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| 2006/8/17-19 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl] UID:44038 Activity:nil |
8/17 Any movabletype experts on soda? When I try to create an entry
on my blog I get a huge perl process and 'Out of Memory!' in my
error log. The post appears in an individual archive but not on
the main page. Thanks! -sameer
\_ Maybe the post is generating an E_HOTAIR. |
| 2006/8/17 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:44039 Activity:nil 97%like:44053 |
8/16 Sad but true. NYPost oped on Hezbollah/Israel.
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/hezbollah_3__israel_0_opedcolumnists_ralph_peters.htm |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Health] UID:44040 Activity:nil |
8/17 What the hell is up with the reposts? I mean, yes, censorship's a
pain, but the solution is to reverse it, not bump the thread to the
top.
\_ Au contraire mon frere! The answer is to rub it in the wound
until they squirm and break. It'll stop sooner that way.
\_ ob trolling from yesterday so you won't be trolled today |
| 2006/8/17-18 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:44041 Activity:nil |
8/17 http://csua.org/u/gp4 France surrenders preemtively. \_ Does that mean we have to start calling them "Freedom Fries" again? |
| 2006/8/17 [Uncategorized] UID:44042 Activity:nil |
8/16 If you had the power [BALEETED 'cos you're a tool] |
| 2006/8/17 [Computer/SW/Security, Recreation/Humor] UID:44043 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto 80%like:44052 |
8/17 This is pretty funny:
http://tinyurl.com/ku2mp -John |
| 2006/8/17-24 [Reference/RealEstate, Politics/Domestic/California] UID:44044 Activity:low |
8/17 For the sake of posterity, San Diego County had its first year-over-
year decline in median home price in June 2006 (for the current cycle).
L.A. and the Bay Area have not gone negative year-over-year, yet.
Also, if you look at month-to-month, I believe San Diego County
went negative Jan 2006, but not certain about that.
http://csua.org/u/gpa (signonsandiego.com)
\_ Keep dreaming if you think the real estate markets in L.A. and
the Bay Area are going to crash. Maybe there will be a slight
market correction and a 10 percent price dip, but if you ride
out the dip over the next couple of years, your home price will
be fine. To all you renters out there, you are still screwed.
\_ All renters are screwed, huh? By "renter", you mean anyone
who wants to live and work in california, but who does not
already own a home. In other words, any recent college,
highschool or professional school graduate, any immigrant,
or anyone from out of state--i.e. the workforce that would
be required to grow or even continue the california economy
at its current levels. When one of you California homeowners
retires, who's going to replace you? When you want to grow
your business, who are you going to hire? You'll only be able
to get so many suckers to spend 10 times their annual salary on a
home, which means that when there are no more suckers, the
california economy will shrink hard and fast. It's already
happening, as business leave your state in droves to Texas
and other parts of the southwest to escape your la-la-land
prices.
prices. And as the economy continues to shrink, the number of
people willing to pay your prices will continue to drop. Do
you really think that in the face of a rapidly shrinking economy,
these prices will be sustainable? Or perhaps you think there
will always be another sucker willing to move to california to
either be a serf to the landowning class forever or pay 10 times
their yearly salary for a home?
\_ Try to come up with a convincing argument. Your entry just
says that you think houses prices will crash because: (1) CA
homewoners will retire someday, (2) people are going to get
tired of over-paying for homes, and (3) CA business are going
to move to Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Now, it may be
true that CA residential real estate prices drop, but it won't
be because of CA homeowners retiring, people suddenly becoming
smart about home prices, or because of this supposed future
max exodus of CA business to dust bowl crappy states like
Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The truth is that because
there are so many more professionals and people in general in
California, that has increased the demand for homes, as there
is a limited amount of space here. And unfortunately, people
don't all of a sudden realize that they should correct market
prices. People are stupid. And trust me, no one in CA is
worried about the "threat" of its neighboring crappy states.
