1/5     Where's a good place to find information about a company's work
        environment/atmosphere?  I'm trying to get some info on ARM. -jeff
        \_ Talk to people who work there but don't know you're looking to
           get hired.  Or talk to ex employees to find out why they quit.
           Or both.

1/5     Stop reposting slashdot crap.  Everyone here either already reads
        it or doesn't care.
        \_ That is incorrect. Many people care, most don't have time to go
           through everything /. spews out [myself included].
           \_ Oh but you have time to read the motd, Mr. I'm-So-Busy?
        \_ I don't see where anyone ought to post something that is
           supposed to pertain to "everyone here." Do you _know_
           everyone here personally? Or do you just have a simple
           model of how everyone behaves from which no deviation is
           ever possible? Neither of these choices seems particularly
           credible.
           \_ Ok, how about this, "No one important cares."  Meaning: you're
              not important and it doesn't matter if I know you personally or
              not.  Hope that clarification makes you feel better about it.
                \_ Sign your rants.  --yermom

1/5     No sodan has ever seriously used online personals ads, right?
        \_ wrong.
           \_ Please tell me of your or your soda acquaintance's experience.
              For posterity.
                \- post to /etc/motd.singles --psb
              \_ In short (my experience as a guy): online personals are a
                 *really easy* way to meet freaky, desperately needy headcases
                 who've been shat on by previous boyfriends and who are now
                 looking for some kind of instant Romeo-knight-on-white-horse
                 love connection.  But if you sift through the wierdos, you
                 can come up golden -- I met my GF through an online personal
                 (she's a perfectly normal, well-adjusted, reasonably
                 attractive woman who just happened to be new to the area).
                 If you're a woman who takes out a personal, be prepared to be
                 inundated by geeks (be prepared to be extra-inundated if
                 you're Asian, an admitted techie, or something else that
                 appeals to the fetish/geek crowd).
        \_ I advise extreme caution if you are looking for someone "normal" -ax

1/5     Restored.  Better luck next time, idiot.  I'd think that by now you'd
        have figured it out but I guess not.

1/3     Do most/any ISP's allow you to set up Streaming Video?
        recommendations for those that do?  Quality, support and ease of
        set up is more important than cost. -crebbs

1/3     Did the DOD claim Y2K compliance before the spy system broke down?

1/2     What's the name of that song that they always sing on New Years?
        You know, the one at the end of It's a Wonderful Life and When
        Harry Met Sally?
        \_ Auld Lang Syne?  ("Should auld acquaintance be forgot ...")
        \_ The fully lyrics were in one of Anne Landers or Dear Abby in the
        \_ The full lyrics were in one of Anne Landers or Dear Abby in the
           last week or so.  http://hotcoco.com should have it listed.  Try Abby
           first.
        \_ Try these links: --jsjacob
http://maikon.net/davem/archive/main/m/misc_christmas/auld_lang_syne.crd
http://www.maikon.net/davem/archive/main/m/misc_traditional/auld_lang_syne.crd

01/01   Happy New Year. Don't fuck this year up.
        \_ I'll try my best not to ruin your year again.

01/01   http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/00jan/20000101.html
        This is a masterpiece (at least relatively). If you don't get this,
        cl00 sold in stores near you.
        \_ You have an interesting idea of masterpiece.  For those who don't
           want to waste their time it says: "Well, it looks like the Y2k bug
           didn't rear it's ugly head."  "Yes, the doomsayers have been proven
           wrong yet again."  [PAUSE]  "Did you see that too?"  "Houston, we
           have a problem."  Mildly clever but not worth the time it took to
           figure out.
           \_ if it took you time to figure out, i recommend you go
              stock up on some of that cl00...
                \_ Uh yeah, I'm sure you can read character swap replacement
                   cyphers as if it was in plain english.  It took 1 second
                   to find the "y2k" and fill in the rest.  Like I said, it
                   wasn't worth the waste of time to figure out.  1 second of
                   my life plus another 45 scribbling down replacement chars.
                   You just feel bad because I posted it and insulted you for
                   falsely thinking "this is a masterpiece".  No clue required.
                   Only a weak geeky sense of "humor".
        \_ iCunt.

01/01   interesting.  In two separate TV stations, they tried to withdraw
        money from an ATM.  In both cases, it didn't work, and they had to
        leave the air before they could resolve the problem.

12/30   moronic duscussion about the "precession of the equator" purged.
        if you want to be ignorant, fine.  if you want to delete people's
        correction of your ignorance and continue your stupid discussion
        in oposition to reason, do it in wheeler hall or something.
        fuck you, and have a happy fucking new year.
        \_ You're a sad, pathetic little boy.

1/1/2000 A Happy New Year from Tokyo (my PC is still working)
         "Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu"
        \_ This is a lie!  Everyone knows Tokyo was the first to go when
           Godzilla emerged at midnight off Japan!

12/31   So what did they call the 1900's and 1910's at the time?  Saying,
        "the zeroth's" and "the teens" sounds stupid.
        \_ That was long before pop culture dictated the need for decade names.
                \_ Long before the Gay 90's and Roaring 20's?  Really?
                   Learn your history better before spouting off boy.
                        \- those were the "19hundreds" --psb
        \_ <DEAD>www.namethedecade.com<DEAD> -- VOTE "NAUGHTIES"!!!
         \_ whata fucking DUMBASS name

12/30   Survey: I'm spending the Millennium
        a) w/ family            0
        b) w/ friends           2
        c) w/ spouse            2
        d) alone                1

12/30   [from /.]
        http://www.libranet.com/petition.html
        Even if you're of the anti-linux persuasion -- do note that their
        primary request is open specs, which would benefit _all_
        platforms.
        \_ I'm opposed to open anything.  Closed source creates more jobs.

