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| 2004/11/9 [Uncategorized] UID:34769 Activity:nil |
11/8 How do I tell a WinXP box to run a defragmenter every night at 3AM?
It's not showing up in 'Scheduled tasks'. Thanks. |
| 2004/11/9 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/Virus] UID:34770 Activity:high |
11/8 http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1011/web-manh-10-15-04.asp So the NSA wants a ned center to work on, in part, detecting malicious code hidden in software. How is this any easier than 'solving' the halting problem? \_ Dubya can do anything he sets his devious and evil monkey mind to. \_ The fact that a problem is undecidable in general does not stop entire industries from springing up around it (anti-virus stuff comes to mind). -- ilyas \_ Remedying parts of a problem (anti-virus stuff comes to mind) but not eliminating the problem entirely is better than not doing anything at all, unless your partial measures create a false sense of security (anti-virus stuff comes to mind). This is especially true for infosec. Even if AV vendors create false panic & hysteria, there is nonetheless a real problem out there, which they are partially addressing. The same with this malicious code initiative. I have corporate clients who have enormous issues with this; it is a real problem just crying for someone to do something, anything, about it. Infosec problems cannot ever be 100% solved. -John \_ "infosec". This sounds like something Orwell or Philip K Dick would come up with. \_ Sorry, you're right. We've just all taken to calling it that here, you get used to it. You have always been at war with Eurasia. -John \_ Damn eurocommunists. -- ilyas \_ Mao! Mao is the standard! \_ Ooh mao mao, ooh papa mao \_ Are you chinese? Do you understand the effects opium trade had on china!? effects holocaust had on china!? \_ No I don't, explain it to me. \_ Penalty. |
| 2004/11/9 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:34771 Activity:high |
11/8 Why do these guys look like the terrorists in Counter-Strike?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041108/481/bag11811081424
\_ Because they killed all the sodomizing homosexuals who could tell
them that lumberjack shirts and checkered kaffiyehs simply do
not match. -John
\_ On a side note, does it ever get cold enough in Iraq or the rest
of the Middle East to justify owning a balaclava?
\_ Yes. Ever been in a desert at night? It gets cold.
\_ Damn, good point. Bang goes another theory. |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:34772 Activity:high |
11/8 Someone please explain how the Fallujah fight works. The US
army goes in, the civilians and insurgents flee, and victory
is claimed. But eventually when the civilians and insurgents
come back, they'll just do more sniping and suicide bombing.
So what's the point of attacking Fallujah in the first place?
\_ we will hunt down and fight and kill the evil-doers.
\_ Same mistake we made in Vietnam: we think that grabbing land will
somehow equal victory, but Zarqawi (sp?) and the rest of the heads
of Team Fallujah have already left. Watch out for the next
Fallujah sometime soon.
\_ Some people always escape. You don't need to kill 100% of the
enemy to render them ineffective as a fighting force. A few
kill leaders and lots of dead bodies is usually enough. Watch
out for the next Fallujah? This isn't the first city that's
been stomped on like this. How come we don't hear about all
those other cities still being terrorist havens?
\_ Wow, you're really dumb. You have no idea what
guerilla warfare entails. Get ready for your object
lesson.
\_ Yes, I do know. What exactly are your gueillas
going to eat and shoot with and hide once the world
passes them by? Do you read the Arab press? Since
they started killing Iraqi children and cops, their
support has plumeted. This is mop up. It'll go on
beyond their elections but there won't be any more
Fallujas. The political situation has changed. You
put way too much faith in a bunch of random angry
dudes with no training. I'll take the U.S. Marines
on this one.
\_ Even the marines are admitting that the bigwigs
are no longer in the city. They'll take their
support elsewhere and set up shop, and the Sunnis
will boycott the election.
\_ "Che Guevara". You can't have a revolution
without goons. -John
\_ It's a matter of whether they can permantly secure and bring
order to Fallujah and other cities with Iraqi forces. If not,
it's a lost cause.
\_ It'll be difficult to snipe while wearing bags and leashes, and
with LYNDIE keeping an eye on them.
\_ Fallujah is the symbol and HQ of the insurgents.
Naturally, if the U.S. pacifies the city and it re-erupts in
violence, that's bad!
\_ It has their FLAG, dumbass. -geordan |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:34773 Activity:high |
11/8 Why aren't the media/liberals capitalizing on the man who committed
suicide because Bush got re-elected? I mean, they should use that
to make a point that Bush sucks, like "the first man who commit
suicide because of the presidency."
\_ troll. I'll bite. because the guy Was CRAZY
\_ Maybe because you've had too much of the partisan kool aid and
the media is actually less liberal than you think.
\_ I think you were intended to see "LAME" below.
