006-07-19 17:54:22] - paul:  it wasn't a split or a dividend.  ~a

[2006-07-19 16:31:08] - This is a dumb question, but does anybody here know why I seemed to have magically gained 15 shared of Semiconductor Holds Trust (SMH) stock? -Paul

[2006-07-19 16:21:36] - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=392629&in_page_id=1770 holy police state batman! - mig

[2006-07-19 11:27:00] - I like how the female not only is given anonymity, but is also given immunity from being punished for violating rules for some reason. -Paul

[2006-07-19 11:25:59] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801473.html Ex-Navy Quarterback Calls Sex Consensual. -Paul

[2006-07-19 11:18:55] - Xpovos: I'm not entirely sure what other genre of game it would be better for. Third person? -Paul

[2006-07-19 11:17:24] - Paul: If only it weren't FPS.  That looks intense. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-19 11:13:57] - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GWzmL05OlYA A video of some crazy portal stuff in video games. Looks like fun. -Paul

[2006-07-19 10:28:03] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13907293/>1=8307 CEO, 4 others held in Web gambling crackdown. -Paul

[2006-07-19 10:26:40] - a: Not yet.  First let me double check that I entered it correctly and then try again.  Then I'll have you give me the move sequence. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-19 10:12:50] - xpovos:  14 moves.  do you want me to tell it to you?  ~a

[2006-07-19 09:30:03] - http://www.xpovos.org/twentymoves.txt If the formating looks bad, let me know, it took me a while to get the hang of it. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-19 08:52:36] - a: nvm. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-19 08:52:08] - a: thanks, first problem, this is for a 15x15 grid, my board is 16x16.  -- Xpovos

[2006-07-19 08:20:39] - aaron: Thanks, but no.  I only had 12.  Today's I got 9, but I posted a 15 first. Woops. -- Xpovos

[2006-07-19 08:17:09] - xpovos: looks like you found an 11 yesterday, good job - aaron

[2006-07-19 08:11:53] - xpovos: i've had one where the shortest solution i found was 25, but it was in a 2-player game so we may have missed something obvious - aaron

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