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[2006-11-16 23:45:48] - unresolved futurama plotlines a quick read. ~a
[2006-11-16 21:18:21] - dave: 12 tax sales this year many of which are BOTH short term and long term sales and many of which are from buys in 2005 where i made partial short term and long term sales in 2005. is there a way to automate capital gain calculations? i know turbo tax's middle level non-web software won't do it. ~a
[2006-11-16 21:12:55] - god, i really don't want to pay taxes this year. ~a
[2006-11-16 14:38:35] - a: I'm talking about november -dave
[2006-11-16 13:35:08] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111600592.html Economist Milton Friedman Dies at 94 -Paul
[2006-11-16 12:47:59] - aaron: y. ~a
[2006-11-16 12:45:58] - ddr_people: sfm? i'm bringing a coworker - aaron
[2006-11-16 11:51:14] - a: Well, I was remarking on the fact that my portfolio had reached $35k at the beginning of the year and has finally gotten back there this month after some bad times. -Paul
[2006-11-16 11:01:02] - paul: are you guys talking about overall or are you talking about just november? ~a
[2006-11-16 10:30:20] - Dave: I'm not sure how much I am up, but it's not that much.
-Paul[2006-11-16 09:15:25] - Paul: well, I'm not complaining, but it would haev been 5.7+ until earlier this week -dave
[2006-11-15 21:32:15] - aba: oh i get it they're attached to the wall. okay your shelves exist and they're cool - aaron
[2006-11-15 21:30:55] - aba: psh those don't exist. some of those shapes are impossible! you made up that web page just to trick us - aaron
[2006-11-15 19:29:51] - http://www.lago.it/design/prodotti/oggetti-e-complementi/tangram.html tangram shelves - aba
[2006-11-15 15:37:46] - Dave: Up 3k doesn't qualify as a good month? *Sigh* -Paul
[2006-11-15 15:23:45] - dave: 2.7k overall? ~a
[2006-11-15 15:13:58] - everyone short amazon stock! -dave
[2006-11-15 15:12:08] - still up like 3k for the month, but I was gonna have a good month until this happened =/ -dave
[2006-11-15 15:11:23] - Paul: yes well, currently i've lost like 2.7k so far -dave
[2006-11-15 15:10:03] - Dave: Ouch. I was in pain because I was thinking of buying some Amazon stock and I didn't.
-Paul[2006-11-15 15:09:07] - Paul: I've been in pain because i bet that amazon wouldn't go above 40 a few weeks ago. -dave
[2006-11-15 14:54:07] - Hurray! $4000 and about a year later, my portfolio is back to the level it was at before.
-Paul[2006-11-15 13:19:47] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111401253.html Once Locked Out by High Prices, Aspiring Buyers Now Find Reason for Hope. -Paul
[2006-11-15 11:48:50] - http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/11/15/internet.blocking.ap/index.html internet 1 percent porn - aaron
[2006-11-15 01:33:30] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15717485>1=8717 “Kids want a gift for the holiday season that is fun.”
