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[2007-10-01 10:26:49] - i'm kind of surprised that the shirt showed up at walmart considering that they've chosen not to carry "mature" games, music and movies before. generally this kind of shirt is found at a place like hot topic (where i doubt it would've raised any voices). - aba
[2007-10-01 09:31:37] - Gurkie: Oh, hahaha. I thought that was a quote from somebody. Ok. My misunderstanding.Thanks. -Paul
[2007-10-01 09:31:00] - at the same time i dont think that it would necessarily be something that would make me indignant to see, i mean you have to realize that just cause something touches a nerve with you it doesnt mean that other poeple can understand that.... ~gurkie
[2007-10-01 09:29:44] - I think that in general they are right about the context of "stalking" having changed we used to joke about stalking people and being stalked... And used it as a followed around type thing not necessarily creepy. I can see where it could get really creepy and not be a joking matter... ~gurkie
[2007-10-01 09:28:46] - Paul: "Some say it's stalking, I call it love" ~gurkie
[2007-10-01 09:19:06] - Maybe I'm an ignorant fool, but what t-shirt are we talking about? The article doesn't seem to mention it. -Paul
[2007-10-01 06:15:12] - anon: in fairness, nothing in the article said anything about outlawing the shirt. just raising a stink and pressuring wal-mart to discontinue it. wal-mart is legally free to obey or ignore the critics as suits its interests. - pierce
[2007-09-30 22:14:02] - I suppose we should start outlawing ALL shirts with anything written or picture-ish suggestions... someone might be offended. The line can never be drawn if they knock this shirt.
[2007-09-30 20:56:35] - on the other hand, humor and social responsibility don't always need to see eye to eye. ~a
[2007-09-30 20:43:09] - i find it amusing too . . . though i understand both sides, so it probably shouldn't amuse me. ~a
[2007-09-30 19:30:59] - I find this amusing... http://www.newsobserver.com/138/story/716434.html
[2007-09-28 14:55:14] - aba: thanks. ~a
[2007-09-28 14:52:00] - a: the article will be fine. only a couple of deletes, and they don't have much of a reason.
- aba[2007-09-28 13:47:12] - aaron: or # + FORCE FOOT ~a
[2007-09-28 13:35:32] - wl
[2007-09-28 13:27:57] - aaron: # ' ' /s /s ~a
[2007-09-28 13:15:49] - a: '# #'# '## - aaron
[2007-09-28 12:25:22] - i didn't see any racism at all. it's just another "you disagree with me so i'm calling you racist." - mig
[2007-09-28 11:42:57] - it's annoying that this is actually the first real article i've ever started. ~a
[2007-09-28 10:54:07] - a: keep fighting the good fight! - vinnie
[2007-09-28 10:50:10] -
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tania Head ~a[2007-09-28 10:18:04] - At least he didn't call them nappy-headed. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-28 10:10:24] - it sounds like he has the problem with anyone who gets in on those grounds, not just minorities. but choosing to address it in a question on minorities seemed ill-timed - vinnie
[2007-09-28 10:04:00] - Paul: I interpret (from the first few setances quoted in the linked article) that he was against student-athlete scholarships to students who couldn't normally get into the college. That is, if someone is functionally illiterate, they can't get the scholarship, even if they can slam dunk. That's not inherently racist. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-28 09:39:14] - Xpovos: I think he had to throw in the part about minorities, because that was the point he was arguing against. -Paul
[2007-09-28 09:32:10] - well in that case, i think he is probably being misinterpreted. the misinterpretation is: minorities are functional illiterates who can't read a cereal box. that's racism. ~a
[2007-09-28 09:31:28] - paul: I think it was racist on its face, because his "functional illiterate" criticism is just as valid regardless of your ethnicity. But there's a lot of ground for it being reasonable depending on the question he was asked. - pierce
[2007-09-28 09:31:09] - Paul: Not explicitly so. He should've avoided the "minorities" comment, as it's completely tangential to the rest of his point, which is still valid. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-28 09:30:06] - so the author of that article got a quote about how the context of the question shaped the guy's answer, but didn't bother including the text of that question? /facepalm - pierce
[2007-09-28 09:28:57] - a: No, but that's the only article I've seen on it so far. -Paul