\_ Actually it highlights the mental state of Kerry followers. |
| 2004/11/9 [Recreation/House, Reference/BayArea, Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:34774 Activity:nil |
11/09 I need to find a storage place in south bay for lots of books and also
some furniture and electronics. To save money, I prefer a non-A/C
place. Should I worry about moisture damange? Does it matter
if it is ground floor or up? Thanks. |
| 2004/11/9 [Health/Disease/General, Health/Men, Health/Women] UID:34775 Activity:very high |
11/9 why isn't the heart drug made for blacks a hate drug?
\_ you are stupid
\_ he's stupid but still makes a good point. for decades the
medical research field has ignored racial differences when
studying disease and the effects of drugs (also the diff. between
men and women as well). should we ignore race for medical
reasons? does doing so make us racist or does not doing so make
us racist by denying that "we're all the same" and color is only
skin deep, etc? you too easily dismiss the core concept because
it was presented by a moron.
\_ We don't ignore race. It's long been understood that blacks
are more genetically prone toward sickle cell anemia, and
ethnic Jews have a higher rate of Tay-Sachs. Diagnosis and
treatment have been aimed at race.
\_ Those are very obvious cases. There are numerous much
more subtle differences between people/races that most
medical researchers won't touch with a 10 mile pole.
Race is a hot button issue. I wouldn't risk my career or
funding on the more subtle stuff. Would you? Very few are
willing to talk about it much less conduct serious medical
research in this area.
\_ alright, let's say there's a drug for whites only. Can you
imagine what the public reaction would be?
\_ Very good point.
\_ Bullshit. If there is a drug that for some genetic
reason has a beneficial effect on one group and none
for another, that's not racist, and I think you'd be
hard pressed to find any rational person who would
call it a _good point_
\_ SUNSCREEN IS RACIST, BITCH! |
| 2004/11/9 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:34776 Activity:high |
11/9 Firefox 1.0 in /csua/tmp
\_ I really hope you are not running graphical web browsers from soda.
\_ It's a .exe file. Can't be for soda.
\_ do you have any idea how slow http://mozilla.org is today?
\_ When Soda is a dual Xeon we will all have graphical
webbrowsers!
\_ Actually, hey... why don't they include a jpg->ASCII
conversion library in lynx? That would be awesome.
\_ Anyone know how do I set cache directory in firefox? It can
be done for Mozilla. I don't see an option in Firefox...
\_ have you tried googling for
set cache directory in firefox
? the answer seems to be in the first link.
\_ I'm running 0.9.3 and I've set it to periodically check for updates.
So far I haven't seen any notification. How often does it check for
updates?
\_ Do a force-check: options->advanced->software updates->check now
\_ Yeah I can do that, but I was just wondering if the periodic
check feature is broken.
\_ I'm a current-version Mozilla user. What would I gain/lose by
switching to firefox? How much lighter in CPU/memory is it? I
find I typically use ~80MB having 10 or so tabs open.
\_ Yeah, I can finally dump my NS 7.1.
\_ Should I wait a month or two for all the major problems to pop up
before I switch to it?
\_ Nah, I have been using the beat for weeks with no problems.
\_ I thought it was just released today. Or is the 1.0 PR the
same as 1.0?
\_ You should wait a couple days if you're using certain extensions
like adblock that haven't had new versions released for this.
\_ Is there a version for Slolaris yet? |
| 2004/11/9 [Computer/Companies/Google, Computer/SW/OS/VM] UID:34777 Activity:high |
11/9 I have two versions of MSIE 6.0.2800.1106. One is running inside a
VMWare virtual machine, the other running native on an athlon PC.
When I run a google query: http://www.google.com/search?q=canada.ca
They get slightly different results. What's the best way to figure
out why this would be? Perhaps a way to capture the request?
\_ Maybe you're just hitting different google mirrors, and their
indices aren't quite in sync? You could test this by using an
explicit IP address like 216.239.57.99 instead of "google.com".
\_ netcat is good for this. Use 'netcat -L <DEAD>athos.989studios.com<DEAD>:10070
-p 8000 -o logfile' listens at port 8000 on the local machine, logs
to the file "logfile", and forwards the result to athos port 10070.
\_ Does Google incorporate randomness in its search result when, say,
there's a tie in relevancy?
\_ the above will do the net capture but i think the answer lies more
in how google works than your browser. packet captures will only
tell you what you already know: you're getting difference responses
back from google. |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:34778 Activity:insanely high |
11/9 What's the difference between Sadam killing thousands of uncooperative
Iraqis because they don't accept his ruling, and Bush killing
thousands of ethnic Iraqis because they don't accept democracy?
\_ We are killing in the name of democracy which is a more noble goal.
\_ KILLING IN THE NAME OF/KILLING IN THE NAME OF/DUH DUH DUMMMM DUH
DUHDUDHDUH SWERREEEEAAAAACHH RAWAAAARRRR </rage against the
machine>
\_ someone has been playing too muh GTA:SA
\_ Is RATM on the soundtrack? -no ps2
\_ yup
\_ Moral relativism. You = teh ghey.
