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[2008-07-01 14:10:13] - kaleb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith apparently Will Smith isn't a scientologist? but he does some very scientologisty things - aaron
[2008-07-01 13:46:23] - a: But wouldn't it be more effective to spam out both linked and coherent advertising in the form of text snippets? That would lead me to conclude #1 is more accurate. -- Xpovos
[2008-07-01 13:43:32] - i have two theories. 1. it's a bug in the spammer's system. 2. it's a way to get around semi-sophisticated filters. some filters might allow the other spam through when presented with text that is not obviously spam. ~a
[2008-07-01 13:41:26] - "if posts without links, what is the motivation?" that's a good question and i've often wondered the same thing. i almost don't even mind them as much because it seems like chatter from an evil-eliza bot. my rage is subsided when there isn't the purpose of turning my house into a cash cow for spammers. ~a
[2008-07-01 13:38:05] - *** Xpovos hit the character limit on his previous post.
[2008-07-01 13:37:47] - a: I've noticed a lot, but I was wondering if the spam that we see without links had links which you'd managed to remove automatically; or if they were simply posting without links, which I take your statement to mean. And if posts without links, what is the motivation? The posts do not contain sufficient grammatical English to properly advertise... I see no gain.
[2008-07-01 13:27:08] - xpovos: the latter. you're only seeing the spams that don't have links (which isn't new, but it's far more frequent than in the past). so far today there have been 30 spams. ~a
[2008-07-01 13:19:01] - Hmm, the spammers are not posting links now. So, what is the purpose? Or are they being culled before we see them? -- Xpovos
[2008-07-01 12:33:19] - i totally <3 joshua and comfort but it seems like hip hop dancers have a lot of trouble on sytycd, i don't know if america hates them or if they just have trouble diversifying
hopefully i'm wrong this year - aaron[2008-07-01 12:27:03] - gurkie: d'oh. will is in the final 4 - aaron
[2008-07-01 11:55:01] - they cull the batch of shirts they offer for sale based on which shirt has the lowest sales in a given week... ~gurkie
[2008-07-01 11:54:32] - kaleb/aaron: I was going to tell you guys about shirt.woot.com I mentioned it last week at sytycd, I was thinking you guys could create awesome designs! ~gurkie
[2008-07-01 11:51:40] - aba: i ended up seeing waitress. i was pissed off at the beginning of the movie because all five of the male characters were assholes. i got less pissed off later on when some of them started turning things around. ~a
[2008-07-01 11:50:00] - aaron: you forgot Will and have Joshua twice. Which one do you want in the final four? ~gurkie
[2008-07-01 10:50:29] - well there are some things that hackers could do to maybe get at your banking information. it's not easy for them, but i think it's possible. ~a
[2008-07-01 10:38:55] - a: I do. -Paul
[2008-07-01 10:14:29] - mig: they both sounded like ant-pissers from the get-go. i'm mostly trying to read the substance of their correspondence. ~a
[2008-07-01 10:08:09] - pierce: well we have no idea when/if they ever get around to publishing it. also, "not in publishable form" has many meanings. it might be the non-publishable-form that the creationists are looking for. ~a
[2008-07-01 10:02:11] - paul: you visit your bank's web-page via wireless? ~a
[2008-07-01 09:23:55] - a: i don't think schlafly's request was really ignorant, but his pissant attitude during the whole situation certainly was. - mig
[2008-07-01 09:16:43] - Paul: There's security and then there's lockdown, they're very different questions. IMO, you want at least enough that a random passerby can't easily snoop your packets. After that, limiting access to only yourself is a good idea, but not required. -- Xpovos
[2008-07-01 08:52:36] - Question: How important do you guys think it is to secure your wireless network? I'm using WEP right now, which I know is horribly insecure, but I figure I figure I don't really need Fort Knox level security. -Paul
[2008-07-01 08:39:58] - Kaleb: I want to see it too. -Paul
[2008-07-01 00:51:31] - a: but the article also points out that there's a fuzzy line between "keeping it private until his students can publish it" and "delegating publishing duties to his students"... it's not in publishable form now, and while he could probably beat them to the punch if he wanted to, he doesn't want to and has no obligation to do so as long as they do indeed publish. - pierce
[2008-06-30 22:33:49] - aaron: I want to go see Wall-E in theaters; I hear it's good! - Kaleb
