11/25   Amen, a day went by without casuaty in Iraq.
        \_ thank you for pointing this out.
           \_ Let's pray for 2 more days like this one, so no family has to
              receive news of the death of a loved one over thanksgiving.
        \_ The more Americans die, the better it is because the sooner they'll
           come home.  My HS English teacher told us that during some other
           conflict.

11/25   Programmers or serial killers?  It's hard to tell the difference:
        http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz
        \_ That is so September 19th, 2003.

11/24   [ subaru thread nuked.  Selective deletions aren't nice. ]

11/24   squish squish squish

11/24   MOTD Spelling & Grammar Drill.  Say it out loud a few times:
        THAN: "It's better to be honest and good THAN to not."
        \_ Is it "...... THAN not to."?
           \_ It's a quote from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  Both are pretty bad
              form, but we'll leave that for the next lesson.
        THEN: "I went to the store, THEN to the gym."
        SEPARATE: "'A' and 'E' are SEPARATE letters."
        \_ "...... DISTINCT letters."
        RIDICULOUS: "It's RIDICULOUS to spell it 'rediculus' or 'rediculous'."
        \_ nigga that's so diculous it's REdiculous
        \_ thanks, I will definately prevent more inadvertant occurrences.
                               \_ DIE!
                                  \_ I bet that was meant to be a joke to the
                                     OP.

11/24   Any recommendations on stuff to see/do in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
        during last week of December 2003?
        \_ fishing
        \_ see Sammy Haggar
        \_ Protest NAFTA.  Also, try the lobster.
           \_ Is that union-friendly lobster?  I bet not.
              \_ I hate those scab lobsters taking work from good, honest
                 union lobsters.
        \_ Party like it's 1999, but 4 years later.

11/24   Cell phone number portability starts today.  Anyone have an
        experience to report?  Any questions/answers?
        \_ Rules in technology: Never be the first, never be the last

11/24   Anyone have a live video feed link of the dem primary debate from
        msnbc?  I can't find it in the cluttered msnbc site.

11/23   Doesn't it make you feel all warm and Hoovery inside?
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/national/23FBI.html

11/23   I interviewed at http://google.com  This is what it felt like:
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert200311295053.jpg
        \_ told you it was a cult.  -wouldn't sell house to move to mtn view
           \_ Next time lie. That'll learn 'em.
              \_ not worth it.  they'd just sacrifice me to the blood gods.
           \_ I meant to ask before -- what city do you live in now?
              \_ east bay.  it's about a 40 minute drive door to door.
        \_ how far did you get in the interview process?

11/22   Kennedy's dad was pro-Nazi.

11/22   What the hell happened to my Global Cooling and The Coming Ice Age?!
        They promised me perpetual snow, ice, and snowball fights when I was
        kid.  Where is it?  We had scientific consensus at the time!  ACK!

11/19   play this yr's int-fiction competition winner!  simply run:
                /csua/bin/fortune
                \_ /csua/bin/cmlee
                        \_ no, no, it's /csua/bin/photopia
           \_ cool!
              \_ schizophrenic, aka "Short attention span theater"
                                        \_ a la pulp fiction
                \_ so which character do you identify with the most?
                   \_ definately the female from outer space.
                      Babarella, anyone?
                        \_ I hate Jane but she was looking pretty good in
                           that bear skin blanket.

11/21   Someone mentioned some hostility toward VxWorks-- since I have to use
        it, would you mind explaining your experience with it?

11/20   What kind of Windows and Office were sold on the market between

11/19   First is steel, now, textile.  Please don't tell me American
        is defender of capitalist free trade.

11/19   Alright, 2nd try. Any google employees on soda? Please send me
        an email. I'd like to ask you some questions about working there.
        Thanks          - rory

11/19   Pile on!
        http://www.users.qwest.net/~broger1/3_cats.jpg
        \_ catpile is the word you're looking for.

11/19   'Operation Iron Hammer' name used by Nazis for operation against Russia
        http://tinyurl.com/vr4v (news.yahoo.com)
        \_ Hey, and I use an Iron Hammer for carpentry projects at home!
        \_ That proves...? You know the names of the Operations depends on
           the level it was initiated at, and purpose. Operation Gothic
           Serpent sounds particularly non-Pentagon but taht's what
           Black Hawk Down was first known as.
           \_ I never implied it proves anything.  I do think it's somewhat
              ironic and humorous. -op
        \_ I was going to explain how they come up with op names but nevermind.
           You don't really care and it doesn't matter anyway.
           \_ Please explain!  I'm interested.  -- !OP
           \_ Please explain!  I'm interested.  Also, I wonder why they bother
              to come up with operation names for operations that are not
              secret.  Isn't the purpose of op names to cover up the
              operation?  -- !OP

