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| 2008/12/8-10 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:52193 Activity:kinda low |
12/7 What kind of adapter do I need on my Thinkpad to drive that new 30"
Apple Cinema display?
\_ New? Well, though I didn't know there's a new model, I'm pretty sure
that like the old one, you'll need something with Dual-link DVI, or
if they moved to DisplayPort (or whatever its name was), you'll need
that. Basically, with such a large monitor, it needs a lot of
bandwidth to get the signal over without a crappy resolution or
framerate. So unless you have a pretty nice graphics adapter on your
thinkpad, you won't be able to get the full benefit from it. If you
don't have even a single-link (standard) DVI port, you're double-
screwed, and won't be able to use it at all. --t
\_ I did a bit more research and my Thinkpad only drives up to
1920xXXXX so it's not going to use up the entire 2XXXxXXXX
resolution that the new 30" native resolution has. Also it's
a shitload outa my price range. I'm now thinking about the
regular 24" with 1920xXXXX resolution. I only need a DVI
right?
\_ Yeah, if your Thinkpad hs DVI you should be golden. However, do
consider getting some other brand if you're not looking to get
the 30" model, as you'll save a lot of money without
\_ Yeah, if your Thinkpad hs DVI you should be golden. However,
do consider getting some other brand if you're not looking
to get the 30" model, as you'll save a lot of money without
sacrificing much in the way of quality --t
\_ What other 24" brands besides Apple have good colors?
\_ Bah. my edit was deleted. After some research, the new
model uses mini-DisplayPort, for which no adapters
currently exists (but Apple is offering free licenses for
the specification to drive adoption). You're SOL for the
new one unless you decide to get a new mac. --t
currently exists (but Apple is offering free licenses
for the specification to drive adoption). You're SOL
for the new one unless you decide to get a new mac. --t |
| 2008/12/8-10 [Reference/Military] UID:52194 Activity:nil |
12/7 The good side of a bad economy:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/gifts_for_guns
"In lean times, SoCal residents trade guns for food"
\_ This is really sad news. How are these poor people going to defend
themselves without their guns? |
| 2008/12/8-11 [Industry/Startup] UID:52195 Activity:nil |
12/7 the big investment banks are all gone. does anyone care?
\_ Why should anyone care?
\_ In fact it may open up IPO underwriting to more competition. Then
alternative offering models may take hold. Less bounce, more $ for company:
alternative offering models may take hold. Less bounce, more $ for
company:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/87276 |
| 2008/12/8-10 [Consumer/Camera, Reference/History/WW2/Germany] UID:52196 Activity:low |
12/7 http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/12/a-rant-about-th.html Hitler curses at Nikon D3X, Capture NX, and all the idiotic things Nikon has done and totally fucked up in the past 5 years. \_ wow you weren't kidding. \_ Is this the goddamn The Bunker clip again? Jesus will that meme just die already? \_ I WISHED I LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO \_ What does this mean? \- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV4i7dWeu0c \_ These days it's more "I wish I was single" \_ Anyone have the original with subtitles handy? \_ Nikon is fucking up their 50-80 or so years of dominance. It's like watching Lehman Brothers' legacy going down the drain. It's a sad sad dark moment for all of us Nikon suckers. |
| 2008/12/8-9 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:52197 Activity:very high 100%like:52200 |
12/8 Andrew Sullivan has become truly unhinged
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/12/a-fourth-pictur.html
\_ please shorten this for the 80 char dinosaurs in audience
\_ funny. what if he's right?
\_ What if the 9/11 truthers are right?
\_ I truly do not think Bush is smart enough to lead a diabolical
conspiracy consisting of 10s of thousands to bomb the WTC
with thermite.
\_ The difference being that the Truthers have had their theories
debunked with facts, whereas Sullivan's questions have only
been answered with assertions. How hard is it to produce the
birth certificate? Frankly, I wouldn't care, except that she
seems determined to make herself a GOP fixture.
\_ Given the scenario, the birth certificate would be faked as
well. That wouldn't prove anything.
\_ Wasn't Obama really born in Kenya?
\_ At least it would provide something other than
"'cos I said so."
\_ What scenario could occur that would give the wackos
enough proof besides video footage of Obama ejecting
from the womb in Hawaii?
