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| 2005/10/27 [Uncategorized] UID:40285 Activity:high |
10/26 Boy am I glad that all the false attributions on kchang's site
have been shut down, so that no one will ever be able to falsely
attribute posts claiming, for example, that I am williamc and that
I molest goats for a living.
\_ ALL HEIL GERMAN JOHN! HEIL!
\_ Hello, I am German John and I molest children for a living. -john
\_ (1) Capital "J", (2) only aryan children. -John
\- you are a moron. ok tnx. -tom&psb
\_ is this some kind of homosexual
code?
\_ I think it's more like
saying "assholes of a
feather fart together." |
| 2005/10/27 [Uncategorized] UID:40286 Activity:high |
10/26 To kchang or similar individuals (I've never used the site nor
do I have an inclination to): If you are indeed attributing anon
posts to people and you do so erronously you're only opening yourself
up to a big liability in the form of a libel suit. If you think
that it can't happen to you, well, all I can say is that I know a
good friend who sued someone and won about $8,500 about two years
ago when said person sent out an email questioning said person's
competence. All you need in a libel suit is A) Be Wrong and B)
Communicate that to a 3rd person. I already wrote to csua@csua
about this a couple weeks ago, which is probably why they asked
the thing to be shut off. If you think your little disclaimer gets
you out of liability, think again. -williamc
\_ uh, it's already been shutdown completely as of yesterday.
where the hell have you been? stupid.
\_ This defies comment. Thank you for confirming my belief that
the Montel Williams audience demographic is alive and well. -John
\_ Why don't you just challenge kchang to GUN DUEL?! |
| 2005/10/27-28 [Academia/UCLA] UID:40287 Activity:low |
10/26 http://www.thecalifornianonwilshire.com The Californian on Wilshire Blvd. is a luxurious condo development. It is completely sold yet the building is not even done. At a starting price of 1.5 million dollars per unit, I wonder what kind of people buy these condos. \_ This is only a few blocks from UCLA. You can't buy a house in the Wilshire/UCLA area for less than 1.5 mil. A 50 year old 2000 sq ft house 1/2 mile away from UCLA starts at 2.5 mil. So actually this is pretty cheap by the Westwood standard. People are rich. I see really REALLY nice cars on Sunset driving slowly and stopping and talking to really pretty young girls on Sunset and Belair all the time. Some of the girls are probably still in college. \_ I have a friend who owned a condo on Wilshire before he sold it to buy a $4 million house in Beverly Hills. He owns his own company (tax consulting) with about 100 employees. His neighbor was a fashion designer with 7 exotic cars down in the garage. Tyra Banks used to own one there. So did/does Barbara Sinatra. In a nutshell: wealthy people do! Duh! Lots of times as second homes, too. \_ This makes me depressed. --- coding monkey \_ Why? I know code monkeys who live in Atherton mansions or own fleets of Ferraris. (OK, they are very good code monkeys.) Being a code monkey doesn't make you not rich; being not rich makes you not rich. \_ A friend bought a condo in Las Vegas under similar circumstances then sold for 3x before the project completed. It's a game of hot potato; sometimes you win, sometimes you get burned. \_ My guess is that it will get cancelled after all the people speculating on condos cancel their reservations and lose their deposit money. |
| 2005/10/27-28 [Uncategorized] UID:40288 Activity:nil |
10/26 For companies that have offices in both N and S Cal and have
equivalent positions (manager, engr, sr. engr), are the pay
usually equivalent as well?
\_ At Intel they have a cost of living adjustment, so if you change
sites your pay is adjusted, I believe. It can easily be $10K+
living in NoCal (assuming same job title). Interesting, huh?
They have an entire chart listing all the sites w/multipliers.
\_ My company reserves the biggest multiplier for people working
in... Alaska.
\_ It's not a cost of living adjustment. It's a geographical
adjustment and it's not for cost of living, it's for cost of
/hiring/. -emarkp
\_ I don't know for sure, but it should be. Cost of living is
about the same. |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:40289 Activity:moderate |
10/27 Miers has WITHDRAWN!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4382370.stm
\- But the CSUA Politburo is asking her to reconsider!
\_ I have to admit I am suprised by this. I thought the WH could make
the Congress roll over. The next nominee ought to be interesting...
\_ Apparently Republicans basically told Bush that unless there
is some good proof that she has a grasp of constitutional
issues there was no way she was getting confirmed. Imagine
that, requiring someone interpreting the constitution to
be an expert on the constitution.
\_ CJ John Marshall only had about a month of legal edu
but is widely regarded as one of the finest justices
to serve on the ussc.
Personally I think that we should have *fewer* judges
and lawyers on the ussc and more intelligent regular
people in the ussc.
