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[2007-09-14 13:24:20] - mysql is pretty efficient with harddrive space. mysql harddrive storage requirements: tinyblob (1 byte + size of string in bytes) is an efficient way to store small strings (or varchar for international strings); int (4 bytes) is good for integers; float (4 bytes) is good
[2007-09-14 13:19:11] - aba: hard drive space, or mb of memory (or both)? can you describe the data? is it going to be a series of N numbers? is it going to be a series of N strings? ~a
[2007-09-14 12:53:38] - mboard: what's the easiest way to get a veryvery general estimate of how much space some data will take up? chances are it'll be in sql tables, but even that isn't sure yet. - aba
[2007-09-14 11:54:34] - amy: yeah, if my name was hung wang, I would buy as many things as I could on eBay, in order to tell everyone my awesome name - vinnie
[2007-09-14 11:36:33] - xpovos: well some might believe that DST IS universal. (i would strongly disagree: many many countries define DST differently). ~a
[2007-09-14 11:34:51] - amy: probably real. ~a
[2007-09-14 10:18:46] - i just sold something on half.com to Hung Wang. (i almost feel bad even mentioning it because i googled the name and it seems not too uncommon, but come on... i still wonder if the name is real or made up.) -amy
[2007-09-14 08:08:09] - If UTC had DST, would it truely be U anymore? -- Xpovos
[2007-09-14 00:40:54] - bill gates is agnostic? ~a
[2007-09-13 21:47:46] - my response was "I prefer to laugh at myself." ~a
[2007-09-13 19:08:20] - a: that was poetic
- pierce[2007-09-13 15:41:18] - a: nice
- vinnie[2007-09-13 15:41:10] - sfm ist gut - vinnie
[2007-09-13 14:58:53] - vinnie: i sent that video to my superstitious aunt. she said "Our minds are miles apart laughing at each other endlessly." ~a
[2007-09-13 14:54:35] - aaron: sure. ~a
[2007-09-13 14:53:15] - ddr_people: sfm? - aaron
[2007-09-13 11:11:09] - a: yeah, "ti" was in the original song, but i've always been taught "si" *shrug* -amy
[2007-09-13 11:02:00] - i think it's Tonic sol-fa vs Solfege. the former i think is what the song was based off of. ~a
[2007-09-13 10:48:11] - "si", a thing that I can do! that will bring us back to "do"... - vinnie
[2007-09-13 10:47:44] - a: I think so, but the song doesn't really make sense with "si". and why "sol"? - vinnie
[2007-09-13 10:30:42] - scratch that, it looks like "si" and "ti" are synonymous? ~a
[2007-09-13 10:29:32] - title: ti i drink with jam and bread. ~a
[2007-09-12 15:36:58] - a: he was mentioned in the original B-side of particle man, but they cut him out to make it "commercial" - aaron
[2007-09-12 15:30:39] - "chicken tortilla"? i don't get it. ~a
[2007-09-12 15:23:30] - http://www.ramsheadtavern.com/baltimore/dailyspecials.html hee hee - aaron
[2007-09-11 21:18:54] - pierce: "go %#!@$s yourself", "fuck" ~a
[2007-09-11 19:42:38] - a: why are you trying to swear at the Formatter in the first place? - pierce
[2007-09-11 18:44:28] - stupid java.util.Formatter doesn't allow stuff like "%0*.*f" or "%*d"
~a[2007-09-11 17:26:50] - no way man that was real i totally saw it. holy crap not gonna be able to sleep tonight. -amy
[2007-09-11 16:19:09] - pierce: I guess that's true. you can do like anything with CG nowadays - vinnie
[2007-09-11 16:13:09] - vinnie: that was just a complex special effect and/or the wind. - pierce
[2007-09-11 16:09:03] - pierce: you didn't see the chair or the curtains moving? I swear I saw them move - vinnie
[2007-09-11 16:04:54] - I didn't see anything, you guys are just superstitious. - pierce
[2007-09-11 13:44:43] - vinnie: oh my god, that's amazing. ~a
[2007-09-11 13:40:00] - I don't typically believe in ghosts, but this video is mighty compelling... http://www.break.com/1408/sitter-cam-catches-ghost.html - vinnie
[2007-09-11 13:06:38] - haha I must have missed this whole "series of tubes" meme. pretty funny - vinnie
[2007-09-11 10:48:32] - wl
[2007-09-11 09:12:30] - aaron: yeah I wouldn't be surprised - vinnie
[2007-09-10 19:16:49] - vinnie: hey is that the parrot that said "truck"? - aaron
[2007-09-10 17:55:26] - a: yeah, and I guess my objection is that the critics are broadening "conditioning" to include arbitrarily complex phenomena as long as it stops short of including human communication. I mean, I know that if I say "I'm sorry" I'll avoid getting chewed out by people, which is a pretty simple cause/effect relationship but doesn't mean "I'm sorry" isn't language. - pierce
