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| 2008/7/9-11 [Recreation/Dating, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Troll] UID:50503 Activity:low |
7/9 Hot! What's the name of this actress / porn star (not sure which)?
Thanks a lot!!!
http://www.busty-women.net/bustyasians/20080701rd1964/prtty.html (NSFW)
\_ Dunno, but she's gross. Are you boob guy?
\_ Asian = gross. Jackie Johnson #1!!!
\_ There are hot Asians. She's not one of them.
\_ I'm not *the* MOTD Boob Guy, but I'm a boob guy. |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Finance/CC] UID:50504 Activity:nil |
7/9 "Gas stations' sneaky trick"
link:www.yahoo.com/s/914178
I'd think it's illegal unless they display both prices.
\_ This is a violation of their CC agreement. They're not supposed to
charge different prices if you use a CC.
\- while i believe that is normally true, i think there must be
some loopholes ... possibly with some "powerful clients" ...
like ARCOs have officially and openly had cash != credit
prices for a long time and VISA etc are clearly aware of that.
it's not like a random cafe having a verbotten "$5 min" clause.
[BTW, in some "remote" where credit cards are not de rigeur
but accepted from say tourists, it is totally standard to
markup by credit card fee ... like say you want to bill a
tour in nepal to your CC ... in fact, if they dont charge you
a CC surcharge, you can be real sure you are massively over
paying]. |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Computer/Networking] UID:50505 Activity:nil |
7/9 djb vindicated. bind 8 sucks. the Secret Cabal That Runs The
Internet fixed bind 9. I will now run qmail and daemontools
and djbdns exclusively.
\- i installed djbdns on a machine years ago, and the machine was
never quite the same after that.
\_ Preach on, brother! |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Uncategorized] UID:50506 Activity:nil |
7/9 What a gorgeous movie about magnetic fields!
http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/root/Magnetic_Movie/Magnetic.htm |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia] UID:50507 Activity:low |
7/9 Turns out, Fox News is the favorite channel for Dems
FNC (31% Democratic): 491,350 Dem viewers
CNN (45% Democratic): 432,450 Dem viewers
MSNBC (48% Democratic): 328,800 Dem viewers
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5rg7hq
\_ Uh, that just says Fox News is the most popular channel overall.
lrn2statistics please.
\- maybe it's the "you spurned hillary and now i am going to vote
for mccain but you already knew i was a moron for supporting
a pandering liar" crowd tuning in to watch Howard Wolfson, Fox's
latest hack.
\_ I'm a moderate, but my liberal friends accuse me of being a
Republican. They always say that I parrot Fox News and Rush
Limbaugh, but I don't pay attention to either. They do. They
claim they want to see what the other side is doing. These
numbers don't surprise me at all. No wonder Dems have a messed
up idea about Republicans - they get all their info from Faux News.
\_ Who should we be getting our ideas about Republicans from?
Ann Coulter, the best selling conservative author of all time?
Rush Limbaugh, the most popular conservative radio host?
\_ How about Barry Goldwater, Alan Greenspan, GWB (first),
\_ I think the
official
acronym is
GHWB
Arlen Specter, Colin Powell, AHNOLD, Rudy Giuliani, and
the Rockefeller Republicans? Coulter and Limbaugh are
trying to get ratings/sell books and the religious right
is it's own scary faction. I don't judge the Democratic
party by the actions of morons like Michael Moore.
\_ Other possibilities include George Will, Tom Campbell,
and Milton Friedman.
\_ All RINOs.
\_ Right. Any Republican that doesn't meet your
stereotype is a RINO.
\_ It was DeLay and Rove that purged all the
moderates from the Party, not me. Your own
Right Wing invented the term RINO. |
| 2008/7/9-13 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/California/Prop] UID:50508 Activity:high |
7/9 Check out the graph of CA revenue vs spending
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ttws3
\_ CLEARLY, we need to cut pork, like education (for illegal
immigrants), lunch food (for illegal immigrants),
healthcare (for illegal immigrants), transportation (amigos
driving on my I-210). You see it's all about illegal amigos.
