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[2007-03-13 14:59:45] - xpovos:  yeah i've heard about that too. - mig

[2007-03-13 14:48:10] - Of course, I used that same rationale for Xybernaut and look where that got me.... -Paul

[2007-03-13 14:47:55] - Xpovos: It would also be too big of a blow to my ego to sell AMD after it was up over 100% from where I bought it. Same with Sirius, which I bought even more of the more it went down. -Paul

[2007-03-13 14:47:02] - Xpovos: I've kinda written it off (along with AMD). It's down far too much from where I bought it for me to consider selling it right now. -Paul

[2007-03-13 14:44:46] - mig: Did you hear about the 'global warming' that's going on on other planets?  Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto are all experiencing major (much more major than Earth's) temperature climbs.  So is Io, one of Jupiter's moons. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-13 14:43:48] - Paul: I'm seriously considering bailing on my SIRI position for a while.  It's spanked me pretty bad, and I'm smarting from it now. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-13 14:15:46] - mig: hehe, that's hilarious -dave

[2007-03-13 14:05:52] - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_sc/polar_trek&printer=1;_ylt=AhgcxHlLtL_zAqNAUipRJE9xieAA trip to the north pole to investigate global warming called off because it is too cold. - mig

[2007-03-13 11:56:10] - paul:    ~a

[2007-03-13 11:19:24] - a: Sounds like bad calls on both accounts. -Paul

[2007-03-13 11:18:12] - heh.  i owned some bbi (sold at 4.35!) and still own some yhoo (bought at 35) much to my dismay.  ~a

[2007-03-13 10:59:48] - a: I've got six stocks right now (although I didn't buy them all at once). In the order I bought them (I think): NYX, FCX, SHLD, BBI, MRVL, YHOO. -Paul

[2007-03-13 10:36:11] - paul:  mostly what have you been investing in?  ~a

[2007-03-13 10:16:30] - axpovos: Top 8% now. -Paul

[2007-03-13 08:29:53] - aaron: "Clap On!  Clap Off!  The Clapper!!"  She gave me the clap. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-13 01:27:53] - there are these random hand claps in the song and they decide that the hand claps are Anila's superpower. she can turn on lights with them! - aaron

[2007-03-13 01:27:12] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vWMEJdhT_M&mode=related&search= toy box - best friend... another contender for the best worst music video award - aaron

[2007-03-11 19:57:45] - "The mafia's signature method of killing commoners is cement shoes. But when you think about it, cement shoes are stupid. The victim of a cement shoeing can still scream for help before he is thrown in the water. Not so with a cement hat."

[2007-03-10 01:38:51] - heh:  one of those lame fake mtg cards.    ~a

[2007-03-09 20:33:30] - paul: o.kay - aaron

[2007-03-09 17:07:14] - Aaron: If the time I mentioned for 300 is good for you, I would suggest you call Travis and ask him to get you a ticket since I think he's going to try to get us tickets early tomorrow morning. -Paul

[2007-03-09 15:50:34] - a: They might, but that would seem a little weird. I mean, they already somewhat tainted the entire thing by adding bonus bucks so I don't see why they wouldn't count them. -Paul

[2007-03-09 15:39:00] - paul:  are you sure they don't ignore bonus bucks when they calculate the percentage gain?  ~a

[2007-03-09 15:30:29] - a: Something I also found interesting is that it sounds like the weekly winners are determined by who has the greatest percentage gain for that week. So losing nearly all your money could indirectly help you win later on (because the bonus bucks would be so much more helpful). -Paul

[2007-03-09 15:27:30] - n is non-negative and non-positive → n=0.

[2007-03-09 15:26:47] - n is negative → n<0.  n is positive → n>0.  n is non-negative → n>=0.  n is non-positive → n<=0.

[2007-03-09 13:51:52] - aaron: Does 1:30 tomorrow afternoon at Cinema De Lux sound good to you? -Paul

[2007-03-09 13:51:35] - a: Yeah, I briefly thought about that too, but I decided against that strategy for some reason. -Paul

[2007-03-09 13:16:38] - i want to see 300 too - aaron

[2007-03-09 13:03:26] - if they had charged an entry fee, or if they had made the contest last a few years, then things would be different.  ~a

[2007-03-09 13:02:10] - if there's a 1% chance of making 1000%, then it's worth it if there's no punishment for the 99% chance of losing the 100%.  ~a

