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[2008-02-11 12:12:19] - ok. why? i really don't know how any of the above vote (is there a nice easy to read matrix on the four candidates?). i'm tending towards obama on the second question but only because i think clinton wouldn't win against either republican candidate. ~a
[2008-02-11 12:00:59] - same as xpovos. - mig
[2008-02-11 11:55:05] - 1: Romney. 2: Obama -- Xpovos
[2008-02-11 11:04:19] - poll: 1. if forced to pick between mccain and romney, who would you pick? 2. if forced to pick between clinton and obama, who would you pick? ~a
[2008-02-11 07:59:27] - a: maybe. - aaron
[2008-02-09 14:39:37] - vinnie: that very same dane cook bit just made it into a commercial that is advertising some BEST OF comedy central stand-up dvd. ~a
[2008-02-08 23:30:35] - sure. are you going to lube it?! ~a
[2008-02-08 23:18:36] - a: can i borrow your cubericant - aaron
[2008-02-08 12:14:16] - vinnie: because you're not a kid. i helped make a kid page for the FRA once. ~a
[2008-02-08 11:13:45] - why do these websites always creep me out? http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home_html.cfm - vinnie
[2008-02-07 18:14:11] - a: Now there's something we can agree on politically. Sometimes I think I'm too paranoid, other times I don't think I'm paranoid enough. I'm probably right in both cases. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-07 17:37:24] - +Wi1ucch25IDAuqHj0c072o0EpgvCSTwtnMtUwOQ KR3BRemk/dQPnn6by5jNT8O8bv86gH75Qaj5k300 rJTq5r1u2wlDb9RlzeLO9oCo34nhmGmsNappMRO5 ckEmVtYUm8HcRqxM+ccr54Jae5BEa64XSpy6IimL BJhKEN3GjNg/RV9o4Lr9RK3UJ3PLzZL74+mP6IES kYsOkDrEpjaL6zS2P/kDc+5H3CXhBc9dsgT3gCQf GtLDKnZ7BPlK6CAyBBBybi1gRSDfQxCbo7VIWg==
[2008-02-07 17:07:49] - one thing i was unaware of is the party lines regarding digital restrictions. ~a
[2008-02-07 17:04:09] - the right to read: a love story. it's just plain silly. "Every chance to speak with her filled him with delight."
still, it's not very long so you should read it. ~a[2008-02-07 16:01:03] - o>?=3; o<?=3; printf("%d\n", o);
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[2008-02-07 15:44:27] - vinnie: oh my god i just NEED TO DANCE. i just got to dance! ~a
[2008-02-07 15:14:56] - gurkie: the frustrations of the day. it's this shitty dane cook routine - vinnie
[2008-02-07 15:14:32] - aaron: they showed the auditions earlier and they were really good, so im hoping the show will be good. it also has JC Chasez (from NSync) on it and Randy Jackson as the exec. producer ~gurkie
[2008-02-07 15:11:59] - vinnie: dance what all out? ~gurkie
[2008-02-07 13:44:04] - sfm ok? dunno if nvcc is working again - vinnie
[2008-02-07 13:43:43] - yes yes ddr today. I gotta dance it all out. dance! - vinnie
[2008-02-07 13:18:09] - ddr_people: also ddr pls - aaron
[2008-02-07 13:18:01] - mig: could try guys older than 60. or younger than 2 - aaron
[2008-02-07 13:16:02] - though that can be kind of like finding a needle in a haystack. - mig
[2008-02-07 13:15:28] - aaron: well i would hope they did check up to try and get males who hand't played video games before, otherwise, yeah the study would be kind of pointless for finding any gender links. - mig
[2008-02-07 12:49:57] - mig: yeah i wouldn't be too surprised if this was because the men in the experiment had played video games before. especially because the article mentioned that the men did better at the games. i guess it's possible it's a gender thing but that would surprise me - aaron
[2008-02-07 12:46:02] - hey cool, shane sparks was one of my favorite personalities on sytycd - aaron
[2008-02-07 10:49:39] - aaron: a new reality tv dance show starts tonight on mtv, its for crews, shane sparks is one of the judges... Im DVRing it
~gurkie[2008-02-07 10:36:21] - mig: this study didn't seem (at a cursory glance) to take into account the fact that men play more video games so their brains become wired for video games. in other words, i'm not sure if that the cause and effect aren't backwards. ~a
[2008-02-07 10:21:28] - http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080207/BIZ04/802070324/1409/METRO i'm shocked, shocked at the stunning information in this report! - mig
[2008-02-06 23:39:54] - they aren't in any particular order. i guess they shouldn't be numbered. ~a
[2008-02-06 22:39:12] - a: Oh yeah, and ChatZilla was my preferred IRC client back when I used that (I'm never on IRC anymore; waste of time). - Kaleb
[2008-02-06 22:35:04] - a: Why only at #6? I'd say it's way more useful than disabling javascript/flash (and since I never disable that stuff anyway). Only other add-ons I use are ImageZoom, del.icio.us Bookmarks, Linky, and FlashGot once in a while. Also, last FF betas sucked so I'm not wasting my time with FF3 beta. - Kaleb
