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[2008-06-24 08:51:42] - Dee: Haha, I meant Havoc but I can see how it totally sounded like I was talking about Get Smart. -Paul
[2008-06-24 08:51:23] - Pierce: You would probably be doing me a favor by censoring me.
-paul[2008-06-24 07:36:08] - a: maybe the msgboard would benefit from some sort of flagging feature, so that whoever happens upon the page first can help clear the spam cobwebs? I promise not to use it to censor paul! - pierce
[2008-06-23 21:40:47] - I liked Elektra
~Dee[2008-06-23 21:40:14] - Paul: Get Smart or Havoc?? Havoc wasn't horrible... it was just very twisted. Rich kids pretending to be hard core gang bangers.... ~Dee
[2008-06-23 20:14:13] - a: Agreed. Catwoman and Elektra marching in at 2% each are horrible. I read some of the reviews, though, and mostly they felt the film lacked direction, neither really resonating with the TV series nor branching out on it's own. The one comparing it to the Dan Akroyd Dragnet was particularly damning... even though Dragnet was an OK movie. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 20:09:51] - xpovos: rottentomatoes gave get smart a 51%. i know compared to wanted (91%), that's nothing. but still, a 51 isn't horrible. ~a
[2008-06-23 19:11:39] - Paul: Based on the reviews, I don't know if it helps or hurts to have watched the old TV series. I'm a fan of the old series, so I think the movie could end up being quite painful. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 18:17:08] - Dee: I hadn't heard of that movie but now I am intrigued. Was it as bad as it sounds? -Paul
[2008-06-23 18:15:40] - pierce: the awesomebar is awesome. instead of maintaining dozens of bookmarks to our internal wiki, i can just type in "ora" and it pulls up the oracle page, way better than ff2 - aaron
[2008-06-23 17:25:54] - looked like a good preview. ~a
[2008-06-23 17:23:22] - David and I just saw Get Smart... funny... in that way that only Steve Carell can be. After watching Anne Hathaway in Havoc recently i'm glad to see her play a more... clothed role
~dee[2008-06-23 16:42:08] - gurkie: were you mocking my boy paul? paul should win the award "best conversationalist" ~a
[2008-06-23 16:02:46] - gurkie: How sad is it that when I read your first clause I was convinced that they were filming a TV show where you worked? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 15:46:10] - csi was just photographing my office area... we had a bunch of laptops get stolen this weekend... ~gurkie
[2008-06-23 15:34:50] - Gurkie: I think that's just because I've been around for a while, not because of any particular skill. -Paul
[2008-06-23 15:29:39] - a: Indeed. It's a top-10 film of that year. I don't think it deserves that accolade. It was OK, but I found 10 other films that I liked better. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 15:18:03] - this happens. ~a
[2008-06-23 15:16:21] - xpovos: and magnolia (film) most likely. ~a
[2008-06-23 15:15:04] - aaron: Interesting. And the true joy of wikipedia, that article links to "raining animals", about the rare but true events where live (or mostly live) animals fall from the sky; which in turn links to "raining men", the song... -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 15:09:52] - I actually saw Waiting (film) 2005. I rather wish I hadn't. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 15:00:37] - paul: i think i saw "melting pot" too. ~a
[2008-06-23 14:57:23] - I think... unless im misunderstanding things... ~gurkie
[2008-06-23 14:53:54] - paul: according to the stats u have posted the most and been the recipient of the most posts... u should get an award! "best time waster" or somesuch~gurkie
[2008-06-23 14:46:35] - Exploding animal Blech, the part about william the conqueror is the grossest thing i've read in wikipedia in a few weeks... - aaron
[2008-06-23 14:45:13] - a: really? OMG like I never would have understood that those werent the same... im like soooo happy you could explain it to me!