[2007-03-09 13:01:08] - paul:  exactly, when it's not real money then there's no punishment for losing.  they're basically doing the same strategy i had chosen.  though i was going to go even more crazy and invest everything in a penny stock.  ~a

[2007-03-09 12:48:25] - a: It does say which stocks are the most popular, and Sirius was one of them. Revlon was another. A lot of people are going for homeruns I think. -Paul

[2007-03-09 12:47:22] - a: I have no idea, I can't see how well other are doing or what their portfolios look like. -Paul

[2007-03-09 12:17:45] - and how many people are broke  ~a

[2007-03-09 12:17:14] - paul:  how many people have more than doubled?  ~a

[2007-03-09 11:49:21] - Paul: It may just be idle speculation, but I thought the concept of the XM/SIRI merger was too http://247wallst.blogspot.com/2006/08/could-apple-buy-sirius-satellite.html -- Xpovos

[2007-03-09 10:49:23] - Paul: Let's plan on Cinema De Lux, then.  As I told Travis last night, this is a movie I wouldn't mind paying a little more to see in a better theatre, because it's so visual. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-09 10:32:33] - a: Not sure if you care, but top 11% now (although I still have 25,923 people ahead of me). Maybe I should be answering these trivia questions for bonus bucks. -Paul

[2007-03-09 09:32:12] - Xpovos: I think it's clearly superior to RTC in terms of how nice their theaters are. Definitely more convenient for Travis (and probably for Sam). I don't mind the drive, I normally plan movies for that theater when I plan group outings. -Paul

[2007-03-09 09:15:55] - Paul: If you think Cinema De Lux is better than RTC and don't mind the drive, and it is more convenient for Travis and Sam, we should go there.  If there is no benefit and it's inconvenient for you or Sam, then we go to RTC.  I just don't know convenience levels, and have never been to Cinema De Lux, though I know where it is. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 16:13:41] - Xpovos: I'm supposed to make a call on something? Cinema De Lux is fine with me, although I would suggest either pre-ordering tickets or having somebody show up early to buy a bunch in case it sells out. -Paul

[2007-03-08 16:01:10] - i'll tell you later

[2007-03-08 15:58:39] -

[2007-03-08 15:49:25] - a: "What's with the watermelon?" -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 15:36:19] - paul:  use more honey.  ~a

[2007-03-08 15:36:02] - mkay.  ~a

[2007-03-08 15:35:13] - a: I'm saying I can see how some people would draw comparisons between Bush and Palpatine (I may not agree, but I can see how others would). I do not see how you can compare the Spartans at Thermopylae to our forces in Iraq. -Paul

[2007-03-08 15:33:00] - paul:  so in contrast, you're saying that the clone war DIDN'T seem utterly different to you?  ~a

[2007-03-08 15:31:34] - actual quotes read:  "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." vs "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy."  ~a

[2007-03-08 15:31:15] - a: I wouldn't say amused. The reason I thought comparing 300 with the Iraqi war was amusing is because they seem so utterly different to me (unless you are going to compare the United States with the Persians, which the article did not do). -Paul

[2007-03-08 15:24:49] - xpovos:  well both.  i was most specifically remembering the "you're either with us or you're with the enemy" speech that vader & bush made.  ~a

[2007-03-08 15:22:45] - a: You mean Palpatine, right? -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 15:17:44] - paul:  were you "amused" by star wars 3 (and the obvious analogies between vader and bush?)  ~a

[2007-03-08 14:15:56] - Paul: It's a long trip for me regardless. 6 one, half dozen the other.  I'll let you make that call.  -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 13:22:18] - Xpovos: I wouldn't call it convenient, but it's definitely do-able. It's probably better for Sam than Reston would be. -Paul

[2007-03-08 13:22:10] - a: I.E. 6.0.2800.1106.  Not by choice, though.  It's USCG installed. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 13:21:03] - Paul: Uhm. Damned if I know.  This is what  I get for delegating.  Is Cinema De Lux convenient for you and Sam? -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 12:40:42] - http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-03-07-the300_N.htm Second to last paragraph. I would be amused if somehow the battle of Thermopylae was turned into some sort of analogy for the Iraqi war. -Paul

[2007-03-08 12:35:11] - wow, a ton of aporter.org users are using msie6(2001) and *shudder* msie5(1999) and msie4(1997)!  ~a

[2007-03-08 12:04:43] - Xpovos: Travis says he's in, but he wonders why we didn't choose Cinema De Lux since it's a nicer theater and is actually showing it. -Paul