[2007-09-28 09:28:14] - paul: are you sure that was the whole quote from the teacher? just those four sentences? ~a
[2007-09-28 09:23:54] - http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3040343 I'm curious if people here think that the comments said were racist or not. -Paul
[2007-09-28 04:49:43] - title: how do you know it's not just SO FAST you don't even hear it, huh? - pierce
[2007-09-27 16:40:20] - vinnie: she "has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject". that's enough. the article will remain for sure. ~a
[2007-09-27 16:37:16] - a: she doesn't seem to have many google results. I don't know what classifies a person as important enough. I'm surprised I had heard of her before, must have been a fluke or something - vinnie
[2007-09-27 16:22:46] - i moved the Tania Head text into the main article space and somebody nominated it for deletion
~a[2007-09-27 16:20:23] - vinnie: wow that is ridiculous. ~gurkie
[2007-09-27 16:11:47] - aaron: stakexchange i think.... ~gurkie
[2007-09-27 15:49:36] - well in case anybody cares, i'll probably work on it here User:Arichnad/Tmp. ~a
[2007-09-27 15:26:51] - it's interesting she doesn't have a wikipedia page. anybody interested in helping me start one? ~a
[2007-09-27 15:06:33] - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/nyregion/27survivor.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin whoa this story is weird. I remember hearing about this person a few years ago - vinnie
[2007-09-27 15:03:42] - aaron: yeah, I'm there for ddr - vinnie
[2007-09-27 15:01:21] - same goes for china. ~a
[2007-09-27 14:46:17] - aba: I think just having 1/6 of the world's population doesn't mean that people in the Western world knows much about you. I would guess most people in the western hemisphere would struggle to name two different cities in India. -Paul
[2007-09-27 14:29:17] - a: Agreed, acknowledged. I'd be curious to see some serious audiophiles running some actual tests, though. Nothing like statistics to back up a stimulating debate. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-27 14:27:01] - aba: you don't think they were paying attention to ww2? ~a
[2007-09-27 14:19:23] - gurkie: what was the name of that stock exchange game? i can't find it on bgg - aaron
[2007-09-27 14:12:28] - a: right, but considering that india has over 1/6 of the world's population, there would be more widespread acknowledgement of the original meaning of the swastika. - aba
[2007-09-27 14:06:24] - aaron: haha, he did! ehahah. ~a
[2007-09-27 14:02:51] - plus you don't KNOW that it's 99% (like you said "it could chop different parts" so it might be a worse change compared to the first compressed file). ~a
[2007-09-27 14:00:31] - "even then I'd guess 99% of the loss is built into the compressed file that you initially purchase". well i guess i might agree with this part. but regardless: if that amount is less than 100%, then it's lossy. ~a
[2007-09-27 14:00:24] - a: he repaid a no-name pacific apeman on a diaper, eh? - aaron
[2007-09-27 13:57:55] - aaron_people: y. ~a
[2007-09-27 13:56:38] - so the data on the CD is lossy now, and the rip is going to take the extra filler data on the CD (all zeros, I guess) and loses them. I can't consider that lossy. I suppose if the MP3 encoding algorithms are different it could chop different parts. But even then I'd guess 99% of the loss is built into the compressed file that you initially purchase. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-27 13:55:08] - a: I completely understand MP3 is lossy. The file you buy is lossy (but I've never been able to hear). My surprise (disbelief/failure to understand) is the further loss on the burn/rip process. We're in agreement that the burn is lossless. And in general, ripping is lossy. But if you're using the same lossy format; that is since mp3 chops out high and low frequencies
[2007-09-27 13:45:40] - ddr_people: sfm? - aaron
[2007-09-27 13:36:02] - wow, the ipod and the xbox support flac (non-natively). ~a
[2007-09-27 13:30:40] - xpovos: downsampling the bitrate isn't the only thing that can be lossy. mp3/aac/wma are inherently lossy at any bitrate. if you want a lossless format, try flac. ~a
[2007-09-27 13:25:51] - xpovos: mp3, aac, and wma compression are lossy. when you've bought the file, it's been lossy encoded before you get it. when you put it on a cd that is lossless, but when you RE-ENCODE it into an mp3, that's lossy (and that is the second lossy operation). ~a
[2007-09-27 13:22:16] - as an analogy, the confederate flag has many other meanings (i.e. southern culture in general). ~a
