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| 2002/3/22-23 [Recreation/Food] UID:24184 Activity:high |
3/21 Hi, I'm looking for good vegetarian restaurants in the south bay.
I prefer restaurants that don't offer fake meat items. Those are
pretty nasty. Thanks.
\_ http://www.dasaprakash.com --elizp
\_ Zagats? Use the web. It's faster than waiting.
\_ If you like Indian food, try Udupi on El Camnio, they are
100% veg. Udupi also has a Fremont branch. Fresh Choice
also has mostly veg. items.
\- post to or google for ba.food --psb
\_ good vegetarian? No such thing. If it didn't once walk, swim or
fly it doesn't count as food. At best it's plate filler.
\_ on a side note, burger king is supposed to have veggie burgers now.
\_ The veggie burgers grilled on the same grill as the meat
burgers which defeats the whole point.
\_ I hear McDonald's fries are veggie now.
\_ do most vegetarians care strongly whether a particular food
is cooked in pork lard or not? And is there a subcategory
of vegetarians who don't mind taking beef broth. |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Computer/SW] UID:24185 Activity:nil |
3/21 Best place for tools: Lee Valley Tools - http://www.leevalley.com -- larson |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Computer/HW/IO] UID:24186 Activity:low |
3/21 In plain DOS, is there a way to programmatically stuff a key sequence
into the keyboard buffer as if the user presses those keys, so that the
next program that reads keyboard input will receive those keys? Any
references will be helpful. Thanks.
\_ Try http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/47187.html -- misha.
\_ Learn VB! There's a sendkey() function. |
| 2002/3/22 [Computer/SW/OS/Solaris] UID:24187 Activity:nil |
3/21 Updates to ~scotsman/bin/patch_{dl,in}. If you have to deal with
Solaris patches, these may help make life less obnoxious. |
| 2002/3/22 [Recreation/Sports] UID:24188 Activity:nil |
3/21 Jamal Sampson going to the NBA.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/sports/colleges/cal/2907857.htm
\_ Is anyone going to draft him?
\_ yes, because he's young and athletic and has yet to prove
that he completely sucks, he'll probably be a first-round pick |
| 2002/3/22-24 [Health/Disease/AIDS] UID:24189 Activity:insanely high |
3/21 Peter Duesberg's HIV/AIDS research web site, he's a
MCB Professor here at Berkeley who isolated the
first cancer gene.
http://www.duesberg.com/index.html
\_ it's interesting that drug needle sharing is cited by orthodox
groups as being a major cause of hiv infection. this indicates to
me that a lot of aids patients had a history of drug abuse, if
past needle sharing shows up significantly as a cause. how many
regular folks shoot up on heroin or hang out with those who do?
i'll give this guy the benefit of the doubt enough to support
funding the guy's research.
\_ Took a class from him years ago before his ideas and reputation got
stomped on by the politcally correct science crowd. He was good.
\_ are you for real? what class did you take? where did you
see him speak? Duesberg also thinks cancer is a myth. ok i
admit i am over simplifying. his partner in kookdom David
Rasnick announced in January he was going to inject himself
with the AIDS virus to prove it doesn't hurt, did he follow up
on that? - danh
\_ Hmm, these people seem to disagree with you. Check
the list then ask yourself who is more credible.
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/group.htm
Oh, and BTW, the Nobel Laureate
Kary Mullis who invented
PCR also seems to disagree with you.. but alas,
I'm SURE you know better!
\_ Just because a huge list of PhD's, Nobel Laureates and
others not easily written off as crackpots think there
might be something worth looking into doesn't mean jack.
tom already told us the way it is. Why question it?
\_ gee, anonymous insults. How useful. -tom
\_ Yes. It was around 1992. Something like MCB 6 or something
like that. A lecture series course which he co-taught with
someone else who left no impression on me at all. I don't
know if the other guy injected himself or what happened to
any of the others in France, etc who injected themselves with
various things.
