03/05   As some of you may have noticed, ownerships in /csua/tmp were
        messed up.  I have fixed the ownership of as many files as
        possible, but there are some that I have no idea to whom
        they belong; if your file is one of them, prove it, and let
        me know. --Jon

3/05    I have the ultimate respect for Black Cherry Blowpops
        \_ What's this from??  I remember seeing this but I don't remember
           from where.

3/6     gcc-2.8.1 & libstdc++-2.8.1 are in /csua/tmp/gcc for your bandwidth
        preserving pleasure.  There is no libg++-2.8.1.

3/05    How do 16-bit and 32-bit color schemes work?  Which bits do what?
        Thanks.
        \_ 16: generally, either 5-5-5 (1 bit unused or alpha channel),
           6-5-5, 5-6-5, or 5-5-6.  32: 8-8-8 (8 bits alpha).  If you
           have really expensive hardware, sometimes 10-10-10.  These
           are RGB implementations, obviously.  You can also use the
           16-bit value to reference a TrueColor (24/32 bits) palette.
           \_ Other strategies are separate 32-bit into 3 10-bit numbers,
              and then each number is an index into a different table to
              retrieve primary color value.  Also, you have to consider
              possible double buffering.  Not all systems use RGB either,
              your color model may be HSV.  There are equivalent matrices
              to convert one color model to another.  Also, note that
              there are perceivable colors not representable by a positive
              combination of RGB.
              possible double buffering and z-buffering.  Not all systems
              use RGB either, your color model may be HSV.  There are
              equivalent matrices to convert one color model to another.
              Also, note that there are perceivable colors not representable
              by a positive combination of RGB.
           \_ What is "alpha" then?  Thanks again.
              \_ It provides a way to combine (or blend) RGB values together
                 to achieve special effects such as transparency.  In normal
                 applications, pixel values are overwritten, but that does
                 not have to be.  You can combine old RGB value with new
                 RGB value and blends them together.

3/05    I have the ultimate respect for Black Cherry Blowjobs
        \_ What's this from??  I remember seeing this but I don't remember
           from where.

3/6     NASA has found water on the Moon, and predicts that human colonization
        of the Moon is now feasible.  It was announced at a press conference
        yesterday morning.
        \_ yes, but how much? It didn't sound like much to me.
        \_ It's enough to support 1000 people for 100 years.
           \_ There used to be a lot more, but the secret Nazi moon base on
              the dark side of the moon used up most of it after Hitler
              decided to expand the base to four times its previous size
              back in the 60s.  Damn Nazis.
              \_ I know you think this is funny,but this is nowhere near
              as hilarious as that apollo workstation thread a couple of
              days ago.  my stomach still hurts from that.
                \_ This completes the circle, though.  (Haven't you ever
                   wondered where DomainOS _really_ came from?)
                        \_ DOMAIN=Developed On Many Apollos Inside Nasa
                           \_ That's what they'd _like_ you to think; the
                              acronym is just nationalistic face-saving on the
                              part of the USA.  Just like how Werner Von Braun
                              and the other Germans built up our space
                              program, but "we" did it all . . .
                    \_ You mean the Apollo entry was a lie?
                        \_ Of course not.  No one ever lies in the motd.
                   \_ We know where domain/os came from.  We also know where
                        Windows NT came from.  (Hint:  Does "//machinename"
                        look familiar?  And we're talking years before URL's
                        adopted the syntax from Domain/OS.)
                \_ Or... 10,000 people for 10 years... Not much.

3/6     NASA has discovered talks are under way to co-market the chocolate
        drink Yoohoo with Yahoo!, making it the Yahoo! Yoohoo Chocolate Drink
        by NASA.  Announcements are expected soon. - tpc