-Paul[2006-11-14 14:45:19] - http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/101329.aspx Fisher Price Technology Integration - aaron
[2006-11-14 14:10:18] - gurkie: obviously you do or you wouldn't be asking. i was wearing thermal gloves because they're warm and because they're fun to wear. i don't know why anyone wouldn't want to wear thermal gloves. ~a
[2006-11-14 13:23:56] - a: why were you typing with nothing but thermal gloves on???? Why would anyone weat thermal gloves and nothing else??? Do I really even want an answer... ~Gurkie
[2006-11-13 16:34:03] - fp for monday! - mig
[2006-11-13 01:05:43] - I'm not often here on the weekend. -Paul
[2006-11-12 17:02:51] - yawn. nobody's here on the weekend? ~a
[2006-11-11 20:06:57] - typing with (nothing but) thermal gloves on is very difficult. ~a
[2006-11-10 14:40:44] - sam: if they go undeated they'd have beaten louisville and wvu, so yes. - mig
[2006-11-10 14:01:59] - Sam: Yes, unless Michigan -AND- Ohio State have only one loss between them -AND- it was a close game. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-10 13:20:22] - working... - lori
[2006-11-10 12:38:01] - Sam: I think so, but I also think they won't be unless a lot of other teams lose. -Paul
[2006-11-10 12:05:54] - assuming rutgers goes undeated, should they be considered to be in the national championship game? -sam
[2006-11-10 11:02:39] - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/borat/ borat gets 93% at rotten tomatoes? - aaron
[2006-11-10 11:01:49] - xpovos: i am working! - aaron
[2006-11-10 10:01:43] - or was until i visited this msg board ^_^ -dave
[2006-11-10 10:01:05] - I'm working -dave
[2006-11-10 09:59:42] - Xpovos: I'm working! -Paul
[2006-11-10 08:28:22] - Who else is working today? -- Xpovos
[2006-11-09 22:23:49] - terry bowden's college football playoff bracket http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=AlFhF61ruwYGHspg9K_z4BscvrYF?slug=tb-bracketbuster110906&prov=yhoo&type=lgns -sam
[2006-11-09 16:53:02] - i can't ever remember seeing so many horrible ads, and so often too. makes me all the more glad i didn't waste my time going to the polls. - mig
[2006-11-09 16:36:48] - i love not having a home phone. ~a
[2006-11-09 16:07:27] - I didn't get calls from anybody.
-Paul[2006-11-09 16:01:01] - vinnie: i got 2 automated calls, i think they were both from the democratic party but i didn't listen to them to the end - aaron
[2006-11-09 15:50:41] - here's a better article about it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR2006110601103.html - vinnie
[2006-11-09 15:48:49] - did you guys hear about this/get a call about this: http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=FBI+probes+phony+calls+to+Virginia+voters&id=96004 - vinnie
[2006-11-09 15:47:06] - the general democratic campaign in this area was horrendous. I basically had to not think about it, in order to make my vote. I hate mudslinging campaigns, especially when they're not even done correctly. oh no, xxx agrees with bush!!! - vinnie
[2006-11-09 15:37:30] - aaron: i ignored those ads because marylanders are all crazy anyways. for example, i was watching the wikipedia entry for maryland like a year ago and everybody on there was nuts. ~a
[2006-11-09 15:28:16] - i remember watching that and thinking "uggggggh am i really voting for this party...." - aaron
[2006-11-09 15:27:48] - gurkie: i saw a few ads for both sides, but the democrats TV ads in particular epitomized everything that is humorous about a negative campaign.... i remember one where they ended the commercial with the opponent holding a dog, and said, "it turns out that's not even his dog!" - aaron
[2006-11-09 15:14:28] - ~gurkie
[2006-11-09 15:14:21] - aaron: I thought that the republicans had just as many radio/tv ads as the democrats I definately saw a lot of both... Plus mailings...
[2006-11-09 15:06:19] - aaron: ok - vinnie
[2006-11-09 13:48:44] - dave: my bad. ~a
[2006-11-09 13:48:17] - aaron: y. ~a
[2006-11-09 13:31:35] - ddr_people: nvcc? - aaron
[2006-11-09 13:18:19] - I guess I was wrong about George Allen and the whole Maccaca thing, wasn't I? -Paul
[2006-11-09 12:48:42] - a: did you mean to say Paul has a strong libido? -dave
[2006-11-09 12:02:40] - "Paul is a strong liberatian."