[2007-09-27 13:21:25] - aba: i know there are other meanings, but ww2 was pretty influential. ~a
[2007-09-27 13:13:35] - a: Burning and ripping is lossy? I would figure this would be completely dependant on the quality of the digital media you started with. E.g. if you buy at 128kbps, even if you rip at 320, you're really only getting 128. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-27 12:49:22] - a: i didn't recognize 1/2 the bands listed in that article. i still think digital music stores have a long way to go before they really become viable. you can't even get the beatles on itunes! - aba
[2007-09-27 12:46:17] - a: yes, i've played wolfenstein. however, i've also spent a significant amount of time in india where the swastika is still widely used with its original meaning. - aba
[2007-09-27 12:15:14] - burning to a cd and re-encoding is a huge hassle and extremely lossy. ~a
[2007-09-27 12:14:12] - amy: drm-free is worth 10 cents to me. in my opinion, drm-free is probably worth at least 25% in extra cost. ~a
[2007-09-27 11:50:01] - a: I get mp3s through Yahoo music for $0.79, 10 cents cheaper than the random one song I just clicked on from that link (I didn't know Amazon had mp3s now, they are really on top of things .) ). Actually I don't get them from Yahoo but I potentially could. I think I'd have to burn it to CD and then rip it back in order to get it in actual mp3 form, though -amy
[2007-09-27 11:37:29] - article link - store link. ~a
[2007-09-27 11:35:07] - pierce's company rules: "Never once did I find an album to be more expensive on the Amazon store in comparison to the iTunes store. The download experience was pleasant, and the lack of DRM truly makes it YOUR music. I don't know of any other download service that could top the Amazon MP3 store." ~a
[2007-09-27 10:45:43] - aba: not inherently, no. but, they do have a heavy association with the nazi's. haven't you ever played wolfenstein? ~a
[2007-09-27 10:41:41] - swastikas aren't inherently bad.
- aba[2007-09-27 10:31:37] - a: Yeah, I think the designers knew exactly what they were doing when they made that. -Paul
[2007-09-27 10:27:54] - yeah, it's not exactly a design flaw. it's resemblance to a swastika wouldn't have escaped an engineer looking at the bird's-eye view blueprints. . . . it is right facing, so we know it's not navajo. ~a
[2007-09-27 10:17:15] - Xpovos: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=6064 I liked this story from the same site. I didn't even listen to the audio, but I found it funny that it is labeled a design flaw. -Paul
[2007-09-27 09:55:22] - Have I been asleep at the wheel and missed coverage of this, or is this new, or being ignored? http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070927092137.ds7oql03&show_article=1 -- Xpovos
[2007-09-27 09:37:06] - title: That's not a very good idea. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-27 09:32:37] - Kaleb: I tried watching two episodes, but couldn't make it all the way through either. Sorry, I just didn't like it at all. -Paul
[2007-09-26 18:16:27] - i've seen about four episodes of the first season. one or two were absolutely horrible. i really loved the first episode and i think her stand-up is great. ~a
[2007-09-26 18:10:58] - title: I've only seen one episode of Sarah Silverman, but it was great. I've been meaning to see more. Who here watches it? - Kaleb
[2007-09-26 18:10:48] - a: Yeah. Though I'd prefer to have full control over the repository... I'll tackle this issue at a later time. - Kaleb
[2007-09-26 17:28:14] - http://farm3.bestpicever.com/pics/pic_11908196250439.jpg i would say this is ironic, but even that would be a gross understatement. - mig
[2007-09-26 15:39:05] - when using ssh, don't try to stop the ssh server and be careful when reconfiguring the firewall: these things i can remember. i have a harder time trying to remember not to restart the webserver when tunneling ssh over http. ~a
[2007-09-26 14:27:24] - mig: fyi, i sent you a message on the mim forums. - aba
[2007-09-26 13:15:39] - kaleb: not to mention getting subversion installed. and once the two are installed, they need to be configured to work together. or . . . you could just use someone else's subversion server. ~a
[2007-09-26 13:04:06] - a: Thanks for the info, and I read the doc you linked to. I guess I'll have to see about getting Apache 2 installed on my server... - Kaleb
[2007-09-26 11:31:48] - aaron: Leave No Trace
[2007-09-26 11:24:15] - now the question is... do i leave them on here! - aaron