Say no to illegals, say yes to tax cuts! !dim
\_ it's hard to tell whether this guy is a nutjob, or is satirizing
nutjobs.
\_ Is this guy one of those "compassionate" conservatives I keep
hearing about? I just *love* his idea of scrapping public
health. Can you say epidemic?
\_ Look at the chart. Notice how spending increases outpace revenue
increases? -op
\_ what a surprise, given relentless tax cuts amidst growing
demand for services. -tom
\_ Next time I spend more more money than I make, instead of
cutting back on my expenses, I will just order my boss to
give me a raise so that I can keep on binge spending. That
is such a great plan, I can't believe I never thought of
it before.
\_ Noone is saying cuts shouldn't be made, but the cuts
this person came up with are beyond dumb. You can
cut services that may very well pay for themselves and
have serious quality of life concerns when they are gone
(even for people who don't directly benfit from them) or
you could go after the real pork like prison overspending.
\_ I agree. I don't agree with the cuts the guy in the url
wants to make. I think some of them are totally nuts. My
point was only that some cuts should be made and that
it is unrealistic for the government to keep demanding
ever increasing taxes to fund pork projects.
\_ How about, next time your are spending about as much
money as you make, you order your boss to give you a
pay cut, since the extra profit the company makes from
paying you less salary will trickle down to you. -tom
\_ This is just bizarre. Revenue was increasing. Spending
increased as well, just faster. I can't see any
evidence of "tax cuts" in the revenue curve.
\_ Well tom's idea is that spending has a natural
positive growth and income should have a similar
growth (by maintaining or increasing taxes). I
don't think he accepts the premise that perhaps
government spending and income shouldn't grow.
Re tom's hypo - perhaps the government should
try spending LESS than it makes and re-thinking
what services are absolutely necessary.
\_ I think my brain just popped. Does tom think that
we should decided spending first and then set
taxes to raise that money?
\_ You can find evidence of tax cuts in the legislative
record. Revenue continued to rise because *more
people came to California*. In 1980 there were
23.7 million people in California; now there are
36.5 million. -tom
\_ Overall state government spending as a percentage
of GDP has been within 1% of 9% since the mid 90s.
It has not gone appreciably up or down.
\_ Inflation-adjusted per-capita spending has
increased over 40% in the last decade.
\_ Please provide evidence for this "fact".
\_ Math is hard.
\_ http://www.caforward.org/dynamic/pages/link_10_135.pdf
\_ link:preview.tinyurl.com/65rpor
[caforward.org]
\_ Personal income has risen much faster
than state spending; obviously the
state's increase in spending is trickling
down to the people of the state.
(NB: a likely flaw in these numbers
is use of incomplete or fudged figures
for inflation.) -tom
\_ So, as a percentage of personal income,
state spending has actually gone down.
As I have asked before, why do you think
that state spending should track
inflation? Most of what the State spends
on is salaries. Shouldn't state spending
track GDP or personal income instead? Why
do you think that State employees should
expect their salaries to constantly lag
behind the private sector?
\_ Government employees in general
are compensated extremely well.
Have their numbers increased or
decreased over time? (Honest Q)
\_ Government employees are not
compensated well compared to
corporate employees; at low levels,
if you include benefits (which
are better for government
employees) people are still
paid a little better in the
industry, and at the high end,
there's nothing in the public
sector anywhere close
to the compenstation given to
industry executives. Their
numbers have increased, as
the population and thus the need
for government services has
increased. -tom
\_ Actually, government employees
are compensated very well.
We're not talking CEOs
here. We're talking rank
and file government employees.
Government jobs are some of
the highest-paying jobs around
*NOT ACCOUNTING FOR* the
ridiculous benefits. You
don't realize it, because
you work in one of the few
fields where the government
underpays. Two of my sisters
work for the gov't (county and
city) and for example the county
just hired a new 24 y.o. civil
engineer with an MS at $120K
per year. The evidence is
not just anecdotal, either.