12/29   So what is a good ISP that can host my small-business web site?
        \_ <DEAD>HIP.Berkeley.EDU<DEAD>
        \_ ~/public_html

12/28   So what are you guys doing on 1/1? Vegas? Hawaii? Fine restaurant?
        \_ What are you nuts?  No one will be alive on 1/1.  Where have you
           been?!  It's the end of days!
        \_ Party like it's 1899
        \_ I will be flying from home to Berkeley on Jan 1st, no kidding.
           wish me luck.
           \_ Doesn't matter.  Come midnight the Rapture will begin.  Being on
              a plane won't make it any better or worse.
              \_ You'll be a little closer to God, though...
                \_ The Lord is everywhere.  Not "up".
        \_ Getting paid $2k for sitting at home playing N64 & Dreamcast
           with my trusty pager by my side.
           \_ Sucker.  Only $2k?
           \_ I'll do nothing for 2k.  Airtouch didn't even want to pay
                triple or double time for onsite, so I am off. -jor

12/28   The end is near. Arm yourself.

-324985.55  I propose that all MOTD postings now use stardates
            instead of the old Gergorian calendar dates.
            \_ I propose we date them with the exact time from the
               time(2) system call, i.e. seconds since 'the epoch' of
               0:00:00 1/1/70.

12/26   Happy Boxing Day!!  --PeterM

12/25   When I grow up, I want to go to Bovine University!

12/21   Paolo, remove your damn motd entries when you're done with them

12/21   Wasn't it a year ago when 1Mb DRAM=$1.00? What the hell is going on?
        \_ How much is it now?

12/20   Ignorant animal walking/sex thread purged.

12/21   http://prime-mover.cc.waikato.ac.nz/Bastard.html

12/20   Motd's noise to useful info ratio:      90% noise - 10% useful info

12/20   http://www.well.com/user/vanya -- click on "punch"

12/17   Finally dug up the Muffin documentation.  Here're descriptions of all
        the builtin filters: http://muffin.doit.org/doc/filter/index.cgi I'd
        also like to take this opportunity to invite you all to SIGN YOUR
        FUCKING POSTS! -mogul
        \_ Sign your fucking posts. Phillip
        \_ Junkbusters will sometimes cause IE to reload the current page
           instead of the bookmark I've clicked.  It doesn't do this often
           and a few reloads fixes it but this is disappointing.  -why_care?

12/15   any recommendations on where to go to get a car stereo installed?
        \_ franks in downtown berkeley

12/15   Anyone using Junkbuster?  Like it?  Hate it?

12/15   1,$s/bike//g   Sorry.  You lose.

12/8    I'm a management consultant at one of the Big 4 accounting firms.
        All of my peers are becoming e-commerce consultants.  What do I need
        to do to become an e-commerce consultant?  Unfortunately, this is a
        serious question.
        \_ how did you become a management consultant?
                \_ you're fired!
           \_ I got my B.S. in a liberal arts major, graduated with high
              honors, got an MPP at KSG
              honors, got an MPP at KSG, became a management consultant
              honors, got an MPP at KFC, became a management consultant
        \_ what's an MPP?
           \_ masters in public policy
        \_ serious answer: Call yourself an e-commerce consultant.

12/8    Anybody remember the exact date of Netscape's IPO?  I remember it
        was august of 1995.  But what day?  References on the web would
        be great.  Thanks.

12/8    Be sure to install a carbon monoxide detector if you want to live.
        \_ I don't have one yet I still seem to be here.

12.09   Spring 2K officers:
        Dan Silverstein (President)
            Mike Howard (Vice President)
             Paolo Soto (Secretary)
            Paul Twohey (Treasurer)
            Elle Suzuki (Librarian)

12/08   Cogeneration Plant Test scheduled for 6:00am-12:00pm, Sat, Dec. 18.
        If soda goes down during this time, power is out.  -root

12/7    Looking for recomendations on web sites to compare TV features.
        It would be great if one had a serious buying guide as well.
        - seidl
        \_ Get some sun.

12/7    Any suggestion for a cool high-tech gift priced within $100?
        \_ SparcStation IPC
        \_ yermom
           \_ she's fairly low-tech
              \_ not so. she was the inspiration behind USB:
                 You can plug just about anything in
        \_ a zip drive?  how about a bunch of recordable cds?
           or better yet, why bow down to this over consummerist society.
           give a gift that actually means something, like your time
        \_ How about you provide some context so someone can suggest something
           that might be appropriate instead of randomly spewing on the motd?

12.8    I wonder if we can get rainbow to let soda borrow one of these.
        with all these ssl / ssh connections....
        <DEAD>isg.rainbow.com/products/cryptoswift.html<DEAD>
        \_ Ask.

12/6    Is it possible to steal music from the library?  I'm asking because
        I'm a scumbag.
        \_ Yes it is and you should be shot for it.
        \_ No, it is impossible to be that low.

12/6    All hail dans, our new courageous leader!
        \_ Save us.