I opposed the Miers nomination not b/c she wasn't a
judge or a constitutional expert, but b/c she just
didn't seem bright enough to serve on the ussc.
Personally, I think they should nominate posner (if
partha is unavailable). - #10 psb fan
partha is unavailable).
\_ I have no problem with the "brain the size of
a planet" exception.
\_ Nice quote on dailykos:
It is a sad day when your choices for Supreme Court
Justice appear to be 'unqualified hack who may do some
damage' and 'qualified nutcase who will reap destruction a
cross the land'
\_ WHo's the nutcase? Roberts?
\_ The Scalia clone to come.
\- the comment about JM's legal educ is misleading.
it was quite common for lawyers "back then" to
have more of an apprentice style of legal educ.
i think law is sort of different from say biology.
today a bio prof has bs/ms/phd/postdoc ... which
can easily be a decade of post-grad educ. while a
newly minted law prof may be 3 yrs of law school
and maybe two 1yr clerkships.
\_ The Thomas/Scalia clone to come.
\_ Interesting that you chose Scalia and not
Thomas (the argument that Thomas is a Scalia
clone does not hold water, ex. Scalia concu-
red in Raich but Thomas dissent).
\- this is somewhat interesting:
http://voteview.com/the_unidimensional_supreme_court.htm
\- i dont believe SCALIA and THOMAS had the highest
percentage of voting the same way. Although it
is possible of the 7-2 decisions, they are most
likely to be S+T vs everbody else.
\_ Emphasis on the "QUALIFIED" in qualified nutcase |
| 2005/10/27-28 [Uncategorized] UID:40290 Activity:kinda low |
10/27 amckee, it's okay, don't feel bad. you will be an alumni someday
too. then you will be joining us, and become one of us! yeh!
\_ One of us! One of us!
\_ mmmmm brains ... Send more paramedics!
\_ gooble gobble, gooble gobble!
\_ http://urbandead.com |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:40291 Activity:low |
10/27 Okay, is ftp completely gone? I'd search the motd archives but,
wait for it, there are none.
\_ try sftp or scp. most sftp clients that I've used have scp
support for transfering multiple files or directories.
\_ Hm, does WS_FTP do sftp?
\_ Use Filezilla.
\_ putty has a free command line scp binary that I use all
the time. I've never tried their sftp client, but it can
be found here: http://www.putty.nl/download.html -sax
\_ See section 3 of last week's minutes. -gm |
| 2005/10/27-28 [Computer/SW/Editors, Computer/SW/Editors/Emacs] UID:40292 Activity:low |
10/27 My new job is completely Windoze based...anyone know of a windows
version of TextWrangler. I'm looking for a free text editor with
extended capabilities. Thanks. -scottyg
\_ I'm completely in love with Crimson Editor.
\_Thanks, I downloaded SciTE and it seems to rock. I've heard good
things about Crimson Editor though. -scottyg
\_ Thanks, I downloaded SciTE and it seems to rock. I've heard
good things about Crimson Editor though. -scottyg
\_ a friend of mine uses visual slick edit. You could always try
xemacs.
\_ most expensive dedicated code editor you can buy
!= "free text editor" |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Computer/SW/Languages, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:40293 Activity:nil |
10/27 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051027/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_oil Exxon Mobil, Shell Post Record Profits \_ Exxon first U.S. company to have $100 billion in quarterly sales! USA USA USA! |
| 2005/10/27-28 [Academia/GradSchool] UID:40294 Activity:nil |
10/27 Are you worried that scammers will pose as job recruiters to
steal your identity or your money?
\_ If a scammer is tech savvy enough or is working with enough tech
savvy people to convince me it's a real job application situation,
he deserves my money. OBTW, there has been at least one similar
scam with a scholarship application.
\_ "Please do NOT recommend any of the positions to anyone else
that you feel is qualified for a position. This letter is
intended solely for the recipient." |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:40295 Activity:nil |
10/27 I want to backup from linux (RH) to DVD-writable. Will take
multiple DVDs to do the job. It is just data. Is there
some simple/free utility that will eject the disk when it
is full / doesn't have space for the next file and then
continue from there when i pop in a new DVD, or will I have
to script up something that takes care of this. I would
really prefer this to be command line. |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Recreation/Activities, Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:40296 Activity:kinda low |
10/27 Frenchman wants to play Women's British Open - PGA - Yahoo! Sports:
http://csua.org/u/dub
Yeah!
\_ This is stupid. You can consider the different leagues like
weight classes in boxing. If a middle-weight wants to fight
in the heavy weight division you *let* him, that does not mean
you let mike tyson fight in the bantum weight division just
because he's washed up as a heavy weight. -phuqm
\_ Are you saying that it's okay to allow women to play in Britisn
Open, while it's stupid to allow men to play in Women's British
Open?
