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| 2005/4/14-15 [Computer/SW/Unix, Computer/SW/Security] UID:37186 Activity:high |
4/13 Hey, if you're going to update nethack, update angband, too. You
could also install a variant, like NPPAngband:
http://home.comcast.net/~nppangband
\_ Interesting. Thanks for the pointer.
\_ there's even a competition:
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/angband_comp/compo.html
\_ Installed angband (there was a ports version) - amckee
\_ NPPAngband is trivial to install. Why not install that too?
\_ Because I was up until 2:30 upgrading Perl and did this
between compiles? MAYBE I'll install it, though. =) amckee
\_ If by 'trivial' you mean 'completely manual', yes it was trivial.
I've installed it as NPPAngband, I did not overwrite angband
\_Oh no! There goes my weekend/life! -scottyg
\_ NetHack, Copyright 1985-2003
By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson.
See license for details.
No write permission to lock perm!
Hit space to continue:
\_ Unable to replicate with my two user-land accounts,
do you have any stale files around? Anyone else seeing this?
Send email to amckee/root, iff you see this and want it
looked at.
\_ i don't think you quite understand what userland means.
\_ You do realize that, in addition to OS, process, and
object level privileges, root accounts can run in
increased kernel priority levels? Granted, in this case
the problem is most likely to do with file permissions,
it is not an atypical usage of the word 'userland' to
refer to non-root/non-privileged users. Thanks for the
snideness, though.
\_ i still don't think you quite understand what
userland means. try looking it up in, say, the jargon
file. root accounts are not any different from
normal ones in terms of where they run (i.e., they do
not run in the kernel). the kernel will allow you to
do privileges things by being root, yes, but they are
still done by the kernel, not because you as root are
in the kernel mucking around. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:37187 Activity:moderate |
4/14 Sharper Image Ionizer IS bad for you, see Consumer Reports and here:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000477039973
http://www.mediabaron.com/test/fade_test.jpg
\_ What, aside from not working?
\_ The fact that sharper image releases ozone has been known for
years. The fact that it causes more problems for some with
asthma has also been known for a while. It really is nothing
new. But it looks like not every asthmatic people have problems
with it. There are many asthmatic people on-line that swear by it.
Sharper Image even mentions the release of ozone on their site,
though they claim that it is in perfectly safe amount. Supposedly,
it's the ozone that actually makes the room smell "fresher." I've
read many newsgroup articles before deciding to buy it. I
personally didn't like the ozone smell at first but got used to it.
What I do know is that I'm not kept awake at night due to allergies
anymore, and I don't get annoyed by the noise my old air filter
used to make. - happy Ionic Breeze owner
\_ Ozone generation is often used as a deoderizer, but it's highly
destructive to live cells, and I think a carcinogen (not sure
on that)
\_ Do you look more and more like Michael Jackson each day?
\_ So you're accepting testimonials over science? Would you like
your palm read?
\_ Praise the Holy Ionizer!
\_ I've always under the impression that the whole purpose of those
ionizers are to generate ozone in your room, rather than ozone
being a side-effect.
\_ Those devices exist too, but they're much worse than what
Sharper Image is selling.
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html
\_ Thx! |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Computer/SW/OS/VM] UID:37188 Activity:nil |
4/14 I'm a bit baffled by VMWare. Inside the VM, the reported disk usage
is 2G. But outside the VM, the disk size is 5.6G even though I already
1) defraged inside the VM and 2) defraged using VMware. Why is that?
\_ You can specifiy whether you want to allocate a huge disk or only
allocate as it's used. Which did you choose?
\_ VMWare has a checkpointed file system. Good for "rollback" to
known state. Not frags, but history makes the space larger than
visible in the embedded OS. I believe this is an option in the
vmware setup / config.
\_ I found the answer. You have to go to VMWare Tools inside your VM,
and then select Shrink, Prepare to shrink, and then Shrink. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Industry/Startup, Finance/Investment] UID:37189 Activity:moderate |
4/14 Any ideas on why Apple stock has dropped 15% in two days?
\_ People are realizing the prospects for the company don't merit
the current valuation. -tom
\_ why does that make sense right after they announce numbers that
soundly beat everyone's expectations? i think the poster below's
point is valid. also, i think ppl wanted earnings to be 20x
year over year, not a measly 6x.