\_ cuz the people we kill don't want other iraqis to be free
\_ Oxymorons for the day: military intelligence, smart weapon,
friendly fire, compassionate conservative.
\_ unbiased mainstream media, kerry electable, youth voter,
hollywood/heart of america, voted for it before....
\_ intelligent motd conservative attempting variation on
theme to drive home stupid point but falling flat
\_ There are no difference, period.
\_ Are you Chinese? Do you understand the effect the opium trade
had on China?
\_ Why do you hate China?
\_ Are you Yiddish? Do you understand the effect the holocaust
had on Yehudah?
\_ Why do you hate Yehudah?
\_ A foreigner can see this with less bias than you do.
\_ I bet BUD DAY has no bias at all!
\_ BUD DAY vs. Ditka? (No Bears' bus)
\_ ?? Care to elaborate?
\_ Ummm... one opresses all other Iraqis for a self-centered
ideology, and the other makes all Iraqis equal?
\_ oppresses via kidnappings, head chopping, car bombs in busy
markets, suicide bombers, etc. You know, the people that he'd
be howling to see put down like rabid dogs in the street if they
made an appearance in HIS neighborhood.
\_ According to Economist, number of Iraqis killed since invasion
is not 15000 as per US's figures, but 40000 or more.
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3352814
\_ You've obviously never served.
\_ What does that comment have to do with The Economist article
cited?
\_ Why doesn't the Economist just sign Form 180 and get it
over with?
\_ I'll sign form 180!
\_ No, I'll sign form 180! --spartacus
\_ Whatever the number, it is still going to be lower over the long
term than what Saddam was doing to his own people on a daily
basis. It is a horrible and terrible thing that innocent people
die during war but they were also during under Saddam. His
killing was a permanent situation. The war is a temporary
condition required to remove his bloody paws from the people.
\_ How long did Saddam ruled Iraq and how many people died
as a result of his misrule?
\_ Americans love to kill people in the name of freedom
and democracy. They killed 4 million Vietnamese to
save the Vietnamese. That's comparable to the number
of Jews incinerated by the Germans.
\_ You're an idiot. 4 million is an estimate of Vietnamese
civilians killed, 1955-1973. Add to that ca. 1 million
combatants. A majority of those were done in by other
Vietnamese, including North & Viet Cong. -John
\_ http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm#Vietnam
\_ Exactly. And aside from a fair number of RVN
civilians done in by US napalm, most of it points
to casualties from NVA/VC. Point? -John
\_ why do you say most of the civilian casualties
are due to NVA/VC?
\_ Because they're a bunch of murdering fucking
commies, and they're coming for you AND your
dog, that's why. -John
\_ Didn't you know? The US Military has
declared a Free Fire Zone in your bathroom.
If you have any business there, you'd better
do it quick.
\_ nah, majority killed by Americans and their corrupt
S. Vietnam lackeys.
\_ One is a murdering turd and the other murders Kurds?
\_ Where is the evidence? The Constitution demands an actual head
count for the purposes of the census, but the "100,000 dead Iraqis"
figure is tossed willy-nilly without a list of names. Besides,
we don't target Iraqi citizens, and Saddam did.
\_ 100,000 people was a bogus figure generated by some guys who
came up with a range of ~8000 to just over 200,000 dead so they
split the difference. Once the lie started spreading, the
origin was lost and now this 100k number has become a pseudo-
factoid tossed around like reality.
\_ The 100K number is not bogus, but it has a high uncertainty.
They used the 'cluster' statistical methodology, which is
"THE STANDARD" in epidemiological studies, and gives very
good results if your sample size is large enough. Basically
you randomly pick a bunch of small neighborhoods spread out
over the whole country and interview every person in those
neighborhoods about their family members who died and what was
the cause of death. Then extrapolate those results to the
whole country. Because they got only 33 neighborhoods, their
estimate was 98K dead, but the margin of error was 8-190K
people dead. The best estimate is 98K, but there is 90%
certainty that over 40K have died. Also, they deliberately
threw out a neighborhood in Fallujah because the death rate
was much higher there and they didn't want to skew the sample.
The 8-200K dead figure is the 95% confidence interval, I think
\_ WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA???
\_ The 100k number came from a survey using the same
methodology as used in kosovo and other conflicts,
and has been generally accepted in the past. But,
as Firesign Theatre would say, everything you know
is wrong.
\_ Nobody knows how many Iraqis are dying because frankly,
nobody cares. The only thing that is important is
to reduce American casualties to a minimum.
\_ You dickwad, I hope a terriorist hit you soon, motherfucker! |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34779 Activity:kinda low |
11/9 The behind-the-scene look at the campaign by the Newsweek embeds
is a pretty good read. Not terribly flattering to the Kerry camp.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407226/site/newsweek
\_ 1) Not really.
