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[2007-02-26 16:47:29] - some people like paninaro a little too much on this board. I'd like to know who these people are (mani, armani, ar, ar, armani) - vinnie

[2007-02-26 13:24:37] - xpovos: whenever barrons says good stuff about a stock, it almost always has a decent jump on mon -dave

[2007-02-26 13:24:09] - xpovos: barrons on sat. listed xm as a potentially good buy. That alone could account for it. They were saying that it sells at a discount vs something, forget what -dave

[2007-02-26 10:59:56] - Xpovos: Because the market always does the exact opposite of what one would expect. -Paul

[2007-02-26 09:51:11] - a, aaron: I'm out of town the next three thursdays - vinnie

[2007-02-26 09:14:37] - Riddle me this: XM narrows it's loss per share from 1.22 this time last year to 0.90 this year.  However, analysts expected the loss to be only 0.70 per share.  This would appear to be an unwelcome earnings 'surprise'.  The pre-market for XM has it not down, not even 'up' but up more than 2 points! -- Xpovos

[2007-02-26 09:03:52] - Nevermind.... -- Xpovos

[2007-02-26 09:01:03] - When did "The Daily WTF" changs it's name? -- Xpovos

[2007-02-24 01:39:52] - ergonomic keyboard (for pirates)  ~a

[2007-02-23 17:20:34] - Paul: that's for me to know and you to find out. - pierce

[2007-02-23 16:34:09] - So.... does anybody have any good ideas for a company to start? -Paul

[2007-02-23 11:09:31] - Paul: This week has been surprisingly strong for me.  That still doesn't mean I've done well. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-23 10:26:53] - Xpovos: Yeah, I'm really beginning to hate Sirius. Thank God I recently bought some FCX stock. That sucker has single handedly been keeping my portfolio from going down the past week or so. -Paul

[2007-02-23 10:22:58] - Paul: No.  This is another stock I own.  And it's going down already... -- Xpovos

[2007-02-23 09:34:32] - Xpovos: Are we talking about Sirius? Hasn't it been going down? -Paul

[2007-02-23 08:44:06] - Paul: I should sell now and take my first profit on a stock ever.  But I'm not going to.  I'm convinced it has a chance to hit my target price. If it tanks next week (quite likely) I will cry. -- Xpovos'

[2007-02-23 07:47:04] - Paul: I agree that the interface is terrible, but frankly, so is most of the site.  It amused me, however. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-23 07:46:12] - mig: Yeah, I read that one and thought to myself, "This is too spectacularly and obviously wrong to not be true." -- Xpovos

[2007-02-22 16:31:13] - http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Bunker_Buster.aspx wow.  just wow. - mig

[2007-02-22 16:16:35] - paul: yeah it is a confusing font name. -amy

[2007-02-22 16:13:10] - Amy: Ah, I didn't know you were referring to the Arial Black font. Yeah, I don't think I would use that (especially along with bolding it as well). -Paul

[2007-02-22 16:11:49] - Xpovos: That site is a little interesting, but I have to say that the interface is absolutely horrible. -Paul

[2007-02-22 16:03:30] - gurkie: arial black is a font, i didn't mean like arial the font, and black in color. arial black already looks bold and it's kind of ugly. well it's not terrible, it could be used for like titles and stuff, but it's pretty hard on the eyes if it's used for the entire content of a document. -amy

[2007-02-22 16:02:28] - a: i've got a headset for my cell phone, but i can't really concentrate with music on, particularly music that bad. I did, however, organize some of the emails in my inbox .p maybe next time i'll go play a video game. -amy

[2007-02-22 15:56:24] - amy/paul: wait what is wrong with arial black? I thought amy was mentioning it cause of the bold part...~gurkie

[2007-02-22 15:48:13] - hehe: http://www.discoverthenetworks.org -- Xpovos

[2007-02-22 15:25:54] - amy:  do you have a speakerphone?  it makes those hellish calls endurable because you can watch tv or play a game while you're on hold.  ~a

[2007-02-22 15:24:03] - amy: - vinnie

[2007-02-22 15:23:05] - ...you want to enable your https?") and then puts me on hold again and then about 10 minutes later I hang up. -amy

[2007-02-22 15:22:42] - arrrrgh. i was just on the phone with my web host's customer service. after enduring the Worst Music Evar for several minutes, somebody picks up the phone, takes about 10 minutes to understand: "I would like to enable https," while putting me on hold several times while he "looks something up" (and then comes back to say: "So if I understand you correctly...