\_ Because even with the numbers that soundly beat everyone's
expectations, and even if they're able to keep that level
of revenue coming in, the company's still not worth 45
times earnings. Prospects for growth from this Q's
revenues are pretty small in the near term. -tom
\_ yes, i understand that. but why wasn't there a selloff two
weeks or two months ago when the ratios were even worse
(higher stock and lower numbers)?
\_ The stock market is not efficient. -tom
\_ Buy on rumors, sell on news. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Recreation/Dating] UID:37190 Activity:moderate |
4/14 http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4351878/detail.html Stunningly, this happened over a month ago, and we're just hearing about it. \_ Oral isn't sex. Do school officials need to report if the local school bully beat up other kids for their sandwiches or whatever? \_ It was gang rape of a disabled girl you fucktard. http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=3208202&nav=LQlCYeBF \_ Is oral sex? If it's not sex, can it be rape? You can call it assault if you want, but it's not rape unless oral is sex. \_ Tell me it's not rape when I break out your front teeth and strangle you with my cock. \_ The official definition of sex is "Contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person". Notice the absence of "mouth" in the deifition. Also, the intent "to arouse or gratify sexual desire" is required. All of which says that, no, in fact you would not be considered to have had a sexual relationship with me. Therefore rape would not apply here, but merely assault. \_ Then you better enjoy it when I skullfuck you. \_ You continue to be a DUMBFUCK. Try looking up the legal definition of rape. \_ Also the definition of battery vs. assault. \_ CA Penal Code Section 261: http://csua.org/u/bp6 (ca.gov) -- !pp \_ Why are you quoting CA law for a case in OH? \_ Because one poster above talked about breaking out another poster's front teeth and strangling the latter with the former's cock. It's more likely that the posters are in CA than in OH. \_ You should read your own link. 266c clearly does not apply here, as that requires false or fraudulent representation. Everything else requires sexual intercourse, which did not occur. \_ So contact between genetalia and mouth isn't sex? \_ Huh? Someone asked for the legal definition of rape and I provided it. As I signed above, I was "!pp" ("not previous poster") and wasn't any of the ones arguing above. --- one who posted ca.gov link \_ So contact between genitalia and mouth isn't sex? \_ Not for the recipient, no. \_ You need to learn to read--Contact with the genitalia of any person means contact with the genetalia of any person. genitalia of any person. \_ You are officially a DUMBFUCK \_ It doesn't matter whether or not oral is sex. "Rape" legally includes forcing a penis into a mouth. For example, even if you force a penis into someone's mouth with the sole intention of choking him/her and no thought/intention/feeling of sex comes up on both parties, it is still rape. \_ url please. CA Penal Code Section 261 just left it to "sexual intercourse". So is oral sex? \_ Coerced oral copulation is sexual battery, in the same class of felonies as rape. See section 288. Search for "oral copulation" \_ URL please. \_ http://csua.org/u/bp9 (section 288a) \_ If oral isn't sex, can you still get arrested for contracting for oral service from a professional? \_ In the dictionary under "trolled" will be a transcript of the above thread. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Japan, Reference/History/WW2/Japan] UID:37191 Activity:very high |
4/14 Japan is pulling a fast one in China Sea, just before meeting of
foreign ministers.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050414a1.htm
Japanese government approves drilling in contested water; "the Defense
Agency and the Japan Coast Guard" will "ensure the safety of the
Japanese firms involved." (remarks at the very end).
\_ You can't keep backing down forever. The only way to deal with a
bully is to confront them at some point.
\_ I agree 100%. Who's the biggest bully in the world?
\_ That's what Germans said beforing invading CZ and Poland.
\_ So long as you are consistent in the behavior you accept
from the parties. If you accept Chinese consternation when
it's thwarted, then you accept US (or whatever other nation)
consternation when it is thwarted also. If you accept the
Chinese military moving in to occupy the questionable areas,
then you accept someone else's invasion also.
\_ The url syas Japanese military is going to patrol the
contested water, as they have already done there and
over some islet in dispute, not the other way around.
Your "China Bad" reflex is hurting basic reading
comprehension. Sad.
\_ That's what Germans said beforing invading CZ and Poland. Some
just has a habit of calling the victim bully and the bully victim
\_ Yep. The Chinese started to tap into a pool of resource
that crosses into contested territory.
