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[2007-11-19 15:41:05] - xpovos: good guess. but no. the creamy filling hurt nothing but my pride. ~a
[2007-11-19 15:20:41] - Shameless plug: Since I know at least three people had issue accessing my wedding website, here it is again. http://www.timeandthemaiden.org -- Xpovos
[2007-11-19 15:20:02] - a: That creamy filling that Paul stuffed in your face? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-19 14:39:48] - so what's your guess? ~a
[2007-11-18 22:08:59] - a: Oooh, ooh, I know! -- Xpovos
[2007-11-18 15:32:10] - gurkie: my stomach hurts and i'm not sure why. any thoughts? ~a
[2007-11-18 03:02:14] - aaron: i.e. yes. ~a
[2007-11-18 03:01:48] - the signs are so mean to trucks. trucks aren't traffic now?
[2007-11-18 02:52:17] - "open to traffic no trucks" that's off of 66 right? - aaron
[2007-11-17 02:08:39] - that your clothing is off?
[2007-11-16 18:22:05] - off my clothing that is. - aba
[2007-11-16 18:21:47] - kaleb: the last time i flew, they flagged me for a check of trace explosive matter...... i had to stand in a machine while puffs of air blew particulate matter of my clothing for instantaneous testing. it was bizarro. - aba
[2007-11-16 14:12:04] - kaleb: my guess is that they're going to have the x-ray machine replace your bag with an identical one filled with springy snakes. Then when you open it, all the TSA folks will scream "BOOGABOOGA" as the snakes fly out at you. - pierce
[2007-11-16 13:07:32] - amy / pierce: As if airport security wasn't a pain in the ass already, this is going to make things even worse. What the hell does "more aggressive, visible and unpredictable security measures" mean? Random full-cavity body searches? - Kaleb
[2007-11-16 12:23:03] - a/Paul: Thanks. Will try to be there, as I said. Still no guarantees. I have a meeting at 4PM, and a lot of other junk to deal with. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-16 10:26:28] - for some stupid reason, this is valid in c++ and java: int x = x; ~a
[2007-11-16 10:01:25] - aaron: tonight - vinnie
[2007-11-16 09:58:43] - vinnie: what about Oracle books - aaron
[2007-11-16 09:52:26] - paul: tonight. ~a
[2007-11-16 09:07:15] - a: D'oh. I should probably read all messages on the board before replying to something earlier.
-Paul[2007-11-16 09:06:55] - Xpovos: Tonight. -Paul
[2007-11-16 08:49:14] - xpovos: friday (tonight) ~a
[2007-11-16 08:38:04] - pierce: I have a strong hunch the Joker was behind that murder - vinnie
[2007-11-16 08:35:04] - I thought of a thing in an office hat starts with 'O': outbox - vinnie
[2007-11-16 08:05:40] - Paul: Was poker tonight or tomorrow? I've forgotten and can't access the e-mail. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-16 05:53:42] - pierce: cyanide poisoning? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-16 05:50:47] - a: Thanks! I am now less dumb. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-16 01:24:06] - http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-screeners15nov15,1,784508.story not only that, but they missed them in spite of being (inappropriately) warned by their superiors about the tests and the specific methods that were going to be used. - pierce
[2007-11-16 00:32:59] - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/airport_security airport screeners miss bomb parts -amy
[2007-11-15 16:01:06] - aaron: I'm coming to DDR - vinnie
[2007-11-15 15:57:28] - a: I just assumed those were photos from different angles of a murder scene. - pierce
[2007-11-15 15:50:52] - hmmmmmmmmmmm
[2007-11-15 15:45:22] - his head is sideways. ~a
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/-<[2007-11-15 15:32:43] - sounds good. ~a