\_ you mean his idea that AIDS isn't caused by the HIV virus?
The guy's a crackpot, and it has nothing to do with
political correctness. (He's a good example of how you
can always find a professor to support any crackpot theory) -tom
\_ Hmm, I was there and heard what he had to say all semester and
you read the Reader's Digest, maybe? Yes, your sources are
much better than mine. Excuse my error. You're entirely
right.
\_ A man came up to me and said
I'd like to poison your mind
With wrong ideas that appeal to you
Though I am not unkind. -tom
\_ Nice poetry. Reader's Digest Poetry Edition?
\_ Nice TMBG ref.
\_ The home page says he's only referring to American/European
AIDS regarding that issue, not African AIDS. I haven't read
the rest yet so I don't know yet what the difference is.
\_ "The African AIDS epidemic fails all criteria of a
microbial or viral epidemic"
Oh and by the way, the Holocaust was invented by the
Jewish media. -tom
\_ Sorry, Tom, but tossing around the Holocaust and the
Jewish media and other hot button phrases doesn't make
a valid argument or support your points in any way.
\_ And your argument is...what? -tom
\_ That some people know more about what he has to
say than you do and find his work interesting
and his theories worth examining without instant
dismissal from the PC crowd which is exactly what
happened. 20 years later and no one can tell you
how HIV turns into AIDS. They only refer to it
as 'happening' as a matter of fact. He might be
100% wrong on everything he says but that can't
be said currently without more intellectual
honesty regarding his theories.
\_ Do you really see molecular biologists as a PC
crowd? Maybe his theories were dismissed
because they have no basis in reality. -tom
\_ They're people. People have agendas.
A science degree doesn't make someone
magically immune to bias and certainly
doesn't make them suddenly not afraid of
losing grant money by backing a theory
that offends a certain segment of
society. Maybe his theories have no
basis in reality. It hasn't been proven
either way. He was simply smeared away.
Wouldn't it be dreadful if he's right or
even partially right and we've lost 15+
years fighting the wrong disease?
\_ ...or poisoning people by trying to
cure it?
\_ exactly. What if the current
approach is akin to leaches?
\_ The current approach demonstrably
saves people's lives. If you don't
believe that, there's no hope for
you. -tom
\_ If you believe that without
considering all scientific
alternative explanations then
there's no hope for you.
\_ Did you even read the articles
on the site? His papers indicate
the opposite.
\_ tom doesn't need to read. he
already knows everything. dont
let mere facts get in his way!
\_ Tom has confused the
practice of some scholars
to weigh in on subjectd
to weigh in on subjects
the dont have expertise in
[something tom himself has
expertise in] with a
scholar weighing in on
something in his area.
\_ gee, more anonymous
insults. You guys
are incredibly manly
and intelligent. -tom
\_ Either that or
you are too
insecure to admit
when you are
wrong.
\_ tell us about the
stars, ilyas. -tom
\_ You sure that
was me, tom? As
sure as you are
about AIDS?
-- ilyas
\_ now *that's*
a flame-war! |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Uncategorized] UID:24190 Activity:low |
3/21 Why are children's voices so irritating? Why do parents bring them
out in public before age 18?
\_ why are adults such jerks?
\_ Maybe being surrounded by other people's screaming brats that
the rude so-called parents refuse to control or even acknowledge
need any sort of control stresses them out?
\_ uhm, again, why are adults such jerks? It's the parents'
fault for not raising their children better.
\_ Because they're blind to their own spawn's wickedness.
