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2002/1/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23549 Activity:nil |
1/12 yesterday, at 4am, the bio building at UCSC went kaboom. the bldg was empty, and there were no casualties. \_ http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/ucscfire0112.htm |
2002/1/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23547 Activity:nil |
1/12 Stare at backdoor by mattress for 20 seconds(kind of interesting): http://208.178.180.118/gold/wayboard.gif |
2002/1/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23546 Activity:nil |
1/11 Does the economy affect Moore's law in any way? \_ I will live to see the death of CMOS, and i will laugh and mock it in its passing. mwuahahahahaha! i hate CMOS. \_ If anything, it is the other way around. \_ No, because Grove made eating your own lunch par for the course. |
2002/1/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23543 Activity:nil |
1/11 http://mangband.com -- Multi-player Angband! |
2002/1/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23541 Activity:nil |
1/11 Judge Says No to M$: http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/216819p-2091967c.html \_ More like "No, Bitch!" ... .com |
2002/1/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23538 Activity:nil |
1/11 When will I stop getting randomly disconnected from soda? "Connection to host lost" \_ When ECCS NET and its rabid router issues get fixed. [LOL] \_ Could you tell us all when that happens? |
2002/1/11 [Uncategorized] UID:23536 Activity:nil |
1/11 A "new hope" for all you star wars fans (n*sync's been cut): http://www.theforce.net/episode2/index.html \_ thank god |
2002/1/11-12 [Uncategorized] UID:23535 Activity:nil |
1/11 In floating point representation, does "bias-8" mean the same thing as "excess-8", where the range for 4 digits of exponent is -8 to 7? |
2002/1/11 [Uncategorized] UID:23531 Activity:low |
1/10 Why do commands in my .joverc work when I just run "jove" but when I run "jove filename" they don't apply to the filename's buffer? \_ We've secretly replaced your jove with Folger's crystals. It looks like you noticed. |
2002/1/11 [Uncategorized] UID:23529 Activity:moderate |
1/10 I got an offer from a company in China. Should I take it? \_ are you a person of honesty and integrity? then no. \_ no, and no. \_ where is it based? --aaron \_ Shanghai. \_ You can get a lot of stuff in Shanghai. \_ I'm looking for work there -- email me, I can answer questions if you haven't visited Shanghai before, and/or we can meet up next time I'm there. --aaron \_ are you the same guy who went to Taiwan back in the mid 90s to look for blowjob? How are the hos in Shanghai? Hotter and cheaper? \_ uh, what are the best hohouse in 'hai? |
2002/1/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:23511 Activity:low |
1/9 I did it! I finally escaped! I knew if I kept trying I'd slip by. "Network Solutions, Inc. ("NSI") has received a request to transfer your domain name from NSI to another Registrar. This is to notify you that the transfer request has been approved by NSI and was sent to the Registry for processing." \_ How did you do it? -ausman \_ How did you do it? \_ It tookt a few times where they either arbitrarily rejected it or said I didn't confirm the request but I got by the NSI Nazis this morning. Crossing my fingers that it goes the rest of the way. This was the hard part though. |
2002/1/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:23509 Activity:nil |
1/9 In http://www.sciam.com/2001/0801issue/0801puzzlingbox1.html how come "S(x,3,1)=bet x/2 and end up with 2x"? The worst case for betting x/2 is 3/2x, not 2x as claimed. Also how does one come up with S(x,4,1) = 2(x+b) = 2x + 2b = 8(x-b) = 8x - 8b ?? Thanks. \_ What's the original problem for that solution? |
2002/1/9 [Uncategorized] UID:23508 Activity:nil |
1/8 fuck sauron. Morgoth. Morgoth is the standard valar killer! \_ I second that. Sauron was his whimpering lieutenant. \_ we like to call him Melkor. |
2002/1/9 [Uncategorized] UID:23506 Activity:high |
1/8 Is soda having net problems? I've been experiencing sluggish responses when I type, at many times throughout today. \_ yes. cory router. eecs networking (tm) \_ Is it going to be fixed or something? \_ Sure sure, blame the victim. \_ yeah, blame the elite Decimal207 warez crew |
2002/1/9 [Uncategorized] UID:23505 Activity:moderate |
1/8 Anyone have the Kirkwood student pass? \_ yes \_ I had it last year. Didn't have time to go up enough (~4 times) to make my money back. |
2002/1/8 [Uncategorized] UID:23496 Activity:nil |
1/8 http://www.zeosync.com/flash/pressrelease.htm 1) Man, what a bunch of fucking morons. 2) Someone show them philcompress. 3) DAMN what a bunch of fucking morons. |
2002/1/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:23489 Activity:very high |
1/8 stupid question: i just finished reading the Trilogy, and i don't get what the two towers are. clearly one of them is Orthanc, saruman's tower, but what is the other one? Sauron semems to have several towers, and I think Gondor has a tower or two. Aren't there towers all over middle earth? what the hell? is it Barad Dur? \_ I recall reading that it is a reference to Orthanc and Minas Tirith. -- ulysses \_ minas ithil and minas arnor. - someone who read the Silmarion. \_ It's yermom's twin towers. They always come in pairs. \_ They don't come in paris in the movie Kung Pao. \_ I think Minas Tirith and Minas Ithil (renamed Minas Morgul). --dim \_ It's just a metaphore. \_ Minas Tirith and Minas Ithil (renamed Minas Morgul) for the opposition of light and dark, but the two in the book are Cirith Ungol (Barad-dur) and Orthanc. Tolkien himself was unhappy \_ I think Cirith Ungol != Barad-dur. The first is the orc fortress a bit ambiguous. --dim guarding the pass (the stairs of Cirith Ungol) and the other is the great fortress in the plains of Gorgoroth and the center of Sauron's power. I don't have the book with me, though. \_ You are right. --dim \_ ...and this was the