The SF Bay Area, which is the financial and technology center
of the West, and Los Angeles, which is the entertainment capital
of the world, aren't worried about New Mexico. Believe me. But
anyway, in the meantime, have fun in your 750 square foot studio.
\_ Your summary of those reasons is generally correct; the crash
or whatever you wish to call it will happen for basic economic
reasons. When most homes are bought for speculation, an
increase of value of say, >10% is needed to cover the various
fees for the sale, any upgrades you added, and the cost of
of the house itself (assuming this is a 2nd home).
Without such growth, the speculators lose money. When most
of the GDP growth, increase in jobs, etc. is from the real
estate boom, a pause in real estate is sufficient to gut the
economy. Which, of course, will go back to house prices.
Oh, and DQ News reports 30-40% decline in sales volume for the
BA. Pull up a chair, pop a beer, and wait for the fun.
of the West, and Los Angeles, which is the entertainment
capital of the world, aren't worried about New Mexico.
Believe me. But anyway, in the meantime, have fun in
your 750 square foot studio.
\_ Your summary of those reasons is generally correct;
the crash or whatever you wish to call it will happen
for basic economic reasons. When most homes are bought
for speculation, an increase of value of say, >10%
is needed to cover the various fees for the sale, any
upgrades you added, and the cost of of the house itself
(assuming this is a 2nd home). Without such growth, the
speculators lose money. When most of the GDP growth,
increase in jobs, etc. is from the real estate boom, a
pause in real estate is sufficient to gut the economy.
Which, of course, will go back to house prices. Oh,
and DQ News reports 30-40% decline in sales volume
for the BA. Pull up a chair, pop a beer, and wait for
the fun.
\_ As a home owner for several years I don't care *at all*
what happens to housing pricing. The only time the
prices matter to me is when I'm trying to sell my
current home to buy a new one. I tried to explain this
to a renter-wannabe-home-owner at work several times
but he keeps gloating as prices in the area slowly
decline. I'd love to see housing prices crash to the
price of a cup of coffee so I could easily sell my home
in 5 minutes and buy anything I wanted much closer to
work where homes are nicer and going for over a million.
Housing prices going up and down is normal and healthy
and good for home owners overall. As a home owner I am
not losing money when prices drop since I choose when
I sell and since I want a more expensive house than I
have now prices compressing downwards saves me money
when I move to a nicer place even though my house has
also dropped in price. It will not have dropped as
much as the place I want. --someone else
\_ Exactly. So your house is worth $700K and drops
20% to $550K. The house you want is worth $1M
and drops to $800K. The gap is now $50K less.
If you bought your place for, say, $350K then
this can be a boon depending on rates. If
housing prices drop then it's a buying opportunity,
if you can afford it. If they don't drop, then
you've lost nothing. That said, I certainly
wouldn't buy now if I didn't already own.
\_ I am a homeowner in LA and also studying to be a real estate
broker. I think a 10% decline is optimistic. We will see
perhaps as much as a 30% decline. However, so what, unless
you're sitting on a huge pile of cash?
\_ If you think a million-dollar home will suddenly
depreciate in value to 700K in the span of 1 year or 2
years, and if you think starter homes in middle-class
neighborhoods currently at about 600K will suddenly drop
to about 400K, you are living in fantasyland.
\_ I don't know what the span of time will be, but I
think that this will happen as long as interest rates
continue to rise. It's happened before. However, like I
said, so what?\
\_ The last time it happened was the early '90s when the
drop in prices was due to a serious national economic
recession, high unemployment rates, and increased
taxes (thank you George Bush Sr.). Somehow, we have
\_I'm glad you truthfully wrote that Mitchell
pushed for this as Senate Majority leader.
\_ "Read my lips. No new taxes."
-George H. Bush, Sr.
been able to avoid a recession, significant rises in
the unemployment rate, and any tax hikes. If that
stuff DOES all happen in the near future, housing
prices will be the least of all our worries.
\_ I think that all of this is possible, but the
driver will be rising interest rates. As for how
important this is to "you", that is your own
list of priorities.