11/19   \_ People in *USA* need to realize that USA is not the greatest nation
           at certain things. Infant mortality rate is just one example.
           Adult illiteracy rate and  percentage of adult incarcerated are
           also among the highest among industrialized nation.  Not to mention
           math/science score among teenagers...
                \_ No one said the US was the greatest wrt infant mortality.
                   I think the point in that thread was that the US was
                   *industrialized* and sufficiently technological that it
                   makes little sense to eschew that for home birthing crap.
                   Reading comprehension--, grasshopper.
                   \_ People believe in all sorts of crap.  Look at the morons
                      who refuse to vaccinate their kids these days at a time
                      when we need them more than ever.  Here comes the plague.
                \_ yep, and US has one of the biggest white hate groups (KKK),
                   white hating groups (Black Panthers), white trash,
                   religious phreaks (Davidians), crazy guys (Kazinsky),
                   conspiracy groups (Tennessee Militias), etc etc. Go
                   diversity!!!
                \_ well I attribute most of it to blacks, mexicans, and the
                   rednecks. I bet if you disregard results from them the
                   score would be so much higher.
                   \_ DEAN!
                      \_ huh? btw, it's a factual statement that those groups
                         are more illiterate and more incarcerated. Is it
                         racist to say that?
                         \_ Depends, are you saying that those people commit
                            more crime and are slow learners?  Or are you just
                            a smug asshole who points out the difference between
                            "verbal" and "oral"?
                            \_ Per capita, they commit more crimes.  And don't
                               get oral with me, young man.
                                \_ per capita, the poor and uneducated commit
                                   more crimes, yes.  Defining it in terms of
                                   ethnic groups is divisive and unhelpful.
                                   Is it Tiger Woods' fault?  Or A-Rod's? -tom
                                   \_ TW is asian.  Mixed race at best.  No, it
                                      is not the fault of any one individual of
                                      any race.  No one said it was.  We were
                                      talking per capita.  Where'd you get this
                                      TW crap from?  That has nothing to do
                                      with anything.
                                        \_ It's not the fault of the race,
                                           either.  -tom
                         \_ These days, yes.  You can't state a fact if it
                            offends someone without being called racist.  You
                            must be new to Berkeley.  You've erred when someone
                            else's feelings are hurt.  There are no standards.
                            \_ Stop being so petulant, man, it really doesn't
                               give your arguments much weight.  You might also
                               want to take into consideration that statistics
                               without context are largely meaningless and can
                               pretty much be distorted to mean anything....
                               \_ I'm not.  It's the truth.  You're either a
                                  Cal student or alum, right?  You should
                                  know that victimhood is now defined by the
                                  alleged victim.  If she says it's rape, it's
                                  rape.  If he says you're racist, you're
                                  racist, because you're white, he's not and
                                  you hurt his feelings.
                                  \_ Boohoo! We are victims of non-white
                                     male victimhood!
                                     \_ Wow, you're an idiot.  How do you ever
                                        expect anyone to ever get along and
                                        end the hate when you believe it's ok
                                        to hate certain people?  Talk about
                                        totally missing the point.  You missed
                                        the entire universe.
                            \_ I think it's still ok to hurt the feelings of
                               certain white folks.
                               \_ That was always ok.  White people aren't
                                  really human so anything goes.
                                  \_ Hey, stop trying to be the victim.
                                     \_ what's really funny is that most of
                                        this thread/flamewar is in reply to
                                        the one line troll "DEAN!"
                                        \_ no that was ignored if you read the
                                           thing that actually replied to it.
                                           but it is funny that you think so.
                                           \_ fine.  at least we both think
                                              *something's* funny.
                                     \_ Sorry, I forgot.  White people have no
                                        rights.  White people are all evil just
                                        because they're white.  Kill whitey!

11/19   Would somebody care to explain the "YUO" construction?  Is it just
        wannabe hacker spelling or does it reference something?
        \_ It jsut sounsd liek tehy are slopy typists

11/19   Anybody used link:stormpay.com for payment?  After PayPal cut off all the
        adult sites, StormPay seems to be taking over.  Yes I'm a loser buying
        porn.  I'm also a consumer who doesn't want to be ripped off.  Thanks.
        \_ You are SO FUCKING LAME!
        \_ Write bad checks.

11/19   Help.  Can this be solved for x? (how?)
                  x       dy
                ----- = -----
                 dx       y
        \_ Are x and y independent?
           \_ yes.
        \_ x!= 0.  When you divide out x and y, you get 1/d = d, or d=1.  Haha.
        \_ Are x and y independent?
           \_ yes.
        \_ As written, I don't think it is mathematically meaningful.
           \_ Okay, I asked the independent question and I now agree with this.
              Where did this equation come from?
        \_ It's basically a sistem of 1 equation and 2 unknowns.  As is, it
           could describe a class of vector fields.  Is there another equation
           that must also be satisfied?
        \_ xy=dxdy, you know dx, dy, and y right?
        \_ Are "dx" and "dy" differentials?

11/19   http://Playboy.com needs geek manager!
        http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/sad/19592084.html
        \_ why restore this without the comments?  are you the one doing
           the hiring or something?
           \_ I thought the comments were funny.  --op

11/19   MOTD DELETER:  Why do you insist on deleting threads that aren't
        even a day old, threads which people CLEARLY want to continue
        talking about?  We know who you are, J. Please cease and desist.
            -AMG
        \_ most of us know who most of us are but when names get named they're
           wrong almost every time.  weird huh?  careful where you point that
           gun.  don't shoot the innocent.

