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| 2005/1/12 [Computer/SW/OS/VM] UID:35670 Activity:high |
1/11 I just installed Fedora 3 on VMware 3.2.0. Everytime I boot up,
I get this error: "Setting vaddr to 0x0
VMX|Msg_Post: Error
VMX|[msg.log.monpanic] *** VMware Workstation internal monitor error ***
VMX|BUG F(104):1147 bugNr=116
Aneone else encountered this problem? I looked in their knowledge
base but nothing on this particular error...
\_ I've heard that the Fedora people do some crazy things for
apparently no good reason other than to spite VMware.
\_ so who has VMware + Linux + XP working, and what versions?
\_ I caved in and have decided to download VMW 5 beta. Is there
a time limit before it expires?
\_ Yes, but I doubt it's less than a few months.
\_ hm, I'd hate to reinstall VMW again when it expires. I
maybe that's actually good news, because if it doesn't
expire for a few months, that's enough time to find a free
warez version somewhere...
\_ Buy the damn software, you're using it.
\_ Don't listen to this man. Go find the warez. I see it
on bittorrent right now. Come on, do it.
\_ Uhm, I work at VMware...
\_ what's your email? Could I contact you please? thx
\_ You think a VMware employee is going to help
you pirate his own product??? |
| 2005/1/12 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl] UID:35671 Activity:nil |
1/11 What does the @{ } syntax mean in Perl? As used in "man perldsc".
Oh nevermind I just read about references. Perl sucks.
\_ It's accessing an array, like @foo. The expression inside the
braces should evaluate to an array reference. See "man perlref".
\_ Yeah I just found that, thanks. |
| 2005/1/12 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:35672 Activity:very high |
1/11 Using SATA (serial ATA) as the one and only primary HD, any
problem with boot up? How about with motherboards built in say,
2002? Any problem with that? Pros/cons with SATA? Comments?
\_ You expecting to install Windoze on SATA and have it boot?
\_ I had to get a special driver floppy to install Win XP on a recent
box w/ onboard SATA. It wasn't too hard, though. YMMV. --dbushong
\_ Does post SP2 work? If so, why can't you just slipstream
in SP2 into the base Windows and burn a CD? A lot of newer
desktop comps don't come with floppies. -williamc
\_ slipstreaming worx theoretically but i'm lazy
\_ adding to this, you need to keep around a spare floppy drive
even if you don't intend to leave it in the system just for
this reason (unless you have a bootable Windows XP SP2 CD
with working CD key). WinXP won't accept the SATA drivers on CD.
\_ uh, painful. Why in hell would anyone upgrade to SATA? It
seems more trouble than it's worth.
\_ I just built a new PC with SATA disk. I didn't have to go
through all that when installing XP (pre-SP1). It was
quite flawless.
\_ you mean you didn't need a driver floppy?
also, somewhat related, the link below says both serial
and parallel ATA drives will have problems formatting
to a full 160GB using pre-SP1
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html
okay, here's an article that says a Soltek mobo didn't
need a floppy
http://www.3dxtreme.net/index.php?id=asusa8vdeluxe7
\_ No. And I don't have 160GB. Mine is 80GB from
Western Digital.
\_ yeah, after some research, it looks like your
mobo is doing some emulation that pre-SP1 is happy
with. Even some of the newest mobos require a
floppy, though, like the Asus A8V (90nm Athlon 64)
\_ No, get an Mac Mini.
\_ it's not practical as a router unless you want to go wireless
only for all your equipment since mini comes with only one
network port.
\_ I'm not recommending doing this, but I believe one could
add USB network adaptors to supplement the internal
ethernet port.
\_ ifconfig en0 alias ...
\_ I was hoping that Apple would include a PCI slot so that
I could drop in a dual or quad port PCI 10/100 card and
get a fast firewall. The usb 2.0 10/100 adapter is an
option that is probably okay for dsl firewalling but not
for other stuff.