~a[2006-11-09 10:31:53] - a: mig said they worked, so obviously they did. -dave
[2006-11-09 10:14:43] - mig: who's to say that they worked? it's possible that they had no effect (it's also possible they had a small negative effect). ~a
[2006-11-09 09:05:35] - aaaron: i'm actually a little surprised that the "we hate gw bush" ads seemed to work this time whereas they utterly failed with that message two years ago... - mig
[2006-11-09 08:11:22] - dang, and to think that I thought the Spurs would struggle a lot more with oberto and elson -dave
[2006-11-08 21:23:06] - paul: that also impressed me! - aaron
[2006-11-08 19:34:28] - Aaron: Some of those responses were pretty interesting. I was surprised to see a couple of them mentioning the libertarian party. -Paul
[2006-11-08 17:35:02] - i was secretly please that a few people voted anti-democrat because of all those stupid TV and radio ads though
- aaron[2006-11-08 17:33:42] - a lot of people continue to think criticize democrats because they predict they will raise taxes.... are they still known for that? tsk - aaron
[2006-11-08 17:32:57] - http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/howdidyouvote/index.html how did you vote and why? - aaron
[2006-11-08 16:51:06] - catholics do tend to be a little libretarian leaning, maybe that had something to do with it. - mig
[2006-11-08 16:49:23] - though the one he disagrees on democrats with is a rather important one (war). - mig
[2006-11-08 16:41:34] - a: because he votes with democrats on most issues. - mig
[2006-11-08 15:13:56] - (for the senate race) - aaron
[2006-11-08 15:13:43] - http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.senate/index.html sounds like democrats may have picked up montana. last i checked they were up in virginia too - aaron
[2006-11-08 14:15:01] - wait, why isn't cnn counting lieberman as an independent seat? ~a
[2006-11-08 13:17:25] - yah. ~a
[2006-11-08 13:11:29] - Despite being the stronghold of Falwell, Lynchburg is a multi-college town, and so is quite liberal. Similarly, Montgomery County is liberal because it is home to VT and Radford, despite being in the middle of very conservative territory. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-08 12:26:13] - aaron: lynchburg of all places was borderline? ~a
[2006-11-08 12:25:17] - xpovos: yes. most religious people voted for it. most nonreligious people voted against it. but when you break it down by type of religion, protestants were the only ones that voted for it (>50%). ~a
[2006-11-08 12:22:57] - http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/results/states/VA/I/01/map.html chart of marriage-amendment-forness in virginia - aaron
[2006-11-08 12:22:31] - paul: how about, marriage ceremonies provides money for churches, which provides money for the catholic church, ergo they should be... wait that's the opposite - aaron
[2006-11-08 12:21:50] - a: It's particularly surprising since the Virginia Bishops got together and put a very large amount of funding into a pro-ban campaign. As always, though, with the religious breakdown exit polls, the vast majority of people who attend services weekly or more frequently voted for the ban, while the rest voted overwhelmingly against. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-08 12:05:48] - very funny, stephen. ~a
[2006-11-08 11:57:45] - a: I don't know the answer to your question because I don't see race. I only see Americans. -Paul
[2006-11-08 11:54:36] - you didn't answer the question! that's ok, i'll answer yours. yes, they should be for the ban. the catholic church promotes that practicing homosexuality is a sin. but in reality, they voted against the ban by a significant margin. (significant considering the amendment won in almost every other demographic) ~a
[2006-11-08 11:44:57] - a: Should they be for the ban? That sounds like a stereotype against a group of people and I thought we all agreed that nobody in their right mind makes use of stereotypes.
-Paul[2006-11-08 10:41:19] - paul: yes. why aren't they? or . . . i should say, why are a striking number of them against it? ~a
[2006-11-08 10:40:33] - anon:
~a[2006-11-08 10:24:36] - http://themot.org/gallery/d/58721-1/pacmanchart.png
[2006-11-08 10:11:15] - a: So you thought that Catholics would be for the ban? -Paul
[2006-11-08 09:17:22] - well 7/8 of the state same-sex marriage amendments passed. the 8th one is still undecided but it looks like it might actually not pass. ~a
[2006-11-08 01:03:43] - paul: sorry. i meant to say "also interesting because" instead. i must be too tired. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:58:36] - Ok, I've seen the word "recount", time to go to bed.
-Paul[2006-11-08 00:54:19] - Damn, I'm looking at a race in Arizona where NBC only has the Republican incumbent listed even though there is a Libertarian challenger that is pulling in 26% of the vote. -Paul
[2006-11-08 00:46:32] - a: Ah, so it's not because you would've thought that Catholics would vote for it? -Paul
[2006-11-08 00:45:36] - I was really hoping the results for the Senate race would be out before it got this late. -paul
[2006-11-08 00:43:53] - interesting because there are few other voting demographical groups that actually voted against the amendment. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:43:14] - a: Should I play devil's advocate and ask you why that's interesting? -Paul
[2006-11-08 00:42:27] - sorry, i mean more than half of the catholics that voted of course. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:40:58] - wow interesting. more than half of the "catholics" voted against the amendment. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:33:39] - a: I don't know. I don't think I have a big enough sample of data to draw a conclusion that specific. -Paul
[2006-11-08 00:32:18] - 43% of virginians suck, don't they? ~a
[2006-11-08 00:30:00] - yep. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:29:01] - a: Not in Virginia. We passed ours easily.