[2008-02-06 21:53:59] - kaleb: http://aporter.org/firefox.html it's on my list too!!! it's the main reason i haven't moved to firefox3. ~a
[2008-02-06 21:44:08] - A friend recommended Firebug to me recently and I just tried it out today. This awesome for any type of HTML/CSS/JavaScript development. I'm having a love affair with this addon. - Kaleb
[2008-02-06 16:19:30] - aaron: Yeah... I'm sure Google is trying to find some way to profit from that right now, too. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-06 15:48:06] - xpovos: the sentence "go .ogg" looks like a big typo - aaron
[2008-02-06 15:00:23] - aaron: Still subject to patent objections, or something. The new spec stil knocks out .mp3 and other formats Apple/Nokia might have wanted instead, but I think this is a loss as well. Go .ogg. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-06 14:59:13] - i'm just too lazy. ~a
[2008-02-06 14:58:43] - kaleb: yeah, i probably should start using xhtml. i try to make my html close to xhtml, but i'm sure there's lots of stuff i've forgotten. . . . like CNAME or whatever you supposed to wrap javascript in. ~a
[2008-02-06 14:57:18] - apparently apple doesn't like it? not sure if there was a good reason. ~a
[2008-02-06 14:46:15] - a: awww what's wrong with OGG? - aaron
[2008-02-06 12:53:36] - a: Also, the new elements and inputs seem interesting. I wonder if they'll be included in the XHTML version as well. - Kaleb
[2008-02-06 12:52:27] - a: Doesn't make sense why strike would be dropped since it has a logical connotation as well. And yet they keep b, i, em, and strong? Well I use XHTML and CSS for everything so it doesn't really matter to me. - Kaleb
[2008-02-06 11:37:22] - web developers of the message board and the world at large: (among other things) HTML 5 won't have the font tag, or the center tag, or the strike tag. we best be catching up on our css integration. ~a
[2008-02-06 09:26:38] - a: If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, that'll be fixed as I go back and update stuff. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-06 09:20:43] - xpovos: some of these people can't seem to stand up straight. ~a
[2008-02-06 09:18:48] - paul: is it a jackal? a jackal. a jackal. it's a jackal. jackal? jackal? it's a jackal. a jackal. ~a
[2008-02-06 08:38:35] - a: Clever. Also, more photos going up every day. I'll post when they're finished. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-06 01:03:19] - a: What was a jackal? -Paul
[2008-02-05 23:43:44] - paul: it was a jackal
~a[2008-02-05 19:18:12] - aaron: the major difference is that one is a parody of the other. ~a
[2008-02-05 18:46:29] - a: i thought last thursdayism was just a sillier-sounding name for the same concept as creationism - aaron
[2008-02-05 17:03:37] - ohh, except john. ~a
[2008-02-05 17:03:21] - paul: i see you in like three pictures. travis in four, amy in one. everybody else i know (besides the bride and groom) in zero. ~a
[2008-02-05 16:28:39] - i'll shut up now. i think maybe i had too much caffeine. ~a
[2008-02-05 16:28:16] - the entire pictures archive is synchronized using rsync (which uses !surprise! ssh). my backups are persisted using ssh (over rsync again) ~a
[2008-02-05 16:26:35] - oh i forgot to mention IM. i forward IM (aim and gtalk) over ssh too. ~a
[2008-02-05 16:26:08] - i check my email over ssh. i browse the internet over ssh (http over ssh over http). port forwarding over ssh is so damn useful. i even eat dinner over ssh (because i want to eat at home, but i'm stuck at work until like 10 every night). ~a
[2008-02-05 16:23:45] - because ssh is the best protocol evah. ~a
[2008-02-05 16:00:56] - Why is the answer to every question I have asked in the past month been "SSH"? -- Xpovos
[2008-02-05 16:00:28] - Huckabee won WV (18 delegates), but a local reporter indicated that because of the brokered caucus, Huckabee pledged three of those delegates to Paul in exchange for Paul's supporters' votes. Paul got 10% on the first ballot. Fascinating. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-05 12:50:09] - aaron: basically just ignore everything i said. ~a
[2008-02-05 12:48:17] - errr. last thursdayism isn't different, but it is the exact opposite of that. ~a
[2008-02-05 12:46:27] - you meant the creationism article. "last thursdayism" is something completely different. ~a
[2008-02-05 12:45:43] - scratch that. ~a
[2008-02-05 12:38:34] - aaron: i doubt you were talking to me about it. was it during the taboo game? (because if it was, it was before i got there or i wasn't paying attention) i've already read that article. ~a
[2008-02-05 12:06:24] - a: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Thursdayism this is the article i was talking about at amy's party on friday - aaron
[2008-02-05 11:28:44] - Xpovos: Yes! I managed to be in only one picture so far.