[2007-02-22 15:15:29] - vinnie/aaron:  i plan on being very late.  sorry.  ~a

[2007-02-22 15:08:42] - gurkie:  i plan on mentioning something about it.  ~a

[2007-02-22 15:08:07] - vinnie:  k.  ~a

[2007-02-22 15:06:49] - Amy: Aw, that sounds like something I might do (completely done in Arial black). -Paul

[2007-02-22 14:58:10] - paul: it was a while ago, i don't remember them that well. i remember this one 5-page resume that had work experience dating back to 1981. i also vaguely remember some very ugly looking resumes that needed to be formatted in a more visually appealing way... like the one that was completely done in Arial black, bold -amy

[2007-02-22 14:33:14] - a: i would also probably tell them that for professional reasons they should try and abbreviate it, that a resume should really just be highlights and that they need to leave somethings to be discussed in the interview. ~gurkie

[2007-02-22 14:30:21] - a: i think id say no to the person just for submitting an 11 page resume... ~gurkie

[2007-02-22 14:27:39] - Vinnie: I almost asked you what was wrong with that. -Paul

[2007-02-22 14:26:20] - aaron, a: nvcc? - vinnie

[2007-02-22 14:26:02] - paul: we hired someone recently and I read through five resumes. one of them said the candidate was a "quick leaner" - vinnie

[2007-02-22 14:23:22] - paul:  yes.  not as much anymore  ~a

[2007-02-22 14:20:50] - Amy: Any amusing stories? -Paul

[2007-02-22 13:58:02] - paul: i used to work for an employment agency. i've seen some pretty bad resumes. -amy

[2007-02-22 13:35:42] - Xpovos: I have also submitted many resumes. -Paul

[2007-02-22 13:35:21] - a: You interview people? -Paul

[2007-02-22 13:21:38] - Paul: None, but I submitted a ton.  I was unemployed for a lengthy period of time. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-22 13:20:56] - paul:  not as much anymore.  also, i've only ever read resumes for someone that i'm about to interview (except that one time i was at a career fair).  it's hr's/recruiting's job to filter through resumes.  ~a

[2007-02-22 13:09:49] - You guys read a lot of resumes? -Paul

[2007-02-22 12:57:03] - 11? god. I might just not read it - vinnie

[2007-02-22 12:23:23] - Paul: smokin x.0 -dave

[2007-02-22 12:21:53] - Did you read it?  Such a hard part of submitting resumes is just getting it read.  So perhaps he felt like playing a contrarian? "I know I'm only supposed to use two pages max but then if I use 11 I'll really stand out." -- Xpovos

[2007-02-22 12:12:48] - all new record!  someone just sent me an 11 page resume.  the old record was 5 pages.  ~a

[2007-02-22 09:17:13] - Dave: Was it hot looking? -Paul

[2007-02-22 08:16:31] - paul: parked by a yaris coupe today -dave

[2007-02-21 20:04:51] - aaron:  it still does.  it just stopped colorcoding coloned weird names.  -weirdname

[2007-02-21 19:09:15] - a: when did mboard stop colorcoding weird names - aaron

[2007-02-21 14:18:36] - $Birthday = [Paul, Aaron, George, Abraham]; $happy++;

[2007-02-21 14:07:39] - Birthday = Paul; happy ++; -- Xpovos

[2007-02-21 13:51:21] - amymiga: Thanks. -Paul

[2007-02-21 13:42:40] - pierce:  haha.  i made you frown.  ~a

[2007-02-21 12:54:42] - a:  happy birthday.  ~paul

[2007-02-21 12:12:29] - paul, aaron:  happy birthday.  - mig

[2007-02-21 11:53:38] - paul: happy birthday ^_^ -amy

[2007-02-21 10:36:50] - Paul: This is not unexpected.  So far it's following the pattern perfectly. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-21 10:09:27] - Hurray, Sirius! Give back those gains! -Paul

