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2003/3/14-15 [Industry/Jobs, Industry/Startup, Computer/SW] UID:27691 Activity:moderate |
3/13 My company is looking for an intern. We're a financial software company, and we could use some extra hands to help us gather content for part of our website. It's probably going to be unpaid, but you could learn a lot about finance, and it might lead to more interesting paid work after a while. /csua/pub/jobs/wsa.txt, or email me for details. -dlwhite \_ Do I have to bring my own cigars? This one time at band camp.... \_ Cigars will be provided. -dlwhite \_ Sweet! I'm going for it! \_ isn't there something illegal about this \_ why should there be? unpaid internships are the _norm_ in many industries, including the one most sodans are in, if you go back 15-20 years. \_ you mean they didn't always pay $80k for summer interns?! |
2003/3/14 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:27692 Activity:high |
3/13 In C++, what is the type of the expression (01 << i)? Is it an int with all bits set to 0 save 1 at bit position i, or something weird and scary? \_ It's an int, just as you described. \_ thanks. |
2003/3/14 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:27693 Activity:very high |
3/13 Why do something intelligent about a situation, when you can do something incredibly stupid? (CNN article behind url shortener) http://tinyurl.com/7fta \_ no big deal. it's just political posturing. you'll see a lot of this from every party in this country and all others as you grow up. \_ dear god. \_ All these people wanting to change french fries to freedom fries and all this other non-sense. I guess we need to change the name for croissant, because it's french. This is stupid, counterproductive, and immature. \_ That's exactly how I would characterize the French. Of course, I felt this way long before all this blather about Iraq. \_ The most pathetic part of the whole thing is that the one thing the French hate more than Americans is American food. If we really want to annoy them, we should be naming MORE of our food after the French, not less. \_ French fries aren't American. \_ I think that was the point. \_ We didn't name "our" food after the French, which is mine. \_ I dare you to Freedom Kiss your sweetheart. \_ So you view the French as victims? \_ Yes. Yes I do. I think the French would make splendid victims. When do we invade France? \- we should take france before we have to "take it back" --psb \_ I wonder how much it would cost to ship back the Statue of Liberty and when Congress will propose this. \_ It isn't the French Statue, it's already the Freedom Statue (by a similar name) so we cna keep it. Same thing for Louisiana. |
2003/3/14-15 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:27694 Activity:high |
3/13 Been getting a lot more telemarketer calls in the past few weeks than before, what's going on? \_ Have you been protesting the war in Iraq? Could be the FBI. \_ you got on a list. every time you get a call insist that they take you off the list. within a few weeks the calls will stop. amazing how legislation to stop telemarketers actually works. \_ you should ask them to put you on their do not call list, not to be taken off their list \_ I've been doing this for like a year. Still get lots of telemarketer calls. The National DO NOT CALL ME YOU PUNKS list should help. \_ my experience has been that requesting to be put on a do not call list works...with one glaring exception. AT&T. i've told those fucks more than four times now to put me on their do not call list, and they say they've done it, then they just call again. i can only take solace in the fact that as a former fone phreak i've cost them almost enough to compensate me for my time. \_ Note the date/time, name, and address of callers. You can ask for $500 as a fine... I've written down how this process works but don't have it handy. You basically mail them and ask. \_ we're all in this together... |
2003/3/14 [Reference/History/WW2/Germany, Reference/History/WW2] UID:27695 Activity:high |
3/13 A Short History of World War III http://www.partialobserver.com/ArticlePrint.cfm?ArticleID=653 \_ He forgot the terrorist plot to flush out and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. \_ name one thing that is wrong in the above article. \_ Where to begin... for one thing, the article lists a bunch on random events and suggests that this is evidence for a coordinated war against the US with its roots in the Iranian revolution, without providing any reason as to why we should connect these events together. For another example of this sort of thing, see: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html \_ This is nothing like a World War. How is it like WWI or WWII? It is more like the War of Spanish Succession or to correctly include the religious element, The Counter-Reformation. Hey, we even have Ashcroft as Inquistor General! His babble about the 2.5% should tip you off that he is a kook. should tip you off that he is a kook. At least he mentions the Thirty Years War at the end. \_ ever seen a terrorist drink a glass of water? \_ ever seen an elephant in an apple tree? \_ ever watched Dr. Strangelove? \_ If you're not trying to genocide someone it isn't a World War quality war. It's a police action at best these days. |