~gurkie[2008-06-23 14:40:03] - gurkie: close, but no. waitress (film) 2007 != waiting (film) 2005. ~a
[2008-06-23 14:15:33] - a: I saw the Law and Order episode that was written about that. -Paul
[2008-06-23 14:10:14] - a: that was the movie u were talking about at the Mexican restaurant in VB right? I was thinking of Waiting not Waitress... ~gurkie
[2008-06-23 14:05:40] - a: Ok, well, it was all well and amusing up until the murder... -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 13:57:25] - omfg. waitress has a very interesting back story. right before the movie was accepted into sundance film festival, the writer/director was killed by her downstairs neighbor because she complained about noise he was making. her murderer said he "was having a bad day." ~a
[2008-06-23 13:48:23] - gurkie: yeah, apparently there was a third in 2007. waitress (film) though i didn't even know about it. ~a
[2008-06-23 13:33:23] - a: dont u mean knocked up?
~gurkie[2008-06-23 12:46:03] - i just saw juno (film) last week so i know exactly what you're going through (jk) ~a
[2008-06-23 10:55:48] - a: Sorry I missed you Saturday. Pregnant wife wins again. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-23 09:17:29] - george carlin passed away at 71. nsfw? ~a
[2008-06-20 22:40:03] - send me address, plox. ~a
[2008-06-20 22:06:31] - a: send me beer, plox.
- aba[2008-06-20 21:10:21] - a: Win-win. I'll be at Paul's house tomorrow. I may even be there for some poker. Depends on how much trouble I'm willing to get into with Katie. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-20 21:02:02] - xpovos: i live here. i'll see if paul will mind me hosting poker next week. in the mean time, i'll bring beer to paul's house tomorrow. ~a
[2008-06-20 20:41:48] - a: OK. What style did you make? I have no idea where you live, really, but if there's beer involved, I can probably make an excuse, if you wanted me to. I'll bring cash and lose it to you while playing poker to pay for it.
-- Xpovos[2008-06-20 19:49:54] - xpovos: yes it is from the brewery we were talking about earlier (the reason it came up is i was mentioning that i had just re-visited there). gurkie sent out an email about it in april, you might want to ask her how many other responses she got. ~a
[2008-06-20 19:27:51] - a: I count 79. Impressive. So is that from the brewery place we were talking about earlier? What happened to that idea? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-20 19:11:19] - if anybody is in the falls church/annandale/springfield/alexandria area in the next few months, please give me a call. even if you aren't otherwise planning on it, invite yourself over some time. i have no small amount of beer. ~a
[2008-06-20 16:50:59] - yeah i guess they haven't defined "released" ~a
[2008-06-20 16:37:23] - a: There's a difference between numbers being released to telemarketers, and a change in a rule which would allow them to call a number, released or not. Though I realize my information may not be correct. I'll research it some. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-20 14:06:59] - on that subject, xpovos said "I understand that law [that protects cell phones from telemarketers] is either sunseting, or being changed." . . . according to 800notes.com this is misinformation. "[FTC] assures that cell phone numbers will not be released to telemarketers at any time in the near future despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet." ~a
[2008-06-20 14:04:47] - a: I tried using the search bar to find it but I couldn't remember what the context of the discussion was. Thanks. - Kaleb
[2008-06-20 14:02:04] - kaleb: i searched (in the search bar above) for xpovos href and it was the first hit: http://800notes.com/ ~a
[2008-06-20 13:53:50] - what's the address for that website that lets you look up a phone number to see who the caller is? - Kaleb
[2008-06-19 23:20:59] - sfm: Croooooooooow ~Crow
[2008-06-19 17:19:37] - aaron: if it rains i'll be there. ~a
[2008-06-19 17:15:51] - a: booo - aaron
[2008-06-19 16:33:58] - aaron: yeah I'm going - vinnie
[2008-06-19 16:33:26] - gurkie: the office ~a
[2008-06-19 16:32:13] - aaron:
~a[2008-06-19 16:25:07] - aaron: i was tempted to reply as someone else and claim i was going ~gurkie
[2008-06-19 16:08:06] - i dont get the title... ~gurkie
[2008-06-19 15:49:37] - ddr_people: sfm roll call! Aaron!! - aaron
[2008-06-19 15:44:09] - a: kaleb showed me that! It's really useful. you can either right-click -> undo close tab, or go to history -> recently closed tabs - aaron
[2008-06-19 14:13:03] - wow i don't think i've ever used undo-close-tab. ~a
[2008-06-19 13:36:06] - pierce: The last version of Firefox 2 had some problems with undo close tab and Ctrl+F searching, whereas v3 doesn't. I also like the style of v3. - Kaleb
[2008-06-19 13:04:42] - Vinnie: Paper - Rock - Scissors? -Paul
[2008-06-19 12:25:54] - Paul, Vinnie: Make a decision betwixt yourselves where we're getting together this Saturday at 3PM. I'll send it out tonight. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-19 12:01:29] - Xpovos: Fair enough.