\_ Yeah I personally don't see why having it quite that tiny
is useful. I think most people would find a larger size
with an extra DIMM slot, AGP slot, and 1 PCI slot more
practical than the "OMG it's tiny!" factor. But that's
marketing for you. I'm not in the target market.
\_ The extra dimm slot isn't a huge issue for me b/c
my firewalls don't need more than 512 MB ram. The
AGP slot is also not an issue b/c I have a separate
system to play games and the builtin video is enough
for TV output (DVD/AVI). I can see how having an AGP
slot would make it easier to upgrade but this would
also increase the size and perhaps make it harder to
cool w/ a tiny laptop fan. The lack of a PCI slot is
my biggest gripe, but I bought one anyway. |
| 2005/1/12 [Computer/SW/OS/VM, Transportation/Motorcycle] UID:35673 Activity:nil |
1/11 VMware Workstation = $189
VMware GSX Server, unlimited CPU is $3388.
Does anyone actually use GSX? Comment on actual experience
on workstation vs. gsx?
\_ People actually use GSX. I doubt many people purchase the
unlimited CPU license, though. BTW, VMware is hiring, and
they're both free to employees. :)
\_ Also, I think VMware often gives out free copies of Workstation
at campus infosessions. There probably will be one in a few
months.
\_ No, get an Mac Mini. |
| 2005/1/12 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:35674 Activity:high |
1/12 ChiCom troll, at least they didn't call Hu a running a dog:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4165209.stm
\_ No, no. Hu's on second. What's on first.
\_ That's what I'm asking YOU!
\_ I don't know!
\_ Third base!
\_ (... continued at the end of motd ...)
\_ wow.
\_ Most excellent. Copied to /csua/tmp/husonfirst to
save motd space. |
| 2005/1/12 [Reference/Religion] UID:35675 Activity:high |
1/12 Hypothetical question. Suppose that an alien being visits earth
and greets everyone. How would this affect religion? Would
religious people claim that it is Jesus Christ/Mohamed/Allah
reborn? Or would they ditch their religion because they realize
they're not the only beings in the universe?
\_ There already is a religion like this, it's called the
Heaven's Gate. Apparently you'll need to become a web designer,
shave your head, get castrated, and commit suicide in a
San Diego suburb.
\_ More sodans should follow this career path.
\_ I would answer but I'd just be ridiculed.
\_ Why would other beings in the universe prompt people to ditch
religion? This is stupid.
\_ Which of the above religions claim that earth species are the only
beings in the universe?
\_ suppose it happened, then it would beg a lot of new questions
and ultimately question the completeness of religions. For
example people could claim that the powerful supernatural
events in the Bible/Koran were really caused by outer
beings. Another example would be how reincarnation works--
why we don't reincarnate into alien beings and vice
versa.
\_ Can you explain how, from a theological point of view, meeting
a new race of intelligent beings is different from discovering
a new race of intelligent creatures on Earth, such as a new
primate? So they would be from another planet. So what?
\_ Which of the above religions knows ANYTHING about earth, or
species?
\_ You meant "raise...questions", not "beg".
If people's beliefs don't exclude aliens, why do you think
this would change anything?
\_ If an alian visits earth, what then implies that we don't
reincarnate into alien and vice versa?
\_ What religion is the alien? If the alien professes belief in
Christianity, for instance, then what?
\_ It would depend on how the religions handled it. Clearly, most
religions would have difficulty brining an intelligent species
on another planet into their canon; they'd have to resort to even
more transparent rationalization than they do now, e.g. "Adam and
Eve are how life began on Earth, God did something completely
different on Planet X and didn't bother to tell us about it."
Of course, most religious people are "read-only", but such things
have an effect over time. -tom
\_ SATAN IS TRYING TO TRICK YOU! |
| 2005/1/12 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:35676 Activity:high |
1/12 CNN (today)
"The search ended almost two years after President Bush ordered the
invasion of Iraq, citing concerns that Saddam Hussein was building
weapons of mass destruction and may have hidden weapons stockpiles."