-Paul[2006-11-08 00:26:15] - many of the same-sex marriage bans are still way too soon to call. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:25:34] - looks like south carolina, tennessee, and wisconsin (among at least some others) will also be joining the ranks. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:23:07] - a: Ah, it must be nice to have hope on election day.
-Paul[2006-11-08 00:21:00] - let me put it this way, i was hoping it wouldn't pass. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:20:04] - a: Were you expecting it not to pass? -Paul
[2006-11-08 00:19:19] - too bad about the constitutional amendment though. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:15:38] - i guess they're going to have to count the absentee votes for once. ~a
[2006-11-08 00:13:12] - a: I just saw that too. I actually missed the fact that Webb had taken the lead and just thought that Allen's lead had shrunk a bunch. -Paul
[2006-11-07 23:49:15] - wow, webb and allen are neck and neck. i just saw it go from allen winning (98% reporting) to webb winning (99% reporting). ~a
[2006-11-07 18:11:31] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110700918.html Britney Spears Files for Divorce From Federline. -Paul
[2006-11-07 17:16:46] - dave: i think most of the flack has been because of voting irregularities. ~a
[2006-11-07 16:45:28] - for as much bad flack as the machines have been getting, the voting machines I used were very fast and easy to use -dave
[2006-11-07 11:07:24] - Xpovos: I have had the same double-take moments regarding the word "librarian".
-Paul[2006-11-07 10:43:59] - xpovos: haha -dave
[2006-11-07 10:37:59] - I am reading a political web site, it is listing races as "Likely Republican", or "Likely Democrat" I keep reading and I see one on the list that says "Likely Libertarian", and I about freak. Then I realize that the site master has made a joke, and that it does not say Libertarian, it says Lieberman. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-07 10:36:43] - a: Accepted. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-07 10:14:19] - xpovos: to elaborate on my parentheses: when it comes to what happened at 1 microsecond after the big bang and before, i don't think conservation of matter/energy as we understand them still apply. ~a
[2006-11-07 10:11:19] - xpovos: ummm. i think you've "proven" (using the laws of physics as we understand them today which is very dubious in this context) that something created the universe. you haven't proven that whatever created the universe still exists. ~a
[2006-11-07 09:06:25] - existed. Repeat ad nauseum until you come to whatever you want to be your prime unmoved mover. Ultimately, that thing has to have always existed, othewise, we say inherently that it came into existence, either spontaneously, or through creation. And if spontaneously, it defies the fundamental premise: From nothing comes nothing. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-07 09:05:11] - a: Premise 1: Things exist. Premise 2: From nothing comes nothing. (Conservation of matter/energy). Conclusion: Things have always existed. Counter-argument: Things were created by another source (godly or physical, but unknown at present). Premise 1: Things exist. Premise 2: A force created from nothing. Conclusion. Primordal force is itself created or has always
[2006-11-07 08:30:40] - and yes, i read the article. ~a
[2006-11-07 08:30:32] - dave: that question was not directly related to the article. ~a
[2006-11-07 08:16:17] - yes, I watched the brief ad to read the whole article. It was infiniti though, and they make the car i've been eyeing -dave
[2006-11-07 08:15:31] - a: did you read the article? It was talking about how religion and science can or can't coexist, not really about what science has that religion doesn't -dave
[2006-11-07 08:14:28] - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=thompson/061106&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos2 anniversary of the 2 carolina cheerleaders -dave
[2006-11-07 08:12:14] - xpovos: how do you prove that something is eternal? ~a
[2006-11-07 07:29:52] - As for Occam's razor/Intelligent design, I've been using that argument (or more accurately, one similar to it) for a long time. We can logically prove that something is eternal, deciding what is eternal is what I leave to Occam. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-07 07:28:43] - a: I've come to that conclusion as well, but I bought Sirius stock with the intention of going long on it. That intent actually will likely save me money, because I would have bailed some time ago, otherwise. Had the stock gone up tremendously in a short period of time, I might well have sold, but as is, it's looking like it'll be a 1-3 year investment for me.