-Paul[2008-06-19 11:55:22] - Paul: It's obvious you could have picked a worse time. I'm not sure it was necessarily a 'good thing' though. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-19 10:55:39] - Xpovos: Guess it was a good thing I got out when I did. -Paul
[2008-06-19 10:22:46] - There's a few minor bugs with the layout engine and the XML viewer which aren't around anymore, so that's nice. - aaron
[2008-06-19 10:16:34] - pierce: So far it seems to work as well as firefox, I haven't really used the internet enough to exercise the new features so I can't say anything beyond that. - aaron
[2008-06-19 09:51:11] - SIRI to Goldman Sachs: Ouch, my rectum! -- Xpovos
[2008-06-19 09:32:35] - a: countries, that i hadnt ever heard of before... ~gurkie
[2008-06-19 09:17:45] - Woot-off! -- Xpovos
[2008-06-18 18:54:13] - gurkie: i hope those are countries. if not, i'm not sure what you just said. ~a
[2008-06-18 18:53:19] - i was running the betas and release candidates. ~a
[2008-06-18 18:49:12] - so what do you guys think of v3, assuming you weren't running the betas or release candidates? - pierce
[2008-06-18 17:09:54] - a: guinnea-bissau, svalbard and janmayen... ~gurkie
[2008-06-18 15:07:02] - anon: That sounds low... I'm pretty sure that's breakable. I mean, 1 per second is 180 (72 more than the record), and I'd assume the bottleneck would be in collecting the smarties via the chopsticks. Being able to grab 2-3 at once (reasonable) could also probably speed the process up nicely. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-18 14:23:03] - oh . . . i found a few others. ~a
[2008-06-18 14:22:05] - north korea: 0 downloads. what other countries had 0 downloads? ~a
[2008-06-18 14:04:22] - a: yea... my coworker told me that a minute ago... I like their webpage though in terms of hovering over the diff countries and seeing how many people have downloaded firefox... It appears real purty in IE ~gurkie
[2008-06-18 14:04:02] - the record for the most smarties eaten with chopsticks in three minutes is 108.
[2008-06-18 14:00:20] - gurkie: yes. it's kind of lame . . . but there isn't one. in other words, this will be the first year that guinness publishes a record for most downloads in a 24 hour period. their "goals" were to beat 1.6million and 5.0million; both completed. (9th question in the faq) ~a
[2008-06-18 12:52:25] - anyone know what the world record was and whether they have broken it yet? ~gurkie
[2008-06-18 10:54:49] - they might have removed that for the world record? ~a
[2008-06-18 10:52:25] - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.14/releasenotes/ i like how it's completely impossible to download firefox 2 anywhere. even this page talks about v2, and says "download v2 here!" and then you can't - aaron
[2008-06-18 10:49:42] - staymailmicrscissors crashing down done it. a scientist. with whatever
[2008-06-18 09:56:08] - a: waaaah im sad! ~gurkie
[2008-06-18 09:34:52] - a: i picked it up at work and at home - aaron
[2008-06-18 09:21:27] - aaron: despite the outage yesterday, they're going strong at 6.6 million (which blew away the firefox2 download day at 1.6 million). you can still get it if you haven't already: the download day doesn't end until 1pm! ~a
[2008-06-17 17:09:08] - nm firefox was just caching the old download day page. - aaron
[2008-06-17 17:07:12] - Geez Mozilla is disorganized.... Not only does the official download day server having issues handling the load, but it takes you to the download page for Firefox 2. I guess those two numbers do look a lot alike, being all curvy and pointy - aaron
[2008-06-17 17:04:13] - vinnie: but he looks so happy. ~a
[2008-06-17 17:00:46] - a: I feel like paul should be the one looking sad in that last picture - vinnie
[2008-06-17 16:37:58] - :( ~a
[2008-06-17 15:50:18] - oh! i thought you were joking. in that case, you're most likely anon#1. ~a
[2008-06-17 15:39:47] - a: i can't be anon#2 because then i would be talking to myself! - aaron
[2008-06-17 15:17:40] - which means anon#1 is still unknown. it's not me, nor vinnie, nor aaron. ~a