\_ Dude, anything is "possible." But the
reason for rising interest rates is to
put a damper on inflation. Rising
interest rates do not lead by themselves
to a recession, increased unemployment,
or added taxes. |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Computer/Companies/Yahoo] UID:44045 Activity:nil |
8/16 Yahoo! collects over 10 terabytes of clickstream behavioral data each
day, the equivalent of all the information within the Library of
Congress. Yahoo!s user data warehouse is in the order of 'petabytes?
- the largest in the world. Yahoo! serves nearly half a billion unique
users. Yahoo! is one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Yahoo! is looking for key hires to leverage all of this data for
actionable strategies and systems:
1. Data Mining Applications Engineer (Senior) Sunnyvale, CA
2. Data Mining Applications Engineer (Contract) Sunnyvale, CA
3. Data Mining Applications Engineer (Senior) Burbank, CA
Please email your resume to syhier168@yahoo.com.
\_ Yahoo: when I was there they were a shambles. Imagine what a
dotcom would look like if they bought a hundred other dotcoms after
going public and grew to >10k people world wide: Yaaa HOOOOOO!
\_ Personally, I think Yahoo is a pretty good place to work. When
I joined in 04, benefits were good, the campus is pleasant, the
prospects for advancement are good and the work is interesting.
There's more red tape than I'd like, but I suppose that's
probably the price you pay for the stability of working at a
large company. -mice
\_ That's not what their own internal surveys say about
engineer happiness but in any large place there will be
niches where some folks will find a cool place to hide. |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Health/Women] UID:44046 Activity:nil |
8/17 Breast implants linked to suicide
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060817/hl_nm/breast_implants_dc
\_ "Women who think they need breast implants tend to be suicidal"
Shocking! |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Uncategorized] UID:44047 Activity:nil |
8/17 http://people.aol.com/people if you really care. |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Computer/SW/Languages, Recreation/Humor] UID:44048 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
8/17 http://www.madore.org/%7Edavid/programs/unlambda The Unlambda Programming Language. Your Functional Programming Language Nightmares Come True. The act of learning Unlambda is oh so boring and meaningless and you just want to kill yourself. In another word, it is like being in grad school. -kchang |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Recreation/Humor] UID:44049 Activity:nil |
8/17 Wow, aliens can really rock. (Funny pic)
http://alienlovespredator.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2208 |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:44050 Activity:nil |
8/17 Tim Bray switches back:
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/08/16/Back-to-the-Mac |
| 2006/8/17-23 [Politics/Domestic/911, Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia] UID:44051 Activity:kinda low |
8/17 District Judge strikes down NSA eavesdropping program:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/domesticspying.lawsuit
Order (and subsequent Notice of Appeal) can be found as:
/csua/tmp/NSA_Order.pdf
/csua/tmp/NSA_Appeal.pdf
\_ Ok, the clock's ticking...how long will it be until a prominent
Republican advocates killing judges again?
\_ Ok, it's been more than 24 hours. Who has said that?
\_ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26236-2005Apr4.html
As with Falwell's statements supporting the 9/11 terrorists,
there is weasel room, but it's clear where these people stand
if you take off you really listen to them. I'm guessing the
same tool who ends up responding to this post saying that
he's "not really justifying the murder of judges" will be one
of the tools who claimed that Falwell was not siding with
the terrorists after 9/11. People like you will end up
destroying this country if you are not stopped or don't
change.
\_ Ann Coulter, who else?
http://tinyurl.com/k3uwu
\_ She is an entertainer, not a prominent Republican.
Try naming a prominent Republican. It's been several
days now and the total is zero, of course.
\_ She is prominent in the sense that she stands out
because she is blonde, thin, and female, which is much
different than your typical fat, bald, ugly middle-aged
guys who make up the majority of the Republican
gene pool. -Michael Moore
\_ Michael Moore is a Republican? Go figure... I never
knew that.
