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| 2007/6/11 [Recreation/Activities] UID:46904 Activity:nil |
6/10 something magical happened today, re: My Rock-Hard Teats.
I was running up the stairs, and they bounced. At first I thought
I was imagining things, but then I tried it again. Yup, confirmed
Chrissy Snow action. And here's the weirdest part: from the inside,
the bouncing feels almost as if some kind of fluid is being displaced.
Very queer, indeed. It's as if my breasts have been implanted with
liquid orbs, if you can imagine something that fantastically
bizarre. I'm wearing a slutty top today (surprise!) and they look
YOOJ. They're "fluffing," as predicted, and the volume is starting
to expand horizontally. |
| 2007/6/11 [Uncategorized] UID:46905 Activity:nil |
6/10 PEOPLE ARE SMART |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Recreation/Dating] UID:46906 Activity:kinda low |
6/11 Judge: No 10-year sentence for teen sex
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_re_us/teen_sex_case
\_ He's still in jail as the DA appeals. WTF? Best comment on this
whole case so far: "If we jailed every teenager who had sex, who
would serve us our burgers and fries?"
\_ That's why someone is trying to pass the amnesty program for
illegal immigrants.
illegal immigrants. We need to keep the supply of teens.
\_ ...you want oral sex from illegal immigrants?
\_ with a teen and you'll get your 10 year sentence and no
one will write sympathetic articles about you, perv.
\_ "Not good enough, said Wilson's lawyer, B.J. Bernstein."
There's the problem, he'll never beat the oral sex rap with old
BJ representing him. |
| 2007/6/11 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:46907 Activity:very high 57%like:46915 |
6/11 (Questionable study says) Death penalty deters homicide (AP story)
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/132840.html
\_ Oh but this is so politically incorrect ......
\_ `The studies' conclusions drew a philosophical response from a
well-known liberal law professor and death penalty critic, Cass
Sunstein ...... "Abolitionists or others, like me, who are
skeptical about the death penalty haven't given adequate
consideration to the possibility that innocent life is saved by the
death penalty."'
Mocan: "The results are robust, they don't really go away," he
said. "I oppose the death penalty. But my results show that the
death penalty [deters], What am I going to do, hide them?"
\_ http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=928649
"We address this error by focusing on the subset of
homicides that have been defined statutorily as
capital-eligible to provide a more sensitive indicator of
the deterrent effects of the death penalty. We use a
public-use data archive based on police descriptions of
homicides from 1976-2003 to construct rates of potentially
death-eligible killings. We estimate that less than 25% of
total criminal homicides are eligible for the capital
sanction under the range of current state statutes. We find
no changes over time in the rate of these capital-eligible
homicides in death penalty states, despite fluctuations in
capital punishment over time. "
\_ The vast command of homicide law possessed by an average
potential murderer combined with these findings is sure to
debunk the study in OP's link! A more serious objection would
be to point out that no purely statistical study can determine
effect, period. -- ilyas |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Politics/Domestic/911, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:46908 Activity:low |
6/10 "To sanction such presidential authority to order the military to
seize and indefinitely detain civilians, even if the President
calls them 'enemy combatants,' would have disastrous consequences for
the constitution and the country," the court panel said.
http://www.csua.org/u/iwc (URL updated with more recent version)
\_ No worries, the USSC will give the POTUS peace of mind.
\_ I guess we could arrest Tony Blair and call him 'enemy combatant'
and lock him up forever. Since the first thing we do will be
strip him of any personal belongings, there is no way he can prove
he is Tony Blair. We can then use all sort of "techniques" to
make him confess that he is a terrorist... hmm... |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Uncategorized] UID:46909 Activity:nil |
6/10 worst kids cartoon ever
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRGgjb0xmxo |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Recreation/Food] UID:46910 Activity:nil |
6/11 Cal dorm food is good!
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2007/04/12_dining.shtml
All-you-can-eat sushi bar? How can the dining commons afford that?
\_ There's no fish in it, I'm sure. Cal dorm food is the worst dorm
food I ever had.
\_ I attended both SJSU and Cal. Dorm food in SJSU was better.
(But that was 18yrs ago.)
\_ I've generally found that if sushi is all-you-can-eat, it's not
worth eating.
\_ Todai's sushi is not that bad.
