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2004/10/20-21 [Uncategorized] UID:34243 Activity:nil Edit_by:auto |
10/19 How to out 1337 your friends: http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/galactika-led-toilet-seat-023709.php \_ what's so special about a blinking led toilet seat |
2004/10/20 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34245 Activity:high |
10/19 John Zogby breaks down the electorate. Very interesting regardless of what "side" you're on, especially the bits about the "missing center." http://simonworld.mu.nu/archives/050971.php \_ fantastic link! thanks. this is the stuff zogby is always trying to get people to pay to read on his website. \_ Good stuff. In the meantime, has stock in Pepcid and other heartburn medicine companies seen an appreciable jump yet? \_ Why do bloggers love the word "eponymous" so damn much? seriously \_ Bloggers get no respect. They're using big words to try to sound smarter. \_ Interesting but to save others the trouble. This guy went to a \_ Because so many blogs are named after their creators in some way? Zogby speech and took notes. These are his notes about what Zogby said interspersed with his own opinion. Here's his summary at the end, "My thoughts: Zogby has an obvious personal bias to Democrats but I take him at face value when he says his research is impartial. His speculation that the race is Kerry's to lose didn't convince me, but nor do I buy that it is Bush's to lose either. I think the struggle for both candidates now is to go and win the race. Otherwise his thoughts on the missing centre certainly make sense and gel with my impressions of American politics (admittedly from afar). The small amount of undecideds are the key battleground, but I'm not sure they will break for Kerry in the numbers Zogby expects, especially given the reluctance of many to change Presidents during times of war. What is clear is unless the margin is reasonable, which is unlikely, there's going to be one hell of a mess." \_ Thanks for overwriting my post, asshole. \_ The key point for me was Zogby saying Gallup was crap. When election time comes, we will see if this is true. |
2004/10/20 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34246 Activity:high |
10/20 Fuck. Motd is boring. I'll kick it off: John Ashcroft = teh gay. \_ Actually, this the highest S/N ratio motd in quite some time. Are you saying a high S/N == boring? \_ yermom makes lots of noise \_ I'll take that as a yes. \_ What else can it mean when yermom's noise is "Yes ... YES ... YEEEEESSSSS"? \_ She's faking. Can't you tell? \_ Really? But she's very wet. |
2004/10/20 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34247 Activity:very high |
10/20 "I thought I'd miss my boyfriend when he went to Iraq. How ironic that I got drafted and killed!" -Missie in Miami http://www.enjoythedraft.com \_ Boy, I'm glad I'm an ordained minister. To be honest, currently you have a bunch of people who at least to some degree want to be there, there. What happens when you get a bunch of angry fuckups who don't want to be in the military decked out with all kinds of nasty hardware, and royally pissed off about being sent to east palookistan to inculate the friendly natives with concepts of democracy? Great prospects. Add to that that every military guy I've spoken to about this (several friends are/were mid-grade officers) hates the idea of a bunch of untrained/untrainable losers hanging around, breaking the equipment and using up what few spare parts they have... -John \_ Why are people worried about a fictional draft? Only Democrats have tried to make it happen. Kerry actually supports compulsory service if you want to go to college, etc. \_ Cuz it's getting worse over there and we're running out of bodies. \_ One of the best recent moments in the campaign was the Bush speech accusing Kerry of using "fear tactics," followed by a Cheney speech the next day implying that a vote for Kerry would result in terrorists nuking a city. \_ Dubya has promised not to implement the draft. Kerry, on the other hand, just might do it. \_ Dubya has promised not to implement the draft. (The implication being he won't let the situation get to this point, and perhaps if we really did need people, he would appeal to his base's patriotism to enlist in a time of need.) Kerry, on the other hand, leaves it as an option. \_ "read my lips..." \_ Kerry has said explicitely that he wants to increase our forces, especially special forces. He has also said he wants to increase pay and work on getting our traditional allies to give troop support. Bush has said he will not implement a draft. He also has said that we have a strong coalition, that Iraq is getting better, and that the troops are well supplied. If we need a draft, we need a draft. I hope we don't. But believing yet another