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2004/10/8 [Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan, Politics/Domestic/911] UID:33978 Activity:high |
10/7 If Bin Laden were found in the next week or so, do you think the election would favor one party or another? \_ Yes. Dubya. Duh. \_ W. might just be delaying a Bin Laden capture in time for the elections. At the very least, an early capture of B.L. might have kept W. from invading Iraq. \_ I worried for a while that this was a possibility... but if they were going to pull this rabbit out of the hat, don't you think they would have dont it already? Seems too late at this point to not appear calculated \_ If Pakistan can pick him up, basically anytime, then maybe they can "bargain/extort" more for producing B.L. for W. than whatever was agreed to before. \_ I think you need more tin foil in your hat. \_ Think reagan/carter/hostages... \_ Think "I'm an idiot" you moron. |
2004/10/8 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:33979 Activity:moderate |
10/8 I am looking for a quiet case fan and cpu fan for my P4 2.26ghz system. Any suggestions? I just realized the case fan and cpu fan is significantly louder than my power supply. thx. \_ A colleague of mine is getting a Zalman TNN500A http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=64&pr_name=500a It's a bit pricey, but looks awesome for quality & noise. If you just want a good case, have a look at Thermaltake (there are a ton of others, but these have good, well-placed cooling with nice reasonably quiet fans in the case.) If you just want fans, look for Papst fans--they are very reputable for quiet PC fans. You may also want to consider underclocking a tiny bit and going fanless or getting a variable speed fan. Cheap cases are never worth it if you want peace & quiet. -John \_ The noise of my PC dropped significantly when I switched to a Zalman CPU Fan (120mm) and heat sink. The one that I bought was $25-$30 at Fry's. There are quieter ones, but they were in the $50+ range. I also added Thermaltake fans (90mm, 17db) which were the quietest fans at Fry's in the ~ $10-$15 range. Thermaltake is quieter than similarly priced Zalman and Vantec fans, but one of my 3 fans developed an annoying hum which was probably from a bad bearing. --ranga \_ Don't save $5. Buy all Zalman. You'll appreciate the quiet everyday for years and won't miss the $5 later. \_ Be careful which Zalman 90mm fans you buy, some are 25db others are 19db. I haven't been able to find the 13db ones anywhere local. |
2004/10/8-9 [Computer/HW] UID:33980 Activity:low |
10/8 Dell recalls 900,000 AC notebook adapters. If you have a Dell notebook, you should check if yours is affected, mine was: http://csua.org/u/9ds \_ Thanks for posting this... mine's plugged in at home right now. \_ Just what are we supposed to charge our notebooks with while the AC adapter is away? Hopeful exuberance? \_ Well mine's been chugging away for 3 years now ... I'm going to just keep hoping my house won't burn down. \_ What!? Your battery can't last for two weeks? \_ <DEAD>www.delladapterprogram.com<DEAD> service unavailable i hope they dont have outsourced firemen |
2004/10/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:33981 Activity:nil |
10/8 JibJab has a new parody but their website looks to be swamped. Somebody mirrored the last one. Anybody remember who it was? \_ http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=goodtobeindc&preplay=1&ratingBar=off \_ It's just not nearly as good as the original \_ not even close |
2004/10/8 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:33982 Activity:high |
10/8 Bush was secretly wired during the debate http://salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/bulge/index.html \_ It was a personal Holtzmann shield. \_ too much risk of nukular explosion in case of lasgun usage. \_ I believe he was wearing something, but I'm curious-- why didn't they position the bulge lower, in the small of his back? I can fit an ipod or even a thin novel just above my belt with very little visibility, and that's not even wearing a jacket. \_ Transmission distance. This proves liberals are smarter: Kerry's magic cheat pen with wireless receiver and handwriting- recognizing transmitter had a wider operating range. \_ so...let's suppose that Bush *was* secretly connected to some wireless device during the debate. Do you really think that they couldn't use something more compact? It just doesn't add up. And where is the wire going to his ear? most cameras were pointed at his head, and that wire would