source of my confusion. Barad dur seems more important, because the Main Evil Dude lives there, but on the other hand, we never actually see barad dur in the story, unlike cirith ungol, which is pretty important. thanks for providing the only useful or intelligent answer! -OP with the title because of the ambiguity. I quote: "I am not happy at all about the title 'The Two Towers'." It is supposed to be a bit ambiguous. It can even be Orthanc and Minas Morgul. --dim \_ Found this: http://members.cts.com/king/e/erikt/tolkien/2towers.htm -- ulysses the problem is that the 2 towers can refer to anything DEPENDING on what books you've read. Hell, even the hobbit has Dol Guldur (in mirkwood, sauron's 1st attempt to set up power)... If you read the silmarion, it's obvious you're talking about minas *. if you read lotr, then it's maybe barad-dur and minas tirith. Altho rohas is just as important. Btw: 3 rings for the elven kings went to: 1. elrond, 2. galadriel, and 3, (Narya the Great) went to Cirdan who gave it to Gandalf. \_ Narya the Great? I suppose the others are Nenya the Okay and Vilya the Adequate... |
2002/1/8 [Uncategorized] UID:23487 Activity:nil |
1/7 I'm looking for cool live cams (preferably X-rated) to use as my wallpaper -corporate slave in a windowless cube [formatd god] \_ How about the Sproul cam? |
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2002/1/8 [Uncategorized] UID:23485 Activity:nil |
1/7 I'm looking for cool live cams (G-rated) to use as my wallpaper -corporate slave in a windowless cube \_ How about the Sproul cam? |
2002/1/7-8 [Uncategorized] UID:23484 Activity:low |
1/7 So anybody going to get their Lovage Wednesday at Slim's? \_ What is this? \_ http://www.thefanbase.com/lovageone.html |
2002/1/7-8 [Uncategorized] UID:23482 Activity:nil |
1/7 Does anyone use PacBell for dial-up? Have you notice their service drop off in the past month or so? May it have something to do with the SBC or Prodigy thing I see being splashed on their site now? Has Prodigy f-it up or is it just me? \_ Prodigy still exists?? |
2002/1/6 [Uncategorized] UID:23477 Activity:nil |
1/5 The following prints a very standard binary series in the representation of 0.1, but stops short of 64 bits. Does that mean |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23467 Activity:nil |
1/3 easy as pie, it gave me 'bavarian fruit bread': "Music reviewer Colin Berry recommends the latest CD by Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions." -lila \_ Thank you, Lila and thanks to the others about the Kiss Me song. It is Sixpence. I didn't know about the movie soundtracks (haven't seen either) |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23464 Activity:nil |
1/4 jwang, what kind of leather jacket, helmet, gloves, & boots do you wear when you're riding your awsome CBR600F4? |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23463 Activity:nil |
1/3 Did anybody hear a radio piece (probably NPR) about a singer and a group who recently put out an album with the title "Bavarian Fruitcake" or something "Fruitcake"? I have done searches on yahoo, google and amg, but can't find what I want. Maybe it's too new. \_ On the off chance you misheard, there's a compilation out called "better than fruitcake" On a related note, does anybody know who sings that song "Kiss Me" ? I also did a search on amg and there are like 100 songs with that same title. The singer is a woman and I've heard her on the radio quite a lot. She has kind of a weird soulful voice. Thanks in advance. \_ I suspect the "Kiss Me" you want is by a band called "Sixpence None The Richer" \_ Try looking at the Soundtrack for Not Another Teen Movie, or the movie it was spoofing, She's All That. The guy above is correct. \_ Using Morpheus, I only got two matches. One by Guster, one by the band you want. See above. |
2002/1/4-6 [Uncategorized] UID:23458 Activity:very high |
1/4 V3: What is the relationship between kazaa and Morpheus? Why do the Morphues temp files say "kazadownload..." -crebbs \_ same core program, different skin \_ same spyware? \_ so they say. \_ so WHO says? I have checked for the registry entry on 2 (win2k) machines with morpheus and neither has it. Nor do they have the executable (DLDER.exe) -tcrebbs Nor do they have the executable (DLDER.exe) -crebbs \_ were you running the latest versions? \_ so thereg says. |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23457 Activity:nil |
1/4 Thanks for the http://www.2wire.com URL. Exactly what I needed. |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23456 Activity:nil |
1/4 Why does the Petagon insist on dropping leaflets written in English and not in the local language? Is this for our consumption or theirs? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20020104/ts/mdf108062.html |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23455 Activity:nil |
1/3 Did UC Theatre move? -alum who just revisited Berkeley \_ it's gone. needed seismic retrofitting that it couldn't afford |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23454 Activity:nil |
1/3 Boycot Lucas! He's lost his touch. \_ If it took N'Sync to make you boycott Lucas and not long before, I guess I'll see you in line opening day of Ep II. |
2002/1/4 [Uncategorized] UID:23453 Activity:nil |
1/3 For what kind of f(x,y), can ido the following: d/dx d/dy f(x,y) = d/dy d/dx f(x,y) \_It is true if the derivatives exist and are continous at the point you care about. williamc |
2002/1/3 [Uncategorized] UID:23444 Activity:nil 75%like:23451 |
1/2 jwang, is your bike garaged? how much is your insurance? |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23436 Activity:nil |
1/2 chialea #1 fan: if you get her digits, be sure to let us all know. -chialea #1 fan #1 fan \_ gotta love stalkers. \_ chialea doesn't look cute to me. |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23435 Activity:nil |
1/2 2002, more of the same as 2001 for stocks? |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23434 Activity:nil |
