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[2001-03-23 17:04:00] - aba: ... or earlier :) i'm ready to leave whenever. :) -jdb

[2001-03-23 17:04:00] - You can always work for the army, Aparna -paul

[2001-03-23 17:04:00] - it helps to have a useful major.  :p  -  aba

[2001-03-23 17:03:00] - so josh do i meet you outside owens at 5:20?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 17:03:00] - It helps to graduate. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 17:02:00] - i wish people actually wanted to hire me.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 17:02:00] - Or I could just stay h ere and do research. -logan

[2001-03-23 17:02:00] - IBM just finally got in touch with me.  Aaron might have hooked me up with Sandia Labs, though. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:59:00] - ibm still the major one? -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:58:00] - It's going to be a tough decision. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:58:00] - This is awesome.  I'm starting to get all these options for what to do this summer. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:55:00] - It's almost straight out of the example in the bison documentation. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:55:00] - I just hacked up a simple infix expression parser in yacc one day.  It's really basic. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:54:00] - !calc 2 + 2

[2001-03-23 16:53:00] - gaybot does math also? -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:53:00] - gaybot! -logan

[2001-03-23 16:51:00] - bc! -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:51:00] - I'd just program one for him. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 16:50:00] - gotta give adrian a calculator.  brb.

[2001-03-23 16:49:00] - Don't tempt me Aparna :-) -paul

[2001-03-23 16:49:00] - http://www.bigempire.com/filthy/snatch.html -logan

[2001-03-23 16:49:00] - i am bigger than you.  *chompchomp*  <><  hehe.  ;)  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:49:00] - paul, that makes you the first winner. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:48:00] - I like to be a big fish in a small pond. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:48:00] - you could always kill us paul  :d  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:47:00] - Arghhh... second to last -paul

[2001-03-23 16:47:00] - haha.  good job, josh.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:46:00] - i'm monitoring the phone... yeah, that's it. -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:46:00] - woo.  we knocked aaron off too.  this is a *small* bar.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:46:00] - and josh, if you're at work, then how come you are posting and not working?  :p  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:45:00] - hm.  they are very similar movies.  though i think lock stock is the better of the two.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:45:00] - http://www.thelyric.com/scripts/EInfo.php3?ID=128 -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:45:00] - Which is why I'm not sure I want to see Snatch, because I know it's bad in comparison. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:45:00] - i think he is kind of against cookies.  and no.  you need to tell me  or we could just meet outside the building.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - Whoa, people dropping off the bar like flies -paul

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - lock stock and two smoking barrels is one of my favorite movies. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - heh.  lobby adrian for it.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - aba: sure.. 5:15 or 5:20 or so. know where the office is? -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - we're around 9900 right now  :o  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - (i want a cookie to save my posting name) -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:44:00] - oh, ok.  um.  should i come by at 5:20?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:43:00] - snatch!

[2001-03-23 16:43:00] - What movie? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:43:00] - we're supposed to meet there at 5:30! movie is at 7:00! -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:43:00] - ok.  should i come by owens at like 5:30?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:42:00] - yup -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:42:00] - :D

[2001-03-23 16:42:00] - Joe's Diner? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:42:00] - aba: real close to expresso corner. i can walk there with ya if you want.... (i'm at work now) -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:42:00] - for the noses?  not in all cases

[2001-03-23 16:41:00] - Are the dashes necessary? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:41:00] - hey josh do you know where this diner place is?  i don't wanna walk straight past it.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:41:00] - apparently not

[2001-03-23 16:41:00] - the OS doesn't allow it :p -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:40:00] - Heh, the board doesn't turn that into a mailto href? :P -logan

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - logan@vt.edu -logan

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - ugh. soooo tired.  :\  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - *your

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - what's email addy?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - aw.  poor paul.  :(  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - I have icq.  Well, licq. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:39:00] - the punk has email :-) -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:38:00] - Ugh, I need to post to make sure that josh doesn't pass me up, but I have nothing to say :-( -paul

