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[2006-12-11 15:57:29] - when was the last time you guys had an argument with your coworker? - woot
[2006-12-11 15:24:45] - lori: http://www.deathclock.com/ - aaron
[2006-12-11 15:22:22] - slowest workday eveeeeer - lori
[2006-12-11 14:04:41] - http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/centrifugal_force.png ~a
[2006-12-11 14:01:57] - http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/useless.jpg ~a
[2006-12-11 14:01:19] - aaron: bahahaha. ~a
[2006-12-11 13:40:37] - http://xkcd.com/c149.html someone quoted this web comic at slashdot. i thought it was cute - aaron
[2006-12-11 12:21:53] - *** Xpovos needs to read all the posts before posting too.
[2006-12-11 12:21:29] - vinne: No, I got 9 for today's too. The one I previously refered to as "today's" is the one that is currently on display as the most recent Honor board. Best solution was 13. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-11 10:04:09] - looks like it would have been a fun puzzle to solve - vinnie
[2006-12-11 10:02:58] - *** vinnie needs to read all the posts before posting
[2006-12-11 09:59:59] - xpovos: assuming we're looking at the same one, I got 9 (so far) - vinnie
[2006-12-11 09:29:27] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061210-8391.html Firefly coming to an MMORPG near you -dave
[2006-12-11 09:19:57] - Well, I guess today's is now yesterday's. So... nevermind. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-11 07:29:44] - Ugh, once again today's robot puzzle is a pain. My best solution so far is 24(!) -- Xpovos
[2006-12-11 07:24:41] - Paul: I definitely wouldn't read too much into that. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-11 01:01:34] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000712.html With Subtle Reminders, Stereotypes Can Become Self-Fulfilling. -Paul
[2006-12-08 15:23:53] - http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/6252024?FSO1&ATT=HMA Iverson demands trade -dave
[2006-12-08 11:58:42] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5273 apple ranked lowest on environmental care -dave
[2006-12-08 08:13:58] - amy: No, I don't think it's been mentioned. That page was mentioned in the article. Another one I know about that wasn't in the article is wiibrokemytv -- Xpovos
[2006-12-07 23:48:49] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_px_pOLtws genius of a music vid for lil' chris's single "getting enough" - aaron
[2006-12-07 23:47:18] - http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=603&Itemid=37 the lil' chris festive sketchbook (nsfw for naked santa) - aaron
[2006-12-07 17:42:04] - "On a personal note: If anyone has her contact info... I'm currently single." ahahaha. that's very funny. ~a
[2006-12-07 17:08:30] - xpovos: there is a whole site about that. wiihaveaproblem.com (sorry if that has already been mentioned, i haven't checked/caught up on mboard in a couple of days) -amy
[2006-12-07 12:34:23] - aaron: yes, i had heard. i was all broken up about it too. and i'm suprised i hadn't whined to you. ~a
[2006-12-07 12:01:34] - Aaron: http://sparkpeople.com/ -Paul
[2006-12-07 11:58:24] - aaron: Yes. ;-( I was at the last show. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-07 11:54:10] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_%28nightclub%29 did you guys know Nation closed this year? - aaron
[2006-12-07 11:38:32] - paul: what's that site you use to check the calorie content of your meals? - aaron
[2006-12-07 11:36:46] - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Silly_String.html improvisational tools (like silly string) used in iraq - aaron
[2006-12-07 11:34:46] - "We literally have consumers letting go of the remote like you do a bowling ball. You can't do that!" Fils-Aime said of a bowling game in its "Wii Sports" title. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-07 11:06:38] - aaron: i can't make it to ddr today. ~a
[2006-12-07 09:44:17] - aaron: If you're measuring amount of code you specifically write, or the time you spent, yes. But if the only measure is your end product, not what you put into it, then the Hw system works better. Of course, it is easy to game, which is why managers will still need to be observant and crack down on slackers and promote those who do well. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-07 09:07:36] - the best thing i can think of (which still isn't very good) would be kind of like agile development, where developers would collaborate every 2 weeks and numerically estimate the difficulty of the upcoming set of tasks... then be free to work on whichever tasks they want to. then you could estimate how many task points each person completed - aaron
[2006-12-07 09:02:56] - it's tough because it's too easy to game any kind of metric to make it totally useless. your hw example benefits from being vague enough that i can't criticize it, but good programming practices (reusing code in multiple places, refactoring, researching open source tools which already do what you want) almost always earn programmers poor marks as far as such metrics- aaron
