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[2007-05-09 12:16:53] - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070509/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cheap_gas_7 and we wonder why gas prices get higher... - mig
[2007-05-09 10:56:59] - a: Well, in our case, it was a little more than one byte per row. I can't remember the exact conversion we're doing, but I think it involves changing some decent sized varchar to an int. -Paul
[2007-05-09 10:50:09] - xpovos: how many rows in your average case? ~a
[2007-05-09 10:49:35] - xpovos: understood. ~a
[2007-05-09 10:48:59] - ok. so, 1.4 billion rows * 1 byte = 1.4 gigs (hardware suffix). yeah, i could imagine that being a little bit more of a problem. though i have a feeling that xpovos isn't dealing with 1.4 billion rows. ~a
[2007-05-09 10:48:49] - And then there's the fact that storage isn't just storage. It's the time it takes to read and write from longterm into short term storage. So the bigger the data, and the further apart they are, the harder the system has to work (the less efficient it is). Actually, my initial concern was that I should use MEDIUMINT not SMALLINT. I shouldn't. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 10:41:47] - a: Er... I mean I take back what I said, not that I lied. -Paul
[2007-05-09 10:39:01] - a: Actually, I lied too. I just took a look at the table and it's 1.4 billion rows, not hundreds of millions. -Paul
[2007-05-09 10:38:06] - a: Both, but primarily storage. I fount TINYINT which does what I want too, really it's no so much that you can store 80billion SMALLINTS, but that there's a 8 bit difference, which means an extra byte per row, which results in a lot of extra data in the database for a 30,000 row database. Oooh, wow 25K, right? A medium sized jpeg. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 10:34:05] - a: I've actually lost more than $2k because at one point I was up around $10k. So if you take that into account, I've actually lost a great deal more. -Paul
[2007-05-09 10:32:35] - a: Very true. I just remember thinking the exact same thing before I had to deal with hundreds of millions of rows here and trying to keep a couple of gigs free on hard drives. -Paul
[2007-05-09 10:32:24] - paul: wait . . . i take back what i said. when you have hundreds of millions of records, then an extra 10 bytes completely wasted is only a few gigs! a gig costs about $1 in hardware costs, right? i'm all about efficiency in the general case, but in specific cases (like here), then it's a waste of time to overstudy the problem. ~a
[2007-05-09 10:28:59] - paul: i've lost more than 2k on amd. and i still haven't sold. ~a
[2007-05-09 10:28:45] - paul: understood. but when you only have hundreds of thousands of records, then you have to put it all in perspective. ~a
[2007-05-09 10:14:25] - a: You would be surprised by how important bytes become when you have hundreds of millions of records.
-Paul[2007-05-09 10:13:23] - Momentous occasion. I finally bit the bullet and sold my AMD stock for a final loss of $2k.
-Paul[2007-05-09 10:10:35] - xpovos: "int optimization"? are you talking about for storage or for lookup? if you're only talking about storage, then two bytes isn't much data and harddrives are huge. you can store 80 billion smallints on your average new harddrive nowadays. ~a
[2007-05-09 08:37:06] - The things we forget. I was looking up data types in MySQL, because I was concerned about overflow on some of my int fields. SMALLINT is 0-65535 (unsigned). I thought maybe it would be, y'know 0-255. There must be a helluva lot of int optimization going on, else I'd be better off with another data type. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 06:59:46] - Membership is needed to view the actual paper, but the abstract sums it up pretty well. 80%+ of the population is uniquely identifiable based on 5-digit zip code, gender and date of birth. Data is from the 1990 census, so as population increases, this number will decrease, but not fast. http://privacy.cs.cmu.edu/dataprivacy/papers/LIDAP-WP4abstract.html -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 23:04:33] - a: anyway it's moot, i found all the tracks on soulseek, and i didn't like the CD that much anyway - aaron
[2007-05-08 23:04:13] - a: not quite that malicious, it just seemed to freeze up my system whenever anything tried to read the drive - aaron
[2007-05-08 19:00:50] - as a second aside, did the disc install that spyware onto your system? ~a
[2007-05-08 18:59:53] - . . . since i don't run pc or mac. ~a
[2007-05-08 18:59:38] - aaron: you should give me the cd so i can translate it into a format you can place on your ipod. ~a
[2007-05-08 18:59:03] - aaron: you're talking about the sony/bmg thing? ~a
[2007-05-08 18:28:37] - a: it may have been misleading, it was a CD i bought which was deliberately made not to be readable by PC or Mac. I was upset because it meant i couldn't put the tracks on my iPod. If it's not DRM it's definitely defectiveByDesign, i should tag it that - aaron
[2007-05-08 18:20:27] - a: that is a really messed up coincedence, i just tagged something with "drm" yesterday at amazon.com - aaron
[2007-05-08 18:09:49] - aaron: i understand. don't you love having your consumer electronics devices rebel against you? i.e. defective by design. ~a