[2008-06-17 15:13:02] - aaron: bahaha. ok, so you're admitting to anon#2? ~a
[2008-06-17 14:46:16] - anon#2: yes i agree that sounded like him! and yes i don't think anybody has talked to themselves yet - aaron
[2008-06-17 14:02:21] - and since aaron likes puns, it's likely that (anon#1 == aaron || anon#2 == aaron) ~a
[2008-06-17 14:00:07] - hmmm. it's a puzzle! assuming nobody is talking to themselves, neither anon was vinnie and anon#1 != anon#2. ~a
[2008-06-17 13:43:52] - vinnie: that sounded like you
[2008-06-17 13:43:11] - aaron: my coworkers were talking about that and how firefox's website is down... ~gurkie
[2008-06-17 13:34:29] - anon#2: no, that wasn't me. I do like that joke though - vinnie
[2008-06-17 13:32:28] - http://www.spreadfirefox.com/worldrecord/
i want my firefox 3 - aaron[2008-06-17 13:23:43] - anon = vinnie!
[2008-06-16 17:46:47] - anon:
that took me a while to understand. ~a[2008-06-16 17:09:53] - I tried making ten puns in a row, hoping that one of them would amuse. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
[2008-06-16 12:24:29] - aaron: Unknown yet how substantial. I'm calling it 'moderate' because it was not slight. The rear bumper is totally trashed, but that's not too expensive, all things considered. Muffler is a goner too. Quite possibly some frame damage, but unknown until later. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-16 12:23:24] - a: That was the second word out of my mouth. Well, I guess first. The other was just a non-verbal scream of shock and anger. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-16 09:15:21] - xpovos: wow that's terrible... how bad a wreck? was there any frame damage? - aaron
[2008-06-16 08:20:58] - xpovos: fuck.
~a[2008-06-16 08:03:34] - FYI: Being in a wreck with your less than three month old vehicle sucks big floppy donkey balls. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-15 19:07:27] - Or in other formats: that's what title said
[2008-06-15 19:06:44] - That's What She Said
[2008-06-13 11:46:25] - the school projects idea is a good theory - aaron
[2008-06-13 11:45:50] - a: yeah it's not a ton of vandalism it just strikes me as a weird article to see any vandalism at all, yet the last ten edits have all been vandalism-related - aaron
[2008-06-12 20:26:51] - though to be honest, anything less than a few vandalism incidents a day isn't very much vandalism. ~a
[2008-06-12 20:10:25] - i think sometimes school projects revolve around a few wikipedia pages picked out by teachers. ~a
[2008-06-12 16:36:42] - Why in the world would Scroll Saw see so much vandalism? What is wrong with people - aaron
[2008-06-12 13:36:30] - Tromboon combining the "worst" aspects of the trombone and the bassoon. the sound clip is so awful! - aaron
[2008-06-12 13:08:11] - subway has tomatoes back. - mig
[2008-06-12 03:01:28] - aaron: Tritone has three tones. - Kaleb
[2008-06-11 10:48:09] - amy: Tritone it's called a tritone because the notes are 3 whole tones apart. - aaron
[2008-06-10 16:58:08] - mig: Tomato/marinara sauce is still OK to serve since it's cooked. - Kaleb
[2008-06-10 14:47:35] - a: no it was tomato sauce, or at least something that tasted very close to it. - mig
[2008-06-10 14:05:26] - alfredo sauce? ~a
[2008-06-10 13:00:05] - we had pizza over the weekend. with the sauce! - mig
[2008-06-10 10:23:59] - i had tomatoes at one restaurant yesterday (it wasn't on any vines when it came to me), but another specifically said they weren't serving them. ~a
[2008-06-09 19:53:21] - mig: You can still buy tomatoes on the vine. At Safeway they didn't have the kind of tomatoes I usually buy, but they had the tomatoes on the vine, which are supposedly safe. - Kaleb
[2008-06-09 16:21:15] - The new iphone is coming out on July 11th http://www.apple.com/iphone -sam
[2008-06-09 15:18:20] - mig: The salmonela reports are coming from multiple sources, they haven't tracked any single producer, vendor, etc. So I imagine the tomatoes are going to be off-market for a couple of weeks at least. Sorry. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-09 14:28:32] - i am sad, because I love tomatoes. - mig