lie is foolish. --scotsman \_ George will institute a skills draft, but rename it to something else, so he can claim to have kept his promise. You heard it here first. -ausman \_ Nah, a draft is a draft is a draft. I don't see you sysadmins getting drafted. \_ "We will not have an all volunteer army." -GWB \_ Lots of cutesy photoshopping. Nothing but leftist partisanship here \_ Why is satire so hard to grasp? \_ Because people are tired of grasping the same thing over and over and over and over and fucking over again. \_ If you want to see blatant partisanship, fear tactics, and hate mongering, check out the Issue 1 ballot measure race in Ohio. \_ Well, if the purpose is to get me to never spend a dime of my money in ohio, and to attempt to boycott products from ohio, i guess it could work. we are on the road to civil war. the tinder is there, all that is needed is the match. \_ Oh, BS. You all act like the US has never seen partisan politics before. Get a grip. \_ Hehe, if one listens to the stereotypes, liberals will not do so well in a civil war. They don't have guns, for example. -- ilyas. \_ I'm not particularly liberal (more apathetic) but I think Bush & Co., not to put too fine a point on it, are a pack of cocksmokers, and I have plenty of guns (and ammo! W00t!) -John \_ Hey John, can I buy those old sig assault rifles in .ch still? They are nice. -- ilyas \_ Use motdedit. Don't squish posts. \_ Sorry--hard to check who's really editing motd with so many goddamm motd archivers running. Ilyas--yes, but only semi-auto. I'd rather recommend a Karabiner 31--way more fun. And I have no clue where you'll find GP11 ammo in California. -John \_ If bush wins, I've already said I'm buying an AK-47 and a pistol and training in their use. I've got pretty good eye hand coordination, and I'm pretty sure I can catch up with the fat ass republican gun nuts in about a year. \_ Not in CA you are not. -- ilyas \_ Well, just keep listening to those stereotypes, ilyas. \_ MISSILE GAP! MISSILE GAP! \_ Yes, JFK campaigned on that bogus belief against the Republicans back in 1960, when in reality the Soviets were far behind. \_ Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap! \_ MEIN FUEHRER, I CAN VALK! -John \_ My honorable shaft shall leave no gap in your mineshaft, Marilyn. |
2004/10/20-21 [Uncategorized] UID:34248 Activity:nil |
10/20 How does it like to work at Intel or IBM? \_ It puts the lotion on its skin. \_ Speaking of which... http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2650242 |
2004/10/20-21 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:34249 Activity:moderate 66%like:34528 |
10/20 All right, we all know how we're going to vote. The determining factor will be how many people get out and vote. \_ That, and three months of litigation after the election, yeah. \_ You know, any election system that is decided by less than the margin of error deserves to have the hell litigated out of it. \_ There shouldn't be a margin of error. It's the only egalitarian voice we have in the process. It should not be a difficult problem. \_ Any human process will have a margin of error. It should be smaller than it is, but there is no way to eliminate it. \_ fair enough, but this is absurd. It's time for the federal government to establish some minimum standards for the ability of a ballot to measure the intent of the voter consistently, and then for the states to start enforcing those standards. How the FUCK the last four years passed without this happening is beyond me. |
2004/10/20-21 [Computer/Companies/Google] UID:34250 Activity:nil |
10/20 Time to short GOOG? It reached 148. \_ Are you actually asking for advice, or is this merely a pretense for the possibility that GOOG does crash so you can gloat with a "haha. told you so." \_ maybe op just wants to tell fellow sodans a good money making opportunity. \_ My prediction: It will fall later, but shorting will be expensive in the short run. -!op \_ that's what I think too. |
2004/10/20 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:34251 Activity:very high |
10/20 The snobbery of the elite liberals continues: http://csua.org/u/9km \_ I wonder what kind of ketchup they serve in the White House? \_ Maybe W ketchup. Supposedly bush supporters put out their own brand of ketchup because "You don't support Kerry, why should your ketchup". I mangled that, but it was something similar. \_ *shrug* It's not like the left side of the theater has a monopoly on elite snobbery. \_ It's sounds to me more like Mrs. Heinz-Kerry has never had what I would define as "a real job." \_ What are you talking about? \_ A woman worth $1 billion that she inherited should not be talking about who has or has not had a "real job". \_ Are you saying she does not have a real job? \_ Yes, and never has. \_ Have you done any research into her