[2007-11-15 15:28:18] - a: i'll go to ddr if you will - aaron
[2007-11-15 15:16:29] - xpovos: bf (the title of the article is possibly nsfw?) ~a
[2007-11-15 15:00:18] - a: Cool... *starts contemplating how to reverse engineer* -- Xpovos
[2007-11-15 14:26:13] - dinner dinner revolution. ~a
[2007-11-15 14:25:38] - it says "hello andrew" ~a
[2007-11-15 14:24:36] - a: That'll do it. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-15 14:11:03] - vinnie: were you doing dinner? or ddr - aaron
[2007-11-15 13:55:03] - thanks ya'll
- vinnie[2007-11-15 13:46:45] - xpovos: +++++++++++[>+++++++++>+>+++<<<-] >[>>>+>+>+<<<<<-]+ ++++[>>>++>++<<<<-]>> >>>+++++.---.<-..+++.<<-.>> >----.<-.>+++.<++++.>+.<<+++++ +++++.<<-. ~a
[2007-11-15 13:19:44] - a: I'm sorry. Talk code to me; it'll return the favor and I'll feel dumb. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-15 12:57:07] - xpovos: i feel dumb. ~a
[2007-11-15 12:53:03] - aaron: Pick up a panther chameleon while you're there. =} --- Also, Happy Birthday, Vinnie! - Kaleb
[2007-11-15 12:53:00] - a: I don't, it was a figure of speech in this case, indicating that I would not generally be in favor of consuming chameleons, even if they were a Thai delicacy. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-15 12:26:42] - xpovos: i know i'm going to feel dumb for asking this . . . but, why do you have an "approved menu"? ~a
[2007-11-15 12:21:49] - aaron: That's not a good sign... I think I'd eat somewhere else, unless lizard was on my approved menu. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-15 11:43:06] - http://64.233.169.104/search?q=thai%20pilin i was looking for a restaurant in tysons corner and... what is going in with this first page? - aaron
[2007-11-15 11:11:32] - aaron: omg. "Anonymous page creation will be reenabled on English Wikipedia" This means just anybody can create a new page (you don't need to even create an account to create a new article let alone edit existing articles). this is going to suck on so many levels. ~a
[2007-11-15 09:07:15] - Vinnie: HAPPY BDAY! ~gurkie
[2007-11-14 14:30:05] - video game themed halftime show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuRfQlMu2VY fairly amusing. with sound, obv. -amy
[2007-11-13 14:56:43] - oh right i forgot. yay. ~a
[2007-11-13 14:39:03] - a: It's not too bad. I sold last week. -Paul
[2007-11-13 14:12:17] - sowwy paul. ~a
[2007-11-13 14:05:07] - a: Looks like you were right about NSTK. -Paul
[2007-11-13 11:52:31] - Brutal -- Xpovos
[2007-11-12 23:18:25] - gurkie: yes but i am lazy and figured if i wasn't supposed to go to work somebody would have told me .) and indeed i was supposed to, so it works out. -amy
[2007-11-12 19:03:43] - aaron:
- aaron[2007-11-12 17:48:46] - aaron: but they probably dont have naked people
~gurkie[2007-11-12 17:48:33] - aaron: I SO WANT THAT! ~gurkie
[2007-11-12 16:50:55] - it's like megatouch for the DS! but it only has one game. - aaron
[2007-11-12 16:49:56] - gurkie: QuickSpot - aaron
[2007-11-12 14:43:48] - yeah, i always have fast indexing turned off in windows for the same reason. in linux i have it on because it indexes when i'm sleeping. ~a
[2007-11-12 14:40:20] - I don't know how far the technology has come as far as Windows is concerned (I haven't fully tried WDS), but I may want to try it out again soon. - Kaleb
[2007-11-12 14:39:35] - a: No prob. I think I actually have fast indexing turned off, but I'll have to check. I had problems with third party apps indexing my hard drives in the past because I would typically search directories containing hundreds of gigs of stuff and the performance for both the indexing and the searching was really bad.