12/6    2 Q's. Just found a bottle of T-Max, fix powder, and stop bath.
        They are approx 6 years old. Are they still usable? 2nd Q. What
        is a good on-line darkroom supply store? Thx.
        \_ ED!  ED!  ED is the STANDARD!  On-Line Darkroom Supply Store.
        \_ Almost certainly not.  Don't be cheap.  Buy new chemicals.
        \_ http://www.bhphotovideo.com  -- yuen

12/4    Ok so there's a hard mail quota and a soft mail quota but why are
        they so insanely high?  No one should be storing 15+ megs in their
        spool for an extended period of time.
        \_ Why are you questioning having a lot of disk space? better
           to have too much than too little.
           \_ Because people abuse it and fill the partition and then no one
              can get their mail if soda's mail spool is the final destination.
              That's not clear?
              \_ Yes it's not clear since only a handful are even remotely
                 close to using their full 15 megs.
                \_ Duh, hello, welcome to Cal.  The point being that 15 megs
                   was way too generous in the first place not that they'd all
                   hit 15 megs.  Point being cap should be lowered to 2 or 3
                   megs.  Have the entrance standards to Cal really dropped
                   so low that basic reading comp is no longer required?  Or
                   is this just a motd problem?  Should I be tossing Cal
                   resumes out of hand instead of giving bonus points for it?
                   \_ point noted, but let's not forget that stupidity is
                      relative

12/3    if ya SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN'!!!

12/2    Is the JDK installed on soda?
        \_ 'locate javac'
           \_ Thanks!  Had completely forgotton about 'locate'.

12/02   GM.  Mon 6, 1500 Hrs 337 Soda or Woz.

12/2 At Tuesday's WTO protest, 20 demonstrators from Humboldt County
     used lock boxes to link themselves in a circle. As supporters
     gathered around them, you could see thick clouds of tear gas at
     the next intersection down the hill, where police were dispersing
     a crowd. Calls went up for vinegar and rags to cover the faces of
     the blockaders, who calmly sat and waited.  An hour or so later,
     the police arrived and asked the blockaders to leave.  When they
     refused, cops went around the circle, pepper-spraying the
     activists in the face. They didn't unlock. The police sprayed
     again. Still the blockaders stayed firm. After two more attempts,
     the police finally gave up, ceding the intersection to the
     protesters.
           \_ of course, this idea does not exclude the similar idea that
              the WTO rioters all deserve a swift kick to the head while
              being dunked in toilet water diarrhea.  Moron fuck-ups. (again)
                \_ these weren't rioters
        (Why isn't this considered brutality?)
        \_ Ok, smartguy, ignore the fact that this was a WTO protest.
           Think generically. Protesters refusing to leave. How, as a
           policeman, would you have made them move?
           \_ cut locks.  Pick them up.  Move them.  I am thinking generically
           \_ My incredible mental powers.  Barring that, my magnetic
              personality and incredible good looks.
           \_ Well gee, I guess I would have pepper sprayed them right in the
              face a few times in violation of my training on the correct and
              safe use of pepper spray and then just left to go get some beer.
              What would you have done, not ignoring the fact that no matter
              their politics, they are still human beings and you don't do
              that to another human being, especially for some stupid reason
              like "they were blocking the street"?
              \_ They were blocking the street to get attention. They got
                 their attention. They knew the risks. (If they didn't,
                 then they're incredibly stupid, given the history of
                 protests and police action). And they're policemen. They
                 don't go have beers on duty. They do their job. Yes, I
                 consider use of pepper spray more in line with their job
                 than to blow off their assignments and hit the bars. Oh,
                 and they were blockading, which I assume (correct me if I'm
                 wrong) they were preventing people from crossing (or am I
                 not getting the definition of 'blockade'?) if i wanted to
                 cross, i damn well would approve of the police taking
                 necessary action for me to cross.
                 \_ there are many ways to deal with the situation that don't
                    involve pepper spray to the face.  Pepper spray has been
                    known to kill people it is so toxic.  I mena if they
                    started shooting people I'm sure htat would have worked
                    too.  Doesn't mean it is the right way to go about things.
                        \_ Peanut butter has been known to kill people it
                           is so toxic.  Don't be a freak.
                            \_I hope this is bait and not ignorance.
                              \_ No, it's true.  Some people are so
                                 allergic to peanuts that they'll die
                                 if they eat them.
                        \_ Why is it that computer science majors in
                                general don't believe in human rights?
                           \_ I don't know that you can generalize from
                              the bozos that post to the motd to CS majors
                              in general

11/30   Does anyone in Santa Clara want to be my mule? -sky

11/30   how do program a matrix? (use a sparse matrix) ie: i want to track
        \_ See ucb.class.cs61a, thread "What is the Matrix?"
        and keep track of a person as to where they are in solving something
        (like following an specified path)- where they are at in a path, the
        path can have many entry points to the main road (or trunk of a tree).
        any ideas? thanks
        \_ Learn English and pick on an assignment your own size. -- ilyas
        \_ Well, this is such an unclear question, I can't even begin to answer
           it (I could guess what you mean, but why?).  Try asking the question
           using more words in a newsgroup.
        \_ Unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is, they
           must see it for themself...
           \_ Batman.
              \_ Genital Herpes.  definitely.
        \_ I did that once and all that happened was they made this weird
           movie that bugged mothers because it had trench coats in it.  Dunno.

11/28   damn, what happened to the amusing relationship post?
        \_ I guess poster boy felt that he was being made a mockery of.
           poor guy.
           \_ no really, I didn't erase it.