[2007-09-10 17:43:03] - it's not language if it's just conditioning. if i slap you every time you respond incorrectly and feed you every time you respond correctly to a SPECIFIC question, then you'll probably get the answer right. this, on the other hand, seems much more complicated than simple conditioning. (i.e. i agree) ~a
[2007-09-10 17:37:22] - a: very interesting. also notable is how members of the scientific community are willing to make the definition of "language" a moving target in order to keep its human exclusivity. as far as I'm concerned, if you have a point and you find a way to communicate it, that's language. - pierce
[2007-09-10 17:11:51] - Alex (parrot). the beginning was pretty interesting. ~a
[2007-09-10 13:44:40] - aaron: it appears that some people use gpg (a free alternative to pgp) to encrypt files using vim. ~a
[2007-09-10 13:21:53] - aaron: no no no. that's crypt. don't confuse crypt with ccrypt (sorry, i didn't name them). ~a
[2007-09-10 13:20:59] - i also wrote a script called cvim which will let me vim through the encrypted file. ~a
[2007-09-10 13:09:33] - worst help ever
just kidding i'll figure it out. - aaron[2007-09-10 13:09:22] - a: "crypt -?" "DgtPsmXZL/fQw" - aaron
[2007-09-10 12:59:10] - also, you can check out the -k parameter to ccat to speed things up. ~a
[2007-09-10 12:53:55] - aaron: cpt is the extension it puts on encrypted files. ~a
[2007-09-10 12:53:40] - aaron: i then have a command that runs ccat passwordfile.txt.cpt |grep -i facebook (replace facebook with some input). ~a
[2007-09-10 12:51:01] - aaron: yes. cygwin has a package called ccrypt or ccencrypt (or something like that). ~a
[2007-09-10 12:35:38] - a: You keep your passwords in an encrypted password file on your hard drive right? How do you encrypt that file? - aaron
[2007-09-10 11:33:33] - http://theinquirer.net/?article=42235 Apparently the iPhone wirelessly retrieves e-mail, even when off. This guy found out what happens if you bring 3 iPhones on a 7-day Carribbean cruise - aaron
[2007-09-10 11:07:38] - Vinnie: That was dancing? I see. I think I'd heard the term rickroll before, but had not practical experience with it. I learn something every day. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-10 10:44:57] - xpovos: oh, it's just that the video is horrible. I didn't want to see that man dancing in that way - vinnie
[2007-09-10 10:44:19] - it'd be like this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rickroll - vinnie
[2007-09-10 10:42:30] - OK, I watched the video, and I still don't get it. I guess I'm not 80's hip. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-10 10:39:26] - vinnie: Baltimorarolling? -- Xpovos
[2007-09-10 10:22:13] - needless to say, I don't think I like this song anymore - vinnie
[2007-09-10 10:21:47] - I thought about baltimorarolling you guys with this video, but it seems better just to post it. I think you only need to see the first minute to get the gist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY - vinnie
[2007-09-10 10:01:42] - xpovos: "As it happens, the polite request at DailyKos would seem to be exactly the kind of response Mr. Weinstein was suggesting." i'd agree to that sentiment. ~a
[2007-09-10 10:00:24] - aaron: it's like pus and blood oozing from a er hot dog bun - vinnie
[2007-09-10 09:56:08] - http://www.texasburgerguy.com/2005/05/luther-burger-and-hamdog-pictures.html in case anybody saw the "hamdog" reference on wikipedia and wanted to see one... - aaron
[2007-09-10 09:51:53] - Discuss? -- Xpovos
[2007-09-10 09:49:09] - it seems like it would hard to cook it through - vinnie
[2007-09-10 08:43:25] - a: i want to try one. but why is the burger a sphere!! - aaron
[2007-09-10 03:58:30] - well okay, technically it did, since I'd rather eat a luther burger than an infected tumor. but there are many inedible things I'd rather eat than an infected tumor, so it's not much different in practice. - pierce
[2007-09-10 02:07:31] - a: that didn't make it any more appetizing. - pierce
[2007-09-10 01:05:13] - pierce: Luther Burger ~a
[2007-09-10 00:54:36] - a: oh my god, they look like infected tumors - pierce
[2007-09-09 23:25:48] - mboard: Image:Luther_Burger.jpg eat plz. ~a
[2007-09-09 20:42:19] - mboard: http://aparna.livejournal.com/55250.html vote plz. kthxbye.
