8/24    Comcast is DOA.  DSL rules!
        \_ Hmm.. I still feel like I'm online....

8/25    Blood money funds racism at Columbia.  Why does Berkeley do the same
        thing for free?  We should charge for the institutionalised racism
        and hatred spewing from certain departments and professors.
        http://nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/4015.htm
        \_ nothing is free. every time one of us gets a grant to do some
           useful technical research the University charges overhead.
           your tax dollars at work.

8/25    Justice League in SF : did they shut down? is there a www site with
        their schedule? any other cool ambient/techno lounge places in SF?
                        \- try the Kennel Club. --psb
        \- try the Kennel Club. --psb
                \_ url ?
        \_ Oh My God!  The JL shutdown?  What will we do when Lex Luthor next
           tries to take over the world?!
           \_ As long as the Wonder Twins are still around, evil shall never
              prevail.

8/25    Blood money funds racism at Columbia.  Why does Berkeley do the same
        \- would you agree "american taxpayer money" in part funds the
           ~30,000 houses built on palestinian occupied territories? --psb
        thing for free?  We should charge for the institutionalised racism
        and hatred spewing from certain departments and professors.
        http://nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/4015.htm
        \_ nothing is free. every time one of us gets a grant to do some
           useful technical research the University charges overhead.
           your tax dollars at work.
           \_ and I'm sure the research never requires administrative
              support
              \_ a million dollar grant does not require 400,000 dollars
                 of administrative support. it's a tax to support the useless
                 departments.  period.

8/25    I would like to take a CS61C a year from now and my buddy is selling
        his used 61C book real cheap. I'd buy it if I knew the same book will be
        used a year from now ("Computer Organization and Design: The
        Hardware/Software Interface", 2nd edition). Does anyone have any
        insights on whether this class will continue using this book?
        \_ If that's the Hennesey and Patterson book, it's been used for a very
           long time, and it's a good reference regardless.

8/25    "U.S. Troops Use Confiscated Iraqi AK-47s"
        http://csua.org/u/40q (Yahoo News)
        Americans don't like American cars, and now Americans don't like
        American guns.  Sigh, American engineering sucks.
        \_ Okay, a couple things here.  First of all, the M4 is a lamefuck
           fad -- it's a carbine of the m16.  This means the short barrel
           reduces the velocity of the rounds below their functional
           velocity, seriously degrading the weapon's effectiveness.
           Using the M4 as point of reference for the M16a2 is misleading.
           Also, as another poster said below, what in the world are tankers
           doing patrolling on the ground?  They're taking ak's because tank
           crews aren't equipped to do infantry work, so they have to make do.
           As a last point, neither the M4 nor the M16a2 have full auto --
           so the scout talking about selecting the AK for its full auto
           capability over the M4 is deceptive.  I think this is more of a
           statement about the tanker's (lack of) training, and less about
           the weapon itself.  When it comes small arms, look at what the
           elite forces guys use as a better metric -- not some non infantry
           trained jeep jockey.
           \_ WTF??!?  I 0wn3z A11 UV U with S1L3nc3D M4A1 in CS 411 7H3
              71M3!  F*CK1NG AK47 WH0R3Z!!1!
        \_ We still have the best porn in the world! -AC
        \_ American logistics planning sucks.  I can't believe they're
           forcing tankers to do infantry work.
        \_ they say that AK47s jam less. Less than WHAT? M4? M16? Out of
           curiousity is there a benchmark for firearms like the ones for
           CPUs (SPEC INT/FLOAT), where we can look at the stopping power
           rating, jam rate, so on so forth?
           \_ They weren't quoting specs.  They were quoting soldiers, and
              the comments were based on reputation.  And yes, "less than
              the m4 or m16" is probably a decent reading of it.  And if
              you want benchmarks, try google
           \_ The AK series is just a well designed, rugged, simple to
              operate and simple to assemble machine-rifle. There are
              only half a dozen parts to the whole assembly, which is
              why it's cheap to manufacture, and easy to take care of.
              The concept is the same as  the T80 tank. However, it
              doesn't have the same stopping power as an M16.

8/25    Java (1.3.1) binaries released for FreeBSD.  Huzzah!
        http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+current/freebsd-announce
        \_ When did "FreeBSD" become a trademark of Wind River Systems?
        \_ um, wow, that's sad. there are even 1.4.2 packages for ia64.
           \_ 1.4.2 is and has been available via ports for a long
              while; the news here is that the legal issues have finally
              been resolved, allowing for binary distribution.