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[2009-11-12 16:27:43] - paul:
typo. ~a[2009-11-12 16:23:54] - a: Eat like maggots? How do maggots eat? I guess by using their powerful mouthhooks to bore through intestines? -Paul
[2009-11-12 16:15:15] - aaron: you are in a subset of the people who don't want to eat like maggots. you also don't want to eat dead maggots. picky picky. ~a
[2009-11-12 14:54:44] - Aaron: Yeah, it's funny that the only suitable style of that cheese is one where there are live maggots in there. I would normally consider that to be a bad sign for a food. -Paul
[2009-11-12 14:48:44] - paul: yeah, i liked the sentence which begins, "those who do not wish to eat live maggots..." because i was like - yes i fit that category! but then, the rest of the sentence was how to kill the maggots before eating the cheese - aaron
[2009-11-12 14:41:07] - Oh, I see. It's considered toxic once the maggots have died. That's good to know. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-12 14:33:37] - Aaron: That's really disturbing. Especially the part about the maggots trying to bore through intenstinal walls. I wouldn't want anything with "powerful mouthhooks" jumping into my eyes! -Paul
[2009-11-12 14:08:19] - Casu marzu cheese! the "consumption" and "dangers" sections are pretty interesting - aaron
[2009-11-12 13:55:27] - that'd be great thanks. ~a
[2009-11-12 13:43:30] - a: Should I bring your dish to Dewey's poker tournament tomorrow? -Paul
[2009-11-12 10:31:47] - actually i take that back, i've heard of definition #2, there was just some poor word choice which confused me after reading #1 - aaron
[2009-11-12 10:30:24] - a: wow, definition #3? am i the only one who didn't know the other two definitions of "racy"? i've really never heard those before - aaron
[2009-11-12 10:11:31] - a: Um... I just was amused that I was so shocked back then about what I found out. I don't think my opinions have necessarily changed, but I think plenty of people here would be wondering why I was so shocked by the things I found out. -Paul
[2009-11-12 10:03:19] - ah your opinions on feminism have changed? ~a
[2009-11-12 09:46:28] - amy: Hehehe. I think that was way back from my journal entries on feminism. I was so naive back then. -Paul
[2009-11-12 08:40:48] - amy: that is a loaded question. -dewey
[2009-11-12 02:30:31] - i wonder what paul found out about feminists. -amy
[2009-11-11 11:49:04] - Gurkie: you and paul did, but others hadn't. Thanks! - dewey
[2009-11-11 10:54:53] - aaron: wiktionary (#3)
~a[2009-11-11 10:19:42] - i have no idea. ~a
[2009-11-11 10:16:39] - a: do you by any chance know if they have been proven in VA? ~gurkie
[2009-11-11 10:07:46] - Dewey: Urm I thought Paul and I both RSVPed, but Ill check in the mean time I plan on being there! ~gurkie
[2009-11-10 17:50:55] - Dewey: I won't be there, but thanks for the invite! -Bryan
[2009-11-10 17:19:48] - Dewey: Pretty sure I'll be coming. -Paul
[2009-11-10 17:17:55] - dewey: also, dee might be interested in knowing that "Judges have been throwing out speeding cases in which the driver's speed was measured with a LIDAR." ~a
[2009-11-10 17:16:32] - dewey: i'm coming, thanks. ~a
[2009-11-10 17:13:24] - Poker: I'm looking to firm up numbers for Friday's tournament and still have some outstanding RSVPs. If possible please let me know. -Dewey
[2009-11-10 15:27:59] - I'm sending out an e-mail to make sure nobody gets left behind. If we end up having eight, someone can drop out or we can run two games. Miguel and I definitely wouldn't mind playing in two. - aaron
[2009-11-10 15:17:02] - I guess that's seven. - Stephen
[2009-11-10 15:16:55] - I guess that's seven. - Stephen]
[2009-11-10 15:03:05] - aaron: dewey is interested. -dewey
[2009-11-10 14:43:33] - sounds like we have at least paul, me, andrew, miguel, and my coworker daniel. that leaves two slots left. dewey's probably interested? i'll send out a mass e-mail in a couple minutes to figure out who's in for sure - aaron
[2009-11-10 14:40:29] - Stephen: Sounds like we should get things kicked off before you leave then.
