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[2007-05-25 09:14:03] - amy: unless you set it to do that. do you want me to set the wiki password to be the same as your pics password? ~a
[2007-05-24 22:19:51] - a: wah i don't know what my login is to edit the aporter wiki. i guess it's not the same as the one to look at aporter pics. -amy
[2007-05-24 19:21:46] - but yeah all the live performance ones have a mic or a music stand in front. it's lame. -amy
[2007-05-24 19:21:28] - gurkie: well that was pretty much the best pic i have of me at live performance. i suppose i could have picked a non-performance picture but they all look stupid and fake because it's obvious i am just sitting there in my living room holding a guitar to pose for the camera. -amy
[2007-05-24 16:44:05] - often times it will even say what version of the webserver that they're running. ~a
[2007-05-24 16:38:28] - gurkie: for example http://midatl.fireduck.com/404 tells me that he runs apache. and http://www.msakademik.net/404 and http://www.studentconference.de/404 tells me that they run IIS. ~a
[2007-05-24 16:33:27] - gurkie: friendster apparently uses that as a valid url. i usually use "404" because usually nobody considers that a valid url. ~a
[2007-05-24 15:49:37] - a: it was the first one i tried after clicking on the 2 u posted... ~gurkie
[2007-05-24 15:49:18] - a: interesting... out of curiousity what is a good thing to see? http://www.friendster.com/404 ~gurkie
[2007-05-24 15:47:17] - nvcc is gut - vinnie
[2007-05-24 15:40:30] - gurkie: about 50% of the time the 404 page tells me much more about the software that's running than anywhere else. ~a
[2007-05-24 15:40:00] - gurkie: yes. that's what i usually do when i want to find out more about a webserver. i go to http://aporter.org/404 or http://www.google.com/404 . ~a
[2007-05-24 15:37:24] - amy: i like ur page, is looks like its very music oriented... im guessing you just want it to be music related? the only critique id have is one of the pics in the top right has a mic in front of your face... ~gurkie
[2007-05-24 15:36:18] - a: why were you just randomly adding extensions? did you want to see what happened with a 404 error? ~gurkie
[2007-05-24 15:29:32] - a: haha no problem. i'm still undecided about my name 'cause i've said things about my former company before, but then again i never mentioned what company it was either. but yeah, i'm aware of what the 404 does so you don't need to link it. i'll look up stuff on the web host's FAQ to see if there is some way to change that. thanks for pointing it out. -amy
[2007-05-24 15:22:07] - amy: the former. i typed in something random. i'd show you the link but it seems like you don't want me to link there
. . . it is something that depends on the web host service. i can only show you how to change it on the pages on this webserver. ~a[2007-05-24 15:14:43] - a: and to answer your question, it's because i didn't do anything with regards to the 404 error. that is the default. i also don't know how to change that, so i'm glad you brought that up. do you know how? or will that depend on the web host service? also where did you find 404s, did you just type stuff in randomly or is a link on my page broken? -amy
[2007-05-24 15:13:37] - a: i have it in the domain name but i never mentioned my last name, or the domain name on the mboard. so somebody looking only at the mboard cannot link the "amy" on the mboard to my web presence elsewhere. eh it's dumb. -amy
[2007-05-24 15:10:56] - aaron: yes. ~a
[2007-05-24 15:09:23] - amy: why do 404s on your new website take you to an advertising page? ~a
[2007-05-24 14:55:21] - amy: i don't know why either. you have it in your domain name. ~a
[2007-05-24 14:37:16] - (i feel like putting my last name on the mboard would be compromising my identity! i don't know why!) -amy
[2007-05-24 14:36:38] - yaaaaaay my new website is done. ish. until i play around with it some more later tonight. check it out: [my first name][my last name].com (no spaces or anything) -amy
[2007-05-24 14:30:41] - ddr_people: nvcc yes? - aaron
[2007-05-24 14:26:38] - a: yeaaaah but i don't want to use that at work - aaron
[2007-05-24 12:34:24] - aaron: bittorrent is one of the ways to download it. ~a
[2007-05-24 12:11:41] - pierce: wow i have to check that out when i get home. it's not on youtube or anything is it? - aaron
