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2003/7/14-15 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:29024 Activity:high |
7/13 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=424237 It's rare that a Middle East story is funny. \_ you have a weird sense of humor. damn, i've been \_ you have a weird sense of humor. damn, I've been trolled! I hate you. Where is this palestinian state? Sweden? \_ It was funny. But are you really that ignorant? \_ He's trolling. Don't be so naive. \_ You're not trolled. I really thought it was funny. -op \_ They could move it to the Jewish Autonomous Republic (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Republic Since Jews aren't living there anyways. \_ a similar poll shows that 80% of the Israelis believe that a peace negotiation would work while 75% of the Palestinians believe that a negotiation will work IFF **every single one of the Israelis** leave Israel. Go figure. \_ Now, *this* is a troll. \_ At least the Palestinians are asking for something reasonable. They just want their land back and to restore their country to what it was before it was stolen. \_ please explain why, by your logic, we should not return california to mexico. or do you think that's a good idea also? \_ and Mexico to all those Native Americans. \_ yes. everyone should go back to where they came from. what's wrong with restoring the world to the way it was before white people over ran everyone? |
2003/7/14-16 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:29025 Activity:low |
7/13 What are the hotel chains operating in Germany and scandinavian countries, similiar in comfort level to motels in the U.S. and Etap in europe?? Searching the web gives too many (bad) answers. (Yes, I know there are etaps in Germany but am looking for more choices.) \_ There are also some Formule 1 (French chain). Your best bet is probably some small pensions, though. -John \_ If you can afford a little bit more, there are Courtyard by Marriott hotels which is clearly an American chain as well. \_ Mercure is in Germany at least. |
2003/7/14-15 [Academia/GradSchool/MBA, Academia/GradSchool] UID:29026 Activity:moderate |
7/13 Similar to the MBA post below, how useless is a MS in engineering? If everyone has a HS degree and companies prefer HS or better, then doesn't having a BS give you more advantage? By the same token, if everyone has a BS degree (which is the case esp. in Silicon Valley) and companies prefer BS or higher, then isn't it better to have a MS degree? And by the same token, if MANY people in Silicon Valley have a MS degree, isn't it better to have a PhD or at least a MS degree? \_ personally, I used MS degree as a way to change major, essentially. Other than poor timing (i got my CS Masters at 2000 spring), I actually think it's worth it, mainly because I like the subject. For other who are thinking of getting a degree in the same subject as your undergraduate, you really need to use your time wisely during the 2 years in school. It is almost too short to get much accomplished, and you kind of need to accomplish something while you are in school to extract the most of the degree. This means you need to be specific on what you want to do and work with a professor in that subject beginning in the first semester. \_ Depends on what you want to do and what your other skills are. If you're trying to get by on a degree alone that won't cut it. You *must* have many years of job experience today to get a decent job no matter what academic paperwork you've got. Many places don't care what you have as long as you have the minimum degree and then they want lots of experience on top of it. More degree and less experience isn't it most of the time. OTOH if you want to stay in the ivory tower, you don't need any experience. Just keep racking up theory classes and publish papers. \_ companies don't prefer "BS or better". They want that as a prereq, and then look at everything else. An MS might get edge you out over someone else if you're close. Also, it might help you get a job that they might not give to a BS at certain companies like Google or Akamai. \_ Google: be at One with the Net. Join the Google Cult today! \_ Figure out how many other people in your field have MS and plan accordingly. Be aware that if you're looking for entry-level work (gods forbid), an MS may make you look overqualified. work (gods forbid), an MS may make you look over qualified. |
2003/7/14-15 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:29027 Activity:nil |
7/13 I would like to let my browser (mozilla/firebird) to block any image file (typically a gif file) that is 1 pixel by 1 pixel. Any existing tools to do that? BannerBlind used to able to block image of specific size, any other tools? \_ Window Washer on windows will do things like that and functions as an http proxy. |
2003/7/14 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:29028 Activity:high |
7/13 Check http://slashdot.org and http://drudgreport.com regularly--then you won't have to check the MOTD. \_ Yeah let's all agree not to post any links unless its to donkeypr0n \_ I didn't say stop posting, I was just giving friendly advice. \_ In the meantime, and assuming you have more of a life than the rest of us, just visit the motd, and we'll keep posting best-ofs. |
2003/7/14-15 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:29029 Activity:nil |
7/13 Real Life, Reviewed by Gamespot: http://csua.org/u/3m6 |
2003/7/14-16 [Science/Battery, Science/Electric] UID:29030 Activity:moderate |