-Paul[2008-02-05 11:17:51] - As someone clearly noticed, wedding photos are up, somewhat. Uploading is still going on. The reception photos are all up, though. Some that are up may disappear, but I'll make sure everyone gets a chance to see any photo they are in. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-05 10:45:20] - a: i'm well aware of that. - mig
[2008-02-05 10:44:02] - mig: most people disagree with you. most nations around the world have little issue with regulating how people should live their lives and what people shouldn't allow on their property. ~a
[2008-02-05 10:05:45] - well that and also telling private businesowners what they can't allow on their property. - mig
[2008-02-05 10:04:27] - a: to me the difference is irrelevant to my main issue with both laws, in that they are trying to legislate to people how to live their lives. - mig
[2008-02-04 21:38:33] - a: we need to go back to get more cards. I want to leave some sporadically laying around at my job... ~dee
[2008-02-04 21:36:29] - just too funny not to share... http://www.sublimedirectory.com/pod_archive/pod_20080214.jpg ~dee
[2008-02-04 20:13:19] - do you ever read something that you wrote like five years ago and then think "wow, i never thought of it that way" . . .
~a[2008-02-04 17:28:05] - yeah, what she said. ~a
[2008-02-04 17:27:44] - paul: i see a difference. (i don't think i agree, but) the difference is: smoking is something you can temporarily not do. i.e. you can not smoke for like an hour while you eat your meal. i know it might be inconvenient, but you can do it. ~a
[2008-02-04 17:26:40] - a: i said entertain not amuse... not that it sounds any better~gurkie
[2008-02-04 17:25:47] - paul: the transfat/smokers thing isnt that they wont serve smokers but that u have to stop smoking to come in while you are there. its a difference between their being something fundamental about you that makes them refuse u service vs. asking you to adapt your behavior while on the premises. ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 17:24:43] - a: not what i meant... sigh... ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 17:08:46] - Gurkie: I don't know if I see that difference. What if their rules are that you have to be thin or what if they don't like smokers? -Paul
[2008-02-04 17:08:14] - so you want me to "amuse" you? i'm not sure i can effectively do that over the message board (especially without breaking into the NSFW realm), but i can try if you want. ~a
[2008-02-04 16:56:03] - a: good job... amusement = embarassment? can u entertain me, im bored. ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 16:46:52] - gahhh . . . it's an endless source of personal "amusement" when i accidentally pull out that card i got in vegas. i just unintentionally showed it to a coworker
~a[2008-02-04 15:48:54] - kaleb: u are sooooo wrong.... ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 15:45:32] - paul: im less nerdy than you! ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 15:41:58] - pierce: Great article. Spot on frequently, and an adequate representation of twenty fairly mainstream nerdities. Like Paul, 4 or 5 that I am clearly guilty of and a handful of the others that I've been at least marginally involved with at one point. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-04 15:38:55] - paul: yea, my coworker pointed that out. i think banning trans-fats and smoking is different from bmi stuff, since one is like you can come in but u have to abide by our rules and the other is we dont like you. ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 15:06:48] - Pierce: I'm probably guilty of 4-5 of those 20 things. -Paul
[2008-02-04 14:54:03] - a: I think it's because 'liberal' and 'conservative' labels are inherently flawed. We are way overdue for a party re-alignment. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-04 14:53:26] - http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7749596/Should-Belichick-be-worried interesting article about the possible ramifications of spygate: the prequel - mig
[2008-02-04 14:39:09] - there's something in here for each of us, I suspect. - pierce
[2008-02-04 14:29:53] - mig/paul: i'm sorry i was splitting stuff down party lines. i'm personally against such crazy shit, so i sometimes forget that not every liberal person thinks like i do. ~a
[2008-02-04 14:28:54] - mig/paul: uncle. ~a
[2008-02-04 14:25:17] - and wasn't it the hardline conservative John Edwards who told us that we have to visit our doctors at least once a year for checkups ... or else? - mig
[2008-02-04 14:23:14] - and banned smoking in bars - mig