2) Their account of Bush's time at Yale is based on pure fiction.
There's nothing "regular" about being a way below average
student, an alchoholic, a criminal, and a Bonesman.
\_ Sure, sure. And what was Kerry's GPA?
\_ You overwrote my post. You = teh gay
3) Stop posting the same shit over and over.
\_ My, we're just a wee bit bitter, aren't we?
\_ Next up: the "Sweet Valley High" election special! |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Domestic] UID:34780 Activity:high |
11/9 http://www.fuckthesouth.com \_ That 60-seat majority in the Senate is going to be really sweet come 2006. Keep it up guys. \_ Filibuster-proof! \_ I prefer: http://www.sorryeverybody.com \_ He needes a history lesson. \_ You need a spelling lesson. \_ He needs a history lesson. \_ why? point out some things. \_ The Civil War was not about slavery. The Founding Fathers weren't all urbanites from the northeast. The Founding Fathers specifically designed the government so highly populous urban centers didn't have total control over rural areas. Etc. |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:34781 Activity:high |
11/9 I've been wondering about this. During the campaign, why doesn't
Kerry just openly say that the war on Iraq is based on a lie,
a lie the Bush administration knew from the beginning. The WMD
was just something that would play nice with the general
public, but they would've went in anyway, and because of their
action, the united states is not any safer than it was before.
Does this just not work with the general public? Were they
afraid most Americans just don't want to hear the truth? Like
when any company loses a court battle, they always deny any
wrong doings, etc, but will pay?
\_ Because he voted for it and later said he'd do the exact same
thing even knowing that Saddam didn't have WMD.
\_ When asked how she would have handled the war if she'd known then
what she knows now, Senator Hillary Clinton retorted, "Well, we
never would have had the war!"
\_ Because the WHOLE WOLRD thought we'd find stockpiles! -Dubya
\_ Except of course for Sean Penn.
\_ Look up the countries who opposed the war, but who's
intelligence agencies said there were stockpiles.
\_ Because, even knowing everything we know today, it was still the
right thing to do! -Dubya
\_ Is it?
\_ The majority of Americans think so!
\_ An uninformed majority is a mob.
\_ The US under Bush is the biggest threat to world pace since
Hitler. I think we should invade and take preemptive actions
against ourselves!!
\_ You've obviously never served.
\_ Dubya served with honor in the Texas Air National Guard!
\_ What about all the shit they teach you at school, you are
innocent until proven guilty, that you can't punish someone
for something they haven't done. Which is the foundation of
our law enforcement system. Why don't we start arresting
anyone who 'might' commit a crime? "Knowing what I know
today, it was the right thing to do", fuck off.
\_ The "innocent until proven guilty" premise does not translate to
Presidents and heads of state who, because of the enormous effect
of their mistakes, obsessions, and biases, are expected to be
more circumspect in the employment of the destructive forces at
their disposal. The President *must* be willing to take
responsibility for the errors he has made, especially when those
errors result in the full deployment of our military; this is
why Bush was very careful to shift the focus of the reason for
war from the unproveable charge of WMD to the more popular goal
of deposing Saddam Hussein. If Bush had made this case prior
to going to war, he would have simulataneously had a harder time
getting support for the war and had a much more stable rationale
for the war. He erred.
\_ they got Capone on tax evasion, we got Saddam on wmd usage
against the kurds..
\_ And Dubya probably thinks the 2004 results were a stamp of
approval!
\_ One of the things that people forget, or fail to
meantion, is that Bush CAN'T admit it was a mistake, even
if he thinks so himself. Admitting the war was a mistake
would be such a morale shock to the troops, and the
country, it would be the equivalent of overtly saying,
"We're going to let another 10,000 or so troops die, and
then pull out leaving Iraq in a state of civil war and
disaster." He touched on this in the debate when he said
he didn't think a president who thinks the war is a
mistake should be put in charge. Morale is VERY
important.
\_ If Bush were truly concerned about morale, he should
apologize for not greeting the coffins of the fallen
soldiers who have died for their country.
\_ Dubya was visiting the wounded in Walter Reed yesterday!
[GOP]Karl_Rove p0wnz u!
\_ Yawn. wounded != died. Cf. "dictionary."
\_ Visiting wounded soldiers >> Greeting coffins
[GOP]Karl_Rove STILL p0wnz u!
\_ Obviously, you never served.
\_ THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT CARL ROVE BETTED ON. Once we are
in war, there's only one option. You don't question why
until after the war, long after Bush is dead. FUCK BUSH
AND CARL ROVE.
\_ Dubya took out Saddam -- someone who has used chemical weapons
during war -- while he was small, before he could get big again.