11/19   No one ever posts william safire links, so here's one for you:
        http://nytimes.com/2003/11/19/opinion/19SAFI.html
        \_ I always read Safire's column.  I think you have posted perhaps
           the worst Safire column I've ever read.  Thanks, jackass.
        \_ (11) William Safire would admit that the use of "SecDef" to refer
           to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld panders to doublespeak
           and jargon that furthers the jingoistic, militaristic agenda of
           the rabid right.

11/19   Hi everyone!
        http://images.lamer.net/fagotville.gif

11/17   What is the effect of having restrictive bands around one's biceps when
        lifting things?
        \_ Did you ever see "The Barbarian Brothers"?  that movie rocked.
        \_ what do you mean? what kind of restrictive bands? those are either
           just small walkman-like radios that you can strap to your arm, or,
           if around the elbow, bands for protection against elbow strain.
        \_ They keep me from over flexing and destroying the world!  They're
           made of unobtanium forged by the Hand of God at the core of the
           Universe!
           \_ Wtf!?  meds-p
              \_ sigh... go away humorless little gnome.
        \_ Severe pain.

11/19   NWN fans: the next expansion went gold.

11/17   Kennedy calls black woman neanderthal and nothing happens
        \_ Citation?  URL?  Troll?

11/16   http://www.pantsfactory.org - a left leaning farq!
        \_ Huh, it seems you can post anonymously.
           \_ Yes that was by design.

11/14   Can someone who can read Japanese or possibly Chinese please decipher
        this page for me?
        http://telaffy.jp/main.asp?fcode=ATH-A10%20WS
        It's a shop or something, but I can't tell what the units of currency
        etc. are.

11/15   Anybody know anbody who works at Altova?

11/14   Anyone seen "Looney Tunes: Back in Action"?  Reviews?  -- misha.
        \_ If you didn't squirm in agony when you saw the preview you'll
           like it.
           \_ Thank you.  That was informative.  -- misha.

11/14   perhaps we learn more about the insanity of the motd by what is deleted
        and what is restored than we do from any post.
        \_ it mostly gets deleted from the bottom, at least today
           \_ Except for the porn thread, which was deliberately restored.
              Because of the obvious value it adds to the lives of geeks.

11/14   Story time!  Everyone add five words.
        There once was a hoser
         Who owned a bulldozer

11/13   I heard somewhere that Kuninich supports an anti flag-burning
        constitutional amendmant.  Is this true?  It seems out of character.
        \_ You're thinking of Clark:
           link:www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/politics/7237425.htm
           \_ I know about Clark.  But et tu, Kuninich?  -op
              \_ Check the bottom of the article.
        \_ What about burning hair pieces?
           \_ Banned.  Too smelly.
        \_ Does it matter?  He's not getting more than 5% anyway.

11/14   In Fortran, runtime can be found by t1=TIME(), t2=TIME(),
         runtime=t2-t1.  What's the equivalent to TIME() in C?
        \_ man gettimeofday (time in seconds + useconds since 1970)
           \_ Or, if you're lazy and just want seconds, you can use C's
              own time() function: time_t t1 = time(NULL);

11/14   job opp:
        http://list.nten.org/lists/arc/501techclub-sf/2003-11/msg00000.html

11/14   why did They travel millions of miles just to stick metal things up
        our asses?
        \_ Huh?
        \_ Because they can.
        \_ All the asses on their home planet already have metal things in them
           \_ Exactly.  It's a limited resource issue.
                \_ wrong, too much metal on their planet, have to put it
                  somewhere
        \_ if they were all R2-D2's, that's the only access ports their
           dimunitive bodies could reach.

11/14   BLAM!!  Take that you mean and humorless juvenile motd!  BLAM!!!!

11/13   Socket question: how do I reduce the timeout for a socket to connect()?

11/12   What's up with 'dict'?
        \_ Dunno.  What is up with dict?
           \_ It don't work no more.
              \_ http://www.dictionary.com
        \_ Don't know.  Use "webster" instead.

11/12   Does Ramadan always come in the fall/winter, or does is slowly move
        from year-to-year such that it sometimes falls in the summer?
        \) it moves
        \_ They use a 12 (lunar) month calendar.  No leap months.  So, it
           shifts backwards about 3 weeks each year.
           \_ Thanks.  I guess fasting will get a bit more unpleasant in about
              6 years. -op
           \_ Why is Chinese NY always near the beginning of the year, then?
              Isn't that also on the lunar calendar?
              \_ they use ~13 lunar months
<troll>
              \_ I believe they have a leap month, so sometimes the year
                 is 12 months, sometimes 13.  That's how the Jewish
                 calendar is too.
                 \_ The Jews, always trying to screw up what day Christmas
                    falls on each year.  I hate that.

11/12   Traitorous CIA trying to run our Heroic President down:
        http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031112/325/edq8f.html
        \_ We must purge the counterrevolutionary elements!
           \_ death to capitalist roaders!!
        \_ Your link says nothing like that.  Keep posting mislabeled links
           and find them purged.  It was a good link for a real conversation.
           It's too bad you're too stupid to see that and ruined it.

11/12   yesterday's stupid nerdy shit no one cared about purged

11/11   McDonald's loses fight to change definition of "McJob"
        http://www.salon.com/books/wire/2003/11/11/mcjob/index.html
        which reminds me of a favorite quote:
        "Dictionaries are opinion, presented as fact, in alphabetical order."
                --John Ralston Saul
                  \_ wudda moron!