-Paul[2009-11-10 14:02:22] - Paul: I can start soonish, but I will be in LA Thurs-Mon. - Stephen
[2009-11-10 14:02:17] - gurkie: i didn't think you would be interested but wanted to address you as i was replying to your statement .p and of course bc you would be welcome if you were interested. -amy
[2009-11-10 13:33:03] - amy: sorry I am not actually interested I just wanted to say invite Paul
~gurkie[2009-11-10 13:26:25] - i have an official SFIV red ryu headband if anyone decides to go as ryu! - aaron
[2009-11-10 13:21:24] - paul: haha, that would be perfect ,) think about katsu though... i was thinking about cosplaying both at mag and at katsu, if we could get enough ppl to go to katsu. -amy
[2009-11-10 13:17:22] - amy: Sadly, I just realized I am out of town for the convention. I have the perfect outfit for Ryu too! -Paul
[2009-11-10 13:16:33] - actually if ppl do want to cosplay, there's a better convention for that coming up in feb, katsucon. http://www.katsucon.com/ also katsu is at an awwwwwesome venue this year! -amy
[2009-11-10 13:15:44] - paul: oh, just because he had previously expressed interest in cosplay. i didn't realize anybody else was interested. obv the invitation is open to anyone. -amy
[2009-11-10 13:15:13] - gurkie/paul: omg yay we should do a whole sf group!! i'll work on getting vinnie to go as dhalsim -amy
[2009-11-10 13:14:48] - amy: How come only Pierce gets a custom cosplaying invite? Do you have a specific SF character in mind for him? Zangief? Deejay? Cammy? -Paul
[2009-11-10 13:13:56] - amy: I just got this message so you may have a taker "Paul Essen: Also, why is Pierce getting invited to cosplay but not me?
" ~gurkie[2009-11-10 13:13:46] - Stephen: I guess that would be up to whoever hosts the next game (and how soon we can fill all the spots). I'm up for starting as soon as today.
-Paul[2009-11-10 13:10:28] - also does anybody else want to go to magfest? ^_^ http://magfest.org/ -amy
[2009-11-10 13:09:23] - my coworker daniel is down too! he's played once - aaron
[2009-11-10 13:09:00] - pierce: i don't know if vinnie or i ever mentioned magfest before, but it's a vg convention coming up around new year's. i was thinking about cosplaying chun li, would you consider doing a sf cosplay with me?? -amy
[2009-11-10 13:06:06] - Paul: Depends on how soon you start. - Stephen
[2009-11-10 13:04:44] - i'm in - aaron
[2009-11-10 13:04:25] - mig: oh no, i'm so sorry .( hope you have a speedy recovery. -amy
[2009-11-10 12:58:27] - I'd be willing to take a break, but I'm also potentially game for another round. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-10 12:46:52] - So... are we losing anybody for the next Diplomacy game? I had heard that Bryan and Stephen might not be sticking around (what is it with Turkey and Russia?). -Paul
[2009-11-10 10:26:57] - Paul: So did I, at first. But I saw it used again in another article and so I went hunting. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-10 10:10:08] - hah. watch the gilbert gottfried link on paul's link if you get a chance. the video is SFW, but the audio is NSFW, so wear headphones. ~a
[2009-11-10 10:04:18] - Xpovos: I had no idea that was an actual judicial term. I thought it was the lawyer just being a little tongue-in-cheek. -Paul
[2009-11-10 09:48:33] - Paul: The most interesting thing from that whole debacle is that I have now learned another judicial test. They didn't teach this one in the ConLaw class I took for some reason. I think it's hilarious. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-10 09:42:46] - http://www.diplomacy.ca/vforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=856 another location for some public discussion about the last game's fallout. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-10 09:23:59] - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/glenn-beck-loses-domain-dispute-still-ends-up-with-domain.ars Resolution to the Glenn Beck website story. -Paul
[2009-11-09 22:11:14] - diplomacy 2009-35
[2009-11-09 20:24:24] - a: where did the threads go? - aaron
[2009-11-09 18:00:20] - mig: that sucks. I've been told the only treatment is surgery and to be performed right away. I hope recovery is going well. -dewey
[2009-11-09 17:17:28] - "because you enjoyed: primer, uhf, and invader zim, [you will enjoy] mitch hedberg" - netflix. what a weird logical jump. ~a
[2009-11-09 17:05:21] - mig: that does look unpleasant. i'm really sorry, miguel. if there is anything you need, let me know. ~a
[2009-11-09 16:25:04] - Congratulations Aaron and Bryan! - Stephen
[2009-11-09 14:48:57] - pierce: http://warpcore.org/rftg/ here's a mirror, for the race-for-the-galaxy AI, i don't know if it's up to date but it's better than nothing! - aaron
[2009-11-09 14:19:39] - mig: urgh, that looks unpleasant. im glad to hear you are feeling better though. ~gurkie
[2009-11-09 13:47:33] - Anyone have advice on fixing laptop keyboard keys? I have one that popped off, and every time I fixed it, it popped off again in a couple of days. Now the metal fastener is gone, too. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-09 13:18:08] - gurkie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular_torsion - mig
[2009-11-09 13:08:38] - mig: also I just had lunch with Koo good luck with Agile and CMMI. The two seem inherintly contradictory. ~gurkie