[2008-02-04 14:22:14] - Wasn't it the conservative bastion of New York that banned trans fats? -Paul
[2008-02-04 14:17:41] - a: don't kid yourself, this isn't something a liberal politican would shy away from supporting. - mig
[2008-02-04 14:13:16] - a: and they're the ones leading the anti-obesity craze. - mig
[2008-02-04 14:09:43] - mig: liberal politicians were against the separate-but-equal crap in the schools. ~a
[2008-02-04 14:08:49] - only people who look like me should be eating in the restaurants that i frequent. ~a
[2008-02-04 14:08:48] - a: liberal politicians are just as enthusiastic about legislation like this. - mig
[2008-02-04 14:06:55] - gurkie: ahhhhh. the bill doesn't say. it's moot since it won't pass. plus, it's a state legislature thing in a state i'd never move to. here's the guy who was the lead writer. more examples of conservative legislatures trying to tell us how to live our lives. ~a
[2008-02-04 13:43:36] - a: i was looking at the link about bmi < 30 to be "served" and i was wondering if it meant to eat there or to eat from that location at all... ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 13:07:43] - Who doesn't need to work up to it? -- Xpovos
[2008-02-04 12:52:47] - kaleb: i think she needs to work up to it
~a[2008-02-04 12:51:50] - gurkie: serve? ~a
[2008-02-04 12:51:21] - Gurkie just needs to watch more 2girls1cup, am i rite? - Kaleb
[2008-02-04 12:35:09] - gurkie: it's the southpark reference that you didn't understand from friday at amy's party. after much reflection, i doubt the reference was appropriate even considering the added shock value. . . . i now find myself wondering if it was more or less appropriate than that time we coaxed you to view "explicit images" on my computer. ~a
[2008-02-04 12:07:11] - and does serve mean take out too? ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 12:06:15] - title: i dont get it... ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 12:06:01] - a: that test is the one they gave me at my gym when i first signed up... a BMI of 30 seems low to start banning people, and it will never pass its discriminatory. ~gurkie
[2008-02-04 12:02:00] - mig: it looks like it wasn't published except "in the event of a win" ~a
[2008-02-04 11:07:02] - Scary looking graphs in this article. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/039614aa-d02b-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html -- Xpovos
[2008-02-04 10:47:59] - wow that's hilarious, you can buy both the 19-0 book and New York Giants: 2008 Super Bowl Champions as a package deal! - mig
[2008-02-04 10:46:23] - i feel bad for anyone who pre-ordered that. - mig
[2008-02-04 09:51:12] - hahaha nice: http://www.amazon.com/19-0-Historic-Championship-Englands-Unbeatable/dp/1600781500/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201611908&sr=1-1 - vinnie
[2008-02-04 09:26:32] - http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Six-Copies,-Please.aspx
[2008-02-02 20:51:47] - xpovos: i replied ~a
[2008-02-02 20:51:38] - dee: we missed you. ~a
[2008-02-01 20:07:10] - Ya'll people's are partying while I slave away here at work... boooo. ~dee
[2008-02-01 20:06:56] - Ya'll people
[2008-02-01 17:15:55] - aaron: the test i heard about is where they pinch your skin on various parts of your body and match those measurements to some sort of complex (subjective?) model. ~a
[2008-02-01 16:23:29] - http://xkcd.com/378/ - aaron
[2008-02-01 15:57:03] - aaron: The electrical method -can- be fairly accurate, it's similar to the methods they use for weighing things electronically, which is very accurate, but of course human bodies vary more in resistance than a well engineered and uniform object. Still, more accurate than BMI. And potentially about as accurate as full body density scans. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-01 15:45:32] - are they still submerging people in water and measuring what floats for that kind of stuff? the only kind of body fat measurement i ever took involved being lightly electrocuted and i don't think it was probably very accurate - aaron
[2008-02-01 15:44:46] - mig: but it's a lot more convenient/economical than actual body fat tests - aaron
[2008-02-01 15:20:51] - kaleb: yeah BMI is a terrible measuring stick for determining if someone is obese. - mig
[2008-02-01 15:08:24] - mig: what a surprising and yet somehow unsurprising law. it's like a logical step after smoking bans. I don't think it will pass, but I think something like that in the future could... - vinnie
[2008-02-01 15:02:30] - mig: The BMI rating is deceiving. I'm 5'7" and 190 lbs. so my BMI is almost 30. However my previous prysical trainer said that an ideal weight for me is about 170; not 150 or something like the BMI makes it seem. - Kaleb
