1/29    So basically, we can bomb the shit out of whoever we like, whenever
        we like, about whatever stupid reason we make up, and everybody just
        has to like it?  America RULES!
        \_ "Because we have nuclear weapons". -D. Leary
           \_ "We've got the bomb!"
              \_ "Somebody set up us the bomb!" -0wing
                   \_ "We get signal" -- operator
        \_ hey, we live in the U.S., a democracy.  the man making the calls
           was elected (fairly or not), and there's not anything you can do
           about it except hope he gets beaten in November.
 <

1/29    Geeks - your dating probs solved!
        http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292004/entertainment/16912.htm
        \_ That caption works better for the link below.  -tom
           \_ heh

1/29    Ideal ingredients for the perfect Manhattan?
        \_ "what have I done to deserve this flat, flavourless manhattan?"
        \_ Good bourbon for starters.  Jack Daniel's and Jim Beam are not good.
           see webtender:  http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/1641
           \_ Obviously no Jack or Jim.  I had one last night with Johnny
              Walker black that turned out good, and I'd imagine Maker's
              Mark would taste great as well.  Not sure if there's much
              difference between varieties of bitters or vermouth, though,
              which is sort of why I asked.  Any other whiskey drinkers
              on the motd?  --op
              \_ Johnny Walker is Scotch, which is quite different from bourbon.
                 My Fav. Bourbons are Wild Turkey 101, Booker's, Knob Creek
                 and Maker's Mark.  MM is mildest, and KC is most full-bodied.
                 \_ Basil Hayden's.  Very tasty.  Slight cherry nose.  Very
                    smooth.  Though I wouldn't mix it.
              \_ I'm a big fan of Maker's Mark or Jameson, depending on my
                 mood.
              \_ Some of the more expensive Wild Turkeys are pretty good
                 (rare breed and kentucky spirit), they're probably between
                 MM and KC in body.
        \_ I believe Manhattan's were originally made with rye whiskey,
           but bourbon (which is lighter-bodied) is now the standard.
           Lots of choices, do a google group search for various brands.
           \_ Yah.  Manhatten is the whiskey (of all varieties) answer to the
              martini.

1/29    The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270
        http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA16004
        \_ Look Shirac is not on that list. I wonder if the Washington Times
           will print a retraction and apology.
                \_ Look the article does not state Chirac was a beneficiary.
                   \_ Where? I looked under France and he's not there. Also,
                      one of the end notes suggests that the list may not
                      all be deals that were carried out, but that were
                      proposed. Russia appears to be the big beneficiary.
                      \_ It's just moony propoganda.  None of it is true.

1/29    Clark used to live in a trailer in the Mohave dessert [sic].
        So he's a hick and his lackeys can't type?

1/27    [ No, dans. ]

1/28    So why is Kay blaming faulty intelligence, when Powell's presentation
        to the UN was total crap?

1/28    ALright what's the difference between:
        http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/nektar/kma/contents35.htm
        http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/nektar/kma/contents32.htm
        besides her left leg going up or not?   -kama sutra student
        \_ For one thing, the man isn't kneeling in one of them.

1/28    To the guy who keeps modifying my posts:  why do you hate me so much?
        I'm just posting common sense advice here.  It's fairly
        non-controversial, I think.  -pretty boy

1/27    Does anyone have any recommendations for a reliable and not too
        expensive small claims process server who'll serve someone living
        in san jose? Thanks.
        \_ Check out the constable. Most counties have them, and they
           will serve papers for a small fee.
        \_ Usually the sheriff will do this for next to nothing and sometimes
           the judge will let you get that from the defendant too.

1/26    Poll, who is the ugliest leader (former or now):
        Sadam Hussein:
        Noriega: .
        \_ You know you've got problems when your nickname is "pineapple"
        Bush: .
        Golda Meir: .
        \_ you are not going to sleep with any of them. why care?
        \_ Once you put Noriega on a list like this only the psychotic hateful
           people will mark anyone else.  A real poll would be "ugliest
           leader other than Noriega".
           \_ Why is he so bad?  What about Gorbachev?  Kim Jong Il?
        \_ Deng Xiaoping is arguably one of the ugliest leader in the 20th
           century, but nevertheless he is highly regarded.  You can't judge
           a book by its cover.

1/27    Al Franken is a violent supporter of free speech but only if you
        agree with him.  http://nypost.com/news/nationalnews/16692.htm
        \_ Dude, he body-slammed a Lyndon Larouche supporter.  Even Mother
           Teresa could understand that urge.
           \_ "I'm neutral in this race but I'm for freedom of speech, which
              means people should be able to assemble and speak without being
              shouted down."  He's not neutral (big fat liar), but I agree with
              his sentiment.  But I don't agree with assault and battery.
              \_ He body-slammed a Lyndon Larouche supporter. Now I understand
                 that, in general, assault and battery is a bad thing, and Al
                 should certainly do his time/fine for it, but, hey, let's
                 not pretend that we all haven't been tempted from time to
                 time to take down a rowdy ditto-head, an aggro deaniac, or
                 a belligerent Fox News-caster.

