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2011/8/3-12 [Uncategorized] UID:54152 Activity:nil 66%like:54151 |
8/2 <crickets> *sigh* \_ quiet and senerity are better than the alternative. Maybe you \_ quiet and senerity[sic] are better than the alternative. Maybe you should go back to your 4chan buddies? \_ you are presenting a false dichotomy between quiet and whatever you think 4chan is. chaotic? debased? I dunno. There are many alternatives to quiet not just one alternative. Quiet in this case is boring. the motd used to be interesting. \_ Well, jazz is up a bit then! \_ Well, jazz it up a bit then! \_ if you're seriously using the phrase "jazz it up" then we've already lost ... |
2011/8/3-27 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China, Computer/SW/Virus] UID:54153 Activity:nil |
8/3 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/03/us-cyberattacks-qa-idUSTRE7720IS20110803 Chinese suspected behind massive wave of cyber attacks. \_ CHING CHONG I had an epithany!!! |
2011/8/3-27 [Recreation/Travel] UID:54154 Activity:nil |
8/3 We Americans are not the only ones failing geography. http://www.csua.org/u/txk (sports.yahoo.com) \_ American travel agent. \_ Really? The article didn't say this. \_ Yes, it did: "but her travel agent accidentally scheduled" \_ I don't see "American" anywhere in that line, unless you meant all the travel agents for the competitors were supposed to be provided by the host country. \_ Mind you, how many Americans know there's a Carlsbad in CA? The caverns in NM are much more famous. That said, I'm surprised the NM Carlsbad has an airport.... |
2011/8/3-27 [Academia/Berkeley, Academia/UCLA] UID:54155 Activity:nil |
8/3 Berkeley now ranks 70, while UCLA ranks 50. Williams College is #1. http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list \_ Forbes hates public education. A less ideologically biased ranking has Berkeley at 22 (which is still a fall from the golden years): http://tinyurl.com/4476z5m (US News and World Report) \_ how high was it in golden years? \_ We were ranked #5 in 1983. \_ seriously??? URL? \_ http://preview.tinyurl.com/3udsc5z |
2011/8/3-27 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus, Computer/SW/Languages/Python] UID:54156 Activity:nil |
8/3 http://vedantk.tumblr.com/post/8424437797/sicp-is-under-attack \_ http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/61a.html \_ this is sad \_ "An Update SICP will not be abandoned at Berkeley." |