Dubya (two years ago):
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt
that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the
most lethal weapons ever devised."
Why can't CNN just be accurate? They can write:
"The search ended almost two years after President Bush ordered the
invasion of Iraq, citing intelligence that Saddam Hussein was building
weapons of mass destruction and concealing weapons stockpiles."
... isn't that much better?
\_ why the liberals are always wrong-- if the WMDs are found,
then Bush is right. If they're not, they've gone to Syria
or have been destroyed, and that means Bush is still right.
See how pointless it is to argue on this topic?
\_ This is where you tell them about David Kay. He was hand-picked
and blessed by Dubya, went in almost certain to find something,
and came back saying, "We were almost all wrong."
Then you tell them about Duelfer--Kay's replacement and also
hand-picked and blessed by Dubya--and his same conclusion that
Saddam had destroyed all his stockpiles and did not have any
active WMD programs and strove to keep them dismantled so he
could get UN sanctions lifted.
So, if there weren't any stockpiles, how could Saddam give them
to Syria?
It was only after the UN stopped monitoring at which he would
rebuild his WMD programs.
\_ um, MOST (more than 50%) of the Americans don't care about WMD
and even some liberals don't care anymore. The pretext for the war
was not important, the important thing is that MOST of the
Americans think the war's a good thing and has made the world
safer. Time to shut up my liberal mouth and just agree with MOST
of the Americans.
\_ You can try asking some of your Dubya-voting friends
whether they think Iraq had WMDs. My guess is the majority will
say they're now in Syria, buried in the sand somewhere in Iraq
perhaps never to be found, or Saddam just destroyed them right
before the invasion.
\_ I think that's what Safire says. As I recall, as of a few
weeks ago, he's still convinced they'll turn up. If they're
right, I just hope they don't "turn up" when some construction
worker's backhoe busts through a drum of nerve gas.
\_ yes exactly I have 2 Reddie friends and that's what they say
the problem arguing with them is that you can't prove them
wrong.
\_ One wonders why you are so sure yourself.
\_ I am not sure of myself, but I know that asking
someone to disprove something that is not falsifiable
is the sure mark of an idiot.
\_ No, most Americans think the Iraq war was a mistake and
not worth the cost in lives and treasure:
http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
At best, you can claim 50% for your case, at worst only
30%.
At best, you can claim 50% for your case, but the truth
is, when asked the critical question "Was the war worth
fighting" only 42% say yes. So you are losing the hearts
and minds in the US as well as Iraq.
\_ If the question were, "Was it the right thing to do to
send troops into Iraq", I bet your results would flip.
Choice of words is important in polling questions.
\_ I bet it wouldn't. Do you have any evidence of this
claim, or are you just wishing that it is so?
Read the results for the question "Do you think the
Iraq war has [made America safer]" Only 51%. |
| 2005/1/12 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:35677 Activity:nil |
1/12 Where's the guy who predicted that the Republicans would
get a do-over in Washington?
http://csua.org/u/aoj
\_ "A two-week delay is a small price to pay to restore confidence in
this election," said Republican Rep. Mike Armstrong. "This is a
historic time and we cannot afford to rush this process."
Oh, the Irony.
\_ Again, you confuse imagined disenfranchisement with dead
people voting, mysteriously appearing ballots, and poll
workers actively changing votes.
\_ Thus ends democracy.
\_ Uh, the Opinion Journal article ended like this:
"[Gregoire] would do well to recall what happened in Minnesota
after the 1962 election for governor there. Republican Elmer
Anderson won a squeaker and was sworn in, but a recount of disputed
ballots ground on. A hundred days into Mr. Anderson's term, a panel
of three state judges ruled that Democrat Karl Rolvaag had actually
won by 91 votes. To end the legal wrangling, Mr. Anderson dropped
any appeals and calmly left office, allowing Mr. Rolvaag to move
into the governor's mansion."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006139
\_ I lost all respect for that rag after they repeated the
Drudge sourced Kerry intern rumours. |
| 2005/1/12 [Uncategorized] UID:35678 Activity:nil |
1/12 Where did the wall logs go?