1/27    My brother Brad is a painter, and he has a show called `Reality Check'
        opening tonight from 5-7 (Tuesday) at the Diego Rivera Gallery in the
        San Francisco Art Institute located at 800 Chestnut Street.  Check it
        out.  The show runs through January 31. -dans
        \_ My brother Edward is a psychopath, and he is in prison for murder
           and he is allowed to have visitors (on the other side of this huge
           piece of plastic material and only with armed guards present)
           every other Sunday between 1:00 and 1:30.  Go visit him!  He's in
           for 4 life sentences.
           \_ I had some faith in humanity this morning when I woke up,
              you just made it go away, thank you.
              \_ Thank you!  Thank you!  The next show is tomorrow morning and
                 every morning until the curtains close!
        \_ I just bought a 3200 sq feet room in LA, how much does he charge
           to paint the house? Thanks.
           \_ How many people live there?

1/25    ALL CAPS TROLL PURGED.
        \_ damn that was fast
           \_ A lot of people read motd.

1/26    Fogies: Vh1's Band's Reunited is actually good.
                          \_ http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif
        \_ I'm waiting for VH1's "100 Cheapest Shows on VH1"
           \_ that would be any 100 shows that air music videos
              \_ I was more referring to:
                 "FoBarBaz Band:  Where are they now?"
                 "25 Greatest XYZ Videos of all time"
                 "I love the 1800's"
                 "10 Most inane celebrity things"
                 "Third-rate celebrities talk about memories of dust bunnies"
                 ... ad nauseum

1/26    ABC bringing back 'Millionaire.' $10,000,000 top prize.
        http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/7801595.htm

1/26    Anybody have stone tiles in your backyard?  I'm thinking of putting
        them in.  There's cement covering most of the backyard already around
        the pool.  Would contractors remove the existing cement before
        putting in tiles?  How was your put in?  Thin layer of cement and
        then the tile?  I'm thinking maybe they can put the tile over the
        existing cement, however, some parts have cracks and the surface is
        a bit uneven.  Thanks.
        \_ Home owners are evil.  When the market drops you'll be begging
           your landlord to take you back!  Villain!

*/*     Inactive threads purged based on long term inactivity, not content.

1/24    So who's going to see Mel Gibson's Jew-hating fest?
        \_ "It is as it was".
           \_ it was a troll.
              Also, there is some controversy whether he even said
              the "" statement or not.

1/24    Captain Kangaroo RIP

1/23    Buy a politician on http://Amazon.com!
        http://www.amazon.com/gp/misc/flag.html/104-7161507-6323163

1/23    Motherfucker loves cheetos
        \_ MONKEYBUTT!!!!!!!!

1/12    As predicted by South Park:
        http://salon.com/ent/wire/2004/01/22/bennifer/index.html

1/23    R.I.P. Captain Kangaroo

1/23    pantsfactory turns out to not suck that hard.  It's kind of like
        fark with more of a geek emphasis

1/23    Good place to get a Jeep aligned in the East Bay?
        \_ If you want a dealer, I like the Michael Stead dealer in
           Walnut Creek. Otherwise, just go to any Midas or similar
           shop.

1/22    [Can't stand the commentary? Bye-bye thread.]

1/23    I'm trying to track down and/or minimize the number of fax calls
        to my number. I've used Selective Call Blocking and have blocked
        about 8 numbers so far and it worked for a few months but lately
        I've been getting calls from Private Callers. What are some other
        options I have? Is Call Trace useful when you don't know who is
        calling you? Thanks.
        \_ Block private callers.  Why should anyone need to anonymously fax
           you?

1/23    We need more of these people - they do the jobs americans wont
        Queens Rapists
        http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1063528/posts
        \_ They have rights, too, ya know.  Is this really any different
           than foreign diplomats who rack up and ignore hundreds of
           parking tickets?

1/22    Heh, this woman doesn't know her geography very well.
        http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/22/king.controversy.ap/index.html
        \_ How do you figure that?  Or do you think blacks only come from
           the Congo and the ghettos?  You're not all that bright for a Cal
           student.  Who let you in?  Can your entry be revoked?