[2007-05-08 18:06:25] - a: i didn't hate it but it was too long to have no fast-forwarding - aaron
[2007-05-08 17:26:51] - mooooooooooooooo
[2007-05-08 15:10:40] - it's full of the same sort of dry comedy you always get out of aaron sorkin (see west wing & sports night) ~a
[2007-05-08 15:09:05] - aaron: studio 60 on the sunset strip. i actually like that show. ~a
[2007-05-08 15:05:33] - "studio 50 on the blitz" or something, some less-funny show than Friends which had Matthew Perry and i couldn't fast forward during the entire thing. i ended up just watching something else because it was annoying - aaron
[2007-05-08 15:04:32] - http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/video-on-demand-deal-bars-ad-skipping/story.aspx?guid=%7BD3E00E8E-DB73-4E1B-BCC8-2FDECF91CAE8%7D video on demand deal bars ad skipping... i don't know how much you guys use video on demand, but have you ever watched a program on DVR that you couldn't fast forward? ABC did this once or twice to me - aaron
[2007-05-08 13:08:04] - http://law.freeadvice.com/government_law/social_security_law/social_security_tax.htm The final word. -Paul
[2007-05-08 13:06:43] - amy: Only half the social security taxes come out of the person's paycheck. The employer pays the other half. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 13:05:50] - Paul: Also, you'd probably have to pay more than $3/hr base around here. Even though it's permissible, you'll either have insanely high turnover, or very low quality employees, or none at all. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 12:40:46] - and i thought social security and taxes come out of the person's paycheck. unless there are additional taxes to be paid bc you have an employee? but i'm pretty sure you own taxes will only go down because you have an employee. -amy
[2007-05-08 12:38:49] - paul: that makes sense. -amy
[2007-05-08 12:03:54] - "shepherds would only tend their flocks to protect new-born lambs, which are born in spring. But Bethlehem was near Jerusalem and many of the sheep ...came from there. The surrounding hills were prime grazing land, and shepherds worked in the area day and night, all year round. Therefore it is not possible to draw any conclusion about the time of year of Christ's birth" ~a
[2007-05-08 12:03:52] - interesting but unsubstantiated claim that jesus might have been born in december (despite the claims he must have been born in spring): (cont) ~a
[2007-05-08 11:42:22] - I hadn't thought about having to pay taxes and social security and whatnot, but I think most of the numbers there would be on the high side (except maybe I would need more than two waiters at a time). -Paul
[2007-05-08 11:41:33] - xgurkmy: My calculations were: $3 an hour * 16 hours a day * 2 waiters at all times * 30 days in a month = $2880. -Paul
[2007-05-08 11:38:21] - xpovos: But he wouldnt want 1 waiter/waiteress for 40 hours a week. He needs someone on staff for all open hours, I am assuming as a bar he wouldnt want to be opened only 40 hours a week ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 11:33:33] - amy: Paul probably got $3000 from ~$5/hr * 40hr/wk *4wk/mo. = ~$3200. So, since he's looking at a less than situation, "only $3k a month max" fits. I was merely cautioning him that the monies paid to the employee are but a fraction of the actual cost of hiring a person. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 11:21:26] - i don't know where you came up with $3k but my salary was significantly less than that and also there was no health care. -amy
[2007-05-08 11:12:35] - paul: also, our busboys were illegial immigrants and paid under the table. -amy
[2007-05-08 11:12:24] - Paul: when i was a waitress, i was paid $2.83, minimum wage at the time and in that state (if it differs by state). i worked about 40 hrs/week and sometimes more and i believe they paid me the excess in cash, or else put it in the next time sheet so that it wouldn't be over 40 hrs per time period. -amy
[2007-05-08 11:06:43] - Paul: Yes, no health care costs to absorb, which helps, but I'm just squashing your hope of hiring someone for a 'mere' $3000 per month. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 10:59:49] - Xpovos: I imagine restaurant workers probably don't get health care or anything like that. That would also add a ton to the cost of employment. -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:50:48] - Paul: Don't forget about employment taxes. As the employer you'd be required to pay over ~7.5% of their salary as social security tax, as well as any other applicable taxes and fees, and you can be sure there's lots. Basically, safer to assume, particularly with low wage employees, that the cost to employ is roughly double the salary. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 10:48:30] - Gurkie: Nice, so that means waiters/waitresses would only cost $3k a month max. -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:44:05] - paul: yea i think they get like 2.5 or something an hour because it is assumed that tips will take them up over minimum wage. ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 10:41:24] - a: Ok, that's good. Means no overtime. I've heard they usually get paid low salaries too. -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:37:54] - paul: less. ~a