\_ ask aaron
\_ aaron, where did the wall logs go? |
| 2005/1/12-13 [Uncategorized] UID:35679 Activity:nil |
1/12 Any recommendations for software that helps one generate acronyms? |
| 2005/1/12-13 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl] UID:35680 Activity:low |
1/12 How can I email a group of people individually if I have
a list of their email addresses and names, and I want each
email to begin with a personalized greeting (e.g. Dear Mr. A)
Any platform is ok. Thanks.
\_ write a script.
\_ This used to be called "mail-merge" in the days of paper
mail which needed to be printed. I'm sure a similar functionality
exists within most modern day email programs for something like
this, especially Microshaft Outlook.
\_ Oh please don't be a spammer.
\_ don't worry, I'm not; it's for school. -op
\_ anyone here work for a spam company?
\_ perldoc Net::SMTP
The remainder is left as an exercise to the reader. -dans |
| 2005/1/12 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:35681 Activity:high |
1/12 DVD can't be read by windows. How do I convert to Mpeg-4?
\_ google afterdawn. then teach me how. thx!
\_ Is there a complete sentence in there struggling to get out?
\_ You're just being snotty. --!op
\_ Nope. I actually don't understand what is being asked.
\_ How are you going to convert a disc if you can't read it?
Or do you mean that:
a) you don't have an MPEG2 decoder
b) the disc is region-locked and of a different region
?
\_ DVD players on a DVD player. When you put it in my computer
DVD, you can't read any files using WinExpl. You can't play
it on my DVD player either. However, I can copy the DVD using
my computer.
\_ "DVD players on a DVD player"? Huh? |
| 2005/1/12-13 [ERROR, uid:35682, category id '18005#9.54947' has no name! , , Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:35682 Activity:moderate 66%like:33439 |
1/12 Where did the wall love go?
\_ I have backups as of 12/17, but that's missing the last 3 weeks.
Maybe another root knows. Personally, I have no damned clue about
how all the wall stuff works (maybe the script borked itself).
*shrug* - jvarga
\_ If you could restore to /csua/lib/wall, with the owner as
someone other than aaron, it would be much appreciated. jon
has a log of the last couple months of wall in his home dir,
which could easily be split into logs for each day if anyone
is so inclined.
\_ Happy birthday. - jvarga
\_ Really? I don't see anything new at /csua/lib/wall
\_ backup is from 17 December.
\_ ask aaron
\_ aaron, where did the wall logs go?
\_ I don't think aaron logs on anymore
\_ why, did he have an aneurysm after realizing he's one of
the people he hates so much? -tom
\- he is fileld with recursive hate
\_ Did aaron wipe the wall log or something? -clueless
\_ He was probably embarrassed about his meltdown
(even by aaron standards) yesterday. So he is cleaning up
the tracks.
\_ Ooo! Details please!
\_ Wall-spamming.
\_ Has he been squished yet?
\_ This is the frist thing I've seen in a while that
might actually require squishing. He's been a
real bung hole.
\_ Awww. I miss 'squish ilyas' threads.
If we squish aaron, there would be one less person
to point and laugh at, at least for me. -- ilyas
\_ If anyone really tries to get you squished, I
think you might be suprised how many people that
would piss off. No one can say you don't
contribute to making the motd what it is.
\_ I am not entirely sure that's a compliment.
-- ilyas
\_ It is and it isn't. Let me put it this
way: I continue to disagree with you on
almost everything, and you've really pissed
me off with some of your posts, but they've
caused me to think quite a bit about things
I never would have thought about otherwise,
and to reconsider some things. What more
can someone who writes about ideas ask than
that they cause other people to re-think
their own ideas? That's what I read the
motd for.
\_ Hmmm.. I was going to say I had a
similar feeling about aaron, that
is, the motd just wouldn't be the
same without his mad ranting.
