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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 |