11/28   % fortune
        Kerr's Three Rules for a Successful College:
                Have plenty of football for the alumni, sex for the students,
        and parking for the faculty.
        %
        Hm, so Cal scores an excellent 0.5/3 on the last point alone.
        \_ There was plenty of sex for the students.  -alum
           \_ not for the hopeless geeks who run "fortune"
              \_ or to people who write to the motd.

26 Nov 1999     Oh my god!!!! The bastards, they killed the MOTD!!!!
                \_ But just like Kenny, it will come back, grow, and
                   be killed again, only to come back again.
                \_ Here it is.

10/23   \_ thank you!  that will work too.  I thought there was a simple
              way to do this on soda.  But gcc on dos will work.
           \_ so erase your fucking motd entry already

03/01   ONCE AGAIN, CLEAN UP YOUR CRAP IN /var/mail! --root
        \_ Addendum: If you are interested in making hardware donations or
           $ for hardware, contact vice-president@csua (mikeh).  For all
           other donations, contact president@csua (dans).
        \_ If you are interested donating to the CSUA, mail donations@csua

        2/2/2000 will be the first time since 8/28/888 that all the digits
        in the date are even.
        \_ Time for a Party...

11/20   Just finished the latest Trevor thread.  God, I love that guy.  He
        provides almost as much entertainment as Tom, although not nearly as
        skilled, he sure has heart and certainly Tom has had far more
        experience in the field.

11/18   Bet your junior prom wasn't like this:
        http://tube.mit.edu/~marco/JuniorProm.jpg
        \_ Some of the others in the same directory are worth a click.
          \_ damn they're gone now.
                \_ limbo was classic.  Someone's mom is really proud right
                   about now seeing her bimbo daughter's pic on the net drunk
                   with no panties doing the limbo for a camera.
        \_ Damn those kids looked young.  Sure it wasn't Jr. High prom?
                or am I just getting too old?
           \_ Had to be junior high.  No fucking way those were 16 year olds.
              The girl didn't even have PH#1 yet.
                                        \_ what?
                                           \_ "Pubic Hair #1".

11/18   Informal poll, mark all that apply or add your own:
        I am/was:
                Trevor Buckinham: 3
                Trevor Buckinham fan club member: 1
                Trevor Buckinham f***ed over your friend: 1
                Trevor Buckinham f***ed your friend: 1
                Staff and was treated like shit and make a ton of dough now: 3
                A proud Cal alumni working on a successful career: 9
                A bitter Cal alumni working on a successful carreer: 2
                Ambivalent about Cal and making a ton of dough anyway: 3
                A junior transfer and thought Cal was just fine: 2
                A junior transfer and thought Cal was brutal: 0
                Was a Cal freshman and thought Cal was just fine: 8
                Was a Cal freshman and thought Cal was "okay": 2
                Was a Cal freshman and thought Cal was brutal: 6
                Too bitter to give a shit about this stupid discussion: 3.14159
                Slacker barely made it thru, still got high paying job: 7
                Work for a startup, still busting my ass: 3
                Don't even have a CS/EECS degree, making lots of $$$: 5
                Busted their ass for a degree unrelated to their job: 0
        \_ This poll is not accurate. That is why we need Happy Poll back!!!
           \_ What about the fetish poll. It was taken down too soon!!!
                \_ yeah b1ff r3wls!!! kchang is 31337! get kchang back!!!
                  \_ FREE KCHANG!!!
                \_ It's as accurate as any other poll where someone pays the
                   polling company 6 figures to come out with the right version
                   of public opinion.  The difference is this poll isn't trying
                   to deceive you or the rest of the public into anything.

11/17   Is there a picture of trevor buckingham somewhere that I can see?
        \_ how about one I can wipe my dick with?
        \_ He must be made up.  No one that self-centered and obnoxious could
           actually have lived long enough to get into Cal - his scrawny little
           neck would have been wrung long ago.

11/16   whoever's trying to get net for Stebbins, if the house is still
        serious and you think it's still worth a shot e-mail me and I'll
        give ya my number and I can give ya some hopefully helpful advice.
        i used to live there. -jctwu

11/17   phr33 k3v1n m1tn1k, phr33 sp33ch
        d00d u b3ttr b3w4r3 my 31337 und3rn3t g4ng!

11/18   I need to implement a distributed locking library, and I was hoping
        someone out there could maybe point me to good reference materials
        (research papers, reliable websites, good texts, etc.)  Any help
        would be greatly appreciated! -mice
        \_ Masterlock is good enough for common household use, but you'll
           need to spend big bucks on cameras, dogs, and security personel if
           you want serious protection.
        \_ Masterlock.
           \_ But what if my little sister can't read (and yes, she's Asian)

11/17   I am an 31337 w4r3z h4x0r!  T8k m3 2 ur l3ad3r!

11/15   Anyone know what Transmeta does?
        \_ http://www.transmeta.com read the HTML source for a "secret message"

11/15   &  :  ampersand  ::  @  : ___?___
        \_ at sign
        \_ alt.usage.english: 'The longest name for "@" is
           "commercial at sign"; the first and last words may each be
           omitted.  The official ANSI/CCITT name is "commercial at".'