previous job history? \_ I am sure she worked at Wendy's and did tricks to come up with the last $100 of rent money. She's basically a billionaire philanthropist. She's never had to work. \_ I take that as a no. Please stop talking out of your ass next time. \_ I think this is particularly ironic, considering Teresa Heinz later apologized for not knowing Laura Bush worked as a librarian and a teacher. \_ There is no irony. I'm the same person who posted that fact at the bottom of the thread, and the same person who's been responding to you. \_ Oddly enough, I'm not "you" nor any of the other posters on this sub- thread. \_ Too bad it doesn't change my point. \_ I was merely pointing out an incorrect assumption on your part. \_ Like, duh! \_ Hey, even I knew that, and I don't pay attention to this kind of stuff and don't care. -- ilyas \_ Not sure what Teresa Heinz's job history may be, but she is snobbish and a bitch. So says my brother, who know the Heinzes and roomed with Chris Heinz in college. I think most people will say that the W's make better house guests and dinner companions, but I don't know what relevance that has to the election. \_ Instead of "snobbish and a bitch", how about: knows what she feels and will tell you honestly about it instead of backstabbing with gossip? \_ I don't imagine that my brother has been backstabbed by her. I do know that he has been snubbed by her for not being worthy. Perhaps you've had a different experience with her. Care to share? \_ No, I do not have any second-hand experiences from a brother to relate. I do trust these interviews, where her personality leaks out, more than what your brother says, obviously. \_ You'll understand that I trust my brother's personal experiences more than what I can infer from some staged and prepped interviews. \_ Sure, you can believe your brother, since it's your right to believe what you want to believe. \_ I'm glad you approve. And I'll be happy to extend to you the same privilege of believing whatever you want to believe. \_ It's an inherent right. No one is extending anyone anything. Duh. \_ As you wish. I'll go back to watching interviews to see if I can infer more about my politicians from them. \_ Note I did not posit any request to you for you to say "as you wish". I would urge you to evalute interviews on a case by case basis as well, instead of implying that they're all less useful than stories from your older brother. \_ Let me see... On one hand, I have my brother, who roomed with Chris freshman year, still exchanges occasional emails with him, and has met Teresa several times over the course of a year of living with her son. On the other hand, I can study Teresa under the artificial condition of a staged interview, where she was no doubt on guard to try to present a good image of herself, and where she was likely prepped by handlers on how to answer the interview questions and on how to conduct herself. Tough choice. \_ I don't believe we are covering any new ground. I've said my piece, you've said yours. said yours. If we were on O'Reilly, this is where he'd say, "Now we let the viewers decide". \_ Tell you what... I'll ask Chris if his mom is a snob when I see him at my bro's wedding next spring. Would that be a definitive enough answer for you? Or will you still cling to your interview inferences? \_ Probably won't help, but thanks. I think what could help more are highly descriptive stories (rather than just the concluding label of "snob" or "bitch") from which people can make their own judgments. \_ I'll just note that it's interesting to see how your position has shifted over the length of this thread. \_ Please state in one sentence what has shifted. Please think about this sentence carefully before you post. Thanks. \_ Nope, I can't do it in one sentence. Why this silly requirement? \_ instead of "snubbed by her for not being worthy", how about: she didn't want to hang out with your brother but wanted to hang out with someone else instead? \_ Oh you were there too! That must have been a crowded dorm room. \_ Clearly I am suggesting a reasonable alternative to your brother's interpretation of what happened; and clearly everyone understands that your brother was there and I was not; and clearly everyone *should* understand there is weight in both positions. \_ Alex Kerry (John's daughter) doesn't like her either. \_ John Kerry married an ice-queen! He's clearly unfit to be commander in chief! \_ I don't know that the nicest and most friendly people also make the best presidents. However, attempts to buff up Teresa Heinz's character clearly implies that some people do think so. \_ She's a South African Republican bitch. The fact that she and Kerry have a lot in common (apparently) is scary and worth noting. \_ I thought we had gotten beyond denigrating people for where they came