[2007-05-24 09:33:19] - a: thanks! ~gurkie
[2007-05-24 09:33:11] - pierce: obviously be terrified, its obviously a plot to subvert the human consciousness ~gurkie
[2007-05-24 06:58:21] - wow, wtf. video showing someone beating megamans 3-6 simultaneously, using the same input. don't know whether to be impressed or terrified. - pierce
[2007-05-23 19:33:37] - aaron: heh, he can pick a color anytime he wants. ~a
[2007-05-23 19:32:09] - better? ~a
[2007-05-23 19:31:24] - oops. i've been fucking around with stuff. ~a
[2007-05-23 18:17:52] - gurkie: i was wondering the same. // "maxlength="75"": boo-urns - kaleb
[2007-05-23 18:11:22] - paul = idiot
[2007-05-23 18:11:00] - Gurkie: Was he a man? If so, then he was right. -Paul
[2007-05-23 18:10:15] - (cont) doesnt make it right! ~gurkie
[2007-05-23 18:10:07] - paul: just cause (one of my many) chauvanistic tech leads said that
[2007-05-23 18:09:12] - Gurkie: Cobol sucks because it was made by a girl. Or so I've heard. -Paul
[2007-05-23 18:00:13] - a: why can i barely type before this thing runs out of space? ~gurkie
[2007-05-23 17:59:34] - pic s9(5)v99 & pic s9(03)v9(02) = bad types! i hate cobol copybooks ~gurkie
[2007-05-23 17:46:46] - kaleb: oo 10 more posts and you get a pretty color like us - aaron
[2007-05-23 17:01:09] - gurkie: thanks! i've been reading for a month, but just now posting - kaleb
[2007-05-23 16:32:48] - kaleb: welcome to the message board
~gurkie[2007-05-23 16:21:06] - aaron: you have to wonder who even came up with Gustavo's process; it seems too complex for that guy to have thought it up. // a: thedailywtf was definitely the better name. the site owner needs to stop wimping out - kaleb
[2007-05-23 14:44:51] - a: Most people agree with you, myself included. He switched because it was more P.C. and apparently got embarssased telling his grandmother about the site. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-23 14:43:03] - aaron: am i the only one that likes the name thedailywtf better than worsethanfailure? do you have any idea why they switched? ~a
[2007-05-23 14:25:48] - http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/The-Indexer.aspx the indexer - aaron
[2007-05-23 10:12:17] - moo
[2007-05-22 12:18:22] - pierce: Have you watched the gameplay demos that were released. I believe they're at the main website now, and if not they're certainly on YouTube. Looks like 3-D is not realized, but it is more than 2-D. And there are some new mechanics for new units already. Toss have gotten faster and stronger. Terrans have gotten more mobile. Not much on the Zerg yet. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-22 11:23:44] - aaron: understood. ~a
[2007-05-22 10:14:46] - a: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2003/11/61091 this reference URL was accurate - aaron
[2007-05-22 10:13:29] - vinnie: hey that album is not out yet. - aaron
[2007-05-22 10:03:23] - aaron: the reference url is broken and the isbn is an out of print textbook. hmmm. ~a
[2007-05-22 09:35:09] - aaron: it's about a brothel or something, right? *googles, and nods* - vinnie
[2007-05-22 09:31:23] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToMacco wow - someone actually made a tomacco plant... and someone else ate it - aaron
[2007-05-22 08:30:29] - (runs to tower records) - aaron
[2007-05-22 08:30:24] - vinnie: whaaa! did you ever know what "house of fun"'s lyrics were? - aaron
[2007-05-22 03:11:51] - a: the default behavior of the video game wasn't voluntary suicide, it was simplistic movement algorithms that don't plan ahead enough to avoid accidental drops. Which is just like real lemmings. - pierce
[2007-05-22 00:12:44] - heh, weird lemmings don't actually jump off cliffs and the documentary you remember seeing in elementary school was faked for the benefit of your social development. also the video game doesn't make as much sense anymore either. ~a
[2007-05-21 22:33:11] - aaron: did you know there was a new TMBG album? - vinnie
[2007-05-21 16:32:06] - title: maybe when you're older. - pierce
[2007-05-21 16:11:18] - title: yes? - pierce
[2007-05-21 15:46:25] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM Hey Ya as a folk song, pretty well done in my opinion. - pierce