[2006-12-07 08:58:11] - xpovos: one of my coworkers wrote about 2,000 lines of code to look at a pom.xml and generate a classpath from it. if i rewrite the code to use 10 lines of code and rely on a well-known external tool which does the same thing, should i deserve less pay? - aaron
[2006-12-07 08:57:00] - ddr_people: no ddr for me today, gotta return my apartment keys which puts me in the total opposite direction - aaron
[2006-12-06 18:52:16] - His best friend would be the unoptimized coder. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-06 18:52:04] - a: Wow, while those examples are certainly interesting, if you're getting paid for it, (particularly by a measure of productivity) I would assume you would use the unobfuscated version. Another programmer's job might be to optimize code, and there the metric could be how many milliseconds of processing time he saves per hour. However that's more problematic. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-06 18:48:42] - a: I chose the "Hello, world" as an example because it was the simplest I could conceive of, and as such would make a good multiple. But should you discover somehow that you are building programs that are not even Hw worthy, it would result in a fractional value of a Hw. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-06 14:51:26] - the last two examples on this wikipedia page are really interesting. one is a program written using only perl keywords (no variables, punctuation, or constants) and the other uses only punctuation (no constants, alphanumerics, or keywords). ~a
[2006-12-06 14:44:01] - xpovos: so what if it was your job to very make simple programs . . . so simple that they were all less complicated than the "hello world" program. would your pay then be $0? ~a
[2006-12-06 13:57:17] - aaron: Leaving aside the old "lines of code" jokes, I should think that programming productivity would be a very measurable metric. All one needs is a standardized unit. I propse the "Hello, world", or Hw. Your average program is probably 10,000 Hw. Mine maybe 300. Pay per unit can be determined from there. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-06 13:44:47] - xpovos: sounds like fun, i wish i worked in an profession where more of my productivity was directly measurable - aaron
[2006-12-06 13:40:35] - a: Very. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-06 13:19:57] - xpovos: that sounds very dot-com-ish. ~a
[2006-12-06 09:57:40] - http://biz.yahoo.com/special/allbiz120606_article1.html Best Buy's HQ innovation gaining momentum? -- Xpovos
[2006-12-05 23:54:23] - http://www.collegehumor.com/tag:streetfighterthelateryears Street Fighter, the later years. -Paul
[2006-12-05 13:39:40] - Xpovos: We'll definitely have to talk it over on Sunday because I was thinking about possibly stopping by to visit friends on the way down (which would make carpooling difficult). -Paul
[2006-12-05 12:49:01] - Paul: I know we can get a decent rate on a hotel with some wrangling, depending on situation. Gas and food are likely to be significant, but should we be riding together, I would of course be chipping in. It would be expensive, however. No denying that. But I imagine the tickets will likely end up being the majority or a plurality of the costs. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-05 12:10:01] - And by same situation, I mean I'm interested but concerned about the cost, not that I am waiting for a new job's higher salary.
-Paul[2006-12-05 12:09:29] - Xpovos: Same situation for me. The tickets would probably be only the tip of the cost iceberg what with hotels and gas and food... -Paul
[2006-12-05 12:08:45] - Paul: I'm still highly interested. I'm just concerned about the cost. I keep waiting for the new job's higher salary to kick into having more free cash, but so far, no dice. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-05 10:59:21] - Xpovos: Suck. I guess we should definitely make a decision by this Sunday. -Paul
[2006-12-05 10:42:44] - Paul: Peach Bowl tickets are up to $150 at a min. Ow. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-05 10:40:53] - Paul: They've been trimming for a while, actually, so percentage-wise it may not be so painful for XM, but then again, they've fallen off harder recently than SIRI has, which is saying something. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-05 10:10:13] - Xpovos: And I own XMSR also, which is going to go down because everybody expects them to reduce expectations as well. -Paul
[2006-12-05 10:09:33] - Xpovos: Yeah, I saw that they lowered expectations for this quarter and thought, "Damn." -Paul
[2006-12-05 08:33:54] - Paul: Today is going to be rough for SIRI. Wonder how much they'll bounce back. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-04 20:53:13] - rosf!