1/22    From "last" on a linux box:

        reboot   system boot  2.4.20-24.9      Wed Jan 21 04:18         (1+11:23)

        Does the "system" where the tty(e.g. pts/1) usualy is mean that this was
        a cntrl-alt-delete job or is there other possibilites?
        \_ it's "system boot", not "system" and "boot". you get the same message
           if you just run 'reboot'.
           \_ ok, so i'd get this message regardless of the way the system was
              rebooted (short of pulling the plug)?  There was noone on the box
              at the time, so that is why I am assuming a cntrl-alt-delete.

1/22    HMC was here

1/21    I'm no open source weenie, but this is hilarious:
        http://www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf  -John

1/21    In firebird, how can I turn off that auto-complete feature?
        \_ rtfm

1/21    In a similar vein to the Dean thing below, Steve Ballmer dancing it
        up: http://www.ntk.net/media/dancemonkeyboy.mpg
        \_ This is older than dirt.
           \_ Ah, sorry about that. I hadn't seen it before.

1/20    Dean's post-Iowa rave party
        http://www.marken.us/auction/dean_goes_nuts_remix.mp3
        http://home.comcast.net/~texaggie79/dean2.mp3

1/20    Man, Nancy Pelosi is weird looking. She has this wide-eyed, crazed
        stare when she speaks, and an unnatural manner. I wish she wasn't
        the minority leader.
        \_ She was reading off the teleprompter.  Everyone looks freaked out
           when they do that.  When she speaks extemporaneously, she's much
           more effective.  This isn't, of course, to say that she has been
           effective at all... --scotsman
        \_ Do people think Clark looks even more this way?
        \_ Looks like a fish..
        \_ That's why you should never get plastic surgery.
        \_ So how come three threads criticizing that idiotic campaign
           stump, I mean, SOTU address, got censored, and this dumb thread
           stays?
           \_ No criticism of Our Great Heroic Leader will be tolerated.

1/20    Just saw The Triplets of Belleville last night.  Highly recommended
        to anyone that loves animation of all kinds, or 1920s jazz.

1/20    Motd poll.  Which is the most reliable troll topic, where "reliable"
        means "guaranteed to generate lots of responses and possible
        censor/overwrite war."
        California sucks because _______ :
        Isreal/Palestine: .
        Bush bad because ______ :
        Liberals bad because ______ :
        Housing prices:
        Motd polls: .
        motdedit: .

1/19    Just curious. Can you use BSE as an assassination tool? Can you
        somehow inject it into meat and give it to say, Bin Laden or N Korean
        people?
        \_ If you want to wait 20+ years to kill them, sure.
        \_ If you know the person who feeds food to the person of interest,
           you must be able to get to that person yourself.

1/19    No place for geeks in the EU!
        http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004011913430002253570&dt=20040119134300&w=RTR&coview=
        \_ Story not found!!!

1/16    Has anyone else been prompted to read the warped-looking word
        when trying to send messages from yahoo?
        \_ No, only when signing up for an account.
        \_ Once, but only once.
        \_ I did a few days ago for a few times, but not anymore.

1/15    Are grapes and blueberries related in genus/kingdom whatever?

1/14    insane!: http://dane.6server.com/Milena/page_01.htm (not work safe)
        \_ Most of us can find our own porn, thank you.
        \_ It's just another fat woman.  Look at her waistline.

1/14    A note on "hear hear": it was born from parliamentary proceedings,
        where a speaker's supporters would exclaim "hear hear", ie, "hear him,
        hear him".
        \_ drives me fucking crazy when people use "here here" instead.  grr.
           \_ uh, language changes over time.  deal, frenchy.
        \_ Then why not "listen listen"?
           \_ There's actually subtle differences in meaning there that would
              take a bit of explaining. Basically, "hear" implies more than
              just having listened. You can listen without understanding, or
              without hearing for that matter. Similar to looking/seeing.
        \_ More white imperial racism

1/13    Can anyone recommend a good introductory book on fuzzy sets/logic?
        \_ "Fuzzy theory is wrong, wrong, and pernicious.
            What we need is more logical thinking, not less.
            The danger of fuzzy logic is that it will encourage
            the sort of imprecise thinking that has brought us
            so much trouble.  Fuzzy logic is the cocaine of science."
               -William Kahan
        \_ any book will do. but once you read the book, read some papers
           that explain why fuzzy logic is an inconsistent calculus of belief.
           -ali

1/11    A New Year and time to finally clean up my place.
        Am looking for suggestions for one of those storage places
        North Oakland area. Rent a space for $20-40/month???
        Any tips/suggestions? Price? what to look for?
        24-hour access? Also looking for suggestions on plastic boxes to
        store stuff in (books, clothes, junk). I am thinking of using
        something semi-waterproof in case the storage room gets wet.
        At least something better than old empty xerox-paper cardboard boxes
        \_ If you're going to the trouble of cleaning up, why would you keep
           the stuff and even worse pay to store it?  What are the odds you'll
           *ever* look at any of it ever again?