11/12   Ine one simple English sentence, how do I find out if someone is
        logged in to an instructional machine or not?  (assuming that I
        do not know which one exactly)
        \_ finger @{cochise,franklin,parker,cory,po,torus}

11/12   Anyone know what happened to <DEAD>replay.com<DEAD>, former home of the
        anonymous remailer?  The domain name has apparently been acquired
        by the TV recorder company.  Is the remailer still up somewhere?
        \_ <DEAD>www.zedze.com<DEAD> (yes, I know the name sucks.) - sameer

11/13   Is anyone else having problems connecting to agate?
        \_ Yes
          \_Ok. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't singled out.

11/11   Say Hellohhhh to iBrator
        http://www.sleeplessknights.com/ibrator.html

11/11   http://www.geocities.com/doomhack
        (if you haven't seen it, it goes psdoom one better,
        in the spirit of remote NT administration)

11/10   Anyone know who the artist was who did the song "Roses in the Wind",
        (I think that is what it was called?)  -peterm
        \_ Kansas "Dust in the Wind"
           Bob Dylan "Blowin in the Wind"
           Elton John "Candle in the Wind"
           Emmylou Harris "Sorrow in the Wind"
           Kathy Mattea "Willow in the Wind"  -- jsjacob

11/10   Is there a way I can find a person logged into one of soda hall's
        instructional machines without fingering them at random hosts?
        Something other than email per favore.
        \_ Take a tour of the labs.  If you spot your friend, you win.
           I'm assuming this is a friend.  If not, GIVE THE HELL UP AND
           FIND SOMEONE WHO LIKES YOU.  --PeterM

11/10   So the Oregon teen who shot his parents and two classmates got
        111 years in prison without parole. He could have gotten 220 years.
        What's the point of that many years? Isn't this basically a life
        sentence?
        \_ No -- those canny lawyers are banking on the incredible life-
           extension technologies that'll be available (along with flying
           cars and comfortable homes constructed entirely from plastic)
           in the glorious future to come!  You need to read more _Popular
           Science_!  Even teenagers incarcerated for mind-bogglingly long
           terms can look forward to a day when they can kill again!
        \_ I think this is to ensure that he really spends the rest of his
           life in jail.  If he pretends to behave well in jail and gets his
           sentense reduced, a left sentence will be reduced to 20 or 30 years
           which means he may get out one day, whereas a 220 years sentense
           will be reduced to maybe 100 or 150 years.
        \_ In addition to the above, the sentence is the sum of his crimes.
           If one of the murders later gets over turned or reduced, he's still
           fucked forever.  A long sentence likes this makes it pointless to
           try to play the legal system to squeeze a few years out.  He's gone.

11/10   So I'm going to be in Seattle next week.  Anyone I should contact
        or hang out with while I'm there?  --PeterM
        \_ Earn some cash.  Visit psb's mom.
        \_ Mr. & Mrs. Glass
           \_ Some of us have had enough of that "Freedom to innovate"
              bullshit.
        \_ jimi hendrix's grave.
           \_ Kurt Cobain's grave
              \_ Make sure to pee on it for me.
        \_ yer 1 week late for LISA

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11/8    nesim    Pu  nesim.HIP.Berkel  8:49PM 17:03 pico /etc/motd.public
        \_ what about this?
                \_ It's self evident.
        \_ Maybe nesim was accidentally disconnected by a bad modem
           connection?  -- yuen
                \_ "Pico: The Toy that Thinks it's an Editor (tm)"
                   \_ Pico-chu!  The 154th Pokemon!
                      \_ Must collect ALL Chimpokomon!

Leviticus 19:19: "Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy
cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with
mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come
upon thee."

So if your Hawaiian shirt is made of mixed fibers, it violates the laws
of Moses. ;)
        \_ You're reading a 6th generation translation.  The passage is
           talking about not mixing races, not your tshirt fibers.

11/06   The truth is in yermom.
        Don't forget, X Files season premiere tonight!
        \_ I am the truth.
           \_ are you the cigarette-smoking man?

11/06   STOP EXPLOITING OUR SUBCULTURE!  : http://www.lanza.com
        \_ ok, I'm sorry.

11/05   What's the difference between WML and HDML (not HTML)?
                \_ same thing. WML is HDML, polished and XMLed

11/05   Come out all ye oppressed trollers, for the time is ripe for trolling!

11/05   Freedom to Innovate!!!  Screw government.
        \_ Freedom to what?  I'm sorry, that word isn't in my vocabulary.
           -- microsoft empoyee
        \_ You're either stupid or a troll or a M$ stock holder or some
           combination and deserve no further comment.
                \_ I am a millionaire.  Thank you M$ for all the great years
                   that made me a millionaire.
                        \_ Sell now.

11/4    I need to increase the swap space on my linux box (redhat).  there
        is an unused extended partition i could use.  Is there a tool out
        there to resize the partitions without data loss.
        \_ swapoff, mkswap, and swapon
        \_ swapoff, mkswap, and swapon. you don't need to worry about
           dataloss.  there's nothing useful stored in swap files
           when it's been deactivated.