[2001-03-23 16:38:00] - if you had icq i could send you the text for the smilies.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:38:00] - Searches through apt's package database with a regexp.  It's even better than going to debian's web page (and oh so much more convenient). -logan

[2001-03-23 16:37:00] - it is an ie thing.  i don't use ie but it doesn't change netscape viewing of the page so i decided to use it.  ~a

[2001-03-23 16:37:00] - what does that do? -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:37:00] - I'm so happy Aaron told me about apt-cache search. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:37:00] - i prefer blink ;) -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:37:00] - I meant gaim, not aim. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:37:00] - yes, a horrible microsoft idea -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:36:00] - The marquee tag?  Is that an IE thing? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:36:00] - Or I could simply look at the source code to aim. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:36:00] - oh.. no... the marquee tag!!! -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:36:00] - :-):-(;-):-P=-O:-*>:o8-):-$:-!:-[O:-):-\:'(:-X:-D

[2001-03-23 16:34:00] - There's always google. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:33:00] - same as aim.  :p  i know that helps you so much.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:32:00] - Haha, how do you  make some of these faces? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:32:00] - Programming is fun! -logan

[2001-03-23 16:32:00] - :d

[2001-03-23 16:31:00] - Then again, being here at work means faster connection to this board. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:31:00] - *cough* dork *cough*

[2001-03-23 16:31:00] - oh, ok.  i think i hang out with too many cs people . . .    -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:31:00] - I just want to go home and program right now. *grin* -logan

[2001-03-23 16:30:00] - I've just gotten to the point where I prefer programming at home (probably because of my new computer). -logan

[2001-03-23 16:30:00] - A program that polls snmp data from cns's upses and generates a web page (bleh, in tcl), as well as provide for configuring it from the web. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:29:00] - In my experience, any non-mainstream way to communicate is used to transfer porn or illegal stuff -paul

[2001-03-23 16:28:00] - what are you supposed to be working on?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:28:00] - >:o  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:28:00] - Instead of, say, working. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:28:00] - Not nearly as scary as me, but close -paul

[2001-03-23 16:28:00] - I know, which has made me realize the error of my ways and start talking more. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:27:00] - damn it logan.  stop posting so much.  i am almost caught up with you.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:27:00] - Like you, paul? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:27:00] - haha

[2001-03-23 16:27:00] - yeah, just like this web chat . . . .  ;)  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:27:00] - So is this board. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:26:00] - Web chats are filled with scary people -paul

[2001-03-23 16:26:00] - but irc is text based  ~a

[2001-03-23 16:26:00] - urls to links, certain character sequences to smiley icons, for instance. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:26:00] - he's been bad  ~a

[2001-03-23 16:26:00] - Exile? -logan

[2001-03-23 16:25:00] - i got started on web chats because i was a 14yo girl who collected comic books.  a rarity indeed.  ;)  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:25:00] - transformations?  ~a

[2001-03-23 16:25:00] - logan: currently, i'm in irc exile :) -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:25:00] - blah.  tell him to get on with writing an irc or icq module for his connection manager.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:25:00] - I got started on muds.  -logan

[2001-03-23 16:24:00] - I think it'd be neat to embed some of the transformations that adrian does in an irc client (or other sort of chat client). -logan

[2001-03-23 16:24:00] - i know what it is.  i've used web chat, icq, aim, and muds, but not irc.  i don't really know why.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:24:00] - Yeah.  This board is nice, but I have to keep reloading. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 16:23:00] - irc is definitely better for this sort of interaction -jdb

[2001-03-23 16:23:00] - Actually, I think it's usually the male's fault since men tend to be more aggressive in the relationship... at least according to my experiences -paul