[2007-02-21 09:43:20] - Gurkie: Thank you. -Paul

[2007-02-21 09:38:14] - Paul: Happy Birthday! ~Gurkie

[2007-02-21 09:22:05] - aarnie: Thank you. -Paul

[2007-02-21 09:11:39] - paul: happy birthday! - vinnie

[2007-02-21 04:25:50] - a: - pierce

[2007-02-21 01:27:00] - aaron:  i am much faster on dvorak than qwerty.  which isn't to say that i'm particularly fast on either one.  i've lost a lot of speed in qwerty.  ~a

[2007-02-21 01:04:59] - paul: happy birthday - aaron

[2007-02-21 01:04:38] - a: are you faster dvorak or qwerty? - aaron

[2007-02-20 20:58:11] - aaron:  i set the title  ~a

[2007-02-20 19:33:31] - xamkierce: and thanks to everybody who didn't wish happy birthday because that's as many names as i can combine right now - aaron

[2007-02-20 19:33:06] - xamkierce - thank you - aaron

[2007-02-20 17:06:33] - paul: hence why I posted it  ^_^ -dave

[2007-02-20 15:32:45] - pierce:  you suck!  ~a

[2007-02-20 14:58:29] - Pierce: Thanks. -Paul

[2007-02-20 14:58:21] - Dave: I'll be honest, it makes me feel a little better. -Paul

[2007-02-20 14:46:06] - pierce: np and thanks ^_^ -amy

[2007-02-20 14:44:30] - aaron: happy birthday! ~gurkie

[2007-02-20 14:44:20] - pierce: you suck for not remembering how mean ~gurkie

[2007-02-20 14:34:20] - happy birthday aaron and paul, and happy belated birthday amy sorry I didn't say it to you at the time /blush - pierce

[2007-02-20 14:16:41] - dave: Next time we get together, if it doesn't bore everyone else to tears, you're going to have to go through some options examples with me.  Every time I think I understand it, I run an example and my head explodes. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 14:07:39] - Paul: well, if it makes you feel any better, i was going to sell some ER2 options today that I would have made 1 - 1.5k on as of right now if I had actually done it this morning -dave

[2007-02-20 13:53:37] - aaron: lol to you too! and happy birthday as well .D -amy

[2007-02-20 13:46:34] - Xpovos: Possibly, I don't quite remember. -Paul

[2007-02-20 13:39:11] - aaron: ew.  Or ow.  Depending. - Similarly, happy birthday. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 13:38:23] - amy: and lol - aaron

[2007-02-20 13:37:34] - amy: somebody tried to spell "i want my colonoscopy soon" and someone (MAYBE me) changed "soon" to "spoon" - aaron

[2007-02-20 13:36:46] - vinnie: thank you! - aaron

[2007-02-20 13:26:35] - Paul: That was on my recommendation, the second SIRI purchase, correct? -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 13:23:25] - Xpovos: It helps that I bought a ton more when it dropped to around $3.90. Otherwise I would be worse off. I think my first purchase was over $5 a share. -Paul

[2007-02-20 13:21:16] - For the record, Onyx is up another 5% today. That brings it to around a 50% gain from where I sold it, which is about $4k in money I missed out on. -Paul

[2007-02-20 13:17:13] - a:  You know I do check this on occasion... I just rarely have time to actually post anything.  - lori

[2007-02-20 13:12:36] - Paul: Only 5%? That's not bad at all. SIRI is definitely my biggest hurt.  I'm down around 20% -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 13:05:14] - Xpovos: Well, I'm not complaining, even though I'm still down like 5% overall on Sirius even with today's gains. -Paul