However, unlike ilyas, as far as I
know aaron has never actually
contributed anything other than
bile to a conversation.
\_ You know, I think you're confusing
motd with wall. I'm a total motd
addict, but I don't do wall, and I
still don't really know who this aaron
guy everyone keeps talking about is.
Can you point to a aaron/bile post
in the motd archives?
\_ I actually don't wall either.
I know aaron exclusively
through the motd. Just search
"--aaron" on KAIS motd.
Although, I have to admit,
after looking through the
archives, that aaron does
occasionaly post something
useful.
Some bile fresh from the archives _/
http://csua.com/?entry=33982
http://csua.com/?entry=33404
\_ I assumed this was a parody when I saw it.
http://csua.com/?entry=33330
http://csua.com/?entry=33214
It's not hard to find examples really.
\_ I was disappointed because I couldn't find any of aarons
enlightened postings on religion.
\_ I don't think he signed any of them on the motd. There are
plenty in wall.
\_ aaron ttyEJ 64.62.161.106 Mon Jan 10 15:14 - 15:25 (00:10)
drwxrwsr-t 9 root contrib 512 Jan 10 15:16 /csua/lib |
| 2005/1/12-13 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Troll] UID:35683 Activity:nil |
1/12 Dear motd censor, cease and desist or reap the whirlwind.
\_ Your (likely) faulty assumptions include:
1) There is only one censor.
2) A censor would care about a whirlwind.
\_ 3) That everything that looks like censorship really is, and is
not just random accidents.
\_ So all the long, multi-entry political conversations
are deleted, interleaved between the other conversations
which are preserved. Right. |
| 2005/1/12 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:35684 Activity:insanely high |
1/12 All political stuff where the Bush supporters were schooled
has been wiped in the name of national security.
\_ You still lost ! Get over it!
\_ And you are still a cowardly anonymous censor.
\_ I didn't do any censoring. In fact, I never have.
You can't handle the truth.
\_ Well, someone sure as hell keeps doing it.
Which makes you an apologist for an anonymous
cowardly censor, which is probably even lower. |
| 2005/1/12 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:35685 Activity:insanely high |
2/27 Editorial defending Washinton Post's pro-war stance:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8531-2003Feb26.html
[Resuscitated from 2003:]
\_ The huge problem with this editorial is "[Saddam] unquestionably
possessing and pursuing biological and chemical weapons". It's
still a question. If a group of smart people can't get this
right, what can you say?
\_ What smart people? The French? Or the Germans who sold them
all of it between '91 and now?
\_ The Washington Post editorial staff, of course.
If you can do a good job convincing people of your assertions
please contact Colin Powell.
\_ hmm... theory of evolution...
\_ It is not a question to anyone with half a brain. Bush lied
to you, get over it, stop trying to rationalize it.
\_ So how do you know there are no WMDs? -- randomly curious
\_ I'm not the guy you're asking, but:
"While a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions
have been discovered, ISG judges that Iraq unilaterally
destroyed its undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in
1991. There are no credible indications that Baghdad
resumed production of chemical munitions thereafter, a
policy ISG attributes to Baghdad's desire to see sanctions
lifted, or rendered ineffectual, or its fear of force
against it should WMD be discovered."
Duelfer report, Key Findings
\_ So basically you take the word of Duelfer (and later
Kay). That's fair, just keep in mind findings !=
truth, and people may reasonably disagree. I mean
there's only so much inspectors can do in a hostile
country.
\_ They've had access to everyone in the old government
and all sites for >18 months. They've talked to
everyone. There were no weapons.
\_ Duelfer was second. Kay was first. They both
agree.
Remember, these guys were handpicked by Dubya.
Kay went in KNOWING he'd find weapons. He came out
saying, "We were almost all wrong."
Don't you think he could have said, "We still think
he had them, they could be in Syria or buried
somewhere, or Saddam blew them all up just before
we attacked." I'm sure Dubya would have loved that,
and Kay would have loved to tell him that -- so
why didn't Duelfer or Kay say those things?