[2001-03-23 16:23:00] - ender.cns.vt.edu  ~a

[2001-03-23 16:23:00] - I think some christians say that. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 16:23:00] - existed, that is. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:23:00] - irc existing long before aim or icq.  it's a totally different concept. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:22:00] - who says the christian thing to do is right thing to do?  :p  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:22:00] - It depends on the people, some people just naturally need to be disagreeable and stuff, others are pushovers that won't fight back -paul

[2001-03-23 16:22:00] - hey!  why is it my fault????  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:22:00] - Blame everything on women, it's the Christian thing to do. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:22:00] - heh.  irc is the one chat thing i have not used.  :[  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:22:00] - i blame it on women

[2001-03-23 16:21:00] - I use irc. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:21:00] - Maybe that's just how some people think relationships are supposed to be. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:21:00] - hey, logan, do you use aim or icq?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:21:00] - Good call Logan :-) -paul

[2001-03-23 16:21:00] - I think relationships are hard enough as is without going out of your way to make them difficult. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:21:00] - What does not kill you only makes you stronger -paul

[2001-03-23 16:20:00] - hehe  i think agree with logan here  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:20:00] - What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, that sort of thing? :P -logan

[2001-03-23 16:20:00] - Heh, or destroys it. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:20:00] - Makes the relationship stronger -paul

[2001-03-23 16:19:00] - what good does it do?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:19:00] - all the crying and yelling and fighting  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:19:00] - why do people insist on turning their relationships into super dramas?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:18:00] - Er, they're.  How embarassing. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 16:18:00] - There these little critters that are kinda like squirrels. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:18:00] - i know what you meant, but i wanted to know what exactly they were.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:18:00] - It's not cheating if you don't get caught! -logan

[2001-03-23 16:17:00] - cheater . . .

[2001-03-23 16:17:00] - :-( Chipmunks. Sorry -paul

[2001-03-23 16:16:00] - Well then, tonight I'll just spam until I get it. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:16:00] - what are chimunks?

[2001-03-23 16:16:00] - blah.  yesyesyes.  i am too tired to do math.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:16:00] - Fine then, chimunks are cute but they would make bad pets -paul

[2001-03-23 16:15:00] - we're only around 9800 right now.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:15:00] - $0.001 per post, you mean. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:15:00] - Blatant attempt to increase usage of message board :-) -paul

[2001-03-23 16:15:00] - I want that $10! -logan

[2001-03-23 16:15:00] - .01 per post - aba

[2001-03-23 16:15:00] - I'll just have to time it right!

[2001-03-23 16:14:00] - adrian added to the top.  ;)  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:14:00] - Hehehe, 10,000 poster gets $10 :-) -paul

[2001-03-23 16:14:00] - sorry . . . my fault  ~a

[2001-03-23 16:14:00] - and hedgehogs don't need most of the special stuff penguins need -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:14:00] - Because of the programming contest. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:14:00] - Woah, the font just got bigger for some reason. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - why will you be in the paper?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - I can't help it, I was simply born this color. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - i think adrian's the only green.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - Hedgehogs may be cute, but so are penguins, doesn't mean they make good pets (although pen-pen was an awesome pet) -paul

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - :( -logan

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - I'm going to be in the roanoke times this weekend. :) -logan

[2001-03-23 16:13:00] - your name color is.  i'm sorry logan.  there's no two ways about it.  ;)  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:12:00] - It's weird how there are three colors on the bar that is reddish and two that are purplish and yet no greens... -paul

[2001-03-23 16:12:00] - I'm ugly? :( -logan

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - the purple people post less.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - I'm still working on getting my bar to be wider than the width of my name. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - hedgehogs are cute.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - or you could just ask adrian to change your color to something not so ugly.  :p  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - I see two purple people. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - no kidding.  only i am even close to you in number of posts.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:11:00] - I'll just have to hack into this machine and change your color to something putrid, just to be mean. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:10:00] - A hedgehog? Why? I would think that there are many better animals out there for pets -paul

[2001-03-23 16:10:00] - Possibly not, but I am content in the fact that I have the most total posts ever, and I will retain that honor for quite awhile -paul