[2007-09-26 11:23:57] - after like 2-3 years of shuffling computers at work, i just stumbled onto the one i had when i first came here. it's got all of my MP3s and stuff i used to listen to before i was pair programming all the time - aaron
[2007-09-26 11:20:12] - a: yeah. - mig
[2007-09-26 10:17:53] - there's been a "moratorium" on taxing access to the internet? Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act (old) and S. 156 (new) ~a
[2007-09-26 09:55:29] - sorry, than the reverse situation. ~a
[2007-09-26 09:50:57] - not all that uncommon and much more acceptable by our society that the reverse situation. (see: Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy) ~a
[2007-09-26 09:34:53] - dave: Not all that uncommon, unfortunately. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-26 05:24:28] - errr, male student ^_^ -dave
[2007-09-26 05:24:17] - http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/teacher.sex.ap/index.html Jeez, another female teacher having sex with a mail student. -dave
[2007-09-26 05:23:05] - "I don't rule her life. I was put here to teach her what I know, and that's what parents should do, and I feel like she has good knowledge to make good choices," he said. "You don't have to be in the spotlight to have problems ... it's really about how you handle it." Lenny Kravitz on his daughter being in the spotlight. -dave
[2007-09-26 05:15:35] - http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/22371 wow, a woman testifies to having consensual sex to contradict another woman's testimony in a sexual harrasment case -dave
[2007-09-25 21:19:53] - amy: I'm pretty sure I can do less if I try. - pierce
[2007-09-25 20:08:17] - pierce: np. then i expect you to be at all of my purcellville shows. quite frankly, it's the least you could do. ,) -amy
[2007-09-25 19:40:53] - amy: I'd appreciate that. Quite frankly, it's the least you could do. - pierce
[2007-09-25 18:28:58] - happy birthdays as appropriate - pierce
[2007-09-25 17:03:02] - amy:
- aba[2007-09-25 16:06:23] - a: 8-10. -amy
[2007-09-25 16:05:57] - aba: I should book more Purcellville gigs so that it's closer to you an Pierce .D -amy
[2007-09-25 15:20:36] - 20mph by bike will take 5 days and 19 hours vs. 5 days and 18 hours. ~a
[2007-09-25 15:18:38] - amy: leesburg is 2773 miles from me while purcellville is only 2766 miles from me! - aba
[2007-09-25 15:03:16] - amy: time? ~a
[2007-09-25 15:02:23] - I'm also playing at market street coffee in leesburg next saturday oct 6, for those who think purcellville is too far (myself included, heh) -amy
[2007-09-25 13:56:49] - title: biginteger rules. ~a
[2007-09-25 13:48:49] - is that going to be a problem? ~a
[2007-09-25 13:45:24] - kaleb: something very important to note is: "Subversion's Apache module is written specifically for the Apache 2 API." i.e. you cannot use subversion with apache1.3. ~a
[2007-09-25 13:43:54] - kaleb: that is very cool. i like the idea of automatic versioning of text files like that. i've never tried that. apparently autoversioning is also described in the documentation page that i linked to earlier. well . . . it looks like you do need to use svn over apache for autoversioning to work. ~a
[2007-09-25 13:38:14] - some characters in a tv show are notable. "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." ~a
[2007-09-25 13:37:11] - aaron: WP:N. ~a
[2007-09-25 12:41:58] - a: hey what's the wikipedia page that talks about how wikipedia shouldn't have pages for very trivial things, like a character in a TV show - aaron
[2007-09-25 12:41:36] - a: I just don't really know where to start. I know little about *nix, so the less I spend SSHed in to my Red Hat server, the better. I'm actually trying to accomplish this. Also, Happy Birthday! =} - Kaleb
[2007-09-25 11:42:03] - mig: my biggest issue with using svn over apache is you must configure apache to use https (which costs money to do correctly). ~a
[2007-09-25 11:40:04] - mig: well i've only ever seen apache in use. but the documentation says to use svnserve "for small teams just trying to get started with a Subversion server; it's the simplest to set up, and has the fewest maintenance issues" ~a
[2007-09-25 11:37:02] - a: really, i thought using apache to connect to your server was generally considered more desirable? - mig
[2007-09-25 11:36:28] - kaleb: that reminds me, e-mail me your ip address some time - aaron
[2007-09-25 11:30:40] - happy birthday both sam and a! -amy
[2007-09-25 10:52:19] - wl
[2007-09-25 08:58:03] - vinnie: thank you. ~a
[2007-09-25 08:57:50] - sam: happy birthday!!2!!