1/2 offering for the first time, enjoy the complete star wars prequel trilogy on dvd: 1. clones attack 2. attack of the clones and the grand finale: 3. clones attack clones |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23430 Activity:very high |
1/1 What is a command that I can type that will tell me if I have any new mail or not? I do not want to run pine, just a quick check that will say "New Mail" or "No New Mail" or something like that. \_ frm or newmail? \_ Thanks a bunch. 'frm -s new' is Exactly what I wanted. \_ what about biff/xbiff? \_ Nope, I don't want a program running all the time. I just want to check if I have new mail occasionally. \_ nfrm also works \_ /usr/bin/Mail, then type "x" to exit. |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23429 Activity:nil |
1/1 To whoever was talking about some usgs site being down... I guess their plug was pulled because they were stealing money from some Native American trust fund or something: http://forum.fuckedcompany.com/fc/phparchives/search.php?search=usgs |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23428 Activity:low |
1/1 Which site has the best e-card selections? I tried hallmark, yahoo, bluemountain etc and am still searching for a nice one to send within a few hours. \_ nothing says cheap and lazy like an eCard. Why not get a gift certificate to amazon or somewhere instead? \_ The only things I ever gets are eCards. This year I refuse to be a piece of doormat and return the favor in kind. \_ That's just what we need, our email address on another spam list \_ How about http://www.regards.com |
2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23427 Activity:nil |
1/1 Can someone tell me the name of the female singer who sings the remake of Wham's "Last Christmas"? Thanks!!! \_ can't you use google or morpheus to find out? |
2002/1/1-2 [Uncategorized] UID:23423 Activity:nil |
12/31 1/1 \_ Finally. And only got my life threatened by one crazy fuckwit this year. -John \_ I'm gonna kill you, you bastard. \_ <BEAVIS> ARE YOU THREATENING ME!? </BEAVIS> |
2001/12/31-2002/1/2 [Uncategorized] UID:23422 Activity:kinda low |
12/31 To whoever asked, there's a Megatouch Maxx at a gay bar called Mac's Club at 39 Post St. in downtown San Jose. \_ What was the question? \_ Where is there a Megatouch Maxx machine in the South Bay? |
2001/12/31 [Uncategorized] UID:23415 Activity:nil |
12/30 Very gruesome / graphic of Islamic militants beheading Russian soldier: <DEAD>www.bcsys.com/warning/Movie_0006d77f.IETemp.mov<DEAD> |
2001/12/30-31 [Uncategorized] UID:23406 Activity:nil |
12/30 Does anyone know how to attach a mime-encoded attachment to a message in mh-e? (I'm looking for something like what ^T does in pine). tia. |
2001/12/30 [Uncategorized] UID:23404 Activity:nil |
12/30 You don't have any rights. Maybe you missed the part where the motd FAQ says "don't be a hoser"? |
2001/12/30 [Uncategorized] UID:23402 Activity:nil |
12/29 I am the One True MOTD. Vwap me at your peril. \_ "Lend me the MOTD." |
2001/12/29-30 [Uncategorized] UID:23398 Activity:moderate |
12/29 anyone got a spare win2k key? \_ STFW? \_ XGH9J-KBPBD-FXDKQ-K36XB-X9J6Y \_ RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG \_ www.cracks.am \_ does anyone *not*? \_ serials 2k |
2001/12/28 [Uncategorized] UID:23395 Activity:nil |
12/28 Which well-known individuals do you consider the most attractive? \_ Yermom. |
2001/12/28 [Uncategorized] UID:23394 Activity:nil |
12/28 Bilderburg conspiracy exposed! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/598038/posts |
2001/12/28 [Uncategorized] UID:23388 Activity:kinda low |
12/27 Oh great. Mary,Kate Ashley Marathon. \_ pedo-paradise. \_ they're nearly legal! |
2001/12/27-28 [Uncategorized] UID:23376 Activity:low 50%like:22470 |
12/26 Could it be that Bin Laden was terminally ill and decided to pull |
2001/12/26-28 [Uncategorized] UID:23374 Activity:insanely high |
12/28 I am using my right to disagree with everything on the motd. \_ I am using my right to properly format the motd. Screw you! _/ \_ You don't have that "right". |
2001/12/26-27 [Uncategorized] UID:23370 Activity:nil |
12/26 Anybody got sftp to work? sftp alumni.eecs Connecting to alumni.eecs... pchen@alumni.eecs's password: Received message too long 1265200236 |
2001/12/26 [Uncategorized] UID:23369 Activity:nil |
12/26 Sorry this is old. Pull a newer one from the archives if you want. |
2001/12/26 [Uncategorized] UID:23368 Activity:nil |
12/25 "May God's holy name never be used as a justification for hatred! Let it never be used as an excuse for intolerance and violence!"-JPII \_ Keep 'em barefoot & pregnant. -JPII (paraphrased) \_ And fetching beers. |
2001/12/25-26 [Uncategorized] UID:23365 Activity:high |
12/24 I've never heard a female say "I've got to take a big dump." Why is that? \_ because you surround yourself with asian prudes. \_ because you surround yourself with lower class men. \_ i hear your mom say that all the time. \_ i hear yermom say that all the time. |
2001/12/24-26 [Uncategorized] UID:23363 Activity:kinda low |
12/24 Since when did they start to detonate bombs using matches? I thought electric detonators have long been proved to be more reliable since WWII. \_ Oddly enough, matches don't set off METAL detectors. Even more odd is that C4 (if that's the explosive) needs a blasting cap to get set off. Burning it just makes a quaint little fire. \_ There was det cord and other stuff in there if you're trying to say he couldn't have set off his bomb. \_ condoms set off airline metal detectors. (probably their pkging) \_ how is htis useful? \_ oh right, this is soda.csua you people are all nerd-virgins. \_ Not true, thanks to yermom. \_ Does yermom really count as losing your special form of nerd-virginity? |
2001/12/24 [Uncategorized] UID:23360 Activity:nil |
12/24 me think israel want to start a war. |
2001/12/23 [Uncategorized] UID:23352 Activity:nil |
11/22 Is MENSA really something special, or is it just overhyped? \_ As I qualify to join, I'd have to guess overhyped :) -chialea |
2001/12/22 [Uncategorized] UID:23349 Activity:nil |
