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[2008-01-16 17:15:47] - xpovos: because vowels get stretched into multiple syllables? - vinnie
[2008-01-16 15:09:58] - I hate dealing with people from Louisiana. A 30-second phone call always takes ten minutes. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 14:00:14] - Amy: I will do my best to show up, although I may be a little late. -Paul
[2008-01-16 13:37:12] - amy: Tuesday? Urmm... maybe no promises thats an odd day for them to have something like that... By the time I got home I would probably have issues waking up for work on Wed. But I might be able to. ~Gurkie
[2008-01-16 13:25:32] - amy: From my perspective Purcelville >> Rockville. But I totally understand the need to travel bit for the gigs. I think I'm going to be in Maryland that night, but I don't think I can make it to your show, I'm afraid. I'll be in Baltimore, IIRC. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 13:16:42] - my music teacher is doing just about the same thing i do, and he plays anywhere from MD to leesburg, to alexandria/springfield... i think it's just something we all need to do in this area and profession. -amy
[2008-01-16 13:15:53] - ...occasion just to earn tips. -amy
[2008-01-16 13:15:42] - xpovos: it wouldn't be like every day, and it wouldn't be at rush hour of course. i don't know how often i'd get to play there, but i imagine once in a few months or so. anyway, live music venues in the dc metro area are not easy to find, and i've come to accept that i will need to travel for my gigs. i've driven an hour into the boonies to purcelville on more than one..
[2008-01-16 12:58:08] - amy: I commuted to Rockville for about two weeks. Even for a paying gig, are you sure you want to commute that far? I guess it might be a little easier for you, and the pay would probably be better, but that two weeks sucked pretty bad. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 12:46:20] - hey everyone, i need your help! i'm playing at a singer/songwriter showcase on tues jan 29 at austin grill in ROCKVILLE... they want me to bring lots of ppl and if i can get a whole bunch they may give me a paying gig there. the thing is from 8-11 PM. any interest? tell ur friends, too... live music, drinks, food, tons of fun!! -amy
[2008-01-16 11:27:07] - Paul: So... yeah, I figured it was chickens. Or a joke-something. I like this one better. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 11:26:06] - a: No, I didn't expect you had, but you wrote the AI (I'm guessing) and that's pretty impressive. Also, the interface is impressive (to me at least), even if I couldn't figure it out on my own. It's because I expected it to be ... clunkier. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 11:18:00] - http://preview.chickipedia.com/index.php/Main_Page -Paul
[2008-01-16 11:03:36] - xpovos: yeah, i didn't make it up. ~a
[2008-01-16 10:51:46] - mig: Thanks. a: Cool! This reminds me a great deal of a variant of chess I played a ton in high school. I can't find it listed on Wikipedia, though, nor through Google. Very odd. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 10:28:40] - s/and // ~a
[2008-01-16 10:28:31] - xpovos/mig: i found a bug and that i still haven't fixed. so consider this the pre-bug version
~a[2008-01-16 10:18:32] - xpovos: click the board. - mig
[2008-01-16 08:29:27] - a: How do I enter moves? -- Xpovos
[2008-01-16 02:24:51] - pawns?
[2008-01-15 19:37:02] - aaron: cool. there must be a bug because i can't figure why depth=5 would be anything but smarter. ~a
[2008-01-15 19:35:54] - a: i win again! it seemed harder that time. - aaron
[2008-01-15 19:06:05] - it's very unsettling to me that depth=3 seems to act much smarter than depth=5. i have a harder time beating the dumber ai or is something broken? ~a
[2008-01-15 18:42:13] - hmmm, i think i found a bug. ~a
[2008-01-15 18:33:36] - aaron: i'm surprised you won so quickly, i have a hard time beating the ai as the queen. ~a
[2008-01-15 18:33:16] - aaron: i'm still improving the ai, i'm also trying to set it up so you can play as the pons (the ai for the queen is written, but the interface to play is not). ~a
[2008-01-15 18:25:25] - a: (i lost my first game in one move) - aaron
[2008-01-15 18:25:08] - a: yay i did it - aaron
[2008-01-15 18:10:31] - gurkie: you could go here: http://aporter.org/fox/ you're the queen and the goal is to kill all the pons before they get to the last row. ~a
[2008-01-15 16:12:15] - the boredom is killing me ~gurkie
[2008-01-15 15:20:06] - Oh, and any help is appreciated but I completely understand anyone who can't or doesn't want to. It's a huge favor. - lori
[2008-01-15 15:19:35] - everyone: I'm moving from a place very close to 236 on the other side of the beltway to somewhere just (and I mean just) inside the beltway. Maybe a 10 minute or so drive between locations. I hope that helps. I should have a date soon. - lori
[2008-01-15 15:17:30] - my middle initial is an 'M'. maybe i need to go down to south carolina to check out a library book. ~a
[2008-01-15 15:12:53] - http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Suzanne-the-1000th-Malone.aspx Suzanne the 1000th Malone - aaron
[2008-01-15 15:00:30] - paul: I guess that I Am Legend struck a nerve with some other people as well? mm such a double standard (spoilers) - aaron