from. \_ The conservative spin machine goes into overdrive. Determining there is an insult where there is not: "Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job -- I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things. I'm older, and my validation of what I do is a little bit bigger -- because I'm older, and I've had different experiences." \_ Actually it's just annoying because she's stupid. I never thought it was an insult, but I usually figure that you should keep your yap shut if you don't know what you're talking about. \_ But apparently you think it's ok to be president of the United States if you don't know what you're talking about. amazing. \_ Did I say I was a Bush supporter? You're an idiot. \_ "stupid"... from what do you gather this? "snobbery"... from what do you gather that? I smell Limbaugher. \_ To state that you don't know anything about someone and then go on to postulate about what kind of jobs they've held in the past is, well, stupid. The assumptions she makes about said jobs is snobbish. \_ You are really reading into this too much. Bang! You've just been spun by the conservative spin machine. \_ Umm.. the quote is directly above this post. Which part of is has been spun by the "conservative spin machine?" \_ *All* of the quote above. Taken in context, it is not an attack on Laura Bush. If you don't know what the "conservative spin machine" is, recall "sensitive war on terror" and Dubya having said the same thing. \_ Wow, you have some reading problems don't you. As I said above, I never thought it was an insult, or an attack, on Laura Bush. It's just stupid. \_ Nah, I just think THK got used by the Republican spin machine. I don't think what she said was stupid. \_ The AP is a conservative spin machine! Call out the tin-foil corps! \_ What she said makes sense to me. She should realize that Republicans are evil when it comes to taking quotes out of context. It's not stupid not to realize this. \_ Some people just seem to have a real skill for pedial-oral insertion. insertion. [ don't change this, make your own joke ] \_ And the Bush folks miss the point: 'Karen Hughes, an adviser to President Bush, criticized Heinz Kerry's remarks as "indicative of an unfortunate mind-set that seeks to divide women based on who works at home and who works outside the home."' So even Karen Hughes seems to think that Laura Bush has always been a stay-at-home mom. \_ Republican - spin - machine. I doubt Karen Hughes really thinks that. On a note of fairness, Teresa Heinz-Kerry issued a press release apologizing for not having known that Laura Bush was a teacher and librarian. I doubt Heinz-Kerry didn't know that. Democratic - unspin - machine. \_ Which sounds more likely?: THK knew Laura Bush's history and decided to talk smack about it in the face of logic. -OR- THK was uninformed but talked out her ass anyway \_ I'm putting my money on the latter. THK is very proud of her record as "opinionated" and "outspoken." In other words, she proud of her ability to talk out her ***. |
2004/10/20-21 [Academia/Berkeley, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:34252 Activity:nil 50%like:35307 |
10/20 UC Berkeley Data stolen (from /., but motd is boring today) http://csua.org/u/9ki \_ What kind of computer was hacked? |
2004/10/20-21 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34253 Activity:very high |
10/20 Just read that Theresa Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique. Will this be the first time a first lady will have not have been born in the US? \_ Damn subversive Mozambicans trying to control the gubmint. \_ Louisa Adams was born in England. \_ Oh that's the same. Maybe it's not a "real" country \_ maybe Kerry will be the Mozambiquian Candidate. \_ I just read that John Kerry speaks fluent French. Is this the first time we have a presidential candidate who can speak French? \_ Maybe in the last 50 years, but no. \_ Is it the first time we've had a candidate who "looks French"? \_ He's a Czech Jew, you moron. Stop being a hater long enough to get your slurs right. \_ I think your sarcasm meter is broken. \_ Vote for me! I'll be the first president to speak fluent Korean! I bet that'll bring NK to the table. -jrleek \_ Does sky speak Korean? \_ Just certain words. \_ Kerry's not going to win, so your question is moot. \_ there had to be someone to say this. \_ yes, motd, fair and balanced. \_ I know that the first three or four first ladies were not born in the United States. |
2004/10/20-21 [Politics/Domestic/California, Computer/SW/Security] UID:34254 Activity:moderate Edit_by:auto |