12/22 http://www.dell.com/images/us/segments/gen/homepage/montage/holiday.jpg |
2001/12/22 [Uncategorized] UID:23348 Activity:nil |
12/22 For all of you who missed out on that craig's list thing: http://www.qxl.com/cgi-bin/qxlhome.cgi/EN/QXL/PR/U1010079228/_22398385 |
2001/12/22 [Uncategorized] UID:23344 Activity:nil |
12/21 Oh? Was the motd destroyed? Didn't notice.... |
2001/12/22 [Uncategorized] UID:23340 Activity:nil |
12/21 Afghanistan five-day outlook: http://www.stressbuster1.com/pics/afghan.html |
2001/12/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23336 Activity:nil 72%like:23338 |
12/21 Need a job? /csua//pub/jobs/Transmeta/ReliabilityEng --jeffwong |
2001/12/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23335 Activity:kinda low |
12/20 Anyone else been getting these constant spammings from <DEAD>paid4survey.net<DEAD>? \_ No. But then again, I've got tons of anti-spam filters. |
2001/12/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23332 Activity:nil 50%like:21627 |
12/19 [ Itanic URL Deleted by OP (original poster) ] |
2001/12/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23331 Activity:high |
12/20 Go IMF! Indonesia down, Argentina down, only one more for a hat trick! \_ Indonesia down? \_ Economic Deadpool. My money's on Brazil. --erikred \_ I'd like to hear what all the 'objectivists' have to say about this... that is, if they can stop choking on "Atlas Shrugged" long enough to get a word out. \_ of course! how could I have missed Galton's speech on how much we need to peg our money to the dollar! \_ I didn't read it. What does A.Rand have to do with the Argentinian economy? Please don't tell me to read it. I'm not *that* interested in knowing. |
2001/12/20 [Uncategorized] UID:23328 Activity:nil |
12/19 http://www.tje.net/humor/0107/why_palestinians_throw_rocks.htm |
2001/12/20 [Uncategorized] UID:23323 Activity:nil |
12/19 \_ thanks for the info... I was about to sign my post as "chialea" to try and solicit some responses. \_ touche |
2001/12/20 [Uncategorized] UID:23320 Activity:nil |
9/19 Motd Poll: You have a rape fantasy: You deny having a rape fantasy: . You are a rape fantasy: |
2001/12/20 [Uncategorized] UID:23317 Activity:very high |
12/19 Has anyone ever had IE 6 lose its toolbars? Been able to fix it? --scotsman \_try pulling them down like a frame that's been pushed to the side \_ Stop visiting porn sites. Turn off javascript. |
2001/12/20 [Uncategorized] UID:23316 Activity:nil |
12/19 Did anyone fax in thier cal transcript requests? If a particular school wants them to attach a cover sheet, did you fax the cover sheet as well or did you have them send you the transcript and then attach the cover sheet and send it out? |
2001/12/19-20 [Uncategorized] UID:23312 Activity:kinda low |
12/19 If you saw it, did you like it? \_ Marketing & Sales are there now. I'm in the colo freezing my ass off for no particular reason. \_ 3 hours. shit, forget about drinking coffee right before. \_ after i saw it, all the white kids pranced about and started beating up on the non-white kids claiming it was justified, since the dark ones came from mordor. |
2001/12/19-20 [Uncategorized] UID:23303 Activity:high |
12/19 Does anyone know of any exceptionally good tattoo artists in the SF/BA? I've seen a number of references to Joe Leonard in Santa Rosa (Monkey Wrench)...any others? tia! -mice \_ Find a good plastic surgeon who can remove them with minimal permanent damage for later on when you want to join the rest of society. \_ Unless the tattoo says "Special Forces". \_ heh I wish. I'm looking for a good artist to add to work I've already got. -mice \_ I've never gotten a tattoo from this guy or know anybody who has, but his artwork is pretty cool... and his tattoos look pretty cool too: http://artcrimes.org/giant/home.html \_ wow! thanks for the follow-up! I also found this guy after poking around on google -- the dragons especially kick ass: http://www.tattooinfinity.com -mice |
2001/12/19 [Uncategorized] UID:23300 Activity:high |
12/19 why isn't ucb involved in the warez group bust? \_ N0 1337 H4X0R5 H3R3 D00D3!!1 \_ vaolo and padim are too l33t |
2001/12/16 [Uncategorized] UID:23271 Activity:nil |
12/15 [ Keith, you already posted this, now go away. ] |
2001/12/16 [Uncategorized] UID:23268 Activity:nil |
12/16 Chuck Schuldiner, father of death metal, RIP \_ we all die. Get used to it. Even Post-9/11 I'm a cynical fuck \_ You're full of yourself. Posting "we all die. Get used to it" in response to everything isn't cynical (again, go look it up). It's just highschool level stupid. Next you'll be posting the 'dark and cynical' poems you wrote in HS about death and how the world sucks and how your mom is so mean because she wouldn't let you have the station wagon Saturday night. \_ what's wrong with saying we all die? It's true aint it? \_ Dude, get 21st century (or at least 1990's); his mom wouldn't let him borrow the Grand Cherokee. |
2001/12/16 [Uncategorized] UID:23267 Activity:nil |
12/16 http://www.dictionary.com There is a free dictionary search and a thesaurus too. Try it. At least people will stop picking on you for using the wrong words or spelling so poorly. sheesh. \_ There's always 'dict' on csua. |
2001/12/16 [Uncategorized] UID:23264 Activity:nil 50%like:23093 |
12/15 Why do people bother to nuke the motd if it can be trivially restored? \_ Dunno. Go figure. It's not like a dozen or more people aren't keeping private copies plus anyone who can figure out cvs can pull it from mehlhaff's archives too. Maybe it makes them feel big or something. Any psych majors here in need of a senior thesis topic? |
2001/12/16 [Uncategorized] UID:23263 Activity:nil |
12/15 Do people still go to Denny's/Lyons? Does Lyons in Emeryville still close at Midnight? \_ yes. I went there the other night at 11pm, had a prime rib (which, btw, sucked much ass). - for almost the same price/per qty, you might as well go to outback, which is open until 11 (outback in pinole). I've been to denny's lots and realized that the service at the e-ville denny's is really realy crappy (compared to SoCal denny's). Hands down, the best all night 24 hr place i've eaten at was the shorehouse cafe in LBC. |