[2006-11-06 19:17:14] - Iraq
[2006-11-06 16:48:29] - occam's razor as evidence of inteligent design? that's actually very intriguing though misguided. ~a
[2006-11-06 16:37:24] - dave: science has something that non-science does not have. that is, scientific breakthroughs. what does religion have that non-religion does not have? ~a
[2006-11-06 16:33:54] - xpovos: if i want to sell a stock, i'll sell it regardless of the tax savings of holding onto the stock. ~a
[2006-11-06 16:12:46] - a: grr... Yes, I've been watching, I still own my Sirius stock, so that 8% bounce was nice. It has a long way to go before I break even though. I said I was going long on it, and I meant it. I won't sell until after March 30th of next year. So it has a while to recoup for me. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-06 16:11:49] - a: Yes, I
[2006-11-06 16:00:57] - dave: did you watch the "brief ad" to read the whole article?
[2006-11-06 15:09:17] - well, not between God and Science, but about God vs. Science -dave
[2006-11-06 15:08:57] - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1555132-1,00.html What I thought was a very interesting discussion between God and Science. I have to say that I am very impressed with both Collins and Dawkins in how sharp they were in delineating their own points of view and differences between them without descending into unfruitful emotional arguments -dave
[2006-11-06 13:20:58] - xpovos: on that note, sirius was up 8% this morning. ~a
[2006-11-06 13:09:57] - Xpovos: It could be selective memory, but there were a few stocks which I had wanted to buy (but didn't have the money) which has ended up doing remarkably well. Mastercard (MA) and nVidia (NVDA) are two. -Paul
[2006-11-06 12:30:43] - Paul: Yeah, I wish I'd had some additional cash with which to put my money where my mouth was. My predictions, since taking a bath on Sirius, have been remarkably good. I guess I learned my lesson. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-06 12:30:09] - a: I'll ask them to raise the limit after I've had the card a little while longer (say 6 months), plus I'll be able to say, "Look, I'm making ass-loads more money now." In addition to never being late, or even carrying a balance. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-06 11:05:36] - a: I asked for them to increase my limit once and they bumped it up by like a factor of four. -Paul
[2006-11-06 11:04:38] - Xpovos: I guess I should've listened to you and bought more shares of Sirius (or XM).
-Paul[2006-11-06 10:40:25] - xpovos: you can ask for a higher limit. i asked for an absurdly high limit, and they gave it to me. ~a
[2006-11-06 10:31:37] - aaron: I bet yours has a higher limit, though. I constantly find myself smacking into that. Very aggrivating. Still, I've proved it does work, I got my first rebate check last month. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-06 09:06:11] - xpovos: i got the same credit card for the same reason - aaron
[2006-11-06 08:16:47] - sam: My only credit card is a 2-4% cashback card. I got it because I intended to use it to raise my credit rating, but insisted that I get something demonstrable out of it. Airline miles don't do it for me, since I refuse to fly unless it's absolutely necessary .-- Xpovos
[2006-11-06 01:05:58] - sam: I get points which I can use for gift cards to some stores. -Paul
[2006-11-05 21:03:19] - a: i don't remember that episode! - aaron
[2006-11-05 18:37:33] - do you guys use any credit cards that give you rewards? i.e., airline mileage... -sam
[2006-11-05 13:21:10] - aaron: do you remember the borat episode where he gets on a live weather show? well the victim didn't like that too much. ~a
[2006-11-04 01:59:42] - i liked #0277 and #0307 and #0219 - aaron
[2006-11-04 01:57:58] - http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/ I MAKE MUSIC BASED ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONS - aaron
[2006-11-03 16:31:24] - a: It can be done to comedic effect, but I think it's valid to point out an interesting correlation without necessarily believing in it. I might not believe in the Madden curse, but it doesn't stop me from mentioning it when I talk about who I am going to draft in fantasy football. -Paul