[2007-11-12 14:10:39] - kaleb: the sidebar functionality in windows xp does use indexing. though you can disable the indexing and it will still work. . . . i don't know the answer to your question, sorry. ~a
[2007-11-12 13:55:37] - a: It's the integrated Explorer search (sidebar) functionality in Windows XP. Not to be confused with Windows Desktop Search. I use it all the time because I find it works very well and doesn't rely on indexing (as far as I know). - Kaleb
[2007-11-12 13:52:29] - is that some sort of desktop search? ~a
[2007-11-12 13:34:36] - what is "search companion"? ~a
[2007-11-12 13:23:12] - Anyone know of an image viewer for Windows other than Picture & Fax viewer that takes into account search results from the Search Companion when determining forward and back image navigation? IrfanView doesn't do this, and neither does FastStone MaxView. - Kaleb
[2007-11-12 11:20:34] -
~a[2007-11-12 11:17:23] - a: ONLY KIDDING! ~gurkie
[2007-11-12 11:17:14] - a: yes you. ~gurkie
[2007-11-12 11:14:56] - gurkie: so you like working. and you like taking time off of work. is there anything you don't like? ~a
[2007-11-12 11:08:55] - amy: cant you call them and check before you go in? ~gurkie
[2007-11-12 11:08:24] - i <3 work! but i like vacation time even more! I totally just scheduled 3 weeks off (between now and end of year)! SO EXCITED! ~gurkie
[2007-11-12 11:02:27] - I'm here. -Paul
[2007-11-12 10:17:18] - i will be going to work later. i *hope* the store's open... i don't really fancy driving to haymarket and back for no reason .) -amy
[2007-11-12 09:54:29] - vinnie: It's a federal holiday, many companies use that as a guideline for holidays; at least a starting point, though they may flex a few days, or switch a few around. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-12 09:36:03] - yeah I am. I didn't think too many non-government people got veteran's day off - vinnie
[2007-11-12 09:03:00] - me. ~a
[2007-11-12 08:19:44] - Anyone else at work today (Veteren's Day (observed))? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-11 11:12:08] - xpovos: the message board prefers latitude and longitude or ecef. ~a
[2007-11-11 10:18:39] - a: It is for the message board. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-11 10:05:26] - hi aaron. ~a
[2007-11-11 01:43:57] - HI ADRIAN - aaron
[2007-11-11 01:11:38] - xpovos: that's not a location. ~a
[2007-11-11 01:11:30] - pierce: only slightly too far. ~a
[2007-11-10 21:32:03] - a: Weekend. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-10 19:24:35] - a: seattle. - pierce
[2007-11-10 17:21:40] - god i'm bored. where the hell is everybody? ~a
[2007-11-09 21:01:26] - you and i are animals. bob is an angry plant. ~a
[2007-11-09 21:00:16] - a: http://www.angryflower.com/button.html i told you so - aaron
[2007-11-09 18:08:39] - amy: ,`-J - aaron
[2007-11-09 17:06:16] - Xpovos: I don't regret my NSTK sale, but what a wild market. -Paul
[2007-11-09 16:49:25] - title: who set you? -amy
[2007-11-09 14:13:04] - Paul: Depends on how much further down NSTK goes, right? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-09 12:03:40] - Xpovos: Somewhat. I actually decided to bail out on NSTK for now (which I admit is probably the worst possible time). The rest of my stocks are up on average, though. -Paul
[2007-11-09 11:15:26] - Paul: Another rugged day? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-08 16:30:03] - works out perfectly. I was just about to tell you guys I wasn't going to make it today
- vinnie[2007-11-08 16:06:00] - me either. i have a work thing. vinnie, you're all alone today.
~a[2007-11-08 15:58:13] - ddr_people: no ddr for me today
- aaron[2007-11-08 15:44:03] - Hilarity ensues. A birthday prank gone horribly right? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-08 15:07:03] - gtk-error
[2007-11-08 14:54:06] - Paul: My bad. Today's actually hitting me too. Still not 'hard', but not plesant either. Friday will be interesting. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-08 13:43:47] - a: I have a fear of computers to this day - vinnie
[2007-11-08 13:21:21] - Xpovos: Actually, it was down 40% yesterday overall.
-Paul[2007-11-08 11:31:56] - Paul: Double down! -25% and -20% = Buy more!
-- Xpovos[2007-11-08 10:53:50] - It's funny to look at my portfolio in the past couple of months. I've had wild 20% swings in value. Sadly, I'm in a down swing right now. Maybe the next time it swings up I should just sell everything.
-Paul[2007-11-08 10:49:24] - paul: "i've noticed that drops are very rarely an over-reaction. they're almost always an under-reaction." called it! ~a
[2007-11-08 10:46:03] - Xpovos: It's ok, NSTK is down almost another 20% today.