\_ Mihael Moore isn't bald. But Rush Limbaugh is.
\_ Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer, too. I'm
still waiting to see a prominent Republican
who called for death for this judge. it's
been several days now.
\_ you're mincing words. Ann Coulter is
both prominent and Republican. Which of
those words do you disagree with? -tom
\_ This is a sophomoric argument unworthy
of a Berkeley graduate. Any freshman
English major could tell you that words
formed into a phrase mean more than the
individual words apart. I'm not
mincing words, but you are trolling.
Go turn your degree back in at Sproul
or University Hall immediately.
\_ You are dismissing the fact that
the placement of aggressive
talking heads like Coulter and
Limbaugh on national media (billed
as commentators, not entertainers)
is part of a very intentional
conservative/Republican strategy.
-tom
\_ Who says they are commentators and
who placed them? Someone planted
RL at a small radio station almost
20 years ago planning for his take
over of conservative talk radio
today? I don't know how AC
describes herself but if you had
ever listened to the RL show you'd
know his byline is "here to educate
and entertain you", not "comment on
political stuff".
\_ Placing? No one "placed" either
of them. Now you're just being
ridiculous and conspiratorial.
\_ Read "Don't Think of an
Elephant." -tom
\_ He shoots! He misses!
You're a troll and a
conspiracy theory lunatic.
\_ tom's a lot of things, but
he's not a troll. big tip:
trolls don't sign their
names. better hunting
next time.
\_ signing doesn't save
one from being a troll
but ill just go with
conspiracy theory
lunatic since you're
ok with that.
\_ You know, it really
doesn't lend any
credibility to your
claims when you're
the one coming
off as a ranting
irrational lunatic.
irrational poster.
\_ If facts are
irrational then
so be it.
\_ Darn Al Qaeda activist judges who hate America?
\_ No judge (or judges) can stand in the way of the NSA defending
this country.
\_ Cuz that whole constitution thing is "quaint"
\_ What happened to the left's "living document" theory of the
Constitution? Or does that only apply when inventing new
rights or limiting others that the left likes?
\_ Welcome to a non-binary world, where we can have a
"living document" that changes to accommodate progress
while continuing to protect the citizenry from its rulers.
\_ All things in this world are limited, even the constitution.
\_ why do you hate america?
\_ America! FUCK YEAH!!! -T.E.A.M. America World Police
\_ what about executive privilege?
\_ Nah, that shit is unlimited. -George Fucking Bush
\_ Who will defend us from the defenders?
\_ Second Amendment, Defender of the Rest (seriously).
\_ You have to trust someone in order to live in society.
\_ Certainly, but that can still be a trust based on
supervision and accountability.
\_ I find your lack of faith ... disturbing -- Darth
Cheney
\_ Wrong Darth: link:csua.org/u/gpc
\_ Why does this Judge hate freedom?
\_ Because some things are worth fighting for. -William Wallace
\_ You mean LIKE FREEDOM?!?! -Mel Gibson #1 fan
\_ You mean like FREEDOM?!? -Mel Gibson #1 fan
\_ It doesn't matter. They're going to keep doing it no matter what
any court says. All hail King George! |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Computer/SW/Security, Recreation/Humor] UID:44052 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto 80%like:44043 |
8/17 This is pretty funny:
http://tinyurl.com/ku2mp (schneier.com/blog) -John
\_ Another funny link on the same page:
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:44053 Activity:nil 97%like:44039 |
8/17 Sad but true. NYPost oped on Hezbollah/Israel.
http://tinyurl.com/zsgod (nypost.com) |
| 2006/8/17 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Politics/Domestic/Immigration] UID:44054 Activity:nil |
8/17 JonBenet case solved! Former school teacher admitted killing her.
The parents are clear after all.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/17/ap/world/mainD8JI3OSG0.shtml
\_ obWhoGivesAShit
\- the parents may not be murderers, but they are all freaks
\_ At this point it seems quite likely that this guys is lying, and
it is a false confession. He won't state anything verifiable
about the case, (that wasn't in the news), and he was a strong
alibi. (His ex-wife claims he was with her in Alabama that day.)