~a[2007-09-25 08:54:02] - a: happy birthday!!2!! - vinnie
[2007-09-25 07:21:34] - kaleb: what in particular are you having trouble with? i've never installed a subversion server, but i imagine i could help debug some of the problems you had configuring it. the all knowing documentation suggests using a standalone subversion server (svnserve) instead of using apache. ~a
[2007-09-24 23:08:48] - Does anyone here have any information about setting up Subversion on an Apache web server? I have Apache 1.3 (I think) running on my webserver, and I want it to have a SVN repository that I can use to keep some personal lists accessible from my different PCs. - Kaleb
[2007-09-24 15:22:21] - a: OK -amy
[2007-09-24 15:17:08] - amy: i'm on the fence. maybe you'll see me there. ~a
[2007-09-24 15:07:32] - a: yeah, maybe you could drive to this one but if i have another show there on a saturday you could bike. but i guess the weather is also getting colder and i don't know when i'd get another date there. -amy
[2007-09-24 15:04:30] - oh, i don't mind being on the w&od past midnight. . . . being there only an hour is the part that would be pretty lame. i don't want to leave work two hours early so soon (i took friday off). ~a
[2007-09-24 14:53:54] - a: i'll be playing 8 to 10ish. if you left at 10 i wonder what time you'd get home... -amy
[2007-09-24 14:46:03] - how long is your set? ~a
[2007-09-24 14:44:32] - amy: i think i could get there by 9 if i leave work an hour early. ~a
[2007-09-24 14:35:49] - a: actually. how long would that take? O_o -amy
[2007-09-24 14:33:51] - aba: I'm a little surprised that counts as news.
-Paul[2007-09-24 14:27:25] - a: err, or maybe you were asking about the feasibility. here is the address: 1020 E Main St # I (purcellville, va) -amy
[2007-09-24 14:26:22] - a; sure, of course. actually that sounds like fun. if i had a bike. and didn't have to carry a guitar/amp/other equip while biking .p -amy
[2007-09-24 14:19:21] - Image:At-sign evolution.svg. interesting. supposedly, the former french-accented-a means "at" and is/was used in similar contexts to the @. ~a
[2007-09-24 14:16:15] - it is not thought that the animal must have come from the next village. ~a
[2007-09-24 14:16:05] - a: I googled "backwards @" in image search. couldn't find what you were looking for but there are some funny images - vinnie
[2007-09-24 14:08:13] - http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007410746,00.html - aba
[2007-09-24 13:59:35] - paul: it looks kind of weird. i'll sketch up an svg maybe. ~a
[2007-09-24 13:59:02] - amy: hahaha: you're at the end of the w&od! can i bike there? ~a
[2007-09-24 13:55:43] - a: I draw the @ symbol using a counter-clockwise circle. Is that the right way? How would you do it another way? -Paul
[2007-09-24 13:51:30] - I'm playing at market street coffee this friday at 8 in Purcellville. I would totally not blame anybody for not going since it is almost an hour away from me (and even further for others). Not that I ever blame anybody for not going. But you know what I mean. Just thought I'd mention it. -amy
[2007-09-24 13:43:26] - am i the only one that writes their at sign (@) backwards? i.e. the "a" part is correct, but the circle arround the a goes clockwise (incorrect) instead of counter-clockwise (correct). ~a
[2007-09-24 11:00:10] - pierce: That's a neat extension. Unfortunately, I use del.icio.us bookmarks, and it doesn't seem to work with them. - Kaleb
[2007-09-23 22:48:44] - kaleb: I found an addon called favicon picker which lets you erase the stored icon or replace it with one of your choosing, but that's mostly a workaround. - pierce
[2007-09-23 17:21:49] - vinnie: Fair-fax? Heh. I'll have to look around. I'm definitely interested in going. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-23 11:15:36] - xpovos: the fairfax one - vinnie
[2007-09-22 23:49:24] - vinnie: Which George Mason campus? Manassas? -- Xpovos
[2007-09-22 13:59:26] - pierce: I've been wondering the same. If you find out, let me know, - Kaleb
[2007-09-22 04:25:45] - is there a way to get firefox to reload the favicon for one of its bookmarks? sometimes it gets corrupted and, for example, ars technica will show up with the gmail icon. sometimes it resets after some time, sometimes it's just replaced with a different wrong icon. - pierce
[2007-09-21 16:10:54] - xpovos: yes! I'm going. and this year it is at George Mason which is super sweet. reduces my driving time from 90 minutes to about 10
- vinnie[2007-09-21 16:01:35] - aaron: i love how when "we" spend money it comes out of my bank account