[2007-05-08 10:29:54] - a: that sounds like trouble... unless it was like... OMG amy kissed vinnie at amys gig. in which case it wouldnt be very amusing or trouble. ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 10:29:49] - a: Are you saying they usually work more or less? -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:27:54] - gurkie: i have a story like that but it wasn't very amusing. ~a
[2007-05-08 10:27:32] - paul: tree fiddy - pierce
[2007-05-08 10:27:29] - paul: i know this doesn't answer your question, but they usually don't work 40 hours / week. ~a
[2007-05-08 10:24:41] - Does anybody know how much the average restaurant worker (waiter/busboy/food preparer) makes in terms of salary alone? -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:22:07] - Gurkie: I prefer to think of your comment in the context as Xpovos laid it out. -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:20:22] - title: that could have been so much more amusing... like "didnt you hear ___ kissed _____ at so and so's party..." inserting names of people i know. ~gurkie\
[2007-05-08 10:18:18] - gurkie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207201/quotes . . . the quote is either (slightly) wrong there or wrong here. - title
[2007-05-08 10:16:09] - to whom it may concern: my response only applies if you assume paul was not saying i would suck it and that i would like the uppity way pierce talks. ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 10:14:23] - paul: not only would i but i do. i think its fun! you might like it too if you could understand him ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 10:14:13] - Paul: Are you saying gurkie would suck it? That doesnt sound very nice. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-08 10:12:45] - title: who is kissing who??? ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 10:11:16] - Gurkie: You would. -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:11:04] - Pierce: Suck it. -Paul
[2007-05-08 10:10:06] - ~gurkie
[2007-05-08 10:10:03] - pierce: i like the way you talk. it has an uppity holier than thou without the holy bit feel to it...
[2007-05-08 10:01:04] - paul: admirably succint response, I'll concede, but its qualitative value is suboptimal. - pierce
[2007-05-08 09:57:53] - Pierce: No. -Paul
[2007-05-08 09:48:46] - paul: I have to admit, I find myself harboring notable levels of resentment and feelings of betrayal as a direct consequence of your unending criticism vis a vis my verbose and convoluted style of personal communication, and I'd ask you to please desist ALL YOUR DAMN BITCHING. - pierce
[2007-05-08 09:37:01] - Pierce: Somebody for you to aspire to be more like?
-Paul[2007-05-07 15:17:55] - paul: and you say I'm long-winded... http://denisdutton.com/bad_writing.htm - pierce
[2007-05-07 15:07:57] - settlers of catan on xbox360 http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/catan/index.html -sam
[2007-05-07 12:16:22] - mig: IMO, the PvP makes a lot of sense too, if they want it to be appealing to that major korean market. That fits in perfectly with the desire for highly competative gaming, with exremely devoted gamers. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-07 11:53:38] - i'm guessing though that means that starcraft: ghost is getting trashed, or i guess actually just being morphed because a lot of what the mmo could be what ghost was aiming for. - mig
[2007-05-07 10:15:37] - yeah, i'm thinking it would probably be pvp-oriented, since WoW pvp has just been an atrocious failure. - mig
[2007-05-07 09:57:23] - My guess is that if this is true, it'll be more structured. You'll control your unit, to a limited extent, but the entire game might consist of waiting for the PvP battleground to open up and then following instructions on where to go and who/what to attack, and the better you follow the instructions, and the better your controls are autonomously, the better your results.
[2007-05-07 08:55:29] - pieaba: It's possible that they could style it more in the vein of guild wars, where the "MMO" part is in the towns and stuff but when you go out exploring it's essentially an instance. - mig
[2007-05-07 08:49:25] - Actually, I was thinking a lot recently about a release of Diablo III, which would make -much- more sense as an MMORPG than Starcraft. My guess is that this new Starcraft is something completely different. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-06 13:37:09] - aba: I can only hope that if they did somethink like a MMORTS, that they'd spend a lot of time polishing an underdog advantage. like, maybe friendly fire is a huge problem for massive invading forces. - pierce
[2007-05-06 13:30:14] - the main problem with mmo strategy games that I see is that it doesn't make sense for an entire faction to disappear when someone logs out, but players will be very unhappy if their units are vulnerable when they're not there to protect them. - pierce
[2007-05-06 13:29:25] - pierce: i've been pvp-ing around halaa in nagrand a bit recently, and as horde it is a giant pain to get anything of significance done. i'd hate for the entirety of the new starcraft game to be just like that. - aba
[2007-05-06 13:28:17] - pierce: if they make it into a mmo strategy game where factions have to try to hold onto world pvp objectives, the game will need a way to mitigate the player generated racial imbalances that wow has. - aba
[2007-05-06 13:23:59] - pierce: i agree.