surely be visible. \_ It could be a receiver/transmitter with a tiny earpiece you can't see. Look at websites for spy stuff, we can assume that Bush has access to the best. \_ Right. Let's assume he has access to the best. Does that really include a bulky rectangular thing worn on the back under one's shirt? \_ Well, if you wanted to be super-cool you'd use encryption, spread-spectrum, and transmit constantly so it just looks like background noise. That all requires more electronics and battery power. To top it off, they might not have wanted to bother with some custom design, and chose to go with something 'off the shelf' that may not have been optimized for size. \_ here's something off-the-shelf: http://www.thespystore.com/covertcommunicationequipment.htm I don't see any reason why spread spectrum or encryption would take more space or batteries. this is just what 10 seconds with google turned up. I'm positive that if Karl Rove really wanted to beam spread spectrum, encrypted signals into W's ear, no giant battery pack would be needed. One wonders how many kids are cheating their way through school with these things, though. \_ Both encryption and spread-spectrum require extra chips, and cen be fairly demanding (several watts) depending on what encryption or DSS you use. Continuous transmission (to look like background) would up the power requirements a lot. Thing of a cell phone operating continuously, with more complicated signal processing and you get a sense of the power requirements. CDMA uses DSS but it's only spread over (I think) 1.5MHz. You'd want a much wider spread for being sneaky. \_ Alcoa is up today. \_ Heh. -- ulysses \_ Let's assume GWB had access to Star Trek Tech(c). There was obviously no one feeding him lines through it. \_ 'Obviously'? How do you figure that? \_ Did you *see* the debate? \_ Read the article. Their expert seems to be saying that this is both plausible and technically possible to do wirelessly. Given how poorly Bush did in the debate, however, I'd almost believe that someone hacked the feed. \_ Yes, I go to Salon for all my non-partisan information. Could you use something less biased like the http://democraticrepublic.com or http://www.johnkerry.com next time? Thanks! \_ Not everything http://salon.com or http://drudgereport.com reports is a lie. \_ Salon: Abu Ghraib scandal, Drudge: Monica Lewinsky \_ Liberals, trying to outstupid stupid. They might win. \_ Couldn't somebody just start blasting the debate with broad-spectrum whitenoise (or move up and down through the frequencies until Bush looks pained)? Or what about a cell-phone killing EMP? \_ Broad-spectrum white noise would work, but it would disable every wireless device in the room. (Did the moderator have an earpiece? Did somme backstage techs?) Shifting frequency would not jam it if it uses spread-spectrum. An EMP would fry the cameras. \_ So no one has mentioned the fact that Bush wears body armor when he's in public (at the insistence of the Secret Service)? It appears that Salon is doing spin in a response to the video showing Kerry violating the rules of the 1st debate. See http://www.drudgereport.com/dnc57.htm for a link to the video. \_ Don't delete my mocking or I'll delete your post. \_ KERRY BROUGHT A MAGIC DEBATE-WINNING PEN! HE CHEATED!!! \_ i thought it was a magic penis \_ "I'll take 'The Penis Mightier', Alex." \_ Personally, I think he was packing heat. Probably that pearl handled revolver that they took off Saddam Hussein when he was captured. \_ 1. If he wore body armor because the secret service required it, you would not know about it. Making that info public just tells potential assassins to go for a head shot. 2. Presidential candidates are also given a SS detail, so both Bush and Kerry would be wearing it. Any shots of a Kerry bulge? 3. Body armor is BULKY and HOT. You would see it much more clearly, and the Bush team would not be asking for 70 degree room temperatures. \_ all three of these "arguments" are weak as hell. #3 is true of some armor but not of the light-duty armor plates that are thin and flexible. i find it instructive about your cognitive abilities that you make arguments which rely on the assumption that you know everything there is to know (about, for example, body armor). #1 is a really shitty argument and doesn't hold up to any sort of logical scrutiny. compare to "if bush had a bodyguard, you wouldn't know about it." #2 assumes that all security details have the same threat model. to sum up, you're a fucking idiot. --aaron \_ you suck --aaron \_ Is this what Google Millionaires do with