10/20 Hi, I've created a toy web site that will hopefully be a bit of insightful for people who want to know the "slant-ness" of different news source: http://www.slantcheck.org I already bought the domain names, I'm now looking for a place to host it. If you would like to help please email me. -kchang \_ http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php \_ Kevin, does it occur to you that averaging faulty sensor readings doesn't produce meaningful results? Maybe if we had some sort of pagerank for people this could work. -- ilyas \_ the same is true for web votes on http://cnn.com, http://cbsnews.com, etc. Also read his disclaimer. It's not meant to be scientific at all \_ I know. I am saying why add to the garbage? -- ilyas \_ ilyas-- what is trash to you may be useful to others. To say categorically that something has no value, says a lot about you. Secondly, most systems require some level of trust and certainly all systems are subject to abuse. Just look at the electoral college, Gerrymandering, e-vote machines crashing, etc. No system is abuse free -- some systems are much more abuse prone than the others (case in point informal internet vote). It's good to have a starting point somewhere, and in time, refine the system to a point that it is much less abuse prone and that it is generating acceptible results. \_ It does say a lot about me. It says that I think systems where a vote is trivial to fake, where a single person can trivially cast arbitrary numbers of votes, where the opinions of all people are weighed equally, etc. etc. etc. will produce garbage. No one will rely on such a system for anything other than generating empty motd conversations. Having said that, I welcome differing opinions of 'others,' because I am curious how http://cnn.com polls can possibly be of any use to anyone. I want to be proven wrong here. If you honestly want to make progress in this area, you can look at social networks/pagerank research, or computer security. -- ilyas \_ Aw, I thought it was going to run news articles through some sort of analysis program to compute the results. Instead I find it's just an unfiltered click poll. \_ that itself is a PhD thesis right there. Context sensitive weight analysis. \_ Yeah, well I could hope for some arbitrary heuristics at least. A poll isn't right... the name evokes http://factcheck.org which at least provides human analysis. A <DEAD>slantcheck.org<DEAD> run by some dedicated individuals who analyze submitted instances of "slant" could actually be an interesting service that could get national attention. \_ Is this thing just a cry for attention? \_ I dunno. But a http://factcheck.org comparison is natural... hey I would enjoy doing that analysis as part of some funded group. Those http://factcheck.org people get paid to sit around and analyze the same shit you guys all do on the motd every day. \_ thanks for the response guys. The bottom line is that there are a lot of improvements and changes that need to be made in order to make the results fair and meaningful. I'd love to implement some of the features that were suggested, but most of them require a lot of time and/or money. Please keep up these great suggestions, but even more importantly, send me money via PayPay. Once I generate enough interests and funding, I'll be able to hire someone to implement these features. Thanks. -kchang \_ How are we supposed to know you aren't going to spend it all on h07 42n ch1x, or hire one to "implement" your features? \_ he's gonna hire hot UCLA chicks to implement the features :) |
2004/10/20-21 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:34255 Activity:insanely high |
10/20 Hey conservatives- take back your own party please. A bit of history: http://www.theocracywatch.org/taking_over.htm \_ You must not be familiar with the extensive Christian origins of this nation. \_ They were mostly deists. The current regime are fundamentalists. \_ Patently false. Stop reading these atheist internet sites, they are bogus. \_ Patently false. Stop reading these atheist internet sites, they are bogus. \_ Patently false. Stop reading these Christian internet sites, they are bogus. \_ I'm not going to bother to get into this. If one reads their original writings and speeches their Christianity is obvious, unless you are stupid. \_ Most of them, but not all of them. Jefferson was not. \_ Indeed a great number of them, but the separation of church and state was more than an offhand comment to them. Remember what they were rebelling against: King George and the COE. Royalty and theocracy. Two things our current George seems perfectly happy to bring back. I for one don't want to see revolution in my lifetime. I'd much rather see the fucker go peacefully in this election. --scotsman p.s. It's good to see you as blissfully ignorant as ever mr. black. \_ I am amused that professed lovers of democracy start muttering about revolution under their breath as soon as an election or 3 doesn't go their way. Make up your mind is the tyranny of {the majority|electoral college|etc} good or bad? I don't know