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2003/1/15 [Uncategorized] UID:27097 Activity:nil |
1/14 \_ If you hear a Spanish accent and think it's a Mexican accent, you're not just an asshole. You're a fucking idiot. \_ There's a distinction between Spanish accent and Mexican accent? I have a Chinese friend who was born and grew up in Spain, whose first language is Spanish and second language English, The accent in his English sounds just like those Mexicans here. |
2003/1/15-16 [Uncategorized] UID:27098 Activity:moderate |
1/14 Anyone have recommendations or complaints about particular brands/ models of data projectors. I'm looking to buy one at work for under $5k. Please email me with suggestions. Thanks! -sax \_ infocus? \_ new post-signer? |
2003/1/15 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:27099 Activity:very high |
1/14 hey, our friend /var is again close to full. \_ Is this why spamassassin kicked out this morning? \_ shit, you guys are not kidding when you said that Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0s1f 1041M 954M 3.2M 100% /var \_ People,clean up yer shit in /var/tmp that would help \_ and /csua/tmp too, who's even still playing return to wolf. anyway \_ this should help with the problem: cd /var/mail ls -l|awk '{print $5,$9}'|sort -n|tail -20|cut -d\ -f2|xargs rm (btw, how could cut replace that awk?) \_ /var/mail is a different disk. If you're trying to delete your files, run this. find /var/tmp -user yerlogin -print -exec rm {} \; find /csua/tmp -user yerlogin -print -exec rm {} \; |
2003/1/15 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:27100 Activity:high |
1/15 any basis to this: http://www.musiccdsettlement.com/english/default.htm You can get money back if you bought a CD in teh last 5 years? \- well look at the cluase that triggers if too many people file. i.e. another case of class action suits only benefitting the lawyers --psb |
2003/1/15-16 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:27101 Activity:kinda low |
1/15 A few months back there was a really useful thread about brands of CD recordable media. I have had problems recording music CD's with Apple iTunes on a Powerbook (any tips?) - they can be seen in my home CD player and my computer, but not in a Thinkpad, several other PC's, or my car CD player. The recommendation a few months ago was Mitsui Gold-on-Gold, but I can't find them cheaper than about $1/disc. I am looking for a solid middle ground for a CD-R brand since most discs end up selling for about $0.10 each (on sale) in spindles of 50 or so. Suggestions? \_ I'm using fry's gq (great quality) brand cd-rs and they work fine in my mac, athlon, cd player (sony) and my dvd player. Since gq spindles are so damn cheap you might want to give them a shot. \_ Check out this forum every now and then: http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=40 Whenever there's a blank cd deal, someone always chimes in on which manufacturing plant made the CD. So stock up when a good one is on sale. |
2003/1/15 [Politics/Foreign/Europe, Recreation/Media] UID:27102 Activity:high |
1/15 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2661409.stm \_ Harry potter drivel. |
2003/1/15 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:27103 Activity:high |
1/14 Clinton and Chinese Missiles "... Hughes Space and Communications Company of violating U.S. national security 123 times by knowingly sending detailed missile and space technology directly to the Chinese army." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/822768/posts \_ Was Cliton CEO of Hughes? I never knew that. \_ His administration approved it all. \_ Yeah yeah. Reagan and Bush admins approved the sale of chemical weapons to Iraq. LBJ and Nixon bombed Cambodia and Kennedy played brinksmanship with nukes. So what? \_ Hughes CEO should get arrested, lock him up in solitary confinement, shackle him from the waist down for 9 month for this. Wen-Ho Lee got that treatment without even do that. |
2003/1/15 [Uncategorized] UID:27104 Activity:very high |
1/15 I give you... Johanna! http://csua.org/u/7ff \_ Wow. Nice. -John \_ Yeah, he's really good looking. \_ Where does it say it's a "he"? \_ It's sort of obvious, actually \_ She's very hot, but is there anything else special about her that we missed? \_ What does "Innerbenslängd" mean? \_ "Mammaries the size of fjords..." \_ http://babelfish.altavista.com |
2003/1/15-16 [Computer/Networking] UID:27105 Activity:kinda low |