For example, 2/3 of OC
sheriff's deputies make
$100K+ with the top sheriff
making $221K. Note that this is
not The Sheriff, but a detective.
not The Sheriff, but a
detective.
The average DWP employee makes
$77K. Locksmiths and painters
for DWP make $80K. I read
a gardener for the City made
$100K including overtime
and a transportation coordinator
(coordinates events like LA
Marathon) made $120K base + $60K
overtime. No, the government
pays quite well, the benefits
are good, expectations are low,
and it's hard to be fired.
\_ gee, then why aren't you
working for the government?
How much do you think a
sheriff's deputy should
make? -tom
\_ My industry is one in
which the gov't underpays
unless I move to DC which
I don't want to do. But,
actually, I do work for
the government indirectly.
Not sure what your point
is with that ridiculous
comment anyway. As
for deputies and prison
guards, compare their
salaries with those of
free market security
guards. I think a deputy
should be paid more, but
not *that much* more
to work the mean
streets of Irvine.
BTW, if gov't pay is so
low then why have you been
working for the gov't for
20 years - all through the
<DEAD>dot.com<DEAD> era of easy wealth?
<DEAD>dot.com<DEAD> era of easy
wealth?
\_ Because I am not
motivated by pursuit
of wealth. -tom
of wealth. (Although
I will note, you have
no clue about my
career.) -tom
\_ I was exaggerating,
but it's been 13
years according to
your own resume.
\_ Your anecdotal evidence is BS, as
I am sure you well know. I have
three family members who work for
State of California and they are
all paid poorly for their level of
experience. One is a DBA, with 20+
years of experience, who makes $80k
one is a programmer, with about 10,
who makes $60k and the last is
a secretary, who makes about $30k.
\_ IT is one of the few areas where
the gov't underpays. I won't
dispute that. However, a
secretary at $30K is about
market value. The average
pay at the DWP is $77K. That
is not anecdotal, and the
average is not brought up by
lots of $800K managers. In
fact, only about 10% of the
workforce makes more than $100K.
If you work for DWP you can
make $70-80K for just about any
job and it's easy money, too.
It's not just the DWP either.
Pay in the public sector is, in
general, below the private sector.
And even if it wasn't, why should
people who work in the public sector
expect their pay to lag and fall
further and further behind? You
cannot even answer this question,
which is why you are trying to change
which is why you are trying to
change
the topic.
\_ I have no interest in answering
that question. I am not the
person to whom it was asked.
I just want to point out that
the government wastes a lot
of money, which should come
as a surprise to no one
other than tom.
\_ Corporations waste a lot of
money, too. -tom
\_ Maybe, but here's the
point you miss:
It's *THEIR* money!
The government's money
is *MY* money.
\_ So? It's not possible
to run a large
organization 100%
efficiently; that
standard is simply
not realistic. -tom
\_ So? SO? You like
handing over your
$$$ to be wasted?!?!
Maybe the gov't
shouldn't be so large
then.
shouldn't be so
large then.
\_ It doesn't bother
me any more to
hand over money
to the government
than to United
Airlines or any
other faceless
corporation.
I think most
governmental
programs have
decent return on
investment. -tom
\_ I can't say I
agree that that
has been true
for many years
now. It was
true once upon
a time. What's
the ROI for
attacking Iraq?
D'oh!
\_ State spending as a percentage of GDP has remained
essentially unchanged since the late 80's:
http://www.cbpp.org/7-31-07sfp-f2.jpg
\_ http://www.urban.org/publications/1001173.html
"State and local revenues have been relatively stable over the
last 30 years..."