\_ I think that's exactly what he's saying. Now, given that
golf is a game and not a sport, having different leagues
is silly... (flame shield on) -John
\_ I am indeed saying that; am I loosing my perspicuity? -phuqm
\_ it is a game, but one in which arm strength matters, which
requires different leagues for men/women. -phuqm
\_ Perhaps the Frenchman is abnormally weak?
\_ Excellent contribution to the thread. thanks for
being so smart and relevant.
\_ Close. It is okay to allow women to play in the British open
It is not o.k. to allow men to play in the Women's British Open\
and it is Stupid to equate one issue with the other. -phuqm.
It is not o.k. to allow men to play in the Women's British
Open and it is Stupid to equate one issue with the other.
-phuqm.
\_ This is gender discrimination then. Women can play in both
tournaments while men can only play in one.
\_ Next thing you'll tell me is that you have to be
"challenged" to take part in the special olympics!
Bastards!
\_ If you are equating "female" to "challenged",
then okay, it makes sense for you to say that
this is not discrimination. Now go ahead and
tell those feminists who demanded open door to
British Open about this.
\_ You don't understand this issue *at all*,
do you?
\_ The issue is that the Frenchman doesn't
really want to win the Women's British
Open. He's just trying to make a point
that since women are allowed in British
Open for some stupid/justified reason, men
Open for some "justified" reason, men
should be allowed in Women's British Open
for the same reason also.
\_ It sounds like you need to work on
your critical thinking skills, man.
\_ It's a stupid point. -tom
\_ OH NO! not GENDER DISCRIMINATION!!?!! I forgot that is
ipso facto "BAD"!
\_ What is wrong w/ letting a nancy cheese eating surrender
monkey play w/ the girls? Its not like a frenchie could
compete w/ real men(tm).
\_ On the average, men are better than women at golf. But there
are many women who are better than most men at golf. The same
might be said of black/white basketball players. So, if we can
have a women-only golf tourney, it would seem that we could also
have a white-only (or Asian only) basketball league.
And if there is some black guy who isn't good in basketball,
then too bad.
\_ But assuming this is at the highest levels, almost any pro man
will beat almost any pro woman. So it wouldn't be very fair. |
| 2005/10/27-28 [Industry/Startup] UID:40297 Activity:nil |
10/27 Usually how long do you have to work before you're allowed to take
an unpaid leave of absence?
\_ Hmm.. 3 days? I told the company before I accepted the offer that
I had a planned vacation coming up. The company was willing to let
me start and almost immediately go on unpaid leave for my vacation.
\_ Depends on the company. I knew a place or two that didn't allow
any unpaid leave without a damn good reason even after a couple
of years. Oddly enough, they were fairly generous with sick leave.
Ask your HR person or your manager if you need to do something. |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Academia/UCLA] UID:40298 Activity:moderate |
10/27 Appropros to an earlier conversation about SF High Schools:
http://csua.org/u/dug
The worst of the top seven schools still rates a "7" on the
statewide API rank, which puts it in the top 70% of high schools
statewide.
\_ Where does CA fall among other states and this country among
other western nations?
\_ The ranking for 2004 seems unavailable, but the 2003 API rankings
for San Francisco are at http://csua.org/u/dui . Out of 16 high
schools in San Francisco, 5 have a rank of 1, 3 have a rank of
3, and 1 have a rank of 4. The other 7 are ranked 7 to 10. Ranks
range from 1 to 10, with 1 lowest and 10 highest.
\_ Is the API about "performance" or "improvement in performance"?
\_ If you goal is just to get into a top US university, move to
singapore and send your kid to raffles. 40% of 820 graduating
students go to Ivy League schools or their equivalents, and
that's just for the US. Many others go to Cambridge and Oxford.
school fees is US$8 per month. 90 of the 820 got accepted to
Cornell. This is according to a WSJ article:
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~kohfamey/on_Raffles%20htm.htm
Of course, you cannot chew gum.
Of course, you cannot chew gum. I ditched raffles when I
was in singapore cause my brother's chinese sucks and my
parents think it's the school's fault, so I went to a second
parents think it's the school's fault, and also because
we hate schools named after british imperialist colonizer
sir stamford raffles the evil one, so I went to a second
rate high school, and ended up in second rate berkeley
university.
university. but hey, at least I have good chinese, and got
myself quite a few cute girls from taiwan.
\- i actually think if you are not totally stupid you might be
\- i think if you are not totally stupid you might be
able to get into harvard by moving to say Kiribati for your
senior year of high school so Harvard can say "we have students
from country++ number of countries". --psb
\_ I didn't get into UCLA because they said they were over
their quota of out-of-state students. My rejection stated
that in an apologetic tone.
