3/29    My Costco/Amex card no longer gives back 1% when I buy
        Costco gas. Anyone noticed this?

3/29    http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000781.html
        Coding Horror, Programming and human factors by Jeff Atwood.
        \_ An interesting link from that page, a test to seperate out people
           who can never learn to program.  With serious scientific paper.
           http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000635.html
           \_ I love this:
              "To write a computer program you have to ... accept that
               whatever you might want the program to mean, the machine
               will blindly follow its meaningless rules and come to
               some meaningless conclusion."

3/31    is mail working? no new mailing coming in.
        \_ i like it when I delete mail, then it comes back like i didn't
           do anything
           \_ I believe soda thinks that the mail is on a read-only FS.
              \_ Actually, mead seems to have it mounted read-only.  And it
                 looks like they're trying to move it to maildirs, and failing.
        \_ According to dans, you should now run a cost/benefit analysis
           and submit it to the politburo so they can consider whether to
           view lack of email as a problem.  -tom
           \_ I will be be bringing up whether you are good for and a danger
              to the CSUA at the next Politburo meeting.  I asked you not to
              speak about me.  Now you have gone too far. -dans
              \_ Who knew annoying dans was a squishable offense?
                 \_ Tom must be taught a lesson!
                 \_ Tom must be taught a lesson! -dans
              \_ Strength through ignorance!
           view lack of email as a problem.  And psb, stop impersonating
           other people on the MOTD.  -tom
           \_ would 2 snickers bars do?
        \_ not for me.  so sad.

3/38    Out of 69 senate votes on the war, Clinton and Obama differ on only
        one vote, the confirmation of Casey:
        http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/mar/29/comparison_of_hillary_and_obama_votes_on_iraq
        \_ I am going to vote for the one that pisses off the most Republicans.
        \_ I am going to vote for the one that pisses off the most Freepers.
           \_ I'm pretty sure that would be Clinton.
           \_ Or (shockingly) you could vote for who you honestly think would
              be the best President for the country....

3/30    Batman Lego Game:
        http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1189.htm
        \_ If it's as fun as Lego Star Wars, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
           \_ Totally, Lego Star Wars (I and II) were excellent games.
              You know what would be really k3wl - Lego Monkey Island.

3/30    Scientists vs. Normal People:
        http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_difference.png

3/30    Free Audio Books:
        http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/Free_Audiobooks/dp/202

3/30    "Bush Fish and Wildlife Service appointee not only sends internal
        government reports to industry lobbyists but also to online gaming
        'virtual friend' for unbiased second opinion."
        http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002929.php
        \_ Worth reading for the WoW reference alone...

3/30    Are CDR audio discs known to damage older stereos? A couple of CD
        players in my stereos died after playing CDRs. Maybe it's just because
        they were really old though (like a decade  old)

3/30    \_ I've been in CSUA for roughly 14 years, and during most of that
           time (13 yrs) it has been a stable environment.  It's only been the
           past year or so where it's been having a bunch of issues.  Is there any
           reason why now?  Did CSUA lose funding?  Admin Support?  Or something
           that drove it into the unstable environment it is today?  I know it's
           been a quasi-volunteer effort, so I appreciate the attention it has been
           given, but did the volunteerism just fall-off the past year?
           Not trolling, seriously wondering.

3/30    Oh yeah, that was definitely written by an English-speaker:
        http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10654
        \_ "To British People"
        \_ You never know, she might have gone to public school...
           \_ William Shatner does the best cover of this.
           \_ Heh, you are aware of the difference in meaning for the
              term "public school" between Britian and England?
              \_ I guess not, what is the difference between a public school
                 in Britian and one in England?
              term "public school" between Britian and America?
              \_ I am now.  Looked it up.
        \_ Reminds me of the opening paragraph of "Family Romance."
           http://www.erinoconnor.org/archives/2007/03/great_openings.html

3/30    Wow, crazy stalker impersonates dying blogger
        http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,261916,00.html
        \_ This is HORRIBLE. Only a Libural would do something like this.

3/30    I've been in CSUA for roughly 14 years, and during most of that
        time (13 yrs) it has been a stable environment.  It's only been the
        past year or so where it's been having a bunch of issues.  Is there any
        reason why now?  Did CSUA lose funding?  Admin Support?  Or something
        that drove it into the unstable environment it is today?  I know it's
        been a quasi-volunteer effort, so I appreciate the attention it has
        been given, but did the volunteerism just fall-off the past year?  Not
        trolling, seriously wondering.
        \_ soda moved to a linux box
           \_ That's a symptom, not a cause.
        \_ too many new hot cs girls? no time to be a geek
           \_ too many mmorpgs, no time to be a unix geek. Seriously, in
              recent years I've noticed that fresh grads are far less
              interested/knowledgeable about unix than in the late 90s
              and early 2000s. Even the ones who run Linux are way to
              dependent on guis and point and click. I think that the
              world has moved on and we crusty old geezers have been
              left behind.
              \_ Great, this week I've been called a "crusty old geezer" and
                 bought a walkman I used at Cal that is titled "vintage" on
                 eBay.
                 bought a walkman I used at Cal now labeled "vintage" on eBay.
                 \_ On my 31st birthday I was asked how it felt to be
                    a member of the AARP by an undergrad. It was ment
                    as a joke, but still being around kids who were
                    barely alive when 4.4BSD was released makes one
                    feel OLD. I wonder what it will feel like when
                    they start playing U2 on the "oldies" stations.

3/30    Why Mommy is a Democrat:
        http://littledemocrats.net
        \_ Is that a parody?  "Democrats make sure we all share our toys."
            \_ No, I believe this is in earnest.  I keep flipping between
               horrified astonishment and ROTFLMAO.

03/30   Mail directories are acting kind of hinky.  I'm looking into it; don't
        be shocked if there's more weirdness in that vein later today.

3/30    Carl's Jr Buffalo Wings Chicken Sandwich
        http://youtube.com/watch?v=EKr_bvd8h2I
        This is the HOTTEST girl I have ever seen in my life. What do you
        guys think? Hottest yay? I can jerk off to her all day.

3/30    http://youtube.com/watch?v=QitksTITOCY
        Speed bandits in Denmark. I have to say Danish women are much
        more attractive (and natural looking) than fake American boobs.
        \_ Were you aiming for a synecdoche, or do you just write poorly?