[2009-11-09 13:07:43] - mig: was it appendicitis? ~gurkie
[2009-11-09 12:08:05] - gurkie: feeling better, still couped up at my parent's house but I should be returning home today. - mig
[2009-11-09 11:11:31] - mig: are you feeling better? ~gurkie
[2009-11-09 10:56:53] - pierce: something is wrong with your communication methods. What do you use for email? And how frequently do people tell you they dont get emails you sent? ~gurkie
[2009-11-09 08:09:07] - a: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-clone.html git clone lets you copy a repository up to a certain depth. it has some limitations though - aaron
[2009-11-09 07:21:51] - pierce: that sucks, i'll push it up somewhere if it's still broken when i get home - aaron
[2009-11-08 23:53:13] - as long as you're both watching the almost live comedy show on your dvr. ~a
[2009-11-08 23:24:59] - aaron: yeah, I've been trying to load it since I got home. the site seems to be down. - pierce
[2009-11-08 23:02:45] - pierce: http://keldon.net/rftg/ here's the "race for the galaxy" ai i was telling you about, it's really addictive and the interface is good. it also has support for both of the expansions - aaron
[2009-11-08 09:18:25] - i also added Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham ~a
[2009-11-08 09:18:04] - oh good point, i didn't see that. i fixed it then. ~a
[2009-11-07 23:48:45] - a: but it's the first sentence in the article! hmph - aaron
[2009-11-07 12:28:00] - aaron: Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham you had too many 'al-hasan ibn's. ~a
[2009-11-07 08:06:00] - Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham oh! apparently he's known as "alhazen". well that wouldn't have been very much fun! i thought this was a pretty cool article though, at least the way it's presented makes it sound like the guy discovered a lot of stuff that european scientists weren't nailing for another 500+ years - aaron
[2009-11-07 03:40:47] - and that is the post that will carry us into the weekend. ~a
[2009-11-06 17:47:48] - no you just love to put out. ~a
[2009-11-06 16:55:36] - a: Ah, right. So it measured how nobody wanted to talk to me.
-Paul[2009-11-06 16:49:53] - ohohoh. right. yeah, it was just an interesting stat that mostly just pointed out which people get lots of direct responses without "putting out" as you put it. (with a weighting against people who talked back when we didn't use recipients). ~a
[2009-11-06 16:49:49] - a: Whatever you removed from the stats page.
-Paul[2009-11-06 16:47:03] - sorry? what does what have to do with? ~a
[2009-11-06 16:29:22] - a: What does it have to do with, then? -Paul
[2009-11-06 16:09:28] - File:Harry Whittier Frees - What's Delaying My Dinner.jpg (lolcat c. 1905) ~a
[2009-11-06 15:52:42] - paul: "Huh. I'm so much less popular." that's what made me remove the thing from the stats page. i didn't want people to think it actually had to do with popularity
~a[2009-11-06 15:47:25] - yeah when i actually do want to get something done i find IM distracting so i'll sometimes turn it off. but most of the time i'm not trying to get stuff done. ~a
[2009-11-06 15:47:12] - usu half of the bargain of washing dishes. OK wow i think i've really said enough. -amy
[2009-11-06 15:46:47] - haven't played a VG in ages, barely read... i guess just hanging out with vinnie. preparing food could be a huge timesink too, bc vinnie and i prefer to cook and eat at home, but i am afraid to mention this on mboard considering that in the past week of my super sleep-deprived state, vinnie has taken care of all of the meals and i haven't been keeping up with my... -amy
[2009-11-06 15:45:45] - i'm not really sure where all my time goes. lately in the past week i've spent lots and lots of hours on trying to fall asleep, which is really not cool. also music takes up a huge chunk of time, practicing voice, guitar, writing songs, remixes, etc. ...could spend hours doing various music-related tasks. other than that it's weird, i barely watch TV, haven't played... -am
[2009-11-06 15:44:13] - amy: haha, I was confused for a second there
- vinnie[2009-11-06 15:43:34] - ...would try to be online if i was going to be at the computer doing something else anyway. but either my ability to multitask has decreased over time or maybe i value my productivity more or something. either way, i find im to be distracting if i'm actually trying to get something done. -amy
[2009-11-06 15:42:50] - whoops that was -aMY heh, i guess the end got cut off -amy
[2009-11-06 15:42:36] - i do value my time chatting with friends on IM and have good convs there. but i also feel like those convs are not time-cost-effective bc typing and responding takes longer than speaking and often i feel like i end up waiting around for the other person to respond. i used to like multi-tasking and so i would try to be online if i was going to be at the computer doing... -a
[2009-11-06 15:41:32] - a: i'm sorry i haven't been on chat more recently bc it was fun being im buddies ^_^ (and others who i am also chat buddies with too, but i am addressing this particular sentiment to a because he asked) -amy
[2009-11-06 15:40:52] - aww looks like i missed most of a fun discusion... -amy
[2009-11-06 14:56:21] - Vinnie: You have no idea how long it took me to work in that subliminal message... -Paul