11/3    This is a neat spoof:
        http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/03/rare.glitch.project.idg/index
        html

11/02   Anyone have a old PII motherboard to donate?  Contact vp@csua

11/2    Does anyone have any pics of a "hi mid tom".  I just want to see
        what kind of musical instrument it is.  Searching in Yahoo only
        refers me to MIDI sites.  Thx.
        \_ It's a drum.  Someone who knows more about drums/drum sets
           than I do would be able to get more specific.
        \_ Probably between 10 and 12" diameter.  A drum (without a
           snare) usually with heads on both size (for better, if
           quieter tone).  What else do you want to know?  Should I
           scan in a picture of one?  -dpetrou
           \_ Yes please, if that's easy.  Thanks a lot!
              \_ Sorry, it's not easy.  I was joking.  -dpetrou
                 \_ i can't believe there isn't <DEAD>www.pearldrums.com<DEAD>
        \_ isn't a "tom tom" one of those big drums that you hit with big
           sticks that have fuzzy things wrapped on the end like q-tips?
        \_ http://thestar.com.my/audio/0597/29drum.jpg
           One of the three blue drums along the top.
           \_ Cool!  Thanks a lot!
        \_ It's a white box, about 3"x2.5"x1", with a button and a speaker.
           Press the button, and it says "SHUT THE FUCK UP, CMLEE".  The
           "hi mid" version says it in a high, squeaky voice.  The "lo"
           tom uses a deep bass croak, while the "normal" version sounds
           just like tom.  Hope this helps.
           \_ that was incredibly unfunny, twink.
                \_ I laughed.  I must be a twink, too.  -twink

11/2    Has anyone bought from <DEAD>www.joemommacomputer.com<DEAD> They
        have a fantastic price on a receiver I want but I have a
        hard time taking them seriously.
        \_ Use Citibank or another credit card that has online fraud
           protection. If you get something that is misrepresented or just
           plain shoddy, they'll usually take care of things for you.
        \_ Sounds hoaky to me. The sound on the site almost blew out my
           eardrums.

11/1    Catch some lesbian action on Alley McBeal!!!
        \_ Yawn.  Ratings must be dropping.  Quick, add some BS lesbianism to
           stir up controversy and try to increase ratings among men.  This is
           such incredibly tame bullshit.  When some show has chicks making
           out hardcore on a regular basis and not just as a one shot ratings
           gimmick, let us know, it might not be entirely boring, only mostly.
           The only lesbian action worth a dime is the real thing with you
           there.
        \_ i liked the biscuit and sausage part

11/1    Can someone direct me to documentation on SNMP?
        \_http://www.snmp.com
          \_ not as good as http://www.snpp.com

10/29   Anyone on soda use the bandwith co-op?  (<DEAD>www.bandwidthcoop.com<DEAD>
        \_ What are they?  Some sort of communists?
        \_ That is *so* 1993.

10/29   Anyone on soda use the bandwith co-op?  (http://www.bandwidthcoop.org

10/29   Does anyone know what musical instrument MIDI instrument # 141
        (0x8d) represents?  Thanks.  --- yuen

10/29   has anyone had any good or bad experiences with any of those online
        used textbook companies that claim to have unbelievably low prices?
        are they selling crappy condition books, or what?
        \_I ordered from http://www.addall.com For that particular
          book I saved $30 on the U bookstore price. The book
          came in 7 days and was in new cond'n. YMMV. -ulysses
        \_ Don't know about used, but I got impressive deals from
           http://www.varsitybooks.com on a couple of new ones that actually
           beat the best price for USED among the 3 berkeley stores. -alexf

10/29   Is that judge supposed to announce his decision about the Microsoft
        case today?
        \_ It better be JUDGE JUDY JUSTICE !
        \_ He just said he would do it on a friday afternoon, after the markets
           closed, not which friday.
           \_ It's looking like NEXT friday
              \_ It's only stated that it's not today.  It might not be
                 until February.  But then again it might be next
                 Friday.

10/28   Ultima IX: Ascension Demo posted (295MB):
        http://www.3dfiles.com/games/ultimaixascension.shtml
        \_ Big deal.  Ultima series has sucker since #6 and maybe earlier.
        \_ Big deal.  Ultima series has sucked since #6 and maybe earlier.
        \_ don't expect the world and you might like it.  It really feels
           like Tomb Raider Male Wrestler Version

10/28   What was that comic site that the dailycal wrote about on Monday?
        \_ go to http://www.dailycal.org and look for yourself
        \_mycomix.com
          \_ Is comiX as opposed to comiCS the preferred net spelling or what?
           \_ have you been sleeping the past 30 years?

10/27   thanks tracs

10/28   The case for not wearing an underwired bra:
        http://news.excite.com/news/r/991027/11/odd-britain-bra

10/27   What shall I dress up as for Halloween? -xtine "look at me" lee
        \_ Eric Cartman
        \_ A short, annoying unattractive ex-Berkeley student.
        \_ The Linux penguin
        \_ The character Mimi, in the Drew Barry Show
        \_ Tom Holub
        \_ An Intel bunny suit
        \_ Your wedding dress.
        \_ a mirror.
        \_ The character Mimi, in the Drew Carey Show
        \_ Nothing.
        \_ Yet another "look at me" post from Ms. "look at me" Lee.  Ok, so
           we're all looking.  Now what?
           \_ you are dumb.
        \_ Foucault's Pendulum
        \_ Nude.