[2007-02-20 12:56:43] - As is, I can't complain.  I have two 8% gainers today. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 12:51:26] - Paul: I set a stop on the day in case it goes really high.  That stop is still a loss for me, but one that I'm comfortable with.  I think it won't get there today, though.  However, if things go -really- well, the next three weeks could be gangbusters.  In that case, we [I] might even make a profit on the deal. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 12:44:10] - Xpovos: Yeah, I'm hoping this will pull an Onyx and rebound higher after an initial drop. -Paul

[2007-02-20 12:32:34] - lori: hahahaha im so glad you checked this! I wanted you see that... I was kinda curious as to why he wanted you to die too... I did point out that I saw this as a problem for you two... ~gurkie

[2007-02-20 11:10:55] - lori?  what are you doing here?  ~a

[2007-02-20 09:57:14] - Paul: And it's crashing already.  A lot of people 'profit-taking' after getting a quick boost here, I'm not surprised.  I expect to see a rebound later today and another climb. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 09:56:26] - dave: That said, I do want to vacate my SIRI position, for a variety of reasons.  The primary one is that I think I can do better elsewhere. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 09:56:04] - dave: I think they could make the merger happen, I've done some additional research, and though I think the FCC would be initially opposed, I don't think there is as much legal backing as most people claim to prevent the merger. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 09:42:49] - gurkie: Do I want to know why Adrian volunteered me to die? - lori

[2007-02-20 09:15:23] - now watch me forget paul's tomorrow - vinnie

[2007-02-20 09:15:05] - aaron: happy birthday! (I figured I'd break out the aaron and paul happy birthdays) - vinnie

[2007-02-20 09:14:29] - Dave: I can't speak for Xpovos, but my plan is to try to bail out within the next few days and hopefully get a little gain out of it. Just too much uncertainty with the stock right now for my liking. -Paul

[2007-02-20 08:56:27] - xpovos: that being said, if they do get the merger thro, there'd be a nice rise i'm sure ^_^ -dave

[2007-02-20 08:52:40] - xpovos: and even if they get past them, they have the DoJ to get past as well -dave

[2007-02-20 08:52:24] - xpovos: just be careful, the FCC had previously stated that they would not allow a merger, so you might want to profit take if you like your profits -dave

[2007-02-20 08:20:10] - Paul: An almost $0.50 pre-market jump.  I might be able to break even after all. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-20 02:10:59] - aaron: i just went there and spelled the first thing that came to mind: "i cant sleep." (it's 2 AM atm.) someone then promptly removed the "s" and "l", and moved the "p" to the front of that word. sigh. -amy

[2007-02-19 20:20:09] - Gurkie: Let me get this straight, you are lecturing ME about typos? -Paul

[2007-02-19 19:17:59] - http://web.okaygo.co.uk/apps/letters/flashcom/ nsfw - spell words with magnets. when you come back, your words may be different (they usually are) - aaron

[2007-02-19 17:07:37] - dave: thx but... no thx! i will pass on accepting the negative contribution ~gurkie

[2007-02-19 17:07:03] - paul: or even andrew, but andew??? good job ~gurkie

[2007-02-19 16:49:35] - I guess that should've been "xpovos:". -Paul

[2007-02-19 16:15:06] - Andew: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17228226/ Sirius and XM to merge. -Paul

[2007-02-19 15:11:01] - gurkie: I will contribute ... a negative number -dave

[2007-02-19 13:28:50] - dave: want to contribute to the give gurkie 44.5 mil fund? ~gurkie

[2007-02-19 12:51:26] - http://biz.yahoo.com/cbsm/070214/6c85ce03eabe46e6ac8c04bcfbb670d0.html?.v=1&.pf=retirement residential real estate underperforms other assets -dave

[2007-02-19 12:25:52] - aaron: yes I did, so I contributed to that 44.5 mil, hehe -dave

[2007-02-19 12:22:53] - gurkie: wow and it looks totally bad ass - aaron

[2007-02-19 12:20:59] - dave: you saw it? - aaron

[2007-02-19 07:58:30] - http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/18/boxoffice.ap/index.html wow, ghost rider made 44.5 mil on it's opening weekend. It was such a bad movie ... -dave

[2007-02-18 23:01:49] - did u guys know a new teenage mutant ninja turtles movie is coming out? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_RHuX8x-Ig&eurl= ~gurkie