-Paul[2007-11-08 10:28:09] - were you traumatized? ~a
[2007-11-08 09:57:31] - aaron: sad mac used to scare me as a kid. and worse was the bomb icon when something crashed. I thought our Mac was going to blow up - vinnie
[2007-11-08 09:35:02] - a: Microcap stock went up 20% two days ago and another 6% yesterday. My other stock only went down a very small bit. Basically, I made money because I'm not divirsified right now. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-08 09:31:32] - xpovos: how the hell did you pull that off? ~a
[2007-11-08 08:22:03] - Paul: Ow. I actually made money yesterday (ignoring the 401/403). -- Xpovos
[2007-11-08 07:53:42] - pierce: i saw that last night, i was surprised by how many people dressed up as thnikkaman... wtf? thnikkaman? - aaron
[2007-11-08 06:26:08] - (that link has sound, for the h*r virgins) - pierce
[2007-11-08 06:25:09] - http://www.homestarrunner.com/costumes2007.html - pierce
[2007-11-07 21:49:39] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007110700216.html?hpid=moreheadlines 8-Limbed Girl Has Successful Surgery. -Paul
[2007-11-07 19:45:52] - aba: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tesla_coil.png ~a
[2007-11-07 19:37:55] - paul: the whole market went down ~3% today. i lost a week's salary. ~a
[2007-11-07 16:41:35] - Xpovos: I lost basically an entire month's salary today.
-Paul[2007-11-07 16:12:45] - Sad Mac and Mr. Yuk should date each other. - pierce
[2007-11-07 15:25:23] - Sad Mac - aaron
[2007-11-07 14:17:56] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1O2jcfOylU - aba
[2007-11-07 13:36:51] - What really hurts is that ONXX was my former speculative stock and that guy is up nearly 20% today. -Paul
[2007-11-07 13:27:08] - i've noticed that drops are very rarely an over-reaction. they're almost always an under-reaction. ~a
[2007-11-07 11:34:42] - Pat Robertson endorses Guiliani? WTF? -- Xpovos
[2007-11-07 10:44:38] - Paul: I know that feeling. I need to learn to keep more of my investment money in cash so I can buy stuff on drops. Like 3M or Walgreen's. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-07 10:15:09] - Xpovos: I'm thinking of doing the same thing with mine, since I think this is an over-reaction and the stock is still sound. Have to sell one of my other stocks to do that, though.
-Paul[2007-11-07 10:04:27] - Paul: That is rough. My spec play is up pretty decently past two days. I think I could actually sell it for a marginal profit now. But only because I rebought after a 30+% decline. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-07 09:48:13] - a: NSTK. It's my speculative stock so I can't say it's totally unexpected. Still hurts though. -Paul
[2007-11-07 09:37:35] - paul: which one? ~a
[2007-11-07 09:25:39] - This is going to be a rough day for my portfolio. I just discovered one of my stocks is down 25% in pre-market activity.
-Paul[2007-11-07 08:01:08] - Paul: I read through the play by play and I still can't really tell. Apparently they have a decent defense and an unbelievably bad offense to go with it. The overtime drive is perhaps the most entertaining. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-06 17:42:34] - Xpovos: How do you get three safeties? -Paul
[2007-11-06 16:50:22] - a: at work yes, however i did school projects drunk it was great fun
~gurkie[2007-11-06 16:13:32] - gurkie: you always program sober? ~a
[2007-11-06 15:56:15] - http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/110307ri.html -- Xpovos
[2007-11-06 15:53:12] - http://xkcd.com/323/ ~gurkie
[2007-11-06 15:36:37] - http://surreality.info/up/lj_my_milkshake_bringeth.jpg
[2007-11-06 11:56:22] - they already did ddr. well at least they featured ddr. ~a
[2007-11-06 11:28:23] - http://gamernode.com/news/4938-new-south-park-to-be-about-guitar-hero/index.html new south park to be about guitar hero - aaron
[2007-11-06 10:02:14] - I think Elliott just hated the caller. He is very vitriolic. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-06 08:56:21] - Xpovos: That somewhat surprises me. I would've thought Elliot would be sympathetic to a guy like Ron Paul. Maybe all he knows is that he's a Republican. -Paul
[2007-11-06 08:42:00] - Paul: My driver this morning was listening to the talk shows (Junkies and Elliott: being the drawback of slugging), Elliott had a caller going on about that Ron Paul haul. Elliott of course mauled her viciously. It didn't help that she wasn't a U.S. citizen... -- Xpovos
[2007-11-05 20:26:07] - http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/?hpid=topnews Ron Paul's Record Online Haul. -Paul
[2007-11-05 18:32:27] - pierce: i've heard that complaint regarding ubuntu's version numbers as well - aaron
[2007-11-05 17:58:05] - kaleb: thanks! ~gurkie