[2006-12-04 13:56:40] - I thought only the Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta were the BCS bowls. -Paul
[2006-12-04 13:56:17] - Dave: I don't think the Peach Bowl is a BCS bowl, although I could be wrong. -Paul
[2006-12-04 13:47:59] - A first for America...The Koran replaces the Bible at swearing-in oath (afa) ~a
[2006-12-04 13:20:35] - Paul: you didn't watch football sunday? i kept on seeing adverts for "unveiling of the BCS Bowls" etc -dave
[2006-12-04 13:12:39] - Sam: Didn't you say the national championship was going to be a rematch between Michigan and Ohio State? -Paul
[2006-12-04 12:35:56] - Journal entry created. -Paul
[2006-12-04 12:23:32] - Paul: I am still interested as well, as is Katie. So that makes three so far. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-04 12:21:06] - Xpovos: I think I'm going to post a journal entry to see if anybody is interested in going, but I think I still am. -Paul
[2006-12-04 12:10:24] - Paul: Yeah, they were $90+ last week, so I'm not surprised. I'm seeing $105 as about the cheapest right now. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-04 11:59:43] - Tickets appear to be going for over a hundred dollars. -paul
[2006-12-04 11:59:26] - Xpovos: Maybe. I'm a little miffed that they seemingly sold out of tickets in a matter of hours. How the hell was I supposed to be able to get a ticket if I didn't know when they were announcing what bowl we were going to? -Paul
[2006-12-04 08:40:40] - Paul: Woo! Are we gonna try for that road trip now? -- Xpovos
[2006-12-04 08:29:47] - mig: ahh nm. same diff. -dave
[2006-12-04 08:29:19] - mig: really? I see Va Tech vs. Georgia in the Chick-fil-A bowl http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/03/AR2006120301091.html -dave
[2006-12-04 02:15:23] - heh, i forgot kevin smith was a cameo in scream 3. ~a
[2006-12-04 02:15:06] - amy: got it, thanks. ~a
[2006-12-03 22:05:21] - a: *points to topic* -amy
[2006-12-03 18:18:09] - http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/2006123aaa.html it's official. vt vs. uga in the peach bowl. - mig
[2006-12-03 00:16:02] - "when sam moves his stomach i start laughing" says vinnie
[2006-12-02 10:42:44] - paul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7WXOROG2Y electric six - gay bar (sorry, couldn't find an uncensored ver) - aaron
[2006-12-02 10:39:17] - amy: i'm using all my binders - aaron
[2006-12-01 15:48:47] - ...except for today and weekends... -sam
[2006-12-01 15:43:21] - fyi... MTV is re-airing "beauty and the geek 2" everyday from 5pm-7pm and 11pm-1am. -sam
[2006-12-01 14:49:28] - amy: why did you pick those words? ~a
[2006-12-01 14:34:03] - aaron: hey do you still have binders to give, as your wiki entry states? -amy
[2006-12-01 14:33:37] - passion love sex money violence religion injustice death -amy
[2006-12-01 13:03:41] - a: Interpretation then. Regardless, it fucked me over and I was displeased. But it has been solve, so I am again satiated. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-01 11:53:48] - i think endianness has nothing to do with base-64 encoding/decoding. i think the endianness only matters for you when you're interpreting the decoded data. ~a
[2006-12-01 10:37:43] - Construction follows housing construction into massive slow-down... -- Xpovos
[2006-12-01 08:07:40] - a: Ok, well I was attempting to do the base-64 decoding big endian, and the data source had done the base-64 encoding as little endian. Hence my inability to decode. Now that I've stopped pallendromizing my data, the conversion works fine. -- Xpovos
[2006-12-01 02:07:04] - (that's kimchee)
[2006-12-01 02:06:57] - Armani
[2006-12-01 02:06:48] - Ar Ar
[2006-12-01 01:32:09] - Armani
[2006-12-01 01:29:32] - Armani
[2006-11-30 23:09:59] - when it comes to bit order, you need to either say most significant bit first, or least significant bit first. when it comes to byte order, you need to either say big endian (aka most significant byte first), or you need to say little endian (aka least significant byte first). ~a
[2006-11-30 23:08:20] - xpovos: it can be read either way. it's all about context. ~a
[2006-11-30 18:54:26] - WTF! Binary is read left to right?!? -- Xpovos
[2006-11-30 17:56:05] - vinnie: congrats on finishing the album! ~gurkie
[2006-11-30 16:42:22] - a: Yeah, it's not supposed to be ASCII. It's digits, but the size of the number in question varies throughout the stream. It's highly annoying. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-30 16:15:20] - vinnie: yay! i added about 4 minutes to the song so it will be up to you to wrap it up- aaron
[2006-11-30 16:03:55] - aaron/a: I'll be at DRR btw. I got my album finished - vinnie
[2006-11-30 15:58:19] - xpovos: yes, yes. i agree that the first 10 bits are 0000000100. more specifically, in hex, the decoded data is 0133118df19c0cdbb12b64bf97174a4c which didn't make any sense once it was converted into ascii: "☺3◄?ño♀U±+d¿-↨JL" ~a
[2006-11-30 12:57:17] - The data stream I posted resolves to a known quantity for certain issues, which I know must be a 6-bit zero, and a 4-bit three. Or, what I would expect to read as 0000000011 but clearly the first ten digits of the stream converted to binary are 0000000100 -- Xpovos
[2006-11-30 12:55:41] - a: Ultimately, the base-64 decoded data needs to be decoded again by some other algorithm to be readable. But that algorithm is giving me fits.