2001/12/15-16 [Uncategorized] UID:23262 Activity:high 50%like:21883 |
12/15 Motd Poll Think Different: Dude, yer gettin a Dell: \_ What was wrong with my poll? Why do people destroy such simple non-offensive things?: ... |
2001/12/15-16 [Uncategorized] UID:23260 Activity:nil |
12/15 http://www.berkeleyartisans.com |
2001/12/15-16 [Uncategorized] UID:23256 Activity:nil |
12/15 Motd trimmed based on # of responses & age of original. Trimming was not done based on content; sorry if your favorite thread is gone. |
2001/12/15 [Uncategorized] UID:23251 Activity:nil |
_ Perhaps you should put this on a web page and post a URL. / |
2001/12/15 [Uncategorized] UID:23249 Activity:nil |
12/14 http://www.theonion.com/onion3744/java_programmers.html links to the "author"'s page. (i'm so confused this is the first time i have EVER thought "is this a real person?" in regards to an onion article. (I have MANY times thought "this is just like a real person" but that is no the same) The Authors page links to Lila's. (http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~lila/humour/startrek/janeway.vs.picard \_reformatted |
2001/12/14 [Uncategorized] UID:23246 Activity:nil |
12/14 Google has Usenet archives available going back to 1981 (starting a few days ago). As valuable as this may be, this is really scary if you were a flame fetishist in college. I know I was.. |
2001/12/14-15 [Uncategorized] UID:23239 Activity:nil 50%like:23624 |
12/13 What's the difference between enabling apm and apmd? \_ enabling apm provides the kernel hooks to use apm. apmd uses those hooks \_ After "shutdown -r" the screen goes blank after "System halted" but hangs there. "reboot" works fine. Due to lack of APM? \_ yes. |
2001/12/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23234 Activity:nil |
12/13 arafat has been assassinated \_ prove it. \_ bullshit. not even annanova is reporting that and they'll report anything. |
2001/12/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23233 Activity:nil |
12/13 for those of you using bitchx for hoserchat: http://toast.blackened.com/OOMon/bitchx.html \_ ircII |
2001/12/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23231 Activity:kinda low |
12/12 Kung Fu Chess fucking owns!! http://www.kungfuchess.com/index.php?newuser=1 \_ owns what? \_ Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is cooler http://www.kungpowmovie.com |
2001/12/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23226 Activity:nil |
12/12 Sperm donor must pay child support: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011209/od/life_sweden_sperm_dc_2.html \_ Under appeal. All this proves is lower courts everywhere are moronic full of judges, US not the just in. |
2001/12/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23223 Activity:nil |
12/12 Why is it that sometimes a person finds something works for them, for whatever reason, say it calms them down, or distracts them, or reminds them of some natal memories, or of being tossed into the air when they were young, or whatever, this person declares that such an experience (breathing with your diaphgragm, mahatma yoga, reading scriptures, walking coals) is good for me, too? \_ who said it was good for you too, moron? \_ because we're the sharing species. or the generalizing species. or the self-referential species. take your pick. \_ That's how the whole medical field works, isn't it? Everything is based on confidence levels in statistics. \_ They're not cramming it down your throat. Why do you feel threatened? Would it upset you if someone told you that less fat in your diet would reduce your risk of heart attacks? I'm sorry they offended you.... Here's a lollipop. \_ Just worship my ghod and everything will be all right. Everyone else is going to hell. |
2001/12/11 [Uncategorized] UID:23219 Activity:nil |
12/11 [ restored - yeah its old, just deal ] |
2001/12/10 [Uncategorized] UID:23204 Activity:nil |
12/9 I am a male model, not a male prostitute! |
2001/12/10-11 [Uncategorized] UID:23202 Activity:kinda low |
12/9 Anybody know where I can buy glass jars that can hold 2-3 gallons? I'm making orange and lemon vinegar. I can only find canning jars that are 8-16 ounces. That's not big enough. The glass jar has to be resealable. Thanks. \_ I used to be able to buy 2 gallon screwcap bottles (like the guy in the commercial used for making "Lipton Sun Tea") at Cash & Carry. There's one on San Pablo in Richmond. There's also carbuoys, which are five gallons, which you can re-seal with a cork. A brewing supply store like the Oak Barrel can help you out there. --ulysses \_ Urban Outfitters sells the canning jars that aren't big enough. Mentioned it because I thought it might be of use to someone else. |
2001/12/10 [Uncategorized] UID:23200 Activity:high |
12/9 Great, ebola is back. \_ It was never away! |
2001/12/10 [Uncategorized] UID:23198 Activity:nil |
12/9 Too bad the Afghans did not finish the job. http://freerepublic.com/focus/fr/587054/posts |
2001/12/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:23196 Activity:moderate |
12/9 The MIT application has mailing labels that we're suppose to fill out. WTF is it for? We fill out our own addresses or what? \_ yes. what the fuck do you think? how about you read the god damn instructions? \_ It looks like we sodans need to work both on our reading AND writing skills. |
2001/12/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:23193 Activity:high |