\_ Next time when you jack off to her pics you know which bastard
took your sweetheart away from this world. |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Transportation/Car/RoadHogs, Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:44055 Activity:moderate |
8/16 What car did you drive before, what car do you drive now, and what
car do you plan to buy in the future? Left wing communist bikers like
tom and lafe need not respond. Thanks.
\_ So if I don't live the way you live, I'm a communist? This sounds
a bit like "no free speech for fascists". "If you don't like the
fact that your money is taken from you by force and spent on
other people's transportation infrastructure and corporate
subsidies for shitty American car companies than *you're* the
left wing totalitarian!" Right. -lafe
\_ I don't like that my money is taken from me by force and spent on
a lot of things that benefit other people but not me. Is that
ok for a !bike rider?
\_ Actually, tom is a left-wing communist biker. He earns all of
those monikers individually.
\_ Then don't bring my name into it, fuckwit. I almost
certainly have more familiarity with and hatred of communism
than you do. It's funny how any single mention of "nazi"
and poeple on the motd start screaming "GODWIN!!!", but you
can go associating people with the other most loathesome
ideology in history and aparently it's ok. You can
call me a misanthrope, a psycho foaming at the mouth
anti-car wingnut, an asshole, a spaz, or an idealist, but
don't FUCKING call me a communist. -lafe
don't FUCKING call me a Yalie. -lafe
\_ Kind of unrelated, but I don't think the curse word
helps in this case. -jrleek
\_ I think it's his way of starting an anti-communist
motd Godwin's law thing.
\_ Bike, bike, bike. Get over it. -!tom|lafe
\_ Motorcycle, subcompact, subcompact+bike
\_ International Travelall (Think 1960's equivalent to Suburban),
Toyota Celica, Jeep Cherokee. future: WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR??
THEY SAID THERE'D BE FLYING CARS!! -EricM (oh yeah, and RIDE BIKE!!)
\_ I'll just repost my flying car post rather than re-write it:
http://www.csua.com/?entry=38770
\_ 1987 Ford Escort Pony (1991-1992), 1984 Jeep Cherokee Chief (1992-
1996), 1996 Jeep Cherokee Classic (1996-present), 2004 Toyota
Sienna LE (2004-present).
\_ 1994 Renault Safrane 2.2, 1998 Audi TT 1.8 & Jeep Wrangler, no
fucking clue what I'll buy next but it won't be anything even
remotely sensible. -John
\_ 1978 Datsun "babe magnet" 510 pea green station wagon, 1988 Honda
Civic Hatchback, 2000 Mercedes E320, in the future? My current car
should be able to last to the end of the gasoline crisis when I
will be riding bike instead.
\_ 1987 Ford LTD, 2004 WRX Wagon, Tango T100 --dbushong
\_ 1986 Pontiac Something (sold at 18,000 miles, became a
lemon car after just 1 year).
1988 Toyota Camry (gave to my mom, better than Pontiac, still
a piece of shit IMHO)
I hated these cars until one day, I drove a Honda Accord, and
the rest became history:
1987 Honda Accord Lxi (sold at 170,000 miles in 98. Loved it)
1998 Honda Accord LX (still own ~140,000 miles and going. Love it)
2006 Honda Accord LX (~200 miles. Love it)
BTW all the cars were purchased new. If I need to go to my best
friend's wedding, drive the pregnant wife to the hospital, get to
a job interview on time, I will not go into any car except the
Accord. I've had many different cars in my life and the Accords
were there for me during the worst times. Sure, my job sucked
and my personal life was a total fuck up, but the Accord was
always there for me. Nothing is more reliable than the Accord.
\_ 1996 Lincoln Continental, 2003 Subaru Outback Wagon, probably an
Outback Wagon or WRX Wagon (unless I win the lotto, in which case
my next car will be a DB5).