[2008-01-15 14:47:53] - all: the message board seems pretty flaky at this time. comcast might be dropping out. ~a
[2008-01-15 14:45:00] - oh you said "such as 7". sorry i didn't read everything you said. ~a
[2008-01-15 14:43:19] - xpovos: 7? i think you're confusing annandale with something else. 7 doesn't go through annandale. depending on where in annandale, you'll probably take 395 to 236, the beltway to 236, or the beltway to braddock. ~a
[2008-01-15 14:18:57] - a: I'm being facetious of course. But even then, going to Annandale pretty much involves driving on some very unpleasant roads, such as 7. That may not be the case here, I don't have specifics, but in general, driving anywhere inside the beltway that doesn't involve D.C. proper, or an interstate is a bad idea. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-15 14:14:41] - xpovos: annandale is closer to you than pretty much everybody else. ~a
[2008-01-15 13:54:25] - Eww... can I rescind my offer to help with the move then? Why does everyone want to live in the middle-of-nowhere? -- Xpovos
[2008-01-15 13:03:20] - dee: annandale ~gurkie
[2008-01-15 11:55:31] - Now, worrying about the government enacting a law that will require all computers to have keylogging software that feeds to the DHS, that's certainly a valid concern. - mig
[2008-01-15 11:54:37] - xpovos: while it is certainly plausible, there's enough tech savvy people and enough potential for whistleblowing that I don't think the government can secretly get away with doing something like this. - mig
[2008-01-15 11:27:29] - Xpovos: I think I am too confused to even be angry. Since when are civil libertarians and libertarians different? -Paul
[2008-01-15 11:19:26] - Paul: I was listening to a report on NPR, I think it might have been BBC on NPR, about some new program (pick one, really) which was "sure to upset libertarians on the right and civil libertarians on the left." I was torn between staring at my radio dumbfoundedly (and hence arriving at a collision head on) and yelling obscenities at it. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-15 11:10:06] - xpovos: i don't think our government is that good with computers - aaron
[2008-01-15 11:07:51] - Hah, I should have checked Snopes first, of course. http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dellbug.asp -- Xpovos
[2008-01-15 10:52:20] - aaron: It does, and his website does not instill me with a lot of confidence in his sanity. Still, the thing is plausible, and that alone is a little scary. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-15 10:34:59] - but "National expositor" sounds too much like "national enquirer" - aaron
[2008-01-15 10:34:42] - xpovos: ah-hahaha. if that's true it's hilarious - aaron
[2008-01-15 09:34:33] - Whee! I love my tinfoil hat. http://www.nationalexpositor.com/News/904.html -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 23:33:08] - Where is Lori moving to? ~dee
[2008-01-14 19:45:25] - Paul: Probably both, actually. I think we know very few mainstream people, and in the end, the politicians that win have to play to the mainstream. At least as long as there is universal suffrage. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 19:03:01] - It's interesting to me that most people I know seem to match up best with fringe candidates (from all parts of the political spectrum). I wonder if that says something about my friends or about how we determine frontrunners. -Paul
[2008-01-14 18:37:27] - "Dennis Kucinich" huh? I guess that seems about right, I was pretty sure I wasn't a great match with any of the front-runners. - aaron
[2008-01-14 17:19:07] - Xpovos: I thought it was weird that I got Huckabee second as well, but I thought it was accurate enough considering how few questions it asks. -Paul
[2008-01-14 16:57:36] - aaron: yeah. there are certainly advantages to compression. if you've ever tried listening to classical music that gets really quiet, in your car, it can be a pain in the butt. but for the most part, I'm not a fan of how it's been used over the past decade - vinnie
[2008-01-14 16:51:15] - a: it's ok. I switched from Firefox because there was some problem viewing some webpages, and Opera didn't have the same problem. Opera seems pretty similar to Firefox (at least when I switched) - vinnie
[2008-01-14 16:41:44] - vinnie: wow, i didn't know so many people use opera. do you like it? ~a
[2008-01-14 16:17:11] - vinnie: I always got annoyed at how quiet old depeche mode/devo CDs were in comparison to the rest of my collection, and i guess now i know why that is - aaron
[2008-01-14 15:55:29] - Paul: Yeah. I was also going to lambast it for over-biasing my selection based on a few topics, but then I thought about it and figured out what it was doing. Still, the fact that it paired me up with Huckabee 2nd behind Ron Paul is a testament to it's failure, I think. That and Huckabee and I do agree (sorta) on one major issue, and it overplayed that. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 15:36:42] - paul: I use Opera - vinnie
[2008-01-14 14:37:27] - Xpovos: You mean in terms of the questions asked? -Paul
[2008-01-14 14:06:50] - Paul: Ok, I amend my statement. That is an insufficient candidate selector. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 14:04:06] - Paul: Wow, that is a craptacular candidate selector.
