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| 2007/11/12-16 [Finance/Investment] UID:48606 Activity:nil |
11/12 So do I need to worry about the money in my E*Trade account?
\_ What's wrong with ETrade?
\_ Fall down, go boom.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=etfc
\_ If your money in your E*Trade account is on E*Trade stocks or
E*Trade mutual funds, yes. Otherwise, probably no.
\_ If your money in your E*Trade account is investment on E*Trade,
yes. Otherwise, probably no, because SIPC backs it up.
\_ How much does SIPC insure? |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Computer/SW/Unix, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:48607 Activity:high |
11/12 Server nerds, CCC for mac is totally awesome. is there somethng
as cool and friendly for PC or unix?
\_ Hi. "CCC" is a free mac program known as "Carbon Copy Cloner".
If you use a Mac, and have some sort of external usb or firewire
drive, I recommend you spend 15 minutes downloading it and
setting it up. You can easily make a backup set up your data,
set up incremental backups, and even make a nice bootable image
of your drive onto your external usb drive, so when the disk
on your Mac finally fails (all drives fail eventually), it's
just a few minutes work getting up again (after you replace the
drive obviously). I'm not trolling, I'm just describing
my experience, my Mac is not running a terabyte SAN NAS fiber
highly available hot swapping RAID, calm the fuck down.
\_ What is CCC? -dans
\_ Wow, you are really ignorant. Stay in school!
\_ Color Climax Corp. of Denmark.
\_ Oh, so it's like rsync for people who can't be bothered to
learn rsync. -dans
\- dont be silly. i'm a "BFUN" [\infra] and probably
have looked deeper into rsync than 99% of rsync
users [i.e. how to optimize for certain large
data sets in scientific computation, see e.g.
mutli-round rsync paper], but i use these $5-$30
programs to back up my computer ... the calculus
is "are these worth $5-$30", not "can i write
something similar". ironically your comment echos
holob's "http is ftp for idiots".
\_ If I'm going to back up data it's because I value
it appreciably more than $5-$30. I've seen
elaborate backup systems fail at recovery time
because the data was corrupt. You'll forgive me
if I compare a known good one-line rsyncism to a
$5 to $30 backup program that may or may not
work. I think you and I are working with
different calculuses. -dans
\_ This is again typical: 1. you are claiming
this isnt that hard 2. You claim you wouldn't
trust a program that google will tell you has
1000s of satisified users --> 1. do you think
everyone else is a moron? or 2. do you not
feel you can tell the difference between
a review written by a moron/non moron? ...
in fact often you can even read the author's
writings and judge for yourself ... in fact
if you weren't such a pud, you might even
if you weren't pud like you, you might even
entertain the notion the author is cleverer
thn you. and it's a question of whether your
than you. and it's a question of whether your
"marginal time" to reproduce the functionlity
of the $30 software is worth $30 ... not "is
the functionality of the software worth $30".
The fundamental E_HOLARB is the "center of
universe problem": statements he makes
"about the world" often are really
"about the universe" often are really
statements about his state of knowledge.
one attendant phenomena is pronoucing things
"easy" when you really havent considered the
"easy" when you relly havent considered the
nuances. does ths sound familiar ["one line
rsync"]? you have a lot in common with
holob, except i think your head is further up
rsync"]? man you have a lot in common with
holob, except i think you head is further up
your ass ... might be interesting to see over
time whether it gets buried deeper or starts
to "slide" out.
"if the functionality of the software worth
$30". man you have a lot in common with holob,
(like assuming things where you havent
considered some nuances "simple" ... the
Fundamental Holarb Diagnosis aka the "center
of universe problem" is statements he makes
"about the universe" often are really
statements about his state of knowledge)
except i think you head is further up your
ass ... be interesting to see over time whether
it is buried deeper or starts to "slide" out.
it is gets buried deeper or starts to "slide"
out.
\_ Partha, if I didn't know how to accomplish
this with rsync already, then, yes, that
would make sense. In my case, the time
required to reproduce the functionality of
a $30 piece of software is a sunk cost. The
time to research that piece of software has
a significant marginal cost. Also, one or
even many good reviews don't offer proof
that the software doesn't have some
obscure, fatal flaw. I'm not saying that
this is the case for everyone. -dans
\_ You simply are wrong if you think
all one of these backup suites
does is rsync-type functionality.
I'm not interested in assessing
whether this error is due to
ignorance or arrogance etc.
\_ Oh, I have no doubt they do other
things; it's more a question of what
*I* need/how well it handles massive
amounts of data. -dans
\_ Do other languages have the 'your head is lodged
firmly up your ass' idiom, or is this an English
only thing?