just an interesting article is all. - aba[2007-05-06 10:17:59] - also, my point about fragmentation still stands. I'd assume the vast majority of people aren't going to subscribe to two MMO games at the same time, regardless of whether they're in different subgenres. - pierce
[2007-05-06 03:41:35] - oh, interesting, I guess I misread "MMO" as "MMORPG". Okay, I can concede the possibility that they'll make it as a massively-multiplayer strategy game of some sort, although I'd be curious to see specifically what that entails. - pierce
[2007-05-06 03:39:17] - seems like an awfully small market to aim for, especially at the risk of fragmenting the community structure of WoW as some people migrate to Starcraft and others stay in their old WoW guilds. - pierce
[2007-05-06 03:38:32] - aba: I would be extremely shocked if that was the case, "well placed sources" or not. It would be very counterintuitive for them to introduce a product that competes with themselves so directly. the only thing they'd have to gain is people who like MMORPGs, who like blizzard but not WoW or the warcraft lore... - pierce
[2007-05-06 02:07:07] - paul: next starcraft as an mmo? http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163207 - aba
[2007-05-05 18:44:11] - and just shoot me. ~a
[2007-05-05 18:37:41] - pierce: or sarah silverman's show. or random comedy central standup. ~a
[2007-05-05 08:01:41] - metal by numbers by brian posehn, who you may remember from Mr. Show... a few notable and amusing cameos - pierce
[2007-05-04 18:19:01] - http://movies.go.com/movie_trailers The trailer for the next Harry Potter movie is looking pretty spiffy. -Paul
[2007-05-04 15:47:05] - directions to my gig tonight: http://www.esotericaofleesburg.com/directions.htm i will be at Esoterica in Leesburg, playing from 7-9. -amy
[2007-05-04 13:37:16] - a: heh i was responding to paul and pierce's little debate; i don't think dave's post was there when i was writing mine. -amy
[2007-05-04 12:47:34] - a: That's beautiful! Hurrah for google. So simple, but so useful. As an aside, I'm a poor typist after coffee and the enter key is right next to the apostraphe key on my QWERTY. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-04 12:46:50] - a: That
[2007-05-04 12:46:30] - a: I lost context too. Awkward. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-04 12:43:43] - google: 1 kg m^2 per s^3 ~a
[2007-05-04 12:32:31] - amy: i hope to god you're not responding to dave's post (i originally thought you were). ~a
[2007-05-04 12:30:47] - ...it's not a contest... ^_^; (but i DO win, of course.) -amy
[2007-05-04 12:29:08] - "As strange as this sounds, it's like a woman being unable to tell whether she's ever had an orgasm. If she thinks it might have happened, or it felt like it kind of happened one time ... it didn't happen. When it happens, they know. Then they feel stupid for all the other times when they thought it had happened. " -dave
[2007-05-04 12:28:58] - "It's easy to discount the spiritual impact of basketball crowds if you haven't attended a playoff game with special fans before. There's no way to understand it unless it definitely has happened to you. Then you know." Sports Guy on playoff fans -dave
[2007-05-04 12:28:42] - Pierce: All I know is that you started your statement with "more to the point" and STILL managed to be less to the point than Amy's post.
-Paul[2007-05-04 12:08:22] - paul: contraindicated = recommended against. see? fewer words, fewer characters, I'm all about the brevity baby! (plus it was a much better fit for my sentence, gramatically) - pierce
[2007-05-04 11:53:51] - Amy: I like your answer better. It used smaller words (contraindicted!?) and was more to the point.