[2006-11-30 12:49:53] - http://www.linerider.org/ - aaron
[2006-11-30 12:46:20] - anonymous: i assume that's base64. it doesn't decode to anything meaningful. ~a
[2006-11-30 12:43:59] - aaron: i don't believe you. ~a
[2006-11-30 12:31:22] - a: Example data stream: ATMRjfGcDNuxK2S/lxdKTA
[2006-11-30 12:27:14] - a: i did it by hand. it took me 2 hours. it's been a slow day at work - aaron
[2006-11-30 12:16:58] - a: Yes, I know. I'm saying that in decoding the data, it's boken down that way. So all my data strings all start with A. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-30 12:03:54] - well whoever it is did a good job. i used "cat |uuencode -m - |tail -n +2 |grep -v '^====$' |perl -pe chomp" to encode the text (the "uuencode -m -" is the important part). ~a
[2006-11-30 11:50:57] - hey! who set the title? ~a
[2006-11-30 11:43:29] - aaron: often times spies in other countries had to send encrypted (often one-time-pad) data over morse code. base32 could have worked if it existed back then. ~a
[2006-11-30 11:36:34] - a: sending binary data over morse code, huh. sounds like a creative way to implement a 40-50 baud modem - aaron
[2006-11-30 11:09:54] - "several video games for Nintendo platforms use base 32 numbers for passwords. These systems omit vowels to prevent the game from accidentally giving a profane password"
- aaron[2006-11-30 10:33:59] - base64: aSBoYXZlIG5ldmVyIGxldCBteSBzY2hvb2xpbmcgaW50ZXJmZXJlIHdpdGgg bXkgZWR1Y2F0aW9uCiAgLS0gbWFyayB0d2Fpbgo=
[2006-11-30 10:25:39] - hmm. i had never heard of base32 encoding. i suppose base32 would be very useful for sending binary data over morse code. ~a
[2006-11-30 10:22:17] - xpovos: "6 bits - always 0, assumed to indicate the version, 4 bits - data point 1, 4 bits data point 2, 4 bits - defines the size of data points 4-12" that has nothing to do with base64 encoding. rfc3548 doesn't talk about versions and there are no single bit fields. ~a
[2006-11-30 10:16:45] - aaron: ok but i'll be late (like 6:30 or 7:00) ~a
[2006-11-30 09:55:15] - ddr_people: nvcc? - aaron
[2006-11-30 08:33:03] - a: Here's a quote: "The skill template is a single line that is a base64 encoded bit stream as defined in rfc3548 using + and / as the 62nd and 63rd characters respectively. [...] Contents of the bit stream: 6 bits - always 0, assumed to indicate the version, 4 bits - data point 1, 4 bits data point 2, 4 bits - defines the size of data points 4-12" etc. - - Xpovos
[2006-11-29 22:24:05] - xpovos: ummm. by 4 bits, what exactly do you mean? you don't actually mean 4 bits, do you? ~a
[2006-11-29 22:02:38] - a: Interesting, but I'm working more on decoding. I'm taking a line of 64-bit encoded data and trying to break it into useable data. The problem is they encoded it in a very strange (to me) way. Some data chunks are 6 bits, most are 4, some are 8 or 10! -- Xpovos
[2006-11-29 17:00:45] - a: its not a very flattering pic but whatev
~gurkie[2006-11-29 16:58:46] - a: http://myspace.com/gurkiec ~gurkie
[2006-11-29 16:49:22] - gurkie: so, where's the picture now? ~a
[2006-11-29 16:47:38] - a: on my coworkers camera! actually its on his laptop at this point, soon in my email then ill post it online... ~gurkie
[2006-11-29 16:46:28] - gurkie: where's the picture? ~a
[2006-11-29 16:46:13] - paul: the way the encoding works, take a group of 3 bytes of input (24 bits) and split that up into 4 groups of 6 bits (6*4 = 24). then using a base64 lookup table, each of those 6 bit groups turns into a printable readable character. ~a
[2006-11-29 16:45:49] - I met Carson from Queer Eye!!! Well posed for a pic with him anyway! He was super funny, I guess thats the upside to consulting at a company where celebs show up
~gurkie[2006-11-29 16:44:53] - paul: if i wanted to encode (say) two exclamation points followed by a newline (0x21, 0x21, 0x0a), if i encode that, i get "ISEK". ~a
[2006-11-29 16:42:12] - paul: the purpose is to take binary data (or any data really) and encode it such that every character is printable and readable. so, you're using more space, but you can encode characters that you wouldn't be able to (say) type into the message board. on ENCODING: every 3 bytes of input becomes 4 bytes of output. ~a