\- only in pointer-based languages --psb
\_ So you are saying dans is difficult to
garbage collect? -- ilyas
\_ Are you saying dans is hard to garbage
collect? -- ilyas
\_ This is true. In my experience if you're not a big fucking
unix nerd and you spend all day making pretty pictures
in Adobe CS, you don't want to worry about the details
of rsync and keeping backup restoral incremental sets.
In fact even if you are a big fucking nerd you have
better things to do.
\_ I'll have to check it out. If only it was invented ten
years earlier. -dans
\_ Color Climax Corp. of Denmark. Check out its Teenage Sex series.
\_ Chaos Computer Club |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:48608 Activity:nil |
11/12 How many people actually like Firefox 2.0 new tabs where there's
a close button on every tab, and that you have to scroll left/right
when you have too many tabs?
\_ Fix it in about:config
http://csua.com/?entry=45520
\_ I like the tabs in Fx, but I usually use Ctrl-W to close and
Ctrl-TAB to switch.
\_ There's a dropdown tab selector thing. I hate the close button on
tab deal, but that's easy to fix in about:config.
What I really wish FF had was if you drag a tab off the window it
becomes a new window with that tab. I think Safari and Opera
do that now. FF creates a shortcut if you do that, how stupid.
\_ The about:config for FF allows you to modify that behavior. Look up
browser.tabs.closeButtons (0 is close button only for current tab, 1
is default, and 2 is no close buttons) |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Transportation/Bicycle, Transportation/Car/RoadHogs] UID:48609 Activity:moderate |
11/12 I just started riding bike again, and the joys of maintaining tire
pressure are once again mine. Is there a device or compressor out
there that can have a fixed cut-off pressure? -emarkp
\_ I love Mormons because many of them ride bikes and are very
eco-conscious. -libural
\_ I just pump the damn thing up until it's really firm.
If I notice it's a little slack the next morning, repeat.
\_ You aren't talking tires anymore are you?
\_ Except for the eight kids thing.
\_ At the Shell gas station that I go to, you can set the desired
pressure at the pump and it stops autmoatically when it reaches the
pressure. I don't know if there are portable ones that you can use
for your bike.
\_ Ah, never mind. Found one on my own.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IE0YIQ/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/105-2878297-2866811
-emarkp
\_ Just get a floor pump with a gauge. An air compressor is
serious overkill for a bicycle, and won't work as well on
Presta valves, which is what you should be using unless you
are doing something strange. -tom
\_ Bike fanatics prefer presta for accuracy, durability,
and other factors. People who bike 1-2 miles a day
will most likely not notice any significant difference.
\_ How is a Presta valve more accurate or durable? My tires
are wide, and I ride about 5 mi/day. -emarkp
are wide, and I ride about 50 mi/day. -emarkp
\_ If you have to ask... nevermind.
\_ Um, I want to know, and haven't seen any claims like
that in the comparisons I've found about accuracy or
reliability (what does "accuracy" even mean here?)
-emarkp
\_ Something strange like riding to work on an old bike?
What's wrong with Schrader valves? -jrleek
Why do I need Presta valves? -jrleek
\_ I have a foot pump with a gauge already. And I'm happy with
Schrader valves, but I'll take your advice into consideration.
The comments about Presta I've seen suggest they're important
for narrow tires, and that tubeless mountain bike tires use
them. Okay, I don't have either, so I'll stick with Schrader.
-emarkp
\_ I don't care what valve you use, but I'd recommend just
buying a cheap set of non-knobby, narrowish tires if you
are riding on the road. Why would you use wide tires?
\_ I agree here. Riding on skinny tires is so much easier.
On the other hand, if you want a workout, I guess
big tires may be good...
\_ In San Francisco at least, with all the train tracks
and the rough roads, I feel more secure on wide tires.
Maybe this is foolish, I don't know. -!pp
\_ Well you don't need super-skinny racing tires. Are
yours knobby? I think even if you want fatter tires
you can use semi-slick or slick ones. Knobs are
probably the biggest energy drain.
\_ I prefer the wide semi-slick. Primarily because on
the side of the road there can be lots of debris,
and the wide tires seem to do better with fewer
flats. -emarkp
\_ Yeah, mine are knobby. Thanks for the info, I
think I will switch to some big smooth ones.
\_ If you're on the street, get semi-slick.
\_ Presta valves simply work better with
hand pumps. Having to press in the
valve stem isn't a problem when you're
using a high-pressure air compressor,
but if you're using a tiny hand pump
it is sometimes impossible to fill the
tire faster than the air leaks out.