[2008-01-14 14:00:35] - Vinnie: What browser do you use? It worked fine in firefox for me. -Paul
[2008-01-14 13:59:33] - paul: that quiz wouldn't give me my result when I clicked on the final button.
maybe my views are so radical there is no candidate for me! (or maybe it's my browser) - vinnie[2008-01-14 13:39:10] - http://glassbooth.org/ For those people out there who are still undecided. -Paul
[2008-01-14 11:22:34] - vinnie: Excellent point re: radio. Add in the slimebag factor for radio in general, and it gets really impressive. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 11:17:31] - I've read that engineers are partly to blame too. bands hear two versions of the their track at the same volume, they're going to opt for using the louder one on their album most of the time. if they compared those tracks at the same perceived volume though, they might go for the one with more dynamic range - vinnie
[2008-01-14 11:11:17] - xpovos: it's a problem when you can compare songs, and radio is the most to blame. for the most part, radio listeners aren't going to be adjusting their volume. they're going to listen for half an hour and the louder songs are more likely to stand out to them. so the loudness war happens because everyone wants to stand out - vinnie
[2008-01-14 10:57:50] - vinnie: But my point below falls more in line with your unasked question, I guess: if turning the volume up is all that is needed to make a CD 'sound' better, why do we need the record labels to do it for us? Do we not have amplification devices? -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 10:56:47] - vinnie: I totally agree, and generally would perfer my music CDs to be somewhat normalized, such that I don't have to tweak my volume settings enormously from CD to CD. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 10:29:16] - a: yes - vinnie
[2008-01-14 10:21:14] - vinnie, what does "compress" mean? is this the definition you're referring to? ~a
[2008-01-14 09:59:46] - a compressed signal can't be UNcompressed, sorry - vinnie
[2008-01-14 09:59:29] - but the huge difference is that, a compressed signal can't be compressed. whereas a listener can often achieve the same loudness that compression gives just by turning up their music - vinnie
[2008-01-14 09:58:35] - xpovos: not having read the article but having read similar ones, I think the thing is that in comparing two songs the louder one is often preferred (by listeners). this means that records keep getting pushed louder and louder. every time this happens more and more of the signal is lost. to sum up, I think either can sound better than the other for different reasons - vinn
[2008-01-14 09:45:55] - aaron: I understand the physics (at least generically) but it's not something that my ear is really trained for. Also, there seems to be an inherent contradiction: if louder 'sounds better', per the article, why would softer sound better, even if the data itself is more accurate. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-14 09:29:20] - a: it being dinner time and me still being at work. - mig
[2008-01-14 09:24:52] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_wars - aaron
[2008-01-14 00:15:25] - cool. ~a
[2008-01-13 23:24:52] - a: I got your check, Adrian. -Paul
[2008-01-13 18:25:30] - mig: which situation? ~a
[2008-01-12 21:50:06] - http://www.eatpes.com/ some pretty cool videos here. some of them are NSFW. - aaron
[2008-01-12 16:53:39] - If I win i'm gonna give you the shake down. hehehe ~dee
[2008-01-12 13:08:30] - dee: I don't know, but if your question is addressed to me, and you used the batch ID link, or in some other way confirm my referral, and you guess correctly and win money, then yes, I benefit too, but not secretly. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 20:20:22] - a: i was almost in your situation today,
- mig[2008-01-11 19:31:55] - i'm not bored. but i am hungry. it's dinner time and i'm still at work
~a[2008-01-11 18:10:54] - a: Your command works! Very excellent. I'm glad you're on here, i'm bored... ~dee
[2008-01-11 18:02:47] - dee: it should load! here is the image: tear drop. sometimes internet explorer 6 had trouble loading images correctly from javascript. you might need to reload past your cache. (control-shift-r is the command in firefox). ~a
[2008-01-11 16:56:09] - a: actually I don't see my "tear drop" on there...