1/11    Checking e-mail may have saved man's life
        http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/7693045.htm

1/12    Holy atomic blast, Batman!

1/11    *YEAH* This is so cool:
        http://www.bushin30seconds.org
              \_ I really enjoy the frenzied paroxysms of dementia
                 leftists and communists suffer as their party goes
                 down in flames.  Thanks for the entertainment...
                 oh, and free mumia and end racism.
                 \_ Free Mumia!... with the purchase of any Mumia of
                    equal or greater value!
                    \_ that's so fucking funny!  thanks!
                 \_ Thanks for the hyperbole.
                    \_ I saw nothing hyperbolic about it.  Care to explain?
                 \_ Is it really that hard to format your posts properly?
        \_ I can't wait for some of these spots to air in October.

1/9     For SSL certs, what's the least expensive per/year Certificate
        Authority that is default "trusted" by all the major browsers.
        \_ Thawte
           \_ #f.  Thawte is now owned by the Verisign cabal and charges
              ridiculous prices.  http://Freessl.com.
                \_ freessl's wildcard cert is still expensive.
                   \_ Who sells cheap wildcard certs these days?
                        \_ Yes, that is my question. -op
              \_ It's more reliable than the lower tier ones, though.
                \_ Thanks, freessl looks good. Have you used them?

1/6     I don't know if any of you know or care about the Winter Music
        Conference in Miami, but in case you do, I'm playing at one of the
        parties there:
        http://www.movim.com
        --lye
        --lye

1/6     link:tinyurl.com/2psvq
        not work safe!
        \_ eh?  I need to create an account to read the thread?  no thanks.

1/6     What's another term for mud shark?  I remember hearing it in this
        movie once but I can't recall the exact phrase...
        \_ dirt fish?

1/5     Where can I find the detailed prices of nonconsumer goods?
        Are they all collected by the Feds as transactions take place?

1/5     Another fucking fascist who needs to stfu and get her face punched in.
        http://sfgate.com/columnists/nelson
        \_ look, i *like* trolls, and I even liked this one...the first time.
           why not find a new troll, instead of re-posting the same one
           with a new tag line?
        \_ you seem...very angry.
        \_ While I generally disagree with her you've made her point for her.

1/5     Long live the king:
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3368731.stm
        \_ Interesting.  But legitimacy is never the sole factor in determining
           who gets the crown.  Otherwise there'd never have been change of
           dynasties.

1/5     http://www.generyx.de/anime.gif
        (work safe)
        \_ but not epileptic safe

1/2     Your application, That movie, Wicked screensaver, Details.
        Over two thousand emails in one day. what was the name of that virus?
        Has it returned?
        \_ i also received about one thousand starting Dec 31, addressed from
           www-owner. is this also the case with you? -jwang
           \_ the ones I got were addressed to www@csua. which I am on.

12/31   How can one view a document written in DocBook XML format directly?
        The links I found are all about developing using DocBook or convert
        it to something else, neither of which I am interested.

12/30   BAWK BAWK! I'm a chicken! BAWK!
        \_ you're safe to eat.

12/29   Hey psb: i thought they have "sweet lassi" and sour lassi. So how do
        you know if the sour lassi is spoiled? Buttermilk tastes pretty sour
        by default. I usually get the non-mango sweet lassi and it's fine.
                   \- because it has that tangy "bacteria crawling on my
                      tongue" taste. --psb
        \_ Not to mention the salty lassi.
           \_ I like the saucy lassi.
                \_ Mmm, zzpicy lassi
                   \- because it has that tangy "bacteria crawling on my
                      tongue" taste. --psb
                        \_ Them are pretty big bacteria! Eight Legged FREAKS!

12/29   Any helpful used snowboard equipment stores in Berkeley?  I know a
        great one in Fremont(The Station), but don't have time to drive down
        there.
        \_ no, we're too busy judging people's entire culture by cross
           referencing their food preferences with their skin color.
           \_ Go back to your Cool Ranch Doritos and Coca Cola you
              pasty-faced geek ;-)
              \_ Some of us don't drink coke or eat doritos.  Way too old for
                 that kid shit now.  Gotta take care if we're going to be
                 around to hijack your bank account to fund our retirements.

12/25   Merry Christmas, MOTD!  Happy Holidays to everyone else.

12/25   Restored!  Merry Christmas to the Censor Drone!  Ho Ho Ho!