[2008-02-01 14:36:40] - in other news, i should learn2proofread, what i wrote looked like it made sense before i hit enter, honest. - mig
[2008-02-01 14:32:29] - http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-fat-people-allowed-only-slim-will-be.html law proposed to prohbit "obese" people will not be permitted to dine in some restaurants in Mississippi . - mig
[2008-02-01 14:06:32] - a: Yeah, st seems like Microsoft is overpaying when in fact Yahoo was worth that much just like a year ago. -Paul
[2008-02-01 12:53:02] - "Python accounts for around 15 percent of Google's code base" . . . that's interesting. ~a
[2008-02-01 12:16:58] - the funny thing is, i bought yahoo when it was in the 30s. (yesterday it was 18 today it's ~28 ) ~a
[2008-02-01 12:03:40] - Vinnie: I don't know if yahoo has a say. I think it's in the hands of the shareholders. -Paul
[2008-02-01 10:50:03] - vinnie: Also, I will not be able to make it tonight. Sorry. I have to get down to Fredericksburg tomorrow for an 0900 seminar. Blarg. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-01 10:12:03] - vinnie: Dunno. But Microsoft was offering a 60% premium. That generally gets the deal done. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-01 10:11:35] - Paul: It's particularly more interesting because of Google's bad report at the same time. YHOO actually seems to be gaining ground. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-01 10:11:14] - paul: whoa, hadn't heard about that buyout. yahoo hasn't agreed yet, though? - vinnie
[2008-02-01 10:00:59] - " mergers that I never thought I would see because of it's size. -Paul
[2008-02-01 10:00:46] - Xpovos: Same. It's one of those "logical
[2008-02-01 09:57:59] - Paul: I saw the futures way up first, but then I saw the story and put 2 and 2 together. It's been rumored for a while, even still I'm a little surprised to actually see it. -- Xpovos
[2008-02-01 09:54:46] - I assume everybody has heard that Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion? -Paul
[2008-02-01 08:34:39] - a: yeah, i'm worried about that. i saw a doctor and he thought i could go back to playing - aaron
[2008-01-31 19:30:00] - aaron: aren't you worried about irreparable damage? i had some knee issues with biking, and i found that stretching a lot made it go away (it's been about a year since i had a problem). ~a
[2008-01-31 16:12:13] - vinnie: heh, we'll see. i played some pump it up which made it hurt more. but then i played some DDR which didn't. i think it's just pump it up for some reason - aaron
[2008-01-31 15:53:16] - and some not on the east coast, but primarily east... ~gurkie
[2008-01-31 15:52:56] - developers: my company is looking to hire, we are based out of Richmond even though our largest office is Reston. We have projects pretty much up and down the east coast. Except NY. If you are interested email me... ~gurkie
[2008-01-31 15:12:38] - aaron: KNEE ~a
[2008-01-31 13:42:24] - aaron: oh, so your knee is better then. that's good - vinnie
[2008-01-31 12:58:22] - vinnie: yeah i'm going to skip too. i want to work extra hours this week so that i don't have to take as much vacation - aaron
[2008-01-31 12:57:26] - also, I'm skipping DDR for what must be the millionth week running now. I swear one of these weeks I'll be able to come. honest - vinnie
[2008-01-31 12:56:45] - aaron: yeah that's what I thought it meant too - vinnie
[2008-01-31 12:49:13] - aaron: "The phrase no love lost (between two people) is ambiguous and was used 17c. in ref. to two who love each other well (c.1640) as well as two who have no love for each other (1622). " from the websites ive seen it sounds like there isnt a concrete definition ~gurkie
[2008-01-31 12:46:13] - aaron: that sounds logical to me, however i probably wouldnt have thought of it. all in all, i have no clue so im unhelpful. ~gurkie
[2008-01-31 12:13:17] - hey what does the phrase "no love lost between..." mean exactly? does it mean that like, since they were already bitter rivals, they couldn't love eachother less? - aaron
[2008-01-31 07:52:10] - A: The Police Academy movies? And i'm glad your 2009 is empty, lets all settle on a month in which we would like to go for a trip/cruise somewhere... ~dee
[2008-01-30 21:33:52] - dee: i didn't think those movies were very funny. ~a
[2008-01-30 21:30:03] - my 2009 is empty. ~a
[2008-01-30 20:08:46] - Yeah the beach house... David has 2 beach trips and a Vegas trip for this summer... I think shooting for a bit over a year from now would be best. But it would be nice if we could get the other kids to come and play as well...