[2007-11-05 16:42:25] -
~a[2007-11-05 16:41:20] - a: I disagree with your face. - pierce
[2007-11-05 16:26:53] - i disagree with one of your implications. i don't think they were thinking about (or didn't know about) the inappropriate/immature term when they originally thought up of the name. . . . but . . . now they do know about the term. and they probably should have renamed the component. and they didn't. ~a
[2007-11-05 16:13:45] - that's not such a bad thing when it's just an innocuous silly name, but "camel toe" is more inappropriate and immature than most of them. - pierce
[2007-11-05 16:12:41] - a: I don't think it's malice, but I don't think it's incompetence. I think it's folks making a joke (like "Wine Is Not an Emulator") without thinking about how the silly name (Jabber, Ogg Vorbis) might affect people in professional evironments who have to explain the term to non-techies. - pierce
[2007-11-05 15:57:19] - pierce: i think this is a case of ascribing to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence. ~a
[2007-11-05 15:35:37] - "hahah, we can make this a wacky sexual reference, and fuck the business users who will have to use the term in mixed company!" - pierce
[2007-11-05 15:34:43] - a: It may not be horrible, but it certainly isn't good, and the news is just abysmal. $6.5B in writedowns last quarter, they had to restate their earnings down another $150M+, and are already projecting another $8-11B in writedowns next quarter. Everett Dirksen at work again. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-05 14:59:46] - what a horrible name. ~a
[2007-11-05 14:20:09] - aaron: the outbound is public and the inbound is private - kaleb
[2007-11-05 13:21:22] - http://activemq.apache.org/camel/transactional-client.html Transaction Oriented Endpoints (Camel Toes) like JMS support using a transaction for both inbound and outbound message exchanges - aaron
[2007-11-05 10:58:58] - kaleb: haha I love that "costume" - vinnie
[2007-11-05 10:32:42] - -12% (compared to the indexes) isn't that horrible if you're talking about a weeks time. ~a
[2007-11-05 09:47:48] - I hope no-one hear owned Citigroup [C] stock. -- Xpovos
[2007-11-05 06:49:18] - http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/ hey VT got third in this year's DARPA urban challenge? - aaron
[2007-11-04 19:31:08] - Happy Birthday, Gurkie! - Kaleb
[2007-11-04 14:39:26] - aaron: when you hit the cursor keys or backspace when that's an illegal operation; like hitting left when you're at the beginning of the text. it only just happened in 2.2.2 though. - pierce
[2007-11-04 14:22:47] - pierce: running "sc stop beep" and "sc config beep start= disabled" on the windows command line will also disable this annoying beep (i.e. a beep that is unaffected by your soundcard volume settings) for all applications. ~a
[2007-11-04 13:37:23] - kaleb: bah. my ' and enter keys are right next to eachother. that was supposed to be "i lol'd". - aba
[2007-11-04 13:36:49] - kaleb: i lol
[2007-11-04 10:08:03] - kaleb: grrrrrrr
- aaron[2007-11-04 10:07:31] - pierce: when does it system beep? i'm running 2.0.2 -aaron
[2007-11-04 03:59:24] - hey, for those of you who use pidgin on windows and are annoyed that the latest version systembeeps at you: edit C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc and add a line "gtk-error-bell = 0" - pierce
[2007-11-03 13:58:25] - a: i totally remembered that you had added something to it but i didnt feel like searching through the old info to find it. Thanks. ~gurkie
[2007-11-02 17:36:22] - inspired by a different cool google maps mixin that shows live uploads to flickr on a world map. ~a
[2007-11-02 17:35:14] - google maps mixin a neat live map that shows recent edits to wikipedia as they happen (5 minute delay looks like) on a world map. only shows anonymous editors. ~a
[2007-11-02 14:09:05] - gurkie: but don't worry about resending that email. i got it. ~a
[2007-11-02 14:07:48] - gurkie: "everybody, my email address has changed. add "-friends" to my current email address. dewey added my name to plaxo two years ago and my spam system has been overloaded ever since. ~a" ~a
[2007-11-02 14:00:16] - a: i no longer appear to have an email addy that works for you... what did u do? ~gurkie
[2007-11-02 13:37:54] - aaron: holy shit that owns. you should also check out this one: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1814401337&context=set-82723847918023742&size=l - kaleb
[2007-11-02 12:35:40] - kaleb: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1814409066&context=set-72157602822524814&size=l bioshock halloween costume - aaron
[2007-11-01 22:16:05] - paul: yeah, me too. stupid mutual funds. ~a
[2007-11-01 17:26:11] - a: I'm down almost 3% today.