- aba[2007-09-09 16:37:50] - a: I have less of a problem with it, although as I understand it the newer models aren't even very practical for off-roading compared to their competitors. basically, I'm willing to exempt those users from my annoyance. - pierce
[2007-09-09 15:40:42] - aaaaaaaa
[2007-09-09 15:27:24] - * add a question mark to that ~a
[2007-09-09 15:27:07] - do you think a hummer is impractical when it's used off-roading (ignore the fact that it's rarely used as such). ~a
[2007-09-09 15:25:56] - pierce: so you drive a hummer? ~a
[2007-09-09 15:13:01] - sam: I don't have negative feelings just based on the price of the car. closest I come is being annoyed by conspicuously impractical cars, like a hummer. it's not because it's expensive, it's because it's clearly a conscious decision to eschew good sense in favor of "look how big my penis is". - pierce
[2007-09-09 14:53:17] - i have negative feelings towards people that drive cars. ~a
[2007-09-08 17:23:13] - pierce: some might have negative feelings towards people that spend money on expensive cars -sam
[2007-09-08 17:20:52] - pierce: i was just wondering if there were any -sam
[2007-09-08 11:34:44] - sam: i have somewhat negative feelings towards a specific person who happens to drive a mercedes, but it really has more to do with that person than his car .) -amy
[2007-09-08 03:08:55] - sam: should we? - pierce
[2007-09-08 02:07:59] - does any one have negative feelings towards people who drive mercedes-benz? -sam
[2007-09-07 16:51:01] - vinnie: yes. yes we am. - pierce
[2007-09-07 15:40:59] - vinnie: yes. yes you are. ~a
[2007-09-07 15:12:02] - vinnie: yes. yes it is. ~gurkie
[2007-09-07 14:55:46] - haha I'm such an idiot. it's a bluetooth headset that works with the phone, isn't it? - vinnie
[2007-09-07 14:46:29] - this is a stupid question: is there a generic name for those little phones that sit in your ear? where the phone is one unit that stays in your ear - vinnie
[2007-09-06 21:49:26] - i have a feeling it won't be unplugged this time. ~a
[2007-09-06 16:36:24] - hopefully the machine won't be unplugged on us this time - vinnie
[2007-09-06 16:29:24] - aaron: yeah, sfm is cool - vinnie
[2007-09-06 16:14:34] - so I think it's entirely reasonable for these families to consider a suit against private and public organizations tasked with preventing this sort of incident, given that mistakes were obviously made. - pierce
[2007-09-06 16:13:15] - now to be clear, much of this is hindsight. I believed then, and I do now, that the obvious explanation for the two murders was that they were a personal and isolated incident, and that in all likelihood the murderer was fleeing the campus. but I'm not paid a salary to speculate on and prepare for alternative contingencies, and the police are. - pierce
[2007-09-06 16:11:03] - paul: not to mention that "locking down" almost certainly doesn't mean locking people in to the dorms (which is neither safe nor legal from either a civil rights or fire hazard perspective)... it means locking people out of them so the murderer has to either stay in one place or out in the open. - pierce
[2007-09-06 16:09:18] - paul: besides which, even if he had still been in the dorms, a bunch of individually locked rooms with one or two people each and lots of hiding places are a much less efficient target than unlocked classrooms with 30-40 people each and no hiding places. - pierce
[2007-09-06 16:07:42] - paul: well the most significant criticism is that there was nothing notifying the students that two murders had occurred and the murderer was still out there. and I disagree with your statement earlier that locking down the campus wouldn't have done any good. he was outside the buildings at the time that would've occurred (mailing that package to NBC... - pierce
[2007-09-06 15:53:42] - Even if they somehow magically surmissed that some crazy student with no motive at all was intent on going on a murderous rampage in some random building, I don't know what they could've done to stop him. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:52:40] - Pierce: I'm just not exactly sure how you stop a heavily armed, homicidal and suicidal guy in an area with high concentrations of people, from killing a lot of students. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:47:19] - paul: sure there is. but that's me assuming that you have a strong argument beyond "it's technically possible for a group of professionals to be mistaken." - pierce
[2007-09-06 15:39:14] - Pierce: Clearly there is no reasonable way to disagree with an official panel's report.