On the question of tires, wide slick
tires are what I would recommend on a
commuter. The Schwalbe Big Apple is
a great tire, but there are plenty of
others. I don't think you need tires
narrower than 700x28 unless you're
specifically riding for speed. -tom
\_ I carry a foot pump in my saddlebags, so I
don't care about the resistance of the
valve spring. But since the pin on a
pump depresses the spring, why would the
Presta give any advantage there? -emarkp
\_ The ability of the pin on the
pump to depress the spring
depends on the geometry of the
valve stem and the pump; it is
far too common to be unable to
pump up a Schraeder valve tube
with a bike pump, and it's
especially a problem when the
tire is flat, making it
difficult to have the leverage
to get the pump on the valve
stem. The Presta is just more
robust for the application. -tom
\_ That makes perfect sense. I've done
my roadside repairs before, and
agree that it sucks to have a hand
pump, and can see that the Schrader
could be more of a problem, but
haven't don't the roadside fix
experience with a Presta valve.
That's why I started carrying a foot
pump with me. On the other hand, if
I were offroad, I wouldn't want to
be lugging saddlebags. -emarkp |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Transportation/Car/Hybrid, Transportation/Car/RoadHogs] UID:48610 Activity:nil |
11/12 The smart cars only get 33/40?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-11-11-smartcar_N.htm
\_ My 82 Datsun 720 diesel pickup beats that. -scottyg
\_ My whimpy '87 Ford Escort Pony 4-seater used to get 38mpg
overall.
\_ Under the standard American test environment (fat 300 pound
man), yes.
\_ That's worse than the Prius which seats 5 (or 4 if you are the
standard American size.)
\_ Check out the "What about safety?" section. Can a car so tiny
really be that safe??? BTW how come our NHTSA doesn't conduct
crash tests at 50mph?
\_ Because a 50mph crash is going to kill you. Anyone who survives
a wreck at those speeds is very lucky someone got them to a good
hospital immediately and owes their lives to the first
responders.
\_ "...... Schembri's team hauled in one that was smashed in the
rear in a 50-mph test. There was no intrusion into the
passenger compartment."
\_ Generally, the larger a vehicle is, the more dangerous it is.
\_ huh? The heavier it is, the safer it is to the occupants.
It's not safer for the others on the road....
\_ The larger the vehicle, the more dangerous for others
and the more likely to get into an accident in the first
place since handling will be worse. But once in an
accident, the heavier vehicle general is safer. Of
course SUVs have more lax safety standards, so ...
\_ The Smart Car weighs 2400 pounds, which isn't really all
that light. The Yaris weighs less and the Fit and Mini
about the same.
\_ Smart cars are not bought for gas mileage but for the ability to
park anywhere easily I think.
\_ No, smart cars are imported for the tiny little Asian people
who live in American cities (e.g. San Francisco). These are
the same tiny little Asians who like to buy tiny little Hello
Kitty toys and have tiny little yuppie Yorkshire Terriers.
\_ Uhh dude, EUROPEAN. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Health/Disease/General] UID:48611 Activity:nil |
11/12 http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/11/09/not.at.work/index.html Don't do this at work \_ I don't want to work there. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Uncategorized] UID:48612 Activity:nil |
11/12 Google stock at 630. Bahahahahahahaha -already dumped at 730
\_ You dumped at 730? What a schmuck, I sold at 747.24. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Uncategorized] UID:48613 Activity:nil |
11/12 Happy Veteran's Day! Lots of goodies on the History Channel. When
you get a chance make sure to read about Siegfriedstellung, a
defensive forts and tank defenses built by the fatherland. -0 sex
\_ Veterans Day was yesterday. |
| 2007/11/12 [Recreation/Dating] UID:48614 Activity:nil |
11/12 I read recently that Brazilian women are really into anal sex.
Is this true? Has anyone on the motd been to Brazil? Why didn't
I hear about this sooner? |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Transportation/Car/RoadHogs, Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:48615 Activity:low |
11/12 Anyone can read Japanese here? The mileage ratings for the Japanese
Prius range from 27.0km/L to 35.5km/L, which translate to 64mpg to
84mpg. The 2007 US EPA rating for city is only 48mpg. Is the Japanese
city driving condition really that different?
http://toyota.jp/prius/ecology
BTW, what's "10.15 mode" vs. "JC08 mode"? Thanks.
\_ Hybrid mileage is a hard thing to measure. EPA recently had to
totally change the hybrid rules to make the results more in line
with real world usage. Before that the Prius was a lot higher.