12/23   All right, you got us:
        http://internationaljewishconspiracy.com

12/23   DEATH TO THE COMMUNIST TURD COUNTERS!!! UPHOLD THE GLORIOUS BANNER OF
        RPN CALCULATORS!!!
        \_ You get the motd blue ribbon award for nerdiest tongue in cheek
           post for 2003.  Congratulations for sneaking that one in at the
           last second.  Let's hear it for our late entry winner!

12/22   Wait, why are we are orange-plus threat level?  I thought capturing
        Saddam made us more safe!
        \_ weak troll.
        \_ Mission Accomplished!
           \_ Bring It On!
        \_ are all liberals 3 yr olds?
           \_ Who is the "Bring It On", strutting rooster crowd?

12/20   Amusing adbuster-style photos:
        http://tinyurl.com/2k4sa
        \_ Mad props to my boys at the Grand Lake Theater.  Keep 'em
           coming!

12/20   Don't really know what to say about this one, other than
        what a tragedy. Too bad OSHA has been defanged:
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/national/21OSHA.html?hp
        \_ when was osha defanged?
           \_ Clinton applied the pliers, Bush yanked em.
        \_ my god, did you all see the photo?

12/20   Fremont 9th most desirable place to live?
        http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/7538860.htm
        \_ As someone who lived there for far too long, that's
           really disturbing... --scotsman
           \_ Note that the list comprises towns with demographics
              similar to the typical Money reader.  It's kind of odd
              that Fremont is so high since not all of Fremont is
              upper-middle class.
           \_ I dunno.. what's bad about it?
        \_ look at the criteria used.  So many other "better" places in the
           bay area don't qualify.

12/20   Someone posted a resume pointer in the motd last week, looking for
        a kernel job with storage management expertise.  drop me email if
        still interested:  charmer@csua.berkeley.edu  --charmer
        \_ or just email jwm.

12/19   You go girl!
        http://csua.org/u/5bm (sfgate.com)
        \_ url shortened
        \_ Fucking brilliant!  good find.

12/19   You go girl!
        http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/12/18/state1259EST0075.DTL

12/19   This Looks like a job for HOYTE, some call him quick!
        http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/rnr/21110706.html
        \_ Stay away from my asian women white devil!  -Hoyt Sze

12/18   Would you like some Freedom Fries with that?
        http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031219/325/ehhwt.html

12/18   Imaginary Girlfriends all over the place:
        http://snipurl.com/3hm7
        \_ they're so nasty it must be real!
           \_ some are pretty cute.

12/18   Nice                         ass    .  -John
        \_ Selective = stupid stuff removed.
           \_ I liked the Zagat guide to Middle Earth and Rogue
        \_ huh?

12/18   You all need to stop writing to the motd and just hang out here:
                http://www.geekswithguns.com
        \_ dull.

12/18   Anybody here have a beowulf cluster? What do you use to manage it?
        If anything.. (such as software updates, remote installs, etc.)
        \_ I have two. Systemimager to install. Manage like any other
           workstations.

12/18   Imaginary Girlfriends all over the place:
        http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&ht=1&sortproperty=metaendsort&query=imaginary+girlfriend&from=R7
        \_ they're so nasty it must be real!
           \_ some are pretty cute.

12/18  Which tastes best and why?  -rogue
       Orcs
       Uruk'hai
       Strider
       Aragorn
       Naxgul
        \_ mmm... manflesh

12/18   Nice selective motd editing, asshole.  -John
        \_ Selective = stupid stuff removed.
           \_ I liked the Zagat guide to Middle Earth and Rogue

12/17   anyone have any problems recently with screen on soda?  whenever I run
        it, it detaches immediately, and it sets the term type to "vt100"
        instead of to the usual value of "screen".

12/17   Is the line "Long time no see." really common English?  I've use it so
        many times writing to my Asian friends and now I've confused myself.
        Thx.  --- Asian
        \_ Yes, it's common English. My Chinese teacher always guessed that
           it was a direct translation of "chang shi bu jian" that made
           its way into the mainstream of American English back in the 19th
           century.  She had no proof of that though, it was just a guess.
        \_ Use that phrase when you actually see people, not when you write
           to them.
        \_ It's a colloquialism, like "What's up?"
        \_ To be used with friends.  Don't use it with others such as your
           manager at work, for example.  Not a good career move.  :-)
        \_ common phrase.  must have come from the asian community and
           adopted by others.  Am I biting on a troll?
        \_ I wondered about that too.  My guess would be that it is a
           direct translation of "hao jiu bu jian" (using commie
           romanization here).  However I see many white guys using the
           phrase too.