-Paul[2007-09-06 15:29:50] - paul: well when you're done with your work, I'm curious what opinion you have to contradict the official review panel's determination that the police were deficient in several respects. - pierce
[2007-09-06 15:28:01] - But perhaps that is a completely different discussion. I should probably get some work done today. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:25:49] - Pierce: I have issues with faulting the police with regards to this as well.
-Paul[2007-09-06 15:24:42] - I mean, I can remember Travis writing some fairly disturbing stories in college and he used to dress odd and was pretty quiet. I don't think it would be much of a stretch to think that if we had gone to college now then maybe Tech might've forced him into some silly counseling. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:23:24] - I think the idea that somebody should have "seen this coming" is there, but not a sufficient legal basis for holding anyone liable. I think any potential lawsuit would focus more on police and emergency response failures after the first two murders. - pierce
[2007-09-06 15:22:56] - Vinnie: You might be joking, but that's kinda my point. I feel like if people listened to all the recommendations in the report, then we would have completely harmless people being punished for no reason. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:21:55] - a: I'm saying that if you solely look at what he did before the shootings and nothing else (assume that instead he went on to live a totally non-eventful life), I don't know if I would support forcing him into counseling. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:18:28] - paul: you're saying he didn't do anything wrong before the 16th? ~a
[2007-09-06 15:14:04] - yeah, we wouldn't want to punish shitty goth writers across this country, most of whom have no intention of killing anyone - vinnie
[2007-09-06 15:10:34] - And I'm sure that if it was done based on the writings alone, the ACLU would've gotten involved over free speech considerations. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:09:55] - Vinnie: It might seem reasonable to force somebody to undergo counseling for writing disturbing stories and acting odd now, but I'm sure people would've been upset over punishing somebody who hadn't really done anything wrong. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:09:13] - here's the post exerpting the VT review panel. there's a clear conclusion that it could've been handled better, though an argument can be made that it's mostly hindsight. it's certainly grounds enough to consider a lawsuit against the state. - pierce
[2007-09-06 15:09:01] - Vinnie: I think we pretty much agree too. Another thing is that I think it's so easy to think things are reasonable in hindsight but to not realize how unusual they might seem at the time. -Paul
[2007-09-06 15:05:49] - (stupid enter) I think we pretty much agree on this one. I'm sure VT could have done more, but I don't think anything significant enough that we could say they could have prevented it. but maybe we are overthinking it - we'll see what the courts think - vinnie
[2007-09-06 15:01:47] - paul: I think we pretty much agree on this one. I'm sure VT could have done more, but I don't think anything significant that wouldn't have been
[2007-09-06 14:50:06] - dave: I put in a 10% trailing stop on my questionable stock, and it triggered today when it suddenly decreased 8% today (after dropping from yesterday's high) but I still made money. ~7.7% per year after comission. I'll keep my eye on the stock for a while to see if there's a good re-entry point, because I think it can go higher, but I'm happy for now. Thanks! -- Xpovos
[2007-09-06 14:39:27] - I thought I remember hearing that he was ordered to seek counseling, but that the university was not aware of it. I could be wrong, though. -Paul
[2007-09-06 14:38:59] - Gurkie: I wasn't intentionally ignoring it. I'm just not sure about the situation there. Was he actually required to seek counseling or was it a suggestion? Did the school know about it? -Paul
[2007-09-06 14:35:21] - paul: are you ignoring adrian's point about the court having ordered him to get counseling? i think that was something that the school and courts had a responsibility to follow up on... i wouldnt put it all on the school but partially. ~gurkie
[2007-09-06 14:33:37] - aaron: i might be late. my car is in the shop. ~a
[2007-09-06 14:12:41] - Vinnie: I remember hearing that people were afraid to come to class too, but I guess I just can't figure out what VT could've done about it. Wouldn't it be a civil rights nightmare to ban him from class just because he creeped people out? -Paul
[2007-09-06 14:09:21] - ddr_people: sfm? - aaron
[2007-09-06 13:56:57] - aha http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18175525/ - vinnie