[2009-11-06 14:51:01] - see? check it out: "I actually HAve To bE by mY laptOp, on im and checking my email. -paUl" - vinnie
[2009-11-06 14:49:33] - I can read between the lines. paul hates us - vinnie
[2009-11-06 14:43:46] - Gurkie: Except I couldn't just take off and go into DC to see a movie. I actually have to be by my laptop, on IM and checking my email. -Paul
[2009-11-06 14:42:23] - paul: if you switch your work at home day to monday you can hang out with them! ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 14:39:49] - vinnie just asked me the same question. i'm not taking mondays off but i don't have meetings at work on monday so i could take off without significant prior notice. also my after-work schedule is conducive to doing stuff on mondays. ~a
[2009-11-06 14:34:54] - a: Wait, Vinnie apparently has a ton of vacation days that he is using to take Mondays off for the rest of the year, but why do you have Mondays off too? -Paul
[2009-11-06 14:31:18] - i have mondays free until december 28th so whatever you plan i'll attend. ~a
[2009-11-06 14:28:30] - a: and speaking of the Mondays thing, if you (or anyone else) want to hang out some Monday in November or December, I'm totally up for that. we could go into DC, see a movie, whatever. there's a couple Monday evenings I am busy but otherwise any Monday works - vinnie
[2009-11-06 14:23:34] - a: I also love spending time with people too, but it usually fits my schedule better to do that on weekends - vinnie
[2009-11-06 14:22:09] - a: I still wish I had more time, there's always a million things I'd like to do. I actually took off Mondays for the rest of the year so I could get some more free time. I spend my time on weekdays: getting groceries, cooking, making music, practicing guitar, taking walks or exercising, watching TV or DVDs, playing video games, spending time with Amy... - vinnie
[2009-11-06 14:22:04] - also I second most of Pauls activities... cept I read a whole lot more and play video games a whole lot less. ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 14:21:45] - but I will say i have trouble reading people as well as I like when speaking over IM. ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 14:20:20] - actually the lack of tone used to make communicating over IM ideal in certain situations, for example when I knew I was going to be crying and I didnt want that to get in the way of having my conversation... Which I used to do a lot in college. Stupid overly emotional people! ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 14:16:26] - a: I wouldn't even say I know what your tone is now, whether it is friendly or irked. I'll guess friendly
tone is not constant, I've had misunderstandings with pretty much everyone I know. or who knows, maybe that's just my stupidity. just had one such misunderstanding recently with my brother over IM that we resolved over e-mail - vinnie[2009-11-06 14:12:47] - hmmm. well thanks that gives me lots to think about. . . . i used to wish i had more time, but now i just find myself wishing for people to spend my time with. ~a
[2009-11-06 14:09:54] - a: Poker (fridays, duh), reading (three magazine subscriptions currently and three books I own in my queue). I don't know exactly where all my time goes but I always find myself wishing for more. -Paul
[2009-11-06 14:08:22] - a: Things that I do year round: Tae Kwon Do (three days a week), video games (averaging maybe twice a week), tv (5 current shows I'm keeping up with, plus re-watching DS9), movies (maybe once a month)... -Paul
[2009-11-06 14:05:20] - a: I used to use IM for a lot of those kinds of deep personal conversations. They migrated to e-mail, which with gmail for me is almost as fast as IM. But since most of them were with Katie anyway... yeah... I don't need/use IM for that anymore. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 14:04:47] - yeah, so what do you guys do? besides tv, and making music, what else is there? i feel like you guys (to a small extent) dislike doing outdoor things, so i'm not sure what your weekdays are filled with. ~a
[2009-11-06 14:04:33] - vinnie: what about weekdays? ~a
[2009-11-06 14:04:13] - vinnie: yeah i know what you're referring to. usually i'm talking to people i know well enough that they have figured out my tone. ~a
[2009-11-06 14:03:24] - my favorite way to have conversations is IRL. go IRL! I definitely value the time I spend with my friends IRL
- vinnie[2009-11-06 14:00:45] - a: maybe you and I use IM differently. it's rare that I will have that good or personal a conversation over IM (though I have had them). but I have had a lot of conversations over IM where the other person responds back every two minutes, or the other person gets annoyed at me or vice versa because we can't read each others' tone - vinnie
[2009-11-06 13:56:56] - I should probably turn on instant messenging on my pre, although I'm not sure if I would ever want to be having deep conversations using a phone like that. -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:56:30] - i really don't prefer the phone unless i'm talking to my parents or somebody i'm dating. not quite sure why. i think with the phone i feel like i'm imposing too much. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:53:46] - a: I prefer phone for those conversations but I dont do that anymore either. ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 13:53:01] - a: although I think I disagree about the personal conversations though, in general on aim I was multitasking and talking to 5 people at a time, which isnt really conducive to a deep conversation. ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 13:52:55] - mig: aim==gtalk from my perspective. as long as whatever im client i'm on supports both (which is usually the case). ~a