[2001-03-23 16:10:00] - i want a hedgehog.  i think it would make a good pet.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:09:00] - blarg.  i have been maroon forever.  >:0  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:08:00] - It'll never happen, paul. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:08:00] - Bah, the maroon border is nice, but not nearly as cool as a red border. And the order has not been restored until I am #1, where I belong -paul

[2001-03-23 16:08:00] - Or I could just ramble. (; -logan

[2001-03-23 16:08:00] - Then put me at the top again. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:08:00] - Well, you could make my name maroon and yours peach. -logan

[2001-03-23 16:05:00] - at least the order is somewhat restored now.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:05:00] - the maroon border looks much nicer than the pinkish-orange one though.  :p  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:04:00] - i wonder how long i will actually stay at the top.  probably not very.  :(  -  aba

[2001-03-23 16:03:00] - i got so little sleep because i had two assignments due today and a test that started at 7am.  woo.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 15:59:00] - Don't tempt me :-) -paul

[2001-03-23 15:53:00] - I'll do your project for a reasonable fee. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 15:53:00] - Projects are fun! -logan

[2001-03-23 15:52:00] - Yeah... I have some projects to do too but that's just even more of a reason to make sure we do something fun -paul

[2001-03-23 15:51:00] - Heh, this message board is so much more responsive from CNS. :P -logan

[2001-03-23 15:51:00] - I have three big projects on my plate all at once. -logan

[2001-03-23 15:51:00] - I plan on writing lots and lots of code.  That's fun. -logan

[2001-03-23 15:50:00] - Reducing Nader to tears? -logan

[2001-03-23 15:47:00] - Anyone got any ideas for fun stuff to do next week (besides listening to Nader)? -paul

[2001-03-23 15:29:00] - I think 6 hours is most natural for me, but I find it hard to actually get 6 hours... I just don't get out of bed when I should.  I guess I'm lazy. -logan

[2001-03-23 14:58:00] - Why? Are you doing homework or something? -paul

[2001-03-23 14:55:00] - i go to bed at 5:00 am sometimes  ~a

[2001-03-23 14:45:00] - Why don't you people sleep more? Don't you go to sleep at midnight? -paul

[2001-03-23 14:37:00] - blah.  i meant satirewire.  i am tired.  i got 4- hours of sleep.  -  aba

[2001-03-23 14:33:00] - it is very very slow  ~a

[2001-03-23 14:20:00] - satireweb doesn't load for me.  is anyone else having that problem?  -  aba

[2001-03-23 14:19:00] - it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

[2001-03-23 13:21:00] - http://www.satirewire.com/news/0103/outlook.shtml - boing

[2001-03-23 12:42:00] - test  ~a

[2001-03-23 11:21:00] - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-017.asp

[2001-03-23 10:44:00] - "We finally got Howie stood up after that steamroller accident, but he was never quite the same again." - Aaron

[2001-03-23 10:44:00] - http://www.spinnwebe.com/iadl/553n.shtml Humorous "it's a dysfunctional life" segment - aaron

[2001-03-23 02:30:00] - also, did anyone find it strange how they could so easily refute god through causality though accepting the fact that the conscious is based outside of reality? or am I missing their point? - vinnie

[2001-03-23 02:27:00] - i totally agree with Paul, here. objectivism has some interesting ideas, but the people we met at the club seem to have an irrational dislike of libertarianism, as well as every speaker on campus - vinnie

[2001-03-23 01:35:00] - Kind of like a zoo eh? -paul

[2001-03-23 01:28:00] - http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/22/obit.hanna.ap/index.html :( -jdb

[2001-03-23 01:16:00] - i disagreed with it before i went. i just want to see an objectivist group on campus. -jdb

[2001-03-23 01:09:00] - Aw.... so am I the only person who is gonna go back to this objectivist group meeting? -paul

