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| 2000/1/10-12 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:17199 Activity:high |
1/9 What does the flaw on the New York quarter look like that's supposedly
worth $2000?
\_ Round, silvery colored, has a president's face on one side.
\_ The New York quarter isn't out yet, is it? There were a number of
Pennsylvania quarters that were minted with the back side rotated
180 degrees from the way US coins normally are. (I.e., the front
and back sides were the same direction, not reversed.) I've heard
that the government minted a whole bunch more of those to drive
down the value.
\_ It looks like Hillary Clinton. She's the only flaw in NY right now.
[You can delete anti Clinton comments all day but you can't hide the
truth about that lying two bit sack of shit. But then again, as a
Hillary follower, censorship is your middle name and a perfactly
appropriate way to deal with those who tell the truth about your
lying thieving hero of slime. Restored.]
\_ [even longer Troll-bait deleted]
\_ [Troll-bait deleted]
\_ Rudolph Guliani is as every bit a lying sack of shit as
Hillary is. But Guliani seems to fit the senate norm much
better than Hillary does (he's a mean spirited asshole) so
\_ mean-spirited vs. self-righteous. tough choice.
\_ [Troll-bait deleted]
he'll make the better senator
\_ I never said I liked Rudi. But at least he isn't a carpet
bagger piece of Arkansas white trash.
\_ Not everyone from Arkansas is a carpet bagger (and,
in fact, carpet baggers were from the NORTH), nor are
they by definition white trash. --sowings
\_ The Clintons are, by definition, white trash.
Your denial of carpet bagging based on geography
and compass pointing leaves me baffled. The trash
is a carpet bagger. The source and targets have
zero to do with it.
_/
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
\_ That's nice. I'm glad you can quote a 1913 dictionary entry. When
you've joined this century, let everyone know.
\_ uh, it still is the same century.
\_ no self-respecting troll would want a bite of that ho.
\_ What did Hillary lie about?
\_ TravelGate, FileGate, Rose Law Firm billing records for
starters. Have you been in the U.S. for the last 7 years?
\_ After HRC gets done with them, the flaw will be her wrinkled ugly
face smirking at the suckers who voted for her. |
| 2000/1/10 [Recreation/Dating] UID:17200 Activity:nil 52%like:17194 |
1/7 Female wants to keep her last name. Male wants her to take his,
hyphenation unacceptable. Marriage this summer. What do you do?
[Actually, this isn't happening to me but two close friends of mine.
The female has been engaging in subtle lobbying whenever liberal
me is around; but the male keeps deflecting.]
\_ If you two are getting married and not planning to have kids,
why do either of you have to change your name? If you do decide
to have kids then there is the issue of their last names. As
one of my female friends once told me, "The woman bears the child
for nine months; she should get to choose their last name."
Having said that, if neither of you is willing to compromise
on such a minor topic, then marriage might not be appropriate.
Good luck. -emin
\_ Have no last name. Be like Cher, Madonna, Prince (formerly).
I'm changing my name so I'm a one-named-wonder. A.U.B.I.E.
\_ If you can't agree on something this simple, don't get married.
You're not ready. Incompatible people getting married because "we
love each other" or "it was just time" is why the divorce rate is
so high. Do yourself a favor and think long and hard about this.
How many other things have you not worked out yet? Are you the same
religion? Do you both want kids? Have you agreed to raise them in
the same reloigion or non-religiously? You can't choose both. And
what about jobs? Have you discussed what you'll do if one of you
gets a killer job somewhere else? Is the other willing to give up
their job and follow? You're not ready for marriage. Why do you
need to ask this on the motd? You trolling or just too young to get
married? -happily married, no unresolved issues
\_ Ditto. -another happily married, no unresolved issues
\_ Male needs to remove head from ass.
\_ Idiot. It's a deeper issue than that.
\_ no it's not.
\_ "Yes it is, no it isn't, yes it is, no, it
isn't, nyah! nyah! nyah!" As others have
already pointed out, it's deeper than that.
You can't prove otherwise.
\_ Break up.
\_ Seconded. If she isn't willing to take his name, she'll be
a bitch of a wife. Dump her now.
Besides, what do you do if you have kids? She'll feel pretty
stupid when peole dont think she's the mother because they
have different last names. You WILL insist the children have
your name, I hope.
Note: yes, I am married. Wife went through this, as part of
'familial separation anxiety'. She got over it.
\_ Really, if you can't work this out then you shouldn't get
married. And you shouldn't need to ask on the motd.
\_ Use dashed name, maiden name as middle name, official nee postfix,
or some other mix.
\_ Wrong. They have deeper problems than her name.
\_ Declare last name to be empty string and enjoy watching databases
die from dumb bugs on a regular basis
\- flip for it and cheat.
\_ kick guy in balls. hard. repeatedly. then break up.
\_ and go find the lesbo friend that obviously suits you.