\_ You are confused which side your argument supports.
\_ it all depends on your perspective.
\_ Only if you are already fixated.
\_ Why is Japan pulling a fast one? China started test drilling
first and would not make its plans known to Japan.
\_ China drilled in a area where even Japan acknowldged to be in
Chinese domain, but now Japan will drill in a contested area.
A boundary between two countries is valid iff it is acknowledged
by both. China asked but Japan has refused to negotiate over the
dispute.
\_ Unfortunately, while the Chinese are drilling in uncontested
areas, they may be tapping into a pool of resource that
crosses over into the Japanese exclusive economic zone.
This makes the Chinese test drill a contested issue. While
the Japanese may have refused China's proposal to jointly
develop the area, the Chinese have also turned down the
Japanese proposal to evenly divide the sea between China and
Japan. Nor have the Japanese turned down the Chinese joint
development as such. The Japanese government has asked for
Chinese drill data before they would consider the proposal,
and China has refused to provide any information.
\_ Japan "claims" the reservior is connected to theirs.
\_ I don't think there's much doubt that this is japan's
claim. Perhaps you mean to put quotes around
"connected".
Saddam made the same claim about oil field in Kuwait as the
reason to invade it. If the air moleculres I breathe is
claimed to have passed Japan, do I have to bow to the
Emporor too? As for the border, Japan simply "declared" a
"middle" line between Okinwawa, which was brutally annnexed
and colonized by Japan ~15 years before it did the same to
Taiwan and ~25 years before it did to Korea, and some spot
on mainland China. It refused to discuss this with China.
\_ Saddam made the same claim about oil field in Kuwait
tapping into Iraq's as the reason to invade it. If the
air moleculres I breathe is claimed to have passed Japan,
do I have to bow to the Emporor too? As for the border,
Japan simply declared a "middle" line between Okinawa
and some spot on Chinese mainland. Okinawa was forcibly
annnexed and brutally colonized ("disposed" is the
officially sanctioned word) by Japan ~15 years before it
did the same to Taiwan and ~25 years before it did so to
Korea. It went free after WWII, but Japan reannexed it in
1972. Regardless whether that is legitimate, it is clear
Japan's rapidly expanding border is a grave concern for its
neighbors, but it continues on a roll to impose its will.
Will they next claim a land border between Korea and
Shanghai, or between Pearl Harbor and Boston?
\_ China proposed joint exploration and offered to negotiate
the border dispute. Japan simply unilaterally announed
where they want it to be. This is not how normal country
resolves difference with neighbors. You are admitting the
facts, but your use of 'proposal','turn down,' and 'refuse'
are clever spins. Isn't it odd to ask China to provide
very valuable data when Japan does not agree to form
a collaboration with it? Hey, give me the source code to
longhorn before I consider whether to buy it. No? You must
be evil!
\_ How can you negotiate over something when you don't
what you are negotiating over? Of course Japan has
to ask for survey data before it can consider the
Chinese joint exploration proposal.
\_ Wrong analogy. Source code = software. However,
Survey data != actual oil
\_duh, analogy is not meant to be precise. If you were
serious about the discussion, you'd have gotten the
point, but clearly you are not. Besides, Chinese
drilling is done in uncontested water. Japan's request
for data is just their way of saying "fuck you." |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Politics/Domestic/911, Reference/Military] UID:37192 Activity:moderate |
4/14 So the media have all but ignored the Minuteman Project. There are
claims now that the Mexican Army are escorting mexicans to other
parts of the border to cross, but there's pretty much zero coverage of
this. Why isn't this being investigated?
\_ Almost as importantly is the lack of coverage that these
illegals costs in range bombing time.
\_ It's 24 miles worth of border and they have caught about 200
people so far. Of course the Border Patrol is pissed off because
the Minutemen, the activists watching the Minutemen, and the
reporters following everyone are setting off alarms and messing
with their own tracking. The Minutemen succeeded the first day
when they got their 15 minutes of free press.
\_ You obviously don't understand the project. The number of
illegals crossing the border in that section has dropped
dramatically. That's a success.