Sorry to bust your bubble, buddy. |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:50509 Activity:nil |
7/8 Cutting pollution has increased global warming in europe:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6o9p9p [new scientist]
\_ "The latest climate models are built on the assumption that aerosols
have their biggest influence by seeding natural clouds, which
reflect sunlight. However, the team found that radiation dropped
only slightly on cloudy days, suggesting that the main impact of
aerosols is to block sunlight directly."
garbage in, garbage out |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Uncategorized] UID:50510 Activity:nil |
7/8 Colorado is the thinnest state:
http://calorielab.com/news/2008/07/02/fattest-states-2008
\_ Agreed, and they have the prettiest and healthiest
hot blonde women. Go blondes!
\_ Can't say I noticed lots of pretty blondes in Colorado. People
there (in Boulder anyway) are fit, though, but butter faces.
\_ Yeah, they all go skiing on weekends. -- ilyas |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:50511 Activity:nil |
7/8 McCain jokes about killing Iranians again
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6mbe67 [wp] |
| 2008/7/9-13 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:50512 Activity:nil |
7/8 is there a RBL proxy or something I can run that will magically
automatically know the addresses of all tor exit nodes,
and that I can run my application behind? I need to block
tor traffic. thanks!
\_ http://www.torproject.org/tordnsel -ERic
\_ that doesn't do exactly what I want. maybe nothing does.
I used this script:
http://blog.vorant.com/2008/06/tor-server-lists-revisited.html
to generate a list of tor nodes that other tor nodes know
about, 8600 in all, and blocked all of them with iptables.
maybe it'll work. |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Computer/SW] UID:50513 Activity:nil |
7/8 Help. I tried to go to DMA (Direct Marketing Association) website
to get off of their junk mail list, but their web site doesn't
seem to let me register. When I click submit, it just hangs
forever. This has been going on for a while, and I can't seem
to get myself off of their list. What's the best way to get
off of junk [USPS] mails? Thanks.
\_ http://www.dmachoice.org/MPS/proto1.php
\_ http://www.optoutprescreen.com |
| 2008/7/9-13 [Science/Space, Finance/Investment] UID:50514 Activity:nil |
7/8 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25517085 Economy today is very very healthy compared to say, the 70s and 80s. However the problem today is very different. Over-leveraging. Thanks to deregulation, commercial and investment banks used ridiculous degrees of leverage on investments that turned out to have much less value than they thought. Yay to deregulation!!! Let's deregulate EVERYTHING in the name of PROFIT! Deregulate electricity, healthcare, education, transportation, water, air, etc etc \_ Please list all of the successful planned economies of the last 100 years. \_ Straw man. Regulation != "planned economy". For that matter, list all of the successful free markets of the last 100 years. (I know, all market failures are due to government regulation). \_ Sweden, Norway, Luxemborg... need I go on? \_ Norway is a mixed economy. So probably is Sweden, although I'm not sure. You're already down to Luxembourg? What's next Monaco? Please do go on. |
| 2008/7/9-13 [Uncategorized] UID:50515 Activity:nil |
7/8 oj got a livejournal
http://community.livejournal.com/ourbedrooms/1031097.html |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:50516 Activity:nil |
7/8 You know I was hoping the government would procrastinate again
and tell us that they're not going to force HD signals till
2010 or something, but that hope is fading. Where can I get a
HD box thingie, how do I get a $50 rebate, and how much are
those things? ok thx. |
| 2008/7/9 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:50517 Activity:nil 80%like:50527 |
7/9 Dallas County meeting gets racial.
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Science/Battery, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:50518 Activity:kinda low |
7/9 SSD don't improve laptop battery life:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955.html
\_ Already debunked, please go away mr one line on link.
\_ Really, I read a couple of articles that said SSD don't
improve laptop battery life, especially on the MBA. If
you have a url to a debunking article, I'd like to read
it.
\- i looked at some numbers on power draw for various
components [for large machine room planning] and i
was surprised at how little power disks pulled. say
compared to even memory. so i am not surprised about this.
BTW, the design of the new Berkeley-NERSC computer
bldg and machine room is kinda interesting ... like the
choice of axis w.r.t. to the sun, the calculation of how
many days in the bay area the outside temp is lower than
the targetted temp inside the machine room etc.