-Paul[2007-11-01 17:20:25] - oh i know why. the mutual funds haven't registered yet. i'm sure i'll be down over 1k when they're all said and done. ~a
[2007-11-01 17:19:38] - paul: all of my stocks are in the red. one of them at -6% and another at -7% a few at -3%. surprisingly, i'm only down .5k (just over 1%). ~a
[2007-11-01 17:15:50] - aaron: do you want us to call if we ARE going to sfm, or if we are NOT going to sfm? ~a
[2007-11-01 17:14:44] - aaron: sfm. ~a
[2007-11-01 16:27:34] - aaron: sfm is fine - vinnie
[2007-11-01 16:18:41] - (my phone # is the same) - aaron
[2007-11-01 16:18:34] - ddr_people: sfm? i have my cell phone but i don't have any of your #s. so call me if something is up - aaron
[2007-11-01 16:07:00] - What a crazy day for the market. I have one stock up over 7%, another one down over 7%, and overall lost over $1k. -Paul
[2007-11-01 12:50:03] - vinnie: which song? i have two of her albums so i may have heard it - aaron
[2007-10-31 17:22:02] - aaron: ANOTHER Blectum coincidence - Amy lent me a mix CD a friend gave her. it has a Blectum from Blechdom song on it. this girl appears to be popping up in a million places - vinnie
[2007-10-31 17:13:07] - wow I totally didnt read that earlier, I think it is ridiculous. I am with Vinnie in that I may have been kicked out freshman year with that rule. And I agree with everyone who essentially said that no one at TJ intentionally does bad, we wouldnt have gone to that school if we were afraid of standing out as smart. ~gurkie
[2007-10-31 17:09:27] - high school is a messed-up enough time for kids without hanging the threat of "perform, or we'll take you away from all your friends" over their heads. they went through a selective application process already, let them enjoy the rest of their teenage years. - pierce
[2007-10-31 17:06:39] - I certainly wouldn't have taken BC Calc, because even though I got a 104% on the cumulative final exam and a 5 on the AP exam, I ended up with a D in the class. My vice was a lack of homework, but it represents the larger problem that this policy will create a very restrictive cutoff based on a very subjective measurement. - pierce
[2007-10-31 17:04:03] - my position on the TJ rule change is, I never got the sense while I was there that what the school needed was more grade grubbing and more stress about academic performance. yes, it's possible that this policy would've made me work just hard enough to keep myself above the line, but I don't feel like I would've been any smarter or happier for it... - pierce
[2007-10-31 15:49:32] - xpovos: don't rip too many up. we don't want deflation. then all the losers in debt will start freaking out. ~a
[2007-10-31 15:12:57] - RIP USD. Seriously, might as well rip a few up. Here comes inflation. -- Xpovos
[2007-10-31 13:29:14] - RIP robert goulet
[2007-10-31 13:00:33] - better than a free taco if you go to Chipotle dressed as a Burrito (this entailed a piece of tinfoil on my head) you get a free burritto! Its supposed to be from 5-10PM but we just got them for lunch ~gurkie
[2007-10-31 12:30:50] - It concerns me most in terms of grade inflation. Maybe that won't be as much of an issue at TJ as it would at every other school, but how many teachers anywhere will be willing to give a student the grade that essentially expels him from school? Hence a B is the new D. -- Xpovos
[2007-10-31 12:07:48] - aaron: it still creates unnecessary pressure on borderline students. also the rationalization is moronic (we have to stop kids from intentioanlly getting low grades!) - mig
[2007-10-31 11:51:19] - pierce: the way the article is phrased doesn't make it sound like a hard rule. it's not as dumb as the title makes it sound - aaron
[2007-10-31 10:02:39] - vinnie: that's what pierce said. i think it's very very dumb. the school is already too hard on students that have trouble. ~a
[2007-10-31 10:01:26] - title: heh. ~a
[2007-10-31 09:33:57] - then again, I was also being a slacker and the rule would have probably prompted me to try harder - vinnie