-Paul[2007-05-04 11:47:03] - amy: by that same technicality, starving the baby completely would've been veganism too... so we won't hold the technicalities against the practice itself. - pierce
[2007-05-04 11:46:10] - dave: yeah, I dunno. we don't have all the details but it sounds a lot more like criminal neglect/negligent manslaughter than murder. - pierce
[2007-05-04 11:45:57] - (well technically it's veganism too, but whatever) -amy
[2007-05-04 11:43:46] - aba: agreed, this is not veganism, this is lack of knowledge on how to care for a baby... -amy
[2007-05-04 11:42:49] - ...aaand basically everything that pierce just said. .p -amy
[2007-05-04 11:42:05] - paul: i think it would be fat. soy milk is high in protein, it comes from beans. both soy milk and apple juice are very low in fat. also, mother's milk probably has vitamins and minerals that the others lack. -amy
[2007-05-04 11:27:06] - i mean, they fed it something, if they hadn't fed it anything i would understand more -dave
[2007-05-04 11:26:53] - but still, it wasn't like they were trying to kill there kid right? -dave
[2007-05-04 11:14:07] - more to the point, milk is specifically balanced for infant nutritionary needs, basically by definition. even formula, which is designed to closely mimic those nutrients, is contraindicated. apple juice and soy milk, even if given in quanities to meet the caloric needs (which we don't even know was true) are nowhere close. - pierce
[2007-05-04 11:10:19] - paul: fats? vitamins? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk#Nutritional_benefits - pierce
[2007-05-04 11:06:11] - paul: love. ~a
[2007-05-04 10:36:17] - I didn't read the whole article, but what exactly is so terribly wrong with a diet of soy milk and apple juice? I mean, I'm not surprised it's not healthy for a baby, but I can't think of what nutrient is missing. Protein? -Paul
[2007-05-04 10:34:10] - dave: i'm sure that true vegans are going to be really hurt and angered by this story b/c they have no issues at all with breast feeding newborns/young children. this is just going to make them look bad. - aba
[2007-05-04 10:32:59] - dave: it turns out the baby was born in their bathtub and never taken to a doctor. they only took the body to the hospital after the baby died. - aba
[2007-05-04 10:32:08] - dave: looks like they only became "vegan" after they were charged with neglect and needed a defense. i think these people were just really terrible parents and deserve to be put away for that. - aba
[2007-05-04 10:25:43] - dave: depending on the consequences. ~a
[2007-05-04 09:54:29] - http://digg.com/health/Vegan_Parents_Starve_Baby_to_Death_on_Soy_Milk_Apple_Juice_Diet vegans feed baby soy milk and apple juice. Apparently it died and now they've been given life sentences for killing it. That seems rather extreme doesn't it? -dave
[2007-05-04 09:30:27] - Paul: Tickets += 2; -- Xpovos
[2007-05-04 09:18:13] - Xpovos: I also asked when would be a good time on Sunday for B5 for people. -Paul
[2007-05-04 09:17:49] - Xpovos: Afterwards, I was thinking we could all do dinner, and then poker at my place. -Paul
[2007-05-04 09:17:34] - Xpovos: Spiderman 3 tomorrow @ 3:15pm at the movie theater near the former Tower Records. Let me know if you want me to buy you tickets (I'm getting them at 6pm today) or if you're even coming. -Paul
[2007-05-04 08:18:06] - Paul: Given that I don't have full gmail access at work, can you post any information re: the weekend events here? -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 17:17:32] - vinnie: i'll be there around 6:15. ~a
[2007-05-03 16:10:31] - vinnie: i'll go to nvcc today. aaron won't be there though. ~a
[2007-05-03 15:35:32] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_community -Paul
[2007-05-03 15:32:18] - Vinnie: Not just ridiculous, add in privacy concerns. I personally think privacy is about as dead as the concept of the electoral college, but that doesn't stop people from demanding it. Still, so far the only place anyone has a right to privacy is in the woman's womb. (And that's a pretty tenuous one). -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 15:20:28] - hey, also, are we going to nvcc today? - vinnie
[2007-05-03 15:17:49] - I'm trying to think of an example like this, from the past. where some company tried to introduce a security measure that everyone thought was ridiculous, but it ended up becoming the standard because all the manufacturers adopted it - vinnie
[2007-05-03 15:16:49] - that's really crappy, but the whole requiring an internet connection thing doesn't seem so weird. I wouldn't be surprised if the next major format is designed with that firmly in mind. sure, people hate it, but Internet connections are becoming so ubiquitous anyway - vinnie
[2007-05-03 13:30:05] - aaron: it looks like the internet connection isn't only for updates. i think you can download other dubbed languages/subtitles, and other extended content. ~a
[2007-05-03 13:17:40] - aaron: hmmm. not all bluray players are required to have internet support. i wonder how bluray would "solve" this problem. ~a
[2007-05-03 13:15:30] - it will play the old ones. ~a
[2007-05-03 13:06:13] - a: But will they play the old ones, still? If they're just overwriting the key, I can forsee some compatability issues. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 13:00:11] - lolol. that's the only reason it needs an internet connection? that's awful. - aaron
[2007-05-03 12:53:44] - lame. ~a
[2007-05-03 12:53:33] - xpovos: if you don't do the update then you can't play the new movies (weak). ~a
[2007-05-03 12:52:49] - xpovos: like aaron just suggested, the old players can be "updated" via an internet connection. ~a
[2007-05-03 12:52:12] - aaron: they require an internet connection for "updates". still, i agree that is really weak. ~a
[2007-05-03 12:36:40] - yeah i don't get it. do HD-DVD players require an internet connection? that is really weak - aaron
[2007-05-03 12:04:17] - So then, you have two different HD-DVD drive types out there. The old and the new. And either the disks work on both (in which case Greshem's Law says the old systems win, and hence so do the hackers) or the old disks are defunct, and HD-DVD loses huge market share and has a public relations fiasco. So clearly I'm missing something. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 12:02:29] - a: I don't understand how that will work. They send out a new key (and even assuming it's not cracked three days later) all systems have to be manually upgraded (which can be circumvented by not connecting to the internet). -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 11:59:28] - way to bounce back, mr. stock market. ~a
[2007-05-03 11:30:50] - when they put "In response to attacks against certain PC-based applications for playing HD DVD and Blu-ray movie discs" they're really masking the problem and making it seem like a limited problem. this problem doesn't just affect certain pc-based applications. it also affects every disc playable by those players (i.e. every hddvd released and every player released). ~a
[2007-05-03 11:28:34] - "Through this online update process, manufacturers are also able to see that consumers update their player implementations prior to distribution of encryption key expiration information via new movie discs." from aacs's webpage. ~a
[2007-05-03 11:28:19] - "Consumers can continue to enjoy content that is protected by the AACS technology by refreshing the encryption keys associated with their HD DVD and Blu-ray software players. This refresh process is accomplished via a straightforward online update.