\_ It's not good, either. |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Politics/Domestic/Election, ERROR, uid:46911, category id '18005#3.32125' has no name! , ] UID:46911 Activity:nil |
6/11 The Politics of Personality Destruction, why we elect phonys for POTUS
http://nymag.com/news/politics/32864 |
| 2007/6/11 [Uncategorized] UID:46912 Activity:nil |
6/11 TIME MACHINE! |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Uncategorized] UID:46913 Activity:nil |
6/11 Safari on Windows? huh?
\_ Why not? |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:46914 Activity:moderate |
6/11 Leopard shipping in October.
Basic version, $129.
Premium version, $129.
Business version, $129,
Enterprise version $129.
Ultimate version, $129.
LOSE A TURN, $0
\_ Doesn't make vista look too bad, $129 for a once a year upgrade..
\_ FYI, 10.4 was released in 2005, and 10.3 was released in
2003.
\_ Why so many versions when they are all priced the same?
\_ What is in it that is worth buying a whole new OS instead of
them releasing it as a free patch?
\_ In 10.5, the entire OS will be 64 bit and will support
ZFS. It also has a new finder, the automatic backup
system, multiple desktops, an updated bootcamp (alt.
OS booting), better support for core duo procs, &c.
All of this is a bit much to make available as a free
update.
\_ really? ZFS? 64 bit? really? i personally don't
think anyone really needs 64 bit unless you're
\- your brain has personally
been classified as 2 bit.
modelling the big bang, but macs are all 64 bit now?
really?
\_ ZFS will be available, though it won't be the
default (if reports are to be believed). All G5s
and Intel Core 2 Duo based Macs are 64bit afaik.
I think that most people who edit large video
files will welcome the 64bit support.
\_ No idea, I run Linux. I was just saying that a $130 upgrade
every [2] years costs more than XP->Vista over 6 years. Of
course, I was trying to say this in a somewhat amusing fashion\
\_ Why so many versions when they are all priced the same?
course, I was trying to say this in a somewhat amusing fashion
\_ How often do you keep the same computer for 6 years?
Remember these are macs, so the upgradability suffers.
I tend to buy a new computer every 3 years or so (and
gift/sell the old computer to someone who is less of
a geek than me) and hey look, new os!
\_ Every 6 to 8 years. Unless you're playing FPS at
high-res or flight sims or something you don't need
more. It takes about 6+ years for enough parts to
break or simply rust out enough to be worth replacing
the whole thing.
\_ Try thinking back to 2001. It's unlikely you
are still using a 2001 computer.
\_ Nonsense. I bought a new computer 14 months ago.
My previous computer was from around 1998.
\_ Really? What's the spec of your 1998 computer?
\_ MS wants to upgrade their OS on a 3-year cycle; they just
were way behind schedule with Vista.
\_ Why so many versions when they are all priced the same?
\_ It's a joke, son. Laugh.
\_ I make funny.
\_ Wow, Steve has a soda account? |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:46915 Activity:high 57%like:46907 |
6/11 Death penalty deters homicide (AP story)
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/132840.html
(If you have comments on the study, make your comments below, don't
alter the OP.)
\_ Oh but this is so politically incorrect ......
\_ `The studies' conclusions drew a philosophical response from a
well-known liberal law professor and death penalty critic, Cass
Sunstein ...... "Abolitionists or others, like me, who are
skeptical about the death penalty haven't given adequate
consideration to the possibility that innocent life is saved by the
death penalty."'
Mocan: "The results are robust, they don't really go away," he
said. "I oppose the death penalty. But my results show that the
death penalty [deters], What am I going to do, hide them?"