11/11   What's the best way to pee in a urinal?

11/11   01:01:01 has passed.  -bored at work
        \_ aren't we all
          \_ OK, let's vote.
                          Bored at work: ..
                     Very bored at work: .
               Not at all bored at work:
                                  Other:
             Of course, this will be skewed, because if you are not bored at
             work, why waste your time voting here.
        \_ damn, I missed it. But I'll always remember the magic of March 3,
           2003, 03:03:03 AM. 3 is the magic number. Btw, John Salomon is a
           post overwriter!

11/11   More details on Lynch's capture and rescue (from AP)
        http://salon.com/books/wire/2003/11/11/lynch/index.html
        \_ Wag The Dog continues ...
        \_ http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=499&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20031111/ap_on_en_ot/lynch_book
           Her M16 jammed due to sand. That's it, M16s suck even after they
           had over 10 years to improve it.
           \_ this is the same story as op

11/10   Experimental Gameplay 2004 CFP.
        http://experimental-gameplay.org

11/10   Has anyone had experience using DVD X Maker?  If so did you like it
        or recommend a different program?  TIA.
        \_ just use dvdshrink.  it's free.

11/8    This is cool.  We are dropping [a] 500 lb bomb on Iraq to show our
        might.  A fine example of what we considered a[n] act of liberation
        delivered by precision weaponry.
        \_ thanks  --OP

11/8    New motd policy: if you can't say something coherent, just say it in
        purple-tinted boldface 20-point Arial.
        \_ Or just wrote likes a recantly immigrant! -- kngharv #1 fan
           \_ All your base are belong to us!

11/8    Cal can't win the game.
        \_ So what?  Why would any of us care either way?
                \_ oops. forgot some of you have absolutely no
                   school spirit. enjoy soda hall.
                   \_ You know, it IS possible to have school spirit and not
                      give a shit about a given sporting event...Especially
                      when it's next to hopeless.  And learn to post to motd
                      correctly.
                        \_ and how is that?

11/7    We had to destroy the village in order to save it.

11/7    http://www.bancruelfarms.org/meatrix
        FLASH animation
        \_ good one (may not be work safe, but it got through my filter ok)
        \_ just how not worksafe is it?  -at work in big open slave pen
           \_ need headphones(as with any flash movie), otherwise, it's just
              cartoons.

11/7    Here's one for the motd censors:
        http://www.spectacle.org/0401/sethf.html

11/6    restored again.  -backup motd restorer

11/6    What are the top Nerdiest references/topics?
        \_ I could tell you, but you wouldn't understand.
        \_ fnord
        \_ "Could you use it for dating?"
           "Yes, but the matches would be so perfect it would eliminate the
            thrill of romantic conquest."

11/5    Someone want to explain to me why all of the Agent Smith's
        started to all explode suddenly at the end?

11/5    Thank for further chipping away at my faith in
        humanity, assholes! - danh
        \_ I FIND YOUR LACK OF FAITH DISTURBING.
        \_ thank you for bitching about it! -asshole
        \_ You had any faith left?

11/5    http://www.hardcorepawn.com/zombie3
        Change simulation speed with 's'

11/6    http://www.celebrities-eating.com
        URL says it all... I suggest the free tour.
        \_ work safe?
           \_ nothing obscene... but your co-workers might think you
              are very strange if they see.

11/6    humorless person: go away.  all silly star trek references restored.
        \_ you also restored a brilliant obscure Dr. Who reference.
           can you spot it?

11/5    Matrix thread tactically nuked for those who haven't see the movie
        yet.
        \_ thank you.  lets give it a few days at least for crying out loud.
        \_ The Matrix is the name of Neo's sled when he was a child.

11/5    How many people have left software work to move to other
        careers?  What fields?
        \_ Education .
        \_ nuclear eng: .
        \_ fast food: .
        \_ I think it's funny that the education person was the only one to not
           use a colon.  But that's just me.
           \_ "... not to ..."  -- !education person
              \_ BZZZZT!  Try again?  As posted it was correct.

11/4    Uh, so this site makes the motd look grown up and respectable:
        http://grouphug.us

11/5    [ BUH-BYE. ]

11/4    I love salami sandwiches. You have to toast the bread (buttermilk
        is the best) and then put a thin layer of mayo on each slice. Then
        add a layer of premuim salami, two slices deep. MMmmmmmmm.
        \_ um.  why is this on the motd?
           \_ why not?  you going to censor *this* too?  sheesh.  stfu. -!op
              \_ don't be hypersensitive.  I'm just wondering why.
                 \_ it's useful information for anyone wanting to know how
                    to make a salami sandwich.
                    \_ not really.  It's just and opinion.  personally,
                       i think the op is full of shit.

11/4    Lila, any relationship to the famous General Patton?

11/4    Has anyone read "The Politics of Anti-Semitism". Reviews?
        \_ No, but I read the motd and it's the same shit the Nazis, the
           Spanish, the Arabs, the Russians, and everyone else has been
           spewing since ancient times.

11/4    Thanks

11/4    Any Sodans that live in San Francisco, remember to vote in the mayoral
        race today.