~dee[2008-01-11 16:53:38] - So if I win any money from guessing correctly you secretly benefit too? I'm confused. ~dee
[2008-01-11 16:52:36] - a: thanks! ~dee
[2008-01-11 14:58:50] - mig: also from slashdot: "how depressing that in 60 years we've gone from 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' to 'Buy duct tape!'." ~a
[2008-01-11 13:47:13] - Paul: Hey, at least you get 'community points'. That's good for building a sense of community. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 13:45:09] - Xpovos: Yeah, I think I am playing wrong because I keep answering questions with no pots which I think I have low odds of getting right.
-Paul[2008-01-11 13:42:40] - E.g. 60% of everyone said X, but the 10% of those who have a college degree said X only at 25% and Y at 75%. Hence Y is more attractive to better educated people than the general population. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 13:41:36] - a: The incentive to answering when there is no pot is that you can increase your accuracy, which increases your payout on questions with pots. The disincentive to being wrong is in not getting paid. People -might- pay to have their question answered because of the other factors, e.g. the data collected. Political science people love this kind of data. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 13:30:12] - xpovos: also, there doesn't seem to be any disincentive to being wrong, so i'm not sure why people would pay for the information. ~a
[2008-01-11 13:29:05] - xpovos: is there any incentive to bidding on a pot that doesn't have any money yet in the hopes that money will be added later? more to the point, why wouldn't you wait for there to be money first? ~a
[2008-01-11 13:26:57] - mig: heh. cnn picked up the ap story you linked to below on national ids. slashdot users tagged the story as "showmeyourpapers" like you did.
~a[2008-01-11 12:48:59] - Paul: While accuracy does pay better, I (right now) think it's better to just get in on any pot that has money. Low odds of a payout and low payouts are disincentives, but the payout when you hit one is worth it, since it's free money as far as I can see. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 12:37:29] - Xpovos: I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing (ie, I think I am making too many guesses on things that I have low odds of being right about), but I signed up and am enjoying myself so far. Might not last beyond today, though.
-Paul[2008-01-11 11:31:18] - xpovos: i do remember that conversation now. ~a
[2008-01-11 11:30:23] - aaron: Yes, though only if anyone who uses it makes money. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 11:30:13] - aaron: that's what he said. ~a
[2008-01-11 11:29:13] - a: is that what the batch id was about? so he could get a referrer bonus? - aaron
[2008-01-11 11:18:19] - Paul: a and I had a conversation about that some time ago where we discussed the relative weights and merits of actions depending on the probability of 1) GW itself, 2) Success of response and 3) Detrimental side effect of the response. It was enlightening. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 11:17:03] - a: I was kidding about the global warming thing, but it is interesting that you think that a 10% chance of something bad happening warrants a definite response from you. -Paul
[2008-01-11 10:48:21] - dee: i made the change on the google map you requested. ~a
[2008-01-11 10:41:21] - a: If it's shady, don't click the link, or worse, join but don't list me as a referrer. Then you get the money and I don't. Except, I still do, because I've made $27 off them so far. Not much, sure, but right now every bit is meaningful for me. Marriage is expensive. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 10:28:26] - paul: "Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation." yeah, i guess i believe that. i'm not 100% sure or anything. but even if i think that there's a 10% chance that it's happening right now, then i believe there's a 100% chance we should do something now. ~a
[2008-01-11 09:38:02] - a: Yeah, but you also still believe in global warming, so how can we take anything you say seriously?