12/8 Speaking of leather, is leather waterproof? Will my leather jacket be ok if I walk with it on in light rain? \_ Are cows waterproof? \_ Cows is not waterproof. \_ Cows are not waterproof. \_ first canteens where made of leather \_ Leather is not waterproof. \_ first canteens were made of leather \_ suede leather is not waterproof, but all other leather should be. \_ In general, the leather is "waterproof," so it'll be ok in light rain. However, if it is high quality leather, and you don't want it to get that really used, faded, bomber jacket type feel, you might want to get it waterproofed, which can be done by most dry-cleaners(they send it to a leather specialist). This will coat the leather, and protect the sheen, and the texture of the leather. e.g. if you have a nice Bally jacket, you definitely want to do this. \_ Cool, thank you. \_ actually the best way to deal with rain and leather is once every couple of months you souhld oil the thing. It takes about 15 minutes and does a good job of keep the leather looking good. In fact waterproofing in the end hurts leather because it makes oiling the thing much harder. |
2001/12/9 [Uncategorized] UID:23189 Activity:nil |
12/9 Who here is working for an undead dotcom? |
2001/12/9 [Uncategorized] UID:23188 Activity:nil |
Above this line totally reflects the opinions of the opinionated politburo. |
2001/12/8-9 [Uncategorized] UID:23187 Activity:nil |
The Censorship enacted below this line may not reflect opinions of the CSUA. |
2001/12/8-10 [Uncategorized] UID:23185 Activity:kinda low |
12/8 Anyone know what kind of paints you need to paint on leather? (i.e. like airbrushing a design on the back of a leather jacket)? Or, where I can get this done? \_ This is the sort of post that justifies motd anonymity. The guy's obviously serious, but who the hell wants to be known as the painted leather jacket guy? \_ some guy who can kick your ass. \_ Actually, your answer justifies anonymity. It depends on what he wants painted. If it were an American flag, I'd take my hat off to him. \_ What kind of hat do you wear? \_ 2 bucks says a baseball cap. even indoors. \_ I want an airbrushed dude on a bitchin Harley, with a wolf holwing at the full moon in the sky. And a girl, who looks like Stevie Nicks staring longingly at me. That's it. \_ Baaaaaah. |
2001/12/8 [Uncategorized] UID:23181 Activity:nil |
12/7 Girl psychology poll. Forgives and forgets: Forgives and doesn't forget: Doesn't forgive but forgets: Doesn't forgive, doesn't forget: |
2001/12/7-8 [Uncategorized] UID:23180 Activity:nil |
12/7 Anybody ever own land in London? \_ The City of London or the London metro area? \_ Either will do. You did, then? |
2001/12/7 [Uncategorized] UID:23174 Activity:nil |
12/7 60 years |
2001/12/6-7 [Uncategorized] UID:23168 Activity:nil |
12/5 anyone have a "hello sidney" scream soundbite? email it to me please, thanks - turin |
2001/12/6-7 [Uncategorized] UID:23166 Activity:high |
12/5 How does one find the multiplicative inverse with modulus m? \_ take Euler's method for finding the gcd of two numbers. take \_ Euclid's -ok one number as m and the other as the number you would like to find the inverse of, and run them through this. then use this to construct an expression like "1=<your num>*a + b*m". a is your inverse. ask me if you need something more detailed. -chialea \_ okay thanks chialea. Can you please point me to a URL that explains how the Knapsack problem + multiplicative inverse stuff are used for public/private key encryption? Thanks. |
2001/12/6 [Uncategorized] UID:23159 Activity:nil |
12/5 LOLIPOPS, L1KE: BEWARE THE TITAN1UM! |
2001/12/6 [Uncategorized] UID:23157 Activity:high |
12/5 Is Von Neuman pronounced as "Von New Man" or "Von Noi Man"? I've heard both but I'm wondering what is correct. \_ sigh. yes, of course. \_ That's not a dumb question. |
2001/12/5-6 [Uncategorized] UID:23156 Activity:high |
12/5 Hey, is there a CS Already Graduated Association? \_ And how about a CS Never Graduated Association? \_ Do either of these associations have available hawt babes of the desired gender? \_ Doesn't "babes" imply females? \_ is partha female? \_ % grep babe /etc/mail/aliases babe: aaron, scotsman, aubie babe-in-training: babe \_ You've never heard a girl say "He's a babe"? \_ yeah, but always thought she was a confused babe |
2001/12/5 [Uncategorized] UID:23151 Activity:very high |
12/5 What's the purpose of putting titanium dioxide in lollipops? Is it a preservative? Isn't titanium very expensive? \_ It is a dye. It is very white. The amount they use is miniscule. \_ Titanium metal is expensive, titanium dioxide is cheap. The expense is almost entirely in extracting and machining the pure titanium metal. \_ I see. I thought titanium is like gold where the element itself is rare. \_ It's a conspiracy to ship titantium out of the country via shipments of seemingless harmless candy. \_ And they encoded some 1024-bit encryption algorithms in the quarks of those titanium atoms too. \_ Who told you?! Now you'll have to die! |
2001/12/5 [Uncategorized] UID:23150 Activity:high |
12/3 Who is a member of LISA? What do yo think? \_ LISA (if you speak of Large Installation Systems Administration) is a conference. Perhaps you speak of SAGE? And what about SAGE/USENIX do you want to know? --Jon USENIX/SAGE member. \_ LISA is a communist front. |
2001/12/5 [Uncategorized] UID:23143 Activity:kinda low |
12/5 Say I have a directory full of huge jpg images. Whats the command-line way to make a small thumbnail copy of everything? \_ /csua/bin/thumbnail_index \_ Wonderful! Thank you! \_ share the porn! pst |
2001/12/5-2002/1/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23141 Activity:nil |
11/30 Next semester's officers: President twohey VP ajani treasurer mgoodman secretary karthik librarian darin |
2001/11/29 [Uncategorized] UID:23139 Activity:nil |
11/28 How come K-12 teachers need to get credentials for teaching while college professors don't? \_ Dunno but maybe they should. Ever had Prof Wu for math? \_ If they do, we can eliminate all the bad prof.s who are only good at research but not at teaching. |
2001/11/28-29 [Uncategorized] UID:23126 Activity:high |
11/27 What happened to all those old HP workstations in Cory Hall? (105 Cory??). When were they all removed? What are in 105 Cory and 199 Cory these days? \_ I think they were removed around 97 or so. PC's replaced them in 105 and random machines in 199 originally. \_ Dude, you guys are getting Dells. \_ 105 and that cluster had HP's as late as fall99 if not spring00. -alexf \_ raise your hand if you were there for the ambers! |