11/4    In IE 6.0, how do you make it show the URL of a link when you hover
        over it?
                                           /- claiming victimization eh?
        \_ Click on View, then click on Status Bar.  If that doesn't work,
           you're probably dealing with some Javascript to disable the
           status bar display, so you'll need to look up the URL in the
           source like a good hacker.
           \_ you call this hacking?
        \_ Use Firebird

11/4    The motd has been quite humorless lately.  Can we all troll a bit
        harder?  Thanks.
        \_ Been to http://www.somethingawful.com lately?
           \_ holy shit. I've gone blind.
              \_ My reaction precisely.  It took me a while to figure out
                 it's a fake front, not an atrocious hack.
        \_ are trolls humorous?
           \_ the better ones are entertaining

11/3    I thought aaron was the only grammar cop on the motd.  Are there
        more morons like him?  The loser below who claims to speak Mandarin
        sounds like aaron.
        \_ not me (and fuck you) --aaron
        \_ I don't correct grammar, but I appreciate those who do.
        \_ Our name is legion.
           \_ Get the frickin quote correct already.  This was posted
              2 weeks ago.  It's "My name is lesion."

11/2    Poll. I like the term:
        censor nazi:
        censorbot:
        motd custodian:
        ass:
        jwang: .
        A Real American Patriot: .

11/3    What codec should I use to decode .ogm on win32?  thx
        \_ http://www.google.com/search?q=ogm+file+extension

11/2    There will henceforth be no mention of the Holy MOTD Censor.

11/2    Learn English and try again.  I realize that there are graduates
        of my alma matter who have third grade level writing skills, but
        I don't need to be reminded of it every day on the motd.

10/31   Worrying About Jobs Isn't Productive
        http://www.fortune.com/fortune/valuedriven/0,15704,526435,00.html
        \_ formatd
        \_ you'll all work for walmart

10/31   Alien: The Director's Cut in Bay Area theaters.  KICK ASS.
        \_ This is for Resurrection, the 4th or 5th or 6th movie, isn't it?
           \_ The original Ridley Scott film.
        \_ Its just another way for them to make more money out of old
           crap. It should have been on DVD to begin with

10/31   Happy Haunting Daemons!

10/31   Today we teach our kids how to beg for feed.
        \_ No, it's intimination. They already know how to beg.

10/29   Just bought a ThermalTake III v2000 case.  Poorly wired fan
        regulator caused the thing to literally go up in flames with black
        smoke.  I've never heard of this happening before, and the things
        usually get good reviews.  Opinions?  -John
        \_ I know a guy who bought one recently and the poorly wired fan
           regulator cause the thing to literally go up in flames with black
           smoke.  Sounds like a bad purchase to me.

10/29   Fox threatens to sue itself:
        http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1073216,00.html
        Is it just me or is the whole world turning into an Onion article?

10/29   How many Looney Cartoons were made? (1930-1969)
        http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/29/film.looneytunes.ap/index.html
        \_ 1100

10/29   Safire embraces Rosie Palm and her five sisters
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/opinion/29SAFI.html
        \_ Is he the one who now and then pretends to interview
           richard nixon from beyond the grave?  That's funny
           sometimes.  I think George Will has recently gone
           of the deep end into William Faulkner land
        \_ Safire is walking a dangerous line when he lumps Cubs
           fans with Saddam-hunters and his own brand of "Conservative"
           Pollyanna-ism....

10/28   Boom!  One of the most powerful solar flares has hurled a CME
        directly toward Earth this morning:
        http://www.spaceweather.com
        http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/images2003/28oct03/cme_c3_big.gif
        \_ So what they said about Tiger Woods and Eminem was right.  The End
           Time is near.

10/27   Word of of the day: boondoggle.
        \_ Hey dawg, baby girl had me straight boondoggled.
           \_ http://www.incest.com
        \_ boondoggle?  thats the best word available today?

10/25   Brain, you fucking rock.  --scotsman

10/26   If I have a counter-flow heat exchanger, do I get better dH if
        the flow is laminar or turbulent?  TIA.
        \_ turbulent

10/25   Is there a nitrous leak in the bay area or what? what's with the motd?
        \_ This is not the nitrous leak you're looking for.
        \_ what do you mean?

10/25   Don't forget about your clocks!
        \_ huh?
        \_ Keeping a close track of the current time is for the peasants.

10/25   http://bmg.com sale: (virtually) everything $6.99 per disc, free shipping.
        No obscure titles naturally but you'd be surprised: Sigur Ros, Charles
        Aznavour, etc.
        \_ dude, boycott any member of RIAA, man!
           \_ it's not like most of the people 'boycotting' anything are ever
              customers anyway.  like pacifists boycotting general dynamics,
              they just don't care.
        \_ Wait, why is this good? Isn't the default "buy 12 get 1 free" shit
           better? especially with a referral.

10/24   Can someone recommend good links describing what, if any effects
        Sarbanes-Oxley has on actual technical operations within financial
        service companies?  I've only found detailed info on changes
        in financial accounting, but I recall reading that it had a pretty
        serious impact on all transaction and communications logging.  -John
        \_ sounds like much of the changes are due to section 404(a)
           \_ You shouldn't ignore the scope of the a7-92 or the 640xm.  The
              Barnard-Simpley could be involved as well.