[2006-11-03 15:02:28] - a: There are bears in every bull market. And if there's a hint of blood around, they'll feed on it. For my perspective, I read these articles, and the ones on the other side, because I'm hoping to join the ranks of the landed in the next year or so. And a bear market could help me with that immensely -- Xpovos
[2006-11-03 14:44:08] - xpovos: and i have NO IDEA how people who design these self fulfilling prophecies of doom can sleep at night. ~a
[2006-11-03 14:39:40] - xpovos: well especially when you look at 1994/1995, not only does it diverge, but it diverges A LOT. remember, their values for vertical scale (20 S&P = 1 NHB), vertical shift (600 S&P = 40 NHB), and time shift (two years) are all arbitrarily picked to make the graph look useful. then, the obvious answer to "Just a Coincidence?" is a resounding "most likely, yes". ~a
[2006-11-03 14:38:25] - paul: don't ask me! all the stocks i picked for you went down. i think last i checked cat was still down like 10% - aaron
[2006-11-03 14:12:13] - Paul: Depending on what you did with SIRI before, now might be a good time to buy some more to lower your average purchase price. But here are some more stocks that I have picked out as winners. The last one I picked for you ELRN went up 15% since I picked. Picks: GPIC, MLR, ATVYF, HQL. Note: I picked these using a different method than I did for ELRN. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-03 14:10:09] - a: I noticed that too, but I would also consider the 1994 break there to be the beginning of the buy real estate as an investment phase of things. I'd also like to see numbers further back than 10 years. It's certainly not conlcusive, but I found it interesting none-the-less. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-03 13:48:46] - paul: the heading "Just a Coincidence?". jon stewart made a great point about that style of journalism. it's really useful to the journalist because they can make crazy and possibly libelous statements without sounding crazy or breaking the law. "Does George Bush hate babies?" I'm not actually saying George Bush hates babies! I'm just asking. ~a
[2006-11-03 13:20:57] - a: That was the old economy. The data from that period is useless.
-Paul[2006-11-03 13:18:58] - Ok, so I sold my ValueClick (VCLK) stock and I have some money to spend. Any stock picks? I'm looking at Yahoo or perhaps picking up some more satellite radio. -Paul
[2006-11-03 13:05:29] - paul/xpovos: i like how we're supposed to ignore 1994/1995 timeframe in the graph from that article. ~a
[2006-11-03 12:31:16] -
- aaron[2006-11-03 12:30:52] - <a href="buffalo wing factory">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=buffalo+wing+factory+near+22033&sll=42.912686,-78.587265&sspn=1.416156,2.576294&ie=UTF8&latlng=38881124,-77397962,230920 - aaron
[2006-11-03 12:29:41] - Anybody in the west-of-the-beltway region want to go to happy hour? 4:15 @ buffalo wing factory - aaron
[2006-11-03 12:28:26] - Xpovos: Could be an interesting year or so coming up. -Paul
[2006-11-03 11:11:12] - paul: you just need to find some high rollers. ~a
[2006-11-03 10:36:28] - a: Because I don't think you guys would want to play poker with me if I had $30k in chips.
-Paul[2006-11-03 09:36:17] - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393160/index.htm Housing market trends forecast market trends? -- Xpovos
[2006-11-03 07:48:40] - http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/03/snoop.dogg/index.html Snoop Dogg denies weapons charges - aaron
[2006-11-03 07:48:18] - a: ha! firefox! i was also wowed by the flying spaghetti monster reference. really playing to their geek audience - aaron
[2006-11-02 22:52:17] - paul: so why don't you invest all of your money in poker? ~a
[2006-11-02 22:49:40] - aaron: "cartman uses mozilla firefox when looking at the nintendo wii website." ~a
[2006-11-02 17:43:10] - a: Well, I like to think there is a certain amount of skill involved in the initial picking of stocks. I think of it as like poker, where you just play as well as you can and hope the luck of the cards doesn't screw you.