[2007-03-08 11:48:06] - Xpovos: Email is out. I'll let you know when I get a reply. -Paul

[2007-03-08 11:12:16] - Paul: Goal is 1:30, but we can use the 2:40 as a fall back if the 1:30 is sold out when we get there.  -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 11:04:27] - Xpovos: Which one? 1:30 or 2:40? -Paul

[2007-03-08 10:42:15] - OK: 300 is playing at 1:30 at Reston Town Centre.  Follow-up showing is at 2:40.  I know that's convenient for Paul, and presumably Sam.  And it works out well for me and Katie.  That just leaves Travis.  Paul, could you shoot him an e-mail to see if he wants to come to that one? -- Xpovos

[2007-03-08 09:56:18] - xpovos:  yes, well there are three reasons i have a problem with that.  first, is strlen doesn't get run very often.  second, is strlen usually written in assembly (it's still O(N); but usually it's a fast O(N)).  third, is many people don't use char*s anyways (in cpp they usually use std::string or MFCs CString). i doubt using pascal strings really makes a difference.  ~a

[2007-03-08 07:54:30] - a: PASCAL strings are limited to 255 characters, but because they use the first byte to deliniate a string rather than the last (C) you can eliminate all the processor use that does stuff like calculating string length.  It's right there at the start of the string. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-07 20:29:42] - a: also, pierce is that guy.  the guy over there.  see him?  the one with the nose? - pierce

[2007-03-07 19:23:02] - porn!  ~a

[2007-03-07 19:03:33] - by a binary char* i mean a pointer to an array where a zero byte does not have any special meaning.  for example for a png or bz2 file.  ~a

[2007-03-07 19:02:29] - pierce:  yes strlen only works on non-binary char*s.  ~a

[2007-03-07 18:01:47] - a: because if so, then isn't "strlen" meaningless? - pierce

[2007-03-07 17:58:13] - a: and it must have been too long since I've worked with (shudder) pointers, because I'm not sure what you mean by "binary char*s" in that context.  do you mean a sequence of chars in memory that contain non-string data (and thus may contain zeros as actual content rather than metadata)? - pierce

[2007-03-07 17:52:48] - a: std::string is all icky and OOified, which Excel internal strings were not (AFAIK) for performance reasons.  there's every possibility that that's no longer the case, but that's how I understand it used to work. - pierce

[2007-03-07 17:02:41] - binary char*s are O(1) string length too since they can't be null terminated.  ~a

[2007-03-07 16:59:09] - std::string.size() is O(1).  so is (presumably) MFC's CString.  ~a

[2007-03-07 16:58:20] - who is pierce?  ~a

[2007-03-07 16:49:10] - a: I assume he means Pascal strings in the sense that there's a prefix to the string indicating its length (so strlen() is O(1) instead of O(n)).  It's only limited to 255 bytes if you only use one byte for the prefix. - pierce

[2007-03-07 16:39:47] - xpovos:  it probably doesn't analyze stocks in the way you want.  you want like a monthly printout which is something that i've been meaning to add to it.  ~a

[2007-03-07 16:39:00] - xpovos:  pascal strings are quick?  i thought they were limited to 255 characters in length.  ~a

[2007-03-07 16:03:56] - a: What format is your stock software in?  I'm curious to see what time period my stocks depreciated the fastest. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-07 16:02:31] - Paul: I learned today that Excel uses PASCAL strings, which is why it can recalculate entire sheets, including the string cells so quickly. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-07 15:29:58] - Gurkie: Dork. -Paul

[2007-03-07 15:28:38] - a: sadly i was impressed... or at the very least amused... which is why the groan was not merely for you but for myself as well... sigh... ~gurkie

[2007-03-07 15:14:47] - a: I'm sure if I cared enough, I could probably get Excel to do what I want without much problem. -Paul

[2007-03-07 15:08:50] - c = 3e8 m/s = 1000 m/s = 3600 kph!  ~a

[2007-03-07 15:05:07] - groan?  i thought it was an absolutely amazing coincidence.  you're unimpressed?  ~a

[2007-03-07 15:02:44] - a: groan ~gurkie

[2007-03-07 14:50:32] - no way, i just found out something really weird!  the speed of light is almost exactly 3 * 10⁸ m/s.  that is often written as 3E8 m/s.  3E8 in hexidecimal is 1000 in decimal.  CRAZY!  ~a

[2007-03-07 14:41:11] - paul:  the software i wrote measures every stock owned for every day using inverse exponentiation ( x^1/y ).  ~a