[2008-06-30 22:03:27] - aaron: Here's the site that Mr. Rum was talking about, but I don't see the shirt he had: http://shirt.woot.com/ - Kaleb
[2008-06-30 18:37:24] - a: yes, i was being sarcastic. - mig
[2008-06-30 17:49:04] - paul: "although I don't know if I will have the free time to do it" so, you'll go biking if you've got nothing better to do? ~a
[2008-06-30 17:42:31] - after reading the article, i'm still not sure if schlafly's request was ignorant. there exists raw digital data not in the paper. it's not well described in miguel's article, but it's summed up in a caption for the last image: "Lenski is keeping the genome data private until his students can publish it." ~a
[2008-06-30 17:33:56] - paul: the last part of the article? i assume you mean the last part of the first page? the last part of the article talks less about "open discourse" and more about religion vs. science. ~a
[2008-06-30 17:23:05] - a: I was thinking I might be interested in biking this weekend, although I don't know if I will have the free time to do it. -Paul
[2008-06-30 17:16:05] - a: Considering the last part of the article, I think there's a good chance he is being sarcastic. -Paul
[2008-06-30 17:03:20] - have you actually tried to use conservapedia? ~a
[2008-06-30 16:50:47] - mig: you can't be serious. seriously, you're being sarcastic or something? ~a
[2008-06-30 16:26:58] - http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/conservapedias-evolutionary-foibles.ars over at conservapedia truly open discourse occurs, unlike wikipedia. - mig
[2008-06-30 15:37:13] - gurkie: whatever you want. my race ends around 7:30ish. i can pick you up from wherever after that. it's probably easier for me to pick you up from work or home (as opposed to a metro stop) because if it's work or home then i don't have to worry as much about timing. ~a
[2008-06-30 15:34:32] - a: see below, and I can try to meet up with some friends before going to yours if you wont be home yet... ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 15:34:05] - no i race on the next three wednesdays. (it's called wednesdays at wakefield). i'm sometimes free to bike on weekends. ~a
[2008-06-30 15:32:14] - a: Are you racing this weekend? -Paul
[2008-06-30 15:31:27] - I was thinking id try and figure out how to bus close to your place or at the very least metro there so I would be close by
[2008-06-30 15:07:39] - are you getting a ride to my place wednesday, or should i pick you up after my race? ~a
[2008-06-30 15:05:17] - make sure to call before you leave for my house wednesday. i'm not sure exactly what time i'll be home (though it will probably be before 8pm) ~a
[2008-06-30 15:01:31] - a: but thanks for offering! ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 15:01:20] - a: ill take a bus/metro to get to my office after... you dont need to pick me up or stay! ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 15:00:32] - sure. is it a long appointment? i.e. do i stay there or do i pick you up afterward? ~a
[2008-06-30 14:59:26] - amy: do you think they are missing or ran away? ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 14:57:44] - a: sooo want to drive me to a dentist appt at 7:30 am? could i crash at yours wednesday to make it work? ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 14:27:12] - the monuments would be cool. but i think making the kite and trying it out somewhere convenient would be nice for working out any bugs in the system. for example, if it turns out to be difficult to aim/balance then we would need to find that out early in the process. ~a
[2008-06-30 14:05:16] - gurkie: yay congrats to your friend! some of these designs are pretty cool... -amy
[2008-06-30 14:04:01] - missing teenage girls from nova: http://www.lhhf.org/missing_girls.shtml keep an eye out? -amy
[2008-06-30 12:40:39] - amy: my childhood best friend is a finalist in this http://www.elle.com/fashionreport/14014/supima-cotton-design-contest.html and she is quoted!~gurkie
[2008-06-30 12:40:08] - a: thats cool! I want to help
and take pictures... Where would you go though to get a good view... The monuments could be cool... ~gurkie[2008-06-30 12:03:07] - on that topic, this is something i'd like to try some time. i don't have a kite, but i'm thinking of going very cheap and low-tech. something close to what the xkcd guy did (i'm thinking a high shutter speed would help). ~a
[2008-06-30 11:59:00] - a: yea I realized I really like taking pics, but that you would notice if I added that in there so I figured I would beat you to the punch with that... ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 11:41:29] - heh ~a
[2008-06-30 11:39:41] - no, you need to make wiki your top priority.