their spare time? Send some of that green my way, aaron, and I guarantee I'll have more fun with it. \_ I know that facts carry less weight than your from-the-ass speculation, but here's at least one reference: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26143 "The concealed body armor currently worn by George W. Bush, the Secret Service and many law-enforcement folks..." Hackworth is not exactly a Bush partisan. \_ WorldNetDaily is a piece of shit. \_ Then read the same commentary at: http://www.hackworth.com/21jan02.html And find out who Hackworth is before dismissing him. Dumbass. \_ just a technical point. If you wear body armor that doesn't have bulky plates, it won't protect you against assault rifle rounds. It's mainly for pistols. Hackworth should know better. |
2004/10/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:33983 Activity:nil |
10/8 I have a couple png images (blue on a white background) for which I'd like to have a transparent background (instead of white). Is there an easy (ie, not erasing each pixel) way in gimp2 to do this? The whole image is just one layer. Thanks. \_ Select all of one color (blue). Copy. Open new document with background specified as transparent. Paste. Save. All right, so this is really Photoshop specific, but surely there are analogues in Gimp 2? |
2004/10/8 [Academia/UCLA] UID:33984 Activity:high |
10/8 Go Trojans! \_ Roll on you be-ah! \_ For those who don't know, Cal #7, vs USC #1 this weekend, Channel 7 12:30p, Sat. \_ Oddsmakers have USC over Cal by more than 7 points. \_ How much was USC favored by last year? \_ True, even the L.A. Times has picked Cal to win tomorrow. \_ Article no doubt written by a UCLA grad. \_ actually, Northridge \_ Go Durex! Go Spartans! |
2004/10/8 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:33985 Activity:very high |
10/8 time to short Oil stocks.. you've been warned \_ How about reading the thing below, and going from there? http://economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3262246 -- ilyas \_ Do tell. Why do you think this? \_ with oil selling for over $50 a barrel? \_ Anonymous MOTD God knows all! \_ Buy low, sell high! People still cannot figure this out?! \_ Selling now if you actually have oil makes sense. Shorting it is risky because it could rise further and stay there for a long time. \_ Cover the short when it falls again. It will fall. \_ While it climbs you may be asked to cover the diff. That's where you get fucked. You put in more money or take the loss immediately. Why are you always telling people to short? You want everyone broke? \_ FWIW, I am not the original poster. So there are several of us. We want to make money, bud. You go long on a day of record prices, k? \_ If you're so sure they'll fall, why not sign your post? \_ nah, don't short. china will just buy more and more oil. it's desperate. it's desperate. rise in oil price still have some way to go. gold 500 shall happen soon too. \_ Gold $500? Why? \_ dollar further room to drop, slightly higher inflation, commodities prices higher, and according to wsj, surprisingly, china is having a labor shortage (!!). \_ Well those are all reasons to buy *any* commodity. \_ I didn't say buy gold, I only said gold 500. |
2004/10/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:33986 Activity:low |
10/8 A friend of mine lost a hair clip on campus, possibly in soda. It has a lot of sentimental value and she's offering a $100 reward to get it back. See this post for more info: http://www.craigslist.org/eby/laf/44949658.html - niloc \_ I want 500$ for it. \_ sentimental value, hmmmm, is it from someone who gave her the best ^%^*&* of her life? |
2004/10/8-9 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/HW/Display] UID:33987 Activity:nil |
10/8 Hey motd, I looked over the links about plasma and lcd, and I was wondering if anyone has any personal experience or advice wrt lcd rear projection and how it compares to plasma/lcd technologies. TIA. |
2004/10/8-9 [Computer/SW/Languages/JavaScript] UID:33988 Activity:nil |
10/8 Is there any way to do multithreading (or even just dual-threading) in javascript? \_ you can try using a delay call to spawn another javascript function, but javascript isn't really designed for real applications, you know. |
2004/10/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:33989 Activity:nil |
10/8 Cool, I always wanted to know what my local talk radio stations were. http://www.democrats.org/media/find.html |
2004/10/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:33990 Activity:nil |