Dubya didn't even want to ask the UN, but Powell convinced him
to try.
Dubya also showed that the U.S. will do whatever it takes to
anyone it deems a threat to the U.S.
\_ Someone explain to be where the term 'Dubya' came from?
What does it mean?
\_ It's his middle initial, to distinguish him, George W.
Bush, from his father, George H.W. Bush.
\_ Wow, that's almost straight from Andrew Card's mouth. Let's
review: post-combat weapons inspections have revealed that
the sanctions were preventing Saddam Hussein from "getting
big again"; the campaign in *Afghanistan* showed that the
US will do whatever it takes to defuse those it deems a
threat; the debacle in Iraq has shown the world that anyone
can tie down the US military nearly indefinitely by prodding
the President's pride. US military might is at its lowest
perceived competency level in decades.
\_ Wow, if only Kerry put it as convincingly in the debates...
But, Saddam was gaming the oil-for-food program, and
Dubya's people would say that he WOULD get big again
after sanctions were lifted since no WMDs would have been
found, Saddam would still be in power today, and we would
never have found out if he had them or not.
IMO, the U.S. should have been gaming Saddam, not the other
way around. Instead, the U.S. broke all the rules and put
the hammer down on him when it found it was losing the
game.
\_ You're right, Kerry should have hammered him more than
he did. Ah, well. Anyway, sanctions would not have
been lifted because Bush would have had any attempt to
lift sanctions vetoed in the UNSC. Furthermore, Bush
should have had the balls to call France and Russia on
their violations of the sanctions; robbed of his two
semi-allies, Hussein might have self-destructed faster. |
| 2004/11/9 [Computer/Rants] UID:34782 Activity:nil |
11/9 looking for stable employment, will shovel hay/ horse manure..
\_ That all depends...Are you out standing in your field?
\_I'm out standing in a field, need sheltered employment.
\_ there's a ton of contracting jobs out there. i'm beating them off
with a stick. |
| 2004/11/9 [Health/Dental, Health/Disease/General] UID:34783 Activity:moderate |
11/9 I got a food particle stuck in my throat, probably a rice particle.
I can't cough it out or get it to go down by eating more stuff or
drink water. It's bothering me. Sodans with medical knowledge, if
it's indeed stuck in my breath path, won't it cause bacteria and
maybe infection if I don't get it out?
\_ Go see a doctor. It might not be what you think it is. It
might be serious. -- ilyas
\_ as long as you can type and post to motd, who cares?
\_ Some semen should dislodge it.
\_ or a spray of urine.
\_ I saw a video once about a doctor who specialized in that
procedure.
\_ When this happens to me, I usually ignore it for half a day or so
and it disappears by itself.
\_ It may not really be there anymore. If something scratched your
throat, the injury may feel like it's there.
\_ True. Also, remember that you're contantly swallowing saliva,
nature's own pre-digestive juice, so any food stuck in your
mouth or throat should disappear in a few days. If it's still
bugging you after a few days or gets worse, visit your doctor.
\_ Might be cancer. go see a doctor.
\- eat a banana --psb
\_ safer to just see a doctor. might be inflammation too.
\_ Thanks for all the replies. It is a food particle because I
was drinking some water after lunch and somehow choked
myself and splashed water all over my keyboard and monitor.
After the smoke cleared (in a figurative sense), I started
to feel there's something on my throat and can't get it out.
I feel like it is not in my swallow path, as I've actually ate
a banana and drank more water, but rather in my breath path,
does it make sense? Or am I just wrong and it IS in my swallow
path and just stuck somewhere?
\_ depends on how far back in your throat. Tracheal obstructions
tend to trigger the coughing reflex. It could also be stuck
near your tonsils. Seeing a doctor is probably the safest bet.
And worth the $15 copay. Check thyroids and tonsils while you're
there.
\_ Don't ask me to help you debug on your machine again! |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:34784 Activity:moderate |
11/9 http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=18049 Latest Tom Tomorrow comic strip \_ Wow, JUST as unfunny as usual! \_ I don't know, Kerry playing with Barbie dolls was pretty funny. Don't you agree? \_ eh. no. Not that funny. \_ I guess you voted for Dubya? \_ Kerry playing with Barbie dolls is funnier for Kerry supporters? \_ I voted for Kerry, and I think Tom Tomorrow is never funny and can't draw. \_ Why do you hate never served? Do you understand the effect Bud Day obviously had on the STANDARD mass opium graves? |
| 2004/11/9-10 [Reference/Law/Court] UID:34785 Activity:low |
11/9 What's wrong for a Juror to do a little research on her own?
I don't see what the big fuss is about.
\_ check out http://www.fija.org The judge can tell you wheever they want
\_ check out http://www.fija.org The judge can tell you whatever they want
but it's pefectly legal for a juror to base their decision on
anything. Its a dirtly little secret they dont want you to know.