[2007-09-06 13:54:32] - paul: I did hear something about people being afraid to come to the class he was in, though I can't find it now
- vinnie[2007-09-06 13:52:16] - *charges. ~a
[2007-09-06 13:52:09] - paul: the college can act on behavior without changes being pressed. ~a
[2007-09-06 13:44:15] - mig: If I recall, the girls didn't press charges with the stalking (nothing could be done there). I wasn't aware he was disruptive in class, I thought he just sat there and never said anything. -Paul
[2007-09-06 13:36:11] - vinnie: i'm going to back off a little bit and say that there was very little vt could have done. on the other hand, that "very little" might have been enough. they could have done what the courts already did: suggest he seek counseling. they also could have investigated the inappropriate behavior of which he was accused. ~a
[2007-09-06 13:29:53] - vinnie: angrypions? ~a
[2007-09-06 13:25:03] - a/mig: I'm curious what you think VT should they have done differently (I'm not sure of my own opions on the subject), if anything - vinnie
[2007-09-06 13:21:03] - aaron: I use Time Warner, but I think they have some relation with Comcast; and regardless, may be doing this type of deed on their own. However, I can still use BitTorrent well enough, so who knows. - Kaleb
[2007-09-06 12:54:32] - paul: i'm with mig on this one. from what i've read he was very disturbed. he was instructed by a court to seek counseling (though he never did). ~a
[2007-09-06 12:42:39] - paul: it was more than just writings. there was reports of stalking, him attempting to take upskirt photos of females during class, being disruptive in class to the point that other students would not attend classes he was in. - mig
[2007-09-06 12:37:17] - mig: Do you mean based on his writings? I would really hesitate to try to criminalize disturbing writings. -Paul
[2007-09-06 12:33:20] - enough to justify a lawsuit? hard to say. - mig
[2007-09-06 12:31:44] - paul: well, that is a bit understandable, but from what I've been reading about what was going on before the shooting, there was indeed a bit of negligence on Tech's part regarding Cho, assuming of course the reporting was true. - mig
[2007-09-06 11:50:06] - mig: It just seems to me that these parents are trying to make some money off their kids' deaths, and that upsets me. -Paul
[2007-09-06 11:49:24] - mig: I'm fairly convinced that locking down the campus wouldn't have helped much either, because then you're just locking the students in the dorm with him too. -Paul
[2007-09-06 11:48:52] - mig: I mean, unless you want to start punishing people for acting weird or writing disturbing stuff, which seems to be a slippery slope... -Paul
[2007-09-06 11:41:24] - mig: Not entirely sure, but as soon as people started complaining about Tech's response it really started to piss me off. I think it's because I really don't see how this thing could've been prevented. -Paul
[2007-09-06 11:31:25] - paul: is there a partcular reason this hit a nerve? - mig
[2007-09-06 10:22:51] - gurkie: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/09/06/apple.price.cut.ap/index.html Early iPhones kick people in the nuts, then run - aaron
[2007-09-06 10:19:56] - vinnie: it's been forever since i played pizza worm. i'm hungry! yum! yum! yum! splooorrrtch - aaron
[2007-09-06 10:18:59] - mig: yeah, sonic the hedgehog with a gun - aaron
[2007-09-06 10:14:27] - was jazz that sonic knock-off game? - mig
[2007-09-06 09:45:47] - oh and blockade - vinnie
[2007-09-06 09:44:47] - aaron: yay jetpack. maybe we can play tonight after DDR, along with traders, pizza worm, jones in the fast lane, squarez, skyroads, jazz jackrabbit
- vinnie[2007-09-06 09:26:32] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090502447.html?hpid=moreheadlines There isn't a lot of political stuff that really infuriates me anymore but this somehow hit a nerve. -Paul
[2007-09-06 08:13:28] - vinnie: I too love DOSBox. I even found a practical use for it in emulating an old program for my mother's library. It's a very solid emulator. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-05 20:50:42] - vinnie: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/ dosbox is SUPER easy to set up, if you ever want to play jetpack or some dos game. i got jetpack working with sound at a good rate with about 1 minute of effort - aaron
[2007-09-05 18:06:19] - I would guess not, but then again i wouldn't be super duper surprised to hear that cable companies hate it when you host your own FTP server - aaron
[2007-09-05 18:05:33] - kaleb: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/2014236&threshold=1 is this something like what's always going on with your FTP server? - aaron
[2007-09-05 17:22:15] - Sam: Yeah, that's quite a feat. Biggest drop in the history if I heard correctly. I think they dropped them out because they didn't want to have to put ASU in the top #25.