\_ wait, UCLA is harder to get into than UCB now??
\_ Yes. All the would be MIT and Caltech geeks
Googled and researched their chance on getting
laid with hot women and found that UCLA gave them
an advantage they wouldn't normally have in
other schools.
\_ That's the whole point, it's NOT harder yet I didn't
get in, but I got into Berkeley.
\_ Should be "we have students from ++country number of
countries". :-) |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:40299 Activity:low |
10/27 Does anyone else believe this BULLSHIT that Miers withdrew?
A much more likely sequence of events is Dubya's people hinting they
would no longer mind, and actually prefer it. Miers, ever loyal,
obliges, and they spin it as Miers withdrawing to Dubya's opposition.
\_ Well duh, were you born yesterday?
\_ sorry, reading too much freerepublic
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1510152/posts
"Withdrew herself?"
"Yes. Letter from her." ...
"It was the right decision, and I respect her greatly for making
it." ...
"Miers took one for the team"
\_ The surgeon general has determined that reading too much
freerepublic may be hazardous to your comprehension of
reality.
\_ Actually I think Bush is stubborn enough to have kept her at least
through the senate hearings. Did you read Krauthammer's column? He
pretty much presented the scenario that happened:
http://csua.org/u/dum -emarkp
\- just out of curiosity why does it matter if she jumped or
was pushed? i mean i can understand curious speculation but
you seem to be OUTRAGED.
\_ ??? It'd be better if she was pushed, i.e. GWB came to his
senses. How do I appear to be OUTRAGED? -emarkp
\- I am referring to the OP. I dont know if you are the OP
or not.
\_ Odd. I was responding to the OP--you responded to me.
I don't know why I'd respond to myself. -emarkp
you (mr "BULLSHIT" OP) seem to be OUTRAGED.
\_ Odd. I was responding to the OP--you responded to me. I
don't know why I'd respond to myself. [and why you keep
deleting this instead of fixing your followup to be to the OP
is a mystery] -emarkp |
| 2005/10/27-29 [Recreation/Travel/LasVegas] UID:40300 Activity:nil |
10/27 Anyone know of places to find decent set of poker chips for cheap?
I'm not looking for clay chips. The composite kind will do. Most
places tend to cost about $50 after shipping. If it's local, I can
pay $50. Oh, for about 500 chips.
\_ You can probably get a 500 skittles for $20. You could assign
dollar values to the different colors too.
\_ But I'd end up eating my pieces and lose. And btw, where the
hell are you buying your candies to pay $20 for 500 pieces? -op
\_ You need to hire a day laborer for $5 to sort a few dozen
bags of them. Plus I assume you want just a few colors as
opposed to eight colors repesenting eight denominations.
\_ Walmart. Just buy a bunch of cheapo sets. It's slave-labor-ific!
\_ I have some chips to sell. these are heavy chips, hardly used.
Have around 500. If you can guess who I am, I will give you
a large discount, otherwise they are full price.
\_ Try Costco. I've used them and they're not bad at all.
\_ Steal them from casinos.
\_ it's not really stealing. You PAY from them.
You know, unless you are talking about going in there
with a gun.
\_ I mean instead of cashing them in, you can just
bring them home and use them if you dont mind them
having the casino name on them. It's like stealing
an ashtray from the casino hotel room ... although
that's why they are mostly non-smoking rooms now.
If you were going to hold up a casino with a GUN,
wouldn you just take the cash? Just like in the
movies?
\_ Ummm... pp meant that if you're not cashing them in,
you have paid for them. That's a pretty expensive
way of setting up a home game.
\_ Woo hoo myrtle! Sneaked me out a whole
mess o chips, jus $100 a pop!
\_ I guess if you live near a casino you could sort
of treat it as borrowing them with a huge deposit.
\- Thank your for playing at Casino Troll. |
| 2005/10/27 [Politics/Domestic/911, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:40301 Activity:high |
10/27 Looks like the Fitzgerald indictments might not turn out the
way the Democrats had hoped:
http://www.csua.org/u/cached/dua (redstate.org)
\_ http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/cia.leak/index.html
"Sources: Prosecutor focusing on Rove in CIA leak probe"
\_ "This sounds fishy By: Buckland"
\_ "Pobable indictments for Vallerie Plame, Joseph Wilson and one as
yet unknown high ranking Congressional Democrat."
LOL. This is a classic pipedream from the party faithful. It
only gets better if the Scooby team foils the Dems' evil schemes.
\_ More likely a troll. Whatever it is, it gave me a laugh.
\_ Hey, rightwingers can have a sense of humor -- who knew?
\_ Erm, I'd expect more a lefty going undercover... Do you
understand what a troll is?
\_ Yes but trolls usually aren't that funny. The
original article is. |
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