[2007-10-31 09:33:19] - hm I would have been kicked out after freshman year if we had had that rule, I'm nearly certain. I know my GPA was hovering below 3.0 - vinnie
[2007-10-31 01:05:28] - aaron: check out this cool youtube video? (doesn't really point to the right place, but i don't care enough to get it fixed) ~a
[2007-10-31 01:04:55] - new minimum GPA policy at TJ. how can such a smart school make such a dumb rule? - pierce
[2007-10-30 21:30:23] - http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108395&title=prince-charles-scandal
[2007-10-30 16:17:08] - xpovos: i'll be about ready to die, so you can kill me. my money will probably be all gone so you can steal whatever is left too. ~a
[2007-10-30 16:16:11] - nm, i found the link. ~a
[2007-10-30 16:11:37] - aaron: hmm?! do you have a link or something? the nearest taco bell is springfield mall
~a[2007-10-30 15:51:07] - Xpovos: I know. They've decreased losses and increased subscribers? OMG! Time for a 10% drop! -Paul
[2007-10-30 15:30:35] - a: Perfect. See you there. Be sure to let me know which option you prefer. -- Xpovos
[2007-10-30 15:30:08] - Paul: How dare SIRI just meet expectations. -- Xpovos
[2007-10-30 15:13:16] - free taco from taco bell until 5 PM! - aaron
[2007-10-30 15:12:04] - i guess "fast" is the wrong word. "synchronized" is better. ~a
[2007-10-30 15:10:14] - wow! aaron, that was a fast post
~a[2007-10-30 15:09:58] - a: ubuntu yes - aaron
[2007-10-30 15:09:58] - i plan on living till the 22nd century. ~a
[2007-10-30 14:32:15] - a: I'll resurrect from the dead sometime in the 23rd century to kill a few people and steal some other people's money.
-- Xpovos[2007-10-30 14:31:47] - aaron: ubuntu? ~a
[2007-10-30 14:13:05] - a: ha. i finally got to try that apt-get moo thing. - aaron
[2007-10-30 13:17:01] - Ouch, now Sirius is joining in on the "kill Paul's portfolio" fun. Not a good day. -Paul
[2007-10-30 13:15:16] - a: I guess they have their information wrong for me. -Paul
[2007-10-30 12:31:14] - and also the programming team
~a[2007-10-30 12:30:38] - paul: no i remember now. he was in our math class. ~a
[2007-10-30 12:25:00] - SCT. ~a
[2007-10-30 12:24:51] - must have been the programming team. yeah, that was it. ~a
[2007-10-30 12:24:35] - and willenson graduated a year early? where the hell did i know him from? ~a
[2007-10-30 12:23:24] - paul: you graduated a year late? ~a
[2007-10-30 12:15:39] - paul: the latter. ~a
[2007-10-30 12:10:32] - xpovos: in the late 22nd century war and poverty will be eliminated. ~a
[2007-10-30 12:07:06] - Not a good day to be owning NSTK stock. Who knew that a speculative biotech company losing tons of money would cause the stock price to plummet? -Paul
[2007-10-30 11:44:23] - a: How do you define poverty? Is it relative to the rich people or is it some absolute measurement? -Paul
[2007-10-30 11:41:17] - a: I know he's not your favorite philosopher, but a well-respected man did once say, "The poor you will always have." He also said some stuff about feeding the hungry, so I think we can assume he also figured there's always be hunger. -- Xpovos
[2007-10-30 11:24:10] - i.e. decrease (all but eliminate) world hunger. ~a
[2007-10-30 11:23:20] - actually, i think "balance wealth" isn't really what i want. what i want is a great reduction of poverty. ~a
[2007-10-30 11:22:27] - it was a premise. an axiom. an assumed goal. ~a
[2007-10-30 11:18:42] - a: Wait, why do we want to balance wealth? -Paul
[2007-10-30 10:34:02] - something software should try: inline help should link to a wiki (user editable) site when network connectivity exists. ~a
[2007-10-30 10:31:29] - entropy / chaos are sometimes more inefficient than our horribly inefficient government (and too slow). ~a
[2007-10-30 10:13:00] - a: Chaos. Entropy works to balance all things. Have a little faith in science and the natural order of things. -- Xpovos
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