~dee[2008-01-30 19:53:36] - dee: well that might work out well because then it won't conflict with the beach house thing. i'll run it by kaleb. - aaron
[2008-01-30 19:26:20] - Aaron: I am shooting for Spring 09 because the police academy is 6 months long and then I'll have 3 months of on the job training before i'm cut loose and can take a vacation... which puts it around January. To be safe I wanted to go for a few months after that. I wouldn't mind going with another company if someone has some great experiences to back it. ~dee
[2008-01-30 17:17:55] - aaron: gurkie says that you're dumb and that she hates you. ~a
[2008-01-30 16:39:18] - a: tell Aaron I said cool... (and then run his script) ~gurkie
[2008-01-30 16:38:45] - a: I know, and mostly it's pointless griping. I think maybe I need to build a data flow chart. I think I'm thinking about it backwards. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 16:05:11] - xpovos: gwt will compile the java for you when it does the translation. ~a
[2008-01-30 16:04:51] - xpovos: ugly compared to what? compared to writing the js by hand and still having to do all those other steps? ~a
[2008-01-30 15:46:29] - I mean... I don't, I could do the whole thing in PHP but then it would be neither pretty nor efficient. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 15:45:36] - Ugh... why is this so complicated. Why do I need to write a Java program, compile it, have GWT translate it to JS and HTML, then somehow integrate my MySQL/PHP query data into it. Ugly. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 15:45:33] - a: "RUN THIS SCRIPT WHEN YOU WANT TO BE FIRED"
- aaron[2008-01-30 15:37:36] - gurkie: *seriously. ~a
[2008-01-30 15:37:11] - gurkie: either way sounds good to aaron. he knows you wanted to do an alaska cruise and that sounds good to him so whatever you're less bored of! i mean seriosly. it'll only be his 2nd cruise so he'll have a good time no matter what. ~a
[2008-01-30 15:36:11] - aaron: "Did that guy never hear of reverse psychology?"
~a[2008-01-30 15:35:28] - a: oops. tell gurkie what i just told you - aaron
[2008-01-30 15:35:15] - a: either way sounds good to me, i know you wanted to do an alaska cruise and that sounds good so whatever you're less bored of! it'll only be my second cruise so i'll have a good time no matter what - aaron
[2008-01-30 15:05:38] - vinnie: Disney. Bahamanian-flagged, like most cruise ships. So unfortunately I never get to talk to anyone for them. But there are a few U.S. flagged cruise ships left. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 14:36:12] - aaron: would you and Kaleb be into an Alaska cruise or prefer a Carribean cruise like we did last time? If you wanted to do carib, I was going to suggest going when its cold here and warm there
Thats when I most enjoy going to the carribean... ~gurkie[2008-01-30 14:35:24] - that being said, i do love cruises... I dont like Carnival the only one I went on seemed really tacky by comparison to the others which seemed more upscale. Also I am most interested in an Alaska cruise these days. ~gurkie
[2008-01-30 14:34:25] - http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Do-not-run-this-script,-ever!.aspx - aaron
[2008-01-30 14:34:24] - i would guess ALL cruise lines would follow the law, but the law is ridiculously lax for ocean pollution... ~gurkie
[2008-01-30 14:33:44] - oops, aparna already said that, with more details ~gurkie
[2008-01-30 14:33:03] - xpovos/a: aparna is right, cruises pollute crap loads, the only regulations they have are something like you have to be a mile off shore. ~gurkie
[2008-01-30 14:31:12] - xpovos: cool. which cruise line did you take out of curiosity? - vinnie