\_ My kid/teenage cousins are irritating, but I've seen well-
behaved kids and teenages in public. I think it's just a matter of
discipline from parents. |
| 2002/3/22-24 [Industry/Jobs] UID:24191 Activity:moderate |
3/21 I'm looking for a job. See http://flophouse.com/~dpassage/resume --dpassage \_ did you ever get a private pilot's certificate? \_ Nope. Once I didn't work a mile from the airport anymore, it got a lot less convenient. --dpassage \_ that was a test. You're a quitter, and we don't want to hire you. \_ I turned down a job at securant. How was it there? \_ There were some really great people at Securant, and some turkeys. It really helped my career but if I'd asked better questions during the interview process, I might have turned them down too. --dpassage \_ What do you want to do? Based on your resume, I would say sysadmin/networking admin is a direct fit. \_ They took almost 3 weeks to go from "We want to hire you" to "here's your offer letter". A good friend worked in HR there and told me the delay was due to the uh less than professional level of conduct (being nice) of two people who sat on the paperwork for so long HR had to start redoing paperwork because one of the geniuses lost theirs. They eventually did make a decent offer but I wasn't going to wait around for them to get it together. I signed with someone else for more money 2 days before they got me a written offer. And now they're gone. \_ font of the last line is different... looks "unprofessional" |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Uncategorized] UID:24192 Activity:very high |
3/22 i really really like uni-ball vision pends, but i seem to use them up
fast, and no meter how mny i buy at a time, i seem to end up running
out when i really need one. has anyone figured out how to refil them?
or, can someone recomend a refilable pen that gives equally good
results?
\_ I recently got a refillable roller ball pen from Lamy. It was
about $20, and writes a lot like the vision ones. I like it.
I got it at Amsterdam Art, but you ought to be able to find
them in other places too.
\_ thanks! that looks like a great company for pen nerds like
me! i had never heard of them. it kind of looks like the
pens are refilled by buying another throwaway proprietary
part, not by just putting some ink from a bottle in.
so here's another pen nerd question: is there anywhere in
the US that sells those pens they hvae in china that are
fountain pens with a pumpable plastic part that sucks ink
up into the pen so you can easily refill it? thanks.
\_ i have a mont blanc that is filled exactly how you
describe, and they aren't too hard to find |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Reference/Tax] UID:24193 Activity:very high |
3/22 I got this advice from a friend - is he on crack? I always thought
roth iras were Always A Good Thing To Do (tm):
Subject: Roth IRA v Trad IRA
You can contribute up to 3k in either of these for retirement
savings
A Roth does not provide any tax advantages (initially). The funds
are deducted "after tax" the benefit is down the road the returns
the funds generate are tax free.
A traditional IRA provides a significant initial tax advantage.
The funds are deducted "pre tax" and thus reduce your current tax
payments, and in most cases give you a very nice tax rebate.
The reason why the ROTH was created was for 40-60 yr olds who
already make plenty of money and aren't running into liquidity
constraints and because congress wanted more money being taxed
NOW.
The way I see it is simple- If you have very low purchasing power
and debt and are young go with a traditional regardless of what
any tax advuisor or anyone says.
If you make bank with no debt go with ROTH
Also of note is that a traditional has some benefits if you
choose to go back to school at some later point in time (
actually these benefits are huge if done properly )
\_ Note that down the road the funds have grown. Significantly.
The long-term tax advantages are HUGE. So you pay a piddlingly
small amount of tax now for a massive tax-savings in the future.
A traditional IRA provides a significant initial tax advantage.
The funds are deducted "pre tax" and thus reduce your current tax
payments, and in most cases give you a very nice tax rebate.
The reason why the ROTH was created was for 40-60 yr olds who
already make plenty of money and aren't running into liquidity
constraints and because congress wanted more money being taxed
NOW.
The way I see it is simple- If you have very low purchasing power
and debt and are young go with a traditional regardless of what
any tax advuisor or anyone says.
If you make bank with no debt go with ROTH
Also of note is that a traditional has some benefits if you
choose to go back to school at some later point in time (
actually these benefits are huge if done properly )
\_ I would think "if you can, do both." Saving, good. Having to
eat gravel so you can pay hospital bills, bad.
\_ You can do both but the annual max conbribution applies
to the combination of ALL IRA types. So if you have both
Roth and tranditional IRA account, the max is still $3000
for tax year 2002. For op, your friend's advice makes sense
if your tax bracket is very high now and you know when
you retire, it is going to be really low.