-Paul[2008-01-11 09:32:20] - it's like an onion article or something - vinnie
[2008-01-11 09:31:52] - mig: I love the seriousness of that flood victims article, the 3 quadrillion dollars thing. '"That's the mother of all high numbers," said Loren Scott, a Baton Rouge-based economist.' yes, truly we needed an economist to tell us this - vinnie
[2008-01-11 09:30:28] - but not everybody agrees with me on that one
~a[2008-01-11 09:29:36] - "invite new users and receive a bonus equal to 10% of their payouts for the next six months" . . . i think referring friends without telling them that there's an ulterior motive is kind of shady. ~a
[2008-01-11 08:11:05] - a: In this case, it's my referal ID#. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-11 05:06:23] - My smilie appears to have a black eye ~dee
[2008-01-11 05:05:59] - The preditctify website is kinda neat.... If I do well i'll start using my powers in Vegas
~dee[2008-01-10 21:18:41] - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/secure_driver_s_licenses your papers, please. - mig
[2008-01-10 21:14:26] - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_re_us/katrina_flood_lawsuits flood victims demand $14,170,389,176,410 in damages, and 1 person demands 3 quadrillion dollars alone. - mig
[2008-01-10 21:05:56] - what's with the batchid? ~a
[2008-01-10 21:04:51] - xpovos: double quotes. ~a
[2008-01-10 20:33:44] - <a href='https://www.predictify.com/registration.aspx?BATCHID=1263'>Predictify</a> Predict the future to get cash. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 20:33:23] - I didn't post this before because I figured it was another internet fraud thingie, but they actually paid me out, so if you join, for doing absolutely nothing but making wild stabs at things, e.g. "Guess who will win the Republican primary". If you're right you get a share of the pool money. I won $7 on one guess once. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 20:17:05] - i like pool, but i'm very bad at it. ~a
[2008-01-10 20:16:42] - xpovos/paul: as you know, springfield plaza has pool. and that's not too far from andrew and in the direction of paul (and near me
) ~a[2008-01-10 20:02:00] - Paul: I like pool, but I probably wouldn't drive long distances out of my way to play it. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 17:34:39] - my name obviously confuses people. like our previous discussion about phone conversations. ~a
[2008-01-10 17:27:17] - a: yeah i'm still out of DDR. probably back in february, i've got a doctor's appointment next thursday so we'll see what's up - aaron
[2008-01-10 17:17:29] - a: umm its really long and confuses people, a lot of people cant pronounce it... ~gurkie
[2008-01-10 17:04:37] - what's wrong with your real name? ~a
[2008-01-10 16:55:45] - a: i really did go by "goo" for years... my best friend, one of my exes, my neices and my sisters all still call me it at times, oh yea and some of my friends. ~gurkie
[2008-01-10 16:30:42] - vinnie: no rush. fyi, my cell battery is dead. ~a
[2008-01-10 16:23:18] - a: I might be there a little later than 6... I've got this thing I have to build out at 5:30. should only take a few minutes though. I can probably be at sfm 6:15-6:30 depending on traffic - vinnie
[2008-01-10 16:21:58] - a: 100 hours of TV tonight? damn. those DVR boxes are really advanced now, aren't they? - vinnie
[2008-01-10 16:18:39] - not ~goo? ~a
[2008-01-10 16:16:59] - blah... ~gurkie that was
[2008-01-10 16:16:54] - vinnie: i think we might watch project runway tonight if ur interested... ~gurie
[2008-01-10 15:51:34] - a: im scared of vinnie too... its okay. if he bites you can smack him on the nose, its how you train some people. ~gurkie
[2008-01-10 15:45:04] - vinnie: sure. 600. sfm. i'll be there. it's either that or i go home at watch tv for like 100 hours. ~a
[2008-01-10 15:42:38] - a: yeah I'm still up for going, even if Aaron can't. let me know if you want to - vinnie
[2008-01-10 15:28:34] - Xpovos: How do you feel about pool, just out of curiosity? -Paul
[2008-01-10 15:26:01] - a: I'm pretty sure aaron has two knee things. Just like most pro athletes. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 15:22:42] - gurkie: vinnie scares me. ~a
[2008-01-10 15:22:33] - vinnie: i don't know. i'll wait for him to respond. i thought he had a knee thing or something like that. ~a
[2008-01-10 15:12:38] - couldnt you guys go without him? ~gurkie
[2008-01-10 15:04:19] - oh? - vinnie
[2008-01-10 14:44:10] - i thought aaron had placed a moratorium on ddr. ~a
[2008-01-10 14:23:03] - ddr today? sfm? - vinnie
[2008-01-10 14:06:55] - a: when there's nothing on my DVR i often end up watching cartoons live on TBS if they're on. - aaron
[2008-01-10 14:06:14] - a: I'm kind of a Swifter myself. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 13:33:57] - dave: take it from a pro-choicer, infants are yummy. ~a
[2008-01-10 13:31:33] - http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1701828,00.html?cnn=yes haha, should zoos allow mother polar bears to eat their young? -dave