what Bush truly wants to do in his heart of hearts (probably party or something) but the office of the POTUS is a moderating kind of chair to sit in. The bigger the chair, the less important are the psychological particulars of the ass sitting on it. No one is complaining about Nancy Pelosi and her brand of Bay Area liberal insanity, although she is very influential in the DNC right now. If you think Bush wants to bring royalty back in the US, you ve gone off the deep end, sorry. I mean this makes LeRouchies sound reasonable. -- ilyas \_ Ilya, I'm talking about history and vague worries when I talk about revolution. Our democracy is far from healthy. The tyranny of the majority is really the tyranny of less than a plurality of, oh, 30%? And by royalty, we've had this discussion before. It's not direct governmental plutocracy. It's handing over power, tax refunds, and a blind eye to institutions and individuals who could give a shit about the public. If that's what the subplurality of 30% really want, let alone a majority of the public, then, yes, I worry. --scotsman \_ (a) Saying "all Bush opponents are talking about revolution" equates to "all conservatives are right wing religious nutcake loonies." (b) POTUS itself may eclipse individual personalities, but it _is_ a tremendously powerful office, especially when combined with a disciplined and determined crew, as now. (c) Who says nobody's complaining about Pelosi? She's part of the reason voters are being forced to choose "less worse" instead of "better" this year. -John \_ re: (a) I was talking about Ben in particular. re: (c) Maybe people are, but I haven't heard anything, and certainly nothing compared to the volume of low grade bile directed at Bush. -- ilyas \_ (a) be more specific, (c) a lot of SF residents have loads of low grade bile for her from when she was a supervisor. -John \_ BushCo is interested in maintaining power, moreso than any other Pres. since LBJ. The more petty and ridiculous tricks are pulled by both sides, the less moral high ground there is to go around, and the more both sides sound wholely corrupt and powermongering. That BushCo has players who excel at the game while the Dems seem be playing the Washington Generals merely stokes the flames against the Pres. \_ That's because a whole lot of these "professed lovers of democracy" are actually thinking, "I'm smarter than everyone else. I should be in charge." They're fine as long as everyone else agrees with them, but if some people think differently, they must be stupid and wrong and therefore should not have a vote. \_ I am, I should, they are. Well, most of them, anyway. -John \_ No, Mr. Leek. It's not some elitist tendency. It's a compassionate, dare I say Christian (raised Lutheran over here), drive in me that actually cares about the people and the country. Did I claim anyone should "not vote"? I would love to see election day made a national holiday so no one would have an excuse not to. I would love to have been required to take civics in high school or even jr. high. If our voter turnout even began to approach that of some other countries, I think you'd be greatly dismayed at how out of touch you are. In the meantime, I'd suggest that rather than be insulting, you actually put your arguments forward in good faith. --scotsman \_ I actually not sure how to respond to this mix of oddness. I agree that people should take civics in school, along with economics. I'm not sure where you get the idea that I don't care about the country or the people. I'm not even sure what \_ I didn't say you don't. Read what you said. See how it's directly insulting. Read what I said. Realize I was talking about myself in defence of charges of a super- iority conflict. --scotsman you're saying I'm out of touch with. All I'm saying is that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I think you're making assumptions about my political positions that you know nothing about. (And what's with telling me you were raised Lutheran? Am I supposed to care? Did you know Paolo was rasied Catholic? So what? He's still Paolo.) \_ How delightfully low on signal. Drop trou and produce debunk (and not from some fundie site) or eat crow. |
2004/10/20-21 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:34256 Activity:nil |
10/20 I need to call long distance (to canada) tonight and somehow my phone card does not work. Since I never signed up for a long distance carrier, is there a 1010* service that does not charge a minimum or monthly fee? Ok tnx! \_ http://1010phonerates.com/index.html |
2004/10/20-21 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34257 Activity:nil |
10/20 Kerry, from 1994, clarifies what constitutes a "global test" http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/KerryBalkans01.wmv |
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