[2007-02-18 14:10:15] - <title>Happy (Chinese) New Year!!</title>

[2007-02-18 02:54:22] - a: I used to... ~gurkie

[2007-02-16 23:15:02] - am i the only one that uses a web proxy at work?  ~a

[2007-02-16 20:32:31] - vinnie: Yar, well, sort of.  USCG blocks gmail, but I can get around it to the point that I can read the first ~60 characters (including the subject line and sender name), but I can't respond. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-16 15:56:52] - xpovos: do you check your e-mail during work? I sent you a magic-related e-mail - vinnie

[2007-02-16 13:25:26] - a: 8-| -- Xpovos

[2007-02-16 13:05:12] - alias shuffle='perl -e '\''splice(@_,int(rand(scalar(@_)+1)),0,$_) while(<>);print foreach(@_);'\'''  works in cygwin!  ~a

[2007-02-16 12:06:05] - I'm guessing they meant megawatt hours - vinnie

[2007-02-16 12:05:39] - a: d'oh, yeah you're right. obviously I just copied it from somewhere and didn't think too much about it - vinnie

[2007-02-16 11:58:22] - vinnie:  maybe he/she meant 30,000 megawatt hours / year.  ... which actually means something.  in contrast, i spend about 10 megawatt hours / year.  ~a

[2007-02-16 11:37:40] - a: Yes. gurkie: That's OK, you don't have to.  That's what I'm here for. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-16 11:36:16] - vinnie:  who said 30,000 megawatts / year.  ~a

[2007-02-16 11:35:51] - vinnie:  30,000 megawatts / year doesn't make any sense.  that's like saying we'd save $300/day per day.  ~a

[2007-02-16 11:31:59] - xpovos: id rather not commit suicide thanx... ~gurkie

[2007-02-16 11:16:57] - xpovos:  you mean like "ur", "4", "2", and "u"?  ~a

[2007-02-16 11:16:13] - gurkie:  haha.  . . . i'll tell her.  ~a

[2007-02-16 10:15:45] - http://www.daily-tribune.com/NF/omf/daily_tribune/news_story.html?rkey=0041549+cr= get caught by a cop for speeding, get a ticket.  catch a cop speeding, get charged with "stalking" him. - mig

[2007-02-16 09:20:49] - actually that doesn't seem like a lot on a global level for a year - vinnie

[2007-02-16 09:20:11] - "if google was black we would save 30,000 megawatts a year" ha - vinnie

[2007-02-16 07:27:28] - gurkie: I suggest we start by killing all those who use single letter homonyms in place of real words. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-16 01:01:37] - a: umm... unless i missed something killing ur gf makes very little sense... speaking of ur gf telll her a friend of mine whom she met is placing an order if she wants anything (or if u do) ~gurkie

[2007-02-15 18:41:32] - gurkie:  issues?  like what?  ~a

[2007-02-15 18:22:38] - a: did you really write that cause... i think there may be some issues with that~gurkie

[2007-02-15 17:29:10] - gurkie:  lori!  ~a

[2007-02-15 17:26:43] - vinnie:  really?!  ok, i'll go home.  ~a

[2007-02-15 17:26:18] - xpovos:  for future reference, you can click the "[edit]" link above to change the html heading.  ~a

[2007-02-15 17:21:53] - xpovos:  ok, i changed the header above.  i'll add some movies tonight.  ~a

[2007-02-15 16:53:21] - xpovos: sounds like fun! who should we kill first? ~gurkie

[2007-02-15 16:36:35] - gurkie: Naturally. I too am a saint.  As is everyone who reads this message board.  We're all the elites, and we should know it by now.  Those other folks? They're the evil ones.  I think we should kill them. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-15 16:24:41] - xpovos: i kinda agree... i think that just about everyone is evil/mean when it comes to relationships. except me of course... ~gurkie

[2007-02-15 16:22:23] - paul/a: I just laughed... I mean the guy deserved it, I did feel bad for her... ~gurkie

[2007-02-15 15:41:53] - a: I'm not going to DDR tonight, and I think aaron is having his surgery today too - vinnie