10/26   sam says http://akamai.com

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10/26   Useful URL on morning after pill, please.  (usage, indication,
        side effect...)  Thanks.
        \_ Well, it's already the morning after, obviously. Doesn't that
           make it a little too late?
                \_ No.  It's good for 72 hours.  I hope you're just being
                   "haha silly" and don't actually believe what you said.
        \_ http://www.plannedparenthood.org/bc/EC.HTM#01How  Also there are
           other options at simply http://www.plannedparenthood.org/bc
        \_ If you're a student, talk to Tang's hotline.
        \_ Geez, just go into alta vista emergency room and tell them what
           you want.  They'll give you an incredible amount of shit, but
           will usually give it to you (especially if you have a good reason
           for needing it).  Go early in the morning to avoid an incredibly
           long wait.
           \_ Alta Vista?  Or did you mean Alta Bates?  -- yuen
        \_ Have her talk to her physician.  He can prescribe it in advance,
           warn about side effects and interactions and explain usage.  Then
           it's there for emergencies.

10/25   After logging in through .htaccess, is there a way to log-off
        without closing your browser? Thanks.
        \_ Yes.
        \_ send a 401

10/25   Can anyone tell me where to get NTP (network time protocol)?
        and recomend a reliable internet server?
        \_ It's installed with most OS'es.  Use multicast.
        \_ http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp
                \_ Please immediately cease and desist from providing timely,
                   accurate and useful information on the motd.  Thank you.
                   \_ Hey, if occasional helpful answers werent provided,
                      nobody would even ask anymore. -ERic
                        \_ And then what?

10/21   Any suggestion for (mail-order) source of photographic archival
        supply (i.e. Albums, negative/slide files etc.)
        \_ B&H, http://www.bhphotovideo.com
            \_ But they don't carry archival stuffs like albums.
            \_ How is Light Impression? (http://www.lightimpression.com

10/21   What are some good high school alumni sites?
        \_ What do you mean by good? my alma mater has QuickTime VR's of
           the girl's locker room if that's what you're asking about...
           \_ urlP
              \_ #t

10/21   Any suggestion for (mail-order) source of photographic archival
        supply?
        \_ B&H, http://www.bhphotovideo.com

10/21   Can any contractors (or otherwise) recommend sources for disability
        insurance?  -jor
        \_ Prayer.  Send snail mail to The Vatican, 1 Vatican Way, Rome, Italy
        \_ State Fund is quite popular.

10/20   Black Paper Supports Klan's Right To Rally In N.Y.  It's a strange
        world.  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991020/ts/rights_klan_3.html
        \_ Not strange at all, freedom of speech should apply to every one.

10/20   Where did the story about huffman go?

10/19   Will design web sites for food.  -seano
        \_ aren't you working for that ubercash company?
           \_ no. this is why I am looking for work. I'm sure that at
              least your mother loves you.  -seano
                \_ No, she doesn't, but I love your mother.

10/28   William Gibson, Cody's, 7pm - danh
        \_ WG is lame!
           \_ your mom!
             \_ you misspelled "yermom".
          \_ does 'mister cyberpunk' still write on a manual typewriter?

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10/18   ride skate:
        http://www.bayinsider.com/recreation/skating/halloween99.html

10/17   Is it possible to setup my Linux box (not connectect to the net) so
        that as soon as it launches XDM, it will log in with .xinitrc for me?
        \_ change the initial runlevel to 5 in /etc/initab. make sure
           xdm/gdm is configured properly.  try to use telinit first.
        \_ launch something other than xdm.  -tom

10/17   Fight Club!

**/**   Mail root for -administrative- questions. For assistance, mail help.

16OCT   anyone know what the STAR WAGGONS parked along bancroft
        were about on friday?  ==ahm.
        \_ they were filming a movie.  they wil be filming today.

10/16   Mutt upgraded to 1.0pre4i, bugs to brg

10/14   Professors don't make that much money. They wasted many years
        to get a Phd, yet they make as much as I do, doing web pages
        sys admin, and development. Luzers.
           \_ There are a lot of fringe benefits as well as base pay. They
              travel to attend conferences, get the whole summer off
              sometimes, get paid sabbatical, and so on. Many make money
              from book deals, from the lecture circuit, and from other
              jobs (e.g. consultants). I know a guy recently appointed to
              full professor at CalTech who was given a $4xx,000 interest
              free loan to purchase a house. It's not a bad life. --dim
           \_ CS professors at Cal make a shitload off taking grad student
                work and forming startups on the side.  Just look at
                Brewer (inktomi), Stonebraker & Rowe (ingres), and
                Newton (cadence) for example.
                \_ Whoa!  You mean those Profs didn't do all that stuff from
                   scratch on their own?  They reamed their grad students?
                   You can't be serious!
                   \_ No, what usually happens is that the grad students drop out,
                      go to work for the startup, and get rich along with the prof

10/14   Im asking again because i'm desperate: does anyone know of any good
        book on doing electronic design on the design package ORCAD?  or of
        an archive of help files or a related user group or something?  i've
        searched around the net and found nothing very useful, and the
        documentation that comes with it sucks.  thanks.
        \_ You grabbed the warez version that was on usenet two days ago and
           now can't figure out how to use it?
        \_ ive answered my own question, if anyone cares: at http://www.orcad.com/odn
           there is a database of questions and anwers on a vast array of topics\
           as well as user discussions.  thanks again to the jerk who replied
           without reading my post.
           \_ If you have the answer, why not remove your entry?  --pld

10/13   What is a SUEXEC wrapper?
        \_ allows user cgi-bins to run as the user  -tom

10/12   I spent five hours on the bowl, crapping so hard that my ass blood
        splattered all over the bathroom wall.

10/11   http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/members.html
        Why are inactive members still on the members list? (ie. tawei)
        \_ there are active XCF members?