[2008-01-10 13:30:12] - vinnie: I'll send you an e-mail when I get home. Definitely interested. Carpool could be good. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 13:29:45] - vinnie: Looks like it's back at College Park. That the one you're going to? -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 13:29:25] - xpovos: unfortunately, it's not at GMU like the last few have been, it's up in College Park. if you want to carpool or anything, I'm up for it, though like usual I plan to be there pretty much the whole day. - vinnie
[2008-01-10 13:26:07] - xpovos: yep, planning on going. I haven't missed a prerelease since Champions of Kamigawa, and that was only because I had my hand in a cast (makes the shuffling difficult, you see) - vinnie
[2008-01-10 12:40:07] - aaron: i saw a pre-release commercial on tbs too. why weren't you fast-forwarding through the commercials? ~a
[2008-01-10 12:28:44] - aaron: Wow. That's pretty mainstream. I wonder if Hasbro feels they make money off something like that. -- Xpovos\
[2008-01-10 12:24:51] - xpovos: i saw a TV commercial for the Morningtide pre-release on TBS, strangely enough - aaron
[2008-01-10 12:22:35] - vinnie: Any plans on the Morningtide MtG pre-release? I've actually been reading the card previews this time. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 11:30:10] - Damnit, now I have another incriminating "site blocked" on my record. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 11:19:54] - dee: that it was. at least one evening. now that i know what's there, i'm glad i never went to the site. i'm trying to remember the only time i saw a reference to the site (other than from aaron's dirty mind). ~a
[2008-01-10 10:26:22] - i'm also playing market street in leesburg on jan 26, a saturday. -amy
[2008-01-10 10:26:12] - hey everyone, i am playing tomorrow at market street coffee in purcellville. erin (my friend from cmu) will be there for those of you who know her. and will be around this wknd. -amy
[2008-01-10 10:20:23] - Paul: While the market started with a massive gap down, it's recovering well. My stocks, however, are not. So you may not want to look yet. One of mine is down 10%. That's not SIRI, though. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-10 09:15:21] - That settles it. I am just not going to watch my stocks today. I can do without the heartache.
-Paul[2008-01-10 09:09:05] - Hurray! Looks like all my stocks are down 1-2% in pre-market trading. This bodes well. -Paul
[2008-01-10 02:50:00] - wasn't this a discussion one drunken evening? http://www.sublimedirectory.com/pod_archive/pod_20080109.jpg ~dee
[2008-01-09 16:03:03] - Starship Troopers To the ever-lasting glory of the infantry shines the name of Rodger Young. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 15:52:23] - a: Ok, that makes sense, since I thought I read somewhere that Barcelona still hadn't been released. -Paul
[2008-01-09 15:32:34] - paul: i take it back. that review must have been an un-released version of barcelona. ~a
[2008-01-09 15:29:30] - a: How did the launch go? I know the main reason I was thinking of holding onto AMD was because I thought the launch of Barcelona would save it. -Paul
[2008-01-09 15:22:50] - my dad just bought an amd for home use (he buys dozens of computers a year for work) ~a
[2008-01-09 15:20:19] - paul: in september ~a
[2008-01-09 14:23:01] - a: I think it's a little of both. I haven't been keeping up with it lately, but have they released Barcelona yet? If not, then the company is definitely screwing up. -Paul
[2008-01-09 14:20:49] - paul: what i'm always wondering: is amd going lower because the COMPANY keeps screwing stuff up? or is it going lower because PEOPLE think the company keeps screwing stuff up? if it's the latter, then i have to hold the stock. ~a
[2008-01-09 14:19:04] - xpovos: you have parents who tell stories. that's the anecdotal evidence i'm running with. (not your parents, but mine) ~a
[2008-01-09 14:18:52] - a: I keep thinking that way about a lot of stocks, and it often comes to bite me in the ass. I should come up with a new rule: "Whenever a stock can't go any lower, that means it definitely will". -Paul
[2008-01-09 14:17:35] - a: Granted, though a vocal minority, with no real hope of success, have attempted to reinstate the draft a few times. I can't prove unrest that is less demonstrative, and think your argument to the contrary is completely valid, so I can't compete. All I have is anecdotal, and clearly I can't really have anecdotal across two time perids. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 14:16:24] - i keep thinking amd can't possibly go down any more. and i'm always wrong. i guess i should be thankful that i stopped rebuying. ~a
[2008-01-09 14:15:26] - xpovos: i think modern unrest is less demonstrative because there's just less unrest. life's mostly good (minus a few notable exceptions). i mean, hell at least we don't have a draft (which existed in the 70s). ~a
[2008-01-09 14:07:22] - Xpovos: That stock sounds like AMD to me.