10/8 In a cover letter when applying for a job, what's a good figure on the number of words to use? I don't want to be so verbose they ignore me, or so terse they think I don't even care. \_ just keep everything to less than one page, including headers, text, and signature, with font size 10-12. \_ So if this is by email... 80 columns and how many lines? \_ I'd like to say type up the entire thing in a word processor and then copy/paste, but I'm not completely sure if that's right. anyone? \_ Ok, given your suggested formatting, how many words do a full page of normal text comprise? \_ Roughly 250. |
2004/10/8-9 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:33991 Activity:moderate |
10/8 A while back someone posted 20 points talking about things Bush has been criticized for that Clinton also did. Where can I get that? I'd like to reread it. \_ /tmp/motd.troll . i am unaware of why this is very interesting. - danh \_ The Halliburton part is interesting, if true. Cheney has taken a lot of criticism for that. \_ Was Clinton a shareholder and previous CEO of Halliburton? No, hence no appearance of impropriety. I seem to remember the Clinton haters going on and on about Whitewater back in the day. \_ The point here is that the US awarded such contracts before regardless of who was President/Vice-President. \_ The point of the Cheney/Halliburton connection is more an indictment of politicos who go on to become lobbyists for corporations after leaving office. Cheney was very well-connected with the Pentagon when Bush lost in '92; Halliburton immediately offered him the CEO position, counting on his personal relationships to win them contracts with the military. It worked. Coincidentally, he then became VP, which made his activities and those of his former company much more public. The last thing you need when you're running back room deals is the publicity of public office, but it was really too good an opportunity to pass up. \_ motd archives. \_ http://csua.com/?entry=33877 And it's 12 lame points. Go Kerry!!!!! \_ Yes, anything that you can't answer that shows your hypocrtical nature is lame. |
2004/10/8-9 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:33992 Activity:nil |
10/8 If I am creating a swap/temp partition on a disk, is it better if the partition is in the beginning? end? does it matter? Assuming beginning is the center of the disk, it would imply it being faster, right? \_ I don't know where the 'beginning' is, but in benchmarks, the beginning is always faster. I seem to remember some weird problem once where the boot loader could not load kernels after like the 1024th sector or something. \_ I want to create a 10GB temp partition and mount it under C: for use as a temp directory... \_ there is somethint seriously fallacious about attempting to optimize performance while swapping. Eliminating swapping altogether should be the priority. \_ agreed. You're (op) really barking up the wrong tree, even for a temp directory. \_ I want to redirect everything temporary to this partition, such as %temp, ie cache, etc. This is so that the main OS partition does not get fragmented over time and becomes slower and slower. It is generally easier to reformat the temp partition and file writing on the temp partition is a lot faster than on a fragmented main partition. We are talking about different things. -op \_ this is why one usually puts the 'temp' partition on a memory based file system. Again in this case performance is optimized by keeping this OFF THE DISK, making disk performance needs mostly irrelevant. \- partitioning makes sense. worring about underlying physical layout is silly. nuff said. if you want to waste your time, feel free. |
2004/10/8-9 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:33993 Activity:insanely high |
10/8 Holy SHIT Bush is actually doing pretty well, did he rehearse or something? In addition, he's taking notes!!! He didn't do that last time. SHIT. \_ They gave him back his cocaine. \_ Uh, well? Maybe on the "internets." Did you see his Dean Scream moment? \_ *SCOWL* \_ Kerry mistakes so far, add if you wish: 1) "I'm a lawyer too" (most ppl hate lawyers) \_ I don't think this was a mistake \_ First thing we do is kill all the lawyers. 