[2009-11-06 13:52:30] - i've always disliked using aim, even when using it through pidgin. - mig
[2009-11-06 13:52:02] - Vinnie: Cool, bring her along. She was the one in the star trek costume at your halloween party? -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:52:00] - vinnie: i use the time that i used to spend chatting on im to relax and focus on: watching tv (like gurkie) and drinking. so i guess the payoff for ditching my online connections isn't as great as yours. in fact, one could argue that the payoff is negative. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:51:42] - a: thats a valid point, and Id like to say I had a great alternative. But honestly a lot of my connections are getting more superficial than real. Especially cause I often dont take the time to call people... When I really should. ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 13:51:25] - I don't use aim ever anymore, but I'm on gtalk pretty much all the time I'm on the cpu. - mig
[2009-11-06 13:48:09] - everybody: i understand all those reasons, but what about the connections that you're losing? do you not value the time you used to have with your friends? i feel like some of the most personal conversations i've ever had were over aim. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:44:40] - a: when I get home I am sick of staring at a comp screen and would rather watch a tv screen.... ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 13:43:54] - a: Mostly an absence of use from other people, but a little of what vinnie said, too. Only instead of things I like to do it's running around to grocery stores, chasing Theresa, etc. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 13:42:36] - paul: my cousin nina was interested in playing poker, she'll be coming with us tonight (though Amy and I aren't playing poker) - vinnie
[2009-11-06 13:41:54] - a: I drop off IM at home because I found I was spending too much time at home talking to people (or wasting time browsing the net while waiting on people to talk back). I feel a lot more relaxed and focused at home now, and I have more time to spend with Amy, to work on music, practice guitar, and other things I like to do - vinnie
[2009-11-06 13:39:14] - a: It does, but I usually am not using it the entire time I'm off of work. In fact, I would say it's probably only on an average of less than an hour a weeknight. -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:37:12] - your netbook doesn't count as a computer? ~a
[2009-11-06 13:36:42] - a: Well, I think we're going to have 6-12. I got one spam answer which I have removed from the invite.
-Paul[2009-11-06 13:36:09] - a: It's a combination of me usually not sitting in front of a computer after work and other people not being on AIM. -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:36:04] - paul: 56 people?
~a[2009-11-06 13:35:20] - a: Oh, and to answer your question from before, I was asking because our poker numbers looked slim. I think we're going to have enough people now, though. -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:32:08] - oh ok then. while we're on the topic of 2004, why did everybody stop using aim/gtalk at home? i feel like i can't really have "personal" conversations at work and it seems like everybody is offline after 1700. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:29:39] - a: I thought I just didn't understand what it was. -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:27:21] - a: Heh, yeah, you're right. She was. And I still think it's funny. Sorry to anyone else if I ruined the joke. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 13:23:36] - paul: the "cool" column in the stats. it was a while ago. like 2004? ~a
[2009-11-06 13:11:40] - oh and also, wolf was (is?) female. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:10:39] - xpovos: yeah i know
i was just trying to be funny. but, more seriously, the message board max-length increases over time so it's not really fair to compare the post-length from the elders to our post-lengths now. ~a[2009-11-06 13:08:56] - a: You're longer than jdb, wolf and devin. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 13:07:11] - xpovos: i'm shorter than everybody. except the girls. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:06:58] - a: Wait, I thought what was dumb? -Paul
[2009-11-06 13:05:52] - Hah! I knew that was going to the title as soon as I wrote it. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 13:05:29] - a: I know. It's a raw number, but it's not just percentage posts, but percentage posts in more recent years. e.g. gurkie. about a third my total posts, but almost half my recip count. My reasoning: that she's been posting recently, vs. my history of posts. Another reason might be that I just never say anything interesting/worth responding to.