I don't put much stock (pun intended) in technical analysis of the stock market. -Paul[2008-01-09 13:59:16] - So much money left on the table though... As an aside, S&P just broke support. According to some technical traders I chat with that means trouble. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 13:58:38] - I'm just not on the same scale. If SIRI goes bankrupt and all I have left are frameable souveneirs and kindling, I'm only out $1500. 'Only' $1500 is still a lot of money, so I know you're hurting. Best I can compete with is a stock I had which went up pretty much 90% over a month and a half. It's down about 45% since then. Net result: I'm even. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 13:51:07] - Xpovos: It's just unbelievably depressing to lose over $1k a day (which I have done twice this week already so far). -Paul
[2008-01-09 13:49:47] - Paul: I thought the exact same thing. The exact. I could do so much more with that money anywhere else. But I'm not selling. Why? Cowardice? Probably. Also: I picked this money and stock combo because it was 'mad' money and I wanted high risk. I got it. 10 years from now, what will SIRI stock be worth? I might be around (long) in it to find out. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 13:40:00] - I know this is the absolute worst time to sell, but I am not sure how much more of this I can take. -paul
[2008-01-09 13:39:46] - Xpovos: You're telling me. That's another $1k down the drain. -Paul
[2008-01-09 13:34:16] - Paul: Ow.... SIRI is kicking me in the nuts again today. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 12:55:27] - a: I tried to imply that I was excluding the 60s, I'd say the 70s and 80s were very calm. Modern unrest is much less demonstrative, though, so it might be difficult to acually measure side-by-side. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 12:33:57] - though i'd tend to agree with you if you had said "since the 80s" ~a
[2008-01-09 12:33:24] - xpovos: "since the 60s"? i think young people are much less aggravated now than young people in the 60s and 70s. at least from what i know about history. ~a
[2008-01-09 12:29:13] - a: There's definitely that trend, youthful extremism tends to die down as people mature, particularly people who end up taking on family roles. But I'm not sure if that's universal, or even if it is, if it won't be less pronounced with this generation than previous. Younger people seem to be more... aggrivated now than since the 60s, I'd say. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 11:30:55] - xpovos: it's all youthful extremism. everybody gets more normal as they get older. i know one or both of my parents were crazy (politically) when they were younger. now they're both bland as unflavored ice cream. ~a
[2008-01-09 11:28:51] - paul: woman and old people are what make america, america. ~a
[2008-01-09 11:19:17] - Xpovos: Yeah, my initial reaction to seeing those exit polls was: "Damn women and old people."
-paul[2008-01-09 11:08:11] - you're willing to credit. E.g. If the financial situation in the U.S. were to deteriorate to a sufficiently low level during a Democratic reign, where the president and conress combined tried every Keynsian effort they could to restart the economy, and failed... that could spark a very strong economic backlash against those kinds of policies. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 11:06:50] - The young voters are overwhelmingly more libertarian than the older voters, but I'm not sure how much of that is the expected generational politics change, vs. how much of that is just youthful exuberance and extremism. While I agree that there short and long-term futures right now look dim for the big L, that could change, and much faster than ... -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 11:05:20] - Paul: I made some comment along the lines of "moving to Canada if Bill Clinton gets elected" in 1992. Then of course Clinton got elected, and I naturally did not move. Kinda tied down, I was. I'm not sure there's an anti-libertarian movement. But there is definitely a strong support still for a lot of things that a libertarian would be against. .... -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 10:49:04] - aaron: are you going to get rockband? i saw it yesterday at sams club and was curious... since you have the rest of those things... ~gurkie
[2008-01-09 10:16:26] - If a libertarian gets elected as president, I assume that would've changed substantially. I just don't see that happening in the near (or even long term) future. -Paul
[2008-01-09 10:15:58] - Xpovos: Got called out on what? I don't think there is any "gotcha" here. I was (mostly jokingly) saying that I needed to move because of the anti-libertarian sentiment that I saw in NH. -Paul
[2008-01-09 10:01:31] - Paul: Been there myself. I got called out on it in 1992 (believe it or not). I learned my lesson. I'll continue to support my candidates, but if another one wins (and another one always wins), I know I'm not going anywhere. It's really why I subscribe so much more to rational anarchy over strict libertarianism. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 09:48:46] - Xpovos: Touche. -paul
[2008-01-09 09:48:07] - Paul: I'm sure you'd change your tune once a Libertarian gets elected. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 09:47:23] - Vinnie: Yeah, but I'm sure he would change his tune once a democrat gets elected. -Paul
[2008-01-09 09:40:52] - richard from college also says he wants to move to a different country every four years. I think he did for a while... - vinnie
[2008-01-09 09:34:35] - I had to URL hack it to get it to work, but it looks like Google will keep doing these: http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://www.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/nhprimary/nhprimary.xml&utm_campaign=en -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 09:01:34] - Xpovos: Well, I think the majority of those 9% voted for Rudy (if I remember correctly) so that might explain it. -Paul
[2008-01-09 09:01:16] - Paul: Why move to a different country. Create a new one! Declare your sovreignty. You can charge your employer an excise tax.