\_ http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=928649
"We address this error by focusing on the subset of
homicides that have been defined statutorily as
capital-eligible to provide a more sensitive indicator of
the deterrent effects of the death penalty. We use a
public-use data archive based on police descriptions of
homicides from 1976-2003 to construct rates of potentially
death-eligible killings. We estimate that less than 25% of
total criminal homicides are eligible for the capital
sanction under the range of current state statutes. We find
no changes over time in the rate of these capital-eligible
homicides in death penalty states, despite fluctuations in
capital punishment over time. "
\_ The vast command of homicide law possessed by an average
potential murderer combined with these findings is sure to
debunk the study in OP's link! A more serious objection would
be to point out that no purely statistical study can determine
effect, period. -- ilyas
\_ The problem is that the presentation of the study if used as a
pro-death penalty argument neglects two major factors: first,
the objective logistical impossibility of ensuring that no
innocent persons are executed, and the entirely subjective
question as to whether it's right or wrong for a collective to
decide on life or death. -John
pro-death penalty argument neglects two major factors: first, the
objective logistical impossibility of ensuring that no innocent
persons are executed, and the entirely subjective question as to
whether it's right or wrong for a collective to decide on life or
death. -John
\_ Those are legitimate issues to debate. However, critics commonly
say of the death penalty that it's not a deterrent. I'd be
interested to see how this compares to (say) life without parole
(which is a sentence I'm increasingly seeing as favorable to the
death penalty). -emarkp
\_ I personally feel the "death penalty as a deterrent" point is
as irrelevant as the "death penalty as a disposal" or "death
penalty as a punishment" arguments. That was kind of what
I was getting at. -JOhn
\_ If you don't believe in the DP, then you won't find any
pro-DP points with merit. Just like abortion, God
existing/religion, evolution, and gun control, some issues
are not determined by logic, reason, statistics, facts, etc
but by people's personal philosophies and feelings. And
that is ok. We are not robots or computers and should not
always guide or measure society by pure logic and reason.
\- that's not true. i went from pro-DP to anti. although
i wasnt very strong pro and an not strong-anti,
for example i think while it is on the books, it's
resonable to ask for it in some cases, like timothy
mcveigh. i think it is too bad robert hanssen and and
alderidge ames didnt get the death penalty. if it was
more fairly applied, i might have switched back to pro.
my position: it is ok per constitution. i dont think
the cost of DP is that much of an issue. it's worth
researching the deterrence question ... like maybe
we can have DP for while collar crime above $10m and
see if it is detweent ... and i suppose society has
see if it is deterent ... and i suppose society has
the right to "take life". but the "machinery of
death" runs in a really disturbing way ... like non-
functioning electric chairs, leathal injections
incompetently administered to more subtle things like
statistical biases of death certified juries. but by
far the biggest thing is the disparate application.
it's like talking about the draft or school vouchers:
the details matter. i were king i would put many
people to death. and society would be better off
for it ... at least for the first 6mos. then it might
get out of control. french rev and all that.
\_ I think your last line is the real issue. What is a
true DP offense? Who decides? How can we be sure?
I'm perfectly ok with most folks getting life in
prison because there are too many times where a
death row inmate is found innocent, often after
years in prison. But I've got no problem putting
someone like Manson and numerous others where there
can be no doubt and no concept of rehabilitation on
the chair and frying them. And yes I agree the
chairs should work, procedures should be followed,
etc, but if it takes a few extra zots to off a
Charles Manson or he goes out suffering I'm not going
to shed any tears over it.
\_ And this is why I'm neither Pro- or Anti-DP: I
view it as a tool, and as such I want it to work
work reliably and well when needed, but I don't
want it applied to every situation (cf. Maslow,
hammer, nails). I'm not pro- or anti-screwdrivers,
either. --erikred |
| 2007/6/11-15 [Industry/Jobs] UID:46916 Activity:high |
6/11 Mid-range Unix/Linux sysadmin job available on campus, working with
the Math, Physics, and other scientific departments within L&S.
Apply through the crappy campus jobs system
http://jobs.berkeley.edu, job #006645. -tom
\_ What is the salary range? What would it be for a senior?
\_ It's a PA III job; realistic starting salary
(up to mid-point of PA III range) is $58-$82K. A senior
sysadmin would be PA IV, starting at $70-$100K. -tom
\_ $85k mid point for a senior sysadmin? What real senior or
even most mid level unix people would take that job?
Seriously, those are the rates? Wow....
\_ No, $100K is the midpoint, but at the university it's
hard to get hired above the midpoint, so I avoid listing
the entire salary range for the position. -tom
\_ No, $100K is the midpoint of PA IV, but at the university
it's hard to get hired above the midpoint, so I avoid
listing the entire salary range for the position. -tom
\_ $100k for a senior unix person is still really low.
Is there some other non-obvious benefit to working
there?
\_ Why do you say $100K is really low? Most salary
calculators have $100K as about right, even for
SFBA. What do you think it should pay in order
to be competitive? $180K?
\_ The calculators always come in low. If your
salary is spot on with a calculator you're
underpaid.