\_ Just a guess: Japanese pollution emmissions are less stringent
and that leads to an increase in fuel economy.
\_ Before that the results for non-hybrids cars were a lot higher
too.
\_ Just a guess: Japanese pollution emissions are less stringent
and that leads to an increase in fuel economy. For example, I
believe the Subaru WRX was not available in the US for a long
time because of pollution emissions.
\_ I follow changes to the Corolla engines (not so much with the
Prius), and I know that Toyota moved to using direct injection
in their Japanese engines in 2003, which results in better gas
mileage. They can't do this in the US because gasoline in the
US contains far too much sulfur. US gasoline content was slated
\_ What are you talking about? My Lexus uses direct
injection and so do a lot of other Toyota cars.
\_ That was the reason cited *by Toyota* for not using
direct injection *in that engine* *at that time*.
Running gasoline with high sulfur content in a lean burn
direct injection engine leads to sulfur fouling of the
catalytic converter. You could get around this with a
catalytic converter with a much more expensive catalyst
or by changing the fuel/air mix. However, the point
holds: this is a concrete example of an engine technology
with better mileage in Japan than in the US because of
more stringent Japanese environmental regulation.
to reduce the sulfur content in 2006 (from 300ppm to 30ppm),
but this was postponed indefinitely under pressure from the oil
companies. I'd be surprised if that development wasn't in the
Prius engine by now. So yes, environmental restrictions are
part of the difference in gas mileage between US and Japanese
Toyota engines, but it's (at least in part) because of *more*
stringent environmental requirements in Japan. Incidentally,
in addition to improving gas mileage, the switch to direct
injection also increased horsepower and torque in the 2003
Corolla.
\_ Cool info. What about Honda Accord engines? Why did they
change the engine in 2006/7? It sounds very differently
during startup, and revving.
\_ I wish American car companies put this much engineering effort
into their products, instead of figuring out how to sell the
average consumer fucking 100 pound chromed cow ramming barriers
on the front of their SUVs. Seriously, who needs that shit?
\_ Cool info. What about Honda Accord engines? Why did they
change the engine in 2006/7? It sounds very differently
during startup, and revving.
\_ Men who haven't had good sex in over 10 years and need to
overcompensate because otherwise they would have to admit
that at half of the reason for that is them. Just ask
MR Women-don't-like-sex guy.
\_ Yes, and the other half of the reason is that women don't
like sex, which you seem to ignore completely. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Reference/History/WW2/Germany] UID:48616 Activity:nil |
11/12 Happy Veteran's Day! History Channel is full of WW2, Hitler, Jews,
etc. Make sure to watch it!
\_ No Nanjing Massacre? |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Uncategorized] UID:48617 Activity:nil |
11/12 wow inane night on the motd
\_ Not getting laid, too much excess energy... |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Uncategorized] UID:48618 Activity:nil |
11/12 Compost indoor made easy!
http://www.naturemill.com |
| 2007/11/12-14 [Reference/History/WW2/Germany] UID:48619 Activity:low |
11/12 Happy WW2 Day! For fun, let's hypothetically say that you're Hitler
in WW2 and had a large Jewish labor force at your disposal, what
would you have them do for you assuming you've come to the
realization that ethnic cleansing is stupid?
\_
\_ One word: Zaftig!
\_ I second that! Plump & juicy!
\_ A dance number?
\_ Build pyramids
\_ lock them up till they invent super weapons |
| 2007/11/12-14 [Reference/Military] UID:48620 Activity:kinda low |
11/12 How many deaths were attributed by Wernher von Braun? Hero for our
Saturn V, or villain for his creation that killed civilians?
\_ "Vonce ze rockets go up, who cares vhere zey come down? That's not
\_ "Vonce ze rockets go up, who cares vhere zey come down? Zat's not
my department," says Wernher von Braun.
\_ How accountable should we hold the maker of a weapon for how
it's used? |
| 2007/11/12-13 [Uncategorized] UID:48621 Activity:nil 80%like:48632 |
11/12 Do the Barbie Twins still have enormous breast implants?
\_ I once read an article saying that if the Barbie is scaled to real-
life height, its (her) measurements would be 38-13-34. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Uncategorized] UID:48622 Activity:moderate |
11/12 Poll: Would you rather work with dans or tom, if neither is not
an option?
\_ dans is a young idiot, tom is a stable idiot. I'll pick
stability any time.
\_ Tom: .
\_ I've held conversations with both. Dans is way more full
of himself than Tom by at least 10x.
