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| 1999/5/24-25 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java, Recreation/Media] UID:15863 Activity:high |
5/24 The Phantom Menace rocks! I don't know what the critics wer
complaining about.
\_ So, tell me what you like about it. I saw it and was disappointed.
\_ The action sequences were excellent. We got to see a
glimpse of the old republic. The actors were convincing
IMO. Yes, the plot is pretty simple, but I thought it
sets up Eps. 2-6 very well.
\_ I thought the plot was slow. At times, I was yawning.
Yes, it does setup Eps 2-6 very well. I am looking forward
to watching Eps 2 & 3 already. Overall, I didn't think
it deserves all that hype and I was disappointed with the
plot and special effects.
\_ i think what it comes down to is this: there is alot wrong with
that movie, but there is nothing wrong with it thats not wrong
with the other three either, and i like the other three, so i
like this one. for people our age, dissapointment is inevitable
since that kind of movie is just more fun when you're five.
\_ Yup, the other three were far from perfect (ESB coming
closest). And they mostly appealed to kids (esp. ROTJ), which
Lucas has stated over & over again is his primary audience.
We're all 20 yrs older now. Of course it wouldn't have the
same appeal to us.
\_ i agree, it rewled.. the only part i didn't like was that C3PO
was created by him (don't want to give away too much), but the
rest was great., sword fight scenes great, characters appropriate.
critics don't really know what the force is about..
\_ "critics don't really know what the fouce is about"... HELLO??!?
THERE IS NO 'FORCE'! It's a MOVIE! This isn't religion! There
is no God!
\_ I find your lack of faith disturbing.
\_ DEATH TO JAR-JAR^H^H^H^H^H^H^HEWOKS! --jon
\_ Better yet, Jar Jar Ebonics |
| 1999/5/24-25 [Transportation/Car, Transportation/Car/RoadHogs] UID:15864 Activity:high |
5/23 My friends and I want to start a E-commerce company. Can anyone
think of products that are not being sold on the Internet yet?
\_ Human slaves.
\_ mixed drinks
\_ Soiled diapers. Somebody out there must have a fetish for baby
shit. - http://eshit.com
\_ porn
\_ Fresh tofu, for one. For now you have to drive all the
way down to either Sacramento or to San Jose to get the
really good stuff. And what if you move to Arizona? No
options, there.
\_ human organs
\_ Ice cream.
\_ Promise me 50% of your revenue and I'll give you ideas.
\_ That's it. Sell fresh ideas! Intangible product, yes, but
potentially profitable.
\_ Sexual services - become an e-pimp.
\_ Been long since done.
\_ Set up shop in amsterdam shipping marijuana around the world.
\_ been done already
\_ Just because you can use/buy/own/sell/etc the shit in a
dump like amsterdam (only parts of it at that), doesn't
mean that, oh say, US Customs is going to let your shit in
this country.
\_ dork
\_ Whoa! You sure put me in my place! You are *SOOO*
cool! Try selling a
"how-to-be-cool-like-a-csua-geek!" kit on the net!
Train everyone to be like Mr. I-can-type-d-o-r-k!
Guaranteed big money! Who wouldn't want to be like
Mr. I-can-type-I'm-a-big-boy-now?
\_ dork
\_ How can anyone argue with such logic? You
are truly Master Of Flames! I bow before
your vast and overwhelming intellect and
general superiority! All hail dork!
\_ books/cds/videos
\_ used condoms. Especially those that are filled completedly
with cum.
\_ Damn, if i knew i could make a profit, i would've kept mine.
\_ I can fill up half a condom with cum per orgasm. Who
needs my cum? -peter north |
| 1999/5/24-25 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java] UID:15865 Activity:very high |
5/23 Anyone had Fateman for 264 (or even 164)? How is he as a
professor?
\_ I had him one of the times I took 164. He's a smart guy
but I didn't really jive with his teaching style. When I
took 264 under Savage Sue, I felt that I was getting a
much much better experience. -blojo
\_ Seconded. Sue Graham rules.
\_ I had Sue Graham for 164 and thought she was really good.
Why do people have horror stories about her?
\_ Because she is boring. And because she generously only
takes away 3% of your grade per hour (as opposed to the
usual 5%) when she finds out cochise died 3 hours before
the project deadline. -- ilyas
\_ She isn't nearly as boring as most profs and though
yes she is though, she is at least fair, which is
yes she is tough, she is at least fair, which is
more than I can say about some others.
\_ You don't want a smart teacher. You want a good teacher. IE:
someone who can teach the material well. There's nothing in any
of those classes any of the profs teaching them shouldn't already
know sufficiently.
\_ I had him for 164 in Sp '92. His lecture wasn't exciting,
although he seemed smart. I think he gave easy grades. -- yuen
\_ Easy grades are important (not being sarcastic).
\_ yah avoid a prof who gives easy grades. His class
will probably teach you nothing.
\_ Yeah you should do what I did and take all the
really smart, hard grading profs, learn a lot, and
see your gpa drop a full point. Good idea. Tell
the corporate recruiter that your 2.8 from Cal is
the same as another Cal student's 3.8 or a Farmer's
4.0 beause you took really hard profs! Yeah right.