\_ Is this over-engineering? I tend to think so, because
the contents of the room will change radically over
relatively short periods of time.
\- this isnt a machine room with 1u and 3u machines
coming and going. This is for "a computer" with
a 8 figure price tag.
a 8 figure price tag. and besides, the DoE actually
does "energy research".
\_ That "computer" will be obsolete in less than a
decade. |
| 2008/7/9-13 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Others, Politics/Foreign/Asia/India] UID:50519 Activity:nil |
7/9 Okay, maybe we should be bombing Pakistan after all
http://storage.karachikids.com/process/trailerview.html |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:50520 Activity:nil |
7/9 http://www.slate.com/id/2194989 Buying a brand-new Prius vs. buying a certified pre-owned Corolla. The former is greener (manufacturing energy usage included). \- i dont understand why they dont talk about the typical calculus which is "keep current car or buy prius". it seems silly to assume a car will be bought. that was an interesting point about spending prius premium on other avement measures, but again, i dont think that's typically why people are buying cars. realitically you would reasonably factor in things like the HOV lane access. \_ Isn't that no longer a factor? \_ Not sure I really buy this conclusion. Doesn't it depend on how many miles one drives? \_ It uses an average of 15000 miles/yr, which is the number that EPA uses to estimate annual fuel costs. EPA uses to estimate annual fuel costs. -- OP \_ Skimming the article it seems to imply I'm buying a pre-owned Corolla with 0 miles, but then isn't counting the cost of building the Corolla because it is pre owned. Huh? Why not magically buy a pre-owned Prius with 0 miles on it that costs 0 energy to produce? You need to depeciate the production cost of a car over its lifespan, not all at purchase time. (which yes I'm aware makes the prius even MORE efficient, but somehow with a glaring hole in the dude's logic like that I'm not exactly in a charitable mood when it comes to trust.) |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:50521 Activity:moderate |
7/9 http://appleorangescale.com/?wd0=obama&wd1=mccain Obama rules, McCain sucks! There it is guys, Obama is going to win. \_ I don't believe in crazy conspiracies. I think there will be a a big terror attack before the election. No false flag crap, no inside job stuff, it'll just happen. After that everyone will run scared and vote for McCain. McCain will keep us in Iraq for 5000 years. The US will collapse from the unsupportable expense. Osama wins. \_ CARE-O-METER: |.o......................................| \_ Where's the TAX CUT??? I don't care about anything else. \_ http://appleorangescale.com/?wd0=bush&wd1=hitler Bush now less popular than Hitler. \_ now that is sad, really really sad \_ This website is another large drop in the vast sea of stupid. |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iran, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:50522 Activity:nil |
7/9 Iran photoshops missle launch photos
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30597_Irans_Photoshopped_Missile_Launch
\_ Bush and Ahmadi-Nejad should really be friends, not foes. They both
like to exaggerate Iran's military capabilities. |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Science/Electric] UID:50523 Activity:nil |
7/9 Electronic Voting Problems in France:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5pdakp [ars] |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:50524 Activity:nil |
7/9 Electric Minis for CA Only:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6qbnn9 [autobloggreen.com] |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:50525 Activity:low |
7/9 Got too many junk mails? Thanks to People's Republic of California,
Comrades can opt out of mailing lists. Take your pick:
Tons of free-market junk mail, or socialist controlled junk mail:
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/wpie/JunkMail/default.htm
\_ And what's a free-market alternative method of opting out of
junk mail? It's so damned cheap to produce and send that almost
any result makes it profitable.
\_ The free market alternative would be to refuse to accept it,
but the USPS doesn't allow one to refuse to accept mail.
\_ what would be the advantage to the delivery service of
allowing you to refuse to accept deliveries? -tom |
| 2008/7/9-13 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/California/Prop] UID:50526 Activity:moderate |
7/9 Now we know what the definition of "rich" is: $150K/yr/household
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1069753.html
\_ Only $150K, why you poor poor thing.
\_ The GOP has no function in CA, except as obstructionists.