\_ Videos can be faked. This is the same crowd that
believes that the moon landings were faked as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations
\_ I find this far more entertaining than the Obama was born in Kenya
conspiracy. I guess it really is Berkeley's fault.
\_ Do you call Malkin "truly unhinged" as well? |
| 2008/12/8-11 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia] UID:52198 Activity:nil |
12/9 Takeover strike:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/workers_takeover |
| 2008/12/8-11 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:52199 Activity:high |
12/8 Partha, I'd be interested to know how you do on this:
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
I bet you're in the 90% or above...
\_ That's not a very hard quiz. I'm not particularly big on politics
or econ, and I managed 30/33.
\- i got 30/33 too. #33 is not a good question.
the puritan question is also kind of iffy [the were
looking for increased freedom to practice, complete
freedom, i suppose not. but just to label a pretty disparate
group with the "teh believed in sinfulness and not dancing
isnt a good answer, especially in the american civics
context, where the focus should be on free exercise].
i legitmately got the lincoln-douglas one wrong.
i knew there was an active debate on the compromises
about adding new states but i thought the debate between
then was more philosophical. why didnt you just wall this
if directed at me.
\- i got 30/33 too. i misreaad 33 reading deficit for debt.
the actual answer is not very good. the puritan question
is also kind of iffy [they were looking for increased
freedom to practice, complete freedom, i suppose not. but
just to label a pretty disparate group with the "they
believed in sinfulness and not dancing" isnt a good answer,
especially in the american civics context, where the focus
should be on free exercise]. i legitmately got the
lincoln-douglas one wrong. i knew there was an active
debate on the compromises about adding new states but i
thought the debate between then was more philosophical. why
didnt you just wall this if directed at me.
thought the debate between L&D was more philosophical.
why didnt you just wall this if directed at me. --psb
\_ And yet, you're not a citizen, right? Good job, psb,
though truthfully I expected you to do well. You
didn't seem to be on wall at the time.
\_ Yet, not a citizen? I thought that tends to work in his favor.
\- it's not a matter of citizenship, it's i havent taken
a us history class in 20yrs and am not interested in
us history [i am interested in 20cent history and
con law]. like i dont remember exactly who the
the con law]. like i dont remember exactly who the
anti-federalists were, although that was a guessable
question.
\_ I got 100% right. -ausman
\_ I got only got #8 wrong. I would have gotten that if I'd
thought about it longer. (Roosevelt/SCOTUS threaten q.)
The Puritan question seemed poorly written and #33 is a silly
trick question. (I still got those right though.)
\_ How is 33 a trick question. A lot of people don't understand
the difference between debt and deficit spending.
\- because tax per person is not really meaningful concept.
secondly, it assumes there is history ... i.e. there
could be debt from past years but doesnt include say
non-tax sources of govt income, govt expenses on
non-citizens ... saying $3bh of aid to israel is
non-citizens ... saying $3bn of aid to israel is
$10 of spending on each person (in america) is kind
of silly. whereas one of the core national income accounting
identity does start with aggregate govt revenue and
agg govt spending.
what would you pay to see sarah palin take this quiz
in front of you? i might pay $100.
\_ I would pay $100 if she had to take it 'cold' with
no fore-warning and had never taken it before....
\_ I also got 30/33, but I did have to make some educated guesses.
For example, I could not have answered the Lincoln/Doglus one
without the multiple-choice format.
\_ That's all fine and well, but I think the funny/sad part here is
they claim that "college educators" only score 55% on average.
\_ It is sad that they make that claim, it kind of destroys
their credibility.
\_ Does it? I'm not so sure. I find it plausible, depending
on how they define "college educators" (what colleges,
what subjects, etc.).
\_ I personally know four "college educators" and I can
ask them all to take this test and tell you how they
did, if you like. Of course, all but one is a Cal Grad
(and the one that is not is a UCLA grad) so perhaps this
is too much of a self-selected sample. I would be
astonished if any of them got under 90%.
\_ I think whether you take the quiz fast or slow (untimed) may make
a couple of point difference.
\_ 28/33 -- I would have gotten 33 but I read it too fast |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:52200 Activity:low 100%like:52197 |
12/8 Andrew Sullivan has become truly unhinged
http://tinyurl.com/5rndkv
\_ funny. what if he's right?