[2007-05-03 11:28:12] - "In response to attacks against certain PC-based applications for playing HD DVD and Blu-ray movie discs, Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator, LLC (“AACS LA”) announces that it has taken action, in cooperation with relevant manufacturers, to expire the encryption keys associated with the specific implementations of AACS-enabled software.
[2007-05-03 10:48:39] - paul: scratch that. we've already heard aacs's side of the story ~a
[2007-05-03 10:47:07] - paul: yes it's clear but it's only one side of the story. ~a
[2007-05-03 09:14:58] - Pierce: Ah, that EFF link explains things pretty clearly to me. It's against the law because they pretty much made that specific thing against the law.
-Paul[2007-05-03 09:12:08] - Pierce: 33 characters or longer.
-Paul[2007-05-03 08:14:18] - pierce: Very true. All the same, it's not strictly a copyright issue, because the code is not, and was never meant to be published. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 07:18:22] - here's an excellent synopsis of the history and legal issues: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005229.php - pierce
[2007-05-03 07:10:25] - xpovos: if it was just a normal trade secret (like the recipe for coca-cola) that might be true, but this case is complicated by the DMCA, which adds extra protections against "circumvention" measures. - pierce
[2007-05-03 06:50:09] - The argument isn't even copyright. It's trade secrets. Completely different ball game. AACS owns that technology, and whoever leaked it is vulnerable. People posting/displaying it are pretty much free and clear unless it's with clear malicious intent. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-03 00:31:52] - a: sorry, to be clear, I didn't mean this was a case of copyright. just that "short" or "long" doesn't necessarily determine intellectual property rights. - pierce
[2007-05-03 00:17:08] - pierce: i think uniqueness isn't the only quality for copyright. otherwise i could copyright pi. or 01234567890123456789. or a one off of the hddvd key. anyways i don't think this is a copyright issue. ~a
[2007-05-03 00:16:09] - heh. ~a
[2007-05-02 22:13:37] - I'd say a really clever limerick would meet all our qualifications for copyright, and it's probably tons more likely that more than one person would come up with the same one independently than the HD-DVD code. - pierce
[2007-05-02 22:12:22] - Paul: re: "such a short series of letters and numbers." disregarding for the moment the larger arguments against the DMCA, what content length is "long enough" to be protectable? the HD-DVD code is short, but random enough that the chances of reproducing it accidentally are negligible. - pierce
[2007-05-02 19:55:57] - title: huh? ~a
[2007-05-02 15:40:53] - Here's the official release: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=pressreleases&agId=Agov3&prModName=gov3pressrelease&prFile=agov3_pr_070425_forclosures.xml -- Xpovos
[2007-05-02 15:26:12] - Paul: That's the thing. It can't really work. The whole thing is so confused that it could only have sprung from a politician's mind. The 'request' part is because the lawyers told them they couldn't force the issue. Hurrah for the commerce clause. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-02 15:13:59] - Xpovos: How exactly would that work? Banks aren't allowed to try to collect on money from people? -Paul
[2007-05-02 15:13:50] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_Problem - aaron
[2007-05-02 15:10:26] - Massachusetts has 'requested' a moratorium on forclosures. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-02 14:13:25] - aaron: dah. sorry. ~a
[2007-05-02 13:26:32] - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-3.html yesterday was loyalty day, apparently. Did you sing the praises of the fatherland? - mig
[2007-05-02 13:12:28] - a: nah it was linked off of pierce's article - aaron
[2007-05-02 12:13:26] - aaron: wha? oh. you had the hddvd encryption key memorized? ~a
[2007-05-02 12:01:10] - a: i just linked to it 'cause it had the HD-DVD encryption key as the example (in that revision) - aaron
[2007-05-02 11:57:58] - aaron: you'll still be able to use existing urls with ipv6. dns has support for ipv6 so it's all cool. ~a