2003/3/14 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl, Computer/SW/SpamAssassin] UID:27696 Activity:nil 54%like:28467 |
3/13 I got the following error: spamassassin -r < tmpSpam.txt razor2 report failed: Bad file descriptor Died at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Mail/SpamAssassin/Reporter.pm line 77, <GEN1> line 1. What have I done wrong? \_ this is a FAQ. you need to create an id with razor-register \_ now i really feel stupid. I did created an ID though. I'll look at it again. thanks |
2003/3/14 [Uncategorized] UID:27697 Activity:nil |
3/13 ERIN GO BRAUGH \_ yer too early, you guinness soaked sod. \_ Never too feckin' early, wanker. |
2003/3/14-15 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:27698 Activity:high |
3/13 Evidence that even a University Medal winner can be a demagogue: http://www.afsc.org/pwork/0600/062k07.htm Still, if I had to choose between being a Bush Republican or a Clinton liberal, I still prefer the latter. \_ Right, exactly how do you think we got in the mess we are in today. Because someone did not have the political will or backbone to face pending crisis in foreign affairs. We were attacked FIVE times in the 90's. This is unamed person was too busy jerking off in the oval office sink. The peace dividend was completely wasted. \_ A Bush Republican, case in point. \_ Sorry, I don't like Bush - he domestic policy is liberal. In foreign affairs, he has performed impecably. Ask youself why clinton had to take Cohen, a Republican (albeit RINO), for Secretary of Defense. Please, list for me Clinton's foreign policy successes. \_ The main idea is that the Bush administration is performing so terribly in foreign policy that you don't really need to compare. Let's put it this way: If Clinton gets a B- in international issues (B being what an average president should succeed with), the Bush administration is getting a C- or below. (I emphasize Bush *administration*, because the brightest bulb is not necessarily at the top.) \_ Ok, in your dream world what would Gore do. If the socialist intellectuals in France, Germany and Communists in China and Russia are pissed off, we must be doing something right. Bush is a leading. Exactly how do you think 1441 was passed, by making concessions and protesting for peace? \_ In your GW Bush black and white, good and evil world, it's a success to alienate our allies. \_ Alienate France and Russia who have multi-billion financial interests in Iraq. Based on their unassailable conduct of generosity and ethics in the past I'm certain their actions bear no relation to their own self- interest. Gore and Clinton could have passed 1441 -- everyone, frankly, is fine with renewed inspections. Have you also considered how likely it may be that Iraq is not a threat with inspectors present? And that if Iraq kicks them out again, passing a resolution authorizing force would be much easier? \_ Some allies, France continues to send parts for Mirage fighters and helicopters. Exactly how, under the sanctions in place, was France able to engage in 10 billion dollars in 90's and negotiate for 50 billion $ oil development contracts. Iraq's entire airforce in French and Russian. \_ Please list for me Clinton's successes that strenthened US national security. The silence deafening. \_ Sir, do you get the point? Even if Clinton had absolutely no successes, it doesn't even compare to the failures that the Bush administration continues to draw. \_ Evidently I don't have the sophistication to appreciate your point of view. I suppose I'm relegated to just considering facts. \_ and those facts are ...? \_ A nations long term security depends on the strength of its economy, especially vis a vis its potential enemies. Clinton avoided foreign entanglement while growing the economy domestically faster than any of our potential enemies except China. He was at least moderately successful. \_ Ok, please specifically enumerate the legislation Clinton solely sponsored that gave us the economy. And I suppose the recession we are in has nothing to do with the speculative nature and excesses of that economy? \_ The most spectacular corporate instances of corruption and failure all have strong ties to Republican political influence. WorldCom, Enron, price fixing on energy prices... ringing a bell? \_ Please tell that to Robert Rubin and Ron Brown. I find it saddening that this started as a discussion of foreign policy and you have deliberately tried to change the subject for lack of credible argument. \_ Anyways, like I said, case in point: Bush Republican. The basic problem with Republicans today is that they're just so high up on a moral superiority righteous liberals are stupid to hell with everyone else attitude. \_ Its funny that even after Clinton was the worst President since FDR his acolytes fight to get in line on their knees to felate him. \_ Go back to watching the Fox News channel. |