[2007-05-21 15:24:41] - Pierce: Agreed. By and large Blizz's products are amazing. I fully expect Starcraft II to continue that like of excellence -and- be innovative. However I think they'll play close to the vest for now and only leak it piecemeal to keep us salivating. Start with the obvious: unit and graphic updates. Move on to the semi-obvious: more/better unit control. Etc. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-21 15:08:01] - also, I think there's a lot to be said for blizzard's system of conditional construction. Like, that you have to have a blacksmith to build ranged units, or a lumber mill to upgrade to a keep. Homeworld has a variant using your research ship, but it never felt as fleshed out. - pierce
[2007-05-21 15:04:35] - xpovos: I'm in the same boat as you... I played the first one, never got into it despite liking the storyline. I think the problem with it was topography... the emptiness of a realistic space battlefield didn't lend itself to strategy as well as one might think. With blizzard's RTSs, your expansion and attack are based largely on the terrain's limitations. - pierce
[2007-05-21 15:00:57] - xpovos: oh, I didn't mean to say it wasn't innovative. I was mentioning it since you seemed interested in those qualities. - pierce
[2007-05-21 14:57:46] - pierce: I think I tried the first one but never got into it. And just because it's been done by someone else doesn't mean that implementing it into Starcraft is non-innovative. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-21 14:32:07] - aba: gotta say, I'm intrigued by the show. the fight scenes seemed subpar, but then again that was true of Buffy S1 too. - pierce
[2007-05-21 14:30:39] - aba: and if it holds to the premise of the movies, it'll be another series where her character is introduced butt nekkid. - pierce
[2007-05-21 14:22:27] - xpovos: have you ever played the Homeworld series of games? they're true-3d and with the ability to set formations, behavior, etc in inactive or patrolling units. - pierce
[2007-05-21 13:40:35] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7mzoqHahU a show on fox about the future featuring summer glau as a mysterious girl with leet ninja skillz (and it's not firefly). - aba
[2007-05-21 13:36:13] - Paul: I agree. The introduction of some of the changes in WCIII changed the game away from RTS a good bit, and it looks like they're trying to keep to RTS here. That means 4Xs are back and hero units are minimized. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-21 13:34:41] - mig: I can think of three things off the top of my head that would be innovative: 1) Greater unit/army control as I mentioned below. No more patrol buggines, etc. Particularly handy for spell-casting units. 2) Map settings permitting actual space warfare, true 3D. 3) Changing the resource requirements in order to funadmentally alter the Xploit feature. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-21 12:08:10] - a: thank you, psychostick was the song i was looking for - aaron
[2007-05-21 11:03:21] - pierce: i understand to a point, but how much innovation can they give? Warcraft III pretty much pushed the limit to what you can do in an RTS and they'd be hard pressed to really find anything novel concept to add. - mig
[2007-05-21 10:53:28] - Pierce: Ah, I see what you mean. They probably didn't want to mess around with the formula too much like they did with Warcraft III. -Paul
[2007-05-21 07:03:26] - http://apcmag.com/system/files/images/darth-sml.img_assist_custom.png
[2007-05-21 06:50:18] - "computer waste contains 17 times more gold than gold ore, 40 times more copper than copper ore. But the detritus also leaches chemicals and metals into local water supplies" ~a
[2007-05-21 02:40:04] - paul: well of course there was all the speculation we had for a while that it was going to be a MMORTS. I dunno, given the gobs and gobs of income from WoW I would expect more from them than just "the same, only more of it" in their founding genre. - pierce
[2007-05-21 00:14:17] - Pierce: What more is there to add beyond new units and better graphics that we would know about from the information they have given us so far? -Paul
[2007-05-20 22:45:45] - i recommend "i like food". "see her pee" is pretty good too - aaron