-Paul[2007-09-05 17:19:27] - michigan (used to be #5) got knocked out of top 25 after losing to Appalachian St. -sam
[2007-09-05 16:39:18] - gurkie: wow that's horrible, i'm sorry. - aaron
[2007-09-05 16:16:38] - the new iPod line up: http://www.apple.com/ -sam
[2007-09-05 11:47:14] - a: I guess a lot does depend on where you live in relation to where you work, even here. But for most people living in outer suburbs, even those inside the Beltway (unlike me), who commute into the city, a car is a necessity, because busses are so much slower and Metro is insufficient (and making it sufficient would destroy it). -- Xpovos
[2007-09-05 11:11:32] - i think i might actually be able to get to work in about the same amount of time as i do now, if i take the bus. i'm actually considering it even though i have a working car. ~a
[2007-09-05 10:55:03] - gurkie: I feel that pain... Mine's not that bad right now, but the potential is always there. And if I were on the bus, it would be. Cars may be a conveneince, but around here they're a necessary convenience. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-05 10:51:50] - gurkie: sorry about your car .( -amy
[2007-09-05 10:35:23] - a: im gunna have to for a bit... but 1:40 + minute commute each way every day when things go RIGHT is not something im looking forward to... or planning on doing for long. ~gurkie
[2007-09-05 10:08:27] - pierce: calculating escape velocity of earth and a guide to the google calculator. ~a
[2007-09-05 10:06:04] - pierce: i'm more impressed by their built in physics equations and constants. they also have some nice statistics functions. ~a
[2007-09-05 09:52:00] - gurkie:
are you taking the bus? ~a[2007-09-05 09:39:16] - verdict is in, my car is totalled ~gurkie
[2007-09-05 08:31:33] - It's probably not worth voting anymore. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-05 03:06:51] - I never cease to be amused/amazed by google's built-in unit conversion - pierce
[2007-09-04 18:22:46] - there is a standard fee in our area. i forget what it is. ~a
[2007-09-04 18:22:35] - 2. (similar to #1) make sure you're clear when signing paperwork that your realtor isn't trying to ask for more than the seller is willing to pay. i was very observant when my realtor tried to ask for more money than the seller was willing to pay (i have a bad feeling that it would have been my responsibility to make up the difference). ~a
[2007-09-04 18:21:20] - i don't have a realtor to recommend. i do have two comments about realtors though: 1. the experienced realtors are usually very slimy (however, i have two relatives who are realtors in iowa so i can't say that they're all bad). ~a
[2007-09-04 18:06:59] - a: Apparently. -Paul
[2007-09-04 18:00:36] - paul: you are so mean! ~a
[2007-09-04 17:38:59] - Gurkie: *Sigh* You count too, but as you said, you already gave me your suggestion. -Paul
[2007-09-04 17:24:51] - paul: "Does anybody here have " sorry im no one ~gurkie
[2007-09-04 17:23:16] - Gurkie: Yeah, but I was wondering if anybody else had any suggestions. -Paul
[2007-09-04 17:06:40] - paul: didnt i tell u i know a realtor? i have the realtor i used who was nice and i also have a friend who is a realtor. if u look at my MySpace friends Danielle the blonde one not the brunette... (i think there are only 2)~gurkie
[2007-09-04 16:50:24] - Does anybody here have any realtor's that they would recommend?