\_ Justifiably so. Tom is more risk averse than I am. -dans
\_ he's a BB and your a DD twink?
\_ Only a twink prodigy would come up with twink points.
-dans
\_ I resent not being a part of this poll. -- ilyas
\_ libertarians work best when they're alone... in a cabin in
Montana, with a manual typewriter, and wires, and timers, ...
\_ How many libertarians like that do you actually know?
\_ Either one much more than with you. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:48623 Activity:nil |
11/12 how do i make a fail safe magical backup for my debian box
that i can quickly boot from if the box explodes?
\_ keep a linux live boot cd around for just such an emergency
\_ And learn about 'dd'
\_ I was hoping there was something as slick as CCC, for unix.
\_ You can first duplicate the disk offline with dd, then just
keep it up to date with regularly scheduled rsync, which
should work fine as long as you're using a bootloader like
grub that understands the filesystem rather than lilo. A
more elaborate system would be to use a filesystem that
allows snapshotting, but probably unnecessary in most cases
if databases aren't involved. |
| 2007/11/12-16 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:48624 Activity:nil |
11/12 the repub nominee candidates are all terrible. romney
seems the least batshit right now to me, even with his double
gitmo comment. what am i going to do?
\_ Come over to the Dark Side, Luke.
\_ Romney? He's an idiot. He would be another GW Bush. If you like
GW Bush then there you go. For a "status quo" candidate, what
is batshit about Giuliani or Thompson? -Ron Paul voter
\_ I vote for Ron Paul too. I am a Democrat.
\_ Why? Actually how are you voting in the Rep. primary when
you are a Democrat? Anyway... i bet it's fun to be able to
take very principled stands when you have no chance of
winning. Ron Paul's other positions are pretty way over
there on the other end of the scale, extreme right wing.
I guess he gets points for being completely honest about it.
I still can't vote for him.
\_ What are the "extreme right wing" positions? He's more of
a libertarian, I'm pretty comfortable with him, knowing
he won't push crazy religious agendas for example. He's
not going to cut old people off social security.
I kinda doubt many of his ideas would get through Congress
anyway.
At this point I'm apathetic about everyone else so I
have no reason to vote for anyone else.
\_ Romney is an 'idiot'? Proof?
\_ Not a literal, dictionary one of course. I hate the guy
but I don't feel like digging up links for you, sorry.
Ok I don't even actually personally hate him to be honest.
But what's a motd post without exaggerated bombast?
\_ So 'idiot' means, "doesn't agree" with you? Okay, thought
so.
\_ There's nothing to agree/disagree with. He's one of those
"smiling faces in a suit" type of politicians, with a
generic status quo platform. "I love America!" whee
\_ What you (left wing liberal nut) want: an intellect,
sympathetic to LGBT, yada yada yada.
What America wants: good looking, confident,
and loves America. That's Romney.
\_ In another word he's like Ronald Reagan and
HE IS GONNA KICK YOUR SORRY D ASS!!!
\_ ^^^ you guys are idiots, I'm not a D. I said
I was a Ron Paul guy.
\_ Which of course makes *you* an idiot. Paul is
nuttier than a fruitcake.
\_ Bush talks to an invisible entity every day.
Various kinds of nuttiness of the president are
beside the point, the important thing is what
direction will a given president push the
current status quo, given his beliefs, and the
inherent limitations of the office of the
president. -- ilyas
\_ At least he's not fruitier than a nutcake?
Also: "Proof"?
How is Romney different from GWB? Other than
being better looking and more articulate.
Romney's web site is virtually content free.
The only clear message is about fighting
Jihadists. I think Romney is ignorant of
economics based on his speeches and writings.
I'd rather have Duncan Hunter, for a "non nutty"
candidate.
\_ Paul has said he will dissolve the FBI.
Yes, Duncan Hunter is the real conservative
candidate.
\_ Link? Dissolving the FBI doesn't sound
inherently nutty. Why do we need FBI,
CIA, Homeland Security, DEA, BATF, etc.?
It's ridiculous. I don't know anything
about Ron Paul's plans in this arena
and a quick google doesn't find it.
But I'm not someone who thinks status quo
must be the best because it's the status
quo.
\_ Romney is not an idiot, he is a Moron(i).
\_ I've decided being a Mormon isn't so bad. They believe
in the Moroni Golden Plate theory, Catholics believe
the living flesh of Christ appears when you take
communion. This is amazing on so many levels! eat
that fake dead living flesh of your lord!
\_ Any R >>> D. Say no to socialism!!! -fake conservative |
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