[2007-05-20 22:45:29] - http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1523104 gotta love albums where the song samples are longer than the songs themselves - aaron
[2007-05-20 18:38:15] - a: 'yes'. - pierce
[2007-05-20 16:08:23] - pierce: apostrophes? ~a
[2007-05-20 16:06:53] - aaron: & xpovos: it's by "Psychostick" and it's called "BEER!". when it's warm it tastes real crappy but cold beer will make me happy. ~a
[2007-05-19 21:25:18] - It's looking to me like one of the biggest changes is in mass-unit handling. That could be quite useful for Zerg players. Some of those screenshots have hundreds of zerg units moving at once. Improved AI would help a lot there too. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-19 21:24:26] - http://www.starcraft2.com
[2007-05-19 13:16:29] - mig: I don't remember the original screens from SC... but I dunno, people would obviously be assuming new units and graphics, you'd think their big announcement would have announced something bigger. - pierce
[2007-05-19 12:46:03] - pierce: blizzard has never really been one to just give more of the same to sequels (remember the original screens for starcraft when it was first announced?), so i'm pretty sure they'll have some "new" mechanics in the works. - mig
[2007-05-19 12:17:55] - starcraft II blogging. I know it's early and they probably haven't told us everything, but... new units and better graphics? couldn't this have just been an expansion pack? I was hoping it would differ from the original in a more fundamental way. - pierce
[2007-05-18 22:32:50] - ah, the inevitable irony of making a syntactical error when commenting on someone else's mistakes. - pierce
[2007-05-18 15:59:54] - Just learn to use apostraphes, capital letters, and avoid phonetic abbreviations.
-- Xpovos[2007-05-18 15:59:26] - gurkie: No, it's not too late, you can still repent and seek absolution. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-18 15:42:18] - bad grammar, i guess im going to hell... ~gurkie
[2007-05-18 15:40:39] - dave: that quote is so wrong, just cause a girl who has a boyfriend is seeing someone there is all the rest of the population who is also trying to steal her to compete with... ~gurkie
[2007-05-18 15:26:53] - "...winning over a girl with a boyfriend is easy. In that case, it is necessary to beat out only one guy. But when a girl is single, the competition has a population of approximately three billion" -dave
[2007-05-18 13:32:46] - aaron: Weird Al's "Beer Song"? One of the lyrics is "Beer is good for you, beer is liquid bread." -- Xpovos
[2007-05-18 13:28:55] - paul: maybe - aaron
[2007-05-18 13:27:17] - a: do you remember a really short song about "i like beer! beer is good! beer beer beer!" or something like that - aaron
[2007-05-18 13:16:00] - Football: yes. Basketball: I'm not involved, but if there are others, it could still work. Next weekend is the same. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-18 13:07:38] - Xpovos: So can we safely assume that we should just call off football and basketball for this weekend? -Paul
[2007-05-18 13:05:40] - Paul: Can't make it tonight or tomorrow night. So I guess this weekend is hosed too. Next weekend's just as bad. I'm out of town. E-mail to follow when I have access. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-18 12:54:55] - as long as you have the games showing on your tv, then yes. - mig
[2007-05-18 12:50:12] - So... I know it's incredibly late notice, but who here would be interested in poker tonight? -Paul
[2007-05-18 11:56:53] - xpovos: just cause we pause to mock people doesnt mean we arent busy! just think how little time it takes to belittle someone... wow im evil. ~gurkie
[2007-05-18 11:29:44] - a: I think it's a response to gurkie's comment below, re: dave's personal debt comment. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-18 10:28:18] - title, who's leaving home? ~a
[2007-05-18 07:53:28] - gurkie: That certainly does sound like a full work schedule. So many relatives of acquaintences of co-workers to be heard about and mocked.
-- Xpovos[2007-05-17 19:32:33] - my coworker just told me about this guy he knew whos mom's name was "Gay Hoar" ~gurkie
[2007-05-17 18:35:37] - lori: of course my dear! actually i have no time to make calls while im at work... ~gurkie
[2007-05-17 17:46:23] - gurkie: ahhh. But would you want to?