10/24   Randi is hot!
        http://sportsbybrooks.com/MP392.html
        http://sportsbybrooks.com/MP123.html
        Thanks to whoever posted the first link earlier!
        \_ Run away!
           \_ Short legs and hella top-heavy-- I doubt she could catch you.
              \_ That's fine, as long as I can catch her.
        \_ More girls at http://sportsbybrooks.com/SbBGirls.html
           Also hot: #3 Wendy, #9 Stephane, #30 Sabrina, #38 Kim
           Second tier hot: #8 Hillary, #14 Maggie, #32 Vanessa
        \_ i think hillary is definite 1st tier material.

10/24   Icelanders are tough bastards:
        http://csua.org/u/4so (YahooNews)

10/24   Report on the Matthew Dillon meeting last night?
        \_He hinted that Cameron Diaz is a hemaphrodite
        \_ any word on the next version of dtrek? (xtrek predecessor using
           curses)
        \_ Yes.

10/23   I'm looking to rent a parking space for the next month.  -jones
           \_ berkeley
        \_ park it in front of my house for 2 years. - danh
        \_ What city?
           \_ implicitly, berkeley, duh.

10/22   OMG
        http://audendi.com/stormtrooper.jpg
        \_ Rebel propaganda?

10/21   When was the last time the whities had a Whitie Club? Or anything
        that showed whitie pride?       -curious troll
        \_ I'm sorry, but whoever has been trolling this afternoon/evening
           really, really sucks
           \_ Sorry, I've been offline and busy all day.  --regular troll

10/22   Is sky the guy who posted a link to pictures of his gf awhile back?
        \_ 1. Posting that picture was in bad taste but
           2. I had poor impulse control due to the amount of drugs I was
              taking at the time...e.g, I set up a webcam so people could
              watch me freebase live over the internet....nevertheless,
           3. That was my fiance at the time.  However, we've since broken up
              and I've been engaged to someone else for the last 3 years.
           4. Why do people keep bringing that up?
              --sky
                \_ because she's hot and I wanna bone her too
           \_ I don't know about the others but I sure miss those two pictures.
              (yy2.JPG and yy7.JPG).  Is it possible to post them again, or
              even her other pics?  Many thanks!
              \_ I'm not sure which is worse.  sky posting her pics while
                 fucked out of his mind but being sorry later or you begging
                 to use his ex as free pr0n.  Hmmm, yeah, it'd be you.
        \_ that's also kchang
           \_ Are they still a thing? I just looked at kchang's web page and he
              looks well, gay. This was his real web page, not the one lila put
              up.
              Is it possible to post them again, or even her other pics?  Many
              thanks!

10/22   I've got a Celeron 2.0GHz 400FSB.  What speed is the RAM supposed
        to run at?
        \_ 400MHz, 300MHz, 200MHz, or 100MHz, and maybe some others.

10/22   Prices of 2200 sq ft homes around the country.
        http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/21/pf/yourhome/homepricecomparison/index.htm

10/22   Hasbro files suit against Ghettopoly maker:  http://tinyurl.com/rywi
        \_ good idea, but he should have known he would need permission
        \_ not the first sued for trying to rip off their game

10/21   How exactly did tom fart in class (was he dumb or lazy)? Or did
        he cheat, get caught, and never got his degree afterwards?

10/21   On eBay, can the merchants see the amount of your maximum bid?
        \_ no

10/21   Is there a POSIX/ISO/??? standard for getting the current time?
        My function needs to timeout after X useconds, but I don't know
        how to compare startTime to endTime.  Thanks.
        \_ use time() to get the seconds since the epoch.
           \_ that won't yield useconds.
        \_ gettimeofday()? But if you want to wait, use select.

10/21   <snore>

10/20   You guys still getting telemarketer calls?
        \_ Fewer.  They have 3 months or so to clean their databases.

10/20   snurl >> http://csua.org/u
        \_ Um, whatever.  it does the same thing, and it's some random
           third party that you know nothing about.
           \_ yeah, they're probably stealing the links for the TIA.
              \_ Why would something like this need to set a cookie?

10/20   What are the current pay rates for UGSIs in the CS department?
        \_ back in my day, it was fifteen cents an hour and we liked it.
           and we had to bring our own replacement tubes.
           \_ You had tubes?  We wished we had tubes.  We wished we were
              allowed to wish.  We could only wish when no one was looking.
        \_ Ask the CS department maybe, eh?
           \_ I'm just curious.  I'm not even an undergrad anymore.
        \_ What is UGSI?

10/18   Um, what is the purpose of /vol/office?
        \_ It's the directory where office is stored.
        \_ why are you starting this sentence with "Um"?  Are you
           from China?
           \_ um, why would you say that?

10/18   Has anybody tried GotoMyPC?  Perform well?  Secure?  What if you're
        DHCP'd behind a fw?  [formatd]

10/18   Who keeps deleting the Jerry Springer thread?
        \_ Jerry Springer?
        \_ I missed a Jerry Springer thread?  Shit.  Please repost.

10/16   Some libs in /usr/local/lib don't get found by a program I complied
        Is this set by an environment variable?
        \_ LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?
           \_ Yup. that works! thanks. :)

10/16   I have libs in /usr/local/lib that aren't getting found by a program,
        but libs in /usr/lib they get found. How can I fix this?