[2007-02-15 14:31:45] - I've added a "Best Movie of 2006" to the wiki -- Xpovos

[2007-02-15 14:28:17] - paul:  no, it made me very uncomfortable too!    gurkie:  "that's just wrong" was referring to the audio.  ~a

[2007-02-15 12:33:41] - Xpovos: It was even more of a helluva after hours a couple of days ago. -Paul

[2007-02-15 12:22:03] - Paul: That's a helluva inter-day. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-15 12:16:08] - Xpovos: I have worse stories. Shall I introduce you to ONXX? -Paul

[2007-02-15 11:56:03] - So... yeah... I really should have bought 3M at $74 like I talked about. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-15 10:19:53] - gurkie: So are girls. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-14 15:38:31] - aaron: guys are evil and mean... ~gurkie

[2007-02-14 15:38:01] - Aaron: Yeah, I heard one of those. Am I the only one who finds listening to those a little uncomfortable? -Paul

[2007-02-14 15:11:30] - gurkie: http://www.hot995.com/cc-common/podcast.html hot 99.5 has a weekly "war of the roses" segment which does that same bit.... the guy is almost always cheating too - aaron

[2007-02-14 15:07:38] - lolol

[2007-02-14 15:07:34] - gurkie: "25% of the time you are on the periodical anyway." "100% you are on the stupid!!"

[2007-02-14 14:34:24] - a: "thats just wrong" referes to the audio? ~gurkie

[2007-02-14 14:33:49] - a: it inverts my screen but the mouse is inverted to so it gets really confusing... but amusing to me oh well it doesnt work for others apparently... ~gurkie

[2007-02-14 13:14:21] - gurkie:  what's ctrl-alt-down supposed to do?  ~a

[2007-02-14 13:06:08] - god, does this clip ever end?  ~a

[2007-02-14 13:04:59] - gurkie:  that's just wrong . . .  ~a

[2007-02-14 13:01:14] - a: waaah, im on xp on both my laptop/desktop and it works on both... but its confusing the frick out of me....~gurkie

[2007-02-14 12:56:23] - gurkie:  ctrl-alt-down doesn't work for me (i tried it in microsoft windows xp).  ~a

[2007-02-14 12:54:39] - amy:  thanks!  ~a

[2007-02-14 12:21:41] - hit ctrl-alt-down ~gurkie

[2007-02-14 11:58:18] - oh and the "some things" i added to path was the bin directory of MySQL and the PHP directory. -amy

[2007-02-14 11:56:27] - a: and then of course after all that, i had to restart the machine. .) i think that was all i did. -amy

[2007-02-14 11:56:03] - a: http://us3.php.net/mysql under "installation on windows systems"... I had to edit the php.ini file to uncomment out the mysql extension, had to edit the "extension_dir" line to point to the ext directory of where PHP was installed (which was in the Apache dir, because some other instructions told me to install PHP there), and then i had to add some things to the path.

[2007-02-14 10:31:27] - although its just audio so if you have head phones people may not know... i dont know what you consider sfw... ~gurkie

[2007-02-14 10:29:15] - http://www.betterloverseminar.com/desi_wife_catches_husband.php not really safe for work... but very amusing... ~gurkie

[2007-02-13 20:23:00] - amy:  for a project i'm working on, i WILL need to install php and mysql in windows for the first time ever:  how did you solve your first problem?  so, when i come accross the same issue, i'll know how to fix it!  ~a

[2007-02-13 20:19:20] - amy: Second what a said. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-13 19:59:36] - amy:    sorry i wasn't here to help.    ~a

[2007-02-13 19:54:39] - OK solved that one, too. i'm going to stop asking questions now... -amy

[2007-02-13 19:42:14] - mysql question: you just added a record into a table... how do you get its id? e.g. you have a "turtle" table that has a primary key of "turtle_id" that gets auto incremented... you just added a turtle, let's assume that there are no other unique fields in the table, how do you get the "turtle_id" of the turtle you just added? -amy

[2007-02-13 18:59:25] - never mind yay i figured it out. (OK, vinnie helped me figure it out.) -amy