\_ 1995 Chevy Camaro, 1998-present; next will be a 2009 Camaro (unless
they suck, like the new GTOs).
\_ Hyundai Accordion (my first car so far)
\_ 98-05 Ford Taurus (105k), 05-present Honda Accord Hybrid (30k so
far). I have no idea what I'll be driving when it's time to
retire the Accord, but most likely another sedan.
\_ 1970 Dodge Dart in high school, then a VW Rabbit in college,
then a Ducati motorcycle. Now I ride the bus. |
| 2006/8/17-22 [Consumer/GPS] UID:44056 Activity:nil |
8/17 Does anyone have a TomTom GPS unit (any model)? If so, how well does
it work in the SF Bay Area and the LA Area?
\_ I've use a TomTom in the BA and a Magellan in socal. Both sometimes
give odd directions but will get you where you want to go fairly
well. I found the TomTom's interface significantly better, but
other people disagree with me. (The Magellan however was a lot
easier to take with me or hide in the glove box.)
\_ I have the PocketPC version (more or less the same as the older
300 model). I have used it all over Southern Cal and recently
on a 10 states road-trip at North-Eastern US. Overall, I would
agree with PP that it'll get you to the dest. However, I don't
trust its direction completely. I always do a sanity check
on it. Overall it works very well.
\_ On a related note: recommendations for a good gps, not too super-
pricey, that I can use on its own (think car & some outdoors use) as
well as in conjunction with a Powerbook? -John |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX, Recreation/Humor] UID:44057 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
8/17 http://www.geekcruises.com Keywords: cruise cruises geek unix photoshop linux macmania mac mania http://www.scifi-cruises.com Keywords: Startrek cruise scifi cruise Category: Humor Funny cruise ship |
| 2006/8/17-22 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:44058 Activity:nil |
8/17 Predictions on much down in % that DELL will open at tomorrow morning
compared to today's close? It's already down 5.8% in after-hours.
\_ Maybe they should liquidate the company and give the money back to
the share holders - SJOBS
\_ And that's all because of the Sony batteries!!!
\_ I thought Sony was paying for that
\_ In other news, Dell announced they'll be shipping desktops with AMD
chips.
\_ They've done that for a while but you had to know who to talk
to. Kinda weird that Dell finally caught up with the market
right after Intel finally came out with some decent chips.
\_ That'd be funny, if Intel "told" on Dell because they went with
AMD again. It's not like Intel's doing anything illegal by
reporting on their partner. |
| 2006/8/17-22 [Uncategorized] UID:44059 Activity:nil |
8/17 "I wonder if one ever hit elbow"
http://www.terpsboy.com/terpsboyarchives/002746.html -John
\_ You're a bad, bad man ;) |
| 2006/8/17 [Uncategorized] UID:44060 Activity:nil |
8/17 Um, test. |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:44061 Activity:low |
8/17 Entire media pwned over Ramsey "confession?"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060818/ap_on_re_us/jonbenet_ramsey
\_ The guy's story was a bit odd on day 1. Once more details came
out it became really clear this guy had nothing to do with her
death. He's a sicko and a crank but he didn't kill her.
\_ That photo on the left looks like a still straight out of a movie.
\_ Yeah, with hair light and all. |
| 2006/8/17-19 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:44062 Activity:nil |
8/17 George Bush loves pigs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yBxbuweRFQQ
\_ I think Merkel was having a flashback of when he molested her
during this press conference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-wvX5tdVDc
\_ I'm sure Clinton would have shown his 'staff' |
| 2006/8/17-22 [Transportation/Motorcycle] UID:44063 Activity:nil |
8/17 One of my girlfriend's colleagues is doing a survey on motorcycle
aftermarket parts/accessories. Maybe you bikers would care to
participate (there's a drawing for a gift certificate) -John
http://bcg.websurveyor.net/ss/wsb.dll/9143961/Consumer_PA_BCG3.htm |
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