\_ You mean like all those Republican unions that got all of
the Governator's propositions defeated in the 2005 special
election?
\_ I notice you still can't pick one thing that the GOP
has accomplished in California in the last 30 years.
\_ That's because the California State Legislature
has had a Democratic majority for the past 30 years. So
the inability to get anything done is somehow the
minority party's fault? Try again, dumb troll.
\_ In other words, their only function is as
obstructionists.
\_ Sure maybe in the CA Legislature, but the you
must have missed my comment 9 lines above yours.
Oh wait, you're a troll. So you're deliberately
ignoring presented facts.
\_ Somehow the Republicans in Congress get things done
even though they are in the minority and they control
the Executive. Why can't the GOP in CA? Is it because
the Executive. Why can't the GOP in CA?
\_ You do realize that US Congress has a completely
different legislative process than the state of
California, right? Oh wait, you're a troll.
Is it because
they hold onto a tired and inflexible ideology which
rejects the possibility of compromise? Also, there
rejects the possibility of compromise?
\_ You're nothing but a political homer if you think
California Republicans are the only ones with
an inflexible ideology.
Also, there
have been many GOP "victories" at the initiative level.
Why not trumpet those? The extension of Prop 13 tax
breaks to the decendents of the original home purchaser
must count as a great victory in the general Conservative
agenda of advancing inherited wealth over earned wealth.
breaks to the descendants of the original home purchaser
must count as a great victory in the general
Conservative agenda of advancing inherited wealth over
earned wealth.
\_ Prop 13 is older than 30 years old.
How about "Three Strikes and You Are Out"?
earned wealth. How about "Three Strikes and You Are Out"?
Surely, breaking the back of the State budget with
earned wealth. How about "Three Strikes and You Are
Out"? Surely, breaking the back of the State budget with
overflowing prisons and severely cutting back public
post-secondary education must count as one of the
greatest victories of American Conservatism in the 21st
century. The GOP has always hated great public
institutions like the University of California, and it
looks like you will finally get your long desired goal
of destroying it, or at least severly weakening it. How
about Prop 187? Surely eliminating schooling for the
about Prop 187? Eliminating all schooling for the
children of the poorest must rank as a great victory
in the Class War against The Poor! Isn't it every
Conservatives secret desire to have a house full of
poor, dumb, uneducated servants, too hopeless to be
anything but docile? Eliminating any chance of becoming
literate is surely a huge step in the right direction.
Oh, that's right, the courts shot that one donw. C'mon
Oh, that's right, the courts shot that one down. C'mon
fly your flag high, you have lots to be proud of!
\_ So pretty much the California GOP has the courts
against them now too. So, what have CA Dems
accomplished with the deck stacked so heavily in
their favor?
\_ Were you foaming at the mouth when you wrote this
rant?
\_ Yes, because obviously anyone who disagrees with
the GOP is rabid.
\_ That is the most off the rails rant I've read
in months. That has nothing to do with the
target. -!pp
\_ Still waiting for some "successes" from the
CA GOP. Don't the things I listed count
as initiatives they are proud of?
\_ Actually, if you read it it is $321K. The $150K number is just
for a child dependent exemption worth $200.
\- well there are a few way to approach "rich" ... say the
"top 5%, 2%, 1%" in the country/state/"area" and then there is
"doesnt have any money worries" ... can buy any car they want
"within reason", can vacation anywhere they want, no worries
about healthcare expenses, or college tuition for kids, has all
the house they "need". i think we operate in the latter context ...
but if you are "richer" than 98% of "everybody", can you really
say you arent "rich"? rather than picking a wealth/income level,
how would you define "rich"? the "relative income" approach or
the "opportunity" approach or something else? |
| 2008/7/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Politics/Domestic/California] UID:50527 Activity:nil 80%like:50517 |
7/9 Dallas County meeting gets racial.
http://csua.org/u/lvy
\_ Do we really need every damn freeper article reposted here? |
| 12/26 |