-Paul[2007-09-04 16:26:08] - a: I'm here, just don't have much to say. -Paul
[2007-09-04 15:51:13] - a: right behind you - pierce
[2007-09-04 15:27:49] - where is everybody? ~a
[2007-09-04 14:05:14] - boop
[2007-09-04 12:09:46] - gurkie: yeah. i saw that on the alexandria page too. yeah, i assumed it was usually a refi. ~a
[2007-09-04 11:33:34] - gurkie: Some possible explanations: Refinance. Sale to a third party with a lease option (this is one of those gimmicks you see on street signs "Avoid Foreclosure" type of thing). Or any other similar changing of the deed, e.g a man owns a house then gets married, and wants to put the wife on the deed. Sells to self and wife at $0. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-04 11:16:09] - or does anyone know.... ~gurkie
[2007-09-04 11:15:53] - a: so on ones that say sale price of $0 does that mean the person refinanced? (the buyer and sellers name is the same) or is there a tax reason I should be selling this place to myself for 0 bucks... ~gurkie
[2007-09-04 10:50:58] - gurkie: I use the tax records available through the Washington Post too. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-04 10:49:02] - a: Ok, I was just curious since it seems odd to care a lot about the housing market unless you are thinking of buying or selling. -Paul
[2007-09-04 10:40:35] - paul: i had just assumed she was curious. ~a
[2007-09-04 10:40:15] - the alexandria site ALSO shows you the recent sales of nearby similar properties (and apparently the ffc one does not; sorry). ~a
[2007-09-04 10:40:13] - a: Why were you guys talking about that Sunday night? Are either of you thinking of buying or selling or something? -Paul
[2007-09-04 10:35:20] - gurkie: the one for fairfax county is here. the one for alexandria is here. ~a
[2007-09-04 09:57:20] - a: can you post that link you were talking about? the housing market one if you happen to know it... ~gurkie
[2007-09-03 16:08:04] - a: deductively, we can asume that 1/10 would be represented by a percent sign with nothing under it. °/ - pierce
[2007-09-02 15:15:05] - i assume it's 1/1000 and 1/10000? what about 1/10? ~a
[2007-09-02 15:14:27] - i've never seen them used. ~a
[2007-09-02 14:42:22] - hmmm... semicolon-paren turns into a smilie even if the semicolon was part of a named character entity. - pierce
[2007-09-02 14:41:28] - am I the only one who didn't know there are symbols for permille (&permil
and permyriad (‱ in addition to the percent sign? has anyone ever seen them used? - pierce[2007-09-01 15:47:30] - that might be the biggest upset in the NCAA football history. -sam
[2007-09-01 15:46:56] - wow... #5 michigan lost to a 1-AA team, Appalachian St.... -sam
[2007-08-31 17:47:02] - paul: i didn't tell them about your incident, someone else I know did it too -dave
[2007-08-31 17:42:09] - Dave: I thought you said you weren't going to tell anybody about that... -Paul
[2007-08-31 17:04:43] - gurkie: . . . or you have boring friends.
~a[2007-08-31 16:47:52] - dave: u have sketchy friends! ~gurkie
[2007-08-31 13:49:17] - http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/the-future-is-now/moller-m200g-hover+car-in-production-and-selling-for-125k-280546.php holy shit! - mig
[2007-08-31 13:19:25] - dave: Yeah, but it's a highly volatile stock, I've seen multiple 10% swings in both directions while holding it. Makes placing the right trailing stop hard. But good advice, and I'll look into it further. -- Xpovos
[2007-08-31 12:55:46] - xpovos: timing like that is hard. you could just put a tight trailing stop on it and let it ride -dave
[2007-08-31 12:42:22] - Xpovos: My strategy lately is to pretty much stick with it until it starts going back down by an appreciable amount or if it seems to have plateaued. -Paul
[2007-08-31 12:30:14] - I want to avoid the seller's dillemna as this thing climbs. If I sell now I got 'better than market' results. If I sell in a bit and it keeps going up I got phenominal results. But if I don't sell and it goes back down, I'm back in the same boat I've been in for 18 months. -- Xpovos
[2007-08-31 12:29:10] - Or, should I hold onto it as an 'investment' for the future? Timeframe about a year and a half so far. -- Xpovos
[2007-08-31 12:28:45] - So... a stock I've owned for a long time is going up significantly now, after having been down and up (mostly down) in the time I've owned it. I can now sell it for a profit. But the reason it's finally going up is clear, the company is making money again. So the question is: when should I sell it? Now? (~15% profit) Soon, after further appreciation (~25% profit)
[2007-08-31 11:54:37] - Xpovos: So we were thinking the same thing. Mine was a play on the Free State Project. -Paul
[2007-08-31 11:49:08] - Paul: The standard libertarian excuse for a utopian excercise. "So I own this island..." -- Xpovos
[2007-08-31 10:50:00] - gurkie: I know because I've talked to people who've used match.com specifically for that multiple times (successfully) -dave
[2007-08-31 10:49:20] - gurkie: well it's not exactly selling them sex, it's helping people who are looking for sex find each other. Is that so bad? -dave
[2007-08-31 10:35:16] - it was playing on tv last night. and i was drunk. -title
[2007-08-31 10:27:59] - Xpovos: Something I just made up?
