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| 2006/8/3-6 [Uncategorized] UID:43884 Activity:nil |
8/2 Anyone used http://www.rimuhosting.com I'm looking for a good VPS provider. Alternatively I'm looking at http://www.ipowerweb.com http://www.fourbucks.net http://www.123ehost.com http://www.domaingurus.com http://www.neureal.com <DEAD>www.nearlyfreespeech.net<DEAD> http://laughingsquid.net, http://www.pair.com http://www.hostway.com http://www.1and1.com http://meer.net, http://www.redacorn.org/web-hosting.html and http://www.linode.com Which ones are good? \_ You may want to check out <DEAD>www.blowuhosting.com<DEAD> too. \_ Huh huh heh heh. He said "rim." -proud American \_ I checked that site out. I didn't find what I was looking for. But I bet you did. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:43885 Activity:nil |
8/2 So much for freedom fries
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060802/od_afp/afplifestyleusiraq_060802203314
\_ Mel Gibson thought freedom was worth fighting for in the
movie Braveheart. -proud American
\_ I think the GOP has now officially jumped the shark.
\_ Maybe they should rename it "Crow".
\_ Good movie. Brandon Lee rocks. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:43886 Activity:nil |
8/3 so, a while back, this collage pic of ashcroft was posted to motd:
http://www.pmbrowser.info/hublog/images/gashcroft.jpg
There was a similar one of Bush, only done with pictures of the
faces of soldiers who had died fighting his wars. anyone remember
the URL for that one?
\_ http://photomatt.net/2004/04/07/mosaic
\_ NSFW
\_ He's cute. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:43887 Activity:nil |
8/3 Similar to the post below, I'm planning to set up a machine outside
of the firewall and I'm considering FC3/4 or RH9, and maybe others
too. Since it's outside of the firewall, security is a concern. In
addition, manageability is a huge issue for me as I'm not intimately
familiar with RPM package resolutions. What do you guys suggest?
\_ Whatever you do, I'd recommend at least looking at selinux. For
management, strip it down as much as you can, jail or at least
chroot any services you can, packet filter, tripwire, etc. etc.
etc. and allow ipsec to the box from behind the firewall for
updates. Nothing exotic there. -John
\_ Don't run RH9. It's obsolete. I'd run RH4.
\_ red hat enterprise linux 4?
\_ No, RedHat versions are like AD&D 2nd edition armor
classes.
\_ banded or splint mail?
\_ Agreed. I don't think Redhat even maintain version 9 anymore.
If you can't afford RHEL, try CentOS. They come with SELinux
stuff built-in as well. But if you're not familiar with RPM
distros, why not pick something you are familiar with?
\_ I totally disagree. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:43888 Activity:nil |
8/2 Panoramic photos of California sprawl
http://leblog.exuberance.com/2006/07/suburban_sprawl.html
\_ Urban sprawl is a good thing. It allows more Americans to achieve
their American dream. Urban sprawl makes Bush's promise to give
a home to every American a reality.
\_ Urban sprawl makes home ownership _harder_ because of the wasted
land. It makes large-yard ownership easier.
\_ Dude, post links of Angie Everhart sprawling, not the urban
sprawl of California. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Uncategorized] UID:43889 Activity:nil |
8/3 Any suggestions on restaurants with really good lobster? I'm
thinking of Scoma's in Sausalito. --jwm
\_ I hear Red Lobster is pretty good. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Transportation/Car, Transportation/Car/RoadHogs] UID:43890 Activity:low |
8/3 GM did NOT dismantle LA's mass transit. There is no conspiracy.
The mass transit system failed because of the following reasons:
-streetcar systems deterioration
-subsidy of competing systems
-competition with automobile
-suburbanization
Free-market forces (e.g. the "invisible hand" forces) dictate what
people want, and people simply prefer automobiles over the mass
transit system:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
\_ You forgot "because people who live in LA have shit for brains."
How come the Invisible Hand doesn't kill the working mass transit
in nyc, Boston, SF, Seattle, Denver, or DC? Because people who
live in these places do not have shit for brains. Also, the
Invisble Hand would have killed the piece of shit GM calls a
company years ago without gov't subsidies.
live in these places do not have shit for brains.
\_ LA is huge
\_ Not any larger than the area serviced by MTA-funded transit
around New York. It's cultural. Fuck LA.
\_ If by not any larger you mean 3 times the size, then yeah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles_Area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area
\_ LA is a lot less dense than, say, NYC. What the heck
are you talking about re: Seattle and Denver? They
don't have good mass transit. DC, SF, and NYC do. You
might include Chicago or Boston, but I'd say LA is
on par with those.