~gurkie[2007-09-21 15:18:39] - cuba gooding jr is also good as the referee who has trouble deciphering someone's gender
[2007-09-21 14:20:16] -
- aaron[2007-09-21 14:07:49] - *** aba bonks aaron on the head
[2007-09-21 13:05:51] - http://boardgamegeek.com/viewcollection.php3?username=johnnydepp&rated=1&startletter=ALL whoa johnny depp is a total geek too. glad to see we're not the only ones who wasted our money on fifth avenue - aaron
[2007-09-21 12:11:37] - vinnie: Any plans on the Lorlynn MtG pre-release? -- Xpovos
[2007-09-21 11:18:22] - lol some of these games really cracked me up because they seemed so suited to the person. Al Gore: Cranium Beyonce Knowles: Guess Who, Connect Four (sorry beyonce, but somehow that doesn't surprise me.) George W. Bush: Risk ...and many actors play charades, not surprising. *goes off to finish reading list* -amy
[2007-09-20 17:23:28] - gurkie: wil wheaton played wesley crusher on star trek, the next generation. - aba
[2007-09-20 17:09:43] - hrmm that sounded weong the part that seems weird to me is that i already got the invite... (not that its in dec) ~gurkie
[2007-09-20 17:02:37] - the holidays seem to get earlier and earlier every year... i just got an invite to my companys holiday party... in dec. ~gurkie
[2007-09-20 15:28:47] - vinnie: who is wil wheaton? and i cant see bgg from here... I can see a lot more than i use to be able to... but not quite that much. ~gurkie
[2007-09-20 14:59:19] - - vinnie
[2007-09-20 14:58:07] - gurkie: what about wil wheaton? http://boardgamegeek.com/viewcollection.php3?username=wilwheaton&own=1&startletter=ALL eh, he barely counts as a celebrity anymore anyway
[2007-09-20 14:56:53] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams#Other_interests and is a big evangelion fan according to wikipedia.... - aaron
[2007-09-20 14:55:11] - damn robin williams plays warhammer?! - aaron
[2007-09-20 14:35:13] - vinnie: let me clarify... best games compared to the other celebs. ~gurkie
[2007-09-20 14:34:53] - vinnie: Jenna Fischer has the best games! Yay! ~gurkie
[2007-09-20 13:57:09] - to make us feel a little less nerdy: http://jergames.blogspot.com/2007/04/celebrities-who-play-board-and-card.html - vinnie
[2007-09-20 09:53:43] - bbr: i won't be there, sorry. ~a
[2007-09-20 09:35:07] - aaron: okie - vinnie
[2007-09-20 09:33:40] - a: Yay! We is the winner. -Paul
[2007-09-20 09:32:50] - ddr_people: sfm? - aaron
[2007-09-20 08:02:08] - sure. ~a
[2007-09-19 23:58:28] - a: Hard to compare. Shall we call it a tie? -Paul
[2007-09-19 23:55:56] - paul: i closed up the office at 2300 and opened the office the next morning at 0630. ~a
[2007-09-19 23:29:29] - a: I may have you beat. I left for work at 5:15am this morning and got back at 11:15pm. -Paul
[2007-09-19 15:31:44] - you misspell your name too. there's no E. ~a
[2007-09-19 14:50:58] - vinnie: so you are telling me he not only fails at grammar he also cant spell? ~gurkie
[2007-09-19 13:58:32] - timbaland ~a
[2007-09-19 13:54:08] - gurkie: timBAland, not Timberland
- vinnie[2007-09-19 13:53:49] - kaleb: awesome! I didn't realize they had made any versions of it lately. the PC game is excellent - vinnie
[2007-09-19 13:05:51] - Xpovos: totally not that timberland.... and only if you want to irk people around you. ~gurkie
[2007-09-19 12:39:19] - vinnie: The Incredible Machine is a cool game, bu I never played much on PC. I have the mobile phone version that just came out, and it's actually pretty good for being so scaled down. - Kaleb
[2007-09-19 12:11:43] - gurkie: I have a pair of Timberland boots. Can I say, "I are"? -- Xpovos
[2007-09-19 10:37:34] - vinnie: ur not timberland dont say things like i are. ~gurkie
[2007-09-19 10:37:03] - aaron: I does - vinnie
[2007-09-19 09:59:14] - aaron: he does. ~gurkie
[2007-09-19 09:15:35] - vinnie: do you use google talk at work? - aaron
[2007-09-19 07:23:06] - you know life is great when you're the last to leave the office and the first to arrive. ~a
[2007-09-18 20:59:35] - Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. My little experiment on the rate cut turned me a nice profit. Too bad I only had a small amount to play with to start. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 20:58:57] - a: Bernake cut rates 50 basis points. Market had priced in a 25 basis point cut. Exuberance resulted. Probably will pull back sharply tomorrow, though, as they realize a 50 point cut means Bernake thinks there's a dangerously high chance of the 'R' word. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 18:47:29] - omg! stock market? ~a
[2007-09-18 15:10:52] - wow, a 300 yard pass? that's pretty good.