2003/3/14-15 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:27699 Activity:insanely high |
3/13 Turns out that the "evidence" that Bush presented of Iraqi attempts to build a bomb are crude forgeries. Two guesses as to who passed them to British Intelligence: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/03/14/sprj.irq.documents \_ "Incompetence I have not seen in those agencies. I've seen plenty of malice, but I've never seen incompetence." \_ "Incompetence I have not seen in those agencies. I've seen plenty of malice, but I've never seen incompetence." What a ridiculous statement. \_ he's talking about the technical services division \_ You peaceniks could very likely set the stage for use of a nuclear weapon in this country. Ask yourself this, Russians). You believe Saddam will allow Iran to go nuclear and not Iraq? Had the 1st Gulf War not occurred Saddam would have been nuclear by 92 /93. He had 20,000 + personnel working on his program. Exactly where do you think all that expertise went? This is not a time to play self- righteous isolationist. Iran is 1 / 2 years tops away for a nuclear weapon - if they don't have one already (thanks to the Germans, French, and Russians). You believe Saddam will allow Iran to go nuclear and not Iraq? Had the 1st Gulf War not occurred Saddam would have been nuclear by 92 /93. He had 20,000 + personnel working on his program. Exactly where do you think all that expertise went? This is not a time to play selfrighteous isolationist. \_ Ask yourself this warmonger: France, Britain, Russia, China, Pakistan and India all have nukes, yet none of them have been used against the US. Why is that? How would Iraq be any different? \_ Understand this. I am for enforcing the 17 resolutions against Iraq, no more no less. Terms of the cease \- hello, do you think the us should stop enforcing the no-fly zone over the northern kurd area? that was a us+brit idea ... not un sanctioned --psb \ Take an educated guess. fire dictated full disarmement. If the distinction between the countries you mentioned and Iraq is not clear to you, I don't think anything would be gained by explaining it. And BTW, I seem to remember about 50 years of war between the US, China and Soviets, a little something called the Cold War. Which, incidentally we did not win by protesting for peace and groups hugs. \_ In spite of Reaganite crowing, the Cold War was won primarily with a policy of containment. A good argument can be made that detente, or a policy of "peace and group hugs" reassured the USSR enough to allow more moderate influences to take power. \_ Right, this was a foregone conclusion after the US left Vietnam, Vietnam invaded Cambodia, and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Take ~20 % interest rates, double digit inflation, definitely a foregone conclusion. \_ The Cold War was won by the US on 12 Oct 1986. Not because of any peacenik group hug, but because the President was able to make it clear to the Soviets what we wanted, a world in which the dread threat of nuclear destruction did not hang over Europe, Asia or America. The only way the Soviets were going to have have any part in this world was if they agreed to Zero Option. On all accounts detente was a failed policy. Every "accord" signed under detente limited the rate of production and deployment, not the total number of deployed weapons. Detente didn't make the world safe for anyone, it just kept making more and more dangerous in smaller and smaller increments. |
2003/3/14 [Computer/Networking] UID:27700 Activity:nil |
3/13 Campus net update (for those who don't follow http://ucb.net.announce): we believe we have traced the cause of the failures to a faulty UPS, which was powering one two power supplies in the router (inr-666-doecev.berkeley.edu). late yesterday afternoon, after repeated failures, the router was transferred off the UPS to commercial power. the router has not failed since that time. however, in the course of trying to fix the problem, we upgraded to the latest software version recommended by the manufacturer. this did not affect the original problem, but we discovered that the new image required more RAM and left the router in a state with dangerously low free memory. this morning at approx 10:10, we per- formed emergency maintenance (causing yet another interruption in service) to increase the RAM in the router. we believe the router is stable at this time, and apologize for any inconvenience caused by this, as well as for our inability to make timely announcements. ken lindahl CNS \_ I'm wondering what router is inr-666 and what version of IOS they're running. It'll be cool if it's using a feature or platform that I worked on. :-) -cisco guy \_ it is SATAN's ROUTER -The Truth |