\_ You've obviously never lived in the greater Denver area.
\_ The rail line goes from Denver to Littleton and back.
I worked in Littleton on a contract. My hotel
was in downtown Denver. I drove and so did almost
all of the people at that company who took the
same route, because even if you got to the
Littleton station you were stuck there. I hardly
call one rail line an example for all the US to
follow. Does it go out to the airport now?
\_ I checked and it's three rail lines now, none
of which go to the airport. Combined, they
are a whopping 16 miles of track. I don't
know *why* LA can't duplicate that awesome
masterpiece of modern transportation engineering.
\_ Cars and roads are the cause, sprawl the symptom.
\_ Cars, roads and sprawl are all symptoms. The disease
is in the mind.
\_ It's the Jews' fault. Just as Mel Gibson. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Transportation/Car/RoadHogs, Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:43891 Activity:nil |
8/3 GM did not Kill The Electric Vehicle:
http://www.gm.com/company/onlygm/fastlane_Blog_2.html
\_ That tagline should be more like "GM Denies Killing the Electric
Vehicle". They blame the market, which I find unlikely.
\_ The Jews did it. -Mel Gibson |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Health] UID:43892 Activity:kinda low |
8/3 Doing bench press, which bar grip most stresses the pecs:
wide or close?
\_ wide. close works the triceps more. think about straight pushups
vs. diamonds.
\_ yeah ok... some dumb girl who worked at 24h tried to tell me the
the opposite.
\_ Related question: Is there a standard for how much the bars
weigh? -John
\_ ED!!!!!!!!
\_ I think 45lbs is pretty standard.
\_ Yah, I think that's right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_bar -mice
\_ Kewl, thanks. OK here's another question: after years of
neglect (occasional sports, eating & drinking too much, etc.)
I'm trying to get into shape again. Given 4x workouts per
week (3-4 weight exercises per workout, 5x10 reps per weight,
and pushing myself to the limit, plus approx. 45-60min
cardio each time, what's a reasonable expectation for
getting into really hot-shit look-good-in-almost-anything
shape? I started at about 6'1", ca. 200lbs and little
muscle about a month ago and have a pretty good, balanced
weight regimen...anyone? -John
\_ I say this every time it comes up on the motd, and get
shouted down every time, but I'm going to say it again.
I believe that the most important aspect of any workout
plan based on health goals is whether you are likely to
stick with it for many years. I also believe that with
very very few exceptions, normal people tend to find
weight lifting and running in circles to be very boring.
By this arguement, how many "reps" one does it not the
point. The point is whether your mind will still be
engadged in that crap 20 years from now. For the
Governator, that's true with weightlifting, but that's
just not normal. I say look at the sports where you're
participating with people from teenagers thru guys in
their 70's, and go for that. I don't workout to look
buff as a 30 year old, I work out with the intent to
still be in decent, healthy shape, enjoying my sport
when I'm 75.
\_ so... what's your sport?
\_ Judo. I've met several judo practitioners in their
70's. Sure, they mostly just shuffle around the
mat teaching the younger generation, but they're
still in damn good shape for their age. Also, I
like having a coach in a sport who has 50 years'
experience in the sport.
\_ Ok. Well, you know I agree with you about cardio
being extremely boring. I have a hard time
getting myself to stay even 5 minutes on a
cardio machine. So I try to do other stuff for
that but I don't mind a bit of weightlifting.
1 hour 3x a week does a lot and I find it
feels pretty good. I catch some TV while I'm at
it. Most sports including Judo seem mostly
to help aerobic fitness.
\_ Find a gym with good TVs, a magazine
collection, and a row of stairmasters in
front of whatever machine it is you use.
Entertainment galore! :-) -John
\_ You may not enjoy it; I've been doing it on and off
for the past 10 years, with varying intensity. It's
like shooting; it helps me focus and relax. To each
his own. As far as "crap" and "not normal" go, nobody
is forcing you. -John
\_ If you actually enjoy weighlifting, than you are
in compliance with my worldview and I have no
further comments. I apologize for the use of the
word "crap" in this context.
\_ It really depends. As a very general suggestion, low
weights, high reps if you're looking to build tone and/or
endurance. High weights, low reps if you're looking to
build strength/bulk. I wouldn't do more than 3 sets for
a given exercise unless your focus is to build endurance.