~a[2008-06-30 11:30:28] - a: im having fun playing with the wiki... sigh... i should focus on work ~gurkie
[2008-06-30 11:23:51] - well let me know when you know the time/date. ~a
[2008-06-30 11:21:28] - a: currently thursday morning... I have asked them for a different day though... I am waiting for them to call me back~gurkie
[2008-06-30 11:18:55] - gurkie: yeah i could make that work. what day? ~a
[2008-06-30 11:07:57] - a: boo! yea so I lost a filling and I am trying to figure out how to get to the dentists office to get it fixed... currently they have offered me a 7:30 am appt... which is ridiculous but the place is like 10 mins from yours. I am trying to get a diff appt
~gurkie[2008-06-30 11:04:06] - gurkie: are these trick questions? i am very awesome. and i usually go to work when my coworkers do. currently i'm working with a bunch of night owls. ~a
[2008-06-30 11:00:23] - a: how awesome are you? and when do you usually go to work
~gurkie[2008-06-29 12:19:12] - lie back and think of England
[2008-06-28 13:19:02] - http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/index.xml - aba
[2008-06-28 12:03:07] - ok so it is indeed diablo3. - mig
[2008-06-28 07:10:51] - *** a blinks then goes home.
[2008-06-28 07:10:41] - . . . i guess i was tired. ~a
[2008-06-27 16:47:09] - oops meant to type that in the search box... ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 16:45:47] - patterns
[2008-06-27 15:33:23] - Madden 08 All Versions for $9.99 and PC for $7.99 http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?keyword=madden+08&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 -sam
[2008-06-27 14:24:54] - aaron: check your email about the so you think you can dance pool... Round 2! ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 14:12:59] - xpovos: I lied. Once you add it to the cart it is claimed as yours and you can check out at any point that day. ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 14:08:08] - xpovos: I do think you have to buy it within the 2 hour window though, otherwise they may sell out... ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 14:07:22] - a: Orange Box
although for all I know gold is too ~gurkie[2008-06-27 14:07:05] - Xpovos: I am not entirely sure I have only bought one item... through it... Sorry. ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 12:24:13] - mig: They 'try to keep up with the latest acronyms'. Sheesh. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 12:23:26] - i thought gold box was a video game. ~a
[2008-06-27 12:19:06] - gurkie: I've never played with this format of the gold box deal. Do I have to complete the transaction within the 2-hour window? Or can I add one, and then grab another in another window and save on shipping? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 12:07:33] - http://www.wxii12.com/news/16699280/detail.html people can replace their licence plate in NC if they have 'WTF' in it. - mig
[2008-06-27 12:04:41] - xpovos: i don't know for certain but if i'm not doing anything right after work I certainly will be home by then. - mig
[2008-06-27 11:49:15] - yeah probably. ~a
[2008-06-27 11:46:42] - a: The first statement is probably the theory that drives predictify. -Paul
[2008-06-27 11:44:06] - "Take a crowd of people and have them guess how many jelly beans are in a jar, and the average of their answers will be remarkably accurate. Now researchers have found the same goes for asking one person to guess about the same thing several times. Accuracy improved when the individual was given longer periods of time between guesses." omg, that's pretty cool. ~a