1/15 What is in-addr.arpa do? Zoen alarm says I have traffic coming from 12.141.96.211, and nslookup says the Name is: 211.96.141.12.in-addr.arpa. Does the traffic really come from the 12.* address or the 211.* address? \_ 12.*. in-addr-arpa is reverse lookup, and it's configured from right to left. 'in' stands for 'inverse', I think. -John \_ Err, are you sure it doesn't stand for internet? as in in_addr, etc? The fact that nslookup says the above just means there's no PTR records for that IP pointing to any names for it, in other words, no interesting reverse-lookup info. And yes, as John said, IP number a.b.c.d is represented as d.c.b.a.in-addr.arpa in DNS records. Your traffic is from the 12.* IP only. |
2003/1/15 [Recreation/Dating, Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea] UID:27106 Activity:nil |
1/14 On North Korea: Please bear in mind that the rhetoric advanced by the Peerless Leader is hardly worse than what the state machine regularly churns out. He wanted a reaction, he wanted negotiations and a place at the table, and he got it. You can step away from Operation Liberate North Korea now, boys, 'cos it ain't gonna happen. --erikred \_ We are not interested in liberating NK. We just want to keep SK free since it has all the h07 4zn ch1x! Think about the ch1x! |
2003/1/15-16 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Troll, Computer/SW] UID:27107 Activity:high |
1/15 If someone writes me a check with both my name and my wife's name on it, can I deposit to an account that bears my name only? Thanks. \_ It depends. My landlord would write our monthly interest check with both me and my roommate's name on it, but wrote OR on the check, so it was ok. \_ I'm surprised BDG hasn't weighed in on this yet. -mice \_ We haven't heard from BDG in a while. I hope he's ok. \_ If you can get both signatures on the back, you can deposit it. \_ Anyone can deposit it, if they just sign it. \_ The bank isn't supposed to let you without both sigs on it but if you take the right 'tude and get the right teller they'll do it for you anyway. But by the rules: no. \_ I see. So the rule is that as long as both persons sign on the back of the check, it can be deposit it to an account under either name. Thanks for the info. \_ Correct. If it says "John or Mary" like the person above then it's ok. It it says "John and Mary" or anything else that implies both, then it's not ok. Good luck. |
2003/1/15-16 [Reference/Tax, Politics/Domestic/California/Prop] UID:27108 Activity:insanely high |
1/15 Anybody lived and worked in Nevada (or another state that has no income tax?) I'm wondering if it's just a gimmick and they get your money in some other way. E.g., higher property tax or payroll tax, etc. Does one really come out ahead compared to CA? I'm thinking of moving to another state to escape the perpetual fiscal nightmare CA experiences. Thanks. \_ I worked in Alaska. There are no taxes of any kind except \_ In terms of overall tax burden, CA is about average. If you want to be taxed move to Massachusetts. --dim \_ California is unique because of Prop 13. Long time property owners see their tax burdens drop over time in real dollars. So it is a relatively expensive state to be young or new in, but much less not some kind of ascam. there just aren't many people and expensive (tax-wise) to grow old in. \_ URL? \_ http://www.taxfoundation.org/statelocal01.html \_ This isn't believable. Oregon has no sales tax yet this claims the state/local tax burden is over 9%. \_ Yes, genius. There are other state/local taxes, like taxes on gasoline and property tax. --dim \_ Ok then this *isnt* the total tax burden and does *not* answer the OP question about other gotchas and hidden fees/taxes/whatevers which California is just chock full of. This isn't a middle of the road tax state. It's a high tax state and your little chart hides the fact. --Genius \_ Yes, it is the total tax burden. Oregon also has an income tax. Please go away. --dim \_ CA has both a sales and an income tax. Oregon does not. Your link is just wrong. --Genius \_ Please refer to the URLs below. You need to use your brain to combine a few different sources of data here. I know you can do it. Think. Sales tax is 8%, but what percent of your income is spent on sales tax? --dim \_ Hmmm, let's see... I pay out over 40% of my income in taxes, I put another 20% away and the rest is spent. So ~1/12th of 60% is roughly 5% of my income. And what value does this have to this topic? \_ You can't even do simple math, moron. \_ Uhm, ok, whatever you say. \_ How much is 100 - 40 - 20? Hint: it's not 60. \_ Hint: I pay taxes on