~a[2007-09-18 15:02:47] - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/09/18/mcnabb.ap/index.html McNabb says black QBs face greater scrutiny. -Paul
[2007-09-18 15:01:37] - pierce: reminds me of the Incredible Machine
- vinnie[2007-09-18 14:54:05] - http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3611647 = Ow. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 14:33:00] - pierce: I watched the first 3. That's a pretty neat idea for level creation. Though it looked like the person technically had to hold Down on the second level. I'll have to watch more later. - Kaleb
[2007-09-18 13:23:40] - aaron: Well, one or more of those is true. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 13:22:32] - a: Yes, but this was the government, so I felt a little nervous all the same. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 13:04:49] - http://www.googlism.com/index.htm?ism=andrew+riley&type=1 more andrew rileys - aaron
[2007-09-18 11:50:58] - don't they usually associate background checks with (at the very least) your DOB? both of those people have a different DOB, right? ~a
[2007-09-18 11:04:00] - xpovos: so there's another person with your name that has gotten into trouble?? man your name is cursed - vinnie
[2007-09-18 10:50:48] - vinnie: Actually, I take that back. That's a second imposter messing with me. Wow. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 10:48:56] - vinnie: I'd known about that second article for a while. It came out right during the middle of my background check process for this job and I just knew it would somehow come back to bite me in the ass. So far, so good. -- Xpovos
[2007-09-18 10:36:19] - http://educationwonk.blogspot.com/2007/03/bad-seed-13-year-old-andrew-riley.html - vinnie
[2007-09-18 10:36:06] - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/18/nteacher118.xml - vinnie
[2007-09-18 10:18:45] - a: But it was after college. -Paul
[2007-09-18 09:50:46] - paul: you were living at home. ~a
[2007-09-18 09:48:20] - a: I don't remember when I bought my current computer but it's definitely not older than 5 years old. Hell, it has a 64-bit processor. When did those start coming out? -Paul
[2007-09-18 03:17:45] - a: works fine for me, not sure what's going on. - pierce
[2007-09-18 00:28:26] - pierce: i'm pretty sure it didn't. i can't seem to get でっていうマリオ４ to load correctly. ~a
[2007-09-17 18:39:37] - I'm not sure if this got posted here before, but super mario world levels that play themselves albeit with crappy audio syncing in some of them. - pierce
[2007-09-17 18:25:39] - vinnie: wowwww those are the big two.... that's kind of eery that they died so close together - aaron
[2007-09-17 16:40:51] - aaron: another match game celebrity rip: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/17/obit.somers.ap/ - vinnie
[2007-09-17 16:17:37] - that being said, this computer is 8 years old, and it's very capable. ~a
[2007-09-17 16:04:02] - paul: in my opinion, any computer (that you or i would buy) less than 5 years in age isn't old. ~a
[2007-09-17 15:37:46] - Pierce: Yeah, iTunes was really pissing me off last night. All I had open was iTunes and Firefox and for some reason iTunes couldn't handle simply playing a song without stuttering. I don't think my computer is THAT old. -Paul
[2007-09-17 07:40:15] - pierce: i thought of betatesting 3.0, but most of my favorite plugins didn't support 3.0 last time i checked. ~a
[2007-09-17 04:27:34] - a: nevermind. - pierce
[2007-09-17 01:42:15] - a: so you're not yet on firefox 2.0? - pierce
[2007-09-16 23:38:33] - paul: that and last.fm, both of which would stutter - pierce
[2007-09-16 20:55:24] - Pierce: Do you use iTunes for listening to music? I've found that lately my computer will start skipping music even when it's not really doing anything else computationally intensive at all. I blame iTunes. -Paul
[2007-09-16 20:03:27] - disable them! ~a
