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2002/5/5-6 [Politics] UID:24710 Activity:nil |
5/4 Sonicblue is dead: http://www.detnews.com/2002/technology/0205/04/technology-481430.htm |
2002/5/5-6 [Recreation/Humor] UID:24711 Activity:high |
5/4 Online petition to rename LOTR pt2 the Two Towers to "something less offensive": http://www.petitiononline.com/twotower \_ this is one of the stupidist things i've seen in a long time. \_ "I think a good alternate title would be 'Saruman's Axis of Evil'" \_ Geez, you people are such wimps these days. Yes, Tolkien and the director are obviously referring to WTC. Get a life. \_ yeah I think we should also have a petition against the San Antonio Spurs, so that their star players are simply called "Duncan and Robinson" instead of the "Twin Towers" \_ wow, tolkien fan telling someone to get a life. now that's rich. \_ Uh, I don't think it's a serious petition. Have you seen the signatures? \_ I'm not going to bother reading the link but its gotta be a joke. \_ If you think "its gotta be a joke", you have a lot to learn about how stupid people can be. Obviously most of the signers are not serious, but the original poster? I wouldn't bet my first born one way or the other. What i i want to know is what all the "false entry voided"s said. \_ "they have no sensitivity, i wont even let my two twin kids stand next to each other out of respect for 9/11" |
2002/5/5-6 [Politics/Domestic/California, Science/GlobalWarming] UID:24712 Activity:high |
5/4 Every nuclear weapon in the US arsenal was designed and tested by the UC. Under the Bush Administration, how much more destruction will the UC manage? Wednesday, May 8 5-7 pm Upper Sproul Plaza Speakers: Andrew Page - N. California political director, California Peace Action Inez Sunwoo - student organizer, California Peace Action Tara Dorabji - community organizer, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) and other speakers with special guests Drew Dellinger La Paz Veronica Black Sponsored by Student Peace Action Network, Stop the War Coalition, East Bay Peace Action *free event; wheelchair accessible for more info contact valeriekao@hotmail.com \_ Oh no! What do we do? Go back to the stoneage and gather food right? Dumbasses. Get your head out of your ass, you can't stop progress. Oh and by the by.. just FYI there has NEVER been an "arms"reduction treaty that reduces the number of WARHEADS, just the launchers. So I hope you sleep better knowing those numbers Bush is floating around of 1k-2k warheads just means operational launchers and warheads. \_ Stupid peacenik. If not for the "bomb" we'd all be speaking russian right now (at least those of us who weren't stuck in a siberian gulag). \_ "peacenik"... "we'd all be speaking russian right now"... The irony. -geordan \_ I can answer your question right now without all the idiotic propaganda. Under the Bush administration, there will be just as much nuclear destruction managed by UC as under all previous administrations combined. That is to say: none. Perhaps you were too busy with your most recently acquired bowl to notice but there hasn't been any nuclear missiles launched on this planet. Ever. The sum total destruction of all nuclear missiles on this planet is zero. So, when can we hook up, share a bowl, go 420 and feel the good vibes we'll get from this teach-in? I love a good teach-in. You know why? Easy chicks. Just go slack jawed and repeat all the crap they spew (just like ass kissing your profs) and you're in. I wonder if Valerie Kao is a hottie, or maybe Tara or Veronica could use a good fucking. \_ why don't you ask her? her email is right there. You up for it stud? \_ so, without attacking the assumption that we NEED to have nuclear weapons development and testing managed by someone, wouldn't it be better to have it be a more publicly accountable public institution like the UC than some shady defense contractor? Whats so wrong with UC managing the development labs? \_ also, theres's alot of great basic research at lbl and llnl that gets done under the guise of weapons research. i think your average congressman is dumb enough to believe that the ALS is somehow going to be used as a weapon one day. in reality, this basic research will lead to technology that will allow the American economy to be strong and to maintain our standard of living. if calling it weapons research is the only way to get the morons in congress to pay for future American prosperity, so be it. -physicist, and former lbl employee |
2002/5/5-6 [Computer/Networking] UID:24713 Activity:kinda low |
5/4 Any recommendations for DSL service providers? (southside Berkeley) \_ AT&T has done well by me for Cable modem service for the last year and a half... even that ridiculous switch of providers thing that they went through went off without a hitch. \_ ATT has non-deterministic quality. Ask the VP. \_ Directv is not bad. The cost and bandwidth are the same as PacBell except that you get a static IP. I had to power-cycle the gateway once a week the last few month. Other than that, it mostly works fine. \_ "other than having to power the gateway once a week" it works fine. Or maybe we could say, "other than all the lengthy unpredictable, unexplainable, and repeated downtime, high latency, low bandwidth, and dropped connections it works fine". \_ Very few companies give you static ip at the $50/month price you can get from <DEAD>directtvdsl.com<DEAD>. They usually have lower rates for the first few months as well. |
2002/5/5 [Transportation/Car] UID:24714 Activity:high |
5/5 I was in Berkeley last Thursday and tried to park on southside and about 75% of the parking meters were broken. WTF? is this a recent thing? is it something everybody knows about and ignores? -alum who hadn't been to southside in a while \_ I've been told that people break them on purpose on occasion to get free parking. It is nice for me, because if I drive to karate I have to be there for a bit more than two hours, but mostly before the meters are enforced, which means you pay for time you don't have to, and have to come out to put more money in or hope the metermaids miss the few uncovered minutes. </rant> \_ Free parking? If you park at a broken meter you get ticketed. I've been there and done that. --dim |
2002/5/5 [Reference/Law/Court, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:24715 Activity:nil |
5/4 Attorney General Edwin Meese III explained why the Supreme Court's Miranda decision (holding that subjects have a right to remain silent and have a lawyer present during questioning) is unnecessary: "You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect." -- U.S. News and World Report, 10/14/85 |
2002/5/5 [Uncategorized] UID:24716 Activity:nil |
Between 1950 and 1952, a bored weatherman, stationed north of Hudson Bay, left a monument that neither government nor time can eradicate. Using a bulldozer abandoned by the Air Force, he spent two years and great effort pushing boulders into a single word. It can be seen from 10,000 feet, silhouetted against the snow. Government officials exchanged memos full of circumlocutions (no Latin equivalent exists) but failed to word an appropriation bill for the destruction of this cairn, that wouldn't alert the press and embarrass both Parliament and Party. It stands today, a monument to human spirit. If life exists on other planets, this may be the first message received from us. -- The Realist, November, 1964. \_ Does anyone know of a backup source for this? Where did it originate? |
2002/5/5 [Uncategorized] UID:24717 Activity:nil 66%like:24721 |
5/05 Bugzilla or Bugrat? |