2001/11/28-29 [Uncategorized] UID:23125 Activity:nil |
11/27 How the heck do you derive the successor function and addition? succ n = lambda f.lambda s.f (n f s) add n1 n2 = n1 succ n2 mult n1 n2 = n1 (add n2) 0 Okay succ is defined as the number of f that will be applied to s, so I guess I kind of understand it. But I don't understand add/mult |
2001/11/27-28 [Uncategorized] UID:23117 Activity:kinda low |
11/27 Does pacbell DSL provide any of the following newsgroups: alt.binaries.games alt.binaries.anime alt.binaries.old.games Thank you for your non-imflammatory replies. \_ the pacbell news server, <DEAD>news.sbcglobal.net<DEAD> does not carry the alt.binaries.* tree. \_ actually, all 3 are carried on the pacbell news server <DEAD>news.sf.sbcglobal.net<DEAD>. |
2001/11/26 [Uncategorized] UID:23102 Activity:insanely high |
11/25 I am tired of shaving every day. What can I do? \_ grow a beard. \_ Epil-stop! Only $19.95! \_ is this the stuff you see in late-night infomercials? does this stuff really work? \_ I started shaving every other day instead of every day a couple years ago. \_ Hormone shots! |
2001/11/25 [Uncategorized] UID:23100 Activity:nil |
11/25 Ali, are you an Iranian or an Iraqi? Or do you prefer to be called "Persian"? |
2001/11/25-27 [Uncategorized] UID:23095 Activity:nil |
11/24 My Ultra 5 power supply died. Sun charges $125. Anyone know where to get them cheap? TIA. \_ work |
2001/11/23-27 [Uncategorized] UID:23089 Activity:low |
11/22 Where to get/apply/filly out FAFSA? Wasn't included in my package... \_ STFW |
2001/11/23-24 [Uncategorized] UID:23087 Activity:nil |
11/22 What's the name for that command (it might be a Red Hat thing) that is like, supposed to automate configuring startup scripts at different run-levels? I guess it basically just creates and lists symlinks for you... but it was kind of convenient. \_ It's a red hat thing. You can type "control-panel" and select the runlevel editor. \_ Actually... I should have mentioned that it was a command-line tool. Thanks. \_ /sbin/chkconfig --dim \_ ah, thanks! |
2001/11/23 [Uncategorized] UID:23086 Activity:nil |
11/22 How realistic is the movie Anti-Trust? I mean, beautiful women in CS, not a single Indian Engineer... \_ almost as silly as Hackers was. |
2001/11/23-27 [Uncategorized] UID:23085 Activity:nil |
11/22 How come some school applications (very few) require a resume? Should I just include my resume to all of the applicaitons, or only send it when they request it? |
2001/11/22 [Uncategorized] UID:23084 Activity:nil |
11/22 Thanks for kooks. |
2001/11/22-27 [Uncategorized] UID:23081 Activity:nil |
11/22 What's the new URL for the recipe site that used to be on <DEAD>soar.berkeley.edu<DEAD>? -last minute thanksgiving pie maker \_ http://www.recipesource.com -chaos |
2001/11/22-23 [Uncategorized] UID:23079 Activity:kinda low |
11/22 Where can I find the last episode II trailer? thanks. \_ what's yer email address? |
2001/11/21-23 [Uncategorized] UID:23073 Activity:nil |
11/21 Anybody knows of a free site for MFI (money flow indicator) for individual stock/sector? \_ No, just somebody. |
2001/11/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23072 Activity:nil |
11/21 Lili [Patton] and I used to work in the same lab. She was reserved and submissive. \_ And you remain an idiot. |
2001/11/21 [Uncategorized] UID:23071 Activity:nil |
11/21 I'd like to reverse engineer her out of that dress, if you know what I'm saying. |
2001/11/21-29 [Uncategorized] UID:23064 Activity:nil 50%like:22643 55%like:24493 |
11/16 General meeting scheduled for 11/29 6pm in 337 Soda. Elections will be held. |
2001/11/16 [Uncategorized] UID:23058 Activity:nil |
11/15 Is Interval Research finally dead? The web site is dead. \_ I thought it's some project to study whether time is quantized or not. Never mind. |
2001/11/15 [Uncategorized] UID:23046 Activity:moderate |
11/15 Anyone knows where to get the SPI standard? \_ http://www.oiforum.com SPI-3 was originally POS-PHY3, and you might want to poke around PMCS and see if they have any information regarding that or SATURN. \_ sorry, wasn't specific enough. i mean Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). |
2001/11/15 [Uncategorized] UID:23045 Activity:nil |
11/15 Hey, all you freaks who need a wtc fix, go read Sum of All Fears ('91) by Tom Clancy. You'll find it highly relevant. Feel free to skip uninteresting sections -- you can always go back. |
2001/11/14 [Uncategorized] UID:23037 Activity:nil |
11/14 "NTT DoCoMo to Launch Video Service for 3G Phones" http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011114/tc/telecoms_docomo_video_dc_1.html Anyone knows where I can find the movie clip shown in the photo? |
2001/11/14-16 [Uncategorized] UID:23032 Activity:low 60%like:23020 |
11/13 The last of the stuff is on, everything must go: <DEAD>www.euphorion.com/sale<DEAD> --dbushong \_ is this some dotcom failed sale? Lower the price somemore. \_ Something like that. \_ sorry, your stuff is neither new nor cheap. I'd rather ebay \_ you take PayPal? \_ I'm sure you can work out the payment method when you go there to pick up the stuff. |
2001/11/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23029 Activity:nil |
11/13 ``He said, `New York City is really being tested. It's a shame.' I said, `Mr. President, New York City is up to the test.''' |
2001/11/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23022 Activity:nil |
11/12 Speaking of career changes, know of any UCB CS people who have changed careers (non-CS related)? \_ yes \_ On a related note, anyone from L&S CS do something else for grad school? What was it like? |
2001/11/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23021 Activity:nil |
11/12 Here's one for the Carly Fiorina fans: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099464,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 |
2001/11/13 [Uncategorized] UID:23020 Activity:nil 60%like:23032 |