12/17   Isn't it great how first in the wall_log these days never comes from
        students who are still enrolled?
        \_ Cron.
        \_ as do many of the walls. your point? -nivra

12/16   someone in motd was looking for a kernel developer/storage management
        job.  if you're not hired, can you drop me email at craig@veritas.com
        or charmer@csua.berkeley.edu?  --charmer
        \_ rest of thread deleted for leemness.  give jwm a job.
        \_ why are some people so narcissitic? --suave
           \_ It's a form of stupidity.  --hypercritical
              \_ hey, his last name is "Harmer", and his first initial is C.
                 what's wrong with that  --great_speller
                 \_ you're telling me his dad didn't plan out the great login
                    coincidence when he named his son?  --tinfoilhatguy
           \_ does this mean that "dim@csua" has low self esteem?  --bait
        \_ This entire thread is so lame, that words fail me.   --troll
           \_ Helping someone find a job is lame???

12/16   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2448756945
        Comments are priceless.
        \_ people buy things for scrap metal/spare parts, for other
           strange reasons.

12/16   All you of Earth...are idiots!
        \_ All your base are belong to us!

12/16   What's up with soda's outgoing net?  I'm connected to soda, but I
        can't use links, ping etc.

12/16   Hehehe, I never liked the looks of that bookstore anyway...
        http://csua.org/u/5ad
        \_ It must've been the right wing activists immitating 9-11!

12/16   Texas police hard at work!
        http://tinyurl.com/zhej
        \_ Relevant Texas Law, for those of you who are interested in such
           things:
           link:csua.org/u/5aj

12/15   http://www.pantsfactory.org/?action=comments&linkid=872
        Do you suck at folding shirts? This video shows an alternate method -
        may be useful for many geeks who suffer from crinkled shirts...

12/15   http://users.skynet.be/treet.ta-tra/cut_filled_with_playmobiel.html
        Not work safe (porn alert), just... odd.
        \_ what is going on there??

12/15   Amit in the doghouse:
        http://www.pantsfactory.org/?action=comments&linkid=884

12/13   What are some of the great samurai movies out there (with subtitle)
        with visually pleasing fighting scenes?
        \_ Ran, by Kurosawa. -- ilyas
        \_ The Seven Samurai, also Kurosawa, of course.  -John
        \_ Sanjuro, you guessed it, Kurosawa -scotsman
                \_ I want to see many heads cut off. Kurosawa show that?
                   \_ You are an idiot.

12/13   Whoever posted the http://Globulos.com site... SCREW YOU!!! I can't sleep
        anymore.

12/13   http://www.globulos.com

12/12   Is there a soda group going to see LOTR next week?
        Which theater/which show?

12/12   http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
        Can everybody go through this and post which one best fits you?
        I know we have quite a few of that are an exact match.  For example,
        we have a grammarian and psb is of course a profundus maximus.
        I'm an atheist and imposter most of the time.  Let's count ourselves!
        atheist: .
        imposter: .
        Eagle Scout:.
        slut: .
        Evil Clown: .
        Grammarian: ..
        Troll: ...
        its all bullshit and only applies to usenet:.

12/12   If I need mashed potatoes really quickly, where would I go?
        \_ kfc?
           \_ Or Boston Market (51st and Broadway)
        \_ Buy a box of "instant" mashed potatoes, cook it.

12/10   Man, how come nobody mentioned astyle?

12/10   The Humorless MOTD censor suffers from:
        OCD: .
        Extreme retardation:
        Psychosis:
        A botched lobotomy:
        Sheltered upbringing: .
        All of the above: ..

12/10   Report: Poor People Pretty Much Fucked
        http://www.theonion.com/3948/news1.html

12/10   http://www.abisource.com/information/news/graphs/godkills_bugs.jpg
        Work safe.
        \_ hasn't this been done to death?  yes, yes, every time you
           masturbate, god kills a kitten too.
        \_ they need PNG compression. JPG isn't right for everything.

12/10   Is consulting a service, or is consulting just "consulting"?
        \_ con'sulting = con + insulting.

12/10   I give up trying to restore those threads.  Go ahead and be a dick, HMC

12/10   Why do people write numbers in digits with parentheses after writing
        them in English?  For example: "I have two (2) apples."
        \_ maybe it makes it easier for someone who is skimming a document
           to pick out the numbers from the text--just a guess.  It seems like
           i've mostly seen this in government documents, where the signal
           to noise ratio tends to be low.
        \_ Redundancy is good?  Help search engines?
        \_ People do that?!
        \_ I do it to reduce the chance the reader won't mess up my order.
           \_ Same here.  As in, "The Titanic needs forty (40) lifeboats."
        \_ Maybe the redundancy helps to prevent ambiguity.

12/10   Censors suck.
        \_ I second that.
        \_ Yeah, and they sux0r too.