-- Xpovos[2008-01-09 09:00:26] - Paul: I thought the "who ran the most unfair campagin" one was the strangest result. 9% said Paul. Maybe they were confused by the question? -- Xpovos
[2008-01-09 08:58:29] - a: No, I believe you're thinking about Alec Baldwin. I think this is the first time I've said it.
-Paul[2008-01-09 00:45:57] - paul: you say that every four years. ~a
[2008-01-09 00:20:40] - I need to move to a new country.
-Paul[2008-01-09 00:20:14] - http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#NHREP Some depressing stats for Ron Paul fans. He was the only candidate in exit polls with a higher unfavorability rating than favorability. -Paul
[2008-01-08 23:57:26] - Well, it looks like the run is over for Ron Paul. I don't think a fifth place finish in a state where he should've had the best shot in is going to cut it. -Paul
[2008-01-08 22:42:16] - 好耐冇見( 喇 )
[2008-01-08 17:34:51] - interestingly enough the article on TNR is no longer being linked to by drudge... - mig
[2008-01-08 16:32:55] - a: I know, I just noticed that a few days ago. Such mixed emotions with that stock. It dominated my portfolio so much early on. I can only hope Sirius ends up being kinder to me. -Paul
[2008-01-08 16:31:12] - which is now at $6 if you were curious. ~a
[2008-01-08 16:30:38] - 6k of those 9k were thanks to amd. ~a
[2008-01-08 16:28:59] - s/in/in the stock market/. i.e. i've have a 0% return for the last 5 years. ~a
[2008-01-08 16:28:04] - basically, 9k is how much i've made in since college. ~a
[2008-01-08 16:27:28] - ... I need electronic arts to come out with something amazing and then I can just pull my money out and be done with the stock thing ~dee
[2008-01-08 16:21:42] - a/Paul: All I can say is I'm glad I don't have the capital to lose you guys did. I'm down about $500 over the past three months. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 16:17:04] - a: I've lost 9k in the past three months on only $42k. -Paul
[2008-01-08 16:16:31] - a: That sucks. I feel for your loss there. Not just in absolute terms, but that's a pretty substantial hit on %. Plans for the future? -- Xpvoos
[2008-01-08 16:13:53] - paul: i've lost 9k (on 50k) in the past 3 months. ~a
[2008-01-08 16:10:34] - Xpovos: Quite possibly. -Paul
[2008-01-08 16:09:45] - Paul: Don't feel bad, you'd probably have lost more than that if you'd made the downpayment. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 16:08:46] - Xpovos: Yeah, I've lost around $5k in the past month. There goes my downpayment... -Paul
[2008-01-08 16:02:23] - I think there's a few holes in a lot of wallets right now too. Damn, market is pitching a fit. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 15:59:45] - Mig: There is a hole in your mind. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 15:45:36] - Mig: I am stealing your thoughts too. -Paul
[2008-01-08 15:40:42] - errr posts. - mig
[2008-01-08 15:40:36] - paul: stop stealing my thoughts. - mig
[2008-01-08 15:39:53] - the article drudge links to also devotes a fair amount of length trying to paint the mises institute and lew rockwell as racists for articles and books written that criticized lincoln during the civil war. because if you criticize anything lincoln did, you are pro-slavery, i guess. - mig
[2008-01-08 15:39:17] - Mig: Honestly, a lot of the stuff I read in that article doesn't bother me at all and I probably actually agree with. Is it that outrageously bad to think that the civil war wasn't necessary and was the beginning of the federal government grabbing power away from the states? -Paul
[2008-01-08 15:37:43] - Xpovos: I didn't get around to fully reading through the entire article, but do they ever give us the entire content of the articles so we can read the quotes in the context they were written and judge for ourselves? -Paul
[2008-01-08 15:34:40] - mig: It's definitely old news, but they'll bring it up again and again each time he makes it further in the polls and the primary season. I think it's probably a good thing, actually. Scandal = coverage. Coverage = ratings. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 15:32:25] - yeah, this stuff has been brought up again before, not exactly a highlight in ron's judgement calls but there's no reason to keep on bringing this up yet again. they brought up this same crap back when he ran for congress in the 90s. - mig
[2008-01-08 15:26:09] - Paul: Drudge is running a Paul's old newsletter article. They found some juicy bits. Whee! -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 14:06:02] - Paul: Best thing I've seen all day was the vote by vote analysis from Dixville. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-08 13:50:17] - Xpovos: Nope. Even the new stuff is just talking about the same old tired stories with no new information. -Paul
[2008-01-08 13:37:39] - Paul: Got any good data sources? Mine are all rehashing old stuff. -- Xpovos
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