\_ What if the 9/11 truthers are right?
\_ I truly do not think Bush is smart enough to lead a diabolical
conspiracy consisting of 10s of thousands to bomb the WTC
with thermite.
\_ The difference being that the Truthers have had their theories
debunked with facts, whereas Sullivan's questions have only
been answered with assertions. How hard is it to produce the
birth certificate? Frankly, I wouldn't care, except that she
seems determined to make herself a GOP fixture.
\_ Given the scenario, the birth certificate would be faked as
well. That wouldn't prove anything.
\_ Wasn't Obama really born in Kenya?
\_ At least it would provide something other than
"'cos I said so."
\_ What scenario could occur that would give the wackos
enough proof besides video footage of Obama ejecting
from the womb in Hawaii?
\_ Videos can be faked. This is the same crowd that
believes that the moon landings were faked as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations
\_ I find this far more entertaining than the Obama was born in Kenya
conspiracy. I guess it really is Berkeley's fault.
\_ Do you call Malkin "truly unhinged" as well? |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Reference/Military] UID:52201 Activity:nil |
12/8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpgL5kuBpMA Plaxico tells us about gun safety. \_ http://www.hulu.com/watch/46943/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-jon-stewart-touches-kids---plaxico-burress \_ I'm waiting for him to tell us about gingivitis. |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Finance/Investment] UID:52202 Activity:nil |
12/8 Today was such a good day on the market. I got one great sell
triggered from a limit I set last week. I love the stock
market. I love week trading. No stress whatsoever. By the way,
are you guys expecting the rally for a while? I'm actually a
bit of pessimistic. I'm buying a bunch when it drops another 10% |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Reference/Military, Politics/Domestic/President, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:52203 Activity:nil |
12/8 "Military jet crashes in San Diego neighborhood"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/military_jet_crash
Gee. Reminds me of the movie "Blast from the Past".
\_ Turns out it's in University City, just off the 805. Lots of
nice houses around there.
\_ great, this didn't help the housing price any, isn't it? |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Recreation/Dating] UID:52204 Activity:moderate |
12/8 So are The Mormon's really interested in equal rights?
\_ Learn proper use of apostrophes'
http://tinyurl.com/6g6up4 (LA Times)
\_ Can you link to a non-bankrupt source?
\_ The LDS church never took away rights. They just organized and
dumped a lot of money into a definition. They want the definition
of marriage to be man and woman. There are no rights taken away
here. Gay people can still get married, just not to people of
their same sex.
\_ Your brain has been classified as: absent without leave.
\_ The LDS church as an institution never dumped money anywhere
regarding Prop 8.
\_ Riiight. I guess those many articles, including a
good one from the NYT, were confused.
\_ LDS Church encouraged its members to donate, but didn't
donate money itself that I'm aware of. Do you have a
URL where it states the church donated money? I'd
be interested to see. -vallard
\_ They have been accused of not properly reporting
"in kind" donations, which the FPPC is looking into.
I don't know of any serious claims that they gave
money directly.
\_ Almost too stupid to respond to, but the CA Supreme Court
clearly declared that gay marriage was a right, so Prop 8
explicitly removed that right. -tom
\_ You should also read what the minority wrote on the subject.
Look at Justice Baxter's remarks. The SC passed on a 4-3
decision. You shouldn't call someone's remarks stupid
because you don't agree with them.
\_ "The power of a state to regulate and control the
basic social relationship of marriage of its
domiciliaries is here challenged and set at nought
by a majority order of this court arrived at not
by a concurrence of reasons but by the end result
of four votes supported by divergent concepts not
supported by authority and in fact contrary to the
decisions in this state and elsewhere...It is
difficult to see why such laws, valid when enacted
and constitutionally enforceable in this state for
nearly 100 years and elsewhere for a much longer
period of time, are now unconstitutional under the
same Constitution and with no change in the
factual situation. It will also be shown that they
have a valid legislative purpose even though they
may not conform to the sociogenetic views of some
people. When that legislative purpose appears it
is entirely beyond judicial power, properly
exercised, to nullify them."
Perez v. Sharp, 1948, J. Shenk, dissenting.