-- Xpovos[2009-11-06 13:04:25] - oh you were looking at percentage? yeah i actually used to have that on the stats page, but paul thought it was dumb; i forget why. ~a
[2009-11-06 13:02:07] - xpovos: receip is not a percentage of your posts, so you have to compare yourself to, well, aparna, or melissa. ~a
[2009-11-06 12:59:00] - Huge drop off relative to % of posts, I mean. Which I guess means that a large chunk of my posts came from before the targeted comments feature was well implemented. aba too would fit that category, so it makes sense. Length: 151 average. Next: amy with 141. I missed pierce, though. He is longer than me. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 12:58:25] - ...you'd also be required to immediately and permanently accept all proposal requests. ~a
[2009-11-06 12:56:46] - Killing some time looking at the stats page, if I'm reading it right, here are some interesting facts about me: I account for about 12% of posts when I'm active, but only 4% total, which I guess means I'm only active a third of the time. I have been the target of comments less than most, by a huge drop off. aba's got it worse, though. I write the longest posts. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 12:54:00] - a: I thought Bryan was going to drop out. -Paul
[2009-11-06 12:52:23] - would you guys play against my ai? you'd be required to never lie to it. ~a
[2009-11-06 12:51:08] - paul: if people are dropping I'm sure we can find replacements. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:44:15] - paul: who's dropping out? ~a
[2009-11-06 12:41:26] - mig: Do we even have 7 people for a new game? -Paul
[2009-11-06 12:38:19] - anyways, you all make E/R pass so we can get another game going. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:35:29] - Bryan's already guaranteed Venice this spring and has a lot of armies and fleets he can push west since he doesn't need to defend that area anymore, while aaron has to dedicate 3 units to maintain the stalemate line at StP. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:30:48] - It'll be interesting to see who gets Munich, but right now that's the only wild card, and probably not enough to bump anyone to 18. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:29:57] - xpovos: well looking at the board again it's possible. Aaaron gets Spain and Portugal, but then he'd need 2 out of 3 italian home centers to get to 18. That doesn't seem likely. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:22:35] - mig: Yeah, it's a pretty safe move for that. The only question is if Aaron or Bryan wants to take a shot at the other in hopes for a solo. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-06 12:21:05] - France and Italy are pretty much guaranteed to be eliminated in 1910, and Turkey won't survive past 1911. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:17:40] - diplomacy: ok, well at this point I really think the E/R should pass. I can't see any other way for this game to resolve. - mig
[2009-11-06 12:09:54] - mig: i guess they're preparing for the reunion. ~a
[2009-11-06 12:08:31] - also, in case you were wondering, i'm not actually bringing 8000 people with me tonight. ~a
[2009-11-06 12:00:30] - paul: sure! why? ~a
[2009-11-06 11:34:54] - a: Are you coming to poker tonight? -Paul
[2009-11-06 10:15:05] - aaron: they have expansions for race for the galaxy. ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 10:09:25] - http://keldon.net/rftg/ here's a page with a 1-player race-for-the-galaxy windows game, it's got a good interface and good AI! - aaron
[2009-11-06 09:57:12] - If you notice, I posted pictures where I am wearing tights and makeup so I think I have been equal to all in my pictures. -Dewey
[2009-11-06 09:45:26] - I like the old photos!!! Hahahaha ~gurkie
[2009-11-06 09:12:01] - what's with the sudden craze of old photo uploading? - mig
[2009-11-06 07:28:48] - stephen: what, i thought the pictures were nice!! - aaron
[2009-11-05 22:38:17] - Dewey: Watch your back. - Stephen
[2009-11-05 17:07:28] - aaron: this isn't a game. breaking the game in the real world is your patriotic duty. ~a
[2009-11-05 16:41:45] - aaron: a broke it first, I was just trying to fix it! - vinnie
[2009-11-05 16:26:33] - vinnie: stop trying to break their music site! - aaron