\_ Wrong. This is a couple's issue, not the fault of either. It's
the fault/problem of both. Please tell me you have no serious
relationship plans for at least the next 10 years until you
grow up and learn some tiny bit about life.
\_ You're wrong. It's obviously the guy's fault since he was
lame enough to ask the motd.
\_ The wording made me think it was a girl asking the
original question. Unlikely on soda, but...
\_ No. That's the part where we have to ask, "Is this a troll
or is he just an idiot?" One stupidity does not make him
wrong on other issues. This is a problem for many couples
today and the motd has nothing to do with it either way.
If this isn't a troll then they have real problems and
probably other questions that they need to work out before
they get married. Saying he's automatically wrong because
he was lame enough to ask on the motd is stupid. Nothing
is obvious.
\_ Can you make and use a new lastname? If Ricky Martin marries
Mariah Carey, then Marrey or Cartin.
\_ Legally changing your last name is possible but a huge pain
in the ass. You have to go to court, change all sorts of
documents, get a million government and credit folks and
others to acknowledge it, blah, blah, blah. You're better
off just killing yourself. It's less painful.
\_ Uh.. what do you think many women do every time they
get married? That's a legal name change, bub.
\_ BZZZT! They still have to file papers, etc. They
don't just start using the new last name and have it
magically be their new legal name. Where do you
kids get this stuff from? And why do you go off
about things you know nothing about when others who
do know have already told you otherwise? Do you
try this in lecture, too? Tried telling your
physics prof that gravity doesn't really work?
--been there, filed papers post-marriage
\_ actually legally changing your name in CA is quite
simple. (Harder in the rest of the country though)
\_ BZZZT! See answer further down.
\_ The government does not have the right to tell you
what you call yourself. You can use whatever name
you want without restriction unless it is for
fraudulent purposes.
\_ BZZZZT! There's the name you use and put on random
documents and there's "legally changing your name".
Your passport must have your "legal" name on it.
This is the full name on your birth certificate
unless you've *legally* changed it. YOU ARE WRONG!
GO TO THE END OF THE LINE! Your passport can have
"aka" names listed on it but the primary name which
is required is your legal name, not what you call
yourself and sign other documents with. Yes, in
fact, the government can prevent you from changing
your legal name and makes it reasonably difficult to
do so. Good thing you're in EE/CS and not law
school.
\_ however for California residents things are
easier. (Not for a passport no, that is a
federal document.) You can get a driver's
license, for instance, with any name you want.
Consider how powerful a form of ID that is.
\_ Yup. But it won't get you back into the
country after aliens kidnap you and leave
you in Singapore.
\_ I didn't ask for the Anal Probe.
\_ From the Singapore Gov. or the
aliens? |
| 2000/1/10-11 [Consumer/Audio] UID:17201 Activity:high |
1/9 I have a few mp3s that have advertising attached to the end
(or to the beginning). Is there anything that can snip off parts of
an mp3, don't need anything too complicated, just the front or end.
\_ a registered copy of the QuickTime player allows
cut 'n paste editing of any media type supported
by QuickTime (.mp3 is supported with 4.0). -jwang
\_ mp3 to wav. Wav to mp3.
\_ Definately the easiest way to go if you have wav software that
came with your sound card.
\_ I have a friend who's managed to do it with mpg123 and dd, but
it's a bit complicated.
\_ REALLY crude, but has worked for me:
1) Chop off first 1K or so of the file (presumably at least
enough to get all header info) into a separate file
2) Figure out the K/sec [should be visible from your player], and
just manually chop off respective chunks of the file from top
and bottom.
3) Reattach header.
Strangely [?] enough, this seems to work without visible side
effects.
\_ Buy the music you cheapskate.
\_ Your assumption is that this is non-free music. If it has
advertising, my assumption is it is free.
\_ If there's advertising and you chop it off, it's likely a
violation of the free agreement.
\_ True enough.
\_ So buy the music you cheapskate! This person is no
better than a software pirate doing "wAReZ!!11".
\_ There are music you can't buy in stores cuz
they were never manufactured onto CD/LP/tape.
This particular one may or may not be one of
these. Have you ever thought that the artist
earns money through the advertisements?
\_ And by removing the ads you're nothing but a
gn00 waREz!!1 ]<1d.
\_ #1 defender of capitalism in amerika, because I love raping the 3rd
world, oh look at me I'm such the capitalist, exploitation? Mercantilism? No
it's just progress.
\_ Huh? What does you stealing music have to do with the 3rd
world? Does your theft improve conditions in other
nations? --still trying to figure this one out |
| 2000/1/10-11 [Recreation/Dating, Politics/Domestic, Uncategorized/Profanity] UID:17202 Activity:moderate |
1/9 I want to buy the following item on the net but I have no idea
what the hell the damn thing is called: it's a long, tube like
object (often decorated to look like a cat or some such animal)
that you put at the bottom of the door to stop a draft. Any hints
on a site or even a name for the damn thing? -trying to buy cute shit
\_ ED! ED! ED is the STANDARD! Draft eliminator thingie.