-Paul[2006-11-02 15:57:09] - paul: what do you think? ~a
[2006-11-02 15:55:10] - aaron: it's been a month since i was at ddr
~a[2006-11-02 15:44:55] - a: Luck? Or skill? -Paul
[2006-11-02 15:35:11] - a: i'll skip ddr today too.
- aaron[2006-11-02 15:34:17] - paul: lucky you. ~a
[2006-11-02 14:28:24] - a: I'm really glad I own VCLK stock today.
-Paul[2006-11-02 13:54:08] - heh. something funny happened. bbi was at 4.00 exactly. it went to 4.40 this morning, which is exactly 10.00% up. since i bought bbi twice at 250 shares an order, that's exactly $100.00 each. ~a
[2006-11-02 13:43:53] - vinnie/aaron: i'll be there. i've missed a ton of weeks, so i'm not sure if we're on sfm or nvcc. ~a
[2006-11-02 13:11:27] - a/aaron: I'm skipping ddr today - vinnie
[2006-11-01 15:58:36] - fascinating tomato, i must say. -amy
[2006-11-01 15:53:39] - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Tomato2.jpg a tomato
[2006-11-01 14:50:15] - a: Well, I would hope that most things posted to the message board are at least a little interesting. -Paul
[2006-11-01 13:58:39] - aaron: also i just realized that spelling it out would have 7 N's and a bunch of I's and E's, wonder what that page would say to that ,) -amy
[2006-11-01 13:36:07] - aaron: it's not the DailyWTF, but I did post it publicly in my journal: http://sabournine.livejournal.com/312157.html and now on the mboard too!-amy
[2006-11-01 12:31:34] - varron: This site might be worth looking into for either of you as either a foothold, or just a community where you can explore at a very indie level. http://amiestreet.com -- Xpovos
[2006-11-01 11:32:10] - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
[2006-10-31 17:14:00] - of course these types of stories never reveal how profound the correlation was. ~a
[2006-10-31 17:13:00] - i'm not very surprised that racism and homophobia have a statistical correlation, but i am very interested to know that there is one. ~a
[2006-10-31 17:07:00] - paul: does everything have to be interesting to you? ~a
[2006-10-31 16:46:44] - *** a shrugs
[2006-10-31 16:31:24] - a: I'm wondering what's interesting about that link. -Paul
[2006-10-31 16:29:51] - paul: if you're wondering where everybody went, i'm wondering the same thing. ~a
[2006-10-31 16:28:29] - paul: huh? ~a
[2006-10-31 15:49:00] - Am I missing something? -Paul
[2006-10-30 23:41:42] - 10 year old article about racism/homophobia. http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n10_v85/ai_14936859
[2006-10-30 08:53:38] - aaron: fair enough. ~a
[2006-10-30 08:34:53] - a: that's one reason why that "Mr 700" score stuck around so long, because scores like that are nigh-on-impossible with proper "american style" play... which involves being a jackass and blocking off high-scoring alleys with shit plays sometimes - aaron
[2006-10-30 08:34:12] - a: there was actually an article in Word Freak about that, about how when the game was newer, top british players (mistakenly) believed that the key to winning was getting as many bingoes as absolutely possible, even if it meant exchanging your tiles and leaving triple-word-score rows wide open... so they would have much higher scores on average - aaron
[2006-10-30 08:31:26] - a: i imagine you could do the same thing, using a ladder to decide which players qualify for certain records. there is one pretty well-recognized ladder for scrabble players so it's not that impossible - aaron
[2006-10-30 08:30:53] - a: well, i imagine some baseball statistics are meaningless unless you restrict them to major-league games, or at least games where both teams are playing for real and have a reputation as being competent - aaron
[2006-10-30 08:14:15] - although i agree with you, how could you possibly create an objective definition for a scrabble record for most points in a game? most points in a game, assuming there are no "flagrant" bingoes? i mean, "flagrant" isn't objective. ~a
[2006-10-30 06:27:10] - a: right, well according to the scrabble article a lot of people would say "no" - aaron
[2006-10-28 01:39:06] - if you play baseball in the majors against a team that totally sucks and you break a record for most points in a single game, is it still a record? ~a
[2006-10-27 16:01:40] - if i bingo every turn in a tournament game with words like "JOCOHUN" and you don't challenge them, is it still a record? - aaron
[2006-10-27 16:00:47] - a: about the scrabble article: i'd heard some similar games like that before, where people broke 700 by playing flagrant bingoes against beginner players, and the same questions came up. - aaron
[2006-10-27 15:53:37] - a: whoa "ZA" is a word now? that's crazy! that makes the "Z" so much better! - aaron
[2006-10-27 15:49:07] - paul: saic keeps going up. buy saic! - aaron
[2006-10-27 14:35:55] - Weird day for my stocks. XMSR keeps going up and up while my stocks as a whole keep going down and down.