[2008-06-09 14:28:16] - across the street didn't have any tomatoes either. supposadly most sources are safe, but everyone is not using any tomatoes to be on the safe side. - mig
[2008-06-09 14:16:04] - subway didn't have tomatoes today... has anybody heard anything about the mcdonalds salmonella controversy? is that why? - aaron
[2008-06-09 11:08:36] - I can out spam the spammers! -- Xpovos
[2008-06-09 10:35:51] - aaron: i have the internet. ~a
[2008-06-09 10:21:20] - xpovos: although if adrian's spam filter breaks down it may be very noisy!!! so i give you 2:1 odds - aaron
[2008-06-09 10:21:05] - xpovos: some of us are around, but paul and adrian aren't. so it may be quiet - aaron
[2008-06-09 08:42:42] - So... I'm guessing the mboard is going to be dead this week? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-09 01:17:11] - boring
[2008-06-06 14:40:56] - Xpovos: I would make the trek. -Paul
[2008-06-06 14:40:43] - a: Can do. Also, can you email me your address in case I don't have it. Thanks. -Paul
[2008-06-06 14:34:52] - a: I missed you the one time I was able to make it this year (sheesh, my life sucks!) but I'd seen you there before. Didn't know if you'd gotten frustrated with it, or were still involved. S'why I questioned. Poker is easy enough to do, and seems reasonably popular. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-06 14:29:23] - "On June 6, serious worries of Iran cutting oil exports to the United States due to Israeli threats caused prices to rise $15 in 24 hours, the largest gain in history. An enormous drop in United States oil stockpiles compounded worries as well." that's great to read right before a long car trip. ~a
[2008-06-06 14:23:25] - paul: heh, when we biked around your mini-lake i didn't realize that we were going by miguel's old apartment complex. ~a
[2008-06-06 14:21:28] - i've been to poker every week (minus a few) for the past few months and i've been at least every month for a very long time. ~a
[2008-06-06 14:20:25] - i love poker. you thought i didn't like poker? ~a
[2008-06-06 14:09:04] - a: non-poker? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-06 14:08:09] - yeah, count me in for the non-mtg non-televised-professional-sports events. ~a
[2008-06-06 14:05:46] - a: Cookout + gaming. One event I know I'd like to host would be a MtG event, which I figure you're probably not interested in, but we did just buy a grill, as well. Slowly our house is getting transformed into someplace I'm not embarassed to entertain at. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-06 14:02:31] - xpovos: yes. what sort of event? ~a
[2008-06-06 14:01:20] - Sending up a test baloon. I know I still live far enough away from most of you to make you guys cringe, but if I held an event at my place, would people be willing to come out (assuming the event itself was interesting)? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-06 13:59:55] - paul: you'll call when you hit my parking lot? ~a
[2008-06-06 13:59:06] - paul: yeah there's been a lot of email and i forgot about that one. my bad. ~a
[2008-06-06 13:34:59] - kaleb/aaron: ill look at the ac today... I dont know whats going on but its happened before and then come back properly... I might need to go to Home Depot to get a new filter... ~gurkie
[2008-06-06 13:33:52] - yay, kaleb thinks my sister is hot! ~gurkie
[2008-06-06 13:28:58] - a: Didn't I send you an email saying we would pick you up around 8am? -Paul
[2008-06-06 13:04:52] - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080606-congress-urged-to-investigate-isps-opt-out-user-tracking.html the irony here is just ... wow. - mig
[2008-06-06 12:52:50] - miguel told me that! that's pretty cool - aaron
[2008-06-06 12:04:38] - paul: when do we leave tomorrow? also, do you know when we get back home (or when we need to leave for home)? ~a
[2008-06-06 12:01:32] - hah. the guy who solved the rubik's 23 move thing also competes in topcoder
~a[2008-06-06 11:35:40] - "using idle time on the render farm that was used for pictures such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up"