[2007-03-07 14:35:20] - paul:  well you could get software to do it for you.  ~a

[2007-03-07 14:31:21] - a: It seems entirely too complicated to do it any other way (for me) since it seems like I would have to do a new calculation for each time I deposited money. -Paul

[2007-03-07 14:12:18] - paul:  yeah.  there are multiple ways of doing such calculations all of which yield different results.  ~a

[2007-03-07 13:39:57] - a: Which assumes all the money I put in happened all at once at the very beginning, as opposed to happening gradually over the course of a few years. -Paul

[2007-03-07 13:39:25] - a: Because I was just taking the difference between how much my portfolio is worth now compared to how much money I had put in and divided that by how much my portfolio is worth now. -Paul

[2007-03-07 13:12:15] - why i believe that there is no afterlife for humans.  maybe don't go here if somebody you know has died recently.  ~a

[2007-03-07 13:10:34] - explicify should be a word.  ~a

[2007-03-07 12:29:04] - calculating returns gets complicated when you're adding/removing from the same fund in the time period you're trying to calculate returns.  ~a

[2007-03-07 12:28:32] - wrong how?  ~a

[2007-03-07 12:10:35] - I just realized that the way I was calculating the percentage returns I was getting on my investments is wrong. -Paul

[2007-03-07 11:40:58] - Xpovos: Coolness, thanks. -Paul

[2007-03-07 11:32:52] - Paul: Yes, you can assume that. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-07 11:05:27] - Xpovos: Can I assume 300 won't be on Saturday evening (but instead, during the day)? -Paul

[2007-03-07 10:38:16] - a: As luck would have it, I completely failed to have any of my buy transactions go through until Tuesday. -Paul

[2007-03-07 10:18:19] - paul:  wow!  and after such a shitty monday?  ~a

[2007-03-07 09:22:36] - Xpovos: Sad. I wanted to compare how I was doing with you guys. I'm in the top 12% so far. -Paul

[2007-03-07 08:11:16] - title: Buckaroo Banzai! -- Xpovos

[2007-03-07 08:11:07] - Paul: I never got a chance to sign up.  So, yeah, I think you can call this one dead in the water. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-06 19:08:10] - a: I don't blame you. I'm losing some interest myself. Xpovos, are you still doing it? -Paul

[2007-03-06 19:07:46] - a:

[2007-03-06 19:07:33] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030600942.html Homeless added to hate crime law. -Paul

[2007-03-06 19:05:47] - if it's php, and you want to be crazy, you can look at set_error_handler  ~a

[2007-03-06 19:03:11] - amy:  perl or php?  in perl "use strict;" in php "error_reporting(E_ALL);".  the php version won't halt your script, so you still have to know to check the http error.log file.    ~a

[2007-03-06 18:54:50] - paul:  i'm sad to say that because of that fact (and the fact that i cannot buy the stocks that i want) i've lost interest.  ~a

[2007-03-06 18:18:30] - how much do you love not having to declare variables... i just spent like 10 minutes looking for a bug, and it was because i used $all_data rather than $alldata in one place. sigh. -amy

[2007-03-06 17:50:58] - a: Gosh, the cnbc thing is unbearably unresponsive. I put in two buy orders last night and they still haven't gone through. And we're supposed to do 50 trades a day like this!? -Paul

[2007-03-06 14:21:00] - a: Sadly. -Paul

[2007-03-06 14:19:59] - and more like an encyclopedia?  ~a

[2007-03-06 14:15:10] - a: Aww.... it's less interesting now. -Paul

[2007-03-06 13:53:30] - paul:  here, i made some improvements for you:  diff  ~a

[2007-03-06 13:48:45] - paul:  {{sofixit}}  ~a

[2007-03-06 13:41:45] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Blade#Appearance I like the references to Sonya's sexy thong and sexy piercings. Makes it sound a lot like an encyclopedia. -Paul

[2007-03-06 12:36:59] - paul: they didnt care when I showed up past visiting hours, but if I were you I would call him and make sure that he is up for visitors. They block calls into the hospital after 8 and his cell phone is on silent\maybe vibrate... Essentially last I talked to him he wasnt answering his cell... go visit him. ~gurkie

[2007-03-06 11:29:20] - http://www.slate.com/id/2160973/ "As the housing boom comes to an increasingly ugly end, the parallels between the real-estate industry today and the technology industry in 2000 and 2001 are astonishing." -Paul