[2001-03-23 00:42:00] - something about hairstyles in the roman era, and how they conveyed power blah blah blah ... i thought the description sounded interesting (note: i plan to go to a whole lot of lectures, end up attending not-so-many because of workload) -jdb

[2001-03-23 00:24:00] - On thursday? What lecture is that? -paul

[2001-03-23 00:19:00] - paul: i'm not sure, there's another lecture at that time... -jdb

[2001-03-23 00:07:00] - Josh: Are you going to be going back to the next objectivist meeting? -paul

[2001-03-22 23:57:00] - David Hume could out-consume, but was just as sloshed as Schlagel.... There's nothing nature couldn't teach about the raising of the wrist.  Socrates himself was permanantly pissed. -- Xpovos

[2001-03-22 23:55:00] - Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant who was very rarely stable, Idegger  Idegger was a boozing begger who could drink you under the table.... -- Xpovos

[2001-03-22 23:39:00] - http://atlantic.globaltv.com/ca/sports/basketball/stories/basketball-54806720010321-080349.html -jdb

[2001-03-22 23:39:00] - http://www.megastar.co.uk/site/today/news/latest/20010322n_bart.html -jdb

[2001-03-22 23:32:00] - And hating Kant. -logan

[2001-03-22 23:27:00] - and hating libretarians. - mig

[2001-03-22 23:22:00] - Everything boils down to reason -paul

[2001-03-22 23:19:00] - http://www.lp.org/press/archive.php?function=view&record=191 -logan

[2001-03-22 23:07:00] - so what were the views of this objectivist person? -dave

[2001-03-22 22:59:00] - bye aparna -paul

[2001-03-22 22:58:00] - well, i have to go study stat methods for my test tomorrow morning.  bye all.  -  aba

[2001-03-22 22:58:00] - If anyone wants to read some Rand, I have some Rand books. -logan

[2001-03-22 22:57:00] - Yes, they were.  The little-o variety is a more general thing... like, a quality that a theory can have... some theories are objective, some subjective, for instance. -logan

[2001-03-22 22:57:00] - Although they claimed they had another (female) member, but I think it was a ploy to get us to come back -paul

[2001-03-22 22:57:00] - wow.  that's not very many.  -  aba

[2001-03-22 22:57:00] - there were three of them :-) -paul

[2001-03-22 22:56:00] - were there very many of them?  -  aba

[2001-03-22 22:56:00] - It has some good, and it has some flaws.  But so does any theory. I don't think Rand was as rigorous as she could have been. -logan

[2001-03-22 22:55:00] - I think the people we talked to were of the fanatical big-o variety -paul

[2001-03-22 22:55:00] - (password) -jdb

[2001-03-22 22:54:00] - uppercase! -jdb

[2001-03-22 22:54:00] - oh yeah, you need access code for cereal site.. B372P02T4004 -jdb

[2001-03-22 22:54:00] - I dunno, it sounds like objectivism has a lot of good ideas -paul

[2001-03-22 22:54:00] - Ayn Rand basically started big-o objectivism (need capitalization on here).  There is a little-o objectivism that's been around for quite a while that's a bit different. -logan

[2001-03-22 22:54:00] - ack.  question.  not questions.  i am dumb right now.  :[  -  aba

[2001-03-22 22:54:00] - Neo-anarchical is the realization that as bad as government is human beings, as social creatures create one by mere existence. -- Xpovos

[2001-03-22 22:53:00] - and it shouldn't be something to hold a grudge over for that long. - mig

[2001-03-22 22:53:00] - What is neo-anarchical?  Anything like anarchocapitalist? -logan

[2001-03-22 22:53:00] - sorry that questions was from me  -  aba

[2001-03-22 22:52:00] - Agreed, but libertarianism would be the political philosophy that most agrees with objectivism I would think, and you are right Logan, that is the reason they gave -paul

[2001-03-22 22:52:00] - ayn rand is like the brain behind objectivism, right?

[2001-03-22 22:52:00] - http://www.mycereal.com/ -jdb

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