11/12 Tons more stuff for sale: <DEAD>www.euphorion.com/sale<DEAD> --dbushong |
2001/11/12-13 [Uncategorized] UID:23015 Activity:very high |
11/12 On paper, how do you figure out what log_2 (4/3) is? I remember log_2 (4/3) = log_2 4 - log 3 = 2 - log 3. Now what? \_ 2 - log_2 3 = 2 - ln 3 / ln 2. Then get a mathematical table and look up ln 3 and ln 2. Or use a polynomial of ln(1+x). I forgot the polynomial. --- yuen \_ ln(1+x) = x + x^2/2 + x^3/3 + x^4/4 + ..., for |x| < 1. As another poster pointed out, log_2(4/3) = ln(4/3)/ln(2) \_ That polynomial is wrong. Try ln(1 + 0.9). \_ It should be ln(1+x) = x/1 - x^2/2 + x^3/3 - x^4/4 + ... \_ that was remarkably useless. \_ How else would you do that? \_ perhaps they mean the question, and therefore the whole \_ real? imaginary? quaternion? octonion? thread is useless, which it is. \_ Here: log_X (Y) = log_anything(Y) / log_anything(X) where anything is, well, any number. \_ real? imaginary? quaternion? octonion? sedenion? \_ Yes, for any reasonable definition of the "log_X (Y)" symbol over these domains. For domains more general than positive reals where a "log" is still definable, Log becomes multivalued... which only results in the above holding for "some appropriate" branch thereof. -alexf \_ Damn, look who looked at a fancy math book for a few hefty terms. I'm surprised you were even able to spell those words correctly. \_ If you wanted to show off, you could simply say "non-positive?" instead of throwing out all the other terms. Besides, you should've said "complex?" instead of "imaginary?" to make your progression of terms correct. \_ alexf insults deleted \_ But then how do you proceed on paper? Same problem. \_ how accurate do you need to be? you can get a rough approximation using differentials. \_ just use a fucking calculator. \_ no calculator on the GRE |
2001/11/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23011 Activity:nil 75%like:23018 |
11/12 My ring finger is too weak. Is there any way to strengthen it? \_ Jerk off with your left hand. \_ Why, pray tell, do you want to do that? |
2001/11/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23007 Activity:very high |
11/12 Click here for gay pr0n! http://www.utoronto.ca/interv/frames2/general2/doctors/gay/gay.htm \_ is that a man or a woman? |
2001/11/12 [Uncategorized] UID:23006 Activity:nil 50%like:23009 |
11/12 http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011109/tv/mdf79059.html I've never seen Britney being that big. |
2001/11/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:22993 Activity:high |
11/9 "FBI: Same Person Probably Wrote Anthrax Letters" ttp://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011109/ts/attack_anthrax_fbi_dc.html More than a whole month after anthrax letters appeared, the FBI has finally come up with a criminal profile: - probably an adult - probably male - may have worked in a lab or had a scientific background - may have gotten vaccine or antibiotics. A high school kid can come up with this in twenty seconds. Geez. \_ uhhh, right. and after 20 odd years on the unabomber case, they had a profile of an out of work airline employee with little to no education waering sunglasses and a sweatshirt. \_ - There are a lot more adult criminals than minor criminals. Ie. the % of adults among criminals is higher than the % of adults in the general population. \_ Ok, you've had some college or maybe graduated. Let's hear your educated reasoning that would bring one to this 20 second conclusion. \_ - There are a lot more adult criminals than minor criminals. - Same argument for male. - Having either worked in a lab or had a scientific background makes it much easier (although not easy) to understand and get anthrax. - Knowing that anthrax is hazardous, it's more likely that not FBI has said anyway. ("probably", "may".) that (s)he's taken steps to protect himself/herself with vaccine or antibiotics so that (s)he can stay healthy and produce a chain of attacks. None of these are definite conclusion, but neither was what the FBI has said anyway ("probably", "may", "or"). \_ The difference is when the FBI says "probably" they're right more often than your random guesswork. \_ But according to that article, the only thing that the FBI is near certain is that all three letters were written by the same person. |
2001/11/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:22991 Activity:nil |
11/9 Let's say you have f(n)=2^n. Then as a function of n the output is exponential (easy). In that case, why is it that as a function of f(n) the output is linear? \_ I don't know what "output" means, but I'll try. Let m = f(n), then m = 2^n, hence f(n) = 2^n = m, and hence f(n) = m. So f(n) is a linear function of m, therefore f(n) is a linear function of f(n). I guess that means the "output" is linear. \_ so this is universally true no matter what f(n) is right? \_ uh, so f(n) is always linear to itself? well, duh. \_ Is this from some Math class in Cal? Which one? |
2001/11/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:22989 Activity:high |
11/9 In async serial communication, what's the purpose of using 1.5 or 2 stop bits instead of just 1? Doesn't that only waste time and slow down the line? Thanks. -- UART newbie \_ Bits are good. More bits are better! \_ What's 1.5 bits? How do you divide a bit? \_ run the clock twice as fast \_ probably alternates between 1 and 2 bits on each transmission. Just a guess. google it. \_ http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-19.html#ss19.2 "In rare cases 1 1/2 stop bits are used. This means that the line is kept at -12 V for 1 1/2 time periods (like a stop bit 50% wider than normal)." wider than normal)." But that doesn't say why someone would want to use more than 1 stop bits. |
2001/11/9 [Uncategorized] UID:22987 Activity:nil |
11/9 "Let's roll!" |
2001/11/9 [Uncategorized] UID:22986 Activity:nil |
11/8 The Tick premieres on Fox today. Anyone really care? \_ maybe \_ yes |
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