Instead, Kay threw away his career, and Duelfer
finished the job.
\_ Because an inspector has to announce what he has
to given the evidence. No evidence = can't
credibly say weapons are there. No evidence
!= no weapons are there. Do you see the
difference?
\_ I'm going to agree with the guy who said
"beyond a reasonable doubt".
\_ Duelfer also reported that Saddam's generals thought
there were WMD's. See:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/chap1.html
\_ "Senior military officers and former Regime
officials were uncertain about the existence of
WMD during the sanctions period and the lead up
to Operation Iraqi Freedom because Saddam sent
mixed messages."
This doesn't translate to "no doubt" and
"slam dunk" exactly.
\_ From the same link:
"Saddam surprised his generals when he informed
them he had no WMD in December 2002 because his
boasting had led many to believe Iraq had some
hidden capability, according to Tariq .Aziz.
Saddam had never suggested to them that Iraq
lacked WMD. Military morale dropped rapidly
when he told senior officers they would have to
fight the United States without WMD."
Sounds like his generals were expecting it. If
Saddam's own generals were uncertain, how could
we ever have had intelligence showing now WMD's?
\_ That is why Dubya's demand that Saddam
prove something that was not falsifiable
was such a dumbass thing for him to do.
Not as dumb as you for going along with it
though, since you are a Cal student and
should understand logic better than that.
\_ Not dumbass. Clever like a fox.
\_ If Saddam had no WMDs, how could we ever
have intelligence showing there was
"no doubt" Saddam had WMDs?
\_ It was definitely beyond a reasonable
doubt. Statements like "no doubt" and
"slam dunk" were mistakes.
\_ Are you saying that it was beyond a
reasonable doubt that WMD stockpiles
would be found?
\_ Bullshit. The people who knew the
most and had no axe to grind all said
that SH probably did not have any
WMD. You were conned.
that it was uncertain whether SH
had WMD or not. You were conned.
\_ I don't know as in am 100% certain, but lets say that
it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
\_ The post you are responding to was from Feb 27, 2003,
pre-invasion
\_ Oh, I see. My bad. DAMN THAT LIBERAL MEDIA!!!
\_ Why is this resucitated? Just some random thing or is this relevant
to anything?
\_ [wall is talking about aaron in 2003, so I revived this]
The point is that the Post editorial staff, for some reason,
knew unequivocally that Saddam had WMDs and active WMD
programs. Dubya reaffirmed this certainty on the eve of
the war.
When the Post claimed this, poster said, "What?"
When Powell showed the Security Council, China, Russia, and
France said, "What?"
When Tenet said it was a slam dunk, Dubya said, "What?"
When Tenet showed him how it was a slam dunk, Dubya said, "What?"
-- but still took the country to war
"No doubt", "slam dunk", "unquestionably" indeed.
\_ CAC will delete this in five minutes, because it makes
Bush look bad.
\_ The time order was more like Bush told us that it
was certain that SH has WMD, then the press started
partoting him.
parroting him. Read _Manufacturing_Consent_ by Chomsky.
This is how it always happens.
\_ To be precise, Dubya himself never really stated it
clearly until his speech on the eve of the attack.
It was mainly Cheney and other minions saying this.
Dubya stated it somewhat in State of the Union 2003, but
not too clearly. |
| 2005/1/12-13 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Taiwan, Politics/Domestic/Immigration] UID:35686 Activity:moderate |
1/12 I have a friend who has to go to Taiwan for work occasionaly and he
says all he can find is wierd bland seafood dishes. What are some
things he should order to satisfy an American palate? And how do you
pronounce them?
\_ Tell him to try the durian.
\_ "Mahk Doh nalds" -- You might have to order a royale with cheese.
\_ you mean MAI DONG LAW!!! Every old Chinese immigrant I've met
say that. And GO BO-KO-LAI! Go Beahs! |
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