[2009-11-05 16:07:19] - a: I think you're right, I think there would have to be a download cap. otherwise you'd get too many people just trying to download all music on the site. people love hoarding music - vinnie
[2009-11-05 15:59:32] - gurkie: i fixed the search engine to display the newest instead of oldest. there was a problem with the DAO which is fixed now. that's why i was using oldest. the DAO is kind of ugly and i'm really not sure exactly how to fix it. ~a
[2009-11-05 15:25:35] - aaron: I think you need an adjective to be really funny. Adjectives make anything funnier. High velocity log chute. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 15:19:23] - a: well presumably people would only download music they were interested in; and since their interests will change over time (or new music will become available) they will need to maintain their subscription to keep downloading new music - aaron
[2009-11-05 15:14:37] - (ignoring aaron) so what prevents you from downloading everything? i guess they won't have very much good music, or the download rates will be slow. otherwise, yeah, you'd just download everything then cancel your service. ~a
[2009-11-05 14:39:46] - i guess, a prerequisite for getting the humor is understanding that log = poop... that's something that started a long time ago in our office, when we started getting requirements about dumping logs... - aaron
[2009-11-05 14:36:26] - i know it's sophomoric but i couldn't keep a straight face when my coworker told me he was using the velocity log chute java class - aaron
[2009-11-05 13:58:08] - aaron: I'd consider signing up for that. Obviously the devil is in the details, but it's way different from what they've been trying. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 13:41:27] - xpovos: yeah, that's what it sounds like - aaron
[2009-11-05 13:25:37] - And if I want new music at some later date, I'll have to subscribe again? -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 13:22:13] - aaron: Interesting. So, lim->inf, one month's subscription gets me all music ever made that's also available on this service? -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 13:00:18] - kind of like the new napster service, except you can continue to lisetn to the music after your subscription expires - aaron
[2009-11-05 12:59:51] - http://chronicle.com/article/Music-Industry-Changes-Tune-of/49034/ music industry is experimenting with a pay-monthly, download-all-you-want, no-format-restrictions online music service - aaron
[2009-11-05 12:58:44] - a: I dont need you to or anything, I dont know what the best approach was... I was just surprised when my search's result said oldest
~gurkie[2009-11-05 12:32:41] - gurkie: ummm. i think there was a reason though i'm forgetting what it was. let me try to change it back. ~a
[2009-11-05 12:28:44] - paul: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5447 ok ignore the default screenshot and look at the screenshots below . . . you can use the addon to have a horizontal tab bar that is colored. ~a
[2009-11-05 12:09:39] - a: how did you decide that only the OLDEST 1000 search results should show up? (I am not saying you are wrong I am just curious,)~gurkie
[2009-11-05 11:58:26] - a: You're right. It shows 100,000, but is counting K's, not singles. So, 100M. I'm sure some of it is a failure to release memory, but some of it is just the nature of browsing. It's not HTML anymore, really. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 11:57:26] - a: http://www.clerkendweller.com/posts/2009/ssl-tab-grouping-2.png Here is a picture of it. -Paul
[2009-11-05 11:57:19] - a: Not sure what to tell you. I used to have IE7 and when it upgraded to IE8 this new functionality appeared without me doing anything. -Paul
[2009-11-05 11:53:57] - you must have some sort of crazy version of ie. ~a
[2009-11-05 11:53:04] - paul: i have ie8 on one of my machines and it doesn't do what you're describing. also, none of the screenshots i saw on the wikipedia page, or google images had it either (like this one) ~a
[2009-11-05 11:49:20] - a: Oh, wait. I guess I mean IE8. Sorry. -Paul
[2009-11-05 11:48:55] - a: I thought it was on by default. I don't know how to turn it off.