[2008-01-30 14:25:27] - FWIW I just got off the phone with a security guy for one of the cruise lines. Fun stuff. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 14:22:10] - vinnie: Because of the company that ran the cruise line. They're very green-conscious. Now, the cruise-line is semi-independant, and I definitely don't doubt they'll pollute within the law, such as what aba mentioned above/below. But they're going to follow the law. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 14:18:04] - a: "When the ship is beyond three miles from shore, there are no restrictions on the release of untreated sewage." doesn't that bother you in the least? - aba
[2008-01-30 14:14:29] - xpovos: why do you doubt they weren't polluting? - vinnie
[2008-01-30 12:35:34] - My cruise was absolutely wonderful. And call me callous, but I don't much care if they were polluting for those four days. And I doubt they were. Inefficient? Absolutely. But that's basically the definition of luxury. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 12:24:25] - pierce: yes it does. strings are the non-primitives that people use the most. ~a
[2008-01-30 12:23:01] - a: I dunno. but my point stands. - pierce
[2008-01-30 12:22:56] - a lot of the "waste" they refer to is waste generated by any household or industry. unless they're dumping the waste overboard (like you suggest) it doesn't seem any different to me. ~a
[2008-01-30 12:20:36] - "photo-processing wastes" ummm. printing the photos has waste? i doubt they're talking about traditional film development because i didn't think professional photographers still used traditional film. ~a
[2008-01-30 12:16:32] - aparna, so you're interested in coming? ~a
[2008-01-30 11:09:26] - http://www.surfrider.org/a-z/cruise.asp cruise ships are highly polluting and frequently guilty of illegal nighttime dumping of waste. - aba
[2008-01-30 11:00:28] - dee: I'm interested in a cruise, but I was thinking more like august/september 2008. I've only gone with Royal Caribbean in the past, Gurkie's gone on like 20 cruises so she would probably know which are good and which are bad. I think she may have avoided Carnival for some reason. - aaron
[2008-01-30 10:11:55] - 'll probably take a few days for me to get them all up and organize. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 10:11:34] - I have the photos in my possesion for a change. 201 of them, 485MB. I'll start uploading them today, but it
[2008-01-30 06:46:39] - dee: No, so far the only person who's shown up as being referred by me is Paul... I'll recheck now that someone has winnings, though, but I suspect $0.004 isn't going to show up. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-30 03:46:14] - Oh lastly... Carnival normally only requires a $500 deposit per room (rooms hold up to 3 people) and it's completely refundable up until about 3 months until we set sail. ~dee
[2008-01-30 03:44:32] - I would prefer to stick with Carnival. They were very awesome on this trip and their prices are pretty good compared to the other cruise lines. They also offer perks to people who have traveled with them before... so i'd like to start establishing a history with them
~dee[2008-01-30 03:40:41] - I know its a little early to mention it... but really it's not... It would be nice to start looking into an Eastern Carribbean or European cruise for March/April/May of 2009. I know Gurkie has some interest in this. Who else? The earlier we book the better the deal we get. AND if you book really early you normally get upgraded to the higher floors of the boat.
[2008-01-30 03:35:54] - So I won 4cents on predictify... hope you got your cut xpovos
~dee[2008-01-30 00:18:50] - pierce: who said anything about strings?