[2008-06-27 11:36:56] - Xpovos: Might be a little too early. I might not get home until around 7:30ish. I can give you a call when I leave work. -Paul
[2008-06-27 11:33:17] - if anyone wants to know about the games that are going to be for sale on amazon today http://zappdeals.com/ shows them but it doesnt show the sale prices have to wait til the appointed time to see that. ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 11:26:08] - a: congrats. - aba
[2008-06-27 11:25:29] - Paul: I'll get home ~6,6:30, grab some stuff and probably head up immediately after that. Generally takes me about half an hour to get up to the Fair Lakes area. So maybe 7:15? If that's too early, let me know. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 10:54:53] - if others want to come play games (board and ds) at paul's tonight you are welcome to...~gurkie
[2008-06-27 10:52:11] - Xpovos: When do you think you'll be showing up? -Paul
[2008-06-27 10:45:39] - apparently i got 12th place (of 40) in the race on wednesday. i was hoping for top ten, but there are three more races next month so it's not too late for that. ~a
[2008-06-27 10:45:23] - coworkers say the darndest things "If I ever have a kid I am going to buy it. I mean "adopt it"" ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 10:24:11] - Mig: I think the face looks most like a protoss but the eyes definitely remind me of Warcraft. -Paul
[2008-06-27 09:47:54] - Paul: I can't do basketball, sorry, gotta be into D.C. for noon. Offer of bed is appreciated but when I broached the subject with Katie she was ... less than thrilled. DS in-tow. Roger. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 09:45:06] - it *almost* looks like a protoss face, but still retains some lich king similarity. i think we can safely rule out diablo at this point. - mig
[2008-06-27 09:43:08] - a: awesome! thanks. I don't care if it was the right way
- vinnie[2008-06-27 09:28:59] - Amazon is having a Nintendo day in their lightening deals... Meaning that Super Smash Bros Brawl is on sale for 25 bucks, and they will have other Wii and DS deals all day... Its all in the gold box on their site. ~gurkie
[2008-06-27 09:28:58] - Xpovos: Cool. Any thoughts on when you're going to show up? Interested in basketball tomorrow? I have a guest bed if you want to spend the night. Also, if you can, you might want to bring along your DS. -Paul
[2008-06-27 09:15:40] - Paul: Scroll Down for a comparisson of a Lich King image and the splash page (day 5). I think it's pretty obvious. There's a Protoss next to the splash right above it too. Some similarity, of course... -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 09:15:37] - no, but i can change the filter and repost it . . . ~a
[2008-06-27 09:13:14] - Huh... a's spam filter seems to be substantially stonger now... I just tripped it with my previous post... a: Is it gone? Or can you unflag it? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 09:12:36] - Paul: Current plan is yes. Will bring a few board games I own too. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-27 09:07:12] - Xpovos: You coming over tonight? -Paul
[2008-06-27 08:57:54] - I still think it could be a Protoss face, but I can't imagine what they would be announcing with Starcraft. -Paul
[2008-06-27 08:57:11] - aba: I think you're right. I was just about to say that it looks a lot like a Warcraft person in the middle now. -Paul
[2008-06-27 00:49:42] - aba: that sounds plausible. seems like a good time to announce it. - mig
[2008-06-27 00:22:08] - mboard: i think the blizz splash page is going to be about the wotlk beta. - aba
[2008-06-26 17:54:16] - paul: netflix. ~a
[2008-06-26 17:47:46] - So... is anybody buying the new Futurama movie and do they want to loan it to me?