\_ Yeah, but jurors can't conduct independent research. You will
get kicked off the jury, every time.
\_ What's wrong with independent research? Can you call your
family member when you are a juror?
\_ Sure, but you can't talk about the case.
\_ Technically, the point is that the jurors are required to examine
and weigh only that evidence which is brought into play by one of
the two sides. Otherwise, a perp may not be guaranteed a fair
trial. In reality, jurors rely on their own personal knowledge
all the time; however, since this is an inherent feature/bug of
the system, it can't truly be corrected. Independent research and
experimentation, however, can be prevented and usually are.
\_ I'd say it's also a flaw that jurors can't ask the attorneys
questions.
\_ I agree there.
\_ Well, the judge is always there to say "You can't present that
evidence", or "Objection overruled!", or "Objection sustained."
If jurors conduct independent investigations, there's no judge
to tell them you can't consider some evidence, the attorneys aren't
there to tell you exactly why you're being stupid. |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:34786 Activity:nil 66%like:34792 |
11/9 Whoever posted it, explain it to me, what's the effect of the
opium trade had on China? (And what does it have to do with the
context for which it was posted for?)
\_ BUD DAY wouldn't ask such unpatriotic questions!
\_ and who the fuck is "BUD DAY"?
\_ If you have to ask... |
| 2004/11/9 [Uncategorized] UID:34787 Activity:nil |
11/9 I AM SPARTACUS!
\_ Soda is haunted! The dead post!
\_ Must be that thar stem cell research. |
| 2004/11/9-11 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:34788 Activity:nil |
11/9 I tried using FBSD 4.9 to format a 120GB drive as FAT32. The format
succeeded, but I can't mount the drive-- the error message mentions
the next free block exceeding the max. Win2k refuses to create FAT
partitions > 32GB because Win98 machines have 16 bit utilities that
might barf in that situation.
The point of the exercise is to have a single large partition that
can be accessed from multiple systems (via USB enclosure), and I'd
rather not split up the disk into separate partitions b/c I want to
use iTunes to manage my music collection, and I'm not sure it can
handle 2 or more root folders like this.
So, any advice as to what to try next?
\_ Sub-mounts.
\_ Will that work on Win2k too? Eventually I'd like to get a
Mac, where that's probably possible, but for now it's just
a Win2k laptop running iTunes. If I split up the 120GB disk
into 4 30GB FAT32 partitions, can I mount those on top of
each other w/o assigning a Windows drive letter?
\_ I don't think you can do it natively. However, the
commercial PGP version lets you mount a PGP disk in a
directory, so it might be possible. Why don't you want
separate drive letters if you have multiple partitions? -John
\_ Partition Magic boot disk? |
| 2004/11/9-10 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:34789 Activity:low 71%like:34823 |
11/8 I am looking for an inexpensive external RAID box.
Am willing to build it myself, though I have not done that.
SATA seems the way to go. Any pointers?
\_ apple xserve
\_ He said inexpensive.
\_ How many drives do you need? Do you need hardware RAID (yes for
anything semi-intensive). If this is just for personal use I'd say
get a cheapo x86 Linux box and don't bother with SATA, as it's not
much faster than a good IDE drive right now, and it's much easier to
find a motherboard that supports 4-8 IDE srives than 4 SATA drives.
If this is for business use, disregard this advice.
\_ You aren't giving us nearly enough info. How much storage space do
you need, for what purpose, what is your budget and what is your
skill level? |
| 2004/11/9 [Reference/Religion] UID:34790 Activity:nil |
11/9 God bless the Soda true believers. We might have lost the election
without their kind.
\_ God is love, but GOD HATES FAGS!!
\_ ...and SHRIMP!!
\_ DAMN! Beat me... |
| 2004/11/9 [Recreation/Food] UID:34791 Activity:kinda low |
11/9 Why don't we free Taiwan while we're at it? http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/11/09/taiwan.breakfast.ap/index.html \_ Dubya is willing to trade Taiwan for North Korea. \_ no muslims in taiwan \_ Are you Chinese? Do you know that the opium trade did, to, er, yermom? |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:34792 Activity:insanely high 66%like:34786 |
11/9 Whoever posted it, explain it to me, what's the effect of the
holocaust had on Yehudah? (And what does it have to do with the
context for which it was posted for?)
\_ BUD DAY wouldn't ask such unpatriotic questions!
\_ and who the fuck is "BUD DAY"?
\_ MoH winner, former POW, anti-Kerry, http://www.swiftvets.com
\_ Some motd poster made a plea for some respect for Day.
Apparently that is not the will of the motd.
\_ I have plenty of respect for Mr Day. It's the boob
that turned his name into some kind of prayer or
hysterical invocation that's being mocked.