- Lori[2007-05-17 16:46:07] - now i can call lori all day long! ~gurkie
[2007-05-17 16:20:16] - a: i can see it - aaron
[2007-05-17 16:03:24] - aaron: that page is down? ~a
[2007-05-17 15:48:53] - http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi-by-Throwing-Frozen-Hot-Dogs calculate pi by throwing frozen hot dogs - aaron
[2007-05-17 15:23:28] - a: 703-245-4114 - Lori
[2007-05-17 15:04:08] - lori: nope. your work phone number is on my cell phone which i left at home. ~a
[2007-05-17 14:59:23] - a: Can you call me at work? - Lori
[2007-05-17 14:55:33] - a: yes - aaron
[2007-05-17 14:19:57] - aaron: i responded below. ~a
[2007-05-17 14:11:27] - ddr_people: sfm today? - aaron
[2007-05-17 12:29:53] - aaron: apparently there is a chance of me going home at any point from now til... weeks from now, any given day they may send me home. its weird. ~gurkie
[2007-05-17 12:12:11] - pierce: you're also free to edit the title code. [edit] ~a
[2007-05-17 12:05:33] - dave: WAIT! I am not supposed to spend money I dont have? Bye bye home... ~gurkie
[2007-05-17 11:58:17] - or use the "NoScript" firefox plugin. ~a
[2007-05-17 11:57:26] - pierce: turn off javascript. ~a
[2007-05-17 11:46:25] - aba: sorry... my network's been very fritzy and comcast has yet to solve the problem. - pierce
[2007-05-17 11:45:12] - *** pierce misses the old titles. the new ones are hard to read.
[2007-05-17 11:36:24] - antics? ~a
[2007-05-17 11:18:08] - aaron & vinnie: i won't be at ddr today. my alarm didn't wake me up this morning. ~a
[2007-05-17 10:37:32] - a: he needs to get back on gtalk and amuse me with his antics.
- aba[2007-05-17 10:34:03] - i remember watching an episode of bullshit on the topic of sex, and they were talking to some people who said they intended on practicing abstinance. The bullshit folks asked them hypothetically, if they decided to have premarital sex, would they use a condom or some other form of birth control, and all of them said they wouldn't. - mig
[2007-05-17 10:30:21] - gurkie: kinda like credit card debt. It makes sense to not spend money you don't have (in general) but so many people run up credit cards, and then don't understand why they have financial problems -dave
[2007-05-17 10:29:25] - gurkie: my sister (med resident) was saying that she sees these tons of inner city girls who just don't use birth control, but then can't explain why they didn't, even though they didn't want a kid -dave
[2007-05-17 10:28:13] - gurkie: you would think. But the I think the majority of the people it happens to don't really put together cause and effect too well, or at least they don't try to change their actions to logically affect other things -dave
[2007-05-17 09:06:58] - gurkie: wow, that totally sucks - aaron
[2007-05-16 21:04:24] - xpovos: i stand corrected then. - mig
[2007-05-16 20:54:51] - aaron: sadness they are sending 2 out of 4 of us home on friday. the 2 who had vocally said they want to go home are staying here. (i am vocal.) ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 20:47:09] - gurkie: oh you might be able to work in VA? - aaron
[2007-05-16 20:47:01] - gurkie: what? what are you talking about - aaron
[2007-05-16 19:28:43] - mig: Birth control, even condoms are a mortal sin. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 17:34:06] - aba: i was kidding. pierce doesn't have a life. ~a
[2007-05-16 17:24:54] - a: wtf? that's not allowed.
- aba[2007-05-16 17:22:42] - aba: he got a life. ~a
[2007-05-16 17:17:05] - PIERCE: why'd you disappear off the face of the planet???? - aba
[2007-05-16 17:15:44] - i want to know where im going to be working tomorrow... apparently i might be coming home, but I dont know... ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 15:54:49] - gurkie: because it's a "pet" issue, more than anything else. - mig
[2007-05-16 15:47:20] - mig: if venial sins dont mean you are going to hell then why are catholics so vehemently against birth control? Or am I exaggerating their stance? ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 15:30:19] - gurkie: i would think a lot of the preventive birth control methods (condom, vasectomy) would be considered veniel. abortion, morning after, etc would probably be consider mortal since according to catholicsm it would be considered muder. - mig
[2007-05-16 15:00:58] - - pierce
[2007-05-16 15:00:53] - arkie: fine.