-paul[2008-06-26 17:19:13] - vinnie: i do NOT know the RIGHT way. but there is a way: go to url "about:config" find "browser.search.openintab" and set it to true (i found it by filtering by "search" and looking through the options). ~a
[2008-06-26 17:13:03] - is there a way I can get the results of searches I do in the firefox search box to appear in a new tab instead of in the current tab? I feel like I've gone through all the options
- vinnie[2008-06-26 16:05:27] - vinnie: YAY. ~a
[2008-06-26 15:52:18] - itg_people: nvcc today? - vinnie
[2008-06-26 15:35:06] - s/paddy/pattie/ ~a
[2008-06-26 15:33:55] - s/new // ~a
[2008-06-26 15:33:35] - oh never mind. new york peppermint paddy. ~a
[2008-06-26 15:32:58] - what are those mint or peppermint candy-wafer-things that everybody seems to like? ~a
[2008-06-26 14:51:58] - a: That's an awesome link. Thank you. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 14:21:30] - aaron: apparently i stole Six Nimmt, Paul returned it to me yesterday which means I must have given u an empty box before... ~gurkie
[2008-06-26 14:21:25] - sam: on that topic, slashdot had a link to a leaked bill gates memo about usability from 2003. said gates about the memo "there's not a day that i don't send a piece of e-mail ... like that piece of e-mail. that's my job." which i thought was a pretty reasonable answer. ~a
[2008-06-26 13:59:52] - the pictures of the original Microsoft family... then and now... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7474107.stm -sam
[2008-06-26 13:48:13] - I'll be in Philly on Friday night, but it sounded like Magic was a no go anyway - vinnie
[2008-06-26 13:30:45] - I think anything short of the announcement of a new game would be a disappointment for me. -Paul
[2008-06-26 13:27:47] - Paul: I've seen lots of evidence that Diablo III is coming, probably not for a while, but maybe soon enough that they'll be ready to announce it this weekend. It could be that announcement has nothing to do with these teases. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 13:27:12] - paul: i suppose it would be dissapointing, but i think an official date annoucement is a pretty huge deal, especially for Blizzard. - mig
[2008-06-26 13:26:42] - Paul: Actually board games sounds good, too. I think I'll try to come over then and we'll just see what happens. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 13:20:39] - Xpovos: You could come over and play some board games with us or we could do some of the dealer's choice poker with people who are already there (Miguel, Gurkie, me). -Paul
[2008-06-26 13:10:41] - I'll be disappointed if they are hyping something which has already been announced. -Paul
[2008-06-26 13:04:03] - mig: The more I study it the more I think it's a WotLK (something). Take the semi-hidden extra jpegs they're showing every day. Definitely seems to be forming up into a Tuskar. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 12:57:33] - paul: "i'll be hosting poker at my place this saturday (not friday) at around 8pm. hope to see you guys then." ~a
[2008-06-26 12:53:18] - the eyes also do kind of look like arthas. - mig
[2008-06-26 12:52:12] - a: Ok, I should be able to make it. When does it start and should I bring anything over? -Paul
[2008-06-26 12:49:02] - the fact that there's a lot of runes to me indicates it probably is a WoTLK annoucement, either an official trailer or something or possibly giving an official date of release. the big thing in WoTLK is going to be death knights, which have a lot of rune based powers, so i think that's probably more likely. - mig
[2008-06-26 12:49:00] - though i don't think i've rsvp'd to your poker events for quite a while. i didn't think we were supposed to. ~a
[2008-06-26 12:47:53] - no and yes. ~a
[2008-06-26 12:45:06] - a: Has anybody RSVP'd about poker yet? Did you use the same email list that I normally use? -Paul
[2008-06-26 12:43:32] - well the federal government wasn't prohibiting individuals from owning guns. ~a
[2008-06-26 12:41:35] - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/washington/27scotuscnd.html?ref=us it took about 200ish years, but the supreme court did finally figure out that, yes the 2nd amendment says the government can't prohibit invididuals from owning a gun. - mig
[2008-06-26 12:41:21] - xpovos: heh http://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=11500 ~a