[2007-05-02 11:57:30] - aaron: people don't usually use ip's inside of addresses. lest we forget how annoying http://198.82.111.33/ was to type. ~a
[2007-05-02 11:17:30] - paul: that's cool - seems like it would make a good online game. i hope the trading is flexible - aaron
[2007-05-02 11:03:28] - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPv6&oldid=127593105#Literal_IPv6_Addresses_in_URLs ha ha. interesting example url - aaron
[2007-05-02 10:47:46] - I would be interested in knowing how one exactly sues somebody for posting such a short series of letters and numbers.... -Paul
[2007-05-02 10:45:56] - pierce: looks like digg got their filters together, it's no longer on the front page - aaron
[2007-05-02 10:39:26] - paul: http://www.metafilter.com/60808/User-revolt-at-Digg - pierce
[2007-05-02 10:25:54] - Pierce: Litigation bait? -Paul
[2007-05-02 10:17:19] - not that there are any likely consequences, but still. - pierce
[2007-05-02 10:16:22] - if Mr. Universe isn't ~a, then maybe you should save your litigation bait for your own web site. - pierce
[2007-05-02 10:10:59] - http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/784/784819p1.html It seems like Settlers of Catan is coming to Xbox Live Arcade. -Paul
[2007-05-02 09:48:55] - 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0. Can't stop the signal, Mal. - Mr. Universe
[2007-05-02 09:40:39] - Hardly a regular, but Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien (of the prestigious Kyoto O'Brien family, I presume) was an Asian character. - pierce
[2007-05-02 09:20:06] - a: Nah, it's not weird. Starfleet is a group of overly smart people interested in science. Why would there be any asians there? -Paul
[2007-05-02 01:31:21] - gesundheit!
[2007-05-01 23:42:05] - i guess DS9 was the same. but DS9 sucks. ~a
[2007-05-01 23:41:49] - is it weird that the TNG cast had no characters/actors from asia? ~a
[2007-05-01 21:43:56] - a: Mostly. -Paul
[2007-05-01 21:36:04] - because you're an asshole? ~a
[2007-05-01 21:32:40] - a: I forgive little.
-Paul[2007-05-01 21:26:11] - needless to say, i'm usually more careful when editing wikipedia than i am when posting to the message board. i figured that my friends were more forgiving than they apparently are. ~a
[2007-05-01 21:24:29] - paul: fuck you. ~a
[2007-05-01 21:19:56] - a: "allows" -Paul
[2007-05-01 21:05:36] - . . . unlike the message board. ~a
[2007-05-01 21:05:21] - paul: wikipedia also alows for people who make mistakes to correct them. ~a
[2007-05-01 21:02:00] - a: I guess you don't qualify then, huh?
-Paul[2007-05-01 20:51:37] - * adequately. ~a
[2007-05-01 20:49:38] - pierce: you don't need to be an expert on "happy corner" to edit the happy corner page. in this case, anybody who adaquately knows english can correct an obviously incorrect phrasing. ~a
[2007-05-01 20:30:59] - more specifically, I'm hardly an expert on the subject. maybe it is a subculture, I dunno. I don't feel comfortable "correcting" it and possibly making it less accurate than it was before. - pierce
[2007-05-01 20:30:09] - a: I'd prefer to make fun of it, if that's okay.
- pierce[2007-05-01 20:10:03] - err, change it. ~a
[2007-05-01 20:09:47] - pierce: remove it. ~a
[2007-05-01 20:07:50] - Also, "subculture" seems like a strong word, doesn't it? I still can't forgive the happy corner subculture for their ethnic cleansing of the native purple nurple tribes. - pierce
[2007-05-01 20:04:26] - "Some have also criticized the Happy Corner subculture for contributing to an openness in attitude in sexual relationships among students." man, people will find that complaint in anything, won't they. - pierce
[2007-05-01 17:40:11] - a: there's so much i don't know about the culture of my heritage... -amy
[2007-05-01 15:29:32] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Corner . . . my favorite part is the illustration. ~a
[2007-05-01 15:15:12] - "In general, fewer than 10 students a year at the business school are found guilty of cheating" how big is their business school? isn't 10 a pretty high number? ~a
[2007-05-01 14:36:26] - 34 Duke Business Students Face Discipline for Cheating http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/us/01duke.html -sam
[2007-05-01 14:32:35] - paul: i never got to ask the ceo that. i'll keep the question in mind for the next chance i get.