7/14 Do DC to AC power inverters cause any strain / damage to car batteries? Would the car battery wear out faster from continued use of the inverter? Specifically, I'm looking at the Xantrex XPower 75 watt DC to AC inverter, available on http://buy.com at http://csua.org/u/3m8 If it does not damage the car battery or the device, is this a good price? \_ no, no, yes \_ Thanks for the validation. Quick search on the web shows prices of $28-$29 for that model. One site also showed 60W continuous, 75W for 5 minutes, 150W surge for the XPower 75. However, my laptop (Tecra 9100) requires 15V and 5A, so it seems it would only get charged for 5 minutes. Is that the case, or would laptop batteries charge on 60W continous? -op laptop batteries charge on 60W continuous? -op \_ discharging your battery will destroy it eventually. loading your electrical system while the engine is running is fine, as long as your alternator isn't on its last legs. |
2003/7/14-15 [Politics/Domestic] UID:29031 Activity:nil |
7/14 Einstein "Crop Circle": http://csua.org/u/3m9 |
2003/7/14-16 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:29032 Activity:nil |
7/14 Is there now a proven way to archive HFS(+) volumes on OS X in an open format? I have Retroexpress but it uses a proprietary format. \_ Why not just copy the data out to something reasonable? \_ You have a couple of options: 1. Use hdiutil to create a dmg and then use ditto to copy the bits from the original hfs+ vol to the dmg. You can then use hdiutil to change the image type or compress the image, etc. While the dmg isn't exactly a open format, hdiutil allows you to convert dmgs into other open formats such as iso9660. 2. Use Toast to create an img of the volume. Toast can save imgs in pretty much any open format. 3. There are extensions to gnu tar/cpio/pax that allow you to archive the data and rsrc forks of forked hfs(+) files in a platform independent manner (if you extract the archive using a non-hfs(+) aware version of tar forked files show up as two separate files, the data fork shows up as the file and the rsrc fork shows up as a separate file (one of: ._<fname>, ./AppleDouble/<fname>, fname.rsrc) hfstar: http://www.metaobject.com/downloads/macos-x hfspax: http://csua.org/u/3mh (homepage.mac.com) |
2003/7/14-15 [Computer/Rants] UID:29033 Activity:kinda low |
7/14 ''India group: Outsourcing saves U.S. jobs'' http://zdnet.com.com/2001-11-0.html?legacy=zdnn \_ Cool. How much of money saved on outsourcing is going to be spent hiring Americans to fix or replace all the crap coming out of India? It'll cost twice as much in the long run to get the same results. |
2003/7/14-15 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:29034 Activity:high |
7/14 http://salon.com/news/wire/2003/07/14/bush_intelligence/index.html Tagline: Bush defends intelligence as "darn good". My thoughts: At last! The media is questioning his intelligence! \_ This is pretty dumb, even for a liberal. :p \_ The reaction? It was the first thing that came to mind. It's not witty, but possibly briefly amusing. Or how about the most powerful man in the world using the phrase "darn good"? \_ It also goes to show how Californian y'all are. \_ totally. \_ whats with with "darn good"? when is the last time you used "man" or "dude" or "chick" or any of a million other slang or non-standard expressions? the last thing the country needs is an english prof as president. \_ I'm not suggesting an english prof but perhaps we could settle on someone with better English than a freeper. \_ Having to defend your honesty is never a good position to be in. |
2003/7/14-15 [Consumer/Camera] UID:29035 Activity:insanely high |
7/14 My girlfriend's mom wants a digital camera for < $200 (after tax, shipping, accessories). I've narrowed choices to: FinePix 2650 Big, a year old FinePix A303 > $200, smaller than above, also a year old Minolta E223 New - can't find user reviews though Nikon 2500 Slow boot, swivel lens easy to imprint with fingers Canon A60 > $200, new Canon S200 > $250, a year old, but popular All of the above have optical zoom. Any suggestions? Thanks! \_ Coolpix 2100 just came out. $213 on http://dealcam.com Canon A60 > $200, new \_ http://store.yahoo.com/mouled1/capoa60dica.html $199 with shipping. Hope she is happy with the 8MB memory card though. \_ $25 ground shipping to L.A. \_ Crap. Buy the A40 then. Canon S200 > $250, a year old, but popular All of the above have optical zoom. Any suggestions? Thanks! \_ Why not S230? They just dropped the price. Amazon has it for $309 w/ a $50 Gift Certificate, so that's $259... \_ Actually, the S230 is offered by another store through Amazon, so the $50 deal doesn't apply. There used to be two links for the S230 (one where the rebate was applicable), but no more. The http://gotapex.com link is outdated now, I guess. \_ What's wrong with optical zoom? Tried ebay? \_ Optical zoom is good, it's just I have no idea what are the good non-opt zoom cameras. ebay ... well, it's for a mom. \_ figure out what she wants: size? Quality? UI? Simplicity/ease of use? features? \_ She wants it to be < $200. Seems like she's delegating the rest of the choices to me. \_ that reduces the selection quite a bit. which are < $200? \_ The ones above that don't say > $200/$250. \_ How about Samsung Digimax 240? $180 at Amazon. \_ I don't think she needs >2MP, but the Canon A300 is $200 for a 3MP camera (no optical zoom). \_ Thanks for the advice. It looks like it's between the FinePix A303, Nikon CoolPix 2100, and Canon A60 (the http://amazon.com $50 deal does apply for the A60, which can bring down the price with a $250 set of purchases). We'll go to Best Buy and look at all three. FYI, the FinePix A310 has been released but not in the states. -op does apply for the A60, which can bring down the price with $250 of qualifying purchases). We'll go to Best Buy and look at all three. FYI, the FinePix A310 has been released but not in the states. The Minolta E223 and Samsungs just aren't used by many people. http://dpreview.com has been very helpful, too. -op people. Also, you can get the bulky FinePix 2650 for ~ $135 if you can spend $71 more at http://amazon.com on qualifying items. http://dpreview.com has been very helpful, too. -op |
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