[2007-03-06 11:28:13] - a: Yeah, I just heard of it a couple of days ago myself. I would like to visit him sometime but I'm worried I won't be able to get there before visiting hours are over. -Paul

[2007-03-06 11:17:16] - not still.  ~a

[2007-03-06 11:17:08] - ah ah back  ~a

[2007-03-06 11:16:35] - aaron still in the hospital?  seriously?  wasn't he posting to the message board?  can he do that from the hospital?  ~a

[2007-03-06 10:02:19] - a: dont know it was a close up of some girl who i didnt recognize smiling at the camera... I was confused and it was faint... I was just wondering who you were putting up but when I realized its just cycling through your photos I wasnt as intrigued ~gurkie

[2007-03-06 10:00:58] - paul: I believe he is still in the hospital, visiting hours are until 8 pm but they let me in past 8. for those of you who dont know aar is back in the hospital he had another abcess in his tummy, and they drained it this past sun i think he will be there all week. if you want his phone number ask me. he is in room 772 at fairfax hospital ~gurkie

[2007-03-06 09:12:42] - Does anybody know if Aaron is still in the hospital and, if so, when visiting hours are? -Paul

[2007-03-05 20:36:25] - gurkie:  what did she look like and what was she doing?  ~a

[2007-03-05 13:18:24] - a: it changed!!! ignore my last comment... ~gurkie

[2007-03-05 13:18:00] - a: who is the chic in the photo? ~gurkie

[2007-03-05 13:12:44] - a: I'm also not thrilled over the fact that it seems like trades don't activate until the next day. -Paul

[2007-03-05 13:10:54] - a: crossing arms/legs is a sign of discomfort... in general its considered to be trying to put up a barrier between you and the person, arms crossed is considered hostile... ~gurkie

[2007-03-05 13:00:20] - a: I agree.  Dunno what to say other than that, though.  Probably lazy programming. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-05 12:25:28] - xpovos:  all of his money != some of his money.  i just want to invest some money in (gasp) risy stocks.  ~a

[2007-03-05 12:23:28] - a: I think it's that no investory would invest all of his money in those stocks, so they prevent anyone from doing it to gain unfair advantage in the game.  Ignoring the fact, of course, that all of my stocks are valued at under $5 in my personal account. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-05 12:15:18] - xpovos:  so the nbc thing won't let us be risky?  ...doesn't sound like a stock market challenge then!  i call shenanigans.  shenanigans!  ~a

[2007-03-05 11:48:56] - a: Maybe there's a $5 pps floor?  Most investors consider stocks with prices below $5 as particularly risky due to volatility.  Try buying a share of SIRI. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-05 11:46:04] - a: Not sure, I've put in three orders now and haven't had a problems (except with yours). -Paul

[2007-03-05 11:43:12] - paul:  really?  that's odd.  yes, yes, i know it's not a valid stock to trade.  why the fudge not?  i'd understand why the ".pk" stocks are invalid, but i've tried tons of non-.pk stocks and they won't work either.  ~a

[2007-03-05 11:33:21] - a: That is not a valid stock to trade. -Paul

[2007-03-05 11:29:18] - a: Ew... it looks like the orders only take effect at the beginning of the day. -Paul

[2007-03-05 11:29:14] - paul:  if you don't mind wasting 3 fake dollars and one of your daily 50 trades, buy one share of ANSR.  ~a

[2007-03-05 11:26:22] - a: I'm not entirely sure, I've only bought one stock so far (NYX) and it worked. -Paul

[2007-03-05 10:51:35] - Paul: Hurray for Ashcroft! -- Xpovos

[2007-03-05 10:49:12] - paul:  on the cnbc thing:  is there some rule about what we can buy?  it says BLAHBLAH "is not a valid stock to trade" for almost every ticker symbol i enter.  ~a

[2007-03-05 10:28:29] - paul:  regarding the article:  why did they define "hair flipping, chest thrusting and fidgeting with clothing" as positive and why did they define "arm and leg crossing" as negative?  it seems to me like they've only proven that they were wrong about what is a positive clue and what is a negative clue!  ~a

[2007-03-05 10:24:41] - paul:  why not?  ~a

[2007-03-05 10:24:30] - paul:  sorry, i broke your link.  and now it's fixed.  ~a

[2007-03-05 09:45:40] - a: i have and i find it so unusable, i finally switched to firefox shortly thereafter. -amy