\_ "We have a saying at Berkeley: 'If they want
to know your GPA you don't want to work for
them.'" My advice is go to a few interviews
for jobs you don't want sometime when you
aren't obviously hungry to practice being
a bit cocky. Sure some interviewers will
gag and not want you, but you didn't want
that job. In the long run you will find
yourself doing more interesting work for
more pay.
\_ Yup. That's exactly what I did. Why?
Because I didn't have the gpa for grad school.
Thanks for the tip.
\_ I gotta admit under a 3.0 is pretty
sad. (Which is what you need to get
over the grad school cut) Hell even
I managed that.
\_ You didn't take all the harder teachers
like I did and learn as much as me.
As I said before, take easy teachers,
get a good gpa. The rest is bullshit.
Don't fall for the idealism crap about
learning more.
\_ oh i didn't realize you knew
what classes I took. Sorry.
(As a matter of fact I tried to
avoid the easy classes cause I was
here to learn. I'm just saying
a 3.0 really isn't that hard to get,
at least not if you consider yourself
grad student material)
\_ You wouldn't have a 3.0+ gpa if
you took all the harder classes.
Maybe you missed the basic
concept that it *isn't* easy to
get a B or higher in a hard
class. Or maybe Cal has just
watered it down in recent years
to keep the grade inflated
self-esteem raised weeny kids
of the Baby Boomers from going
off the deep end and suiciding
when they get less than a 4.0
for the first time ever?
\_ Manuel Blum teaching 172 is a counterexample.
He is a very easy grader. I probably learned
more in his class than in any other undergrad class.
-- ilyas
\_ he's great if you get misty-eyed over Algol 60 stories |
| 1999/5/24-25 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:15866 Activity:moderate |
5/23 And now for something completely differerent....
http://www.hamsterdance.com
<DEAD>www.fishydance.com<DEAD>
http://www.cowdance.com (etc, follow links at the bottom)
\_ wow you are a couple of months slower than my coworkers. Congrats
you win the prize.
\_ you forgot to mention that this shit isn't even remotely
different. it's as trendy as n'sync.
\_ Next time I'll check on the "Fun things csua alum coworkers have
already shown them" web page. Until I get the url for it, I'll
have to continue posting things I find amusing that someone
other than your arrogant prick self may not have seen yet.
\_ the point is that if my coworkers have sent it to me almost
everyone else has seen it 3 months ago.
\_ "everyone else". Your coworkers represent the world of
all internet people? They are the last to see anything?
I'm online all damned day at work and never saw it. The
point is that if your coworkers sent it to you almost
everyone else *in your company* has seen it 3 months ago.
It says *nothing* about anyone else having seen it.
\_ well I always thought my coworkers would be the last to
find out aobut some stupid over done internet trend and
think it was cool. Obviously I was wrong. You are.
That is why you win the prize.
\_ Oh ouch! I'm in such pain! Where's that web site
of stupid over done internet trends so I don't have
to waste your time any further? URL, please. |
| 1999/5/24-25 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:15867 Activity:nil |
5/24 I have to recommend a laptop for an old friend. The consensus
seems to be buy ThinkPad. Are these reasonable?
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/iseries/index.html |
| 1999/5/24-25 [Finance/Investment] UID:15868 Activity:high |
5/24 Anybody know of a site that offers non-split adjusted stock charts?
It's almost impossible to see the historical prices for a stock like
DELL or AOL because of the number of splits. BigCharts doesn't do that
BTW. Thanks.
\_ this is a tough stat to nail down. You're probably better off
computing market capitalization divided by number of shares, er
or some other number
\_ http://chart.yahoo.com/m?s=AOL -- yuen
\_ I knew that yahoo has table version of all the numbers. But
I am looking for a graph of all the numbers. Please don't
say something like d/l the numbers and run it through gnuplot.
I don't have time to do that for all the stocks I track.
\_ Write a script and put it in cron and have it email you
the results or put them on a private web page. Or don't
use cron if you only need it once. |
| 1999/5/24-25 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:15869 Activity:kinda low |
5/24 Roadmap to what your next computer should be:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/platforms.html
\_ Hardly. They're rating a p5-60 the same as a p3-550. This is
worthless as a power measurement. It's all averaged in. Go take
Stat 2 or Math P or something like that.
\_ That "rating" also doesn't take into account (in the PC case) how
many processors your PC has. On my dual Pentium NT machine it
uses both CPUs (even though the FAQ says it can't) and reports
10 hours CPU time per work unit, whereas if I limit it to run on
one CPU it reports 20 hours CPU time per work unit. -- yuen
one CPU it reports 20 hours CPU time per work unit. By the way,
David Anderson himself uses an iMac. -- yuen
\_ Many OS'es report any intel-arch chip as "i386" so you can't
tell from that chart which are 386/486/Pentium/PPro/K6/K6-2/etc.
\_ Yes, but how fast does it run Microsoft Word? |