\_ That has not been my experience and I have
supervised people, so I have knowledge of
dozens of peoples real salaries over the
last five years. What industry are you in?
\_ Tech industry. Maybe your company just
pays low. Do you target "the 50% mark" for
hires? You'll get "50% quality" people.
\_ In my experience, the best quality
people aren't the ones primarily
motivated by high salaries. -tom
\_ Your experience seems limited to a
place where all salaries are low so
of course you don't meet quality
people who can command a higher
salary. They never applied. If you
can truly get quality people with low
salary offers then more power to you
but from your comment about how it
would be better if it was easier to
get rid of the dead weight that does
not seem to be the case.
\_ I worked in the industry for
over 8 years, so no, my experience
is not limited to UC. And the
issues of hiring new good people
and getting rid of old dead weight
are completely separate. -tom
\_ There are really awesome retirement benefits.
So good that you don't need to contribute to
a 401k, so that is worth another 15% or so.
\_ I don't think this is true. The mandatory
contribution is not enough especially with the
recent performance since they outsourced the
fund management. While if you work at UC for
a really long time you do get a pension-like
compensation, "long time" is the key phrase.
In addition to the generally higher salary,
other companies often provide 401k-matching
and whatnot. I think the advantage is the
campus culture/environment. Most of my
coworkers can take a day off or work from home
on short notices when their child is sick and
such.
\_ It is the pension that really rocks. It is
worth quite a bit, if you do the math, but
yes, you have to plan to be at the UC for
most of your career for it to make sense.
At least 20 years. As for taking a day off
when your child is sick, isn't that true for
most employers?
\_ Okay, a sick child may be a bad example.
But in general, the flexibility of a
university job is superior to most US
businesses. While pension for a lifer
is certainly a good chunk of money one
can depend on, the higher earning while
working at non-UC can be well-invested
to close this gap. Oh, and I guess job
security can also be considered an
advantage.
\_ Also: Generally UC jobs are 40 hours
per week or thereabouts. Plus you're
working for an institution with a
meaningful mission, and you're not
going to get outsourced to Bangalore.
\_Bengaluru
Make sure you're comparing apples to
apples. -tom
\_ No one has ever been laid off from
UC?
\_ Layoffs are exceedingly rare. -tom
\_ Much to the dismay of the
taxpayers :-)
\_ Frankly, I think the
organization would be better
off if staff had less
"tenure," but I don't see
it changing any time soon.
-tom
\_ Are we distinguishing between
layoffs and firings? I knew a
woman at UC that was being fired.
She had over a year notice. Not
only that, but she had access to
employee records, including her
own! When someone went to retrieve
it from her, she went into a room
with her own file relatively full,
closed the door, then later came
out with the file, no longer as
full. Obviously, something is
broken, but without a central
campus-wide HR, that's not gonna
happen anytime soon.
\_ Stripped her own file? Cool.
Anyone actually do anything
about that or is that the one
year notice thing?
\_ I think there will be a lot more
outsourcing, even of gov't jobs,
in the form of contracts to
provide services (e.g. storage,
CPU, web hosting, etc.). IT
managers want you to buy services
off of a menu and the fact that
people in Bangalore are 90% of
\-Bengaluru
the operations providing the
service is not relevant. The only
safe gov't jobs are DOD and DOE
jobs. I wouldn't lump UC in with
those.
\_ No, DoD jobs are not safe
either. I know >3 DoD
people who have got booted,
and my acquaitence base is
not very wide.
\_ Fired for sucking or their
division laid off?
\_ DoD jobs are safe from
*outsourcing*. It's
possible the work can go
away entirely, but that's
something else. Any jobs
that require security
clearances are safe for now
as far as outsourcing. That
does not include most of UC. |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:46918 Activity:kinda low |
6/11 http://CNN.com headline: "Terror suspect wins U.S. legal battle" Ph34r!!!11 http://www.capsteps.com/sounds/doyoufear.mp3 --/ \_ Fear? Fear what? This is the system working. The only issue is it took so long to work which I consider a real problem. \_ that sounds like something a terror suspect would say ... \_ or a real american who believes in the us constitution and not just the parts that suit me. |
| 2007/6/11-13 [Industry/Jobs] UID:46919 Activity:nil |
6/11 Action Item, Professional Superhero
http://www.fatalexception.org/action_item.html |
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