[2007-03-05 09:35:10] - So why is there some really transparent picture in the upper left corner? -Paul

[2007-03-05 07:56:22] - Sam: OK. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-05 07:56:13] - a: On the multiple machines I use, of which I actually control only a few, approximately 12% of the computers have been upgraded to IE 7. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-04 23:56:20] - http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=6295&TrackingID=516311&BannerID=544657&menuid=6>1=9177 Is she sending mixed signals? -Paul

[2007-03-04 23:09:47] - xpovos: I wanna see 300 also -sam

[2007-03-04 16:06:05] - a: yes i have -dave

[2007-03-04 12:03:18] - people here who use internet explorer:  have you upgraded to internet explorer 7?  ~a

[2007-03-04 12:00:51] - hmmm.  wow, internet explorer 6 doesn't support png alpha?  that's so 1998    ~a

[2007-03-03 08:42:29] - gurkie: week in williamsburg with family -dave

[2007-03-03 08:42:21] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17421349/?GT1=9145 radcliffe signs on for remaining two potter films -dave

[2007-03-03 01:26:53] - the suggested fraud goes like this:  when you go into the brick-and-mortar best buy with an internet offer, they show you the fake site and claim that the offer doesn't exist.  ~a

[2007-03-03 01:25:48] - no fucking way - best buy has a fake website that looks exactly like bestbuy.com but doesn't have the best offers as the real site.  ~a

[2007-03-02 18:12:25] - though i am guessing that you are.  ~a

[2007-03-02 18:06:37] - aaron:  i can't tell if you're being facetious or not.  if not, then please point me to some examples of what you're talking about.  ~a

[2007-03-02 17:51:02] - http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American - aaron

[2007-03-02 15:12:10] - dave: where are you going? ~gurkie

[2007-03-02 13:24:57] - dave: Have a safe trip, then. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-02 13:15:59] - xpovos: sun 11 i mean -dave

[2007-03-02 13:15:41] - xpovos: I'm interested in seeing it, but I won't be back till next sun -dave

[2007-03-02 13:01:18] - Paul: Ok, if I get the e-mail I'll use that and give you the benefit of extra money.  If not, no worries, I'll sign up tonight.  -- Xpovos

[2007-03-02 12:42:16] - Xpovos: Well, I tried to refer you but I got some funky database error so who knows if it worked. You might have to sign up on your own, sorry. -Paul

[2007-03-02 12:39:05] - so ::blink:: wouldn't have expanded.  ~a

[2007-03-02 12:37:57] - or be at the beginning or end of the line.  ~a

[2007-03-02 12:37:18] - and every smile must have a space either before or after.  ~a

[2007-03-02 12:36:40] - xpovos:  /:-?[pPbd]/  ~a

[2007-03-02 12:27:33] - Interesing colon_b is a tongue too. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-02 12:27:03] - Paul: link: It's xpovos.  OK, good,  you're in. I have some other people interested too, but I'd like a decent sized group. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-02 12:12:24] - Xpovos: Also, can you send me your yahoo email address? I don't know it. -Paul

[2007-03-02 12:12:04] - Xpovos: I would be interested. I'm also interested in seeing Wild Hogs sometime (although I am gone this weekend). -Paul

[2007-03-02 12:06:28] - Anyone else interested in seeing 300 next Saturday?  Unfortunately, the closest IMAX theatre showing it is in PA, so that's out. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-02 10:12:55] - paul:  yeah, i sent you an email.  username:  arichnad.  ~a

[2007-03-02 09:43:56] - a: You already signed up for the cnbc thing, I assume? -Paul

[2007-03-01 21:57:55] - girls are girls?  i think i can probably guess what you mean.  ~a

[2007-03-01 20:59:44] - a: i kinda want to go to a strip club... plus my understanding is... guys cant get all the way naked at strip clubs and girls ... well they are girls... ~gurkie

[2007-03-01 19:33:18] - regarding girls/guys:  i figured it was going to be moot.  considering mere playing cards bothered you, i'm very surprised by your response.  ~a

[2007-03-01 19:19:03] - a: not that i am volunteering to strip... if lori is into going i would consider it... are we talking girls or guys? ~gurkie

[2007-03-01 19:18:31] - a: hmm, do i have to strip? ive been told i would probably be a bad stripper... then again i have also been told i would make lots of money  there may only be one way to figure out which of my friends lied to me~gurkie

[2007-03-01 17:39:02] - what sort of cool plans?  like a visit to a strip club?  if you'll come, i'll plan it!  ~a