12/9    What's the least cromulent word you've heard used seriously?
        \_ No definitions found for "cromulent"
           \_ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cromulent
           \_ A Cromulent?  Is that like what you get when a Klingon and
              a Romulan copulate?
        \_ I still hate "orientate" and all its tenses and conjugations.
           \_ It's a shame it's been around for 150 years.  I hate it too.
        \_ "nuculer"
        \_ "gormandise"

12/9    In regards to the googlebombing thread right below.  What sort of
        caching is google doing, such that different people could get
        different results for the same search done at (nearly) the same time?
        \_ Eh, given google's political leanings, I guess all this is done
           with google's full knowledge (and perhaps some help from specific
           employees).
                \_ alright, mr. conspiracy theorist.
                   \_ In the cloakroom!  With the wrench!

12/9    Any comments on the artistic style formatter (astyle.sf.net)?
        Flexible?  Consistent?  Better alternatives?  This is for C++.

12/9    Koreans sure know how to make commercials
        http://www.rock103.com/crew/vids/koreancommercial.wmv
        \_ And noodles!

12/9    Sodans who have a spouse/so with children from previous marriage(s),
        please comment on positive/negative experience.  Ok tnx.
        \_ are you seriously going to take the motd's opinion on this!?!?!!!!
           it's a little too big of a question to not discuss in person with
           people you trust.

12/9    Another campaign promise broken by the Gropenator:
        http://csua.org/u/576
        \_ It's a good thing you included an article which does NOT
           get to the 2nd part of the announcement, that he'll let an
           independent investigation do its job.

12/9    R.I.P Sen. Paul Simon
        link:csua.org/u/578

12/9    I'm shocked that Battlestar Galactica didn't suck anywhere near as
        much as I expected it to.  Sure the Starbuck chick was lame, but they
        totally de-emphasized her and mad her a bit character...

12/8    How do I shrink a knit cotton sweater?  Should I wash it hot or dry it
        hot or just dry it for a long time?
        \_ Cotton shrinks a little the first couple times its washed.  I think
           you need to dry it hot.  If it's been washed a number of times,
           it won't shrink anymore.
           \_ This is an old sweater that's just gotten somewhat stretched out.
              Does that make a difference?
              \_ If it's been washed a number of times, it has already shrunk
                 all it's going to shrink.

12/7    Cool new search engine:  Ask the Yzzerdd!
        http://www.yzzerdd.com
        \_ You damn meatwad...
        \_ First time I've seen popups in a long, long time.  -- firebird user
           \_ I use Moz and was surprised. --op

12/7    put this into google: "miserable failure"

12/7    In KDE3, how can I get it so that when I double-click in the
        upper left corner of the window, the window closes (like in
        MS Windows). Right now it doesn't close it, rather it just
        opens up the menu associated with that little button).

12/7    US Forces kill nine future terrorists:
        http://csua.org/u/565

12/6    What rate of air temperature change can a modern hard disk
        operate reliably in temperature ranging from 50 to 30 degrees F?

12/5    Torture, thy name is Internet (with some help from a mad Frenchman)
        http://static.hugi.is/video/fyndin/maestro-1.wmv
        Worksafe.  I will not be held responsible if you loop this near
        colleagues with sharp objects, however.
        \_ He did popcorn!  Mmmm... mod4win.

12/5    I don't understand the motivation for invasions by Attila (the Hun).
        Why can't he settle down, create art/culture, and live comfortably?
        \_ It's that wife Helga.
           \_ Chicks dig guys on elephants.
              \_ i think he prefered a horse. you might be thinkin Hannibal.
                 \_ I ate his liver with some fava beans, and a nice chianti.
        \_ Why do you hate America?  Our invasion was perfectly justifi...oh...
           never mind.
        \_ How about Alexander the Great?  He honestly believed it was his
           destiny to conquer the world.  Not rule... CONQUER.

12/4    wrt to the grammy's, what's the difference between "album of
        the year" and "record of the year"?
        \_ "Album" = "album", "record" = "single"

12/3    What is the most bad ass heavy metal band ever?
        \_ Slayer
           \_ Dude, Slayer are pussies.  Try the first Napalm Death album.
              \_ Napalm Death is better musically, but there's nothing
                 "bad ass" about them.
              \_ dISEMBOWELMENT
      \_ Iron Maiden.  Yeah, there are bigger bad-asses, but everyone
         followed in Maiden's footsteps.
        \_ King Diamond. Of course, are you asking Heavy Metal proper or
           does death metal count (e.g. Cannibal Corpse)?