2) "Join me to defeat ppl who make over $200,000" (bad bad bad, they control YOUR life) \_ my combined income is, in fact, over $200,000. I don't like Bush, but I like my nice house and I enjoy co-owning my Piper Arrow. That is why I'm voting for Bush. \_ hmm, so you are really dying for that $2000 taxcut you get with bush huh with your $200k income? "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship." \_ I'm glad you believe that! Now take a history lesson \_ My wallet isn't your public treasure, thanks. I'm not the piper guy. \_ Some money has to come out of someone's wallet for the "public treasure". You just don't want it to be you, because it's not *fair* to tax people more just because they can afford more. So horribly unfair. \_ Ever hear of equality? I know its a new and radical concept, but perhaps you might want to consider it. If all citizens are equal then they should all pay an equal percentage of their income as taxes. Why should I have have to pay a higher tax rate just b/c my income is higher, when all I did was study hard, work late nights to get to a better job, and mr. pot smoking slacker english major drank his way through school and now can't get a job and expects me to pay more so that he can live off of my hard work. That is BS. \_ What if that English major wins the lottery, inherits money, or happens to get a good job through nepotism? What if I worked hard like you did and yet make less money through choice or bad luck? I am all for a flat tax, but your argument is stupid. Some rich people work hard. Some don't. Same as the poor. \_ In general, barring lottery winners etc. people getting paid more are doing more economically valuable work. If you make less money through choice then why do you want others to make up the difference? And let's say in theory we do the same type of work, but you work half as hard and get half the income. Why should your tax rate be different for the year? \_ Easily answered: "gimme! gimme! gimme!" \_ simple numbers game, piss off 2% of the populus and curry the favor of 98%, that doesn't make sense to you? \_ no but under Kerry I'll have to pay a LOT more tax. No thx. \_ Someone has to pay for all of this invading, you're just going back to the Clinton levels \_ Which were too high. 3) "Bush's [nonexisting] lumber company" \_ Bush DOES have timber company... http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx@DocID=265 \_ good find. ******************* Partisan Tools Below This Line ********************* \_ Is it partisan to say Bush sounded even stupider in the second debate? \- it's not partisan, it is foolish. --psb \_ Are you saying it is foolish because Bush did not sound even stupider; or because the statement invites scorn; or both? \_ Did you even watch the debate last night? \_ Bush started strong but he is fading fast \_ Did you watch the same debate? Wishful thinking? Faint hope? \_ That was the way it went in the first debate, too. \_ And you didn't notice any difference between his first and last night's efforts? Ok.... whatever..... \_ Bush creamed Kerry this time. \_ Dubya was even more stupid this time. You don't become less wrong by yelling it louder. \_ Would you like the pink or the blue kool aid? \_ apparently that's not how people outside of California think. My officemate from Indiana (very pro Bush) shouts loudly when 1) he feels that he has a strong point 2) when he doesn't want to hear from you again. People outside of California seem to have different social protocols, and shouting works for them. \_ your co-worker from Indiana is pretty stupid \_ that may be so, but people like him are all over the United States, voting for Bush. \_ True. And liberals all across the U.S. are asking "Why isn't Kerry whooping this chimp?" \_ I know why, and you should too, if you have been paying attention. -- ilyas \-My opinion on the two people at the top of the ticket is well known but i have to say that Melman fellow from BUSHCO is 100x better than mary beth cahill. it was sort of sad that charlie rose basically gave the bush campiagn a lot more free airtime to "clarify" [and it was well done] than kerry's spokespeson. it was lame of kerry co to let bushco go last and get a lot more time. they need to be more ruthless on "details" like this. --psb \_ Charlie Rose? Who watched *that*? \_ Yes, I know why. People are dumb. Dubya and his handlers know how to talk to dumb people, as he is himself: dumb. Granted there are smart Republicans out there, but they don't form the majority of those voting for Dubya. Clinton: "When people think, Democrats win." \_ I'm voting for Dubya and I'm dumb! Woot! We is all jus' whitey craker red neck hiks on thiz side uh da ile! You just keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better about last night. I prefer to always assume my opposition is not moronic and not take things for granted like you do with your weak labelling. \_ when people start thinking, we'll democratize