the 20% put into savings. I don't put it under my pillow. \_ you don't pay taxes on that 20%, already inc in 40% and wouldn't be sales tax. None on rent or food too. http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/sltxlvls/index.htm http://www.vermontgop.org/tax_burden.shtml http://www.daveross.com/taxburden.html \_ I worked in Alaska. There are no state taxes of any kind except I think Anchorage may have some city taxes. In fact, if you live in Alaska, you get a check every year, as a sort of negative tax. on the other hand, the cost of living is above average in alaska. and no, the tax thing is not some kind of a scam. there just aren't many people and oil pays for alot. \_ I think Nevada is a special case because of the massive revenue influx due to gambling. \_ Yep, gambling & mining. When I lived there most other taxes (sales, etc.) were lower than California. \_ Still, New Hampshire apparently has the lowest overall tax burden. Maybe they include taxes on corporations? \_ Most states get tax income from business tax, property tax, sales tax, income tax, and a whole bevy of fees. CA's big problem is property tax. It's figured by the local city or county assessor. Thanks to Proprosition 13, that assessment is only done when a building is built and when the property changes ownership. The push was to save LOLs living in the same place for 30+ years from being forced out (ie. fixed income). It also means that companies in the same location don't pay higher prop taxes. Poof. Less tax for the state. Note: You can always ask to have your property reassessed if you think it was listed too high a price, so you can pay less tax. \_ I was here when prop 13 passed. It wasn't just LOLs that were losing their homes. Roughly 40% of my middle class neighborhood was getting killed and was forced to sell. Kill Prop 13 and you'll kill the state for good. There's a damned good reason for Prop 13 to exist. \_ When was it passed? \_ 1978 \_ The problem was inflation. Local governments assessed property whose worth was climbing 12-13% due to inflation. Thus, much higher property taxes. Prop 13 forced a solution that should have been dealt with on a local level (ie. lowering property taxes in the face of high inflation). \_ I know a few people who moved to Nevada before they cashed out their options to avoid CA income tax. \_ tangent, would this be feasible: own home/residence in NV, have all HR related things sent there, but live in rented apt in CA? \_ you make too much money \_ no such thing. he earns it. \_ More than feasible. There are a good number of professionals in SV that live in Portland, AZ, CO, NV who fly in, work 10, then take 4 days off (or do the 4x10 work week). The problem lies with the dealing with flying and family. It can suck... CA.gov figured this out. You still have to pay CA income tax for work done here, despite your residence. \_ I knew a guy working at Intel who had multiple homes around the country, including Oregon. When he wanted to cash out his options, he'd change his primary home address to the one in Oregon. \_ Oops, I meant Washington. He had a home in both, in addition to few others. \_ I wonder if it is worth it to him in this economy to continue with this behavior? Did he rent out the fake primary homes or are they empty when he doesn't live there? \_ I think these were his vacation homes and were left empty. \_ I know a guy who moved to Seattle several years ago to avoid state tax. He was making so much money from stocks (not his own options) that the pre-tax salary from his engineer job couldn't even cover his tax. And that was before the dot-com boom even started. |
2003/1/15-16 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java] UID:27109 Activity:high |
1/15 Why was java removed from soda? \_ Cuz of no good punks like you. \_ Has it been banned or can it be installed again? \_ Java bad, C good. \_ you recite well. Repeat after me. USA is at war with Iraq usa has always been at war with iraq... \_ you're on the wrong thread. \_ When you finally finish your degree you might wonder why C isn't the language of choice for polymorphic data structures and most grad schools like say, Cal. Fuckin' dropouts. \_ Because C is hard, Java is easy, grad schools just say "slow? buy better hardware with your grant money!". Been out of the ivory tower at anytime in your life? I notice you don't say anything about the real world. --alum \_ Ocaml was not removed from soda. Ever wonder why? \_ becuase no one uses it. |
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