-Paul[2009-11-05 11:48:38] - xpovos: by 100k, i assume you mean 100M, right? i'm actually surprised because 100M is kind of low. also . . . it seems like many browsers don't free memory when they're done with it. i assume instead they put the memory into some sort of pool or they have some sort of garbage collection that only collects up to a certain point. ~a
[2009-11-05 11:12:19] - aaron: Oh, it's definitely better. I used to absolutely destroy my memory/page file with Opera. I guess I just go nuts. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 11:10:43] - paul: how do i turn that on in ie7? ~a
[2009-11-05 10:57:30] - oops, i accidentally the verb in that last sentence - aaron
[2009-11-05 10:56:21] - xpovos: i firefox/chrome had gotten better about that? i never notice it but i don't monitor performance that closely - aaron
[2009-11-05 10:46:51] - Paul: I know that feeling. But the problem is that even the best browser becomes such a resource hog when you leave a window open all day. I check my task manager and routinely see multiple instances of chrome.exe or mozilla.exe each chowing down 100K+ of page file. -- Xpovos
[2009-11-05 10:42:20] - aaron: Heh, that's pretty cool, although I don't think it would work with the way I use firefox. I leave a few tabs open all day (google calendar, the diplomacy page) which I rarely end up visiting but would just like to have open in case I need it. -Paul
[2009-11-05 10:27:40] - heh, searching for a plugin that did what you said found me the aging tab plug-in which is pretty cool... tabs get darker and darker as they're not used, so you can visually skip over tabs you're not using, and spot tabs which you should close - aaron
[2009-11-05 10:27:34] - Aaron: Cool, I might give it a try, then. Thanks. -Paul
[2009-11-05 10:20:30] - a: You coming to poker tomorrow? -Paul
[2009-11-05 10:20:08] - paul: yeah, i'm still playing with it to see if it's useful. it's pretty easy to enable/disable temporarily, you can flip between a few tab modes and bring the tabs back to default even with the plugin installed - aaron
[2009-11-05 09:45:02] - aaron: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890 Is that what you're talking about? Having tabs listed vertically like that seems like it might take some getting used to. -Paul
[2009-11-05 09:22:27] - paul: i like the tree-style tab plugin for grouping tabs; that's the closest thing i know of. - aaron
[2009-11-05 09:17:47] - Does anybody here know of any firefox add-ons which mimick the tab grouping behavior that IE7 has (where tabs with the same "parent" are colored the same)? -Paul
[2009-11-05 06:58:32] - plus my manager/customer is actually willing to let us use that kind of stuff if it fits a need, so it's possible i'll actually be developing my next project in something like Flex if it turns out it's practical! so something like this is really cool/useful to me. - aaron
[2009-11-05 06:57:32] - a: yeah my company is footing the bill! and i agree it's cool stuff, they're going to have workshops on lots of new technology like Spring 3.0, GWT, Flex, where they talk about how practical they are and how they mesh with existing java practices/technology... - aaron
[2009-11-04 21:10:33] - it's interesting they put it on the weekend. is your company paying for it or what? ~a
[2009-11-04 21:07:57] - wow that's . . . actually kind of cool. ~a
[2009-11-04 21:02:09] - a: day #3 of no fluff just stuff, a local java symposium - aaron
[2009-11-04 20:09:35] - sure! what's going on sunday? i'll have a hangover. hehe. ~a
[2009-11-04 18:57:19] - a: i can do sunday night.... it'll have to be sometime after like 6:00 - aaron
[2009-11-04 18:25:24] - though i'm not sure i can wait that long.
i saw like 20 minutes of it yesterday and now i'm dying to see the rest of it! ~a[2009-11-04 18:23:54] - tomorrow night is bad. i'm good sunday, monday, and next wednesday. ~a
[2009-11-04 18:22:28] - which ones? i went through the list like three times when filtering out couples. ~a
[2009-11-04 18:12:42] - gurkie: and staphron is way cooler than staar! staphron is like... staphylococcus meets zack efron. what's staar? it just sounds like star. it's normal and boring - aaron
[2009-11-04 18:08:40] - a: hey some of those were couples! - aaron
[2009-11-04 18:06:55] - a: oh i thought it was a joke! i want to watch primer but tonight is a bad night. tomorrow night? - aaron
[2009-11-04 17:40:01] - so, aaron, were you (or anybody) coming over to watch primer tonight? or did you not see that message? i only ask because i didn't really get a reply and it was kind of your idea. ~a
[2009-11-04 17:10:36] - aaron: from the message board, names of people who weren't a couple: aarona, aaronnie, aarosam, aarvos, aary, aastephen, abaaron, abamy, abvos, adave, apaul, apierce, apovos, arkie, axpovos, (and that's just the 'A's!) ~a
[2009-11-04 17:00:44] - aaron: I can give names to whomever I want! and if I dont get to pick mine and pauls you most certainly dont get to pick your and stephens! ~gurkie
[2009-11-04 16:17:50] - but for the record, if we were to have one it would be staphron - aaron
[2009-11-04 16:16:18] - gurkie: you can't just give names to whomever you want, they have to be a couple! - aaron
[2009-11-04 16:14:32] - i'm glad you guys agree updatable looks stupid. i was disappointed to see it win the googlefight (1,110,000 to 863,000) - aaron
[2009-11-04 16:10:19] - Stephen: you only knew I was going to do that cause I was running them by you to figure out which you most objected too, I kinda liked staar ~gurkie
[2009-11-04 16:09:37] - aastephen: that name is not allowed. Also your made up rules are not allowed, you had names for paul and I before we lived together! ~gurkie
[2009-11-04 16:03:05] - The rule is you can only come up with combined names for people if they live together. So no stephen/aaron names, gurkie! - Stephen
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