10/16   Typical leftist anti-Jew racism and stereotyping but he said he's
        oh so sorry, http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031017/D7U7U1R80.html
        \_ Since when has The New Republic been considered "leftist"?
           Hint: neoliberalism is not the same thing as liberalism.
           Wait, I have just been trolled, haven't I?
           \_ Smile!  You are on motd camera!

10/16   I need an inexpensive registrar of the .be domain that supports
        glue records and has an english language interface. recommendations?
        \_ .be?  You've already asked this and no one knew before.  Why would
           they know 4 days later?  google.
        \_ op, you are very silly- I typed "domains.be" as a URL and it is a
           real web site.  maybe you should use a search engine or something?
           \_ where did you find "domains.be"? did you just guess it?
              Infoware is about the same price as http://register.com. 30 euro/yr.
              actually http://domains.be doesn't work. www.domains.be works.
           \_ where did you find "domains.be"? did you guess it?
              they are just about the same price as http://register.com. 30 euro/yr.

10/16   I'm glad to see that real live world leaders agree with certain
        motd posters about the jews.  You've got some real support out there!
        http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/8275.htm

10/16   Let's go Red Sox!!!
        \_ Yan-kees su-uck!!! (cmon, motd censor, nobody likes the Yankees)
           \_ For this round alone, I do. -- bitter A's fan
              \_ Man, I feel you, but I still hate the Yankees more.
                 \_ NOW IT'S TIME FOR "GO MARLINS!!!!!!" -- bitter A's fan

10/15  I am so glad that we complete our ethnic cleansing to  all the
       Indian tribes before they learn how to make bombs and resist our
       occupation.  God has indeed blessed America.
       \_ Do you have a point?  Some of us Indian tribal types still exist
          and don't want to be used as your political point for some other
          problem you've got.  Thanks.
          \_ I think you should work on getting a nuclear program...
             \_ We're everywhere.

10/16   Coca Culture: One more reason why we'll never win the drug war
        Note: This was written by a Quechua coca farmer in Bolivia.
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/15/opinion/15ZURI.html

10/15   http://radix.cryptio.net/~emechler/engineer.jpg
        Truer words were never spoken....

10/15   I propose that we call the motd censorer "Mohammed Rosenberg".
        Obviously he got a fetish on Israeli-Palestinian threads hence the
        name.
        \_ How about Jewdy McPalestine?
        \_ George W. Modammed Mao-Rosenberg

10/14   magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
        quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur,
        cum puella incedit minore medio corpore
        sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos
        virtute praestare ut velitis, notantes bracas eius
        \_ J'aime de grands bouts.
           \_ "I like big butts"
        \_ that's a first
        \_ I love this.  On one hand critical of my broken English,
           on the other hand, endorce some European language.  White man's
           culture superiority at its best.
           \_ wtf are you talking about? i can't even read that, and i bet
              most people on here aren't fluent enough in whatever language
              that is to comment on it. why don't you go love yourself
              long time
              \_ Can't you people recognize latin when you see it?
                  \_ nope.  shalom.
                  \_ Hence, White Man's cultural superority.

10/14   Where's a place online to check for existing lawsuits? All I have
        are names...
        \_ a specific court or you want to find out if your ex-gf is
           getting divorced in some unknown state?

10/13   Are Purespin wedges decent to use on the course? Or should I get
        better ones like Titleist or Callaway? Thanks.
        \_ Just run over it with your SUV.

10/13   Damn you motd censor. I was having fun toying with the
        paranoid schizophrenic. -AML
        \_ No, you were just wrong and decided to start trolling once you
           ran out of points.  If you're going to insult someone please at
           least understand what the words mean.  Go look up paranoid
           schizophrenia.  This isn't highschool where you were the only
           smart kid.
           \_ bwahahaha.  You actually thought the fob and the troll were
              the same person?
              \_ shhh... THEY might be listening in...

10/13   Why was Sir Walter Raleigh such a stupid git?
        \_ you're so tired?
            \_ yes and yes, but i'd still like to know what if anything
                J.L. meant.
                \_ Sir Walter Raleigh was the founder of North Carolina
                   and is credited with starting the tobacco growing
                   industry. I think there is/was also a cigarette brand
                   called "Sir Walter Raleigh", so it's unclear if he's
                   cursing the man or the brand of cigarettes or both.
        \_ Because he was stuck in a 5 pound can?
           \_ Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
              \_ Is your refrigerator running?
                 \_ Can I speak to Seymore Butts, please?
        \_ http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0841030.html
           Read the story of his life. I think it would be obvious
           why someone might say that about him.

10/11   I'm trying to find hh.  I have something that belongs to him that
        I want to return.  Does anyone have a current email address?  Mail
        me if you do.  - raytrace@csua
        \_ WOW you are so nice. People usually just keep the stuff I lend
           them and never return them. I've lost at least $1000 worth of
           stuff in the past 10 years, including text bks, money, games,
           comic books, etc etc etc.
        \_ have you tried: hh@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU ?
        \_ his love child?
           \_ the father of my love child was ZUUL. -raytrace
              \_ are you the key master?