[2007-05-16 14:36:37] - pierce: a was being sarcastic. ~a
[2007-05-16 14:34:48] - pierce: i think a was being sarcastic... i hope. Is birth control a venial or mortal sin (according to catholocism)? ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 14:33:22] - a: bad grammar, by the way, is a mortal sin. - pierce
[2007-05-16 14:30:00] - gurkie: hindsight being 20/20 and all, I'm sure a lot of people don't think of it in those terms until it's already too late. - pierce
[2007-05-16 14:25:42] - anyway, as far as catholicism is concerned there's definitely more than one type of sin. there's venial, which is day-to-day sin that doesn't mean you're necessarily going to hell, and mortal, which is significantly worse. if you die with an unconfessed mortal sin on your soul, you go to hell. - pierce
[2007-05-16 14:23:26] - a: would you assume there wouldn't be? I thought most cultures had a continuum of offenses, for instance where murder is worse than stealing. - pierce
[2007-05-16 14:04:03] - gurkie: there is more than one kind of sin? ~a
[2007-05-16 14:03:43] - that was a horrible sentence! ~a
[2007-05-16 14:00:06] - gurkie: there are more than one kinds of sin? ~a
[2007-05-16 13:58:55] - dave: you would think that females who are going to be giving up their baby would rather take a daily pill rather than have to get big and fat and go through labor... ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 13:57:53] - a: is Japan really very Catholic? (in terms of birth control being a sin) Plus I think abandoning your child is a bigger sin then birth control... ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 13:57:19] - a: That would probably be better for the world long term. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 13:32:05] - xpovos: i think you need a forced vasectomy. ~a
[2007-05-16 13:04:44] - dave: Hence my forced vasectomy comment. 99.999% effective, and doesn't require effort, consent, or planning. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 12:57:34] - dave: plus most birth control isn't 100% ~a
[2007-05-16 12:55:36] - gurkie: the problem isn't that birth control isn't available to the people who are having these kids, it's that they just don't care, or think enough to use it -dave
[2007-05-16 12:50:38] - a: So I did. Curse my collectivism. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 12:05:18] - xpovos: you said "we" ~a
[2007-05-16 12:04:52] - i know. ~a
[2007-05-16 12:04:37] - a: The article is about Japan. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 11:56:43] - xpovos: virginia is well known for their rich history of forced sterilization. ~a
[2007-05-16 11:52:59] - anon was me, I ran out of characters to sign. I don't know why they didn't introduce additional birth control measures, either in addition to or instead of the drop box. Maybe we should go for forced vasectomies? -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 11:44:32] - gurkie: birth control is a sin. ~a
[2007-05-16 11:42:15] - anon: i understand that.. its just that why do so many people have unwanted babies? They should try birth control or... something... I would think a solution to so many unwanted babies would involve birth control being readily available not a place to ditch the baby... ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 11:38:56] - gurkie: It got glossed over in the article, but it was an attempt to respond to a series of baby abandonments. The rationale was: if it's going to happen, let's have it happen in a safe way. I guess kind of like the abortion argument. What's worse, is that this was the first day the drop box was in operation, so it was abused before it was ever used according to plan.