[2008-06-26 12:38:29] - OK, only about a year and a half late we are finally essentially at my prediction for Dow 11500... -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 12:38:28] - xpovos: though i didn't add the title, i googled it: expo 67 (they legacy section has some song lyrics) ~a
[2008-06-26 12:37:22] - Paul: Understandable. Hmm... best guess seems to be to just take Friday off then, I think. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 12:29:30] - Xpovos: Gurkie and I were planning on hanging out Friday night and while she was fine with playing poker, she isn't a fan of watching us play magic, sadly. -Paul
[2008-06-26 12:22:08] - title: I don't get it. Are the xpovos 6 actually 7? Are there 67 of them? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 12:08:57] - aaron: did you watch last night? ~gurkie
[2008-06-26 12:07:47] - aaron: I have a non wussy ticket... Ticket To Ride Nordic Countries! Played it last night, definately better than Switzerland they dont have the dumb ticket routes... And they have some interesting new rules which sounded kinda dumb but were actually useful. ~gurkie
[2008-06-26 11:30:45] - paul: Are we having a wussy ticket contest? I accidentally drove on the HOV section of 66 east once and got a ticket for that - aaron
[2008-06-26 11:28:30] - Paul: I saw the new 'rune' today and it looks Starcraft-y to me. The 'eyes' also look Protoss. Anyone know what the next piece of the .css puzzle looks like? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 11:27:12] - Paul: If Aaron and Vinnie want to do something MtG related, I'm all for that Friday night. If Kaleb wants in too, that's fine, I have non-Shadowmoor stuff we can do. Or we can use that opportunity to open Vinnie's packs. I think Poker is a no-go for various reasons. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 11:06:23] - http://www.blizzard.com/us/splash.html There definitely appears to be eyes in the middle. I'm thinking Diablo, Kerrigan or Arthras. -Paul
[2008-06-26 10:59:59] - paul: no parking tickets? ~a
[2008-06-26 10:57:32] - Sam: The only ticket I've gotten in my driving career was a failure to stop at a stop sign (it was a rolling stop at 11pm with clearly nobody else around). -Paul
[2008-06-26 10:50:06] - a: Wait, I didn't say I was going to plan a poker thing.
I actually don't know if I will be back at my place until after 8pm on Friday. -Paul[2008-06-26 10:44:57] - paul: i doubt anybody would want to drive all the way to alexandria for poker after playing poker the night before. it's ok, i can cancel my event. ~a
[2008-06-26 10:44:52] - paul: i once got a reckless driving ticket for running a red light in blacksburg... -sam
[2008-06-26 10:38:20] - Xpovos: Are there any plans for Friday evening? I feel bad about you missing out on poker. I would be willing to host a small poker thing at my place but I don't want to take away from Adrian's event. -Paul
[2008-06-26 10:36:23] - Paul: It's complicated, but yeah, there's good opportunity in there. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 10:22:48] - Xpovos: Sounds like a good opportunity. -Paul
[2008-06-26 09:48:13] - Paul: My old boss is moving to Florida. Her husband got stop-lossed and reassigned. Massive suckage. So they need a replacement for her badly. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 09:47:09] - a: Uh, 5? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 09:46:42] - a: Cool! No crash = good. No blood = better. Finishing at all begins to sound like a real challenge, so the placement doesn't matter much. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 09:44:31] - Xpovos: Why might you be changing jobs? -Paul
[2008-06-26 09:43:35] - Xpoig: I just listened to an interview with Bob Barr where the interviewer essentially called people who wanted to legalize pot crazy and Barr totally didn't call him out on it. Not a good sign. -Paul
[2008-06-26 09:27:30] - xpovos: how many times have you changed jobs since graduating? ~a
[2008-06-26 09:26:59] - xpovos: it went REALLY well. somehow i was able to avoid many of the other beginners crashing all around me and finished without any blood. the race computers failed so i still don't yet know how i placed; hopefully i'll know some time today. ~a
[2008-06-26 09:17:20] - a: Good luck, how did it go? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-26 09:16:20] - *sigh* I may be changing jobs yet again soon. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-25 18:11:14] - gurkie: doh! not tonight.