[2006-11-29 16:39:18] - xpovos: base64 encoding is already written in pretty much every language. you're not writing your own impl for it are you? ~a
[2006-11-29 16:07:32] - Xpovos: I don't know as much about that as I probably should. Can you explain it in 5 sentences or less? -Paul
[2006-11-29 15:51:28] - I'm studying base-64 encoding. This stuff makes my head hurt. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-29 12:12:49] - I'm excited about all three potential matchups, but I would rather go to the Peach Bowl than the Gator Bowl. -Paul
[2006-11-29 12:00:50] - Mig: I don't want to go to Jacksonville, though. Can't say I'm keen about either WVU or Texas, either. I like WVU too much, and am a little afaid Texas would destroy us. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-29 11:47:32] - Mig: I've heard us in the Peach Bowl against Georgia and us in the Gator Bowl against WVU or Texas. -Paul
[2006-11-29 11:37:14] - paul: some bowl projections have us playing Texas in the Gator Bowl. - mig
[2006-11-29 11:36:41] - Aaron: Ok, cool. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't sending email to an old account. -Paul
[2006-11-29 11:05:15] - *piepera - aaron
[2006-11-29 11:05:05] - paul: no, vt is the best e-mail address to contact me at. you can try my work address too. fiefera@pragmatics.com - aaron
[2006-11-29 10:37:35] - http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/29/news/economy/newhomes/index.htm Prices on new homes rises, number of sales drops off. Compare with data for existing homes sales (prices down, sales up). Talk about muddy waters. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-29 10:21:33] - Aaron: Do you have a more recent email address than your VT one? It's the only one I have for you. -Paul
[2006-11-29 10:17:39] - Xpovos: Well, I was thinking of doing a road trip to Atlanta for the bowl game if/when they announce we're going to the Peach Bowl. It would be especially sweet if we played Georgia. -Paul
[2006-11-29 10:11:34] - Ugh, I continue to have terrible timing when selling stocks. I sold off my Dell and Revlon stocks two days ago when everything started going down and now they are already back up above the price I sold them at. -Paul
[2006-11-29 10:11:19] - Paul: No, it hasn't been announced, but I think we've got a real good shot, and it looks like it would be VT - Georgia. I was thinking we might be able to get a good deal on a 4 ticket plan and make a road trip out of it, for you and I, co-worker, and Katie. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-29 10:07:39] - Xpovos: Have they announced that we're going to the Peach Bowl yet or is there another reason to go to Atlanta? -Paul
[2006-11-29 10:07:22] - Sam: Ouch, that sucks. -Paul
[2006-11-29 10:01:07] - Paul: Are you interested in a road trip to Atlanta? -- Xpovos
[2006-11-29 00:34:44] - sam: i was going 13 over and my fine was about 150. ~a
[2006-11-28 21:49:39] - paul: $171 was the fine... i went over 23 mph over the limit but luckly the cop didn't charge me as reckless driving -sam
[2006-11-28 18:38:11] - http://www.smithforpresident.com/home -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 18:38:05] - a: I assume you buy when you throw the darts. But, yes, that's an assumption, I'll grant. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 17:43:07] - xpovos: oh, i thought it didn't even say when to buy, but WHAT to buy. w:Stock trader#Dart Board Method. ~a
[2006-11-28 17:07:21] - a: You'll need more specifics than that, I know there was some research done about dartboarding vs. mutual fund analysts over a certain period of time, but dartboarding as a strategy only tells you when to buy, not when to sell. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 16:55:33] - Sam: Sorry to hear. How bad was the damage? -Paul
[2006-11-28 16:30:05] - aaron: it sounds like hunching forward is still not the correct posture. ~a
[2006-11-28 16:21:02] - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061127112844.htm a curvy spine is the devil's roller coaster - aaron