\_ I call it a "towel".
\_ I think you want cute weather stripping
\_ They call it a draft eliminator. For a Garfield one, see:
http://catalog.garfield.com:80/default.asp
\_ I thought going to Europe and not inhaling was the draft
eliminator.
\_ That's the draft avoider.
\_ Thank you, public motd. Once again, you have proved to be
an invaluable source of wisdom mixed with subtle humor. -bought cute shit |
| 2000/1/10-11 [Consumer/Camera] UID:17203 Activity:very high |
1/10 Recommendations for a good place to get a camera within the 2-digit
price range? (don't bother with "cheapskate" comments)
\_ How about a spelling comment?
\_ Target. I bought a Fuji APS camera there for about $80
(two digits) and it works great. It even has zoom.
\_ The minolta Stylus is good, near 100, weatherproof. APS can
result in smaller camera size, but film costs are higher and
the quality is slightly inferior. -jor
\_ But chicks dig 'em! I've never had more "oooh, that's so
*CUTE*!" comments on a camera than when I borrowed an (APS)
Canon ELPH for a few days. I'm sure the ELPH costs more
than double-digit, though.
\- er, in the two digit range, what is the most $ you can save,
about $10? the real question is what model to get not where to
get it. just pick some net.store once you pick the model --psb
\_ They say the same about your penis when they see it the
first time?
\_ http://www.bhphotovideo.com or http://www.cameraworld.com If you don't like
mail-ordering, Costco has good prices too if you have membershipp
and don't mind chhoosing from only a few models. |
| 2000/1/10-13 [Computer/SW/Mail] UID:17204 Activity:nil 53%like:18222 |
1/10 mutt upgraded to 1.1.1; bugs to brg.
Also see /usr/local/doc/mutt/ChangeLog. |
| 2000/1/10-11 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:17205 Activity:nil |
1/9 Does anyone know whether Win95 and 98 have problems with each other's
master browse lists? I connected one of each via a crossover cable
so my grandfather could share his printer, and while the Win98 box
thinks the 95 machine is master browser and sees it just fine, Win95
sees neither itself nor the 98 box. Both have all the requisite
M$ NBT bits installed, and both have the print & file sharing
settings at browse master->automatic, LM broadcast->yes. I tried
several variations on this and couldn't even get the 95 PC to show
up in its own network neighborhood. Any hints? -John
\_ ObBIKE!/LINUX!
\_ Install win95 service packs. There's a huge pile of networking
bug fixes in there. A 95 machine w/out patches is lucky if it can
ping localhost much less connect to anything else.
\_ Thank you. -John |
| 2000/1/10-11 [Uncategorized] UID:17206 Activity:nil |
1/10 So AOL takesover Time-Warner even though Time-Warner makes 4 times
as much money per year as AOL does, has a better business model,
and is more than a one-trick pony. I'm convinced that today's
investors are on crack to even value AOL that much more than
Time-Warner to begin with. --dim
\_ AOL is more than a one-trick pony. It's a one-trick pony dragging
along the carcass of Netscape.
\_ But that's a bigass carcas, so they had to get Sun to
help, too. |
| 2000/1/10 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:17207 Activity:very high |
1/10 My gf (Poli-Sci major) is interested at sys admin or NT admin.
What should be her first step? Taking a MCSE class, or a sys adm
class? Which job is in higher demand, sys adm (UNIX) or NT adm?
\_ she should get a new boyfriend who is tall enough to teach
her to sysadmin. you're obviously not worthy.
\_ She should go back wherever the fuck she came from. I don't need
another humanities major who can't get a real job that pays money
using the degree he/she graduated with trying to make BIG BUCK$,
D00D!!!1! as a sysadmin. When I pick up the phone, it'd be nice
to talk to someone with clue, rather than some IS drone who went
to "sysadmin class" and thinks that all problems stem from bad
installs of Netscape or Eudora, and that all problems can be
solved by installing the latest MS patch. |
| 2000/1/10 [Computer/SW/OS/Solaris] UID:17208 Activity:high |
1/10 SunOS 5.X has a banner that displays when you log in. Where is it?
so that i may change/delete it. (It is not in issue or http://issue.net
as it is on a linux box).
\-/etc/issue probably is what you mean. it depends what you
mean by "when you log in". you can also use tcp-banners.--psb
\_ No, I SAID it is NOT in issue (if i put stuff in
/etc/issue that stuff pops up TOO (under the solaris
banner)). |
| 2000/1/10 [Uncategorized] UID:17209 Activity:nil |
1/10 I thought there was a blurb somewhere explaining why we are you
using SSH Ver.1 instead of Ver.2. Please point me to said blurb
or explain again (as i am too slow to remember). |
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