10/10   George Lucas in Love
        <DEAD>www1.mediatrip.com/per/House_Picks<DEAD>

10/11   anyone know how/where to get a copy of david lynch's recent
        failed pilot series?

10/10   Drop the chalupa man!

10/6    Anyone noticing the ucb.* newgroups beind dominated now by stupid
        porn site ads?
        \_ not if you read them on agate, which denies posts to ucb.* from
           outside berkeley.  -tom
        \_ No.  I don't read that crap.

10/4    WILL DESIGN WEBSITES FOR DICK - seano
        \_ That's not a good habit.
        \_ Which websites have you designed already?
           \_ http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~seano      :)
        \_ D00D, U R TH3 M0ST K-RAD W3B D3S1GN3R 1"V3 3V3R S33N!!!!!1!!!1!!!
           CUM W3RK 4 MY K0MPANY, B1FF 3L3CTR0N1KS!!!111   1 D0N"T HAV MUCH
           F00D (1 L1V 0FF UV D13T K0K3, T0P RAM3N, AND H0-HOZ), BUT U KAN
           HAV TH3 F1RST M0D3L UV TH3 N3W K0MPUT3R 1"M D3S1GN1NG, TH3
           B1FFMASTUR-3000!!11!  1T'S A SUP3RK0MPUT3R BAS3D 0N TH3 DEP3NDABUL
           V1C-20 ARK1TECTUR!!1!!  1T'LL B3 A VALUBL K0LL3CTUR"Z 1T3M!!1!
                \_ You're way back, boy.  I've already got an SMP Vic-20 in
                   manufacturing.  Compaq is going to sell it as soon as the
                   new Amiga takes off.

10/4    Thanks ERic. -original poster

10/4    WILL DESIGN WEBSITES FOR FOOD - seano
        \_ Which websites have you designed already?
           \_ http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~seano      :)
        \_ D00D, U R TH3 M0ST K-RAD W3B D3S1GN3R 1"V3 3V3R S33N!!!!!1!!!1!!!
           CUM W3RK 4 MY K0MPANY, B1FF 3L3CTR0N1KS!!!111   1 D0N"T HAV MUCH
           F00D (1 L1V 0FF UV D13T K0K3, T0P RAM3N, AND H0-HOZ), BUT U KAN
           HAV TH3 F1RST M0D3L UV TH3 N3W K0MPUT3R 1"M D3S1GN1NG, TH3
           B1FFMASTUR-3000!!11!  1T'S A SUP3RK0MPUT3R BAS3D 0N TH3 DEP3NDABUL
           V1C-20 ARK1TECTUR!!1!!  1T'LL B3 A VALUBL K0LL3CTUR"Z 1T3M!!1!
                \_ You're way back, boy.  I've already got an SMP Vic-20 in
                   manufacturing.  Compaq is going to sell it as soon as the
                   new Amiga takes off.

10/3    Does the 200MHz bus on athlon make a difference over intel's 133?
        \_ I personally like the Asus V-3800 which is TNT2 based.
        \_ Linux r00lz!!!!!1!!

10/2    can someone please squish the motd munger?  thanks.

10/2    Vintage Computer Fair - this weekend - http://www.siconic.com/vcf
        \_ wow, finally a use for the old crap sitting in my closet.
        \_ God has it out for those Taiwanese people.

10/1    Looking for a good online list of linux-happy hardware.  Suggestions?

10/1      Is David Cash as hideous as kchang?

9/29    I think they have this test taking thing all wrong,  We should take
        \_ Take it to the newsgroup.

9/30    Who is David Cash?

9/30    I'm 25 and I'm losing a lot of hair in the frontal area. Just out
        of curiousity. For people who have "bald-genes", at what age do
        they usually lose hair?
        \_ Huh-huh... he's losing hair in the "frontal" area...
        \_ Mostly gone by 28.
        \_ Some are completely bald by the end of high school.  Be glad
           you still have any hair left.
        \_ I suggest a hair transplant.  How much hair is left in your crotch?

9/30    Is it just me, or Norm McDonald (sp?) looks like Professor
        Aiken's long lost twin?
        \_ It's just you.
        \_ Howie Mandel
        \_ Actually, Aiken reminds me of a "hapless geek who gets his woman
           taken away by buff stud" character in a *really* bad porno that
           I saw once.  The resemblance bugged the hell out of me all
           throughout 164.

9/98    motd already fucking Stop the fucking

9/29    Extra TMBG ticket for sale -- norby (@inktomi.com)

9/98    Stop fucking the fucking motd already

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9/28    What in the world is Yellow Lump?  Who did this?  I want to shake
        their hands.
        \_ The ubitquous Yellow Lump ad campaign is the doing of Doktor Jones
          \_ You mean ubiquitous, right?
        \_ Yellow Lump is unprocessed sugar.  I am told it is used in Chinese
           cooking. -- ilyas
           \_ It's Lump.. It's Lump.. It's Lump.. It's in my Chai...

9/28    Anyone know what Motorola was raffling last night?  I heard it was
        a PowerBook or something.

9/28    Look the motd sometimes needs to be purged.  Stop restoring it all the
        time.

9/28    what's the best way to skin a cat?
        \_ Perl, because "There's More than One Way to Do It."
                \_ ModPerl, because "It's just plain faster."

9/25    Can _[large bloated GUI oriented net sucking program]_ be run from
        _[overloaded, underpowered, cheap ass campus machine]_?  Fill in the
        blanks yourself.  The answer is "no".