[2006-11-28 15:51:18] - xpovos: but dartboarding usually beats out "prudent investing" ~a
[2006-11-28 15:45:47] - a: Fixed or broken, it doesn't matter, the stock market and going long is not a guaranteed 10% annual return. Prudent investing over time will generate solid returns, but dartboarding can just as easily lose money, though not as much as with options. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 15:44:14] - Sam: In some localities, yes. It tends to get the local PDs in trouble though, so they don't talk about the quotas much if they have them, but they do exist. There are also situations where the bosses call down for a crackdown on certain offenses, e.g. headlights out, or missing tags, and the cops will sit on those for a few days. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 15:38:58] - why do cops try to catch as many traffic violator as possible at the end of the month? do they need to give out a certain amount of tickets per month? -sam
[2006-11-28 15:38:29] - In the end, I'll trust my financial gut, which has rarely led me astray, and my gut tells me we're due for a massive correction in housing prices, a recession, and stagflation for about 2-3 years. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 15:37:32] - Paul: I am interested, particularly since the data is so conflicting. Just because sales and prices are down right now (if even they are, because these statistics are dubious) it's impossible to tell what they mean. Even if I weren't marginally in the market as it were, I'd be interested in the insanity of this financial situation. [...]
[2006-11-28 15:37:28] - I got a speeding ticket today... cops are everywhere... becareful when driving today... -sam
[2006-11-28 15:18:30] - a: But I also know that it's something that Dave and Andrew probably find interesting, in addition to myself. -Paul
[2006-11-28 15:18:06] - a: I admit that it's a nice bonus. -Paul
[2006-11-28 15:06:22] - paul: aaron has a theory that you keep posting the "housing prices dropping" links just to piss me off. ~a
[2006-11-28 14:58:26] - a: I'm sorry, your analogy is flawless. -Paul
[2006-11-28 14:58:10] - http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/061128.aspx Biggest drop ever in home prices -Paul
[2006-11-28 14:56:06] - paul: and as for the 15% thing, yes you have a good point; BUT it's a very big "if". ~a
[2006-11-28 14:55:46] - paul: stop trying to break my analogy. ~a
[2006-11-28 14:51:17] - a: Also, with the fixed 10% blackjack game, it's still a 0% average for the community. For each dollar somebody wins, the casino loses. -Paul
[2006-11-28 14:50:31] - a: What if you think you could make 15% in the zero rake poker game? Wouldn't it make more sense to play poker? -Paul
[2006-11-28 14:49:59] - Xpovos: The past few days by themselves have been bad for me, but the month as a whole has been pretty good. Just not as good as it was looking a couple of days ago.
-Paul[2006-11-28 14:19:52] - and by fixed he meant broken - aaron
[2006-11-28 14:09:53] - xpovos: i did say a fixed blackjack game. ~a
[2006-11-28 13:20:43] - a: While I see the analogy, it's flawed. The blackjack game is a far cry from an 'always 10%', and I'd have no qualms about a zero rake poker game myself. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 12:26:49] - paul: which is why option trading makes 0% on average for the community. it's like going to vegas and playing a zero rake poker, when there is a fixed blackjack game that always pays out 10% per year. ~a
[2006-11-28 12:18:08] - Paul: While the past few days have not been -good- I'm not going to classify them as bad for me yet, either. I'm still up on the month significantly from where I was, and that's a good thing. I suppose when you start in the basement you can only go up, eh? -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 11:09:11] - a: Probably not for Dave. He likes it when things go down. -Paul
[2006-11-28 11:03:43] - paul: i think that goes for everybody. ~a
[2006-11-28 10:51:21] - Well, I was going to have a nice month in terms of my stocks until the past few days.