both parties so that party bosses don't control every political position where one party controls a safe majority. \_ When people who profess to care actually bother to vote then Democrats would win, too. \_ Isn't the DNC asking for volunteers to take an hour or two to make get-out-the-vote phone calls on election day? I think if you do have spare time, this could make a big difference. \_ The election is done. Everyone already know who they'll vote for. Everyone who is going to show is already going to show. The only thing we don't yet know is which polls are more accurate than others. Anyway, when I see "political call" show on my caller ID, I don't pick up. I doubt any apathetic person would either. |
2004/10/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:33994 Activity:low |
10/8 I think they they are both more aggressive than last time, interesting. \_ I have a feeling that more than one advisor (and jon stewart spoof sketch) told him to kick it up a notch. |
2004/10/8-9 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:33995 Activity:insanely high |
10/8 As of 10/8, 8:39PM, polls ask who you think won the second debate (Bush, Kerry, [undecided]): http://cbsnews.com (11.51%, 88.10%) http://cnn.com (16%, 82%, 2%) http://foxnews.com (30%, 70%) http://msnbc.com (27%, 73%) http://freerepublic.com (95%, 1%) \_ "Poll: Bush, Kerry tie in 2nd debate", an article from CNN. So what's up. CNN becoming conservative and trying to save face? \_ Thanks to the DNC e-mail spam, I guess. \_ Check http://freerepublic.com for all the "FREEP THE MSNBC POLL" posts. The difference is that the freepers (and Chris Matthews, apparently) actually think an online poll means something. The lefty swampers are trying to show just how FUCKING POINTLESS these online polls are. --scotsman \_ There's about 150 freepers vs. the tens of thousands of Dems on the DNC mailing list. This has been said many times before on the motd: freepers are not conservatives or Republicans and all clear thinking people disavow them in the same way you should disavow nuts like Michael Moore and the democratic http://underground.com \_ You've been trolled scotsman! HAHA -!person who posted it \_ Actually, no. I know who posted it, and I'm just explaining how I see the poll slamming, not flaming them. And unless there's a freeper manifesto you can point me to that says that they're trying to make a mockery of the polls (I can point you to plenty on the left), then I stand by my point. --scotsman \_ Thank god we have geniuses like yourself to point out the absurdity. Please, let me express my unwavering gratitude. Thank you! P.S., don't you find it slightly unusual that you have worked yourself up into a frenzy about this. \_ No more so than any other criticism of journalism in this country.. Are you happy with the state of affairs? Do you like bankrupted localities? Do you like soldiers being killed and wounded in a preemptive war against a non-threat? Do you like all of this wrapped up in a pretty media package? You mock my anger? I mock your complacency and cowardice (sign your damn name, mr. black). --scotsman \_ RACIST!!! \_ RAPIST!!! \_ PAPIST!!! \_ TRAPPIST!!! \_ PRIAPIST!!! |
2004/10/8-9 [ERROR, uid:33996, category id '18005#14.165' has no name! , ] UID:33996 Activity:low |
10/8 No political bias at ABC News: http://www.drudgereport.com/mh.htm \_ No full-sentence in-context quotes from Drudge Report. \_ Liar. The entire memo is there. |
2004/10/8-9 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:33997 Activity:high |
10/8 I'm looking for all the war video footages, like the F16 Fallujah and the Apache Helicoptor killing. Is there a depot for these kinds of things? ok thx. \_ kazaa lite resurrection. get the entire Apache footage - not the edited ABC News version. \_ would you like video footage of terrorists blowing up children in Iraq for your home made propaganda film, too? |
2004/10/8-9 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic] UID:33998 Activity:very high |
10/8 Here is a cool idea. What if some guy, say, Soros' assistant opens up a new company that asks for GOP campaign donations. He outsources that to Indians, and when the Indians ask for money, their accents and their where-abouts (India) will either disgust Republicans so much that they'll switch party, or, they'll donate money which could be used by the Democrats. \_ The Republicans beat them to it. \_ It's called fraud. \_ Why would I switch to democrat b/c an Indian answered the phone? \_ Because all Republicans are racists. |
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