\_ He earned respect for somethings, but derision for other
reasons. Then some people invoked him as a knee-jerk
criticism of anything pro-Kerry or anti-war, at which
point he became a motd cliche'.
\_ If you have to ask...
\_ Are you Chinese? Do you understand the effect the opium
trade had on China?
\_ I know the history of China and opium addiction is just
another salient in the motd war between the liberals and the
conservatives, but you should at least know a little of the
tragedy you're belittling in your post. It might be some
quaint historical artifact for you, but at one point almost
half of China was addicted to the drug, and quite likely every
Chinese family have had to deal with opium addiction in its past.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/om/om15.htm
\_ But I don't understand the point the poster is trying to make
when replying to something about BushCo.
\_ It is your insistence that Kerry must pay the price for the
sins of his maternal grand-relative that renders your point
ridiculous and turns the entire comment into a farcical
slogan a la WDYHA and such. The Opium Trade was terrible,
and the British Govt., the perpetuators and only living
beneficiaries of that trade, are the ones you should be
approaching for repapration.
\_ You have your "you"s confused. Whether Kerry inherited
the blame for his grandfather's sins is someone else's
argument. Try to imagine the tragedy if half of China's
population were addicted to opium, and you'll understand
why the drug and the humiliation connected with it is still
a sensitive issue to many Chinese. There are less repugnant
ways for your 2 sides to argue. -pp
\_ You should have weighed in while the damage was being
done. Alas, the other guy made it into a motd cliche.
\_ I ll be the first to admit that drugs can have a deleterious
effect on society, but as someone who opposes the Drug War,
and favors the legalization of all drugs, I find it difficult
to oppose the opium trade on principled grounds, even if it
did present a kind of OCP for China. Perhaps someone could
provide a history lesson I am missing? -- ilyas
\_ simple. people in Qing dynasty China are mostly
uneducated and uninformed about the effects of
drugs. Western medical knowledge and care was
non-existent. For example, will a particular
drug be detrimental to the fetus during pregnancy?
I can assure you, the drug goons (some of whom
were Jewish) of Britain and US didn't give a fuck.
It's good that they have long since been kicked
out of China. Partial thanks go to some of the
Christian missionaries who spoke up against the
opium trade after seeing the human catastrophe
first hand in China.
\_ I am sure the drug goons didn't give a shit.
However, the Qing dynasty era chinese were not
stupid. While they may not have been aware of
the harmful effects of opium initially, at some point
before HALF OF THE POPULATION was addicted, something
must have tipped them off. At that point, you can't
really beg off on ignorance anymore, and it becomes
the fault not of the dealer, but of the junkie for
becoming a junkie. -- ilyas
\_ Why do you hate America? |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, ERROR, uid:34793, category id '18005#5.62793' has no name! , ] UID:34793 Activity:moderate |
11/9 DEATH TO MICHAEL MOORE!!! He didn't donate money to the Democrats
and ripped us off. Now he's 200 million richer and all we have
now is a dumb president. DEATH TO MICHAEL MOORE!!!
\_ What, you're realizing just now that MM is anathema to Dems? He's a
raving loon socialist.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-09-20 |
| 2004/11/9-10 [Recreation/Dating] UID:34794 Activity:insanely high |
11/9 You know, everytime I turn on TV, I see glorified images of happy,
pretty people running in/around LA. Just watch OC, 90210,
Melrose's Place, LAX, etc. Why don't they show glorified
images of people in the red states? I wanna know what people
in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, etc are like.
\_ Duh. The people who make those programs are from the blue states.
\_ red state movie: Boys Don't Cry
\_ and of course, 'Deliverance'
\_ Then watch Dawson's Creek or One Tree Hill
\_ Dey's awl happy, massa. -John
\_ Actually, I recently talked to a friend of mine who used to live
in the red states, and his claim is that campus girls in places
like Alabama are extremely attractive. -- ilyas
\_ I used to work with a super-redneck guy who went on at great
length about the wonders of "southern pussy."
\_ please tell us what he told you, please! -pimple virgin
\_ Well, everyone there was a northerner (including him,)
and sometimes we would be talking shit about how stupid
the south is (yes, northern rednecks look down on the
south also) and his response to that was always "you're
missing out, man: southern pussy!!!!!!" Basically
he said they're hot and slutty.
\_ ah yes, and they rather date a KKK than a Russian Jew.
\_ Or an FOB who can't speak English.
\_ The south is still very racist. You have to be a model-like
non-white to make it with white chicks. There is a lot of
pressure to conform to old-south social norms.
\_ Wow, a south specialist speaks. Have you actually been there?
Familiar with 'rebellion against authority'? Noticed that
weird foreign genes are often attractive?