~a[2008-06-06 11:34:48] - aaron: "The number of moves necessary to solve an arbitrary Rubik's cube configuration has been cut down to 23 moves, according to an update on Tomas Rokicki's homepage (and here)." (sd) ~a
[2008-06-05 21:34:05] - costs associated with the call center. On the other hand, telemarketing has a higher rate of return (more benefit) because it is substantially harder to ignore and presents human-to-human contact, sometimes early in the process. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 21:33:03] - a: Acknowledged. Even then, I think the rankings remain accurate. The criminal liabilities for spam are pretty tame, even when using zombies. Just operate out of Vanuatu. And a skilled coder is arguably cheaper than a designer for a print (mail) ad. Paying off the phone companies might make telemarketing less attractive there, and there is additional long-term labor
[2008-06-05 20:17:14] - heeeyyyy youuuuu guyyyyys
[2008-06-05 17:22:16] - I'm still going to DDR! come to DDR you guys - aaron
[2008-06-05 16:50:48] - also, part of the cost of all three is the time it takes to design and coordinate the mailings/calls/emails. ~a
[2008-06-05 16:49:13] - xpovos: your model for cost is too simplistic. most spam is illegal especially when you account for the hacking/malware involved, so a potential jail sentence needs to be included into the cost. ~a
[2008-06-05 16:41:11] - a: Is it even relevant? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 16:40:37] - a: Anyway... I think there is some interesting discussion in a comparrison of direct mail marketing, telemarketing, and spam. Clearly all three are related; and I've listed them by the generally acknowledged declining order of cost. So a simple cost/benefit analysis shows that spam is the most effective. But is that true? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 16:20:49] - aaron: I'm passing on DDR today. - Kaleb
[2008-06-05 16:20:06] - a: Yes, she's hot. Stop whining. - Kaleb
[2008-06-05 16:19:45] - gurkie: I think I heard her leave around the time I woke up. I woke up about 11:30. I haven't seen her today. - Kaleb
[2008-06-05 16:08:37] - aaron: yeah, ok - vinnie
[2008-06-05 15:28:50] - gurkie: more importantly, kaleb is ignoring me. ~a
[2008-06-05 15:21:10] - xpovos: lim [cost -> 0] (cost/benifit) = lim [cost -> 0] (cost increase per year/benefit increase per year) (:-P) ~a
[2008-06-05 15:17:29] - http://snagwiremedia.com/consolepatrol/2008/06/jack-thompson-walks-out-on-hea.html jack thompson is almost certainly facing disbarment now - mig
[2008-06-05 15:06:08] - ddr_people: sfm! - aaron
[2008-06-05 14:20:20] - a: lim (cost/benefit) as cost -> 0 ? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 14:17:35] - a: im ignoring you ... starting now... ~gurkie
[2008-06-05 14:03:16] - it's not a matter of if they can get around anything. it's a matter of how difficult is it to get around. if it's harder, then the cost/benefit is higher. ~a
[2008-06-05 14:01:03] - a: I would be totally in favor of never receiving a telemarketer's call on my cell phone. The problem is there's no real way to enforce it. It's easy enough to track, but as this episode shows, people can get around almost anything. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 14:00:14] - kaleb: ...and is she hot? ~a
[2008-06-05 13:51:52] - kaleb: did my sister leave today? Have you seen her... ~gurkie
[2008-06-05 13:42:31] - what lobby would want there to be more telemarketing and/or auto-dialing on cell phones. hmmm, i guess i can think of some. ~a
[2008-06-05 13:31:10] - a: I only have a cell phone. It is definitely illegal, though I understand that law is either sunseting, or being changed. Basically, the cell phone vs. landline distinction is going away. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 13:19:06] - a: but you see, there's a loophole. you can only arrest the machine calling with the automated message
- vinnie[2008-06-05 12:54:12] - "it is against the law to call people using automated messages on cell phones."