\_ Errr...You aren't really *that* dumb are you? Umm...maybe
you are...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_line
\_ Because it doesn't extrapolate out nicely. 500 volunteers
over 24 miles compared to paying X professionals over the
1950-odd mile Mexican border? Toss in Canada and you've
got a bit of a budget problem. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Finance/Investment] UID:37193 Activity:moderate |
3/14 Related to the below (same poster): If I open an ING Direct account
for 3% yield, and people are figuring inflation is 3.2% per year, I'm
actually losing money (post-inflation), right, until inflation drops
below the nominal yield?
\_ Yes.
\_ TIPS was created to appeal to people whose rely on interest
rates as income.
\_ Until inflation drops below the nominal yield minux tax.
\_ Foreign currency, higher interest rate AND stronger currency. I
invested in Euro 2 years ago and never looked back. US dollar is
FUCKED regardless of inflation and interest rate.
\_ I think the Euro has appreciated about all it is going to
against the dollar. They will be back nearer to each other
soon enough. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Reference/Tax, Finance/Investment] UID:37194 Activity:high |
4/14 So it seems like TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) are the
safest bonds to buy. It doesn't seem like they're at all affected by
market conditions (bad or good), and they have a guaranteed rate of
return after inflation (CPI adjustments). So what's the catch?
Is the only downside of this tiny risk investment a tiny post-inflation
yield of ~ 1.8%? Anyone with experience? I think I can buy these
direct from the government, too. Thanks!
\_ AFAIK the low yield is the drawback.
\_ well, yes, the catch is you can get better rates elsewhere. for
example, top cd rates today are rather higher than the comparable
TIPS rate. if inflation were to go crazy, TIPS could be a
better deal. but otherwise...
\_ Over the last few years interest rates have dropped below
that of inflation. While inflation rates weren't "crazy,"
lots of fixed income households were hurt. TIPS is supposed
to solve this.
\_ If you can count on the government to report inflation accurately.
I don't think you can, personally.
\_ So if Dubya's people say CPI is overstating inflation and manage
to drop the CPI calculations by 1 or 2 points, I get screwed
right?
\_ Hey, maybe one of those Bush guys took Econ 100b! "The CPI
overstates rates of price increase by 1/2 to 1.5 percent per
year (and the GDP deflator has similar biases)."
http://csua.org/u/bpg
\_ Which leads us back to Social Security which uses the CPI
to determine how much to increase payouts. Messing with
the CPI means messing with SS. Neat stuff, huh?
\_ You know, when it shows up in Econ 100b, it's probably
not a controversial issue whether the CPI overstates
or not. So, the question is would you prefer to run
Social Security based on a CPI you know is faulty, or
would you prefer to run it based on something that
economists can agree is more realistic.
\_ It showed up in Jan 1996 lecture notes.
I believe CPI calculations have already been
adjusted downwards since then.
The question is, well, how accurate is it now?
\_ Well, apparently Greenspan is still pushing
for using a chained CPI, which was recommended
by the Boskin Commission back in 1996.
\_ Makes sense. You need a big gun opposite
Greenspan to challenge him. Otherwise,
he's probably right on that point.
\_ There have been a lot of arguments that the
CPI _under_estimates inflation. I think
overall it is probably a decent number if
people argue both ways.
\_ The catch is, as far as I can tell, that you have to pay taxes on
the increased value of the bond when it adjusts, which sucks.
From http://www.kiplinger.com/basics/archives/2002/11/story14.html
"Another caveat: If you buy TIPS directly from the Bureau of Public
Debt you're liable for federal taxes on the inflation adjustment,
even though it's not a cash payout. That's in addition to the tax
you must pay on the interest income. (You don't pay state or local
income tax on Treasuries.) For that reason, it's best to hold TIPS
in a tax-deferred or nontaxable account, such as an IRA." |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Science] UID:37195 Activity:nil |
4/14 NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - IBM, one of the world's largest technology
companies, stunned Wall Street by reporting first quarter earnings and
sales that were well below analysts' estimates.
\_ Down over 5.5%. Couldn't have happened to nicer folks. |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Uncategorized] UID:37196 Activity:nil |
3/14 The FBIs protecting your from evil duck hunt pirates:
http://tinyurl.com/5xh9x |
| 2005/4/14-15 [Computer/SW/Mail] UID:37197 Activity:nil |
3/14 does gmail's pop3 work? Is there a delay after you enable it? pop login
always fails and I followed the setting to the letter. my client is
outlook 2003... thanks... |
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