\_ Hi, I've been on a business trip to Memphis. During the
several days there I've only seen one instance where blacks
and whites were together in a group. That was a street
ensemble playing somewhere downtown. Other than that I've
never seen one hanging out with the other. BTW, people
there seem to be of more "pure" races. They look either
"very white" (with blue eyes too) or "very black". I
didn't see a spectrum of whites or a spectrum of blacks
like what we have here. Oh and if you're thinking about
H07 4ZN CH1X, I only saw three working in a warehouse and
they're not hot and they look very out-of-place.
-- !prev poster
\_ Sounds a lot like what I saw in Berkeley.
\_ Your comment hints that you really don't understand
the degree to which race relations differ in CA vs
The South/Texas. They are a world apart.
\_ The west coast strikes me as more self-segregated
than the east coast. That being said the south is
much worse than around here.
\_ There are attractive people everywhere, but the Southern
belle is not a total myth. The same is true of Texans (who are
only vaguely Southern). I think that there have been shows
glorifying the Southern lifestyle. For example, Designing
Women. These are the Southern elites, though, and not the
white trash that is so common. --guy dating a girl from AL
\_ Attractive or not, most of the girls from southern states,
including Texas, that I've known have been a lot more easy-
going about men and relationships in general (that's not to
say just "easy".) There was a lot less attitude, and they
seemed far less standoffish and threatened when dealing with
men. This has been especially true for educated southern
women I've known (all of whom are fairly uniformly not-Bush-
-voter-types, FWIW) -John
\_ tell us about the German, Swiss, and Jew women John!!!
\_ Why? You won't be able to hit on them one-handed.
\_ I might add that even in 'Dukes of Hazzard' (which
Southerners hate), 'Smokey and the Bandit', and 'Dallas'
the female characters were quite attractive.
\_ Barbara Bach had mad cellulitis.
\_ Southerners hate "Dukes of Hazzard?" Dang. I went to
high school in Northern CA, and I had a printmaking
class. I was working though lunch to finish a
project, and 3 or 4 of the hicks in my class came
in and watched Dukes of Hazzard in the room during
lunch. This was apparently a normal thing.
\_ This doesn't compute. The hicks in your NoCal class
watched 'Dukes of Hazzard'? What hicks exist in
NoCal? Whatever the case they certainly aren't
Southern Whatever the case they certainly aren't
Southern.
\_ http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=M7tNO.p_0TqT&csz=el+sobrante%2C+ca&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
\_ "What hicks exist in NoCal?" Are you joking, or
have you just never been north of Sacremento?
Try Willows, Gridley, Redding, Reb Bluff, or
Chico. Full O` Hicks. This story took place in
Chico.
\_ Never been north of Sacramento. What does
a Northern hick have to do with Southerners?
\_ They're the same species really. Pickup trucks
with gun racks, lots of flags, etc.
\_ My sister and my roommate both went to Ole Miss. I've visited
many times. No question, hottest campus girls I've ever seen.
\_ Southern girls actually believe in make-up, shaving,
hair spray, and that kind of stuff that girls at Berkeley
don't know exists.
\_ you know, you got a point that most shows are centered around the
blue states, like NYC, LA, Chicago, Miami, Hawaii, and even
Seattle. They really should have shows in rural Florida or
West Virginia. I'm sick of the fake boob Bay Watch girl. I'd
definitely watch the red state shows to check out natually hot
racist southern belles.
\_ Simple Life
\_ blue state women hitting on red state men-- not particular
interesting. I wanna see hot southern belles man!!!
\_ Gee, if only TV ratings were weighted by the electoral college! |
| 2004/11/9-10 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:34795 Activity:nil |
11/9 Conspiracy Theories Abound After Bush Victory:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=239735&page=1
\_ Like I am going to waste my time with liberal ABC News.
Why don't you just post a link to Democratic Underground?
\_ Actually, I watched this over dinner. They debunk three of the
common theories about the election. Worth looking at.
\_ Hmm. I found only the first "debunking" compelling and
finishing off with "don't worry your little head" from the
American Enterprise Institute hardly sets my mind at ease. I
am still waiting for more rigorous analysis than this. |
| 2004/11/9 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:34796 Activity:nil |
11/9 The Sunnis tell us that they're not yet ready for Democracy
at this moment so we resort to killing them, so that all living
Iraqis will have a chance at democracy. Bush allah akbar! |
| 2004/11/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:34797 Activity:low |
11/9 Frontline has an excellent analysis of political and commercial
marketing called the Persuaders. Check it out. It basically
sounds like the answer to Wired's "Decline of Brands" article.
\_ Link? |
| 2004/11/9-10 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:34798 Activity:moderate |
11/9 For williamc and for the rest of us:
http://www.gutfest.com/usanumberone/traveloneway.html
\_ Is there *any* major Canadian city more than a 4 hour drive from
the U.S. border?
\_ Yes there are many major cities more than a 4-hour drive from the
U.S. of C. border.
\_ Are you making this happen? |
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