-Paul[2006-10-27 14:08:56] - Also, from the Sports Girl: "Girls always used to use Halloween as an excuse to dress like total sluts. Now you don't need an excuse because it's OK to dress like a slut in any situation." -Paul
[2006-10-27 14:08:22] - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/061027 "Adults love Halloween because it's the best party of the year, the best chance to see a co-worker or fellow student dressed like a hooker..." -Paul
[2006-10-27 10:00:37] - paul: oh yeah. ~a
[2006-10-27 09:54:51] - a: AMD completed it's acquisition of ATI a couple of days ago. -Paul
[2006-10-27 09:31:33] - sorry. ~a
[2006-10-27 09:31:28] - aaron: also, i forgot to tell you guys that i was on travel tuesday through last night. ~a
[2006-10-27 08:39:07] - aaron: did you see the linked article about scrabble on slate? ~a
[2006-10-27 08:18:30] - http://www.slate.com/id/2152264/ does YouTube really have legal problems? - aaron
[2006-10-26 19:45:11] - what happened to atyt? it's not listed anymores? ~a
[2006-10-26 19:44:29] - paul: you should have bought it after it went up. that's what i always do (at least it's what i did with goog and sai). ~a
[2006-10-26 16:47:36] - Aaron: Yeah, I wanted to buy some SAIC stock...
-Paul[2006-10-26 16:44:02] - aaron: ok - vinnie
[2006-10-26 16:40:28] - paul: http://finance.google.com/finance?q=SAI
- aaron[2006-10-26 16:39:46] - vinnie: sfm? - aaron
[2006-10-26 16:33:14] - is there ddr today? - vinnie
[2006-10-26 14:39:55] - Today would've been such a good day for my stocks if I didn't own Symantec (SYMC).
-Paul[2006-10-26 13:55:46] - aba: I suppose. Would've helped had they said that, though. -Paul
[2006-10-26 13:34:30] - and it's STILL in the spotlight. how strange. -amy
[2006-10-26 13:34:09] - huh. one of the communities in the LJ spotlight got deleted. i wonder what happened. -amy
[2006-10-26 12:55:30] - paul: maybe .4% was within the margin of error so it couldn't be honestly classified as a decline? - aba
[2006-10-26 00:27:48] - Paul: Not in the South! The South shall rise again! -- Xpovos
[2006-10-25 22:10:09] - what didn't diddy do?
[2006-10-25 13:08:26] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR2006102500484.html "Sales were down in all sections of the country except the South, which posted a small 0.4 percent decline." Uh... doesn't a decline mean it went down? -Paul
[2006-10-24 14:17:53] - Dave: Oh, yeah, I didn't think he was kidding in his column, but it did sound so serious that it's kinda funny because of it. -Paul
[2006-10-24 14:08:49] - Paul: <nod> -dave
[2006-10-24 12:09:32] - http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901 lik-sang shutting down. i think travis is the only other person who imported games regularly but still, awwwwwww
- aaron[2006-10-24 09:55:04] - Dave: What's not a joke? His column? -Paul
[2006-10-24 09:41:07] - Paul: or people will just randomly yell it out in chat hehe -dave
[2006-10-24 09:40:45] - Paul: it's not a joke, you hear so many Chuck Norris jokes online for some reason. It's like the rebuttal for everything, regardless of topic -dave
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