[2007-02-13 16:24:57] - OK so I did phpinfo() and i'm looking at the page and there is nothing on mysql. but i know it's installed and running and i'm pretty sure fully functional. i added dbs and tables and stuff. -amy

[2007-02-13 16:20:52] - so, i've got php and apache and mysql and they are all installed and work fine and stuff. any clue how i can get php to recognize mysql? or do i have to do anything? *is confused* -amy

[2007-02-13 15:10:23] - amy: Maybe though she's not his best, she's still 'good enough'? -- Xpovos

[2007-02-13 14:51:52] - title: i thought it was a joke. otherwise, i mean, isn't he rich enough to hire somebody to clean? why would he keep a wife just for that? -amy

[2007-02-13 14:20:01] - a: yeah, i remember "textpad" which i used to use had its own regular expressions, and perl's regular expressions are distinct from vim's regular expressions too - aaron

[2007-02-13 13:58:32] - xpovos:  the g means do it again and again.  it's short for global.  global is the default in some systems (or in some apis), but not all.  ~a

[2007-02-13 13:40:54] - Not being a trained CS, but merely a hobbyist, I could use some assistance in understanding the expression.  "s/* /i" I understand... I think.  string substitute replace all instances of * with i.  What purpose does the /g serve? -- Xpovos

[2007-02-13 13:22:00] - gurkie:  my favorite part is that every programming language and every environment has its own interpretation of what regular expressions should look like.  for example, anon's regular expression below wouldn't work in perl, or php, or egrep, or java . . . because, iirc, they all treat "\(" as a literal "(" as opposed to grep which treats "\(" as a catch thing.  ~a

[2007-02-13 13:17:26] - anon:  heh.  you could have just said yes.  or s/.*/yes    ~a

[2007-02-13 12:26:13] - gurkie:  s/[^i]*\( is\)\( [^ ]*\)\([^?]*\).*/\2\1\3

[2007-02-13 10:11:49] - a: is that a perl reg exp to replace the * with i? (despite my great perl teacher i dont remember this crap)~gurkie

[2007-02-13 09:59:05] - http://money.cnn.com/blogs/generationrisk/2007/02/middle-class-isnt-so-squeezed-after.html -- Xpovos

[2007-02-13 08:42:47] - gurkie: More than that.  Not only is he fooling around, but he's publicly dissing her sexual performance. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-12 18:48:40] - gurkie:  s/*/i/g  ~a

[2007-02-12 16:47:04] - thats sad... its like "hey im cheating on my wife with someone i enjoy more but i keep the b*tch around to clean up my sh*t" ~gurkie

[2007-02-12 15:30:21] - Gurkie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme#Quotes The wisdom of Jean-Claude Van Damme. -Paul

[2007-02-12 15:20:57] - title: WHAT??? ~gurkie

[2007-02-12 15:20:47] - aaron: yea i actually wasnt sure if you would feel okay about reusing the coupons... I would wonder though whether you couldnt just use your super-charged gold card with the deal, id try it... if I were you ~gurkie

[2007-02-12 14:26:38] - well it's still a pretty good deal it's just a lot of trouble really since you can only do it once unless they change cashiers - aaron

[2007-02-12 14:25:56] - not bad, although between the huge token bonus for buying $25 in tokens, plus the token bonus for super-charging, and then the game discount for having a gold card... i'm not sure how great of a deal it is really - aaron

[2007-02-12 13:57:27] - free dave and busters tokens http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=448289 if you go through a little rigamaroll ~gurkie

[2007-02-12 11:00:15] - Of course, now that I sold all my ONXX stock near today's low, it'll probably rebound to new heights. -Paul

[2007-02-12 09:20:12] - Aaron: I suppose that's true. I think I read more about it somewhere else that implied that it was repackaged but I could easily just be making it up. -Paul

[2007-02-12 09:16:53] - "Pre-Market: 19.70 +7.44 (60.69%)" I really hope that keeps up but I'm going to go with another 10% drop by the end of the day. -Paul