Ideally, you should be at a weight where you r2d2 on the
last or second to last rep of the last set. If you still
have juice after the set: 1) you're doing the exercises
in the wrong order, 2) you're using a weight which is too
low, 3) your form is bad or 4) you're going too fast.
You can see appreciable results even on flyweights if you
slow yourself down to a 5 or 7 count.
You almost definitely want to do your cardio *after* you
lift, or you're going to burn off the nutrients to really
work the muscles.
Be sure to check with someone in the know what the proper
form for an exercise is, or you'll likely end up wasting
time, energy, and possibly risking injury (I learned that
lesson the hard way).
Also have someone you trust check in on your form once
in awhile to help keep yourself honest (again, bad form ==
waste of time).
Lastly, diet >>>>> lifting. You'll get far, far better
results if you exercise even mild discipline over what you
eat -- I suck at that. Ultimately, if your diet isn't
good, you're going to waste alot of time making up the
difference. Bandwidth++ -- feel free to email
if you want to chat more. -mice
\_ But isn't "tone" basically low fat + some muscles for
definition? Endurance, well, obviously it's easier to
lift 100 of a light weight than a heavy weight. So
building muscle capacity should help endurance.
I guess what I'm saying is I'm kind of dubious on the
value of high reps for anything. At some point I guess
you might want to avoid bulking up, but starting from
nothing, I think you'd still have to build a base for a
while. That's my current theory anyway.
\_ 1) Tone != Bulk, 2) Endurance != Strength.
\_ this is contentless.
\_ *sigh* Yeah, I know -- I disagree with you
pretty strongly, actually, but I've already
spent too much time playing motd today.
Feel free to email me and tell me how dumb I
am, and I'll argue with you as time allows. =)
\_ Dunno but I think 5x10 reps is too much. 3x8 is better
(with heavy weight). You have that cardio to burn fat. You
want to lift more weight to build muscle, not do 50 reps
of some small weight. Also it will take less time and
help you keep it up. And/or do more exercises. Anyway
that's just some advice I've read but it makes sense to
me. I used to do 5x10 and it seemed like more work for less
results.
\- if your goal is to "look good" in the sense of
6pack etc, i think it is harder to get down your
6pack etc, i think it is harder to reduce your
fat level so the 6pack is visible than just being
in good shape, i.e. having the 6pack hidden by
bacon. building muscle not too hard ... eat protein
and lift.
\_ OK Thanks; I was taught the 5x10 thing by a friend
in college who was pretty ripped--his point was to
always find the maximum weight where you could do 2x10,
then maybe 1x9, 1x8, 1x7 or so. I'll try that, though.
\_ I like to grip it slow and tight. -proud American
\_ I would say that you will notice a difference in 4 weeks and
probably feel pretty good about taking your shirt off
in six months. Even if you can't lose the fat, your
muscle mass ratio will go up, so you will just look
much better. One of the great things about weight
lifting is that you can see results quickly. Ax knows
much more about this, but one of the great things
about weight lifting is the fact that is shows results
quickly. One of the touch things about weight lifting
is that at some point you plateau and start showing very
little or no gains. At that point you might want to talk
to a personal trainer or something. That usually doesn't
happen in your first year though. -ausman |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Transportation/Car] UID:43893 Activity:nil |
8/3 Searching "ev1" on Google shows up a GM sponsored link saying that
it is not responsible for the demise of electric vehicles. When
I tried to place an ad on Google using AdWords, it costs me up to
$5.00. In another word GM is willing to pay up to $5.00 for the
keyword search "ev1". They sure have a lot of money
for advertisements.
\_ Searching for "evil" gives me:
Try eBay
Looking for eBay?
Find exactly what you want today.
http://www.eBay.com
\_ When I search "evil", I get some photos of Starr Jones
in a bikini. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:43894 Activity:nil |
8/3 "The prospect of a low intensity civil war and a de facto division of
Iraq is probably more likely at this stage than a successful and
substantial transition to a stable democracy ... the next six months
are crucial"
-Outgoing UK ambassador to Iraq in last official private memo
Here's an exercise: Google for "the next six months are crucial" iraq
\_ I don't get it. -proud American |
| 2006/8/3-6 [Recreation/Food] UID:43895 Activity:nil |
8/3 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060803/od_nm/coffee_odd_dc What happened to all the advertisements and company funded research that say coffee is good for you? \_ It IS good for you, you tool. Look at me. I drink 6 cups of coffee in the morning each day, usually down a up or two in the afternoon, and I have an 8-inch penis. -proud American |
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