- aaron[2008-06-25 17:42:18] - Gees i'm sooo late getting home and on board... but good luck adrian! ~Dee
[2008-06-25 17:26:12] - paul: some people have speculated that it is Diablo 3, but i think it may just be a splash for may Wrath of the Lich King, maybe an official trailer or something like that. The theme of the splash seems to suit the latter. - mig
[2008-06-25 16:46:21] - a: good luck! ~gurkie
[2008-06-25 16:45:48] - sytycd_people: my house? ~gurkie
[2008-06-25 14:50:02] - vinnie: annandale: wakefield: next to the audrey moore rec center. i think you or somebody had dance classes there. the races are very close to the huge parking lot on the north by the tennis courts. ~a
[2008-06-25 14:45:43] - a: good luck! where's it gonna be? - vinnie
[2008-06-25 14:33:46] - http://www.blizzard.com/us/splash.html I assume people have seen this? -Paul
[2008-06-25 14:33:22] - a: Good luck. -Paul
[2008-06-25 14:29:39] - i'm going to be in my first mountain biking race today at 6:00pm. for me it'll also be the first athletic competition in nine years (last competition of any kind was five years ago). wish me luck. ~a
[2008-06-25 13:05:52] - aaron: was it a funny picture? ~a
[2008-06-25 12:06:17] - aba: miguel showed me this one picture where two of those things happened at once; a red-light camera took a picture of a car running over a pedestrian in the middle of the night - aaron
[2008-06-25 12:04:46] - paul: Tysons Corner has big problems some days with people driving very selfishly. Running lights like 2-3 seconds after they turn red, or blocking an intersection so that no traffic can go the other way. I really wish they had more cops giving out tickets because it makes my commute much worse, especially during holiday season - aaron
[2008-06-25 11:40:29] - paul: i think many people in that situation would obey the traffic rules because of a fear of a camera triggering. i think even in the middle of the night when you think no one is around, it's important to follow the rules. there may be a pedestrian in dark clothing that you don't notice or someone on a bike may come flying into the crosswalk. - aba
[2008-06-25 11:13:08] - It depends on the road for me. I think there should be more private toll-style interestates, but local roads are much more a governmental issue. So I guess that's wrangling a concession out of me too. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-25 11:12:48] - a: Not really, just clarifying my position. I don't think it would be carmageddon if the government got out of roads, but I'm not convinced it would be much better either. -Paul
[2008-06-25 11:04:30] - paul: is that your way of conceding? ~a
[2008-06-25 11:01:13] - Of course, having said all of this, getting government out of stop lights is definitely not one of my hot button issues. I'm not entirely sold that privatizing roads would work better. I'm fine with the government keeping that for now. -Paul
[2008-06-25 11:00:23] - just one?
~a[2008-06-25 10:56:27] - a: And I was also surprised out how in-grained obeying traffic lights is to me. I remember one situation late at night with NOBODY around (cops or otherwise). I waited at some stupid red light for a few minutes for no good reason. -Paul
[2008-06-25 10:53:50] - a: I actually think traffic lights would still work well without cops around handing out tickets. I don't run red lights because I worry about tickets, I stop because I don't want to get into an accident. -paul
[2008-06-25 10:52:31] - I think it's also not representative to compare people's behavior at one burned-out traffic light to their behavior at hundreds of working lights. It's an unusual situation that makes people more cautious and aware than they would be under normal circumstances, and yet as adrian said there are still lots of close calls in my experience. - pierce
[2008-06-25 10:51:59] - a: I could see how a three road intersection could be an absolute mess. Even with traffic lights, it can be a mess. -Paul
[2008-06-25 10:32:42] - xpovos: if lights aren't a governmental responsibility, who do you propose we send after the people who run red lights? (without cops i hope you don't think everybody is going to keep stopping at reds) ~a
[2008-06-25 10:26:38] - It definitely depends on the intersection and the individual drivers. Some are decent. Others are nightmares. Human nature being what it is, I'm certainly of the opinion that traffic lights are at a minimum a necessary nuisance. That doesn't mean they're a governmental responsibility, though. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-25 10:23:09] - paul: i've seen some very close calls in heavy intersections when the lights go out. if you've ever seen an intersection where three roads intersect, everything goes crazy. ~a
[2008-06-25 10:06:26] - Considering how many bad drivers I think there are out there, I expected intersections to be a mess, but somehow things seemed to work out fairly well. -Paul