- aba[2007-05-01 14:11:36] - aba: If they keep cutting dead weight, why do they keep hiring it back then?
-Paul[2007-05-01 13:49:22] - paul: consulting is project based.... they still have to pay you if you're on the bench and not actively working. 50% is a rough estimate, but basically they keep cutting the dead weight. - aba
[2007-05-01 13:48:10] - aba: I guess that makes some sense, although it seems weird that they would essentially be trying to encourage 50% turnover. -Paul
[2007-05-01 13:44:55] - paul: i suppose it's important to note that consulting is a little bit more cut throat and performance based than most career paths..... if you aren't a top performer, why would they want to reward you or keep you around? - aba
[2007-05-01 13:42:29] - paul: nope. no raise. - aba
[2007-05-01 13:37:16] - aba: Did the 50% who got no annual raise receive any kind of cost of living increases? -Paul
[2007-05-01 13:28:37] - paul: working as a consultant at ibm, 50% of consultants received no annual raise at all. the other 50% were given raises on a bell curve with maybe the top 10% in the 15-25% raise range. - aba
[2007-05-01 13:24:39] - mig: So I'm thinking this might be one of the many things which has changed.
-Paul[2007-05-01 13:24:22] - mig: I'm pretty sure. We used to meet right after performance appraisals and that's when we were told our salary for the next year. It's been over a month since my performance appraisal and there has been no such meeting yet. -Paul
[2007-05-01 12:48:21] - paul: do you receive an annual raise? - mig
[2007-05-01 12:21:39] - paul: i've had about 10% per year on average... i think like you suggested, the higher your salary the lower % your raise will be - aaron
[2007-05-01 12:04:57] - Paul: I've never asked for a raise, either, and only got to 'negotiate' one. My average raise has been a little over 22%. But that is skewed by one promotional raise and a 25% raise. Strict performance based raises average about 15%. Again, as you said, though, likely because I started at such a low salary. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-01 11:47:44] - paul: i've never asked for a raise, but i figure i probably have an ok salary. ~a
[2007-05-01 11:38:19] - a: The reason I was thinking about this is because I might have a meeting with the boss unit sometime this week or next and I was pondering whether or not to ask for a raise. -Paul
[2007-05-01 11:37:42] - a: Even simpler, I just whipped up a spreadsheet and plugged in my starting salary and started guessing what percent I need to compoundly multiply it by to get my salary in 2006. -Paul
[2007-05-01 11:24:59] - paul: i find out about my new raise in the next five days. without that knowledge, i've had 8.0% per raise over my first three raises. my fourth raise will probably beat that amount. ~a
[2007-05-01 11:20:53] - paul: you used fractional exponents (not sumation and division) to calculate the average, right? in the end, fractional exponents will come out to about the same answer as sumation and division for salary purposes. ~a
[2007-05-01 10:48:30] - That seems high to me, but maybe that's just because I started off with a relatively low salary. -Paul
[2007-05-01 10:46:24] - So, I was doing a little math because things were actually a little slow this morning at work and by my calculations, from my starting salary of $35k in 2003 to my salary in 2006, I've gotten an average of about a 12% raise a year. -Paul
[2007-05-01 08:53:14] - "kil" is a fairly standard gaelic prefix. So you get kil* larney, kil* kenny, kil* ravoc (a castle). c.f. 'cille' which translates as church. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-01 08:48:24] - too bad it wasn't the other way around (killkenny would be much funnier). ~a
[2007-05-01 08:47:51] - killarney (two Ls) and kilkenny (one L). yes. ~a
[2007-05-01 03:46:33] - but yeah, there is. and comedy central offered a vacation to it as a south park contest reward. - pierce
[2007-05-01 03:46:10] - sam: I think the city came first.
- pierce[2007-04-30 23:33:20] - a: wow there is a city in ireland called Kilkenny? Kill Kenny? -sam
[2007-04-30 15:10:44] - a: Acknowledged, but the distiction of "North America" loses some of it's ready understanding, then. -- Xpovos
[2007-04-30 15:00:48] - gurkie: i'm home. ireland was great. see pictures: http://aporter.org/pics/ ~a
[2007-04-30 14:51:07] - a: how was Ireland? ~gurkie
[2007-04-30 14:50:54] - a: im guessing ur home? ~gurkie
[2007-04-30 14:40:17] - which isn't that weird. mexico is more on par penetration%-wise with latin america than north america. ~a
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