The fact that it was 4-3, or that someone dissented,
does not make the decision any less valid, any more
than J. Shenk's dissent made interracial marriage
less valid. -tom
P.S.: I called it stupid because it's stupid. -tom
\_ stupid = bitter Nikon shooters who got left behind
by stupid Nikon management that can't compete
in the digital world.
\_ What exactly is stupid about it? Marriage has
never in human history been done between gays.
No society openly celebrated such official unions.
Applying the word "marriage" to same-sex couples
is redefinition.
\_ "gays can still get married, just not to people
of the same sex" is incredibly stupid. As stupid
as "blacks can get married, just not to whites."
-tom
\_ Those aren't the same thing. You're stupid.
Gays are self selected.
\_ Prove it. -tom
\_ Are you really this ignorant or are you just trolling?
\_ Are you really this ignorant or are you just
trolling?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_same-sex_unions
\_ I don't trust this site.
<DEAD>en.mormonpedia.org<DEAD> is more accurate.
\_ That article is full of complete shit. The
examples generally have nothing to do with the
type of union exemplified by "marriage".
\_ Just because Christ isn't involved doesn't
mean it isn't marriage.
\_ You = Idiot.
\_ Your reading comprehension is poor.
\_ No, yours is. The article brings up
mere incidences of gayness, which isn't
in question, so it's fucking idiotic to put
it in that article, although "unions" is
pretty vague already so maybe the entire
article is pointless. It also brings up
pederasty which is irrelevant and also
nothing like a marriage/familial
relationship. "marriage" is an English
word with a specific usage history.
\_ "marriage" comes from the Old French
"mariage", which in turn comes from
the Latin "maritatus", which far
predates the English language.
\_ That doesn't refute my statement.
\_ "The fact that marriage occurred between
two men among the Romans is proved by a
law in the Theodosian Code from the
Christian emperors Constantius and
Constans which was passed on December 16,\
342. Martial attests to same-sex
Constans which was passed on December 16,
342. Martial attests to same-sex
marriages between men during the early
Roman Empire. The first recorded marriage
between two men occurred during the
reign of the Emperor Nero, who is
reported to have married two other men
on different occasions." You == bad reader
on different occasions." You == bad
reader
\_ That law is banning homos and it is
strangely written. It certainly
doesn't "prove" that gay marriage was
previously accepted. Nero might have
done all sorts of things, Caligula
fucked his sister and claimed he was
a god, that doesn't mean it's a norm.
In 390 they made gay sex punishable by
burning to death. Marriage is
inherently about public recognition
and all evidence is that homosexuality
was ridiculed in Roman society.
\_ Let me ask you this: what
difference does it make to you
whether gays call it marriage or
civil unions or whatever? Does
it affect you that they call
their intercourse "sex"? What
societal purpose is there to
refusing to allow them to use
the generally accepted term for
a committed coupling? -tom |
| 2008/12/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:52205 Activity:high |
12/8 http://1man1jar.com JARS: CONTAINER OF OBJECTS, DESTROYER OF ASSES. \_ java containers are pretty cool \_ dude a NSFW or 10 would be nice \_ Did he die? |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Uncategorized] UID:52206 Activity:nil |
12/8 so we going to be bailing out the newspapers next?
\_ "newsapers are fundamental for democracy!"
\_ I think we should have a bailout for bitter sodans.
\_ wht about sodans who are running failing dot coms?
\_ How many of those do we have?
\_ What ever happened to mr http://slide.com?
\_ The buy-newspapers-guy loaded up the Tribune with debt to buy it.
Should he be bailed out? Not sure.
\_ what's cool is he loaded up the tribune employee pension plan
with debt! everybody loses. |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:52207 Activity:nil |
12/8 So $600B stimulus didn't work, let's try $1T!!!
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/economy/trillion_stimulus
\_ Your article doesn't say what you're saying. |
| 2008/12/8-12 [Health/Disease/General, Health/Women] UID:52208 Activity:nil |
12/8 Great news--an actual effective malaria vaccine.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-malaria9-2008dec09,0,4472582.story
50% reduction in cases in the immunized population.
This is Nobel prize stuff.
\_ Wow, that's incredible! |
| 2008/12/8 [Uncategorized] UID:52209 Activity:nil |
12/8 That's my dream girl.
http://www.xreview.com/x/real18girls/beach-boobs/big/08.jpg |
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