-Paul[2006-11-28 10:12:32] - aaron: I'm fairly certain NL isn't thinking along those terms. Most likely they can't conceive of a way for Jackson to win the lawsuit. I think they're probably right in this case, but I agree, if they're wrong it's insanely dangerous. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-28 09:47:46] - xpovos: also it seems to me like the company giving him a more generous contract for a second movie sets less dangerous of a precedent than having a filed law suit succeed against them - aaron
[2006-11-27 15:55:23] - That seems fair, and makes him look far less whiny than this lawsuit crap because he's being jilted out of money he thinks New Line owes him, regardless of the facts. "Like my work? Pay through the nose next time around." -- Xpovos
[2006-11-27 15:54:31] - mig: That's sad. I can't imagine this being good on any level. Still, I think Jackson got plenty out of the deal with a 200M chunk, so I can't feel too sad about any of the situation. What he -should- do IMO, is simply negotiate a boffo contract for these other two movies where he gets 60% of the 'profits' on these two rather than 20% he got. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-27 11:42:07] - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2-2462766%2C00.html dispute between new line and peter jackson might keep him from directing the lotr prequel and hobbit movies. - mig
[2006-11-27 10:59:45] - Paul: Aye. Store vs. store sales down at Walmart? That's bad. Personally, I think it'll be fine. BBY did monster numbers anecdotally, and I know that EB's store vs. store numbers are going up. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-27 10:56:24] - Xpovos: The broader market is certainly dipping, too. -Paul
[2006-11-27 10:12:36] - Paul: Well, at present it's just rumors, and those rumors have been circling for a while, so perhaps that's built into a false support for XM prices, and they're just dipping with the broader market right now. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-27 10:09:16] - Xpovos: I saw that too. Strange that XM stock is down so much. Usually getting bought helps a stock out. -Paul
[2006-11-27 09:55:00] - Paul: Stifel Nicolaus predicts SIRI-XM merger at 75% likely within the next 18 mos, with a 50-60% chance of regulatory approval. I still think that's high, and hope not, but I'm intrigued to see what could happen. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-27 09:54:31] - Aaron: It very well could be a problem with the PDF plugin. I am certainly willing to believe that it's Adobe's fault.
-Paul[2006-11-26 08:51:20] - Gucci
[2006-11-24 22:38:27] - Gucci
[2006-11-24 14:28:02] - Charratha
[2006-11-22 17:37:35] - sam: i've loaded pages with almost 100mb of images in one page. my sanfran/0.html page has that much in pictures on one html page. firefox requests that the system allocate 1.0gb in memory for that page alone. . . . and nothing crashes. in fact, since none of it gets swapped out to disk, it's very fast once it's loaded from the network. ~a
[2006-11-22 16:38:29] - paul: i think that's a problem with the PDF plugin, i haven't had it crash for a few years but back in the day it was way unstable and crappy on IE or FireFox... Nowadays it's just slow for me - aaron
[2006-11-22 15:48:53] - a: Ah, it was over AIM. I remember now. -Paul
[2006-11-22 15:40:24] - paul: "Phoenix1701: Should I sell my Dell shares before they report earnings tomorrow?" "arichnad: if it were me i wouldn't." "arichnad: less than 5% is really low." ~a
[2006-11-22 14:35:11] - Sam: I think mine crashes a lot when flash or pdfs are involved. -Paul
[2006-11-22 14:34:49] - a: I don't remember. Did you? -Paul
[2006-11-22 14:16:09] - happy 1st birthday xbox360!