12/2    More stupidity over homosexuality:
        http://csua.org/u/54w

12/2    texperts please help!  I'm using the book documentclass, and for some
        reason the first chapter has the words "list of figures" printed at the
        top of each page as if that were the name of the chapter (which it
        isn't)  what could have caused this?  I've used both \chapter
        and \mainmatter before the pages where I'm seeing the problem.
        thanks.

12/2    "Betry us, loose 2004"
        \_ huh?

12/2    Is it possible to search for punctuation characters with Google?
        e.g. the string "?????".

12/2    According to my students (after class), "Baheb Gazmitak" is Arabic
        for "I like your shoes".

12/2    I'm using godaddy as my registrar and they don't serve subdomains for
        free.  What do people here use for their nameservers?
        \_ My own machine as a hidden primary, and http://secondary.com (now
           UltraDNS) as the public primaries.

12/2    Anyone here modify their Linksys WRT54G?  I'm looking for interesting
        software to put on it.

12/2    Anyone here play FFXI?  If so, what server are you on?
        Titan: .
        \_ Is that any good?  -- MMORPG fan
           \_ I like it, and am really hooked on it.  But I've never played
              any of the other MMORPGs except for Ragnarok Online for a short
              time.  And that doesn't really count.  You're better off reading
              online forums for reviews than from me, since I have nothing to
              compare to. -op
        \_ How about FFX-2?  --sky
           \_ My roomate has rented X-2.  He says it plays like an expansion
              pack for FFX, is light on story, repetitive, and not fun.
              I's also like to give a shout-out for FFTA.

12/1    How can I play Griljor?

12/1    When was the last time you skipped?
        \_ about a week.  seeing extended family gave me less cause to
           skip then work before stupid "vacation."
        \_ skipped what?
           \_ Um... skipped.  instead of walking...
        \_ Couple of weeks ago.  You need to feed me a lot of coffee...

12/1    Are non-jews allowed to use the term jap?
        \_ the Jewish term is JAP.

12/2    What does "miserable failure" mean?  Oh wait... I know...
        I'll just google for the answer.

12/1    so, who's going to the Insight Bowl?
          \_ Tedford and the Football team.

12/1    Can someone tell me the name of the actress for the character Dao Ming
        Fung in Meteor Garden in Ch26 a while ago?  Thanks.
        \_ Bad Taiwanese Actors
        \_ I wasted way too much time searching to come to the conclusion that
           fansites do not know her name.

12/1    \_ you seem to be implying that there's some
           sort of punishment here for gay people.
           hetero anal sex fetishists are just as
           unhealthy in terms of likelihood of
           spreading disease.
           \_ Just for completeness, anal sex isn't really a "fetish"
              \_ Ok, you're right. -!op who made the poo comment
                 \_ sure it is, if you really really like it and always
                    want to have anal sex instead of anything else.
                    notice i'm not talking here about your typical
                    "let's try it this way" sort of guy. -op
              \_ Is hot gay sex a fetish?
           \_ However, receptive anal sex occurs with both partners.  In a
              straight couple the woman has a higher risk for infection and if
              she has e.g. HIV then in a later relationship it is unlikely for
              her to transmit it to a male partner.  Not so for homosexual men.
              \_ I'm going to go out on a limb here:  How do you know that
                 all homosexual men are in reciprocal anal sex relationships?
                 Some guys like to give but not receive and some the other
                 way around.

12/1    I came back from lunch and the motd was rebooted.  Can I declare
        victory now?

11/27   "I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white man would be
        coming into my neighborhood after dark"
          --Dick Gregory
        \_ Welcome to Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood  -John

11/26   Looking for Santa/Elf/Angle porns, what are some good ones?
                              \_ acute or obtuse?
                                 \_ I would classify this troll as both
                                    acute and obtuse.
        \_ My God.  Why are some people so fucking stupid and lame?
           \_ My God.  Why are some people so prone to fall for obvious
              trolling?
              \_ But see, the troll is so obviously lame.
                 \_ But then why even respond to it?  See, maybe this troll
                    isn't so lame, because the very depth of his lameness
                    has resulted in four responses already.

11/26   All lame boring techie shit purged from motd.  There are more
        interesting things going on in the world than whatever slashdot
        is mewling about lately.

11/26   http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=myth&itemid=301835
        Proposed modification to cell phones.

11/26   http://www.officedepot.com/promo.do?file=/promo/pages/thanksgiving.jsp
        Look, a 50 megapixel camera.
                \_ I think they mean 5.0

11/26   Perfect.  Now that someone zotted the whole motd no one has use of
        it.  I hope the content censor idiots are finally happy.
        \_ But someone might say something I don't agree with!!!

11/25   Brazil might switch to Linux:
        http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3877289
        \_ Brazil might stop killing off thousands of street kids every year
           before they worry about their softare licensing issues.