\_ just so you know, that was kinney's advice. (hence the
formatting) - see he sorta makes sense on occasion.
\_ My understanding is that the gains on Roth IRA is all yours
while those on the Traditional IRA will be taxed. Is that true?
Of course for traditional, you start up with a higher base,
since you will have the additional money you would have paid
out as taxes if you go the Roth route. This "additional" money
would unfortunately be outside of any IRAs. Of course you can
put them in your 401k unless you maxed that one out also.
In short, if you maxed out everything, Roth essentially let
you tax shelter a little more money since $3000 in Roth is
worth more than $3000 in Traditional.
\_ Isn't there a limit on how much you can be making and still put
$3000 in a ROTH?
\_ WSJ's Smartmoney magazine advice on where to put your money for
most people:
1. Max out 401k portion with company match.
2. Max out Roth IRA.
3. Max out unmatched portion of 401k
4. Other stuff. |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Uncategorized] UID:24194 Activity:moderate |
3/22 Bid on DVDs and help make aaron less poor. <DEAD>cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=sp00nb0y<DEAD> \_ so you're keeping your asian porn collection? |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan, Health/Disease/AIDS, Recreation/Celebrity/MichaelJackson] UID:24195 Activity:insanely high |
3/22 People born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s had:
madonna, michael jackson, star wars, top gun, aids, etc.
\_ I didn't have AIDS
\_ Very few people
have it. Fewer
contract it.
(read urls below)
\_ Winner:
Unclear on
the Concept
Award.
\_ Those things existed, but so what? They were painful then
and painful now and all of them are still here so what's
the difference? (Tom Cruise is still here even if his
earlier movies are forgotten)
\_ Technically star wars is from the 70's. Or did you mean
Empire and ROTJ.
How about the people born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s? What
is your equivalent? I'm wondering if there's a generation gap with
you young folks.
\_ fuck your pop culture. i was born in '76 and grew up in the 80's
and know nothing for your pansy ass micheal jackson crap.
DRI, Metallica, Iron maiden, motorhead, minor threat, black flag,
repo man, thrasher magazine, skateboarding, setting stuff on
fire, hating ronald reagan, being an anarchist, programming
the apple ][e in assembler...
\_ So Reagan was in office from 81 to 88 which makes you all of
about 12 when he *left* office. And you were all of about 14
when the 80s ended. So you were a Reagan hating anarchist
listening to Iron Maiden all through the 80s from age 4 to 14?
Sure, kid, sure. We all know the 90s sucked but trying to worm
your way into the 80s with bad math won't help you any.
\_ They get nothing. They are weak and easily pushed to the wall.
\_ Ewe! You are so 80s!
\_ How dare you call them a sheep.
\_ you mean there are people born in the 80s? How weird is that?
\_ VH1, Win95, High Speed Internet, AIM, PlayStation
\_ You really want to lay claim to vh1, win95 and AIM?
\_ I'm just saying these are things that kids growing
up in the 90's had. I'm not saying that they are
good. Some other things that 90s kids had:
Linux, Street Fighter 2, MTV's Real World/Spring Break,
Gulf War, bad scifi (TNG, DS9, VOY, B5, etc.)
\_ They had fewer parents, more pregnancies and higher
rates of drug use and suicide, too. |
| 2002/3/22-23 [Recreation/Media] UID:24196 Activity:high |
3/22 Boycott Spielberg! Boycott Lucas!!! SAY NO TO ET AND STAR WARS!!!
\_ I'm not going to see either of them. --aaron
\- what brought this on? ET re-release? or have they given
britney a role in the SW movie or something?
\_ and I presume you're going to see asian porn instead?
\_ edonkey is your friend. Lucas doesn't need any of my money.
\_ Why? Don't you have enough space on your hd for the divx?
\_ At least Star Wars is a new production and not a touch up of the
old film with walkie talkies digitally painted in over the FBI's
pistols. |
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