10/10   what material should i use to simulate orc-flesh for an Uruk-Hai
        costume?
        \_ skin of dead fat sysadmin
        \_ skin of motd censor.
           \_ nah, too thin.

10/10   Free swedish meatballs at the Emeryville or Palo alto IKEA
     <DEAD>now.ikea-usa.com/promotions/catalog-announce-sf.asp?sid=185&print=y<DEAD>
        \_ I love Swedish meatballs, especially Vendela.
           http://www.swedishbikiniteam.com
           \_ Her interests include martial arts and marksmanship.  She'd
              kill you and eat your still beating heart before you hit the
              ground, kiddo.  Helga and Gunnel are safer choices you might
              survive more than 3 seconds.
        \_ I love Swedish meatballs.  http://www.swedishbikiniteam.com

10/10   Like father-in-law, like son:
        http://csua.org/u/4on
        \_ HOLY SHIT!  Isn't it illegal to dig up a corpse??!!?

10/10   Mail sent from outside to acct. at Soda is bouncing.  Any ideas?
        Did someone turn on reverse DNS lookups at mail acceptance?

10/10   Anyone know why mail sent to my yahoo friend was bouncing?  thanks!
        \_ See end of motd.

10/9    John, come to LA, we'll party                   -ucla cs student
        \_ I smell a rat - !John
                \_ I smell yermom  -A rat

10/9    is /var/mail full again?
        \_ Is it ever not?

10/9    What's a reel mower, how is it different than a regular mower?
        \_ Are you an idiot that doesn't know how to use Google? --dim
                            \_ "who" not "that"
                               \_ outdated grammar rule.  both are acceptable.
                               \_ That is a sentence fragment. --dim
                                  \_ Who is a sentence fragment?

10/8    Davis went to Stanfurd. How come we didn't kick him out earlier?
        \_ Uhm, probably because he's not a csua member.
        \_ NO WONDER he has no charisma.
           \_ From what I've seen of MOTD, you'd think it's the other way
              'round.

10/8    Why do you insist on restoring this shit?  Let it die.
        \_ Time to recall the motd censor!
        \_ Some people might actually care about the non-political
           posts (like the light socket stuff, the chinese space
           flight and the blood clots)
        \_ Why do you insist on censoring other people's conversation?  You
           need to go find something better to do with your time than rudely
           interrupt other people's discussions with your childish and useless
           enforcement of your opinion of what topics are allowable on the
           motd and not.  Just go away.  Haven't you read any of the stuff
           you're deleting?  People *want* to talk about it.  If you don't,
           then just go away.  People don't want or need you to decide what
           we can talk about.  Did I say "go away" enough times yet?  No one
           cares if you have an opinion on the topics or not, just stop
           fucking with them.
           \_ Was bored. Liked taunting you.
        \_ Censors:  You can clean it up at the end of the day, but just
           leave stuff up until then okay?

10/8    Fall into ocean people vs not as a voting pattern:
        http://www.sfgate.com/election/races/2003/10/07/map.shtml

10/7    I've got this weird light socket in my house. The lightbulb in it
        is good because I tried it elsewhere and didn't have problems.
        The light goes out after about 4 minutes and 15-30 seconds. It
        turns back on pretty consistently in about 1 minute, 40 seconds.
        It makes a clicking noise when it goes on or off this way.
        Any ideas?
        \_ I've had something similar happen with a dimmer switch.  Is there
           one?
           \_ nope.
        \_ If this is a ceiling socket (ie, not a lamp) it might be that the heat
           from the bulb is causing something to overheat.  Get an electrician
           to take a look at the wires and make sure they're not overly damaged,
           and then have him replace the socket.
           \_ or if you are lucky, it is a newer socket with a built-in
              thermal cut-out to prevent damage.  try a lower wattage bulb.
              \_ it's 50 watts. i'm not so sure about going much lower than that.
                 compact fluorescent might help with a heat problem though.
        \_ Get Linux
           \_ get a life
              \_ RIDE BIKE!  USE CANDLE!
                 \_ I caution you, open flames can lead to the immolation
                    of entire cities.
                    \_ Wasn't the Chicago cow story a myth?
           \_ Wave a fan at it while its on and see if it stays on longer...
              If it cuts off just as fast, you know not to worry about heat.

10/7    Did a google search on how to grow and maintain bent grass for a
        putting green in my backyard but didn't get good links. Any
        advice?
        \_ call a golf course and ask to talk to whoever does the grass?
        \_ There are lots of resources on the web. Train harder.
           \_ growing grass is easy, but how are you gonna cut the
              grass at such a low height? Regular lawn mowers will not do...
              \_ can't you just use some fake turf?
              \_ You buy a reel mower. They can cut down to 1/4". Better yet
                 is a greens mower. You mow every other day. This is all on
                 the web. It's a lot of work what with topdressing, frequent
                 mowing, and such. If you think it is easy maybe it isn't for
                 you. --dim

10/7    noise about minor third party candidate attempting to disrupt
        political event (aka trolling) purged.

10/7    Becauase all you of Earth...are idiots!

10/6    http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24781~1676763,00.html
        "Why wasn't Davis investigated, too?"

10/6    The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge.
        http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?031013fa_fact