[2007-05-16 11:32:04] - xpovos: i totally agree! why do they have a drop box for babies!! ARGH! ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 11:29:10] - aaron: omg that article title is a classic... real is bad though ~gurkie
[2007-05-16 10:11:08] - Unbelievable: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/baby.drop.ap/ -- Xpovos
[2007-05-16 09:59:52] - (and not a real headline) - aaron
[2007-05-16 09:59:42] - http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_133223258.html i wish this was on the onion - aaron
[2007-05-16 09:39:42] - This article has some scary (to me) quotes. Namely the stat on the number of light truck/SUVs being sold in the U.S. and the idiocy, particularly of that NJ woman with the 55-mile commute. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18682561/ -- Xpovos
[2007-05-15 19:19:02] - clearcase is really pretty terrible. O_o - aba
[2007-05-15 18:00:00] - a: QVC chooses the software, we dont really get much say... And I havent used subversion so I dont know... ~gurkie
[2007-05-15 17:50:32] - use subversion? does clearcase support anything that subversion does not? ~a
[2007-05-15 14:18:42] - a: but unlike gurkie we only had one - aaron
[2007-05-15 14:18:30] - a: yeah, their only job was like "oh the power went out, this will take a long time" or "oh, you need a new account, i can configure that" and stuff like that. plus software installation (clearcase is a big program) - aaron
[2007-05-15 14:09:20] - aaron: I have now met 4 ClearCase admins here... And we had more before. Most of them work for IBM and just go to clients and help maintain their system. I think its a sign of shoddy software if they NEED people on site to maintain it. ~gurkie
[2007-05-15 14:04:58] - that was their only job? ~a
[2007-05-15 13:50:11] - gurkie: hey i remember working with clearcase back at my old job. i think it was really really hard. we had a whole person whose job it was to maintain the clearcase system - aaron
[2007-05-15 11:12:09] - IBM's clearcase has magic files... quite literally .magic *sigh* i wonder how they got that approved. "this file magically allows ClearCase to work lets call it a magic file!" ~gurkie
[2007-05-15 10:58:55] - http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/13/news/economy/bubbles_gross/index.htm?cnn=yes the bubbles that built america -dave
[2007-05-15 10:39:38] - Xpovos: I had read a little about that before. Seemed weird to me, although I guess there really isn't anything inherently contradictory there. -Paul
[2007-05-15 07:44:42] - Funky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism -- Xpovos
[2007-05-14 14:36:12] - paul: i thought that emoticon article was interesting, i never really though about whether the whole eastern/western emoticon thing had any meaning (although it could all be bs) - aaron
[2007-05-14 13:34:45] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070514-emoticons-carry-cultural-baggage.html Emoticons carry cultural baggage. -Paul
[2007-05-14 12:11:21] - http://img.worsethanfailure.com/Images/200705/error'd/secrets.jpg i'm sure this will make you paranoid about windows now. - mig
[2007-05-14 12:01:30] - http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/13/faked.attack.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories teachers stage a guman attack on students. their parents were not amused. - mig
[2007-05-14 11:36:52] - Gurkie: Well? Did you get their STD? -Paul
[2007-05-14 11:11:09] - friend: did you get my STD? friend: save the date card i mean... ~gurkie
[2007-05-14 07:00:49] - http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=261930>1=9951 I dunno, I don't really feel offended, but I guess I didn't hear it either -dave
[2007-05-11 20:07:45] - pierce: heh. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=09 ~a
[2007-05-11 16:09:44] - a: I wasn't down as much, but I could've been down about $500 less had I just waited a few more days to sell. -Paul
[2007-05-11 16:08:58] - enh. i'm still -3k on amd. ~a
[2007-05-11 15:56:31] - I'm glad I sold my AMD shares right before they took off. Really, I am. -Paul
[2007-05-11 15:49:22] - pierce: you know that i'm going to get a dmca takedown notice now, right? it's illegal to hyperlink directly to a site that has the aacs key (or has a way of getting the aacs key: like the tshirt provides) ~a
[2007-05-11 15:24:31] - pierce: lol. ~a
[2007-05-11 15:10:53] - pierce: ahh nm, i guess it's a logical progression -dave
[2007-05-11 15:07:58] - pierce: eh nm, i thought you were supposed to do something to the numbers to get it, but i guess that's just it -dave
[2007-05-11 15:06:30] - pierce: i feel stupid, i don't get how you get the key from that shirt -dave
[2007-05-11 13:06:18] - this is clever... a t-shirt which very specifically does not contain the AACS key. http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/947f/?cpg=wnrss - pierce
[2007-05-11 11:15:23] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbeetarianism - aaron
[2007-05-10 16:35:35] - nvcc is fine - vinnie
[2007-05-10 16:18:25] - aaron: speed of sound in mph ~a
[2007-05-10 16:14:33] - bahaha. ~a
[2007-05-10 15:53:27] - http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/Classics-Week-The-Really-Windy-City.aspx i love this picture - aaron
[2007-05-10 15:14:27] - a: hm mm ok - aaron
[2007-05-10 14:44:42] - aaron: i'll be horribly horribly late (i know i say this every time) but if you and vinnie are leaving and i haven't gotten there yet, please call my cell?