~a[2008-01-29 21:14:09] - oh, but for what it's worth: the way I get around null pointer exceptions and whatnot is to reverse the order. myNullVariable.equals("something") can barf, but "something".equals(myNullVariable) does what you want it to. - pierce
[2008-01-29 21:13:06] - the == thing is STILL a stupid design decision. if they were going to make strings a pseudoprimitive with the "+" operator, they should've applied it to "==" too or added operator overloading to the language. me.equals("bitter"). - pierce
[2008-01-29 15:57:39] - the == thing STILL gets me. but I think I've become better about realizing I've made the mistake when testing the program - vinnie
[2008-01-29 15:54:37] - nah, my favorite software engineer doesn't have an undergrad degree. ~a
[2008-01-29 15:47:48] - a: Thanks. I think my brain is bleeding already. I either needed to be a CS major or need to be less industrious in my hobbies. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-29 14:45:19] - xpovos: also, "==" doesn't do what you think it does. use "a.equals(b)" instead of "a==b" unless you're dealing with primitives. ~a
[2008-01-29 14:44:41] - xpovos: the biggest thing is everything but primitives (int, double, boolean) are passed by reference (more correctly, everything that references an object is just a reference). that'll catch you off guard even if you keep in the forefront in your mind at all times. ~a
[2008-01-29 14:40:09] - languages ~a
[2008-01-29 14:40:01] - oop. forgot the http
[2008-01-29 14:39:54] - <a href="wiki.aporter.org/wiki/languages">languages</a> ~a
[2008-01-29 14:37:36] - OK... what are the most important things I need to know coming to Java from a C++ and PHP background? Obviously I'm back to declaring variables (C++), but the syntax is different. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-29 14:36:23] - vinnie: I'm not sure how many people here are coffee drinkers, whereas most of us are programmers, so I wouldn't worry about it. Of course, I'm more of a coffee drinker than a programmer, and I still took your comment as on the language. ... To say nothing of the island. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-29 14:31:37] - hahaha I was only referring to the language there, not the drink. I somehow didn't realize the ambiguity of that - vinnie
[2008-01-29 14:31:17] - a: vb itself is not so bad, but i've seen incarnations (vbscript in particular) of it that make javascript look sensible. - mig
[2008-01-29 14:30:41] - I looooove Java. so smooth, goes down easy - vinnie
[2008-01-29 14:29:40] - a: i'm well aware that man fantastic things are written in c, that doesn't mean that it's fun to write in c. - mig
[2008-01-29 14:19:45] - mig: i like vb but only for nostalgic reasons. and i don't know why you would diss c: so many fantastic things are written in c. it's great for mid level programming. ~a
[2008-01-29 14:13:12] - mig: I thought C was OK. Never had the 'pleasure' of coding in VB, but I was given to understand it was pretty simple. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-29 14:02:16] - a: aww if you're not feeling good don't go... well obv it's up to you. but i'd understand if you didn't. -amy
[2008-01-29 14:01:59] - *** amy shakes fist at paul
[2008-01-29 13:55:15] - xpovos: c, visual basic and its bastard children. - mig
[2008-01-29 13:42:20] - a: I can't think of many languages less happy than js. Maybe assembly. Does that even count as a language? -- Xpovos
[2008-01-29 13:27:41] - much happier than js anyways. ~a
[2008-01-29 13:27:33] - java is a happy language. ~a
[2008-01-29 13:20:15] - Needing to learn Java is making me cry. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-29 12:49:35] - amy: i'm a tiny bit under the weather. i'll probably come anyways. ~a
[2008-01-29 12:11:02] - Amy: Sorry that I forgot to tell you that I was going to Potbelly for lunch today.
-Paul[2008-01-29 10:57:53] - paul: np, i understand. rockville is probably far for them to go see someone perform that they don't know or have met once or twice .p -amy
[2008-01-29 10:53:15] - Amy: I should be there. Don't know if I will be able to bring any coworkers, though.
-Paul[2008-01-29 10:42:22] - Today is my cameo in the singer/songwriter showcase at Austin Grill in Rockville.... who's coming? .D -amy
[2008-01-29 08:13:57] - a: GWT is pretty impressive. I've been playing around with it for a few hours now. It's like swimming in a brand new ocean. Overwhelming and definitely a little scary, but decidedly cool. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-28 00:52:01] - http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/albuquerque (video)
[2008-01-26 12:14:25] - 12500? that's a very likely result. we're only a few % below that now. ~a
[2008-01-25 16:12:29] - Huh, so I was wrong about today's stocks. I still expect to see 12500 again soon, though. -- Xpovos
[2008-01-25 15:27:00] - Vamy: Thanks for the offer, but I think it's more convenient for Miguel to bring it over. -Paul
[2008-01-25 15:26:45] - Mig: Thanks, that would be great if you don't mind. -Paul
[2008-01-25 15:07:02] - vinnie: i was checking. i just didn't want paul to have the movie. (just kidding i just checked just now... but it seems someone has already volunteered it.) -amy
[2008-01-25 14:20:41] - paul: i can bring mine over tonight. - mig
[2008-01-25 14:18:47] - dave: darla is in Dexter also. she has a fairly major role on that show - vinnie
[2008-01-25 14:16:25] - paul: amy has the movie. I can ask her for ya, since she doesn't seem to be checking the board today - vinnie
[2008-01-25 13:18:14] - a: That's surprising to me too. We just bought an HD-DVD player... hooks into the X-box360. No intention of getting Blu-Ray at this point. -- Xpovos
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