[2008-06-25 10:04:48] - I've been really surprised in recent years when I have encountered situations where traffic lights have been out and no cops were around to manage traffic. In a lot of situations traffic seemed to flow better without the lights. -Paul
[2008-06-25 10:03:54] - Xpovos: I feel like he makes some pretty good points, although I think I would go a little more "up" the scale than him. -Paul
[2008-06-25 09:51:26] - Dee: wow I am surprised you read it close enough to find out.... I tend to ignore people asking me to sign things... ~gurkie
[2008-06-25 09:48:58] - Paul: An article for us. http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/89955 -- Xpovos
[2008-06-25 09:47:36] - mig: i actually meant how much... but it doesnt really matter... I was just curious. ~gurkie
[2008-06-25 06:36:58] - Hmm, they need to resort to misleading petitions to get Nader on the ballot? -- Xpovos
[2008-06-24 23:55:16] - Dee: Weird. I think I remember running into the "more trains" guy outside a Giant before. I had no idea it was a front for Nader. -Paul
[2008-06-24 21:02:37] - I got stopped at Giant today... a petition for more trains and less traffic... upon closer look, they need signatures to get Ralph Nader on the independent ballot? And I thought it was about the ozone.... ~Dee
[2008-06-24 20:39:28] - frankly, I don't think either candidate has the courage to propose a sufficiently comprehensive (and expensive) investment into alternative energy research and infrastructure. but McCain lost me on the energy front by supporting the gas tax holiday idea... the last thing we need is a reason to spike our oil demand when the price is already increasing. - pierce
[2008-06-24 19:29:11] - gurkie: monetary fines. - mig
[2008-06-24 19:27:42] - Xpovos: I'm almost positive I won't be voting for Obama or McCain. I can see myself warming up to Barr if it looks like he has had an honest change of heart. Otherwise a write-in for Paul sounds pretty nice. -Paul
[2008-06-24 18:40:17] - Paul: I hear that. My current plan is still to write in Paul. Particularly since I wasn't able to vote for him in the primary. I will do that unless VA remains a battleground state and I make up my mind about 1) Which is the lesser evil. 2) Whether I want to vote for the greater evil just to get it all over with. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-24 18:32:43] - Xpovos: I'm still in a bit of a funk after Barr got the libertarian nomination. Now I really wish Ron Paul had thrown his hat in the libertarian primary. -Paul
[2008-06-24 16:23:39] - pierce: I'm leaning slighly more McCain than I was two weeks ago on the back of energy policy (an issue I care deeply about and which McCain is closer than Obama) and some additional gaffes from the Dem camp. I still hate McCain. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-24 15:54:22] - xpovos: I may regret asking this, but how so? - pierce
[2008-06-24 15:53:12] - mig: I cant watch videos here (since I dont have head phones) but what type of fine are they proposing? ~gurkie
[2008-06-24 15:47:24] - eh... stupid non linear thought. "disturbed at how much my opinion has changed over the past two weeks." -- Xpovos
[2008-06-24 15:46:53] - http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2008/06/23/kyung.fat.busters.cnn fat people in japan may be fined if they don't lose weight. - mig
[2008-06-24 15:32:40] - is that a sentence? i think you're missing a word. you're disturbed at how much your opinion over the past two weeks . . . ? your opinion what? ~a
[2008-06-24 15:28:16] - I do not consider myself a fickle person or voter. And maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am in favor of neither of the two candidates (strongly so), but I am a bit disturbed at how much my opinion about who I would vote for (gun to my head, pick the Repub or the Dem) over the past two weeks. -- Xpovos
[2008-06-24 13:01:21] - i really enjoyed waitress. casting did an excellent job by picking keri russell and nathan fillion. - aba
[2008-06-24 12:57:25] - i thought saved was much better than juno. - aba
[2008-06-24 11:59:59] - that way i can figure out if we need to keep the tube - aaron
[2008-06-24 11:59:34] - kaleb: http://hdtvlag.googlepages.com/ourtest i want to do this when we get an HDTV - aaron
[2008-06-24 10:48:01] - probably also true. ~a
[2008-06-24 10:02:49] - a: or "Most Likely To Be Lynched" ~gurkie
[2008-06-24 09:45:15] - I just saw Juno a couple weeks ago too. I kept calling Michael Cera and Jason Bateman George Michael and Michael (respectively) - vinnie
[2008-06-24 09:42:14] - pierce: plus the most important thing when i clean up spam is to fix the filter such that the endless stream of spam coming in gets filtered. ~a
[2008-06-24 09:41:18] - pierce: the flagging feature already exists. i probably should make it easier to use though. ~a
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