~a[2007-05-10 14:44:40] - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/world/europe/10cnd-Blair.html?em&ex=1178942400&en=ef7381c2aed4a963&ei=5087%0A uk prime ministir tony blair resigns. - mig
[2007-05-10 14:38:38] - ddr_people: nvcc? - aaron
[2007-05-10 13:38:11] - migurkie: Even if he did consider himself a parent, unless there was some sort of legal benefit for him, e.g. he had visitation -rights- then the judge demanding he pay child support is insane, no matter how he personally felt about the child. Feelings != good law. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-10 13:28:18] - gurkie: but did he really consider himself a "parent" or was his relationship more like a generous uncle? that part seems very unclear. - mig
[2007-05-10 13:16:54] - mig: i thought they decided that based on the amount of money that he had supplied the children with in the past along with his relationship with the child. Also I think the lady suing said something along the lines of - if three people consider themselves parents they should all support them ~gurkie
[2007-05-10 12:28:02] - a: from reading it, it just seems the court arbitraily considered him a stepparent, no real evidence whether that's really the case. - mig
[2007-05-10 12:25:36] - a: My paraphrasing was intentionally sensationalistic, but not completely off the mark. The article did not include data as to whether the man's estate would now have to pay the alimony (that I recall) so the fact that he was alive at the start is merely a tecnicality. I have no evidence on the step-father issue. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-10 12:23:52] - gurkie: Well, they did all those killings already, right? Why cry over spilled milk! Some groups did protest the killings when they happened, though. Just not enough. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-10 11:35:39] - not like they'll ever get back to where i bought at. ~a
[2007-05-10 11:35:04] - yep. ~a
[2007-05-10 11:33:20] - a: Are you sad because AMD is up another 3% so far today? -Paul
[2007-05-10 11:14:32] - paul:
~a[2007-05-10 11:13:22] - mig: you're skipping over the fact that he had become a stepparent. ~a
[2007-05-10 10:57:17] - Gurkie: My guess is because focusing on the the killing off of females would bring up the question of whether or not abortion is murder. -Paul
[2007-05-10 10:56:53] - a: all his contributions were completely voluntary, and because they were the judge then assumed that they should be legally required contributions. do you not see the absurdity of this? - mig
[2007-05-10 10:37:12] - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5953508 its interesting that the gender imbalance in china is a concern because men will not have wives not because females are (were) being killed off... ~gurkie
[2007-05-10 10:32:10] - xpovos: your description of the situation is so completely off the mark. first of all, he wasn't deceased when the case started. second of all, he had become a stepparent (in addition to already being a biological father) for the child! ~a
[2007-05-10 09:52:51] - xpovos: it always warms my heart when people try to justify absurd rulings by saying, "oh don't worry you sperm donors, this will never in a million years happen to you guys" - mig
[2007-05-10 08:58:04] - Proof that absurdism rules Deceased sperm donor required to pay child support. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 16:34:18] - a: *Sigh* I know. It'll probably get bought out by a private equity firm for twice it's market capitalization now. Whatever. -Paul
[2007-05-09 16:12:04] - paul: amd up 2.5%
~a[2007-05-09 15:49:04] - mig: i read about a story like that about 2 years ago, the station was stubborn about it and eventually got closed down - aaron
[2007-05-09 15:26:11] - >&< <> >&&<
[2007-05-09 15:25:17] - >&<
[2007-05-09 13:50:34] - Xpovos really needs to pay attention to > and <... -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 13:31:25] - Many of the tables will grow with age, new rows being added as data accumulates. However, not at any significant rate. The largest table probably also grows the fastest, and even then it's going to be > 3000 rows per year. -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 13:29:05] - a: Largest table might hit 100,000, so not anything on a scale to actually be concerned about re: disk space, even though I am working on a limited system. (50GB) -- Xpovos
[2007-05-09 13:27:41] - pierce: while that is true, it does keep the prices of gas much higher than it should be. - mig
[2007-05-09 13:14:40] - mig: although I wholeheartedly admit that I don't understand why that policy is in place at all. - pierce
[2007-05-09 13:14:18] - mig: in fairness, the pricing policy as described in that article wouldn't explain why prices get higher. they're not saying he can't sell it more cheaply if the wholesale price of gas decreases, just that he can't offer special discounts. - pierce
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