[2007-02-12 09:05:48] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikoli_puzzle_types i didn't know nikoli had "invented" so many kinds of puzzles - aaron

[2007-02-12 08:56:56] - paul: yes - but it wasn't packaged as japanesey to try and sell to americans. it legitimately became popular in japan, and eventually caught on here - aaron

[2007-02-11 22:25:22] - Aaron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku Third paragraph. We were both kinda right. -Paul

[2007-02-10 00:49:53] - lol:  hundreds of firefox pictures.  ~a

[2007-02-10 00:39:39] - chevy hhr:  join the revolution.  is that like ddr:  join the dance dance revolution?  chevy also has an "ssr"?    ~a

[2007-02-09 16:13:24] - Down 9.7%. I think I was pretty close. -Paul

[2007-02-09 15:22:04] - xpovos:  i agree.  now we have to figure out which one he said.  ~a

[2007-02-09 15:12:00] - Right Said Fred to remix and re-release "I'm Too Sexy" -- Xpovos

[2007-02-09 15:06:12] - a: I would tend to interpret it differently these two ways: "Obviously, I've done drugs." = "I've drugs, duh, who hasn't". "Obviously I've done drugs." = "From my actions it is aparant that I have done drugs" -- Xpovos

[2007-02-09 15:03:06] - i guess if he were to emphasize one of the words, he could change the meaning some.  ~a

[2007-02-09 15:02:24] - i can only see one meaning.  ~a

[2007-02-09 14:49:41] - "Obviously I've done drugs." Is there supposed to be a comma there somewhere?  It could really change the meaning. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-09 13:56:16] - I think this one is my favorite: "In the year 3,000, people are going to speak with sound waves. Don't think I'm crazy, the whales do it. Dolphins too." - vinnie

[2007-02-09 13:55:31] - - vinnie

[2007-02-09 13:55:26] - this is funniest thing I have seen in a while: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme#Quotes

[2007-02-09 13:15:06] - Down 2.5% now... -Paul

[2007-02-09 12:50:58] - Yesterday was good.  Yesterday I was up 7% on my entire portfolio.  Today, not so good.  Down a percent, maybe two. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-09 12:41:48] - Heck, I'm down 2% today so far. -Paul

[2007-02-09 12:41:26] - a: Heh, I wasn't just talking about my stocks, although they certainly haven't helped. I don't know how much I'm down in the past month but I definitely am down. -paul

[2007-02-09 11:54:29] - for me it has been a bad month too.  in the past month, i've lost 7% of what i have invested.  ~a

[2007-02-09 11:41:14] - *Sigh* It has not been a good month. -Paul

[2007-02-09 11:37:15] - a: I half disagree with you. Pretty much every stock I have picked which has ever blown away expectations has dropped 5-10% as a result of it. Clearly I have some sort of "skill". -Paul

[2007-02-09 11:31:35] - paul:  luck.  ~a

[2007-02-09 11:30:42] - a: Well, I did call it. -Paul

[2007-02-09 11:04:06] - xpovos:  only if you know it's going to go down.  ~a

[2007-02-09 11:00:07] - Paul: Make money from it.  When a stock plummits 10% that fast, you can make money shorting it. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-09 10:43:03] - Er... less disgusted? -Paul

[2007-02-09 10:42:49] - In case Dave is reading this, I am well aware of WHY it's hugely going down but that doesn't make me any more disgusted with the whole thing. -Paul

[2007-02-09 10:41:36] - Xpovos: Depending on when you checked, I think it hit 9% this morning already. I love how I have the amazing ability to pick stocks that are about to blow away expectations and plummet in price. -Paul

[2007-02-09 10:40:36] - Paul: It's only 6.7%  You're on some kind of prediction roll... -- Xpovos

[2007-02-09 10:31:55] - Ugh... I was just kidding about Mastercard... -Paul

[2007-02-09 10:11:27] - vinnie: http://www.q-unit.net/ you can get the album as a torrent, i don't know if you have bittorrent or any program like that - aaron

[2007-02-09 09:13:17] - http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/09/ap3412318.html Based on experience, I can only assume the stock is going to plummet 10%. -Paul

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