[2006-11-22 14:03:38] - paul: firefox crashes on me if i go to websites that have a lot of pictures.... -sam
[2006-11-22 13:16:31] - paul: didn't i tell you not to sell?! ~a
[2006-11-22 12:13:20] - Hurray for owning Dell stock! -Paul
[2006-11-22 11:49:31] - Paul: Join me on the dark-side: Opera. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-22 11:39:00] - Lori: I think it's fairly obvious that you do. Shall I list them? -Paul
[2006-11-22 10:57:12] - pual - do we really want to know what pages you are visiting? - lori
[2006-11-22 10:47:32] - i think it's been six+ months since firefox crashed for me. ~a
[2006-11-22 10:29:39] - I think it could be the pages I visit. -Paul
[2006-11-22 10:29:19] - Aaron: I would say it crashes on me an average of 3 or 4 times a week now. I think it usually happens when I open a website in a new tab but sometimes it just just crashes when I am doing nothing. -Paul
[2006-11-22 09:00:39] - a: likewise i haven't been having any problems with 2.0 either. - mig
[2006-11-22 08:04:12] - xpovos: my parents have one. It's quieter than a normal vacuum cleaner I believe. They have an older model tho, so the new ones could be different -dave
[2006-11-22 06:51:42] - paul: when is it unstable? i've never had any problems with it freezing or crashing at work or home - aaron
[2006-11-21 23:03:48] - nasdlild
[2006-11-21 21:38:54] - paul: version 2.0? it hasn't crashed for me yet, but it seems a tiny bit slower in linux. ~a
[2006-11-21 20:50:18] - Nope! -Paul
[2006-11-21 20:47:28] - Gah! Why did they make firefox worse? I hope at least this version is more stable. -Paul
[2006-11-21 19:00:16] - http://youtube.com/watch?v=dufHYw-W6j4 michael richards' apology on letterman - aaron
[2006-11-21 16:31:01] - http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/15/simpsoninterview.ap/index.html - this book reaches new levels of shamelessness I think. new levels - vinnie
[2006-11-21 16:09:15] - super mario rap... very funny! (might not be safe for work... contains profanity) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygJ8Fezi9CU -sam
[2006-11-21 15:51:30] - a: I'm curious how much noise they make. The website says 80db, which is nice, but I wanted some experiential anecdotes if available. I am considering purchasing one, but don't want it to be too noisy. -- Xpovos
[2006-11-21 15:16:03] - xpovos: pierce. ~a
[2006-11-21 14:23:05] - Anyone have any experience with Roombas? -- Xpovos
[2006-11-21 13:05:19] - google breaks 500. god i wish i hadn't sold. ~a
[2006-11-21 10:43:07] - i'd rather not watch it at work
~a[2006-11-21 10:21:48] - a: http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=242631>1=7703 You can watch the video there. -Paul
[2006-11-20 14:57:12] - wow. i'm having a hard time imagining him saying that. ~a
[2006-11-20 12:39:04] - Aaron: Ah, ok. They played the tape on DC101 this morning. -Paul
[2006-11-20 12:20:36] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5003 wii launches, sells out in north america - aaron
[2006-11-20 12:20:24] - paul: no, i saw it at cnn.com - aaron
[2006-11-20 12:12:45] - Aaron: Did you hear that on DC101 this morning? -Paul
[2006-11-20 12:05:44] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15816126/ michael richards yells 'n' word at hecklers - aaron
[2006-11-20 11:15:38] - Fedora Linux up and running on PlayStation 3 http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/ -sam
[2006-11-20 11:01:56] - mig: You going to basketball tonight? -Paul
[2006-11-20 10:26:36] - Sam: Not sure if they're likely to stay there, though. Their regular season is over and the teams below them (USC and Florida) both have games against good teams coming up. -Paul
[2006-11-19 17:33:20] - michigan is still #2 in BCS standings... -sam
[2006-11-18 00:47:06] - amy: yeah, you're right. some of them won't be resolved, but it's the some that will be resolved that interest me. ~a
[2006-11-18 00:46:10] - dave/paul: yeah, at first i thought it was simple enough that i could do it myself, but it gets lots more complicated when short AND long term buys AND sales BOTH happen on multiple years. ~a
[2006-11-17 15:35:16] - a: hehe, on Scruffy: "Who is this guy? Seriously?" But I have a feeling, some of these mysteries were not meant to be resolved .) -amy
[2006-11-17 12:58:09] - The most interesting thing to me, is that my stocks went up nearly 130% in 2005 but have gone down about 30% in 2006.
-Paul[2006-11-17 12:57:33] - aDave: Just for fun, I went through all my monthly account statements last night, put the information into excel, and did some calculations on it. -Paul
[2006-11-17 12:56:16] - Sam: I think the tie-breaker for the Big East is whichever team is highest in the BCS rankings. In this case, I think it most certainly will be WVU. -Paul
[2006-11-17 11:25:20] - a: hehe, yeah, my taxes will be horrible because i closed my mutual funds out this year -dave
[2006-11-17 11:24:44] - a: i dunno about the tax stuff. i've read about different things that claim to do it, but i've just recorded everything myself as i've gone along so I can do it myself -dave
[2006-11-17 09:53:05] - if WVU beats rutgers, who will win big east (assuming WVU, rutgers, and louville are all 1 loss teams)? rutgers beat louville and louville beat WVU -sam
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