[2007-03-01 17:38:48] - Gurkie: I already invited you to my cool plans for tomorrow night but you said no. -Paul

[2007-03-01 17:13:00] - a: i guess thats a no ~gurkie

[2007-03-01 16:38:59] - a: sounds exciting... you should make cool plans for tomorrow night... (and invite me) ~gurkie

[2007-03-01 16:37:23] - gurkie:  nothing!  ~a

[2007-03-01 16:28:18] - what are people up to this weekend? ~gurkie

[2007-03-01 16:09:51] - xpovos:  in sql you have to create, read, readall, update, delete (crud).  in xml, it's usually just read or write.  in other words, sql access patterns allow for "more flexibility" (in my mind), but there's also more to do.  ~a

[2007-03-01 15:28:08] - But it makes me wonder about the efficiency of those lines. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-01 15:27:57] - amy: Primarily, it's that I have almost zero experience with xml.  And my only real experience with it is as a reader, where I find it annoying to deal with.  Where as MySQL, being an SQL database flows very naturally for me, and did even before I got much experience.  Intuitive.  However, yes, if XML saves you hundreds of lines of code, go for it.  -- Xpovos

[2007-03-01 15:21:29] - if we're arguing between xml and sql, that's a good argument to have!  there are far far worse choices for shared data formats.  ~a

[2007-03-01 14:45:34] - Xpovos: hehe why boo to xml? in this particular experience, i'd say boo to mysql .p (though in other cases, mysql has been awesome. just xml kind of saved the day here.) -amy

[2007-03-01 14:38:34] - amy: Boo to XML.  Though congrats to getting it to work for you. -- Xpovos

[2007-03-01 14:35:00] - a: so i decided to use xml instead of the db. i just changed all the code to use the XML instead and it took me much less time than it did to write the mySQL stuff in the first place, and i also eliminated hundreds of lines of code. weee. -amy

[2007-03-01 14:04:19] - a: yay! okay. no ddr - aaron

[2007-03-01 14:01:49] - dave: It's actually quite disturbing how common that is.  The joys of my last job, eh? -- Xpovos

[2007-03-01 13:44:12] - amy:  i know!  i forget everything i did in my last position.    ~a

[2007-03-01 13:42:18] - aaron:  it's ok, i'm not sure i want to go today either.  let's cancel.  ~a

[2007-03-01 13:36:53] - a: i'm not feeling 100% so i'm kind of on the fence about going today. let me know if you want to go- aaron

[2007-03-01 13:09:13] - a: just you today right? sfm? - aaron

[2007-03-01 11:55:50] - http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/01/teacher.arrest.ap/index.html yet another female teacher having sex with her students -dave

[2007-03-01 11:28:40] - a: i don't actually know WHY i was expecting that; i haven't used dtd much and i'm trying to think of how i used xml at my last job, but it is escaping me. (you really forget a lot of stuff in 4 months!) -amy

[2007-03-01 11:28:01] - a: i dunno, i think i was expecting like how you described dtd. a bunch of functions where you can pass in a tag name (and more parameters as necessary) or something and it gives you back the content of that tag. oh well i am basically writing that, after using the xml parser to load everything into an array. -amy

[2007-02-28 20:55:18] - amy:  maybe you're used to dtd.  in dtd, you tell the dtd-thing to read the whole file into memory, then you're given a dtd-object-thing that you can look at.  in sax, you DON'T tell the sax-thing to read the whole file into memory.  instead, you give the sax-thing callback functions to call when it gets to various parts of the file.  ~a

[2007-02-28 20:40:59] - amy:  how's it different than a regular sax parser?  you give it functions for callbacks and it calls you back as it reads the file.  ~a

[2007-02-28 20:38:28] - amy:  i have not!  ~a

[2007-02-28 17:08:52] - anybody every used PHP's XML parser? it is weird. i think so, anyway. totally different than what i would have expected. -amy

[2007-02-28 12:01:16] - Dave: Well, you could've make a ton more than me. I was just wishing I could've bought some stocks on the cheap. -Paul

[2007-02-28 11:36:04] - Yeah, there was a ton of money to be made yesterday. I didn't have the guts to do anything tho -dave

[2007-02-28 11:27:11] - Man, I wish I had some spare cash on hand. I would've liked to have bought some stocks yesterday and today. -Paul