What were you thinking of? -Paul[2007-08-31 10:23:59] - Paul: Ok, what is that? -- Xpovos
[2007-08-31 10:20:02] - title: Wow, somebody is quoting id4? -Paul
[2007-08-31 09:57:19] - dave: how do you KNOW that sites like match.com are used for the same purpose as sexsearch? (or do I want to know) ~gurkie
[2007-08-31 09:56:29] - dave: its different in that its specifically for selling someone sex whereas match.com is selling them a service which they are taking advantage of. I personally think intent matters especially when it comes to businesses. ~gurkie
[2007-08-31 09:30:00] - Xpovos: The free island project?
-Paul[2007-08-31 09:29:08] - same-sex marriage is now legal in two us states: cnn. ~a
[2007-08-31 07:43:21] - Paul: When you read this article, what's the first thing you think of? -- Xpovos
[2007-08-30 15:17:23] - gurkie: but I will agree that sites like sexsearch.com are different in certain ways than sites like match.com -dave
[2007-08-30 15:15:41] - gurkie: not that it's the only service they provide, but I have heard of people using them successfully for the same thing as sexsearch.com -dave
[2007-08-30 15:14:58] - gurkie: and in matter of fact, I know that social networking sites like match.com etc are vehicles for the same sort of behavior (one night stands etc) -dave
[2007-08-30 15:13:40] - gurkie: well, there's a difference as to the content, but not to the overall social networking concept. It's like saying that a movie download service is in essence the same as a porn movie download service -dave
[2007-08-30 15:12:00] - Paul: The internet is illegal. -- Xpovos
[2007-08-30 15:09:45] - I'm still surprised that certain areas of CraigsList aren't illegal (specifically the erotic services). -paul
[2007-08-30 14:28:07] - dave: do you really believe that there isnt a difference between a site like that and say match.com or facebook? cause i dont want to get all indignant if ur not serious
~gurkie[2007-08-30 14:27:09] - a: laws against prostitution... if i recall correctly that langston hughes scandal back in the day was people who were setting guys and girls up with each other, both sides were paying and it was illegal... ~gurkie
[2007-08-30 14:02:15] - gurkie: it's just really a social networking site -dave
[2007-08-30 14:01:37] - gurkie: what law would be broken? ~a
[2007-08-30 13:07:59] - make money off of as in owning the website not charging for services (although that too) ~gurkie
[2007-08-30 13:07:35] - are websites like that legal? i would have thought it would be illegal to make money off a site like that.... ~gurkie
[2007-08-30 11:54:15] - hell bank note ~a
[2007-08-30 11:47:10] - paul: well he is the plaintiff. usually that's public info (unless the plaintiff is a rape vic, or a minor, or both). so i guess i'm surprised too, but i'm of the opinion that it should be public info. ~a
[2007-08-30 10:42:51] - Dave: I'm a little surprised they kept the guy's name a secret in the story. -Paul
[2007-08-30 10:09:11] - a: yeah i dunno, they showed no pictures - understandable since i would imagine she's still a minor -dave
[2007-08-30 09:59:59] - a: I know this doesn't really address your question, but I know some 20+ year old females who look much younger than they are. Maybe this guy thought that this "18 year old" was like that. -Paul
[2007-08-30 09:58:07] - on a side note, what kind of 14 year old was she? was she a 14 year old that looked like an 18 year old? the reason i ask . . . 14 is very young to get confused with an 18 year old. ~a
[2007-08-30 09:27:36] - a: because she was 14 -dave
[2007-08-30 09:26:21] - a: I'm not saying I think what he did was wrong, but the way our laws are written and enforced, his crime was having sex with a girl who was underage, no matter how much she was seeking it out. -Paul
[2007-08-30 09:25:49] - a: That she was underage?
-Paul[2007-08-30 09:18:06] - dave: hmm? i said the article wasn't about how he got convicted. i then asked how he got convicted. i'm not sure what he did wrong. if you have undeniable proof that she was seeking out sex, all explicit like, then what's the crime? ~a
[2007-08-30 09:13:20] - a: of course he was, the site is setup to hook people up. The minor was completely looking for it too it seems like -dave
[2007-08-30 08:27:42] - wait, the article isn't about how he got convicted, it's about HIS lawsuit against the website. how did he get convicted in the first place? it sounds like she "was asking for it" literally and extremely explicit like. ~a
[2007-08-30 08:21:24] - I guess he was supposed to ask to see her driver's license when he met up with her ^_^ -dave
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