~a[2008-06-05 12:53:11] - oh, people are receiving this on their cell phone? was this on your cell phone or landline? ~a
[2008-06-05 12:51:17] - xpovos: sudo rm /dev/landline ~a
[2008-06-05 11:59:22] - I've been getting phone calls from these guys about once every other day for the past two months... but they use different phone numbers. Fun stuff. I do love that site, though. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-05 11:42:32] - firefox 3.0 just went to rc2. it's looking pretty good right now. - mig
[2008-06-05 11:29:12] - "As talk swirls of a possible place on ticket, e-mail to supporters confirms Clinton will end her presidential bid and endorse Barack Obama" ~gurkie
[2008-06-05 08:01:40] - also the ants are endangered. - aaron
[2008-06-05 08:01:32] - sentient shmentient. if a baby was running around stepping on ants wouldn't you kill the baby to save the ants! power in numbers people - aaron
[2008-06-04 19:41:22] - sea lions are sentient? I, for one, welcome our new sea lion overlords. - pierce
[2008-06-04 15:44:35] - If we eat all the salmon, won't the sea lions die anyway? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-04 15:30:13] - aaron: if people are killing the sea lions to let the salmon live i doubt people would be allowed to eat those same salmon... ~gurkie
[2008-06-04 14:23:24] - realistically though i don't care in this particular scenario. sea lions are sentient, but the salmon are endangered. i'd just let them handle it - aaron
[2008-06-04 14:21:48] - shouldn't we kill sea lions so there's more salmon to go around? sounds like a win win to me - aaron
[2008-06-04 13:34:59] - Salmon taste better. We should eat them. Sea Lions win. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-04 13:32:59] - paul: sea lions are cuter. they win. ~a
[2008-06-04 13:24:25] - http://www.slate.com/id/2192362/?GT1=38001 The Sea Lion and the SalmonShould we murder one to save the other? -Paul
[2008-06-04 13:05:51] - Wait, we're assuming the UN has the power to do stuff?
-Paul[2008-06-04 10:54:37] - i guess you'd need some internet equivalent of the UN - aaron
[2008-06-04 10:53:36] - i think it's illegal a lot of places. there's just no authority capable of prosecuting anybody anywhere in the world who commits an internet crime - aaron
[2008-06-04 09:53:35] - i guess much of what spammers do (malware, hacking, botnet operating) is already disallowed. but for some reason we don't have any group that has the authority to ban these botnet operators. ~a
[2008-06-04 09:47:37] - aaron: i like anonymity. i think if "we" can all agree to disallow spam (hypothetically), then "we" could ban spammers. ~a
[2008-06-04 09:46:26] - bleh. got 150 more just last night. ~a
[2008-06-04 09:17:44] - a: sounds like a plea for a new unonymous internet - aaron
[2008-06-03 21:01:43] - the level of spam that's reached the message board is almost 100 per week. ~a
[2008-06-03 20:53:12] - hmmm. we'll see how long this new filter lasts. I FUCKING HATE SPAMMERS. ~a
[2008-06-03 20:31:21] - a: you're very welcome com gfdfdhttp://www.ezcashnowcom.com/com ffedgdiioa - pierce com
[2008-06-03 20:28:52] - pierce: thanks for the heads up on the spam. ~a
[2008-06-03 19:37:27] - do you guys have any words of advice on pda/cellphone shopping? good review sites you used, cautionary tales, etc? I'm on at&t if that's relevant. - pierce
[2008-06-03 19:33:39] - wow, holy crap at the spam. - pierce
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