[2007-09-16 20:01:46] - what's particularly annoying is that most of the offending ads don't have any obvious interactive component, so they'd be just as effective as animated gifs. anyway, it's bugging me because while I guess my computer is showing its age, the only thing it does that it seems to have trouble handling is advertisements. - pierce
[2007-09-16 20:01:46] - they're fairly easy to disable. all flash objects are disabled on my computer until i click on them. flashblock is the firefox plugin i use. ~a
[2007-09-16 19:58:38] - does it seem to anyone else that flash-based banner ads are getting more and more computationally intensive lately? facebook has one that simulates fire, and a few weeks ago the AV club had one for a zombie game that drew several thousand small sprites running across it which was so bad it would make my music skip. - pierce
[2007-09-16 08:10:33] - pierce: the infobox had the wrong name. i wonder what else about the infobox is incorrect. ~a
[2007-09-16 07:09:55] - woot! I have a wikipedia page! - pierce
[2007-09-14 21:29:30] - i'm not a big drinker. i just can't think of a better way to get all of this alcohol into my body.
[2007-09-14 17:40:19] - a: thanks, that helps a lot. these are all observational measurements, so they are pretty coarse precision. - aba
[2007-09-14 17:35:06] - for the "bunch of different variables"; the numeric ones are probably all going to be 4-8 bytes. ~a
[2007-09-14 17:33:43] - aba: depending on the context, spacial location is usually stored as three floating point numbers (x,y,z or lat,lon,alt). if you only need low precision, you're talking about 12 bytes; high precision, you would need 24 bytes. time depends on the precision you need too, but probably 4-8 bytes. ~a
[2007-09-14 15:53:07] - vinnie: the first one, i feel really bad for laughing so hard - aaron
[2007-09-14 15:21:13] - aaron: which one is the one you are aaaaaaaaaughing? - vinnie
[2007-09-14 15:09:27] - http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/Same-Old,-Same-Old.aspx aaaaaaaaaaaugh - aaron
[2007-09-14 15:07:09] - vinnie: i've seen bitters used in other drinks. i think it's like - a really strong spice, like cinnamon or nutmeg or something crazy. - aaron
[2007-09-14 14:52:55] - wait.... pisco sour's have egg whites in them? I have totally had pisco sours before in... Peru I think. Pisco tastes similar to Tequila but isnt really... ~gurkie
[2007-09-14 14:34:17] - vinnie: no, it was pisco mix, tequila, sugar, lemon juice and ice. the egg whites might have been in the pisco mix though because i didn't look at the ingredient list on the package. - aba
[2007-09-14 14:21:55] - aba: were there egg whites in the mix? I suppose it's not as gross as raw egg whites anyway. we were just talking about drinks yesterday that had raw egg - vinnie
[2007-09-14 14:09:57] - vinnie: i've had a pisco sour before made from "pisco mix" and i didn't like it that much. it might taste a lot better if you have the actual pisco alcohol. - aba
[2007-09-14 14:04:19] - here's the drink I was talking about yesterday: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pisco-Sour/Detail.aspx if you make it, report back. I have no idea what bitters are - vinnie
[2007-09-14 13:56:48] - a: i think the concern is more about hard drive space for long term storage. i'll take a look at that page you linked.
- aba[2007-09-14 13:55:45] - a: they are talking of integrating web cam .jpg files in at some point, but i'm not going to worry too much about that for now. - aba
[2007-09-14 13:55:18] - a: you can think of it as a 3d cube. x = spatial location, y = time and z = a bunch of different variables. most are numeric (precip, temp, etc) but some are character strings (wind dir). - aba
[2007-09-14 13:25:19] - hmm. the message board truncated my message. bad message board! ~a
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