[2007-02-28 10:42:06] - Paul: well the market really didn't drop all that much, it only dropped 3.3% (DOW) and 3.7% (RUT).  That being said, there were definite negatives to yesterday's drop for me. Like now i'm at a much greater risk of losing money than before. I just haven't lost any yet -dave

[2007-02-28 10:37:03] - Dave: I see. So the drop so far didn't hurt you but in fact helped you? Why does it seem like no matter what happens, you're happy and making money? -Paul

[2007-02-28 10:32:58] - paul: but on the flip side, there's a greater chance that I will lose money -dave

[2007-02-28 10:32:20] - paul: so to sum up, yesterday's fall wasn't good, but as long as the market doesn't fall a bunch more, it won't have changed my gains. In fact, it will make future gains higher since people are more scared now -dave

[2007-02-28 10:23:39] - hmm, lotta typos. correction would be - I could change it so that I had options for May ... -dave

[2007-02-28 10:22:44] - omg hahaha, you're cracking me up with those titles, whoever you are - vinnie

[2007-02-28 10:22:24] - Paul: so rto be a bit more specific, right now I have some options that are roughly 8% out of the money for April. If the market falls say another 6% (leaving me 2% out of the money) I could change it say I had options for May that were 4% out of the money (and roughly break even on money) -dave

[2007-02-28 10:21:02] - Paul: in addition to that, if the market falls say another 6%, I could then roll out my options another month even further out of the money. -dave

[2007-02-28 10:19:39] - Paul: well there's not exactly a clear-cut answer to that. If I were to try and exit all of my current positions, I would lose around 26k. At the same time tho, as long as the market doesn't fall another 8% in the next month or so, I will have made roughly 6-10k. -dave

[2007-02-28 09:58:07] - Dave: So, any significant damage to your portfolio over the past couple of days? -Paul

[2007-02-28 09:57:52] - Xpovos: Thanks. I'll think about it. -Paul

[2007-02-28 09:27:21] - aaron:  yeah, until i had seen that svg file, i had assumed you couldn't put javascript into a picture format  i assume it only works on web browsers.  ~a

[2007-02-28 07:35:50] - Paul: If you want a different job that isn't programming related at all and probably is just as boring, we're still looking for someone here. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-28 01:21:23] - a: http://www.croczilla.com/svg/samples/svgtetris/svgtetris.svg tetris implemented as an SVG file - aaron

[2007-02-27 16:26:12] - Paul: I think you should go. Jobs are overrated ,) -amy

[2007-02-27 16:06:47] - Xpovos: Yeah, turns out I was a little wrong on their perception of things. -Paul

[2007-02-27 15:56:18] - haha.  silly market.  it must be going down because i sold off all of my mutual funds yesterday  ~a

[2007-02-27 15:48:48] - Paul: Weren't you just talking about demanding a raise? -- Xpovos

[2007-02-27 15:03:16] - amy: No! I refuse... But if you go to this cute lil place near me I would totally meet you there... ~gurkie

[2007-02-27 15:01:04] - Amy: I would be interested in going, but unfortunately I probably can't make it. I have to work extra hard this week to avoid getting fired. -Paul

[2007-02-27 14:49:57] - Wow, I've been doing IPB too much. [] = <> -- Xpovos

[2007-02-27 14:49:32] - amy: I'm out of vocal practice [i]and[/i] that's pretty far away for me.  So I think I'm a no. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-27 14:37:23] - if i went to an open mic tomorrow, would anybody be interested in going? it would be in herndon, and i'd be doing my singing/guitar thing. haven't decided whether or not i want to go yet... -amy

[2007-02-27 14:22:23] - Xpovos: I hope you're wrong. -Paul

[2007-02-27 13:57:34] - Paul: Time to test my new analysis skills.  Market bottoms out at around 11500 over the next month or three. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-27 13:39:54] - I guess I can't be too sad about my stocks today considering how the market is acting. At least I have a stock which is up 5% so far. -Paul

[2007-02-27 13:11:34] - http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/othrwhtmeat/index.html Click on the next buttons and then the 'punchline' link. -- Xpovos

[2007-02-27 11:05:17] - amy: yes, but if it's one person, then my joke doesn't work - vinnie

[2007-02-27 09:08:30] - sororities suck http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/education/25sorority.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 (yes i once wanted to rush, glad i didnt) ~gurkie

[2007-02-26 23:43:54] - amy/vinnie:  you can always look at the history:  wiki history  ~a

[2007-02-26 19:06:41] - *** amy ventures a guess that it is all the work of one person...

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